The only young man who escaped from Moyun Mountain ran towards his village like a madman. The sharp branches on the road tore his clothes and cut open his flesh. He fell down and got up more than once, even though He was already bruised and bruised, but he didn't care at all and ran as fast as he could.
But when he was still a few miles away from his village, he was so frightened that he seemed to have regained some sense. He actually stopped and turned around to look behind him blankly. He never saw the terrifying road. It was a huge beast. After a long time, he was sure that the "dragon" really wasn't chasing after him. His whole body went limp and he fell to the side of the road.
When the young man woke up, he found himself lying on his bed. He was in a daze for a while, which made him wonder if everything he had experienced before was an extremely real nightmare.
But when his mind returned to clarity and he sat up and looked around, an ominous feeling lingered in his mind, because his room was crowded with people, his parents were standing in front of the bed with concern, and everyone else was with him. The family of the person who went into the mountains with him.
The eyes of those people looking at him were full of worry, wanting to know the whereabouts of their relatives immediately.
"Huzi, what happened when you went into the mountain? Why did you fall on the roadside by yourself?" Huzi was the young man's nickname. It was Huzi's father who asked, and his father's tone was also anxious.
More than a dozen people went into the mountain, but only his son came back, which gave the middle-aged man an ominous premonition.
"How did I come back?" Huzi rubbed his forehead, trying to clear his head.
"The people in the village saw that you hadn't returned yet, so they sent people to several other villages to ask. None of the people who went into the mountain together came back. Li Daniu saw you on the way back. By then you had passed out and were covered in blood. You looked frightened, so I quickly carried you back to the village, but when I came back to clean and bandage you, I found you were all skin injuries." Hu Zi's father looked at his son with some distress and explained.
"Well, it turns out that this was not a dream, it was all real." Huzi looked up at the roof and said sadly.
This lackluster sentence made everyone waiting for the news even more confused. An impatient man rushed up to Huzi and said, "A group of thirteen people went into the mountain. Why are you the only one who came back? Where are the others?"
Huzi sighed and said, "They may not be able to come back."
Everyone in the room widened their eyes and exclaimed.
The impatient man grabbed Huzi's collar and shouted loudly: "What did you say? What do you mean you can't come back!"
"It means they may all be dead, not even a body is left." Huzi said coldly. He was in a strange state at this time. He no longer had the previous feeling of fear. At this time, he looked like an outsider. Looking at everything that happened in front of him, the unreality made him feel neither happy nor sad for a moment.
As soon as these words were spoken, the cry of many women suddenly rang out in the room, and even worse, some women had already collapsed to the ground and fainted.
Huzi's father pushed the man away, frowned and said, "I know you are anxious, let Huzi finish what he has to say first."
The man took a deep breath, calmed down a little and said, "Tell me! What's going on."
Huzi closed his eyes, exhaled slightly and then said: "We saw the legendary dragon in Moyun Mountain, a real dragon."
"Don't talk nonsense. Dragons are legendary creatures. How can they really exist?"
"I saw a dragon, and I also saw a fairy. Are you awake?"
Everyone present did not believe Huzi's words and stepped forward to refute.
"We really saw the dragon. Its appearance was almost exactly the same as in the myths and legends. I saw several of the twelve of them being swallowed by the dragon. The rest of us ran away separately, and the others There should be no escapes, maybe, but not many." Huzi's words were unequivocal, and many people present believed them.
"It's okay if you don't believe me. You can go into the mountain and check for yourself." Huzi seemed to have gradually returned to normal, with a sad look in his eyes.
"You said it's possible for others to escape?" The man's tone also softened. If there were others to escape, then there was still hope for his own family to survive.
"I don't know either. We ran separately. There is really little hope of escaping in front of the dragon. I don't even know how I escaped." Huzi frowned and shook his head. He was a little confused when he thought of the previous scene. A splitting headache.
"Take me with you! If you want to see someone alive, you want to see a corpse if you die." The man said excitedly.
"If I don't go, I will never enter Moyun Mountain again in this life!" Huzi roared with his eyes wide open, his face full of anger. In response to those words, fear turned to anger when it reached the extreme.
"What did you say? Tell me! Did you kill everyone so they didn't dare to go into the mountain again!" The man rushed forward again and punched Huzi, but he was stopped by Huzi's father. He was once an excellent hunter and very strong, but as he got older, Huzi took his place, otherwise he would be on this trip to the mountains.
"What I said is absolutely true. There really are dragons in the mountains. Even if you enter the mountains, you won't be able to see their bodies. I have already told you that they have all been swallowed by the dragons. If you are willing to go into the mountains, go by yourself. I can tell you where you saw the dragon, but I advise you to wait patiently and pray that others can escape." After shouting the previous sentence, Huzi said listlessly like a deflated ball.
