Ye Xiaotian and Zhan Ning'er were awakened by the shrill screams, they sat up suddenly, and saw a person who seemed to be desperately digging his face with both hands, struggling to let out a miserable howl like a ghost. Zhan Ning'er jumped up, dodged to Ye Xiaotian's side, and asked in panic, "What's going on?"
Seeing Bai Xiaoxiao's outfit under the moonlight, and hearing her familiar voice, Ye Xiaotian suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and cried out: "She is Yang Yinglong's man, the woman who hunted us down."
Zhan Ning'er was so stimulated by the scream that her hairs stood on end, and said nervously, "What's wrong with her?"
At this time, Bai Xiaoxiao's roaring sound suddenly stopped, she raised her face, opened her hands to the sky, opened her mouth wide as if to shout something, but there was no sound, only a hissing sound in her throat.
When she raised her head, Ye Xiaotian and Zhan Ning'er were standing on her side, through the bright moonlight, she could just see her silhouette, and saw that her entire face had completely turned into a skeleton, with the mouth of the skeleton opening wide Standing, desperately held up to the sky.
Her neck seemed to be melting, and it was disappearing rapidly, and after a while, only a neck bone remained at the position of her throat. Then, the skull lacked support, and suddenly drooped downwards, and the whole person collapsed to the ground, twitched a few times, and then became silent.
Seeing such a terrifying scene, Zhan Ning'er screamed in fright, clasped Ye Xiaotian's arm tightly with her cold and sweaty hands, and said in a trembling voice: "What's wrong with her? What's wrong with her?"
Ye Xiaotian took a few steps back in horror, leaving the rock where he had just slept, and suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a strange shadow slowly creeping towards their feet on the ground, Ye Xiaotian immediately exclaimed: "Go!" After talking more, he grabbed Zhan Ning'er's hand and ran away.
It was dawn and the sun was shining brightly. Ye Xiaotian stood at the place where he rested last night, the sun was shining brightly on his head, and his body felt chilly.
They didn't know where to flee last night, they fell into a hot spring in panic, climbed out in a hurry, and hid on a high rock, standing there for half the night in fear.
If they didn't go back to find out, they might not be able to sleep peacefully from now on, so they waited until dawn, and they came back again. Fortunately, they didn't escape far at night, and they found it.
On the ground was a skeleton wrapped in a black costume, with dense white bones. Overnight, a living person lost even his intestines and internal organs, leaving only a complete skeleton on the ground. Ye Xiaotian tapped the skeleton's skull lightly with a wooden stick, looked around suspiciously, and suddenly found some messy footprints.
This kind of place is not soft soil, which should not leave footprints, but when your feet are covered with insects, densely packed, then every time you step on it, there will be a footprint left there, a footprint composed of insect corpses .
Ye Xiaotian walked over, squatted down and observed carefully for a while, then picked it up with a stick, turned his head to the side and said: "Miss Ning'er, don't throw up, come and see, what is this?"
Ning'er rinsed her mouth with spring water, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, walked back with a pale face, and asked, "What?"
Ye Xiaotian picked it up with a tree stick, and on the edge of the footprints of the insect corpses, there were some insects that had not been completely crushed into a pulp, and most of them were intact, barely recognizable. Ye Xiaotian picked out a bug corpse, frowned and said, "Do you know this kind of bug?"
Ning'er knelt down, suppressed her nausea, looked at the insect corpse carefully, shook her head and said, "I don't recognize it."
Ye Xiaotian turned his gaze to the fire that had already been burned to ashes, and there was a half-complete fish skeleton on the wooden shelf next to it. The skeleton was very complete, but the meat on the fish skeleton was removed cleanly, not even a trace of meat remained. , that is definitely not something that humans can do.
Ye Xiaotian said slowly: "It should be this kind of bug that she met last night."
Ning'er was surprised and said: "This kind of little bug that dies when you step on it? Is it so scary?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "Maybe one such little bug is not scary, but if there are thousands of them..."
Before Ye Xiaotian finished speaking, he slowly raised his head, looked at the maroon rocks far and near, and muttered to himself: "No wonder all the people who broke into here can't get out, maybe getting lost is the reason, but there are not even them here." The traces of life, I'm afraid they turned into skeletons in their sleep not long after they came in."
Ning'er said in horror: "But... but we have never seen a single skeleton."
Ye Xiaotian said: "Maybe we haven't seen it yet, or maybe besides the bugs that eat meat, there are bugs that like to gnaw bones, who knows, it's not uncommon for weird things to come out of this hellish place."
Zhan Ning'er looked at Ye Xiaotian, and suddenly sobbed, big and big tears rolled down her cheeks, this charming girl from a rich family was so frightened by such a horrible scene that she couldn't do it anymore. Maintain her modesty and arrogance.
Seeing her like this, Ye Xiaotian was even more frightened than when he saw Bai Xiaoxiao transform from a living person into a skeleton last night. This domineering young lady actually cried? Ye Xiaotian said helplessly: "Miss Zhan, why are you crying? Is crying useful? Let's..."
Zhan Ning'er let out a "wow", and suddenly burst into his arms crying, hugging his neck tightly, trembling all over: "I don't want to die here, I don't want to be eaten by bugs, this place is too scary Now, you take me away, you take me away quickly!"
