Volume 2: The Ancient Country of Lando Chapter 39: Zhou Xing's Identity

  I don't know what's going on ahead, and I hurriedly turned back to take a closer look. To my surprise, "Black Button" actually shot their two companions into sieves. Su Qin took a deep breath, "Why are these people killing each other? What happened?"

  Zhou Xing seemed to have understood something and said to us: "Be careful, Gu Hua has started looking for someone to parasitize!"

  "What's going on with the ancient flower?" I exclaimed, suddenly finding the scene in front of me to be extremely familiar. That huge seventy-zhang-wide platform had reappeared, and at the top, a dense cluster of giant cocoons hung down, each one broken open with a hole - after running for so long, we had actually circled back to this place!

  Unlike before, from the giant cocoon on top, a bunch of fleshy things were falling down, which was exactly that "Lantouguohua" parasitizing in corpses! The two people just now were probably parasitized by these things, so their companions would shoot them.

  "Be careful everyone! Watch out for things falling from above!"

  These things kept falling one after another, and behind them, there were corpses chasing after them, making it impossible to defend against. Before long, another "Black Button" member was pierced by the strange flower, his body convulsed violently, and then he pounced on someone beside him, and you can imagine what happened next.

  Liu Dapao reacted quickly, urging Su Qin to fire upwards as soon as possible, not stopping for a moment. Su Qin was also calm enough, and after hearing Liu Dapao's words, she raised the "Remington" and pulled the trigger.

  "Remington" is a shotgun, with a wide range of damage coverage, and this one shot can often shoot down several falling strange flowers. However, there are many such strange flowers, and the crowd still cannot escape the danger from above.

  Zhou Xing relied on his own skills, and at this moment he had already put away his bow and arrow, switching to a short blade. Any strange flower that dared to get close to him would be cut off by him with one knife and two cuts.

  We're not so relaxed anymore, we have to be on guard against the corpses that are catching up, and also take care of those "Lantana Camara" that are everywhere. As the saying goes, "taking care of one thing and neglecting another", when Oil was turning around to shoot backwards, a strange flower had already landed on his backpack and was crawling up his back towards his head.

  I hastily drew out the short knife from my waist and rushed forward, exerting great force to cut down the "Lan Tuo Gu Hua" on his back. Due to excessive tension, the knife mouth was not fully retracted, instantly cutting open a large hole in his backpack as well. The dried rations inside spilled all over the ground.

  Youzi hastily said: "Longqiu, be careful, I think you're not just killing flowers, but also want to kill people! And why are you wasting food?"

  "Shut up and stop giving me crap!"

  As soon as I finished speaking, I suddenly felt a weight on my back. Immediately after that, I felt two sticky hands stuck to the back of my neck.

  My cold sweat almost sucked back, and I wanted to grab my back with a backhand, but found that my fingers could only touch a soft and fluffy thing, which couldn't be grabbed no matter how hard I tried.

  That tentacle was like a caterpillar, crawling up my neck and seemingly wanting to drill into my mouth. I didn't dare let it succeed, so I bit my lips tightly, not daring to relax in the slightest. The tentacle's strength was immense, tearing at my mouth until it split open, on the verge of breaking through my teeth.

  At this time, I really had a hard time speaking out. Everyone was busy with their own affairs and didn't notice that I was entangled by the "Lan Tuo Gu Hua". I also didn't dare to open my mouth to shout for help, fearing that the thing would drill into my mouth. If I wanted to run to my companions' side to let them notice me, I was worried that the strange flower on my back would take advantage of the opportunity to drill into their mouths when they were off guard.

  The "Lantou Gufang" on my back kept wriggling and emitting a foul odor, like an oversized cockroach, secreting sticky liquid that made half of my back wet, making me feel nauseous to the point where I got goosebumps all over.

  I've already made up my mind, if such a thing really enters my mouth, I will definitely give myself a fatal blow in advance, otherwise the taste will be more unbearable than death.

