Chapter 4: A Call from Afar

  The countryside in July is very busy, Wang Long helped his parents at home to harvest rice for several days, and he got a little darker from the sun. Although Wang Long now has a monthly salary of 50,000 yuan that can be taken out, and by now there are also tens of thousands of yuan, every time Wang Long advises his father to do less farm work, Wang Bing always says: "You're still young, it's not easy to make money, we can still move around, I'll save all your money for you, and spend it when you get married."

  Wang Long's father had no choice but to let him help with the harvest every day during summer vacation, as it was more painful for Wang Bing, who was diligent and frugal, to do nothing and play at home all day.

  Half a month has passed since the beginning of the lunar month, and the rice in our house is almost harvested. Wang Long was lying on a bamboo mat in the yard to cool off after a busy day.

  Suddenly, Wang Long's mobile phone started vibrating in his pocket. He took it out and saw that it was an unfamiliar number. After pressing the answer button, Wang Long said: "Hello, I'm Wang Long, who is this?" A strange Mandarin voice came from the other end of the line: "Wang Long, I am Mo Li, the elder of the Mo Gong family. There's a friend next to me that you're familiar with, and she wants to talk to you." After finishing speaking, a familiar voice came from the other end of the line, speaking urgent English: "Dear Dragon, come quickly to rescue me, I've been caught by bad people!" Wang Long listened and realized it was Malu Mote. He hastily asked into the phone: "Malu, quickly tell me, who caught you? Where are you now?"

  On the other end of the phone, Mo Li's voice came through: "Wang Long, Miss Malumart said that she gave you her jade pendant. We're very interested in it. Bring the jade to 'Dream Night Club' in Lancaster County at 10 pm tomorrow and find someone named Mary. She'll tell you what to do." After finishing speaking, the other party quickly hung up the phone.

  Wang Long hastily made a phone call to Ling Yunzi. On the phone, Ling Yunzi told Wang Long that the Mo Gong family was one of the four major families in the United States and had been passed down for thousands of years as a vampire family, ranking second in the dark forces of the United States, extremely terrifying. There were more than a dozen vampire kings in the Mo Gong family, and there were many dukes and earls below them. It can be said that they are a gathering of experts.

  Wang Long had Ling Yunzi book a ticket for him to fly to Lancaster, USA tomorrow. Ling Yunzi asked Wang Long if he needed someone to help him, and Wang Long said: "Don't rush, I'll go take a look at the situation first, and if anything happens later, I'll notify you." Ling Yunzi said: "Okay, little dragon, if there's any problem, you must call me immediately, don't get into trouble!" Wang Long responded with a "yes" before hanging up the phone.

  I have nothing to do with the dark forces of America, and it seems that this time's incident is mainly caused by Marudream sending her own jade pendant. In the end, I can only use the jade pendant to rescue Marudream.

  After a sleepless night, Wang Long got the ticket sent by Lingyunzi's people early next morning. The flight was at 8 am. Wang Long told his parents that he was going to visit a friend. His parents didn't say much, just reminding him to be careful outside.

  Arriving in the small town of Lancaster County, it was just noon when Wang Long found a McDonald's to sit down and order something to eat. As he ate, he carefully observed the town: the smooth asphalt roads had been replaced by gravel paths. The smell of horse manure filled the air everywhere on the road. Alongside the roads were endless fields of crops, with horses swishing their tails freely under the white clouds. From this moment on, you would feel as if you had traveled through time and civilization, back to America hundreds of years ago.

  People live relatively densely, with many pigsties surrounding the houses and horses visible everywhere. Public places also include mills, blacksmith shops, and horse-drawn carriage transfer stations.

  Men in the village wear mainly dark clothing, with wide-brimmed hats and black coats. On Sundays when attending church, they wear a black suit; women are required to wear a black headscarf or soft hat, and a long dress with an apron tied over it.

  Wang Long found that the "Dream Nightclub" was just in the southeast direction of the town, and it only took a dozen minutes to walk there from McDonald's. After eating his fill, Wang Long quickly headed towards the "Dream Nightclub", but now the nightclub was still closed.

  A passerby was approached by Wang Long, who asked in fluent English, "Excuse me, what time does this nightclub open for business?" The middle-aged man, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a black coat, looked at Wang Long in surprise and replied, "This nightclub usually opens at 6 pm, and the consumption inside is very high. It's still early now, please come back later." Wang Long thanked him and began to stroll around the small town.

