Lord of the Tricks

Chapter 20 A few months ago

The black goat was treated very cleanly, and nothing was left. This locust tree forest was like a huge mouth of an abyss, extremely greedy, every drop of blood and every hair could be swallowed up by it very cleanly.

The old sheep is well-informed, and he is sure that there will be no trouble in dealing with it here, so the others will naturally have nothing to say.

It's just that everyone is not happy.

The pagoda tree forest, which has not changed much, has obviously become stronger.

And if you want to go in and out of the village, you have to either go to the side of the pit, or go to the side of the pagoda forest.

Yu Ziqing has always wanted to ask, although the village is surrounded by mountains and is wrapped in it, given the physical fitness of the people in the village, it shouldn't be particularly difficult to climb there.

Why does everyone, including outsiders, have to go through this only passage when entering and exiting the village.

But seeing so many weird things and knowing so many miraculous things, Yu Ziqing didn't want to ask any more.

There must be a reason not to leave. It is said that this is the only entrance and exit, so of course it is.

Everyone stood here watching for a while, and saw that the pagoda tree forest had become quiet again, and the turbulent wind dissipated, so they prepared to leave.

Yu Ziqing had already turned around, but the head of the village was still looking at the locust tree forest, and spoke to himself.

"There used to be some locust trees here, but there are not so many."

Yu Ziqing stopped and walked to the side of the chief again.

He never asked about the pagoda tree forest, nor about the pity, and no one in the village would discuss these in private. When he was an outsider before, he couldn't talk too much. Now the village chief regards him as one of his own. If you want to let him get the right to speak, then don't ask.

If the head of the village thinks he can say it, he will definitely tell him.

It's now.

Yu Ziqing didn't speak, just stood there waiting quietly, there was a trace of nostalgia in Li Chang's eyes.

"Before the weather was not so bad, there were often some small beasts outside, and there were also some pagoda trees growing here. Every year when the weather was not so hot, a string of white pagoda flowers would grow.

People in the village will even pick Sophora japonica to celebrate, because it is difficult to grow other things in the village, which is a rare edible thing.

But this year, these pagoda trees have never bloomed white flowers again. There were only a dozen of them before, but now there are no other trees in this forest, all of them are pagoda trees.

Everything that went into the woods has disappeared, and we can no longer eat the annual Sophora japonica.

Even now, we don't know why this change occurred. "

As he spoke, the chief looked to the right, with a more complicated expression.

"When you came in, you walked this way. You should have seen her too, right?"

"En." Yu Ziqing nodded.

"I know that if you can come in, you are definitely not walking in the pagoda tree forest, but you can walk in from her side. I have already confirmed that you have no malice, and you are not a shepherd. It is impossible for a shepherd to walk in from her side alive. .”

Yu Ziqing glanced at the pitiful abyss of despair, and immediately understood why the head of the village dared to let him settle down without asking any questions when he came in, and he didn't show any doubts afterwards. Very kind.

"A few months ago, the outside world didn't know what happened, and many fleeing people kept pouring into the village.

There are also many animals that are natural enemies of each other, even monsters, they all seem to be crazy, they are not attacking each other, they are all running away, and some even rushed into the village.

If it's just that, it's actually nothing.

But among those who fled, there were some poor families who could not eat at all. There were everyone in them, and the village suddenly became chaotic.

Some people just passed by the village and wanted to continue to escape, but within two days, they all returned to the village, and there were more and more people.

I decisively quelled the chaos and killed many people, including monks, but I didn't expect another disaster to follow.

One night, the earth-shattering earthquake collapsed the mine, and many people died, many of whom were the main force in the village. Erhan's brother also died inside.

It's just that the mine has collapsed, but the problem is that the cave where Jinlan mushroom is located has also collapsed. "

The chief slowly closed his eyes, and his breathing became a little short.

Yu Ziqing hurried up to support the chief, but the chief pulled out his hand and shook his head.

"I am fine."

"At that time, all of our food depended on Kamba Mushrooms, and they could only be fresh Kamba Mushrooms.

I took people to dig again, and after digging down, I found that the original hole had become a crack in the abyss, and all the brocade mushrooms were gone.

We are out of food.

Some people started to flee, and after they escaped for only a day, those who escaped later found that they were all dead outside.

Those who froze to death, those who were killed, all died.

They returned to the village again, hoping to find food again, survive the winter, and wait until the spring.

Unfortunately, there is nothing left.

