A few years ago, Zhou Tao fainted on the roadside. After being sent to the hospital, it was discovered that he had mid-stage cancer. Soon after, Zhou Mei, who was taking care of him in the hospital, also fainted and fell into a coma. Examination results showed that Zhou Mei was in the late stage of cancer.
If there are two cancer patients in one family, even if there is enough money for treatment, the hope of cure is extremely slim. Moreover, a rural family like the Zhou family cannot afford the medical expenses of two cancer patients.
The entire Zhou family fell into despair, and Zhou Tao and Zhou Mei also became dissatisfied.
The next day, they came out of the hospital, and Zhou Mei took Zhou Tao to the McDonald's he had always longed to have a meal, and then the mother and son walked leisurely towards the park.
There is a river running around the city, and when it flows to a certain area, it forms a small circular lake due to the terrain.
The government built a small park at this location with beautiful scenery. When Zhou Mei was young, this was her favorite place.
This was also the place of death chosen by her father and son.
Unexpectedly, they met someone who changed their lives.
"A man noticed that we were looking for something, stopped us, and handed us the weapon." Zhou Tao said.
The two mysterious objects were still fighting inside his body. Zhou Tao felt severe pain all over and sweat was dripping down his face, but he endured it.
Ji Mingxia was listening to him carefully and was obviously very interested in what he was saying.
The more interested Ji Mingxia is, the greater the bargaining chip he has in negotiations with Ji Mingxia.
Zhou Tao said: "He said that this thing can help us, and he asked us to figure out how to use it."
Zhou Mei didn't believe it and rejected the man at first, but Zhou Tao was young and at the most curious age.
Although he agreed to jump into the lake with his mother, he was extremely unwilling in his heart.
So he took the initiative to agree and took the things.
As soon as the instrument entered his palm, Zhou Tao felt a tremendous force, which was transmitted to his whole body through his palm. The long-lost feeling of health swept over Zhou Tao, making him fall into obsession on the spot.
When he woke up, the man had disappeared. Zhou Tao had been suffering from cancer for a long time, but now that he was holding the gun, he felt healthier than ever!
Zhou Mei had lived for forty years and had always been cautious. She advised Zhou Tao to throw away the weapon, fearing that it would be tainted with sin.
Zhou Tao saw the hope of survival and tasted the taste of health, so he was unwilling to give up.
However, Zhou Mei's concerns are not unreasonable. While Zhou Tao was using the device to restore his health, he began to investigate the mysterious man.
The man suddenly appeared, gave the weapon, and then disappeared mysteriously, without a trace.
In order to find this man, Zhou Tao thought of a solution.
"I pretended that he was my father and asked the park security to help us check the surveillance. After confirming which gate he left the park from, we asked the owners of small shops along the street to help us find him. His clothes were very distinctive, and people who had seen him had some impression of him, and finally we determined his approximate location." Zhou Tao said, and suddenly paused.
His voice came out muffled, and he said to Ji Mingxia: "Mingxia, can you push me gently? I can't breathe when I talk face down like this."
Ji Mingxia glanced at the time, put the ring back together, and said to Zhou Tao, "Okay."
As he spoke, he took out a broom from the side and gently touched Zhou Tao's body with the handle.
Zhou Tao was lying face down with his back hunched. Ji Mingxia pushed him and he immediately fell to the side, lying on his side.
As soon as he showed his face, Zhou Tao suddenly raised his head and looked at Ji Mingxia.
When Zhou Tao saw that Ji Mingxia did not touch him with his fist but pushed him down with a broom, he was stunned for a moment, and his face almost couldn't help showing a look of exasperation.
"What's wrong?" Ji Mingxia asked knowingly.
"No, nothing." Zhou Tao forced himself to endure it and lowered his eyes and stopped looking at Ji Mingxia.
Ji Mingxia asked: "Where does this man live?"
"After my mother and I were diagnosed with cancer, we returned to the county town together. The last time I went to the hospital, I was discharged from the county hospital... Park Lake is in a relatively remote location in the county, and the place where the man is is also relatively remote..." Zhou Tao talked on and on, and the more he spoke, the more painful the expression on his face became. His whole body twitched and trembled, and his eyes were a little unfocused.
Ji Mingxia listened, gripped the broom, and took a step back.
At this moment, Zhou Tao suddenly roared and his body trembled violently.
Then, a copper coin flew out from his spine.
The coin was bronze in color all over, with faint traces of bumps on the corners. The words in the center were also spotted, as if mud and rust were stuck on it.
At first glance, this is just an old copper coin, round on the outside and square on the inside, with the year number unclear. Apart from being worn out, it has no other value.
However, it was such an ordinary copper coin that, under the manipulation of someone, controlled the fate of the entire Jiaoye Village.
As soon as the copper coin appeared, Zhou Tao seemed to have lost all his energy and spirit, and he instantly aged and became decadent at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Coupled with the power of the ring restraining him, Zhou Tao felt limp all over and almost turned into a terminally ill useless person on the spot.
