Chapter 057: Attacked
"Oops!" Zhang Jiabao was startled by the sudden explosion, and his hand holding the gourd was numb and numb, but fortunately he was not injured. It's a pity that this ghost-hunting treasure has become a piece of pieces.
Zhang Jiabao fiddled with the fragments, some of which had complex textures. It is possible that the ghosts that are sucked in are normalized or eliminated by these patterns. He collected the fragments to see if there was a way to recover them after finding the master.
"Something seems to have gotten into your head. Su Qijingli reminded.
"Hmm, it can't be that ghost, right?" Zhang Jiabao was excited. No wonder he felt strange in his head, as if there was a deep-hidden primitive desire for business.
"Come out! you come out for me!" Zhang Jiabao tilted his head sideways and patted his temple with the palm of his hand.
No matter how he tried to get it, the white light that he had just gone in would not come out. Zhang Jiabao could feel it shivering.
"Forget it, if you find the master, you can naturally get it out. Zhang Jiabao didn't care about the foreign object in his head, and it didn't seem to affect his sanity at the moment.
"Just now...... I had a dream that I became a woman...... In this room...... Eaten. Wang Jibao finally calmed down and was able to speak.
That dream, or illusion, was real. Wang Jibao was like being in the scene, first on the day of his wedding, he was hit by an earthquake and lost his parents, followed several strange men, saw the hellish ruins of the world, and saw the death of many people, was taken back to a strange home by a teenager, and then the whole family died, leaving one alive to beat her, and returned to the ruins to find a few men who had been with him before, and was abused, bullied and humiliated like fools, and finally was eaten alive and died.
These memories belonging to that woman have been imprinted in Wang Jibao's soul and will linger for a lifetime. Images of great terror and endless despair will stay with him for the rest of his life.
"Let's go overnight...... Even if the eldest brother is still alive, he will not be in this town. Wang Jibao said weakly. With the help of everyone, he descended the wooden ladder and walked out of this strange house.
"Second brother, give me the torch. Wang Jibao said. The crowd stopped for a moment.
He set fire to all corners of the house with torches, and finally threw them downstairs at the paper window. After a while, the house burst into flames.
Wang Jibao knelt down in front of the sky-rushing firelight, bowed again and again, and cried. Everyone was puzzled, and he didn't know why he knelt down.
Worship that tragic death of the woman, worship those heinous years, worship this unenlightened world? It seems to be all there, but it doesn't seem to be all.
God imprisoned His people, confiscated their souls, and punished their bodies. Even so, I am willing to take root in this darkness and blossom into a sinless flower. Wang Jibao vaguely understood the woman's last thoughts, perhaps this was the reason why he knelt down.
There are two kinds of kneeling outside of rituals, one is to be bullied and afraid, and the other is to be impressed by a certain realm, and this kind of realm is impossible for the prostrate to reach in any way. The former is pitiful, the latter is respectable, and Wang Jibao belongs to the latter.
The people did not intend to stay overnight, so they loaded two torches in the front of the chariot and set out overnight. Wang Jibao's legs trembled all the time when he walked, so he let him lie in the car. With less leg strength and heavier carts, he walked more slowly, and it took two hours to turn back onto the road he had taken and go west.
Wang Jihu said that it would be out of this forest after walking another hundred miles, and there was an official road leading to Yanling Mansion, and after Yanling Mansion was Wuliang Mountain. The closer you get to the edge of the forest, the more dangerous it becomes, you have to maintain your physical strength, and you don't know what the situation will be when you arrive at Yanling Mansion tomorrow.
They ate hastily and spent the night in a woodland. When he woke up, Zhang Jiabao sensed that the soul-like thing in his head was still there, and he kept shrinking without moving. Wang Jibao regained his composure and became even more silent, not knowing what he was thinking.
From day to evening, there were no beast attacks. The chariot is like a combination of a giant tortoise and a giant hedgehog, and the tiger must give way when it sees it.
After walking for a while, I came across a small stream. When the water on the car was almost finished, everyone stopped and used jars and other utensils to fetch water, and took a short rest by the way.
This place has a wide view, sparse woods on three sides, and only one side is artemisia grass more than half a man high, as long as you are vigilant, it is no problem. So they built a bonfire to keep warm, sat in a circle, and ate boiled smoked meat with apricots.
