Zhang Xiaowu opened the way in front of him with a knife in his hand, and the old trees in the dense forest were overwhelming, and the entire dense forest was quiet. Cao Tieyi asked: "This is the road to Xiangshi Village? It stands to reason that Xiangshi Village and Baoqi Town have been in contact all year round, why is there no road?"

Zhang Xiaowu said as he opened the road: "My lord Mingjian, there was originally a road between Xiangshi Village and Baoqi Town, but since Xiangshi Village was closed, the closer you get to Xiangshi Village, the denser the trees become, and it didn't take long for the road to Xiangshi Village to be covered by trees and thorns. ”

Mu Bai took out his sword and saw the thorns on the side cut off, and asked, "How long have you been hunting here?" Zhang Xiaowu patted his chest and said: "Since my father's generation, our family has been hunters, I grew up in this mountain forest since I was a child, and I often come to play with the hunters in Xiangshi Village, and I don't know what happened to those hunters. ”

Mu Bai asked: "Then have you heard anything strange about Xiangshi Village before?" Zhang Xiaowu thought for a while: "Yes, during the period before Xiangshi Village was closed, the prey in the forest increased significantly, and we can always find ready-made prey when we go into the forest. But those prey seem to have been drained of blood by predators, and the prey we pick up is always drained of blood. ”

Mu Bai touched his chin and asked, "Suck the blood dry, aren't you afraid of some blood-sucking demon beast?" Zhang Xiaowu said: "At first, Lin Kun and I from Xiangshi Village were also afraid, but over time, we didn't find any trace of the demon beast, so we were relieved. Mu Bai asked again: "Lin Kun?" Zhang Xiaowu nodded and said: "Yes, Lin Kun, he is a hunter in Xiangshi Village, we often meet when hunting, but I seem to have heard that he disappeared before the village was closed." ”

Mu Bai then asked, "Is this missing?" What else do you know about this Lin Kun?" Zhang Xiaowu thought for a while and said: "Lin Kun is the Orion of Xiangshi Village, by the way! The Orions of Xiangshi Village are basically people of the Lin family, and their Lin family has been Orion for generations. In addition, hehe, I heard that Lin Kun married a beautiful wife, and his mother-in-law heard that she can also read and write. ”

Mu Bai glanced at Zhang Xiaowu and said, "Ahem, cough, let's stop his wife's affairs, is there any other news about Lin Kun?" Zhang Xiaowu touched his head and thought about it and said: "Besides, it's gone, and we're almost in the fog area." ”

Mu Bai looked at the thick fog floating in the dense forest in front of him and asked, "Are these miasma?" Zhang Xiaowu shook his head and said: "My lord, these fogs are non-toxic, when Xiangshi Village was shrouded in fog, Mayor Fu also sent people here to save people, I tried at that time, these fogs are non-toxic, but the more you go inside, the bigger the fog, and there seem to be people in the fog." ”

Mu Bai looked at Zhang Xiaowu and asked, "Someone?" Zhang Xiaowu nodded solemnly and said: "In order to prevent people from getting lost in the fog area, Mayor Fu once used ropes to tie people in to explore, but after the people inside entered to a certain extent, the rope was cut from the middle as if it had been cut. ”

Mu Bai asked: "Then why don't you set fire to the forest?" Zhang Xiaowu smiled helplessly: "My lord, there are five blind villages in Baoqi Town, all the villages are in the mountains, there are many mountains and few lands, and the nearby villages basically live by hunting, if the forest food cannot be controlled, the five blind villages under Baoqi Town will probably be burned to a handful of loess, if the fire is controlled, even if Xiangshi Village comes out, what do you let them use? They can't survive a winter." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a rustling sound, as if sand was sprinkled on a plate. Mu Bai and Cao Tieyi clenched the weapons in their hands and asked, "What kind of beast is this?"

Zhang Xiaowu's face was not very good-looking, swallowed his saliva and said: "My lord, I'm afraid it's not a beast, since Xiangshi Village was sealed, there are no more beasts in this vicinity, we have walked all the way before, and my lord has seen the shadow of an animal." Mu Bai thought about it, the road was indeed too quiet, and he had never seen insects and birds.

At this time, a black shadow pounced on Mu Bai, Mu Bai swung his sword to force the black shadow back, the black shadow missed a blow and climbed back to the tree, Mu Bai looked up, the black shadow grabbed the trunk of the tree on all fours, and his whole body was covered with old tree-like whiskers, only his eyes were exposed.

The monster drooled and roared at Mu Bai and his group, and suddenly swooped towards Mu Bai like an arrow from the string, Cao Tieyi pounced on Mu Bai with a knife and slashed at the monster, only to see a spark from the knife and the monster's old tree-like whiskers, Mu Bai took the opportunity to go back to the monster and stabbed a few swords at the monster's back, "bang bang bang" for a while, and the sword stabbed the monster was also a spark.

