Volume 2 Stone People of the Western Regions Stone People of the Western Regions Chapter 36: Strange Corpses
Strange to say, since we came down from the col of the campsite, to be exact, the distance from which the strange thundercloud came to my ears has not changed much since I saw the "ghost cloud" appear.
When I felt the fog spread to the point where I couldn't see clearly, the sound of the thunder and lightning sounded as if it were not far away, and it would sound every once in a while!
At first, I thought it was an auditory hallucination, but after I asked Xiaoqian, I was sure that the voice I heard was not a hallucination, because she felt the same way as me.
Xiaoqian and I walked around in the woods, but we couldn't find our way out. And after the fat man and Zhang Xiuxiu entered the forest, they were never seen again!
The appearance of the tentacle monster that hissed Akin's appearance was clearly intended to lead us into this labyrinth. I suddenly remembered the scene when Yiyi was knocked unconscious, and before Yiyi fainted and lost consciousness, she saw a shadow covered with tentacles, but the figure of the shadow was not as big as the shadow I saw.
I don't know if these two shadows are the same creature, but there's another possibility, both of them are mutants of the same Akin who led us here!
As Xiaoqian and I walked around like headless flies, I sighed and thought to myself, the original purpose of my trip was to catch the scorpion, but in the end, it ended up in a situation where it was difficult to protect itself, which is a bit ridiculous to say.
Xiao Qian heard me sigh, pulled my arm and said, "No.. Never mind.. I'm here. I.. I won't.. Let you.. Out of danger! ”
When she said this, she raised her little head, and her eyes were full of determination! A warm current surged in my heart, and at the same time, I hated myself for my lack of ability, and I needed a girl to say such words to protect me!
Every time this happened, I began to look forward to the improvement of my medie-like genetics. I'm curious to know how far my ancestors with these abilities were able to use this particular ability, and if they could really foresee what was to come.
However, in this world, in general, in this universe, there is a balance in everything, and there is a relativity in everything. Maybe when I have that power, I might lose something. Or memory, or physical health. At this moment, I have no way of verifying.
I thought, maybe this ability of mine was expected by a certain ancestor of our Su family, in order to prevent me from bearing some of the things they lost, so he weakened my ability to this point.
"Sue . . . Su Mo... Yes.. Someone is there! ”
I was thinking about the problem, and Xiao Qian's eager voice interrupted my thoughts!
I followed the prestige and found that not far in front of us, there were really many shadows standing there, staring at me and Xiaoqian in unison.
Seeing this, my nervousness immediately increased. I let go of Xiao Qian's hand and held the submachine gun tightly. The cool air of the forest here rushing up from the ground rose from behind me, and infected the cold sweat behind me.
I shouted the names of the fat man and Zhang Xiuxiu in front of me, but there was no response as expected. In fact, when I saw those shadows, I had already determined that they were not either the fat man and Zhang Xiuxiu, and the height of these people was still a big difference compared to the fat man!
The index finger of my right hand was tightly gripped on the plate of the submachine gun, ready to fire a shuttle of bullets to deal with the danger, while shouting at the men: "Who are you, if you don't speak, I'll shoot!" ”
As I shouted, I pulled Xiaoqian and asked her to come closer to me to make sure she was within my protection. Because Xiaoqian didn't take a gun, she just set off with us with her medical treasure box on her back. I shouted a few times, but found that the people not far from me still hadn't answered. Through the flashlight beam of Xiao Qian's trance, I looked carefully, trying to distinguish whether the other side was a person or a ghost!
I gasped when I saw it. Instead of a group of people standing, we were kneeling and leaning against a tree!
Under the trance of Xiao Qian's flashlight, five corpses appeared! The moment I saw the corpse, my heart pounded a few times in a state that was about to jump out of my throat! There was a roar in my head! Five corpses, just the same number as the fat man and Zhang Zhang Xiuxiu! Could it be that the fat man they met with an accident and turned into a corpse in front of us at this moment?
Thinking of this, I stepped forward quickly, trying to determine if it was the corpse of the fat man. Xiao Qian saw me moving forward, and she didn't hesitate to follow!
When I carefully looked at each corpse, my hanging heart completely relaxed! The five corpses were not fat men, but those from the vanished expedition, for they were all dressed in the same clothes, and the words Europa Company were printed on their chests under the two eagle motifs.
As I examined the body, the more I looked at it, the more terrified I became, and I felt like the hairs were going to explode.
