Chapter 1309

In a depression, a creeping monster less than three feet tall was lazily lying in the mud, waiting for its prey to come.

But it seemed that it had been here for a while. It shook its body slightly, opened its big mouth full of fangs, and stretched its body like a laziness, then waved its thin and short legs, dragging its long body to leave here.

It was a bully nearby. With its extraordinary explosive power and bite force, once the prey was bitten by it, there would only be one end, that is, death.

It had just come out of the mud, and suddenly its not very sensitive ears seemed to hear something, and the fierce light in its eyes looked directly to its left.

In the air in the distance, I don’t know when a small monster appeared, flying towards this side happily, and it seemed that it didn’t see the monster motionless below.

The monster stared at it with its eyes fixed on it, and its body was motionless. Although this strange little guy was a little small, it was still good as an appetizer.

The little guy seemed to be unaware of the threat and was getting closer and closer to the head of the monster.

When it came to the sky above him, the monster below suddenly jumped up and opened his mouth, like a flash of lightning, swallowing the little thing in the air into his mouth incomparably fast, and then fell from the sky with satisfaction.

He stirred his mouth subconsciously for a few times, but found that his mouth was empty. He raised his head in astonishment, but there was nothing on his head. He had clearly swallowed the little thing before.

"Did I accidentally eat it when I came down?" The monster thought about it in confusion. Maybe it was because it was too small and he didn't feel it.

The monster didn't think about this problem. Just as he was about to leave here, he suddenly felt a fatal energy erupting in his body. He didn't have time to think about what was going on. The next moment, he lost consciousness.

In the distance, Shuang'er watched the monster stand up with a body three feet high, and then fell heavily to the ground. Then the figure of the cute pet in the air appeared again, calling towards this side happily, as if urging them to come over.

Shuang'er stared at the scene in amazement. Although it had killed several monsters in seconds before, it was not as shocking as this time. It actually drilled into the opponent's body and used its spatial ability to explode directly inside, and then it pulled itself out. It was like a natural enemy to these monsters that like to devour things.

No matter how good your external defense is, all the creatures inside your body are the same, very fragile. Without prevention, it is simply a hit.

When the two people came to the corpse, the cute pet skillfully stretched out its claws and scratched a position on the opponent's brain. A huge hole appeared from it, and then one of the claws suddenly became longer and went deep inside. After stirring back and forth inside, it jumped.

A green crystal stone the size of an apple jumped out from inside. Shuang'er, who was standing aside, quickly grabbed it in the air and fixed it in mid-air. Then a stream of water rose out of thin air and washed away some stains on the green crystal stone. Then it was carefully placed in its own space.

It seemed that the action was very skillful, and it should have been done a lot.

The cute pet has landed on Gu Zheng's shoulder again, looking up at the distance with interest. It looks like it hasn't killed enough.

"Little cute pet, wait until we turn around, and then we'll go find your master." Gu Zheng said to the cute pet next to him with a smile, causing it to nod wildly and chirp.

Little cute pet is the name Gu Zheng gave it, no matter what it was called before.

Shuang'er waved her hand, and the corpse of the monster below disappeared again and was collected by her. It must be said that Mr. Qi was quite generous. He actually gave Shuang'er a huge storage ring with a lot of good things in it.

Then they continued on their way. In the far distance, many tall and majestic peaks were looming, and the direction they were heading was the Jifeng Mountains.

It turned out that Gu Zheng and his friends were in Zhongyuan Village. After seeing Elder Mei become the village chief as he wished, they wanted to leave directly, but Elder Mei asked them to stay for a day and rest before leaving, just in time to thank him.

The change of the village chief had almost no impact on the village. Instead, everyone was relieved. At least they didn't have to risk hunting the extremely terrifying monster.

That night, everyone tasted the incomparable deliciousness again, and this situation lasted for a few more days, so the hunting pairs who were supposed to go out had two more days to rest.

But only on the second day, Gu Zheng took some food sent by Elder Mei and left there.

All this was planned by each of them. Although he could easily kill Chang Xi when he left at first, he couldn't dispel the desire that had already expanded in their hearts.

These were caused by Gu Zheng, so Gu Zheng was determined to understand it and would not cause the death of the villagers because of himself. Although their dreams were shattered, life still went on.

So after Gu Zheng had been running around outside for so many days, he finally killed the green beast and went out of Hunyuan Village again. It took a little time, but he still solved the problem.

Elder Mei also repeatedly assured himself that he would treat those newcomers well.

The three of them walked along the way, and all the monsters that came their way were dealt with by their cute pets. They also found a crystal stone similar to the one used to purify the green mist, which was somewhat close to the real power of darkness, which made Gu Zheng overjoyed.

I saw some crystals being taken out of the elephant's head before. It seems that what I thought was right. Almost all creatures here have this kind of thing. So as long as Gu Zheng is within the range of perception, all monsters will not be spared.

