Chapter 3 Chapter Three

Xiangsi looked up in astonishment, just in time to see the old man on the stairs. His originally stooped body was standing straight on the steps, half of his body was shrouded in the sunlight on the ground, he seemed to be much taller, holding a bamboo spear in his hand, his face was covered with blood holes from being beaten by thorns Flushed, his brows twitched slightly, as if he was forcibly restraining his pain and anger. Xiangsi said: "Old man..." The old man said angrily: "Needless to say, Yan Jun and Yan Yi died because of your arrival. The old priest's prophecy before his death finally came true. The outsiders brought disaster to our family."

Xiangsi murmured: "I don't know how to express our apologies..." The old man waved his hand violently and shouted loudly: "No need, you guys get out of here immediately!" Xiangsi said, "We can't go." The old man held the spear tightly, and said word by word: "Aren't you going? Stay and watch us all be torn to pieces by the mother-in-law?" Zhuo Wangsun said indifferently: "Of course not. Since things started because of us, they will naturally end because of us." The old man hissed, "Get out of here!" Before he finished speaking, the spear in his hand swung half an arc in the room with a whistling sound, then suddenly paused in the air, and the tip of the spear swung straight into Zhuo Wangsun's chest. Between eyebrows.

Xiangsi said in surprise, "Be careful!" A blue light flashed in front of his eyes, and suddenly condensed in the air. Zhuo Wangsun pointed casually and stood in front of his eyebrows. The green spear tip seemed to be attracted to his fingertips by an invisible force. No matter how hard the old man tried, There was no way to move. The old man's slightly rosy face suddenly became pale as paper.Zhuo Wangsun waved his hand lightly, and the spear drew an arc in the air at the same angle, and returned to the old man's hand effortlessly. The old man was stunned for a moment, then whispered, "What exactly do you want?"

Zhuo Wangsun smiled lightly and said, "I just want to see what Mother Du is." The old man said angrily, "Do you want to die?" Zhuo Wangsun smiled and said: "I have entered the death formation, and I don't see the death god, so I go away empty-handed, isn't it a pity?" The old man's face was flushed with blood, and he said: "Although I am not a few opponents, why do you bother to force each other so hard?" Zhuo Wangsun smiled and said, "I'm just meddling in other people's business, especially gods, ghosts and ghosts, people's business that should not be told."

The old man sighed heavily, and said: "I'm afraid this matter is not what you think...you should leave as soon as possible." His expression was mournful, as if he already had the intention of begging. Zhuo Wangsun seemed to ignore him, and said slowly, "The so-called Mother Du—" he didn't say a word, and quietly waited for the old man to finish. The old man was speechless for a long time, but finally succumbed to his tone, and said in a low voice: "The so-called Du Mu is actually not a god or demon, but a traitor who was expelled by our clan hundreds of years ago and was once our leader." Relatives. It’s just that they are indistinguishable from devils now.” The old man’s voice became even hoarse, and he said, “Since our ancestors understood the mystery of resurrection, we have been living silently in the depths of this dense forest for hundreds of years. Live leisurely, without contending with the world. Until two hundred years ago, an accident happened, which planted the evil results of today. Looking back on this matter until now, everyone regrets it. But this is also the secret of our strong participation in life and death, overstepping The punishment of the mystery of heaven and earth cannot be avoided by manpower...Three hundred years ago, when the next uncle of the family was gathering medicine, he met a tiger on the road, and both sides were injured in the battle. He was also torn apart. When the villagers arrived, he had died for a long time."

"Uncle Clan was a hero loved by everyone back then. We couldn't bear to let his body be mutilated, so we found his body in two halves from the tiger's den, and buried him with a spell according to our clan's ritual, hoping that he can be as normal as before. Resurrection. However... we were indeed wrong, and this incident has become a nightmare that our family regrets to this day..." The old man's face was blood red, every wrinkle seemed to be twitching, and his expression was extremely painful: "Two years later when we dialed When the mound was opened, what I saw was a horrific scene... Just like the broken mirror, even if it is put together, it can no longer show a complete image, the body of the uncle of the clan did not reunite as we hoped Not as one, but as two wriggling half-monsters!"

Xiangsi shook her head in disbelief and said, "You mean, the two halves of the body were revived separately?" The old man sighed and said: "Indeed! Not only that, but even more terrifying things happened one after another. The two wriggling half-length monsters not only separated the uncle's body, but also took away his wisdom, courage and all benevolence. Heart. Both halves of the body became ferocious and savage, the headless half struggled and tore everything in hand, while the headed half wailed day and night, asking us to find another body for them , cut it to continue for them. Knowing that the hero everyone admired at the beginning turned into such a cruel and ferocious devil, the tribe was very frightened, and the priest also predicted from the astrology that this would be the beginning of disaster for our tribe. If this At that time, I was more decisive, and I could order these two monsters to be burned to death, and then everything would not happen. However, I couldn't do it anyway, because I still didn't understand that they were no longer the clan that raised me. Uncle..." The old man's voice was very desolate.

Xiangsi was stunned and said: "Could it be, did you agree to them?" The old man shook his head in pain: "Of course I couldn't bear to kill other clansmen to fulfill them, so I found a black ape from the mountains and forests." Xiangsi said: "You mean, you mean you turned him into two half-human, half-ape monsters?!" "That's right!" The old man closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "However, the matter is not over yet. Those two half-human, half-ape monsters often returned to the village. At first, everyone was afraid, but then for some reason, Many young people in the village seemed to be tempted by some kind of evil, but they followed them like crazy. Gradually, all kinds of weirdness appeared in the village, and the elders in the clan didn't know what to do. After a while, we found a dying The patient secretly violated the taboo of the clan and buried himself in the soil to wait for resurrection. This was originally a right that only the priests passed down through the generations."

