Chapter 38: Black Clone White Eyeball

  Liu Yi was about to cook the mutated white carp, wrapping it in mud for a "mud-steamed fish" feast. He subconsciously reached for his pants pocket, only to find that his skin was smooth and hairless. It dawned on him that his pants had been disintegrated by the evil earthworms long ago. Forget about lighters, even starting a fire became a huge challenge. They couldn't possibly eat the fish raw, and drinking blood and eating fur were not options for them at this point.

  "Drilling wood for fire?" Liu Yi muttered.

  "Stop making international jokes, how long will it take, it's better to eat grass!" Malacca had been eating the grass since he ate the wild grass and fell in love with this plant. At this time, he was eating there with relish.

  "Haha!" Liu Yi smiled, tore a few pieces of grass leaves and put them in his mouth, savoring the bitter then sweet taste, while searching for a handful of dry hay nearby. Then he was seen using the back of his black obsidian sword to strike another stone in his hand, "crack, crack, crack" sounds kept ringing out, sparks flying everywhere. As the speed increased, the sparks grew larger and fell onto the dry hay, with a "whoosh" sound, the hay ignited.

  Then Liu Yi threw the fish wrapped in mud into the fire, occasionally using a wooden stick to stir and turn it over, so that it was heated evenly. Before long, everyone smelled the fragrance of the fish.

  The fish meat is tender and delicious, extremely delicate, savoring the fish meat threads in the fish fragrance, don't make the small days too enjoyable.

  After everyone had eaten their fill, Liu Yi walked over to the little horned goat and said to it, "I say, big brother, let's take advantage of the fact that it's not completely dark yet and get going early!"

  This little guy is lazy like a pig when he's not in danger, after eating his fill, he doesn't exercise to digest, but instead lies there, putting his big head between his front paws, with an attitude of "I'll go if I want to".

  Liu Yi shrugged his shoulders, looking helpless. At this moment, a "Woo-woo-woo" cry suddenly came from afar.

  The little antelope Xiao Ke sprang up as soon as it heard this sound and darted out with a swish.

  "Ge Laozi, slow down!" Liu Yi was extremely dissatisfied with Xiao Ke's frequent departure from the organization and taking actions on his own.

  "Sounds like it's Koxinga's voice!"

  Professor Zhou nodded and said: "I estimate that Kexi and Luzonghan have also successfully arrived here, but I don't know which road they took!"

  Three people watched the Tibetan antelope's beautiful and swift "antelope jump", shook their heads helplessly, and rushed into the dense forest where Xiaoke had escaped.

  Liu Yi ran while learning Kexi's cries and shouted along with him. His voice had just fallen when he heard the echo of Kexi's response again.

  Both sides rushed along their respective sound sources and soon met triumphantly in a clearing in the dense forest.

  Liu Yi looked at Lu Zonghan and Ke Kexi, who were covered in mud and bloodstains, with great surprise. Meanwhile, Ke Kexi and the others showed great interest in Liu Yi's leafy attire, surrounding them to take a closer look, their mouths still making mocking sounds.

  Lu Zonghan and Keke Xi were diverted from the forked river, and after a difficult journey, they mistakenly entered a cave. The two were curious and walked deeper, killing many monsters along the way. They successfully reached the sacrificial site, and even Keke Xi didn't know that they had accidentally taken a "dead road" that led to the sacrificial site.

  The danger of that road was not comparable to the underground dark river, but it was also extremely difficult. Fortunately, they picked up some kind of ancient invention hand grenade and didn't die, which was a lucky escape. The road Liu Yi and his group took was actually the "life path" leading to the sacrificial area.

  In fact, these two roads are like the front and back doors we often talk about, different roads but the same destination.

  Fortunately, Lu Zonghan had brought a package with spare camouflage uniforms, and the three of them changed into new clothes. They took out the equipment and weapons from their backpacks and distributed them among themselves. Under the leadership of Cang Yang Xiao Ke, they arrived at a large pit that had sunk into the ground.

  Then Xiaoke seemed to think that he had completed his task, bleated twice, and ran away with a swish of his tail, don't know where he went to find some friends to play again.

  At this time, the sun had thoroughly fallen. The moon here is very big and bright, under the moonlight, everyone looked down, inside the big pit was all water, only in the middle there was a small island, on the island were strange rocks, lined up neatly like soldiers, guarding the huge milky white stone sheep head in the middle.

  That sheep's head is as big as several rooms, and inside its mouth there are no teeth, just a gate shaped like the Chinese character for "mouth".

  The entire giant white stone sheep head, under the moonlight, reflects a faint light, revealing a mysterious religious atmosphere.

  "Yes, this fallen pit is the sacred place of the deer that has been passed down in our clan. The giant white stone deer head is said to be the entrance to the Deer Jade Palace and also the White Jade Temple where our ancestors worshiped the Sun Mother Goddess. It's said that it was carved from Kunlun jade stones all over, and those eyes are red night pearls!"

  "Ah, where in the world can you find a night pearl as big as a football...!" exclaimed Ma Liu Ka, his voice filled with joy and a hint of greed.

