Father and Daughter Chapter 8: The White Bone Pit
"Daddy, Daddy!" Li Xuan heard his daughter Xiaoying's cry and saw her running towards him in the dark, he immediately ran over in ecstasy, ready to pick her up, however, at this time, countless hands suddenly appeared behind Xiaoying's back, and grabbed Xiaoying in an instant.
"Xiao Ying, Xiao Ying!" Li Xuan shouted eagerly, and immediately rushed over, but Xiao Ying was still pulled into the darkness by those countless hateful hands and disappeared without a trace·····
"Ah, Xiao Ying..." Li Xuan suddenly screamed, woke up from the dream, his heart beat faster, sweating profusely, after coming back to his senses, he found that it was just a nightmare he had, but the dream was very real.
After the torch fell here with him, fortunately it was inserted into a recessed position on the ground, so it was not extinguished, Li Xuan wiped the sweat beads on his head, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, and took a hard puff.
He also began to slowly come back to his senses, then stood up, picked up the torch and looked at the surroundings, only then did he realize that the place he was in now was a terrifying place, because this place was full of white forest skeletons, and even the skulls under his feet were densely packed with bones, and it was simply a deep pit of white bones, and there was a foul smell in the air.
At a glance, Li Xuan thought to himself, how many people had to die to produce so many bones, and his heart couldn't help but be shocked, and he began to speculate about what major things had happened here...
At this time, he held his torch high and clenched his short sword, looking for a way out of this pit of bones, which was at a certain height from where he had fallen, and could no longer return, but only to find a new exit here.
This deep pit is covered with white bones, and there is a faint trace of blue and faint phosphorus fire light in the darkness in the distance, which is very scary, Li Xuan has experienced the previous encounters, and now his psychological quality has also improved a lot, and he looks around very calmly.
He walked with heavy steps in the pit of bones, this pit did not know who dug it, it was so deep, it felt like a sewer, the road inside was paved with white bones, and it felt very unsteady to step on the rugged ground paved by bones, and it was easy to get your feet stuck in those bones if you were not careful.
Fortunately, there was still the light of the torch in his hand, otherwise it would be very difficult to find the way here, and as he walked, he saw a complete human skeleton sitting in the pile of white bones not far away, and his empty eyes also emitted a blue phosphorous light, which looked like a sleeping demon.
However, when Li Xuan got closer and closer to him, this complete skeleton actually moved, his head slowly raised, and a pair of blue eyes seemed to be looking at Li Xuan, feeling very weird.
At this moment, Li Xuan had such a strange feeling again, the red jade in his chest flashed red again, and Li Xuan found that when he encountered these strange things, this piece of jade was making some kind of prompting for himself.
The skeleton suddenly stood up slowly, Li Xuan already knew that he had to face these ghost-like things again, looked at him calmly, ready to attack at any time, only to see him swing his limbs that had turned into bones all over his body, making a ~click~click~ skeleton sound.
Step by step, he walked in the direction of Li Xuan, but he stopped after a few steps, just stood not far away and looked at Li Xuan, feeling very strange, Li Xuan didn't know what this skeleton wanted to do.
He began to tentatively move a few steps forward, and the white skeleton also took a few steps back, and Li Xuan shouted, "Ghost, do you want to stop me in my way?" Come here, I won't be afraid of you! ”
The skeleton didn't answer, just stood there, Li Xuan also looked at this weird skeleton, although his appearance was terrifying, but his behavior was a bit confusing, this guy didn't seem to plan to attack himself, he didn't know what he wanted to do.
At this time, the red jade on Li Xuan's chest shot out a subtle ray of light directly on the head of this skeleton, and a voice came into Li Xuan's ears.
"Please don't hurt me, I have no ill will!" This voice seemed to come from the skeleton's body, Li Xuan was surprised, looked around, there was no one, and thought, could it be that he was talking to me?
Immediately, Li Xuan also calmly responded: "Are you talking to me?" ”
The skeleton actually nodded, and a voice came again: "Yes, sir, there is no one else here but me!" ”
Li Xuan looked at the skeleton man in front of him suspiciously, there were too many things in this place that people couldn't explain, so the skeleton could speak, and Li Xuan was not too curious.
