The clouds and mist were pushed aside to see the light. When Chen An pushed aside the last branches that blocked his sight, what he saw was a broken scene.
Thatched houses and brick houses stand staggered together, the wooden frames are dusty, and the morning sun falls on the dilapidated debris, reflecting hazy light through the spider webs.
Many of the houses have holes in their roofs, and the walls are surrounded by creepers and other plants.
There is a thin layer of black oil on the ground, thatch, and debris. If you look closely, you can see that it is sticky and stringy, which makes Chen An feel a little uneasy.
"How disgusting." Yin Qiaoxian frowned and whispered.
She looked at her bare feet and hesitated to take a step.
Chen An glanced at Yin Qiaoxian and said, "I told you not to wear shoes."
Yin Qiaoxian rolled her eyes at Chen An and said, "It wasn't caused by the story fragment I used at the beginning of the game."
"You stay here while I go over and take a look. It would be terrible if this black mucus is poisonous." Chen An shook his head and walked into the village.
In the center of the village, there is a pile of firewood arranged messily, with black charcoal hidden in the firewood. In the center, there are two wooden frames, one horizontal and one vertical, forming the shape of a cross.
The shelf was tied with dirty white cloth, and the cloth strips moved in the wind, making Chen An raise his eyebrows.
"Like the burning at the stake in the Middle Ages..."
Chen An observed a little and found that the wooden cross was very small. When he stood in front of the cross, the height only reached his eyebrows. If it was used to tie people up, wouldn't it be a little short?
Kaka...
Suddenly, Chen An's ears moved, and he heard some dragging sounds. It was strange, and he didn't know what it was. It was like the sound of a mop being dragged on the ground.
This metaphor is inappropriate, but this is indeed a sound that Chen An has never encountered before.
He looked around, vaguely feeling something was wrong.
Wherever he looked, in the half-open wooden doors of these villages, in the shadows under the eaves, and in the blind spots of vegetation and debris, there were all...
It was white, fat, rotten and oozing pus, like a zombie, with some outlines exposed.
Chen An couldn't see clearly, but the number was at least a dozen, right?
He swallowed and felt a little cold.
The hand holding the oil lamp post also trembled slightly.
"Chen An, come back quickly!"
Behind, Yin Qiaoxian shouted in a low voice.
Hearing this, Chen An quickly wanted to move his legs and retreat, but it was already too late!
These monsters who don’t know what they are have discovered him!
At this moment, these monsters staggered out of the shadows and were truly exposed to the sun!
Chen An only took a glance, but saw the whole picture clearly.
These horrible and disgusting things were reflected in Chen An's mind like photos, and he couldn't forget them!
They were "people" wearing human clothes. Their bodies were swollen like giants. The yellow fat on their bodies was flowing in white, translucent blisters, and their skin was ulcerated with yellow pus and black pus. bloody scabs, purple scars!
Their necks were as thick as buckets and bigger than their heads. The layers of wrinkles made of fat made Chen An want to vomit.
Their faces were rotten and festering, and they looked like zombies in the zombie movies that Chen An had watched.
"These seem to be the original villagers."
Although Chen An was frightened in his heart, his legs and feet were not trembling with fear as if he had encountered a monster for the first time.
"I'm growing up too."
Chen An even smiled bitterly in his heart.
Along the way, I have seen so many monsters and experienced so many horrors, and my mental endurance has become much stronger.
Suddenly, Chen An felt something grabbed his ankle!
His breathing suddenly became rapid, and he looked down suddenly...
That's a hand!
There is warmth, it is a generous, man's hand covered with dirt and hair!
Moving his gaze along the wrist, Chen An discovered to his horror that the hand was actually sticking out of the soil.
From the dry, mottled land scattered with fallen leaves, gravel, and barren grass, he suddenly appeared!
"Chen An!" Yin Qiaoxian saw Chen An suddenly stop, and quickly observed Chen An's strange behavior, and glanced at the "villagers" behind him. These monsters were simply not fast, and they were staggering, with thick soles on their feet. Dragging on the ground, the long growths like sarcoma on the nails were holding up the ground.
"do not come!"
Chen An raised his hand and said hurriedly: "I was caught by something strange. It may be dangerous."
Yin Qiaoxian's steps came to an abrupt halt.
Seeing solemnity on her delicate little face, she said in a deep voice: "Chen An, at this distance, if the other party is a monster, you are already hopeless. If you don't feel anything abnormal, it means that the other party is at least not a threat for the time being! "
Yin Qiaoxian has seen many more monsters than Chen An, and she has also summarized some rules.
Chen An nodded and tried to take deep breaths to calm down, calm down, and calm down again.
In Chen An's sight...
Quietly...
