Ghoul?

This didn't seem to be a popular title, and Zhou He stared at the group of uninvited guests who suddenly broke in, and noticed something unusual.

Technically, they're supposed to be some kind of creatures with human form, right? Zhou He thought, staring at them carefully.

Their skin festered and swollen as if it had been splashed with boiling water, and most of the epidermis of their bodies had fallen off, revealing the scarlet flesh inside, and their mouths were covered with staggered sharp canine teeth, layer upon layer, dense and numbing to the scalp. There is even a part of the bone that pierces the flesh and grows outside the skin. It is bent, straight, or condensed into a small piece of bone, similar to armor.

Zhou He even noticed that some of them were particularly burly, with a height of up to two meters and eight meters, close to three meters, and one after another wrist-thick white bones pierced through the flesh from under the ribs of the back or chest. Exposed to the air. The bones that extend out range in length from 10 to 30 centimeters, and the tip is sharp like a finely polished needle tip. Such a terrifying image makes them look like hedgehogs with bone spurs on their upper bodies. It's more vivid, like a Predator in white bone armor.

"Roar!"

Their roars were like the screeching noise of metal grinding, and one after another pounced on the behemoth, like a swarm of fearless ants, barking at the elephant, climbing on it with their hands and feet, and then piercing the cracks in the flesh of the giant bull with sharp bone spurs.

"Moo!"

The giant bull roared, shaking its huge body frantically, the huge horns collided wildly, and the surrounding plants caused misfortune, all of which were smashed by it, and the ghouls hanging on its body were also thrown out by the huge force, and then trampled into meat paste, the picture of blood and flesh splashing made Zhou He subconsciously close his eyes, even if he had seen some bloody scenes in the 21st century, most of them were seen on the web pictures, even if they encountered it in reality, they were all avoided. It was a civilized society, where blood and violence usually only existed in movies or in poor and backward war-torn countries.

But he still opened his eyes, man, after all, he has to face all the unbearable in front of him. He is a machismo, and cowardice puts him to shame.

He thought so, but the bloody image still made him uncomfortable, acid churning in his stomach······ There is always a period of adaptation. He began to complain that his eyesight would be so sharp and that he could see the scene so clearly, but he noticed that his companions around him seemed to be as calm as they were used to, but there was a hint of unease in their calm faces.

"They······ What is it? Why is it called such a name. ”

With a deep exhalation, Zhou He withdrew his gaze and threw himself at Ah Yi. He looked at Zhou He, a scene of envy and longing flashed in his eyes, he didn't know what Zhou He's life was like before, it must be unimaginable, he had observed Zhou He, he seemed to have never seen these······ It's like living in another world.

"They ······"

Zhou He learned from Ah Yi's account:

'They' (ghouls) are a very special group, Ah Yi doesn't know where they come from, since he was conscious, his fathers have avoided contact with 'them', this is a very terrible group, they don't know the fear of life and death, they don't know fatigue and pain, and even have the basic awareness and wisdom to use weapons, 'they' are always chasing their prey, just like 'their' name is disgusting and terrifying. All living things are their prey, food, including humans. Similarly, ghouls are the common enemy of all life. Ghouls also have terrible infectious diseases on their bodies, and those who are scratched by them find it difficult to live.

"It would be devastating for them to find out about our village."

Ah Yi's face was a little ugly, and his eyes revealed helplessness: "Perhaps, we can only migrate, here, we can't stay any longer." ”

"How so?"

Zhou He didn't understand why 'they' had such a big deterrent, just like the zombies in the movies of the last century, but after all, it was fictional and exaggerated, and human wisdom and weapons were enough to wipe them out.

"We have weapons····· Isn't it? ”

He tapped the gun in his hand with his fingertips, thinking to himself that no matter how powerful a creature is, it is no match for a powerful weapon after all.

"No, it's not."

Ah Yi shook his head: "They······ There are too many of them, like reptiles, they can't die. And that's just a small part of them. ”

After saying that, he exhaled and seemed to have made a decision: "There must be enough food to support our migration, so, this time······ We have to hunt enough prey. ”

Perhaps sensing the incomprehension in Zhou He's eyes, he only said: "Here, it will soon be occupied by them." ”

How many are there? More than two hundred, they rushed forward to the huge cow, filling the huge gap in size with their insignificant lives and numbers, until a few petite ghouls climbed onto its locomotive-sized head, and pierced its eyes with bone spurs, the tail of which was completely submerged.

"Moo!"

Their petite bodies were thrown out, and the huge hooves that followed trampled on their bodies, and there was no wail, just 'Poof! With a bang, their flesh and blood were mixed together like mud and stones, and it was impossible to distinguish between those that were mud and those that were flesh.

It roared hysterically, its body trembling violently, and it staggered around like a drunkard who had been overdosed with wine, and everywhere it was crushed by the flesh and blood.

Eventually, it was killed.

Its flesh became food for the victors, and 'they' clung to its corpse like leeches, enjoying the bloody feast.

They pickily tore open the carapace on the surface of the cow, and then began to nibble on the fresh flesh little by little, perhaps with some champagne to celebrate the moment of victory and perfect the feast.

