Chapter 14: Black Worms

Wu Er knew that he looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water on weekdays, but what he just said should be true, so he asked: "Since your uncle can do this alone, why do you have to call your mother too?"

"My uncle brought the brush and bottle himself, but my mother took the water from the well at home. ”

"Damn, you have such magical water in your house, you have never mentioned it to me for so many years!"

Song Pan raised his eyebrows, first sighed, and spoke: " Alas, just because of the existence of this well, since I was born, the neighborhood has changed batch after batch, all rushing to a well-off life, my family has never moved, my mother said, before I was there the house, I haven't moved for 50 years, as for why the well is so important, the second old man kept silent, only said that it was not time, and yes, the wellhead within a radius of three meters never let me come close, grabbed a time and beat once, once while my dad was drunk, wanted to put some words out of his mouth, who knew that it was okay not to mention it, a mention and a violent beating, I thought that this trick was quite smart, who knew that my dad drank and beat me harder, Anyway, I don't plan to know what secrets are hidden in that well, and I'm not interested in knowing, but when I grow up, I understand a truth, that is, the less I know, the less troublesome this trouble will be, understand, this is the philosophy that the fat man realized in his childhood with iron. ”

"Hey, the iron childhood, it seems that the fat man has been beaten by your father's stick in order to find the truth. ”

", it's really not me Song Pan bragging, the trees in my backyard are about to be uprooted by Dad. Song Pan turned over, and suddenly took out a small glass hourglass the size of a finger from his neck, and said: " But maybe it's not wrong for you to be restless, but I'm not sure if this premonition is good or bad, oh, this is the prayer talisman that my uncle asked me to wear, originally the hourglass is a rune paper on one side, and a vacuum on the other, I didn't pay attention to it at first, but since entering the Candleyin River, the rune paper in this hourglass has not known when it turned into water to fill the other end, although my uncle did not explicitly say the use of this hourglass, but I deduced that since it is something that I often wear on my body, it must be used to ward off evil spirits and protect it, and now this thing has changed, indicating that this candle Yin River is by no means a good place, so I told you before that you can really encounter the monuments, and then get one or two antiquities back, we're nouveau riche!"

Wu Er was about to speak, but Song Pan stretched out his hand to stop him: "Needless to say, you must want to say don't be so optimistic, I'm not like you, I think things should be more good and think about it, always be pessimistic, isn't this looking for guilt?"

"I don't see it much on weekdays, but it turns out that the fat man's heart is so open. Wu Er complimented, Song Pan didn't eat this set at all, and turned around with a wave of his hand: "Okay, don't be suspicious, hurry up and sleep, the body is the capital of the revolution, and I don't know what will happen when I get up and hurry." ”

Wu Er didn't answer again, got up to inspect the scratch, who knew that when his fingers just touched the traces on the tent, a light blue pupil suddenly flashed in his mind, and a thin wisp of black smoke evaporated on the edge of the stroke, so startled that he hurriedly retracted his hand, although it was only fleeting, but such a strange situation was too sudden, and Wu Er was frozen for a long time.

Those eyes...... Seem...... Familiar?

It was noon when I set off again, and I packed my bags, because of the dream in the early morning, Wu Er now felt strange when he saw Ding Mian. The group walked along the direction of the lower reaches of the Candleyin River, everyone could still only rely on their hands to watch things, walked for an hour and a half, heard a "whoosh" in silence, Zhou You, who had been walking behind, suddenly covered his neck, looking painful, Mo Yuxuan turned around and asked, thinking that there were poisonous insects and moths, but there was nothing wrong with looking around, and he was surprised, Ye Feisong had already walked in front of Zhou You, pulled his collar and looked at it, his eyes suddenly sank, and the others leaned over, Zhou Qin "Ah" He blurted out a low breath, and it turned out that at the back of the neck on the side of Zhou You, there was a layer of something like black moss, and with Ye Feisong's fingers slightly exerting force, there was mucus flowing out of the moss, accompanied by a fishy smell.

"I'll go, what the hell?" Song Pan asked with his nose covered. And at this moment, Zhou You's forehead was already drenched in cold sweat, and he raised his hand to grab the wound, but Ye Feisong had already clasped his wrist with one hand to prevent him from moving, and the other hand quickly lit a cigarette, without saying a word, and poked directly at the moss on Zhou You's neck, thinking that Zhou You was going to scream in pain again, but who knew that he just let out a breath, and his face softened, and the black moss slowly peeled off like dead bark in the place where the cigarette butt was burned, and turned into residue after a wisp of green smoke.

