Ghostly Tomb

Chapter 310 Orcs
Chen Zhi and Fat Wei hid in the canopy of the tree, hugged the trunk tightly and did not dare to make a sound, watching the tall and weird bull-headed orcs running and roaring and searching around the river bank. The boat tethered to the shore was raised high, looking at the waters below, as if looking for Chen Zhi and Pang Wei.

These orcs searched for a long time on the shore, but after they couldn't find Chen Zhi and Pang Wei, they gradually began to search in the woods.

Chen Zhi cried out in his heart at this moment that it was not good. From their appearance, these orcs with bull heads and human bodies looked like cloven-hoofed creatures with high sense of smell. This kind of creatures have very strong sense of smell and tracking ability, and they can be found by smell alone. The traces of the prey, if caught by them, with the number of these orcs, it would be difficult for Chen Zhi and Pang Wei to compete with them.

The dense orcs began to enter the forest in large numbers. When they passed by the area where Chen Zhi and Pang Wei were, Chen Zhi had a deep understanding of the strength of these orcs.

This is a primeval forest, the trunk is as thick as three or four people's arms, and it stands tall, but such a thick trunk is vulnerable to these orcs. , and even many towering trees were broken by these powerful orcs, and the forest was in a mess.

From the tree, Chen Zhi saw that the tall orcs smashed their fists at the rocks in the forest. Their fists were the size of sandbags, and they could crush the rocks with one punch.It is conceivable what would happen if a human being collided head-on with these orcs, he would be smashed to pieces.

But fortunately, these orcs did not find the tree where Chen Zhi and Pangwei were hiding. There are large expanses of fragrant fruit trees in this forest. This kind of fragrant fruit is a kind of wild fruit in the south. Coupled with the fact that it has just rained, the air is filled with the scent of dampness and fruit, which completely covers the smell of Chen Zhi and Fat Wei.

These orcs ran rampant in the woods for a long time, but failed to find Chen Zhi and Fat Wei, and angrily smashed down many big trees. The roar echoed in the forest for a while, shaking Chen Zhi's brain.Finally, a tall orc roared in the middle of the forest, summoning all the orcs back, and they withdrew from the forest together.

After the orcs walked a long way, Chen Zhi and Pang Wei breathed a sigh of relief. Just now they held their breath and concentrated on the tree. They were so nervous that they didn't even dare to take a breath. Now the crisis of life is finally over for the time being.

After those dark orcs rushed to the bottom of the ancient tower, they gradually disappeared. The surrounding area of ​​the ancient tower was full of smoke and dust. After the smoke dissipated, the vicinity of the ancient tower returned to tranquility, and the sun was still shining brightly and colorfully. , like nothing happened.

But Chen Zhi and Pang Wei still didn't dare to go down the tree easily. The long-term performance of tasks taught them to be cautious. They hugged the branches and hid in the thick leaves, silently waiting for the darkness to come.

When it was just getting dark, Chen Zhi saw a small boat floating in the distance of the river through the binoculars. The boat was slightly bigger than the one Chen Zhi was sitting on, and it floated closer and closer.

Chen Zhi and Pang Wei hurriedly took out the collapsible binoculars and looked forward, only to see Granny Nine sitting on the prow of the boat with her legs crossed, holding a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, meditating silently.

Next to her were two two-meter-tall orcs standing behind her like guards, and in the middle of the boat lay a heavily tied child. The child's face was full of tears, his eyes were turned up, and his face was livid. Terrified, lay motionless on the bed.

Although the distance is far away, the folding binoculars equipped by the lunatic are very powerful. Chen Zhizhi saw the child's face clearly. It was a boy named Yazai who ran around them at the banquet in Murakami yesterday. Yazai is only ten years old this year, and has only one mother. He likes Pangwei very much, and he often hangs around Pangwei, clamoring to go out with them to see the scenery in the city. on the boat.

"Damn it", Fat Wei became a little excited when he saw Yazai on the boat.

"What are these sons of bitch monsters doing to catch children? Could it be..., could it be for...", Fat Wei swallowed the second half of the sentence when he said this, his face was livid, and he was a little unwilling to face his conjecture .

But Chen Zhi said the second half of the sentence he didn't say, "You guessed right, probably this child was caught and eaten. This is definitely not the first time this happened. The reason for staying in this village.

These monsters should have been stealing children in the village through the identity of the nine-tailed mother-in-law these years, and then caught them in the mountains to eat. These monsters must be man-eating animals. I remember seeing the body of the nine-tailed sky fox in the tomb of the gods Its mandibles are too pointed and long, and the direction of the teeth is inclined and very sharp. It is different from the biological structure of our human age. I guess that when these gods and beasts appeared, there were no humans.Their biological structure is more like paleoglacial animals, and even earlier.

The facial bones of this kind of cow-shaped orcs are very primitive, and their skin is very special. This kind of skin and fur can only grow in the environment where there is no sunlight for a long time. If I guess correctly, these orcs should be very old. It is ancient, and has lived in places where there is no light for a long time, such as the underworld.

"You mean, these things are actually..." Fat Wei's eyes widened in surprise.

"Yes," Chen Zhi told Fat Wei with certainty, "These beastmen are most likely the bull-headed horse-faced animals in the legendary underworld.

The bull head and horse face is a character in Chinese legends, and has always been regarded as the emissary in the underworld.

In the "Tiecheng Mud Plow Classic", it is recorded that the original bull-headed horse face: when Ah Bang was a human being, because he was not filial to his parents, he died as a bull-headed man in the underworld, serving as a yamen servant who patrolled and searched for escaped sinners.

At the earliest time, the image of bull head and horse face was actually only bull head. Because the folks paid attention to the symmetrical double, they were paired with horse face. Over time, the appearance of bull head and horse face became a professional myth.But at the beginning, they were a real creature, but their lifespan was very long. Like the gods, they were ancient creatures that were produced before human civilization.

Fat Wei was puzzled when he heard this, and he carefully looked at the scene in front of him through the binoculars, "That's really strange, if he is really as powerful as a bull's head and a horse face, how could he listen to the ninth mother-in-law? And hundreds of years Before, how could that monk named Dan Chi bring so many bull-headed horse-faced horses out of the underworld? And brought them to this deep mountain, how did he control and drive them?.

"I have to ask myself," Chen Zhi said, looking into the distance, the rickety boat, "I'm afraid the real Ninth Granny is already dead, and that thing is just wearing the human skin of Ninth Granny, sitting on the boat right now." The person on that boat is probably the monk who lived hundreds of years ago."

(End of this chapter)