But he still looked at the copper coin with anticipation.
Although he told Ji Mingxia the general experience of how he got the copper coin, Zhou Tao deliberately concealed many details.
For example, when the man took out the weapon, he didn't give Zhou Tao any chance to regret it.
Just as he agreed, his penis flew out of the man's arms and fell into Zhou Tao's arms.
This thing has the function of recognizing its master. Once it selects a person, it will drill into a part of the person's body and penetrate into the bone marrow little by little.
At the beginning, this copper coin grew on Zhou Tao's palm.
The function of the copper coin is related to lifespan. After it recognized Zhou Tao as its master, Zhou Tao's eyes began to have unique functions.
In Zhou Tao's eyes, each person's life span is like a ray of white light, enveloping the person.
The more energy there is in the body, the healthier the person is, the longer he lives, and the brighter this white light will be.
Zhou Tao can select "food" to gain longevity based on the brightness of white light.
His first experimental subjects were two Vietnamese guys from Jiaoye Village.
Since Jiaoye Village is a rural area, most young people do not stay here. In the entire Jiaoye Village, the elderly, the weak, women and children are basically the permanent residents.
In such a situation, the two young and strong Vietnamese guys stood out from the crowd.
Zhou Tao suddenly came across this treasure and couldn't wait to find someone to experiment with it.
Taking away other people's lifespans and sucking them into their bodies, nourishing their flesh with other people's blood and bones, was such a joy that Zhou Tao forgot himself for a moment and directly sucked the two of them dry.
It was Zhou Tao's first time killing someone, and he was extremely panicked. However, he soon stopped caring about the corpse. The copper coin that originally grew in his heart, along with the absorption of his life force, actually grew deeper into his body.
Although the copper coin had no life, Zhou Tao seemed to be able to sense its thoughts. He sucked the copper coin of his lifespan and was like a beast that had started eating meat. There was no way he could stop there.
Zhou Tao needs the help of copper coins to prolong his life, and copper coins also need the help of the host to evolve and become stronger.
In order to keep his family alive and safe, Zhou Tao made up his mind not to give up easily.
Although the dead are terrible, nothing is more important than his life.
Zhou Tao and his mother dealt with the two bodies overnight. They were relieved that the matter was finally treated as an unsolved case.
Afterwards, under Zhou Mei's supervision, Zhou Tao no longer dared to absorb the life force as he did before. Instead, he adopted a step-by-step approach, eroding the entire Jiaoye Village bit by bit.
However, the lifespan of Jiaoye Village is always limited.
The entire village, even including their relatives and friends, has only a few hundred people in total.
Most of them are old men and women. If they are not careful, someone might lose their life or be exposed.
Part of the lifespan absorbed was given to Zhou Mei, part was absorbed as copper coins, and part was swallowed by Zhou Tao. The three parties shared it, and the demand simply could not keep up with the supply.
Especially this copper coin device, which looks magical but is actually sinister. Over the years, it traveled around in his body and finally stayed on his spine. Whenever his life span was insufficient, the device would stop working.
In order to make everyone in Jiaoye Village serve as his food, he promised the villagers not to harm their relatives. But if this continued, Zhou Tao was afraid that they would all die.
When he was deciding whether to go back on his word, Ji Mingxia came back.
If the old men and women in the entire Jiaoye Village shone like fireflies, then the two Vietnamese young men at that time shone like bright lamps, namely Ji Mingxia, who was as hot and bright as the scorching sun.
Zhou Tao spotted Ji Mingxia almost as soon as he entered the village.
When Ji Mingxia walked past the supermarket, in Zhou Tao's eyes, the entire small supermarket was illuminated by the light of Ji Mingxia.
The copper coin on his spine was even more hungry and kept buzzing and trembling, urging Zhou Tao to absorb energy.
So from the first night Ji Mingxia returned home, Zhou Tao had been keeping an eye on him.
He was sure that as long as Ji Mingxia fell into his clutches, he and Zhou Mei would no longer have to absorb other people's lifespans. Ji Mingxia alone could not allow them to live a hundred years.
So that night, they were ready to kill and move.
Even the cautious Zhou Mei could not resist the temptation brought by Ji Mingxia's energy. Zhou Tao couldn't wait to get out and do it himself.
Who would have thought that at the last moment, Ji Mingxia would turn the tables!
When the blood-red ring bound him, Zhou Tao finally understood that this was the reason why Ji Mingxia was different from others!
It turns out that they all hold weapons and are of the same kind!
After realizing this, although Zhou Tao was bound by the blood-red ring, he immediately thought of a way to rescue him.
The copper coin has the function of recognizing its owner. As soon as it saw Ji Mingxia, it became eager to take it.
Now Zhou Tao used the blood-red ring to force the copper coin device out of his body. He could be sure that the copper coin would choose to stay in Ji Mingxia's body!
And in Ji Mingxia's pocket, there is also a blood-red ring.
