Chang An carefully moved one corpse after another, until he moved away from the corpse at the bottom, he saw the scene of retreat again, the muddy ground was glowing red, exuding a heavy bloody atmosphere, which looked more fertile than the piece under the third uncle just now.

He carefully searched the corpses again, except for the corpse above, which still had intact organs, the others seemed to have been hollowed out by someone, and from the outside, it looked like a layer of human skin wrapped in bones, and it had become a dried corpse.

What surprised Chang An the most was that those corpses were covered in their bodies, and they couldn't find a single wound, it seemed that those organs, blood, had left the body out of thin air.

"Woo woo woo ......"

Just when Chang An was shocked by all this in front of him, a faint child's cry reached his ears from not far away.

He looked around for the source of the cry, and then he walked slowly towards the place where the cry sounded, and then he saw a group of children hiding in the bushes not far from the entrance of the village, the children with frightened faces and covered in mud, the same children who had fled in all directions last night.

Chang An walked over, smiled softly at them, and said softly

"Children, don't be afraid, go with your brother."

The eldest of them looked like he was six or seven years old, the child looked dark and strong, but his face was full of horror, and his body was trembling, Chang An seemed to have heard what he had just said, and he looked at the corpses in front of him with terrifying eyes, without saying a word.

Chang An thought at first that they were just frightened by last night's scene, so they looked like this, and wanted to continue to appease them at the moment.

Unexpectedly, one of them was a three-year-old child, but suddenly said to Chang An

"Brother, the soil moves."

Chang An turned his head abruptly and looked behind him, but found nothing.

Chang An was puzzled and asked

:="What do you mean. ”

The three-year-old said again

"At night, there will be movement."

The child pointed to the dirt at the entrance of the village, where the body was stored.

Chang'an's complexion changed abruptly

"Tell my brother what you saw."

He looked at the group of children seriously and asked seriously.

The eldest child turned his head mechanically, still looking terrified, and muttered

"I see that the land is eating people."

The soil is eating people, Chang An repeatedly silently recited these four words, he suddenly thought of something, and said to the children

"Hide here, whatever you see or hear, don't come out, and don't run around."

The children nodded earnestly.

Chang An walked to the damp mud again, his face became solemn, silently staring at the dark red mud, he had a crazy idea in his heart, he felt that his previous guess might be wrong, but he still had to confirm it himself.

He left the entrance of the village, found a shovel in the village, and with a gentle breath, he began to dig into the muddy ground, and when he dug the first spade, he could see the bright red blood flowing slowly between the cracks in the dirt, and sure enough, his suspicion was further confirmed.

He continued to dig down, and the more he dug down, the deeper the surface of the dirt began to become lighter, and the deeper and deeper, until he dug two feet deep, and dug the last spade, but he felt the shovel inserted into the soil, and after inserting it a little more, there was no resistance, and he felt a hollow underneath.

He knew it was coming.

He removed the shovel, and a hollow black hole appeared in front of his eyes.

Although the color of the soil here is already very light, there is still a little bit of bright red blood dripping down the hole of the cave.

"Tick, tick."

At this time, the truth of this village was finally fully displayed in front of Chang'an's eyes.

Although the hole was dark, even after being dug up by Chang'an, it still looked very dim under the direct rays of the noon sun at this time.

Chang An stared at the hole dumbfounded, the scene in front of him made his guess completely come true, dense black eggs covered the entire hole, Chang An looked at it, the hole was boundless, and he couldn't see the head or tail, but in such a huge hole, the black eggs had occupied all the space.

Blood dripped from the hole and landed on an egg, and the egg trembled with joy, and the blood was easily absorbed, leaving only a red mark.

Chang An was in a cold sweat, what he was most worried about was that this was not a hole at all, but a dungeon.

At this time, they were standing on top of an underground city that covered the entire plain along the river.

This city is a huge hatching pool, and all the creatures living above this hatching pool are the nourishment of this hatching pool!

Chang An finally understood at this moment, how could anyone be manipulating these Gu worms, everything was arranged thousands of years ago, people raised insects, insects killed people, after thousands of years of evolution, it has already become a natural ecological chain here.

Chang An looked at the dripping blood, and was frightened, such a slow eating, it is impossible to quickly give birth to a large number of adult Gu worms, of course, the people who lay out the layout do not need the Gu worms to grow quickly, hundreds of Gu worms are enough to kill all the adults in these two villages, this is probably deliberately controlling the growth rate of the Gu worms.

