"Brother, you shouldn't have killed him......" Silent Night crawled out from under me.

"I know. I'm also curious to know why there are snake people here. But his abilities are too weird, and I don't know if the temperature around here is too high, and the smell of magma is too strong, and I can't smell any of the snake-man scents left in it before I touch it. ”

All in all, apart from the momentary opportunity that just happened, it would be difficult for me to kill him if he escaped.

But thinking of that strange ability, I asked Jingye, "By the way, why did you disappear just now...... He takes you into some kind of special space? ”

I don't know if I'll be able to understand if I'll be able to understand that by saying that.

After all, I have the impression that she has not experienced a similar incident. In fact, however, it was Silent Night's answer that plunged me into even greater doubts.

"Disappear? Brother, what are you talking about? We've always been behind you. I still think it's strange to say, no matter how much I call my brother, my brother doesn't seem to hear me. And my brother's movements are also strange...... I was about to discover us, but suddenly, it was like replaying a video backwards! It's back to the way it was before, always a little bit away from seeing us and discovering us. And our position, because of this, is always with our backs to my brother. In fact, this snake had tried to attack his brother many times before, but his brother's movements were very fast, and he was very cautious, and finally gave up...... It's just that every time my brother wants to turn around, the picture becomes very strange...... No, I can't tell you what it's like to be in the quiet night. ”

She said a lot, and the only thing I cared about was the description.

Video playing upside down.

What does that mean exactly? Didn't they disappear into this space? Always looking at me?

I'm very concerned about that.

Pure curiosity.

It's just that my focused expression may have made Jingye a little worried, "Brother...... What's wrong with you, brother? The expression is so strange, this guy is dead, there should be no threat for the time being, right? Do you want to take a break? ”

"It's okay, it's safe here for now. Let's take a break. ”

"Brother, do you want to have a problem?"

"Hmmm......"

"The silent night doesn't bother you." She sat obediently on the sidelines, fiddling with the broken snake's tail.

I continued to think about the previous question. I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, nor did I find any trace of Silent Night or purebred snake people. But from the eyes of the silent night, I was confused. So, if I can't find the answer from my point of view, then bring the perspective of the silent night.

What does "video in reverse" mean?

If I'm really just a video, then rewinding it is like going back in time to me?

Or rather, to go back to a certain point in the previous timeline.

The me in front of me and the silent night are in the same timeline, and the concept of timeline, generally speaking, cannot be separated by individuals, but is shared.

But if ......

What if that purebred snake-man's ability to have eyes is to interfere with the timeline?

Although I don't know how to do it, it's not the first time I've seen the special abilities of the snake man's eyes. So it's very likely that that guy has eyes that have the special ability to separate his timeline from mine into two parallel lines! And he, without being disturbed by himself, controls my timeline forever until the moment before he perceives their existence!

Thinking of this, I looked around again, and I didn't notice the smell of the snake people at the first time, but I always thought it had something to do with the magma, because until now, including the smell of insect venom in the silent night, I couldn't clearly identify it. So, perhaps, it's not just the interference of ability.

And if my assumption is correct, add the smell of this magma to the masking.

Well, indeed, I could never turn around, nor could I smell the silent night.

"Oh!! It's delicious! ”

At this moment, I suddenly heard the cry of surprise in the quiet night.

When I turned my head, this girl actually held the half of her tail and gnawed it! Not only that, but even her eyes had turned the pure black they had been when they had eaten my flesh before.

"What are you doing, Silent Night?!" I'll take that thing away.

The movements were a little fast, and the silent night was startled.

Fortunately, those eyes returned to normal in time, and then Jingye looked at me a little timidly, "I...... I am...... I hadn't eaten much just now, and then, when my brother was thinking about something, I secretly tasted this, and it was also meat...... As a result, it's, it's delicious. So I didn't control myself for a while. Brother, don't be angry......"

"I don't blame you, it's just that the way you looked just now, why did you eat my flesh before?"

"Is there one?" Jingye was puzzled, but staring at the piece of meat, she licked her lips obsessively, "But speaking of which, the taste of this piece of meat is as delicious as my brother's meat......"

Odd?

Why does Silent Night say that.

In this world, isn't it only the flesh and blood of insects that make insects feel delicious?

