Zongzi

  What animal is this? I heard a shrill voice of a small monkey, and it seems that this thing is very frightening.

  I hastily picked up the things on the ground, carried my backpack and wanted to run away, but I saw Xiaoshouhoutu and Guangtou standing there motionless, staring at me with a terrified look.

  Just as I was about to speak, a chill suddenly ran down the back of my neck, and a thick, pungent smell spread out, almost making me faint.

  The thin monkey opposite me at this time, with the hand holding the gun, pulled the trigger towards my direction, I was so scared that I quickly squatted down and almost peed.

  "This little brat, I'm not a monster, he actually fired a shot at me, if I hadn't dodged quickly, I would have taken a bullet already, didn't expect this kid to be so ruthless."

  "Quickly escape, we can't beat this zongzi, we don't have a black donkey's hoof." The thin monkey shouted in his mouth, while firing the gun at that head.

  Zongzi?

  I immediately came back to my senses and scrambled out of that place, looking at the zongzi, I was completely stunned.

  Zongzi?

  When I first arrived at the Zhou family's compound, when Old Man Zhou mentioned zongzi, I thought he was referring to the food, but it turned out that "zongzi" is a dialectical term used by locals.

  They talk about zongzi with endless fear, more terrifying than having a bowl of shit.

  When it comes to zongzi, before I saw them, I could only imagine what they looked like in my mind, just like on TV, which is basically the same as a zombie, no big difference, that's right, this is what I imagined zongzi to be.

  What is referred to as "zongzi" refers to the well-preserved, non-rotten corpses in tombs. For example, when digging, running into a big zongzi means encountering big trouble, such as zombies. Among them, big zongzi refers to more powerful zombies, while old zongzi refers to zombies that can be resurrected and are difficult to deal with. Dry zongzi refers to the corpses in tombs that have rotted away, leaving only a pile of white bones. Meat zongzi, on the other hand, refers to corpses with valuable items on them. I used to think these were just ghost stories, but I never thought I'd encounter such a terrifying zongzi myself.

  Standing behind me was a moving corpse, saying he was a corpse is not entirely accurate, his joints could move, the corpse fluid on his body had dried up, he opened his mouth, with a ferocious expression, revealing a row of sharp teeth, his face was as pale as the whitewashed wall in my home, covered with a layer of powder.

  It wasn't until now that I remembered what Baisou Sheng had told me, if I encountered a zongzi, no matter what, throw the black donkey's hoof up and it would be fine. If not, fire a few shots, if still not, then just run away.

  "I have a black donkey hoof." I shouted out loud and quickly rummaged through my backpack to produce the black donkey hoof.

  I've also heard Baishousheng say that the year of Hei Lu Ti Zi is approaching, and it should have an effect on zongzi. Can't bother with so much anymore.

  I trembled with both hands, one excited, and the black donkey hoof in my hand slipped to the ground.

  "You damn idiot..." The skinny monkey saw this and was so angry that he almost shot me.

  This black donkey's hoof slipped, can I be blamed? Besides, this zongzi is closest to me, so the most dangerous person is also me.

  "Freeze!" Little Skinny Monkey yelled, and I immediately fell to the ground with a thud, my chin hurting a bit. At this moment, right in front of me was Hei Lu's hoof. I picked it up, preparing to stand up and throw the hoof at that dumpling when Little Skinny Monkey suddenly fired his gun at the dumpling behind me, not even giving me a chance to throw the hoof over.

  This kid saw this guy and fired his gun desperately, but even bullets couldn't kill the dumpling, it would only waste bullets.

  "For crying out loud, stop shooting, the bullets are useless against him." The bald man held a shovel in his hand and struck it forcefully at the withered zongzi. The zongzi lost its balance and fell to the ground.

  "I know, but for a moment, I have nothing to attack it with, and I'm afraid it will bite me."

  The direction that the zongzi fell was exactly towards me. At this moment, I was lying on the ground, sideways, holding the black donkey hoof in my hands, with a posture like a kneeling slave, somewhat comical, but I couldn't laugh no matter what.

