Chapter 613 - Unfriendly Town (1/2)

Chapter 613 Unfriendly Town

After two days, Zhang Heng and Wendy finally reached their destination.

Gazing at the small town from a distance, Zhang Heng said, “Did your father tell you that he came here to talk business?”

“Yes, he said that before he left.” Wendy nodded, hesitating before she continued, “Do you think he lied?”

“It’s unlikely. Didn’t you send a telegram to the sheriff here? He did say your father had left.”

“Okay.”

“At least it tells us that he has something to do with all this. Let’s head to the town to check it out.”

As Zhang Heng and Wendy rode on, they pa.s.sed a crop field that wasn’t growing very well. It seemed the weather was not the only reason that caused the plantation to fail. All the crops were wilting, and the strangest thing was that there was not one farmer around.

Zhang Heng asked Wendy to wait. As for him, he got off his horse, walked towards a house, and knocked on the door. n.o.body answered it, and after a couple of times trying, Zhang Heng drew the revolver from his waist, opened the door, and quickly dashed to the side. He waited for a few seconds, but no one came out of the house.

Zhang Heng raised his head, took a quick look at the house, then put away the revolver.

“How is it?” Wendy asked from behind.

“Safe. There is no one in the house,” Zhang Heng said. Unlike the uninhabited town he pa.s.sed by at the start of this quest, there was no sign of evacuation here. Zhang Heng even saw a half-flipped book placed upside down on the table.

Wooden toys were also strewn all over the ground.

At that time, Wendy had dismounted the horse and walked into the house, “Where has everyone gone to?”

“I don’t know,” Zhang Heng said. He walked around the house but saw no blood, nor was there anything else suspicious.

“Let’s leave.”

The two then left the farmhouse and closed the door.

Wendy glanced at the nearby fields again and muttered, “How did the crops grow so badly? Perhaps n.o.body looked after them? I wonder what the annual harvest looks like?”

“I’m afraid not.” Zhang Heng said, “Have you noticed, other plants along the way are not growing well too.”

“How did that happen?”

Zhang Heng turned and looked at the well next to him. Scooping a bucket of water from it, he found the water to be muddier than the ordinary well water, and it tasted salty as well.

One sip was all it took for Zhang Heng to pour the rest away. “The water here is polluted. That’s why the plants are not growing well.” “Do people cause it, or is it natural?”

“For now, I’ve no idea, but the townsfolk should have an explanation.” Zhang Heng mounted Radish again. “Let’s go. I see smoke coming from the town. I think there should be someone we can talk to.”

Wendy and Zhang Heng entered the town about a quarter of an hour later. The small town named Bliss looked no different from any other western hamlet of the era.

Although somewhat deserted, there were at least some people living here. Zhang Heng went to the hotel and booked two rooms first. He left his luggage and miscellaneous items too inconvenient to be brought to the room at the lobby. This time, he didn’t let Wendy go alone to ask for more information about the place.