He remembered another thing that puzzled him when he first came to the banks of the Chijiang River, why there were only two villages on the huge plain, how could people prosper in such a place.

The bubbling blood wasn't fully fed to the Gu worms, most of it had gone elsewhere, he muttered to himself

"Bugs are killers, people are nutrition, and cultivating bugs only requires a small amount of nutrients, so where does most of the nutrition go."

Chang An suddenly recalled the story told by the old village chief last night.

After all this, Chang An figured out the strange phenomena in the old village chief's narrative, back then, those villagers were controlled by Gu worms and went to the bank of the Chijiang River, and they all died there, because the nutrients were quickly drained, so the old village chief's father and mother quickly turned into dry corpses.

Wait, Chang An suddenly thought, why go to the river?

Chang An remembered Shi Meng, who died on the first night, and he quickly ran to the place where Shi Meng's body was dumped that night.

Empty!

There was nothing on the shore, just one day later, Shi Meng's body disappeared out of thin air, and Chang'an looked for an hour along the coast, and found that Shi Meng's body did not leave any traces here.

The sacrifice of the Demon King.

At this time, these five big words clearly flashed in Chang An's mind.

Yes, although the legend is made up, the stories in the legend are not necessarily false.

Chang An stared at the surging Chijiang River and muttered

"Is it a sacrifice for you?"

……

By the time Chang An returned to the hospital, it was already evening.

Yang Bai saw Chang An come back, ran into the kitchen and brought a hot meal, and said

"Chang Gongzi, you're hungry, I left you a meal."

Chang An took the meal and said with a smile

"Thank you."

Shi Kuang felt that Chang An's mood was a little low and asked

"Brother Chang, did something happen?"

Chang An said

"It's okay, I just found the group of kids who ran away last night."

Shi Kuang looked outside the courtyard and said

"Then why didn't you see those kids?"

Chang An said

"I put them by the river, it's going to be dangerous tonight."

He said to Yang Bai again

"Miss Yang, please make more food later, I'll send it to them."

Yang Bai smiled and nodded

"Oh, okay."

Shi Kuang looked at Chang An worriedly and asked

"Brother Chang, how sure are you tonight?"

Chang An said

"Nope."

Shi Kuang smiled bitterly and sighed,

Yang Bai sat beside Shi Kuang gently, held Shi Kuang's hand, and said softly

"Brother Shi, whether it's life or death, we won't be separated."

Shi Kuang felt the temperature of Yang Bai's palm, and his frustration suddenly disappeared, and he laughed innocently.

"Yes, we're going to die, and we're going to die together."

The two looked at each other for a long time, and for a moment, it seemed as if there were only two people left between heaven and earth, and they looked at each other with resolute and gentle gazes, as if other things were not so important.

Chang An looked at them, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously smiled.

"They're so nice."

Chang Sheng, who was holding firewood, stood beside Chang An, at this time she was already discouraged, she moved firewood from all over the village for a day, and at this time the yard was full of hills, Chang An wiped the sweat beads on Chang Sheng's forehead and said softly

"That's enough, three taels, you can rest for a while."

Chang Sheng smiled and nodded, then yawned, Chang An helped her to the wall and said

"Let's get some sleep."

Chang Sheng looked at Chang An in a daze until his eyes were completely closed.

Chang An saw that Chang Sheng was asleep, so he got up and picked up a handful of firewood and walked outside the courtyard.

Seeing this, Shi Kuang asked

"What is this for?"

Chang An said

"You have to be prepared outside, just in case."

At night, the moon hangs high, and the stars scattered in the night sky dot the dark night sky, leaving a faint light on the dim earth.

Even so, unpleasant dark clouds will always quietly obscure the stars and moons, temporarily taking away the only light on the earth.

Shi Kuang looked at the dark clouds that covered the moon, sighed slightly, and after a while, the dark clouds that covered the moon still did not leave, but in Shi Kuang's sight, the shadows became bigger and bigger.

No, Shi Kuang was shocked for a while, it wasn't a dark cloud.

The sound of insects is heard again!

It's them who come.

"Here we are."

"Here we are."

"It's coming!"

Shi Kuang shouted.

Chang An came to Shi Kuang's side gently, and at this time, Shi Kuang and Yang Bai were sitting next to the high firewood pile, waiting for the battle.

Hundreds of black Gu worms formed a net that obscured the starlight and pounced on Chang An and the others.

"Ignition."

Chang An said.

I saw Shi Kuang and the three of them each pick up a piece of firewood and put it on the fire that had been prepared for a long time to ignite it, and several people held fire sticks and waved them into the air.

