Where did the kids go? Why doesn't the whole village even have a child?

Thinking that the village chief had said that these children had gained the trust of the Divine Tree, but this Divine Tree was obviously not a good thing, and it was entangled with green-handed vines that could confuse the mind, and Xu Yi had a lot of terrible conjectures in his heart.

Xu Yi raised his hands that trembled slightly, and worshiped those wooden bells like those villagers, listening to the ringing of the bells, his heart was a little heavy, all the children in the village were gone.

Soon, the wooden frame had stopped in front of everyone, and the two villagers pushed the wooden frame back to the village chief.

"Next, the worship ceremony begins!" The village chief announced.

As soon as the words fell, two people walked out from behind the sacred tree, it was Tang's father and Tang's mother. Each of them carried a half-man tall drum.

They were all dressed in red clothes with red cloth tied around their heads, and after placing the drums symmetrically on both sides, they picked up two wooden sticks and struck the drum surface vigorously.

"The drum of sinners is beating!" The village chief shouted on the side: "Dispell evil spirits! ”

The drum surface made a deep beating sound, which resounded through the sky.

Then, a dozen or so villagers also came out from behind the tree, wearing pure white masks with lifelike facial features, and the expressions of the masks were the same as those of all the villagers, with the corners of their mouths raised and the standard smiles.

The villagers wore red turbans around their heads and wide dark red robes wrapped around their bodies, covering the lower parts of their heads, revealing only the pale masks all over their bodies. They followed the rhythm of the drums, twisting their bodies strangely, and the degree of distortion of their bodies was by no means possible for normal people.

"Is this still human?" Yug said in a low voice.

Xu Yi had seen some yoga masters who could indeed twist their bodies to this extent, but he didn't believe that there were so many people in this village who could do it to the level of yoga masters.

Their bodies are like snakes in the words of an animal! All parts of the body can be distorted.

Xu Yi looked around, all the villagers and taskers were watching intently, Pan Yangbing seemed to be frightened by the strange dancing posture, and he closed his eyes tightly and didn't dare to look.

"When can I go up and dance the sacrificial dance?" Xu Yi heard a villager whispering behind him.

"You're still early, but one day it will be your turn." Another villager said.

"Look at Tang Ning, he was just born to go, and he can even take his parents to beat the sinner drum, what a envy." The villager who spoke at the beginning sighed.

"People brought so many ....... this time" The voice behind the words was too soft, and Xu Yi didn't hear it clearly.

"Then we can't help it, we can't get out of this village."

"Didn't Wang San almost leave a woman from the poverty alleviation team last time?"

"Wang San's skin is beautiful, my skin, hey, why am I this skin?"

"But it's a pity that the man ran away in the end and killed a ......."

The two villagers soon stopped talking.

Their words made Xu Yi slowly form a speculation in his heart.

Xu Yi, a villager in this village, had suspected that it was no longer the original group of villagers, they had all been replaced by something else, and now it was the same situation among their taskers, one of them had died and was replaced by a bag drop.

Xu Yi now suspects that Tang Ning has also been replaced.

Tang Ning's temper is irritable and irritable, and since this morning, he has not been angry once, and he has been smiling on his face, it is likely that the original Tang Ning has died, and this Tang Ning is a new existence to replace him, so the villager mentioned that this "Tang Ning" has just been born.

Xu Yi had always thought that the scene of seeing Tang Ning's face distorted and behaving abnormally last night was also a scene in his vision. But now it doesn't seem like that, and the illusion of oneself should have started after that.

Xu Yi frowned and thought carefully.

Downing was laughing maniacally, and then .........

That's right! Xu Yi trembled, as if he saw something from Tang Ning's mouth drilling up from his throat.

What happens after that is most likely hallucinations.

What was that foreign object, Xu Yi didn't see it clearly, was that thing that killed Tang Ning and replaced him? What could that thing be?

Could it be a parasite?!

Xu Yi remembered the bowl of water containing parasites, and the pile of worms that Yuge spat out.

A bold idea arose in Xu Yi's mind: the thing that existed in place of the deceased might be a parasite with the ability to think!

The parasite kills the host and then continues to exist in place of the host!

The idea is terrifying, and if that's the case, all these villagers they've been dealing with are parasites!

Xu Yi stared blankly at the dancers writhing like snakes in front of the sacred tree.

The drums beat faster and faster, and suddenly the masked faces of these dancers all brushed towards Xu Yi.

Xu Yi saw one of the masks clearly at this moment, it was Tang Ning's face, and the facial features of the mask were exactly the same as Tang Ning's facial features.

Is this mask made to fit the facial features perfectly? How can there be a feeling that this is not a mask, but their original face.

The dancer with the Tangning mask was still staring at Xu Yi, the corners of his mouth were raised, and he grinned in an exaggerated arc, Xu Yi's sixth sense told him that something bad was about to happen.

"Yoge, Xi Yue, I have a very ominous premonition." Xu Yi said to the two people beside him.

"Shall we leave first?" Yug said worriedly.

"Wait, no one has left yet, let's wait and see what happens." Xu Yi looked around and said.

"Xu Yi! They're coming at us! Xi Yue looked ahead vigilantly.

Sure enough, the dancers squirmed and leaned towards them, and the villagers on the side scattered to both sides to make way for the dancers.

"What should I do?" Yug said nervously.

Xu Yi watched this group of strange people get closer and closer, and only felt that it was becoming difficult to breathe.

The dancers soon formed a circle, enclosing Xu Yi and the three of them, and the village chief walked into the circle and looked at them with a smile on his face.

"You have been chosen by the Sacred Tree." The village chief's eyes revealed ecstasy: "This is your glory!" ”

What with what? Xu Yi's mind is now full of questions.

"This year, the Divine Tree actually chose three people, and next year there will be three sinner drums!" As soon as the village chief's impassioned voice stopped, the surrounding villagers began to cheer.

These words made Xu Yi's heart cold, and this was not a good thing to hear.

"The drum of sinners is made of the skin of sinners, and the sins in your body are too heavy, and you will be tormented by reincarnation. But now that you have been chosen by the Sacred Tree, it is a wonderful opportunity for salvation! Make your skins into a drum for sinners, and beat it next year at the festival of sacred trees, so that you can wash away your sins and avoid the torment of reincarnation. The village chief explained with a smile.

"Isn't it to talk so much nonsense to pick our skins? What should I do? Can we run away? Yug said tremblingly.

"I can hold them back for a while, you go first." Xi Yue clenched her fists with a rattling sound, looking like she wanted to be hard.

"No! Xi Yue! There are too many of them, and you can't beat them. Xu Yi firmly disagreed.

"Catch—sinners!" The village chief said in a long tone as if singing.

The mouths of a dozen or so dancers began to hum a strange tune, narrowing their encirclement and slowly approaching Xu Yi and the others