Ye Xiaotian opened his hands, and he didn't know whether he should hug her, what if she turned around and said that she was taking advantage of it after she woke up? Ye Xiaotian explained with a bitter face: "It's not that I don't want to leave! How can you tell me to leave with so many 'ghosts hitting the wall'! If I could leave, I would have left a long time ago... Ah! Why are you biting me?"
Zhan Ning'er, whose reason was destroyed by fear, suddenly bit Ye Xiaotian's shoulder, causing Ye Xiaotian to cry out in pain. After a while, Zhan Ning'er finally let go, and stared straight at Ye Xiaotian, Ye Xiaotian was frightened by her terrifying eyes and took a few steps back, stammering, "You... what are you going to do?"
Zhan Ning'er picked up the tip of her toes, and suddenly picked up the knife that Bai Xiaoxiao had abandoned on the ground, stretched out her hand to grab it, just caught the tip of the knife, and handed the handle of the knife to Ye Xiaotian, said in a deep voice: "If those strange insects Come again, when we can't run away, you must kill me!"
Ye Xiaotian: "Huh?"
Zhan Ning'er said, "Promise me!"
Ye Xiaotian smiled wryly: "That's not the same as death."
Zhan Ning'er mourned, "It's better than being bitten to death by bugs, right?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "If you're dead, don't insects stop eating you? I don't think they are so taboo."
Zhan Ning'er said with tears in her eyes, "At least I don't have to watch them eat me."
Ye Xiaotian thought for a while, and found that being eaten by bugs was indeed not as satisfying as committing suicide, so he sighed and said, "Forget it! When the time comes, I'll kill you first, and then commit suicide, so let's be a pair of mandarin ducks with the same fate!"
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In the dense forest, at the entrance of the cave, Ge Mao anxiously turned around.
Since getting the jade card, Mr. Ge Mao has sent two groups of people, but he still can't find out the latest situation of the temple. Originally, he also had eyes and ears in the temple, but unfortunately, Yang Yinglong, An Nantian, and people from the cottage who came one after another have surrounded the surrounding area.
Yang Yingjing and An Nantian were wary of each other, and Geduol was deeply wary of both of them. The three parties had their own ghosts, and people from other caves and villages gathered in the temple one after another. As a result, everyone was trapped there. , and no one can blatantly take some actions while also limiting the actions of others.
Although Ge Mao had decided to use the jade card to sneak into the temple, he wanted to know the latest situation of the temple for safety before he acted, so he sent two teams of men one after another, ordering them to get in touch with the people in the temple , but no return has been seen so far.
Suddenly, there was a figure flashing in the bushes in the distance, Ge Mao immediately caught up two steps, stood on a high place and looked into the distance, and saw a figure running towards this side quickly in the forest, not waiting for that The man ran in front of him, but Mr. Gemao recognized that it was his subordinate, so he quickly walked up to him.
"How is the situation in the temple?"
"Reporting to the elders, Yang Yinglong, An Nantian, Gedoldo and others are all guarding outside the temple. All the elders are waiting for news in the hall on the eighth floor."
Ge Mao asked anxiously: "The venerable has not delivered the decree yet?"
The man said: "Yes! I don't know what the venerable is waiting for. He has set up the Gu God killing array 'Millennium' outside the ninth floor temple. No one dares to take a step in the entire highest floor temple. No one knows. How's it going inside?"
Ge Mao tightly clenched the jade tablet in his hand, walked around in a hurry, and said, "Is the ninth floor temple unguarded?"
The man smiled bitterly and said: "Elder, there is a formation of 'Millennium Gu', do you still need someone to guard it? But it is very difficult for the elder to go to the ninth floor. There are too many people outside, and no one can sneak in."
Ge Mao sneered and said, "Then I'll walk in with dignity!"
The man was surprised and said: "Elder?"
Ge Mao said slyly: "None of them can get in, can they?"
The man suddenly realized, and excitedly said: "Yes! The elder rushed to the temple, as long as you step into the millennium formation, no one can stop you anymore."
Guy Gemao is also harboring ulterior motives, that's why he has been thinking of sneaking in secretly. If he had no qualms about being loyal to the Venerable, he would have gone straight to the temple with the jade card in his hand. When the time comes, he will explain the origin of the jade card to the Venerable. Therefore, if the venerable appoints someone to inherit, he can use the name of venerable to welcome the heir. In front of so many people in the Jiudong Eighty-one Village, who would dare to stop
However, Mr. Ge Mao is also coveting the big position. Although he did not snatch the jade card from the messenger sent by the venerable, he still dare not face it in a guilty conscience. Now he is willing to make this decision. There is no other way, on the other hand, it is also because his mentality has changed.
His enthusiasm for power and honor has further inflated his ambition and courage. He has made up his mind that once the Venerable finds out his ambition, he will kill the Venerable. The Venerable is dying. Can it be him? opponent? Whether others can enter the ninth floor of the temple, is it black or white or he has the final say
Gemao said in a deep voice: "Gather your people immediately, let's go to the temple! Remember, tell people that we came here in a hurry when we heard that the venerable was dying in the village of Yanke!"
"Hahahaha... I knew you were never as loyal as you showed! Guy, you don't have to go to the temple, because... I'm here!"
With a long laugh, a group of people suddenly emerged from the dense forest...