An Yu, who was watching TV, turned around and looked at Luo Ling in surprise.

The grandma next to her just smiled with no expression.

But when Luo Ling saw her grandmother's face, she thought of the horrible corpse in the underground cave and couldn't help but look away.

"Ah."

Hearing this, An Yu came closer, took a look at grandma, and whispered in her ear,

"Brother Liu and the others should be arriving soon. We need to go to the village entrance to meet them."

She never forgot what kind of environment they were in, but because of Luo Ling and Elsa's deception, An Yu still thought that the strange danger was not too serious.

Perhaps she has never encountered the weirdness that wiped out an entire small mountain village.

Luo Ling could see what An Yu was thinking when she suggested going out to pick them up. She didn't want to involve her grandparents in any strange incidents. Even if there would be danger, she wanted to avoid affecting the two elderly people as much as possible.

Everyone has selfish desires, and An Yu’s selfish desire is her grandparents.

But...

Luo Ling closed her eyes in pain.

It is hard to imagine the despair An Yu faced after learning the truth.

"it is good."

She just whispered a word back.

An Yu nodded solemnly, then turned around and said to her grandmother in a light tone,

"Grandma, it's almost time for us to go back!"

"Ah?" Grandma was stunned. "You're going back so soon? No...stay a few more days?"

"We still have to go to class, grandma. We are just here to complete the extracurricular investigation assignment assigned by the teacher." An Yu blinked mischievously, "Besides, if I stay for a few more days, you will be annoyed, grandma."

"No, no, grandma won't be annoyed if Xiaoyu stays for a few days." Grandma said cheerfully, "But studying is indeed more important. Your father is the only college student in our village. Look, which family in the village doesn't envy us."

"That's right~ It's because you, grandma, are so far-sighted. It's only because dad was born into your family that we would have such a blessing."

The sweet-mouthed An Yu said a few more nice words to grandma, making her giggle.

"Okay, okay, oh, my legs and feet are not very good. I just walked a few steps today and my joints hurt. I won't go out to see you off. Be careful on the road... Wait a minute, grandma will bring you some things back."

Grandma stood up tremblingly and went to the kitchen to pack some vegetables and fruits. She wanted to put the half chicken left over from lunch in as well, but she was worried that An Yu couldn't carry it, so she picked it out anyway.

Finally, grandma filled a large bag of vegetables and fruits and handed it to An Yu.

"Take all this back and eat it. The old man and I can't finish it all, and it would be a waste to leave it here."

"It's a bit... much, right?"

An Yu took the bag and almost couldn't hold it.

"After you go back this time, you don't know when you can come to grandma again."

Grandma held Anyu's hand and kept on talking.

"Besides, these things are all grown by your grandfather himself, without using any pesticides. They are very healthy and many times better than those grown outside. It's always okay to eat more..."

After listening patiently, An Yu picked up the bag and smiled sweetly.

"Okay, grandma, I'm leaving now. I will definitely come back to see you when I have time."

"Okay, okay..."

Grandma walked the three of them to the door with staggering steps, and watched them go away reluctantly.

Until they turned the corner, An Yu inadvertently turned her head and saw the kind smile on her grandmother's face, which made her feel at ease.

"where are we going?"

Luo Ling asked in a low voice.

After leaving her "grandparents", she felt relieved.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened until they left. Moreover, the truth about the underground cavity made Luo Ling feel his scalp tingling even when he was standing on the ground.

I really can't stay here any longer.

"The only way into the village is near Uncle Huang's store... We can just go there and wait."

When mentioning "Uncle Huang", An Yu's voice couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Baiyan Village is not big. There are only about two hundred households in the entire village, less than a thousand people, and almost everyone knows each other.

Uncle Huang is one of the elders she is most familiar with. After all, the convenience store is the place most often visited by children.

But now...

Things are unpredictable. Who could have thought that the small village of Baiyan would suffer such a misfortune?

Fortunately, this tragedy will soon be over.

"Rest in peace, Uncle Huang."

An Yu said softly in her heart.

"it is good."

Luo Ling did not hesitate. She was not someone who had a poor sense of direction. With the spores, she had memorized most of the roads in the village before entering Baiyan Village.

Uncle Huang's store is right at the entrance of the village, and a little further ahead is the road out of the village. However, because of the strange barrier, every time they are about to enter the road out of the village, they will be inexplicably turned to another location, so Luo Ling and others are trapped.

If you wait near the store, you can see them as soon as the large group of patients from the communication group enter the village.

After a while, the three of them arrived at Uncle Huang's store.

Before they got closer, they saw several children gathered at the entrance of the convenience store, shouting something.

An Yu looked at this scene and felt a little nostalgic. She was also one of these children, but she was not very talkative at that time.