Of course, Shuang'er will perceive and deal with the aftermath, and then send cute pets to kill, and he will follow leisurely behind.

However, the route they took was relatively remote, so they did not encounter many monsters along the way, and this place was almost close to the territory of the Jifeng Mountains, which was even more deserted.

On the lonely land, there was only a lonely peak standing in it. Although it looked steep, it still seemed a little lonely in this wide space.

At this time, Gu Zheng and his friends came to a small hillside not far from this mountain. Looking at the deserted place around here, they didn't know how the people here survived. It felt too difficult.

This is the so-called border, and it is also the location of Shifeng Village.

According to Elder Mei, the last exchange was ten years ago, when the village chief of Shifeng Village led a group of people to exchange. Since then, there has been no news from them, and no one knows what the situation is.

But according to the usual information, this is really the poorest place. If there is no need, no one is willing to come here. However, there is one advantage, that is, they can grow some of the same food as before, at least there will be no famine.

So every period of time, they still exchange with each other, and intermarry by the way. At least there are many people willing to marry there or marry into the family.

Originally, the exchange was once every five years, but it didn't come last time. However, it is not surprising that such things often happen, so Elder Mei didn't feel any surprise.

"This place is too desolate, how do these people live." Shuang'er didn't believe that they lived in this mountain. You know, it takes three days to get to the nearest forest, which is almost the same time as they arrived at the Jifeng Mountains.

"Who knows, but since they have been living here for who knows how many years, they must have their way of survival." Gu Zheng looked at the distance, no one went in and out alone, and no one was on guard within his sight. After hearing Shuang'er's words, he replied casually.

"Let's go. It seems that we can't see any information from the outside if we don't get close." Gu Zheng sighed and said, leading the two of them to approach the opposite side openly.

Originally, he had no plan to come here. In his opinion, the owner of the cute pet had died long ago, but there were still some things left, which made him mistakenly think that he was not dead.

But who knew that after Gu Zheng's repeated inquiries, his owner was indeed still alive, but the location was indeed in the Jifeng Mountains. Although it didn't know the specific location, it could lead it to find its owner.

Since Gu Zheng had promised it, how could he break his promise? At most, he would spend a little more time to cross the pitless cave again.

In this case, Gu Zheng decided to come here to take a look. The purpose was the same as before, to see if there were any new people here.

Because Gu Zheng also learned from Han Xiu that there were not many humans this time, only a hundred or so people, and it seemed that they were likely to be randomly assigned to each village.

After arriving at the foot of the mountain, they walked around for a long time before finding a rugged path that only allowed one person to turn around smoothly. The traces on it indicated that this was their passage, but it seemed that no one had walked for a long time. Gu Zheng didn't know if there were other paths, and he didn't want to look for them anymore.

Following this path that was not considered a road, Gu Zheng and Shuang'er climbed up with difficulty. The main reason was that there were strange rocks outside the mountain, layer upon layer, and they were afraid that the other party's cave entrance was very secret and difficult to find by flying up, so they had to take this stupid method.

Just as the two of them climbed halfway up the mountain step by step, suddenly a low shout came from the side.

"Who is it!"

Gu Zheng looked over when he heard the sound, but he couldn't see anyone, but Shuang'er pointed to the back of a mountain wall, indicating that the other party was hiding there.

"We are from Zhongyuan Village and just passed by here." Gu Zheng didn't speak, but Shuang'er spoke in advance.

A very thin child flashed out from behind, looking only twelve or thirteen years old, and the childishness on his face had not completely disappeared.

"Are you from Zhongyuan Village?" Perhaps the people here are very united, at least they don't doubt them.

"Of course, the village chief sent us to see what's going on here. You didn't go there in the past few years." Shuang'er bent down and said with a smile.

When the little boy saw Shuang'er being so intimate, his face turned red, and he unconsciously stepped back a few steps, whispering, "I don't know, but you come with me, everyone is inside, you have to be careful, everyone is sick now, don't get infected."

After that, the little boy turned around and continued to walk to the side.

"What's your name, why is there no one guarding here?" Gu Zheng called out, and let the cute pet return to his shoulder and follow him.

"Just call me Xiaofeng, this passage is no longer needed. We dug a tunnel a few years ago, and we can come up directly from the foot of the mountain. Now only those of us who are not very old are sent here to watch." The little boy walked flexibly barefoot on this rugged mountain, with thick calluses on his feet, and his body was more flexible than them.

After turning several corners, a tunnel more than one person high appeared in front of Gu Zheng and his friends. There were some red rocks around it, emitting a faint red light, illuminating the narrow passage.

"Xiaofeng, you said someone here is sick. Is it serious?" Gu Zheng followed Xiaofeng to the passage. If they hadn't followed him, they wouldn't have found the passage at all. There was even a thin layer of rock outside to cover it.

