"Shh!" Lu Shi made a gesture, then suddenly squatted down and looked to his right.
He then pointed to the right and whispered, "There seems to be someone over there."
These words immediately perked Ye Bugui and Modi up.
Maybe the third person they're looking for is right there.
Lu Shi walked at the front, carefully following the sound, and sure enough, he found someone.
However, they did not find the third person.
It was the second person, on the contrary.
Modi's expression changed, but Ye Bugui, who was standing to the side, quickly pressed down on his shoulder, signaling him not to make any rash moves.
Lu Shi chuckled lightly, his expression barely changing, as if the other person's presence here was a perfectly normal thing.
"Why did you come out? Didn't I tell Ghost Asura to stay inside? Or did he just ignore you?"
The second person opposite them stared at the three of them with a blank expression, looking quite puzzled.
"What are you talking about? I just crawled out of the mud. I was wondering why you all left!"
At this moment, Lu Shi and Ye Bugui looked down at the same time and saw that the man's feet were surrounded by water.
"You've been soaking in the mud for so long? Are you sure you're still alive?" Ye Bugui asked bluntly.
"I..." The man was stunned. He touched his face and found that his face was like mud, suddenly melting away.
"If I'm not human... then what am I?"
He opened his mouth, and out came a caterpillar as thick as a wrist.
Lu Shi reacted quickly, and a talisman flew over.
...
Inside the guesthouse, Ghost Asura lay on the ground, clutching his wound.
Jiamu was already lying on the ground, and began to devour the second person's corpse with relish.
The receptionist walked straight to the corpse, tore off a piece of flesh, and put it on a plate.
Holding the plate, she reverently pushed open the basement door and gradually disappeared from the Ghost Asura's sight.
Chapter 112
☪ Malice 8
After the talisman was affixed to his body, the man immediately turned into a monster resembling a walking corpse.
However, before it could even launch an attack, it had already...
After the talisman was affixed to his body, the man immediately turned into a monster resembling a walking corpse.
However, before it could even launch an attack, it was instantly burned to ashes by the talisman.
"You're still that strong?" Modi was somewhat surprised. They had already keenly realized that their abilities had been greatly weakened in this instance, but they didn't expect Lu Shi to still have combat power.
“My magic is almost useless,” Lu Shi said softly. “However, I can take a shortcut and release it by writing it on talismans, and the effect is actually quite good. It’s just that in my current state, I can only write two talismans a day at most.”
Ye Bugui, standing to the side, gave him a thumbs up: "That's impressive too. Looks like I'll have to rely on you for protection again."
Lu Shi smiled and said with some delight, "Then don't worry, with me here, I'll definitely protect you well."
After making the joke, Lu Shi walked over to the monster's corpse, turned it over with his hand, and immediately smelled the aroma of burning protein.
"What do you think he is? Why did he come out of the mud?"
“It suddenly occurred to me,” Modi began, “that while I was struggling in the mud, that monster that looked exactly like me was almost constantly trying to drag me down and then take my place.”
“Then I think we can reasonably suspect that if we die, monsters that look just like us will be born from the mud.”
Ye Bugui stroked his chin, nodding occasionally: "Yes, I must admit, this is indeed a rather bold guess."
He glanced at Modi not far away, then recalled the scene of their encounter with the monster: "But I think your deduction is correct. I suspect that the people in this village may not be human anymore."
"So he was killed in the guesthouse." Lu Shi quickly grasped the key point, his expression immediately becoming subtle: "If that's the case, then the guesthouse must be in complete chaos right now! We have to go back immediately!"
Everyone else thought Lu Shi's guess was correct, so they followed him without hesitation and returned to the guesthouse.
As for the third person who suddenly disappeared, they are no longer their target.
When they returned to the guesthouse, the door was open, as if it were waiting for them.
A strong, pungent smell of blood emanated from the guesthouse, and Lu Shi couldn't help but cover his nose with his hand.
Sure enough, something happened inside.
He rushed in immediately.
"Sir! Mr. Lu!"
The receptionist was still there. She called out to Lu Shi anxiously, and seeing his worried expression, she kindly asked him on his behalf:
"Mr. Lu, you don't look very well."
