Chapter 3

Above the moon gate, there are four characters: "Bodhi Peach Garden." A strange and exotic fruit fragrance wafted from inside.

【The peaches at eighteen are juicy and plump, just ripe!】

"Shall we go in?"

Jin Yingzhen tiptoed and peered into the peach garden.

The mist had dissipated a bit more, revealing a grove of low peach trees about forty meters away, with fruit hanging heavily from the branches.

"Go in!"

Lin Baici crossed the moon gate and walked forward on a path of crushed stones.

The lack of a weapon for self-defense made him very uneasy.

Lin Baici considered breaking off a branch as a weapon but hesitated and then gave up.

What if it summoned a terrifying Buddha statue monster?

"These peaches are so big!"

Jin Yingzhen's mouth watered, and she really wanted to pick one and eat it.

The peaches were not only large but also a flawless pink, like the smooth skin of a young girl, making them drool-inducingly tempting.

"Don't you think these peach trees are strange?"

Lin Baici frowned.

The peach trees were low, with branches that looked like claws, and at first glance, seemed to be performing a ritual dance.

"Wouldn't it be strange if things in the Divine Ruins weren't strange?"

Jin Yingzhen's ears perked up: "I think I hear someone talking?"

"I hear it too!"

Lin Baici quickened his pace.

At the end of the crushed stone path, he saw a thatched cottage. In front of it was a small courtyard with a well and a dead dog.

To the east was a vegetable patch with birds hopping around.

About ten people were there.

The appearance of Lin Baici and Jin Yingzhen made them immediately tense and stare, but they relaxed when they realized it wasn't a monster.

The men's gazes immediately fell on Jin Yingzhen.

This girl was really beautiful.

Lin Baici scanned the area and approached the six aunts resting at a stone table in the courtyard.

"Aunties, hello. Have you found anything?"

The six aunts were all in their fifties, dressed fashionably, and clearly already retired, often dancing in the square.

One of them was even wearing a light blue qipao with peony embroidery, sitting on a stone bench, rubbing her sore feet, and complaining nonstop.

The qipao aunt glanced at Lin Baici but ignored him. However, an aunt wearing a sun hat, who found Lin Baici likable, responded.

"It's safe here, you can take a break!"

The six of them were mahjong friends who had come to burn incense and relax, but they never expected to encounter such a situation, which was infuriating.

"Thank you!"

Lin Baici thanked her politely.

【This aunt runs a food factory, is worth millions, and her husband died five years ago. She has a tiny bit of interest in you.】

Lin Baici was speechless. What did this mean?

Am I the type to live off a woman?

He walked towards the thatched cottage, intending to see if there was anything useful inside.

"There's no need to go. We've already searched!"

A round-faced uncle approached: "Do you have any cigarettes?"

"No!"

Lin Baici shook his head.

This uncle was in his forties, slightly overweight, with a bandaged left hand hanging in front of his chest, and a kitchen knife in his right hand. He didn't look fierce but more like a house husband.

"My surname is Sima, like Sima Yi from Romance of the Three Kingdoms. My given name is Mu. What are your names?"

Sima Mu was very talkative.

"Lin Baici!"

Lin Baici noticed a young couple arguing by the vegetable patch.

【The woman has severe gynecological issues and has had an abortion, but the child wasn't the young man's.】

"..."

Lin Baici was stunned. What was this voice?

It even knew people's private matters?

"Oppa, let's find some weapons!"

Jin Yingzhen's attitude was cold; she didn't want to talk to someone with such improper eyes.

"Sima, she looks down on you!"

A young man came out from behind the thatched cottage, seeing Jin Yingzhen's cold demeanor, and deliberately provoked: "Aren't you going to show her who's boss?"

Jin Yingzhen moved closer to Lin Baici.

When Cui Feng came out, the couple stopped arguing, and the six aunts stood up.

"Cui, what do we do next?"

The qipao aunt, who spent thousands on beauty treatments every month, smiled ingratiatingly.

"Damn, am I that old?"

Cui Feng spat.

The qipao aunt was embarrassed but didn't dare to retort because they needed this young man to survive.

"I'm so old, why should I argue with a girl?"

Sima Mu acted magnanimously.

"Aren't you afraid of this kid? Don't worry, I'm on your side!"

Cui Feng's triangular eyes turned to Lin Baici.

Damn!

This height, these muscles, he looks like he can fight!

If it were before, Cui Feng wouldn't dare to provoke him, but now...

Sorry,

I can take on ten!

