In Ma Tao's opinion, the Desert State was just a heavy tank machine, but it was only later that Ma Tao truly realized what a real heavy tank was.
I looked at the counter and saw that the snoring was still there. I looked at the people around me who were also snoring. This warrior office was basically like a refugee shelter. I saw the two pictures of bounty heads on the wall. , Ma Tao had no idea of staying here anymore, and he didn't expect the guy at the counter to ask for any clues.
With a sigh, Ma Tao, who was about to leave, was about to turn around when he suddenly felt someone tugging on his sleeves. She turned out to be a rickety old woman. She was dressed in sloppy clothes. Her original expression was almost invisible because she was rickety. With her body fully clothed, the old woman's height could only reach Ma Tao's chest. Visually, she was only 1.45 meters tall. In addition, due to her hunched back, she had a big bony bag bulging behind her. This was an obvious sign of bone deformation. , because the old woman lowered her head, her withered white hair was spread on both sides, and the light here was not good, Ma Tao did not see the appearance of the old woman at the first time.
"Little guy, do you believe you will die?" As she spoke, the hunchbacked old woman raised her head slightly. When she raised her head, Ma Tao immediately took a breath of cold air.
It wasn't because of the wrinkles on the hunchbacked old woman's face. When Ma Tao saw the old woman's face, Xiao Xiao couldn't help but his heart skipped a beat and was frightened because of the wrinkles on the old woman's face. There is only one cloudy eye, and the other eye is actually a hole. There is no eyeball at all, let alone eyelids. Even the only remaining eye looks like a cataract. It is different from normal people. Her eyeballs , turned out to be gray.
"You..." Looking at his hand held by this weird old woman, Ma Tao didn't even say a complete sentence for a moment, and subconsciously broke away from the old woman's dead hand.
"Being stubborn will lead to destruction..." The old woman didn't pay attention to Ma Tao's somewhat unreasonable behavior. She raised her head and stared at him with her muddy gray-white single eye.
"It's inexplicable. Please speak clearly! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!" After the initial shock, Ma Tao gradually regained his composure. He has seen many charlatans and has all kinds of tricks. He will curse people when he meets them. The tricks are not very unusual, but it does not mean that Ma Tao is not angry. He gave the old woman a cold look and said.
"Is it clear?" A strange smile appeared on the corner of the old woman's mouth, and her frightening face was extremely strange.
"Where does so much clarity come from in this world? Things in this universe can't be explained clearly. Just say that you, a person who shouldn't exist, appears here now. How can you explain clearly..." The hunchbacked old woman continued. Ma Tao's words shocked Ma Tao. If he had suspected that the old woman was playing tricks before, but when she said these words, it had been proved that the old woman knew her origin. After all, this matter , he didn’t tell anyone, including the second twin girl closest to him.
"Who on earth are you!" When he said this, many factors had gathered in Ma Tao's eyes, including fear, doubt, curiosity, and anger.
"Want to know? Come to me." The one-eyed old lady seemed to have expected Ma Tao's current appearance. After saying this, the door of the Warriors office was suddenly pushed open with force, and with a ray of light from outside, The light shone in, and Ma Tao's eyes were attracted, but he didn't see anyone coming in. When he looked back, the rickety old woman beside him disappeared.
What is this! Mysterious magic? Hallucination? Or magic? ? ?
Facing this sudden scene, Ma Tao was a little confused, but the experience just now was so real. Looking at his wrist, Ma Tao was confused. Suddenly, there were a few words left under his feet. He took a closer look. , written "Bimi"
"Bimi?" Ma Tao looked at the two words on the ground and remembered that this should be the name of the child he had met before.
Facing the two characters on the ground, Ma Tao wiped them with his foot, and the writing disappeared, but it was written in dust.
After leaving the Warriors Office, Ma Tao has been thinking about what just happened. However, if he wants to know the truth, he must find the weird one-eyed old woman, and if he wants to find the old woman
, you must find Bimi first. It seems that you should first find out where Bimi's child lives.
