Huang Yilan untied the ropes on our bodies, and I said, "We must gather all the corpses here and burn them, otherwise the virus will spread outside and will cause terrible consequences!" ”

Ouyang Zhenfei and Ling Fengpiao immediately showed a look of cringe and horror, there were a large number of pustules and ulcers on the surface of the villagers' corpses, which were disgusting and terrifying, not everyone had the courage to touch them. Ouyang Zhenfei said weakly: "Can I not participate?" ”

I said solemnly, "Don't you want to go through the experience, you want to go through the wind and waves? It's a tough test, and it's up to you to decide whether to participate or not. ”

Ling Fengpiao's face turned pale: "Senior brother, will we be infected?" ”

Actually, I've been worried about this for a long time, I was vaccinated against smallpox when I was a child, but the virus here is a breed from hundreds of years ago, and the vaccine I received is a new breed in the last 20 years, and I don't know if I have immunity. Besides, it has been a long time since I was vaccinated, and it is still unknown whether it will be effective, and I have been in close contact with so many seriously ill patients...... I'm not a professional and don't really know what the outcome will be.

I glanced at the four of them: "Did you ever have a 'pox' when you were a child?" ”

"Planting beans?" All three were baffled.

"It's a vaccination on the arm or thigh, it will leave a scar the size of a little finger, the vast majority of people were vaccinated once or twice before the 80s, and after the 80s, because smallpox has been extinct in the whole shijie, many places have stopped vaccination."

"I have!" Ouyang Zhenfei said excitedly.

Compass, Ling Fengpiao and Huang Yilan all shook their heads, in fact, they knew that Compass had lived in an ancient temple in the mountains since they were children, Ling Fengpiao followed the first irresponsible master to wander the rivers and lakes, Huang Yilan lived in this special place, and none of them had the opportunity to be vaccinated.

Compass and Huang Yilan were very calm, but Ling Fengpiao was very nervous: "Senior brother, I'm ...... I can't get infected, right? I'll get out right away! ”

I sighed: "You are besieged by so many people, you are injured and bleeding, your body is in direct contact, if you will be infected, you will already be infected, and now it is useless for you to run anywhere." Not only the three of you, but Xiaofei and I may also be infected, don't be nervous now, and then find a way to deal with the matter here. ”

Ling Fengpiao was so frightened that his feet softened, and he leaned against the pillar and gasped: "Then, then let's go to the hospital immediately, now that the technology is so advanced, it must be able to be treated, right?" ”

I couldn't bear to say it, but I had to say: "We have to walk for days to find a decent hospital, but I'm afraid we won't be able to walk until we get sick and can't walk that long...... Moreover, most of today's children have not been vaccinated against smallpox, and if we go out and infect others, others will infect others, and the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Ling Feng's face was like ashes, and he sat on the ground, even the compass and Huang Yilan, who were very calm, changed their faces. Compass recited a Buddha name: "Amitabha, life and death are fateful, I don't go out of the mountain." ”

Huang Yilan said: "I don't go out of the mountain. ”

I said, "There's another way, and that's to find that thing of unknown origin." It keeps the whole village alive, and the fact that the virus hasn't spread for so many years proves that it can temporarily suppress the virus from flare-ups, and as long as we have time, we can think of a solution. ”

Ling Fengpiao immediately came to his senses: "Then let's go find it!" ”

"Alas, what if we can't find it? Or is it that you find it but can't stop it? Then we will waste more time, and our chances of survival will be even slimmer, and your life and death cannot be decided by me, you can decide for yourself. ”

Everyone was silent, which was not only about their own life and death, but also about the health and lives of countless people. Human nature is selfish, but human nature is also good, should we abandon goodness for the sake of selfishness, or abandon selfishness for the sake of goodness?

Compass and Huang Yilan have already expressed their stance and have not spoken again, their life trajectories are completely different, but they have already looked down on life and death. Ouyang Zhenfei didn't know what he was thinking, and he seemed to be very calm, only Ling Fengpiao's expression changed and he was restless.

After being silent for a while, Ouyang Zhenfei said: "Senior brother, I listen to you, and you can do what you say." ”

Ling Fengpiao immediately stared at me: "Yes, yes, senior brother, I listen to you!" ”

I poured, how did you throw this hot potato into my hands? Compass and Huang Yilan looked at me, obviously listening to my decision.

I'm very embarrassed, but I can't ignore it, because I am now the "senior brother in charge", and I have to be responsible for my junior brother and sister. Compass and Huang Yilan trust me, respect me, and put their lives in my hands, how can I not care?

I thought for a while, and said resolutely: "If it were my master or Master Zeshan, or Old Man Ouyang here, they would all sacrifice their egos to take care of the overall situation." We are their children, and we should follow their example, and my decision is to eliminate the hidden danger here, and then go to the unknown thing, no matter what the outcome, until we are sure that we are safe, and never come into contact with outsiders! ”

"Yes, that's how it should be!" Ouyang Zhenfei and Ling Fengpiao agreed one after another, "Senior Brother deserves to be our Senior Brother!" ”

Huang Yilan said: "You go find that ...... What's the matter, I'll deal with the bodies of the folks. ”

It's definitely not an easy task to deal with so many corpses, but looking at him, he doesn't want us to interfere, maybe he wants to do his best for the villagers, so as to alleviate the pain and some guilt in his heart, right? And for us, every second counts, so we can buy a lot of time.

