Chapter 9: The Paper Man and the Old Man
Originally, my nerves were already highly tense, and when I suddenly heard him say this, I suddenly couldn't turn around, and asked him what was going on, what is not a person, is that a group of shadows ghosts?
He was so anxious that he shouted: "It's not a ghost, alas, how can I tell you, those are soulless corpses, in layman's terms, they are all walking corpses!" ”
In the early years, due to curses and family background, I experienced a lot of strange things that exceeded common sense, so I also knew some strange things.
The so-called walking corpse belongs to the same category as zombies; If a person dies as a corpse, if he has great resentment before he is born, or if he is infused with anger by a warlock by various means, so that the soulless body can gain vitality that it should not have, the corpse will become evil and turn into a walking corpse.
Of course, there are many different theories about the origin of corpses, such as biological theory, which says that corpses are transformed into walking corpses because the newly deceased person is controlled by a microorganism that has not yet completely died nerve centers, and sends out a series of activity instructions. I don't know who made this claim, but I have some faith in it, because I have witnessed my grandmother "bring back to life" a dead hound with a silkworm.
Walking corpses are just the lowest level of corpses, they are more powerful than normal people, but they are slow and clumsy. When driven by human control, they often pounce on their targets in groups, but if they are out of control, they will be instinctively driven to look for living creatures, tear them apart, and eat blood and meat.
As the figure got closer, I could already see the faces of the two shadows closest to me, they were really not living people, the corrupted and dried blue and black skin was full of pits, like rotten tree bark, and some parts could even see the exposed white bones, which were terrifying, and they were exactly the same as the corpses hanging on the demon vines.
The Taoist priest's face was ugly, and the cold sweat on his head was like a waterfall, and it seemed that he also knew the origin of this walking corpse. Just as I was thinking of fleeing in other directions, I was shocked to find that there were shadows in the fog all around, and there were more than a hundred shadows, at least a hundred or so of them, completely surrounding us.
Cold sweat broke out in an instant, I looked at the Taoist priest, and said Aren't you a fucking Taoist priest, catching zombies should be your old job, hurry up, business is coming, catch one and I'll give you a hundred!
Who would have thought that the Taoist priest was inferior to me, his legs had been frightened like chaff, and when he heard that I paid him to catch these things, he shuddered and scolded: "It's true that Lao Tzu is a Taoist priest, but there are so many things in this place, how can you catch them?" Besides, the magic weapon of the poor Dao has been lost the night before, damn it, isn't the art of controlling corpses the specialty of your Miao Jiang witch Gu lineage, you should quickly show your hands! ”
My face turned green, and my heart said that I would not be able to control the corpse with any witches, shit, it seems that this dead Taoist priest is also a swaggering and deceitful goods, it's over, this is dead.
At the same time, the two walking corpses that had just walked in front of us had already reached us, reaching out to touch my clothes, and there were also low roars coming from the fog behind them, and the number of shadows was several times more than that in front of us. There was no way to retreat, but the Taoist priest who was so frightened that he was sifting chaff on his legs just now broke out, only to see him fly and kick the walking corpse that was close to him out of the way for a long time, and then Lisuo turned around and kicked out the corpse that was forcing me out.
I really didn't expect that the Taoist priest who didn't look very burly had so much strength, and his skills were also excellent, and one of the two walking corpses kicked by him actually scattered directly in the air. I was only slightly stunned, and the rest of the walking corpses had already pounced in front of me, a full five or six, all of them with green fangs and hideous faces.
Because I was carrying a person on my back and had difficulty moving, I barely managed to kick the nearest walking corpse with a missing arm in the air, and I was immediately grabbed by the other corpses that pressed on my clothes, and the sharp nails of the walking corpse cut through my clothes, leaving three blood marks on my stomach, and I was crushed to the ground.
When they saw the blood, the walking corpse suddenly burst out, opening its mouth and biting my hands and face like crazy. I was completely suppressed by these walking corpses, unable to move, and seeing that I was about to finish, when suddenly I saw the Taoist priest knocking away the four or five walking corpses that were pressing on me with three punches and two feet. I stood up tremblingly, and just wanted to say thank you, when I suddenly found that the Taoist priest's eyes were shining with blood, and his expression was indescribably hideous, like an evil ghost from hell, fierce and abnormal.
Thank you before the two words came to my mouth and I swallowed it, more and more walking corpses have simply formed a corpse tide, when I used to watch zombie movies, I still felt that the plot was nonsense, but I didn't expect that I really encountered a day, it's really impermanent!
I don't want to sigh, the walking corpses surged, and we were surrounded by water, leaving only a circle with a radius of less than two meters. The Taoist priest was extremely fierce at the beginning, and all the walking corpses that dared to approach us were thrown out by him like garbage, and some were directly beaten by him and completely scattered into a heap, just like a demon god; But slowly, as the number of walking corpses that broke into the circle increased, the ferocity of the Taoist priest slowly dissipated, and later, he was completely suppressed by the walking corpses that pounced on him, and fell into an absolute disadvantage.