After looking around, there was no one there at this time. There were only a few people at the entrance of the Kara Town bar not far away. After sorting out their weapons and equipment, Ma Tao walked towards an uncle in his forties.
"This town of Kara is really peaceful," Ma Tao said as he slowly approached the middle-aged uncle, looking for something to say.
"Yes, there are no monsters in this area. It's quite quiet." The middle-aged uncle, who was also familiar with the area, replied.
"Uncle, are you a resident of this town?" Ma Tao greeted him with a smile, and Ma Tao greeted him with a smile.
"Yes, I have lived in this village for more than 40 years. Do you want to ask about something?" The middle-aged uncle looked up and down at Ma Tao, an unfamiliar stranger. With just one glance, he understood that the young man in front of him should be It's something to say.
"Uncle, I can't hide anything from you." Ma Tao could only smile, perfunctory, and then asked, "Can I ask you where Bimi's home is?"
"Bimi?" The middle-aged uncle was stunned for a moment, then shook his head helplessly and said, "Did that kid cause any trouble again? Don't blame him, that kid is not bad in nature."
Hearing what his uncle said, Ma Tao quickly explained, "Uncle, you misunderstood. I didn't go to them to blame their parents."
"Then you are...?" After saying this, the middle-aged uncle was a little confused and looked at Ma Tao and asked.
"Um..." This ability to lie is really not innate. Being stared at like this, Ma Tao could only make up a temporary reason and said: "Actually, that kid Bimi picked up something of mine before. It was returned to me, and I plan to thank the parents of the child."
"Bimi? Would you do such a thing? Young man, do you know that it is difficult to lie?" The middle-aged uncle probably knew the situation of Bimi's child very well and did not believe what Ma Tao said at all.
Being exposed, Ma Tao's old face also turned red. After all, he actually forgot that the person in front of him was a local. What are the people here like and what they would do? People who have lived here for a long time can do it with their eyes closed. Guessing that what he said was superfluous, he could only explain helplessly, "Actually... I want to find an old lady, she only has one eye."
"So you are looking for Bimi's grandma." The middle-aged uncle finally understood what Ma Tao was thinking, but he continued helplessly: "She is the patron saint of our place, but I'm afraid, you won't be able to see Bimi. "Grandma"
"What do you mean?" Ma Tao asked confused.
"Some time ago, the kid Bimi ran out of town to play and met a monster. Grandma Bimi was seriously injured in trying to save him. It probably happened in the past two days." The middle-aged uncle sighed and shook his head. He shook his head and said regretfully: "Once this happened, the child Bimi was inevitably punished. Also because of grandma's injury, the child became more introverted."
"Injured?" Ma Tao was stunned, and quickly took out the ginseng potion on his body, took out a bottle and said, "I have a ginseng potion here. I think it should be able to save Grandma Bimi."
Unexpectedly, the middle-aged uncle just glanced at the ginseng potion in Ma Tao's hand, and then looked at Ma Tao. Seeing the sincerity in his eyes, he knew that he wanted to save Grandma Bimi from the bottom of his heart.
"Put it away. Maybe you haven't been to a human equipment store yet," the middle-aged uncle said, looking at Ma Tao's cheek.
Human equipment store?
Ma Tao didn't know why, but he had never entered a human equipment store, so he nodded.
The middle-aged uncle turned his gaze to the distance, looking at the trees across the moat in the distance, and said: "Bimi's grandma has reached the age of understanding destiny. She also knows very well that the average life span of people in our town will be ninety years old. The reason for the above is that our human equipment store here sells panacea potions."
What?
Panacea potion! ! !
When Ma Tao heard this, he was like a thunderbolt, and he froze in place for a moment. Good guy, there is a magic elixir here that can revive dead people, and even make flesh and bones. He even showed off some ginseng potion. This is not a trick in front of Guan Gong. The big knife and the ax were swinging in front of Li Kui. He couldn't tell the difference between the king and the king. But at the same time, Ma Tao thought that he was there.
