"Climb over the mountain in front of you and you're there!"

Xiao Yulian sat in the co-pilot, looking at the rolling green hills outside the window and couldn't help but say excitedly.

"How are you living there?" Ren Yi asked as he drove.

"Very good, we produce well salt, and we are quite rich. We also have a lot of vacant land where they can build their own houses. Rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water to eat the water, and you can't go hungry. Young, strong men can also come out with us to make deliveries. Although you can't get rich, it's okay to live. ”

Ren Yi nodded, "That's good." Now in these years, I am very happy to have a full meal. ”

In the back cars, Sister Liu and Sister-in-law Yu spread out their cloth bags and took out the grain they bought on the road to pick and choose.

"This is what I brought from home, look at it, it's all buggy......"

Sister-in-law Yu touched it, "Really, I bought a new one anyway, so I lost it." ”

"They've already started researching grain seeds." Ren Yi listened to the voice coming from the car intercom.

Xiao Yulian asked, "Aren't you with them?" ”

Ren Yi shook his head, "People who wander are like rootless water." I can't stay anywhere. ”

Ren Yi turned, and the mountain road ahead flowed like a cloud on the windshield, covered with greenery.

"Hey! Stop! ”

Suddenly, a figure beckoned on the side of the road.

Ren Yi stepped on the brakes.

"Brother, let's make it easier!" The man trotted all the way to Ren Yi's car window, patted the window and smiled, "We are scavengers, and it is too late to go ahead to trade with others......

Ren Yi was stunned, that person's face was unusually familiar!

Square chin, hooked nose, dark skin...... Isn't this the Jiang Zhai master last night!

Ren Yi's cold sweat came down in an instant, how could he be here?

And...... It's like not knowing Ren Yi!

"It's a living corpse." Xiao Yulian glanced at him nervously, and whispered beside him, "There is no cut on the right side of his face, it was scratched by me, I remember it clearly." ”

Oh my God, even he is ......

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Ren Yi's back.

Before he could react, Ren Yi stepped on the accelerator hard, and the car popped out!

"Hey!" The man who was exactly the same as the owner of Jiang Zhai froze in place, gradually shrinking in the rear window.

"Hey, hey!"

Wu Sihai's car drove by closely, and suddenly, the figure who was thrown off screamed and ran after him!

Whew—

There was a noise on the hillside of the road, and several people immediately came out!

Ren Yi glanced at it, their faces were extremely familiar, and they had all seen them last night! So many living corpses......

They rushed down the hill and immediately chased after the car.

Ren Yi glanced in the rearview mirror, his brows furrowed.

"What's going on!" Wu Sihai, who was driving behind, shouted, "Why did someone suddenly catch up!" ”

There was a lot of noise, and shouting was coming from the car window.

"You drive, I'll take care of it." Xiao Yulian said.

She immediately lowered the window and leaned out of the window, the bowstring full!

Whoosh –

The feather arrow shook and sank deep into the chest of the chasing village master, and he was shaken to the ground by the huge impact.

"Uh......" his blood-blurred lips quivered, and several cars roared by, and no one heard what he said.

"Whew...... Finally got rid of it. Xiao Yulian breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in the driver's seat, "It's so terrifying, he didn't even realize that he was a living corpse." I don't know how to tell the difference......"

The convoy turned this corner, and a wooden building appeared in the distance surrounded by mountain passes, which was very conspicuous between the blue sky and the green mountains.

"That's it!" Xiao Yulian couldn't help but burst into tears on the side.

The dart master in the back car saw the long-lost home, and tears appeared on his dark face.

"Finally back......"

"I thought I'd never see my parents again."

"My son is still waiting for me!"

At this moment, Ren Yi's voice spread through the intercom to every car: "Rest here at noon." ”

Lao Yu and the others said strangely, "Hey? Coming soon, huh? ”

The convoy came to a slow halt.

"What's wrong?" Ren Yi's jeep slowly stopped, Xiao Yulian looked at Ren Yi, and her face gradually became solemn.

Ren Yi said: "Miss Xiao, take a step to speak." ”

Everyone didn't know what was going on and looked at each other.

Xiao Yulian nodded and followed Ren Yi's footsteps.