The insect swarm was dispersed by the fire sticks, but it became more dispersed, and they changed from a net to a circle, surrounding Chang An and the others.

A bug broke through the fire stick of the three of them, and silently, rushed towards Yang Bai, and the three of them didn't notice it at all, just as it was about to land on the back of Yang Bai's neck.

A sword light suddenly came.

Chang An slashed it in two with a sword.

"That's not going to work."

Shi Kuang said urgently.

Chang An looked at these insects coldly and said

"Put all the firewood in a circle."

When the three of them heard this, they quickly picked up the root firewood, formed a large circle around it, and then poured oil on it and lit the firewood.

In this way, the swarm was temporarily kept out of the ring of fire.

The four of them sat in the ring of fire, looking embarrassed, Shi Kuang said

"There's still a lot of firewood, but it's always gone."

Chang An stood up and said

"Stay in the fire, and I'll go and get them away."

Chang Sheng said loudly

"Don't."

Chang An smiled at her and said

"It's fine."

As he spoke, he jumped up and jumped outside the courtyard, the insect swarm was blocked outside the circle, and he couldn't attack it for a long time, but he saw that there were living people outside the courtyard, so he changed his goal and swarmed towards Chang'an.

Chang An smiled coldly and disappeared from the sight of the three of them.

The insect swarm followed closely, they quickly left the village, you chase me on the plain, although Chang'an did a good job, but unexpectedly, the speed of the insect swarm was even faster, but after running half a pillar of incense, the insect swarm has gradually pulled into the distance with Chang'an.

Chang An sneered, he was light, and rushed to the river, about half an hour later, they finally ran to the river, Chang An turned his back to the Chijiang River, and the turbulent river behind him seemed to swallow him at any time.

Ahead, the swarm trapped him, but he didn't rush to attack, as if mocking his stupidity.

It's just that Chang An looked calm, and there was no sense of impending disaster.

It didn't take long for the swarm to attack again, and they marched towards Chang'an, just as they were about to nibble on the meal.

The firelight suddenly rose into the sky, and the long sword in Chang An's hand quickly slashed across the stone slab on the shore, splashing bursts of sparks, sparks flying, splashing into the nearby mud, but seeing a thin layer of oil on the mud floor, glowing under the moonlight with a terrifying light that made the insects swarm, the firelight spread rapidly with the oil layer, and even burned to the bottom of the mud, revealing the firewood that had been buried here for a long time.

"Boom!"

There was no rain in recent days, the ground was dry, and in a matter of moments, the fire spread all over the shore, trapping the insect swarms in the fire.

The wails of the insect swarm came and went, and a large number of Gu worms were turned into ashes in the flames, but there were still a few Gu worms that did not die, and An stood outside the flames, indifferently swinging his sword, and slaughtering the few remaining fish that slipped through the net.

The flames gradually weakened, Chang An breathed a sigh of relief, quickly rushed back to the village, and saw the three of them sitting in the fire safe and sound, and was immediately relieved.

"I've killed all the biters."

When the three of them heard this, they all looked at Chang An with joy.

"Really?"

Shi Kuang asked

Chang An nodded

"Really."

Yang Bai looked at Shi Kuang, her eyes were full of tears of joy, she and Shi Kuang hugged each other and cried, celebrating the rest of their lives after the catastrophe.

Chang Sheng also looked at Chang An happily and said

"Brother, you're amazing."

Chang An slowly walked towards the ring of fire and opened his arms, wanting to hug Chang Sheng.

But just when everyone was happy, the sound of insects sounded again!

In the distance, the overwhelming black Gu worms swept in like a violent wind, and its momentum was far greater than before, thousands of Gu worms gathered together and opened a huge insect net to cover the sky and the sun.

"Why are there so many bugs!"

Shi Kuang cried out in despair.

Chang An looked at the huge black net, recalled the cave he saw during the day, and secretly regretted his carelessness, even if the nourishment was given slowly, how could it be possible to hatch only a few hundred insects in a hundred years.

Chang An laughed at himself, and now he has only one way to go.

Under the firewood pile in the courtyard, there is an inconspicuous slender oil line that spreads out of the courtyard, and outside the courtyard, this slender oil line separates several branches, which swim to every household in the village, and extends to the haystack of each house.

This is their last resort, Chang An spread the oil all over the village during the day, Shi Kuang looked at Chang An in despair and said

"Brother Chang, how many bugs are there in this group."