Before they came to Kara Town, they were secretly happy because they bought the ginseng potion. Unexpectedly, Kara Town actually had a panacea potion. Now Ma Tao finally understood why the mysterious merchant camp had so many ginseng potion stocks. , it turns out that the key point is here. In this way, he was indirectly cheated... But that's how business is done, and Ma Tao's business is not considered a loss.
"Young man, you are looking for Grandma Bimi. It is on the east side of Zuo Peninsula. The gray cement house is their home." It seemed that Ma Tao didn't look like someone with ulterior motives. The middle-aged uncle did not continue to hide it. To be honest Told Ma Tao the location of Bimi's house.
"Thank you." Ma Tao gave his uncle a fist as a gesture of thanks.
As the middle-aged uncle said, Bimi's home is located in the easternmost part of Zuo Town, near the woods. Generally speaking, people who live on the edge of town or in remote places are not very important people. It can be seen that Bimi The family doesn't seem to be well received either.
The house is built in a rectangular shape, with some flowers and plants planted at the door. It is well taken care of, and it looks like it is carefully managed.
"Who?"
He knocked lightly on the door, and a woman's voice came from inside. Then, the door was opened, and a charming young housewife in her thirties opened the door. Ma Tao was slightly startled when he saw Ma Tao at the door. , then asked tentatively: "Are you here to see our child?"
"Who is it?" Another man's heavy voice came from the room, and then a man walked out with a bowl of rice and put it in his mouth. When he saw Ma Tao, he was not surprised.
"Take whatever you like in the house, except people." The man stopped talking to Ma Tao, took the bowl and chopsticks, walked to a dilapidated dining table in the house, and ate by himself.
The woman opened the door without saying anything, and made a gesture of invitation, then returned to the man, picked up the bowl and chopsticks on the side and started eating, but she did not devour it like the man, but looked at it from time to time. Ma Tao, this is her home after all. Having such a troublesome child makes her heartbroken. However, nothing has changed. As the child causes more and more trouble, what can be done at home? There is not much left to compensate, but even if the house is empty, this is the home where the woman has lived for many years. Every object in the house, no matter how big or small, has feelings.
"I think you may have misunderstood." Ma Tao glanced at the few furniture left in the room, walked in and continued, "I'm not here to ask you for compensation."
"Ah?" Bimi and his wife were stunned at the same time and looked at each other. Finally, the man took the initiative and said, "Then what are you here for?"
Suddenly, the man remembered something. He protected his wife behind him, grabbed the cast iron kitchen knife behind him, pointed the sharp blade at Ma Tao, looked at him coldly and said, "I told you, this house You can take whatever you want from the house, and the house can be given to you, but it will have to wait until my mother passes away. As for the rest, don’t even think about it!!!”
The man stood in front of his wife and stared at Ma Tao angrily. He held the kitchen knife in his hand which could not do any harm to Ma Tao. He looked at her without fear. The wife who was guarded behind her husband also had a calm face. , looked at Ma Tao with no expression on his face.
"Uh..." At this moment, Ma Tao really couldn't understand what kind of child named Bimi could harm his parents like this. However, the scene of this distressed couple made Ma Tao admire him from the bottom of his heart.
It can be seen that this is a real couple. As the saying goes, husband and wife are like birds in the same forest. When disaster strikes, they will fly apart. It is not that there are cases of couples showing kindness for a hundred days in adversity, but it is very rare. It is like falling in love and hugging each other on the road. There are countless young men and women kissing, but there are only a few couples with white hair and sunset red hair.
"Don't get excited." Ma Tao first comforted the couple and then said, "The purpose of my coming here is actually to meet Grandma Bimi."
"Are you a bounty hunter from the north?" The man looked at the equipment Ma Tao was wearing again, as if he remembered something.
"Uh..." North? Ma Tao thought for a moment and then said: "If it comes from the mountain pass, I will
It is indeed from the north."
Although Ma Tao's words sounded a bit far-fetched to him, the entrance and exit to Kara Town was over the mountain pass in the north. If he said so, it shouldn't be nonsense.
Knowing that Ma Tao did not come to ask for a debt because their child caused trouble, the couple looked at each other. Bimi's father slowly put down the kitchen knife in his hand. At the same time, he reached out and patted his wife gently to signal. She could rest assured, then sighed and said to Ma Tao, "You...come with me"...