Cui Feng had a machete on his waist and a three-foot-long, wrist-thick torch in his right hand, which was his confidence.

"Oppa, let's go!"

Jin Yingzhen tugged at Lin Baici's sleeve.

【A piece of trash, not even worth your stomach. Suggest steaming it and feeding it to the dog!】

The voice was clearly referring to this Cui.

"Ha ha, go? Did you ask me?"

Cui Feng looked at Jin Yingzhen with ill intent.

The Long Chan Temple had become a terrifying Divine Ruin, and everyone inside would die today. Why should he hold back?

Let's have some fun first!

A gust of wind blew, and the mist dissipated. The peaches on the trees suddenly trembled.

Rustle! Rustle!

The ripe peaches split open, like mouths.

"Eat me!"

"Eat me!"

"Eat me!"

The peaches screamed, falling from the branches and growing four scorpion-like legs, rapidly crawling towards Lin Baici and the others.

"Monsters are coming!"

The qipao aunt, full of fear, ran, but tripped and fell flat on her face.

"Damn, what the hell are these things?"

Cui Feng's scalp tingled.

Despite his bandaged left hand, Sima Mu was the fastest to charge, but he was quickly forced to stop.

There were too many peach monsters with scorpion legs, over a thousand, swarming and blocking the path out of the peach garden.

"Don't run, it will anger them!"

Jin Yingzhen quickly warned.

It seemed the peach trees were divine taboo objects, and to survive, they had to follow their rules.

No one ran,

because everyone was afraid of dying.

"What do we do now?"

The sun hat aunt looked at Jin Yingzhen and asked in a low voice.

She sensed from the Korean girl's words that she knew some insider information.

No one moved,

and the peach monsters stopped chasing.

Several of them quickly crawled to a curly-haired aunt and screamed at her.

"Eat me!"

"Eat me!"

These voices were sharp and piercing, like those of a hungry baby.

The curly-haired aunt trembled and looked at Cui Feng: "Save... save me!"

Cui Feng remained unmoved, observing the monsters before making a decision.

【Better to eat a fresh peach than a rotten apricot. These just-ripe peaches are delicious and juicy, start tasting them!】

Taste my ass!

Lin Baici felt nauseous.

Looking at those four scorpion legs on the peaches, eating them would be a lifelong psychological scar.

"Do you want to try one?"

Sima Mu suggested.

"Who can eat that?"

The curly-haired aunt shook her head like a rattle.

"Eat me!"

"Eat me!"

Dozens of fist-sized peach monsters surrounded the curly-haired aunt, urging her. Seeing her hesitation, they grew impatient: "If you don't eat me, I'll eat you!"

The peach monsters' mouths suddenly split open, revealing rows of fangs and drooling liquid, whether peach juice or saliva, and pounced on the curly-haired aunt.

One bite could easily tear off a palm-sized piece of flesh.

"Ahh!"

The curly-haired aunt screamed in pain, flailing her arms to fend off the peach monsters.

But dozens of peach monsters, like piranhas, tore into her, leaving her covered in blood and without a single unharmed spot in seconds.

In less than a minute, the curly-haired aunt stopped moving, having been bitten to death.

The peach monsters didn't leave but continued to gnaw on her corpse.

The others were horrified.

Dozens of peach monsters crawled to a double-eyelid aunt.

"Eat me!"

"Eat me!"

The double-eyelid aunt trembled: "Cui, help me!"

"If you eat them, you probably won't die!"

Cui Feng wanted to see the consequences of eating the peaches.

The double-eyelid aunt turned and looked at the legged peaches, gagging and vomiting.

She couldn't bring herself to eat them!

Suddenly,

the aunt ran, trying to escape.

This stirred the hornet's nest, and the peach monsters charged, quickly catching up and overwhelming her.

After several seconds, the peach monsters left, leaving only a white skeleton on the ground.

The other aunts were so scared they didn't dare to breathe.

Lin Baici turned and asked Jin Yingzhen in a low voice: "Does everyone have to go through this?"

"In the Divine Hunter circle, this kind of rule pollution is called a Divine Taboo Game. Generally, everyone has to go through it!"

Jin Yingzhen explained: "When humans face divine taboo objects and don't follow their supernatural rules, there's only one outcome: death!"

More peach monsters with scorpion legs crawled out.

"Don't find me! Don't find me!"

Not just the qipao aunt, everyone was muttering prayers.

Lin Baici was startled; the peach monsters were crawling towards him.

What to do?

Do I really have to eat these things?

But the question is, who can guarantee that eating them will save you?

The peach monsters crawled to Lin Baici.