The Introvert is Becoming the Police Station's Beloved!

Chapter 387: Chapter 387: It Feels Like We’ve Entered a Strange World

Xiao Bo and Nan Xi couldn’t hold it in and burst into laughter.

Lin Xiaoyan’s expression stiffened, looking expressionlessly at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng felt uneasy under Lin Xiaoyan’s gaze, but...

He looked at Lin Xiaoyan’s slender arms, thought for a moment, and advised, "I think you’d better... hmm... stand at the back if anything happens, it’ll protect you."

Lin Xiaoyan looked at him coldly: "Did I get hurt last night?"

Lin Feng shook his head, "No... no..."

Lin Xiaoyan: "Then did I knock him down?"

Lin Feng nodded, "Yes..."

Lin Xiaoyan: "Then did anything happen to me?"

Lin Feng shook his head, "Nothing..."

Lin Xiaoyan fell silent, staring at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng felt things weren’t right, awkwardly trying to mend things, "Xiao Yan, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to say you’re incapable, I’m just afraid you’ll get hurt, that’s why..."

Lin Xiaoyan sighed, "I know, but suddenly I no longer want to hide behind you all."

"Moreover, besides seeing other people’s images, my superpower doesn’t require anything else from me.

Every time I see the images, the rest of the matters are handled by all of you, I’ve never really contributed to anything."

"My thought is, if it’s possible, you don’t have to worry about me, I can also protect myself."

After Lin Xiaoyan finished speaking, she received Nan Xi’s approval.

Xiao Bo and Lin Feng still felt Lin Xiaoyan needed protection, but now they cautiously refrained from rejecting her.

...

"There are quite a lot of mountains here."

Xiao Bo was driving, looking ahead.

Nan Xi glanced up and said, "Many mountains, many mining operations too."

On the road, trucks hauling stones came and went.

Clearly they were extracted from the mountains.

Moreover, due to the trucks constantly passing by, the air quality around here was very poor.

The vegetation beside the roads was covered in thick dust.

"Let’s stay at the small town ahead tonight."

Nan Xi noticed the sky had already darkened, and there was a small town thirty miles ahead.

But further ahead were settlements, which would require detours, and the next city center was quite far.

Lin Xiaoyan had no objections, she was fine with anything.

When traveling, sometimes the living conditions aren’t great and that’s normal.

Soon, they arrived at the small town.

Upon arriving, Lin Feng’s face turned somewhat serious, tightly watching the front.

"Whoa, the sky suddenly turned dark!"

Lin Xiaoyan was looking down at her phone, suddenly sensing the outside had become dim.

Nan Xi checked the time, "Six thirty, should be because the mountains over there are blocking the sun."

Lin Xiaoyan looked out the car window, the small town was surrounded by mountains.

"Where should we stay?"

Xiao Bo parked the car by the roadside and asked.

Nan Xi bowed his head to search, but the hotels here had low ratings, some even had none.

"Just pick any place and check the environment."

"Alright..."

Not far away was a hotel, they drove the car there, but from the entrance, they could see inside was pitch black, not even a single light was on, so they bypassed it and headed elsewhere.

After checking three to four places in a row, they finally found a hotel to stay in.

The environment was quite clean, and the owner was rather hospitable.

"Come in quickly, what would you like to eat? I’ll have my wife make it for you..." The owner led Lin Xiaoyan and the others upstairs to select a room.

Xiao Bo: "No need, owner, we plan to go out and look around, eat out later."

"Going out for a stroll?"

The owner’s face turned somewhat strange.

"It’s dark, you better not go out."

Upon hearing the owner’s words, Lin Xiaoyan and the others looked at him.

"Why, owner?" Xiao Bo asked the owner suspiciously.

The owner looked at them with a complex expression, his voice lowered, "I’ll tell you, but don’t spread this around..."

Lin Xiaoyan and the others exchanged a glance and immediately gathered around.

"Our small town, as you should have seen, hardly any households are left, they’ve all moved away."

Lin Xiaoyan and the others nodded; indeed, walking down the street, most of the shops were closed.

There were hardly any pedestrians walking by.

"Last month, a truck accidentally crushed several small snakes crossing the road."

"Snakes?"

"Last month!"

Lin Xiaoyan and the others stared at the owner, filled with doubt.

Last month’s weather was still so cold, how could there be snakes out.

The owner knew they didn’t believe him, but the fact was true.

"I know what you’re thinking, you’re wondering if it’s too cold for snakes, they hibernate, so they shouldn’t be out..."

Xiao Bo nodded repeatedly, "Yeah, it should have been colder here last month, how could there be snakes."

The owner sighed, "We didn’t believe it either, but those small snakes’ bodies were on the road, all crushed."

"What kind of snakes were they?"

Lin Feng suddenly asked.

The owner shook his head, "I didn’t check, but others who’ve seen them said they might be cross mountain vipers."

"Cross mountain vipers!"

Xiao Bo exclaimed with surprise.

Lin Xiaoyan looked over, "Why? What’s wrong with cross mountain vipers?"

Lin Xiaoyan didn’t understand these things at all; she was most afraid of snakes.

Nan Xi said coldly, "It’s said that cross mountain vipers can track you by smell, and if those snakes were indeed cross mountain vipers, anyone tainted by their scent..."

Upon hearing this, the owner nodded repeatedly, "It’s true! That’s how it is, after the small snakes died, an old man who sweeps the streets went to clean up.

Guess what happened!"

Xiao Bo: "He was bitten to death by snakes, wasn’t he?"

The owner nodded with difficulty, "Yes, and his death was extremely gruesome!"

"When the old man was discovered, his body was covered in snakes, all over were bite marks, some patches reduced to bones, terrifying!"

The owner recalled the scene and couldn’t help but rub his arms, "Although I didn’t see it in person, just hearing others describe it, imagining the scene is frightful..."

Lin Xiaoyan and the others looked at the owner’s expression with some speechlessness; seemed like it was all hearsay!

"So, owner, why exactly don’t you want us to go out?"

Xiao Bo impatiently asked, not keen on hearing such bizarre tales.

"Don’t tell me, it’s because of those snakes scaring the townspeople away?"

The owner looked at Xiao Bo and nodded, "Yes!"

Xiao Bo:......

The owner knew they didn’t believe him, but he didn’t continue speaking. Anyway, the government had specifically instructed them not to spread the story.

"Anyway, now it’s dark, don’t go out. I’ll prepare food for you, eat and then rest, leave when the sun’s up tomorrow."

The owner slowly descended, ceasing to talk further.

Lin Xiaoyan watched the owner’s silhouette, looking at the pitch-black sky outside, feeling as though she had suddenly stepped into a bizarre world.

"Whoa~"

Xiao Bo shivered uncontrollably, startling Lin Xiaoyan next to him.

"Hey, what are you doing!"

Lin Xiaoyan clutched her chest, glaring angrily at Xiao Bo.