Chapter 59: Investigation of the Deserted Temple

When they returned home, Murong Yuhua had already left, taking away a pistol and his long knife, and the others were still in the distance, and only a small part of the bullets were taken, and they didn't take more. The world is so chaotic at the moment, even hiding in a small village can't completely guarantee that the war will not come, and he doesn't want the people around him to have an accident after all.

Gu San spent the whole night reinforcing the doors and windows with wooden planks, and worked from dark until dawn. When she had done this, she didn't sit down to rest for a while, told Zhu Li, and finally appeased Xiao Sui'er, then took the revolver she had collected from Commander Li and left the village with some dry food.

It's still the same mountain road, or the mountains and forests that I once walked through. Since Gu San's feet slowly recovered, he has become more and more comfortable walking. Just like at the previous time, she always felt that her body gradually became the same as "herself", and the part that belonged to Zhou Huier seemed to be gradually replaced by her, whether it was her face or body, she would feel more like "herself" every day when she woke up.

The old temple appeared in the field of vision after a short time, and there was a dead silence around it, and there was not even the sound of insects and birds. Gu San clenched the dagger in his hand and looked around vigilantly.

Two months have passed, and the weeds near the deserted temple have grown a few points taller, and the dilapidated Jizo Bodhisattva in the temple is still standing, majestic and majestic, sitting on the lotus platform. There was a bit of bloody rancid smell in the air, but it didn't mean anything, as Zhu Kuan said, Gu San himself had killed people in front of the Bodhisattva.

She stepped into the ruined temple, and when she looked, the ground was a mess, and there were still traces of blood where Steward Li's body had fallen. Some time has passed since Commander Li's affairs, and I think that these dead people should have a place to go.

In the corner, you can see a lot of small stone stoves with burnt wood in them, but there are no cooking utensils on the stoves. These are indeed traces of people living here.

Gu San squatted down in front of one of the small stoves, holding the dagger in his hand and fiddling with the charcoal in the stove, which seemed to have been left a long time ago, and the people who had cooked here had at least two or three hours less to take the firewood, probably decoction - this was related to the infected people in Qingping County.

Gu San stood alone in this desolation, and she was always inexplicably uneasy about the dead silence around her. Not far from her, a pair of eyes were hiding in the shadows and staring at her. The eyes watched as she stood up, watched as she threw away the little charcoal in her hand, and watched as she wiped the stain from the dagger scabbard with her sleeve.

Under the watchful eye of the man, Gu San walked around the ruined temple, probing around, occasionally bending down, as if picking up something. However, after turning her eyes, she stepped into the Bodhisattva statue, but she did not come out again for a long time.

The peeping was very puzzled, and he was busy getting a little closer, and it was impossible for this person to slip away from under his nose. Who wanted to watch the watcher had not taken a few steps forward, but the cool iron weapon suddenly stuck to his neck from behind.

"Answer my questions honestly if you want to die, or I'll cut your throat right now."

Gu San's hand just grabbed the man's arm, and the other hand stayed on his throat. The blade was sharp, she had just sharpened it before she came out, but just a slight pressure like this pressed a scar on the man's throat.

The one who had been hiding outside the ruined temple and watching over her was a thin little girl, eleven or twelve years old, with long yellow hair that had become two braids hanging down the back of her head, a thin face, a blue complexion, and a tanned skin, obviously malnourished and sick.

The child fell into the hands of Gu San, and he couldn't help but tremble and said in fear, "Boss, boss, you misunderstood." I...... I just wanted to come here to find some food, and to see that you were in the temple, so I didn't dare to come forward, so I hid here and watched from afar. ”

Gu San was suspicious when she heard her words, she looked the girl up and down, wearing a short coat, with many patches on her clothes, but there was a gourd pinned to her waist. After seeing this gourd and contacting her face, Gu San asked, "What kind of disease do you have, and you have to come out to find food at this time?" ”

When the little girl heard this, she subconsciously stretched out her hand to cover the gourd, and she shook her head in a little panic, "I'm not sick." ”

"You don't look like you're sick."

"Are you a doctor? I'm really fine...... Boss, if you don't have anything else to ask, just let me go. I'm going to have to go and find something to eat. If we can't find it, my aunt and my young brother will probably go hungry tonight. ”

Gu San let go of his hand slightly, but the dagger was still on her neck, "There is no anger around here at all, are you looking for food here?" Can you find it? ”

“…… Since they all said that they were looking for it, but there was no one here, they found it elsewhere. ”

"Then which village are you from, and where are you going to go back when you find food?"

