"Several of them are distinguished guests of the village. Allow us to invite a few of us to the village evening ceremony with enthusiasm. It also makes our village full of landlord friendship. ”

Next to several adjacent courtyards, there lived, including the man's family, and several families were also tourists who came here.

"What is the ceremony? What are the traditional activities? ”

"That's right, it's a tradition in our village. Every month at the full moon, the inhabitants of the village gather for a traditional ritual to thank the village gods for their life and food. ”

The one who came to invite everyone should be the head of the village or other people in charge.

He doesn't look very old, he is about a middle-aged man in his early thirties and a sturdy body.

Wearing a gray cotton jacket, cotton pants, and a pair of old cloth shoes, he is a little out of place with the middle-aged man himself.

Other tourists living in a nearby household were also a little curious about the traditional activities that the middle-aged man talked about.

The man stared at the middle-aged man again, and quietly hugged the seven or eight-year-old child who was still playing with toys next to him.

"The people of the village believe that it is the gods who have given us life, given us eternal life. Believe that the gods are the source of all life and the creator of all things. ”

There was some fanaticism in the middle-aged man's eyes, but it quickly faded away, and he just smiled on his face, as if he was introducing the traditional activities of the village to the visitors.

"So at this time of the month, the village holds traditional ceremonies together, and also gathers together. At this time, when there are guests in the village, guests are also invited to participate in the event. ”

"Once a month, then your village is quite lively."

The woman next to her listened to the middle-aged man's words and couldn't help but say something.

But I just thought it was a traditional activity in this village to fool tourists into spending money.

When the middle-aged man heard this, his face also showed some embarrassment and a little embarrassment, as if he had been recognized.

“…… If you are interested, please join us...... You are all guests who have come to our village. ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly said a few more words, lowered his head, and prepared to leave.

"Where is it? At night? ”

The tourists next to them still showed some curious looks, and they wanted to see even the traditional activities that greeted them.

"It's in the square in the middle of the village, and it's all laid out. You must come here at night...... In the evening, the rest of the village does not cook, and dinner can only be eaten at events. ”

The middle-aged man smiled and greeted again,

The other tourists next to him were still curious, looking at each other, and some people responded.

The man hugged his child and kept looking at the middle-aged man without making a sound.

It wasn't until he saw the middle-aged man move his feet and leave a little bit with his waist down that he turned his head again and looked at his wife.

“…… What to do? ”

The wife asked the man in a low voice with a somewhat stern and solemn expression.

She's also taken potions, and now her surroundings make her feel uncomfortable with her high inspiration.

"Just go straight to ...... Don't wait until the evening. Our car was parked at the entrance of the village, and it will go now. ”

The man paused and said decisively.

"Good...... It just so happened that our luggage had not been unpacked. ”

The wife did not hesitate for a moment, turned around and went to pick up the suitcase that was still in the hall next to it.

"Let's go."

Seeing his wife take the luggage, the man directly picked up his child, held it in his arms, and walked directly towards the entrance of the village.

I turned into the village from the car, and after stopping, I was greeted warmly by the village.

The man and his wife gradually sensed that something was wrong.

This kind of wrongness reached its peak from the time when the middle-aged man mentioned the ritual of the night, the gods, and the creator.

The man and his wife, who have experienced a lot of things, feel their eyelids and hearts skip a beat when they hear these words.

There is a strong sense of trepidation and uneasiness that is constantly urging them to stay away from here.

If it were any other time, the two of them, with their ability to take potions many times, might have found out, at least to explore.

But now, their half-grown children are also following, and they just want to get out of here as quickly as possible, without a moment's delay, and as fast as possible.

"Daddy...... What's wrong? ”

The child who was picked up from the ground was still a little ignorant at first.

But I gradually felt the nervousness of my parents, and I became a little nervous.

“…… It's okay, it's okay...... You close your eyes, sleep in Daddy's arms, and when you wake up, we'll go to the fun place. ”

The man touched his child's hair, rested the child's head on his shoulder, and whispered comfort.

The wife next to her also reached out to hold her child's palm and gently patted the child's back.

The child looked at his parents with such a stern and nervous appearance, and was even more nervous, but he still followed his father's and mother's reassuring voices, and gradually closed his eyes again.

The man took his children in his arms and his wife with him, and his pace quickened.

At the same time, he looked at the situation in the village.

The village is a paved road with stones, and I don't know where the cobblestones came from, paved on the original dirt road.