However, Li Xuan could see from An Ju's forehead that this skeleton really didn't seem to be there, and his voice still sounded relatively gentle, as if it was a man.
Then, Li Xuan asked, "What are you?" ”
"I am a wandering ghost here, I have been buried here for a long time, I have never left this place, I know that I saw the appearance of Mr. just now, you are the first person who can hear me." The skeleton said slowly.
"Oh, then you're not going to hurt me, are you?" Li Xuan asked.
"Sir, don't worry, I won't hurt you, and I'm just a skeleton left, I feel a little happy to see Mr. appear, because it's been a long time since I've seen anyone else, and I just want to talk to someone!" The skeleton said very seriously.
Li Xuan thought to himself, although this skeleton was very weird, it was relatively normal to speak, and he relaxed his mind a little, and then slowly approached him.
Seeing Li Xuan coming, the skeleton also moved back two steps slightly, Li Xuan saw this, put away the short sword in his hand, and said, "Don't worry, since you have no malicious intent, I won't hurt you!" ”
After speaking, he stretched out a hand in front of the skeleton, the skeleton lowered his head, looked at Li Xuan's right hand, and also looked up at him, and then, he also slowly stretched out the hand that only had bones left, and gently touched Li Xuan's hand.
This is a way of showing friendship and trust between people, and after doing this, Li Xuan began to talk to this skeleton.
"What's your name?" Li Xuan asked politely.
"I, sir, I'm just a revenant, and I don't have a name!" The skeleton shook its head.
"I'm sorry, but you're a skeleton now, how about I call you "White Bone"? Li Xuan said with a smile.
"White bones, yes, it's right for me right now!" The skeleton looked at its hands.
Li Xuan was just for the sake of convenience, and then asked, "Bai Gu, I want to ask, what kind of place is this, why is the fog so big, and there are so many strange things?" ”
When Li Xuan said this, he also felt that it was not appropriate, because he was asking about one of the strange things here, and after hearing this, Bai Gu didn't seem to mind these questions, and said: "This is Laixiali, which is a gathering place for ghosts, and the fog you said is actually the qi of resentful spirits, there is almost no one here, and you are the first person I have seen." ”
Bai Gu spoke a little slowly, and he continued: "As for the strange things you say, you probably mean encountering some strange things similar to me outside, right?" ”
Li Xuan nodded and said, "I have encountered a vicious dog that came back from the dead, a scarecrow who acted on his own, and a female ghost in white..."
Bai Gu said, "Well, they are all transformed by the power here, and they are very dangerous for Sir!" ”
After hearing this, Li Xuan also asked: "So, are you the same as them, but I think you are different from them!" ”
"I can't answer this question, maybe it's because I still retain the consciousness I had as a human being, although after a long time, I still know quite well that I was once a person!" Bai Gu said lightly.
When Li Xuan heard this, he seemed to understand something, this white bone should be a kind person in his lifetime, and he should still be a ghost with human nature, so that he can understand the difference between him and other things.
Then, Li Xuan asked, "Bai Gu, do you know how to get out of here?" ”
"Sir, are you leaving?" Bai Gu said slowly.
"Yes, I'm going to keep looking for my daughter, she didn't know who she was caught, and now she's in danger, I'm going to rescue her immediately!" Li Xuan said.
Bai Gu said thoughtfully: "It turns out that Mr. and his daughter are here, since this is the case, then I will lead the way for you, Sir, there is only one way to go up here!" ”
Then, Bai Gu led Li Xuan to the dark place in front of him, then turned left and moved forward, this road was very narrow, if it weren't for this skeleton and white bone leading the way, Li Xuan would be difficult to find.
Bai Gu stopped and pointed ahead, Li Xuan followed the firelight, and saw a broken stone staircase on the wall of the White Bone Pit, and it seemed that the exit was here.
