Chapter 277: Demonic Beast Mission

Zhao Chi was a little helpless.

He could only smile gently at Gu Qing and the others.

Zhao Chi: 【Right now?】

Zhao Huai: 【Yeah, is there something keeping you from coming right now?】

It was indeed a bit of a pity.

Still, Zhao Chi knew which matters were urgent and which could wait.

There would be plenty of chances to soak in the hot springs together in the future.

Zhao Chi: 【I'm on my way now】

Zhao Huai: 【Good, come as soon as you can】

Zhao Chi didn't deliberately avoid anyone during the voice call.

The women beside him could all hear what he was saying.

Gu Qing said softly, "Looks like my lord can't bear to leave yet. That's fine — we can soak together again tomorrow. Your business comes first, so go on."

Tang Ruan said, "Sister Gu and I will handle things in the village. Don't worry, my lord."

Zhao Chi smiled and said, "Alright. I expect I'll be bringing back bad news this time — there may be a demonic beast invasion."

All the women were taken aback.

Gu Qing asked, "Is it the same kind of invasion as yesterday?"

Zhao Chi said, "Not exactly the same, but pretty close. This time there are no restrictions at all — we can set traps, we can take our time and run guerrilla tactics. In short, the goal is to minimize our losses and kill the enemy."

Gu Qing nodded. "Understood. No matter what enemy comes, we won't be afraid — we'll give it everything we've got."

Tang Ruan said, "That's right. We'll all stand in front of you."

Zhao Chi said, "The difficulty probably won't be absurdly high. I think you should be completely fine. But right now it's all still unknown. You all go ahead and soak first — I'll tell you everything when I get back."

Gu Qing nodded. "If that's the case, my lord, you should hurry off. This kind of thing can't be delayed."

"Alright, I'm heading out now."

Zhao Chi arrived in the Greater World in an instant.

From the time those nobles from yesterday's District 7 arrived here until now, it had been almost exactly one day.

Zhao Chi felt as though he'd been busy nonstop until now, yet there was still a great deal of work left undone.

Why had time grown so tight?

He hoped the demonic beast diversion wouldn't start tonight.

No point in overthinking.

Zhao Chi pushed the door open and walked into the village.

Today the village was back to normal.

Those aunties and older women were sitting at the village entrance again, sizing up every passerby and gossiping.

The village children were all at play.

Chasing each other, running about, making a racket.

A few of them were of Zhao Chi's nephews' generation.

When those children spotted Zhao Chi, they treated him straightaway as an obstacle.

Circling around him as they ran.

Zhao Chi really wasn't in the mood to play with them. He quickly walked out of the children's circle and entered the courtyard of the communal hall.