While Lao Cao and I were talking, Ni Yang had already squatted down and carefully inspected the corpse's body parts on the ground.
He held a short knife in his hand and carefully turned his torso, head, and limbs.
The expression on his face became more and more confused.
"This corpse ghost... is really not normal. It seems to be different from the corpse transformation we usually know. The body cavity is full of weird fluffy threads. It looks like roots or mold of something."
Ni Yang used a knife to pick out a little bit from the broken neck of the corpse, and shined a strong flashlight on the knife body.
Let's go over and take a look.
I saw that this thing was gray and looked very strange.
Madoka cursed somewhat unhappily.
"Holy crap! It's so disgusting. It looks like there's no corpse elixir left in my stomach. It's all this fungus-like stuff. I don't want to eat this kind of ghost stuff."
I frowned.
"Perhaps the reason why this zombie is so abnormal is because of this gray mold-like thread substance? It makes it more difficult to kill the corpse!"
Lao Cao also said that before you understand the situation, don't touch this thing with your hands rashly.
Ni Yang nodded and dropped the dagger stained with the mycelium directly on the ground.
Then we walked out of the room with another corpse tied and sealed by Lao Cao's phoenix rope.
Yuan Fei, Daniu and others who were waiting outside quickly came over to greet them.
Yuan Fei said.
"Brother Cao, Xiao Wu, you have finally come out! I was outside just now, and I could feel the Qi fluctuations inside. I thought you must be fighting some evil spirit. I feel a little anxious."
Xiaoyuan stood on my shoulder, one wing on her waist, and pointed at Yuan Fei with the other wing like a hand.
"What's going on, Xiao Yuan? You don't believe how powerful we are. You're just a little Xie Sui, but with Master Bird on the scene, I can easily catch him. With a wind blade, Zhi Sui was torn apart."
Of course Yuan Fei knew this guy's temperament and had become familiar with him over the past two years, so he didn't bother to care about him at this time.
When Madoka is showing off, if you don't talk to her, she will naturally lose interest.
Lao Cao gently gave away the phoenix rope in his hand, and the corpse that was tied up with five flowers slowly fell to the ground in front of everyone.
"We found this weird corpse in the house. It is probably the result of the transformation of the villagers in Daling Village. Brother Yuan, come and take a closer look."
So Yuan Fei, Daniu, and the bodyguards in black all came closer to take a look.
This was the first time that these bodyguards in black saw a real "ghost" - there was more or less a faint expression of fear on their faces, but more of them were curious.
Before Yuan Fei expressed his opinion, Zhao Xu exclaimed with an "ahhh".
"I seem to know this ghost!"
"Hey, this is not a ghost, it's a corpse. Do you understand?"
Madoka corrected in a pretentious manner.
I quickly stretched out my hand and pinched the fat bird's mouth and looked at Zhao Xu.
"Brother Zhao, don't mind."
Anyway, in the eyes of ordinary people, these things can be collectively called "ghosts", and that's right!
Zhao Xu pointed at the corpse on the ground and said.
"This man seems to be named Wang Xinren... Although he has died and turned into a ghost, he has been responsible for receiving me in Daling Village several times before. So I have a deep impression and am familiar with it. After all, the village is There are not many young and middle-aged people here, most of them are elderly people."
Wang Xinren?
When I heard this name, I was slightly startled.
I remember that the poor guy whose soul was devoured by a flying-headed monster in the student dormitory at Lianghe District Middle School also had this name.
Theoretically, they should have nothing to do with each other.
"Maybe this name is poisonous...people named Wang Xinren are more likely to die, right?"
I didn’t think much more about it.
But Ni Yang suddenly became excited and patted Zhao Xu on the shoulder.
"Brother Zhao, since you know this villager named Wang Xinren, do you remember the last time you met him? Did he behave in any unusual way at that time?"
I understand what Ni Yang means.
After all, if Daling Village was sunk into the ground by powerful evil cultivators using Feng Shui formations, there would definitely be no clues about it before.
It's just that no one thinks about it and doesn't take it to heart. If you think about it now, you might have a clue!
"Abnormal situation?"
Zhao Xu continued...
"The last time I came to Daling Village to deliver things to the villagers on the instructions of my boss was at the beginning of 1996, about half a year before we discovered that Daling Village had disappeared. It was also Wang Xinren who received me."
"There was indeed something wrong at the time, and we had talked about it before. I found that there seemed to be more young people in the village than before, and many people who worked in the towns and counties outside had returned. And looking at their clothes, they seemed to have changed. You must have some money."
These clues have actually been confirmed by Wang Wenguang from the side in his investigations in recent years.
