Chapter 14: Footprints
Pang Shiyuan and Qianqiu didn't delay much, packed up their weapons and set off with Tian Zhao.
Now that the world is becoming more and more dangerous, Pang Shiyuan went out with the Stygian Sword. Chiaki was still empty-handed, not that he didn't want to bring it, but that he didn't have the right weapon yet.
Zhang Siwu once thought of looking for a pair of special alloy gloves for Qianqiu, but Qianqiu's witch skills are a new proposition, and the requirements are very different from ordinary boxing gloves, and they are still in the experimental stage.
Now on the street, there are more and more people walking with cold weapons, and Pang Shiyuan is not abrupt with the Stygian Sword.
First, because some ethnic minorities in Xiangxi have the habit of carrying weapons, and second, it has become a custom to carry cold weapons.
What is funny is that such a culture of carrying cold weapons with them was not brought up by the dreamer, but by the apprentices, disciples, and students who only learned the skin from the dreamer.
Especially the young people among them, they all feel that it is really too good to go to the street with a good-looking cold weapon, just like the heroes of ancient times, with style and style!
At the beginning, the central government issued a strict order, and the local government also made efforts to rectify this "unhealthy trend", which dealt a great blow to a group of young people who were emerging.
But this blow did not last long, and it was forced to be interrupted. Because as time goes on, animals in the wild and in towns become more and more dangerous, and carrying cold weapons has become a necessary means of self-protection.
Can't (don't want to?) In the case of popularization, cold weapons really can't be left untouched. Can the government still say that the people are left to their fateful time when they are in danger?
As a result, most local governments, under pressure from the people, chose to ignore them. They can't get the central government to lift the ban, but they can let it go.
As a result, cold weapons were rapidly popularized, and more and more people brought cold weapons to the streets, and a new atmosphere was gradually formed.
Of course, when the wind forms the climate, it will take time. After all, many people's perceptions are not so easy to change.
When the three of them arrived near Rongshan, the sun was already approaching noon.
Without a word, they took out their tools from the car and began to go up the mountain.
Iron pickaxes, shovels, bronze mirrors, jujube cores, black dog blood, peach wood swords, Dao talismans, everything that can be thought of and can be done, Tian Zhao has already prepared.
Soon after entering the mountain, Tian Zhao introduced the recent changes on the mountain to Pang Shiyuan and Qianqiu.
"You see, that's the mountain that collapsed yesterday. See, no, those new earth and new stones. Look at those plants again, how do you feel? ”
The two of them followed Tian Zhao's hope, and sure enough, they saw obvious traces of the collapse of the mountain, and the new soil and new stones exposed to the outside could not deceive people.
And what makes people feel even more strange is the grass and trees on this collapsed land. They are not at all as vibrant as they were after the appearance of the dream world, but rather seem lifeless, as if all the vitality has been detached from the body.
"I heard that zombies can absorb the essence of the human body, can zombies also absorb the essence of plants?" Pang Shiyuan asked.
Tian Zhao shook his head, and said with some uncertainty: "I'm not sure either." As far as I know, low-level zombies feed on flesh and blood, and cannot absorb the essence of plants and trees. The zombie I saw was the jumping zombie among the low-level zombies, and it didn't have the ability to absorb the essence of plants and trees at all. ”
Chiaki immediately thought of a very bad possibility: "Is there not just one zombie then?" What you see are only low-level zombies, and there are more advanced ones in this area? ”
This speculation is really not a good speculation, and after Chiaki said it, he also hoped that his own speculation would not be established.
If his speculation is true, I'm afraid that this zombie will really have something to do with the thousand-year-old zombie of Nightmare.
was said by Qianqiu, and the love between the three of them was obviously affected, and they were all a little worried.
If it's a low-level zombie, it's never a problem for a few of them to deal with. But if it's a high-level zombie, who knows what they're capable of.
The high-level zombies of the legendary story are really not easy to deal with.
The mere invulnerability and infinite power is a headache.
Climb over a hill and the destination is already in sight. Tian Zhao gave them a brief introduction to the valley between the hills.
"According to legend, this was once the place where the corpses of nearby villagers were abandoned, so the yin qi was extremely strong. There are also feng shui masters who say that this place is a place where yin gathers, and it takes more things to eliminate the obscurity here. Otherwise, something will happen. Therefore, there was originally a temple here, and there were worship and rituals from time to time. It's just that in the last one or two hundred years, technology has prevailed, and people have gradually stopped caring, and the temple has been abandoned, and finally it was completely destroyed by the torrential rain. Look at the dirt bag over there, which is the foundation of the original mountain temple. ”
Pang Shiyuan looked at the earthen bag that Tian Zhao said, and he couldn't tell that there was once a temple there, only full of weeds. If there's one difference from the dirt bags with dead people buried next to them, it's that this dirt bag is bigger.
He didn't bother to bother with the temple and asked, "Where are the zombies now?" ”
"It's in that tomb behind the temple."
"Isn't this a place for corpses? How can there be a grave? Pang Shiyuan asked.
"This tomb seems to have existed before this valley became a place for abandoned corpses." Tian Zhao explained.
Pang Shiyuan thought thoughtfully: "Then maybe this temple is not for any obscurity at all, but for suppressing the zombies in this tomb." ”
Qianqiu couldn't wait any longer: "Brother Pang, what are you talking about so much, let's go and destroy this zombie." ”
When they came to the grave, the three of them were just about to work with tools, when Tian Zhao shouted: "No." ”
The two were startled by Tian Zhao's shout, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"Look, how are there so many footprints here?" Tian Zhao pointed to the footprints on the ground with a solemn expression.
Chiaki disagreed: "Aren't there zombies coming in and out?" What's so strange about having footprints? ”
Pang Shiyuan saw some signs: "It's not a zombie's footprint." You can see that this footprint is large and small, and it is obviously a modern shoe print. Don't say zombies wear modern shoes! ”
Qianqiu was told by Pang Shiyuan, and when she looked at it carefully, she found that it was true, and the traces of sneakers and leather shoes could not be faked.
"Who would come to this place? Could it be that other wizards in Xiangxi took the first step and wiped out the zombies? Chiaki began to speculate.
Pang Shiyuan and Tian Zhao were not as optimistic as him, Pang Shiyuan said: "If it's other wizards, it's fine." I'm worried that it's going to be a nightmarish person. If it were them, it would be difficult to say what was under this grave. ”
Qianqiu's eyes suddenly opened: "Brother Pang, don't you say that there will be a thousand-year-old zombie down here?" ”
Pang Shiyuan shook his head: "This won't be!" If there were thousand-year-old zombies below, we wouldn't have been able to get here so smoothly, and the nightmares wouldn't have disturbed them to wake up the thousand-year-old zombies. However, since the nightmare is going to wake up the thousand-year-old zombies, there must be a lot of arrangements, and I think there may be nightmares' arrangements underneath. I'm afraid that we're going to have a grudge against the nightmares, whether or not we break the nightmares. Have you figured it out? Do you want to go in? ”
"Of course!" Chiaki did not hesitate.
"You have to go in." Tian Zhao did not flinch.