Chang An looked at Shi Kuang with pity, recalling the cheerful scene when the worm eggs absorbed the blood during the day, he realized at this time that all this was already doomed and could not be changed, and he laughed at himself for wanting to be a savior during the day.

"This worm feeds on the blood of your people, and I now understand that your flesh is the star of their darkness, and if they don't kill you, they will attack endlessly."

Shi Kuang looked at Yang Bai and laughed miserably

"Hahaha, I see."

Yang Bai also looked at Shi Kuang, his eyes were full of determination, and they understood each other's eyes.

Just when Chang An was silent, Yang Bai suddenly pulled out a firewood knife from his cuff and stabbed it violently into his heart!

"Poof"

Blood gushed out like a fountain, and Yang Bai's tragic smile was still in Chang Sheng's eyes.

Next to it, there was another voice, "Poof! Shi Kuang didn't know when, a firewood knife had been pierced into his chest, and two streams of blood bloomed instantly, splashing on Chang An and Chang Sheng's faces, splashing in the air, those insect swarms smelled the smell, frantically pounced on those blood, and let out a happy moan.

Shi Kuang tried his best to maintain his smile, looking at Chang An, the shock in Chang An's eyes still did not dissipate.

Shi Kuang said

"Brother Chang, we have planned it during the day, and when it is really fatal, we must not affect you, you ...... You've helped us enough...... I...... I can't ...... Let you follow me...... Die together ......"

His voice was staccato but unusually determined.

Yang Bai gently lay beside Shi Kuang and said weakly

"Two benefactors, you go quickly, let's light the fire."

Chang Sheng burst into tears, shook her head vigorously, and looked at Chang An pleadingly.

"Brother, you save them, you save them!"

Chang An looked at Chang Sheng calmly, where could he do anything, the two of them had broken their hearts, and the immortals were difficult to save.

As he spoke, Shi Kuang struggled to raise the torch in his hand and yelled at Chang An

"Let's go!"

Chang An looked at the two solemnly, his eyes were resolute, he only made a choice in an instant, and gently clicked Chang Sheng's acupoint, Chang Sheng looked at Chang An in despair, but she couldn't move.

Chang An picked up Chang Sheng, and he took one last look at Shi Kuang and Yang Bai, full of respect.

"I can meet the two of you in this life, and Chang is fortunate to have three lives!"

With that, he ran away without looking back.

Yang Bai lay weakly in Shi Kuang's arms, his blood-soaked hands stretched out to Shi Kuang's face.

She smiled miserably and said

"I'm sleepy."

The hand that was only halfway stretched out hung weakly, and her eyes were still looking at Shi Kuang gently.

Stopped breathing.

Shi Kuang caressed Yang Bai's face, there was only death in his eyes at this time, he raised the firewood in his hand, and shouted with his last strength against the huge black net in the air

"Come on! Come on! Lao Tzu will die with you! ”

The swarm was about to come in front of him, and the firewood in Shi Kuang's hand ignited the firewood pile next to him.

Suddenly, a fire roared.

The splash of sparks ignited the thin line of oil, and the fire spread at a desperate speed, and soon, it spread to the entire village, and Shi Kuang's face was red in the light of the fire, and he hummed with an already indiscernible breath

"Oh my God, who's going to save us."

A raging fire burned for five days and five nights.

Five days later, Chang An and Chang Sheng stood on top of a ruin, looking at the two charred bodies, silent for a whole day.

Another day later, Chang Sheng stood in front of the graves of Shi Kuang and Yang Bai, and Chang An came to Chang Sheng's side and took a deep look at the tombstone.

"It's time for us to go."

In the distance, in the direction of Shijia Village, the laughter of children came, and Chang Sheng nodded

"Hmm."

…………

A few days after Chang An and Chang Sheng left, a man wearing a hat quietly appeared outside Yangjia Village, a melodious flute sounded, the sound of insects was indecisive, and the man in the hat smiled slightly and looked to the north.

"Count the days, it's time for him to get out of town."

Postscript to the Chijiang chapter.

After March, three more people came to the banks of the Chijiang River.

A one-armed middle-aged man, a high-spirited young man, and an old man who looked like a housekeeper, their expressions were solemn, looking at the river in the sky that hung straight into the sky, like a huge red ribbon, and were silent.

"Here we go."

Another old man's voice appeared, and they followed the voice, but saw a lewd old man standing by the river.

The old man of the three stepped forward and smiled

"Brother Yan, I haven't seen you for a few years, don't come unharmed."