Chapter Seventy-One: Doppelganger
"What are you talking about?"
I didn't understand what Cheng Haidong said to me at all.
But his expression convinced me that everything he said was what he had seen with his own eyes, and that his cousin's family was dead! When I left Moshan, I really didn't see the strange family. But I didn't kill them, so why should I?
No, it's not killing.
Cheng Haidong changed his words and said, he was eaten by me!
"You tell me when you were and how you saw me eat them!"
Cheng Haidong's muzzle was heavily pressed against my forehead: "Tell you?" You...... Do you dare to eat them, but now you dare not admit it? It doesn't matter if you admit it, anyway, it's come to this, I'm already like this, and you'...... You ......"
"You're incoherent! Put the gun down! Calm down and answer my questions. β
"I don't ...... No! β
Syllable! I grabbed the muzzle of the gun.
Although this thing is very strange, and Cheng Haidong's current appearance clearly told me that he was not wrong and did not lie. But one thing, I'm sure.
That is, Cheng Haidong doesn't want to kill me.
From the beginning, I didn't want to.
"You see it's me, but you don't believe I did it, do you?"
Cheng Haidong's eyes trembled, and his hand holding the gun was also trembling.
I moved the muzzle of the gun away, stood up, and tugged at his collar: "What exactly do you see?" β
Cheng Haidong fell into memory......
According to him, he was indeed a little delirious at that time, and he was in a stupid state when he had just left Moshan. But he was delirious, not only because of the insect venom, but also because of the mysterious woman he saw. Listening to his narration now, that person should be Du Youlan, because he got a coin from the mysterious woman.
Like the coin in Yao Qianwen's hand, it is carved with ghost grass.
The last thing Cheng Haidong was looking for was that thing.
The woman gave him a poisonous body that could not be devoured by the sea of insects, and at the same time could fight against the sea of insects. It was the woman who made him delirious, and planted in his head a command to guide me. But he did see Ye Tianze.
As for the cousin's family being eaten, it was after leaving Moshan.
That night, Yao Qianwen took him back to the bottom of the mountain, where his cousin's family lived. The family was still very strange, but they were safe. It's just late at night, the crazy Cheng Haidong woke up in a dream, and in the dream he saw the strange insects in the cave, and saw Du Youlan and Ye Tianze. His mind was distracted, and he walked outside the courtyard in a trance, when he saw "me".
"I", as well as Ye Tianze, and his cousin's family.
My cousin's family bowed down to "me" as if they were respecting the gods. At the beginning of that memory, "I" picked up the boy from my cousin's house, Cheng Haidong, who was dizzy and had not yet regained his consciousness as an ordinary person, was about to appear, but was stunned by the next scene, "I" actually bit off the boy's neck!
Blood sprayed on "me" face like a demon descending on me.
"I" began to eat the boy's flesh and blood, and became more and more crazy.
Then my cousin, then my cousin-in-law.
One by one, they were bitten by "me" in the throat, gnawed on flesh and blood, and ate cleanly......
At this time, Cheng Haidong finally screamed uncontrollably.
He wanted to escape, but was caught by Ye Tianze, and originally "I" also planned to eat him together, but before biting down, "I" inexplicably sniffed him for a long time, and then let him go......
ββ¦β¦ I vaguely remember that you said to the man next to you that I had a strange smell and should keep it and stop eating it for the time being. Cheng Haidong's body was trembling, and the fear that could be controlled just now could no longer be suppressed when the matter was fully recalled. He looked up at me: "Then, you cut my forehead and left a drop of blood in my brain...... That drop of blood, that's the blood, and it can kill me! β
"I didn't do that."
It's not me, it's definitely not.
Even though I did lose consciousness and go crazy, I never left the Moshan Cave at that point in time.
Moreover, the "I" that Cheng Haidong said was with Ye Tianze.
I suddenly thought of a question, who killed Ye Tianze in the surveillance video that day?
"I ...... I can't believe you......"
"You believe it, otherwise the first time you see me, you won't listen to me anything, you'll shoot! Haidong, you say I know you, so don't you know me? β
"Yes...... You're a monster, I don't understand monsters. His voice trembled to the extreme.
Monsters?
I can't argue with that.
About half an hour ago, I was still rejoicing in understanding evolution.
But now, I'm confused.
But at this time, he shouldn't be silent, his hands fell on Cheng Haidong's shoulders, "Haidong, you give me time, and I will prove it to you." But what the hell is going on with that drop of blood? Why did it kill you? β
"That blood is very similar to slime, it's the kind of mucus in Moshan, the cave in Moshan......"
Mr. Cheng said that the next morning, he woke up from a coma and could not see any blood in the hospital. But the cousin, the cousin-in-law, and the boy were gone. He was taken to the country by Yao Qianwen, met Du Youlan again, and was then detoxified. He was very scared at the time, he didn't dare to ask more, he didn't dare to say more, he just wanted to get out of here quickly, the farther away the better, he didn't want to come into contact with monsters and demons.
