Meng Chao was also shocked by Su Mulian's actions.
Then, he was completely confused.
'Even if I'm not really handsome, I'm not too fierce, right? Is there a need to scare the girl to this extent?
Besides, quite a number of the villagers in Leprosy Village were deformed and had monstrous faces. Su Mulian should have gotten used to it a long time ago.
Besides, the explosion just now had tossed a lot of severed limbs and mangled corpses into the air. It would not be an exaggeration to say that there was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood around the ruins. The former Reaper Squad members were also massacring the villagers.
Su Mulian had managed to maintain a compassionate and aloof expression in such a hellish place. It was clear that she had a heart that was stronger than a normal person's.
Why was it that when she saw his true face, she looked as if she had seen a ghost?
"I-I'm sorry."
Su Mulian also realized that she had overreacted. Her cheeks turned a little red, and she explained, "I mistook you for someone else."
She really wasn't a liar.
She groped about the ground with her right hand and instinctively grabbed a broken rebar. It was as if Meng Chao was too terrifying and she had to search for a weapon to defend herself before she could muster the courage to talk to him.
Her trembling lips, arms, and legs showed clearly that she was terrified of Meng Chao.
"Mistook me for someone else?"
Meng Chao was very doubtful. "Um, may I ask who you mistook me for?"
He was very curious. Just what sort of terrifying existence could make Ms. Mulian, a living bodhisattva who willingly endured the pain of countless deformed villagers without batting an eyelid, feel such great fear?
Moreover, this "vicious and evil existence" actually looked very similar to him?
"N-No one else."
Ms. Mulian sucked in a deep breath and bit her lip. She forced herself to let go of the broken rebar in her hand and sucked in another deep breath. She gradually calmed down, but she still did not dare to look at Meng Chao's face. She lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry. I should be the one thanking you. You saved me and a lot of the villagers."
"You saved me, and I saved you. There's no need for us to thank each other and be so polite."
Time was tight, so Meng Chao did not have the time to dwell on Su Mulian's strangeness. He went straight to the point. "Ms. Mulian, do you know who I am?"
Regardless of whether she really mistook him for someone else, since her reaction was so strong, she should know his identity.
Just as he expected, Su Mulian nodded and whispered, "I know. You're Meng Chao."
"That's right, Meng Chao from Monster University. He's the boss of Superstar, the club leader of Broken Star Club, and the youngest Heaven Realm superhuman in Dragon City!"
A 'Ji jumped up. His eyes sparkled, and he started gesticulating. "So, it's you! Big Brother Chao, you're the most famous super newbie in the superhuman circle over the past few years! I've watched a lot of your fighting videos and followed your social media accounts!"
"Really?"
Meng Chao scratched his head and had a strange feeling.
He thought that Leprosy Village was isolated from the world.
Now, it seemed that the news wasn't that blocked off.
"Over the past few decades, the spirit energy magnetic field around Dragon City has become really complicated. The interference is really bad, and there are plenty of places in the main city area where the signals aren't stable. The underground cables are also easily eaten by pests and other monsters. It's even more so for Leprosy Village. No one has come here to set up cables or build information bases. That's why the older generation of villagers don't know the situation outside.
"But over the past few years, especially after Dragon City won the northern offense, the spirit energy magnetic field in the city has gradually stabilized. We've also set up some information bases around Leprosy Village and the lair, so more villagers can see the world around them clearly through the internet.
"It's not that we don't know anything about the outside world … it's just that due to various reasons, we don't want to attract attention, so we rarely communicate with the outside world."
"Since you know who I am, that's for the best."
Meng Chao spent ten minutes telling her about the cause and effect of the matter as well as his guesses in a concise manner.
In the end, he said, "Ms. Mulian, please believe me. I admit that Dragon City hasn't treated everyone equally over the past half a century of development, and it's unfair to special groups like the villagers. But this is a problem left behind by the zombie crisis. It's not that we didn't solve it on purpose, it's just that we have limited resources, and for the time being, we can't do anything about it.
"It's impossible for us to ignore human lives just to capture fugitives and abnormal beasts. It's also impossible for us to intentionally bring in weapons of mass destruction to flatten Leprosy Village.
"As long as you calm down and think about it carefully, you'll immediately notice that this explanation is full of loopholes. Those so-called law enforcers are fake. They're all wanted criminals and former Reaper Squad members in disguise. They're all the abnormal beasts' puppets. Their goal is to incite and intensify the conflict between Leprosy Village and the outside world so that you can fight against each other.
"I think that they're creating some sort of situation to force Wild Wolf to bring the mutants who are the best fighters in Leprosy Village to charge out regardless of the cost. Then, they'll fight against the gangs who are trying to stop you.
"As long as there's a large-scale conflict, the abnormal beasts lurking in the dark will be able to take advantage of the situation and do even more terrifying things to the gangs. They'll completely destroy the order in the lair, then direct the chaos that wreaks havoc in the lair to the core of Dragon City. It's where the population is the densest and the market is the most prosperous.
