Chapter 50: The Mysterious Corpse Chaser
The fog on the street is not as thick as just now, it doesn't seem to be naturally generated, but it seems to be deliberately created to cover up the corpses, because as I chased all the way forward, the fog began to thicken again, and when I heard the familiar footsteps again, the fog on the street had become like a substance, and I couldn't see anything, and I could only judge that the corpses were more than ten meters away from me based on the sound.
I've already chased here, and I still haven't met the doctor, so I can't help but be a little worried. Ten meters, this is the safest distance in my heart, further on, there may be the situation when I first arrived in the ancient town, I don't want to experience the excitement of being chased by zombies again, but I can't find a doctor, and there is no trace of the black shadow that abducted Xia He, what should I do?
I thought about it for a while, I didn't have a clue at all, the fog was too thick, and the night was too dark to see beyond the two meters around me, even if the doctor and I were only five meters apart, I couldn't see him at all in this situation, and I didn't dare to make a sound, I had no choice, I had to keep my distance and follow closely behind the corpses, while searching everywhere.
The corpses were still moving forward, all the way down the main street, and in this direction, they were supposed to be out of town.
My heart moved, judging from the situation in the past few nights, the corpse chasers would control a large number of zombies in the direction of the town entrance almost every night, and there was no particularly large morgue in this direction in the past. Such a large number of corpses could not be found in the ancient town at all, which can only indicate one problem, that is, the corpses have been sent out of the ancient town every night.
If this is the case, doesn't it mean that the corpse chasers have a way to leave the ancient town?
Thinking of this, my heart suddenly became excited, and I even had the idea of stepping forward to talk to the mysterious corpse chaser. However, reason still calmed me down, I know very well that if I really do this now, something big will definitely happen, not to mention whether the composition of the corpse chaser is good or bad, just the corpse group in front of me, if I accidentally revive one or two corpses, it will be enough for me to drink a pot, I am afraid that before I see the corpse chaser, my life will be lost in advance.
For now, the only way to do this is to follow the corpse herd and see what the corpse chasers want to do, and then improvise when the time comes.
Stalking a group of zombies in the middle of the night was not a pleasant feat, and as time went on, I quickly realized that something was wrong. From the inn to now, it has been almost an hour, I walked this road, it is said that by this time should have already arrived at the stone bridge, but we are still surrounded by the wooden buildings of the ancient town, indicating that we are still in the town.
That's not right! Although the corpses are marching in a jumping way, the speed is not slow at all, how can it still be on the main street? Could it be that the corpses had changed direction before I was noticing, and now they were not heading to the entrance of the town?
A strong doubt arose in my heart, and I was thinking about whether something had happened, when suddenly, something floated in the fog in front of me, and it was about to pass me, I subconsciously reached out and took it, and took a look at it, and found that it was actually a yellow paper talisman, which read: General Bai Yi is here.
Holy, Zombie Talisman?
I was so shocked that after I came back from Fengyang, because of my first contact with corpses, I became interested in it, so I systematically asked him about this aspect, including the talisman he used when he was in Fengyang.
At first, I always thought that the talismans to ward off evil spirits were all the same, but after the popularization of science by Taoist priests, I realized that there are actually many types of talismans. Not to mention anything else, there are more than 30 kinds of talismans in two categories alone.
The two categories are the functions of the talisman, which are the corpse control talisman and the corpse control talisman, the corpse talisman is mainly suppressed and restrained, and the normal situation is to deal with the corpses that have become the climate; The corpse control talisman is relatively complicated, as long as the corpse control talisman is drawn, anyone can stick it to the corpse's heavenly spirit, it can exert its effect, and the corpse control talisman needs the user to apply the corresponding spell and mental power stimulation, and then use the trick or other means to control, non-professional corpse chasers can not use.
Among these two types of talismans, there are relatively few corpse talismans, and I heard that there are only nine kinds of Taoist talismans, all of which have been handed down from ancient times. There are many types of corpse control talismans, because the corpse control talisman was originally born from the Nine Dao Town Corpse Talisman, so as long as it has been inherited for a long time, the Daomen with profound heritage have the ability to draw their own sect's corpse control talisman according to the deduction of the Nine Dao Town Corpse Talisman.
