866: The vegetable market is closed, but the meat processing plant is open

There's someone behind me!

"Click!"

The sound of a gun's firing pin striking rang out from behind me.

The guy behind me directly shot at me!

However... his gun couldn't fire bullets!

Immediately, Mo De, who was filled with fear, felt his heart settle. That guy had picked up the broken gun he had left under the big tree!

So, regarding today's third rule in Group C of the Tales of the Weird world.

[Wild animals in the Redwood Forest are very active every night, but please note, when you see A Man wearing a hooded coat, please run away immediately!]

The integrity of this rule had been broken by him; he didn't need to run!

Suddenly turning around, Mo De only knew the general direction and directly pulled the trigger of the handgun in his hand!

"Bang!"

The clear sound was particularly bright in the pitch-black forest under the pouring rain.

Using the little light available, Mo De could clearly see that after he fired a shot, a splash of blood bloomed on the other person's arm!

Only at this moment did Mo De clearly see this person's attire.

He was wearing a soaked hood and a coat.

This was exactly the same as the description in the Weird Tales rule!

However, Mo De couldn't see the other person's face; the night completely obscured it.

The person who was shot seemed not to have expected the gun to malfunction. Accompanied by an unclear muffled grunt, he quickly ran towards the dense forest nearby!

"Stop!"

Mo De glanced at the few wild wolves that were startled and ran away by the gunshot, then turned and chased after this guy who was quickly running away.

Being able to be injured by a bullet indicated that this mysterious person was definitely not a Weird (Guǐ Jué) or similar entity.

Perhaps he was the murderer, the one who orchestrated the entire case!

If he could catch him, perhaps the case could be solved directly!

The other person wasn't running fast.

Mo De noticed that he was still carrying a large bag in his hand, not knowing what was inside, but it must have been quite heavy.

At such a critical moment, he didn't even throw the bag away. It seemed this must be something very important.

"Bang!"

During the chase, Mo De fired another shot.

However, it was somewhat regrettable yet reasonable that Mo De's shot didn't hit the other person.

Perhaps also startled by this shot, the other person felt his life was in danger and finally dropped the package in his hand.

Then, his entire body immediately darted into the depths of the dense forest several times faster!

From this moment on, Mo De felt the pressure of keeping up.

It was too dark around, and with the interference of the heavy rain, it was even harder to hear the direction the other person was running away.

"Bang bang!"

He fired two consecutive shots into the pitch-black forest.

Afterward, however, only a dead silence responded.

He ran away.

Mo De punched a nearby tree, feeling unwilling.

The heavy rain completely soaked his hair, sticking to his forehead in clumps, making him look disheveled.

Such a hard-won opportunity.

For this, he even gave up hunting wild wolves to secure his chance of survival today!

But this weather was completely working against him.

He took out his watch from his pocket.

"Rumble~"

The flashing lightning came just in time.

19:48

After checking the time, Mo De turned his attention to the package on the ground nearby that had been clearly revealed in the lightning's light.

This was the item the fleeing guy had dropped.

He reached out and picked it up.

It was heavy.

He glanced at the dark forest; Mo De didn't have time to linger.

Picking up the package, he ran towards the direction of the vehicle, relying on the memory of wandering in the forest all afternoon.

Now he definitely couldn't catch any prey. In such a tense time, at most he could rush home by the usual off-duty time.

As for how to deal with things after returning home, he couldn't think of a solution right now.

"Coo coo~"

Suddenly, in the forest behind him, the call of a wild chicken directly appeared!

Hearing this, Mo De's body froze. He turned to look at the forest ahead, and with a sense of realization, he pushed aside a clump of bushes in the direction where he had just shot the mysterious person.

In these bushes, lay a wild chicken that had been grazed by a bullet and was already on the verge of death!

... ...

A few minutes later.

Mo De, carrying the wild chicken and the package, ran quickly through the forest.

Everything was still in time!

As long as he took the wild chicken to the vegetable market in the remaining time and followed the process, everything could still be salvaged!

Thinking this, Mo De's running speed increased significantly.

In the forest, in these places where the trees were lush, the soil was firmly anchored by the plant roots.

As Mo De ran, he only stepped on branches, leaves, and weeds, so it was relatively flat.

"Bang!"

But the next moment, A Man tripped over something and fell heavily to the ground.

Shakily getting up, Mo De reached out to the side.

The feel of poured concrete made him pause slightly.

In the dark forest, Mo De could only rely on extremely faint light perception to see what he had touched beside him... it was a well.

He propped himself up with his other hand.

But it sank into something soft.

It was mud.

He had been tripped by a small pile of soft mud.

Without much time to think, Mo De gritted his teeth and got up; he still had to hurry.

"Rumble!"

The thunder sounded countless times.

Under the lightning and thunder, Mo De suddenly froze!

His gaze shook as he looked ahead.

Under this Black Night, in the area about eight or nine meters in front of him, there was a house!

A wooden house without any light!

[4. There is a small wooden house in the Redwood Forest. If you don't want to have the same fate as Bosen, the victim of the dismemberment case, please do not attempt to approach it.]

