16. Ruins and broken walls, monsters in caves
In the distant forest, there is a flying eaves slightly warped, and under the distant view, the ink-colored tiles are clearly distinguishable, and even the carved beasts on the eaves are obvious.
In this inaccessible deep mountain, there are buildings.
The day is almost midday, and under the sun, the previous gloomy feeling suddenly disappears, but the surroundings are still silent, there is no breath of life, hundreds of corpses are close in front of you, and this place seems to be a dead place.
Qu Tao did not rush forward, but observed in place.
These corpses were similar to those seen in the forest, they died at some point, and they were dressed in a variety of clothes, ranging from luxurious golden robes to the coarse cloth suits of martial artists, all of which were armed without exception.
There are many types of these weapons alone, such as guns, clubs, knives, and swords.
He found that the corpses were scattered, some of them were stacked on top of each other, some were more than a foot apart, and all of them were intact without exception.
Just by looking at the direction of the heads of these corpses, you can tell that these people must not be all the way in front of them, and the same as the corpses outside, these bones are also decomposed to varying degrees.
Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, and he saw one of the corpses, which was not completely decomposed, and the rancid smell in the air emanated from it.
"How long will it take for so many corpses to accumulate, or is it the end result for anyone who enters this dense forest?"
It's a little scary to think about it, if he hadn't carved the handwriting on the tree, if he hadn't noticed the tree changing, if he hadn't cut two pieces of wood, it is estimated that he would still be in the dense forest, scurrying around like a headless fly.
The end result is probably not much better than these people.
If it were someone else, in the face of so many corpses and relics, there might be fear, but it would definitely give birth to greed, after all, there would be no treasure on these corpses.
But Qu Tao only observed silently for a moment, and then looked into the distance, not at all moved, and there was no fear at all.
I don't know what kind of crisis there will be here, but I don't know if the consequences will be catastrophic.
The corner of the cornices in the dense forest may be the key here.
Taking a deep breath, I walked through the corpses, through the forest, and saw the place.
This is a palace pavilion, covers an area of three acres of square circle, the building wood has decayed, its color is vermilion, the glazed eaves, half of the collapsed, only the half-hidden door remains, the corridor pillar is carved with the shape of a dragon, and the traces have long been blurred.
There is still some handwriting on it, but I don't know what year it was, it is mottled and difficult to explore.
Only half of the palace pavilion remains, and one of the scenes can be seen through the light through the half-closed door.
Qu Tao carefully walked around, and didn't find anything wrong, but it was quiet and uneasy.
He had a hunch that there was some kind of crisis in this palace.
He tightened the knife in his hand, tensed his body, and then bent down into it.
The inside has long been dilapidated, and the original carved beams and paintings are now difficult to distinguish, with dense cobwebs and dust, and it seems that the beams of the house are crumbling.
There are some furnishings inside, the wooden ones have long been decayed, and in the center is a pair of ears and four-legged tripods, bronze antique, and a little scarlet on it.
It was a blood stain, stretching from Guding to the wall, and it seemed to be splattered.
When he approached, he felt that the crimson color was very vivid, as if he had just been contaminated.
But the blood stains have long since dried up, and it's weird to say no.
It was a hall, not small, with a crack in the corner of the collapse, from which a gentle breeze blew and whined, like a ghost whimpering and weeping.
Even with his concentration, he felt a little numb in his scalp.
There seems to be some kind of unspeakable weirdness in there.
Farsightedness can only be seen through the cracks, which appear to be a corridor that extends downwards with a glimmer of light below.
The wind blew out of the crack, and when Qu Tao got closer, he felt that the wind was full of coldness, which was the same as the coldness felt in the dense forest.
It's like drilling into the body from the pores, and there is a kind of heart-penetrating coldness.
Suddenly, his face changed, and he saw that there seemed to be a white shadow in the dim gap that flickered away.
This is by no means a delusion, it is as strange as before.
"Is it the white shadow I saw before?"
With that in mind, he decided to go inside and investigate.
It's too bizarre here, there is a dense forest in the deep mountains, and there is a palace, I don't know how long it has existed, and there are that kind of secrets hidden in it.
He wasn't afraid, he was just terrified.
The gap can accommodate three people in parallel, and it seems a little spacious for his half-grown body.
