Chapter 300: Corn

Lead-like clouds shrouded the sky above the city of Divine Radiance, like thick ink blocking out the sunlight, as described in the holy scriptures, when the gods had not yet uttered the words, "Let there be light!"

It is therefore dim and obscurant.

Just like the lifeless Shenghui City at the moment, it is located in one of the most remote black fields in the city, all the way north from the Poole District. The undulating hills make people think that this is some kind of barren mountains and mountains, but the muddy earth is inserted, that dense, like a cluster of weeds growing together, wooden crosses, clearly tell people:

This is a cemetery.

Black crows, which represent death and misfortune, gather here in large numbers, and the sky is dyed black like black clouds that cannot be dissolved or blown away. The shrill cries of "quack" came and went, and the noise was unbearable, as if to declare: this is my territory.

This is where death is.

People can't stand it, of course there aren't many people here, even the living dead in Poole, who would rather live with rats and cockroaches, stink and mold in the mud, than come here. According to the ancient rumor that has always been with the dead, even after death, his soul will be bound here and cannot be freed.

However, like weeds in winter, no matter how harsh the environment, there are always some humble lives, reluctant and tenacious.

In the leeward of a low hill, four men sat feebly on the hillside, talking in whispers. Even though their tattered clothes were already covered in gray-black mud, they didn't care.

Anyway, the sackcloth they wore was so black and pure, how about being stained with a little black soil.

Black has symbolized darkness since ancient times, and in various legends and canons, it has gradually become closely associated with evil and depravity. According to the custom in the city of Divine Radiance, people would never wear black. And if it is a funeral, the relatives and friends of the deceased will do everything possible to make a white funeral dress, which means that the deceased will come innocently and go innocently.

Aside from the conspirators and cultists, there are only two types of people who are always dressed in black, criminals and corpse buries.

And the identities of these four black-clothed men who have been staying in the cemetery are about to be revealed: they are the corpse buries of this cemetery, and they are also the guardians of the spirits.

"It's so cold, when will this damn winter end? One of them glanced at the gloomy sky and said in frustration.

"I'm so hungry, Ivan, don't keep talking about cold, cold, it's even colder to hear this kind of thing when you're hungry. ", another person complained.

"No business, business was quite prosperous in the past few months, I was still wondering how there were more dead people in this Shenghui City, but now it's good, there is not even a single business for a whole week, even if someone carries the dead people over, they don't need to do it at all, they will bury a pit and throw it down." It's really unlucky, isn't this taking up space?", a few people chatted.

"Hey, thinking they're going to pay? I don't know if we don't live in the city, but it is said that the current Shenghui City is full of dead people. The streets were full of corpses, soaked in the dirt were corpses, and the water they drank was a stench of corpses. ”

"But now that everyone is so poor, how can there be any money left to pay for the funeral. ”

"Besides, what's the use of money now? What you eat in your mouth and what falls into your stomach is real. ”

Speaking one of them, the thin little man suddenly said, "Have you noticed that something is wrong here lately?", he looked at the other three people, and said: "Two days ago, when I was idle, I ordered the cemetery, and found that some of the soil in the place where the new burial people were buried had been dug up, and even the corpses inside were gone. ”

"You say, could this be haunted?", he said in fear.

But immediately, he was slapped on the head, "Still haunted? What have you been watching here for years, is there any haunting? Aren't you alive and well?"

"Then why did you say the bodies were gone? Either they got out of it themselves, or someone dug it up again. ”

"But who has nothing to do when they are full, to dig up the corpse?"

"I said, it's not that you're full and you don't have anything to do, but you haven't eaten enough, right? Could it be that someone dug up the body and ......," said one of the men. The four of them looked at each other and shivered in unison. The next words, they did not dare to say, or even think about it.

The wind was still blowing fiercely, and all four were silent. The short man tightened the sackcloth on his body again, and muttered, "It's cold." I just don't know if he is cold in body or cold in heart?

"Gollum. I don't know whose stomach began to scream, just like the opening sound of a symphony, this belly scream caused several other people's stomachs to start to scream, and the "grunting" sound one after another was like a concert.

"You say, is anyone really going to eat, eat that?", a man couldn't stand it, and asked, his throat moved, as if he was swallowing saliva.

"Don't even think about it!, you'll go to hell if you eat it!", the tall man cried out.

The man looked down at his black clothes, "I've done this anyway, do you still expect to go to heaven?", he muttered.

After arguing for two sentences, a bury man who had not spoken much called out: "Don't argue." As if he had made up his mind, he said to the other three, "Come here, I'll show you something good." ”

Seeing that the other three had come close, he cautiously, as if by magic, took out a few sticks of corn from his bosom! When the other three saw this, their eyes almost lit up! It had been a long time since they had seen such a good thing.

The familiar and unfamiliar fragrance is exceptionally clear in the foul-smelling air, more fragrant than any cinnamon orchid, and more precious than any rare treasure.

"Come, one for each person. He divided the corn among a few people, and the four of them devoured it all, which was not enough for a few people. However, several people had expressions of enjoyment on their faces, as if they had eaten not corn before, but some kind of luxurious meal.

"Hey, Joey, where did you get the good stuff?", the other three asked intently.