Ch 590: One-to-one Correspondence

“Yes, Uncle Chen, you’re absolutely right. When we first entered the East Gate, suddenly there was mist, we couldn’t see anything, and then the mist quickly dissipated, and we arrived at this place!”

Ji Xinglan nodded, telling us how they got here. I wasn’t surprised by this; I figured they, like me, were transported here via some special formation.

“Wait, you said you came from which county? Which characters?”

I suddenly remembered something; I’d been tricked before. Sometimes, the pronunciation is the same, but the characters are different.

“Shenwu County! The ‘Shen’ of god, and the ‘wu’ of lawless!”

Ji Xinglan answered me seriously.

Hiss!

Lao Dao, Ant, and I all gasped.

Shenwu County!

Not Shenwu County!

Sure enough, these people were all teleported here.

“Master Chen, why are you asking this?”

Ji Xinglan didn’t understand why I was asking.

“This is Shenwu County, the ‘Shenwu’ of glorious and martial, not the one you mentioned!”

I told Ji Xinglan their location.

“Ah?”

Of the four, everyone except Wang Xu was terrified.

Perhaps, as Ji Xinglan said, Wang Xu’s brain is smoother than his bottom, so he’s not afraid.

“Something’s wrong! Uncle, you’re not fooling me, are you! Although these two counties sound similar, they’re seventeen hundred kilometers apart!”

Wu Xia pulled out her mobile phone and opened the map. Although there’s no network, as long as the map is buffered, there shouldn’t be a big problem.

They should be able to be displayed.

I leaned in to take a look, and it was exactly as the girl said.

The distance between the two county towns is exactly seventeen hundred kilometers!

Moreover, one is south, and the other is north.

“This, what’s going on!”

Ji Xinglan was dumbfounded; she never imagined that their team had traveled such a long distance.

“Okay, don’t worry about other things. From the moment you entered here, your mobile phones have been useless, except for viewing some buffered content, nothing else works!”

I looked at the three girls and smiled, reminding them.

Anyway, Lao Dao, Ant, and I, our phones became useless the moment we arrived, they’ve become bricks.

They still have power at least, but it’s pointless.

The three girls didn’t believe it, refreshed their phones again, and made calls; just as I said, it was completely useless.

Finally, after a good beating, the three girls gave up.

At this time, I noticed that Ant seemed to like Zhang Ke, constantly chatting with her.

As for Lao Dao, he liked another girl, dressed fashionably but more mature.

Mainly because she had a nice voice; Lao Dao seems to like that type, a classic Cao Cao preference.

Of course, there’s Ji Xinglan. I don’t know if it’s because of her surname or something else, but I have a good impression of her.

“But Uncle Chen, how did we get here? That’s impossible!”

Ji Xinglan still didn’t understand what was going on.

“The reason is simple: the thick fog you encountered when you left the East Gate, that’s the key; that fog brought you here. You can think of it as a teleportation array!”

I briefly explained the process to them.

“Don’t not believe it; it wasn’t just you. We came here the same way. The three of us mysteriously walked from a graveyard to this courtyard!”

Seeing their disbelief, I could only wryly smile and briefly recounted our experience.

Only the three girls were scared. Wang Xu was still giggling, as if the word “fear” didn’t exist in his brain.

I even suspected that Wang Xu might be missing his Earth Soul, like me; people without an Earth Soul wouldn’t be afraid like Wang Xu.

Even a true fool would feel some inexplicable fear in certain special situations.

“Uncle Chen, is that true?”

Seeing my serious expression, Ji Xinglan couldn’t help but take two steps back, trembling as she asked.

I nodded: “Although I hate to admit it, it’s the truth! You were brought here by that fog. Now, if you want to get out alive, you have to follow us!”

I almost told them they’d time-traveled to the Qing Dynasty, but I thought better of it; after all, they were three girls.

I ignored Wang Xu, who was like a fool.

I could see that Wang Xu was useless, simply following the three girls like a son.

And only Ji Xinglan was really in charge. The other two young girls, one only knew how to act cool, and the other only knew how to act cute.

They practically knew nothing.

So I had no reason to tell them anything more.

Ji Xinglan was even more shocked after hearing my words, and her expression changed.

“Then Uncle Chen, please take us out; we’ll listen to you!”

Ji Xinglan carefully grabbed my arm and begged.

I patted Ji Xinglan and gave her a reassuring look.

“Don’t worry! As long as I’m here, nothing will go wrong!”

Anyway, I felt very good about Ji Xinglan, perhaps because she had Xiao Mi’s aura.

Although it was only one-third of her, I was flustered.

“What’s wrong, Uncle Chen? Is there a problem?” Seeing my strange expression, Ji Xinglan quickly whispered.

Perhaps fearing I might be angry, she added, “Uncle Chen, we’re too anxious. If it’s inconvenient, the four of us will go first!”

I waved my hand.

“Nothing, I just remembered an old friend, her name is similar to yours; she has the same surname, but it’s not you.”

I didn’t hide it and told Ji Xinglan that the other woman looked like an old friend.

“And this surname, I’ve never heard of it before?”

Ji Xinglan was slightly surprised.

I didn’t explain further, simply offered a few words of comfort, and prepared to leave. Soon, the sound of firecrackers came from the courtyard.

But at that moment, Lao Dao suddenly pulled me aside.

“Brother Chen, did you notice something is off about those four?”

Lao Dao grabbed my shoulder and whispered in my ear.

I nodded; something was indeed wrong.

I asked Lao Dao for his thoughts.