"Don't stare into its eyes!" Yang Lixuan came over and shouted, "This is the soul-catching rat."
"Soul-catching rat?" Everyone asked curiously.
"Um."
Folks have always worshiped the "Five Immortals", also known as the "Five Great Masters" or the "Five Gods of Wealth", commonly known as "Fox Yellow White Willow Gray" or "Grey Yellow Fox White Willow".
The mouse is one of the immortals, known as the "Grey Immortal". The other four immortals are the Fox Immortal (fox), Huang Immortal (weasel), White Immortal (hedgehog) and Liu Immortal (snake). Among Chinese folk, the legend of the Five Immortals is spread in many places.
Folks generally believe that the Five Immortals have been with humans for a long time and are spiritual beings that are both demons and immortals.
If they are violated and damaged, they can retaliate against humans with black magic, causing humans to be punished with disasters of varying degrees. If people worship them, they will receive blessings.
Therefore, many folk families worship the Five Immortals. There are two ways to worship: one is to offer the statue of the whole god next to the Buddhist hall or ancestral hall at home. The statue of the whole god includes nine gods, namely the God of Wealth, Fortune, Luxury, Longevity and the Five Great Immortals, arranged in three rows. .
The images of the five immortals are all human figures, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes. Except for the female image of Bai Xian, who is attached to the old lady Bai, the other four are all male images, wearing official uniforms and warm hats, and the color is gray-blue or azurite. Bai Xian wears a skirt, a phoenix crown and a harem, and is very beautiful.
Another way to worship is to build an "immortal house" in the corner of the courtyard to enshrine the tablets of the five immortals. The Xianjia Tower is a wooden temple model more than 3 feet wide and 2 feet high. The workmanship is almost the same as that of a real temple, with ridges, corridors, etc., and four doors in front.
The tablets of the five great immortals are enshrined inside, and the offerings are also placed in the Immortal House. People make a wooden support under the Xianjia Building, about half a foot high. A round hole is dug at the top of the support where it connects to the Xianjia Building, and a round hole is also dug on the side of the support. The purpose is to make it easier for the five families to enjoy food offerings. Easy access.
Yang Lixuan explained: "It is not without reason that these animals are called the Five Immortals and are worshiped and enshrined. Such soul-catching rats and bloodthirsty black insects are not common. I have only seen them in one of the classics of the Witch Clan. Pass."
"It is mentioned in the book that this kind of rat eats flesh and blood, and its eyes are red. It looks like it is stealing souls, and it feeds on it when it comes close." Yang Lixuan looked at the black rat on the experimental table and said:
"The thing that controlled you just now should be this thing. Don't treat them like ordinary rats. This kind of rats will control people's minds and make you hallucinate. When you completely lose resistance, they will pounce on you and bite your neck off. A fatal move."
"People in the past didn't know these things and thought they were gods. Faced with all kinds of soul-destroying rats, ordinary people had no power to resist them. Even ordinary rats will become different over time!"
"These things all live in groups, there is no way there is only one of them, and the head is a bit too big. This place is too weird, be careful. We can't stay here for long, we have to leave quickly!"
"How could it be in the belly of a female corpse? Moreover, this female corpse is also very strange! The corpse in the opposite room has been decomposed, but this one is actually intact. These vines avoid it as if they are avoiding debts." Chen Tao asked.
"I don't know why the soul-grabbing rat was in its belly. This woman was killed after being parasitized by black worms. Like the Japanese, the black worms inside have entered a dormant period. Maybe the substances they secreted Keep these vines out of the way.”
Chen Tao glanced at the half-dead mouse, then turned his attention back to the female corpse. Looking at the distorted mouth and drooping limbs of the female corpse, he thought to himself: "Why do these people parasitized by black insects die after death?" It looks like this...a bronze tree man, a strangely shaped corpse, a bloodthirsty black insect...this must not be a coincidence!"
squeak......
A shrill scream came over. Seeing that the rat was half dead but still full of resentment, Ah Cheng took a shovel and beat it into meat patties. The scream was sinister and ghostly, like a ghost in the darkness. Immediately afterwards, bursts of tinny sounds sounded from around the room.
"No, let's go!" Yang Lixuan's expression changed drastically, and he shouted immediately, pulling Ah Cheng, who was shooting the soul-catching rat to death, to hide behind him.
I saw a black shadow as fast as lightning, and it passed by Ah Cheng's neck with a whoosh. If he was even half a minute slower, Ah Cheng would definitely die on the spot.
Still in shock, everyone looked around again, and saw red dots of light lit up in the darkness, like will-o'-the-wisps.
