Zhang Guilan promised well that this is the last time: "Don't worry, this must be the last time for me. Our family's life is not difficult, and I don't rely on this idea, just to see everyone Everyone has gone, don't I want to join in the fun?"
After hearing what Zhang Guilan said, Wang Wuqin didn't say anything more. It's good that she knows what she knows. Anyway, life is made by people. They don't rely on these illusory things. After a while, the matter of mutant creatures will be resolved by the state Now, their life will completely return to normal.
Wang Wuqin didn't take it seriously. After all, the whole town had hung lucky bags on the old locust tree, and his family was just one of them, so it wouldn't cause any trouble.
However, what Wang Wuqin never expected was that something happened that night.
Because there were no customers during these days, they went to bed very early at night, and the store closed early. The old couple had dinner, washed up and went to bed to watch TV.
The TV program was a little boring, the couple fell asleep without knowing it, and the room became quiet. After detecting that the couple had fallen asleep, the TV automatically turned off, and the lights in the room were adjusted to the most suitable brightness , The two lying on the bed fell asleep and slept very soundly.
In the middle of the night, Wang Wuqin was awakened by the rustling sound outside. He opened his eyes in a daze, and looked outside. Through the gap in the curtain, Wang Wuqin found that the sky outside was still dark. Bright, he can continue to sleep for a while.
Wang Wuqin turned over and was about to sleep when the rustling sound outside the door sounded again. This time, Wang Wuqin, who was in a daze, suddenly woke up. Looking at the window.
The thick curtains covered all the outside scenery, just because the couple used to leave a gap in the curtains, thinking that it would allow air to breathe. Now Wang Wuqin passed through the gap and saw something faintly shaking outside the window. , in addition to the rustling sound, he also heard the looming sound of bells.
A strange feeling rose from the bottom of his heart. The sense of fear made Wang Wuqin freeze on the bed, not daring to move. Even though the air conditioner was on in the room, cold sweat broke out layer after layer on his body.
Intuition told Wang Wuqin that he should lie on the bed honestly now, pretending that he didn't know anything, that he should close his eyes and go to sleep, and not care about everything outside.
However, an inexplicable impulse still drove Wang Wuqin to get off the bed, and moved to the window step by step.
Standing at the window, Wang Wuqin felt that the rustling sound outside became louder, and he didn't know if there was something wrong with his ears. After approaching the window, the rustling sound outside the window seemed to change suddenly. At this time, it sounded like someone was whispering something outside.
"Wang Wuqin, Wang Wuqin, are you home~~~"
He seemed to hear someone calling his name, asking if he was at home, the expression on Wang Wuqin's face became dazed, and he opened his mouth. He seemed to want to say something, but at this moment, he felt a burning sensation in his chest. This sudden burning sensation brought back Wang Wuqin's lost sanity, and he also became sober. When doing something, sweat dripped from Wang Wuqin's forehead.
After calming down, he listened to the sounds outside, and found that the outside had turned into a rustling sound again, and those voices just now seemed to be his hallucinations.
A strong sense of fear stirred in Wang Wuqin's heart. He reached out and grabbed the curtain, the veins on the back of his hand were exposed, as if he wanted to pull the curtain away, but in the end he overcame the urge to pull it away , closing the gap.
Wang Wuqin held on to the curtains on both sides tightly, and he closed his eyes hard. The rustling outside became more and more urgent. In addition to the rustling, the bells he heard before began to ring again. Those bells It was extremely familiar to him during the day when he heard the sound of the bells hanging under the lucky bags on the old locust tree hitting.
But Wang Wuqin remembered that the old locust tree was still some distance away from their home. He had never heard the bell when he slept in the past. What happened today? How could he hear it all of a sudden? Moreover, the sound of the bell was so close that it felt like it was ringing outside the window, but this was absolutely impossible.
Wang Wuqin fell into chaos in his head, he felt as if his brain was being torn apart, there was a strange voice bewitching him, making him open the curtains desperately, whenever Wang Wuqin was about to When he couldn't control himself, there would be a burning sensation in his chest, pulling back his sanity that was about to collapse.