On both sides of the road, the yard of the houses in the village on one side is green bricks and green tiles, with some moss, some dead leaves, and noon cooking smoke.

The shade is mottled, and the branches and leaves are swaying.

On the other side, it was noon, and there were still some clouds and mist in the mountains.

The mountains are undulating and the green of the plants spreads to the sky, and it is said that there is an ancient temple of green lanterns on the other side of the mountain.

Looking ahead, there is also a small meandering river at the mouth of the village, and there is an ancient stone bridge over the river.

On the whole, this is a peaceful and peaceful mountain village with pleasant scenery.

Otherwise, the man will also drive down the main road next to it.

But...... After entering the village, it began to feel a little weird.

At this moment, the figures of the villagers can still be seen on both sides of the road, some are sweeping the yard, and some are washing clothes by the ditch with a basin.

Just looking around, this is obviously a mountain village, but I can't see the old people who should be the most.

The whole village was full of young people, at most the middle-aged man who had just come to greet him for the ceremony, who was in his early thirties.

But on the contrary, the 'young people' in these villages are all wearing old people's jackets and old man-style clothes.

On top of the behavior, it reveals an old state.

Obviously the body is strong and powerful, but he is waist-bending and faltering.

The people sweeping the yard, bent over, holding a long broom, moved very slowly.

The young woman with her head bowed and pounding her clothes, from time to time she had to support her hands and rub her waist.

Some of the villagers walking on the village road are the same, walking slowly.

The people in the village are like rotten bones in the skin of a young man.

"Huh...... Where are you going? ”

Just as the man took his wife and children and hurried out of the village,

Suddenly, next to the roadside, a family of tourists who were also tourists saw the man's family and greeted him with some curiosity.

Hearing this, the man turned his head and glanced at the man, and then his feet did not stop at all, but faster.

Both he and his wife had taken potions.

The physical fitness is far beyond ordinary people,

Holding his child, he rushed forward quickly, and his wife followed closely.

The tourists who saw it next to them were a little confused and confused, and some didn't understand what was going on.

“…… Eh, guest, where are you going, noon is about to pass, and it's time for the evening ceremony, and you'll leave after you have participated. ”

The young woman, who was washing her clothes, bent over, stood up from the edge of the ditch, her hands on her waist, her young face smiling, and awkwardly squeezing out many folds,

Greeting the man's family with a smile.

“…… Eh...... Guest...... Time to eat...... Where are you going......"

There were people from the village in the courtyard who stayed, and people on the side of the road reached out and grabbed the man's family.

However, the man who cares about the safety of his children does not love to fight at all.

took his children and his wife directly and ran out of the village,

Got to the place where you parked your own car.

With the car keys in hand, open the car door one by one.

The wife also followed without the slightest hesitation and took the child that the man was holding.

Got into the co-pilot.

It's just that the man plugged in the key and started the car, but he didn't start the car twice in a row.

"Made......

The man glanced at the fuel gauge, and remembered very well that the fuel tank, which was still full, was now empty.

Without a little hesitation, the man with considerable combat experience turned his head directly,

At the same time, the ability on the body was used.

I saw a middle-aged man in a village outside the car window, bent over,

He was standing next to the car with a smile on his face, looking at the man in the car.

"Guest...... Stay...... God will give you gifts...... will give you life......"

"Made......

"Steal Wen!"

The man scolded again, using his own ability, and instantly deprived the middle-aged man in old man's clothes of the temperature.

The face of the middle-aged man, who was still smiling, froze as if covered with frost, and the smile froze on his face with his entire body.

However, immediately after, the middle-aged man's body that had lost its temperature, the skin and flesh that originally looked normal grew irregularly and unscrupulously.

The middle-aged man's body quickly became distorted.

But, the man moves faster.

got out of the car and kicked on the middle-aged man who had lost his body temperature and life.

The middle-aged man was suddenly like a broken block of ice, pieces of frozen flesh and blood, shattered to the ground.

"Come down. Go straight away. ”

The man lowered his head and looked at the bottom of the car, looking at the oil that had not yet been completely immersed in the mud.

Without the slightest hesitation, he said directly to his wife.

The wife did not stop, and got out of the car with the child in her arms.

The two did not delay in place any longer, with the child driving their own ability, with their vigorous bodies,

Running at a speed far beyond the average human in the direction away from the outside of the village.

“…… Eh...... Guests, guests...... Where are you going? ”

"Guest...... You're back...... The Lord will bless you...... God will bless you. ”

Behind the two of them, I don't know how many village residents poured out of various houses.