"I had a premonition of the seriousness of the matter, so without objection from his relatives, I led the villagers to dig up that man's grave overnight..." The old man's voice trembled, as if the terrifying scene was still vivid in his mind: "Sin Ah, when that person died, he actually cut himself in half and buried him in the ground!" Xiangsi asked in surprise, "Why would he do this?" The old man sighed: "Greedy people, they have eternal life but are still not satisfied, and hope that they can continue to divide and reproduce." Xiangsi said: "Could it be that they are willing to turn themselves into monsters that are neither human nor beast for this?"

The old man bowed his head and sighed: "They hope to reproduce infinite selves, but they don't understand that life is just because it is unique, so it can shine as brightly as the sun. Forcibly separating their flesh and blood meridians, in fact, they have abandoned them. All the essence and virtues of being human." "Those people either find the bodies of beasts and put them together with their own remnants, or simply go to the jungle to wait for an opportunity to attack the passing guests and take their bodies. The elders of the village and I can no longer bear their evil deeds, so we decided to They drove them out, and as a result, there was a fierce battle between the two sides, with many dead and wounded. Since the number of Du Mu was not large at that time, we finally defended the village. We also melted and burned the torn corpses of both sides with water. But there were still Some of the corpses were secretly buried in various parts of the forest by relatives who did not listen to advice, while other young people who wanted to follow the way of life of Chu Du Mu resolutely left the village to join the ranks of Chu Du Mu. Later, Chu Du Mu They reproduce themselves in evil ways in the mountains and forests, more and more. The terrible thing is that their original purpose was to multiply their lives indefinitely, but things went against their wishes. In the end, their bodies and spirits became less and less. Gradually assimilated by the beasts and corpses possessed by him."

Xiangsi said: "You mean they became a kind of walking dead in the end?" The old man shook his head and said: "No, although their human will has been dispersed, the grievances of animal nature, evil, and undead gradually accumulated, and finally they completely became the lackeys of the devil. Attach a part of your body to it." Xiangsi said: "Could it be that Qian Jun and the others were..." The old man said miserably: "Exactly. He crawled back to the village enduring the severe pain just to tell us that the Du Mus have regrouped and are going to take revenge on our village and turn every normal person in them into their own kind. Half of Qian Jun's body has been taken away by Qian Du's mother, if he hadn't had the power to revive our clan, he would never have been able to support himself back here." Xiangsi said: "Then why don't you strike first and kill Du Mu?" The old man shook his head and said, "Mu Du has inherited the characteristics of wild beasts. She hides at night and gathers in the mountains and forests. It is extremely difficult to catch, and the only purpose of their survival is to kill and reproduce. And they resurrect very quickly, and will be faster and faster. , so now we don't know exactly how many Dumu there are, or they are already as numerous as ants, and we can't kill them. What's more, if we are careless when hunting down Mudu and leave a piece of Mudu's body, they will They will be resurrected in the soil.” Xiangsi said: "Then why don't you just sit and wait for death?" The old man's dim eyes suddenly released a kind of firm light: "We are determined to fight to the death with Du Mu, once we lose..." The old man let out a long sigh, slowly closed his eyes and said: "We have already prepared to die together. Therefore, the matter of embarrassing Du's mother is purely God's punishment for this family, and has nothing to do with others. You should leave this place quickly, so as not to start a battle and burn everything together, and everyone will be implicated in vain." The old man waved his hand and made a gesture. Take the posture of chasing guests. Xiao Yan frowned slightly, and said: "There are such strange things, it can be seen that the world is so big, there are really no wonders, what people see and know, no matter what, they can't exhaust the mysteries of this world." Yang Yizhi said lightly: "I'm afraid that all of this is just a dream." Zhuo Wangsun smiled: "Leader Yang is implying us that what we have seen and felt for a hundred years in this Wuqi clan is nothing more than a big dream? Then who initiated this dream?" Yang Yizhi frowned, as if he wanted to say something, but finally shook his head and gave up. Xiangsi interjected: "Anyway, the incident happened because of us, how can we leave at this time?" The old man resolutely said: "Mother Du died and came back to life, there is no other way to destroy it except for the historical battle of my family. If you insist on staying, it will be a meaningless sacrifice!" Zhuo Wangsun seemed to have heard something of interest, and said, "The legendary battle formation?" The old man frowned and said: "This matter is related to the taboo of our clan, so you don't need to ask more questions." Zhuo Wangsun said calmly: "Since this is the case, I have no intention of intervening. I'm afraid your so-called battle array is also an ominous weapon." The old man was stunned for a moment, and said: "Yes, it is said that this formation of our clan has the power to reopen the world, but it has not been used again. Because once this formation is released, the world will change. In addition to the disaster of killing the whole clan, it is also possible Caused an unknown catastrophe, this is something that the people who invented the battle formation could not break through in the end... So it has been banned for hundreds of years, but when it comes to this kind of last resort, we have to risk our lives, everyone Now that you know the seriousness of this matter, please leave immediately." Zhuo Wangsun smiled slightly and said, "It seems that the village chief's order to expel the guests is already too late." The old man was shocked and said, "You mean..." Suddenly, the big bell at the entrance of the village rang loudly. The sound of the bell was high and short, as if the bell ringer was using his last strength to warn everyone that a terrible danger had come!