At last Wang Wuqin couldn't take it anymore, he let go of the hand holding the curtain, turned around, and walked towards the bed step by step, but within a short distance of five or six meters, Wang Wuqin seemed to be walking a long march It seemed that it took him a full hour to reach the bedside. At this time, Wang Wuqin seemed to be fished out of the water, but he didn't care about anything, and fell heavily on the bed. , Then Wang Wuqin struggled to pull off the quilt on the side, covering himself from head to toe. In order to prevent himself from being bewitched, he kept chanting Amitabha Buddha...
Wang Wuqin had never felt that the night was so difficult. He was chanting Amitabha Buddha, and his mouth was almost bald. After a long time, the ubiquitous rustling and bells outside faded away like the tide. There was a silence again, as if everything before was his hallucination.
But Wang Wuqin didn't dare to poke his head out from under the quilt. He wrapped himself up even tighter, and his eyes were tightly closed, unwilling to open them no matter what.
He thought he wouldn't fall asleep, but Wang Wuqin unconsciously fell asleep in this mentally tense situation, and then he was awakened by Zhang Guilan's voice.
"Master, what are you doing? It's such a hot day, what are you doing with your whole body under the quilt? Did you steal someone last night? Look at the black spots under your eyes. What happened? "
Wang Wuqin stared blankly at Zhang Guilan's familiar face. He was still in a daze, as if he hadn't recovered from the weird scene last night. After a while, he suddenly sat up and pushed After driving Zhang Guilan, she ran to the window.
He looked at the blue-and-white curtains of his house, the expression on his face changed, and finally he grabbed the curtains and pulled them open.
The warm sunlight came in from the window, Wang Wuqin blinked and looked at the huge old locust tree not far away.
The thousand-year-old locust tree grows luxuriantly, and the emerald green locust tree leaves shimmer with fine light under the sunlight, which is reflected by the dew stained on the locust tree leaves. The breeze blows, golden The bell made a crisp knocking sound, and the branches and leaves on the tree shook, shattering the golden light. At first glance, the whole tree seemed to be shining brightly.
This kind of picture is really beautiful. In the past, Wang Wuqin liked this scene the most. Whenever he saw this scene, his mood would become very good. However, this time when he saw the picture like an animation However, Wang Wuqin felt a bone-piercing cold rising from the soles of his feet, and his whole body was about to be frozen to death by that cold air.
He remembered that the old locust tree didn't seem to be so big yesterday, and the area covered by the canopy was not so wide. The number of lucky bags on the tree seemed to have increased a lot. The densely packed lucky bags hung on the branches of the old locust tree, making the lower half The old locust tree is dyed a touch of red, at first glance, it seems to have put blood-colored clothes on the old locust tree.
An ominous feeling rose from the bottom of Wang Wuqin's heart. His teeth were gritted and his mind was in a mess. He wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he found that he couldn't utter a single word. voice comes.
At this moment, Zhang Guilan walked over quietly from behind, stood behind Wang Wuqin, stretched out her arms to wrap around Wang Wuqin's waist, and then tightened her arms little by little.
"Master, what did you see? Isn't this what you see every day? Are you surprised? Or is it that the things you like have changed?"
Zhang Guilan's voice was the same as in the past, but Wang Wuqin was the first to discover something wrong with Zhang Guilan after they were married for many years. He lowered his head stiffly and saw the hands around his waist.
Zhang Guilan's skin is very fair. Even though she is old, her skin is still white and smooth like a little girl. In the past, Wang Wuqin liked Zhang Guilan's white skin the most. At this moment, he was shocked to find Zhang Guilan's skin. Dense green meridians emerged on her white arm, and those meridians spread all over her arm, as if she had grown it herself.
"The head of the house? What the hell did you see?"
Zhang Guilan's voice came again, and the string called reason in Wang Wuqin's brain was completely broken at this time. This terrifying scene stimulated his nerves, he opened his mouth, and let out a scream —
"what!!!"
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Two hours later, the car stopped outside Luoshui Town, and a group of people got out of the car. Qi Shaoqin took advantage of the situation and withdrew his mental power, and the car turned into a blue spot of light and merged into Qi Shaoqin's body.