Just as the two of them saw before, all the figures that poured out were young people,

It's just that the movements and postures are like old age.

With a shout, he approached the entrance of the village at a strange twisted and rapid speed.

But...... Even though these people are a little weird.

But the two of them, who had taken potions many times, still quickly distanced themselves from the inhabitants of the village.

Until, completely separated from the village.

Some strange residents of the village did not catch up.

“…… Mommy ......"

The child reopened his eyes in nervousness and looked at his parents.

"It's okay, it's just a nightmare. Let's sleep for a while, it'll be fine for a while."

The woman lowered her head and gently comforted the child.

The child quickly closed his eyes again with heavy eyelids at the woman's voice.

“…… What should I do about the situation in that village just now? ”

Having returned to the main path, the woman looked back, and then at her husband.

The man also looked back, paused, and then looked at the child in his wife's arms,

"Tell the Bureau of Divergence and see what they do."

"How do you notify?"

The woman looked at her husband.

The man looked up and looked at his wife.

……

"Outside the city of Nanming, I encountered a strange mountain village, and there was not a single old man in the village, all of whom were young people in their thirties...... But the behavior of these young people is more in line with the behavior of the elderly, the elderly. ”

"At the same time, there is a strange ritual in the village, about the gods they believe in, related to life, which may have something to do with it."

A post about the situation in that strange mountain village appeared on the Apocalypse trading platform.

Almost as soon as it appeared, it was noticed by the investigators of the Bureau of Abnormal Investigation who had been following the situation on the Apocalypse trading platform for a long time.

As a result, the news went to Lao Chen and other senior investigators.

“…… Inform the reptile of the latest situation shared by the Apocalypse organization. ”

"Let him do some investigation into this matter...... Rejuvenate ...... Extended life. These people also dare to think. ”

Inside, Lao Chen looked up from the specific cell phone that kept in touch with Shen Qi.

Said to the investigator next to him,

"Yes...... Tatsu Investigator. ”

"As you get older, you always want to live two more years, and the richer you live, the better, the more you think. Understand. ”

Yinhu next to him said with a smile on his face, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"Like us, as soon as the age comes, we will immediately lie down in the coffin, and die cleanly and safely, so let me lie in the coffin."

"It's not like you're dying and you're not going to be clean, and you're going to be a monster."

“…… It's crazy to want to live. ”

Lao Chen also scolded, and after scolding, he was a little worried.

"Let Nanming City also pay attention to it, someone found something similar just now, and it may have something to do with the 'Fountain of Youth'......"

"Those who seek death will live in peace when they die...... I'm afraid that the cheers of these people will bring another 'god' closer and closer to our world. ”

Yinhu raised his head, followed and said, and then took Lao Chen's words again,

"It should have something to do with the Fountain of Youth...... Previously, the 'Fountain of Youth' transaction that appeared on the Divine Revelation Platform also came from Nanming City. The unitary investigator has already brought someone over to check. ”

"Hmm."

Lao Chen answered again, and then looked at the communication record with the Divine Revelation Organization that was still maintained on his phone.

……

"This is the Fountain of Youth. Remember to get the money to our account as soon as possible. ”

Nanming City, a luxury intensive care ward of a hospital.

The person who came was dressed in a formal suit, and a white coat was approved outside, and his face was so ordinary that he couldn't seem to see it when he threw it into the crowd.

Quietly, after entering this ward, he put the glass container in his hand and put aside the bed in the ward.

I saw a middle-aged man who got up at once.

“…… Can you do it less, the price you want ......?"

The middle-aged man bent his waist and stretched out his hand to catch the glass bottle in a panic,

With a slight tremor in his hand, he lifted the sieve of the glass bottle and swallowed something resembling blood into his mouth in a few gulps.

Then he let out a long breath, took the empty glass bottle in his hand, looked at the visitor, and asked hesitantly,

"A little less...... Hehe, why do you think we don't take your money first and then give you things...... You know? ”

"Can you figure it out? We are not afraid that you will not give ...... If you don't want to exchange that money for your life, I won't be here next time. ”

“…… Excuse me. I'm painted in the lake. ”

"You're a lake, you're in your nineties, look at what you look like now, where do you look like you're ninety? Can't afford this money? ”

"Yes...... Be...... It's just that recently I've felt a little weird...... I ......"

The middle-aged man lowered his head and hurriedly responded, then reached out and lifted the loose clothes he was wearing, revealing his abdomen under the clothes.