Chapter 54: The Insect Tide
Qu Yue was indeed hidden in a very safe place. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
A few hours ago, when even Shen Qingge disappeared in front of her eyes, she was very frightened.
At the beginning, when Xia Beifeng disappeared, she was already very scared. She was surrounded by strangers with unknown intentions, and she had to hold Shen Qingge's hand tightly on the road after that.
And then that thing came.
She never knew exactly what "that thing" was, but she remembered the two creatures that were moving very quickly. They turned into two black shadows, rushed into the crowd with a foul-smelling wind, and swooped up, knocking Xu He to the ground.
The two monsters were covered in long black hair, glowing with greasy, twisted and knotted into locks and dragged to the ground.
After they pressed Xu He to the ground, they scrambled to open their mouths and bite him on the neck, looking like two hungry beasts.
Xu Tianle let out a scream, took out a knife out of nowhere, and rushed towards the two monsters with red eyes.
Faster than she was Daikoku, who pulled out his gun without thinking and fired three shots at the two monsters.
It's a pity that both of them are doing useless work.
Before Xu Tianle rushed to the monster's side, he was slapped to the side by one of the monsters who stretched out his arm and slapped him aside, and he fainted softly ~ in the corner.
As for Dahei, his three shots were aimed at the monster's head, but he didn't cause even the slightest damage to the monster.
The bullet seemed to hit some hard metal, and after a crisp impact sound, it fell to the ground with a clang.
This angered one of the monsters. I saw it shake its head vigorously, turned its head suddenly, stared at Da Hei tightly, panting with "snorting" in its mouth, and a line of saliva fell to the ground along the corners of its mouth.
Its eyes flashed with a brutal light in the darkness, and it stared at the humans around it with malicious intent.
Qu Yue was already scared and her legs were weak at that time. She held the fox in one hand and hung on Shen Qingge's shoulder with the other, sobbing quietly, not even daring to look up at the scene in front of her.
Shen Qingge placed the spear across her chest, and with a slight force, pushed her aside, staring vigilantly at the two monsters in front of her.
The monster that was shot roared angrily and rushed towards the big black.
The monster was so fast that before Da Hei could react, he saw the monster's bloodshot eyes.
This was followed by a thick~strong claw that swung at his skull.
Ning Feng stood relatively close, and when he saw this, he flew up directly, kicked at the monster's side, and kicked the monster to a stumbling side, finally avoiding the fate of the big black head blooming.
The gun in Daikoku's hand shook again, and he shot the monster in the abdomen.
He didn't think that this gun would have any effect, but he didn't expect that the monster's body structure was not much different from that of a human, although the bones were hard enough and the abdomen was still soft.
The bullet opened a bloody hole in the monster's abdomen, and it wailed in pain.
There was no blood in the wound, only a few thick~ strong black bugs kept writhing their bodies, and they fell to the ground one after another from the gun hole in the monster's abdomen.
"Lie ~ groove! What the hell! Da Hei took two steps back in fright, dodging the worms wriggling on the ground, and looked at the deaf man beside him, his eyes full of shock and doubt.
The deaf man shook his head decisively, pulling Da Hei and Ning Feng back sharply.
A steady stream of bugs crawled out of the monster's body. It was able to stand even after being shot, roaring angrily, and its muscular body quickly dried up as more and more bugs emerged from its body.
By the time it slowly fell to the ground, it had turned into a shelf of wizened bones. A layer of skin covered with long hairs covered the bones, and the holes in the abdomen were like springs, and black insect tides were gushing out one after another.
The group of insects seemed to be able to feel the breath of the living, and as soon as they landed, they would rush towards several living people.
They crawled very fast, densely covering the floor tiles on the ground, making a rustling sound, which made people feel a tingling scalp.
On the other side, the monster that remained in place and was not shot was already holding Xu He's neck and rushed far away.
Shen Qingge stood farther away. As soon as the insect appeared, she turned around and pulled Qu Yue up and ran wildly in the other direction of the road.
Realizing that the situation was not right, Ning Feng also beckoned to his two subordinates, and followed Shen Qingge's footsteps and rushed in the direction he came.
In the panic, they didn't even notice where Xu Tianyang went with Xu Tianle, who was stunned by the monster.
Qu Yue was pulled by Shen Qingge, ran out of an unknown distance, and when she stopped, she only felt that her lungs could explode at any time.
Shen Qingge looked like he was nothing, leisurely hugged his arms, leaned against the wall and waited for Ning Feng and them to catch up.
"Are we safe?"
Qu Yue squatted down against the wall and asked breathlessly, "Bugs...... Whew...... The bugs aren't coming back, are they? ”
"I don't know."
Shen Qingge shook her head, grabbed her by the collar and pulled her up: "Don't squat, you won't be able to stand up if you squat for a while now." ”
Only then did Ning Feng run to the two of them with Da Hei.
The three of them passed them and ran a few more steps before slowly stopping and looking back at the swarm of insects chasing them.
There seemed to be an invisible barrier in the void, blocking the tidal wave of insects on the other side of a straight line.
