As if being burned by the blood, Fang Yajing threw away the short knife in her hand in panic.
The dog rolled in pain on the ground and let out a shrill cry of "Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch!"
The belly that was stabbed by Fang Yajing seemed to have cracked, and the gaping hole was getting bigger and bigger, and blood was pouring out one after another.
Tan Yushi's eyes widened in astonishment, staring at the wounds on the dog's body.
Then, without knowing what he thought of, he suddenly stretched out his hand, pinched the dog in front of him, and used his other hand to pry its mouth.
Two fingers were inserted into the dog's mouth and after groping twice, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Tan Yushi's back.
Tongue!
Only half of the tongue is left!
Tan Yushi picked up the short knife, put it against the dog's back, controlled the force, and cut the dog's skin with one slash.
Article 6 of the Village Rules:
[There are dogs in the village. Dogs are safe. But make sure you see a real dog. A dog is an upright creature with smooth skin, sparse body hair, no tail, and walks on lower limbs. 】
Underneath the dog's skin is human skin.
A section of human back protruded from the open dog skin.
Struggling, he crawled out halfway.
Inside the dog skin, there is actually a human being!
No - to be precise, that thing can no longer be called a human being.
Tan Yushi stared at that thing.
It can be clearly seen that the hair on its body is sparse, and the skin wrapped in dog skin is extremely smooth and pale, as if it has not seen the light of day for a long time.
The exposed arms are extremely thin and lonely, and the joint bones are completely in the opposite direction compared to normal human beings.
...Only animals are like that.
When they saw Fang Yajing and Tan Yushi, they both moved their hands.
The villagers, who were kneeling under the altar and watching with bated breath, suddenly burst into cheers.
The music that originally stopped due to the solemn atmosphere of the festival started playing again.
The sound of suona, gongs, drums, ocarina, and erhu began to play.
The sound of this music is extremely noisy and sharp, and each instrument seems to play its own part, completely unable to fit into the same beat.
It makes the listener want to cover his ears.
However, the villagers seemed to be intoxicated by the sound of such music, and then turned their more eager eyes to Xie Xiaoyu and Zhang Wenxiu, who had not yet taken action.
Xie Xiaoyu grasped the dagger in his hand tightly, bit his lower lip, but did not make a move.
Mixed in with the sounds of musical instruments, a ethereal singing voice faintly fell into her ears.
"The years are spent in chaos and desolation, with no harvest, and people who are in a hurry and unable to leave the mountains and forests. Food that is far away and out of sight, and villagers who are crying and unable to survive."
"We are saddened by drought every year. The corn seedlings have withered and their ears are not blooming. There is no smoke from cooking stoves in the white spring. Every family has no rice or firewood."
"Skeletons are everywhere and no one has buried them. The wilderness has been devastated by this disaster. The bark and grass roots have been eaten away. The torture of these years is unbearable!"
"The children depended on each other with tears streaming down their cheeks, and the parents were corpses on the kang. The husband and wife were so kind as the ocean, how could they cook for each other across from each other?"
It was the sound of opera singing that I heard the night before when I came to this village.
The voice went on singing again.
"Heaven is merciful and the earth is merciful. The loyal dog will help me survive the disaster. The bones will not rot in the soil and will not be buried. They just wait for the food to be born."
"It's not the ears of rice, it's not wheat. It doesn't need streams and springs to irrigate it. It's not the rice bran that doesn't need to be sifted. It's actually fungi growing in the blood and planted in the flesh."
"How can a dog fill a village? There are people wandering around every house. There is no purgatory in the world, only sheep waiting to be slaughtered."
Xie Xiaoyu listened carefully to every word in the play.
Soon, the voice changed its tone again and became cheerful.
"Hey - dogs are raised once every three years, just to wait for the dog god to come to worship. The old dogs have gone and new dogs have come. How many new dogs are there? How many people from other places are standing on the altar."
Upon hearing this last sentence, Xie Xiaoyu shook his hand, and the short knife fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
The moment the dagger in her hand fell to the ground, the dog that was lying on the ground docilely suddenly became ferocious and attacked Xie Xiaoyu.
Wang Qing originally thought this sacrificial ceremony was strange.
Holding a short knife in his hand, he was still hesitating whether he should follow the Romans and kill a dog.
God knows, she is still a weak and innocent little girl who has never even slaughtered a chicken.
Actually, she was asked to kill such a large dog that was close to the size of an adult.
Isn’t it necessary to do long-term psychological construction?
Unexpectedly, with such a moment of hesitation, the dog that was lying in front of Xie Xiaoyu suddenly went crazy.
Wang Qing thought for a moment, dropped the dagger in his hand, and rushed forward with a lunge.
The moment the dog was about to bite Xie Xiaoyu, Wang Qing grabbed the back of the dog's neck with one hand, pushed it to the ground, and raised his hand to start a fight between the two.
The dog was so beaten that it didn't move for a long time.
Seeing Wang Qing's actions, the villagers under the altar were in an uproar.
Could it be that Wang Qing wants to destroy the festival?
Immediately some villagers stood up and rushed towards the stage, trying to pull Wang Qing away.
At this moment, a low bark suddenly sounded:
"Woof woof, woof woof woof!!"
Immediately afterwards, a huge monster rushed over quickly from the direction of the village entrance.
The tentacles all over its body swayed wildly with the wind, like a huge sea urchin.
There is also a much weaker humanoid figure following behind it, and it seems to be extremely difficult to chase.
Finally, the monster got closer and closer...
After seeing the monster's appearance clearly, the villagers who were about to rush to the altar were stunned.
"dog God!"
"Inugami-sama has arrived!"
All the villagers knelt down one by one.
The ground was full of black clouds.
The "dog"'s goal was extremely clear, and it flew straight towards Wang Qing, who was standing in the center of the altar.
It ran so fast that it blew out hot breath from its nose.
Under the altar, Dr. Jiang's lips curved into a satisfied smile.
He reached out and gently adjusted his glasses, his face full of anticipation.
Although the village chief did not appear at the festival this time, the Inugami came when the ceremony was still fully started.
Everything is different from previous years.
However, Dr. Jiang knew that as long as Wang Qing had the banquet last night, he would definitely become the sacrifice chosen by the Inu God.
Unexpectedly, Inugami was already running in the direction of Wang Qing——
"Um?"
Dr. Jiang was stunned.
He stared blankly at the altar with his eyes wide open, in disbelief.
In shock, he even wondered if he had seen it wrong.
So he took off his glasses again, let out a breath of heat, wiped the lenses, and looked at the altar again.
What then?
Has the dog god in your Kotou Village been made mentally retarded by you?
Doctor Jiang looked at the dog god who threw himself in front of Wang Qing, rolling around happily and waving his tentacles covered with dog hair happily.
Finally I couldn't hold it any longer,
The thin lips moved and spit out one word:
"Grass."
