On the mountain trail, several vigorous figures shuttled through the dense shade of trees. Even if they were carrying heavy objects, their speed was not affected at all.
Lin Qingqing gradually regained consciousness amidst the jolts.
She didn't know what time it was, but she probably wouldn't be unconscious for long. When she opened her eyes, all she could see were green grass blades. The feeling of her center of gravity being reversed made her immediately realize that she was being held by the other party on his shoulders.
"I wonder how everyone is doing?"
Lin Qingqing thought for a while and forced herself not to move. She wanted to see where these people were taking them.
She always felt that the purpose of these people was not just simple robbery. And she hasn't figured out what the thing that could make them unconscious instantly before was.
Lei Min and the others should not have woken up at this moment. Lin Qingqing relaxed her body, closed her eyes again, then raised her ears and listened carefully to what was going on around her.
These men walked very quickly, and there was not much conversation along the way. They could only hear the "swish, swish" sound of their trouser legs brushing against the grass.
She counted the time silently in her heart. About half an hour later, bursts of noisy sounds finally came from the distance.
"It seems we have arrived. I didn't expect there to be a village deep in the mountains and forests."
The mountain path turned into a bluestone road, and the voices in the distance gradually became clearer, as if someone was greeting them.
Unfortunately, she couldn't understand some words in these convoluted dialects. She could only guess based on their tone of voice, and roughly judged that those people were very satisfied with the hostages they had kidnapped. There was even a strange feeling in their words. of excitement.
The people who blocked the road to say hello didn't waste much time. After they separated, seven strong men fought them into an empty room.
They threw the people to the ground, carefully checked the ropes binding their hands and feet, then locked the door and went out.
After a while, there was no movement in the room, and Lin Qingqing opened her eyes carefully.
Someone was guarding the door. She moved her fingers, and an ice blade quietly appeared in her hand. Holding the ice blade, Lin Qingqing hooked her fingers and slowly cut the rope.
The room was small, dark and closed, with only a small window that was boarded up from the outside. There was nothing inside except a lame table and a thin layer of straw beneath him.
She looked around her. In addition to Lei Min and Wen Ling, the woman who escaped before was also here.
"Where is Qu Xingchi? Is he being locked up alone?"
"Now we're in trouble"!
After taking off the restraints on her body, Lin Qingqing stood up and walked around the room lightly. Perhaps because she was too confident in her own methods, the guards outside did not notice that she was awake at all.
"What is that sweet smell? Is it a drug or a supernatural power?"
Recalling the moment when she fainted, Lin Qingqing still has lingering fears. They were as careful as they could be, but there were still times when they couldn't guard against it.
Back at the original place, Lin Qingqing untied Lei Min and Wen Ling, but they would not wake up for a while.
"Minmin, Minmin, wake up quickly"!
Lin Qingqing whispered in her ear. She covered Lei Min's mouth with one hand, and touched her forehead with a layer of ice mist attached to the other hand.
Lei Min was also a third-level superpower, and her physique was not much worse than mine. She couldn't take away two unconscious people by herself, so she had to find a way to wake them up first.
After calling several times in a row, Lei Min finally had a reaction.
"Team...wuwu~"
"Shhh, keep your voice down! There's someone outside."
"how are you feeling"? Seeing her waking up, Lin Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.
"Where are we"?
Lei Min's eyes were still a little confused. She looked at Lin Qingqing and then around before she came to her senses.
"We were kidnapped"? She blinked and her lips moved silently.
"Yes." Lin Qingqing nodded. Seeing that she was awake, she took away the hand covering her mouth.
The two had a tacit understanding for a long time, and they exchanged a few glances before communicating the situation.
Now what? Lei Min winked at Lin Qingqing.
Wait a minute... Lin Qingqing shook her head at her.
Before Wen Ling woke up, Lin Qingqing tried to call her in the same way, but there was no response. They were brought here and they didn't even know the way back, not to mention that Qu Xingchi didn't know where they were and whether there was any danger.
Thinking of Qu Xingchi, Lin Qingqing felt that she couldn't wait any longer. She asked Lei Min to look at Wen Ling and planned to go out and find Qu Xingchi first.
She held the skate and walked to the door, just about to take action. At this moment, a subtle moan suddenly came from the corner.
"Hey~"
Lin Qingqing paused suddenly, and when she looked back, she saw that it was the woman who had escaped, and she had also woken up.
When Lin Qingqing saw this, she rushed forward in three steps and covered her mouth.
"Woo~"
"Shh~ shut up"!
She held her chin, and the dagger and dagger she carried were taken away. Lin Qingqing could only put the ice knife against her neck and whispered: "Don't make any noise!"
