Grandfather Han was dead.
His body was gone.
Gu Gu had run away, leaving behind a beautiful body. The result of the investigation made people speechless.
At least, Wang He and the county magistrate could not say anything about it.
Not only could they not say anything, but they even gave the order not to spread the news to the public. Those who spread the news would be charged with misleading the public and disturbing the people's morale.
"Is it necessary?" Tang Ling crossed his legs and leaned back on the rocking chair made of sourwood. It was quiet and peaceful as he rocked back and forth.
The rain over the past two days had finally stopped. The blue sky was like a freshly washed sky. The warm sunlight was so warm that one could barely open their eyes.
The small courtyard was quiet and secluded. On the table beside the rocking chair were two plates of dried fruits, two plates of fresh fruits, four plates of pastries, and a pot of iced sour plum soup.
If his grandmother and sister were still around, Tang Ling would rather sleep with them and never wake up.
Unfortunately, despite his leisurely posture, his mind was never at peace. There was a black notebook in his hand, and it seemed like he had finished reading it.
Of course, the county magistrate wanted to keep it a secret. Who would have thought that the beautiful body was his daughter who had passed away a year ago due to a serious illness?
Did she come back to life or something? The county magistrate did not want to know, but whenever he thought about how his daughter, who had passed away a year ago, came to Qingxi town and ate people with the old guard, his head would explode.
As for Grandfather Han's body? It was taken away by Gu Gu.
Last night, the last cloud of mist that Grandfather Han spat out showed a familiar scene to Tang Ling. It quickly formed a bluish-purple mushroom flower in the air.
It was very similar to the mushroom flower that jumped out of the Zombie King's body at the garage. The only difference was the color and the petals.
The flower on the Zombie King's body was grayish-white with three petals.
The flower on the Zombie King's body was bluish-purple with five petals.
The flower on the Zombie King's body was torn by a naughty child while the one on Grandfather Han's body was intact.
However, who was Tang Ling? He was not a person who would be fooled by appearances. He did not care about the color of the body or whether it was broken or not. His first reaction was to kick Grandfather Han away and jump away.
He did not have the mayor's ability. He knew that the mushroom flower was about to scatter, and every speck of dust that scattered was a terrifying thing similar to the Devil Fungus. He did not have any fungus suppressant, so he could only hide.
Unfortunately, when he located Grandfather Han, the mission completion notification popped up in his mind. Even though he analyzed and planned meticulously and pinned Grandfather Han down, he only got a 30% completion rate.
The remaining 70% still fell on Gu Gu.
Tang Ling dashed into the house and chased after Gu Gu.
However, after he entered the house, there was no one there. After some thought, Tang Ling found a secret passage, but when he chased after it, where was he going to find a mushroom in the middle of the night?
All he found was the beautiful corpse of the magistrate's daughter.
When he turned around, Grandfather Han's body was gone as well.
It was normal for Grandfather Han to have run away. He and Gu Gu were inseparable, so even if he was dead, the mushroom that he spat out should have transported him somewhere.
With that in mind, Tang Ling grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds from the plate and chewed on them. He then exclaimed, "So, it's all because of love."
It was the most honest answer. If the magistrate asked him why his daughter's body was in such a mess, Tang Ling would surely give him the same answer.
He flipped through the county journal because the clue of the beginning of love was hidden in the county journal.
'In the eleventh year of the Lunar Era, on the night of the seventh month of Xinyou, a pure red object appeared in Zhuanxi Town. It was a few dozen meters wide and flew from the south to the north. Its tail trailed a bright flame, covering the land like a crimson sunset. Those who saw it were terrified.'
What did it mean? It meant that on that day, in a place like Wanghe County's Zhuanxi Town, a strange thing appeared in the sky. It was about twenty to thirty meters in size (in any case, the records were vague and not accurate), dragging a long scarlet tail. It was also the scarlet light that illuminated the earth, and in short, the local people were frightened.
It was the first time it appeared.
Where was Zhuanxi Town? Although it was a few dozen miles away from Qingxi Town, it happened to be at the south of the town. The key point was that it flew from the south to the north.
Then, there was another entry in the county journal that recorded the strange object in the sky, but this time, there were not many people who saw it. The entry was not detailed, so Tang Ling only managed to catch two key points.
First, it was red. Yes, it was red as well.
Second, it appeared in Crouching Bull Plain near a village called Benniu Village. Although it did not move in a straight line, it got closer to Qingxi Town and it flew from the south to the north.
