Volume 2 The Stone People of the Western Regions The Stone People of the Western Regions Chapter 77: The Community of Corpses and Insects
The moment I saw the whiskers coming out of the hole, I subconsciously took a few steps back, and at the same time grabbed Yiyi, who was still stunned.
Then he yelled at the fat man, "Don't go any further, there's something!" ”
The fat man was also taken aback by my actions, and hurriedly retreated until he stepped back to my position.
Xiao Qian also came over at this time, standing beside me, it should be my shouting that attracted her.
As soon as we stopped, the fat man and I immediately swept the flashlight towards the drilled coffin, and the pistol pulled the bolt on.
We retreated about three meters from the coffin, and with the convergence of several flashlight beams, I finally saw what was drilling out of the coffin's hole!
That thing really has a beard! A whisker like the tentacles of an insect! A row of yellow bamboo-like whiskers bounced out of the middle of the coffin, like squeezed cotton, from a round hole the size of a softball. Under the beam of our flashlight, it looks tickling!
The fat man's movements were very fast, and after turning around and stopping, he immediately took the black donkey's hooves from Yiyi's hand and placed them in front of him. Then he was in front of us, and he was burly and fat. Standing in front of us at this moment, if something comes out of the coffin, the first target must be him!
Xiao Qian should have seen something more terrifying than this, so she didn't show it too obviously. Yiyi was the complete opposite of her, and although she was trying her best to restrain her emotions, I could see her nervousness.
The rat spirits outside the ancient building are still hidden in the darkness, always watching our whereabouts. Judging by our previous situation, with the ancient building as a barrier, even if we are already besieged, the food counted is enough for the four of us to hold out for a while. At that time, I think my second uncle will send a master to help, this kind of confidence is in the bones, and it is generated for no reason.
But now, because of my curiosity, and the uncontrollable itching of the fat man's hand after seeing the coffin, our situation has taken a turn for the worse. I don't know what the long whiskers are coming out of the coffin, but I've always been uneasy.
If there is something terrible inside this ancient building, then we will be attacked from the back. The rat essence outside is enough for us to drink a pot, and if this unknown creature attacks us again inside the ancient building, then our situation will really become unpredictable!
We just kept our distance from the coffin, and then we froze. After waiting for a long time, the whiskers that popped out of the fat man's hole did not increase or decrease, like dead things.
I stepped forward and stood side by side with the fat man, so I asked him, "I said touch the golden fat, is this zongzi luring us to open the coffin lid?" Why is it motionless, is the coffin too stuffy, suffocating to this zongzi! ”
"Xiao Su, are you stupid! The predecessor of Zongzi has already died once, and you still curse people to be suffocated to death! Let me tell you, I'll tell this zongzi grandpa that I'm hairy, come and beat you, I can't control it! The fat man moved his wrist and turned to me.
I have seen so many "going to the ground" experiences, and I have seen corpses all the time, whether they are now dead, ancient corpses, or honeycomb corpses that have been covered with barnacles in Altay. Although it is inevitable that there will be fear and nausea in the heart when you see it, it is dead after all, and it will not move. And zongzi is a thing that is difficult to explain with science, and it is only a one-sided statement that you say that he has parasites in his body.
"Senior brother, is this really a zongzi? I heard my father talk about zongzi
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Isn't it long-haired, white-haired and black-haired, and red-haired! ”
Snuggled up behind me and said, a little trembling in his tone.
"Yiyi, I hate less when the book is used, usually my master asks you to listen to him explain this knowledge, but you just don't listen. I don't know now! This one... To be honest, this row of long beards in front of him, he... That, it shouldn't be a rice dumpling! ”
As soon as I heard the fat man's hesitant tone, I knew that this was the first time he had seen this thing.
asked him: "Fatty, it's time for this, don't sell it." What the hell is this thing? ”
The fat man lowered his arm and stopped holding it. Judging from the current situation, the hole he just made was not enough to let the contents out.
My flashlight never left the coffin, and my eyes kept staring at the row of long whiskers coming out, and I didn't know if the coffin was inside the zongzi and what threat it posed to us.
"Have you ever heard of the Zombie Insect Community?" The fat man opened the pistol shuttle, loaded some more bullets, and said to me.
The community of corpses and insects, literally, is the community of corpses and bugs. In some legends, this creature is supposed to be the prototype for many spirits. Unlike the hermit crab we are familiar with, the bug in the corpse worm community is an unknown horror bug. This insect has been living in the human body since the eggs and living with the human body. When the person he parasitizes dies, the worm grows out of the body of his host and becomes a continuation of the life of the deceased.