Li Xuan immediately climbed up the stone steps, he looked back at Bai Gu who was standing there motionless, and said, "Bai Gu, thank you for your guidance, I don't know if you can help me again?" ”
After hearing this, Bai Gu asked, "Does Mr. still need my help?" ”
"Well, I don't know the road in this Laixia, can you go out with me and help me find my daughter?" Li Xuan said that he actually tried to ask, after all, it was already a very lucky thing to meet a revenant who could show him the way, and he didn't want to miss this opportunity, if the other party didn't agree, he couldn't force it.
Bai Gu didn't say anything, as if he was thinking about it, and after a while, Bai Gu said, "Then please wait for me, sir!" Then he walked back.
Li Xuan didn't know whether this white bone agreed or not, but since the other party asked him to wait for a while, there must be something, so he also stayed quietly and waited.
After a while, Li Xuan saw this skeleton man walking back, only to see that he was wearing a relatively shabby, like the cotton armor of an ancient warrior, and the whole image instantly became mighty, Li Xuan looked at the white bone dress, and looked like a person, so he asked suspiciously: "You are..."
Bai Gu also seemed to see Li Xuan's thoughts, and said: "Sir, I used to be a soldier, this is my armor before my death, and I was buried here with me, since Mr. needs my help, then I have to leave here, so I want to wear it and go with you, and I also hope that I can "leave" here." ”
Speaking of the word "leave", Bai Gu paused, the word "leave" contains some meaning, because Bai Gu is already a dead soul, what does he mean by leaving? Li Xuan also heard a little taste, but he didn't say anything else, and then said, "Okay, then let's leave here together!" ”
Then, the two of them left the white bone pit together and returned to the place of mass graves, and the white bones immediately said to Li Xuan: "Sir, let me hold this torch for you, right?" Li Xuan also felt a little tired, and then handed the torch to Bai Gu.
Bai Gu took the torch very enthusiastically and lit it for Li Xuan, Li Xuan instantly felt that he had an extra companion, although he was a skeleton and bones, but he felt the same as a person, which made Li Xuan's heart settle down a lot, and in this deserted place, his loneliness was reduced a lot.
In this way, they walked one after the other in this dark mass graveyard, and Bai Gu said: "Sir, keep walking straight towards this path, and you can leave here and reach the center of Laixiali." ”
Li Xuan nodded, and asked again: "By the way, Bai Gu, have you ever seen a strange old man, I saw it in a temple in the back, do you know who he is?" ”
"Old man?" Bai Gu shook his head suspiciously, and then said: "Sir, this is a ghost village, for so long, you are the first person I have seen, I have not seen anyone else, but I don't dare to guarantee that no one else will come in, because I have been staying in that pit and have not left for a long time, and I have some memories of this place a long time ago, so I don't know very well!" ”
"Oh, I see·····" Just as they were talking, the red jade on Li Xuan's body flickered again, another sign of danger, and at the same time, several corpses appeared around and began to move towards Li Xuan.
Li Xuan clenched the short sword in his hand and said to Bai Gu: "It's these disgusting corpses again, Bai Gu, you pay attention to yourself, I'm going to deal with them!" White Bone nodded.
However, those corpses didn't seem to pay attention to the skeleton man of Bai Gu, but thought of Li Xuan rushing over, Li Xuan shouted, waved his short sword and slashed at them, but there were several corpses on the other side, and Li Xuan didn't have time to take care of it for a while, and was caught by a corpse man.
At this time, Bai Gu waved a torch at the corpse man, and the fire immediately burned the corpse man's body, after the corpse man was burned, he fell backwards, and Li Xuan also took the opportunity to break free, this time fortunately with the help of Bai Gu, otherwise it would be unimaginable.
Immediately afterwards, Li Xuan, with the cooperation of Bai Gu, also killed several other corpses, and he smiled at Bai Gu and said, "Thank you!" ”
The voice of the white bone came: "Sir, you're welcome, don't forget that I am also a soldier in front of me, although there is only one bone left now, but I am not weak!" ”
After Li Xuan heard this, he felt that he had an extra companion to help, he was not alone, and he was very confident in finding Xiaoying·····
After killing the corpses, the two of them continued to walk towards the path ahead...
On the other side, policeman Chen Jun still couldn't find his way back and turned back.