Chapter 256 Living creature?

Chapter 256 Living creature?

Chapter 256 Living creature?

midnight.

The boat, loaded with a large amount of fishing gear that the soldiers had brought to please the three men, swayed slowly towards the lake.

The fish basket swayed gently in the river breeze.

Ke Wenbin rowed the boat, Xiang Fangsu stared at the map, and Liang Qu held the compass.

There are waves on all sides of the lake and no terrain markings, so it is easy to get lost without a compass.

When the building ship was no longer visible behind, the boat immediately turned around and made a long arc.

After being out for three quarters of an hour, the three of them re-entered the island, carefully avoiding the spies deployed all around, and made their way to the vicinity of the island chain.

"Get off the boat and let's swim over."

The island chain is full of scouts, and ships are too large to be easily discovered by scouts.

The three found a small island nearby, dragged the boat ashore, covered it with bushes, and hid in the woods.

Fireflies fluttered around the bushes, and the annoying cicada chirping during the day became the best cover at this moment.

After finishing the work, the three men took their weapons and dived one after another, moving towards the island chain under the cover of night.

The porpoises patrolling underwater noticed the unusual water flow and moved closer.

Xiang Fangsu took out the token from his arms and infused it with qi and blood.

The token gave off an invisible wave, and the porpoises stopped fighting and dispersed.

Ke Wenbin patted the porpoise's head and caught a big silver carp. After feeding it to the porpoise, he followed the two people in front.

When we arrived at the nearby waters, a faint black smoke was floating in the water. Countless small fish with white bellies floating on the water, their bodies shriveled.

Although they are soaking in water, they look like smoked fish that have been dried by wind on the shore, as if they would break into crumbs if squeezed.

Xiang Fangsu didn't dare to move forward and took a step back to make room.

Liang Qu replaced Xiang Fangsu as the leader, stimulating his qi and blood, and a faint golden light emanated from his body.

The black gas was like snow melted by hot urine, constantly melting to both sides, leaving a transparent passage.

Xiang Fangsu and Ke Wenbin followed closely behind, looking at the black smoke gathering again behind them, keeping a good distance to ensure that they would not be contaminated by the black smoke.

By the time they finally reached the island, more than half an hour had passed since they set out.

"I repeat, do not act separately. We do not know what is going on on the island. If you find anything unusual, no matter if it is an illusion or not, please speak up and discuss it. If you find anything, do not leave the team on your own."

Xiang Fangsu gave a reminder.

The evil idea of ​​resurrection from the dead was still lingering in their minds. They had discussed it before setting out, and now they were just bringing it up again.

"Stay by Ah Shui's side unwaveringly! I won't leave even if you kill me."

Ke Wenbin expressed his opinion loudly.

Are you kidding? The black gas on the island is worse than underwater. Liang Qu's radiation range is only two or three meters around his body. He can't leave even if he wants to.

Xiang Fangsu nodded, and the three of them, with Liang Qu as the center, quickly rushed to the center of the island.

Cicadas were chirping outside, but it was silent inside.

Dead snakes, rats, ants, centipedes, and millipedes all crawled out of the soil and lay dead on the ground.

It shrivels and breaks into pieces when stepped on, and is blown away by the river breeze, turning into ashes and buried deep in the desert.

Looking at the plants again, there were only dead branches and broken leaves. A small part was burned to death, and most of them were contaminated by the black air and drained of their vitality.

There were several tall trees, with their lower parts submerged in black smoke, dry and rotten, while their upper parts were intact and lush, creating a very eerie contrast.

Xiang Fangsu approached the tree and scraped it with his fingernails. The bark of the entire giant tree fell off, and the trunk quickly cracked. Fine cracks continued to spread along the main body, and stopped abruptly at the boundary between life and death.

It seemed that if he moved again, the whole tree would fall down, and the current balance was just an illusion.

Xiang Fangsu didn't dare to move again. He followed Liang Qu and continued to move deeper into the cave. He soon saw several houses.

The Ghost Mother Cult has many buildings on the island, which are not ordinary temples or courtyards. Most of them are houses built with rammed earth.