Bimi's father led the way, but Bimi's mother did not follow. Ma Tao followed the man and entered the back room. Unexpectedly, Bimi's father did not take him to the bedroom, but instead walked to the back room. The stairs, their house actually has a basement.
"You... just let the old lady live down here?" Ma Tao looked at the dimly lit basement below, feeling a little angry. The image of the good man who protected his wife just now disappeared for a large part. After all, he doesn't know how to honor his parents. In Ma Tao's view, such people should not live in this world at all.
"You misunderstood." Bimi's father, who was leading the way, stopped, looked back at Ma Tao, and said, "It's not that we force her to live underground, but that she has to live underground, and you can't do anything with her. Explain, you’ll know when you get down.”
After Bimi's father finished speaking, he ignored Ma Tao and walked downstairs, holding on to the handrail next to him.
Although Ma Tao was doubtful, he was brave because of his skill, and with the equipment of Sheng Sheng, he could fight back even if he encountered the Noah monster. He definitely couldn't suffer a big loss, so he stopped questioning and continued. basement.
As soon as he turned the corner, Ma Tao was stunned. The entire basement was not damp. It was obviously very waterproof. But this was not important. The most important thing was that there were yellow papers posted everywhere in the basement with drawings on them. Strange symbols. There are no lights. The only lighting equipment is a few huge candles. Because the two people entered, the surrounding air was stirred up. The burning candles swayed slightly, and the shadows of the two people were also illuminated. Following the shaking, there was a wooden single bed in the middle of the basement, and a person could be seen lying on the bed.
"Don't be surprised. My old lady has always been weird and often said strange things. However, she saved many people's lives countless times." Bimi's father looked at his close relatives lying on the bed, and his eyes were wet with tears. , but still did not feel depressed.
He came to his mother softly, and Bimi's father said something in the old lady's ear. You could see that the sheets shook twice. Bimi's father nodded, then leaned over, helped the old lady, and sat down. stand up.
Seeing Grandma Bimi's face clearly, Ma Tao was shocked. This was the one-eyed old woman he had just seen in the Warriors Office. But now this old lady was struggling to even stand up. How did she appear in the Warriors Office just now? How could he disappear without anyone noticing? This is so unbelievable.
"You... are here..." Some laborious words came out of Grandma Bimi's mouth. The old lady slowly opened her muddy gray-white one eye, her chest heaved and she gasped, but she smiled when she looked at Ma Tao. , said.
"Do you know me?" Even though he had countless doubts in his heart, the old lady could pass away at any time. Ma Tao didn't dare to be too anxious. He was really afraid that she wouldn't be able to breathe, so he didn't ask anything. I got hung up as soon as I got out, so I could only ask about the most doubtful thing first.
Grandma Bimi did not answer his words, shook her head, fixed her eyes on Ma Tao's hands, and then continued with weak words, "The wheel of fate has already started, and no one can change it. Even if you are blessed with luck, you can I’ve come across time and space, but I’m still powerless. Let’s end it here and don’t move forward.”
"What if I say no?" Ma Tao frowned. Although he didn't want to admit it, the old lady in front of him did have two thoughts.
"Ahem!" A cough sounded, even in this empty basement, it was still faint and inaudible. Bimi's father wanted to stop it, but Bimi's grandma shook her head slightly, and Bimi's father stopped talking. A tear slipped from his eyes and fell on the bed with a clatter. In an instant, it disappeared into the quilt.
"The door to hell is opened because of you. That is your last chance. Once you step into hell,
The door is a road of no return that can never be turned back. You will lose...everything, relatives, loved ones, friends..., God...cannot be defeated by mortals..." Grandma Bimi's words finally became more and more... The weaker she became, she was so angry that when she finished her last sentence, the one-eyed old woman had closed her eyes. Bimi's father, who was supporting her, subconsciously turned his head and silently hugged his mother's increasingly cold body. In arms.
Grandma Bimi is breathless.