  The strange flower has been staring at me for half a day, unable to open my mouth. It seems to be getting angry and embarrassed, its sticky body crawling up my back towards my neck, and its tentacles have increased their strength. Its body emits an even stronger stench, the things in my stomach keep surging up, and my head is starting to spin.

  Just as I was about to lose my grip on the teeth, Xue Cong discovered my abnormality and swooped over, biting the strange flower behind me with force. With a "swish" sound, the strange flower finally couldn't hold on and was pulled down, letting Xue Cong throw it to one side.

  Others only then noticed my situation, and asked me urgently why I didn't call for them. I said that if I had opened my mouth just now, I would have become a corpse by now. You guys be careful too, if you're not careful and get entangled with these things, don't say anything if you don't want to die.

  As they spoke, the corpses that had been chasing them grew more and more numerous, with everyone exhausted from fending them off, each looking out for themselves. Just as it seemed like there were even more dead bodies surging up behind them, everyone was on the verge of despair.

  At this time, we ran to the front of the seventy-meter disc. I was about to call out to "Black Button" and others to bypass the disc, not to step on it, being careful that something would come out from under the disc. Unexpectedly, however, I saw seven or eight corpses lying in the disc.

  These corpses obviously broke out of the giant cocoon, and when a large group of dead bodies fell earlier, we didn't notice that there were several dead ones in the seventy-plate dish until now. It seems that the corpses that fell into the plate did not come back to life, but instead lay straight and still.

  This strange corpse, which was parasitized by "Lan Tuo Gu Hua", was extremely formidable and could not have died from a fall. Moreover, only seventy of the cauldrons had dead bodies in them, while the ones on the outside did not. Could it be...

  "Quick! Those who want to live, hide in this dish!"

  Everyone heard me say this and didn't care whether what I said was true or false, they rushed forward in big strides and jumped into the seventy-two holes.

  The corpses behind us were in hot pursuit, seemingly afraid of the seventy-plate dish, and stopped at the edge of the plate, shouting loudly at us. These corpses did not dare to come in, after all, those "Lan Tuo Gu Hua" did not dare to come in, so there was no need to be afraid of those strange flowers anymore.

  This incredibly perilous escape and flight has finally come to an end.

  Oil son was overjoyed and asked me how I knew that running into the plate could avoid these strange corpses. I said to Oil son: "Look at the corpses under our feet, they fell from the giant cocoon and fell into this seventy-plate, and then they didn't move. So I boldly inferred that this plate has some special power, which can kill these strange things."

  Liu Dapao let out a long sigh: "So that's how it is, if not for young master's many clever ideas, we would have all died here."

  At this time, a girl's voice suddenly came from behind: "Hehehe, big brother, you're really awesome! If it wasn't for you saying to run into the plate, I wouldn't have known what to do! Those things are disgusting!"

  It wasn't until now that I remembered "Black Button" and the others were right next to me, so I quickly turned around, only to see that the speaker was the whip-wielding girl from the Wu Wang tomb. Apart from her, there were also Gao Ye Xiong, Jin Zhi, and Jack with his duck-billed cap. In addition to them, there were seven burly men and an elderly Asian man.

  It's worth mentioning that this old man, dressed in traditional Chinese clothing, looked at least sixty years old. He was hunched over on the back of a sturdy man, as if he had just been carried by him while running.

  I found it strange that such an old man would appear here, but seeing the positions of "Black Button" and others subtly centered around him, it seems he is the highest status among these people.

  As soon as Su Qin saw Gao Yexiong, she was furious and rolled up her sleeves to charge over. I knew that Su Qin was usually calm and composed, but once she got angry, she would be more fierce than a madman, so I quickly grabbed her and said: "Don't get excited, this is not the time for fighting."

  Both sides fell into an awkward silence, the atmosphere was very stiff, and people from both sides stared at each other, even ignoring the wailing sounds of the nearby corpses.

  After a while, only to see the old man in Tang suit coughing twice, patted the strong man under him and said: "Put me down."

