0p0 Chapter 207 is the squad leader's chapter, so it's okay.
Chapter 207 is the squad leader's chapter, so it's okay.
Black mold slowly formed the shape of a human on the wall.
Most of them were young adults, some were hunched over and looked like old people, and some were short and seemed to be children.
Immediately afterwards, these moldy people all stretched their hands out of the wall, with dense black hairs growing out of the wall and reaching into the air, struggling to reach out towards the crowd.
"Fuck!"
This scene was chilling. Cheng Feng gasped and grabbed Cheng Yuexiu, trying to pull him behind him.
Cheng Yuexiu winced in pain, as if burned by his hand.
Cheng Feng thought he was injured by these strange things.
Upon noticing that his body was dry, as if he hadn't been splashed with talisman water, Cheng Feng quickly said, "Quick, quick, splash some talisman water."
Suddenly, Lin Sui spoke calmly: "If you want your brother to get hurt, then go ahead and drink."
Although talismans lose their power when burned to ashes, there are some things that should absolutely not be touched.
Cheng Feng was taken aback, wanting to ask why.
Yet, I felt a sudden unease, as if this question was absolutely forbidden to be asked.
At this moment, Yu Cinian had already rushed forward with his ghost-headed broadsword and started hacking away.
The moldy hands fear evil spirits and despise talisman water—yes, not fear, but despise, a despise etched into their DNA, a despise so strong that they dare not approach it.
So they all shrank back inside.
Some were a step too slow and were cleanly severed at the root by the horizontal blade, falling to the ground and scattering into pieces. They hurriedly retreated back to the wall.
Seeing that it really worked, Luo Rulan breathed a sigh of relief: "Does this mean that as long as we have these talismanic waters, we'll be safe and sound?"
"No." Lin Sui shook her head.
"Cough!" Luo Rulan choked on her breath. "Why?"
Lu Xiang looked at her as if she were an idiot: "Don't your clothes dry after you wash them?"
Lin Sui added, "And these things will consciously dry out the talisman water."
Luo Rulan was speechless.
Cheng Feng became anxious: "Then why not prepare more?"
Judging from Lin Sui's words, she was clearly helpless against the mold. Once the talisman water in the bucket was used up, wouldn't they just have to wait to die?
But Lin Sui wasn't in a hurry at all: "There's no need."
As she spoke, she took out a few pieces of the successful beef jerky, first giving them to Tangxi and Luxiang, and then having Tangxi give them to Liye.
The group calmly began eating the beef jerky.
Hearing the chewing sound, Yu Cinian turned around and looked at Lin Sui's hand: "Squad leader, am I not worthy?"
His eyes were lowered, his long eyelashes drooping, and he inexplicably exuded a sense of grievance.
Thinking about his recent behavior, Lin Sui also shared one with him.
Yu Cinian took it with a smile on her face, then popped it into her mouth and took a bite.
Lin Sui was taken aback and asked in surprise, "You're not a germaphobe anymore?"
Yu Cinian smiled: "If it's the squad leader, then of course it's fine."
"Look, look, this crazy peacock is spreading its greasy tail feathers again." Lu Xiang muttered to Tang Xi, rolling her eyes in disgust.
Then, not to be outdone, she grabbed Lin Sui's arm and said sweetly, "But I'm different, Sui Sui. I chose our Sui Sui from the very first glance."
"Unlike my brother, who is only opening his heart now."
Lin Sui: "..." Here it comes, the classic tea talk is coming towards her.
Lin Sui silently took a bite of beef jerky.
Sure enough, there are little surprises every day.
I just don't know if this is considered competition between males or females?
Lin Sui fell into deep thought.
"Um... guys, could you please stop showing off your love later? And please, don't let that dark, creepy thing come any closer!" Cheng Feng was going crazy.
He has trypophobia!
The talisman water on the ground dried up, and the black mold that had been standing there started to spread towards their feet again.
The moldy creatures on the wall have made a comeback, stretching out their hands and feet as if they want to crawl out of the wall entirely.
Yu Cinian decisively plunged the horizontal knife into the bucket and slashed at the moldy hand again.
Li Ye then simply splashed out the remaining water.
Cheng Feng's eyes widened, his expression one of deep regret: "You should have left some!"
Isn't that a spendthrift?
After finishing his beef jerky, Lin Sui clapped his hands and said, "It's about time."
The three people who were unaware of the situation looked completely bewildered upon hearing this.
What do you mean?
next second.
"Clang clang clang!"
The sound of a gong suddenly rang out, exploding like thunder in the quiet night.
"Help! Help! The Yang family is dead! All twenty-five members of the family are dead! Help!"