Lastly, there was another entry in the county journal.
'In the eleventh year of the eleventh month of the eleventh month, in Qingxi Town, in the middle of the night, a strong wind blew, trees were uprooted, the red aura illuminated the sky, as if something fell from the south to the north.'
It was the last valuable clue that connected the whole incident together.
According to the year recorded in the county journal, a strong wind blew in Qingxi Town in the middle of the night. Many of the trees on the hill were uprooted, and the red aura made the sky look like it was lit up by candlelight. It seemed like something huge flew from the south to the north and fell with a loud crash.
Tang Ling would be an idiot if he still could not understand what was going on after reading all that.
This was because these clues clearly recorded the process of an extraterrestrial being being 'heavily injured' to the final 'crash'.
The final crash was in Qingxi Town.
Tang Ling was no stranger to the term 'object from the sky'. He would seize the time to read on normal days to enrich his knowledge. Many records of the old civilization mentioned this mysterious phenomenon, but there was a lack of concrete evidence.
There might be concrete evidence, but it was only in the hands of a handful of people.
Following the destruction of the old civilization, all these things could no longer be verified.
Tang Ling would never miss such a coincidence. His mind was active and he even dared to speculate that the existence of zombies in ancient Huaxia was something that could only be explained from a biological point of view.
But on this planet, all living things had their own evolutionary trajectory, and genetic mutations could not change to this extent.
This point was only valid in the Purple Moon era because in the Purple Moon era, all species were evolving at an uncontrollable speed.
Then, on a planet with a stable ecosystem and evolution was not disrupted. If there was an abnormal biological phenomenon, how could it be explained? The explanation could only come from the heavens. It was an alien species that broke the 'law' here.
Let's call it a law for now.
As a matter of fact, Tang Ling was not confident that he could find the clues in the county journal, but when he received the system notification that everything was related to the zombies, he could only rely on the journal.
The ancient Huaxia people were honest, and the literati had their own strength of character.
Although they would also whitewash history, they would not whitewash it too much, and there was no need to whitewash something like the county journal when it came to recording 'strange events'.
At first, Tang Ling just wanted to actively search for clues despite the lack of clues.
It was not contradictory to 'nailing' Grandfather Han to death.
However, he never thought it would be the start of a great love story.
Speaking of which, he had to go back to the black leather notebook that he found in Grandfather Han's house.
Was it Grandfather Han's monthly journal? Hmm, the frequency of his journal would not be lower than the monthly journal, so let's call it that for now.
Tang Ling did not want to look for the journal at all. He was interested in the ancient martial arts of Huaxia because it toppled his view of martial arts. He wanted to look for martial arts manuals.
However, what he found was this.
Was the Dream Domain really a cheapskate? Did they not allow him to take advantage of anything?
In short, the monthly journal recorded an adventure that Grandfather Han went on about 20 years ago.
It was also 20 years ago when a foreign object fell to the ground in Qingxi Town.
According to the journal, it was a huge incident that attracted the officials of the county, but after searching the mountain for three days, other than a scorched land, they found nothing.
The story could not satisfy the people's curiosity, so naturally, it could not satisfy Grandfather Han's heart.
He was in his prime back then and had been the head guard of the Tang family for more than a decade.
However, he often lamented that he was stuck in a remote town despite his martial arts skills. He wanted to roam the martial world, but he could not leave his wife and children behind.
"Does he have a wife and children?" Tang Ling was confused when he read up to this point, so he called his servant over to ask.
The servant could not accept Second Young Master Tang's bad taste, so his legs trembled when he answered the question.
The place where Tang Ling enjoyed his meals and sunbathe was Grandfather Han's courtyard in the Tang mansion. What kind of hobby did Second Young Master Tang have?
Although the servant ran away after answering the question, the fact that Grandfather Han had a wife and children was confirmed. However, two years ago, his wife and children mysteriously went missing.
"Hmph." Tang Ling shook his head.
He continued reading about Grandfather Han's adventure. He claimed that he was the most familiar with Mount Wangxi beside Qingxi Town. If the soldiers did not notice him, he might not have.
He wanted adventure, fame, and even a position in the government. With that in mind, he went up the mountain without a second thought.
Then, aside from the twists and turns in the middle, he found something in the end.
In his monthly diary, he recorded that the scorched land was actually close to a hidden mountain stream. He took the risk and went down to the hidden mountain stream. In the end, he found a huge cave.
