Behind me is the earth

"Peony, serve tea."

Ren Pingsheng called out to Mudan, who had returned from the backyard. Mudan winked at him, and he understood and felt a little relieved.

"Mayor Ren, I am the general bannerman of Xiaolong Division Wuzhou Town Guards, Si Nian."

Si Nian picked up the tea cup and introduced himself.

Ren Pingsheng had relaxed a lot at this time. At least in terms of attitude and tone, the other party didn't seem to be looking for trouble.

"Mayor Ren, I am waiting for this trip because of that pig demon. We got news that the caravan of Qixing Company in Qingcheng Town hunted a pig demon in Quanshan. Is it true?"

Si Nian, who has the crisp and clear character of a soldier, asked straight to the point.

"good."

Ren Pingsheng remained calm, but his heart was filled with fear.

He originally thought that the imperial court was at the end of its power, that government orders could no longer leave the capital, that the place was about to be in chaos, and that he had become somewhat careless in his actions.

But I didn't expect that Xiaolongsi would be so powerful!

Lu Junyi was covered with black cloth all the way, and the process of pulling the pig demon back was kept secret.

Unexpectedly, just the day after the pig demon came back, people from the Xiaolong Division had already come to the door!

The intelligence capabilities of Xiaolongsi are also too terrifying.

I just don’t know if there is a rumor in the town government, or if Lu Junyi leaked information along the way, or if Xiaolongsi has some extraordinary intelligence gathering ability.

No matter which point it is, the situation at this time is definitely not a good thing for Ren Pingsheng!

"I wonder where the corpse of this pig monster is?"

Si Nian asked.

Ren Pingsheng replied: "The corpse is already smelly. After the cook dissected it, he threw away the carrion, but there are still some bones left."

Si Nian nodded: "Can such beads be found in the pig demon's body?"

As she spoke, she took out a jade box and took out a soybean-sized bead with this earthy yellow luster on it.

"This is?"

Ren Pingsheng asked pretending to be curious.

"This is... you are the mayor and regiment coach of Qingcheng Town, and you are also an official, so it doesn't hurt to tell you. This is the demon elixir in the body of the monster, and some people also call it a rosary.

Haven't you seen it? "

She hesitated for a moment, answered the question, and then asked again.

"No. Yesterday, the chef in the house dissected the pig demon very carefully, but he didn't see any beads."

When Ren Pingsheng said this, he was a little bit tough.

Regarding monsters and aliens, it actually involves his blind spots in knowledge. He didn't even know how to answer these questions.

And there were quite a few people who had seen Demon Pill yesterday, including Chef, Lu Junyi, Shaoyao...if I just think about it, there were seven or eight of them.

If Si Nian sent someone to ask at this time, it would be easy to find out.

But the pig demon's demon elixir has disappeared. If you answer yes, it may cause a lot of trouble. Denial is probably the best option, at least the room for maneuver will be larger.

However, what Ren Pingsheng did not expect was that Si Nian did not dwell on this, but nodded: "The pig demon can be killed by mortals, it should be that it was not long after it became a demon and died for more than ten days. The rice-sized demon The pill has dissipated between heaven and earth, which is normal."

"Si Zongqi, can you tell me about this monster? Ever since I saw the monster, I have always felt a little uneasy. Living corpses outside the city are already a headache. If this monster also comes out to harm the people, then this city How can ordinary people survive? How can we produce this food? How many people can survive in this world without food?"

Ren Pingsheng asked heartbrokenly.

When Si Nian heard this, she had a good impression of Ren Shengsheng, and a look of admiration flashed in her eyes. It was obvious that she had a good impression of this good official who cared about the people.

"Mayor Ren, you can relax. The world has changed, but in just eight years, whether it is monsters or strangers - that is, people with superpowers, they have not appeared for a long time, and they have not shown much threat. Moreover, the court There are Xiaolongsi to cut off the monsters, and there are very few monsters that can break into the people, and they will not disturb the human world in a short period of time."

Si Nian explained.

Seeing that Si Nian was easy to talk to, Ren Pingsheng immediately continued to ask in a tactful way: "But, this pig demon can control water, and its skin and flesh are invulnerable. If there hadn't been some capable people in the caravan at that time, no one would have been able to escape.

I wonder if Si Zongqi can tell you some basic knowledge about monsters and give us some local methods to deal with them. "

Si Nian shook his head: "These monsters are just like strangers, with different abilities. However, most of the abilities awakened by monsters are aggressive and cannot be dealt with by ordinary people. Anyone who becomes a monster is a rabbit." Even the demon can make the gray wolf escape.

It would be very difficult to rely solely on joint prevention and protection by villagers.

However... it is not that there are no countermeasures. If these monsters are faced with well-trained soldiers with strong bows, crossbows, guns and knives, and armor, they can also be hunted to death. When faced with flintlock guns, other than rough-skinned and fleshy monsters such as wild boars, wolves, and bears, they can usually be dealt with.

But the cost of doing so is too high, and there are not so many officers and soldiers to protect every village and town.

However, Mayor Ren should not worry about this. Most of the monsters appear in the deep mountains and old forests. Although Qingcheng Town is close to the Quanshan Mountains, monsters generally do not go down the mountain. In Xiaolong Division, I don't encounter demon news a few times a year, let alone the place. "

Si Nian simply said some common sense and didn't want to talk about monsters anymore.

Ren Pingsheng quickly summarized the key points in his mind.

1. After the death of a monster, the demon elixir will dissipate. But judging from the jade box that Si Nian took out, it should have the function of preserving the demon elixir.

2. Monsters, except rough-skinned and fleshy animals, will basically be killed by firearms.

3. Monsters basically appear in deep mountains and old forests, and are rarely seen in the outside world.

This at least points out a direction for Ren's life-long search for monsters.

"Master Si, I don't know if this bead..."

Ren Pingsheng saw the other party put the demon pill back into the jade box, and wanted to ask about the function of the demon pill, but he was worried that the other party would doubt him, so half of the words came out of his mouth, and the rest was swallowed back.

Si Nian thought that Ren Pingsheng wanted to see the demon pill, so he handed it over without much thought: "Speaking of which, this demon pill is also a very precious good thing.

Among us humans, some people have the talent to become aliens. However, the imperial court had specially carried out inspections using the sampling method. There were very few people with talents. It was difficult to find a few people in a county.

Among them, those who can awaken on their own are even rarer! Known as the innate awakener.

This demon pill is like a weapon that unlocks human talents. Those who have talents but have not been able to awaken on their own can be stimulated and guided to awaken their own abilities if they encounter a demon pill that matches their zodiac sign. ·····

Eh? "

Si Nian, who was talking, suddenly noticed that the demon pill in Ren Pingsheng's hand had a burning halo that flickered a few times.