bookrebus Chapter 125: Ruins, Strange Disease, Dilemma and Hope (Part )
Chapter 125: Ruins, Strange Disease, Dilemma and Hope (Part )
Before entering the village, Yun Bai and his five companions had seen the dilapidated surroundings of the village, and the atmosphere of decadence. But after entering Yunmeng Village, they realized that they were too optimistic. This place was not just dilapidated, but a ruin! The straw houses collapsed one after another, and the solid ground composed of tightly woven water grass became tattered, with holes everywhere, and the bottomless sea water could be seen directly from the holes. Yun Bai couldn't imagine whether an ordinary person could climb up if he accidentally fell down?
In many newly built thatched houses, there were sometimes terrified, curious, or slightly hostile eyes dodging towards Yun Bai and his companions. Some of the thatched houses were already crumbling, but people were still living inside. Those people seemed to have some kind of disease, thin and weak, with skin tightly wrapped around their bones. Because they were so thin, their heads and eyes looked particularly large, just like the aliens in Yun Bai's previous world movies. Because they were too weak, they could only lie quietly on the ground, as if even breathing took a lot of effort. Every breath was a final tug-of-war with the god of death. It was unpleasant to watch.
They were surrounded by a deathly aura, and Yun Bai realized that the decadent atmosphere they saw from afar outside the village was actually composed of this deathly aura!
"Grandpa, this..." Yun Bai felt uncomfortable and couldn't help but ask the old man in a low voice. The old man sighed heavily, his tone full of helplessness and sadness:
"Oh! It's hard to explain! I was too sick on the way. Come to my place first, and then I will talk to you in detail."
In this way, the old man and the three young men behind him led the way, and Yun Bai and his five companions followed through the outer village and came to the inner village. After about half an hour, they finally stood in front of a slightly larger water thatched house. The old man stopped, turned around and said, "This is my humble home. It is the best place in the village. Please bear with me. It is really..." At this point, the old man could not say anything more. A tall young man next to him quickly patted his back gently to comfort him. Yun Bai and his companions looked at each other in silence, feeling uncomfortable.
The room was almost bare. There were basically no other furniture except a few wooden tables and chairs. After everyone sat down, the old man told two of the young men to "serve tea" for the guests. The two responded and came out of the back room soon, pouring a glass of light black water for each of Yun Bai and the other five. The water tasted fresh, but a subtle strange taste could be tasted when tasting it carefully. After Yun Bai and Mu Yun drank the first sip of water, their faces changed color almost at the same time, and they immediately sent a telepathic message to tell the other three not to drink the water. Fortunately, Wang Xiaoqiang and Zhao Hongshan had not drunk yet, but Xiaohua had already finished her drink.
"What's wrong? Are you not used to the taste of this water?" The old man just drank a mouthful of water with great care - yes, he drank it with great care, as if it was an extremely precious treasure. But he immediately saw the changes in Yun Bai and Mu Yun's expressions, and immediately became a little uneasy, fearing that the guests would not like the thing he treasured.
"No, nothing, it's just the first time I tasted this wonderful flavor, so it's very novel." Yun Bai saw that the old man was fine after drinking it, and couldn't bear to reject his kindness, so she lied casually. But in fact, she and Mu Yun had already drunk it, and there was something similar to insect eggs in the water! But Yun Bai was sure that it was not insect eggs. After a careful inspection, she found out that those tiny particles were actually seeds! Those seeds seemed to have life. The moment they entered Yun Bai's body, they found a place to take root by themselves - they were actually absorbing her spiritual power and essence!
Yun Bai did not dare to be careless. He immediately used his spiritual power to wrap all the seeds and cleaned them one by one. After carefully checking three times and confirming that they were safe, Yun Bai was relieved. These little things were extremely small. Without a very powerful soul, it would be difficult to find them. Moreover, at the moment they took root, Yun Bai clearly did not feel any discomfort. In other words, once they were parasitized by them, they might not feel anything from beginning to end until they were sucked dry!
Thinking of this, Yun Bai couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. She quickly reminded Mu Yun and helped Xiao Hua check. Mu Yun had already killed all the seeds by himself, but Xiao Hua was a bit miserable. After just a moment's delay, all the seeds had taken root - but the strange thing was that they only took root but did not sprout. At first glance, they looked like the underwater roots of Yunmeng Village, which made people's scalps numb. But this kind of root system can actually change color, and the longer it grows, the more it blends into the human body. If Yun Bai didn't know about their existence, it would be difficult for her to even find their specific location! This thing is too scary!
If Xiaohua's physique was not much better than that of an ordinary person, she would probably have started to feel slightly weak at this moment - could it be that those people lying outside were all parasitized by this kind of seed? As soon as this thought flashed through her mind, Yun Bai shuddered. But now she dared not delay any more time, but used her spiritual power to help Xiaohua remove all the parasitic roots - this process was very difficult. In a very short time, some roots had already penetrated into Xiaohua's internal organs. Yun Bai had to be extremely careful not to accidentally hurt Xiaohua when removing the roots. Fortunately, Yun Bai's soul strength, comparable to that of a nine-star great monk, was enough to easily cope with it. After some effort, Xiaohua's body was finally clean, without a trace of roots or a single seed left. Yun Bai breathed a sigh of relief. From beginning to end, Xiaohua did not feel any pain, and she could not see the existence of those roots and seeds at all!
While Yun Bai was removing the parasitic roots from Xiao Hua without anyone noticing, Wang Xiaoqiang and several others were chatting with the old man to understand the situation. Yun Bai had already mastered the "multitasking" skill, so he did not show any abnormality, but listened, chatted, and treated Xiao Hua like everyone else.
In fact, Yun Bai was very curious. Did the old man and the three young men in front of her also have been parasitized? Or why were they not parasitized? But because they were all monks, she could not investigate, so she could only leave the question for the time being and find a chance to further seek the answer later. In the process of chatting, they finally understood the dilemma they were facing, and Yun Bai's question was also initially answered.
The old man is called Hao Haiwei, and he is the current village chief of Yunmeng Village. The three young men standing behind him are his three grandsons, Hao Ying, Hao Jun, and Hao Qiang. In fact, originally this place was remote and not adjacent to the land, so the war did not have a great impact on them at first. But as the war continued to spread, in recent decades, Yunmeng Village finally failed to escape and became a victim of the war. Resources were damaged and plundered in large quantities, and the villagers suffered heavy casualties. But when the war finally subsided, they thought they had finally made it, but they were hit hard by a strange disease again. More and more people got this strange disease and became weaker and weaker, but they were helpless against the strange disease and could not find the cause at all. Now the village is penniless and cannot afford to pay a decent salary to invite a skilled spiritual doctor to come for treatment, so the village, which was already riddled with holes, has been made worse and can no longer support itself.