Yue Guanchao looked at Tiantong God. At this moment, Tiantong God's organs seemed to be still, and there was no movement. Only Gui Fangzong's body was still alive, rising and falling with his breathing. Then, the mycelium affected Gui Fangzong's facial nerves and said : "I feel miserable."
While speaking, Yue Guanchao observed Gui Fangzong carefully. His words were mechanical and cold. Although they still sounded like the words of the old ghost, he could clearly feel that there was no emotion in them. The trembling of his facial muscles during the words seemed to be facial paralysis and stiffness, completely misaligned. , as if someone was manipulating the corpse to perform and talk.
This strange state made Yue Guanchao curious: "Are you in pain? Were you the ones who killed these Beifu soldiers and Guifang people? You are obviously punishing and retaliating. How can you be in pain?"
Ghost Fangzong continued to say stiffly: "That's not what I meant. I was affected by the foreign objects in my body. They affected my character and made me become bloodthirsty and cruel. I did kill these people, but I It’s really painful.”
Before coming, they had carefully discussed the function of the fish talisman. The transformation of Tiantong Shen did start from the existence of the fish talisman in the body. The giant did not lie to them about this. Yue Guanchao asked again: "Then what do you want to do?" What? Or, what do you want us to do for you?"
Tianpu Shen controlled Ghost Fangzong and said, "Help me take out the fish talisman. As long as I take out the fish talisman, I will return to normal."
Taking out the fish talisman... Yue Guanchao pondered his words carefully, something was obviously wrong. At that time, the Guifang people originally wanted to take off the fish talisman to restore the giant to normal, but what they got was a curse and revenge. Two days later, the giant It's definitely unusual for Millennium to mention this again.
Yue Guanchao narrowed his eyes and questioned: "No, no, the Guifang people wanted to help you take out the fish talisman back then. You know what happened, so why are you bringing up this idea now?"
"That's what I want to say!"
Tian Tong Shen manipulated Ghost Fang Zong to sigh slightly: "At that time, that was not the real me at all."
This statement made Yue Guanchao a little confused. Mrs. Wei had never reminded them of this, which meant that she might not know much about it. He continued to ask: "You mean, you are also controlled by something?"
The God of Heavenly Eyes controlled Ghost Fangzong and nodded: "Indeed, from the moment the fish talisman was put into my body, I was no longer under my control. My soul has been trapped in Heavenly Eyes since then, and it is other evil spirits from outside. By making decisions for me, they are also manipulating my Tianpu to do evil and punish Beifu soldiers and Guifang people."
"Then, what is this foreign evil spirit?"
Song Siyuan became curious about this foreign consciousness.
Ghost Fangzong stiffly shook his head: "I don't know, I can only feel that the fish talisman seems to be connected to a certain space. Something came from that space into my body and occupied my body. After that, I could only watch. This corpse is doing evil.”
"During this period, you really have no way to stop this foreign evil spirit?"
Song Siyuan continued to ask.
Ghost Fangzong said: "I tried, but failed."
Song Siyuan carefully considered the description of Tianpu Shen. She guessed that the fish talisman was unstable and partially connected with the mirror world, and part of the consciousness directly entered the giant's body through this channel. If she did not consider whether what the giant said was True or false, it is entirely possible for the body to be occupied by foreign consciousness in this state.
However, even if she believed the giant's words, she had to ask some questions clearly: "So since a foreign soul has occupied your body, are you the original soul or the foreign soul now? If it is the original soul, what are you now? By what method, I regained control of my body.”
Song Siyuan is not stupid. If there is an alien consciousness in the giant's body, then all his words probably come from that evil alien consciousness. Even this weak state may be deliberately disguised to lower their vigilance. , to achieve certain purposes.
Gui Fangzong was controlled by the mycelium and reluctantly moved his head: "It's hunger."
"hunger?"
Everyone asked: "Hunger alone can make you escape from his control?"
Ghost Fangzong nodded meaningfully: "Yes, the giant family needs a lot of food to maintain the operation of the body. As long as the body is insufficiently nourished, in order to survive, the body will first weaken the operation of the organs that consume body nutrients. Tianpu plays an important role in consuming nutrients. , will be continuously weakened until the body can no longer take in nutrients, and the Celestial Eye will be closed forever."
"In the past, my body could capture Beifu soldiers and Guifang people to provide nutrients and abilities to the body. Now that all the Beifu soldiers have been wiped out, the Guifang people are gone, and the source of nutrition from the outside world has been cut off. I have almost I haven’t eaten any flesh and blood for ten years. Just hunting those animals can no longer maintain my body’s nutrition, and my body is getting weaker and weaker.”
Ghost Fangzong paused and his eyes became mysterious: "To be precise, it's not that I broke free from the control of the foreign evil spirit, but that my body has become so weak that it can no longer maintain the nutrients of Tiantong. Of course, the foreign evil spirit can't You can’t do bad things through Tiantong.”
"My consciousness senses the weakness of foreign evil spirits, and of course it can affect my body. I asked you to find someone to be a puppet, just to use this person's body to accommodate my soul. Only in this way can I have strength. Communicate with you, otherwise, I might not even have the strength to speak."
Yue Guanchao pulled Song Siyuan aside: "Is what this giant said true?"
