Chapter 1114: First Encounter in Yazhou with Evil Puppets

An Mingji quickly finished washing up and appeared in front of Gu Jin within fifteen minutes.

He changed into dark blue satin pajamas, looking refreshing and tidy, more elegant and distinguished, without the slightest trace of previous embarrassment.

Gu Jin was stroking Duoduo sprawled at her feet, smoothing the snow-white fur, while An Mingji sat steadily opposite her.

"Tell me, what happened?"

Over the years, apart from the beginning of rebirth, Gu Jin had never seen An Mingji in an embarrassed state.

If it wasn’t for encountering something tricky, he wouldn’t have ended up in that situation.

"I can’t quite explain it; it’s rather eerie." An Mingji recalled the events, his eyebrows furrowed and his expression grim.

Gu Jin’s expression slightly changed: "Then tell me the whole story."

An Mingji nodded and started from the beginning: "Recently, a gold mine was discovered in Yazhou, the process was quite complex, and the Darwin Family cannot claim ownership of this gold mine. M Country’s forces are also involved..."

Upon hearing ’gold mine,’ Gu Jin’s eyebrows lightly furrowed: "Discovering a gold mine, shouldn’t it be reported?"

Even though Yazhou is far from Beijing, the local authorities should definitely know about it.

"That mountain was already bought; after discovering the gold mine, M Country’s forces bought it ahead of us. There’s a slight flaw in the paperwork, but the gold mine is already privately owned." An Mingji said with a trace of regret in his voice.

Gu Jin: "Why did M Country beat us to it?"

"It was my oversight, but they won’t gain anything from it either. The gold mine is located in Yazhou, not on their M Country’s territory. Due to incomplete paperwork, they can’t solely claim the mine. If anyone decides to intervene, they’ll just lose the money paid for the mountain."

The final bargaining result for both sides was a 60-40 split, with M Country taking 40 and us 60. Just as the agreement was signed and preparations for mining were underway, those people mysteriously vanished. We sent people to search around the mountain for a long time, but they couldn’t find any trace. It’s very strange, as if they’ve disappeared from the world without leaving a trace."

After that was the phone call An Mingji received after dinner tonight.

The people searching at the mine finally found traces of the disappeared ones, but unfortunately, they had all become corpses.

Among them were forces from M Country and members of the Darwin Family, not a single one less.

Before arriving there, An Mingji thought someone caught wind of the gold mine and wanted a piece of the pie, thus pulling such a stunt.

When he got there, he realized he was overthinking it.

That gold mine is very unsettling.

When he brought people over, he found that the evil qi surrounding the gold mine was pervasive, making him feel eerily uncomfortable.

After examining the corpses, he discovered no visible injuries, but each had eyes wide open and filled with bloodshot lines, as though encountering something terrifying before death, the fear in their eyes was genuinely chilling, as if they had been scared to death.

After examining the corpses, An Mingji led Allen and others towards the mine entrance, ready to go in and investigate.

The corpses were discovered at the entrance, he suspected there must be something wrong inside.

Just as they stepped into the mine, they hadn’t walked far when they encountered more corpses.

These corpses had one commonality, they were all female.

Their bodies were rotting and stinking, their flesh exposed without a piece intact, and their attire was abnormal, resembling Han Dynasty clothing.

Despite no longer being human, they seemed to have consciousness and would attack upon seeing people, their aggression was strong and fierce.

"Evil Puppets!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Jin furrowed her brow and exclaimed.

An Mingji looked puzzled: "Do you know, Ajin?"

Gu Jin’s thumb lightly against her lips, uncertain: "I read some books in the space, what you saw matches the description of evil puppets in the books, but I’ve never seen them, so I’m not sure.

Evil Puppets are different from puppets crafted by people of the Short Country; they are dead objects, refined by absorbing the essence of heaven and earth underground, while people of the Short Country use living humans to make puppets. Their aggression and lethality are vastly different, yet they are both non-human."

Evil Puppets are certainly not good things; they are extremely yin and evil.

Gu Jin’s eyes tightly focused on An Mingji: "And then? Seeing your condition upon returning, you fought them?"

"Yes, we lost two subordinates before retreating, those things are too bizarre, neither spiritual power nor dark ability could kill them."

Gu Jin’s teeth lightly bit her thumb, her brow lightly furrowed, her face beautiful and solemn.

Evil Puppets, she always thought they were merely book descriptions, something not found in this world.

Unexpectedly, it had not been long since they arrived in Yazhou, An Mingji had encountered such a thing.

Gu Jin looked up at the young man sitting opposite.

She saw An Mingji’s brows furrowed, the gloom in his peach blossom eyes can’t be concealed even if hidden.

From his look, he seems unwilling to let it rest.

"I’ll go into the space to find that book."

Gu Jin couldn’t remember when she read a book about evil puppets in the space.

To deal with those evil puppets, understanding them is necessary.

As soon as she finished speaking, she vanished before An Mingji.

An Mingji watched her disappear right in front of his eyes.

The sofa Gu Jin was just sitting on was now empty, only Duoduo squatting at her feet, bewilderedly looking at the spot where his mistress was sitting, his sapphire eyes filled with confusion.

Allen took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and stepped into the hall.

Seeing the person sitting on the sofa, he quickly walked over, his tone serious: "Family Head, news just came in, no one from M Country survived."

Upon hearing this, An Mingji’s face did not show much surprise.

If Gu Jin hadn’t informed him that the things in the mine are evil puppets, he might still have held a bit of hope for the people on the M Country side, but knowing this, he foresaw their fate.

Evil Puppets, if they truly exist in this world, there’s bound to be trouble ahead.

Throughout history, even with the legends of evil puppets, practitioners of Taoism have been their nemesis.

With M Country’s and the Darwin family’s abilities, they wouldn’t be able to deal with them effectively in the short term.

The resources of the mine being extracted are very rich; the Darwin Family is not short of such wealth, but once in hand, why give it away?

He lost quite a few subordinates, and he could not willingly let the evil puppets go, determined to make them disappear from this world, for the dead subordinates to accompany them.

An Mingji lightly clenched his hands, his handsome face resolute and murderous: "Continue surveilling, tell them not to approach the mine and avoid unnecessary casualties."

"Yes—"

Shortly after Allen left, Gu Jin soon appeared in the living room.