The underground river was diverted, the river dried up, and the bugs that often appeared along the river disappeared. In less than ten days, all the living things that could be found were left with only one kind. "

Li Chang opened his eyes, a sharp cold light burst out from his eyes, his tone began to be murderous, and his anger began to burst out, but in this anger, there was a deep helplessness.

"It was too late when I discovered the first person who ate white meat.

People who have been starved mad are no longer human. They have lost their minds and everything. They just want to eat and live.

It was like a plague, it spread in just one day, and a large number of people began to lose their minds, killing and devouring, hundreds of people died in just one day.

The air is full of madness and stench. We want to control it, but we can't control it anymore, because more than half of us who are still sane have starved to death, and the rest of us have no strength to speak. Just lying in the burrow waiting to die.

Seeing those crazy people pulling people out of the den, we could only watch, without even the energy to shout. "

Yu Ziqing's breathing became slow, and he felt desperate just listening to it. People at that time, how desperate they must be.

On the one hand, there is only half a breath left to hang, almost dying, and on the other hand, there is a cannibal, crazy and powerful.

"and after?"

"Later, enough of those who would rather die than take a bite died of starvation.

For some reason, they all became starving ghosts, never to be starved to death again.

They came to seek revenge on those who ate them. "

Li Chang laughed, a little ironically, but his face was full of sadness.

"More and more starving ghosts appear, they don't sleep, they fight with those cannibals all day, they kill all the cannibals.

We were all waiting to die, and seeing all the cannibals die before we die is the last bit of consolation.

Who would have thought that those starving ghosts didn't attack us at all, they dug a series of downward passages with their hands, they found a new underground river, and fed us water.

They dug up the place where the new Jinlan mushrooms existed underground, and fed them to us, so that we all survived.

Before they were tortured mad by hunger, they all left the village and went underground, where they disappeared.

From when they appeared to when they disappeared, it only took three days. When we regained some strength and could stand up, the village became what it is now. "

Speaking of this, the chief suddenly took a step and stepped into the abyss of despair.

Yu Ziqing was shocked, and wanted to catch the chief, but the chief had disappeared. He looked at Erhan, who kept sniffing his nose and holding back his tears, but there was no movement, and he followed suit. Into the abyss of despair.

The head of the village stood there, looking at Sister in the abyss of despair, his eyes were full of distress.

"She is a good child and very strong. She fled to the village with her child alone, and she never lagged behind others in everything she did. Most importantly, she brought a child to the village.

When I found that the turmoil was spreading like a plague, I let her escape, escape, at least there was still a glimmer of hope of survival, otherwise, her wife must be the first to be killed by those guys.

It's just that I didn't expect that when everything in the village was over, I found out that she couldn't escape, and was trapped here even after she died.

She didn't stop the people in the village, and she didn't do harm to the people in the village, but those fleeing people who came outside later, with malicious intentions, were all stopped by her.

Brother Yu, I want to ask you something, can I? "

After saying that, the chief of staff was about to bow down and salute.

Yu Ziqing was shocked, and quickly supported the head of the village.

"Li Zhang, what are you doing? We are all a family, we eat from the same pot, so there is nothing we can't ask for. You don't treat me as your own family."

The head of the village shook his head, stubbornly insisting on saluting.

"This is different, what I want to ask you is not for me, nor for the village.

I want to beg you, if you have the ability in the future, can you see if there is any way to rescue her and set her free.

I'm not forcing you to do it, I just need you to keep such a thing in mind. "

The long story has come to this point, what else can Yu Ziqing say.

"Chief, don't be stubborn, get up, I will definitely agree to this matter, I will remember, and I will find a way in the future."

The head of the village took another look at Siansai and threw the baby in his arms off the cliff, closed his eyes in pain, turned around and stepped out in one step, walking out of the abyss of despair without hindrance.

Yu Ziqing thought he was not too kind, but rather hard-hearted, but even if it wasn't the first time he saw it, he couldn't bear to see this kind of scene again.

He understands that a child means a lot to the village.

He also understood why he valued more than half of the elixir of Jinlan mushroom, and it could only be used as food to fill his stomach, but the people in the village, including the chief, praised him highly.

The food that can be produced and stored by himself means much more to the village than he thought, and he may never be able to empathize with it.

"Don't worry, there will be opportunities in the future." Yu Ziqing looked at the pity on the hillside, muttered to himself, and turned to leave the abyss of despair. This time, he also didn't feel the slightest hindrance.

(End of this chapter)