Just now, about three or five minutes ago. Du Youlan began to narrate, her voice was lowered, trying not to be noticed by Zuo Yuan, "The position where you held the egg was deflated a little bit, I was curious, and I touched it twice, but you slept too dead and didn't feel it." I didn't lift the black cloth either, so I don't know what happened. ”

When I heard this, I was very surprised, it was not the egg that disappeared, but Du Youlan......

"Three or five minutes? Why didn't you tell me in the first place? You should wake me up when you see it deflated! "I also kept my voice to a minimum.

"I'm curious." She responded.

"Curious about what?"

"Curious what to expect. Looks like this thing has gotten into your body again. She looked at me with a smile.

I touched my stomach and felt nothing, the golden heart in my body, I could grasp it with my mind, knowing that it was there, but the egg, I really couldn't find it.

"This is a problem." I frowned.

Du Youlan leaned into my ear, "Are you afraid?" ”

"Nonsense."

"But you must not be afraid of Zuo Yuan, what are you afraid of?"

"It's the key to a quiet night, and when this thing is gone, my chips are gone."

Du Youlan smiled: "But have you ever thought that maybe that thing will become a better bargaining chip when it gets into your body?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" I looked at her quizzically.

"Theoretically, your evolution has adapted to the harm that egg has done to you. But it still burrows into your body, why? Do you think about what else is in your body? ”

"Are you comparing the Golden Heart?"

"Uh-huh...... But I didn't say they were exactly the same. ”

"The Golden Heart is associated with worms, but what is it?"

"What do you care about it? Your ever-evolving body won't leave anything that might kill you behind. What's more, maybe this egg is also related to worms. You forgot what Mina said to you last time, not all insects, smell. ”

Du Youlan's last words reminded me of the nightmare I had just now.

I saw Mina in my dream, why? Did I miss her? Is it because I have too much in my head about her?

Maybe it's not simple.

I thought about it a lot, and finally formed a sentence in my head: a worm without taste.

At this time, Du Youlan suddenly spoke: "I thought of a story, do you want to hear it?" ”

"What's the story?"

"Ghost stories."

"Tell me about it."

"In ancient times, there were villages where haunted ghosts ate people, and evil spirits could smell the scent of human beings, and then turn into human form, seduce people to their caves, and eat them. Once, it went to the village and took on a human form, seduced and deceived people, took them to the cave, and restored them to their monster appearance, but the man was not afraid. The monster was puzzled, but he still wanted to eat him, but he was attacked by someone and cut off his head. The ghost asked, asking why? The man took out a few pieces of human flesh from his bosom, and it was still on the ground, and he himself turned into a ghost and devoured the monster. ”

The story is over, it's short, but I seem to understand something.

Du Youlan continued: "In the past, people often said that the gods drove away ghosts and monsters because they could smell the smell of ghosts from mortals. ”

"You mean, level? Grade? ”

"Uh-huh."

Right......

There are levels of nymphs, what rank am I? Is it because of the universal ability that the Golden Heart gives me, or is it because of the ability? If there is a hierarchy of this ability, does the smell that I cannot smell mean that it exists, in some way, more advanced than me?

Something is wrong.

If that's the case, I'm only a fourteen-person king worm, and there is no reason to be able to smell the smell of twenty-one king worms and thirty-five king worms, and theoretically, only seven king worms can be found by me. But at that time, in the ink mountain, I really couldn't smell any of the special smell of the seven-person king worm......

Was it because there were no golden hearts then? Is it because the golden heart comes from the dried corpse of the forty-nine king worms?

I tried to sort out the concept of hierarchy, but Du Youlan gave me a hint: "Has anyone ever told you that a large number of people in a ceremony means that the level is higher?" ”

She always sees my thoughts.

"I see, so I'm going to be on guard against people who can't make me feel the smell...... Insect. ”

"That's why I said that it may be troublesome for you to get into your body now, but it's not necessarily a bad thing."

"I'm getting more and more fond of you." Blurt out.

There was no brainstorming of these words.

Du Youlan didn't seem to care, she just smiled at me, as usual, she seemed cold and indifferent.

"Then you have to hurry up about helping me find the Gu King. I know so many secrets about you, and when I sold you, you would have died. ”

"Thank you."

……

I changed a stone, under the black cloth.

In short, Zuo Yuan said that he didn't want this thing to be exposed, and he shouldn't have any interest in constantly looking at its form, so it shouldn't be exposed until I met the boy's grandfather.

And if this worm really has a hierarchical division, then Zuo Yuan, who will be smelled by me, should not be able to detect the smell of me and the egg. He wouldn't have known that under the black cloth was just an ordinary stone.