Compass said that he saw with his eyes that the body of the thing was a big tree and a woman, so I asked Yilan, "Is there any special tree around here?" ”

"Big trees?" Huang Yilan thought for a while, "There are almost no big trees around here, but go upstream along the small river to another big canyon, where there are some big trees. ”

We said goodbye to Huang Yilan, climbed down the cliff, reached the river, and swam along the small river Xiangshang.

The canyon is meandering, with dangerous rocks on both sides and thousands of layers, which is spectacular but difficult to walk. Coupled with the lack of light at night, everyone else stumbled except me, and it was only a dozen miles after walking for three hours, but fortunately, I finally saw the other canyon that Huang Yilan said.

This canyon is relatively open, fifty or sixty meters wide, and there are indeed some big trees at the bottom of the valley. But these big trees are less than the size of a person's hug, they look ordinary, they have no aura, and it is impossible for them to become spirits or be attached to spirits.

We continued to walk forward, Kompasu and I were quite calm, but Ling Fengpiao and Ouyang Zhenfei were suspicious, saying that they were starting to have a fever for a while, and that their skin was itching and red envelopes for a while...... I was really scared by them several times, but zuihou could only smile bitterly, walking in the barren mountains and wilderness at night, it is normal to be bitten by mosquitoes and the like, and the fever is even more of their delusion, the two little ones have not experienced a big ordeal, and their psychological endurance is not good!

We didn't dare to stay, we searched along the Grand Canyon, and we didn't harvest until dawn, and Kompasu, Ling Fengpiao, and Ouyang Zhenfei all looked very tired. This whole night was frightened and beaten, and after a long journey, I had to worry about the virus attack all the time, and it was strange that I was exhausted and exhausted.

I'm worried that it's very unlikely that we'll be found by wandering around without a clue, and that we're going in the wrong direction entirely. As the three of us sat down to take a nap, I walked forward on my own, and if I hadn't had a harvest yet, I would have to think about looking back in another direction.

"Hey, I seem to smell the fragrance of osmanthus?" Xiaoxue said suddenly.

I let out a "hmm", suspecting that she was delusional, because at this time almost all the osmanthus flowers were gone, and besides, I didn't see the osmanthus tree all the way.

A little further on, Xiaoxue was more certain, and I could smell the fragrance of nothingness. Further on, the canyon narrows and deepens, and the aroma of osmanthus is stronger. Turning a rock, a huge laurel tree suddenly appeared in front of me, with a diameter of more than one meter, and its branches and leaves were as lush as giant umbrellas, covering almost the entire valley. The tree is more than ten meters high, but the crown of the tree is not much higher than the cliff above, and it is not easy to find it even if you get close to it.

The big laurel tree is full of golden osmanthus flowers, and a large number of tiny vines hang down between the branches and leaves, swaying slightly in the morning breeze, and the rich fragrance and pure aura come to the face, making people feel like they are in a fairyland.

"Wow......"

Xiaoxue and I both exclaimed, and then we both made sure that we were looking for this big laurel tree!

We raised our vigilance and slowly approached, only then did we see that the big laurel tree grew in the middle of the intersection of the two canyons, just absorbing the spiritual energy and water and soil nutrients in the two canyons, no wonder it grew so luxuriantly. The bark of the tree was rough, pimples and covered with moss, and at first glance the body of the tree was almost indistinguishable from the stone wall next to it.

I only sensed the rich aura, but I didn't sense consciousness and mood fluctuations, and asked Xiaoxue suspiciously: "Is the old tree a demon again?" ”

"No, I don't think so, there is no demonic energy, but there is a fairy spirit."

I was shocked and asked a very childish sentence: "Is that an old tree becoming an immortal?" ”

Xiaoxue laughed with a "flutter": "Aren't becoming immortals and becoming demons the same thing?" I didn't sense that it had spiritual sense, maybe it had already cultivated and left the tree, or it could be that something else was attached to the tree to cultivate, but it wasn't there at this time...... But it's not right, I dare to say that the essence of this laurel tree for tens of thousands of years is still in the tree, which is really unheard of and unseen. ”

Strange is strange, but one thing we can both be sure of is that this tree has no evil aura, it should be an existence between immortals and demons, harmless to humans. I slowly stretched out my hand and pressed it against the tree, and I could feel more obvious fluctuations in life force and spiritual power, this feeling was like watching the Yangtze River and the Yellow River rushing and flowing, it was alive, with vitality and energy, but there was no consciousness. Of course, it's also possible that it's a higher being, and I can't communicate with it so I can't sense its thoughts.

Xiaoxue and I were in awe, and the voice of the compass came from behind: "That's it, that's what I see, sometimes it's a tree, sometimes it's the moon, and there seems to be a beautiful woman." ”

The moon, the laurel tree, the beautiful woman...... I was stunned, Compass, Ling Fengpiao, and Ouyang Zhenfei also woke up suddenly, and they opened their mouths wide and forgot to close them.