Chapter 9: The Garden

Jue pushed open the heavy wooden door and walked out of the mansion.

In front of him was a huge European-style back garden, with cobbled paths leading from under the stairs and into four or five leading to different places. The garden was different from the front yard, shrouded in a thick fog, and you could only see a few meters in front of you. Rows of green curtains shroud the eyes, colorful flowers of different shapes open between the green curtains of branches and leaves, fresh petals dotted with a hint of dew, and the flower beds are more than one person high, and the path is passing through them, and I don't know where to go. The fragrance of the flowers gives the back garden a beautiful and mysterious atmosphere.

Jue took a few steps forward, and suddenly stopped in front of the flower bed, and he saw a foreign object protruding from the flowers, hanging alone on the periphery of the green screen......

It was a bloody human head.

The stems and leaves of the flowers are entwined around it, and the barbs of the branches are stuck in them, the ends of which penetrate deep from the mouth and nose, and a few of them even penetrate directly into the broken skin, looming under the skin, like the veins of the dead.

Upon closer inspection, it is revealed that the corpse is completely in the branches and leaves, and the body is tightly wrapped between the leaves. The deceased's expression was hideous, his dry skin reflected the bulging green tendons, his gray eyes seemed to burst out of his sockets, his mouth was still open after being hooked by barbs, and his lower jaw showed atrophied muscles. And corpses like this are densely distributed among the flowers, and the number is extremely large.

Jue couldn't help but take a step back, Mo Xiao held his shoulder, frowned and said:

"That's what I did when I came in, and the nameplate was found from him. And, that's not all. Mo Xiao pointed to the purple and red flowers on the flower vine, "Look carefully, several flowers of different varieties and colors actually grow on the same flower vine, and only half of their roots are connected to the ground, and the other half is in the bodies of these people......"

Jue and Ye Meng were both speechless to the scene in front of them, Mo Xiao shook his head and continued.

"Normal flowers don't look like this, it's not normal to have a different flower, the same beetle and the ...... on the outside The same is true of Dabaizu. Something happened here that polluted these things and made them manifest this perverted way of growing. And that is the reason for all this, which should be the goal of our trip......"

Mo Xiao patted Jue's shoulder and said:

"Don't look at it. Let's go, let's go in. ”

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The three of them followed the path deep into the green screen, flowers and branches around them, and a thin space flowed above them. The fog is thick, and the flowers are like a labyrinth.

"By the way, what are you talking about...... "Nomu suddenly came back to his senses and asked in a low voice.

"Didn't you notice, that roster supposedly contains the names of all the children, but there is no 'Lily' you found. Plus you said that this Lily's room is different, and the door lock is not the same. I think the people of the temple didn't want anyone to know about her existence, or even to have contact with other children. So I took a closer look at her diary and there was a lot of interesting stuff in it. ”

Mo Xiao paused and pointed around.

For example, she had been to this garden, but it turned out that it was only planted with low red roses. For example, she has seen the staff here, but she doesn't know everyone's name, and she hasn't even spoken a word. For example......"

"There was a huge hole in her account, and it was very deep, and they took her down and threw her there. I don't know how long it had been, but she seemed to hear someone talking to her in the dark, empty hole......"

"Damn, it's spooky enough here, you're still here to tell me ghost stories?" Nomeng shrunk his neck and scolded angrily.

"This is all written by her, if you don't believe it, you can turn it yourself. Mo Xiao squinted his eyes and whispered, "And I don't think these things are fake......

"Stop, there's something in there. Jue suddenly slammed the long knife on his waist sideways, blocking Mo Xiao and Ye Meng who were advancing.

Hearing this, the two immediately stopped and stood slightly sideways. Ye Meng slowly touched the hilt of the sword, while Mo Xiao stared at the flowers on both sides, frowning and listening.

There was a small grinding sound among the flowers, subtle and slow, as if something was moving slowly. Mo Xiao's gaze slowly turned with the voice, and finally stopped facing the flowers on the right. But just as Ye Meng drew his sword and stabbed, suddenly, the sound stopped.

"Back!"

Jue shouted, pulled out his long knife and swung it hard. Silver flashed, and the blade slashed at a lunging shadow, slicing through its skin. The wound collapsed without a trace of blood, and the shadow roared, and after being taken to the ground and rolled around a few times, it jumped up again and pounced on the three of them.

"Oh yes, it's a dog!"

It was a huge black dog, more than the length of a man. The dry skin was wrapped around the skeleton, and the gray eyeballs fell out of the sockets and hung in front of the face. Four bony hooves were on the ground, and there were two ungrown hind legs hanging from their backs. The ribs were punctured directly from the belly, exposed, and the vines were wrapped around the ribs, trembling and trembling, and the fluid was transported in.

Mo Xiao took a step back, and his left hand flew out, wrapping around the dog's leg and pulling it to the ground. Jue and Ye Meng exerted their strength at the same time, and the stabbing sword and long knife were swung at the same time, piercing the black dog's body. But who knew that the black dog trembled twice, spit out a mouthful of green liquid, and continued to pounce on the blade, regardless of his body inserted in the blade. It opened its mouth wide and bit down on Jue's left hand with sharp teeth.

In a hurry, Ye Meng knocked Jue away in a flash, pulled out his sword with force, and subconsciously stabbed at the dog's head. The black dog dodged, and the bayonet reversed, stabbing impartially into the connected vines.

The juice burst out, and Wild Dream pulled out his sword and wanted to rush forward again. Unexpectedly, the black dog trembled violently a few times, and fell heavily to the ground, lifeless again.

In a matter of seconds, a raid had ended. Mo Xiao withdrew the mechanical hand attached to the prosthetic limb, and Ye Meng touched the contusion's right hand, secretly smacking his tongue at the hardness of the black dog's skin.

"Are you two alright......?" Mo Xiao waved his hand and asked, "This thing is a dead thing, it should be symbiotic with the surrounding flowers and vines, help the flowers and vines make new 'fertilizer', and if you encounter it again, you will ...... it directly."

Suddenly, there was a commotion around the flower vines, and the sound of friction came from all directions, and the black dogs flashed quickly among the flowers and vines, and the leaping figures were black and overwhelming, almost uncountable. Loud roars and wheezing sounds, and a few of them had almost rushed in front of the trio......

"How do I fight ...... again?"

"Yarn! Run!"

The three of them strode forward and rushed down the path into the flowers. And behind them, the black torrent let out a terrible cry, and it was closing in step by step......