I followed the mountain and sneaked out the back door of his house in the dark. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

I couldn't help but laugh at the picture of the cow drilling the dog hole in the big mountain, but he told me with a serious face that this was to hide people's eyes. I really don't understand who he's watching out for. Anyway, I didn't see anyone when I came out......

After leaving his house, I walked cautiously behind the mountain.

Walking on the mountain road in the dark night was undoubtedly a very dangerous thing, but the mountain insisted on not letting me turn on the flashlight, but only carefully opened the way for me in front of me, preferring to walk slowly rather than alarm the others.

So, after walking for almost an hour, we came to a place.

"Mountain! Isn't this a dangerous hole that the old people in the village forbade us to approach when we were children? What are you bringing me here for? ”

It's a bit vague, but I'm sure it's the village's 'danger hole'. Because when I was a child, I was naughty with the mountains, and I wanted to explore the danger cave. However, he was caught not long after he entered, and that time was also the only time that Grandpa Li turned his face on the two of us and tied the two of us to the sun for most of the day.

Dashan lowered his voice and said, "Brother Tang, what I want you to see is inside!" But you promise me one thing, no matter what you see later, you must not get excited! ”

"Come on! Go in and see, I'm going to see what the hell you've been pretending to be mysterious all night! ”

Led by the mountain, he and I slowly walked around the cave and walked to the other side, at first I was a little confused, but after a while, I saw the mountain pull a boulder apart, revealing a hole that looked like a thief's hole.

The two of us climbed down the cave entrance, and at this time the mountain lit a candle, which brought a little light to the dark environment, otherwise I doubted that I would have contracted a phobia of darkness.

Crawling for a long time is undoubtedly very painful, especially for people like me who don't usually exercise much, and there is already some backache at this moment, plus the friction between the palms and knees is even more unbearable. It's just that the mountain is silent, and I'm embarrassed to complain.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Dashan to suddenly blow out the candle in his hand, and then whispered to me: "It's here, cousin, come here!" Be quiet, and don't alarm the people below. ”

The people down there?

I frowned, climbed out of the cave with the help of the mountain, and looked down.

The space below is quite large, about the size of half a football field, and there are multiple braziers burning around it, although it can't be as bright as day, but the basic line of sight can still be guaranteed. I looked around, and it was clear that there had been traces of man-made excavation and construction in the cave, but it was not very exquisite, just some of the most basic polishes, and it did not seem to have been prepared for human activity.

"Cousin, look down!"

Reminded by the mountain, I looked down.

And I almost didn't get scared out of my head when I saw it.

In the center of the cave, there is a pond of about 10 cubic meters, and in the center of the pond is a large tree with lush foliage. At first, I thought there was nothing wrong, but when the mountain reminded me to look closely, I realized that there was a pungent stream of blood flowing from the pool under the tree. Rao is that I can smell this pungent smell even from this high place.

What was even more terrifying was that under the tree, a large number of people crowded around the pool, constantly carrying blood into their mouths with their hands. It's like a wild dog that has been hungry for days is grabbing something to eat.

In the faint light of the brazier, I could see clearly that all the people below were grabbing water from our village!

Grandpa Gao, Sister Hu Gaomei, Brother Meng, Seventh Uncle......

These familiar faces are all hideous and terrifying faces at this time, and they use their tongues to **** for a mouthful of pungent blood and even like real wild dogs.

After a while, the big tree in the middle of the pool began to wither at a speed visible to the naked eye, slowly turning from a leafy tree to a dead tree, and the red blood water below gradually became clear as the tree withered.

"Fountain of eternal life! O fountain of eternal life! Lord Divine Tree, give us a little more water for eternal life! ”

Seeing that the blood water turned into ordinary spring water, the villagers below went crazy, wailing and crying, and sobbing and crying, as if they were addicts to drugs.

I saw those familiar faces fighting for water one by one, and then spit it out with a wow, as if a wild beast was howling. I felt very unreal, as if everything was a dream.

"Cousin, did you see that? The hidden true face of this village......"

The mountain's face was ugly, and of course, my face was certainly not much better, and the shock was really different from the peaceful village I remembered.