But shortly after leaving, his insect venom broke out again!
Only this time, his body gave birth to thick tentacles, which were a little different from the previous insects.
But he still can't control his consciousness, and as time goes on, he becomes more and more frequent, and he gradually feels that he can no longer control himself, and soon, he will be completely consumed by the insect poison and disappear from this world.
"At that time, I understood that what I saw that night was not a hallucination...... I cured the insect poison in Moshan, but I didn't solve the poison you gave me. I've got to find that big sister again...... But I couldn't find it. And then ......" he suddenly stretched out his hand to me, "and I met, your ......"
"Mine?"
"Your girlfriend, fiancΓ©e...... Mina! β
The moment Cheng Haidong mentioned Mina, I felt like an electric shock, "How did you see her?" You're ...... Have something to do with her? β
"Yes, Mina helped me blend in with the ranks of believers, and then, I came here...... It's all her arrangement. She told me that she would meet you, and after meeting you, let me take you to the path in advance and go to the Church of the Dark Covenant! Actually, that's why I couldn't kill you......"
That being said, I know it's just an excuse.
Cheng Haidong simply didn't believe what he saw with his eyes.
"But I really want to kill you......" Cheng Haidong's expression was painful, his gun dropped, and he pulled my clothes: "Brother Zuo, tell me, can I still be saved?" Why do I think you're lying to me...... I felt like it was a toy from the moment I entered the mountain...... Puppet...... Someone is lifting the thread...... I can't get rid of it. β
"Brother, I know what to say now, and there is no way to make you fully believe it. But I promise you, you will be the same as before, and it will all be over! I know where Du Youlan is, but there is a very dangerous guy by her side now, that is a real demon, by his side, the slightest carelessness will be wiped out. I must go with them to a dark covenant to find a chance to get Du Youlan back! I promise you, after retrieving Du Youlan, no matter what method is used, I will definitely detoxify you completely. β
"I can't stand you, brother. Your family is also my victim. But I will atone for my sins, and I will not run away. But until then, you have to trust me. β
Cheng Haidong looked at me blankly.
After a long time, his eyes regained their calm, but at a certain moment, I seemed to see his once innocent eyes again, and he said to me, "That...... What should I do next? β
"Mina asked you to take me to the Dark Covenant Church first?"
"...... right"
"The condition is that after the matter is completed, Du Youlan will relieve you of the remaining insect poison?"
"That's right......"
"I see. So, do you know her whereabouts? β
Cheng Haidong recalled, and then said: "She did mention that you will definitely ask me about her whereabouts, and she said that she will enter the Covenant of Darkness before you." β
"I see."
Mina was there, she had gone to church.
"Take me there." I have to see Mina, although from the fact that she determined my location and asked Cheng Haidong to guide me, I can be sure that there is indeed an invisible connection between her and Du Youlan's fingers. But there was a voice in my heart that told me that she could be trusted. I don't know if it's emotional.
But anyway, I need to see her first. After all, it has been determined at this moment, and her arrangement is Du Youlan's arrangement.
And Du Youlan and I are not enemies for the time being.
Thinking of this, my memory flashes back to last night.
We talked a little more about playing chess......
"Brother, I'...... I'll call you that first. "Cheng Haidong seems to have something to say to me.
"How?"
"There was a recent great plague in Ratam, and the nearby villages were infected. The cause of the plague was that church...... How long ago was that, half a month? It's still twenty days, I don't remember exactly. On that day, there was a sudden loud noise in the church, and no one knew what was going on inside, but all the believers in the church were killed. Then a large number of demonic locusts flew out of the church and spread all over the world. They not only eat plants, but also bite people, and they can't kill them, and they will come back to life when they die, and those who have been bitten will become the same monsters as before. The nearby village is finished, and everyone is like a mad dog, biting people when they see them, and when they bite, they continue to spread......"
Speaking of which, he looked at me: "Are you really going?" β
"Can I still not go? Even if I go back, in order to get Du Youlan back, I must go to the Covenant of Darkness with that sorcerer. β
"Got it......"
"But your words do remind me of one thing." It was he who reminded me that there was something else going on.
"What?"
"Almost all the nearby villages have been destroyed by that strange worm?" I think of the diseased villagers.
"...... right"
Because of the previous coma, I couldn't judge the time of my coma, so I asked Cheng Haidong: "You said that the person who was bitten needs to be in a coma for a period of time before he becomes a monster." So how long will you be in a coma? β
"Half an hour to six hours, it varies from person to person."
"So believers carry guns to protect the villagers and clear the threat of the Covenant of Darkness?"
"Yes, but ...... Nothing to use. β
I thought for a moment, thinking about the time, and now there are about twenty-two hours before the agreement with Zuo Yuan. It seems, it's still too late.
"Haidong, take me to a nearby village first."
"Isn't it to the Covenant of Darkness?"
"Hurry up, people who go crazy may not have a choice, but those who were bitten after that and are still in a coma may still be saved."