"It's very serious. Many elders died of illness, and my grandfather also died of illness." Xiaofeng's voice was a little low, and it was heard clearly in the passage.

Gu Zheng and Shuang'er looked at each other. It seemed that their situation was not very good, and they didn't know what happened.

"Then Xiaofeng, tell me what happened?" Shuang'er said gently from behind, "Maybe we can help you."

"I don't know either. When you come back, go ask the village chief. We'll be there soon." Xiaofeng said without looking back, and continued to lead the way.

Shuang'er had no choice. After a stick of incense, they walked out of the passage. An extremely huge cave space appeared in front of Gu Zheng. Their position was just a little higher, and there was a slope next to it leading to the bottom, and all the scenes were visible at a glance.

Although I already knew some of the situation here, I was still a little shocked when I saw it. The area here is not much smaller than the outside. The reddish light on the surrounding walls seems to be a kind of ore, emitting a faint temperature, making the temperature here just right, much higher than outside.

There are no monsters that can invade here. Of course, no one here knows the power of darkness, which can be regarded as gains and losses. The middle is no exception. Around a pool of water, stone houses are arranged in a staggered manner. On the surrounding walls, there are dozens of caves, and the light is as bright as fireflies.

Some people are just going in and out, but Gu Zheng can easily see that everyone has a sad face.

Because nearly 200 people gathered in the west and squeezed together, each of them had a faint black air on their faces, and they all lay on the ground weakly. A simple stone wall was built in the middle, dividing them into two worlds.

The appearance of Gu Zheng and his people also attracted the attention of the people below. In a relatively large stone house in the east, several old men soon walked out, and Gu Zheng had also walked down and soon appeared in front of them.

"My name is Gu Zheng, I'm from Zhongyuan Village. I just happened to come here for some business, and I came to see you." Gu Zheng said to the old man in front of him who was leaning on a simple cane.

"Well, I'm the village chief Xu here. I didn't expect that the village chief Chang would send someone here. Thank you for your hard work. Let's go inside and talk." The old man's voice revealed a trace of fatigue, but he still invited them to sit down enthusiastically.

At this time, Gu Zheng and his friends had already changed into animal skins, which looked less conspicuous than before, so the village chief did not doubt their identities at all.

When everyone just arrived at the hall, Gu Zheng said to the village chief Xu directly, "I saw here just now, it seems that something happened here. If it's convenient, can you tell us about it?"

Hearing this, the forced smile on the face of the village chief Xu disappeared, and sadness occupied his face again. He sighed heavily before speaking.

"To be honest, a few years ago, when we were about to go to your place, we encountered a huge monster hiding in a swamp on the way. We were not careful and several people died and injured. It was not a big deal at first, we just took a detour, but after just a few hours, some people fell into a coma, and some people were more or less weak, so we hurried back."

Speaking of this, the expression on Village Chief Xu's face became more dense, as if they were all squeezed together, and his eyes became dull, as if he had returned to that time, but after only a moment of distraction, he regained his senses and continued.

"After we came back, we didn't know what was going on. It was like some kind of plague. We were here and most of the injuries were superficial. There was no treatment for this kind of disease, so we could only watch them die. But then the nightmare came. In the following time, more people were infected one after another, and we had no way to deal with them."

"In the first few years, only some weak old people would be infected, but in the past period of time, this phenomenon was spreading rapidly. We infected half of the people. Now everyone is panicking, fearing that the next person will be themselves. We are ready to go to you for help, and you came."

After hearing what Village Chief Xu said, Gu Zheng also frowned. He didn't expect the situation here to be so serious. Gu Zheng knew that Elder Mei didn't have such a superb doctor, because the people here are very strange. They don't have the kind of minor illnesses outside. Almost all of them die of their lifespans except for those who died in battle.

Few people die from illness, which also leads to this situation being completely helpless here.

However, after feeling the gazes from the side, Gu Zheng said to Village Chief Xu, "I think the situation is a bit serious. If you go to our place, I'm afraid it will be too late to go back and forth."

"That's right, but we have exhausted all the methods we can use. We are powerless. These things make everyone feel insecure. If we don't solve this problem, our branch will completely disappear." Village Chief Xu said in annoyance, and the people next to him also frowned and sighed.

"Village Chief Xu, don't worry, otherwise let us help you take a look, maybe we can help you solve this problem." Gu Zheng pondered for a while, then said.

"You?" Elder Xu looked at Gu Zheng's young face and the equally young Shuang'er, then shook his head, "You'd better not get close. Once you get close, that thing is very contagious. For your safety, I think you should find your priest."

"Who said I'm not a priest? Otherwise, why are there only two of us coming and going here?" Gu Zheng smiled slightly, and a faint green light appeared in his hand.