The Weird Tales rule, seemingly with a certain sheen in the darkness, slowly jumped in Mo De's eyes!

Redwood Forest small wooden house.

This place, which he had almost overlooked, actually existed!

While his heart was solemn, Mo De did not hesitate at all. He picked up his things and ran in another direction.

Not to mention whether he had any idea of approaching this small wooden house, the time he had left was simply not enough to support him in thinking about anything else.

Mo De still remembered that there was a considerable distance between the Redwood Forest and the Town!

He didn't know how much time had passed.

Mo De just felt that every second was a race against time.

By the time he finally reached the outskirts of the Redwood Forest where the trees were sparse, he also saw his car parked in the heavy rain.

... ...

"Splash~"

The puddle on the roadside was run over by the car wheels.

The muddy puddle took on a deeper color after being soaked by the red mud on the wheels.

Inside the car.

Mo De had already floored the accelerator.

The car headlights shone only on the heavy rain; he couldn't see the road conditions at all.

Driving this fast under these circumstances was already quite dangerous.

But Mo De had no choice.

Almost every time he drove for a while, he would glance at his watch.

At this moment, Mo De had never felt such a strong sense of urgency!

This was even more terrifying than when the summer vacation was about to end and the countdown to school started.

In the wind and rain.

Mo De sped all the way and finally arrived at the vegetable market!

But when he got out of the car with the wild chicken, he suddenly stopped.

"Click~"

Right in front, the gate of the vegetable market was closing at this very moment!

"Sheriff, are you here to buy vegetables?"

"Come tomorrow. The vegetable market is closed now, and all the vegetables inside are sold out."

The Fatty who was locking the gate said to Mo De.

He was the same Fatty Mo De had seen in the meat section before.

"Open the door."

"Huh?" Hearing this, the Fatty who sold meat calmly said, "The vegetable market is already closed, and there are no vegetables left to sell inside. Sheriff Mo De, come early tomorrow, there will be fresh vegetables."

"Do you buy wild game?"

Without waiting for his answer, he immediately put the wild chicken in his hand: "It's free for you. Open the door, go to your meat section, and sell this thing to me."

This illogical command, if it were a normal person, would likely be met with looks of disbelief or as if he were crazy.

However, the Fatty remained calm and answered seriously: "The vegetable market is already closed, and the meat inspector is also off work. Sheriff, I cannot fulfill the request you mentioned."

"If it's closed, then open it!"

"It's closed, the vegetable market is gone, it can't be opened," the Fatty replied.

Hearing this, Mo De subconsciously reached for the handgun at his waist.

However, seeing the other person's mechanical state, he understood that the other person was just an NPC in this Tales of the Weird world, only following the settings he had received!

Even if he used a gun, there was no possibility of making the other person change their behavior.

"Click click click~"

While Mo De was frantically thinking of a countermeasure, the gate of the vegetable market in front of him slowly opened from the inside!

A dark red hue radiated out, and even the sound of the rain outside became faint.

It actually opened!

With a slight joy in his heart, Mo De walked inside with the wild chicken.

However.

Just as he was walking through the doorway, he suddenly stopped dead in his tracks!

As something struck him with a sense of alarm, he took out his watch from his pocket.

8:10

It was now eight ten in the evening!

What had opened was not the vegetable market at all, but the Meatpacking Plant he had seen when he left the vegetable market at noon!

Based solely on instinct, Mo De could sense that there must be danger within!

Before being chosen to come here, he had learned through his unreliable sources that this World could be said to be normal during the day, but at night, that was when the Weird (Guǐ Jué) were released!

This statement was not only applicable to his own house.

It was absolutely applicable to the entire Town!

"Aren't you coming in?"

Suddenly, a voice came from the Meatpacking Plant, which was emitting a reddish glow and a meaty smell!

Mo De held his breath and looked.

Behind the gate dividing line in front of him, a lean A Man with a strange smile on his face, pale skin, holding a butcher's knife, and covered in blood, appeared just like that!

Seeing that Mo De didn't reply for a moment, the A Man, still with a strained smile, said flatly: "Don't you want to buy meat? We have a lot here, all kinds of meat."

"Don't worry, we are just doing business, come in."

The A Man standing behind the line at the gate expressed his goodwill.

The stiff expression on his face, like skin and flesh separated, only the outer skin pulling into a smile, conveyed friendliness.

Facing this scene, Mo De's throat moved.

Without any hesitation, he turned around and returned to his car.

Sitting in the car.

Mo De grabbed his hair and looked at the wild chicken beside him, but he couldn't think of any way to deal with it.

It was already late.

He should go home as soon as possible.

But he couldn't take the meat back!

Could he just take the wild chicken beside him back directly?

The probability of being able to fool them was extremely low!

In matters like this, if he relied on luck, he would definitely not live long!

If his guess was correct, the reason his family needed meat from the vegetable market was because it was quarantined and safe.

Currently, the only meat that could meet this condition was the meat in the Meatpacking Plant ahead!

Did he really have to go in and buy it himself?

The 'person' who told him to go in seemed very 'friendly'.