Chapter 472: Where's the Head
"What's wrong?" Xiao Gan's heart sank and asked urgently. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Kang Mo trembled and pointed at the headless soldier at the door, and said in a trembling voice, "He, his head is missing." What kind of goblin, bite off his head......"
Xiao Gan shuddered and turned his head to look. Because he was sitting on the bed, he could clearly see the normal outline of his body when he looked flat. - It was a headless corpse with half a neck on its shoulder.
This scene was even more weird, which scared Xiao Gan so much that his whole body trembled, and he stammered: "Quick, hurry up and light the lights, hurry!"
Kang Mo was already frightened, but the close guards who were awakened had just woken up, although he heard about the tragedy, but he heard the warning before he saw the real situation, so he was somewhat mentally prepared, not like Kang Mo was scared. Hearing that Xiao Gan was asking the lamp to be lit, he quickly got up and lit the angry wind lamp.
The close guards handed the lamp to Xiao Gan, looked at the corpse of the fellow, and knelt on the ground and cried. If it weren't for the townsman who was on duty for him, he would have died.
Xiao Gan held a long sword in one hand and a dead wind lantern in the other, and looked around the small tent, and saw that a small bag of dry food was still in the corner, the three people's floors were side by side, and the tent was sealed everywhere, and there was nothing unusual.
Xiao Gan boldly returned to the corpse and checked it, the broken neck was uneven, and there were some tendons extending from the neck, obviously torn off by something, not cut by a sharp blade.
He checked the curtain again, which made him even more frightened, - the straps that tied the curtain were all in good condition, and there was no sign of being untied or torn open. And the gap between the straps is very small, and it is impossible to get into a person from such a small gap.
At this time, from behind him, Kang Mo's words came, which made him feel creepy: "He, where is his head?"
Xiao Gan immediately turned around and glanced at the ground, and sure enough, there was none. So they searched the ground, and sure enough, they didn't find the head of this soldier on the ground.
The soldiers' clothes were already soaked with blood, and the floors on the ground were also stained with blood, and the blood was just beginning to freeze, so it was obvious that he should have died not long ago. The three of them slept so hard that they couldn't hear any sound or smell the strong smell of blood.
What about heads?
There was nothing damaged in the tent, and not even a child could get through the gap in the curtain, let alone an adult or any big monster. Where can the head run? But I can't find it.
You can't think about it, and the more you think about it, the more terrifying it becomes, - this monster can bite off the soldier's head in one bite, it is definitely not a small thing, at least it should be several times larger than a human head. How did this monster, which was at least several times the size of a human head, break through the wall and enter the tent and bite off the head of his soldiers?
The more I thought about it, the more it made Xiao Gan feel weird. His hair was about to stand on end, and his hoarse voice shouted, "Quick! Order, pack your things, and go at once!"
Even a person with strong martial arts like Xiao Gan was so frightened that his face turned pale and he was very flustered, not to mention Kang Mo. Kang Mo immediately asked his close guards to go out to give orders, and then began to pack up in a panic.
Suddenly, he remembered something, and asked Xiao Gan again: "Then, what about his corpse?"
"Carry it out and bury it in the snow, and don't tell anyone what happened. When asked about him, he said that he froze to death last night and was buried in the snow, so no one would ask more. ”
Kang Mo hurriedly carried the headless corpse out of the tent, first carefully looked at the other tents, the soldiers would not go out until they were ordered, so he carried the corpse and ran out of a hundred and ten paces quickly, threw the corpse into the snow, buried it in the snow, and then quickly slipped back.
When the soldiers gathered. No soldier asked why there was one less. But Xiao Gan still took the initiative to pretend to be calm and announced that the fellow who was close to the soldiers froze to death last night and was buried in the snow.
Xiao Gan announced such an ending much better than telling everyone that he had been bitten off his head by a mysterious monster in the tent. After all, there have been several soldiers who have frozen to death on the road in the past few days, and the soldiers have become numb to this.
Xiao Gan ordered to set off first, and after walking out for an hour, he had already left the strange place, and then ordered to set up a tent and eat.
Xiao Gan divided the remaining dry food in two and distributed one of them to each soldier. That little bit of dry food was not enough to eat a few bites and it was gone, and the soldiers were reluctant to swallow it directly, so they soaked it into gruel and drank it slowly. In this way, the stomach feels swollen, and at least it can withstand it for an hour or two without being too hungry.
Because there was nothing to eat, the meal before departure was quickly eaten. The Liao soldiers silently dismantled the tent, put it on the sleigh cart, and then continued to carry it on their shoulders, braving the snowstorm to move forward.