This was the first time I'd heard of such a creature, and it was originally just a matter of vigilance for the row of whiskers that popped up because it was unknown. And when I learned that it might be the "corpse insect community" that the fat man introduced to us, I began to feel more uncomfortable when I imagined the tentacles of the insects growing around the corpse. Also, I feel itchy all over my body.
Yiyi continued the fat man's words and said, "I saw in my father's study a book that wrote about this creature. It is said that it is an ancient mysterious race, and they have regarded this creature as their ancestor, and specially built a lot of living areas for them, and then lived with them. ”
"I... I've seen. This.. This creature! ”
As we spoke, Xiao Qian, who had been silent, spoke.
This is one of the few times that Xiao Qian has spoken since we came to this Gobi. I was curious about Xiaoqian's experience, so I asked her where she had seen it. Xiaoqian's expression was very painful when she heard my question, and under the light of the headlamp, I saw her frowning tightly, as if she was thinking about something.
Yiyi immediately asked me not to ask, and I also realized what was going on with Xiaoqian's condition. Her memories of before she was eight years old, with the experience of being held in a coffin, were gone. Whenever she thinks back to things before she was eight years old, she shows it like this.
Since Xiao Qian said that she had seen this creature, and she couldn't remember where she had seen it, it meant that this creature gave her the impression before he was eight years old. So it can be said that this kind of creature has also appeared in Xiaoqian's group! Perhaps, the mysterious tribe to which Xiao Qian belongs will have some connection with the "Inner Country" in front of us. Of course, this is just my conjecture.
I asked Yiyi to take care of Xiaoqian, and asked him not to continue searching for memories, and then asked the fat man how harmful this creature is and how bad our situation will be.
The fat man touched his chin, thought for a while, and then said, "Xiao Su, I'll be honest with you!" Under my previous "
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I really haven't encountered such a creature in my experience. If it is really like what I said, the coffin is a "corpse insect community", then it can be classified as a type of zongzi, and this thing in our hands also works! ”
After the fat man finished speaking, he raised the black donkey's hooves in his hand and was in a trance before my eyes.
I was wondering if I should go up and take a closer look at the creature when I felt something rub it on my body a few times. When I looked down, I saw the fat man rubbing the black donkey's hooves from side to side on my chest!
I moved the flashlight to the fat man's face and asked him, "Are you sick?"
The fat man was stretched out by me and said, "Xiao Su, you have a lot of donkey oil on your live donkey's hooves, I will strengthen the "weapon" in my hand a little bit and increase the power attribute a little!" ”
I said in my heart, this thing really fucking came out, it really treats me as an NPC, and it also improves the power attribute!
In order to make sure that the "corpse insect community" in the coffin does not come out, I decided to approach the staircase with the fat man and take a closer look at the creature.
Before we approached the stairs, I handed my pistol to Xiao Qian and asked Yiyi to pull the bolt as well, so that if something happened to me and the fat man, they would stand behind us and be able to react in time.
I have seen Xiaoqian's marksmanship, in the Altay hills, when I was trapped in the forest, he once used a pistol to shoot snake birds. The marksmanship is accurate, and they are no different from the scorpions. Therefore, handing over the pistol to Xiaoqian is actually more reassuring to me than putting it in my own hands.
Yiyi and Xiaoqian stood two meters behind us, one left and one right. Looking nervously at me and the fat man, the place where they stood was the best place to observe the whole situation, and the best position to react.
With Xiaoqian and Yiyi behind me as support, my heart was a little more stable. However, the terrifying appearance of the "corpse insect community" has always lingered in his mind, and his whole body has been in a tense state.
The distance we retreated was not very far, and in fact, there was not much space in the entire ancient building. Soon, the fat man and I walked to the drill hole with the whiskers exposed!
As I got closer, the whiskers that came out of the softball-sized holes were even more uncomfortable to look at. Ever since I was a child, I've always hated bugs with long whiskers, and every time I see them, my whole body will itch unconsciously. This itchy sensation is as uncomfortable as getting up from a pile of peaches and getting covered with hair on the peach's body.
This time, it's still the same feeling.
The fat man saw my discomfort and asked me if I was okay. I shook my head, clutching the sticky rice he had given me. Because of nervousness, the palms of my hands were already full of sweat, and a lot of glutinous rice was wet with sweat, sticking together and becoming lumps one by one.
The fat man was bold, and as soon as he walked to the mouth of the coffin, he shone a flashlight into the hole, and then stretched out the black donkey's hooves in his hand and nodded his long beard!
To our surprise, when the black donkey's hooves touched the row of whiskers, they fell off!
Immediately after that, I started to retreat because I saw something that scared me so much!
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