The cave was filled with strange corpses, like monkeys.
Tang Ling frowned. "Like monkeys?" Wasn't it supposed to be a mushroom?
Then, among the corpses, he found a transparent cover. The cover was the most precious treasure in Grandfather Han's eyes back then because he did not know what it was. It was transparent and light, and it was even more attractive than the best gemstone.
Tang Ling also found the cover in Grandfather Han's room. He really wanted to tell Grandfather Han that it was just a plastic cover. No matter what kind of plastic it was, it was just a plastic cover.
After taking the risk, Grandfather Han found a plastic cover. In ancient Huaxia, it would be a bountiful reward. If he brought it to the emperor, he might be able to please the emperor.
However, if that was the case, the touching love story would not have started.
Therefore, Grandfather Han realized that the cover was movable and could be opened. After he opened it, he saw a strange faint purple liquid inside and a mushroom on top of the liquid.
The young mushroom was green and full of life. It seemed to be able to understand human emotions. When Grandfather Han discovered it, it seemed to be bowing and begging for mercy.
Grandfather Han had the thought of keeping the strange mushroom for himself.
It was also the first time Gu Gu and Guo 'er met in the cave.
"As expected, human greed is a cardinal sin," Tang Ling concluded seriously. If he was in Guo 'er's shoes, would he not be greedy? Not really. Based on Tang Ling's behavior, if the mushroom was proven to be harmless, he would probably cook it and eat it.
Up until this point in the story, everything made sense.
Grandfather Han started to raise the mushroom.
The diary was originally a record of the adventure that he was most proud of, but because of Gu Gu, it became Gu Gu's Raising Diary.
The process in the diary was not worth mentioning.
In the end, Gu Gu was able to understand human emotions and could magically communicate with Grandfather Han whenever it needed something.
Grandfather Han did his best to take care of it.
Time flew and six years had passed in the blink of an eye. The purple liquid that accompanied Gu Gu in the cover was completely consumed, and it was then that Gu Gu made a new request. It needed flesh and blood.
Not just any flesh and blood, but human flesh and blood.
Grandfather Han agreed to it.
This was because after six years of living together, he already knew that if Gu Gu grew up, it would be able to grant a person immortality.
Immortality?! How tempting was that? Even if it was just a glimmer of hope, many people would kill thousands or even tens of thousands just to pursue it.
Moreover, Grandfather Han was confident in his hope. Where else in the world could he find a mushroom that could communicate with humans? The more mature the mushroom was, the more spiritual it would be. After six years of living together, Grandfather Han learned many secrets.
"Secret? What secret?" Tang Ling was a little annoyed that Grandfather Han's monthly diary was so vague.
Therefore, Grandfather Han started to search for flesh and blood for Gu Gu.
With his martial arts, it was not difficult for him to kill people, but the cautious Grandfather Han always targeted the homeless and child beggars.
He never committed his crimes in Qingxi town. Instead, he chose the remote countryside.
Therefore, for ten years in a row, Grandfather Han, the murderous maniac, was not found at all.
What about Gu Gu? Its appetite was small at first. A human's flesh and blood was enough for it to consume for a year.
Slowly, as time went by, Gu Gu's appetite grew, but Grandfather Han did not have to worry about it anymore. All he had to do was kill the person and leave Gu Gu somewhere. The next day, Gu Gu would return to Grandfather Han on its own.
As for the bodies of the victims, they would disappear without a trace as if the whole family had moved away or gone missing.
Disappearances were a common occurrence in the old civilization, let alone ancient Huaxia. Most of the cases ended without an ending. The person was never found, and the body was never found.
Moreover, Grandfather Han was always on the move, so no one would pay attention to him. Not even the county journal could find any traces of him.
Just like that, a man and a mushroom, the two demons devoured at least a hundred lives in Wanghe County.
It had been 16 years since then. Gu Gu had finally matured and Grandfather Han had aged.
However, since it matured, Gu Gu could grant Grandfather Han immortality. It also decided that it would not only grant Grandfather Han immortality, but it would also stay with him forever.
"Hmm …" Tang Ling was at a loss for words when he read up to this point. Should he say that Grandfather Han's 16 years of meticulous care finally paid off and he fell in love with Grandfather Han? Or should he say that the first man that the mushroom met since it was young was Grandfather Han and the whole world belonged to him? Did he finally fall in love with him?
