Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 60: Chapter 60: The Sin of Gender 60

In fact, Fang Zhongyi’s method of handling was very simple. He merely went to the ancestral hall of the Fang Family Village and rang the big bell, summoning all the villagers of the Fang Family Village, then pointed out to them the cellar hidden in Xiao Xia’s home, specifically used for eating people!

Without Fang Zhongyi needing to say much, upon seeing the scene that resembled a hell on earth, Xiao Xia’s family, being the first in Fang Family Village to resort to cannibalism, suffered the villagers’ frenzied revenge. The family, including Xiao Xia, numbering about a dozen, were surrounded and beaten to death by the villagers of Fang Family Village!

Actually, Xiao Xia was particularly popular with children in the village because she enjoyed looking after other people’s children since she was young, and there wasn’t any child in the village who had a bad relationship with her.

When famine struck, everyone was unbearably hungry, and hearing stories of cannibalism outside the village was not rare. However, no one dared to follow such dark thoughts because there was Fang Zhongyi in the village, who insisted on everyone maintaining a moral baseline. Moreover, Fang Zhongyi managed to obtain food for everyone, ensuring they wouldn’t starve to death.

Although they were still driven mad by hunger, they wouldn’t truly starve to death, so the people of Fang Family Village could endure it and not contemplate cannibalism.

Humans are very peculiar; sometimes their bottom line is incredibly strong, unbreakable even when close to death, yet at times, it’s very fragile, easily shattered by the smallest incident, and they quickly fall into becoming demons!

The incident began when a child, who was on good terms with Xiao Xia, secretly came to find her, hoping this kind sister would give him some food as he was unbearably hungry!

Coincidentally, that day Xiao Xia’s family had just mixed the meat chunks distributed by Fang Zhongyi with white soil to make white soil meat patties. This white soil, also known as Guanyin soil, had a fine texture and was easy to swallow. During years of famine, many people would eat it for sustenance.

However, eating too much Guanyin soil on an empty stomach could cause bloating and death, but if mixed in small amounts with food, while it wouldn’t be absorbed by the body, it could give a feeling of fullness and would be expelled with the food, preventing any life-threatening bloating.

The food Fang Zhongyi brought back was too little, so the people of Fang Family Village would mix it with white soil to feel fuller.

That day, after making the white soil meat patties, Xiao Xia’s family went out for a while. Coincidentally, the child came looking for Xiao Xia; finding no one at home, he couldn’t resist and stole a patty to eat. After eating one, his appetite was aroused, making him even hungrier, and the child couldn’t help eating one after another.

As he was eating, Xiao Xia and several elders returned home. Seeing the family’s ration being stolen, the adults who had long been fearful of starvation instantly turned red with anger, rushing forward without hesitation to beat the child who was stealing.

The child was already weak from hunger and couldn’t withstand such abuse, and he immediately shrieked in agony, crying out for mercy. Xiao Xia was terrified at the time, crying out to beg her father, her uncles, and her elder brothers to stop, but no one paid any attention to her.

Under the kicking and beating of several adults, the child soon lost his life. The adults, seeing they had killed someone, were momentarily dumbstruck, standing around the corpse, exchanging bewildered glances, all unsure of what to do.

By then, Xiao Xia was even more terrified, trembling and sobbing uncontrollably in a corner. The family didn’t speak, but soon, their stomachs growled—a sound of hunger ringing from their intestines.

Triggered by this hunger, Xiao Xia’s second uncle glanced at the child’s corpse on the ground with a gleam in his eye and suddenly said, ”Damn it! This dead child ate our food and caused us to starve. It’s fate now. Anyway, if others find out, it’ll be troublesome. Might as well offer him to our five viscera temple, secretly and soundlessly—it’s just perfect!”

Everybody was startled by what Xiao Xia’s second uncle said. At first, no one dared to respond, but secretly, in everyone’s hearts, a flicker of interest was ignited.

The family stood stalemated for a long time, utterly starved until they couldn’t bear it anymore. Xiao Xia’s second uncle dragged the child to a large cellar previously dug near the grain storage, and the rest silently followed him, with Xiao Xia’s father pulling her to follow them into the cellar.

What happened next was a nightmare for Xiao Xia, but when the aromatic human meat was placed on the table, driven mad by hunger, Xiao Xia, after being forcibly fed a bite by her parents, couldn’t resist and started gobbling it down.

After sharing one child, the cage imprisoning the demon within was broken. What once seemed unimaginable—killing and eating people—now felt like it was no big deal.

The child’s body provided meals for Xiao Xia’s family for several days! The taste of the meat was too delicious, and the feeling of a full stomach was too blissful. However, since the child was originally small and already emaciated from hunger, there wasn’t much meat on him, so Xiao Xia’s family quickly became hungry again.

The family quickly schemed to capture another person to eat. Unfortunately, while they had such thoughts, they dared not act against the villagers’ families, nor dared they venture outside the village, fearing they’d be captured and cooked instead.

Driven by extreme hunger, it was Xiao Xia who came up with an idea—using her good rapport with the children to secretly lure those who trusted her into their home, where the adults would hide behind the door, waiting to knock the child unconscious as they entered, then drag them into the cellar!

At first, while doing this, Xiao Xia felt guilty and anxious, but as more children were successfully lured without failure, Xiao Xia became bolder and increasingly justified in her actions, feeling no guilt or anxiety.

Children in the village mysteriously disappearing naturally prompted the adults to search, but since the children were secretly led away by Xiao Xia, in the eyes of the adults, the children were simply misbehaving and sneaking out, ignoring warnings, and getting captured outside the village. With this perspective, families of lost children naturally couldn’t find them.

Although they couldn’t find the missing ones, families with children kept a close eye on theirs, not letting them out easily without adult companionship, fearing they might unknowingly sneak out and get captured.

This method was indeed effective; with the children under tight watch, Xiao Xia had no chance to lure them out, and for several days, she couldn’t bring back any food, forcing her to go to the Qin Family Village, which, like Fang Family Village, hadn’t resorted to cannibalism and was tightly adjacent.

Initially, Xiao Xia intended to deceive a lone child in Qin Family Village to return with her, but unexpectedly, she encountered Fang Yaoyao on her first attempt! Fang Yaoyao even proactively greeted her, and in that flash of desperation, a bold thought struck hungry Xiao Xia!

Xiao Xia knew Fang Yaoyao possessed martial skills, but Fang Yaoyao had always trusted her and was completely unguarded, so bewitched by an urge, Xiao Xia tricked Fang Yaoyao into returning home with her, and it unbelievably