Chapter 100: The Choice Between Life and Death
When the villagers heard the old chief say that he had found a way to break the curse, they cheered, although they did not understand how to break it.
Obviously, with the prestige of the old village chief in Yanjia Village, no villager would question his words, so as long as the old village chief said it, everyone would trust him unconditionally.
Considering the urgency of time, especially at this moment when all the houses in Yanjia Village were flooded, the old village chief knew that if he didn't stop the curse from continuing to develop, it would only be a matter of time before the entire village would be destroyed.
However, before officially stating his plan to break the curse, in order to prove that his method is feasible, he decides to take the risk and try the method he thinks of first, so as to dispel the concerns of all the villagers after hearing about his plan.
Then, he began to implement the plan in his heart.
First of all, he took advantage of the defenselessness of the little spider who had already climbed onto the raft, and quickly struck, pinched the back of the little spider, and grabbed the little spider in his hand.
When the villagers saw this scene, they all sweated for the old village chief, after all, everyone had seen the ruthlessness and toxicity of this little spider before.
Fortunately, although this little spider looked sharp and sharp, and was struggling desperately, how could it not bite the hand of the old village chief who was pinching its back, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this situation.
After that, the old village chief asked a villager to light a torch and let the villager use the torch to slowly move along his body, from head to bottom, little by little, and asked the nearby onlookers to watch carefully, that is, when a certain part of his body appeared under the torch, the word "stone" appeared, and help him make a mark in this position.
Although the villagers did not know why, they did exactly what the old village chief requested.
It didn't take long for a sharp-eyed villager to find that the word "stone" appeared on the knee of the old village chief's right leg, and dipped a brush in water to draw a circle where the word "stone" appeared.
Since this position happened to be in front of the old village chief's body, he only had to bend down to see it, so the old village chief lowered his head, and with the help of the light of the torch, he saw a glowing "stone" character looming.
When they saw this scene clearly, the villagers who reacted quickly naturally thought that all the villagers in the entire Yanjia Village should have this word on them, and this is exactly the petrification curse that everyone suffered.
Now that the exact location has been determined, the old village chief did not hesitate to slowly approach the little spider that was holding his back.
At the same time, he kept a close eye on the words on the back of the little spider, and silently recited the numbers in his heart regularly.
When he counted the numbers he expected, the words on the back of the little spider changed from "death" to "life" as he expected, and he quickly grasped the moment of time, and without the slightest hesitation, put the little spider in his hand on the knee of his right leg.
The moment the little spider touched the knee of the old village chief's right leg, he instinctively opened his mouth and bit hard.
Suddenly, the hearts of the surrounding onlookers were pinched, and some timid women even closed their eyes in fright.
After the old village chief felt a tingling pain in the knee of his right leg, he immediately took the little spider away.
As soon as he took it away, he found that the word "life" on the back of the little spider had changed back to the word "death".
It all happened so quickly that many villagers didn't see what was going on.
When they reacted, they saw that the original word "stone" on the knee of the old village chief's right leg turned into a trace of white gas and slowly disappeared, and no matter how they shone it with a torch, they couldn't see it anymore.
In other words, the old village chief successfully removed the curse of petrification in his body.
At this point, although the old village chief did not say his plan, most of the villagers also thought of it, that is, to use this inconspicuous little spider to break the petrification curse for everyone one by one.
It's just that everyone also understands that this plan is actually very dangerous.
That is the accurate grasp of time, after all, it can only be in the short time when the word "death" on the back of the little spider becomes the word "life", and let the little spider bite the position where the petrification mark appears on the body, in order to break the curse.
If you make a mistake and miss the time, and bite yourself when the word "death" appears on the back of the little spider, then not only will you not be able to resolve the curse, but your whole body will turn black and fester.
As a result, the villagers became silent for a while, wondering whether to take the risk.
The old village chief naturally saw everyone's expressions in his eyes, he knew that he should say something, and he had to open the knot in the hearts of the villagers as soon as possible, otherwise if he continued to hesitate like this, there would be a large number of casualties among the villagers at that time.
So, he sorted out his rhetoric a little more and said:
"You've all seen it just now, and that's the only way I can think of to break the curse. It is also the fastest way to resolve the disaster in our Yanjia Village. I know that everyone will be worried, after all, if this little spider bites the slightest mistake at the moment on its body, it will definitely die.
"However, everyone has also seen that every hour passes, Yanjia Village will sink more than a foot, and now our homes are already soaked in water. Truth be told, there is not much time left for us, four hours at most, and that will be the moment when the curse will fully explode.
