Apocalyptic life from scratch

Chapter 672 Fox God Sacrifice
"Speaking of which, it has been seven or eight days since this happened, and I don't know if that girl can survive alone..."

The village chief sighed secretly. If he had known earlier, he should have left the girl behind.

"What? Seven or eight days?"

Kong Zhe was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked: "Are you sure it was seven or eight days? Didn't it happen in two days?"

"This, this... It is indeed seven or eight days. I should not remember this wrong."

The village chief scratched his head and replied.

"What's going on? The time is not right..."

Kong Zhe immediately frowned and thought, they are Xiaolei who just saw this morning, even if the flow rate of time in the world is different, the difference is only a day or two at most, and it is impossible for them to be separated by seven or eight days.

"Your Highness, from this point of view, we should have met Xiaolei after she left Cat Village..."

said the dragon.

"Um……"

Kong Zhe nodded, indeed, this is the only possibility.

At this time, he suddenly realized a problem: According to the little fox, the fox village and the cat village should be adjacent villages, so if Xiaolei fled to the wasteland after leaving the cat village, it is impossible for her to turn back Fox Village, but it is very likely that they chose to continue walking along the original road... In this way, the three of us might have chosen the wrong direction at the time.

"Village Chief, do you have a map here?" Kong Zhe asked.

"Oh, yes, elder, please wait a moment..."

The village chief hurriedly ran to a burning house on the side of the road, and came back after a while, already holding a large roll of sheepskin in his hand.

"Look, elder, this is Loki's map..."

This map was actually very rough, and obviously it took a long time. The paint and text in many places on it have been blurred, and only a rough outline can be seen.

"This place is Fox Village..."

Kong Zhe held the map in his hand, and the village chief first pointed to one of the circles, and then clicked on a location next to the circle.

"Then, here is Cat Village. The girl left from the east gate. If she walked along the main road, she would probably go in this direction on the map."

The village chief drew a long arc on the map, and Kong Zhe noticed that this arc happened to pass through a desert terrain on the map, and a red name was marked on the upper left of this area: Soundless Wasteland.

This should be the place where I saw Xiaolei...

Kong Zhe thought to himself.

"Seven or eight days have passed, and based on the footsteps of a normal person, she should have just walked out of the Xiangwu Wasteland, but it will be hard to say after that. There is no road near the wasteland, and it is easy to get lost if no one leads it."

Kong Zhe looked at this map and couldn't help frowning. If the route drawn by the village chief was followed, Xiaolei's departure direction was exactly opposite to theirs, which meant that the distance between them and Xiaolei was not only not shrinking, but was still expanding .

It took them a day to come to Fox Village. If they go back to the wasteland now, it will take at least three or four days to cross the wasteland, not to mention that it is impossible for Xiaolei to stand still during this time. Find a needle in a haystack.

"Sorry, Village Chief Gu, can you give me this map?"

Kong Zhe said.

"Oh...Of course, it's just hand-painted by the villagers. It's not something expensive. If the elder needs it, just take it."

The village chief stroked his beard: "It's just that, is the elder going to look for that girl now?"

"Yes."

Kong Zhe nodded firmly.No matter how difficult it is, you must find it.Moreover, the current situation makes Kong Zhe even more worried. With Xiaolei's personality, what happened in Maocun is likely to happen again in other places. Nature is best.

"Oh? You, are you leaving now?"

The little fox was stunned for a moment, he listened for a long time before he understood, and hurriedly grabbed Kong Zhe's clothes: "But, but it's night, it's very dangerous to drive in the wild at night! Besides, I haven't thanked you yet. The grace of saving my life..."

"It's okay. It's not a big deal, so there's no need to thank you..."

Kong Zhe shrugged and smiled.

"My lord, Ah Wu is right. Besides, please forgive my old man's blunt words. Even if you rush to find this little girl right now, I'm afraid you won't be able to find it in a short time. Tomorrow night is the annual Fox God Festival in the village." How about the three of you staying for one more day?"

The village head suddenly said.

"Fox God Sacrifice?" Kong Zhe asked.

"Yes, the Fox God is a god that Loki has passed down for thousands of years. It is also called the Inari God. In addition to guarding this land, it also has the characteristics of a farming god. The Fox God Festival is a unique festival in our Fox Village. At that time, the village will decorate lanterns and festoons, slaughter livestock to welcome the fox god, and pray for a good harvest in the coming year. Moreover, on the day of the fox sacrifice, everyone can make a wish to the fox god. If they are chosen by the fox god, this wish can be fulfilled. "

The village chief explained.

"Yes, you can participate in the Fox God Festival, as long as you ask the Fox God for help, she will definitely help you!"