Countless insects crawled vertically upwards at a certain point in the air, and after climbing to a certain height, they were knocked down by their own kind in the crowd behind them, falling to the ground and crawling up again.
It soon became a pile of worms, and it became a black one.
Qu Yue has been afraid of things like insects since he was a child, and he almost vomited when he saw this scene, hugged the fox in his arms tightly, and turned his head with his eyes closed.
"This ...... What the hell? Da Hei pointed to the swarm of insects in front of him and asked with a stumbling voice, "Is this ...... Yes yes...... What's going on? ”
"It's a bunch of bugs, it's supposed to eat people."
Shen Qingge replied as a matter of course: "It's the kind that Xu Heda~ Ye said before." ”
"I know it's bugs!" Da Hei took a breath, turned his head and glared at Shen Qingge, his hand still in the air, pointing in the direction of the insects: "I'm asking you what they encountered, why can't they come over?" ”
"There's a cross-section." Shen Qingge said calmly: "You don't need to know what the section is, you just need to know that thing can stop them from passing." ”
Da Hei looked at her in confusion for a moment, then turned his head and asked the deaf man for help with his eyes.
"Please also ask Miss Shen for advice." The deaf man bowed his head respectfully at Shen Qingge: "What happened to that monster before, and these bugs?" ”
Shen Qingge was very satisfied with the deaf man's attitude, she put her hands on her back unfathomably, nodded, and kindly explained the life experience of this insect.
"This bug is a specialty of this place, called the blood clotting bug. You know that they eat meat. And those two monsters are people parasitized by bugs. When the insect lays its eggs, it hides its eggs in the form of a plant, waiting to be eaten by humans or animals. After the larvae are born, they live inside the creature's body, eat their flesh and blood, and finally merge with the rest of the shell, becoming a monster like the one just now. ”
"That ......"
Ning Feng's Adam's apple moved, and he asked worriedly, "What about Boss Xu?" What's going on? He said he ate that fruit too, why does it look quite normal? ”
"He's lying to you."
Shen Qingsheng pointed at the delicate pattern on the spear, and said casually: "He definitely didn't eat the fruit, and the injury he showed you was indeed a trace left by a blood clotting worm." But he was bitten by an adult, and the person who ate the eggs was not like him. ”
The larvae eat brains, and they can't look at anything else.
The surging insect tide tried hard for a while, but it slowly receded. They seeped in like flowing water along the cracks in the walls of the ground, and disappeared from the sight of several people in pieces.
"Those two guys just ......"
Shen Qingge yawned, stared at the vault above, and said slowly: "If I guessed correctly, it should be that I came with Xu He, and then died here Another pair of brothers, Feng or something, forgot." ”
"What did you say?" Ning Feng asked excitedly, but quickly restrained his emotions, lowered his tone, and tried his best to calm himself: "Those two people, aren't they already dead?" ”
"That's right, the two of them died here, and it is estimated that they were killed by Xu He, which is why they are so attached to him."
"Brother Feng." The deaf man looked at Ning Feng worriedly, leaned into his ear, and asked in a low voice, "Are you okay?" ”
Ning Feng pushed him away, shook his head quickly, and at the same time didn't forget to give him a relaxed look, and continued to ask Shen Qingge: "If these two people were killed by Boss Xu, then how credible is what you said." And what about his brother, Xu Sheng? He won't kill him too. ”
"He shouldn't hurt his own relatives ~ brother. But maybe whoever cares if you are a brother or not is at the moment of life and death. However, I think his words about Xu Sheng are quite credible, and if he falls from here, he really can't come back. ”
Shen Qingge touched his chin, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Eighty percent of the grave keepers I met in the tomb didn't lie, there is indeed a grave keeper here who carries a lamp like that." But don't worry, that guy doesn't usually come out, it's not dangerous. Shouldn't it be Xu Tianyang's kid that we should be worried about now? ”
"What does it have to do with SkyOcean?" Ning Feng asked in surprise, and then quickly understood what she meant: "You mean, Tianyang already knew what might happen here?" ”
"It's not so much that he knows what might happen, it's that he planned it."
Shen Qingge walked in front of Qu Yue as she spoke, and picked up the fox in her arms: "Maybe he deliberately threw this thing down to scare us, and so did your Aze brothers...... I glanced at him just now when we ran, and he didn't look nervous at all, and he walked with his sister on his shoulders as if he were walking. And no bugs went after him. Do you believe that it has nothing to do with him? ”
SkyOcean ......
Ning Feng lowered his head and read in frustration, and when he raised his head again, he had already changed to a firm expression: "Since he doesn't care about affection at all, then we don't need to worry about him." Listen, the next time you see Xu Tianyang's kid, don't say anything, just beat him up for me. ”
"You have to beat it."
Shen Qingge swung~ playing with the fox's tail and sighed: "The next time I see him, he won't necessarily become something?" ”
The fox's ears suddenly trembled, and Qu Yue, who was holding it, screamed in fright, and almost threw it out.
"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, it's just waking up." Shen Qingge touched Qu Yue's head and comforted her in a low voice: "If you hold it well, there will be nothing left." ”
Qu Yue raised her head and looked at her suspiciously.
