This forest is connected to Qingmu Town and is closely related to the lives of the town residents. In it, people can collect vegetables and medicinal materials, and catch birds and animals. It can be said that this forest supports their lives.
Later, this forest became dangerous and frightened people, but they still couldn't leave this forest. Without practical attempts, they would not know the time when they could safely enter and exit this forest. In today's small town, every day What everyone knows is that entering these woods at night is dangerous.
Gu Chen could see that there were terrible things deep in the dark woods, and those things were more sensitive than him. Just by looking at each other, he knew that he could see them, and then hid deeper.
Although Gu Chen only saw one of them, and it looked like a little girl, he had a strong feeling that there were countless pairs of identical eyes staring at him in the woods, which made him shudder.
Seeing that Gu Chen didn't speak, Yang Chan became even more nervous. She took Gu Chen's hand and said, "Gu Chen, what...what's wrong? Don't scare me!"
Gu Chen looked back at her, then turned back to look in the direction of Qingmu Town, thinking that this might be a good opportunity, and suddenly asked: "Are you willing to come with me?"
Yang Chan's face turned red again, and she said calmly: "You... why did you suddenly say this?"
"I just said it."
"I..." Yang Chan also turned back to look in the direction of the town, and then she vaguely understood why Gu Chen was looking there just now. She nodded heavily, "I'll go with you."
Gu Chen laughed and felt that his whole heart relaxed, as if he had nothing to worry about. He thought for a while and then said: "This forest is very dangerous. We don't know what we will encounter when we go in, so why not First find a safe place to hide for the night, and then change to a better place after dawn. In a few days, if your master can't find you, he will probably leave. Then we will go back to the town. I want to follow a People say thank you and say goodbye.”
And an apology...
Gu Chen silently added in his mind.
Yang Chan nodded, but suddenly thought, shouldn't it be better for him to say goodbye to Yun Zhi?
Gu Chen saw her thoughts and said seriously: "If you go to say goodbye to her, she won't let you go."
Yang Chan thought so, suppressed the inexplicable reluctance in her heart, and said: "I listen to you."
It would be dangerous for anyone else to go into the woods, because there are unknown beings hidden in the darkness. People have entered the woods late at night and disappeared before, but for Gu Chen, the risk factor is much smaller. Many, because his eyes can see farther and clearer than others, which makes it possible for him to find a safe shelter in such a time and place.
But Gu Chen knew some of the methods of immortal cultivators, so although he wanted to make do with finding a safe place first, he subconsciously walked deeper into the woods.
After a long time, Gu Chen discovered a small hill next to the river. The grass was lush under the hill, and several shrubs grew together, reaching the river. However, the shrubs near the hill showed signs of being pushed aside by external forces. Under the shrubs and grass, Under the cover, a cave is looming inside, and the small river leads deep into the woods, but I don't know where it leads.
What a secluded place! !
Looking at Yang Chan's sleepy appearance, Gu Chen looked around and couldn't find any other shelter nearby, so he thought of spending the night here, so he took Yang Chan over.
When she saw Gu Chen gently pushing aside the grass to reveal the entrance of the cave, Yang Chan was so surprised that she opened her mouth wide, then looked at Gu Chen with admiration and said: "That's amazing, how did you know there is a cave here?"
Gu Chen smiled and said, "I wasn't the one who discovered this place. If the bushes here hadn't been pushed aside, exposing part of the cave, I wouldn't have discovered it."
After Gu Chen pointed it out, Yang Chan knew the reason for discovering the cave, but even so, she still felt very powerful, because even if she deliberately searched during the day, she might not be able to find the cave, let alone Gu Chenyuan at night. The existence of the cave was immediately apparent at a glance.
Suddenly, she felt that having Gu Chen by her side made her feel very at ease.
Gu Chen took her and hid in the cave. Yang Chan yawned tiredly, found a comfortable place to sit down, tilted her head and fell asleep.
Gu Chen looked at the shrubs that had been pushed aside by external forces with some concern, wondering who had been to this place. Then he turned to look deeper into the cave. He was suddenly startled and found that the cave did not seem to be that big. Simple, this cave entrance is just a passage, which is very deep inside. The passage extends diagonally downward, and it is unknown where it leads.
No matter how good Gu Chen's eyesight was, it had its limits. There was no light in the depths of the cave. He could only see the point where the passage turned downwards, then the darkened stone wall and the darkness below. That darkness made him I am very concerned about it, and sometimes I am always worried that some monster will suddenly pop up inside.
He felt that it would be safer to move to another place, but when he saw that Yang Chan had fallen asleep and knew that she was tired, he couldn't bear to disturb her sleep. He wanted to explore the depths of the cave, but he was worried that when Yang Chan woke up If he can't see himself, he will only be afraid, leaving him indecisive and unable to make up his mind.
Time passed like this, I don't know how long it had passed, and finally Gu Chen felt a little tired, so he didn't think about these things too much, and was about to close his eyes and take a good rest, when a flash of red flashed from the corner of his eye.
Gu Chen's heart suddenly rose and he quickly looked outside. He saw a blood-red figure appearing by the river directly in front of the cave entrance. That figure made Gu Chen feel a little familiar. He quickly understood that this was exactly what happened. It was the little girl he had seen before. Because of the close distance, Gu Chen could see that there was a cyan birthmark on the left side of the little girl's forehead, which was round and square. He couldn't help but think of what the dead old man Xu said. .
"That's grandpa's granddaughter. She has a faint cyan birthmark on the left side of her forehead. It should be round... No, it seems to be square..."
Could it be...
Just when Gu Chen felt that the identity of the other party was about to be revealed, the little girl suddenly trembled. There seemed to be something in her body that made her body bulge, and her skin became redder. She looked left and right. His expression looked a little flustered, and he suddenly jumped a few steps forward and stood by the river.
There were no dense trees by the river, and it happened to be where the moonlight shone directly. The moonlight was red, and Gu Chen could clearly see that something seemed to be moving in the red moonlight, rushing to get into the little girl's body.
I saw that the little girl's body became more and more bulging and reddened, so red that in the end she was bleeding.
At this moment, the sleeping Yang Chan murmured softly and was about to change her sleeping position. Gu Chen was startled and immediately covered her mouth and nose.
Yang Chan was woken up by Gu Chen. Gu Chen covered her mouth and nose and kept telling her to be silent. It wasn't until Yang Chan understood what Gu Chen meant and nodded gently that Gu Chen slowly let go. hand, and then looked out through the bushes blocking the cave.
At this time, the little girl's bulging body slowly returned to its original size as the blood flowed out of her body. However, this change did not stop, but continued to shrink. At the same time, her waist bent and her shoulders moved forward. His front collapsed, his legs curled up as if unable to stand upright, and his hands fell limply to the ground.
The body seemed to have suddenly changed back to the shape of a baby. The flesh and blood seemed to have been sucked out by something, making the skin look wrinkled. However, the bones did not become smaller because of this, so some places became weirdly convex with the deformation. When it comes out, it looks like an alien beast.
What's more important is that due to this change in the body, the head has become larger and larger. It has even swelled a bit more than before the change, causing the skin on the face and head to crack. , exposing the flesh and blood under the skin, even Gu Chen suspected that in order to complete the expansion of the head, the bones inside were broken into several pieces and forcibly separated by some force, because he could hear to a clear "click" sound.
Yang Chan covered her mouth tightly, her body trembling, trying not to scream or vomit.