"At that time, in addition to Yanjia Village becoming an underwater ruin forever, we will also be petrified and die one after another. So we have to start now, hurry up, and crack each villager one by one. The further you go, the more unpredictable risks there are.
"And if I'm not mistaken, if we want to break the curse of the stele on the whole village, the first thing is to break the curse on each of our villagers, and at that time, although we can only suspend the curse of the stele, we will have more time to study the stele, and I believe that one day, the curse in the stele can be completely removed.
"Of course, I don't force everyone, if you make up your mind to try, you will immediately use a torch to find out where the petrification curse mark on your body is, and then come to me to crack it. If you haven't figured it out yet, you can wait and see and come back to me when you figure it out.
"But if you miss the best time because of hesitation, delay the cracking, and finally petrify, you will bear the consequences. In order to reassure everyone to accept the cracking process, I will personally control the spider to crack it for everyone, after all, I already know the conversion time of the words life and death on the spider's back, and I also grasp to minimize the risk.
"However, I also said ugly things in the front, after all, there are hundreds of families in our village, all of whom have a population of more than 1,000, and I also have limited physical strength and energy, and there is only one little spider at present. Therefore, the more unpredictable circumstances occur due to the tiredness of my body, whether or not the spider dies halfway through due to tiredness, etc., the greater the possibility of failure to crack it, so you should also have the worst plan and be prepared for the worst. ”
"Okay, that's all I have to say, and the rest is up to you to decide. If you don't disagree with my decision, go and get more torches, and you can check each other's location and circle the petrification curse on your body, and then line up to find me to crack it. In addition, we tied all the rafts to each other with ropes and turned them into a big raft, so that it would be much more stable, and when I controlled the little spider for a while, I would not fail because the raft shook too much. ”
After the old village chief said these words with a solemn expression, he sat down cross-legged and waited for the villagers who were willing to break the curse to take the initiative to come to him.
"Old village chief, I believe you, save my little Qing'er first, right? She's almost out of here. However, my little Qing'er has become petrified like this, except for her face, everything else has turned into stone, how can you use a torch to find the word 'stone'? Even if you find it, this spider won't be able to bite it, right? ”
As soon as the old village chief finished speaking, the woman holding the almost petrified child rushed over and said hurriedly.
"Good! Here, I'll have to let the little spider bite her face to restore her current petrified body, and then use the torch to find the word 'stone' and take another bite to break the curse. Are you willing to take the risk twice and try it? ”
The old village chief replied cheerfully, but also kindly reminded him.
"I believe in you, I just didn't believe you before, I had to go back to my parents' house, so I hurt Xiao Qing'er. Old village chief, Xiao Qing'er will ask you. ”
The woman looked at the old village chief with a determined face and said.
"That's right, old village chief, you just let it go, my wife and I both believe in you! If something happens, we won't blame you. ”
The woman's husband also said solemnly on the side.
"Since that's the case, then without further ado, I'll do it now, don't worry, Xiao Qing'er is so cute, God will bless her."
The old village chief said without hesitation.
After finishing speaking, he stared at the little spider in his hand, and began to read the numbers silently, and at the moment when he saw the word "sheng" on the little spider's back, he put the little spider on Xiao Qing'er's face, and the little spider naturally bit down unceremoniously.
When the old village chief's hand was taken away, he saw a small wound on Xiao Qing'er's face, but what was surprising was that this wound did not shed a drop of blood, but healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Then the wound disappeared.
As the wound disappeared, a white light spread from the location where the wound was located before, and wherever the white light went, Xiao Qing'er's originally petrified body really began to regain its original skin.
Not long after, under the surprised expressions of the onlookers, Xiao Qing'er fully recovered, but she was still in a coma.
Immediately afterwards, the old village chief motioned to the villagers with torches to quickly help find the location of the petrification curse mark on Xiao Qing'er's body.
Soon, the mark was found, and it was in the palm of Xiao Qing'er's right hand.
In addition to the word "stone" that appears from time to time in Xiao Qing'er's palm, there is also a faint birthmark, which looks very vague, but the villagers can still feel that it does look like a frog.
It is exactly the same as the birthmark pattern on her father's palm, and it is this birthmark that makes Xiao Qing'er's father ridiculed by his father-in-law as a toad who wants to eat swan meat.
In other words, this kind of birthmark is still hereditary, which makes the onlookers feel very incredible.
After calculating the time, the old village chief let the little spider bite Xiao Qing'er's palm birthmark again, and after a trace of white gas rose, the word "stone" that appeared from time to time finally disappeared completely.
Amid the cheers of the onlookers, a very strange scene happened......