World-saving Plan: The Only Savior
Chapter 527 - 408 The Situation Changes in Sheep Village

Chapter 527: Chapter 408 The Situation Changes in Sheep Village

Sun Mingsheng, upon hearing that they were preparing a new laboratory, lit up with joy, then, catching wind of the salary increase, he quickly edged closer and whispered,

"Boss, what do you say to not giving me a raise? All I want is for you to take Old Li into outer space in the future, and maybe bring me along for a look, too?"

"I know it’s a company secret, but I’m just so curious! Don’t worry, I won’t cause any trouble and I’ll definitely keep things confidential! I just want to see what it’s really like out there..."

The ’Old Li’ he mentioned was naturally referring to Richard, a nickname Sun Mingsheng had given him.

"Oh? You want to go too?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaoman looked at him intently for a long while, making the latter feel somewhat guilty, before he finally nodded in agreement and said, "That’s possible."

Sun Mingsheng, who had thought there was no chance left, suddenly heard this response and was instantly filled with unexpected joy, and a smile blossomed across his face.

Although his research focused on electronics technology, how could he not yearn to enter the mysterious reaches of space?

Besides, with an actual space shuttle right before his eyes, the technology it held was far more advanced than that of a mere wristwatch.

"Alright, let’s have everyone rest up early. It’s not necessary to work overtime this late every day; health is more important,"

Zhang Xiaoman instructed before turning and walking away.

...

Three days later, Qionghua City, Sheep Village.

A few months ago, this was just an ordinary little village.

Apart from the occasional thunderous honking of train horns on the nearby highway, some simplistic living conditions, fewer nearby amenities, a bit of difficulty with transportation, and poor wireless network signals, everything else was quite nice.

At least, that’s what the residents who lived here used to think.

However, since a few months ago, when terrifying and strange cries periodically emerged from beneath the earth, the villagers’ nightmare began.

Initially, it was just bizarre howls echoing daily, but after some time, livestock began disappearing one after another in the village, sometimes leaving behind strange footprints and bloodstains on the ground.

Naturally, this scenario led to some unpleasant speculations.

Some said that wild beasts from the surrounding mountains had come down, while others thought that something unclean was stirring in the village.

But no matter which theory was held, neither had any solid evidence because the culprit remained uncaught.

Lately, apart from those cries, there were also frequent minor tremors beneath the ground, which truly terrified the people.

There had always been a rumor in the village that an ancient tomb lay underground, possibly belonging to a general from the bygone Luo Dynasty, although few really believed it.

The older generation, however, tended to believe this tale.

Some even suggested that it was an issue with the Spirit Vein of feng shui beneath the ground.

Now, with these strange incidents happening more frequently, this theory gradually became the mainstream belief.

As time went on, the disturbances in Sheep Village grew more and more substantial, causing unrest among the villagers.

However, just then, there came an unexpected turn of events.

Some people had been ready to temporarily move out for a while, but suddenly, government officials arrived.

They identified themselves as a geological survey team and confirmed that underneath Sheep Village, there indeed lay a burial site.

And those sounds from underground were also easily explained.

Actually, these were the tombs connected to an underground river that, over years of erosion by river water, caused the rocks to fracture and partial areas to collapse, forming a network of caves.

These sounds were produced whenever the flow of the river increased as it passed through these caves.

And that so-called earthquake was merely a natural phenomenon that occurred when the caves collapsed.

The villagers naturally couldn’t really understand the principles, but there was one thing they did grasp.

That was the government planned to develop the underground tombs and would relocate Sheep Village, providing everyone with a substantial compensation.

With the compensation, everything else was negotiable, and it took less than a day for the villagers to move out.

Even a few elders who were reluctant to leave were persuaded by their children to move into new homes.

After that, Zhang Xiaoman was pretty much aware of what happened next.

Actually, setting aside the intel he had gathered himself, some clues could be drawn from what Brother Hero had told him about the company’s relocation at the start.

In the name of conducting military exercises, the Azure Dragon Army established a perimeter around the area, enveloping Sheep Village to prevent the monsters from underground from breaking out.

However, there was a change in the situation a while ago.

Although these monsters were tough to handle, they couldn’t withstand several rounds against the overwhelming firepower of the Azure Dragon Army and were mostly eliminated as soon as they showed up.

But then, from the location of Sheep Village, a strange fog suddenly rose, completely altering the entire situation.

This fog was highly peculiar, not only foul and malodorous but also drastically reducing human visibility.

Besides, its most troublesome aspect was that all modern equipment would strangely malfunction upon entering it, as if they had entered a zone of chaotic magnetic fields.

Moreover, what shocked everyone was that the chaos here wasn’t limited to electromagnetics; many other particles also lost their usual reactive behaviors.

Certain specific chemical formulas seemed to have no effect at all here, as if the physical laws of this world had been rewritten.

The Abnormality Department’s personnel were also diligently researching the reason, but human knowledge is so insignificant compared to the universe that it was impossible to find any leads.

Now, with the diffusion of the Mist, the Azure Dragon Army’s encirclement of the area was expanding even more.

They had no choice—if they stayed inside the Mist, they would not only lose contact with the outside world, their equipment would mostly be useless, and they would also suffer attacks from unknown monsters.

In this area, the monsters seemed to be on their home turf, completely unaffected by any form of Mist, and they always launched their attacks from beyond human Field of View, catching them off guard.

Based on the analyses of professional scholars, it seemed that this Mist was part of a unique ecological system and a crucial component at that.

Combining this with the Alien Species information manual provided by Zhang Xiaoman, they immediately identified the source of the Mist.

The Abnormality Department had captured such a creature before—the heart-shaped creature that could change its form, called Fog Heart, that was killed in the Fat Fish Villa District.

Unfortunately, the carcass of the Fog Heart had been lost during the last Emperor Vine incident.

Now, they were eager to inquire about the incidents in Sheep Village with the mysterious organization once again.

But since the latter had not left any contact information when they left last time, this caused Hu Hu and the others quite a bit of frustration.

PS: Third update, making up for the one missed on a day I can’t recall.