Volume 2 The Ancient City of Mojiang 0077 Potuo
At the moment when Zheng Xiaofeng and Cheng Ruxue saw the true face of the "evil ghost", both of them couldn't help but be taken aback, they invariably glanced at each other, trying to judge from each other's eyes whether they had mistaken the scene in front of them.
It turned out that this thing was not a demon at all, I saw that it looked like a man and a beast, and it was not a man or a beast, it had no ears, its face was dark and transparent, and even the organs in its skull could be faintly seen, and a strange smile hung on its face, and I didn't know if it was its expression, or if its face looked like this. This series of characteristics is so familiar to Zheng Xiaofeng and Cheng Ruxue, who escaped death together three years ago, isn't this the group of monsters they saw in Tarim Mountain back then, which can turn people into red skeletons?!
It's just that compared to the monsters at that time, this one's size is too huge, and it is covered with sarcomas, and its single combat ability is more than five times stronger, no wonder they didn't recognize it at first.
Zheng Xiaofeng shook his head, the qi and blood in his heart had gone down for eight or nine points, and the monster shook its head frantically, and Zheng Xiaofeng jumped off its body. Originally, several people were mentally prepared to continue fighting, but they didn't expect the monster to hesitate twice, turn around, and run away.
"! Is it so strong, brother? Dong Que said incredibly, "The evil ghosts have been beaten away by you, this is really 'ghosts are afraid of the wicked'...... Oh no, ghosts are afraid of heroes! ”
"Less nonsense, hurry up and get in the car, can't let it run!" Zheng Xiaofeng shouted, pulled his legs and ran to the car, and several other people reacted and followed. The monster ran all the way, Zheng Xiaofeng kicked the accelerator, and the car chased all the way.
Dong Que pondered in the back seat for a while, and suddenly said, "Brother, why do I suddenly think, where have I seen this thing?" ”
Zheng Xiaofeng only cared about driving and didn't speak, Cheng Ruxue asked him in the co-pilot: "Have you seen this thing too?" ”
Dong Que thought for a while, and then said: "I remember, I mentioned it in my "Hundred Ghosts Night Walking Urn", this kind of thing is called "Potuo", which is a kind of monster unique to the ancient country of Pozi. According to the book, Potuo resembles a human in appearance, has transparent skin, can see its viscera, has a certain human intelligence, likes to lie in the day and come out at night, and uses the skin of a human or animal as a nest. When the nest is not scarce, they will release a substance called 'Potuo Blood Poison' when they bite and attack, which is actually a Gu worm-like thing, and the flesh of the person infected by it will quickly festered and melt, and the bones will also take on a blood-red color under the parasitism of the Gu worm, becoming another monster called 'Blood Skull'. The Blood Skull's behavior is controlled by Poda, and the two are like the relationship between a vicious dog and its owner. I didn't recognize it at first, but I realized it after Lao Zheng knocked out the sarcoma on his face just now, but this guy's body shape is too much worse than the one described in the book, and the sarcoma on his body is also ......"
Cheng Ruxue thought to herself for a while, and then speculated: "I heard before that someone once found a radioactive mining area in this desert, maybe it became what it is now after being affected by radiation. ”
Dong Que suddenly realized, nodded, and felt that what Cheng Ruxue said made sense.
Cheng Ruxue couldn't help but sigh secretly.
In fact, with her cleverness, she should have thought of these things a long time ago, the connection between this "evil ghost" and Potuo was actually obvious long ago - the ancient country of Pozi, this is the only connection between here and Tarim Mountain, and she had also heard from Bai Qianyu's mouth, and there were similar haunted rumors circulating in Tarim Mountain and Aiyi Village. Cheng Ruxue thought to herself, it seems that after three years of comfortable life, her brain is no longer as bright as it used to be, and she doesn't know if this is a good thing.
But she soon realized another problem.
"Since you said that it is a monster unique to the ancient country of Poz, is it possible that as long as we follow it all the time, we can find the ancient country of Poz?" Cheng Ruxue asked.
Dong Que and Ani were both stunned, this was indeed something that the two of them had never expected, Dong Que stumbled and said, "Theoretically...... That's the thing, but ...... Don't you? So are we still chasing it? The book says that Potuo is a social animal, and the ancient country of Pozi may be their lair, so let's chase it over, isn't it just to send them to death? ”
At this time, Zheng Xiaofeng suddenly asked faintly: "Are you afraid again?" ”
Dong Que said "tsk": "Nonsense, can I not be afraid?" I'm just a normal person. ”
Zheng Xiaofeng said: "Looking at your performance just now, you seem to be quite majestic." ”
Of course, Dong Que could hear that Zheng Xiaofeng was mocking, originally, he thought that he had learned to palm the thunder, and with the blessing of the formation and the special magic weapon "Qiankun Ruyi Sword" (that is, the thunder sword) for the big disciples of any sect, he already had the ability to compete with ghosts, but after tonight's battle, he also understood that his Taoism was still too far behind, so that the life-saving gene in his nature naturally came into being.
