Volume 5: The Living Puppet Nation (10)
"Indeed," Uncle Yori admired the young man's acuity, "the people of the village of the puppet repellent almost all outsiders - including us, they left the punishment of the Son of God on the way to the village, and everyone who approached the village would be lost, either bitten by poisonous insects or returned to the original place, if there were one or two destined people who would buy one or two dolls from there, we all thought that the village would be long gone." β
"Destined people?" Lin Yingkong felt that these three words were intriguing.
However, speaking of these details, Uncle Yuori is not very clear, in his opinion, this is just a tragedy in the long history of Musheng Village, as long as they don't explore the secrets of the Zun Puppet Village, they can live in peace and ease like now, so when the field team of the General Office put on a fanatical posture of historical researchers and said that they were going to Zun Puppet Village, Uncle Yue Ri was really a little frightened.
"You have to take it easy, a few teachers," the village chief's son hurriedly persuaded when he heard this, "Don't say that the people who can go there can be counted in the face, and even if you go, you don't know what will happen, and you still have a few students with you!"
At this time, Feng Rong and a few people had already packed their things and were ready to go, Lin Yingkong said to this man who was really worried: "Don't worry, let's try to take a walk, and if we can't get there, we will come back, we came to Musheng Village on foot, not to mention the side, at least we can protect ourselves......
Seeing that his son was fooled by a few words, Uncle Yuri was silent for a moment, but he didn't stop them anymore, but carefully explained the route to them, and asked his son to get them some food to bring, and finally said: "I know that you are coming to Zun Puppet Village, in fact, a few days ago, there were several groups of people who came in a similar style to you, and they didn't come back after they went...... You don't have to explain, I don't want to pay attention to these things, little Laozi, as long as you don't bring the disaster to Musheng Village, it doesn't matter what you want to do. β
Feng Rong looked at the old man, and his tone was flat and determined, "You can rest assured." β
It's just five words, as if there is no promise of anything, and it seems that everything has been said, Uncle Yue Ri nodded silently.
When leaving Musheng Village, the people in the field service team of the General Office did not alarm too many villagers, and once again confirmed with the branch that the communication was normal before walking along the direction of Zun Puppet Village, this road is indeed unfooted all year round, and most places have to take knives to open the road, after walking one hundred and eighty meters, Zhu Mengtian suddenly wondered: "Haven't the people from the branch been here, why are there no traces left?"
As soon as he said this, the team members who were making various detection and warning preparations while hurrying were also stunned, and they all stopped, Di Bingqiao hesitated: "Could it be that we are going the wrong way?" Or are they not going the same way?
"Impossible," Derpy looked around, "Didn't the village chief just say that this road is the most convenient, since the people from the branch have come to Musheng Village to ask for directions, they shouldn't take another detour to Zun Puppet Village." β
"There may be something wrong with this place......" Lin Yingkong's shadow wrapped around a thick tree, as if searching for something, "Xiaolan, how is the communication?"
"Huh?" Ding Youlan, who was making route records, hurriedly switched channels, then frowned and said, "The signal has become weaker." "The conflict between spiritual power and magnetic field has always been a difficult problem for the paranormal world to solve, although Ding Youlan and the technical team of the Spiritual Security Bureau have developed special satellites and communication software that can communicate with all walks of life, but there is still no good solution when encountering a huge power vortex.
- Obviously, they had speculated that there might be a large barrier near the Venerable Doll Village, and at this time, everyone was probably already in the battle.
"Maybe it's thousands of years ago," it grows and hides in the forest, making people walk in unconsciously. Fei Rong stood under the big tree entangled in Lin Yingkong's shadow, raised her head and said, "It can still work for so long, someone should be maintaining its operation all the time." "Either that or something very powerful was used to set up the formation at the beginning.
Feng Rong didn't use his own whip, but directly condensed water into a knife and said, "Keep walking." β
Although most of the formations that can be handed down from ancient times to the present day are tricky, it is still impossible to trap the eight of them, after going around eight times, they are halfway down the road, and the last signal on the communicator also flickers slowly and disappears. Losing the signal means that the network is also interrupted, which makes Ding Youlan, who gave him a network cable that can be more lethal than a B-class alien, a little uneasy, Feng Rong patted him on the shoulder, signaling him not to think too much.
"Tsk," Zhu Mengtian casually used a dagger to nail a spider with a slap-sized body to the tree, and this thing almost jumped on his neck, "Why are the insects here not afraid of ice potions?"
"It doesn't seem to be a problem with the potion...... Di Bingqiao walked over and stared at the spider, and then pulled out the dagger and grabbed it in his hand as soon as he reached out.