There was a slight shaking on the ground under the feet of several people, Qu Yue's eyes widened, and she watched the four people who were still close just now disappear in front of her eyes one after another.
She was the only one left in the empty road, and the half-dead fox in her arms.
She was stunned for a few seconds, then sat on the ground and screamed.
The fox who was tightly hugged by her slowly opened her eyes and let out a small moan~ moan.
Qu Yue's hand was tightly pinched on its body, and the knuckles of the force were a little white.
"I said little girl, I know you're scared, but can you please stop holding me like that......"
The fox opened his mouth and said angrily: "I was beaten by the Seven Monarchs of the Ghost Mansion with a group of younger brothers before, and I can survive." If you strangle you in this place, it's not worth it. ”
"Who!"
Qu Yue stopped screaming, looked around vigilantly, and subconsciously hugged the fox in his arms tighter: "Who is talking!" What people! Stay back! ”
The masked men in the mural around her in a strange style seemed to be looking at her with malicious intent. At any moment, he could burst out of the wall, swarm her, and tear her to shreds.
The fox let out a painful cry from his throat, and gasped for a while, before he reluctantly pulled himself back from the brink of death, and the mosquito snorted and said: "In your arms, I am the fox in your arms, aunt, and grandma, I beg you to let go of your hand?" Holding it so tightly that my wounds opened. ”
"Ahh
Qu Yue let out another short exclamation, quickly let go of his hand, threw the fox aside, sat on the ground and quickly retreated for a distance. She clasped her hands around her shoulders, stared at the half-dead fox defensively, and twitched~ her nose.
The fox was smashed by her, and lay on the ground for a long time before turning ~ his body, blinking and looking at her.
"Don't cry...... I'm not dead yet......" It staggered to its feet and moved closer to Qu Yue.
Qu Yue stepped back a little again.
"I'm not a bad person...... Oh, I'm not a bad youkai. ”
The fox stopped, kept a distance from her, and shook his tail flatteringly: "I am a fox fairy born in this mountain, and I am quite familiar with the master of this underground palace, as well as the aunt and grandmother Shen Qingge that you have been dragging just now, I will not harm you...... Besides, I have to thank you? Fortunately, you helped me deal with my wounds just now, if the one surnamed Xia has no conscience...... Alas! ”
The fox's last sigh, with infinite resentment and unwillingness, I don't know what I thought.
Qu Yue has gone through a series of strange things in the past few days, and her psychological quality is much better than before.
Now that we've seen bugs that eat people, corpses that walk, and ghosts that don't see their shadows, it doesn't seem strange to have a talking fox now.
What's more, this fox has a much friendlier appearance than the previous ones.
"You, what's your name?"
Qu Yue stumbled and asked, stretched out a hand forward, and whispered: "My name is Qu Yue, the song of the song, the joy of joy." ”
After she said this, she suddenly thought of something again, and asked cautiously, "Ah, that, do you have a name?" ”
"Absolutely!" The fox walked up to her and rubbed her head against her hand in the air as a gesture of friendship: "My name is Bai Su. ”
"Oh, Mr. Bai, hello."
Qu Yue subconsciously touched Bai Su's plush head, and felt that the hand ~ felt good, so he touched it two more times: "What should we do now!" ”
"I'll take you to a good place."
Bai Su shook his tail happily and jumped on Qu Yue's knee: "I know where it is safe, as long as you stay there, there will be no danger, and they will pick you up when the matter is over." ”
"Oh, okay."
Qu Yue nodded stunned, and stood up holding it: "How to go, you say?" ”
She didn't even think about why she believed a fox so easily, and walked for ten minutes according to its instructions, until she finally came to a wall without a mural.
"No way." Qu Yue looked down at it: "What should I do?" ”
"There's a road ahead, you just can't see it.
Bai Su stretched out his paw and put it on the wall, and the wide wall disappeared immediately.
"This is the illusion I left here."
It turned around and craned its neck proudly: "Look, it's gone." ”
"Ah, that's amazing!" Qu Yue exclaimed perfunctorily, looked at the clean stone room in front of him, and took a step forward.
"Wherever and where, it's just a trick, it's all a small means."
Bai Su's tone of voice sounded an understatement, but his tail wagged out an afterimage, no different from a pleasing pet dog.
At this moment, Qu Yue heard a voice from behind him.
Faintly, it seemed to be the sound of a person running quickly.
The voice grew louder and louder, constantly echoing through the empty corridor, and it sounded not far from them.
"Go in and stay, please don't come out if anything happens, we'll come to you then!"
Bai Su shouted in a serious tone, jumped out of her arms, and turned to run in the direction she came.
Before Qu Yue could react, she felt a big hand behind her push her back, pushing her to stumble a few steps and almost fall to the ground.
She turned around and saw a long-haired man dressed in white behind her, with his back to her, getting farther and farther away from her.
The man held out a hand backwards and shook it in front of her eyes.
A stone wall rose out of thin air, quickly blocking her view of the outside.
Before the stone wall could rise, she could see what was running towards them......
It was none other than his companion who had disappeared before, Aze.
(To be continued.) )