The village chief didn't believe it at first, but he saw with his own eyes that the big snake would obey the wizard's command.
As long as the wizard plays different melodies on the flute, the big snake will make various movements.
The village chief became convinced of the wizard, and finally listened to the wizard and selected a girl to sacrifice to the snake every week.
Every time, the big snake would swallow the girl in front of the villagers and then leave the village.
At first, a small number of people opposed it. Later, when the number of sacrificed girls reached more than a dozen, more and more people protested and even launched a popular uprising, saying that they would overthrow the village chief.
But the village chief actually used force to suppress them, which made the whole village very uneasy.
One day, a plague raged in the village.
Thousands of people were infected with the unknown virus. The sick people had blisters in their bodies and were so weak that they were unable to work and could only stay home sick. Many crops withered because they were too late to be harvested. The village was facing a serious food crisis. At this time, the wizard said that as long as he sacrificed three girls to the big snake to increase the snake's spiritual power, it would remove the plague from the village.
With the mentality of giving it a try, the village chief forcibly selected three girls to sacrifice to the big snake.
After the big snake swallowed the girl, it left the village as usual.
Miraculously, the patients in the village began to recover the next day, and within a few days, most of the patients were cured.
After that day, not only the village chief, but also more and more villagers began to believe in the big snake. They believed that the big snake was the god who protected everyone's peace. And that wizard, because of his vast magical powers, became the great protector of the village and held a high position of authority.
As time went by, the villagers' thoughts became more entrenched.
Later, before Jiang Feng arrived in the crypt world, Bai Shuilan, Liu Shui, and Lias got lost in the Eurasian desert, and finally broke into the sinkhole by mistake.
Bai Shui Lan was the prisoner of Rias and Liu Shui at that time, and she still had energy crystal black iron handcuffs in her hands. This kind of handcuffs can limit Bai Shuilan's abilities and her strength.
After the three people fell into the sinkhole, they discovered that there was a cave here. They first solved the water source problem and killed some animals to fill their stomachs.
In an unexpected situation, the three of them encountered a ten-meter-long gray snake chasing a girl of about 10 years old. Liu Shui felt that the origin of the girl in the crypt was unknown, so he should not go there in case there was a scam. But Bai Shuilan rushed forward regardless and kicked the big gray snake away with his legs.
Originally, with Bai Shui Lan's power, this kick was definitely a sure kill. But because its power was greatly weakened, this kick only caused minor injuries to the big gray snake.
After the big gray snake stabilized its body, it opened its huge mouth and rushed towards Bai Shuilan.
With Bai Shuilan's current defense, it was impossible to defend against the sharp fangs, but she still stood in front of the little girl.
At the critical moment, Rias appeared in time and split the big gray snake with a sword.
The blood of the big gray snake spurted out and splashed on Rias' arm.
Rias looked disgusted and wiped the blood off her sleeve.
Liu Shui looked at Bai Shui Lan helplessly: "Are you willing to die?"
"I can't just leave the little girl alone, right?"
"In other words, you already knew we would take action, right?" Liu Shui asked.
Bai Shuilan didn't answer and turned his head to one side.
Although the contact time was not very long, Liu Shui already understood that Bai Shui Lan was extremely intelligent. She had escaped under extremely impossible circumstances. If Liu Shui hadn't trapped Bai Shui Lan with illusions in time, she might have escaped long ago.
In order to control Bai Shui Lan, Liu Shui took out the mixed black ice gem handcuffs. You must know that this kind of handcuffs are very precious, and you are really reluctant to use them unless you have a last resort.
After rescuing the little girl, Liu Shui began to question the little girl.
The little girl was a little scared and was too trembling to answer. Bai Shuilan touched the little girl's cheek and said with a smile, "It's okay. Speak slowly. They won't hurt you."
Rias felt a little unhappy: this white water blue was obviously just a prisoner, but he acted like a leader. But Bai Shuilan's guess was not wrong. Rias and Liu Shui would not be so bad as to hurt a little girl.
Just like that, the little girl revealed everything she knew.
Liu Shui said that he was not interested in this underground world. He just wanted to get some water and food. It would be better if there was some means of transportation. He hoped to leave the Eurasian desert and go to Europe as soon as possible.
The little girl said that the crypt world is a very secret world and outsiders are not usually welcome. But Liu Shui and the others were lifesavers, so the little girl still took them to the village.
When Liu Shui and the other two arrived in the village for the first time, all the villagers looked at them strangely.
After the news spread, the Great Protector secretly suggested that the village chief assassinate Liu Shui and others. He believed that the underground world should not be known to outsiders.
However, the village chief felt that Liu Shui and others saved the villagers and should not be bad people, so he rejected the guardian's suggestion.
The village chief personally received the three people from Liu Shui and planned to arrange for them to stay for a while.
However, Liu Shui refused directly. He only wanted the villagers to give him a few bottles of water and some food.
