Nightmare Apostle

The footsteps in the mist behind him were like bone maggots, following closely behind everyone, getting faster and faster. Tong Han missed his footing in the rush and fell to the ground. A human head rolled out from his arms. .

Mi Shu, who was nearest, had quick eyesight and quick hands, and pulled her up to prevent her from falling into the ravine on the roadside.

"Are you okay?" When Yang Xiao noticed that Tong Han was clutching his right leg, Yang Xiao suddenly thought of her unhealed leg injury and frowned.

Tong Han reluctantly stood up, and the fallen head of Lu Youcheng was also picked up by Wu Ma Haoming. This time Yang Xiao took the head and let Tong Han move forward lightly.

Four people, carrying four heads and a jar of wine, moved forward quickly in the fog. They finally left the village entrance before being chased by ghost villagers and rushed to the river. At this moment, the river level dropped, revealing a dilapidated wooden bridge. no doubt,

This is their only way to survive.

There were tidal flats beside the river, which were soft and muddy. Everyone fell into them and their speed slowed down greatly. However, the ghost villagers behind them in the mist were not restricted. They seemed to be walking stiffly, but their speed did not slow down at all, and they chased them staggeringly. Come.

At the critical moment, Yang Xiao threw the two heads in his hand to Wu Ma Haoming and Mi Shu, urging them to get on the bridge quickly. Then he rushed over and landed next to Tong Han, who was at the end. Without saying a word, he picked her up and threw her on his back. Go up and rush towards the wooden bridge with all your strength.

"What are you doing?" Tong Han was anxious and couldn't help but struggle. She could already clearly see the faces of the ghost villagers behind her. Each face was full of endless resentment. "Put me down quickly, or you will too." Can’t leave!”

"Shut up and don't move!"

"I am the traitor general of the Yuyuan Sect, and you are the captain of the patrol department. What is the use of saving me? I will only be a threat to you alive!" The ghost villager behind him has stretched out his hand and is trying to catch Tong Han. At this moment She couldn't bear to bring another friend to death.

"Stop it now. I treat you as a friend, but you say it's wrong for us to be incompatible with each other. Do you have delusions about me?"

Tong Han was stunned. She didn't follow Yang Xiao's thinking, but the next second, she was put down by Yang Xiao, and then she used all her strength and threw her out. Before she could react, she threw her out with a very inelegant expression. She fell into the mud in front of the wooden bridge. Wuma Haoming and Mi Shu, who had already stepped onto the bridge first, immediately ran over and dragged her from the mud to the bridge.

Without Tong Han as a heavy burden, Yang Xiao moved faster and finally reached the bridge before being caught up by the ghost villagers behind him.

The moment Yang Xiao stepped on the wooden bridge, the ghost villagers chasing behind him seemed to have received some kind of instructions at the same time. They all jumped into panic. After a few seconds, they all turned around and walked straight towards the river. Go, quickly,

In the shocked eyes of Yang Xiao and the four others, figures one after another walked into the river, and then the black water submerged their bodies little by little until they disappeared.

At this moment, everyone was convinced that these ghost villagers were coming towards them, with the purpose of forcing them to come to the bridge and cross the river.

Of course, if you get caught halfway, it's a dead end.

"Let's go." Time was running out, and everyone did not dare to delay for a moment's rest. They were about to move on. Their final destination was the ghost temple in the woods.

But before he could turn around and leave, the fog on the shore seemed to be stirred by something, and then a figure emerged from it. Everyone was shocked when they saw the person coming, it was Cheng Cha!

Soon, Cheng Cha also spotted Yang Xiao and the others on the bridge, and immediately waved to him, but it was Yang Xiao4 who responded to him.

The person turned around and ran.

When he almost reached the other side, Yang Xiao looked back and found that "Cheng Cha" had also got on the bridge and was chasing them. He was empty-handed, and the head belonging to Quan Doufeng was missing.

Wu Ma Haoming got off the bridge and planned to run into the woods, but was stopped by Tong Han. The four of them stood on the other side of the river, waiting for Cheng Cha to come over.

"Do you really believe that he is a human being?" Wu Mahaoming was anxious. After so much experience, he could no longer tell the truth from the false. But he knew that he could go to the Du family's ancestral home alone and escape unharmed, and he could also deal with so many ghost villagers in the mist before. This guy doesn't look like a living person.

Seeing that Yang Xiao and the others stopped running, Cheng Cha on the bridge also slowed down and walked towards them slowly, while constantly gesturing to reassure everyone.

"It should be humans." After observing, Yang Xiao came to the conclusion that after all, those ghost villagers couldn't cross the river, otherwise they would have caught up with them just now, and the non-human and non-ghost guys in Dujia Village did not have the ability to disguise themselves as living people.

Stepping forward cautiously, Cheng Cha immediately explained what he had experienced during this period. He needed to prove that he was a human being, not a ghost.

"You touched a face outside the window, and then what?" Tong Han asked.

"Then I walked back the way I came, picked up Quan Doufeng's head and turned it away from the window. Then the guy outside suddenly changed his tune and started calling Quan Doufeng's name." Speaking of this scene, Cheng Cha was still frightened. , "I took advantage of the chaos and ran away from the main entrance."