Accompanying the sound of the gong was Si Xingran's clear, youthful voice, like a sharp sword piercing through the dark sky.
The black mold that had retreated into the wall was still for a moment, then suddenly became restless, appearing and disappearing on the wall intermittently.
The mold on the ground also appeared and disappeared intermittently.
Cheng Feng was stunned.
Looking back at the bulge on the bed, and listening to the noises outside.
The gong is still ringing, and Si Xingran is still shouting.
Yes, it's not a hallucination.
Luo Rulan was also extremely shocked: "When did he go out?"
They didn't notice at all!
Lin Sui didn't explain, but said to the twenty-odd moldy figures huddled together on the wall, "If you don't go back now, once your bodies are burned to ashes, you won't be able to go back."
The moldy man didn't move, but the mold on the ground scurried backward.
But then, as if receiving some kind of command, they swarmed back like madmen.
Lin Sui wasn't surprised.
I'm afraid there's nothing more important than killing her right now.
but……
Lin Sui held a talisman between her fingers and said calmly, "You don't really think I can only make some talisman water and am completely helpless against you, do you?"
After speaking, she threw out a talisman, which exploded with a golden light as soon as it touched the moldy cluster.
The temperature in the originally cool cabin suddenly soared.
The patch of mold touched by the golden light vanished instantly.
"High-temperature talisman, my exclusive secret recipe, is specifically designed to counteract fungi like you that thrive in dark, damp environments and fear sunlight and high temperatures." Lin Sui withdrew his hand, his eyes calm.
The moldy figures that were still observing from the wall vanished completely in the blink of an eye.
Even the black mold blocking the door receded like a tide.
Although these molds are conscious, good at imitating, and obedient, they are ultimately just single-celled organisms.
When faced with a situation that threatens oneself, the first reaction is still to seek advantage and avoid harm.
This is the instinct of all living things.
Lin Sui opened the door and said, "Let's go find Si Xingran."
Cheng Feng was stunned again.
He didn't understand: "If they could be eliminated, why didn't they just wipe them out long ago?"
"Then what kind of excitement is there to see?" Lin Sui asked back.
Cheng Feng: "???" Something that almost cost someone their life was just a spectacle in her eyes?
He wanted to ask more, but Lu Xiang said impatiently, "Just look and that's it, what are you dawdling about? You stinky men talk too much nonsense."
Cheng Feng: "...I'm sorry, it's just that I'm too normal..."
I simply cannot understand the thinking of you abnormal people.
However, when he looked up and met Li Ye's cold gaze, he readily changed his tune: "It's my fault for being too ordinary."
Meanwhile, the Yang family courtyard was brightly lit, as bright as day.
Many villagers were drawn over and saw twenty-five corpses lying neatly in the center of the courtyard, with their shaman, Old Yang, lying in the very middle.
The villagers turned pale instantly, their faces filled with terror.
"How could this happen? What happened?"
That's a wizard, someone who can communicate with spirits and gods, a wizard who is most protected and valued by the gods.
If only he died, they could comfort themselves that his time had come.
But the whole family died. Even the great-granddaughter-in-law who had just married into the family last year and the youngest baby, who was less than 100 days old, were not spared. And their deaths were horribly gruesome.
In the firelight, all the faces were gaping, mouths agape, eyes wide open, as if they had died with their eyes open in disbelief.
Could this be because we've offended the Cave God?
Along the way, many villagers were hurrying along, some carrying lanterns and others holding torches.
Running and shouting, "My grandfather, my uncle, they're all dead too, dead..."
"Me too, my dad and my brother are too!"
Upon hearing this, the villagers in the courtyard suddenly realized that their elderly relatives, as well as their uncles and younger brothers who had children late in life, were also still unconscious.
They thought he was sleeping too soundly.
But since it concerned the most respected shaman in the village, who was also the longest-living elder, they should have been concerned and woken up.
Everyone's faces turned even paler, and an atmosphere of fear and unease permeated the air above the Yang family's residence.
Wu's eldest grandson, who was sixty years old, hurriedly urged his wife, "Quickly, hurry up, go back and check on Grandpa, the two younger uncles, and Dad."
His father is in his seventies or eighties and is bedridden, just waiting for the cave god to choose a bride so that it will be his family's turn.
But a stranger beat him to it.
The couple quickly squeezed through the crowd, and before they had gone a few steps, they saw Old Wu leaning on his cane and his two youngest sons walking hurriedly toward the Yang family.
Behind them followed a group of elderly people who claimed to be dead, middle-aged elders who had been blessed, and their respective youngest sons.