After asking this, Gu San kept staring at the child's eyes. The girl pointed in the direction of Qingping County, but her eyes subconsciously glanced to the north of the deserted temple.

This is where it gets interesting.

Gu San immediately let go of her hand and was about to put the dagger into the sheath, but she saw that the child suddenly burst out, reached out and grabbed the blade, and as the blood flowed out, she waved the wounded hand towards Gu San's face, as if it was done on purpose. Then he covered his injuries without looking back, turned his head and ran.

Many of the blood splashed on Gu San's face even slipped into her mouth. The kid roared as he ran, "Zhu Kuan's dog! Just wait to die! When you're going to die, don't even think about coming back and begging us Bodhisattvas to save your life! ”

Gu San wiped his face and immediately chased after him. The boy was very familiar with the surrounding terrain at a glance, and after escaping from Gu San's restraints, he hurried forward a few steps and stopped in front of a dry well that had long been unused. The mouth of the well was so narrow that children could enter and exit. Seeing Gu San chasing closer and closer, the girl covered her palms and jumped directly over the edge of the well.

Gu San couldn't chase after him to the well, the wellhead was too narrow, and she couldn't keep up with the little girl with her size. She paused at the well, holding the gun at her waist, and pondered the unusual behavior of the little girl.

What kind of child would retaliate by self-harming in such a way at the moment of escape? She even deliberately threw blood on Gu San's face, obviously knowing what kind of damage her blood might cause to others.

Unless she ...... Know exactly how your disease can be transmitted.

Just like in the previous world, Gu San and Murong Yuhua said, the zombie virus did not suddenly appear in the world overnight, everything originated from a plague, a large-scale infectious disease, people tried to save and cure the patient, but the virus also mutated step by step in the process of people trying to find a cure, and finally evolved into a disaster that could no longer stop its spread.

Until then, the world was presented with this infectious disease that spreads rapidly, has a very low cure rate, and is very easy to infect.

Gu San looked towards the dry well, it was pitch black inside, bottomless, and after a while, the sound of the girl landing could be heard, and then there was the sound of her footsteps, which seemed to be getting farther and farther away in a certain direction. If she came to investigate and met this girl at this time, then did she see her when Murong Yuhua came over before?

Gu San was actually not too anxious to catch up with Murong Yuhua before she was ready to leave, she could probably guess the order of his investigation, he should not go to Qingping County, and going there would have no visible effect on the investigation. Thinking about coming to Murong Yuhua is nothing more than to check the situation in the deserted temple first, and then go to the mass grave to have a look, if you can meet a patient, it would be better to be able to communicate. Of course, that's basically unlikely.

So after settling the family, Gu San also followed the route she estimated all the way over. First there was a deserted temple, and then there was a mass grave.

Gu San stopped looking at the dry well, she walked to the north, passed by the deserted temple, and stood outside the door and stopped for a while. When Zhu Kuan came a few days ago, he said that there were about twenty or thirty people who were sent to the temple at the beginning, and some of these people even died for a short time, but they still disappeared the same, and there were no people alive or dead.

Where can a sick group of people go?

The situation she encountered near the deserted temple was indeed abnormal, and the girl she met could also tell that she was already infected and was still exploring here.

There is no reason for a girl to stay around the ruined temple for some reason to find out the news, there must be someone behind it. If that person is her elder, it is not very likely, and parents generally do not let their children do such things. But with the words of the "superiors", things are different.

And once this girl has a "superior", it means that there must be a clear organization behind her.

And what she calls "bodhisattvas". Gu San thought about this as he walked towards the north. What kind of "bodhisattva" she has to "beg" after she is sick.

Could it be that this "bodhisattva" has something to do with the group of sick people who disappeared into the deserted temple?

Gu San never believed in gods, gods, Buddhas, and Buddhas, religious gods and goddesses were all equal in the face of death, whether it was heaven or Elysium, after death, no one had the opportunity to tell others whether these were true or false.

Gu San walked slowly along the path in the direction of the mass grave. The surroundings were still dead and silent, and there was an occasional smell of rancid smell along the way, and Gu San looked in the direction where the smell came from, it was the bones of an old cow, dead for a while, and the flesh was completely rotten. Basking in the scorching sun. A little further on, she began to realize where this dead silence came from.

The ground was full of dead birds that had fallen from mid-air, and the crows and birds had all become bones on the ground.

It's like hell.