The soil in front of him was suddenly pushed open, and a dirty half-head with disheveled hair, unkempt beard, and a face covered in dirt that made it hard to tell what his appearance was, came out...
Chen An: "..."
Only half of the head was exposed, reaching the nose, and the messy seaweed-like hair was covered with dirt. Her hair covered her eyes, making it difficult to see clearly.
"follow me."
A low, hoarse voice came faintly from the soil, and Chen An was certain that it was a human voice.
Although we don’t know whether we are friends or foes, we cannot stay where we are.
He swallowed and said, "Who are you, and where are you taking me?"
"Here we come...besides...you are...in danger now."
The vague, indistinct voice sounded again.
Before Chen An could react, the man's body seemed to move suddenly under the soil!
I don’t know how he got that kind of strength. Chen An’s left ankle was also dragged by him, causing him to fall directly to the ground and be dragged by his wrist to move on the ground!
In just a few seconds, the hand and half of the head exposed on the soil surface moved in front of Yin Qiaoxian!
Quietly,
Another dirty, thick, hairy hand, with black mud under the nails.
Yin Qiaoxian had no time to run, as her thin ankle was tightly grabbed by the big hand.
At this time, Chen An was dragged on the ground into a body that looked like a dog chewing mud. With a slight tremor, Chen An opened his mouth and said "What should I do?"
He couldn't react at all, it all happened too fast!
A thought flashed through Chen An's mind... Survive by cutting off one's wrist?
It's not possible, and there's no knife, so it can't be that easy!
At this moment, the surrounding soil suddenly loosened and became soft, like quicksand.
As the tugging sensation at their ankles came again, their ankles slowly sank into the soil. The surrounding gravel, dead leaves, and soil were also pulled along, like a vortex in a pool, slowly flowing. With.
The two of them were like victims trapped in quicksand, unable to struggle at all!
The more you struggle, the deeper you sink!
"Chen An, don't resist, he may not mean any harm, don't anger him!" Yin Qiaoxian's childish voice came, making Chen An feel a little relieved.
"good."
...
First the ankles, then the calves, then the thighs, then half the body...
In just seven or eight seconds, half of their bodies sank into the soil.
"Huh...huh..." Chen An's face turned red, and as his body sank into the ground, he gradually felt difficulty breathing.
Glancing at Yin Qiaoxian, Yin Qiaoxian's delicate but dirty little face was also flushed, and she was constantly opening her mouth and panting.
"It's...pressure...earth..." Chen An said harshly.
The next moment, the two of them were completely dragged into the soil!
...
Chen An felt like he was falling into endless darkness. His nose and mouth were filled with the earthy smell of earth, and he didn't know where the stench came from, as well as the feeling of suffocation!
He couldn't breathe at all, and some dirt was choked into his mouth. He couldn't spit it out even if he wanted to.
Nausea, discomfort, dizziness, suffocation!
Other than that, the only feeling I had was that the palms of my ankles seemed to have a huge force, dragging my whole body downwards. My ankles hurt so much that they felt like they were about to dislocate!
I don't know how long it took, but when Chen An felt he could breathe again, he coughed and wheezed rapidly in the darkness.
He was kneeling on something he didn't know what it was, surrounded by darkness. The dirt and disgusting stench in his throat made him retching constantly.
My throat, which was already dry and hoarse due to lack of water, was now smoldering, and I could hardly secrete any saliva.
At the same time, he also heard Yin Qiaoxian's coughing and retching sounds.
"Fortunately, the two of us are still together and taking care of each other."
At least, this girl still has some story fragments to use...
Chen An said silently in his heart.
Until he felt that he could no longer cough up anything, he fell down in the darkness, panting heavily, and his dry throat made a harsh donkey bray rhythmically as he inhaled.
The air here is stuffy and smelly.
very disgusting.
"I'm sorry...to save you in this way."
The hoarse, low voice sounded again.
In the darkness, Chen An felt creepy!
The physical discomfort just now was so strong that he almost forgot about the person who brought them here. No, maybe he wasn't a human!
Normal people, who can travel through the soil?
Chen An rubbed his calf, which was bumped by the underground rock while traveling. He didn't know whether it was injured, but it hurt terribly. He bared his teeth and said in a hoarse voice: "Who are you...?"
"I?"
"I'm just a...poor father."
The man's tone was sad and crying.
And it has the kind of deep bass that makes one imagine a strong man. His voice sounds like he is at least middle-aged.
But at this moment, this man's sadness was unimaginable to Chen An. This feeling from the bone marrow even made Chen An feel that he was being invaded by some "third-party monster" again!
The sense of coldness and self-doubt flooded Chen An's heart again!
Could it be that there is a third big weird thing in this world?
Otherwise, how could this man's voice be so sad that it made him want to cry?