The corpse charm, the origin is mysterious, since ancient times, the most powerful five have long been lost, and now there are only four in the world, and two of the four are also controlled by the most powerful Daomen. The other two are really well-known to cultivators, because they are the easiest to draw, and the requirements for the painter's own Taoist cultivation are very low, as long as a person who knows some ways can draw, so it is widely spread in the world, so that the world thinks that the corpse charm is actually like that, but it is not.
The yellow talisman I am holding in my hand right now is one of the two corpse talismans that have been circulated in the world, and some people may be asking, isn't it the corpse control talisman used to drive out the corpse? Why do I have a corpse talisman in my hand?
To explain this problem, we have to start with the 'General Bai Yi is here' corpse suppression talisman in my hand. There are two simple corpse suppression talismans that have been circulated in the world, one is the 'General Bai Yi is here' in my hand, and the other is: General Bai Yi is here. There is only a difference of two words between the two symbols, but the effect is not the same.
General Bai Yi and the general are both gods who clean up the filth and filth, the former is unknown, but the general refers to Zhong Kui. It is rumored that the 'General is here' talisman was drawn by Zhong Kui when he attained the Tao, and he could use Zhong Kui's divine power to suppress evil spirits, and Zhong Kui was responsible for removing demons and catching ghosts, so this talisman was used to exorcise ghosts in addition to suppressing corpses.
It is precisely because of its characteristics of suppressing corpses and exorcising ghosts that this kind of talisman is most used among the people, and the 'General Bai Yi' not only has the effect of suppressing corpses, but also has the role of controlling the soul of the earth. People have three souls, and the earth soul acts as a function, and it is this characteristic of the earth soul that makes the corpse driven by the corpse chaser, so this kind of charm can also be used on the way to drive the corpse. And because it omits the complex method of controlling the corpse, many folk corpse chasers in Xiangxi are very fond of this kind of talisman, and in the trend of chasing corpses in the late Qing Dynasty because of the war, this talisman is even more popular.
Although I already knew about the existence of this talisman, I couldn't help but feel excited when I saw it with my own eyes. However, when I thought about it, I immediately chuckled in my heart, and my heart said that it was not good, the corpse suppression talisman fell off, doesn't this mean......
A feeling of extreme foreboding rose from the bottom of my heart, and before I could react, there was a sudden whistling sound in the fog ahead, it was the sound of something breaking through the air and moving rapidly, and it was still coming at me.
The cold chill instantly rose from the soles of my feet, I didn't think about it, I rushed to the side at the moment I heard the sound of breaking the air, and I was able to react fast enough, just when I just fell, and before I even waited for my body to land, I saw a black figure lightning hit the position where I was standing just now, that jumping posture, it was definitely a zombie!
The shadow missed the blow and suddenly stopped, raising his hands behind my back, judging by the costume, this should be the townsfolk became. It paused slightly, then jumped again, but turned around and faced me. It was only two or three meters away from me, and with the delay just now, the corpses were already far away, and the fog had lightened a little, so I could see the zombie's face very clearly.
It was the face of an old man in his fifties, his face was wrinkled, his face was blue, his eyes were blank, his eyes were bulging, and the two blue-black fangs at the corners of his mouth made me have no doubt about the identity of this guy's zombie, and I was immediately scared into a cold sweat.
Putting aside the corpses and corpses that Feng Yang touched, this is the first time I have carefully observed the true appearance of zombies so closely, at this time, in addition to horror or horror in my heart, looking at the hideous corpse, I only felt that my legs were weak, struggling to get up and run, but no matter how I tossed, my two feet just couldn't make up my strength.
At this time, the zombie's body trembled slightly, and it seemed that it was about to attack again, and I shouted bad in my heart, and I couldn't care about anything else, so I crawled forward desperately with both hands, trying everything possible to stay away from the zombie.