Although snake people and insects are indeed somewhat complicated and related, they are not the same, and I think that the delicious feeling comes from the insect venom of different infected people. But on this piece of flesh and blood, there is only a faint smell of snake people. Theoretically, in this world, eating it will be as difficult to swallow as the handful of blood grass I gnawed before.

But I didn't think Silent Night would lie, so I tore off a small piece of the flesh and put it in my mouth.

Just at the moment when the flesh touched my tongue, a wonderful taste quickly but unobtrusively melted into my whole body through the channel of taste!

It felt like an electric shock! Weichang

It was a delicacy I've never tasted before......

But in addition to the deliciousness, I also tasted something else.

It's a worm.

The smell of insect venom!

But this insect venom, I couldn't feel it at all before, even now. Unless you taste it yourself.

"It's delicious, brother......" Jingye came over.

"Hmmm......"

"That'...... My brother really shouldn't have killed that guy, at least, at least just ruined his head. Now there is too little meat left. ”

"Do you want to eat this for the rest of your life?" I glared at Silent Night.

It's just that my behavior is somewhat sanctimonious, after all, I can't resist the smell myself.

"Brother, isn't this the snake man you said? Why do you ...... too" Silent Night is also wondering about this.

"Maybe it's not just snakes. Originally, I was wondering, didn't I say that there are only worms in this world? I thought it was those two who didn't know much about the world. But now it seems that perhaps this snake has insect venom in its body. But this does not seem to be contrary to harmony, no one has said that snakes cannot be infected with insect venom, insect venom parasites, and they cannot become snake people. ”

"But it's really delicious......"

Jingye was still thinking about the remaining meat, so I packed the meat and carried it on my back, "The stronger the strength, the better the effect of fighting hunger, this guy's meat is perfect." If I eat a little, I will be able to endure it for a long time. So the rest is yours. But in the quiet of the night, don't forget to refrain from it. ”

"Oh, I know......" she nodded obediently, completely diverted her attention from the snake's tail, looked around, and then asked me, "Brother, where are we going next?" ”

"It's still going to go into the city and find a way to get out of here. But before that, I had one thing that I was puzzled about. ”

This little girl is very smart, although I didn't explain it directly, but she also guessed, took me and said, "Brother wants to see this cave?" ”

"Hmm. Although this guy is a purebred snake man, it is said that he also has the ability to retract that tail so that it will not be difficult to disguise. The smell of insect venom is very thin, or rather, it will not be noticed at all, at least I can't. And in addition to concealment, his strength is also good, if he hadn't died just now, maybe I wouldn't have had another chance to kill him. So why would such a snake hide in this dark underground cave? He hunts parasites in the wilderness to ward off hunger and sustain life, and with his ability, it should be easier to survive in the city, and there should be more and more 'delicious' food. ”

"Yes, yes, Tsuyoshi is also wondering about this ......"

So, out of curiosity, we prepared to explore the depths of this cave.

The area around this area is very large, and the stone slabs on top of the magma are similar, and if you go too far, sooner or later it will be difficult to discern the direction. So every time I passed it, I carved a cross pattern in the center of the stone slab.

In this way, I jumped about two dozen stone slabs, but I never saw the boundary of this underground cavern.

"Brother, have you noticed, the temperature here seems to be higher than where we walked before." Silent night reminds me.

"Well, I noticed it. But apart from this......" Speaking of which, I sniffed my fingers.

In fact, I can smell my own insect poison all along.

But now, I don't know if it's because of the heat, and even my own smell has become extremely thin and difficult to catch. At some point, I felt as if I had returned to the way I was human.

So, I stopped and took Silent Night's hand.

"What's wrong, brother?" Jing Ye looked at me curiously.

I sniffed her hand carefully.

Sure enough, like me, the smell of insect venom was almost imperceptible.

"Silent night, borrow a drop of your blood and endure a little pain."

"Huh?"

Before Jing Ye understood what I meant, I opened a small wound on my finger.

I put the blood in my mouth.

The smell of insect venom is very pronounced.

In other words, these are not my delusions, the smell is indeed getting weaker, but the nature of the insect venom has not changed.

"Keep walking, silent night."

"But my brother ......"

Jingye seemed to have something to say, and looked back a few times, "I always feel like someone is following me." ”

"Shhh......h

So, I whispered in the quiet night's ear, "It's best to have that feeling, it means that we may be almost at some important place." Don't make a noise, just follow me as before. ”

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