Lu Shi looked at her coldly, as if he could see through her skin and see her true face.
Where are they?
"Who?" The receptionist blinked in confusion, her expression suggesting she genuinely didn't know what Lu Shi was asking.
This made Lu Shi even more dissatisfied; he had actually believed her in the first place.
"My three friends. Of course, one of them is already dead. How did you manage to dispose of his body so quickly?"
At the same time, Ye Bugui, the last person to enter, slammed the door shut.
He looked down at the front desk and tapped the table lightly with his hand: "Tell us everything you know. If you try to call for help, we'll kill you before you can even utter a sound."
Modi then opened his hands, revealing countless threads interwoven between his fingers.
If those incredibly sharp threads were to slice through the receptionist's body right now, they would surely sever her head.
"The three of us won't hold back."
The receptionist finally stopped pretending; she probably never imagined that one day she would be threatened by an outsider.
In her mind, these outsiders were nothing more than food!
"Downstairs." The receptionist reluctantly gave up her seat and showed them the door leading to the tunnel.
"They went to worship the Buddha statue," the receptionist said softly.
Lu Shi nodded; this was within his expectations. After all, countless strange phenomena in the village pointed to the Buddha statue, so there must be something wrong.
They definitely want to go down and take a look.
However, Lu Shi didn't believe the other party so easily. He said "Oh" and asked softly, "How many people went? You still haven't answered me. Is one of them already dead?"
"Yes." The receptionist saw the talisman in Lu Shi's hand.
Although she didn't know what it was, she felt scared the moment she saw the talisman.
She knew very well that the thing was threatening her life.
"He, he is now a sacrifice, being offered to the Buddha statue. If you hurry down, you might still make it in time."
Ye Bugui's expression changed. Sure enough, this seemingly ordinary village was still insane and morbid at its core.
"Thank you." Ye Bugui glanced at the other person coldly. "We will. By the way, doesn't your village have many rules? If outsiders like us continue like this, will we be punished?"
The receptionist's expression changed; she never expected that Ye Bugui, who looked the most robust, would be so meticulous.
“You’re very observant. That’s right, you’re not from the village. If you go down into the tunnel without permission, you’ll be cursed.”
As she said this, she suddenly broke into a maniacal laugh, looking at them with a limp, unsteady gait:
"Are you still going? If you don't go, you won't be able to save them!"
"What curse!" Modi demanded sharply.
“An unsolvable curse.” The receptionist laughed heartily, tears streaming down his face. “He will watch over you until you die.”
“Enough,” Lu Shi suddenly raised his hand, stopping Modi from killing her. “We might still need her. Let’s keep her for now. Open the door, we need to go down.”
The receptionist did as instructed, saying, "Don't regret it or blame me; I told you what to do."
"We're afraid of curses?" Ye Bugui laughed. "You're seriously underestimating us."
After the three of them entered the tunnel, the receptionist closed the door without hesitation.
She then sat back in her original seat and muttered to herself softly.
"She actually closed the door." Ye Bugui said with some displeasure after hearing the sound.
“That’s normal,” Lu Shi said. “Even if she hadn’t closed the door, we probably wouldn’t have left so easily.”
"By the way, the so-called curse," Modi glanced around but found nothing unusual, "do you feel anything?"
Lu Shi and Ye Bugui shook their heads at the same time. Could it be that the curse was fake?
...
Yin Hong ran ahead alone, but before long, she found that she had no strength left.
This is not normal.
Her ability is to enhance herself, so in this instance, her physique is still far stronger than that of an ordinary person.
But now, she hadn't run for long before she felt tired.
This is simply unbelievable.
She turned around and realized that Han Ran and Jia Yang had both stopped and were resting.
So she walked towards them and asked softly, "Are you alright? I'm really... hungry right now."
She swallowed, finding the hunger growing stronger.
She even suspected that if a cow appeared in front of her now, she could eat it whole.
“Me too.” Han Ran shook his head. “It’s not just hunger, I’m also extremely cold. I feel like I’m about to die.”