However, less than five meters after I climbed out, the figure of the zombie in the fog jumped out again, and the target still came at me, as if the thick fog all over the street had no effect on it at all. I screamed, seeing that the zombie was about to step on my chest, and I didn't know where I got the strength, I rolled four or five meters straight out. At the same time, the dull sound of the zombie landing also came, and I frowned when I heard it, that kind of movement, if you step on me, you will have to be crippled if you don't die!
Thinking of this, the fear in my heart became even stronger, and the crisis had just begun.
After missing two attacks in a row, the zombie didn't feel anything at all, adjusted its direction, and continued to jump towards me.
By this time, the fog on the street had already dispersed, and I finally saw the zombies' movements, and I couldn't help but be horrified. I saw that the movements of this zombie are completely different from those in the movie, and the zombie movements portrayed on TV are all at a glance, and the distance of a step is no different from the distance of a normal person's step, but the real zombie in front of me is not like that at all.
It was four or five meters away from my last position to my current position, and the zombie just jumped at random, and even crossed this distance directly, and picked it down on my head, without giving me the slightest respite.
After I finished speaking, I didn't have time to react this time, so I could only wait for death. Just as I was on the verge of despair, I suddenly felt the ankle of my right foot be grabbed, and then a huge force came, dragging me away from the place, and almost at the same time, the zombie fell, and the place where it stepped on it suddenly dented several inches.
I turned pale at this scene, and I forgot to see which hero saved me.
"Don't be stunned, run......"
When a familiar voice came to my ears, I was overjoyed, and when I looked back, it was the doctor who had saved me. I just wanted to speak, but the doctor's face changed, and at the same time I heard a whooshing sound behind me, and my heart was not good, but I saw that the doctor let go of me, and raised his leg in the air and kicked out behind me, only to hear a dull crash sound not far from the back of my head, and then I saw the doctor staggering to the ground and retreating several steps.
On the other side, the dull sound of zombies landing on the ground was also heard, and I looked back to see that the zombies were standing about three meters away from me with their hands raised, still expressionless, but it looked like they were about to attack again.
"Stand up, this guy is too powerful, I can't fight him, ...... quickly"
The doctor shouted anxiously, and because of the doctor's appearance, the fear in my heart dissipated a lot, and I regained the sensation of my feet, and hurriedly got up, but before I could take a step, the sound of breaking the air behind me sounded again.
The distance was too close, and this time the doctor didn't have time to save me, and I suddenly felt a chill behind me, and then my neck was pinched by a pair of cold and stiff hands, and two of the blue and black sharp nails pierced my skin.
In an instant, a hot sensation spread from the place where the neck was stabbed to my whole body, and I struggled in horror and reached out to break the zombie's hand that was holding my neck, but it felt like I was breaking two welded steel bars, which was useless.
The huge force pinched me and made it difficult for me to breathe, and the stabbing wound hurt even more, and the doctor rushed over and slashed the zombie's arm and body, but it was still useless, his fist hit the zombie as if it were smashing on a big tree, except for a dull sound, there was no reaction.
Soon, the suffocation of lack of oxygen made me almost fall into a coma, and at this moment, I suddenly remembered the bell that Luo Yi gave me, and whether it was useful or not, I struggled to touch my pocket, and just as I took out the bell and was about to shake it, a shout rang out: "Don't move the bell!" ”
As soon as the voice fell, a shadow covered in sackcloth appeared in my field of vision, only to see him reach out, grab the joint of the zombie's wrist, and squeeze it suddenly, the hand that we couldn't break just now no matter how hard we tried suddenly let go of itself, and the figure kicked me out, and the doctor on the side caught me in time, and the figure was entangled with the zombie.
Losing the target, the zombie immediately fell into a state of rage, the attack method is no longer limited to the neck choke just now, it relies on its sharp nails and hard body to continue to scratch, but the figure seems to have a complete insight into the zombie's movements, every time it can predict the zombie's attack path in advance, and make restraint measures in advance. And the means he used to fight with zombies are also very strange, the movements are not the slightest fancy, but it seems to be specially restrained zombies, Rao is zombies have a thousand catties of huge power, and they can't use it at all in front of him.
The doctor and I were stunned from the sidelines, and at the same time I recognized this man covered in sackcloth, who was the mysterious corpse chaser in the ancient town at night.