A burst of noise woke Chen Yao up. He opened his eyes and stood up, following the source of the sound and pushing open the window.
"Sugar! Gourd~"
"Sir, would you like some roast chicken? This is the best and most authentic roast chicken in Shenmu Town!"
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The sky was extremely dark, but the streets below were brightly lit and pedestrians were passing by in a hurry.
This was the first time that Chen Yao experienced such a lively atmosphere on a dark day.
After sorting out what he had to do today, Chen Yao tucked in the quilt for the sleeping Ina and then quietly went out.
When passing by a stall outside the hotel, Chen Yao stopped...
"Boss, how do you sell this roast chicken?"
The stall owner has a long beak in his mouth, and some feathers are exposed on his body. He looks like a bird tribe orc. His clothes are also very strange, with a long black lining and white overalls on the outside.
"Half roasted chicken costs 1 silver and 25 coppers. One roasted chicken costs 2 silver and 50 coppers. How many do you need?"
The stall owner replied while flipping the skewered and sizzling roasted chicken. What was even weirder was that his body kept making strange sideways movements in rhythm with the movements.
"Give me one."
The stall owner was indeed a little weird. In fact, he didn't want to buy it, but he had just smelled the fragrance upstairs in the hotel, and Chen Yao couldn't help it...
"The guest has taken it, come back next time~"
"Master! Master! It's feeding time!"
"You are on time..."
Pulling off a chicken leg, the remaining part was placed directly close to the waist bag. Several round tentacles wrapped it and then pulled it into the waist bag.
"Thank you, Master! Master is so kind!"
While gnawing on the chicken legs, Chen Yao walked along the middle street. It should still be morning, because the bell hadn't rang yet. Chen Yao thought of going to Mr. Mag's first...
"How could this happen? How come such a good person suddenly disappeared..."
"Yes! Although this guy is always drunk and has no wife, he doesn't have any enemies!"
"Then how did he disappear from home?"
When Chen Yao was strolling by and passed by the alley, some comments came. Chen Yao looked curiously and saw a bunch of people gathered in front of a house.
"Don't gather! Don't linger! Don't hinder the work of the Guard Department! Let's disperse, disperse!!"
A guard shouted loudly and drove away the townspeople gathered around him.
"Mr. Chenyao? Why are you here?"
The guards dispersed most of the townspeople outside, and then noticed Chen Yao who stopped to eat chicken legs.
"Hello, what is going on here?"
Chen Yao asked politely.
"It's strange to say, Mr. Chen Yao, early this morning, an old man came to the Guards Department for help, saying that his son was missing."
"Missing?"
"Yes, he is at his own home. We have investigated and no one saw him leaving the town yesterday. The old man is his mother. She said she came to deliver food to him last night."
"That's really strange...then, can I go in and have a look?"
"Okay, Mr. Chenyao, Captain Siwen is also inside now."
"OK."
After getting past the human wall of guards, Chen Yao carefully entered the house...
As soon as he stepped into the house, Chen Yao smelled a rancid smell mixed with a heavy smell of alcohol...
"yue!" Chen Yao almost spit out.
"Eh, Chen Yao? Why are you here?" Siwen came out of the inner room after hearing the noise and said a little surprised.
"I was just passing by and saw so many people gathered here, so I came in to take a look."
"How's it going? Do you have any idea?"
"No, it's too strange. A living person just disappeared. The doors and windows were locked from the inside, and there were no traces of blood or battle in the house... Could it be that this person evaporated?"
Siwen frowned, a little confused.
"Has the whole house been checked?"
"The living room and bathroom have been checked, and there is one bedroom left. I just entered for a while and heard you come in."
"Let's go in and take a look." Chen Yao walked into the bedroom.
"Hiss...what a rotten drunkard..."
As soon as he entered the bedroom, what came to his nose was a stronger rancid smell mixed with the smell of alcohol.
"Well...how could an alcoholic just disappear from home?" Siwen muttered dissatisfied.
Chen Yao looked around the bedroom and found nothing unusual, except for some signs of sleeping on the bed...
Unwilling to be reconciled, he immediately opened his secret eyes and began to scan every corner of the bedroom.
Wardrobe, no problem.
Tables and chairs, no problem.
Unwilling to accept it, Chen Yao finally glanced at the messy bed...
Unknown entrance: It seems to be a newly excavated entrance, leading to an unknown space. (from special roll)
"Yes!"
After Chen Yao thought for a while, he instantly locked onto the not-so-narrow space under the bed.
"What? Did you find anything?"
Getting a little closer, Chen Yao locked his eyes on the stone ground next to the bed, and sure enough he found some gravel and dust.
"Brother Siwen, shall we move this bed?"
"OK!"
The two of them worked together to drag the bed a certain distance. As the bed moved, a large amount of gravel and soil appeared, and then a dark hole appeared in front of them!
"So this is it! Chen Yao, just wait, I'll find some help!"
Siwen hurried out of the bedroom, presumably to gather some guards to explore this strange cave.
After a while, Chen Yao, who had not yet seen Siwen come back, gradually became anxious.
What's in this cave?
Did the drunkard dig this up?
So where are the tools he uses?
Why did he dig this cave?
Chen Yao's character is originally a very curious baby, he wants to find out everything...
At this moment, countless questions were lingering in his mind, making him increasingly unbearable...
It shouldn't be a problem if you go down by yourself for a while, right? Just go in and take a look.
The more he thought about it, the more Chen Yao couldn't stand.
Forget it, go down and take a look...
In the end, Chen Yao couldn't resist the temptation. He held on to the edge of the cave and slowly inserted his lower body into the cave...
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Not long after, Siwen returned to the bedroom with a group of guards, but the moment he entered the bedroom, he suddenly felt something bad...
"Chen Yao?? Oh! Damn it, I knew it! This kid would run in by himself! We don't even know what's in this cave! If there's danger inside..."
"***, this kid is really messing around!!"
Siwen punched the wall angrily, and the dust on it shook off.
"Captain, we..."
Siwen first lay down and observed the inside of the cave, then shook his head.
"You guys take turns on duty here and wait for him to come out. This kid is smart. If there is any danger that he cannot handle, he will definitely come out. If he comes out, report to me immediately!"
"Yes, Captain!"
After arranging the guards, Siwen rushed out in a hurry.
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Since there was almost no light in the cave, Chen Yao could only take out a flashlight. Chen Yao took some time to observe the situation in the cave.
The passage was very narrow, and Chen Yao had to keep his body short to move forward. There were only two paths, front and back, and the interior was generally a downward-sloping passage.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Yao chose the path that sloped downward.
【What? You say I'm a little black guy? Do you have any branches? ah?
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