The team continued to move forward in the thick fog.
The human-faced spider just now cost them a teammate. In addition, the mountain road was rugged and foggy, and they didn't know what dangers lay ahead. Everyone felt heavy in their hearts.
Halfway through the walk, a faint crying sound came from the thick fog. It was faint and sounded like the crying of an old woman!
In this situation, any sound would be frightening.
Bai Wuliang, who was walking in the front, stopped and whispered, "There's something lying in the middle of the road ahead."
Jiang Mianmian frowned, "Human or ghost?"
Bai Wuliang shook his head, "The fog is too thick."
This strange fog interfered with his abilities. He was unable to determine the identity of the person in front of him, and it was difficult for them to decide on their next move.
A suppressed and hoarse cry floated out from the fog, crying until it was broken, making people's hearts ache: "Help, help!"
Normally, for insurance purposes, he would choose to eliminate all risks.
"Mr. Tang Ning, could you please go to the front and take a look?" Bai Wuliang turned around, holding back his aching eyes, and asked politely.
There is no safer option than to send out the monster next to Tang Ning.
"Oh, okay." Tang Ning nodded quickly. He led Shadow forward. The soldiers passing by were tense and pretended to remain calm, staring at Shadow.
Shadow was obediently led away by Tang Ning. When it reached the middle of the team, it suddenly turned around and looked back.
At that moment, the group of soldiers were collectively shocked, their eyes widened like bells, especially the team leader who had blushed at Tang Ning before, his heart was beating so fast that it was about to jump out of his throat.
Before Tang Ning noticed anything unusual, Shadow turned around calmly, as if he was just looking at someone casually instead of asserting his sovereignty.
Tang Ning, who knew nothing, walked to the front with Shadow. The crying became clearer and clearer. Tang Ning vaguely saw a hunched figure lying on the ground in the thick fog. "Save me!"
The mist inhaled into the body made people feel a little uncomfortable. Tangning hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, "What's wrong with you?"
The old man in the fog stretched out his hand, his fingertips piercing through the cloud-like mist, struggling to reach Tang Ning, "Our village is to blame!"
village
Is it Pingtou Village
Tang Ning walked forward accompanied by the shadow. When he was only half a meter away from the old woman, he finally saw the old woman's appearance clearly. Her face was full of wrinkles and her clothes were tattered. She looked like she had escaped from a disaster. She was so exhausted that she couldn't even stand and could only lie on the ground and gasp for breath.
The old woman also saw who was coming. Her drooping eyelids opened in an instant and she burst into a scream, "Weird!!!"
Tang Ning was shocked!
Weird! Where is the weird?! Has the human-faced spider appeared again?!
He quickly looked around and saw nothing but thick fog. With his heart beating rapidly, Tang Ning looked at the old woman in panic, then followed the old woman's terrified gaze to the expressionless shadow.
In the milky white mist, the pitch-black shadows were indeed particularly creepy.
Tang Ning: “”
shadow:"?"
"Old lady, don't be afraid, it..." It is indeed strange and may hurt you at any time.
The words of comfort were stuck in Tangning's throat. The old woman struggled to crawl back. It seemed that she was also very afraid of Tangning. She kept muttering "fairy" and "all weird".
"What's going on?!" Bai Wuliang asked from behind.
"She looks like a villager from Pingtou Village. She should be a normal person!" Tangning added dryly, "The shadow scared her."
After hearing Tang Ning's explanation, the people who were good at communication rushed over to comfort the old woman. The old woman was extremely nervous. Tang Ning and Shadow squatted down, trying to reduce their presence and not to irritate the poor old woman.
The shadow had no guilt at all for scaring others. It squatted beside Tang Ning and seemed quite happy. Even while squatting, it wanted Tang Ning to hold its hand.
As others asked skillful questions, Tang Ning heard the old woman's complete account of the strange things that happened in Pingtou Village.
Pingtou Village is a poor village, so poor that it is difficult to get enough food. Until not long ago, someone found a tomb in the mountains. There was a lot of gold, silver and jewelry in the tomb. The villagers went crazy. They found powerful people in the village to sell the gold and silver for money. As a result, the two people left the village and never came back.
Then, the people in the village turned into monsters like human-faced spiders one after another. The old woman somehow survived. Today, taking advantage of the precious opportunity when the human-faced spiders came out in droves, the old woman stumbled out.
"Old lady, do you know how to get to that tomb?" Bai Wuliang asked. Although he could see the location of certain things, this skill had a disadvantage. When you stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you. If he looked for too long, that existence might kill him. If he could get the route map from the old lady, it would reduce the risk for Bai Wuliang.
"You can't go! You can't go!" the old woman shouted desperately. She was almost out of breath and her eyes were full of fear.