"That should have been our prey."

Zhou He retracted his slightly lost gaze, he could feel from Ah Yi's tone that this group of alternative people (ghouls) was really not easy to mess with, even if there were less than a hundred of them alive now, but the crazy energy just now had shocked them, and no one was willing to snatch food from such a group of evil ghosts.

He thought that it would be wisest not to deal with a bunch of crazy people, and it would also save unnecessary ammunition.

They dragged away the carcasses of the remaining half of the cows, which seemed a bit silly, and there must have been carnivorous creatures chasing the smell of blood. But if they had a way to get rid of the smell of blood, wouldn't it seem even more terrifying? This only illustrates······ Like ants, they have a habit of moving food into their nests, and humans can still outsmart them.

"It's time for us to leave and head in the direction of the water."

Ah Yi pointed to the place in the distance, where the plants grew most luxuriantly, which would be their final destination. It's just that it's not clear if this small group of ghouls will alarm all the creatures in this oasis and make them more vigilant. But Ah Yi knew that they had to hurry, and there would definitely be more ghouls coming here until they hunted all the prey here.

After an hour's trek, they finally came to the source of this oasis, a lake with turquoise clear water. It was at the confluence of two hills, from one end of the mountain to the other, which should be about a thousand to two thousand meters long and wide, and the surface of the lake was shrouded in a thick fog, which should be moist vapor rather than a choking haze.

A flock of waterfowl roosted in the reed-like but overly thick vegetation on the shore of the lake, all gigantic as if by dreamlike magic, with ostrich-sized bodies and gray and white feathers. Some waterfowl stretch out their wings and hover low on the surface of the lake, looking for an opportunity to feed, although they have a huge body, they appear very light, and when their long sharp beak is plunged into the water, a fish large enough will be easily caught and gnawed into the reeds to wait for nibby.

"Bang!"

There was a slight light sound, it was the sound of a gunshot, Zhou He heard it, and almost subconsciously turned his head to look behind him, and some of his companions were also in a commotion, and his eyes fell on Ah Jiu, who was holding a gun, the young man who had tied him before.

It was a snake with a body as thick as a basketball rolling violently in a dense grass, its head pierced through by the bullet sent out by Ah Jiu, making a bloody hole the size of a bowl, and brain fluid and blood splattered on the branches and leaves of the plants on the side. The twitching body and tail whipped through the air like whips, making a 'snap' sound.

A fine layer of cold sweat broke out on Zhou He's body, and he had already guessed that it must be this giant snake lurking in the grass, and was about to open its bloody mouth to his companions, but it was noticed by Ah Jiu, and he quickly shot at it.

If it weren't for Ah Jiu's quick response, perhaps... No, there must be an unfortunate unlucky guy who will lose his life under the mouth of the snake.

By observing the snake's skin, Zhou He concluded that although it was huge, it was a venomous snake, not a python, with green and gray lines on its body, red stripes on its upper and lower jaws, and grinning beaks that revealed fangs as sharp as daggers······ Fortunately, it was killed.

When the corpse of the giant snake stopped struggling, Ah Jiu quickly ran over, skillfully cutting the snake skin under the belly of the giant snake with a dagger, and shaved off the internal organs, leaving only the snake gall bladder. Then he unloaded the package on his back and untied it, and inside was a large bag of lime powder, and he grabbed a few handfuls of lime powder and sprinkled it on the flesh, and the original fishy smell was masked by the smell of lime powder, and the smell of blood seemed to be eliminated.

It turned out that the bulging packages they were carrying were filled with a special stone powder, which seemed to be mixed with the smell of sulfur.

The body of the serpent is cut into pieces piece by piece, the bones are removed, and after being sprinkled with stone powder, it is wrapped in a bag sewn from leather. Their movements are amazingly fast, these young adults in the village are skillful, cooperate with each other very tacitly, division of labor and cooperation, in a very short time, a huge snake was quickly divided and put into a leather bag. The five youths shouted and carried them on their backs.

Their strength is really not small.

Zhou He thought to himself.

"You wait for us at that mountain boy."

Ah Yi instructed the young men who were carrying packages full of snake meat, and these people seemed to have some other tasks and needed to go their separate ways.

"Teacher Zhou, you should go with them first."

Ah Yi's gaze fell on Zhou He, and his flat tone did not solicit, and he spoke simply and plainly.

"I think I should be able to help."

His heart was a little shaken, it was dangerous here, and a voice in his heart was telling him. But curiosity and adventurous spirit prevailed, and it was much more exciting than survival in the wilderness, he had watched programs like survival in the wilderness when he was young, and he had longed for whether he could survive in the wilderness, and every real man was full of adventure, which was the imprint of men in their blood.

Of course, that's because the real disaster and predicament didn't befall you.

"It's ridiculous!"

The voice in his heart told him that it made him hesitate for a moment, and if Ah Yi insisted repeatedly, he might give up the idea of continuing to take risks.

But Ah Yi didn't refuse, just nodded flatly, although he felt in his heart that he should follow the young people in the village back to a safe place and wait for him, but it was rude to refuse a person with knowledge. He thought he was respecting knowledge.