The woman was startled. She glanced at the cold ice blade, widened her eyes, and nodded desperately.
Uh-huh-huh~~
She's not afraid? Lin Qingqing's heart moved, thinking of the other party trying to escape, she stared at the woman's dark eyes and slowly approached.
Then he put his finger on the woman's lips and asked angrily: "Why did you run before?"
The woman was so excited that she wanted to say something, but found that she couldn't make a sound at all.
"Uuuu~" She pointed to her mouth.
Lin Qingqing paused and slowly retracted her fingers, but the ice blade was still on her neck.
"I, I am not from here, I was kidnapped just like you"!
The woman gasped carefully, but Lin Qingqing was not surprised by what she said.
If you look carefully, you can see that the woman is not like the people in this village. Although she is dressed roughly, her skin is very delicate. Her hair is scattered, but the ends of her hair are thinly curled. She has obviously been permed before.
Coupled with the accent of his speech, it is very likely that he was kidnapped by illegal means.
"How do they make people pass out"? Lin Qingqing thought for a while and asked the second question.
"That's the superpower of a superpower"! The woman swallowed and continued: "It's the leading man. He can emit a smell that paralyzes people!"
It’s actually a superpower! This was the first time Lin Qingqing encountered this kind of supernatural power, but fortunately it was just a smell, so covering her mouth and nose should be able to prevent it.
"Sister, don't ask, let's run away. These people are devils! No, no! They are scarier than devils!"
Before Lin Qingqing could continue to ask, the woman said with a pleading look on her face.
devil? Lin Qingqing was stunned. She could tell that the trembling in the woman's voice was true fear. Seeing that she could no longer suppress the volume, she quickly covered her mouth again.
"Keep your voice down! Tell me what's going on first. Don't worry, we will definitely take you with us when we leave!"
"Yeah" ~ After hearing the assurance, the woman nodded desperately again.
With the woman as an insider, Lin Qingqing was no longer in a hurry to rush out to save people. She asked Lei Min to go to the door and stare at the guard first, and then pulled the woman into a corner.
This woman's name was Duan Xuhong. She was originally a small restaurant owner. After the apocalypse, she made an appointment with a few fellow villagers and planned to drive back to her hometown together, but she didn't expect to be hijacked by this group of people on the way.
As she told her story intermittently, Lin Qingqing gradually understood the anomalies in this village.
"Are you saying that they are looting people just to sacrifice to the mountain gods"?
"Really! Sister, believe me"!
Seeing Lin Qingqing's expression of disbelief, Duan Xuhong assured her with a serious face.
This is another unexpected result. According to Duan Xuhong’s statement, this village has experienced
In a state of semi-isolation from the world, worshiping mountain gods is a tradition that has been passed down for a long time. Originally, animals were used as sacrifices, but after the apocalypse broke out, they became living people.
Based on her description, Lin Qingqing guessed that the so-called mountain god among the villagers was probably some kind of powerful beast in the mountains. After the doomsday came, the beasts became mutated beasts. Perhaps they were no longer satisfied with eating only livestock, so the villagers began to use living people as sacrifices.
"Sister, what I said is true! Let's leave quickly. They have to sacrifice a person every seven days. Today is the day of human sacrifice. If we don't leave, it will be too late!"
After explaining the reason, Duan Xuhong continued to urge Lin Qingqing to leave.
"We can't leave at the moment. We still have a companion who was taken to who knows where." Lin Qingqing rejected her proposal.
"Is your companion a man?"
"Well, how do you know"?
"It's okay for men. It doesn't matter for men. They will only use women as sacrifices. We'd better run away! If it's too late, they will find out and it will be too late."
Duan Xuhong was very panicked when she saw that Lin Qingqing was still motionless. All the women who were kidnapped during the same period were dead. She had tried every means to survive until the end. It's a pity that those people's tracking skills were very good, and she was still chased back after running so far.
"Wait a minute"!
Lin Qingqing held her down and said, "Tell me honestly, what will happen if a man is robbed?" Women are sacrificed alive, but men can be spared? She didn't believe such rhetoric.
"They say that the mountain gods only want young women, not men. Look, there are not many women in this village. It's true!"
"What happens next? What happens after being left behind"?
"Then, then? I, I don't know. I haven't seen those men since they were taken away. Maybe they were let go"? Duan Xuhong shrank her neck, and when she spoke the last few words, she was almost inaudible.
After hearing her words, Lin Qingqing not only did not feel relieved, but her heart tightened. Although she didn't know what the sacrificial activities in this village were like, they would definitely not just let the captives and hostages go.
"Oops! Xingchi is probably more dangerous than us now"!
"Where will they be taken?" She turned around and grabbed the woman's collar.
