The sound of heavy breathing is getting closer, closer and closer.

Xu Ran still couldn't hear the voices of the other three people, nor could he see anything else, which probably only showed one thing - what he saw and heard now did not come from the real world.

The shadow is nothing extraordinary.

When Xu Ran saw the appearance of the shadow clearly, he couldn't help but scold.

The fish body and human legs were extremely ugly, and the huge fish mouth opened and closed towards the sky, as if it was breathing, and the gills naturally moved with it. The dense scales were covered with rancid mud and dark green foreign objects, and a pair of human legs were derived from the belly of the fish, and the base of the thighs also had scales, which were neatly attached to the flesh.

Every detail was presented so clearly that Xu Ran felt a little numb in his scalp.

The fish-man's throat came with a thick and low sound, a little like gasping, and a little like a mouthful of thick phlegm in his throat.

What the hell is this?

Xu Ran is used to living in the city, even if he often sees a mutilated ghost, he knows that it is a person before his death, but this disgusting thing in front of him really makes him not have the courage to look at it anymore.

But the monster did not grant his wish, and dragged barefoot like a snail in his direction.

It is too easy to be frightened to lose both senses, Xu Ran touched the cushion under him, and moved to the middle with Li Wuyuan in his arms, beware of the monster coming to smash the car window and attack them.

Li Wuyuan was still trembling on his shoulders, his hands clenched tightly.

Xu Ran suddenly felt that the weak soul seemed to have been touched at a certain time and place.

He sighed unconsciously, and watched the thing that was neither human nor ghost come to his eyes.

Sticky pus spilled out of the cracks in the scales, running down the monster's thick legs and blending into the mud on the ground.

Xu Ran saw the dark red thick liquid that was constantly excreted from its body, and suddenly reacted to how the mud outside the car came from.

Immediately after, the monster's fish eyes did not move, probably because of the obstruction of the car, it stopped when it walked to Xu Ran's side.

Xu Ran hugged Li Wuyuan's arm and couldn't help but tighten.

But time seemed to stand still, and the monster leaned over for a moment, standing still.

Xu Ran was the only one in the space of the yin and yang eyes, and naturally crossed the barrier of the car door, and saw its big mouth open and close, and the sound of chewing sounded in his ears.

It was clearly the sound of people chewing.

What is it eating?

Xu Ran couldn't see anything in the real world, and at the same time, he was glad that he couldn't see it, because with a little brain supplement, he could know that it must be looking for some food in the mud on the ground, as for what it was, Xu Ran didn't want to think about it anymore.

If it weren't for the fact that Li Wuyuan's breathing on his neck was extremely clear, making him feel that he was not the only one left in this world, otherwise he would not be able to hold on.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the monster doesn't seem to be interested in the big living people in the car, and is just concentrating on foraging in the mud.

Xu Ran was worried all night, and Li Wuyuan slept in his arms all night.

The next day, the sun rose in the east, the rooster crowed, and when Xu Ran came back to his senses in a drowsy manner, his eyes were clear: the dry river, the sparse street trees, and Li Wuyuan on his legs.

"......" Xu Ran moved his leg and found that he was numb.

"Hey!" He angrily pushed Li Wuyuan.

Zhang Siyang and Qi Lei also woke up one after another, staring at each other for a long time, Zhang Siyang sighed for the rest of his life: "God, this is not dead......

Xu Ran wordlessly glanced at him from the rearview mirror.

Qi Lei rubbed his temples and wondered: "What happened last night?" ”

Li Wuyuan was thrown into his place by Xu Ran, turned over and continued to sleep.

Xu Ran: "It's an evil one." ”

Zhang Siyang: "It's not nonsense, damn, I was so scared that I thought I was almost going to confess here, but I was woken up by a soak of urine in the morning, nothing happened - tsk, boy, do you see the appearance of that thing?" ”

Xu Ran nodded.

Zhang Siyang groaned secretly, covered his abdomen and went to the car door: "I'll solve it first, you quickly draw that thing down and show it to me." ”

Not to mention, the uninterrupted high-intensity tension is indeed good for metabolism, Qi Lei also frowned, and said to Xu Ran: "I'll go too." ”

Xu Ran didn't say a word, took off his glasses, and rubbed the bridge of his sore nose.

A few minutes later, Zhang Siyang and Qi Lei walked back with difficulty, opened the car door and got into the car.

"Damn, why is this mud still there, sticky Lao Tzu is all on the soles of his shoes!" Zhang Siyang looked at the soles of his shoes and scolded him.

The soles of Qi Lei's shoes were also stained, he reached out and rubbed the tip of his nose, and said, "It's still very smelly, but it's not as bad as last night." ”

He raised his eyes to look at Xu Ran, who was immersed in painting in the back seat, and said with a smile: "By the way, Xu Ran, you must not have imagined, not only are we trapped here, but I also saw two little sparrows on the muddy ground when I just got out of the car." ”

Xu Ran didn't raise his head: "Really?" ”

As he finished speaking, he put away the pencil and finished sketching.

"Alright."

"So fast?" Zhang Siyang glanced sideways and reached out to take it: "Give me a look." ”

Xu Ran handed it over as he said.