After entering it, the yin wind was even worse, and there was a faint whistling in the ears, which was the sound of the wind, and the whimpering sound was even thicker, and it was estimated that others were already covered in cold sweat.
The internal qi was surging in his body, and he felt a little better.
The four walls of the road are mottled, there are water stains oozing out, and there are road marks on it, I don't know what left it, like paw prints, and like sword marks.
The road slanted downward, with a faint light in front of him, he walked cautiously, and he had not yet reached the end of more than ten zhang, and when he looked back, the road behind him was pitch black.
In the suddenness, there was only the dripping sound of water stains oozing from the four walls.
He walked cautiously, as if there was no end in sight.
After walking a few more feet, there was a sudden movement in the corridor.
"Woo......"
There was a whimpering sound in front of him, very short, and the sound echoed in the corridor, as if someone was whispering in his ear, and the cold breath went straight to his body.
Qu Tao felt a little chill down his spine, there must be something weird and terrifying ahead.
Carefully leaning against the wall and stopping, he hesitated for a while, but finally could not suppress his curiosity and decided to explore the way further.
I didn't go far, and there was a light in front of me, although it was still dim, it was much better than in the corridor.
It was a cave, dark and damp, but glowing with a blood-red glow, staining the place like a bloody hell. The red light came from some of the stones, and the stones were embedded in the stone walls.
The cave is not small, even bigger than the palace pavilion on the ground, and it looks very empty.
And in one of the corners, there is a shadow coiled there, as if it is integrated with the dark corner of the stone wall, if it is an ordinary warrior here, it will be difficult to find, but under Qu Tao's careful observation, the distance vision is to see it clearly.
The shadow of the dark corner of the stone wall shrouded the thing, but Qu Tao could already see from a distance that it was a human figure, lying on the ground, without any clothes on his body, and a chain around his neck, which was connected to the stone wall at the other end.
His body shook, and suddenly he realized that this thing was a little familiar.
Suddenly, the figure seemed to tremble, as if it felt the breath of Qu Tao.
"Living creatures?"
Qu Tao was startled and hurriedly held his breath.
The figure moved again, its prostrate body trembling slightly, its bowed head suddenly raised, and stood up facing him.
"Shhh
Qu Tao was shocked, he saw the face of the humanoid existence, it could no longer be called a face, the whole face seemed to have dissolved, the skin and flesh were condensed together, and the forest was white.
There were no eyeballs, only two deep dark black holes, and there were red blood stains flowing down from the eye sockets, which was extremely terrifying. And the slightly grinning mouth was cracked all the way to the root of the ear.
What made Qu Tao even more shocked and inexplicable was that there was a huge mouthpiece on the belly of this humanoid creature, as if it was about to split him in two.
Qu Tao could see the wriggling organs in the mouthparts, and even a section of intestines was out of it.
"Woo......"
The monster tilted its head slightly, and a short whimper came out of its cracked mouth, as if it were crying, and with its bloody tears, it was like the evil spirits of hell, mourning, wailing.
"It seems to bear some resemblance to the humanoid corpse in the Lunar Barrier. Qu Tao felt more and more familiar, there was not much difference between the two, and I didn't know if there was a connection.
At this time, the monster's body was short, and the body that had been standing shrank down, as if in fear, and its body was trembling slightly, hiding itself in the dark corner of the stone wall.
"It's afraid?"
Qu Tao was a little puzzled.
At this moment, a small sound suddenly sounded in the cave, like footsteps.
Listening to the wind has always been on, and he is sure that it is not a delusion.
Looking towards the source of the sound, a white shadow appeared on the other side of the cave.
It was a white wolf, standing on a large rock, looking at him condescendingly.
From a distance, the white wolf was seen by him, the snow-white wolf was as smooth as silk, handsome and extraordinary, and his eyes were full of spirituality, far away from him.
Qu Tao's expression changed, this white wolf was the one he had encountered when he was following those two people before, why did he appear here?
"Whew......"
The white wolf howled, and the sound echoed in the cave, but Qu Tao heard a slight sigh from the wolf's howl.
But the humanoid monster was shocked, and suddenly went crazy, pulling the chain behind him, and making a loud noise.
"Roar!"
The monster roared, its voice drowned out the howl of the white wolf, and it looked furious, completely devoid of the fear of Fang Cai.
Qu Tao withdrew back, guarding carefully, his eyes scanning back and forth between the two.
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