Deep in the Living

Chapter 179 Forest
Various tiny body tissues were scattered in front of the altar on the mountainside.

There were also pools of extremely corrosive liquid creatures that looked like tadpoles and reptiles that were crushed and exploded.

Judging from the position, it was almost touching the two of them.

The only intact finger was still crawling, but it was soon crushed into minced meat by the spirit.

Even Hua Yuan, a pseudo-human with more than six years of experience and who had seen all kinds of situations, squatted in front of the rotten meat, and even held it in his hands to observe it carefully, noticing the luster flowing through the meat.

“Sure enough…I should have thought of it before in the cave.

No wonder the reward for the "Corner Wanted" in the corner is so high. The monster incarnation hidden in this island is too abnormal! His original body may be beyond the existence of the grandmother.

I have imagined many disasters, but I never expected that this guy's disaster is so hard to guard against."

After Hua Yuan finished speaking, he looked up at the night sky, at those bright and gorgeous stars.

Luo Di, who was standing nearby and also observing the rotten meat, added: "The starry sky?"

"yes.

Any living thing that is outdoors at night will be bathed in starlight and unknowingly affected by the scourge, which has no structure or symbolic representation in its hidden state.

All of us have been implanted with disaster, but the other party's methods are too covert to be detected.

Maybe it's just like he said.

If we can’t find his true form within 24 hours, the evil that has been accumulating in our bodies for a long time will be fully triggered.”

Hua Yuan picked up another piece of harder tissue structure.

“And the [results] caused by this guy’s calamity are very special.

The individual did not go mad, die, etc. from complete fear, but instead underwent a "special mutation".

It's not just a simple, mindless mutation.

It is an advanced mutation, a mutation that retains the attribute of growth.

Although the fight ended quickly, this guy has grown significantly. If he hadn't met us and been killed so early, he would have evolved into a more dangerous form.

The so-called [experiment] might really be interesting, no wonder the corner offers such a big reward. "

Luo Di did not rush to draw conclusions. Based on just one sample, the conclusion he drew would definitely not be accurate.

"Let's go to the village first. Perhaps the whole village has been alienated."

After Hua Yuan crushed the rotten meat in his hand, a special and fragrant liquid flowed out from his palm, washing away the stains.

"Let's go, maybe Xia and the others are fighting in the village."

However, when the two went down the mountain and returned to the village, the situation was completely different from what they had imagined.

This island village, which was full of villagers during the day, is now deserted and completely silent, without even a corpse.

It seems that before the strange changes on the island occurred, the villagers had moved collectively, and their specific whereabouts are currently unknown.

The expected Xia, the little sister and the class leader are also not here.

There was no remaining scent in the wooden house where everyone had stayed before, which meant that they had never come back here. They might still be trapped in the cave, or they might have gone to other places.

The two waited in the wooden house for more than ten minutes but still no one came down the mountain to return to the village. Perhaps the team could not reunite here.

Rody suggested: "We can't keep waiting like this. Maybe they encountered some unknown situation and left the cave, and were forced to go to other areas of the island, making it difficult for them to return to the village.

Of course, they must also be thinking about the issue of [convergence].

How about we try to get back to where we started, back to the hotel?"

Hua Yuan had been standing at the window of the house and staring at the entire village. After hearing the suggestions given by Rody and combining them with her own observations and analysis, she nodded after a moment.

"No one should come here anymore, let's go."

Those stone tablets erected on the village roads seemed to really work at this time. The entire village had not been invaded by any abnormality. Bathed in the starlight, it was as quiet as a sleeping baby.

But when the two reached the exit of Shimamura, they stopped, their eyes immediately became sharp, and a little discomfort grew and spread in their pupils.

A few hours ago, the road that everyone took to the island village by bus had been completely swallowed up by the forest. There was no so-called "road" at all. Starlight fell between the dense leaves, sporadically dotted this undeveloped, dark primeval forest.

The originally straight tree trunks now have varying degrees of bending and twisting.

Some tree trunks had obvious cracks on their surfaces, and deep in the cracks there seemed to be eyes that were spying on the situation in the forest and on intruders.

In the silent night, you can faintly hear crying, laughing and even breathing coming from the woods.

Both Hua Yuan and Luo Di had the same feeling, as if the whole forest had come alive.

It is very difficult for the two to identify the correct direction in such a forest area. If they go too deep into the forest recklessly, they may get completely lost. After all, the area of ​​this primeval forest is quite large.

Hua Yuan just paused for a moment before taking a step forward.

"We walk in one direction. Even if we can't get back to the hotel, as long as we can keep going in a straight line, we can reach the coast. Then we can go around along the coastline and we will definitely get back to the resort."

"Row."

Consider the hidden threats that may exist among the forests.

Rody also put on the pig's head again. The fat body improved his basic defense. The pig's head also allowed him to see farther than ordinary eyes and to spy on invisible spirits.

This time Hua Yuan did not show any disgust, but instead nodded in approval of Luo Di's wearing of the pig head.

The two soon came to a severely twisted tree trunk with cracks on the surface. The sense of peeping through the cracks in the tree became clearer, and they were sure that something inside was staring at them.

Just as Hua Yuan was about to cut the whole tree in half, Rody stepped forward.

"I'll try."

Rody placed his right hand on a tree crevice that resembled an eye socket structure. The pituitary gland between the back of his hand was immediately activated, and a spiritual finger invisible to the naked eye violently inserted into it.

The whole tree shook violently, a large number of leaves fell down, and even faint screams could be heard.

A shiny, oily substance flowed out from between the trees, emitting a foul odor.

Although the whole tree was still standing here, Roddy could clearly feel that its vitality had completely dissipated at this moment, and it was estimated that it would completely wither in a few days.

"Even the nature of the plants has changed. They can no longer be called plants, but a completely new type of animal... How did they do this?"

Hua Yuan didn't say much and continued walking in a straight line, and Luo Di hurriedly followed.

Although the feeling of being watched by trees is very uncomfortable, there are too many of them to kill them one by one, so they just kill the trees they pass by.

After walking about 500 meters, their attention was attracted by something again.

A mahogany coffin with symbols engraved on its surface and decorated with wreaths appeared on the right side of the field of vision.

According to what the bald guy said before, this is the [coffin burial] commonly used by the villagers.

There are many coffins like this one in the forest.

This kind of decorated coffin corresponds to an old person who died of natural causes. According to the saying in the village, the old person has embarked on reincarnation and passed away peacefully.

current,

The coffin was located more than 20 meters away on the right and did not block the road ahead. The two men did not waste time checking the condition of the coffin.

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Just as the two were about to ignore the coffin and continue walking.

Knock, knock, knock! There was a knock on the door.

The sound came from inside the coffin.

When the two were attracted by the sound and looked again, the coffin that was obviously closed before was already opened, and the coffin lid gently slid onto the mud in the forest.

A pale, wrinkled, corpse-spotted old man was standing in front of the coffin, wearing only a loincloth.

He stared at the two of them with his dark eye sockets without eyeballs.

The corpse did not move at all, just stood in front of the coffin, staring at the two of them motionlessly. Coincidentally, a beam of starlight shining through the leaves fell on him.

(End of this chapter)