In the middle of the night, Cao Lin suddenly woke up from the cold. When she opened her eyes, the cave was pitch black, with only a faint spark remaining in the ashes.
The sound of lightning came from outside from time to time. The sound passed through the twists and turns of the cave and became a bit dull. The moist cold wind kept blowing from the cave. It seemed to have rained outside. She could feel the cold wind carrying Moist and sweet.
She was cold and hungry, and even though she was holding a pile of hay tightly, she was still shivering with cold. She forced herself to endure it for a while, but finally couldn't bear it anymore.
She stood up carefully and prepared to relight the pile of firewood.
The surroundings were silent, and everyone had fallen into a deep sleep. After being exhausted all day long, even Master Wang was snoring lightly.
She searched fearfully in the dark for a long time, and finally found a lighter next to the fire.
The huge flame flickered in and out of the cold wind. Perhaps it was a psychological effect that gave her an unusually eerie feeling in the hall. She didn't dare to look around, for fear of seeing something terrible. She squatted down, lit the flame several times with trembling hands, and the flame finally rose.
The light and heat of the flame seemed to bring her a great sense of security. She carefully added firewood and breathed a sigh of relief as she watched the flames burn more and more.
The hall became bright, and everyone huddled in the hay like homeless people, curling up as much as possible to resist the cold.
Under the roasting of the flames, Cao Lin's originally cold and numb body regained consciousness. She felt itchy in her arms and subconsciously stretched out her hand to scratch a few times.
It wasn't until she felt a sharp pain that she realized she was scratching the wound.
In the light of the fire, she lowered her head and glanced. She seemed to be dazzled. Something white seemed to be moving around the wound. Her heart tightened and beat violently. She boldly took another closer look.
Countless maggots were densely squirming in the wound. Not only the arms, calves, knees, arms, and backs of hands, but also wherever there were wounds were covered with maggots.
The sight in front of her made her pupils shrink violently, the hairs all over her body stood on end, and her scalp exploded. She suddenly remembered something and frantically touched the wound on her face, but she could only touch a slippery patch, and there were soft maggots between her fingertips. A rolling, penetrating feeling.
She couldn't hold back anymore and screamed loudly.
Everyone immediately opened their eyes, quickly touched the weapons at hand, and quickly stood up, taking a warning posture.
"What's going on?" Luo Yuan stood up, glanced around and found nothing unusual.
Cao Lin kept screaming, waving her hands in the air, and her body shaking like a sieve.
Luo Yuan walked over and slapped her hard: "Calm down, what's going on?"
The intense pain finally made Cao Lin regain her senses a little from the overwhelming fear, but her face was still extremely frightened, and she said incoherently: "Maggots, maggots are everywhere, I'm going to die, save me, Brother Luo, save me !”
Luo Yuan had sharp eyes, grabbed her hand, turned the back of her hand, and took a closer look. He couldn't help but sucked in a breath of cold air. Even he felt a chill: "Why are there so many maggots?"
Everyone also gathered around. Seeing this infiltrating scene, their expressions changed drastically. Several people thought of something and quickly checked their wounds. The next moment, women's screams came one after another. Even a few men turned pale. .
Among everyone, except Luo Yuan and Lin Xiaoji, maggots appeared on the wounds more or less. Wang Xiaguang had the most maggots on her body. The maggots had almost occupied the entire wound. The dense and constantly moving maggots made people's scalp explode. She swayed and almost fainted.
Huang Jiahui and Wang Shishi were not much better. They screamed repeatedly and their faces were as white as dead people.
"Calm down, everyone, calm down!" Luo Yuan shouted.
Huang Jiahui was not seriously injured and was in good health. She had the fewest maggots on her body, so she regained her composure quickly. She said anxiously, "How could it be like this? I have been injured before, but usually this kind of wound is fine!"
"Maybe when walking through the woods, they were stained by insect eggs in the leaves." Luo Yuan guessed.
"The jungle is too dangerous. I don't want to stay here anymore. I would rather be choked to death by volcanic ash than covered with maggots!" Wang Shishi cried, with tears rolling in his eyes. He put his hand on the wound and wanted to touch it. No one dared to touch it.
"Don't be discouraged. After the volcanic ash passes, we will turn onto the highway. Let's not talk about it for now. These maggots must be dealt with as soon as possible, otherwise the longer it takes, the more dangerous it will be." Luo Yuan said solemnly, these maggots are so long It's too fast. Before midnight, it has already grown to the thickness of chopsticks. If it drags on any longer, I don't know what it will grow into. I hope they haven't penetrated into the body, otherwise...
Luo Yuan couldn't imagine it. His heart tightened when he thought of the horrific scene of his stomach being filled with maggots and finally bursting out of his body.
Huo Dong gritted his teeth and put his fingers into the wound. The tentacles were all slippery and disgusting. Goosebumps suddenly appeared on his skin. The originally shallow wound had been corroded so deep that a finger could almost be inserted. Maggots with a length of four to five centimeters were continuously pulled out from the wound by him and thrown into the fire. Under the burning of the flames, they made a thunderous sound.
