Chapter 19: The Shadow
The turbid wind at night on the herringbone slope did not stop the industrious insect catchers, and teams of people and horses appeared one after another, and the herringbone slope soon became lively.
One by one, strange creatures climbed over the herringbone slope from the wasteland to the bottom of the slope.
In just such a short period of time, there were no less than five people passing by Gu Cheng's side.
"Huh? What's going on today? Gu Cheng whispered as he lowered his body.
The team that caught the Wind Shadow Worm didn't come so late, and there couldn't be so many of them.
Gu Cheng first went home from the mummy tonight, slept for a while, drank a bottle of clown potion, and then went to the market for a walk, and the time was not short.
There is not much time left until dawn.
If the insect catching team were as lazy as they were, it would be a miracle that they could survive.
"Brothers from the Rotten Flesh Village, excuse me! There may be a large number of shadows here later. Those who think that their strength is not enough, they can leave the field first. If you want a piece of the pie, as long as you don't get in the way of our carrion chamber of commerce, you can do whatever you want. ”
A man wearing an antique robe of an unknown age and a badge with the unique logo of the Rotten Meat Chamber of Commerce on his chest stood on the top of the herringbone slope and spoke aloud to the crowd below.
The tone is calm, not as aggressive as expected, but seems to be very easy-going. The sound is not loud, but it is easily transmitted to every corner of the herringbone slope.
Because Gu Cheng was close to this man, he also had a general understanding of this man's appearance.
The bumpy, exposed face, pink skin with a little pockmark. His chin was covered with a finger-long whisker that swayed in the wind.
At first glance when he saw the owner of the voice, Gu Cheng felt a little bad. It's really because of the voice, I thought he was a handsome guy.
Who knows,,, alas!?
Gu Cheng sometimes doesn't understand, obviously you are not a human at all, why do you have to learn human decorations to dress yourself?
To be honest, it's weird to watch.
A group of insect catchers at the bottom of the slope listened to the man's words. Without much hesitation, he started to run quickly upwards.
Just as Gu Cheng sighed, someone had already reached the top of the mountain first. The others quickly followed, not too far behind, and left the col one after another.
Gu Cheng's plan to study secretly was also forced to be aborted at this point, so he had no choice but to sigh. Seeing that more and more people were gathering around him, Gu Cheng had no choice but to slowly crawl out of the hidden grass and quietly blend into the crowd.
With the increasing number of people, many people have noticed this, and there is no point in hiding any longer.
None of the guys who had just climbed up the slope seemed ready to run away, and judging by their appearance, they seemed to be very skilled.
Sure enough, they are all old treacherous and slippery.
"How can there be a Shadow of Sickness near the Rotten Flesh Village? Aren't these guys all living in the middle of the swamp? ”
A newcomer who didn't know much about the situation couldn't help but ask such a question in the crowd. Soon, a good thing tiger beastman opened his mouth!
"Brother, you're a newcomer who just crawled out of the grave, right?"
"Oh, how do you know?"
This budding newcomer began to show his ignorance, lowered his posture, and looked like he was waiting for popular science.
Many of the insect catchers in the crowd pricked up their ears one after another, paying attention to this side, all wanting to hear if this guy knew some secret news.
The carrion village said that it was not big, and the news was very closed. There was no one in the know to guide the way, and it was not even clear what some of the tombs were selling in the rally.
This showy guy didn't disappoint everyone.
Looking at the eyes of curiosity, my heart is even more proud.
"Every once in a while, the Rotten Meat Chambers will round up the Shadow of the Wanderer in the swamp. Separated drive from the middle layer to the outer layer. This is also the reason why there are so many Wind Shadow Insects in Rotten Flesh Village. ”
The conversation between the two was not small, and Gu Cheng naturally heard it. For this kind of generosity of the Rotten Meat Chamber of Commerce, I also feel envious.
It is worthy of being a business group under the official power of the village chief.
The Shadow of the Trail is a strange fish that can huddle like electricity in a muddy swamp. I don't have much intelligence, and I like to live in groups. It has no medicinal value, but it is a rare ingredient, an ingredient rich in yin energy creatures, which is deeply loved by the owners of major canteens and restaurants.
Scallop-loving creatures are fast but lazy. Likes to pretend to be dead in the swamp and wait for the prey to come to the door on its own.
Its predecessor was the Wind Shadow Worm!
The two species can be said to be very different. People who have not read the information will hardly associate it with this aspect.
After all, one lives under swamp water, and the other is a small bug flying in the air.
Whenever it's time to reproduce, the Shadow lays eggs on the edge of the swamp. When the time is right, it will break through the ground and become a shadow chrysalis! A creature that can freely travel underground and eat dirt.
