Chapter Seventy-Three: The Epidemic in a Deserted Village

Corpses are everywhere, maggots, mosquitoes, flies,

Layer upon layer, buzzing and bright.

The moonlight was hazy, and the soft light reflected this small world. The corpse qi was reflected in a faint white mist, lingering inside and outside the deserted village. Two young figures with green cloth on their faces walked along the path to the nearest field.

A cow carcass, half eaten by maggots, lay in front of the two of them along the field. It can be seen from its bull's eye, which is about to burst, that it must have been terrified before it died.

At this time, the belly of the cow carcass was gnawed out of a large hole by endless maggots like grains of sand. The black-red dead blood mixed with the dark green corpse oil formed a viscous slurry that seeped from the belly skin. Countless maggots attached to the blood-oil-soaked tripe, surging and eating away. An extremely disgusting stench that broke through the surging maggots out of the corpse...

Extremely unpleasant...

In fact, the green cloth on the faces of the two is not much different from the meaning of covering their ears and stealing the bell.

"Rub~"

Xia Xunqiang stopped his evil stomach and turned up the tripe with a wooden stick.

"Sha~" was a burst of restless sounds.

The endless maggots surging in the belly of the cow spread out in fright around the sticks. Immediately afterwards, a stench that was a hundred times more disgusting and unpleasant instantly rushed out through the internal organs of the cow stirred by the wooden stick.

"Smack~"

After Xia Xun stirred it twice, he dropped the stick. Directly pulled the sleeve of the peony next to him, turned around and strode away...

This stench is terrifying. Even if the two of them held their breath and did not speak, the aftersmell that seeped through the green cloth could make people feel suffocated. No one dared to stay by the carcass of the cow for a few more moments.

Hurry all the way...

"Whew~Ah~Whew..."

Xia Xun pulled the peony without saying a word, and trotted quickly.

ran back to the edge of the bushes more than a hundred zhang away, before he dared to tear off the green cloth and exhale heavily.

"Whew... Ah~ give, hold. ”

Peony exhaled as she pulled out two turquoise leaves from her waist bag. One piece was put into his small mouth, and one piece was given to Xia Xun.

"Whew~"

Xia Xun took the leaf and learned to hold it in his mouth. Then he took a few deep breaths of air, exhaled a little smoother, and then said breathlessly: "The internal organs are black... Just... There were signs of decay at first. It's not like a plague caused by livestock. If it's a water plague, then... It can't be that many maggots grow before the corpse is decomposed..."

It's not a long word, and it's intermittent and laborious.

"Ahh Well~"

The cultivation of peony is much higher than that of Xia Xun, so the rhythm of asthma is much slower. She just stroked her chest, and quickly smoothed down the remaining qi: "It can only be a human plague, and it is urgent." However, it depends on the patient to determine which one it is..."

As she spoke, Peony looked at the village in the distance and asked heavily, "Can your divine sense spread over there?"

Xia Xunshun looked at it and shook his head with the same heaviness: "Too... It's so far away that I have to walk to the entrance of the village to get a little bit of it... But there should still be people alive in the village. Otherwise, the doll wouldn't have gone to great lengths to bring the medicine back..."

"Whew~"

Xia Xun thought about it, looked at the mountain behind the village, took a deep breath, and continued to talk in detail.

"You can hear the sound of water running here, so it should be not far from the water. If I'm not mistaken, this village should be called "Yunqi", and it is fishing and farming, and it also has frequent contacts with the surrounding towns, so it is not isolated from the world. However, no one knows about the disaster that has happened so much.

So I guess that with the rapid onset of this human plague, even if it is not for people to seal their throats, I am afraid it will not be far away......"

After Xia Xun finished speaking, he paused for a while, and then Peony Fang answered:

"It may also be due to other reasons, after all, there have been no natural disasters in the Southern Regions in recent years. This human plague started for no reason, and the reason for this..."Halfway through the words, Peony immediately shook his head, denied what he thought in his heart, and said resolutely: "You still have to look at the patient to make a conclusion." ”

Xia Xun may have guessed what she was thinking, so he didn't delve into it. Because, that idea seems very unfounded, and it is so sinful that there is almost no possibility.

"Why don't we go back to the city first?" Xia Xun suddenly changed his words without saying a word.

"Huh?"

Peony looked at Xia Xun blankly. She didn't know why Xia Xun chose to go back at this time.

It's just that Peony only thought about it for a moment, and then quickly relieved. She smiled and said a little shyly, "My cultivation is higher than yours..."

“......”

Actually, the meaning of Xia Xun's sentence is very simple.

First, since the thief doll has entered this village, the stolen things will be okay for the time being. In addition, at this time, the epidemic in this village is so rampant. Xia Xun was worried that after entering the village, the situation inside would scare the already small peony.

Seeing through his thoughts, Xia Xun looked a little embarrassed, he scratched his head, and said embarrassedly: "This is not very good..."

Peony smiled even more.

She put Qingbu Mengdao on her face again, and walked directly towards the village with her legs raised.

"Let's go, that doll went to the city to steal the medicine back, it should be to save people. Since there are still people alive, we can't stand idly by. ”

Peony's words were quite chivalrous, and the atmosphere was so overwhelming that she couldn't feel her previous timidity at all.

