After that, we saw three more corpses one after another.
The death state of each body is different, but they all have one common feature, that is, they look extremely painful during their lifetime, as if they have experienced some inhuman torture.
Zhang Mingyu and I were relatively calm at first, but after seeing so many miserable corpses in a row, we still felt a little uncomfortable and our pace slowed down a lot.
Especially the Taoist priest suspected of being from Maoshan.
I watched him smear some powder on his body with my own eyes. Those powders must have been used by them to protect against the poisonous insects here, but even so, he still died.
This is enough to illustrate one point.
There are many kinds of Gu insects here, and even if there is protection, there may be some that can ignore the protection and kill them silently.
Fortunately, I don't know whether it was because we were lucky, or because we had the Golden Light Spell, the Insect Repellent Talisman, and the Soul-Eating Gu Mother Insect, we didn't encounter any danger along the way.
About an hour after entering Zhongdong Gu Village, we finally passed through the miasma, and I also saw a group of houses.
Those houses look extremely old, all made of stone, and you can clearly see cobwebs and dust at a glance.
But these are not the main things. The most important thing is that in addition to those stone houses, I also saw a scene that made my scalp numb and my back felt cold even after experiencing the scene of Dragon Burial Village.
If Dragon Burial Village can be said to be purgatory on earth, it is the underworld in this world.
So here is a mountain of corpses, with bones as white as snow.
At first glance, it can be said that the ground is almost covered with a layer of white bones. Occasionally, some crows will land in the piles of bones and eat the bones inside.
Not only that, many of those white bones have small holes, and in some of them you can even see bugs crawling inside. Those bugs are not ordinary bugs, they are all Gu bugs.
I don't know how to describe all this.
fear.
gloomy.
Or something else.
Anyway, one sentence.
This was much more shocking than when I saw the mass grave under Huangquan Road in Zhanlong Village. It’s not that more people died here than in the mass grave, but this scene illustrates what happened here back then.
I originally thought that even if the Gu King massacred this place, at least the bodies here would be taken away. After so many years, this place would most likely be a withered village, nothing more.
But I didn't expect that it would be such a scene.
But if I think about it carefully, I can understand it.
This is the birthplace of Gu insects in Miao territory, and the place where the first Gu King was born. After the Gu king slaughtered all the people here, it is very likely that no one in the Miao territory at that time dared to come here because of taboos.
Because of fear.
Because there are poisonous insects everywhere here.
That's why this place is called a forbidden area.
Even the corpse here can be said to be one of the taboos for people of the Miao border. Maybe even they are not sure what kind of poison is in it.
After all, this is equivalent to the ancestral land in the Miao border area.
It took me a while to recover from the shock, and I looked at Zhang Mingyu, who was still standing there with his mouth wide open and didn't know what to say. After pushing him gently, he also came back to his senses.
"Go in." I said.
Zhang Mingyu swallowed and said hesitantly: "Do you really want to go in?"
"Would you like to check out other places first?"
After saying that, he added: "I'm not afraid."
"I just feel..."
I interrupted him with a smile and said: "Elder Tian said that the coffin should be in the Gu King Palace, and the Gu King Palace is most likely inside, so there is no need for us to go elsewhere."
Zhang Mingyu smiled bitterly and said, "That's true."
"Then go in."
After Zhang Mingyu finished speaking, he took the lead and walked in.
When I saw this, I followed in without hesitation.
However, I soon discovered something was wrong. After Zhang Mingyu and I walked in, some Gu insects that were nearby immediately fled around. In just the blink of an eye, there was a Gu insect within three meters of me.
Can't see it either.
This made me a little surprised. After thinking about it for a moment, I took out the wooden box containing the Soul-eating Gu mother worm. At this time, there was a talisman attached to the wooden box. This talisman was posted by Zhang Mingyu to seal the box. As long as
This box cannot be opened from the inside without external force.
The main purpose of doing this is to prevent the Gu from getting out of it.
Sure enough, when I took out the box, the Gu insect three meters away immediately disappeared from my sight at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if it sensed some terrifying presence.
I also saw no Gu insects within a three-meter range to within a five-meter range.
"How powerful is this Soul-eating Gu mother worm?"
I'm a little surprised.
Zhang Mingyu thought for a while and then said: "The Gu King massacred this place back then, wasn't it because the people here were controlled by the Soul-Eating Gu?"
"Could it be that the Gu worms here all have the aura of the Soul-Eating Gu, or are related to the Soul-Eating Gu, so they feel the breath of the mother worm and feel scared."
"So you hid it?"
I touched my chin.
It is not impossible to say so.
But I don’t know Gu worms, so I can’t be sure, but whether it’s for this reason or not, it’s a good thing for me that those Gu worms don’t cause me any trouble, and I can also find the Gu King Palace faster.
.
But when I was thinking about where the Gu King Palace was, there was another scream.
Immediately afterwards, several figures rushed towards us quickly.
They looked extremely embarrassed.
And behind them, there was one person whose whole body had been swallowed up by dense worms. After chasing those people for only two steps, he collapsed on the ground and turned into a pile of bones.
Behind him, there was a dense darkness. A closer look revealed that it was all filled with insects.
Zhang Mingyu and I's expressions changed drastically at the same time.
Son of a bitch!
I couldn't help but curse in my heart.
Those people obviously regarded us as scapegoats and wanted us to attract those Gu insects, so they came towards us.
"run!"
I shouted without hesitation and then made a gesture to run away.
Zhang Mingyu did not move, but pointed at the dark patch of Gu insects.
"It shouldn't be necessary."
I was stunned for a moment, and then I noticed that all the Gu worms had stopped at this time, and seemed to have no intention of approaching us. Then I remembered that I still have the Soul-eating Gu mother worm on my hand. These insects should also feel the same.
arrive.
Thinking of this, I took the Soul-eating Gu mother worm and took a few steps towards them.
The next moment, the group of Gu insects went crazy and ran away like the Gu insects I saw before.
I felt happy immediately.
No wonder Li Bowen said that with this thing, I would be much more successful in the Zhongdong Gu Village. Now it seems that the use is here.