The red-hot charcoal fire releases high temperature, peeling off and sputtering sparks.
Above the charcoal fire, two deformed pieces of blue-gray meat hung, exuding an unpleasant smell of burning.
"Huhu - almost ready."
The mountain lady was holding a stove hook in her hand, turning over the poor-quality barbecue in the stove with great interest, her little eyes full of energy.
Turning over and over.
Shan Lao's hand suddenly relaxed.
Clang——
The metal stove hook landed on the dirty ground, bounced twice and then fell silent.
Shan Lao's bloated and fat body suddenly drooped stiffly like a puppet with its strings cut off, motionless.
In the bloody kitchen, only the fire was still crackling.
I don’t know how long it took.
The fat on Shan Lao's body suddenly began to tremble.
Puff puff.
The fat and muscles swelled and collapsed, swaying, making the sound of flesh and blood slapping.
A normal-sized arm squeezed out of Shan Lao's body. Then comes the head, body...
What came out of Shan Lao's body looked like an ordinary stranger.
A girl in her 20s, wearing glasses and looking pretty.
"But I figured it out, it's so hard every time I come out."
The girl adjusted the frame on the bridge of her nose.
She stretched out her hand and reached into Shan Lao's mountain-like back.
The girl's hand felt like it was inserted into a piece of soft plasticine, flowing freely through Shan Lama's body.
After groping for a while, she took out a head from Shan Lao's body.
The head looked neither human nor animal. Half of it was covered with brown-gray animal hair, while the other half had smooth scales.
It has two pairs of pointed ears, three asymmetrical eyes, a large mouth full of fangs, and a forked tongue similar to that of a snake.
The strangely deformed eye on the lower jaw was opened, while the other two eyes were closed. It opened its mouth and spit out a red message: "Hasumi..."
"Here you are." The girl responded, then blinked her delicate eyes and said to herself, "I feel like I can't control Grandma Shan more and more recently. She has too many ideas of her own and has been completely overwhelmed by yours. That "tainted chaotic goodwill" affected. "
"Not my share."
"What?"
"I repeat, the "goodwill of chaos" is not mine, but a relic of the fallen God of Mount Fuji. And I am just one part of the three remnants. Shan Lao is Shan Lao, the Pig King is Pig King, I am me, I am just Shan Yan. We are all independent. "
When the head speaks, the voice it emits changes at any time, sometimes old, sometimes immature, sometimes delicate, sometimes masculine.
But every sound is vivid, like words spoken by people of different ages and genders, smoothly edited together.
"Whatever you say, I don't think it's necessary to make such a clear distinction."
Hasumi didn't really care about Yamabiko's repeated emphasis and went her own way.
After the death of the God of Mount Fuji a long time ago, he left three remnants in the other world, namely [Goodwill of Chaos], [Corrupted Underworld Maggot], and [Echoing Head].
The three leftovers have each evolved into three different kinds of strange stories from the forest, but they all have certain characteristics of gods——
Shan Lao, Zhuji Wang, Shan Yan.
Among them, Shan Lao's situation is quite special. She was formed by the "chaotic kindness" that stuck to a body that should have belonged to a stranger.
And Hasumi is the stranger who is bonded with [Chaos’ kindness].
After being invaded by the remnants of the old mountain god, the former Hasumi cracked open, and her body slowly evolved into a mountain aunt, while her living soul fell off and became the current "Hasumi".
Become two different individuals, but there is a certain connection between them.
The current Lotus is an extremely special living soul.
She won't be like other living souls who can't find a support and dissipate. She is solid.
This effect of the independent existence of the living soul comes from Shanyan's gift and blessing.
"Grandma Shan will not get rid of control easily. After all, she was once your body. Moreover, as long as we continue to feed the second body with "questioned unclean beliefs", this body will not be able to develop a complete consciousness, and it will always be Meat puppets at our mercy. "
Yamahiko licked his lips with his forked tongue.
The so-called "questioned unclean belief" comes from the sacrificial ceremony held for "Mountain Lama" every time a resident lives there.
In Shan Lao's life, none of the conscious strangers completely trust Shan Lao.
Because after everyone arrives at the residence and before participating in the sacrificial ceremony, they will see a girl who calls herself Hasumi.
The girl will tell them that Shan Lao has other plans and that Shan Lao has a deal with the monster King Inojisa in the sea of trees.
Always be careful and don't become a sacrifice sent to the Pig King by the Mountain Lama.
