Chapter 276
Meanwhile, Adam and Cecilia had already entered Hundred Rivers City.
They felt the city’s unusual silence, compared to the bustling noise of the past, it now felt somewhat desolate.
The stalls along the streets were completely empty, with no one selling goods, aside from a few figures hurrying past, Adam didn’t see many people at all.
This silence made them instinctively heighten their vigilance, and they quickened their pace.
What on earth had happened here?
It had only been about half a month since Adam left Hundred Rivers City, yet an originally bustling giant city had been reduced to its current deserted state.
Very quickly, Adam brought Cecilia to the Rosy Cloud Pill Pavilion, it was also completely deserted, aside from the things that couldn’t be taken away, absolutely nothing was left inside.
"Young Master, should we grab someone and ask?" Cecilia’s delicate brows were tightly furrowed, this was simply too bizarre, where had everyone gone?
Just earlier, they had actually stopped a passerby to ask about the situation, however, the other party didn’t say a single word, turning their head and walking away, it was as if she and the Young Master were terrifying monsters.
"No rush, let’s go check the City Lord’s Manor." Adam shook his head. Since those passersby were unwilling to speak, unless they used forceful methods, they probably wouldn’t say anything, as the center of the city, the City Lord’s Manor would definitely hold some clues.
Very quickly, the two arrived at the City Lord’s Manor, just like the Rosy Cloud Pill Pavilion, the building was empty and the people were gone, not a single silhouette could be seen.
"Young Master, this is too strange, this is an extremely prosperous city, did they just abandon it like this?" Cecilia’s large eyes swept over the luxurious manor, just this building alone would likely cost a massive amount of top-tier spirit stones to build.
"Indeed, I remember the City Lord being a very stingy person!" Adam nodded, he had sold pills to the City Lord before, the other party had constantly haggled, shamelessly pestering him in various ways just to get the pills for cheap, he was extremely tight-fisted.
How could someone like that just abandon this massive amount of wealth and leave? Furthermore, Hundred Rivers City hadn’t suffered any damage, everything was perfectly intact.
"Let’s go inside and take a look!" Adam’s figure vanished, and when he reappeared, he was already inside the City Lord’s Manor.
The furniture and decorations were all perfectly intact, however, valuable items that were easy to carry had all been taken away, coupled with the scenes along the way, they could confirm this likely wasn’t a sudden, unforeseen disaster.
The people in the city had had reaction time and were able to pack their luggage.
Then what exactly happened that made them leave the city they had lived in for so long?
After circling the manor, they still found no clues, they visited the estates of the major families, but the result was the same everywhere.
"No wonder the Deep Clan didn’t come to the docks to block us!" Adam and Cecilia sat in a deserted teahouse, looking out at the empty streets.
"It seems we can only resort to more forceful methods!" Adam could only use his final option.
His figure disappeared and suddenly reappeared, except this time a middle-aged man dressed in coarse sackcloth stood beside him.
"What exactly happened in this city?" Adam asked.
The middle-aged man glanced at Adam, his pupils trembling, but he didn’t say anything.
"I don’t have that much patience, I advise you to be smart about this." Adam’s eyes held a sword-like coldness, and a powerful aura erupted from his body, pressing down heavily on the man.
The middle-aged man instantly fell to his knees, his entire body trembling as cold sweat poured down his forehead, but he still wouldn’t open his mouth.
Adam frowned. "Don’t think I won’t dare to kill you!"
A flash of sword light shot out, pressing right against the middle-aged man’s neck.
A shallow, bloody cut appeared on the man’s neck, fresh blood dripping down.
The middle-aged man buried his head even lower, his body trembling terribly, he was truly terrified, it was almost impossible for an ordinary person to withstand Adam’s killing intent and coercive pressure.
"You don’t know how to speak?" Adam asked, frowning. The middle-aged man shook his head.
"You cannot speak?" The middle-aged man nodded, trembling.
"Good, let’s do this, I will ask you questions, and you just need to nod or shake your head!" Adam’s brows relaxed slightly. As long as the other party could give a response, it was fine.
"Has everyone in this city left?" The middle-aged man nodded, but then shook his head.
What did that mean? Adam’s brows locked together again.
"Did they leave here because of danger?" The middle-aged man shook his head.
"Did they leave here voluntarily?" The middle-aged man nodded, and then shook his head again.
"Can you write?" The middle-aged man shook his head.
"You cannot speak, and you cannot reveal the reason for these people’s disappearance in any form?" The middle-aged man nodded.
Then how am I supposed to know what happened here? Adam felt it was increasingly bizarre, what exactly happened in this city?
"Are they in danger?" The middle-aged man froze for a moment, and finally slowly shook his head.
"You mean you don’t know?" The middle-aged man nodded.
"Young Master, how about we just forget it? Let’s leave this place and not involve ourselves in whatever is going on here!" Cecilia said from the side, similarly frowning.
Since these people left voluntarily and weren’t in danger, why should they bother meddling?
"Alright!" Adam nodded, agreeing there was indeed no need.
Initially, he was just curious, but since he couldn’t find out anything, he would leave it alone, with the arrival of the Heaven and Earth Upheaval, anything was possible.
"You can go now!" Adam stopped releasing his coercive pressure.
However, the man still lay prone on the ground, trembling incessantly.
"I said, you can go!" Adam spoke slowly, he shot a streak of spiritual energy at the middle-aged man’s neck, healing the bloody cut, and simultaneously tossed a top-tier spirit stone into the man’s pocket, he then stood up, preparing to send the middle-aged man back to where he brought him from in the same manner.
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