"This is like an avalanche. The initial scheme might just be a small pebble, but the chain reaction will cause the damage to increase by several degrees. In the end, it will flood all of Dragon City.
"And you're that 'pebble'. You're the key to stopping the avalanche!
"Why would the abnormal beasts want to interfere with all communications indiscriminately? It's to cut off the communication between Leprosy Village and the lair, as well as the lair and the outside world. They're using the advantage of not having enough information to toy with us.
"So, the key is communication.
"As long as you can convince Wild Wolf to calm down and think of a way to communicate with the leaders of the gangs, you'll definitely discover the truth and expose the scheme.
"Right now, there's a pitched battle that will decide Dragon City's fate at the borders. For the time being, we can't spare any manpower to provide reinforcements to the lair. But I believe that as long as Leprosy Village and the lair can maintain order for a few more days, the monsters will be suppressed by the humans, and reinforcements will arrive in an endless stream. At that time, Leprosy Village, the lair, and all of Dragon City will be saved!"
Su Mulian listened to him seriously.
Almost at the same time Meng Chao finished his last word, she nodded and said, "Alright, I believe you."
"… Is that so?"
Meng Chao felt as if he had thrown out 120% of his full strength, but before he could even hit his enemy, she would fall on her own.
When he saw how afraid Su Mulian was of him just now, he thought that she did not trust him and the outside world and had prepared a long speech to convince him!
He did not expect that she would believe him so readily.
In fact, Meng Chao had a strange feeling that before he said anything, Su Mulian had already believed him.
What was this? Was he imagining things?
Since Su Mulian had recognized him as Meng Chao and believed him unreservedly, how could he explain her extreme fear?
Also, when he first saw her, a strange feeling rose in the depths of his mind. It was as if they had done it in their previous life, but when he searched through his memories, he could not find her at all.
Meng Chao felt that Su Mulian was shrouded in a huge mystery.
But right now, he was not in the mood to guess riddles.
For some unknown reason, Su Mulian believed in him unconditionally, and this solved the most crucial problem.
"Ms. Mulian, can you bring me to Wild Wolf and help me convince him?" Meng Chao asked with great anticipation.
Su Mulian thought about it seriously for a while before she nodded. Then, she shook her head and said, "Of course I can bring you to Uncle Wolf, but I'm not confident that I can convince him.
"Uncle Wolf is a very stubborn person. He represents the most extreme people among the zombie infectees. He believes that everything outside Leprosy Village, including the gangs, Dragon Citizens, the Supernatural Tower, the Survival Committee, and of course, the monsters, harbors ill intentions toward Leprosy Village. There is no need for Leprosy Village to ask for help from anyone in the outside world. It can only rely on itself.
"He has always felt that Grandpa is too soft toward the outside world. He has been subservient and even betrayed Leprosy Village's interests to get food, drinking water, and other necessary resources from the outside world.
"Of course, he knows that Grandpa is forced to do this, which is why he was reluctant to listen to Grandpa's guidance in the past.
"But a year ago, for some reason, he got into a huge argument with Grandpa in private. They fought really fiercely, and I've never seen them so terrifying before.
"From then on, Uncle Wolf rarely came to see Grandpa. Wild Wolves' influence grew by leaps and bounds, and they gradually took over Grandpa's authority.
"As for me, Uncle Wolf still takes good care of me, but he only treats me as a little girl who doesn't know the ways of the world. He once said that my kindness can save the villagers, but it's impossible for me to save all of Leprosy Village.
"I admit that he's right. I don't have the ability, and I'm not interested in saving all of Leprosy Village. The only thing I can do is save one villager after another.
"Now that Grandpa is dead, there's no longer any power that can stop Uncle Wolf from using his own method to protect Leprosy Village's interests.
"In such a chaotic situation, even if I bring you to him, I might not be able to convince him to believe everything you say.
"In fact, he might even suspect that you're using my naivety and kindness. To prevent me from being deceived by you, he might use even more intense methods to … snatch me back from you."
"No way."
Meng Chao was stunned. He coughed dryly a few times and said, "I'm quite famous in the superhuman circle in Dragon City. I might not have a lot of achievements, but I've fought quite a lot of tough battles. Everyone knows that I'm a good person! There's no way I would lie to you, him, and all of Leprosy Village! "
"Uncle Wolf hates the superhumans outside the village the most. I don't know why either," Su Mulian said.
"He wasn't like this in the past. A few years ago, he might have been a little averse to the outside world, but he mainly hated the gangs who traded with Leprosy Village, because those gangs often took advantage of us.
"But ever since he got into a huge argument with Grandpa a year ago, he seems to hate the entire world.
"It's especially so for the superhumans outside, especially for people like you. Your family runs a big company and even created the Broken Star Club. You're someone who stands above everyone else, and you're someone who's at the top."
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