The two walked away from the convoy and stood behind a rocky mountain.

"Miss Xiao," Ren Yi turned to face her, "Do you remember what year you came out?" ”

Xiao Yulian's face was puzzled for a moment, "What do you mean......"

Ren Yi said, "It's going to be 200 years soon." ”

Xiao Yulian turned to the side a little irritably, "What are you talking to me about this?" ”

"I've been wondering why Lao Yu and the others are trapped in the bamboo forest. Could it be because of the gunshots? ”

"Isn't it?" Xiao Yulian said, "The problem has been solved, there is no need to dwell on it anymore." ”

"It's not." Ren Yi shook his head, "That was my miscalculation." If what the owner of Jiang Zhai said last night is true, it can be seen that the gunfire is not the source of attracting living corpses at all. ”

"There is only one reason that attracts living corpses, and that is that Wu Sihai is a 'fresh' person who has not been assimilated by the Adventists."

"Because I have 'sacrificed' to their descendants, the bamboo forest and the living corpses have tacitly acquiesced to me as 'their own' and turned a blind eye to me."

"But as you said, you also came out of the bamboo forest in order to take a shortcut. So, why are you able to pass through? ”

"Normally, you would also be trapped in the bamboo forest until you become a living corpse. If you don't assimilate, you can't let it out. ”

Xiao Yulian took two steps back, and her face began to turn pale.

"I always thought that living corpses were inseparable from the bamboo forest and had no autonomous consciousness, but according to the situation of Wang Xiaoshun and Jiang Zhai, it was not the case."

"There is only one reason why a person becomes a living corpse, and that is death. The first time they are resurrected after death, they do not remember their death, and the memory is still continuous. Their clones are the ones that have no memory. ”

Ren Yi looked at her and said, "Your name is 'Xiao Yulian', which doesn't look like a young man's name." ”

"Your guns are also very old-fashioned, I didn't take it seriously, because after all, this place is closed, and it is normal for the black market to circulate obsolete systems."

"Your clothes are also very old-fashioned, and I don't take it seriously, thinking that this is some local specialty."

Xiao Yulian didn't say a word, her expression confused.

Ren Yi continued: "I have long wondered why you are running goods on foot, why don't you drive. ”

"Later, I saw that your brothers had horsewhips on their waists and spurs on their shoes, so you have a means of transportation. Not by car, but by horseback. ”

"But where have your horses gone? That's because, many years have passed, and the horse has long since died. ”

"You must have tied your horses to the outside of the bamboo forest and entered the bamboo forest alone. It may be for hunting, or it is possible that you have seen a suspicious figure. ”

"But you never came out again."

"Actually, you've long been puppets. It's just that I don't realize it, and I still retain the thinking of my life. ”

"Now you are just a replica born from the bamboo forest."

Xiao Yulian's expression gradually became desperate.

"That's ...... so"

"It turns out that we are long dead......" she covered her face in pain.

"I'm still wishful thinking about going home, it's impossible."

"It was your words that reminded me." Ren Yi said, "Indeed, it's too difficult to tell. After all, even they don't know that they are dead. ”

"I was suspicious just now, and when I think back to many traces, I found that something was wrong."

"First of all, you have lived in the southwest mountains for many years, and you must know the root system of bamboo. But you told me that what was in the body of a living corpse was mycelium. ”

"But last night, the owner of the village recognized it at a glance."

"It should take him a short time to become a living corpse, but you've been around for decades. Your subconscious has long felt that something is wrong, but you can't accept it, so you have been avoiding the truth. ”

"And last night's old wine, which wasn't so old when you bought it at the market. Rather, decades have passed, and the wine has naturally become an aged wine. ”

"We wanted to go home so much, but we waited for such a result......" Xiao Yulian covered her face and cried.

After a long time, the tears on her face gradually dried.

Xiao Yulian forcefully took off a silver bracelet wrapped with red thread from her wrist and handed it to Ren Yi: "You give this to my husband, just say that I died on the road." ”

She gritted her teeth, looked at the outline of the village in the distance with red eyes, and said, "Don't worry, everyone. As the owner of the village, I will never bring pollution back to the village. ”

"I'll take care of the matter, and I won't cause you any trouble!"