The monster threw Cao Tieyi, who was blocking in front of him, with a claw, and turned around and pounced on the bushes that were in his position. Cao Tieyi was shocked back a few meters, and he held a knife against the ground to stabilize his figure. Mu Bai shouted: "This monster is hiding, and everyone defends each other back to back." ”

The three of them quickly approached back to back to guard the surroundings, and after a rustling sound sounded, Zhang Xiaowu shot an arrow in one direction and shouted, "There!" The monster rushed out of the bushes, ignoring the sparks from the bow and arrows and the whiskers on its body, and rushed towards Zhang Xiaowu.

Cao Tieyi brandished a knife and jumped up and slashed head-on the monster's head, and the monster roared and lifted Cao Tieyi away. Mu Bai took the opportunity to pull the stunned Zhang Xiaowu to hide behind the tree, Mu Bai asked: "This monster is invulnerable, do you bring a trapping net?" Zhang Xiaowu nodded tremblingly, and Mu Bai hurriedly said: "You go and set up the trapping net, I'll bring it over later." Go quickly!"

Mu Bai got out from behind the tree and whistled at the monster, and the monster was attracted by Mu Bai and slammed into Mu Bai with drool. Mu Bai shuttled through the woods with his flexible body, and after a while, the forest was knocked into a small clearing by monsters, and all the trees within a radius of several meters fell to the ground. At this time, Zhang Xiaowu also arranged the trapping net, and Mu Bai galloped in the direction of the beast, and the monster followed closely behind.

When passing by a woodland, Mu Bai did a somersault, and the monster followed, but he was caught in the net of the beast, and the monster struggled and roared violently in the net.

After Mu Bai and the three of them trapped the monster, they surrounded it. Mu Bai looked at the monster and said, "Which of you knows what this thing is?" Zhang Xiaowu took a small step back with some fear and said, "The villain has been hunting for many years, and he has never seen this kind of monster. Cao Tieyi also shook his head and said, "I've never seen such a monster either. ”

Mu Bai stabbed the monster a few times with his sword, but he couldn't stab it all over his body, only after the sole of his left foot was stabbed, a piece of bark fell off, and the monster roared madly at Mu Bai in pain. Mu Bai pierced the sole of the monster's foot with a sword, and the monster struggled frantically in pain. Cao Tieyi looked at the monster and said, "There is another place that may be useful." After saying that, he slashed down at the monster's bare eyes.

"Wait, sir. Zhang Xiaowu hurriedly said. Cao Tieyi put away the knife and asked, "What's the matter! Do you have to save this monster? It was about to tear you to pieces just now." Zhang Xiaowu shook his head and said, "Two adults, this monster seems to be Lin Kun." ”

"What!?" Mu Bai and Cao Tieyi said in unison. Zhang Xiaowu continued: "Two adults, Lin Kun once had an injury on the sole of his left foot and turned it into a prosthetic, and there was a cross-shaped knife-shaped wound on his back. I just took a closer look at this monster and found that it also had a cross-shaped knife wound on its back, and I suspect that this monster is Lin Kun. Mu Bai and Cao Tieyi looked at the monster and frowned, "This?"

Zhang Xiaowu saw the two of them groaning and continued: "There is another way that you may try, Lin Kun accidentally fell into the water when he was a child and almost drowned, so Lin Kun is particularly afraid of water, let's hold this monster into the water and try it." Mu Bai nodded.

The three of them worked together to get the monster to the river, and as soon as it came into contact with the water, the monster struggled violently, and the sound of "water, water, water!" came out of its mouth.

The three of them glanced at the monster and asked, "How did you become like this?" The monster roared loudly and said: "Tree 、、、、 tree 、、、、 blood、、、 ahhh、、、、、、、、、h

Mu Bai asked again, "What happened in Xiangshi Village?" The monster roared at some unintelligible words. Zhang Xiaowu said: "It seems that he only knows this. ”

The three of them pulled it up, and Zhang Xiaowu said in surprise: "How did Lin Kun become like this!" Cao Tieyi said: "It's okay now, Lin Kun has become a wooden stick." Mu Bai handed Lin Kun, who had turned into a monster, to Zhang Xiaowu and said, "You take Lin Kun back to Baoqi Town first, and then make plans when we come back." ”

Zhang Xiaowu nodded and said, "Don't worry, two adults, I will take Lin Kun back." In addition, please ask the two adults to save Xiangshi Village, Lin Kun has become like this, and it is estimated that the other villagers are also unlucky. ”

Mu Bai patted Zhang Xiaowu on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I will find a way to save them, you should be careful on the road." Zhang Xiaowu thanked him and walked in the direction of Baoqi Town. Mu Bai looked at the darkening sky, and said to Cao Tieyi: "It's not early, we also went in." With that, the figures of the two gradually disappeared into the fog.