Not everyone will believe what Hasumi says.
But everyone will have doubts about "Mountain Lama".
Once doubts arise, the faith they offer is no longer pure.
This kind of belief is harmful rather than beneficial to Shan Lao, who is still just a body, plus scattered consciousness born from [chaotic goodwill].
"Don't say these useless things. Even if her consciousness is still broken, she has already begun to fight for control of her body with me. When I am inside her, I can feel more and more thoughts that do not belong to me, and even my body And he will act on those thoughts, such as eating those disgusting roasted chickens. Ugh——"
Hasumi looked extremely disgusted.
"Maybe next time I leave her, she will move on her own and be completely independent."
Shan Yan: "Our operation has begun. For Shan Lao, there is no next time. Don't worry, she won't cause any trouble."
Hasumi: "I hope so... To be honest, I have never really trusted you. If I didn't have no choice, I wouldn't even want to cooperate with you."
"well, why?"
"Why? You are also a part of the legacy of the old mountain god. You are too weak, aren't you? If the strange man who calls himself the God of Thunder hadn't suddenly appeared, you wouldn't even be able to deal with King Inojisa, let alone get the underworld maggots——"
"And I can guarantee that if Shan Lama has complete self-awareness, you will definitely not be her opponent."
"Hasumi, what you said makes me very sad." Yamahiko, who only had a brain, showed no anger at Hasumi's venomous words. They seemed to have always gotten along like this.
Like friends who can hurt each other.
Shan Yan's face, neither human nor animal, with broken features, pieced together an expression that looked like a smile but not a smile:
"As I said, I am the highest-level existence among the mountain gods' remnants, but I am not complete yet. But as long as I can become complete, I will be stronger than the Pig King and the Mountain Lama combined."
"Just take it as what you said." Hasumi sighed, "Anyway, don't forget our agreement. After you create an ideal body and inherit the power of the old mountain god, you will send me back to my original world. .”
Hasumi doesn’t know who she is now.
Is it a person or something else?
But it doesn't matter anymore.
She wanted to leave this damn place and return to the sunny world that belonged to her.
There are many people she cares about and who used to care about her, waiting for her to return.
Even after she goes back, those people won't remember her.
But so what?
"I still remember them. I can get to know them again, even if I change my identity and stay with them. I have heard their voices in my dreams more than once, and heard them calling my name. I want to go back, as long as I can be with them Just be together..."
Hasumi thought so.
I want to go back, no matter what, I want to go back.
at all costs.
Hasumi holds Yamabiko's head, and its mood is incompatible with Hasumi's sudden sadness.
It was very excited, and its snake-like tongue kept spitting out:
"Spirit, flesh, and bones. As long as I gather the best spirit, flesh, and bones, I can obtain a perfect body. Hasumi, we are about to succeed."
Shan Yan wants something special and evil to shape its body——
Spirit: A large number of living soul fragments that are gathered together in an instant.
Meat: depraved and filthy underworld maggots.
Bone: A powerful enough to support the movement of the new body.
Everything is ready.
The "spirit" is just waiting to be slaughtered.
The "meat" has been obtained.
And that "bone" that suddenly broke into the sea of trees, which could be called the best, was already heading towards the trap at Fuji Pass.
"Meat" and "bone" are about to fuse.
The guy who calls himself the God of Thunder is indeed very powerful. How could he not be very powerful if he can solve the strange story of King Inojisa with ease?
This is the value of making bones!
But he was also too conceited.
The God of Thunder has no idea of the horror of those underworld maggots.
He went to explore Mount Fuji without thinking about the consequences.
As long as he climbs up the crater, he will be swallowed up by the maggots spewing out in an instant, and there is no way to escape!
As long as the maggots enter the body, even the God of Thunder will not be able to use them.
He can't escape.
How could it be possible to escape?
"Let's get started, the show is about to begin."
On Shan Yan's face, the other two asymmetrical eyes that were originally closed opened with a smile.
Its tongue curled up, and when it opened its mouth again, it made a loud baby cry.
This sound is very similar to the voice of Ye Ciao in the sea of trees.
This wasn't the end yet. Then there were the "dong dong" beats of the fusang taiko demon, and the "kaka" groaning sounds of the human-faced tree, each of which was so lifelike that it looked like the real thing.
Shan Yan was originally good at uncanny stories that imitated various sounds.