Bai Wuliang and his friends consoled the old woman for a long time, constantly telling her that they were here to solve problems and deal with strange events. Only then did the old woman let go: "Can you really solve these things?"
"Of course, mother-in-law, we came here just for this matter." Jiang Mianmian pointed at the people behind him, "Those people behind are special forces, that is, soldiers."
"I know. I know about the special forces." The old woman was stunned for a moment. She measured the white suit again for Bai Wuliang, who had an extraordinary temperament. She seemed to have made up her mind. "I don't know how to get to that tomb, but Zhao Laosi's wife knows. I can take you to find Zhao Laosi's wife, but you have to promise to do me a favor."
"What help?" Bai Wuliang asked.
"Can you take me away from here and find my family?" The old woman made a request that no one expected.
Family? Shouldn't this old woman's family be from the village? Why do we have to leave here to find them
"Where are your family members?" Bai Wuliang continued to ask.
The old woman was silent for a while, "It's been so many years, I don't know anymore."
Bai Wuliang didn't ask any more questions. He said: "We will do our best to help you find your family."
Some people's tone and demeanor were convincing. The old woman did not doubt Bai Wuliang. She trembled and said, "Let's go."
The team moved forward again. This time, when the old woman saw the coffin behind and Tang Ning's shadow at the back, she was not very frightened. She seemed to have come to terms with something.
"Is there anyone else who is normal in the village?" Bai Wuliang asked.
"It's her." The old woman whispered.
"She" obviously refers to Zhao Laosi's daughter-in-law.
"How did she survive?" Jiang Mianmian, who was helping the old woman walk, was puzzled.
The old woman shook her head. She didn't seem to want everyone to talk too much.
Bai Wuliang and Jiang Mianmian looked at each other. They both guessed that the old woman might be hiding something, but since she refused to say it, they didn't want to pry her mouth open to ask.
It took them some time to finally reach the entrance of Pingtou Village.
The silent village was shrouded in fog, with messy footprints visible on the ground. This village gave people the feeling of a ferocious beast with its huge mouth opened waiting for food, which would devour outsiders without leaving even a bone.
The human-faced spider is something that Tang Ning and Lin Yun, the two players, had not encountered when they experienced Gong Yun's copy. It was an accident in their mission. Now that they have the opportunity to enter this village to learn about it, and in the company of a terrifying creature like Shadow, they must not let it go.
Bai Wuliang raised his monocle and looked towards the village for a while, then he put away the lens and signaled the team to continue following the old woman.
The crowd walked into the village in a solemn manner, everyone tightly grasped their weapons, and Tang Ning also tightly grasped Shadow's cold hand.
The village roads were dirt roads, the houses were dilapidated, with small mud walls and broken tiles on the roofs. The chicken coops, pig pens and cattle pens were all empty, and livestock bones could be seen on the dirty and messy ground. The vegetable fields were in a mess, and with no one taking care of them, the weeds grew more lush than the vegetables.
When passing by a dilapidated house, Tang Ning saw a person standing behind the small broken window of the house, staring at him with a pair of eyes.
Gloomy and cold, not the look a living person should have.
Tang Ning was startled. He subconsciously looked at the shadow, but this time the shadow did not act as quickly as before. Instead, it looked back at the eyes quietly.
"Fourth brother's wife, this group of people are from outside. They are good people. They want to ask you how to get to the tomb." The old woman asked through the window.
It turns out that this is the daughter-in-law of Zhao Laosi mentioned by the old woman.
"I can't walk and can't take them with me." A woman's cold voice came from the room.
The old woman explained to Bai Wuliang and the others: "Her leg was broken some time ago and it never healed."
"Just tell us a general direction." Bai Wuliang.
But at this time the eyes had disappeared, and the woman standing by the window seemed to be resting somewhere else.
The old woman knocked on the door. The door was so old and worn out that it didn't even have a lock. It opened with a slight push.
The two people in the room had a conversation. After a while, the old woman came out and was a little embarrassed: "She said that she couldn't figure out how to get there just by thinking. She had to think as she walked."
"Then is she willing to help us find the way? Feel free to tell me any conditions you have." Bai Wuliang.
"She has only one condition." The old woman hesitated for a moment before saying, "She said she wants the best-looking person to carry her."
The best looking person
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Tangning, including the old lady who was a little afraid of her.
Under everyone's gaze, Tang Ning was at a loss.
"Can't I change someone?" Bai Wuliang thought about it and decided to sacrifice his white clothes: "Can I?"
The old woman hurriedly said: "I'll go ask her."
After a while, the woman's answer came from the room: "Not even close."
Bai Wuliang, who always considered himself a handsome guy, touched his jaw and fell into deep thought.