"Tell me, and I'll go and see for myself!" I don't know if the man was brave or simply didn't believe what Huzi said, and actually wanted to go into the mountain to find out. Huzi simply told him the location where he met the dragon. The man hurried home, took the guy, and headed to Moyun Mountain.
The others did not make it difficult for Hu Zi, and asked many details about their entry into the mountain. Hu Zi told them everything he knew. These people finally left worriedly, and they could only hope that their relatives would be the lucky ones. It is possible to escape, but almost everyone knows that this hope is slim.
After sending everyone away and talking to his father and mother, Huzi lay on the bed blankly, not knowing what he was thinking of writing.
Soon, three days passed. None of the people who went into the mountains with Huzi escaped, and the man who went into the mountains to investigate did not come back. Everyone knew that these people were in danger, and many of them had given up. People begin to prepare for their family members' funeral arrangements.
During this period, both Taichu and Beichu had cavalry teams that went to several villages near Moyun Mountain to inquire about the situation of the beast tide. Naturally, they learned about the situation of this team entering the mountain, and also asked Huzi about the situation, and Huzi also He didn't hide anything, he told the soldiers everything he knew.
The two waves of people who got the information brought the news back to Taichu and Beichu respectively. Soon Ningguan City, which was relatively close, sent an elite scout team into the mountains to investigate. This team consisted of twenty people. Ningguan Guards The task Xue Ding gave them was also very simple. Confirm whether there is a dragon. Don't be greedy for success and return immediately after finding out.
These battle-hardened scouts did not take this task seriously. No matter how they believed what the villagers said, it might be a larger python or the like. It would be easy for the big python to kill several villagers. But if you encounter them, veterans of the battlefield, there is no reason for the python to survive.
Everyone entered the dense forest of Moyun Mountain with great ease. Several days had passed since the beast tide, and there was still no trace of animals in the dense forest. There was no sound in the dark forest. This eerie atmosphere made these veterans feel a little creepy. Put away the contempt.
The scouts were skilled in martial arts and well-trained, and soon arrived at the location where Huzi described encountering the "dragon", but found no trace of the dragon. After walking forward for a while, the scouts were stunned by the scene in front of them. Suddenly, a large piece of ancient tree fell to the ground, and countless huge pieces of flesh and blood and huge fragmented bones were scattered under the sunlight.
These flesh and blood bones already exuded an extremely unpleasant rancid smell. These veterans, who were used to seeing the cruelty of the battlefield, had never smelled such a disgusting smell. Everyone felt faintly nauseated. Two younger scouts suddenly ran to On the side, Wawa vomited.
"Can't you bear the rancid smell? I'll take care of you when you get back!" the scout captain glared at the two men and said angrily.
The two people who had finished vomiting could only smile in apology.
The scout captain gave an order, and everyone dispersed to the front to investigate. There was nothing but broken trees and rotten flesh and bones. However, the experienced captain found a huge snake-like creature crawling on the trees and the ground. There were traces of passing, which made everyone believe Huzi's words a little more.
No trace of the "dragon" was found, and everyone had no choice but to continue moving forward. After walking for a long time, the waiters came out of the dense forest without any obstruction and came to the foot of Tianjian Peak.
Tianjian Peak is like a miraculous workmanship. It doesn't look like a mountain peak at all. From a close look, it looks like an extremely huge pillar towering into the clouds. There is a lake surrounding the bottom of Tianjian Peak, but I don't know where the water comes from. It really looks like a creation of gods. , the scouts all looked up blankly at this strange peak.
No one noticed that a ripple gradually appeared on the lake.
Suddenly, a sudden change occurred, and a huge creature rushed out of the lake. Countless splashes of water obscured the sight of the scouts.
"Disperse!" The scout captain reacted very quickly and ordered everyone to disperse. When the scouts heard the captain's cry, they immediately showed their strong qualities and dispersed in all directions with a tacit understanding.
But it was still slow. A huge figure flashed through the crowd, and two scouts were bitten in an instant. This time, the "dragon" did not swallow them, but threw the two corpses away.
At this time, everyone also saw clearly the true appearance of the behemoth, which was almost exactly the same as the legendary dragon.
"Escape separately! Every one who can escape is one!" The captain gave the last order, drew his sword and slashed at the "dragon". He actually wanted to buy some time for the robes with his own life.
Of course, the scouts couldn't let the captain's sacrifice be in vain, so they tried their best to escape in all directions of the dense forest.
When the captain faced the "dragon", he actually read human emotions in its eyes. It was disdain!
This was also the captain's last thought in the human world, and then his head was bitten off by the "dragon".
"Dragon" roared strangely, and a bloody chase ensued.
One person from the twenty-person scout team finally escaped.