  The white jade sheep's horns are shaped like an inverted "6" character, slanting into the sky, with a length of about 20-30 meters. The night pearl-like eyes, the size of footballs, emit two red glows under the moonlight, making the entire sheep head come alive, exuding mystery and unmatched majesty, evoking an unconscious reverence in people, a fear of the unknown, and an unconscious respect for the creator of the unknown.

  At this time, Kexi was already kneeling at the edge of the Tiankeng, making a bowing gesture towards the sheep's head, and Liu Yi and others also unconsciously knelt down, but in their hearts they were shouting: "Buddha bless, Amen!", perhaps they all hoped that this time entering the Xiangyang Temple, they could pass through smoothly and return safely.

  The ground was over ten meters away from the Tiankeng Lake, and Liu Yi and his team first used a climbing rope to put the rubber raft that Lu Zonghan and his team had brought into the water, and then transported it to the center of the lake in two batches. The lake water was crystal clear, with a full bloom of water lilies on its surface, which was very beautiful, but everyone didn't have time to appreciate the scenery of the lake.

  After landing on the island in the middle of the lake, everyone felt a sense of pressure that was overwhelming and suffocating. Unlike the psychological oppression caused by the narrow underground river, this feeling seemed to come from the vast sky above, with a hint of a huge religious atmosphere seeping into their bones. This feeling increased with every step forward.

  Upon arrival on the island, people discovered that the dark and mysterious rocks seen from above were actually black stone carvings of sheep-headed human figures. The sheep heads had round eyes, various expressions, and held stone whips in their hands. Each carving was unique, with some posing as if attacking, others sitting quietly, some roaring, and a few even revealing vampire-like fangs...

  On such a night, they walked among many black stone monsters, and their hearts involuntarily gave rise to fear.

  "Legend has it that the Sun Mother has twelve guardian deities, and the Seven-Star Goat God is one of them. He is deeply trusted by the Sun Mother and has boundless magical powers. He has two incarnations, one black and one white. The black incarnation is a goat-headed human with white eyes, representing death, mainly responsible for guarding the Sun Mother's side, sending anyone who tries to approach her with ill intentions to hell. The other white incarnation, however, has black eyes and has a mission of light, guiding deceased followers with pure hearts through the dark underworld river to reach the Sun Mother's side, where they can receive warmth and light. These black goat-headed human monsters we've seen are probably his black incarnation."

  He reminded: "Everyone be careful, maybe the legendary monster with a sheep's head and human body is hiding in this Black Sheep Stone Forest."

  When people see these sheep-headed human statues, they recall the words on Ma Bufang's stone wall: being bitten through the throat and dying with all one's blood drained out!

  Lu Zonghan was quite curious about Keke Xi's words and asked: "Why is it black body white eyes, white body black eyes?"

  Kokoro said: "The black body is the embodiment of death and darkness, filled with evil energy, so the Holy Mother gave it white eyes that can eliminate its own evil energy, so as not to fall into the devil's path. The white body is the embodiment of light and purity, but on the road to guiding believers through the underworld river, it is full of demons and monsters. Dealing with them requires only kindness is not enough, so the Holy Mother gave it black eyes that can subdue demons and magic with boundless power!"

  Professor Zhou said, "Evil has goodness in it, and goodness also has evil. Yet between good and evil is filled with a sense of justice. Black and white are intertwined, yin and yang complement each other. Perhaps this is what is meant by the Tao?"

  ……

  A rifle bolt action sound rang out, Liu Yi, Ma Liujia and Lu Zonghan held rifles, sandwiching Professor Zhou Tao and Ke Kexi in the middle, cautiously moving forward with vigilance on both sides.

  After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Malacca suddenly roared at a black stone statue with the body of a sheep and the head of a man: "Go to death, murderer! ", as if in front of him was the poacher who killed his comrade. The rifle spat out a flame, the bullet hit the statue, and surprisingly bounced back towards the crowd.

  "Damn it!" The crowd scrambled to avoid, Ma Liu Ka didn't dodge or evade and fired all the bullets in one go, a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and then his angry eyes became dazed. Liu Yi looked at the black goat's white eye reflecting the white moonlight, and then looked at Ma Liu Ka's stupid-looking face, suddenly feeling shocked, could it be that this eye can make people hallucinate?

  He slapped the horse's forehead, knocked it unconscious and dragged it to one side, shouting: "Damn, the white eyeballs of the stone statues here seem to be able to create illusions!"

  But he realized this problem when it was too late.

  Lu Zonghan, who was nearby, might have recalled his brother's painful expression whenever he fell ill and, as if wanting to take his place, rushed forward and bumped his head against the statue.

  Looking at Professor Zhou Tao again, he saw a smile on the corner of his mouth, and saliva was flowing from the corner of his mouth. His eyes were wide open, and he looked very excited, as if the statue in front of him was a stele that revealed the secrets of ancient Qiang.

  Korkzi's eyes blazed with fury, his fists clenched as he leapt onto the back of a black sheep statue, punching down again and again, as if the thing before him was the very hand that had slaughtered their villagers.