In form, it is not much better than that of ordinary people, but it is more regular and spacious, like a barracks.

As we got closer, we saw more signs of destruction all around.

There were knife and saber marks on most of the trees, and the ground was littered with corpses. The undried blood was scattered on the mud, and there were red and black spots everywhere.

There were many bird carcasses around those corpses. Although they were shriveled, they were intact and had no signs of external injuries.

Liang Qu suspected that it was a bird trying to steal food, so he rushed into the black smoke but found that he could no longer fly.

He walked into a large earthen house, which contained no expensive porcelain or nanmu furniture.

All you can see are pottery jars and wooden basins. The furniture is all made of cheap wood such as birch, pine, and red toon. "What's the point?"

Ke Wenbin felt extremely shabby. He couldn't imagine himself living in such a run-down house for years.

To take a bath, you have to chop wood to boil hot water. If the water is not warm enough halfway through the bath, you have to go out naked to boil another pot.

"I hope to live the life like you and me one day."

Xiang Fangsu ended the conversation with just one sentence.

Ke Wenbin felt bored. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that this was indeed the case.

The goal of the Ghost Mother Cult is to overthrow the Dashun and restore its former glory, isn't it just to live their life one day?
The contents of the surrounding houses are similar, so there is nothing to explore.

The real treasure trove was probably near the Grandmaster's residence. After searching for a while, they moved deeper into the place.

The closer you get to the cliffs in the center of the island chain, the more terrifying the traces of intertwined battles become.

The knife marks that are hundreds of meters long and wide are clearly visible. It is hard to imagine that this is something a human can do.

When they approached the cliff where Xu Yuelong and others jumped off, a more "gorgeous" courtyard appeared in front of everyone.

Although it was called gorgeous, Liang Qu felt that it was just about the same level as the second courtyard he had before.

If you think about the fact that great martial artists or even grandmasters live in the same place as you did before, you will know how poor their lives are.

"Let's go in and take a look?"

Ke Wenbin gave advice.

"and many more!"

Liang Qu stopped the two men.

The two men's muscles tensed and they looked around.

"what happened?"

"There's a sound, and it's not right!"

sound?

Xiang Fangsu and Ke Wenbin frowned and tried their best to concentrate their listening.

It was quiet all around, with no special sounds.

Their strength is much higher than Liang Qu's, why could Liang Qu hear it but the two of them couldn't?
But the two men did not doubt, they just buried their confusion, drew their weapons and approached Liang Qu.

The three of them formed a triangle posture to defend against all directions, ensuring that no gaps were left.

"Ashui, what did you hear?"

Liang Qu pointed at the stones on the ground, which were stained with large pieces of soil that were exposed to the air and gradually dried up and turned yellow.

"Those rocks were turned up two hours ago!"

Xiang Fangsu and Ke Wenbin were speechless: "How did you know?"

"I heard it."

The different water content of wet soil and dry soil results in completely different sounds, and this is the information given by the two stones.

Hear it?
You mean it's more reliable to see it than to hear it!
The two found it incredible, but soon realized that something was wrong.

Two hours! ?
There are other living people on the island!
No, is he really a living person?

The battle from last night till now has lasted for twelve hours. Even a great martial artist cannot stay for so long!

Either go to the island in the middle, or...

The three of them looked toward the yard again and shuddered, feeling that there was something unspeakably weird going on inside.

The stone slabs in front of the courtyard were empty, with the shadows of the trees caressing them. Scattered moonlight penetrated the gaps between the leaves and projected onto the ground, casting a hazy gray light.

There are islands all around, and the river wind has become extremely small when it reaches here, and the leaves are almost motionless.

But with Liang Qu's reminder, the three of them carefully identified and finally found something swaying gently in the shade of the tree, and it suddenly broke away from the shadow of the leaves. It seemed to be... a human figure?
All three people saw it and confirmed it, but no one dared to move.

They restrained their breath to the extreme, for fear of being discovered by something in the yard.

Just like that, separated by a wall, the three of them watched the black shadow move slowly, from the east side to the west side, and then move back from the west side.

Dull and dull.

Something on the other side of the wall didn't seem to notice anyone coming outside the door.

(End of this chapter)