Chapter 618: 618: The Special Resident

Chapter 618: Chapter 618: The Special Resident

The sun had just set.

A jeep was driving through the mountainous road.

The car would sometimes start and stop, and there were even a few instances when it almost smashed into the roadside railing and rolled down the mountainside.

Sitting in the car were four young Asians who had recently escaped from “Mary Shaw’s” chase and were fresh off the mountain. Since the mountain was wild and uninhabited, they couldn’t find a good driver.

Having never driven a car in their real lives, the young team had to take matters into their own hands.

After all, such a vehicle could save their energy and facilitate swift travel.

“Gongsun Hao, drive steadily…”

“I’m doing my best…”

The muscular Gongsun Hao filled up the driver’s seat, his brawny arms tightly gripping the steering wheel, focusing intently on the road ahead.

Yu Wu squinted his eyes from the passenger seat, listening to the silence of the night for any unnatural “interference”.

After driving for a while, Yu Wu seemed to hear something and pointed towards the left side of the mountain road.

“Captain, there’s a peculiar static sound in this direction, and inside this static there’s another life static sound.”

“Another team?”

“Very likely.”

Following Yu Wu’s pointed direction, Captain Ziping looked with a unique vision and spotted a large amount of unnatural clouds swirling in the sky.

“How strong is the static?”

“It’s similar to the static we encountered in the tunnel, but the rhythm is utterly different. Its character isn’t like Mary Shaw’s resentful evil spirits, it’s more unique and unusually ‘peaceful’.”

The other static sound was too faint and overshadowed by the monsters static, making it difficult to identify its intensity.

“Captain…Shouldn’t we go directly to Derry Town, and collect information about other teams in the later stages?”

Generally speaking, Yu Wu, who served as the deputy captain of the team, would have his advice adopted by Captain Ziping.

But this time was different.

Huo Ziping stared at the thick clouds in the countryside.

His thoughts widened, stepping outside the current ‘circle’ to look at the situation from a broader perspective…

“The team that caused such chaos in the Other Chapter is worth making contact with beforehand… They must have more information at hand.”

Besides, gathering more information about the other residents is not a bad idea.

“Gongsun Hao, take the path on our left! Let’s go take a look…”

“I’m in the mood for a good fight anyway, it wasn’t much fun in the tunnel fighting a bunch of puppets.”

Gongsun Hao, who thought he had mastered driving, stepped on the accelerator hard and while making a turn, the car skidded, somersaulted from the mountainside and plunged into the pond at the bottom, wrecking it completely.

Gongsun Hao, who escaped from the car, wore a look of embarrassment.

He got a heavy tap on the head from the hilt of a sword.

“Ouch, Captain, be gentler… can’t I just find another car? There’s no chance of an accident the next time.”

“Not necessary, the scene of the incident is just at the cornfield at the bottom of the hill, and we’re only a few hundred meters away.”

Driving would only increase the chance of being discovered… If another team has encountered the “Residents” on the farm, it’s better for us to sneak in, in order to gather information more conveniently.

If it’s a team of “Followers” created by the “Old King”, it’s best to deal with them right here.

“Followers”, who possess both human and demon traits, should not be allowed to linger.”

…

Side note,

Han Dong, who woke up that night, had to make other plans since there was no moonlight.

There simply wasn’t enough time to escape from the farm, the familiar system alert rang out:

“”The Resident, ‘Lonely Scarecrow – Sam and its Shell’, has arrived. ‘Misato Farm’ is now sealed, sealing duration: 48 hours.”

“‘Straw disease’ has been fully activated! Resistance is futile! Avoidance is impossible!”

“You will fully transform into a scarecrow without taking countermeasures.”

“Friendly reminder – Please go to ‘Sam’s Corn Land Paradise’ within an hour. There, you can find a potion that can delay the symptoms.””

Upon receiving this notification,

The trio felt a prickling sensation under their skin.

Even Han Dong could not avoid the emergence of dried yellow straws under his skin… It seemed as if they had been cursed the moment they stepped on this farm, and the curse inside them was merely getting activated now.

Han Dong tried to switch to death mode and remove the straws through sandification, but to no avail. It appeared to be a high-level curse, rooted straight into his soul.

There was only one method that could barely delay the outbreak of the curse… but this method wouldn’t work on Cass and Diana.

“If Mia were here, she might have another way to solve this… It’s a pity.”

Han Dong heaved a slight sigh and quickly formulated a counter plan.

“You two, proceed as instructed, and go to the so-called Corn Land Paradise… Try to get an antidote to the curse.”

“What about you?”

“I have a special method to temporarily suppress the spread of the curse. I plan to visit other areas of the farm first. Maybe I can collect information on the Resident there the same way as I did before.”

“If I cannot endure it anymore, I will come back to the Corn Land Paradise to find you.”

“That works… We will try to gather more antidotes.”

Information gathered from the guide would give them an upper hand, so they decided to entrust this task to Han Dong.

“Alright… Before we figure out the nature of the resident, try not to conflict with him. No… Don’t conflict with him at all.”

“Especially you, Diana. Make sure to listen to Cass’s instructions.”

“If we rough it out, we might die…”

“Understood.”

They split up.

As Cass and Diana left one after another.

Han Dong leaped onto the farmhouse roof…

Given the special circumstances.

He directly commanded Togu to show up.

The scorching flames of Hell were retracted within, making Togu seem extremely low-profile and silent in his current appearance… In the pitch black night, his demon eyes looked like two pure black gems.

“Togu… are you sure?”

“Yes, my memory is gradually being unveiled as you, my master, are slowly approaching Derry Town.”

“Scarecrow Sam is a member of the town committee in my memories… Different from ordinary residents.”

“Ranked higher?”

“I can’t remember clearly, but the guys in the committee are all tough… but their characters are also varied. In comparison to ultimate human demons like Miles, they are more ‘humane’.”

“Generally, they will not start a war with us.”

“Master, if you deepen the investigation, my memory should also be awakened.”

“Alright… We will go to a place first, perhaps we can gain some information there.”

In the darkness of the night.

Han Dong led Togu to the cornfield behind the farm convenience store… The farmer father and son he had seen during the day were now turned into scarecrows, standing on wooden stakes here, guarding the field they claimed as theirs.