The last level is just that old man.

The next day we continued our journey until it was nearly evening, when we came to a cave entrance in the woods.

"Their grandfather, who lived in this kind of place? Why? I asked.

"I don't have to answer these questions, do I?" Zuo Yuan smiled coldly.

"That's right." I looked at the entrance of the cave and took a deep breath, the depths were indeed filled with the smell of black sand worm venom, there were indeed insects here, but whether I could get the information I wanted here seemed to be a question.

Because in addition to my doubts, I found another person with a very strange look.

It was the girl, who was obviously unfamiliar with the place, her eyes wandering around, and when she looked at the mouth of the cave, she had the same doubts as I did.

"Uncle Zuo Yuan, this ......"

She seemed to be about to ask something, but was interrupted by the boy's words, "Uncle Zuo Yuan, let's go in quickly, I, I haven't seen my grandfather for too long." ”

The boy behaved well, but there was still a subtle tremor in his voice.

Then one thing is certain, I shouldn't get the answer I want here.

If you take a closer look at the brother and sister, you may be able to determine more than that.

But I didn't debunk it immediately, and nodded to Zuo Yuan with a smile and said, "Okay, please lead the way,"

Then we entered the cave, and Zuo Yuan walked in front. It's pitch black inside, but I can still see everything inside. The cave is winding and does not look like it has been built artificially. When we reached the end of the cave, a stone door appeared in the darkness in front of us. Zuo Yuan stopped at this time, stepped out of the way, and said to me: "The old man is inside the stone gate, open the door, walk in, and you will see him." As for what you say and how you discuss it, that's your own problem. ”

As I walked forward, there was silence all around, and although it was filled with the smell of black sandworm venom, it didn't seem strange.

I didn't seem to have any reason to stop and say something, as if I should keep walking and open the door.

But my golden heart was beating faster and faster minute by minute.

Until......

Click!

There was a sound, and I seemed to have stepped on something.

I finally stopped, and stood there, not looking back, not stepping. At that moment, the golden heart beat to the extreme, and one more step forward, or rather, a slight movement of my feet, and the next second something would happen that would kill me.

"Why don't you move?" Zuo Yuan smiled coldly.

"That's a good job. One thing I'm curious about, do you know the surname Mi? How much do you know about the agency? I asked.

"Your problem doesn't seem to have anything to do with the moment."

"It's a big deal. For example...... "I raised my hand, and as my movements accelerated, the golden heart continued to beat wildly, and the extreme that had already been reached was broken several times!"

A series of slender black sharp thorns, which were difficult for my eyes to identify, approached my head infinitely, and one of them touched the center of my eyebrows, and at that moment, I really stopped moving, "You may have found out, destroying my head is the easiest and most correct way to kill me." It's a mechanism like that, and if you move it any more, I'll die. You can get this egg again. Because now if I have the slightest intention of turning into a worm, I will be killed by the mechanism before I succeed. ”

"yes, that's all right, but did you find out a little late?" Zuo Yuan smiled coldly and walked to my side, "You are too anxious, I thought this would not succeed, but I didn't expect you to really take the initiative to walk in front of the trap." ”

I also smiled, "yes, I'm so anxious." Although, I was aware of it. ”

"Now show off to me your prophet of the future? It's stupid. Zuo Yuan responded, and reached out to touch the "egg" in my arms.

I said, "You'd better not touch it." ”

"Why? Don't threaten me that you ruined it, it's not that fragile. You may have a way to destroy it, but before then, you will be killed. If you don't believe me, you can try to change your body on a large scale. ”

He continued to reach out.

I didn't say anything superfluous, because a difficult voice came from behind me: "Left...... Uncle Zuo Yuan......"

It was the boy.

It was as if someone had choked him.

Zuo Yuan frowned, and quickly turned his head to look, in the darkness, a tentacle was wrapping around his neck.

"You ......"

Zuo Yuan's eyes widened.

I continued: "It's all said, killing me will destroy my head, in this case, destroying my own body, except for a little pain, there is not much harm. My tentacles penetrated my body from my throat, through the guts, through the flesh, and then from the receding position, quietly tying around the boy's and girl's necks. This is not valid for you, but it should be easy for me to kill them. ”

I've used this before, and I'm getting more and more fond of it.

"You don't look like a random murderer."

"You said that when we first met, you really wanted to try?" I asked.

As I spoke, the tentacles around my sibling's neck tightened.

"Stop!" Zuo Yuan yelled.

"Then let them come to me." I responded calmly.

……