Under the light of the flashlight in Hu Wenfei's hand, I saw a man - no, it should be said that it was a monster that had all the characteristics of a human being, but it made people feel terrifying: it was wet, its hair was thin and long, its skin was covered with bones, it was about 1.5 meters tall, it had a huge head and a thin body, its hands and feet were all black and thick calluses, it was naked, and the eyes on its big head bulged out like dead fish bubbles.

It was shot in the back, and the bullet penetrated the gap between the shoulder blades, from top to bottom, straight through its lungs, and fell to the ground on its stomach, and then was turned around by Hu Wenfei with his foot.

I looked at this face that was as wrinkled as an old man, as it continued to spit out black plasma foam from its mouth, flowing down its cheeks, its eyes were blank, it was holding a extinguished torch in its left hand, and with its right hand it grabbed Hu Wenfei and stepped on the trouser leg of its body, its face was twisted, and there was a hoarse roar in its throat, like the sound of sandpaper grinding on glass.

In that moment, I had the hallucination of seeing the cave monster Gollum from The Lord of the Rings.

"What is this?" I asked, pointing to this guy underground.

Hu Wenfei shook his head and said that he didn't know, his expression was heavy, and he didn't pay attention to the monster struggling with his life under his feet, and his eyes turned to the west side of the walled gate. There, there were a few sneaky black shadows, looking this way and leaving.

Clearly, the intelligent creatures in this canyon are not the only ones who have escaped from the dwarf mule caves.

If these guys can use fire and know tools, then they must be some kind of intelligent creatures.

Where do they come from?

Beyond the canyon, or the dark cave at the end of the stream that terrified the Golden Silkworm Gu? Or in the woods where countless poisonous insects are hidden...... It's all a mystery, but what worries me is that they set fire to us as soon as they came up, and as you can imagine, these guys really don't have much kindness to us.

So were the people who died in this village killed by these guys?

There were only three bullets left in my right hand, and I hesitated to point at the blurred silhouettes of black shadows.

Xiao Zhou also rushed over from the ancestral hall, saw the direction of my gun, did not hesitate to half-squat, using the kneeling method of shooting, and shot two point shots, the vision was blurred, and it did not hit those black shadows, but scared people away and disappeared into the darkness.

The direction in which they fled was the lower reaches of the stream.

Seeing that he didn't hit, Xiao Zhou had an evil fire in his stomach, scolded him, and then put away his gun and ran to us, and when he saw the monster on the ground, he was startled, and pointed at it with a muzzle, and asked us in a trembling voice, saying Chief Hu, Brother Lu, where did this malnourished monster come from? Hu Wenfei leaned down, tied the hands of this half-dead "Gollum" behind his back, and then escorted him to the burning ancestral hall, shaking his head and saying I don't know, my old Hu has been in the industry for 16 years, and this is the first time I have seen a monster like this. Take it back and see if the only remaining little seedling girl in this village can recognize it.

There was only half a breath left of this Gollum, where could I afford Hu Wenfei to toss like this, I stood up and fell again, I put the pistol into my waist, reached out and grabbed its feet, and carried the goods back with Lao Hu.

As I walked carefully, I felt that my feet were as thin as hemp stalks, my ankles were full of water, and the soles of my feet were muddy, and on the surface of its skin there was a layer of yellow oil, like cream, or corpse oil, smooth and greasy, with a strange smell.

When I held my breath, frowned, and carried the Gollum back to the ancestral hall with Lao Hu, I found that most of the largest house had been burned down, and the flames were soaring into the sky, and smoke and sparks were constantly falling from the sky. It was too late to extinguish the fire, except for the weak and weak Miscellaneous Trail and the necessary guards, the rest of the people were trying to create a quarantine area to prevent the fire from burning the entire stockade.

I don't know how long it will take us to get out of the canyon, so this is our temporary resting place, so we can't afford to lose it.

The little Miao girl held the cloth bag containing the tiger cat adult, squatted beside the miscellaneous path and shivered, we carried the Gollum in front of her and put it down, the little girl saw it, showed a very strange expression - frightened and with a trace of curiosity, I can't say how scared, but there is some sadness. Yang Cao was originally carrying combustibles on both sides of the ancestral hall, but when he saw this scene, he ran over, looked at the monster with only one breath left, and then asked her in Miao language.

Youyou pulled the corner of the miscellaneous hairy path, said two words timidly, and then stopped speaking, holding the fat hen tightly with both hands, and her eyes were full of tears.

I asked Yang Cao, what did this little girl say? Yang Cao shook his head and said that the little girl said that this was a monster...... Ominous monster!

Yes, I understand that Yang Cao showed a helpless expression on his face: This is the same as not saying it.

