Some invisible substances in the cave were stirring, and the plant roots spreading from above restrained the ancient dragon, but the ancient dragon seemed to be affected by something and was about to wake up.

Maybe because of the aura of the underworld... Mu Ning asked Bone Dragon to close the door quickly.

The woman was also in a panic. She didn't care about arguing with Mu Ning and went straight to the place where the ancient dragon was entrenched.

Mu Ning turned off the ferryman's ability, and in an instant, the restless energy, the illusory dragon, and the woman disappeared.

It's a bit like an ostrich burying its head in the sand when it's in danger.

"Let's go, the big one is coming."

Mu Ning didn't have time to explain, the void force picked up the three unconscious people and ran away.

Tang Huolin and Shu Chen didn't realize anything yet, so they had to keep walking outside. Because they couldn't see the scene in the void world, they were confused along the way. Time was tight, and Mu Ning couldn't fully describe it to them.

Most of it can only be guessed.

What happened?

What did Mu Ning see that made him run away?

Running all the way from the corridor and coming out of the altar, Mu Ning continued to open the ferry and glanced back while the silver star track was swirling around.

There was nothing... It was very quiet. The awakened dragon gave Mu Ning an unimaginable sense of oppression, but so far, there was no movement at all.

Mu Ning looked back at the previous village. Unlike the ruins in reality, the village was still there, which meant that the ferryman's ability still existed.

Although Mu Ning caused a scene in the auditorium in the north of the village, it has not spread to the West Village yet.

Every household is still busy with their own affairs...Mu Ning suddenly felt that their lives were all false, just reincarnating in this nihilistic world. Most people don't know that they are in such a false world, right?

The body is buried under the earth and the soul lives and rests on the ground. This village is a ghost village in the literal sense.

"Go out of this village first, return to the defense line and report what happened here,"

Tang Huolin said,

"With so many people buried under the earth, and there are weird rituals in the village, there may be quite a secret here."

Mu Ning thought so, but the dragon entrenched here was too strong, giving him a sense of déjà vu as a candle dragon, so he could only go to rescue him, and he would just be delivering food.

Before he could close the ferry, Mu Ning saw a peasant woman walking towards him.

This is...the little boy's mother.

As the representatives of the simple villagers, Mu Ning felt that the little boy's family was quite friendly.

"Mu Ning, let's go!"

The two were about to leave when they found Mu Ning looking somewhere and saying.

"Wait a minute, this man seems to know something."

Mu Ning said.

The kindness on the peasant woman's face disappeared, replaced by silence. Mu Ning had never seen such a look on the faces of other villagers. She seemed to be... the same type of person as the village chief and the three "young people".

"Outsiders, you seem to have awakened the soul dragon."

The peasant woman said softly.

"Is that the dragon's name? Who are you?"

After arriving in this village, I was confused about many things and needed to look for clues. I managed to catch the village chief and ask for directions before. After going to the Dragon Cave, he asked the bone dragon to look at him, but he disappeared when he came out.

"A member of Longjian Village has been waiting here for hundreds of years, and you have broken the tranquility here."

said the peasant woman.

Longjian Village was born before the Alien Beast War. The Soul Dragon was the overlord of this area, but its power was at the soul level. It was in the generation-changing stage at that time and was not very strong yet.

At that time, in order to avoid the alien beasts and the human legions recruiting troops from everywhere, the village chief of Longjian Village wanted to avoid the disaster caused by the alien beast war, so he came up with the idea of ​​collectively entering the spirit realm of the soul dragon.

It is difficult to improve the ability of a soul dragon. It requires constant consumption of ownerless spiritual substances. This method of entering the realm of the soul dragon is very simple. It has been available for a long time. It is a method to mature the soul dragon.

Bury the living people underneath, connect them with the vines of the giant star vine tree, and let the soul dragon sleep, creating a dreamland where these people can exist.

This is not shelter, but planting people like seedlings, and then constantly harvesting their scattered souls, burying their bodies deep underneath, just like the seeds of seedlings.

"Originally, as soon as the Alien Beast War is over, the villagers should be released, but when faced with eternal life in dreams or freedom, the village chief chose the former. He even blocked the memories of the villagers and let them live in a dream."

"Only by realizing that you are in a dream can you get rid of the village chief's control."

Mu Ning finally learned the truth of the matter. Those young people mentioned on the escape stone tablet were like this.

They realize that this is a dream, steal the village chief's puppet, and want to escape, but their bodies are buried deep underground, and they gradually despair.

After he carved "Fake, it's all fake..." on the stone tablet, he was caught by the village chief, and his body was burned on the altar of the Star Festival.

"The soul dragon wakes up, what will happen to you?"

Mu Ning said.

In any case, these villagers are innocent.

"It has been too long. Our bodies have died, and only our souls are attached to the realm of the soul dragon."

The peasant woman said,

"When the soul dragon wakes up, we will be wiped out."

Most people in the village don't know what the village chief does. They are busy day after day, doing false things in a false world.

"Who is the gravekeeper?"

Mu Ning asked.

That woman seems to be guarding or controlling the soul dragon.

"I don't know, she already existed before I broke free."

said the peasant woman.

After Mu Ning finished asking the questions, he basically understood what happened in this village, including Soul Dragon, Star Vine Tree, Tomb Keeper, and Longjian Village.

But he still had one last question: why did the peasant woman come to him?

"After I regained consciousness, I still stayed with my children and husband. I carefully avoided the village chief's detection, fearing that he and his men would find me, but I always felt that I was still happy."

"I can always be with my family, my son and my husband. Even though this has been boring and repeated for hundreds of years, I still feel very satisfied."

"But gradually, I felt that this might not be their wish. My children would never be able to grow up, and my husband could only work hard day after day, like being shackled or imprisoned in a cage."

The peasant woman said softly,

"I want to see if they are as sober as me, if everyone in the village is sober... what choice will they make."

Continue to linger in the door, or... return to dust.

This was the peasant woman's request, and it was also a deal she exchanged for Mu Ning with all the information she knew.

Of course, Mu Ning has the right to choose whether to take it or not.

Soul Dragon seemed to be stabilized by that woman... As long as Soul Dragon didn't wake up, nothing would happen.

Here, no one wants the soul dragon to wake up yet.
Chapter completed!