The two weapons appeared in his body at the same time. Ji Mingxia would definitely become the same as him, and endure the pain of the backlash of the two weapons!
Thinking of this, Zhou Tao almost couldn't wait to look at Ji Mingxia, wishing that Ji Mingxia would roll on the ground in pain the next moment.
However, a shocking scene happened.
As soon as the copper coin left Zhou Tao's body, it flew towards Ji Mingxia happily.
It was so fast that it flew in front of Ji Mingxia in almost the blink of an eye.
But when the copper coin touched Ji Mingxia's skin, it suddenly paused and then retreated violently.
In just one second, the copper coin disappeared.
Zhou Tao was stunned for a moment, and even blinked in disbelief, and suddenly felt dazzled.
As soon as the copper coin touched the human skin, it immediately grew into the human body. The feeling of having flesh and blood cut open was extremely painful.
When Zhou Tao touched the copper coin for the first time, his flesh and blood swelled up purple and red on the spot. What was even more terrifying was that in the purple and red, the copper coin was engraved into his flesh and blood, looking both elegant and evil.
But at this moment, Ji Mingxia's body was still fine.
Zhou Tao looked at Ji Mingxia's fair skin and was completely stunned.
There was no trace of the copper coin anywhere, and it had not returned to ’s body…
If the copper coin did not grow into Ji Mingxia's body, where did it go
Thinking of this, Zhou Tao couldn't help but look at Ji Mingxia.
Seeing Ji Mingxia's calm expression and then looking at the blood-red ring in Ji Mingxia's hand, Zhou Tao's face gradually turned pale.
Having lost the copper coins and being bound by the energy of the ring, his last trump card was useless. He was now completely reduced to an ordinary person, becoming a fish that Ren Jimingxia could slaughter at will...
On the other side, Ji Mingxia looked at the people around him. Although he looked calm on the surface, he was actually very shocked in his heart.
He had long anticipated that Zhou Tao would do something tricky, so he had been on guard against him.
When the copper coins flew out of his body, Ji Mingxia was ready to use the ring to defend himself.
But when the ring got closer and closer to him, Ji Mingxia inexplicably felt a mysterious feeling in his heart.
He felt as if he could control the coin.
Apart from the blood-red ring refined by Yu Ning, Ji Mingxia had never come into contact with any mysterious objects.
In his opinion, this thing is a dangerous item.
When Yu Ning first got the ring and wanted to give it to Ji Mingxia, his first reaction was to instinctively refuse.
Although this ring went around in circles and finally returned to Ji Mingxia's hands, if Yu Ning hadn't put it on him, Ji Mingxia would probably have jumped in fright.
Seeing the copper coin flying towards him at this moment, even though he had a premonition that he could control it, Ji Mingxia felt extremely resistant in his heart.
In an instant, a thought flashed through his mind.
He didn't need this mysterious object and didn't want to have any contact with it. This thing sucked away the lifespan of the entire village and extended Zhou Tao's life, which should not have continued. It was really too weird.
Grandma Ji aged dozens of years because of this thing.
If possible, Ji Mingxia would rather destroy it and return the life span to the villagers.
It was at this moment that the copper coin touched his knee, and a burning sensation inexplicably surged out from his knee.
Then, the copper coin seemed to sense danger, and it suddenly retreated and finally disappeared.
When Zhou Tao looked horrified, Ji Mingxia also looked around secretly, but ultimately could not come to any conclusion.
Ji Mingxia was surprised in his heart, but he showed no emotion on his face.
In order to delay time, Zhou Tao went around in circles and talked a lot of nonsense. According to the distance they were traveling, the police who had just received his call should be here soon.
Thinking of this, Ji Mingxia looked at Zhou Tao. Seeing that he was pale and absent-minded, Ji Mingxia hurriedly asked, "You followed a man and found him?"
Zhou Tao turned his head blankly and looked at Ji Mingxia.
As the time that the copper coin was away from him increased, the disease in Zhou Tao's body gradually began to take effect, and his face became uglier and uglier.
Ji Mingxia raised his hand slightly, and the scarlet light of the blood-red ring almost pierced Zhou Tao's eyes. Ji Mingxia asked: "Where is the approximate location of that man?"
"In... an orphanage." Zhou Tao felt the danger when he saw the ring. Without the copper coins to protect him, his plan to plot against Ji Mingxia failed again. He shuddered for a moment, but in the end he didn't want to suffer. He said quickly, "Next to the county orphanage, he lives there, but it seems he only stayed there for a few days. After that, I don't know what happened..."
"County orphanage?" Ji Mingxia was stunned.
With Bao Guangyuan’s experience in mind, Ji Mingxia’s first reaction was that a man suddenly appeared in a gloomy and terrifying place.
For example, abandoned residential buildings, cemeteries, crematoriums, etc.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be the county orphanage
For no reason, Yu Ning’s face flashed across Ji Mingxia’s mind.
If he remembered correctly, Yu Ning... was from the county orphanage.
Could it be that this man is a character in the plot and is related to Yu Ning