"Hiss......" Zhang Siyang touched his stubble thoughtfully, staring at the monster on the portrait with a confused expression.

Xu Ran raised his eyebrows: "What, is there finally something that you Zhang Dadao can't recognize?" ”

"," Zhang Siyang scoffed.

"This thing is not an ordinary ghost, but a dead mackerel, named Qui, that is, a ghost. They don't see it during the day, they only come out at night, and at night they will grow human legs, and they will go up to dry land, and they will leave sludge wherever they walk, and if they stay near this sludge, they will become deaf and dumb, and if they get mud, they will not be able to move. ”

Qi Lei exclaimed softly, with a look of reverence, he thought of the soles of his shoes, and said, "But Lao Zhang, we just got mud, why are we okay?" ”

Zhang Siyang glanced at him: "Nonsense, the sky is bright, of course those evil things are useless." ”

As he spoke, he looked out of the car window behind Qi Lei, and thought: "Those two sparrows are covered in wet mud, and they can't fly away, so catch them and roast them, I'm starving to death." ”

"......" Qi Lei stretched out his hand to block his sight, and persuaded with a reluctant smile: "The Dao family should not kill indiscriminately......

Zhang Siyang was about to scold, but Xu Ran was provoked by his words.

"Lao Zhang, it turns out that the mud of this thing is not only for people, but also for birds?"

Because Qi Lei insisted on stopping it, Zhang Siyang had to shake his hand and replied impatiently: "As long as it is a mortal fetus, there are no exceptions." ”

Xu Ran listened to it and thought silently: So that thing was eating sparrows last night?

Recalling the sound of chewing, Xu Ran couldn't help but shudder.

The car started and walked slowly on top of the sludge.

"I'm just wondering," Zhang Siyang looked out the window and said, "Although this thing can go ashore at night, it's not a common thing, and few people bump into it, so how can it catch up with us?" ”

Xu Ran was lowering his head and wiping his glasses, and when he heard this, he slowly raised his eyes:

"Foraging?"

Zhang Siyang snorted lightly: "The thin mud in the river is full of loaches and insects, isn't it enough for it to eat?" ”

At this point, he paused again: "But it's ......"

Xu Ran put on his glasses and pushed the frame. "But what?"

Zhang Siyang said: "This ghost, more or less like those filthy things, especially people's evil thoughts and desires, oh yes - also, things like ghosts have no human mind, and they don't know who to hate when they die, so they are easy to be summoned and driven." ”

Qi Lei in the driver's seat flicked the steering wheel and asked casually: "That's right, which of us will summon this thing?" ”

Xu Ran paused for a moment and smiled: "Yes, who has this ability, the ghost lives by the river, and we just happened to bump into it." ”

Zhang Siyang didn't seem to hear anything wrong, and seeing that no one was willing to talk to him at length, he simply pouted boredly, shrank in the co-pilot and stopped talking.

Xu Ran seemed to ease the atmosphere, and said: "By the way, Lao Zhang, I haven't asked your old friend for his honorific name." ”

"Wang Shanghuai." Zhang Siyang replied weakly.

"Wang Shanghuai......" Xu Ran repeated and nodded: "Mr. Wang." ”

Zhang Siyang turned his head and glared at him: "Why the hell didn't you call me that?" ”

Xu Ran listened to it and smiled at him: "The title does not match me." ”

"Stinky boy!" Zhang Siyang was so angry that he took out his cigarette stick and was about to knock him, but Xu Ran dodged him.

The atmosphere in the car was relaxed for a moment, and the sunlight occasionally pierced through the eeriely colored clouds and chased down the speeding body.

However, in less than a moment, the smile on Xu Ran's face gradually disappeared.

He tilted his head slightly, and his gaze fell on the sleeping Li Wuyuan.

The girl's fair face was quiet and pure, her thick black eyelashes flickered from time to time, and her head swayed restlessly from side to side with the shaking of the body, and finally slipped out of her seat and fell into the window.

A large hand reached over her before her head hit the glass, resting on her forehead.

Then he curled his fingers slightly and fished them back.

Xu Ran lowered his eyes and looked at Li Wuyuan who was leaning on his chest, I don't know if it was the illusion caused by the reflection that occurred when the sun slipped past the spectacle lenses, and the eyes seemed to be extremely cold.

Near noon, the car arrived at Banpo Village.

But the destination doesn't seem to be the same as Xu Ran imagined.

The whole village seemed to be shrouded in yellow sand, and in fact the air was not muddy, but the mud houses, uneven dirt roads, and dry air all made it seem as if there was no moisture and freshness here, as they had seen on the way yesterday, the whole world was dead.

After Li Wuyuan was forcibly woken up by Xu Ran, from getting out of the car to entering the village, he looked listless and dejected from beginning to end. Xu Ran thought at first that she just hadn't woken up and didn't want to get out of the car, so she kept holding the corner of his clothes, and she followed him wherever he went.

Xu Ran had no choice but to take her.

Although Zhang Siyang came little, he still remembered the way, and led the three of them to Wang Shanghuai's residence, thinking that it would be cost-effective to rub him for a meal of meat all the way.

The gate of Wang's courtyard was closed, Zhang Siyang knocked on the door with a cigarette stick, and shouted a few times, but no one responded.