When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 693 - 511: The Past of the Stone Race

The Stone Person was silent for a long time, and then pointed at his own purple eyes.

"Are your eyes 'Puppet Children'?"

The Stone Person nodded his head, then shook it.

Yes, but also no.

Using the angry Youmeng language, the Stone Person recounted his ordeal, and this time there was no need for Xiaohei to interpret. Xiang Beifei could now understand.

The Stone Race is born from the stones and has lived for generations near Chen Hou, always guarding it; he possesses it as well.

In Youmeng language, the Stone Person in front of him is called "Zhang Yu," the current Clan Leader of the Stone Race.

For the Stone Race, their destiny is as if bound to this place, and the teachings passed down through generations in the clan obligate them to guard the Life Essence Stone of Chen Hou.

It is said the Life Essence Stone granted life to the Stone Race.

They can only move about during the day. During the day, they can take the form of Stone People, but once night falls, they crumble into piles of stones—this is similar to the situation with Mu Youmeng in the Withering Forest.

They were originally unharmed; however, two years ago, uninvited guests suddenly arrived. The Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage found this place and shattered their peace.

Quietly, the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage infiltrated Chen Hou, and after tampering with the Life Essence Stone, chaos ensued. All the Stone People became extremely weak. Following that, the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage began to slaughter the Stone People massively, attempting to snatch the Life Essence Stone.

Zhang Yu, who was the Clan Leader of that generation, fought desperately against those invading Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage, retreating to the Blood Altar. He had no choice but to consume the Life Essence Stone with the aid of the Blood Altar, and his power skyrocketed.

The battle was incredibly brutal, and the Stone Race was nearly wiped out.

But at the very least, he killed all of the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage, preserving the last spark of the Stone Race, until recently, when he once again detected the traces of the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage and clashed with them.

Unfortunately, this time the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage was well-prepared, and their red tentacles were much more formidable than he had imagined.

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"So today's attackers are the second wave of Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage?" Xiang Beifei inquired.

Zhang Yu nodded angrily.

He harbored immense hatred for the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage. At the time of the invasion, the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage had attacked in human form, which was why he instinctively regarded Xiang Beifei as one of them upon seeing him.

"Did the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage really wait two years before sending the second wave?"

Xiang Beifei found it strange. Logically, after the initial failure of the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage to annihilate the Stone Race, they should have quickly dispatched more forces to launch a second attack. freewebnσvel.cѳm

Yet, Brain Hole and his group had only just arrived recently.

Could it be that they got lost?

The Hou are indeed extremely mysterious; the domain beyond the wild is boundless, with no way to distinguish directions. Without specific guidance, even if Xiang Beifei managed to reach Chen Hou for the first time, he would find it impossible to find it a second time.

Could it be the same with the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage?

According to Xiang Beifei's speculation, the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage must have divided into many small teams, each searching for a Hou and then looking for the so-called Puppet Children.

For instance, the team led by Lin Long had found Zi Hou, while the team led by Broken Throat and Shi Renmei probably found Mao Hou in the Withering Forest.

Another team of Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage likely found Chen Hou here several years ago, but they were unlucky and got killed by the Stone Race. Hence, a second team led by "Brain Hole" was sent to find Chen Hou.

However, Brain Hole encountered Xiang Beifei this time and was killed again.

"I remember your kind can't get close to Hou, but how were you able to manage it?" Xiang Beifei asked.

Last time during the Newcomer Contest, when Mu Youmeng chased after Xiang Beifei and his group, he burst into the mountain at Mao Hou and instantly turned into a tree, fundamentally unable to move on Mao Hou, which was like a forbidden area for them.

But Zhang Yu managed to do it.

Since both Little Youmong and the Stone Race speak Youmeng language and have similar habits, their weaknesses should also be alike.

Zhang Yu fell silent for a moment, then expressed in Youmeng language that someone had helped them.

"Someone helped you?" Xiang Beifei was quite surprised, "Who?"

Zhang Yu seemed to ponder how to explain, and after a long while, he started speaking in a very awkward voice, "Close together coming from afar's tear cloth."

When he spoke, it was very uncomfortable, as if his tongue had tied itself in a knot and he couldn't pronounce the lingual sounds at all.

"Huh? You can speak—human language?"

Xiang Beifei was also momentarily stunned by the imperfect pronunciation.

Zhang Yu nodded slightly.

He was naturally able to understand human speech and could certainly speak a little, but he was not used to the accent, which made it very awkward to pronounce. The person who had helped him had explained their origin, and since he couldn't express that place in Youmeng language, he used Xiang Beifei's words to explain.

"Say it again, your pronunciation is very imprecise," Xiang Beifei said.

Zhang Yu repeated it with the cumbersome accent.

After analyzing for a while, Xiang Beifei finally understood the substandard human speech and exclaimed in surprise, "An envoy from the Extremity Abyss? Are you saying that an envoy from the Extremity Abyss helped you?"

Zhang Yu nodded again.

The Extremity Abyss!

Xiang Beifei was extremely surprised!

He couldn't help but recall the mysterious woman who had originally helped Zhao Ruizhong gain access to the Unrestrained Base; when that mysterious woman saw Xiang Beifei, she suddenly sniffed him and said that he seemed like the warm fire from the Extremity Abyss, bringing comfort.

Most importantly, last time his grandfather's system interface also displayed a strange line of text: "[...Descendants from the Extremity Abyss, pursuing the Mustard Seed in Palm...]"

"Was it a woman?" Xiang Beifei asked.

"Yes," Zhang Yu replied in Youmeng language.

This made Xiang Beifei even more puzzled.

The mysterious woman, was she aiding these races?

Zhang Yu indicated that originally their race could not have defeated the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage, but the envoy from the Extremity Abyss arrived just in time and taught them how to approach the hou and how to devour the life source stones to counterattack the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage.

Without her, even Zhang Yu would have been in trouble long ago.

"This place wasn't like this before."

Zhang Yu pointed at the great lake and continued to explain in Youmeng language.

He stated that this area used to be a stone forest filled with rocks, and the entire region where they lived was all stone, but the mysterious woman used a special method to cut the earth, creating a huge abyss, filled it with water, and allowed them to live at the bottom of the lake.

Under the water, with the existence of blood altars and the power of life source stones, they could shield themselves from the Ghostly Visage's Perception, greatly limiting the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage. That way, if the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage were to come again, they would have a certain ability to resist.

Indeed, the method of the mysterious woman proved effective, and she had laid out specialized defense measures for the Stone Race.

Here, the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage couldn't even distinguish whether Xiang Beifei standing beside them was a friend or foe, and Xiang Beifei could blend in with just a few words.