The old man with a hatchet was dressed plainly, wearing a gray-black woolen coat, and a pair of muddy liberation shoes under his feet. The white shirt inside had been yellowed with age. Look at his stooped The figure is like those old farmers in the movies who face the loess and their backs to the sky. Every wrinkle on the thin face seems to reveal the word hard work, and the dim eyes make people feel lifeless.
When he saw Chen Xian and the others, his turbid eyes were a little clearer, and suddenly there was a little bit of expression, which gave people a very strange feeling. Maybe it was a bit unlucky to say so, but he really looked like A dead person suddenly came back to life, the change from death to life makes people shudder.
The most frightening thing is not this change, but the appearance of this old man.
His facial skin tissue was severely deformed. Dense tumors grew from his lower lip to his Adam's apple. The left side of his face almost "collapsed", like those rubbers melted by high temperature. His left eye was severely damaged. Cataracts, the whole skin is a deep red color that looks like it has been burned...
If he was just like this, maybe Chen Xian and the others would only think that the old man was a rare leper, which would not make them shudder, but... the teeth in the old man's mouth made them nervous.
The old man's lips were thin and shriveled. The upper lip had only some cracks due to dryness, while the lower lip was covered with dense sarcomas. The gums in the mouth were a sickly blue-black color, and the surface was swollen very badly. The teeth on the gums are also extremely deformed...or that's what they looked like at the beginning. There are two rows of densely stacked upper and lower teeth, each tooth is sharp and sharp, and there are many Dusky spots.
Is he human
should be.
No matter from the preliminary judgment of Chen Xian and others, or from the perception of Mr. Skeleton as an abnormal life, this old man is undoubtedly a human being. He does not have the characteristics that an abnormal life should have, but... he looks like this No matter how you look at it, you don't look like a normal person.
"Old man, we are not bad people."
Chen Xian lowered the meat saw knife, did not show any obvious hostility, and there was a kind of helplessness in his words, and this helplessness was not pretended, even if he was killed, he did not expect that his party would come to this place. Inexplicable place.
"We're just lost... where is this?"
Compared to Chen Xian's calm performance, the others were much more nervous. After all, they had just experienced an inexplicable and weird "time travel", and they couldn't even get an answer about where they were. People who don't look like people.
"be lost?"
The old man nodded, still holding the hatchet tightly in his hand, and seemed to be very vigilant towards Chen Xian and his party.
"Where are you from?"
The voice of the old man was a bit strange, it seemed to have a certain local accent, and it sounded smooth and a little vague, but it was still understandable.
"Hey, people in this other world still speak Chinese." Lu Yisheng couldn't help muttering, watching the weird old man intently, "So I saw that the aliens in the science fiction films made by Lao Meizi Speaking English, now it seems that there is a bit of authenticity."
Because Lu Yisheng spoke in a very soft voice, no one noticed him muttering in the queue, even Chen Xian didn't hear Lu Yisheng muttering... But the ferocious old man remained calm at this moment He rolled his eyes.
He seemed to hear something, or maybe just noticed something.
The old man glanced at Lu Yisheng, then looked away, put the hatchet down a little bit, and was no longer so vigilant towards Chen Xian and his party.
"We came from outside the mountain." Chen Xian said calmly, keeping his eyes on the old man's distorted and ferocious face, attentively observing every change in his expression.
Chen Xian is not a person who likes to think badly of strangers casually, but it is undeniable that this old man gave him a very strange feeling. On the premise that he is not sure that the other party is harmless and non-threatening, Chen Xian is fighting against each other all the time preparations for...
"Outside the mountain?"
The old man squatted down slowly, like a hard-working old farmer who had just finished working, holding the wooden handle of the hatchet in both hands and pestering the ground, looked up at Chen Xian, and then looked back down the mountain. A weird smile appeared on his face.
"Then it's really not easy for you to come."
Hearing this meaningful sentence, Chen Xian frowned subconsciously.
The mountain was filled with fog.
Although everyone has not had the opportunity to step into the foggy area, based on the preliminary judgment of naked eye observation, the white fog is definitely not an ordinary thing... Especially Chen Xian, who is extremely sensitive to danger, saw the white fog at the first glance. He sensed an inexplicable danger.
