This matter was indeed done by the old man. As a latecomer, Guo Yan and the others knew about it, but the villagers in the village didn’t know the situation of this matter. In addition, now that feudal superstition is completely suppressed, no one wants to go here. In terms of thinking, although everyone secretly feels that it is probably not done by humans, no one dared to mention it.
If you bring up this kind of thing, you will be unlucky. If that's the case, why do you want to bring it up
In this way, two days later, no one in the village would like to mention anything about Xiao Li anymore. They also found a time to bury Xiao Li’s skin, and this incident was deemed to have not happened. It's the same, I have to say it's a bit scary.
By the third day, there were people in the village disappeared. At the beginning, everyone hadn’t noticed. It was only when the meeting was held that there were fewer people. At that time, everyone was smeared and went out to look for it, but the whole night was basically Didn't find it, but gave up in desperation.
I don’t know if the history in this illusion deviates from what happened before. In short, Guo Yan and the others discovered that this group of people behaved calmly after someone died or disappeared, as if these people had nothing to do with them. , Died when they died, and disappeared when they disappeared, all with indifferent expressions.
Guo Yan and the others have been here for almost three days. Gu Xun helped them bring their usual meals. Individuals have completely become spectators here, without any intersection with the people in the village, and the people in the village treat them as if they don't exist, which is really strange.
And the most important thing is that they saw the old man once in the evening of the first day, and the old man basically never appeared in the rest of the time. Everyone said that he would enter the bamboo forest every day, but he would do it after he went in. No one knows what happened.
Guo Yan decided to go into the bamboo forest on the fourth day to take a look at the situation.
Unexpectedly, on the fourth day, someone disappeared again. This time this group of people was straightforward and didn’t look for it at all. Some even said that they definitely couldn’t stand the life here, so they went to the city. As soon as the statement came out, everyone accepted the word.
After all, in this age of food and clothing, what everyone cares most about is whether you can live. As for whether others are missing or dead, it has nothing to do with them, as long as you live. What is the relationship between others and yourself.
Guo Yan and the others did not go to the pass, and went directly into the bamboo forest to explore.
When they first entered the bamboo forest, they found nothing, but Gu Xun reminded them: "There are many ghosts in front of you, do you know if you are careful."
"Understood." Lu Tingnan replied.
As they entered the depths, Gu Xun reminded them again and told them to stop, and immediately Lu Tingnan looked over his head as if feeling, and saw a piece of human skin hung on a piece of bamboo.
"look up."
Everyone looked up, this human skin was a bit familiar to them, and it should be the person who had disappeared before.
It’s normal for human skins to appear here. After all, this thing was done by the old man. It’s normal for him to hang human skins here. It’s just that he doesn’t know what his purpose is. Is it possible to achieve it to eat people?
The old man hasn't appeared for several days. He must be doing something in this bamboo forest.
Up to now, almost three people have died. According to what they have observed before, the people in the whole village are basically dead. Is it possible that the old man killed all the people in the whole village? But if this kind of thing happened at that time, it would definitely be a sensation, but there is no record of Taohua Village in history, so it is a bit strange.
Guo Yan also learned of this matter from others before he planned to come here to investigate.
Zhuang Ling said: "This guy is really cruel."
"Go on." Guo Yan said, and continued to walk deep into the bamboo forest. After walking not far, he saw a piece of human skin hanging on the pillar.
The few of them are no strangers to this, anyway, it's just a human skin, nothing else, besides, everything in front of them is just an illusion, and it's all fake.
Moving on, they came to the edge of a stream, where they found human footprints, which should be the old man's.
It’s just that I don’t know if the old man is nearby. If he is nearby, will he notice them
"Look, is there someone over there?" Zhuang Ling suddenly pointed to the back of a big rock on the other side of the stream. Looking from their side, he could just see a person behind the rock.
A few people waded across the creek. Although they could feel the water splashing on their shoes and thighs, they found that their shoes and legs were not wet at all after they went ashore. After all, all this is just an illusion, and the water does not exist at all.
When they came to the stone, they saw a piece of human skin.
This is the third human skin, but isn't it only two people missing in the village according to the cycle? Why are there three chapters of human skin appearing in the bamboo forest
With this doubt, a few people searched in the bamboo forest for a long time, but they never found a trace of the old man. When the sky dimmed, they planned to wait for the old man to come out at the entrance of the bamboo forest, but by midnight, the old man did not get out of the bamboo forest. Coming out, it disappointed them a bit.
This is also something that can't be helped. The old man can't come out, and he can't find it, because it hurts.
Zhuang Ling yawned and said, "Is this old man gone?"
Guo Yan shook his head and said, "It's impossible, the old man can't leave."
Lu Tingnan said, "Well, the old man should still be in this bamboo forest, but we were not lucky enough to find her. Wait, since he is still in this village, he will definitely come out."
Guo Yan said: "Yes, don't forget that the people in this village are all dead. Only a few of the people in the whole village have died? There are so many people, the old man will let them go?"
They waited here for another two days, but the old man did not show up. Two strange people appeared at the entrance of the village. Guo Yan was a little surprised when they knew someone showed up. It seems that these two new people should be too. People at that time can understand from the legends on them that these two men should have come from the city.
(End of this chapter)