In the mountains and forests around Shan Lao's residence, the sounds of various monsters began to echo.
…
"Little brother Nagatomo, did you hear it? The sound just now was... the cry of Erwei Ye!"
"Didn't Lord Thunder God say that as long as you stay at Shan Lao's residence, you will be safe? What's going on!?"
In the room on the second floor of Shan Lao's residence, four of the five people in Nagatomo Masao's group were already in chaos.
Suddenly hearing a familiar monster's voice in their residence, they have no reason not to be afraid.
Little Flathead didn't have time to say anything to the others. In his ears, he once again heard the roaring admonition: "Many monsters are approaching! Let's go! It's not safe here anymore!"
Nagatomo Masao stayed in this strange and dangerous world, and his first trust was Kamiya-kun who provided remote assistance, and his master, Raijin-sama.
The second most trusted thing is the roar that keeps ringing in my ears.
Even now he still doesn't know why he can hear this sound.
"run!"
Therefore, Xiaopingtou made a prompt decision.
Changyou and his party of five were the first to run out of Grandma's house on the mountain.
Most of the conscious strangers who were stranded here had not yet reacted, or were far less decisive than they were in running away.
While running out of Grandma's house on the mountain, Little Flathead shouted: "The monster is coming. If you continue to stay in the house, you will definitely die!"
As for whether other people would escape immediately, he couldn't care less.
Nagatomo Masao and others rushed out of the door of Shan Lao Residence. The sky outside was dark.
The penetrating cold wind blew from the woods, mixed with the roar of monsters.
The little flat head didn't know which direction to run away from, and he might not be sure when he screamed the motto.
So no hint was given.
But at this time, it is definitely not possible to stay in a daze at the door of the residence. The sounds of monsters in the forest are getting louder and louder, which means that they are getting closer and closer.
As a last resort, he could only choose a direction where the monster sounds were less dense.
The forest wind whistled in my ears.
The ghostly shadows of trees kept passing before my eyes.
The sea of trees is not suitable for running. The OL sister in the five-person group tripped over a section of tree trunk beneath her feet before she could run too far.
The wolf-tailed young man running beside her just glanced sideways, then gritted his teeth and continued running forward without looking back.
Nagatomo did stop subconsciously, turned around and pulled the OL up.
Let the wolf-tailed man run past him.
"My, my feet..."
Sister OL's voice changed tone, she had suffered a heavy fall just now.
The female high school student and the chatty social uncle from behind also caught up at this time, before anyone could say anything.
A scream suddenly came from the woods ahead.
Then there was a "bang" sound, like the sound of a heavy object falling violently.
Everyone looked at each other with horror on their faces. Everyone could tell that the scream just now was made by the wolf-tailed young man.
"Bad luck! There's a very strong Kaidan approaching! No! There's more than one!"
Nagatomo Masao's roaring words of admonition rang in his ears.
However, it was too late to remind him at this time.
Nagatomo could already see an extremely tall figure in the shade of the tree in front, pushing aside the branches above to reveal himself.
In the dim sea of trees, the light was dim.
But Changyou could barely see the monster clearly.
It was an extremely weird giant.
No, not one giant, but two overlapping... "people"?
Their eyes protrude from the sockets, and their hair and beards are very thick. Both of them are naked, with thick black hair on their bodies, exuding a fishy and unpleasant smell.
Irregular fangs protrude from the lips, but one covers the sky and the other covers the earth.
Of course, this is not strange. The strangest thing is——
Of these two people, one has extremely long legs.
It is more than two meters long, like two thin bamboo poles supporting the ground.
But his hands were like those of a dwarf, thick and short.
The other one's hands are more than two meters long, but his legs are extremely short.
The one with long arms and short legs rides on the shoulders of the one with long legs and short arms.
The short hands are firmly placed on the short legs. When the two are stacked together, at first glance, it looks like a tall, deformed giant with long hands and long feet.
"What is this!?"
"The hands are long and the feet are long, this is the hands that are long and the feet are long!"
The old man behind him blurted out.
The old uncle still knows a lot about the strange stories passed down by the older generation, and he also recognized the old man from last time.
Unfortunately, recognizing Kaitan's true identity cannot stop their desire to kill.
The hand on top was long, and he was holding a stone hammer with a wooden handle. It looked primitive and rough, but it was also very heavy.
"Smash it!" "Smash you!"
The hands riding together were long enough, and each spoke in a foolish voice.