"Hey, hey!" Zhu Meng Tian glared, "How can you touch strange things!"
"Strange ......" Di Bingqiao didn't know if he heard his words clearly, and then threw the thing directly on Zhu Mengtian, "Look at this spider." β
Zhu Meng Tian was very disgusted with these things with many feet, and almost threw it directly to something one hundred and eighty miles away with a gust of wind, and only reluctantly took it after hearing her say this, but as soon as the thing arrived in his hand, he let out a "huh", raised it and looked at it carefully, "Made of wood?"
One sentence diverted the attention of others, Fei Rong leaned over to take a look, and found that the surface of this spider was no different from that of ordinary spiders, and it was so lifelike that it was terrifying, but what was exposed in the place where the dagger was pierced was actually hollow wood and a bunch of fine wooden parts, which was really ingenious!
"What is this thing that he meowed?" Zhu Meng Tian threw the thing to Fei Rong with his hand, and the real touch made people goosebumps.
"This is made by the Venerable Doll Village, there is no spiritual power fluctuation, it is purely used to act," Derpy also came over to study, "This craft...... No wonder the village chief of Musheng Village said that their kung fu was less than one-tenth of that of Zun Puppet Village. β
Lin Yingkong also took it and looked at it, raising his eyebrows, "It seems that the Zun Doll Kingdom can make puppets similar to people...... Such rumors are not unbelievable. β
After encountering this trap spider, everyone divided their attention on the jungle creatures as they walked back, and some trap lizards, trap snakes, trap wasps and the like appeared around them one by one, some of them were smeared with poison, trying to attack them - this kind of trap stuff had no aura, and it caused them a lot of trouble.
"It's getting dark. Feng Rong looked at the meager light cast from the cracks in the forest and said.
Handed a bag to Di Bingqiao to put the trap butterfly in, Ding Youlan took the map and pondered for a while, and said puzzledly: "It stands to reason that we should have arrived at the Venerable Puppet Village." "They set off at noon, and they should have arrived in just twenty miles because of the formation enchantment.
"It's almost there......" The black shadow stood up from the ground like a cobra coldly, and then hit a direction in the void, and there was something blocking it in the invisible air, and it was immediately broken, and the surrounding scenery was imperceptibly distorted, Lin Yingkong stood in place and looked at the stone monument that quietly emerged from the dense bushes, and said softly.
The stele is already very old, and the stele is full of traces of wind and rain, but the carved alien characters are still clear, and there are even traces of someone taking care of it, instead of letting it be invaded and corroded by plants, trees and vines. Ding Youlan stepped forward to identify for a moment, and said unexpectedly: "It has the words 'Respect for the Puppet Country' written on it." β
Lin Yingkong smiled, "It seems that the host's family is ready to welcome us as guests." β
After bypassing the stone monument, there is no attack of those snakes and insects, and the road condition is much better, and after walking half a mile further, you can vaguely see the existence of the village entrance, where there seems to be a lantern, flickering, very ghost village atmosphere.
At this time, the sky has darkened, the searchlight played by the field team of the general office is very bright, but it can't pierce most of the rich night, Ding Youlan can't take the searchlight that is not light, so he cheers up and looks at the surrounding movements, the light is staggered, he is not very bold by nature, he feels a cold back, and his feet are almost tripped over a fallen tree trunk, he hurriedly bypassed a few steps and continued to walk forward, but accidentally went around too much, and his body hit an object that was not hard or soft, Ding Youlan subconsciously held the thing with his hand to maintain balance, but the touch of his hand made him instantly stiff, "Minister ......"
"Xiaolan?" The others were surprised by his sudden trembling voice, and when they looked sideways, they immediately stared at each otherβDing Youlan was holding on to a person who was standing quietly and silently in the shadow of a tree!
Zhu Meng Tianxia consciously rushed over and wanted to save people as soon as the long sword flashed, but Lin Yingkong stopped him coldly, and said with a strange expression: "Don't move yet." β
The others who were still planning to act all braked at once, only the light brush was aimed at the past, but the position of that person was standing was very subtle, no matter how bright the light was, he couldn't see his face clearly, only he could see that he was wearing a dark and heavy armor, standing there like a guard, and Ding Youlan's hand happened to rest on the other party's unarmored arm, and the whole person froze there.
Feng Rong said, "Xiaolan, look at his face." β
ββ¦β¦ Ah?" Ding Youlan responded with a trembling voice, his mind was blank at this moment, but it was the minister who gave the order, he subconsciously looked up, and he was facing a treacherous ghost face, extremely hideous, he screamed in an instant, pushed the person in front of him and stumbled back.