This also includes Mengfu and Mengyu.
The villagers who had been shouting that he was dead were all dumbfounded.
"Grandpa, Uncle, aren't you dead?"
"Father, brother, aren't you both frozen?"
Old Wu slammed his cane on the ground: "Nonsense! We are protected by the Cave God and blessed by him. How could we die so easily?!"
His sinister gaze fell on Si Xingran.
He was seen with his arms crossed, leaning against the door frame of the Yang family's house, one leg lazily bent.
His smile was exceptionally bright, and his white little tiger teeth were dazzling.
His amber pupils reflected the bright firelight, like a naive little fox, his eyes gleaming with wickedness and cunning.
“But these people are truly dead.” Si Xingran raised his chin, gesturing for them to look at the ground.
The twenty-five members of the Yang family, including the shaman, lay stiffly on the ground with their mouths agape, their empty, lifeless eyes staring straight at the dark night sky.
Old Wu's eyes swept over the shady, shadowy corner of the wall.
Black mold is swarming there.
They did want to come closer, but a fire was burning around the corpse, and the high temperature it released made them dare not approach at all.
Moreover, wouldn't they be exposed if they came over rashly under everyone's watchful eyes?
Old Wu's face, as withered as tree bark, appeared even more somber under the torchlight.
Meng Yu's expression was also rather unpleasant.
They were clearly being watched the whole time, and it was obvious that they hadn't left the guesthouse since they returned.
When exactly did Si Xingran sneak out to do all this?
"Then I'd like to ask, how did they all die?" Old Wu said coldly. "Was it because you outsiders took kindness for granted, refused to believe that the Cave God Bride was a blessing, and even harbored resentment towards the shaman who chose your companions, so you were ruthless and killed their whole family?"
This wasn't entirely unfounded; Lin Sui had indeed threatened them in the same way.
The panicked villagers suddenly found their leader and were filled with righteous indignation.
"Yes! They're just a bunch of robbers and bandits. What wouldn't they do?"
"Damn it! How could these outsiders be so vicious? They killed someone and then acted so brazenly and self-righteously!"
"..."
"Don't tell me we didn't kill them. Even if we did, how can you be sure that these dead people were human?"
A clear, pleasant voice came from behind the crowd.
The noisy villagers fell silent and subconsciously turned around, only to see Lin Sui and his group walking towards them.
Old Wu's eyes suddenly turned fierce: "Fellow villagers, the witch doctor's family died tragically, and this woman must be involved. We'll arrest them now, throw them into the river, and hand them over to the cave god for disposal."
"The Cave God will definitely seek justice for the Wizard!"
"Yes! Arrest him! Get justice for the wizard!"
The people around him were all like him, and they immediately echoed him loudly, their eyes fierce.
Other villagers hesitated out of fear of guns and cannons, but Old Wu said again, "Even if we don't fight back, they will kill us, just like they killed the shaman's family."
"Only by sinking them into the river can the Longevity Village regain its former tranquility, and only then will the Cave God continue to bestow blessings upon us and grant us longevity."
"Otherwise, we'll be the ones dying tonight!"
These words made the villagers waver.
The wizard's family's tragic state was right before their eyes, and the messengers were still blocking the village from leaving. They couldn't even get through on the phone to contact people outside.
The fear of being trapped in a deadly situation and the instinct for survival prevailed over morality.
Just as the villagers decided to take a desperate gamble, Yu Cinian struck first, wielding his ghost-headed broadsword and slashing at Old Wu.
His movements were so fast that no one even had time to react.
Despite being over 100 years old and still using a cane, Mr. Wu was exceptionally agile and swift, disappearing more than ten meters away in the blink of an eye.
Yu Ci chuckled, "What a nimble old man."
Everyone then realized what was happening, their faces filled with surprise and uncertainty.
What just happened?
They looked at Old Wu, then at the knife in Yu Cinian's hand.
For a moment, I didn't know whether to be shocked that Yu Cinian really dared to kill someone, or to be amazed by Old Wu's quick reaction.
Let alone an elderly person as old as him, even someone in their prime could not possibly hide so quickly and so far away.
With the seeds of doubt sown, Lin Sui finally spoke: "The so-called longevity blessing of Longevity Village is a complete scam from beginning to end."
"Not only will you not gain longevity, but you will also be parasitized by evil creatures."
"They will gradually devour your flesh and blood, erode your brain, and finally corrupt your soul, turning you into an empty shell and a breeding ground for them."
……
Sigh, the more I write, the more I doubt myself. What kind of nonsense is this?
I feel like not many people are watching it anymore, sob sob.