Those things were hung on thick branches, occasionally swaying in the wind.
From a distance, it looks like strips of bacon being dried.
How could someone be drying bacon in the Black Forest?
And the "bacon" seems to be a bit exaggerated in size.
Zhou Bai recalled the precautions for entering the Black Forest, Article 6.
【Meat will grow on trees, which is a very normal thing.】
Others, too, recall this rule.
However, no one can convince themselves that this is really a normal thing.
Everyone is feeling anxious.
But the woods ahead are the only way to the Devil's Castle.
So no matter how reluctant they were, they could only continue to approach forward cautiously.
As the distance between them and those trees continued to narrow, the true appearance of the "bacon" hanging on the trees gradually became more and more clear.
Kelly followed Zhou Bai and first saw clearly what the "bacon" looked like.
He screamed and immediately covered his eyes.
Then, the little tailor also saw clearly what the "bacon" looked like, and his eyes widened in surprise.
"This...the people hanging here are all human beings?"
Zhou Bai frowned and looked up at the undressed "bacon".
"Could all these people be killed by the devil living in the castle?" Adam stopped with some fear.
Zhou Bai continued to walk forward, saying, "I'll go over and have a look." Then he walked towards the nearest "bacon".
Hans glanced at Zhou Bai's back.
He cursed secretly: "It's so annoying."
Then he followed him.
Zhou Bai stood under the tree, raised his head and carefully observed a piece of "bacon" hanging on the branch.
Seeing Hans coming over, he said to him.
"How do you think they died?"
Hans also frowned and looked at the tree.
Seeing the miserable condition of the "bacon" more closely, he felt a little irritable.
"It's so annoying, how could I possibly know?"
Zhou Bai didn't care about his answer, but continued to mind his own business, looking at the "bacon" on the tree.
But when Zhou Bai's eyes fell on the neck of the "bacon", he suddenly narrowed his eyes.
"Let's go to the Devil's Castle first."
Zhou Bai withdrew his gaze and said to Hans.
Hans was obviously a little stunned.
But he didn't speak, he just frowned, crossed his hands on his chest, turned his head and looked impatiently at his teammates who were chasing after him.
"I...I think the Devil's Castle is very dangerous.
Otherwise, we should turn around."
When Adam saw more and more "bacon" appearing, he trembled and wanted to retreat.
Kelly lowered his head and followed Zhou Bai.
From time to time, he whispered in a voice that only Zhou Bai could hear.
"It's so cold, the moon is so cold...
The moon is cold, it has no emotions."
Zhou Bai turned to look at Kelly in confusion.
But he immediately buried his head lower.
Is this a reminder to yourself?
But what did he mean by what he said?
The sun, the moon, and the stars he mentioned outside the Black Forest.
Can he really feel something?
Or is it just making a fuss?
While he was thinking, the entire Devil's Castle appeared before their eyes.
It is a typical Gothic building.
From a distance, the nearly ten towering spiers look like iron nails prepared for torture, waiting for the tortured humans to step into its territory.
The team members behind Zhou Bai couldn't help but feel a little scared when they saw the whole picture of the building.
"I...do we really want to go?"
If he hadn't been worried that he would be left alone, Adam would have turned around and run away.
They were less than a hundred meters away from the Devil's Castle. Of course, Zhou Bai would not choose to turn around at this time.
He was still at the forefront, leading the team closer to the Devil's Castle.
Fortunately, those "bacon" hanging on the trees finally did not appear in front again as the full view of the Devil's Castle emerged.
No longer needing to see these oozing "cured meats", the mood of the friends finally relaxed a little.
However, before they could relax for long, an even more terrifying scene appeared in front of them.
That is long golden hair.
When they were approaching the gate of the Devil's Castle, they suddenly dropped from the tower.
Everyone stopped in shock when they saw this long hair appear.
Rule 5 of the Black Forest Survival Code.
[If you see a head of long golden hair hanging down from the top of the castle, please don’t step forward easily.]
This rule does not appear on the wooden sign at the entrance to the Black Forest.
It was what Zhou Bai saw from the note that appeared in his hand after entering this copy.
In other words, other people present may not know this rule.
What happened next quickly verified Zhou Bai's guess.
After the little tailor was briefly surprised, he suddenly became a little excited.
"I understand, this castle cannot be entered through the gate.
You have to climb up along the long hair.
Isn't that what happened in the story of Rapunzel?"
When Zhou Bai heard about the characters in the fairy tale and mentioned another fairy tale, he suddenly felt a little funny.
He wanted to ask, have you ever heard of the story "The Brave Little Tailor"?
However, he had no time to chat at all.
Because as soon as the little tailor finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to grab the long golden hair in front of him.
Zhou Bai quickly stretched out his hand to stop him.
"Don't touch."
The little tailor looked at Zhou Bai in confusion.
"Have you not heard the story of Rapunzel?
Let me tell you, the prince just followed her long hair and climbed to the top of the tower, and accidentally had a child with her.
Hey Hey……
That girl must be very beautiful."
The long golden hair in front of the little tailor's eyes looked very smooth and silky, shining with dazzling luster under the moonlight.
The little tailor's eyes were a little straightened.
Zhou Bai felt that something was wrong with the situation and quickly pulled away from him.
“Didn’t you just see those people hanging on the tree?
Their necks all had traces of being strangled with thin threads.
Why are those people there?
What are the filaments that strangle them?
Have you ever thought about this?"
The little tailor was a little stunned by Zhou Bai's question.
When he came to his senses and looked at the long golden hair in front of him, goosebumps broke out all over his body.
"You mean...
Those people on the tree are all it..."
Zhou Bai nodded, then skipped his long hair and walked to the gate of the Devil's Castle.
Then, in front of the gate of the Devil's Castle, in a less conspicuous place, I saw an erected wooden sign.