The village chief ordered people to prepare a lot of dry food and several bottles of water for Liu Shui and others.
Before leaving, the village chief said to Liu Shui and others: "If you like our place, we welcome you. However, I hope you will not tell the outside world about our existence. Our peace and stability are hard-won."
Liu Shui smiled and said: "Haha, although your underground world is good, it is still far behind the outside world. You don't have to worry about someone coming to occupy your place. To be honest, I really don't like it."
Liu Shui's words were not pleasant, but the village chief was still satisfied, at least the peace here would not be broken.
"That's the best. Thank you for keeping our secrets." The village chief smiled and thanked him.
"Village Chief, we should be the ones thanking you." Rias smiled.
"Okay, without further ado, we want to leave here. Apart from the foggy sinkhole, is there any other way out?"
"Of course there is. We have developed other trails. Although it is a bit detoured, it is less laborious. You can leave the desert area directly and lead to the Gobi rock belt. I can ask two people to guide you."
"That's really rewarding."
In this way, the village chief sent two people to escort Liu Shui and the others away.
On the way back, Rias suddenly felt itchy on her arms and had a slight headache.
Liu Shui took a closer look at Rias and found that strange blisters appeared on her body, especially on the skin of her arms.
Rias grabbed it with her hand, and the blisters burst and blood-red juice flowed out.
"Wow, it hurts." Rias felt extremely painful.
"You may be poisoned. Use your strength to protect your body quickly. It can also enhance your immunity." Liu Shui shouted.
"I...I feel like I don't have enough strength." Rias frowned.
"how so?"
At this time, the expressions of the two villagers suddenly changed. They said nervously: "This... these symptoms, aren't they the plague that once ravaged the village?"
"Plague? Why is there a plague?" Liu Shui shouted.
"No one knows why."
"Is there any cure?"
"I... we don't know, but the great protector of the village may know. In the past, it was he who communicated with the big snake and drove away all the plagues."
"Take us back to the village immediately to find the great protector."
"But...but..."
"But what?"
"She is now sick and if she is brought back to the village, she could infect others."
"Isn't that great protector capable of treatment? There's nothing to be afraid of." Liu Shui shouted.
"Okay...okay."
In this way, the villagers brought Liu Shui and others back to the village.
Upon arriving at the village, Rias was admitted to the hospital. The doctor conducted a detailed examination of Rias and found that there was some unknown virus in her body.
The doctors invited the Great Protector to check. The Great Protector was surprised to see the symptoms, but he said that the virus was not the one that had caused the plague. But just in case, it would be best to isolate Rias first.
Liu Shui was so angry that he pinched the Great Protector by the collar and shouted: "We were infected with this strange virus when we got here. You must find a way to cure it. If something happens to Rias, believe it or not, I will destroy your entire village."
Liu Shui's expression was scary, and his words contained a strong threat.
The Great Protector said nervously: "We will do our best."
Afterwards, the doctors at the hospital gathered together to discuss how to remove the virus from Rias' body. And the great protector from before suddenly disappeared.
Rias's illness was not cured, and something even more terrible happened. All the doctors who had been in contact with Rias were infected with the virus one by one, and the route of transmission was through respiratory transmission. But those doctors didn't know in advance that they were infected, so they infected other doctors, who in turn infected other patients, and the patients in turn infected their families.
The virus spread from one to ten, and in just one day, 80% of the villagers were infected with the virus.
Even Bai Shuilan was infected with the virus, and her hands developed blisters.
However, Liu Shui seems to be fine, because Liu Shui is more vigilant. He has maintained a strength value of more than 100 since entering this crypt world, and the power of strength has successfully blocked the virus for him.
Although Liu Shui was fine, he was already worried. When Rias and Bai Shui Lan were sick, he couldn't do anything.
But the village has exploded, and people are terrified and scared to death. Because this plague is more serious than the last one, and the course of the disease is very fast. It only takes about an hour from infection to onset. What’s even more terrifying is that the mortality rate of the last plague was only 10%, but this time the mortality rate is much higher than the last time. In just a few days, thousands of infected people have died.
This plague was undoubtedly a catastrophe for the village.
The desperate villagers asked the Great Protector to save everyone, but the Great Protector said that Liu Shui and others were the source of evil. Only by sacrificing Liu Shui and the others to the Orochi would the Orochi save everyone.
In this way, the village soldiers, village chief, and the Great Protector attacked Liu Shui.
Liu Shui didn't expect that this small, broken village would actually have such a strong warrior. The village chief's strength was as high as 200, which was not inferior to him at all.
Liu Shui was unable to defeat him and had to resort to illusions. But who would have thought that the Great Protector could also perform illusions, and the effectiveness of the illusions was not inferior to that of Liu Shui.
In the end, Liu Shui failed miserably and was forcibly infected with the virus.