"There's no need to be nervous, it's just a 'grass spot' formed by the plant juice on the skin, and it will fall off on its own when you burn it with fire. Ye Feisong dealt with it very easily, Mo Yuxuan told everyone to check their own, but it seemed that except for Zhou You, the other people's bodies were not abnormal.

"What kind of plant sap is so poisonous?" Song Pan asked, and Ye Feisong pointed to the top of the wall above the Candleyin River: "It's all dripping from those rhizomes, so you have to pay close attention." ”

Hu Yanzheng beside him was a little puzzled when he heard his words: "Outside the mountain before, I saw that the trees in this area are all locust trees, it stands to reason that the leaves and root bark of the locust tree have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, which can treat sores and poisons, how can people still give birth to sores and poisons?"

Ye Feisong just smiled: "This is not an ordinary locust tree, it is called the locust, its rhizome often continues to grow wildly in a damp place without light, and its nature is just the opposite of that of an ordinary locust tree." As he was talking, Ye Feisong shot the flashlight at the rhizome of the locust, and soon, his statement was verified, under the irradiation of the light, the surface of the rhizome of the locust did begin to flow out of a gelatinous translucent liquid, so frightened that Song Pan hurriedly covered the flashlight in his and Wu Er's hands, and reminded him: "Don't take a flashlight to shine indiscriminately, the fat man has a large body surface area, and the probability of encountering this thing is greater than yours." ”

"I'm so scared, wouldn't it be better if you just put on the hat of your raincoat?"

When Song Pan heard it, it made sense: "There is an old saying that what is called, prudence can catch thousands of cicadas, be careful to sail a boat for ten thousand years, and the fat man will wear it first as respect!" After speaking, not only did he put on his hat, but even the zipper at the collar was pulled to the bottom, and only his face was exposed. Wu Er didn't bother to pay attention to him, and then looked at Zhou You, it seemed that after this play, he showed surprisingly calm.

That being the case, we will follow the arrangement and speed our feet. Mo Yuxuan was worried that something would go wrong again, urging everyone to speed up the pace, but this calm did not last long, Li Jie'an and Wu Gengjun were also contaminated with the juice of the locust after traveling around, the only difference is that the position of the grass spots born in the shoulders and backs of the two of them was painful, and the two of them gritted their teeth in pain, but it was not easy to deal with, the two had to take off their backpacks, and then one person took a lighter to help each other burn it, and the grass spots quickly turned into ashes, but also exuded a spicy atmosphere, although there was no danger, Wu Er faintly felt that something was wrong.

"Wrap your waterproof coat tightly so that the juice of the locust doesn't seep through your clothes and touch your skin. Mo Yuxuan reminded, suddenly heard two short 'coo' sounds in his ears, he looked at everyone in surprise, everyone invariably stopped their movements, and turned their heads to look around to find the source of the sound, and then, the 'cooing' sound came again, two sounds from far and near, as if coming from two places, in the dark, soon lit up a small fire, because of a distance, it is really not real.

"Who?!"

Almost at the same time, everyone's flashlights focused on the firelight, but in the next second, everyone suddenly froze, under the beam, I don't know when Zhou You had left the team for a long distance, and the polished firelight was from the lighter in his hand.

"Zhou You, what are you doing?" Liu Wentong shouted.

Zhou You didn't respond, the fire in his hand slowly began to shake, Mo Yuxuan was worried that he would have an accident, so his steps moved, and Wu Er stopped him: "Wait a minute, he doesn't look right, there seems to be something on the back of his neck." ”

Wu Er finally understood why he didn't feel right before, Zhou You was in a strong body, and he had been very active in the procession, but after he woke up, he seemed to be sluggish, and he often walked a few steps in a hurry. Wu Er raised the flashlight and shone it on Zhou You's neck, and there was a black thing extending from his collar to the back of his head, and his eyes did not blink in the face of the strong flashlight, almost empty and dull.

"It should still be grass spots, but depending on the situation, the area infection is relatively large. Ye Feisong frowned slightly.

