Surrounded by two small rivers in the middle, the village of Zanti has a population of about 150 people, which is not very large.

Crossing the babbling river, Nank pondered the words of his ancestors on the road.

"Reincarnation is a Haitian voodoo sorcerer who casts a poison spell on a living person to kill him, and then resurrects his corpse by reinvigorating him, turning him into a monster that is worse than death, to be enslaved by his master at will. The mines in the northern part of the village are all occupied by resurrected corpses, and there are often resurrected corpses around the village to hunt the living and increase their companions. ”

Nank asked how the resurrected corpses first appeared, but Zuzu stopped talking, and finally asked Nank to ask the high priest of the village himself.

"Eighty percent of them made it themselves," Jade said to Nank in Chinese, "and their people moved from Haiti, where voodoo is prevalent, and the worship of snake spirits is also in line with voodoo beliefs." ”

After getting closer, Nanke found that there was not only a wooden house in Zanti Village, but a long, narrow, reddish dirt road leading from the north of the village to the silhouette of the mine, and at the end of the dirt road on the other side of the dirt road, there were two houses made of mud, some with straw roofs, some with tiles, and even with solar panels on the roofs.

The village of Zanti, a mixture of civilization and pristine, did not seem quiet at night, and a bonfire was built under a thick and dense tree in the center of the village, around which almost the entire village was gathered in anticipation of some kind of sacred ritual that was about to come.

"Sure enough," Emerald said, gesturing at the six men beating the tambourine around the fire, "the midnight ritual of Voodoo, presumably the high priest has finished praying, chanting incantations, drinking and drawing talismans, and now it is the final stage of singing, drumming, and dancing. ”

Because there are quite a few girls in Dongshan No. 1 Middle School who buy voodoo dolls from Taobao and curse people they don't like, Nanke doesn't have a good impression of voodoo, and when he heard Jade point out that Zanti Village believes in voodoo, Nanke couldn't help frowning, and asked Zuzu who led the way in front of him:

"You just refused to say how the soul corpse came about, is it because you and the voodoo warlock are all in the same system? Who are you going to curse when you hold sacrifices in the middle of the night? ”

Nanke's words showed that he knew very little about Voodoo before, and made the ancestor even more suspicious that the "Serpent Spirit" was a messenger sent by the ancestors, but he explained as respectfully as possible:

"Lord Serpent, you don't confuse the 'Voodoo' in European and American horror movies with the real 'Voodoo', do you? In order to distinguish from the scary impression of voodoo, we even use the word 'Voodoo' instead of the word 'Voodoo' on many occasions. The original meaning of 'voodoo' is 'jinn' and 'gods', and we have a total of 401 gods belonging to 21 sects, most of whom are good gods. ”

Zuzu's dark eyes reflected the light of the campfire, and his sincere tone strengthened his persuasiveness.

"Good gods don't turn people into corpses, only evil gods do, and the midnight ritual performed by the high priest is a ritual to ask the Holy Spirit to protect us, and it is because of the presence of the high priest that the evil spirits expelled by voodoo magicians cannot enter the village."

The six men around the campfire were sweating faster and faster, each beating their tambourine feverishly, and behind them, many men and women held hands around each other, humming strange tunes and dancing their own unique dances, giving Nank a kind of exotic artistic enjoyment.

However, being in a foreign country, Nanke is still more vigilant.

"Wait, you said that the real chanting is 'voodoo', but why did you mention 'voodoo magician'? Is a voodoo warlock the one who makes resurrected corpses? ”

Zuzu felt that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he had to reply: "In order to draw a line with the depraved people who call out evil spirits, we simply call him the 'voodoo magician' in the white movie, in short, the gods of voodoo will not forgive him!" The Holy Spirit will punish him for us! ”

Emerald whispered in Nank's ear, "These people don't seem to think that they can defeat that 'voodoo magician' at all, and rely on the voodoo Holy Spirit for everything, I'm afraid you are mistaken for a messenger sent by their ancestors." ”

Because Zuzu understood the Chinese word "gold mine" before, Jade felt that the other party did not completely understand Chinese, and in order to be safe, even if he communicated with Nanke in Chinese, he should try to lower the volume.

"The hunting party is back!"

"Daddy!"

The children of the village were originally at the outskirts of the fire, and now they saw Zuzu leading the team back, and they all ran over to check what the hunting team had hit, and when they found nothing, they curiously gathered around Nanke and Jade, and dozens of children who looked very healthy and lively were huddled together, their faces full of excitement.

One thing drops one thing, Jade treats Zuzu and others mercilessly, with a cold face and beware everywhere, after seeing the children in the village, the whole face suddenly melts into the ice and snow, a little fat child wants to reach out to touch Jade's ninja knife, Jade quickly retracts the knife into the sheath, and stops: "Be careful!" You'll cut your fingers! ”

"Yikes! My sister speaks our language! The children were amazed, and because of Jadeite's special dress, they ignored Nanke, but surrounded Jadeite and asked questions:

"Sister, are you a ninja? Let's play a 'Ground Burst Star' to see if you're okay? ”

"Ninja darts! Give me a ninja dart as a souvenir! ”

"Sister, are you here to help us hunt wild boars? Where did the wild boar go? ”

"Stupid! The boar must have been eaten by the resurrected corpse! My sister is here to help us fight and revive the corpses! ”

Surrounded by children, Emerald threw a plea of help at Nanke, who felt that Jade's expression was obviously "painful and happy", so he didn't intervene.

At this time, the midnight festival enters the "mask dance", the sound of tambourine resounds in all corners of the village, and some elderly villagers wear masks to play the role of ancestors, or "summon the spirits of ancestors to themselves", and the past and present, death and life are thus intertwined.

The masked "ancestors" arbitrate the conflicts of the villagers, expose the improper behavior, and teach the people to live in peace, while the others respect them as if they were true ancestors.

Because of the campfire not far away, the midnight in Africa seemed even hotter, and Nank simply ripped off his white shirt damaged in the battle, revealing the skin of his upper body, and experiencing the strange atmosphere and warm rhythm of his surroundings.

Nanke had just started exercising, and he didn't have any muscles to boast about, and he couldn't compare with Zuzu who had been hunting all year round, but Zuzu didn't dare to show any disrespect in front of the "Snake Spirit".

(Lord Serpent Spirit was sent by his ancestors to save Zanti Village, so I shouldn't doubt him!) The female guards of the Serpent Spirit seem to like children very much, they are the messengers of our ancestors, so they like to see our children flourish, right? ）

Just as Nank smelled the smell of barbecue and wondered when the midnight ceremony would be the buffet, he saw a burly middle-aged man walking towards him from behind the campfire.

"This is our High Priest," Zuzu said in Nank's ear before stepping aside, "and he will answer all your questions." ”

Nank's shirtless hands were in his trouser pockets, and against the fire, he couldn't immediately see the face of the high priest.

The high priest's spiritual power is very obvious, and if you have this kind of spiritual power, you are obviously already a capable person, right?