  Who can imagine, when they are sleeping, opening their eyes to see a withered skeleton pouring towards them, that soul would scatter immediately. Although I don't have heart disease, being scared like this, I estimate even if I didn't die, my heart would be crippled.

  "Hurry up and stuff the donkey's hoof into its mouth." The little skinny monkey cried out in a hurry.

  "Does it have a mouth?" I was stunned and didn't dare to confirm whether this dry corn had a mouth, guessing that it couldn't be found.

  "Hurry up, silly egg! Or you'll become a rice dumpling!" Little Skinny Monkey shouted exaggeratedly, seemingly in a great rush.

  Of course it's urgent, this zongzi has already arrived in front of me, and there are more than ten centimeters left before it crushes me directly.

  "But..." I wanted to say something, but was interrupted by a loud voice. The zongzi that was about to fall on me suddenly bounced back like it had discovered a giant burger, and with its bent hands and feet, it suddenly walked away in the opposite direction.

  Moving slowly, like a 10-year-old old lady, excitedly dragging her legs over there.

  I stared at this zongzi in astonishment, utterly bewildered by its sudden change in behavior. I looked over in that direction and saw a person with blood dripping from their hand.

  Hyakushō Kōki

  It turns out that zongzi is so sensitive to blood.

  "Xiao Jiu Ye, hurry up and throw the black donkey hoof to me." Old Wang shouted anxiously from the side. When I saw them, my face lit up with joy, and in a burst of excitement, it seemed like I had energy all over my body. I quickly got up and threw the black donkey hoof in the direction of where Old Wang was standing. However, I didn't notice the blind spot behind him at all. All I saw was a trajectory drawn in mid-air, which landed directly into that blind spot. It was a gap between a wall and a stone, and the black donkey hoof hit it with precision, even more accurate than shooting hoops. Old Wang didn't catch the black donkey hoof, he reached into the gap to fish it out, perhaps because it was too small or got stuck, he turned his head and glared at me without saying a word.

  "Oh God, kill this idiot." Xiao Shou's face instantly turned blacker than if he had eaten shit. I don't know when this guy became a Christian, but even God can't reverse time, let me aim the hoof of the black donkey at him.

  Actually, I didn't mean to, this thing really doesn't suit me.

  This time, without the black donkey's hoof, this zongzi cannot be dealt with.

  Run.

  I immediately slung my backpack over my shoulder and quickly took action, not wanting to have anything to do with the zongzi.

  A small thin monkey suddenly appeared in front of me, it should be said that it walked in front of me, its movement was so fast that I was startled, and all I heard was Old Wang shouting towards Bai Shou Sheng: "Hurry up and retreat."

  To be honest, it's better to encounter animals that can be attacked with guns than to encounter zongzi (a type of Chinese rice dumpling), at least the former has a weakness.

  That zongzi only smelled the taste of blood, so it kept chasing Baishou Sheng's ass and ran, its movements getting faster and faster than before.

  The road ahead became smaller and smaller, and it was getting harder to walk. I had to crawl on all fours, just like crawling through a tunnel, which was very uncomfortable.

  At this time, we all breathed a sigh of relief, but this was only temporary. Because the zongzi couldn't climb into the cave to chase us, if it were a zongzi with a bit of thought, it would probably crawl through the cave and tightly follow your butt, and even use its hands to grab your butt.

  "Little Jiu Ye, how did you get here?" asked Old Wang, who was following behind me.

  Then, I told them everything that had happened, and after they heard it, they just exchanged a few words, and then remained silent for a long time, the atmosphere was a bit tense. The road here was originally small, like a small cave, and I didn't know where it led to in front of me. A strange smell made me feel suffocated.

  Just as I was about to suffocate from holding back my questions, Bai Shou said viciously, "Young Master Jiu, that's a fake."

  "What's fake?" Black Donkey Hoof?

  I was taken aback for a moment and asked in surprise.

  "It's already here, we don't have time to adapt, can only rely on instinct to cope, observe as much as possible, speak less, although they are exactly the same as us, but I believe that there must be a place that is different, as long as you observe carefully, you will definitely find a weakness." Baishou Sheng took a deep breath, his tone was solemn and warning.