Xu Laosan selected a hundred strong young people among the tenants, responsible for digging tunnels, every twenty are responsible for one, an hour rotation, Xu Laosan ran back and forth between the five tunnels to command, and also temporarily thought of how to walk in a straight line when digging, not to deviate from the method, and also had a new idea in the support.

I looked at the busy back of Xu Laosan, and felt that it was a pity that such an engineer was born in such an era, and I couldn't help but sigh: How many young talents have been delayed in the troubled times.

When everyone was digging, I also went down to take a look, and gave everyone a miner's lamp, replacing the original kerosene lamp, for a while the tunnel was like daylight, I originally wanted to participate in it, but Xu Laosan always didn't let me work:

"Shopkeeper, you can rest!"

I had to put down my tools and watch the excitement on the side, and then I saw that the tunnel was getting longer and longer, and it was more troublesome to transport the earth, so I went back to get a batch of wheelbarrows, and after this thing came, the whole excavation progress was doubled.

I saw that there was really nothing that could help, so I could only stay in my room and study the notes "Mountains and Rivers Strange Things", and sorted out all the events that happened in 1929:

In addition to some events in the Black Duck River and a few complete incidents in the sporadic record, the rest of the records are very simple, some are only one sentence, no more than three sentences at most, as if the person who recorded it was particularly busy during this time and took the time to write it down.

"On April 29, 1929, there was a praying mantis as tall as a person, and when it saw people, it wanted to pounce, and was accepted by the passing god."

"On May 8, 1929, the three-year-old daughter of the Li Shijia family was eaten by a wheel-sized mouse, and only the skeleton remained."

"On May 13, 1929, there was a big green-striped frog in a dustpan, and people walked with their arms flailed, and when they saw people, they landed on all fours and returned to their original state."

What the hell is this, when I read this note before, because these records are only one sentence, I didn't pay attention to it, but now that I am in Shanhe Village, these short records contain a lot of things.

The main reason is that the person who appears on this note is no longer a simple name symbol for me, but a living person I know, such as this Li Shishi, who is now digging a tunnel here, and his wife is farming at home alone......

It's not good, is it because of this that Li Shishi's daughter-in-law has no time to take care of her daughter, so she will be eaten by this wheel-big mouse? No, I have to take the time to go to Li Shishi's house and have a look.

Moreover, how did it seem that there were a lot of oversized animals all of a sudden this year, and where did these animals come from? I continue to look down:

"On May 17, 1929, someone dug up Tai Sui in the ground, which was very huge, and was later taken away by the god of food, and was never seen again."

Well? On the 17th of next month, Tai Sui will be dug up, and will I take it away? Where did I put Tai Sui? Interesting! When I saw this, I didn't pay attention to it when I thought it was all inconsequential little things, but now I'm still looking forward to it.

"On May 23, 1929, there was a big hole in the ground near the Xiaoshanbao cemetery, which was suspected to be the cave where Chu Qianqiu, the black chief, lived, but Chu Qianqiu was not seen."

"On June 4, 1929, Zhang Cailan, a woman from the same village, disappeared, and the township chief said that she was abducted by the black chief and could not be recovered."

"On June 11, 1929, everyone was mighty."

"On June 12, 1929, more than 20 or 30 people who had been dead for more than ten years were seen walking on the street."

"On June 24, 1929, Maozi killed and looted, and the killed people howled and cried night after night."

"On July 24, 1929, the war broke out, and hundreds of displaced people poured into Shanhe Village, and then disappeared overnight."

"On August 7, 1929, there were ghosts crying night after night around Shanhe Village, and people were panicked."

"On August 26, 1929, more than half of the people in Shanhe Village saw with their own eyes that ghosts with the same appearance roamed the streets, and everyone was in danger."

……

"Monsters come out of troubled times!"

There are ten pages and more than 50 records, all of which are about all kinds of unbelievable events that will happen in this mountain and river village within this year, and this latest one is just today - "There are praying mantis as high as people, and when they see people, they want to pounce, and they are collected by passing gods."

What the hell is this, and what is the origin of this passing god? I immediately thought of the cultivation of the flowery clothes dog, it can't be this guy's ghost, isn't it that this praying mantis has cultivated close to the demon, and where did he receive it to engage in those crooked ways?

I can't sit still, today is April 29th, where can I find this human-tall praying mantis?

Suddenly, I had a plan in my mind, so I immediately went out and headed for the Black Duck River.

When I got to the depths of the Black Duck River fruit grove, I picked a few leaves and put them on the ground, then put a few steamed buns into a stack, and lit a stick of incense and inserted it on the ground.

Instantly, a fog filled the surroundings, and as the fog became heavier and heavier, several children faintly appeared inside, as well as laughter, all of which seemed to be hiding in the fog and staring at my actions.

I pointed to the offerings on the ground, and several figures in the mist instantly rushed to the pile of offerings, and then I saw a few children sitting in a circle around the pile of steamed buns, each holding a steamed bun in their hands and eating it, but looking at the pile of steamed buns on the ground and not moving at all.

"After you finish eating, do one thing for me, help me find a big mantis demon, this big mantis is taller than you."

"We know where that thing is!"

When the children heard this, they got up instantly, and in the blink of an eye they were already outside the fruit grove, and were standing there waiting for me, and I hurriedly followed, and the children continued to walk forward.

At this time, the aquatic plants on both sides of the river had grown to the point that they had not reached the calves, so I followed the ghosts of these children all the way, and soon came to a wheat field far away from the Black Duck River.

"Ahh

As soon as I got here, I heard someone shouting in front of me.