"Lao Zheng, if you want me to say forget it, the four of us are just your tank is developing quite well, my mage skills are not yet full, and those two auxiliaries are still developing, at our level, it will be very difficult to clear this copy of the Pozi Ancient Kingdom, why don't we go back to the village first, and everyone will think about it in the long run?"
Dong Que had to say, and saw Zheng Xiaofeng glancing at him with disdain from the rearview mirror: "Have you forgotten how you promised the villagers before leaving?" ”
Dong Que opened his mouth, suddenly speechless, turned his head to look at Aini, and was even more speechless, although Aini hadn't said anything yet, but it could be seen from his eyes that he actually hoped that this trip could completely solve this monster.
"Hey, okay, okay! Then let's chase it for a while, and then we'll see the situation. Dong Que had no choice but to raise his hand and said stubbornly.
Everyone was unanimous, and no one spoke. Zheng Xiaofeng stepped on the accelerator in no hurry, and just followed behind Na Potuo from a distance. Aini said that the monster's escape route was along the ancient river channel, and it seemed that its final destination was really Poz.
At this time, Cheng Ruxue took a first-aid kit from the back seat, took out the medicine and gauze from it, Zheng Xiaofeng glanced at it and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”
"You're hurt, I'm going to bandage you."
"Take things away, I don't need them."
Cheng Ruxue took a deep breath and said, "You are bleeding, and you must treat the wound." Zheng Xiaofeng glanced at her impatiently and said, "I'll deal with it myself later, I don't need you to come." ”
Cheng Ruxue ignored it, cut the gauze by herself, and was about to pull up Zheng Xiaofeng's cuffs, but Zheng Xiaofeng suddenly pushed Cheng Ruxue's hand away as if she had been electrocuted, and said very excitedly: "Are you annoyed?!" How many times am I going to tell you, I don't need you! ”
This sudden roar startled both Dong Quede and Aini, and the two of them didn't even dare to speak, silently holding their breath. Cheng Ruxue was stunned for a long time, her eyes flickered unconsciously, and after a long time, she lowered her head and began to stare at her hands silently.
Zheng Xiaofeng subconsciously glanced at it, and suddenly saw that Cheng Ruxue's hand was bright red, and he suddenly realized that when he pushed Cheng Ruxue away, he happened to poke the scissors into her hand.
Zheng Xiaofeng's gaze fluttered for a moment, his expression seemed to be a little dazed, and the accelerator under his feet unconsciously loosened, almost losing Na Po Tuo. Cheng Ruxue has always been like this, she doesn't speak, she doesn't stop blood, and her expression is surprisingly light.
After more than ten seconds, Zheng Xiaofeng couldn't help but speak after all, maybe in his feeling, more than ten minutes had passed: "I'm driving, I can't spare my hand, so you should come." ”
When he said this, his tone was very stiff, his tongue seemed to be knotted, and even he didn't know why he reacted like this.
A faint smile appeared on Cheng Ruxue's face, and she re-arranged the gauze and rolled up Zheng Xiaofeng's sleeves little by little. Her movements were very light, her slender fingers slid gently over her skin, and Zheng Xiaofeng barely felt any pain except for the moment when the medicine touched the wound. She treated every wound on Zheng Xiaofeng's body little by little, extremely carefully, and half an hour had passed, you know, this is in the car, how difficult it is to complete such a job.
Zheng Xiaofeng was surprisingly quiet from beginning to end, letting Cheng Ruxue fiddle with herself, Dong Quede and Aini were a little surprised, in their impressions, this seemed to be the first time Zheng Xiaofeng was so well-behaved, just like a tiger suddenly turned into a kitten.
It wasn't until all the work was completed that Cheng Ruxue turned around and simply dealt with the injury on her hand. Zheng Xiaofeng let out a sigh of relief, pretending to stare at the steering wheel, and didn't dare to look at Cheng Ruxue from beginning to end.
The atmosphere was a little weird, and the car was quiet again.
The pursuit lasted much longer than expected, and in the middle of the night, a flat-headed mountain appeared in the sky, and Napotuo quickened his pace and slipped through a huge crack at the foot of the mountain.
Dong Que hurriedly said: "That's right, that's right!" The book says that the predecessor of the Arbitrary Gate is the ancient kingdom of Pozi found in a flat-headed valley! ”
Zheng Xiaofeng also sped up the throttle when he heard this, and went straight to the Pingtou Mountain and drove over, Dong Que suddenly panicked, and asked: "Brother Wo, don't you just go in, right?" Maybe this is Potuowo, let's at least make preparations first? ”
Zheng Xiaofeng said: "What if this mountain is not? Once we stop, it's like we're lost, and if things don't go right and we get out, can they stop the car? ”
Dong Que had to give up when he heard this, and the car immediately escaped into the cracks.