Tang Ling could not understand it because his mind worked differently than a normal person. He was able to grasp the essence of the problem better. Do mushrooms have male and female genders? Isn't it just a spores?
No matter how Tang Ling objected, Gu Gu's love for him would never change.
Of course, Grandfather Han was a normal man both physically and mentally. Even though he was old, it was still difficult for him to accept a mushroom.
However, it was not impossible.
As a matured Gu Gu, it had its own mission. It brought Grandfather Han back to its hometown. Yes, that cave.
In Grandfather Han's monthly diary, there was no detailed description of what he saw in Gu Gu's hometown, but he was excited because he had witnessed a miracle bestowed by the heavens.
Therefore, he also became a citizen of the Yu Kingdom and received the most precious gift from his aunt.
He was no longer a lowly human. He had a noble bloodline.
Of course, he also married the Mother of the Yu Kingdom, Gu Gu, in an honorable manner.
"What the f * ck?" Tang Ling could not help but grumble. Even though Grandfather Han's diary was vague, Tang Ling knew without a second thought that he was not a noble bloodline. He was just a parasite of Gu Gu's spores or rather, a split fungus.
After reading up to this point, Tang Ling had a clear picture of everything. He also saw through the ultimate essence of the Qingxi town mission that the Dream Domain gave him.
However, how far should he go? Tang Ling was not sure. If he went further, it would no longer be a thread between life and death. It would be a thread between life and death, and he might even die.
However, if he took a step back, the completion rate of the mission would be terrible. He might even forget about the Dream Coins.
Tang Ling sat up. He was no longer interested in the monthly diary.
What was recorded at the end of the diary was ridiculous. What good could come out of being parasitized by something similar to the Devil Fungus? Even if it was a living parasite, it would not be able to escape the fate of becoming a man-eating monster.
Grandfather Han thought that he had not changed, but his humanity had been wiped clean after being with Gu Gu for a long time.
In the end, in order to express his loyalty to Gu Gu, he even allowed Gu Gu to kill his wife and son.
"My only wife, the only thing in my heart, the place of my deep love." It was written in the diary. On the day his wife and son died, Grandfather Han wrote down his deep love for Gu Gu as if something important had finally been accomplished.
It must have been tough for Grandfather Han, a mere warrior, to write such words. Was it because he was deeply in love with Gu Gu or because he was infatuated with the identity of the Father of the Yu Kingdom?
Gu Gu, of course, wanted to repay Grandfather Han's deep love.
When Grandfather Han was still in his prime, he once saw the county magistrate's daughter from afar. Back then, the daughter was around 15 or 16 years old. She was so beautiful that Grandfather Han was stunned by her beauty at first glance.
Of course, with Grandfather Han's identity, he had to be careful even when he fantasized about the county magistrate's daughter.
However, Gu Gu satisfied him.
It somehow killed the county magistrate's daughter, who was already married to another person. After the person was buried, it parasitized the person's body.
It used this way of living to stay with Grandfather Han forever and was ready to live a celestial life in Qingxi town.
When it could evolve again, it would build a kingdom in ancient Huaxia and bring the Yu Kingdom back to the land. Grandfather Han would be the emperor and it would be the queen.
Then, it would forever be Grandfather Han's Gu Gu.
As for Grandfather Han, he was reborn because of it, so he was also its child. Therefore, Grandfather Han would forever be its Guo 'er.
"What a sweet dream. Does this count as a dream with you accompanying the spores to soar?" Tang Ling spat.
He did not want to think about the contents of the monthly diary anymore. He hated Grandfather Han for cultivating it for 16 years and Gu Gu's growth in the next four years. It increased the difficulty of the mission by a lot.
When he finished reading the black diary, Tang Ling's investigation mission was 60% completed.
It was a passing mark, but the Dream Domain did not respond.
According to Tang Ling's thoughts, he would wake up from his dream when the investigation mission was 100% completed. However, even if the investigation mission was 100% completed, according to the rating system of the Dream Domain, he had only completed the worst rating.
"Sigh, can't I just relax a little? Isn't it bad to fight and kill? "Tang Ling stood up and stretched his body.
He took one last look at the Tang Mansion, his servants, and his relatives.
He stretched his body, and when there was no one around, he easily climbed up the high wall of the courtyard and flipped out of the Tang Mansion.
He wanted to look for Gu Gu and Guo 'er. He also wanted to visit Gu Gu's hometown.
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