manynovel Chapter 144 There were other convoys passing through this village?
Chapter 144 There were other convoys passing through this village?
Seeing that the three people in the convoy all seemed to want to enter the village, Xu Wenchu spoke to the old man:
"Old man, the minority should obey the majority. Let's get ready and enter the village, shall we?"
The opinions of the various sequences of extraordinary beings in the Star Train team are mostly in agreement. However, when they disagree, the principle of majority rule applies.
Now, three out of the five people have clearly expressed their desire to go into the village to take a look, so Xu Wenchu naturally intends to lead the convoy into the village to check it out.
Moreover, even Xu Wenchu himself wanted to visit this village.
After all, judging from the appearance of this village, there were obviously people living there, and he was also very curious about how the people in this village managed to avoid the strange occurrences and survive here.
Not long after, Xu Wenchu also informed the ordinary people in the convoy that the convoy was going to enter the village.
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"What! I can't believe my eyes! There are still people living in this village. It's been months since the apocalypse, how can there still be people living in the village? Haven't any supernatural things come after them?" A middle-aged man in the convoy said in disbelief.
"Yes! And judging from the smoke rising from the village chimneys, people must be cooking. It's practically like life before the apocalypse!"
"Yes! It's unbelievable! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have dared to imagine that this is what life would be like after the apocalypse!"
"Hehe! Did you hear what Captain Xu said? We're going into this village soon. Will we be able to enjoy this kind of life then?" A middle-aged woman with a weathered face also looked on with anticipation.
"Tch, keep dreaming! You won't even know how you died!" A young man, probably around 20 years old, said mercilessly.
"How can you talk like that? What do you mean by a beautiful dream? Don't tell me you don't yearn for such a wonderful life?" The middle-aged woman who was being rebuked retorted in a very blunt manner.
"Such a wonderful life, let alone us, even the Order Transcendents in the convoy must yearn for it. But have you ever heard the Order Transcendents in the convoy say that the people and things in this village are real?"
"Even the superhumans in the convoy can't guarantee that the people we see in this village are real. Haven't you ever witnessed the bizarre? In this messed-up apocalypse, all sorts of strange things happen. How can you be sure that what we're seeing isn't some kind of bizarre trick?"
The young man spoke very rationally.
It wasn't that he didn't believe what he was seeing, but in this messed-up apocalypse, they had seen far too many bizarre things, things that could create illusions...
All sorts of strange and bizarre things happened. Even those with extraordinary sequences didn't have the ability to allow people to live in the same place without being discovered by the supernatural. Therefore, to this 20-year-old man, the scene before him seemed unreal no matter how he looked at it.
Most of the people in the convoy shared the same thought as the young man. In this damned apocalypse, they had encountered many strange things and had seen all kinds of strange things. Just looking at the scene in front of them, they felt that it was another fake scene created by some kind of strange thing that could create illusions.
Therefore, when they heard that they were to enter the village, their first reaction was not joy or excitement, but rather caution.
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Not long after, Xu Wenchu led the convoy slowly toward the mysterious village. As they drew closer, they saw more details: at the village entrance stood a stone tablet with three large characters engraved on it—"Hot Spring Village." Several verdant willow trees stood at the village entrance, seemingly out of place in this frozen world. Further away, they could see some people dressed in ordinary cotton-padded clothes, seemingly oblivious to the blizzard and the bitter cold, as if living in another season.
As the first vehicle crossed the village boundary, Xu Wenchu felt a strange warmth wash over him. His body, which had been ravaged by the extreme cold for weeks, instantly relaxed, and he could even hear his frozen joints groaning in comfort.
But his vigilance had reached its peak.
In his perception, they were entering a void. Even after arriving at the village entrance, Xu Wenchu could not sense the existence of the village, as if it should not exist at all.
The hot spring village is small, with about forty or fifty households. Most of the houses are traditional wooden structures with roofs covered with blue tiles, which look particularly rustic and elegant against the backdrop of the surrounding snow.
The convoy arrived at the village entrance.
"Outsider?" A middle-aged woman came out of the nearest house, carrying a basin of freshly washed clothes. She was dressed in thin cotton clothes, and had a kind smile on her face. "Oh dear, it's snowing heavily, come in and warm up."
Clearly, the woman was not surprised by Xu Wenchu and his group's arrival. In fact, Xu Wenchu felt that the woman seemed quite used to their presence in the village.
What's most surprising is that this woman not only lacks the wariness one would expect from people in the apocalypse, but also maintains the same warm and hospitable attitude towards others as she did before the apocalypse.
Even so, Xu Wenchu stepped forward and said to the woman in front of him, "Madam, we are a passing caravan. We are a bit tired from our journey and would like to rest in your village for a while. We apologize for the inconvenience!"
"There's no trouble at all!" the woman said warmly. "Our village often has convoys passing through, and the village chief said we should help if we can. Park your car in the open space at the east end of the village; there's a shelter there that will protect you from the snow. Then come to my house for some hot tea. My husband is cooking; we can all have a hot meal together."
"However, with so many people in your convoy, the food we cooked today is only enough for two or three extra sets of bowls and chopsticks! But don't worry, the villagers in our village are all very hospitable. When the rest of your convoy arrives, I'll take you to another villager's house for a hot meal!"
Her tone was natural, her expression sincere, and there was no trace of acting.
Moreover, from the woman's words, Xu Wenchu and his group also gleaned a piece of information—there were other convoys passing through this village!
"Thank you so much, sister! But, sister, I just heard you say that other caravans passed through our village?" Xu Wenchu asked the woman in front of him with a smile on his face.