However, Uncle Huang and "Uncle Huang" are both dead, so these kids...are they stealing things?

Or, what did they discover?

An Yu was shocked and was still wondering why when Luo Ling suddenly stopped and stopped her and Elsa.

"Don't go there."

Luo Ling said in a low voice.

Elsa and An Yu cast doubtful glances at her, but saw that Luo Ling's face was unusually solemn.

"Let's go to another place."

The spores have seen it.

The noisy children gathered at the door of the convenience store were scratching the scratch cards in the store together.

The person who sold them the scratch tickets was Uncle Huang.

No, it’s “Uncle Huang”.

The thin, wrinkled skin was supported by the dissolved white mycelium and squirmed, making an incomprehensible sound, as if it was shouting something.

Its tone rises and falls with the smiling children beside it.

Chapter 52: Obliteration

The children did not seem to fully realize that "Uncle Huang" had turned into an ugly monster.

It seems that in their eyes, "Uncle Huang" is still the same as before.

Why...

There is only one answer.

They are both the "meat animals" of the puppet song and the same roles played by the puppet song.

"Puppet Ballad..."

A tragedy dominated by "puppet rumors" is being played out in Baiyan Village, and the curtain is far from falling.

all fake.

The villagers are fake, the peace and tranquility are fake, everything is fake.

The real Baiyan Village has been buried in an underground cave that is like hell, becoming the soil for the birth of this tragedy.

"Change place?" Hearing this, An Yu hesitated. "But, Baiyan Village only has this one entrance... The rest of the place is all deep mountains and forests."

"..."

Luo Ling didn't say anything because she realized that the spores she had sent out to investigate the situation had been forcibly cut off.

This was almost the first time such a situation had occurred. Even before in the underground cave, she chose to give up because she could not withstand the mental shock.

And the spores that were cut off...are not far ahead.

They have been exposed.

...It's too late.

The jubilant children not far away almost all froze in an instant, and slowly looked towards Luo Ling and the others. There was no childish innocence in their eyes, only coldness that penetrated deep into their bones.

"escape!"

Without any hesitation, Luo Ling immediately turned around and ran, pushing Elsa's wheelchair.

An Yu's reaction was a little slow. It was not until she saw a two-meter-tall old wrinkled skin bag supported by white mycelium clinging to the outer wall of the store and looking at her with its bulging and twisted eyes that she finally realized that deadly danger was approaching them.

Maybe it was because the previous rogue action killed "Uncle Huang", or maybe it was because the puppet rumor was gradually awakening...

The peaceful surface of Baiyan Village was torn apart, and the ferocious fangs were right in front of us.

“Run…Run!”

After coming to her senses, An Yu started to run away. She didn't even dare to take the vegetables and fruits that her grandmother asked her to take home. She just slung the small backpack full of props over her shoulders.

"Elsa's ability could not completely kill the 'meat animal', it only tore the skin of 'Uncle Yellow' apart... The exposed thing was just barely maintaining its original behavior logic. If we are not careful..."

From what had just happened, Luo Ling already had some vague guesses in his mind, but the results of these guesses were without exception to make the current situation worse.

"Run towards the mountains and forests, away from the villagers."

Luo Ling's voice rang in An Yu's mind.

"Ah good!"

An Yu nodded immediately and went into the nearby forest without looking back.

In a head-on battle, she might be a bit of a drag as her abilities are useless, but when it comes to running away... I guess there are few people in the group who can compare with her.

Even Luo Ling and Elsa, who ran first, were left behind by An Yu by a few steps.

However, An Yu thought that Luo Ling asked her to stay away from the villagers in order to protect the villagers of Baiyan Village, but in fact it was just to protect themselves.

After "Uncle Huang" was awakened, the child next to him was also awakened, which shows that these meat animals share senses to a certain extent.

Luo Ling's first guess was that this awakening was widespread, meaning that when awakened, the nearby "meat livestock" would tear off their camouflage. The second guess was... the entire village woke up at this moment.

No matter what, the mountains and forests are their only way to survive.

Luo Ling didn't dare to release the spores again. She was not sure whether it was because of the spores or some other problem that caused the "meat livestock" to be awakened.

Perhaps, the apparent peace of Baiyan Village was already precarious, and the moment they stepped into the village...all this was bound to happen.

They can only become "meat livestock" or become prey of "meat livestock".

"Miss Bai, can I..."

While running away, Elsa couldn't help but speak out.

"It's useless. Their souls and consciousness cannot affect physical actions." Luo Ling said softly, "Your ability will not work, just like your voice has no effect on me."

"why?"

Elsa was stunned.

"Because this strange path is 'Death', which is controlled only by the body." Luo Ling replied.

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