That strange sense of danger was a bit illusory, but Chen Xian didn't dare to ignore its existence.
If possible, Chen Xian would rather not take the risk of touching those white mist for the rest of his life.
At this moment, Chen Xian could tell from the old man's words that it was very likely that the old man had already believed his words, and really regarded his group as visitors from outside the mountain.
If you want to come from outside the mountain, you have to go through the white mist... He said that it was really hard for him to come, is there really danger in the white mist? Or is it that I am too sensitive and think too much
"This is Meishan."
The old man suddenly opened his mouth and took out a box of soft-packed cigarettes from his pocket. Chen Xian had never seen that brand before, and the package was also dirty, covered with traces similar to oil.
"Meishan..." Chen Xian frowned, feeling that the reality seemed to be beyond his control. Although he had guessed that this was Meishan before, he got an affirmative answer... especially from the locals, Chen Xian really A little confused.
Parallel universe
Parallel space
What the hell is this place? !
"Everyone here is a guest, do you want to sit in our village?" The old man stood up slowly, patted his trouser legs, and then took the cigarette case to everyone and passed out a circle of cigarettes. Only Lu Yisheng took it politely One, and the rest refused on the grounds that they would not.
Upon hearing the old man's invitation, Chen Xian hesitated for a while, then looked back at the crowd.
Seeing that both Lu Yisheng and Xu Yanan expressed their acceptance with their eyes, Chen Xian gave the old man a clear answer.
"Then bother the old man." Chen Xian said shyly.
The old man smiled and didn't say anything more, lit a cigarette and led the crowd to the village leisurely.
During this process, through certain exchanges, Chen Xian also got some information.
For example, this village is called Meishan Village, and it is an aborigine who settled here many years ago. Everyone in the village is named Mei. For example, this old man's surname is Mei, with a single name of Shan.
On the way, Chen Xian also asked some questions on the sidelines, but in order not to reveal the identities of outsiders and foreigners, Chen Xian only asked questions to the point, and did not dare to ask some easily reminiscent questions, and only asked a few... What's the date now? How far is it from here to the nearest town down the mountain? What is the matter with the white mist in this mountain
The first question and the second question seem to be the easiest to answer, but the old man did not give an answer, bluntly saying that their village has always been in a state of hiding from the world, only young and middle-aged people will go out of the mountain from time to time, as for now What is the date of the month, what is the situation outside, the old man is not sure.
As far as he is concerned, he has never stepped out of Meishan.
The third question is the white fog in the mountains.
"That white mist is a gift from God."
When the old man answered this question, a serious expression appeared on his ugly face. His old and decayed breath seemed to become sacred because of this topic, and an indelible brilliance shone in his cloudy eyes. , the whole person seemed to be decades younger in an instant, and returned to the age of vigorous vitality.
"God's gift?"
Chen Xian couldn't help being stunned for a second when he heard this answer, and subconsciously asked again: "Is there a god here?"
There are gods here. To the old man, this question sounds like asking whether there is a god in Meishan, but Chen Xian’s original intention is not so. If this world is really not the world everyone lived in before... then is this world in a technological civilization? It's all unknown, and it's not impossible for higher life forms similar to gods to exist.
"Yes, there is a god living under our mountain."
The old man replied firmly, he seemed to be very interested in this topic, as if he had opened up a chatterbox, and before Chen Xian could ask any more questions, he took the initiative to give him "science popularization".
"From the first day our village was settled in Meishan, that god has been protecting us until today... That white mist can prevent outsiders from entering Meishan, so we people in Meishan can live in peace for so many years Peaceful day... how did you get in here?"
Regarding this question, Chen Xian could only say something vague and perfunctory.
"We didn't know, we walked in by mistake."
Hearing this, the old man Mei Shan nodded and did not make a sound. Judging from his unchanged expression, it was difficult to judge whether he really believed the answer Chen Xian made up.
Under the leadership of the old man, the crowd gradually approached the entrance of the village.
Looking at the silent ancient village in front of him, Chen Xian felt that something was wrong... because he couldn't detect the existence of the slightest breath of life here.
"For so many years, you are the first guests to come here."
The old man said without turning his head, the corners of his mouth raised a little strange arc.
"Welcome to Meishan Village..."