When the shadow chrysalis reaches the end of its life, it will break out of the cocoon from the body. However, most of them can only become Wind Worms, and only a small percentage of them can become Wind Shadow Worms!
They feed on poisonous gas and sewage, and after death, they fall back into the swamp and become another strange lifeform.
Shadow of the Shadow!
The name is legendary. But most of the Shadow of the Trail is still at most transcendent.
If you don't enter the extraordinary, you are ordinary!
Even if you step into the transcendent, it is said that the intelligence of this animal is not very high.
The hues of this creature's life are indeed colorful and bells and whistles, but it still fails to grasp the center.
The price of a Traced Shadow corpse that has not entered the Transcendent Realm is nearly the same as that of a living Wind Shadow Worm. After all, for cultivators like Gu Cheng and them, who regard becoming stronger as the first element, the edible value is far less important.
Gu Cheng stood in the crowd, looking at the group of slightly chaotic figures, running from side to side below.
They reassembled the mechanical parts one by one, and soon a huge machine with a height of nearly two meters was assembled at the bottom of the slope.
The huge fuselage didn't make much noise, and even the sound of steam spewing out was minimized.
Gu Cheng and the others could only hear a buzzing sound of unknown meaning at the top of the ramp.
As this strange sound sounded, all kinds of fish began to jump from the water in panic in the swamp below. There are amphibians with long legs, and they don't want to stay there for a minute jumping straight out of the swamp.
It was as if there was about to pass by a wild beast, and for a while, the beast went to the empty building. From the hillside, you can still see some fish, because of the lack of water jumping to the shore and constantly tumbling.
Tut-tut, I don't know if these remnants of rotten shrimp can be seen by the people of the Rotten Meat Chamber of Commerce?! That's all good stuff.
Gu Cheng's eyes were glowing with green, looking at the granary-like scene at the bottom of the slope, and his heart was agitated.
And there are not a few people who have the same idea as Gu Cheng. Looking at the guys around them whose eyeballs were about to fall out of their sockets, you already knew what was going on in their hearts.
"Scatter the powder around the swamp, quick!!"
The steward of the Rotten Meat Chamber of Commerce gave an order, and the men and horses below quickly began to move.
In a short time, black torrent waves appeared in the swamp in the distance. Behind their waves, there were small metal boats, with the flagpoles of the Rotten Meat Chamber of Commerce in pursuit.
Soon, the black torrent poured into the bottom of the herringbone slope. In an instant, the small space made the group of Trace Demon Shadows who had fallen in turn churn for a while.
The mud, which had been silent at the bottom for many years, splattered as the fish rolled and flapped.
The people of the Rotten Meat Chamber of Commerce did not immediately arrest at this time, but waited patiently like seasoned hunters.
Gu Cheng looked at the actions of the Rotten Meat Chamber of Commerce, and had some guesses about the medicinal powder that had been sprinkled. According to Gu Cheng's knowledge of evil supplements in the past few months, most of the common wild monsters around the village also knew a little bit.
Recalling the memories in his mind, Gu Cheng's vague trace demon shadow was a strange creature that was pregnant in seconds and nurtured in seconds.
It seems to have evolved in the wrong direction, which is always unexpected.
Its price has fallen again and again, and there is definitely a reason for this.
The corners of Gu Cheng's mouth couldn't help but twitch, and he also had a new understanding of this strange creature.
Originally, I didn't know why this guy had such a stylish name, but his strength was really average. Laziness and gluttony have almost nothing to do with the name.
Now, Gu Cheng feels that the name of this kind of style seems to be people's malicious mockery of this creature.
It's really nasty.
Soon, there were bursts of meaningless chirps from below the herringbone slope. The insect catcher who understood what was going on had a very strange face at the moment, and no one was chatting for a while.
This meaningless agitation lasted for three or four hours before it gradually subsided.
The swamp shrouded in green poison below the slope was now covered with shadows. Each one is a fathead fish at least in the soul absorption stage.
The belly is white, and the rest of the place is black. Two large eyes on either side of the skull look a little funny. But at the moment, these fathead fish are not in such a good state.
One by one, their eyes were glazed, and their bellies turned out motionless on the water!
Tsk tsk, these guys from the Rotten Meat Chamber of Commerce are really ruthless! Now the strong smell of medicine at the bottom of the slope is still not gone.
The personnel of the Rotten Meat Chamber of Commerce did not hesitate to pick up the traces of dead fish, and during this period, there was no one who did not open their eyes, and went down to pick up any leaks...
It's definitely not pleasing to go down now, and anyone with a bit of a brain knows this.
Although Gu Cheng was extremely eager for those fat-headed fish who had stepped into the extraordinary, he didn't make any moves, and stayed in the crowd honestly, unusually attentive.