We all know it too.
"As for Wang Xinren himself..."
Zhao Xu showed an expression of careful recollection, and then suddenly slapped his forehead.
"Yes, yes! I remembered it. His strength seems to have increased, and he has become a little afraid of fire! Is this an abnormality?"
Increased strength and fear of fire?
When I heard this, my heart suddenly shook.
He looked at each other with Lao Cao and Yuan Fei, and saw a glimmer of light flashing in each other's eyes.
Perhaps this can lift another layer of the fog in Daling Village!
Ni Yang also asked.
"Brother Zhao, please tell me more in detail."
"good."
It turned out that when Zhao Xu brought people to Daling Village for condolences for the last time, he stopped by Lianghe Town. I had a meal there and brought a lot of canned yellow peaches with sugar syrup, a specialty, because I heard that the old people in the village like to eat sweet things.
There are several large boxes of these canned yellow peaches in sugar water, weighing one to two hundred kilograms. Along with other things, people were hired to carry them to the village on horses and donkeys.
At that time, Wang Xinren and several young adults came to greet him at the entrance of the village. After chatting with Zhao Xu, he conveniently carried a box of canned yellow peaches from horseback with one hand.
The movements are very smooth and effortless.
Zhao Xu was stunned.
Because a whole box of canned yellow peaches weighs at least fifty kilograms, although it is not a scary thing to lift it with one hand.
But it’s not easy!
Even Zhao Xu himself, as one of the several thugs around Wang Wenguang, is a strong man with tendon flesh. If you want to lift a box of canned yellow peaches with one hand, you can't do it so easily and without changing your expression.
Wang Xinren was a little surprised when he saw him, and quickly explained that he had recently been working on a construction site and often moved bricks and did hard work, so he had developed muscles and considerable strength.
Although Zhao Xu felt it was a bit outrageous, he didn't take it seriously - if he was stronger, it wouldn't hinder him.
On the contrary, it will be more convenient to help the elderly in the village move things later. Both myself and my men have less energy to exert.
After boss Wang distributed all the condolences and cash red envelopes to the villagers, and had a meal together, Wang Xinren sent Zhao Xu and others out of the village, chatting while walking...
When he was about to reach the entrance of the village, Zhao Xu finally couldn't bear the craving for cigarettes for a long time, so he took out a pack of cigarettes to smoke.
Out of etiquette, he planned to let Wang Xinren smoke first.
"Come on, Brother Wang, have a cigarette and relax."
Zhao Xu said, passing a cigarette to Wang Xinren, who was standing very close to him. At the same time, there was a click, and I opened a very high-end lighter and prepared to light a cigarette...
The lighter's flame sprang up.
Never imagined. Wang Xinren was so frightened by his "enthusiasm" that he suddenly shouted "Ah" and took a step back, his expression looking very frightened.
Um?
Zhao Xu frowned, feeling slightly unhappy at the other party's surprising behavior.
He thought to himself, what do you mean? I asked you to smoke and lit a fire for you, and I scared you!
But it's hard to tell on the surface, after all, he is the boss's fellow villager.
However, after Wang Xinren realized that he had lost his temper, he quickly explained.
He said that he was particularly afraid of fire because he was naughty when he was a child and his hair and eyebrows were burned by flames while helping his parents cook in the kitchen. Especially the flames at close range have a psychological shadow. They are scared when they look at them and dare not get too close.
Hearing what Wang Xinren said, Zhao Xu's displeasure immediately dissipated, but he was still a little embarrassed. I also apologized, saying that I was reckless...
Then, the two parted at the entrance of the village.
As a result, on the way back, one of his subordinates told Zhao Xu that Wang Xinren was lying.
Because Zhao Xu did not follow others to Daling Village to express condolences once before, this boy saw with his own eyes that some villagers were lighting cigarettes for Wang Xinren! He wasn't afraid then.
"Forget it, whether it's true or not, at least I found a reason, and both sides have a way to go. Just look good in face."
Zhao Xu waved his hand and told the younger brother not to say anything more.
He's not the kind of person to hold grudges either.
Unexpectedly, when Wang Wenguang sent people back to Daling Village more than half a year later, the entire village had disappeared...
When he saw Wang Xinren again, he was the strange corpse tied up by Lao Cao on the ground in front of him.
Zhao Xu finished speaking.
he said thoughtfully.
"I just thought it was strange at the time, but I didn't take it seriously. Now that I think about it carefully, combined with the weird and evil situation in front of me, Wang Xinren may have had some problems at that time, right? Masters and mages, what do you think?"