  It wasn't until 6 o'clock in the evening that Wang Long returned to the nightclub. At this time, people began to enter the nightclub for dinner in twos and threes. This nightclub offers Western-style dinner, with performances such as dancing or drama inside. The performances are mostly song and dance performances. Tonight, the famous American western singer ANTHONY will perform on stage. The outside of the nightclub has been plastered with posters of ANTHONY everywhere.

  Wang Long found the waiter and asked about Mary. The young American waiter, Mark, looked at Wang Long in surprise and said: "Oh my god, what do you want with vampire Mary? He's a very dangerous person, but he hasn't arrived yet, maybe he'll come later. He usually comes here to drink around 10 pm. You'd better be careful of him." After finishing speaking, the kind-hearted American waiter even made a exaggerated sucking motion, Wang Long smiled and thanked him, then said: "If Mary comes, please let me know at that time. I'm going to sit over there and wait for now." He pointed to a table on the side, Mark nodded in agreement.

  Wang Long ordered a bottle of beer and came to the relatively quiet table he had just pointed out, sat down, and sipped his beer while gazing at the crowd coming and going around him. The crazy people in the dance pool were twisting their waists with all their might, and two American women who were dressed to the nines often came up to Wang Long and flirted with him, but he rejected them every time.

  At 9:50, Mark walked over and said to Wang Long, "Sir, the Mary you're looking for is here, take a look." He pointed to a middle-aged man who had just arrived. Wang Long saw that this was an American with white skin, high nose bridge, blue eyes, and a very ordinary appearance, except his face was extremely pale, as if he had applied a layer of white powder.

  Wang Long walked over quickly and said, "Mary, hello, I'm Wang Long from China." Mary glanced at Wang Long with a slanted gaze, seeing that he was an extremely handsome young Chinese man who seemed ordinary and didn't have anything special about him. She wondered why she had been warned to be so careful around him. Mary asked doubtfully, "You're really Wang Long? Please follow me." After speaking, she turned around and walked towards the outside of the nightclub.

  Wang Long followed Mary closely, and the night in this small town was still particularly beautiful, similar to rural China. The air had not been polluted at all, and Wang Long took a deep breath of fresh air, feeling very refreshed and invigorated.

  Wang Long followed Mary walking out of the town, after about half an hour, they came to a secluded small valley, where it was far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, filled with quiet atmosphere everywhere.

  Mary stood at the entrance of the valley and let out a sharp cry, suddenly, the darkness in the valley dispersed instantly, revealing an ancient medieval castle in front of Wang Long. Looking at this tall ancient castle that had only appeared on TV before, Wang Long was still slightly startled in his heart. The large gate of the castle slowly opened, Mary said to Wang Long: "Mr. Wang, please go in, Mori is waiting for you inside." After finishing, she made a gesture of invitation.

  Wang Long strode in with big steps, but Mary quickly disappeared into the darkness of night.

  The ancient castle was filled with a mysterious and terrifying atmosphere. Wang Long carefully observed the ancient castle, only to see that the city walls were covered with dense cannon holes and gun holes. The mysterious and deep shade paths and the wooden suspension bridge leading into the city were gradually hidden in the darkness. In the palace castle, there was also a half-remaining tall church. At this time, at the entrance of the church stood an old foreigner around sixty years old, with golden hair and green eyes, holding up a high nose, looking very comical.

  The foreign old man opened his arms and walked towards Wang Long, with a happy tone said: "Dear Wang Long, I am Mo Li, the king of the Mo Gong family. It's really presumptuous to ask you to come over today, please follow me." His demeanor was like seeing an old friend he hadn't seen in years. Made Wang Long feel inexplicable, what kind of medicine is this old man selling?

  Wang Long asked in English with a puzzled expression, "Mori King, where is Malumet? I'd like to see her." Mori opened his terrifying bloody mouth and said, "Oh, dear Wang Long, let's not talk about that for now. First, I'll take you to visit our great Mori family's ancient castle. Later, I'll bring you back to meet Malumet. I think after you've seen our castle, you will remember it forever." After finishing speaking, he led the way into the winding and seemingly maze-like walls of the castle.

  Wang Long followed Mori, in the castle, he saw the icy water dungeon, the torture instruments with scars, the palace-style room, and a harp placed there. There, Wang Long seemed to see countless eyes floating in mid-air, like black holes, all sorts of doubts shrinking into inexplicable fear, hidden events transcending words, already unable to be expressed, yet etched into memory.

  After visiting the ancient castle, Mori brought Wang Long to a luxurious decorated room in the style of a traveling palace.

  There is still one more chapter tonight, making up for the missing one from yesterday. Please give me your support, friends! Thank you!