Yang Cao's attention was focused on the underground Gollum, he lifted it aside, then picked up a large rock and began to torture this guy to extract a confession. However, a monster is a monster, where can he understand human language, after the two of them "talking to chickens and ducks", Gollum finally died of blood, and the fish bubble eyes on his head finally lost his lustre.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but I feel that there seems to be a hint of reluctance and fear on my face.

Seeing that this thing was dead, I ran over to carry the things with everyone, and after more than 20 minutes of busy work, I finally controlled the fire in the courtyard of the ancestral hall and did not affect the next room. When we retreated to the threshing floor in front of the drum tower opposite, we couldn't help but feel bitter in our hearts when we watched the fire dance like a demon, and the flames jumped and cheered wantonly. Thinking about that unique dinner in the evening, perhaps, is our last happiness?

In this canyon, it is not as wild and peaceful as we imagined, and in this endless beautiful scenery, how many dangers lurk in the shadows?

No one knows what to do.

Yang Cao was not idle, and retreated to the threshing floor, where he wrapped a living dead in a rotten cloth and began to dissect it.

This living dead was one of the people we were beating at the door, his neck half torn off, his head hunched over, his broken limbs twitching. Yang Cao was meticulous and cautious, and with the help of his instrument to explore negative energy, he quickly opened a standard surgical opening at the edge of its heart. When he plucked the rotten flesh from his chest to reveal a peach-shaped organ, I saw a nest of small worms wriggling and crawling on it next to it.

The insect was as big as the nail of the little thumb, and the smaller one was like a black sesame seed.

There were twenty or thirty of them, large and small.

I squinted and looked closely, and saw that the heads of these insects had a pair of antennae, the antennae were of different lengths, divided into four or five serrated segments, and there were three pairs of hard arthropods, which tightly clung at the internal organs; The red wing sheaths are joined together, the hind wings are degenerate, and there are bloodshot sticks, the mouthparts are terrifying, and there are constantly wriggling swimming hairs around the body...... This appearance is exactly the shape of the zombie Gu recorded on the Twelve Methods.

Looking at this dense zombie Gu, Yang Cao frowned, asked someone to take the torch, and brought the raging flame close to the dissected chest, a crackling sound of insects crackling came, and there was a smoky stench in the air.

Lao Jin, who was handing the torch next to him, couldn't stand the smell, turned around, and a large stream of sour water in his stomach splashed out, vomiting continuously, wasting all the food he ate at night. Seeing him vomit happily, we all frowned and walked away.

Yang Cao raised his head and said that these corpses all have zombie Gu on them, in order to avoid any omissions, let's throw all the corpses into the fire, right?

We all nodded, got up again, endured the heat of the sky, and threw all the living dead outside the ancestral hall into the fire.

Some of their heads were cut off, but their bodies were still wriggling, and when they were thrown in, the flames quickly ignited them, and they tumbled in pain, slamming into everything nearby. Although the ancestral hall is made of stone, the main structure is still supported by wood, and it gradually becomes loose after being burned for so long. Finally, with the roar of the main beam, the entire ancestral hall collapsed and smashed heavily into the fire, raising countless ashes and smoke.

I don't know what's going on, my heart is a little empty, and I have an inexplicable sense of substitution, as if I will also be in this fire, and my body and soul are squeaking and burning together.

Turning back to the threshing floor, Hu Wenfei walked over from the shadows and shook his head at Yang Cao, with a bitter smile on his face.

He had been looking for Jia Wei's traces in the village just now, and the woman who made us suspect that she was leaned over by the ghost disappeared at a critical moment. This incident made Yang Cao and Hu Wenfei a little panicked for a short time, and as soon as the situation stabilized, they immediately searched everywhere.

It can be seen that although Jia Wei is disgusting, he is indeed an important figure, which makes the two of them in the Religious Affairs Bureau very troubled.

I walked over, and Hu Wenfei was talking to Yang Cao, "...... Looking at the footprints and signs, it seems that he walked out of the village and looked at the ruins of the ancient city. It's a dark day, and there is a lot of danger outside, so let's stop for the time being and look for it tomorrow, right? "Yang Cao saw me coming, looked up and asked me what my opinion was? I laughed and said that she was gone, wasn't it just as the two of you meant?

Yang Cao sighed and said that Jia Wei disappeared, if we can get out of this canyon, I am afraid that there will never be a day in the bureau, and we must always be on guard against someone shooting a black gun behind us, do you say terrible?

I nodded and said terrible, but no one can take care of it?

Hu Wenfei laughed bitterly, saying that this world is far from being as fair as you imagined, what is justice? How many dollars a pound?

I was a little confused in my heart, and I couldn't imagine that such an angry remark could come from his mouth.