Luohe Town is a small town with a permanent population of more than 10,000. Because it is a tourist town, it was still very lively before the second mutation happened. Look, the town is full of people.
But this time, the parking place at the entrance of the town was empty, not to mention a car, not even a person responsible for the most basic security.
Something is not quite right.
Everyone put their eyes on Luo Xinghe, Xiao Longfei asked: "What's going on with Xinghe? Didn't the people in Luoshui Town contact you? According to common sense, they should wait here to welcome us, Why is there no one there now?"
Luo Xinghe shook his head and said: "I don't know about it either, maybe something happened last night and everyone in the town was trapped."
Such an explanation is quite reasonable. After all, due to their different characteristics, each mutant has a different way of attacking people. Some mutants behave violently and will directly attack humans without caring about anything; while some mutants will have their IQ improved. , They generally lurk silently and will not attack humans until the time is right.
Luo Xinghe said before that the mutated plants in Luoshui Town are similar to the mutated peach blossom trees in Taohua Village, maybe it is the person who controlled the entire Luoshui Town with the mutated creature.
Xiao Longfei frowned, and the expression on his face became a bit more solemn: "If this is the case, the situation may be a bit troublesome."
You must know that the population of Taohua Village was only more than 3,000 at that time, and Luohe Town had a total of more than 10,000 people. If it was really caused by mutant creatures, how powerful would it be
The eyes of the crowd subconsciously focused on Qi Wang and Taoyao who were standing by the side, but they found that the two had been looking into the town at this time, they followed their gazes and found that they were What they saw was a green canopy. According to the information they found, it should be the old pagoda tree with a history of more than a thousand years in the center of Luoshui Town.
"Deputy team, did the people in Luoshui Town say what the mutated creatures were attacking them?"
Qi Shaoqin broke the silence, Luo Xinghe said: "The mayor told me that if there is no accident, it should be the old locust tree."
Old locust tree? The thousand-year-old locust tree itself has spirituality. If it really produces a second mutation, then its strength is completely immeasurable, and according to the news Luo Xinghe got, that old locust tree may also belong to the control system. , they can't directly destroy the old locust tree, they have to rescue the people under his control first.
Everyone once again set their sights on Qi Duan and Tao Yao, Xiao Longfei leaped out of the crowd and walked in front of them.
"Ming people don't say dark words. The reason why we invited you two to join our guard team this time is because of your performance in Mutant Peach Blossom Village last time."
Speaking of this, Xiao Longfei paused for a moment, and then continued: "I don't know which of you two helped the villagers release the mutated peach tree from the control of the last time I was in Peach Blossom Village, but You should be experienced and know how to deal with this kind of mutant creatures of the control system. If so, please help us to save the residents in the town, and we will be responsible for dragging down the old mutant locust tree. What do you think of the idea of buying you time?"
Although Xiao Longfei was speaking to the two of them, his attention was more on Taoyao, obviously thinking that the two brothers and sisters were in charge of Taoyao, but Taoyao didn't speak, and He looked at Qi Wang: "Brother, what do you think?"
Because of her own status, Taoyao didn't want to confront the mutant creatures, so she was naturally willing to save the residents—even if they couldn't stop these humans from harming the mutant creatures, she didn't want to help them.
Before Qi Wang could say anything, an old voice came from the side: "Are you from the guards? I am Qi Musheng, the mayor of Luoshui Town."
After hearing these words, everyone subconsciously turned their heads to look over, and saw an old man in short sleeves walking towards them.
The old man looked to be over seventy years old, with gray hair and wrinkles on his face, but he seemed to be in good spirits. After seeing them, he greeted them with a smile, and his face showed hope. color.
"I'm finally here for you to look forward to. The people in our town are saved."
While talking, Qi Musheng actually burst into tears, Xiao Longfei had never seen such a posture before, so he couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.
And Luo Xinghe took a step forward, holding Qi Musheng's arm: "Mayor Qi, right? You were the one who contacted me before?"
Qi Musheng nodded and said: "It's me, I have no other choice, otherwise I wouldn't have called you here."