Returning from the abyss

Chapter 121 The Weird Mountain Village

"My name is Blue Baby!"

The woman waved her hands to Lu Ning and the others with great enthusiasm, and greeted them loudly.

"Are you Xiao Ling's teammates? You have priority over me! It's really enviable. You guys have to behave well. If I find that you are not as good as me, you might as well die!"

No one paid attention to her, but she was still talking happily to herself.

"Xiaoling! We will go out and find you when we regain our strength! Don't worry, even if you don't like me, I still like you! I haven't met someone who works so happily with me for a long time! So I will give up some first-order The fun will follow you to upgrade!"

However, the eyes of Lu Ning and the others had already turned to the opposite cell.

There were two bodies there.

The body is curled up, the hair is completely white, and the face and skin are covered with dark brown age spots and deeper dead spots. From the painful to distorted expressions, one can even imagine how much pain they experienced before they died.

Lu Ning squatted down and reached out to pull a corpse that was closer to the railing.

"It's so cold, and the body is stiff... The time of death has exceeded 24 hours, but the specifics cannot be determined. The cause of death appears to be the failure of various organs caused by aging, but..."

She rummaged in the body's pockets and pulled out an ID.

"Zhang Ziling, a reporter from Shenghua Daily, was born in 30. His certificate was issued in [-] and is valid for eight years. His age will not exceed [-] years old."

"The result of the dirty blood ceremony." Ning Yeyi said affirmatively.

"Yes, there are extremely dense and neat blood bruises on the arms, much more than our hands."

Lu Ning turned over the corpse's wrist, where the plaques could still be clearly distinguished.

"It's about three times the amount..." Zhao Chenshuang rested her chin lightly, "That means this is the final outcome after being subjected to the dirty blood ritual three times, and we are now in the state after the first one."

"It seems that it is indeed necessary to leave early." Ning Yeyi took out a pair of rubber gloves, put them on, and opened the corpse's mouth.

"The teeth are indeed young people's." Lu Ning cast a glance and said with certainty.

"Well, is the other body still available for examination?"

"No, time is of the essence. Didn't you say that you have to escape before the next Red Moon Ceremony? We lack too much information." Lu Ning looked up at Cheng Wuling, and she nodded in agreement.

Unanimous, the four immediately headed for the exit.Lan Ying, who had witnessed the whole process, also stopped yelling, covered her face and kept shaking her body, as if she was overexcited.

"Take control."

The little old man finally spoke, his voice was sticky and shrill, with a very uncomfortable feeling.

"Hehe, haha, good, good..."

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The four people here walked up the stairs, and soon saw the exit blocked by two wooden boards.This time the lock is obviously outside, there is no railing, and because it is so far away from the light bulb, it is too dark to see anything clearly.

"It can only be opened from the outside. It seems that no one is guarding here, so rest assured that we can't escape."

Zhao Chenshuang leaned against the gap between the wooden boards and looked out, roughly scanning what he could see.

"It's night now, there's a starry sky outside, and the moonlight is quite bright. We should be in the cellar. This is somewhere underground. We haven't seen anyone or heard anyone's voice."

"How is your strength recovered? Can you break through the door?"

"This door is slanted upwards, so it's not easy to use force." Zhao Chenshuang slightly pressed the wooden door, and the padlock outside made a creaking sound.

"Back off."

Lu Ning quickly took two steps down the steps.Zhao Chenshuang took a deep breath, adjusted his position, twisted his body suddenly, exerted force on his waist and abdomen, and at the same time pushed towards the steps with one hand, and kicked in the middle of the wooden board with a sharp spin kick.There was only a "click", and the wooden buckle used to fasten the padlock burst open instantly, and the wooden door was separated from the left and right twice, making two sounds of hitting the stone.

"It's done." Zhao Chenshuang patted the dirt on his hands, grabbed the edge of the wooden door and walked outside first, followed by Cheng Wuling, Lu Ning and Ning Yeyi, and walked outside together.

The air is filled with the dampness of the mountains, which is very fresh compared to the oppressive feeling underground.In the sky is a bright moon hanging in the middle of the sky and the sky is full of stars, not even a cloud.Along the mountains, you can see houses scattered high and low in the distance, most of which are two-story brick and tile houses. It is already late at night, there are no lights, and occasionally you can hear a dog barking.

In addition, it is the farmland in the mountains. Although it is not a bumper harvest, you can still see all kinds of crops planted. The night wind will shake slowly and bring a natural fragrance of flowers.

The nearest house to them was less than 20 meters away. They probably heard the movement here. The lights on the second floor of the house soon lit up, and people could still be vaguely seen passing by the window.