"Quick! Get out!" Shangui yelled, grabbed the submachine gun and fired a burst of fire. Bullets hit the cabinet door and the surrounding iron frames, sending sparks flying. In the darkness, the flames of submachine guns gushed out, and the sound of bullets rattled endlessly.
Chen Tao held up his flashlight and looked forward. The surroundings were filled with black soul-eating rats. The mice ranged in size from big to small, and the big ones were not much different than an adult cat. They opened their sharp fangs and stared at the few people present with their dark red eyes. They were everywhere on the walls, above their heads, on the ground, and they were swarming towards them in dense numbers.
"I support your mother! Leave quickly!" Boss Zhang shouted, raised his submachine gun and killed several soul-destroying rats that jumped in front of him, and quickly retreated.
There was chaos in the darkness, with sparks from bullets and the swooping figures of Soul-Eating Rats everywhere. Chen Tao didn't know how to use a gun, so he hurriedly held up his submachine gun and fired randomly. Several soul-eating rats had already pounced on him. Haozi on the side raised his hand and slapped one away with a shovel, then threw three steel nails in front of Chen Tao.
Puff puff......
With three muffled sounds, the three soul-eating rats on Chen Tao rolled down.
"Taozi! Let's go!"
"Hit the one on the other side of the door first, then we rush out!" In the chaos, Uncle Long shouted and rushed towards the broken iron door.
Everyone formed a circle back to back, firing and retreating, shooting with shovels when they ran out of bullets, and there was no time to reload.
At some point, two one-meter-long fine steel short spears appeared in Yang Lixuan's hands. The spear heads flashed with cold light, and the one-foot-long spear blades were like bloodthirsty magic knives in the darkness.
He held a handle in each hand and waved it like the wind. With every blow, a soul-eating rat was cut in half. Those soul-eating rats couldn't get close to Yang Lixuan.
"What a sharp gun blade! This is... Mo Feng!" Yan stared at the two short guns in Yang Lixuan's hands with wide eyes, "How could the sacred weapon Mo Feng be in his hands! What exactly is this Yang Lixuan? Who is he!" In the chaos, he didn't have time to think too much, and retreated while shooting at the charging rats.
"Quick! Close the door!" After a bloody battle, everyone finally rushed out of the laboratory door.
"It's useless, the railing is too wide and can't stop it at all!" the soldier shouted.
“Damn, there’s one here too!”
Hearing the sound, everyone who had just escaped from the laboratory suddenly discovered that not only that laboratory, but also the corridor where they came from, and the laboratory diagonally opposite, there were soul-eating rats crawling out one after another, approaching everyone quickly.
"MD, no matter what, get out of the way!" Yan yelled, pulled out a detonator, lit it, and threw it into the laboratory he just came out of.
boom......
When the fuse burned out, there was a loud noise, and countless broken branches and rubbles, along with the body of the soul-destroying rat and the broken iron door, flew out. The shock made Chen Tao's ears go deaf.
"Retreat inside! There are fewer soul-destroying rats in the back!"
"Ah Cheng, take it!"
Yan lit two more detonators, handed one to Ah Cheng next to him, and threw the other towards another laboratory opposite. The detonator hit the iron door and flew into the room.
On this side, Ah Cheng took the detonator from Yan's hand, threw it towards the group of rats rushing towards the corridor in front of him.
Boom...boom...
There were two more loud noises, and the detonators exploded continuously in the corridor. In such a confined space, the explosion sound was like shutting oneself in a big drum at a rock scene, and the sound was so loud that everyone's ears were about to bleed.
The explosion brought a heat wave mixed with gravel and broken branches flying everywhere. Everyone fired continuously and retreated to the depths of the corridor with difficulty. When they turned around, they saw that the two iron gates behind were locked!
It was really raining all night when the house leaked, and the boat was late and encountered a strong wind!
The mountain ghost kicked his feet twice and immediately cursed: "WCNDYD! These two broken doors are still locked!"
"Get out of the way, I'll do it!" Yang Lixuan stepped forward and walked to the door, raised a short gun in his hand and slashed at the big rusty iron lock on the door.
There was a sharp metal clang, and the rusty lock was split into two pieces by the short spear in Yang Lixuan's hand.
"What a sharp weapon!" Mountain Ghost praised, kicked open the iron door, and called to everyone: "Quickly retreat!"
It has to be said that the three detonators that Yan just threw out were of some use. The huge explosion dispersed the rat group and killed a large area. Countless soul-destroying rats were rolling and flopping on the ground. This won everyone's victory. A lot of time.
Everyone hurriedly retreated. In a panic, Chen Tao took a quick glance and saw that there were locked iron doors on both sides of the corridor. The front was already at the end, and two iron doors that were one size smaller than the two sides were tightly closed.
"Which one to go?"
"Oh, who cares, whoever, there's no time, those rats are coming again!"