The old woman came out of the house again, embarrassed: "She said no, she wants the best-looking one."
Now everyone looked at Tangning again. Tangning looked at Bai Wuliang cautiously and said, "Can't you 'see' where the tomb is?"
"I was injured before, and my old injury relapsed not long ago. My eyes can't see for long." Bai Wuliang glanced at the shadow and slowly.
Tang Ning also looked at the shadow beside him. Thinking that the shadow would always be with him and protect him, Tang Ning hesitated for a moment and prepared to go in to see what kind of Zhao Laosi's wife was. If it was a human, it would not be a big problem to carry her on his back. If it was a ghost, let the shadow carry it. The shadow was pretty good-looking.
Seeing that Tang Ning agreed, the old woman tremblingly stretched out her hand and let Tang Ning go into the house by himself.
Bai Wuliang and the others also wanted to follow in, but the old woman waved her hand and said no. Even when Shadow wanted to go in, the old woman mustered up the courage to stop him.
Then the shadow of the old woman's face melted into the shadow under Tang Ning's feet. Under the old woman's almost fainting gaze, Tang Ning's shadow walked into the room.
This is a shabby little house filled with a strange stench.
The moment Tang Ning entered, he heard the door closing behind him.
Is it the shadow that closed the door
Tang Ning glanced at the shadow on the ground and felt a little relieved. He looked at the bed, where Zhao Laosi's wife was lying, covered with a quilt. She looked unexpectedly pretty, with delicate features and fair skin. She was so pretty that she didn't look like a wife from this poor village.
Not only does she look good, her posture is also beautiful. She lies straight with her hands folded on her belly.
Tangning cautiously walked to the bedside and saw that the woman had her eyes closed, as if she was asleep. "Hello?"
As soon as the voice fell, the woman opened her eyes. Tang Ning didn't know if it was an illusion, but there seemed to be a strange red light flashing in her eyes. However, when Tang Ning looked again, he could only see the woman's staring eyes.
Tang Ning's chest felt pounding and he felt inexplicably nervous. He glanced at his shadow on the ground again. After making sure that it was still there, he mustered up the courage to continue standing by the bed.
The daughter-in-law of Zhao Laosi stretched out her hands towards Tangning. Her hands were originally folded on her abdomen, but now they were stretched straight without even bending her knuckles, forming a 90-degree arc with her body.
Such a pretty young wife, but she was posing in such a weird way as if to be hugged. Tangning felt a little creepy.
This should be a wrong example of flirting with men, right
Disturbed.
Tang Ning's legs felt weak, and he took two steps back, wanting to run. His breathing became disordered due to fear and tension. He lowered his head and looked at the shadow on the ground.
In the past, if there was something that scared him, the shadow would help him solve it immediately. Why did the shadow not move this time
Tang Ning took another step back, and his shadow followed suit. He shook his head to the left, and his shadow did the same. Every movement he made was like his real shadow.
Tang Ning's heart skipped a beat. He seemed to realize something and suddenly looked out the window. It was pitch black outside, as dark as night. When he looked more closely, he saw a gloomy figure standing outside the window!
The shadow didn't come in with him!
Tangning was instantly flustered. He looked at the woman on the bed anxiously. She lowered her hand, which had been raised at some point. Her body remained straight on the bed, but her head turned towards Tangning. Her eyes turned a strange red, and a strange smile formed on the corner of her lips. She said quietly, "I just want to take you to see someone."
Outside the house.
Lin Yun pressed the old woman, "What on earth is going on? Is Zhao Laosi's daughter-in-law a human or a ghost?!"
A group of people surrounded the old woman in an oppressive manner. The old woman finally broke down and cried, and she told a story that was not new.
Pingtou Village was poor, so poor that people could not get enough food and could not get married. A month ago, Zhao Laosi used his life savings to buy a wife. The new wife made a lot of trouble, so Zhao Laosi locked her in a pigsty and tortured her day and night, beating up every part of her except her pretty face.
The old woman was also abducted when she was young. She had made trouble and was also kidnapped. After being kidnapped for a whole year, she completely lost her courage. Today, when she saw the young woman, she thought of her past self. The old woman had lived to this age and had no hope for her life. One night when Zhao Laosi was drunk, she secretly let the woman go. The woman promised her that if she successfully escaped, she would help her contact her family, and if she was caught, she would never give her up.
The woman didn't run away.
When the whole village went to catch her, they found her hiding in a tomb full of gold, silver and jewelry. What happened afterwards was what the old woman had talked about before.
"Why didn't you say so earlier?!" Lin Yun stared at the old woman, but in fact, he was most angry at himself for being careless. He thought that with Shadow protecting Tang Ning, no one could stop her. However, Lin Yun never expected that Shadow could be stopped.
