When the black bear saw Zhang Chu and the others rushing over, he was immediately confused.
But soon, the black bear's ferocity was aroused, and it rushed towards Tong Qingshan in large strides.
Three minutes later, inside the black bear's cave.
Zhang Chu lit a fire and set up a barbecue grill. Tong Qingshan sharpened a wooden stick and started grilling bear paws.
Little Putao held her chin in her hands and drooled greedily.
The sun sets, and darkness floods in from the west like a torrent, swallowing up the entire land in an instant.
At the door of the bear cave, a blood-red, mushroom-shaped stone glowed slightly with orange light.
Light shrouded the entrance of the cave, keeping the darkness out.
According to the rules of Zaoye Village, Zhang Chu cut a piece of meat and placed it under the stone.
Soon, the piece of meat disappeared, and the orange-red light that enveloped the entrance of the cave became a little more intense.
Zhang Chu breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, he is a meat eater."
In the Demon Ruins, not all guardian spirits eat meat. Some guardian spirits may need all kinds of strange things.
Tong Qingshan said: "It would be great if every day could be as peaceful as today!"
…
Outside the cave, it was eerily quiet.
Suddenly, Little Putao seemed to be attracted by something outside the cave. She turned her head and looked at the entrance of the cave with her big eyes.
At this moment, Little Putao opened his mouth wide, with a look of surprise on his face, as if he had seen something incredible.
Zhang Chu frowned slightly and looked outside the cave following Little Putao's gaze.
It was pitch black and nothing could be seen.
The night in Yaoxu has always been like this, with no moon and no stars.
Once the sun sets, it's pure darkness and ordinary people can't see anything.
So Zhang Chu asked Xiao Putao: "Xiao Putao, what did you see?"
Tong Qingshan also looked at Little Grape.
Little Putao suddenly said excitedly: "Mom, it's mom!"
"Mom?" Zhang Chu and Tong Qingshan suddenly felt their scalps numb!
At this moment, the two looked outside the cave again.
It was still dark and nothing could be seen clearly.
But Little Putao looked anxious. She looked at the darkness outside the cave and suddenly shouted: "Mom, it hurts, run quickly, run quickly!"
Zhang Chu hurriedly hugged Little Putao tightly: "Little Putao, don't talk nonsense, how could mom be outside!"
In fact, Little Grape's mother had died long ago.
Zhang Chu had met Xiao Putao's mother, who was a pale-faced woman. After giving birth to Xiao Putao, she had not been in good spirits and was always mumbling to herself.
One night two years ago, when the villagers were preparing dinner, Xiao Putao's mother brought a bowl of meat, suddenly smiled stupidly, and ran out of the village.
That incident was so sudden that no one could stop it.
Since then, Little Grape's mother has completely disappeared.
In fact, in the Demon Ruins, this kind of thing happens often. People often lose their minds suddenly, break into the darkness, and never come back.
But now, Little Putao is calling her mother...
Tong Qingshan could only lift up his spear and protect Zhang Chu and Xiao Tao behind him, guarding against possible dangers.
Zhang Chu comforted Little Putao: "That's not mom, that's a monster."
Little Putao shook her head vigorously: "If it's not a monster, it's mom. Mom is locked up by a monster!"
Then, Little Putao shouted into the darkness: "Mom, run, run!"
Both Tong Qingshan and Zhang Chu were so frightened by the appearance of Little Putao that they had goosebumps all over their bodies. At this time, Tong Qingshan could only let out a loud roar and shouted into the darkness: "Who?"
Little Putao pointed outside and shouted: "Daddy, beat her quickly, that old woman is a bad person, she looks so scary, her eyelids are rolled out..."
As Little Grape's voice fell, the entire cave suddenly fell into a terrifying silence.
The surroundings were eerily quiet, with only the crackling sound of burning firewood.
Tong Qingshan's hand holding the spear was sweating a lot.
Facing this unknown darkness, Tong Qingshan felt more pressure than facing the horned python.
Little Putao also realized something was wrong. She calmed down and hid in Zhang Chu's arms, covering her eyes with her hands.
But she couldn't help but look out of the cave through her fingers. She seemed to be able to see something in the darkness.
I don't know how long this weird silence lasted. Suddenly, there was a rustling of light footsteps outside the cave.
The footsteps were getting farther and farther away.
It was as if someone had been standing at the entrance of the cave just now, but now they were gone.
And as the footsteps faded away, the terrible sense of death around them disappeared.
At this time, Little Putao whispered: "They are leaving."
Zhang Chu exhaled, his heart pounding.
Tong Qingshan gently put away the spear, lowered his voice and trembled a little: "You won't... come again, will you?"
Zhang Chu hurriedly said: "Qingshan, use wooden branches to block the entrance of the cave. Don't let the light in our cave shine outside."
"good!"
Soon, some wooden branches that had been prepared long ago blocked the entrance of the cave, completely isolating the darkness outside the cave.
This time, the three of them felt much safer.
At this moment, Zhang Chu looked at Xiao Putao: "Xiao Putao, what did you just see?"
"I saw my mother, being led by an old woman with an iron rope." Little Putao looked very scared.
"Old woman? Tie Suo? Mom?" Zhang Chu frowned.
He felt that Little Putao should not remember her mother, because when her mother left, Little Putao was still very young and could not even walk or speak.
But soon, Zhang Chu asked again: "How many people did the old lady lead?"
"So many!" said Little Putao: "Many sisters and aunts, all led by the old woman, they formed a long queue."
Then, Little Putao said in frustration: "But, I recognized my mother, but my mother didn't recognize me. She didn't even look at me."
Zhang Chu asked again, but Xiao Putao couldn't tell any more.
At this time, Tong Qingshan smashed the stone at hand with his fist, and said bitterly: "I really want to practice quickly, so that one day I can break into the darkness and see what is in the darkness!"
Zhang Chu knew that Tong Qingshan had always had a knot in his heart about the departure of Little Putao's mother.
At this moment, Zhang Chu patted Tong Qingshan on the shoulder and said nothing.
Nothing happened all night.
Early the next morning, the three of them ate some bear meat and bear paws and hit the road again.
Although they deliberately avoided most villages and big monsters, they could still encounter some hunting teams from other villages.
However, there was no conflict between them and everyone was in peace.
But the further they went, the heavier Zhang Chu and Tong Qingshan felt.
Because they have encountered six contaminated villages in a row.
Looking from afar, the guardian gods of those polluted villages had problems, and the leaves of the guardian gods of plants were covered with all kinds of terrifying bugs.
Some stone guardian spirits are riddled with holes.
However, those who were polluted were completely unaware of their own situation, could communicate normally, and even greeted them in a friendly manner...
In addition to these people, they also saw more mutant animals.
There are mutated wasps with tattered bodies, but they can still fly.
Of course, these wasps were not that friendly. When they saw Zhang Chu and Tong Qingshan, they immediately flew over and wanted to sting them.
Zhang Chu and Tong Qingshan were so frightened that they ran away, not daring to be contaminated by this wasp at all.
There were also contaminated wolves that wanted to hunt Zhang Chu and the others, but they avoided them.
"Hey, how come the pollution around here is so serious? It feels like most of the living creatures are polluted." Tong Qingshan said.
Zhang Chu also frowned, some kind of bad premonition always lingering in his heart.
This day is coming to an end again.
In the evening, Zhang Chu and Tong Qingshan locked a tiger lizard and prepared to rob its nest for the night.