"Ouch hey, I'm tired after a long day's walk. Zhang Jiabao sat down and groaned comfortably. He was not in a hurry to eat, because he was already full while eating while walking in the car. Take your boots off and pinch your calves.
"If you don't eat it, look at the grass. Wang Jihu said while eating meat and drinking. The only two jars of wine left in the house were brought, and no one else drank them, so he scooped up a cup and drank it alone.
"Oh. Zhang Jiabao responded. Like a chicken pecking rice, he will look down and pick his feet, and then look up at the grass. But more often than not, he looked back behind him, even though Su Qi Jingli was sitting on his side, keeping an eye on his rear.
"By the way, how do you think the man-eating monster has changed? Wang Jihu took a sip of wine and asked.
"Ate carrion that died of the plague. Wang Jibao, who had been silent, suddenly spoke gloomily, "The female ghost told me. ”
Jing Li listened, and the meat that had just slipped into her throat seemed to be rancid human flesh, which made her retch. They only knew that the man-eating monsters were related to the plague, but they had been short of meat since they ran into the forest, and they could imagine that hungry and desperate people could do anything.
Zhang Jiabao felt very normal, he finished picking the last toe slit, and was shrinking his head to smell the irresistible smell on his fingers. Staring at the dense grass with squinted eyes, he couldn't enjoy sniffing it himself, and he sniffed it back to Heifeng, which looked like a thief. Heifeng was eating the meat that Wang Jihu tore for it, Zhang Jiabao's index finger came up, it moved its nose and twisted its head to the side.
Suddenly, Zhang Jiabao saw that there seemed to be a handful of grass in the grass, and hurriedly put on his boots, and shouted at the same time: "Be vigilant, there is something in the grass!"
All of them stood up at once, their weapons in their hands, and stared at the grass. For a long time, I didn't see any movement.
"Xiaobao, are you looking away. Wang Jihu asked.
"I don't know, it's possible. Zhang Jiabao said, "Do you want to go now?"
Wang Jihu glanced at the cup of wine on the ground that was still half left, and said, "I just sat down, and I will rest for a while." Maybe it's a small animal in the grass, but if it's a large creature, it will crush the grass and deform it. ”
Everyone was just about to sit down, but they heard the sound of rustling, and clearly saw a cluster at the edge of the grass parting on both sides.
"Prepare for battle!" Wang Jihu roared, "Xiaobao and Xiaosu Xiaoli are on guard inside the woods to prevent the sound from hitting the west!"
Back to back in a circle, everyone assumed a defensive posture according to Wang Jihu's command, with a serious expression.
"Huh!"
A creature broke through the grass, and everyone's attention shifted to that side. When I looked at it, it was a gray rabbit, jumping into the woods.
"A false alarm!" Wang Jihu stroked his chest. Others breathed a sigh of relief.
But I'm not in the mood to sit back now. Wang Jihu drank the rest of the wine in one gulp, beckoned them to carry meat, jars, pots and other items, extinguished the bonfire, and prepared to get into the car.
"Huh!"
There was another sound of breaking wind, and then the howl of the black wind was heard. The crowd was sorting out their belongings in the car, and when they heard the sound, they looked up and were surprised to see it biting into a ball with a humanoid creature, and soon began to whimper.
Su Qijingli, who was behind the palace, had not yet gotten into the car, and had already rushed up to fight. While the man-eating monster was biting against the black wind, Su Qi slashed it in the back with his slashing saber, and Jingli stabbed it in the neck, chest and abdomen with her streamer sword. The man-eater gave up the black wind, and with a beastly roar, crawled on all fours, and pounced on them.
Su Qi Jingli hurriedly slammed down with a thorn shield, hitting it in front of the door. A sword stabbed it through both shoulders and pinned it to the ground. The three people in the car also carried weapons and rushed to help.
Hunting forks, spears, and spears stabbed at its body, and after a few dozen blows, its upper body turned into a pile of rotten flesh before it stopped struggling, but its gray eyes were still moving.
Su Qi pulled out the knife, cut off its head, and spewed out a jet of black blood before it was completely dead. The eyes were covered with black bloodshots, and the two black lips were wide to the extreme, revealing four half-inch-long fangs, like the face of a demon.