What is that being in the room? Even more powerful than the shadow?!
Just as everyone was getting anxious, the tightly closed door suddenly opened and Tang Ning came out carrying Zhao Laosi's wife. Although he looked a little strange, his body was intact. Tang Ning looked around and finally stopped at Shadow.
The shadow was in a strange state. The edges of the human figure became blurred, and sharp thorns grew out of it like a hedgehog. Tangning said to the shadow, "Let's go."
The shadow immediately pounced forward, quickly merged under Tang Ning's feet, and walked with Tang Ning.
Others wanted to ask Tang Ning, but at this moment, Tang Ning, with a strange woman on his back and a scary shadow under his feet, made people feel scared.
Bai Wuliang raised his monocle to look at the woman on Tang Ning's back. Her legs were hanging loosely, as if they had been cut off by a knife. Her slender waist was covered with scars. Her smiling eyes looked at Bai Wuliang through the monocle!
Bai Wuliang's heart tightened. He put down his glasses and followed Tang Ning's steps in silence.
The fog was still spreading and the team was eerily quiet. The female corpse lying on Tang Ning's back would point a finger in a direction after Tang Ning took a few steps.
Following Tang Ning came the team carrying the coffin. They moved slowly with Tang Ning. It was probably an extremely strange scene. There were people in front pointing the way, and living people were carrying the coffin behind. Smoke was lingering in the desolate mountains, and the breeze was blowing. There were shadows of people and trees swaying.
The mountain road was steep, and even a young man would fall if he was not careful. Tang Ning even accidentally stepped on empty air several times, but fortunately, Shadow supported him in time.
It is hard to imagine how a woman who had been poisoned for a month could escape alone in the middle of the night.
After Tangning walked for a distance, he suddenly heard a shout from behind him: "Bai Ge! What are you doing!"
The soldier codenamed White Dove shouted: "Captain! I want to get the necklace!"
Tang Ning turned around and saw that the eight people responsible for carrying the coffin were not in a good state. They were not looking at the road, and their eyes were fixed on the coffin. The coffin was not complete and had many damaged parts. The jewels inside could be seen through the holes.
In addition to the people carrying the coffin, several people walking around with guns were also staring at the coffin, including the team leader who scolded the white dove, who also did not divert his gaze.
They looked at the coffin with an undisguised fascination, but their bodies tried hard to resist the temptation of the jewels of death. The time for the coffin to suppress them was approaching!
I'm afraid that after a while, they won't be able to help wearing these jewels!
We must speed up and find the tomb as soon as possible!
"How long will it take to get there?" Tang Ning asked anxiously. He felt a sticky coldness on his back, and two cold hands were wrapped around his shoulders. The person behind him did not respond, but instead blew gently on his neck.
Tang Ning's scalp was numbed by the cold wind and he almost wanted to throw the things on his back away. In this situation, Tang Ning did not turn around rashly, but looked at the shadow on the ground.
The shadow was twisted, and the flowing shadow seemed to be about to splash upwards at any time, turning into a pair of hands and pulling down the thing on Tang Ning's back.
The fog was so thick that not a single ray of light could penetrate. Normally, in this situation, a person's shadow would not be visible on the ground. However, the strange thing was that Tang Ning saw two shadows on the ground!
One is Qi Yun’s shadow.
The other shadow stood taller than Qi Yun's shadow. It had something like a bead curtain on its head. The reflection of that slender and delicate piece swayed as Tang Ning walked forward. Tang Ning's pupils shrank and he subconsciously turned around to meet the strange eyes of the female corpse.
It is true that they looked weird, as their eyes no longer had the clear black and white that they had at the beginning. Instead, they looked like the eyes of someone who had been awake for a long time.
When Tang Ning faced this face up close, the first thought that came to his mind was not fear, but confusion.
Did he see it wrong
He lowered his head to look at the shadow on the ground. The figure wearing a twelve-tassel crown stretched out his hand from his wide sleeves, as if to gently touch something.
If there was sunshine, that blank space should be Tang Ning's shadow.
Instantly, Tang Ning's shoulders felt numb and a chill spread throughout his body, making it difficult for him to even walk.
Is this, is this Gong Yun? !
Tang Ning turned his head again and met the increasingly gloomy face of the female corpse. Countless corpse spots appeared on the pale skin. The smooth skin became stiff, and its hands hugged Tang Ning's shoulders.
What's going on
Is he seeing things
Tangning looked down in bewilderment and saw an unbelievable scene—
Qi Yun's shadow reached out and firmly grasped the hand of the other shadow that was trying to touch Tang Ning.
The shadow that looked like Gong Yun stretched out his other hand and grabbed Qi Yun's shadow by the neck.
These two shadows appeared in front of Tang Ning!