  The robust man nodded respectfully and slowly put the old man down, letting him sit on the ground. It was only then that I noticed that the lower limbs of this Tang-dressed old man were very thin and soft, seemingly due to long-term paralysis in his lower body.

  It seems he is the leader of this group of "black buttons". I stared at him unblinkingly, and after he sat down, his eyes also fell on me first.

  "Young man, I'd like to know who threw that dart just now." The old man asked slowly in fluent Chinese, staring at my eyes.

  When he asked this, I suddenly remembered that Zhou Xing had thrown a flying dart earlier, causing the "Black Button" to stop and cover us as we escaped. This can prove one thing: the flying dart thrown by Zhou Xing is something with a history, and it has some connection with the "Black Button". As for what kind of relationship Zhou Xing himself has with the "Black Button", that's not clear.

  But for now, it's unclear who is behind it, and I couldn't say that the dart was thrown by Zhou Xing, so I had to tell the old man: "This can't be told to you for the time being."

  But unexpectedly the old man furrowed his brow, let out a heavy "hmmph", and in an instant, I saw that all of the "Black Buttons" had raised their guns at us.

  I didn't expect this old man to turn his face faster than turning a book, and he also subconsciously raised the gun.

  At this time, a voice suddenly said: "Dad, that's enough."

  Everyone was caught off guard, looking at the person who spoke. My pupils suddenly constricted, and I only saw Zhou Xing, who had been hiding behind us all along, suddenly standing up and repeating in a light tone: "Enough..."

  Then, Zhou Xing slowly took off the human skin mask on his face, revealing his Eurasian true face.

  The whip girl exclaimed first: "You... are you Kevin brother?"

  The rest of the "Black Button" members also started discussing and one after another mentioned the word "Kevin".

  I was so shocked that I couldn't say a word, even if I had ten more heads, I would never have thought that Zhou Xing was actually the son of this old man in front of me. No wonder he didn't want to reveal his identity to us all along, it turned out that he and "Black Button" had this relationship after all.

  It's strange that Zhou Xing, being the old man's son, would go all out to help us earlier. If he were a traitor, I really wouldn't believe it, because he had countless opportunities to kill us.

  So, what is Chow Sing Chi's purpose in jumping into this muddy water?

  As I thought of this, I hastily looked at the old man in Tang suit, only to see his eyes flashing, quietly looking at Zhou Xing who had removed his human skin mask. Zhou Xing still had that cold expression, only with a slight frown on his brow. He too was quietly looking at the old man without saying a word.

  Finally, it was Old Tang who broke the silence: "Kevin, you're not dead? Why didn't you come back to find me if you're not dead?"

  Zhou Xing remained silent and continued to stare at the old man.

  Youzi stared at Zhou Xing for a long time, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. I nudged Liu Dapao, hinting him to come out and say something. At this moment, our two groups of people met face-to-face, which should be considered as a meeting between us in the underworld. Liu Dapao was a well-known figure in the past at Chuanhushan, if we talk about who has the most connections here, it would be him.

  Liu Dapao shook his head and whispered to me, "These people haven't mixed in China, I reckon they won't know how to put on a show or say the right things. And Chuanhao Mountain is already gone, I don't know how to communicate with them either. Young master, now you're the leader of the group, why don't you talk to them? Don't worry, if anything happens, I'll back you up."

  I think so too, although both sides belong to the underground forces, they are not on the same road. In this situation, the other side has more people than us, and at first, we are at a disadvantage. Fortunately, Zhou Xing seems not to be their person, and the other side is forced by the seventy dead bodies surrounding the disk outside, so for the time being, they won't do anything to us. After all, the more people there are, the more strength will be divided.

  Now Zhou Xing and his father are staring at each other in silence, leaving everyone else aside. I don't know how to intervene, but I certainly can't just stand here like this, after all, time is life now.

  So I gave Oil a wink, asking him to sing a duet with me, hoping that both sides could return to normal conversation and quickly discuss the escape strategy.