Seeing the Taoist priest being crushed by seven or eight corpses, I couldn't care about being scared anymore, so I rushed over and kicked over two of them, dragging him out.
The Taoist priest gasped, the blood in his eyes was completely gone, and looking at the walking corpse that was forcing over again, he let out a long sigh, saying that the poor Dao would not be able to escape this catastrophe today, and seemed to be ready to accept his fate. But at this moment, he saw the unconscious young man from Ah Ji Village, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he was overjoyed: "Oh, you bastard, why didn't you say it earlier if you have this good thing, Immeasurable Tianzun, the poor Dao is saved today!" ”
As he spoke, he threw himself under the locust tree where the young man of Aji Village was lying, pulled one out of the bundle of wicker that was braided into a loop, and struck a walking corpse that pounced on us with his backhand. I only heard a snapping sound, like the sound of static electricity exploding, and the walking corpse was actually flown out by the wicker, and a puff of black smoke rose and did not move.
I was stunned by this scene, I didn't expect this wicker to have such a powerful effect. And at this time, I also remembered the words of the old woman when I was leaving, telling me to pick up the wicker and hit whatever I encountered, as long as it was wrong. I really want to slap myself, how can I completely forget such an important thing, but I was tortured enough by the demon vine just now, and then I have been carrying people on my back, and the wicker has also been pressed on my back, and I didn't expect it to be used to deal with the walking corpse.
After reacting, I also grabbed two wicker sticks and followed the Taoist priest to smoke the walking corpses that poured into the circle. For a while, there was a loud crackling sound, black smoke was rising, and none of the corpses could break through to us for a while.
However, this wicker can hit up to three walking corpses, and after the fight, it will directly turn black, useless, I looked at the less and fewer wickers on the ground, and my heart became anxious again.
Just as I pondered how to stand out from the encirclement of the walking corpses, a dark shadow suddenly burst down from the canopy of the locust tree above us, rolled up the remaining wicker on the ground, and shrank back. I screamed and tried to reach out to grab it, but I was too late, and the shadow had disappeared into the misty canopy.
I can see it clearly, that black shadow is clearly the demon vine I met just now, damn it, if it really became a refinement, can this thing still be thought of? I looked at the blackened wicker in my hand, and my heart was cold. At this time, the Taoist priest's wicker was also scrapped, and he was forced to retreat under the tree by the tide of corpses, and I glanced at him, and we both saw the despair in each other's eyes.
"Alas! Immeasurable damn Tianzun, it seems that the Taoist master has really returned to his position today, master, the beauty who owes you can only find it in the next life......"
The Taoist priest lamented and uttered his last words, but I still couldn't believe the reality in front of me, I was really going to die like this? Damn, I'm only twenty-two years old, I still have a lot of things to do, I haven't been in love, I haven't enjoyed the indulgence of young people, I haven't had time to honor the old man, it's hard to come true and I'm going to die young like this!
The answer is no, it turns out that I am destined to experience countless pains and extraordinariness when I come to this world, and the current level is just one of the 81 difficulties on the way to learn the scriptures.
In the slightly gloomy mist, a white shadow fell, and he held a long stick, and on his head was a high white hat, and his face could not be seen clearly, only about half a man tall. Through the hazy mist, I seemed to see him wave the long stick in his hand, and all of a sudden, the walking corpses surrounding us let out a low wail, and they were in a mess, and some even tore each other.
I was stunned by the sight before me, and then the shadow flew through the corpses, untouched, floating in the air towards us, and as I got closer, my eyes widened.
The shadow was the paper man I saw before I fell unconscious last night. It wasn't until he floated close to us that I realized that the paper-piercing man was not flying by himself, but an old man with a gray beard supporting him behind him.
I was surprised that there were other people in the woods, but I was more glad that I didn't have to be eaten alive by the walking corpses who had only instincts.
Even more surprised than I was the Taoist priest, who looked at the thin old man with a felt hat in front of him with round eyes, and asked me if this was the rescuer you were talking about.
I shook my head, I wasn't sure, I was sure that there was absolutely no him among those people outside, but I couldn't rule out that he came from behind, but didn't the people of Aji Village not be allowed to enter the forest?
"Excuse me, were you invited by Granny Lin to save us?" I asked tentatively, Granny Lin was the old woman.
The old man didn't answer, handed me a small flag made of white paper, and said coldly: "Follow me!" ”
His voice was low, without a hint of anger, but I recognized the flag, which was given to me by the old woman when I came down, and she didn't say how to use it, but just asked me to put it up. I dug into my pockets and found that the flag was really gone.
I took the flag, the old man turned around and left, I hurriedly picked up the unconscious man of Ah Ji Village, called the Taoist priest, and followed the old man closely.