He actually pulled out more than a dozen maggots from a wound the size of a table tennis ball. The flesh and blood inside the wound was filled with holes as densely packed as a honeycomb. Some of the holes were vaguely white, and it was obvious that maggots were still growing in the depths.
A trace of despair flashed across his face, and he suddenly collapsed and hit the wound hard. Blood mixed with thick white slurry splashed everywhere. A large piece of muscle near the wound shrank completely, and it seemed that it had been hollowed out.
Everyone looked pale and cold.
Luo Yuan could no longer maintain his calmness, and his expression changed drastically. Seeing that Wang Xiaguang was about to fall to the ground, he quickly supported her and put her on the hay. Luo Yuan checked her condition. Her wounds were mainly on her back and calf. The wound on her calf was only the size of a palm, but There was a large area on her back, the situation was extremely serious, and because she couldn't see the reason behind it, she didn't even notice it herself.
Luo Yuan's heart was heavy, and he tried to press gently along the area near the calf wound with his fingers. Without using much force, the skin sunk in, causing the maggots to squirm slightly.
Wang Xiaguang lay motionless on the hay, looking desperately at the top of his head, trembling: "Am I going to die?"
"No, since I rescued you, I won't watch you die." Luo Yuan said without any doubt: "I'll get the knife."
"What do you want to do?" Wang Xiuguang asked quickly.
"The maggots haven't penetrated deeply yet. All you need to do is cut off the entire piece of meat." Luo Yuan said.
"Then I can't leave in the future!" Wang Xiaguang asked.
"It's not like you cut off the whole leg, but you will be a little lame when you walk in the future?" Luo Yuan was silent for a while and said softly. He did not tell her the situation behind her to prevent her from breaking down.
"No, if you cut it off, even if you can still walk in the future, you will have to recuperate for a while. I don't want to be a burden to you." Wang Xiaguang bit her lips, tears kept falling from her face, and she shook her head: "I'm afraid I can’t go west, and I should have died on the night my mother committed suicide!”
The death of her parents and Luo Yuan's indifference caused the last trace of persistence in her heart to disappear. Moreover, the miserable condition of her body became the straw that broke the camel's back. She had already begun to have the will to die in her heart.
Luo Yuan looked at her lifeless eyes. He was too familiar with this kind of eyes. He had seen it from two people who committed suicide in the end. His face was moved: "This is not a burden, even if your leg is broken, I will I will take care of you for the rest of your life. You are still young and there are still many wonderful things to experience. The West is a stable world. We won’t have to take risks then. We can live a normal life. You must stick to it.”
Wang Xiaguang's numb eyes suddenly brightened up, and a blush appeared on his pale face, and he said, "You said you would take care of me for the rest of your life?"
Luo Yuan found that Wang Xiaguang had some misunderstandings, but at this point, he could only bite the bullet and nod: "So you must live, don't be afraid, just feel the pain."
Wang Xiaguang's face turned pale again: "Then hurry up!"
"Shout out if it hurts!"
Luo Yuan quickly pulled out his sword, and he repeatedly pointed at the wound on his calf. His palms were slightly sweaty, and his usually rock-steady hands were trembling slightly. He took a deep breath, and was about to strike with the sword. He suddenly remembered something and said quickly: "Lin Xiaoji, bring that frog over here?"
The flesh and blood of the frog has a paralyzing effect but is not very toxic. It is a natural anesthetic. Luo Yuan was somewhat glad that he did not want to move yesterday and that others did not go out and throw it away for safety reasons. Otherwise, Wang Xiaguang would have to endure it for the rest of his life.
Lin Xiaoji did not dare to hesitate, and quickly ran over and picked up the frog body that was still in the corner.
Luo Yuan immediately opened its belly. After midnight, its blood had coagulated, but he didn't need much, just a few drops of blood was enough. He picked up a piece of hay, dipped it in some blood, and put it drop by drop on the wound covered with maggots.
At this time something surprising happened!
The maggots seemed to sense that a disaster was coming, and they suddenly writhed violently and scrambled out of the wound. After a while, the calf was covered with maggots. After a few minutes, the wound was completely empty of maggots, and even the maggots that had penetrated into the flesh were gone. He also ran away completely.
Luo Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then became ecstatic.
The atmosphere in the hall instantly became heated. Everyone gathered around the frog and carefully dripped its blood on the wound.
Creatures thrive on each other, and this frog seems to be the natural enemy of maggots. A large number of maggots dug out the wounds one after another, trying to escape, but they were trampled to death by the crowd or thrown into the fire. The maggots were burned by the flames, and the air was filled with There was a burning smell, but no one cared.
After venting, several women became depressed, and even Huang Jiahui became taciturn. Although the maggots disappeared, they left disgusting wounds that even they themselves did not dare to look at. No one knew whether they would remain in the future. of terrible scars.