"Should we kill them or go first?"

Zhao Chenshuang asked his teammates for their opinions.

"Everything is unknown. Let's leave here first and run along the mountain road. This place is bigger than imagined." Cheng Wuling quickly made a judgment.

Now the strength of the four people has recovered a lot, at least half of the usual level, and the problem of running along the mountain road is not too big.It’s just that the size of this village is far beyond Lu Ning’s imagination. There are countless reclaimed lands seen along the way. There are also houses located on the mountain every few tens of 100 meters. If it is not If she started from the underground prison but from the first step into the village, she probably wouldn't think there was any problem here, she would just be surprised by the size and wealth of the place.

A gong sounded in the distance.

"Into the woods."

With Cheng Wuling's words, the four of them immediately ran into the dense forest beside the road, and quickly disappeared.

At this time, several households on the mountain had begun to light up their lights, and there was a rapid sound of gongs everywhere. Many people came out of the houses, wearing the linen shirts they wore when they were farming, and carrying hoes, sickles and kitchen knives in their hands. On the mountain road.

"ran away!"

"So many escaped tonight!"

"They cannot be lost, the clean blood must be recovered!"

"Call everyone up!"

The shouts are getting louder and louder, and more and more people are coming out with torches and agricultural tools. It is even doubtful how many people live in that house. There will always be a team of more than a dozen people like a parade same way out of there.

"Help, help!!"

Someone screamed in the distance, and when he was running across the bridge deck of a small stream, he found in despair that several villagers holding torches were also walking up ahead.

"I fought with you!"

With pursuers behind and interceptions in front, the escaper could only bite the bullet and rush to the frontmost person, punching him in the face.

However, the man in front of him quickly took a step back, and then raised the felling ax in his hand at a speed that could not be distinguished by the naked eye and swung it down.

"Ahhhh!"

The fugitive screamed. After one arm was cut off, he immediately lost all fighting spirit and knelt on the ground.

"Don't kill, this is clean blood."

An old woman holding an iron braze in the back grinned, stretched out the torch in her hand, and put it on the broken arm!

More intense screams sounded, making people shudder.

Then, the fugitive who fainted was picked up by a strong villager and moved away.

I don't know how many people saw this scene.

The four people hiding in the forest only heard the heart-piercing screams, and their footsteps did not stop. There were more and more search and arrest teams on the road, and it was definitely not just the four of them, but also more people. The reaction is to run away!

"I don't know how many people escaped..." Ning Yeyi couldn't help but said.

"Take care of yourself first. Something is wrong here. Try not to try to fight the villagers here. I suspect they have problems." Cheng Wuling said.

Of course, this problem is not something that can be seen on the surface, of course Lu Ning and the others understand it.

"Then let's think about the mission first." Ning Yeyi suggested.

The recovery of physical strength is accompanied by the recovery of physical condition. Although it is not the best, it also allows them to think about the situation of the task.

It can be said that it is worthy of the difficulty of the step-up test. Just dropping the nine task options is enough to make some people unable to react, not to mention that there are many things involved without any information reference at all.

"There are three locations, Changshou Village, Moon Lake, and Mountaintop Castle." Zhao Chenshuang spoke first, "The Mountaintop Castle is an optional survey item, and it should be of a relatively high difficulty, so it is not mandatory. In fact, I think The options are the hard part."

"But that means that there will be a high score bonus if you complete it. Don't forget that we don't have an upper limit for points. If you complete all nine tasks, you don't know how much you can get. Tens of thousands are okay, right?" Ning Yeyi said .

"Let's not consider these... There are also three rituals. We have already experienced the dirty blood. The details of the other two rituals, the Red Moon and Dreaming, also need to be investigated. They may be the same as the dirty blood. The ritual we used to impose negative effects may also be a means to purify the dirty blood." Lu Ning added, "But from the point of view of the eighth item, which must be performed rationally, this ritual is probably not a good thing."

"Then there is 'abnormality', which should be related to why such a situation occurred in this village. It's just evidence... I don't know what is enough to prove it." Ning Yeyi whispered.

At this time, they realized that someone had been silent all this time.

"Cheng Wuling, what do you think?"

"You've pretty much said it." Cheng Wuling's voice came from the front.

"Stop talking nonsense! We are allies now, aren't you being sincere?" Zhao Chenshuang raised her voice dissatisfied.

"There is sincerity. But I'm not sure now..."

Lu Ning quickly interrupted her.

"It's the same with uncertainty. We can judge by ourselves. If you have any ideas, let's hurry up."

"Well."

Cheng Wuling thought for a while, and then whispered her guess.

(End of this chapter)