176: New Home

Amidst the wailing and sobbing, another exclamation rang out from the crowd.

"Dad, what's wrong? Wake up!"

Xu Le and Liu Yang walked over and saw an old man in his eighties lying on the ground, eyes closed, teeth clenched, his face covered in a layer of black Devilish Qi, looking as if his time was nearing its end.

"Even if one is a Professional, if they are old, can they not withstand such drastic changes?"

Xu Le felt distressed. The old man had lost his home once in his middle age, and now that he had lost it again, he ultimately couldn't withstand the blow.

"Mom, why did you collapse too? Don't scare me!"

"Grandpa, what's wrong?"

"Grandma..."

Like an infectious disease, in a short while, eight elders had already collapsed one after another.

Liu Yang's expression was pained: "Give them a quick end, then burn them!"

Xu Le was startled: "That's a bit too quick, isn't it!"

"They have all been infected. If we don't act quickly, they will soon turn into demonic corpses."

"That shouldn't be possible! Even ordinary people can resist Devilish Qi for half an hour. They are all Professionals, and it's only been five minutes."

Humanity has struggled against Devilish Qi for years and has gained a deep understanding of it. How long it takes to be infected, how to respond, as well as various testing talismans and resistance talismans are numerous.

Liu Yang sighed: "What if they harbor a desire to die and have no intention of resisting?"

Xu Le then recalled the plight of these poor people. After being betrayed, they had lost trust in the entire human society.

With nowhere to voice their grievances and not daring to resist, they had hidden in this place without electricity or signals for decades just to survive.

Now, having lost their home again, their hearts had completely lost their sustenance, so how could they have the will to live?

More accurately, it was a strong desire to die; otherwise, they wouldn't have collapsed so quickly.

The Thousand-Year Fish leisurely looked at Xu Le: "Actually, you could save them?"

??? How to save them?

Xu Le instantly felt countless gazes sweep over him. Even those elders with faces full of Death Qi opened their eyes wide at this moment, looking at him with anticipation.

If they could live, who would want to die?

Liu Yang also hurriedly spoke: "Brother Xu, whatever you need, just say it. As long as we have it, we will definitely not refuse."

Xu Le thought of his Contract Space. After being modified by the void realm stone, not only had the space expanded to 1 million square kilometers, but it could also store living creatures.

Inside, there were only his contracted beast and servants. Recently, he had put some ghosts in, but he had never put other living creatures in it.

In his inherent impression, it was a Contract Space for storage; he had never thought about stuffing people inside.

The mood of despair was spreading. More and more people collapsed. In less than a minute, a dozen more people lay down.

All of them were elders who, hopeless for the future, directly chose to give up on themselves.

People are very easily influenced by emotions. If not resolved immediately, more and more people will collapse, faster and faster.

Xu Le revealed that his space could accommodate people.

"However, that space has a huge flaw."

"What flaw?" Everyone's hearts tightened.

"That space is only one million square kilometers and is a self-contained space. You can't go anywhere you want; it's equivalent to a large prison."

What kind of flaw is that?

Everyone's eyes lit up, but they still habitually looked at the village chief, Liu Yang.

Liu Yang was also very excited, but he had to be responsible for the villagers, so he stuttered and confirmed it again.

"You said your space is a full 1 million square kilometers?"

He emphasized the words '1 million' and 'square kilometers' heavily, fearing Xu Le had mixed up the units.

Xu Le nodded: "Yes. Once you go in, it's hard to come out. Even if you want to come out, it's almost impossible to contact me. It's equivalent to a prison without guards that you can't escape from. Think it over."

Actually, it's not impossible to contact him, for example, by entrusting the Little Silly Crow or the Thousand-Year Fish as a messenger, especially the latter, who can freely enter and exit the Contract Space, making it easy to pass a message.

But he had kindness, just not too much of it.

That feeling of being at someone's beck and call was exactly like a nanny who pays to work without getting paid—even a dog wouldn't do it.

Rather than refusing repeatedly later, it was better to cut it off at the root from the beginning.

Liu Yang didn't care; there was no need to discuss, he directly chose to agree.

He asked with a smile: "Do you know how big our village is?"

Without waiting for any calculation, he announced the answer directly: "From the road up the mountain to all the surrounding land, it adds up to less than 1 square kilometer. Except for a few young people, most people haven't been down the mountain for decades."

"With monsters wreaking havoc in the world, we have no other thoughts; we just want to live well."

The others also looked at Xu Le excitedly, as if looking at a god from the Nine Heavens. If there really was a Guanyin Bodhisattva in the world who saves people from suffering, it would likely be the person in front of them.

Seeing that everyone had made up their minds, Xu Le no longer hesitated and told everyone to pack their things and gather here.

...

An hour later.

Except for three young people in their twenties, the entire village chose to move into Xu Le's space.

The three were two men and one woman. One of them was Liu Dong, who had snuck out to go online earlier. Xu Le took out a stack of Devilish Qi purification talismans from his space and gave them to the three.

"Thank you. When we make a name for ourselves, we will definitely repay you."

"Then I will thank you in advance."

Xu Le smiled, noncommittal. Being young and talented, if they didn't go out and make a name for themselves, they would surely regret it in the future, and the first person they would curse would definitely be the one who stopped them.

Xu Le entered the Contract Space in his true form.

He arranged for them to be at the southernmost end, far away from the contracted beast and the ghosts.

As soon as they entered the space, everyone had already started working enthusiastically.

Xu Le recalled the appearance of their village, his thoughts stirred, earth and stone rolled, and rows of stone houses rose up.

"A miracle!"

"Mom, I've seen a True God!"

Even though they were Professionals, they had never seen such a miraculous scene, and everyone was so excited they almost jumped up.

"This is all I can help you with; from now on, it will all depend on yourselves."

They were different from his servants and pets; they could not enjoy the life energy in the Contract Space, and even if they didn't eat or drink, they would not feel hunger or thirst.

However, there were many life professions among them. Many Advanced farmers had already opened up space farmland. While they weren't good at fighting, they were excellent at farming and would definitely not starve to death.

Xu Le suddenly thought about whether he should bring two rivers in.

Although the creatures in the rivers outside were all contaminated by Devilish Qi, water is inanimate and cannot be considered contaminated.

Just in case, he could purify it again.

Thinking of it, he did it. After giving a few more instructions, Xu Le left in a hurry.

The crowd didn't mind; instead, they felt this was the majesty a god should have, and their faith in Xu Le grew even stronger.

Many people even thought about building a statue of Xu Le to worship day and night.

Liu Yang, on the other hand, locked up the few captives separately and interrogated them carefully about the reason they had come here.