"Tell me, tell me, what the hell is going on? They...... Is it poisoning? ”

I remember seeing on TV that some psychedelic plants may cause people to hallucinate, and if you use it for a long time, it will cause more dependence, and once you stop taking it, there will be strong sequelae, which seems to be very similar to what I just saw.

"That's not a toxin! Or should I say it's not as simple as a toxin! Dashan's face was gloomy, and he looked at the withered tree below, quite fearful, "That's the ghost of the dryad down there!" ”

Dryad? The dead tree down there?

I looked at the dead tree in the middle of the pool below, and in the clear water of the pool, the bare trunk seemed very abrupt, and it was indeed strange that it had just been a scene of lush foliage, and in the blink of an eye, it had become a withered trunk. But if it's a dryad, I still can't believe it, what age is this, where are the demons and monsters!

"Dashan, I know this thing is very bizarre, but if you want to say it's a dryad or something, forget it, I think we'd better take some spring water from the side to test it and see what it is, now that science is clear, maybe we can find a cure for them!"

Dashan was a little anxious and said, "Cousin, why don't you believe it!" I didn't believe in any dryads before, but after some of the previous things, I can't believe it. ”

The whole village was at stake, and when I heard that the mountain seemed to have something to hide, I hurriedly urged: "If you have anything to say, just say it!" Tell me all about it! ”

Dashan looked sad and sighed, "This was a few years ago, not long after you left, cousin. There is a plague in the village! ”

"The plague?"

"Actually, I don't know if it's a plague or something, but in that short period of half a month, seventy percent of the people in the village died! Grandpa Gao: They were all at that time...... He's dead! ”

He's dead? This time, I doubt not that Dashan's words are true or false, but that I wonder if his mental condition is stable.

"I know it's ridiculous, but believe me, cousin, they really all died years ago! And now the reason why they can rely on them like living people is the spring water below! The Dryad's ...... Fountain of Eternal Life! ”

Dashan was afraid that I wouldn't believe it, so he hurriedly said: "At the beginning, the big guys were helpless about the epidemic, let alone treatment, and they didn't even know what the disease was, and some people who wanted to go out to find a doctor died in the middle of the way before they could come back." At that time, everyone thought that this village was probably going to end! However, at that time, the clan elders in the village made a proposal, which was to ...... Put all those who are sick into the forbidden cave. Then seal the hole from the outside and isolate the patient! ”

Isolation! The meaning of this sentence is actually to give up those who are sick, although it is very cruel, but at that time there is really no way. One can imagine the panic experienced in the village at that time when such a cruel decision was made.

"For the livelihood of the village, at that time, Grandpa Gao's family of five was all sick, but he still resolutely decided to seal the danger hole and take those sick people into it to wait for death!" Dashan's voice was a little choked, "My grandfather...... It's in there, too! ”

Grandpa Li also went into the danger hole?

"And then?"

"Originally...... There is nothing to do, although everyone is sad after accepting the facts, but there is no way but to accept it silently, and the matter is over! Dashan continued in a deep voice: "But the most terrifying thing happened just a few months later! ”

"It was a dark night! Someone in the village passed by the danger hole and heard a chilling digging sound coming from inside. He was so frightened that he ran back! The next day, a lot of people were called, and then in full view of everyone, the big guy dug up the stones that sealed the dangerous hole! Discover ......"

I was a little fascinated by what I found, "What did you say?" ”

"Those who should have died! Those who have been deemed absolutely impossible! All alive! Dashan's face turned pale, and it seemed that it was difficult to forget the shocking scene at the beginning, "There are a lot of them!" All alive! Those sounds are the sounds of them digging the stone wall with their bare hands behind them! ”

Hearing this, I finally felt a chill down my spine, and I also felt that something was wrong, "You said they were all alive?" A lot? So...... How did they survive? ”

I took a closer look inside the cave, and there was nothing, no food, no light, nothing! It is impossible for normal humans to survive in such an environment! Not to mention the patients! And if you want to say that the only food source is probably ......

Thinking of this, I turned my gaze to the pool in the middle, "Are they ......?"

Dashan nodded in affirmation: "That's right! All of them survived by drinking the water of the fountain of eternal life below! ”