Chapter 36: Mouse Zongzi

  Corpse cave? I was startled and looked at the person, unexpectedly it was the taciturn Kong Quan who answered me, but he seemed to have no intention of continuing to explain. So I turned my head again and continued to look at the corpse cave, how did an ordinary tree hole become a corpse cave? This name sounds eerie!

  The forest gets darker earlier than outside, almost in an instant, the surroundings have already fallen into darkness. Even the moonlight struggles to peek through the gaps between the leaves. The heavy atmosphere makes me feel suffocated. I don't know why, but despite knowing that danger might appear, no one suggests leaving.

  "What are we doing here anyway?" I finally couldn't help but ask.

  He glanced at me with a faint smile, and I stared back at his thick glasses. Finally, he spoke up: "Isn't this place a bit too unusual?"

  He seemed to be talking to himself, yet also seemed to be talking to others, but either way, I think this is just a load of nonsense! Holding back my contempt for him, I was about to speak up when the godly hand calmly said: "When things go against the norm, there must be something strange. Go and take a look." As soon as the godly hand finished speaking, many people started searching around.

  "What did you say?" White Lao Er's eyes rolled around, looking at Shen Shou's expression which seemed to be both happy and worried.

  "En." The god nodded and said, "Maybe it's just below."

  Although he said it very calmly, almost as if he was talking about what to eat for lunch today, my eyelids jumped involuntarily. Before I could think more, a scream came from not far away. The scream lasted only four or five seconds before stopping, but it was an unspeakable horror beyond human imagination.

  All the flashlight beams converged on the source of the scream, and at the same time, we all rushed in that direction. There, lying on a bed of withered branches and weeds, was a person - the one who had just let out the scream. But now, this person's head was gone...

  A strange, bloody smell wafted through the cold night air, mixed with the stench of rotting leaves. Even if you didn't vomit, it made your whole body feel uncomfortable. I furrowed my brow and couldn't bear to look anymore. Just a few seconds ago, this person was still alive, but now they were dead in such a miserable state - not only was their head gone, but their body was also torn apart, as if something had ripped and bitten at it repeatedly. The strangest thing was that we hadn't seen anything suspicious around us!

  "Watch out!" A loud shout from the godly hand, suddenly a gunshot rang out, the action was almost instantaneous, but still a step too late. Another person let out a terrified scream, mixed with the sound of the gunshot, and a sharp, piercing cry echoed through the desolate forest, making it even more eerie.

  "Leave quickly!" It seems that Shen Shou also knew that we couldn't stay here for long, and immediately led the way back along the original path. But just as we were running, the grass around us began to shake violently, and a hoarse, mournful voice suddenly echoed through the entire forest. Everyone quickly pulled out their pistols, I didn't have one and didn't want to die like those two people, so I dodged into their ranks.

  Because they had a small flashlight installed under their guns, although they were shot very far, the focal length was not large. I opened my eyes wide to look at the things in the grass, and the weeds were not as high as people's calves. Now there is no longer the initial violent shaking, only a slight movement. The grass inside was dark and black, and although it was blocked by the grass, it couldn't be seen specifically, but initially judged that the thing was not large, not human. Just when I opened my eyes wide to take a closer look, suddenly saw countless small red lanterns lit up, those red lights with sharp light were only as big as my thumb nail, but they made me drop cold sweat, and many cool feelings slowly climbed up my spine, I thought, I already know what that thing is...

  Those countless little red lanterns were actually eyes! Countless pairs of cold, cruel eyes stared at us with a fierce gaze!

  As they watched them step by step approaching, the evil bird anxiously said: "There are too many of them, if their attack power is that strong, God's hand, it seems this time..."

  "Shut up!" The evil bird hadn't finished speaking when White Second Uncle roared at him, saying: "You all go first, I'll cover the rear!" As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Godly Hands to respond, he suddenly threw a black object forward. Before I could react, a loud explosion sounded, accompanied by intense light and shrill screams. Godly Hands and the others had already charged towards the outer perimeter.

  The evil bird threw something to one side again, and the explosion was earth-shattering, making ghosts and gods weep. I wiped away a cold sweat from my forehead, damn it, they even used hand grenades! What kind of people are these?! Although I knew running away like this wasn't very righteous, since their own people didn't care, what could an outsider like me say? Staying behind would be looking for death, so in the end, I took one last look at Bai Lao Er and silently mourned him before finally summoning up my strength to run forward.

  There were several more explosions behind me, I don't know what the final outcome for Bai Lao Er will be, but now I absolutely admire him. Who would have thought that this man who looks a bit rough and unreliable is actually so bold and fearless, and even volunteered to stay behind as cannon fodder...

  Just as I was feeling sentimental, the shrill hums around me started again, this time sounding even more chaotic and discordant. It seemed that Bái Lǎo èr's actions had enraged them. Under the swaying lantern light, those things finally revealed their true appearance!

  My heart almost jumped into my throat, although they didn't appear in large numbers, but enough to cause a sensation! Those things were like mice but more than twice as big as ordinary mice, and they had no hair on their bodies, smooth and shiny, with black skin that was wrinkled and quite disgusting!

  "Rat?" The evil bird stared blankly at the sudden appearance of something, its eyes wide with surprise. In comparison, Shen Hand was much calmer, raising his gun and firing a shot, saying "Dumpling."

  Damn it, it turns out to be a mouse dumpling after all!

  The eerie red light flashed, and in the instant an old mouse scurried over, a divine hand shot out and blasted it away. The old mouse hadn't even had time to let out a pained cry before it was suddenly smashed to the ground, dead as can be. I took one look and couldn't help but twitch at the corner of my mouth - just how accurate did this shooting have to be to blast its head off in mid-air?!

  As the number of old mouse dumplings around him grew, the hoarse voice also became more desolate. The godly hand surprisingly put away his gun, and the evil bird immediately asked: "Godly Hand, what's going on?"

  "Get ready to ignite." God's hand said lightly and took out a water bottle from the bag, neatly sprinkling it around, the evil bird also cooperated very well and ignited immediately, the flames burst up in an instant, with the cooperation of others, soon we formed a natural firewall around us.

  The faint cries around him grew smaller and smaller, while Shen Shou still didn't have much of a reaction. The bright flames danced on his black windproof glasses, and I suddenly thought of something, feeling a chill run down my spine. I looked at Shen Shou and asked: "Did you think of this method a long time ago?"