"possible."
Song Siyuan lowered her voice and said: "When we entered this shrine, the outside was full of skeletons of Beifu soldiers and Guifang people. This shows that this giant is indeed consuming the flesh and blood of these people. When we entered the corridor, many human-faced mycelium had already Withered, this shows that he has indeed not hunted for decades, which is completely consistent with what he said. He has eaten all the living creatures in the ghost world. The final result is that he can no longer take in any nutrients. Starved to death by himself.”
"Then, now his weakness becomes reasonable."
Yue Guanchao turned around and said, "Well, if we take out the fish charm, you might die. Are you willing to do that?"
Tiantong God controlled Guifangzong to nod: "My tribe has long since perished. If it weren't for the support of Guifang people, I wouldn't have existed for thousands of years. The appearance of the fish charm made my body do many wrong things." , if I can die like this, then this will be my ending.”
Yue Guanchao continued to ask: "Then, where is the fish charm?"
After that, Ghost Fangzong said: "You need to lift me up from the water to see the fish talisman at the position of my neck."
After Tiantongshen finished speaking, the mycelium that bound Gui Fangzong quickly loosened and sent him to the shore. As soon as the last strand of mycelium left the back of his head, Gui Fangzong had already woken up.
Yue Guanchao looked at Guifang Zong: "Old man Guifang, do you still have any impression of what happened just now?"
Ghost Fangzong nodded: "Of course, he just occupied my body, I can still hear your conversation."
Yue Guanchao said: "Then I don't need to explain to you anymore. The giant said that the fish talisman is at his neck. You need to lift him up to pull out the fish talisman."
After that, everyone looked at the blood pool in front of them. This blood pool was not transparent, and there were countless mycelium mixed in it, making it even harder to see clearly. The giant said this, when they really look at the blood pool, everyone will People feel weak in their hearts.
Gui Fangzong gestured to the craftsmen around him with his eyebrows: "Let's go down and lift the giant up and see if there is a fish charm underneath!"
Later, these craftsmen went down to the blood pool to get close to the giant, and the details that had not been noticed became clear during the observation!
The giant appears to be suspended in the pool, but it is actually placed on a circular bronze shelf. This shelf is shaped like an octopus and is placed in a one-meter-deep blood pool. There are chains on both sides to imprison the shelf, allowing the shelf and the pool to Fixed together and unable to move.
The huge opening is just enough for the neck to fit into it. With the width of the skull, it is firmly fixed on the shelf. The fish charm is located on the front of the neck and penetrates directly into the neck, forming a healed scar!
The craftsmen discovered that in order to bring the head out of the water, they had to remove the chain from the shelf. Otherwise, the shelf was fixed by the chain and would be impossible to lift. After understanding the situation, they used a machete to cut off one of the chains. They tried their best to lift the bronze frame out of the water.
Of course, the giant's head gradually surfaced mostly as the shelf was dragged.
Yue Guanchao observed carefully and found that there was a half-arm-long gap on the neck near the throat, which was in the shape of a vertical cocoon. The surface had been completely healed, forming a slightly raised reddish-brown blood scab. It looked like it was probably the fish talisman that had been pierced. s position.
Further down, the giant's body has disappeared, replaced by mycelial vines of different thicknesses. These hyphae continue to grow at the broken neck, blooming various kinds of mycelial flowers, bridging the broken neck. It looks like It looks like an eight-clawed jellyfish with a human head.
The combination of human head and mycelium appears in this weird form, which really makes everyone's scalp numb!
Gui Fangzong took out his dagger and walked towards the giant's neck, made a cut at the wound, and groped carefully, and sure enough he saw a palm-sized fish charm inside.
He was about to pull out the fish talisman and lowered his head to continue cutting the wound. Unknowingly, the giant's eyes suddenly opened and a grin appeared at the corner of his mouth. Seeing this, Yue Guanchao and Song Siyuan noticed that the situation had changed. They immediately felt that the giant was in trouble and hurriedly screamed. Everyone stopped, but it was a pity that the craftsman basically didn't listen to their words.
Ghost Fangzong sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly went ashore with the fish talisman even in blood and flesh. By the time he tried to tell the craftsmen to retreat, it was already too late.
There was a splash, and a mass of human dough suddenly emerged from the pool.
In order to lift up the shelf, these craftsmen had already fallen half-body into the water. At this moment, a human dough ball appeared. They all understood what was going on and struggled to escape to the shore.
How could you miss the fish meat that reached your mouth in vain? The human dough fungi kept stretching out blood-red hyphae, surrounding these craftsmen. The strands of mycelium kept wrapping their bodies tightly, and soon strangled the bodies of these craftsmen. Pulled directly underwater.
"Ah ah ah ah ah"
"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"
Screams continued to be heard from the pool, and the blood pool was full of bubbles like boiling water in a frying pan. The craftsmen quickly silenced the sounds. They barely managed to float up, but the flesh and blood on their bodies had been sucked dry by mycelium, turning them into mummies withered all over. It's like I've aged dozens of years in an instant.
The bloodless appearance is no different from that of a ghost.
The craftsman saw himself reflected in the water, and was so frightened that he immediately started scratching and scratching. When the mycelium dragged them into the water again, there was no more sound.