I thought about it and decided to be invisible, after all, it was recorded in that note that there was a passing god, and it must have been the dog that was raised. After stealth, he is in the light, I am in the dark, and it will be easier to catch him at that time, after all, I don't know all his strength until now.

After stealing, I followed the sound and walked a few more steps to turn around the cover of a few elm trees, but when I saw what was in front of me, I felt a little short of breath.

I've seen some terrifying things in the past few years, but I'm not as shocked as the praying mantis in front of me.

This thing is about one and a half meters long, and its two arms are nearly one meter long, like two machetes, with inverted teeth like hacksaws, and its hind legs look very thick and powerful. And those two eyes are like two small dark green leather balls, with a grape-like black spot in the middle, locked in front.

In front of this praying mantis, there are three people sitting on the ground, all holding shovels, pickaxes and other tools in their hands. Among these three people, one person turned out to be Jiang Lianyang. The other two, which I didn't know and seemed to be landed peasants, didn't go to me to dig the tunnel.

The clothes of the three men were torn several times, and the gaps were stained with blood.

As I approached, the praying mantis seemed to sense something, and its triangular head stood up and turned, its black eyes locking on to my position.

Well? Can this thing see me?

I stood still and held my breath, and then I saw clearly the large mouthparts of this praying mantis, which had cracked a few petals, and there was some unknown mucus in them, and a circle of sharp little teeth, which together looked terrifying and disgusting.

The giant praying mantis looked in my direction for a while, and then one of the three probably noticed that the eyes of the mantis were no longer locking on them, so he was about to attack the mantis with a shovel in his hand, but the mantis immediately turned his head at him, and at the same time blocked the front arm like a machete, and only heard the sound of "dang", and the shovel that the man struggled to chop was actually bounced back.

This praying mantis has a very strong attack power and is very fast! I was secretly amazed.

In fact, from a scientific point of view, insects like praying mantis are connected with the external environment through the nervous system, if the body grows so big, the nervous system will not be enough to support the movement of the body, so the reaction speed will become extremely slow, but this thing in front of you obviously does not grow according to the routine, it does not talk about martial arts at all.

It may have been this man's aggressive behavior that angered the mantis again, and he reached out his forearm again and slashed at this man—

"Ahh

With this man's scream, there was another big hole in his pants, and blood immediately seeped out of it.

The three of them sat on the ground, supporting their hands and moving back a little, the two black eyeballs on the mantis's compound eyes always locked on the three people.

When all three of them moved back some distance, the mantis also took a step forward.

At this time, I can feel the deep despair of these three people, it must be the feeling of death by his side!

At this point, the mantis stretched out his machete-like forearm again, and I couldn't look at it like that anymore, if I struck again, one of the three would be crippled.

Thinking of this, I also took a few steps forward, and then the praying mantis seemed to sense my presence again, and stood up with a "whirl", facing me, and two black eyeballs locked on me.

And the visual shock of the mantis man standing up was even stronger, and the three people on the ground all screamed and leaned close together.

Can he really see me? What about the said good passer-by?

I was in a hurry, but I was in a hurry, and I didn't have time to wait for the passing god recorded in "The Strange Tale of Mountains and Rivers" to come, and directly urged the ring made of the black Taiji mirror in my hand, and restrained the mantis with a wisp of red-black smoke.

The praying mantis's powerful forearms slashed at me, and I hurriedly stepped back to dodge, but no matter how much it struggled, it couldn't break free from the smoke.

Just kidding, the evil power that the Black Tai Chi Mirror urges is something that you can fight against as a mere evil animal?

But I still wonder, how does this thing see me? Could it be that my invisibility is useless in front of insects with compound eyes?

It was at this moment that I completely understood that there was no passing god, and that was me! This proves once again that God doesn't care about such things.

But since I was called a "passing god", I would use some divine power, so I hung this praying mantis in the air, watched it struggle in mid-air, and even made a "hiss" sound.

It turns out that praying mantis can also call?

At this time, the three people on the ground looked at the praying mantis hanging in the air by a wisp of smoke, and their eyes widened, and everyone sat on the ground staring at the praying mantis in mid-air, not daring to move.

Seeing that it was almost over, I threw this praying mantis directly into the Li Shan space in the ring.

I looked inside the ring and found that after the group of Xiaoice foxes found the praying mantis, they all pounced on it and began to tease and bully the praying mantis. The Xiaoice fox is an ancient species, with sharp claws, and the speed is more than dozens of times that of this praying mantis, so it didn't take a few moments for the praying mantis to hang on it.

I was relieved to see this, and then looked at the people on the ground, it seemed that they had not yet eased up, the three of them were leaning together, still looking at the place where the praying mantis disappeared just now in a daze.

"Don't go back yet!" I reminded the three men.

I'm really worried that there is not only one mantis demon here, and if I leave, another one will kill these three people.

"Thank you gods, thank you gods, thank you gods......"

The three of them lay on the ground and kowtowed their heads in all directions, then picked up their tools and stumbled back together.

I looked at the praying mantis that was instantly wilted by the Xiaoice foxes in the Li Mountain, and I couldn't think of where this thing came from? Could it be that the monsters of the troubled times have begun to run rampant?

It doesn't look like this at all, it's not like it's cultivated to refinement, but it looks like it's been boosted by some kind of sudden energy.

I couldn't figure it out, so I had to go back, walked to the door of the grain store, and saw a person sneakily looking inside, I stood behind him and coughed, this person was startled, and when I turned around, Yang Chenglin's big face smiled in front of me.