Xia Xun shook his head and smiled angrily. Peony's acting skills are very bad, and Xia Xun can feel her reluctance in a blink of an eye.

It's just that now, the words of other girls' families have also come to this, so you can't argue about it.

Helpless, Xia Xun could only follow the green cloth and follow his back.

The moon bends when its head hangs high,

The night is hazy and eerie and deep.

As the old man used to say, this is when ghosts are haunted.

As for whether there are ghosts or not, it is still impossible to make a conclusion. But the more frightening things about ghosts are everywhere...

The carcasses of livestock in the fields and roads are crawling with white maggots that are constantly surging, making a creepy "silky" sound. The corpse gas mixed with the corpse stench and turned into a light mist, emanating from each corpse, wandering in a corner of the deserted village surrounded by trees and mountains.

Some of the animal carcasses that had been badly decomposed, cracked out of green corpse water and corpse oil, flowing wantonly on the path, reflecting the moonlight, reflecting a strange green color. A pair of lifeless eyes, almost shattered, staring in fear in the direction of the village...

It's like telling a grievance...

Terror, everywhere.

Disgusting, foul-smelling, pitch-black, all permeating breaths, everywhere, filled with miles...

In such a strange and terrifying atmosphere, it is estimated that only a young and frivolous stubborn person would dare to stubbornly break into such a deserted village on such a night...

It's just that there is an end to youth and frivolity. Especially the girl who pretends to be young and frivolous.

The two figures walked cautiously along the path towards the deserted village, slower and slower they went. In just two miles, they walked for nearly a quarter of an hour before they reached the entrance of the village.

"Or..."

Along the way, Peony has been shaking all the way, and the heroic demeanor has long been shaken. At this time, when I arrived at the entrance of the village, the scene inside was clear at a glance. Peony's original girlish demeanor finally couldn't help but reveal...

"Or... Or... Why don't you go ahead? ”

As soon as Peony finished speaking, she lowered her head shyly and hurriedly hid behind Xia Xun. Just like when he was in the jungle, he unconsciously grabbed a corner of Xia Xun's shirt.

As if trying to hide the panic and fear in her heart, Peony hurriedly added: "I... I just feel like there's a lot of wind ahead. ”

"Uh..."

Peony's sudden little woman's style almost didn't make Xia Xun laugh out loud. He didn't break it, so he chimed in: "Yes, the wind is quite strong." ”

"Are you laughing at me!?" Peony hid behind Xia Xun, her face flushed, and she was a little embarrassed.

"Huh"

Xia Xun couldn't help but laugh at this time: "No... No, the wind ahead is quite strong. ”

“......”

Peony didn't reply again, just pursed her lips and looked at the figure in front of her with resentment.

It's a matter of knowing it, so there's nothing to say.

In fact

In this conversation between the two, the wind they are talking about is not actually referring to the night wind. Rather, the yin wind blowing from the deserted village!

The wind was strong and weird, coming inexplicably from the mountains behind the village. With a heavy and dead air, blowing through thousands of households, the village houses with black lights and black flames were blown into the only deep alley in the village. In this dark deserted village, with the hazy moonlight, it seems to be sad and musical, and it is also like a tune to summon spirits.

It's scary...

Don't say that the peony is already timid. Even Xia Xun, who was not a little courageous, was the first time he came to the entrance of the village, and there was a burst of bile.

"The situation here is much more serious than what you just said" After a joke, Xia Xun turned his face sideways and said behind him with a straight face.

"There's no one in the village?" asked Peony.

"No, but it's not far off. Xia Xun turned around and looked down the alleyway into the depths of the deserted village.

"There may be only eight living people left in the village now. The breath of the seven people is extremely weak, and only one person is as usual, it should be the doll..."

After Xia Xun finished speaking, he paused for a while, as if he was feeling something and thinking something. Peony was behind him, and he couldn't see Xia Xun's expression at the moment...

“......”

After another while, seeing that Xia Xun still had no movement, Peony twisted the corner of Xia Xun's clothes, poked his back, and said quietly: "Let's go and see it first, as long as you have the poison of "burning fairy grass", you won't be able to get on your body." ”

"Well~"

Xia Xun didn't hesitate any longer, raised his feet and walked towards the village alley.

"Ahh Eh..."

Whirring the yin wind, sweeping the alleys, turning over the doors and windows. Not only swaying and closing, but also like thousands of ghosts, waving and sneering at midnight visitors.

After entering the village, the two of them really felt the horror of the village and the outside of the village.

The stench faded much and was replaced by a dull dead intent that wafted out from the doors and windows of every cottage. The wind is cold, colder than the frost and snow in winter, and it is cold into the hearts of the two, like entering an ice cellar. There were also many carcasses of livestock in the alley, but they had been gnawed by the maggots until only bones and dry skin remained, and there was not much stench. Here, it should be the source of the epidemic...

The feathers of chickens, ducks and geese are carried by the wind and flutter in the alleys.

An indescribable heart plug arises spontaneously...

"Ah...h

“...”

Shake~