Because the posture of the corpses was so strange, they knelt under the five trees as if they had committed a crime. Invaded by the cool air coming from the ground, the shape of the corpse has become stiff. And their deaths were extremely horrific, each corpse had its mouth wide open, and its eyes were almost popping out, and it was covered with bloodshots. There are blood stains running down the inside of the nose, the corners of the mouth, and the corners of the eyes, which have dried up.
This kind of death can only have such a frightened expression when they see something that makes them extremely frightened before they die!
While looking at the corpse, I reached out and pulled Xiaoqian, worried that she would be scared to see the corpse's death. But to my surprise, Xiaoqian was closer to the corpse than me, and she was not in the same state of fear as I imagined.
I don't know if this has something to do with Xiao Qian's childhood experience, but her performance made me change my mind about her positioning as a weak little girl again. Looking at her, I really have a sense of security that I am protected, I don't know when this psychology came about, but it is gradually increasing. I think that the second uncle put Xiaoqian in Sister Ning's team, and he must have thought of today's scene.
At that moment, I began to admire the abilities of my mysterious second uncle, perhaps, this second uncle of mine has a more powerful predictive inheritance than me. It's just that it wasn't predicted by the ancestors of the family! This kind of conjecture will only be solved after really meeting the second uncle. Right now, all I have to worry about is how to get out! And how did these corpses that appeared in front of us die, and what they saw before they died, that would make them so frightened!
The fog in front of me made it impossible for me to see too far around me at all, and these five terrifying-looking corpses had to be seen clearly through the flashlight beams of me and Xiao Qian.
I followed their frightened eyes and looked behind me, but saw nothing but a thick fog and a chill rising from the depths of the earth.
I now know that the horror that my eyes can see is not the most unbearable, the most unbearable thing is that there are unknown dangers around you, and you can't see anything!
I looked around for a while, and still didn't get anything. In the meantime, Xiaoqian kept holding my arm, and when I asked her if she was scared, she shook her head. In fact, when I asked her, I wanted to calm my mind. The situation in front of me is the third strange place I encountered after I came out of Zhao Tuo's tomb and experienced the strange stone passage space. And it's the most complicated of the three!
Xiaoqian told me that she was not afraid, and grabbed my arm because she was afraid that I would disappear from her eyes, just like the fat man and Zhang Xiuxiu were gone.
When she said these words, Xiao Qian's eyes were full of dependence on me, and I said in my heart, I, Su Mo, am also a gentleman, even if the current situation is not very good, and it is still developing towards a worse situation. However, you should do what you should do, and you can't let a girl be afraid of you.
With this idea of self-anesthesia, my sense of responsibility arose. The change was amazing, like hypnotizing one's own nerves, and even the fear that arose at the sight of the corpse at first was completely suppressed.
Xiao Qian naturally didn't know what I was thinking and the changes in my body at the moment, she still followed me closely, every step away, I thought, if she had a rope, she would definitely tie herself and me together without hesitation!
This sense of responsibility comes from a psychological change that governs my next actions. I pulled Xiaoqian and examined the five corpses of the "Europa" company expedition in front of me one by one in order.
Although I am not a forensic doctor, I have a preliminary judgment after seeing five corpses.
The eyes, noses, corners of mouths, and ears of the five corpses all had traces of blood flowing down their organs. And it's all the same way to die.
There are many reasons for this bleeding after death, such as poisoning, poisoning, or multi-organ failure, diffuse intravascular coagulation, sepsis, etc.
However, in today's environment, the possibility of poisoning is greatest!
My first reaction after I made a judgment was whether the dense fog around us was poisonous or not. That's what worries me the most. After this idea came to me, I looked at my body and looked at Xiaoqian again. I found that although my body was a little thin, the rest showed no signs of poisoning. As for Xiao Qian, although her little face looks red, this red is not the red that will occur after poisoning, and her blush is caused by the cold air that is pouring up from under the ground in this forest.
And when the five people were dying, they also suffered from vascular coagulation disease or sepsis, which is almost non-existent.
During this period, Xiaoqian mentioned to me the corpse in the coffin where she was placed when she was eight years old, saying that it was the first time she had come into contact with corpses, so after seeing these five corpses, she would be very calm.
When Xiao Qian mentioned the time she spent with corpses as a child, I suddenly remembered a possibility that this could be the cause of the frightened eyes of the corpse in front of me.
The reason for this is that when they were dying, they saw an incredible creature, and this creature must be poisonous, and after being poisoned, they would appear in a state of bleeding after death!