The little fox couldn't stop nodding in agreement.

"Uh, this..."

Kong Zhe couldn't help touching his head.No matter how you look at it, this kind of story should be just a legend, but...

"After all, it is a local god, can outsiders like us participate?"

"Yes, yes. Fox God treats everyone equally and will not discriminate against outsiders. As long as you ask for help sincerely, Fox God will definitely see it!"

The little fox vowed.

"is that so?"

Kong Zhe smiled dryly. Born in the age of science, he still instinctively doesn't believe in such things as ghosts and gods.However, this place of Rocky is unique, and the animal races here are unimaginable by humans before.

So after hesitating for a while, Kong Zhe nodded in agreement.Firstly, he really wasn't in a hurry to find Xiaolei this day, and secondly, he also wanted to see what the so-called gods in this world were.

……

"Hey, this is the little fox's home..."

The three of Kong Zhe looked at an ancient building in front of them, and couldn't help but exclaim.

After deciding to stay for one more day, the question of where to stay came before them. The little fox excitedly proposed to take them back to live in his own home. Kong Zhe naturally had no hesitation about this, and then the three of them were led by the little fox. here.

Kong Zhe originally thought that since the little fox has a withdrawn personality and few friends, his family should be poor, but he didn't expect that the little fox's home was surprisingly luxurious.

"This is... a shrine?"

The courtyard in front of me covers an area of ​​more than [-] square meters. When you enter the courtyard, you can vaguely see some candlesticks and fragments of stone statues. There is a faint smell of incense candles in the air.Generally speaking, it looks like a temple, but it should have been abandoned. The original temple layout has been converted into a vegetable garden.

It's just that in the middle of the entire courtyard, there is a huge statue of a god. It is a woman of the fox clan, wearing a jade crown, wearing colorful clouds, holding a pair of round mirrors, and surrounded by thick fox fire.It seems that there are some divine meanings.

"This is the former shrine of the village."

The village chief bowed respectfully to the statue with his palms together, and explained: "Don't look at Wu's appearance, his mother is an emissary of the Fox God from the previous generation, so naturally she owns the shrine, but it's a pity..."

The village chief sighed as he spoke, shook his head and did not continue.

The three of them looked at each other without asking any further questions, and followed the village head into the main building of the yard.

This is a small two-story building, the building is empty, there are not many pieces of furniture in total, and there are a lot of sundries scattered on the ground.

"Ah Wu, you boy, your sister just cleaned up, and it's only been a few days, and you've made such a mess in the house again!"

When the village chief saw the situation, he immediately cursed.

"Ah! Wait, wait a minute, I'll pack it up right away..."

A Wu was also a little embarrassed, and hurriedly picked up things on the ground with all fours, trying to make the house look tidy as much as possible.

"Don't worry, take your time..."

Kong Zhe smiled, so many sundries cannot be cleaned up in a short time.

"Sorry, I made the three of you laugh."

The village head smiled awkwardly, then pointed to the second floor.

"The rooms above are all guest rooms. The three adults can choose at will, but no one has lived in them for a long time. Maybe they need to clean up first..."

"Oh, it doesn't matter, the village chief is busy first, we can go and see by ourselves."

The village head was still helping the little fox clean up the hall, Kong Zhe said something casually, and went up to the second floor with Lily.Long stayed on the first floor to help lift some heavy objects.

The second floor here has obviously been visited by no one for a long time. There is an obvious layer of dust on the ground, and the wooden floor will make a creaking sound when stepped on, as if it is about to collapse at any time.

Pushing open one of the doors, another burst of dust rushed in.

"Brother, this place is so dirty!"

Lily fanned the dust in front of her and couldn't help shouting.

"It's a bit dirty... But the condition is still good, and it's a good room if you tidy it up."

This room is not small. Kong Zhe walked into the room and knocked on the wall and floor. Judging from the echoes, the walls here are solid, and a window on the south side is facing the air outlet. cool.

When there were many people before, Lily only dared to hide behind Kong Zhe most of the time, but now there were only two of them, Lily was no longer restrained, let Kong Zhe go and walked around the room on her own.

There are no modern furnishings in this house, whether it is the bed, the windows and the interior decoration are relatively backward for modern people like them. The most obvious is the lighting equipment, which relies on candles and lanterns. For example, the kitchen next to the house uses The most important thing is the stove with feet blowing on it, and the pots and pans are also made of very simple utensils.

However, these things are still novel to Lily who has only lived on Earth for three months.

Lily looked around the room curiously, touching left and right.It's a pity that all the furniture is covered with a layer of dust, and Lily, who loves to clean, will soon be unable to get rid of it.

(End of this chapter)