On the wall of the cave above the head, there are twisted human figures.

Duan Xu thought about many possibilities, but he never thought of it...... The scene in front of me can be so strange and terrifying.

The "people" were naked, wrapped in locust roots, covered in disgusting slime and dirt.

Their eyes are closed, their chests are rising and falling, and these "people" are still alive......

The strange impact made Hua Jiyun's eyes tremble wildly, and she looked at everything in front of her with trembling.

Then.

The "people" embedded in the soil above their heads suddenly opened their eyes!

Duan Xu and Hua Jiyun's scalps suddenly tightened, and they saw ...... In the eyes of these people, there is an unimaginable madness!

Are they humans or ghosts?

What is their relationship with the locust tree?

He ...... What are they......" Hua Jiyun asked with a pale face.

Duan Xu pinched the blood-red doll with one hand, grabbed Hua Jiyun's wrist with the other, half-squatted on the ground, tilted his head, and stared at those weird and terrifying human figures.

Soon, he saw a familiar face among the dense bodies above his head!

Is that...... Chief!

"The village chief?"

Duan Xu called out to the body in a small voice.

That's when something even more terrifying happened.

The humanoids embedded in the soil suddenly began to struggle violently!

Their limbs, their joints, their skin, their whole body are twisted and distorted!

Bulging pustules came out of their bodies and exploded with a "pop".

Duan Xu pulled Hua Jiyun backwards, barely avoiding the fishy liquid that had been sprinkled down.

It stands to reason that the horrific scene happening in front of them will make these "people" extremely painful.

However, if you only look at the faces, they have no other expression other than those pupils full of malice.

So normal, so fresh, like they weren't the ones who were twisted and their skin was rotten and chapped.

The oppressive, grotesque, and eerie atmosphere permeates the cavern.

Duan Xu and Hua Jiyun couldn't say anything for a while.

This terrifying change lasted for nearly a minute, and during this minute, Duan Xu had been holding the blood-red doll tightly, ready to release the female ghost at any time, but until the end, he didn't find a chance to use the knot.

These "human" changes stopped.

Their pupils were completely devoid of brilliance, some opened, some closed, and they stared lifelessly at the ground, their pupils dilated, gloomy and eerie.

"Hmm-"

Hua Jiyun suddenly covered her mouth and retched.

Duan Xu turned his head and glanced at her, this is still a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl after all, compared to the information told by Zhao Wei, Duan Xu trusts his own judgment more, he can't detect any malice towards others in front of Hua Jiyun in front of him, it's just ...... He also felt that there was something strange about Hua Jiyun's body.

"I'm sorry ......"

Hua Jiyun lowered her head and whispered.

"Why apologize?" Duan Xu looked at her and asked puzzledly.

Hua Jiyun was silent and did not speak.

Duan Xu was a little helpless, but he didn't have the heart to lecture her now.

The twisted body on top of his head allowed him to disprove his previous suspicions.

He originally thought that the locust tree was not weird, but what was weird was what was buried under the locust tree.

This is not uncommon, and many stories feature the opening of some evil artifact and causing a disaster.

Duan Xu also thought that the story of Huaicun would develop in that direction.

But the current situation seems to have taken a surprising turn.

These bodies were clearly the villagers of the village, and the roots of the locust tree bound them and embedded them in the soil, but ...... Above the cave, there was a village chief, and the village chief had just died.

What about the others? The other people wrapped in the roots of this locust tree must have had their counterparts moving around the village.

Over here...... There were nine people.

Duan Xu carefully looked at the faces of all the bodies, and in addition to the village chief, there were two other faces that he recognized.

One is called Gao Lan, and the other is ...... It's called Xie Hua.

They were all trapped in the ground by the roots of the locust tree, but there was another one of them who moved on the ground and even died.

No...... Maybe more than one? When Gao Ran led the way into the mountain, there were at least two clones.

It seems that since then, this stop has already hinted at the conspiracy of this "ghost".

"I'm going to go deeper, what about you?" Duan continued to ask.

Hua Jiyun raised her head in confusion, her eyes were full of rejection, and she shook her head at Duan Xu and said, "Don't go...... I sensed that there was danger down there......"

Duan Xu looked into her eyes and said, "I don't think so, we have come to this position, and the weirdest thing is only to release some twisted torques of village people to intimidate. If it had the power to kill us, we would never be able to chat like we are now, I guess...... It should have left the locust tree and gone after the others. ”

Duan Xu looked at the corner of the passage, his gaze seemed to want to penetrate it: "I want to know, what is hidden underground. ”

Hua Jiyun looked at his side face, her face kept changing, she was very conflicted and struggling, but ...... After glancing at Duan Xu again, she seemed to have made a decision.

"I ...... can help you, but ...... My knot...... It might scare you......" Hua Jiyun said uneasily.

Duan Xu took the blood-red doll, turned his head and asked, "Why did it scare me?" ”

Hua Jiyun slowly turned around and gently shook her black hair.

Then, with a trembling hand, she brushed her hair away and stammered, "This...... That's what it is...... My knot ......"

Duan Xu's pupils gradually narrowed, and he saw ......

On the back of Hua Jiyun's head, there was a terrifying crack with fine teeth, and at this moment, it was tightly closed.

Cold sweat quietly oozes out and condenses on his forehead, this extremely strange scene appears here and now, making Duan Xu have to wonder if the girl in front of him is a human or a ghost.

Hua Jiyun quickly put down her hair, and when she turned around and saw Duan Xu's sweaty forehead, she couldn't help but turn pale.

"I'm sorry ......"

These three weak words made Duan Xu quickly come back to his senses.

No...... She's not a ghost.

If she was a ghost, she would have died by now.

"Needless to say, I'm sorry, but I don't know much." Duan Xu subconsciously glanced at her head, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "There is also this type of knot?" ”

Hua Jiyun shook her head: "I don't know either...... It's a knot, but it's not an item, that day after...... It's stuck with me......"

Duan Xu listened quietly and didn't ask any more questions.

The two continued towards the corner of the passage.

The body above his head had stopped moving, and the roots of the locust tree that had quietly stretched out had shrunk away.

But Duan Xu and Hua Jiyun are still waiting.

Finally...... Duan Xu walked around the corner.

He glanced at Hua Jiyun, nodded at her, and stepped out.