Xiao Gan was still pulling two sleds by himself, which were filled with heavy tents and bedding. Now the blizzard is noticeably lighter than the day before, and although it is polar night, the ice field is reflected and you can see hundreds of paces away.
They didn't expect to be able to go back to this ambush, so they didn't carry an hourglass, and they didn't know what time it was, and they couldn't see the sun now, and they couldn't tell the time according to the sun, so they could only judge the approximate time of the day by how the sky would glow slightly at noon.
After a little more walking, the sky became brighter, the reflection of the snow increased, and the blizzard weakened further into windy snow, so they could see farther away.
For several days on end, they could only eat one meal a day, and each meal was getting less and less food, and the soldiers were staggering with hunger. Especially in the ice and snow, under the biting cold, I feel even more hungry and cold. Several more soldiers fell in the snow and could not get up again, and the others had no strength to help.
Just when Xiao Gan felt almost hopeless, suddenly, Kang Mo pointed to the distance and said loudly: "General, look, there is a small black dot there, what is it?"
Xiao Gan hurriedly followed his gesture and looked forward. Sure enough, in the wind and snow as far as they could see, a small black dot faintly appeared.
On this vast snow-white ice field, if something of other colors appears, it is likely that it is a pedestrian or a convoy, a treasure hunter, or their scattered Liao army brothers, no matter who it is, as long as they can find someone, they have hope of being rescued.
So, Xiao Gan shouted to the soldiers who were stumbling and dragging their sleds forward in the snow: "Look, there seem to be people there, let's hurry up and eat wherever we go!"
What they desperately want now is to eat, and they have been hungry for several days, and it would be best if they could have a good meal. Therefore, under this temptation, the soldiers suddenly had strength under their feet, and they walked forward with great difficulty, towards the little black dot.
Getting closer and closer, Xiao Gan suddenly stood up and looked at the small black dot in front of him stupidly. He's not leaving.
Kang Mo gasped and blinked, still not making out what the little black dot was. He asked Xiao Gan in surprise, "General, what's wrong?"
Xiao Gan didn't speak, his eyes were full of horror.
Kang Mo was shocked, and hurriedly ordered the other soldiers: "You go ahead and find out what it is." Be careful and vigilant. ”
When the other soldiers heard this, they sensed that there might be an enemy in front of them, but they couldn't see what the little black dot was. The general has orders and must carry them out. Although they were already dizzy from hunger, they each staggered and pulled their knives from the sleigh. Some of the knives were frozen in the scabbard and could not be pulled out, so they simply held the scabbard together, threw down the sleigh, and approached cautiously.
After they had walked a hundred or so steps, they finally began to see what the little black dot was. The soldiers also stood one after another, staring at the little black dot in a daze, looking at each other, and they all saw horror and fear in the eyes of their companions.
The little black dot was now clearly displayed in front of them. It was the same simple barracks they had fled from earlier, framed by sleds against the wind and snow!
They walked for a few days, but they actually went around in a big circle and returned to the original point.
As if they had seen a ghost, the soldiers of the Liao army retreated step by step, until they retreated to Xiao Gan's side.
They found that their general, too, was staring at the terrible barracks.
Xiao Gan's eyes were strong, so the first thing he could see clearly was the barracks they had left earlier, so he stopped.
Actually, they should be very happy to see that barracks, because they have a lot of food and equipment, abandoned in the barracks, and they are now dying of hunger, are they not happy to have something to eat?
However, right here, nine out of ten of their comrades and most of the sled dogs were mysteriously eaten by some mysterious monster. They fled in horror, but now there seems to be some mysterious power in the darkness that has brought them back here. This horror of mystical powers goes far beyond their cravings for food.
In fact, if they know a little bit of experience in the wilderness desert escape, they may know that because the stride length of people's left foot and right foot is different, so when people walk forward in the desert, they will unconsciously shift to the right, and eventually they will go around in a big circle and return to the original point, which is a natural phenomenon, not a mysterious force, but they don't know it, so they feel terrible.
Kang Mo retracted his gaze in a panic, his voice was a little hoarse, and said to Xiao Gan: "General, are we encountering a ghost hitting the wall?"
Ghost hits the wall, that is, no matter how you walk, walking around, you will still wander around in one place.
Xiao Gan said: "I don't know what happened, why is this happening? What kind of monster has been haunting us?"
Xiao Gan stared at the barracks they had abandoned in the distance, and after a long time, he had to investigate again for food. So he gritted his teeth and said, "You wait for me here, and I'll go and see." If I don't come out after a cup of tea, you can turn around and run for your life. ”