"Boom...... Ah......h

"Hurry! he's calling for help!" Mo Yuxuan couldn't take care of it anymore, and ran towards Zhou You, the others were still undecided, only to see Mo Yuxuan run halfway, Zhou You had already stretched the lighter behind his back, and even the muscles on his face were twitching slightly, and his expression was extremely struggling.

"Don't ......!!" Mo Yuxuan hurriedly spoke, the words were not finished, the original tiny firelight instantly climbed on Zhou You's back like a tongue of fire, only for a moment, the fire was prosperous, the change was too sudden, and when Wu Er and Song Pan and others reacted and rushed over to rescue, Zhou You had already burned into a burning man, and suddenly, a pungent and spicy smell rose in the air, Mo Yuxuan tore off his coat, got wet in the candle yin river nearby, and rushed to Zhou You to extinguish the fire on his body, and everyone faintly saw that on Zhou You's back, it had already been covered with a layer of grass spots, and in such a fire, the green flames gradually burned out。

"Help me...... Save ......" seemed to have finally woken up, Zhou You wriggled his body and weakly cried for help, slowly knelt on the ground, and kept waving his arms for help, but the fire was too fierce, Zhou You's clothes burned all over his body, even if Mo Yuxuan had rushed to do his best to rescue, in the end, although the fire on Zhou You's body was extinguished, he still failed to save his life.

"Vomit ......" waited until he saw the body of Zhou You after the fire, Hu Kui let out a burst of strong retching, and the corpse fell to the ground on his knees, his body leaned back into a very strange angle, and his spasmodic demeanor was frozen in the scorching smoke, and even Wu Er and Song Pan, who were from forensic medicine, couldn't help but turn pale when they saw this scene.

Mo Yuxuan was the closest, and his feet were even softer, completely out of shape, but before they could recover from the panic, the underground river that had just quieted down remembered the creepy sound again, it was still an unknown 'coo' sound, but the sound was far stronger than before.

"It's a ...... from the top of the head" Liu Wentong reminded him, and the words were trembling slightly, in fact, even if he didn't say it, everyone was aware that the strange sound that appeared before was like a cloud overhead at this time, and everyone raised their flashlights to shine on the Candleyin River, and the roots of the locust hanging on the top of the wall were shaking, like beating hearts that filled the line of sight.

“...... I'm afraid I'm going to be annoyed, it's the movement of the black roundworm. Ye Feisong's face was calm, and his tone was unusually indifferent, and because of him, Wu Er knew that the next **annoyance must be unusual**annoyance!

"Everyone is going to the lower reaches of the Candleyin River!" Ye Feisong made a decision, between life and death, everyone couldn't care about the aftermath of Zhou You, and hurriedly ran along the riverbed, everyone also understood that Zhou You's death meant that this trip was no longer a simple trip, and if you were not careful, you might really lose your life!

Everyone's nerves tensed to the limit, the riverbed was stacked with rocks, and because the underground space was cold and damp all the year round, the surface of the stones was covered with moss, so it didn't go far, Hu Kui slipped and fell to the ground, Hu Yanzheng helped her up, just wanted to move, a sharp pain came from her ankle, Hu Kui couldn't help but blurt out a low cry. The overhead noise continues, and at this time, it will undoubtedly be a burden to the team.

"Fatty, quick!" Wu Er made a look at Song Pan, Song Pan understood, Hu Kui was carried by a short body, in the dark only with his hands on the TV, it was also a great test of physical strength, how far he ran along the river all the way I don't know, I only felt the wind above my head, and the group heard the sound of heavy objects falling into the river in their ears, at first it was only sporadic, but only a few minutes, as if it was pouring rain in the hole, and accompanied by the restless sound of 'squeak chirp', the air suddenly sounded the sound of insects flapping their wings.

Ye Feisong, who ran at the end of the team, immediately lit a torch and threw it into the air, the firelight soon flashed in mid-air, obviously burning something, everyone turned around, and was shocked by the terrible situation they saw.

"It's over...... It's completely over...... It's a dead ......" Liu Wentong looked stiff and muttered with tears.

"Turn off the flashlights, hold the torch and walk the Candleyin River!" Ye Feisong untied the backpack behind Ding Mian, took out a special short torch and handed it to everyone, and then lit one and stepped into the river first.