"After I ran out, I found that there was fog everywhere in the village, and then there were ghost villagers wandering around. I didn't dare to run around, so I had to follow the ghost villagers. They seemed to be moving forward with purpose, all the way to the east. I guess they Maybe I am chasing you, so I followed behind.

Cheng Cha sighed, "I was worried about being discovered, but I didn't dare to follow too closely. I didn't dare to come out until I saw these ghost villagers walking into the river one by one from a distance.

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The fog on the other side of the river gradually dissipated, revealing the vague outline of the village. The bright moonlight splashed down, illuminating the tidal flats on the river bank. Suddenly, everyone discovered that there was a winding line left on the ground not far from them. footprint.

Something walked out of the river not long ago, with crooked footprints and toes pointing outwards, walking all the way into the distant woods.

Several people walked over vigilantly. It was quiet nearby. Yang Xiao stepped on his own footprints next to the footprints. At this time, everyone discovered that comparing the two footprints, Yang Xiao's footprints were much shallower. This also meant that the other party was heavier than Yang Xiao. Much more exaggerated.

"It's a ghost monk." Yang Xiao immediately realized that the people of Dujia Village had tied big rocks to the monk's body in order to drown him in the river.

Hearing this, Cheng Cha, Tong Han and others also looked grim. It seemed that the corpse of the ghost monk came out of the bottom of the river tonight.

But this also pointed out the way for them. As long as they followed the footprints, they could find the ghost temple hidden in the forest.

There was silence in the forest, as if there were no living creatures, only the sound of rustling footsteps. Everyone was under tremendous pressure. Whether they lived or died, it all depended on tonight.

The jar of vital wine was held in Yang Xiao's arms for fear of losing it, while the remaining people were holding the heads.

Everyone was walking in a single file in the dark and silent forest. Everyone was alert to their surroundings along the way, and almost no one spoke. With their current dignity, if they were bumped into by someone who didn't know the truth, they would probably be scared to death.

"Cheng Cha, who was walking in front, stumbled and almost fell. When everyone got closer to take a closer look, they discovered that it was an overturned stone tablet hidden in the weeds.

The stone stele had obviously gone through a long period of time. The body of the stele had long been broken, leaving only the end half buried in the soil. After pushing aside the nearby weeds, everyone could clearly see the two words on the stele: Dead Village.

This scene seemed familiar to Yang Xiao, and he immediately thought of those people who disappeared in reality. Some of them had similar strange dreams before disappearing. In the dream, they came to a strange village, then walked into the mountains and forests, and finally saw a Disappeared after the ruined temple.

One of the women tripped in the forest before seeing the temple, and what tripped her was a stone tablet.

This stone tablet seems to be a warning, but Yang Xiao has a different view. In his opinion, this stone tablet is also a mark.

It means that they have gone out of the scope of the Cursed Death Village.

Everyone continued to move forward, and after about ten minutes, they finally emerged from the forest. A depression appeared in front of them, and an ancient temple stood in the depression.

The outer walls of the temple have long since collapsed, and the main building is covered with plants such as vines and overgrown with weeds. It has obviously been abandoned for a long time, at least for decades.

The group of people approached slowly, because the footprints on the ground led here, following the footprints around the collapsed courtyard wall,

The footprints on the ground lead directly to one of the temple walls.

After everyone got close, they pulled away the vines on the wall, but there was no door at the back, not even an entrance. It was just an old, damp stone wall. When knocked with their fists, the wall was very thick.

But the footprints of the ghost monk on the ground disappeared here, with his toes pointed at the wall, and it seemed that he walked in directly.

Unable to find the entrance, everyone had to walk around the temple, hoping to find a door or window. But when they walked around to the back of the temple, they were shocked by the scene in front of them. They saw an old and dilapidated building. The temple suddenly became brand new, with clean floors, flat stone walls, and a plaque hanging on the wooden temple door with three words written across it: Xin'an Temple.

I don't know if it was my misunderstanding, but Yang Xiao's slightly impetuous heart actually calmed down after seeing the three words "Xin'an Temple".

At this moment, there was a faint firelight coming out from behind the wooden door. There was firelight inside, which meant that there was someone inside. There was no turning back now. Yang Xiao was the first to step forward and gently knocked on the door.

The door was unlocked, and it opened with a light tap. The space inside was not large, about a hundred or ten square meters. It was divided into two spaces, the front and the back, by several hanging curtains. A stone was placed in front of the curtain. Table, there are 5 lying on the stone table

Only bowl.

It is a coarse porcelain bowl with a wide mouth and a shallow bottom. It is usually used as a wine bowl, which corresponds to the drinking ring for tonight's task.

In addition, there are four straw figures standing on the right wall near the door. They are as tall as ordinary people, but they have bodies and no heads. There are a few straws pulled down from the necks of the straw figures. The rope seems to be used to fasten something.

Seeing this, Yang Xiao was thoughtful and asked everyone to place all the heads they brought on the straw man's neck and tie them with straw ropes.

Just after the last head was fixed, a fire suddenly lit up behind him. I turned around and saw that the fire came from behind the curtain. It was a candle being lit. At this moment, a strange figure was also reflected in the curtain by the candle light. superior.

His body is the same as that of ordinary people, but his bloated head is 7 or 8 times bigger.