The black goats were treated very cleanly, leaving nothing behind. This locust forest was like a huge mouth of an abyss, so greedy that even a drop of blood or a hair could be swallowed up very cleanly.
Lao Yang is well-informed, and he is sure that there will be no future troubles in dealing with it, so naturally others can't say anything.
But no one was happy.
The locust tree forest that had remained unchanged had obviously become stronger.
If you want to get in and out of the village, you have to either go to the Xianxian side or the Huaishulin side.
Yu Ziqing has always wanted to ask, although the village is surrounded by mountains and is wrapped in it, given the physical fitness of the people in the village, it shouldn't be particularly difficult to climb over.
Why does everyone, including outsiders, have to use this only passage to enter and leave the village?
But seeing so many weird things and knowing so many magical things, Yu Ziqing didn't want to ask anymore.
There must be a reason not to leave. They say this is the only first entrance, so of course it is.
Everyone stood here and watched for a while. When they saw that the locust tree forest had become quiet again and the swirling wind had dissipated, they were ready to leave.
Yu Ziqing had already turned around, but the mayor was still looking at the locust tree forest and spoke to himself.
"There are some locust trees here, but not so many."
Yu Ziqing stopped and walked to the side of the mayor again.
He never asked about the Sophora grove, nor did he ask about Xianxian. No one in the village would discuss these matters in private. When he was an outsider before, he couldn't talk too much. Now the village chief regards him as one of his own, and he still
If you want to let him have the say, then there is no need to ask.
If the chief thinks it's okay to talk, he will definitely tell him.
It's now.
Yu Ziqing didn't say anything, just stood there waiting quietly, with a trace of nostalgia in his long eyes.
"In the past, when the weather was not so bad, there would often be some small beasts outside, and there were also some locust trees growing here. Every year when the weather was not so hot, strings of white locust flowers would grow.
People in the village will even pick locust flowers to celebrate, because it is difficult to grow anything else in the village, and this is a rare edible thing.
But this year, these locust trees have never bloomed white flowers. Originally there were only a dozen or so. Now, there are no other trees in this forest, they are all locust trees.
Everything that entered the woods disappeared, and we could no longer eat the sophora flowers every year.
Even now, we don’t know why this change occurred.”
As he said that, Li Chang looked to the right, his expression even more complicated.
"When you came in, you walked this way. You should have seen her too, right?"
"Yes." Yu Ziqing nodded.
"I know that if you can come in, you must not come through the locust forest, but if you can come in from her side, I have actually determined that you have no ill intentions and you are not a sheepherder. There is no way that the sheepherder can come in from her side alive.
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Yu Ziqing glanced at the abyss of despair, and immediately understood why the head of the village dared to let him settle down without asking anything when he came in. He didn't show any doubts later.
Quite well-intentioned.
"A few months ago, the outside world didn't know what was happening, and many people who fled kept pouring into the village.
There are also many animals that are natural enemies of each other, even monsters. They all seem to be crazy. Instead of attacking each other, they are all running away, and some even rush into the village.
If that's all it is, it actually doesn't matter.
But among those who fled, some were not poor people who had no food to eat. There were people from all walks of life, and the village suddenly became chaotic.
Some people just passed by the village and wanted to continue to escape, but within two days, they all returned to the village, and there were more and more people.
I calmed down the chaos decisively and killed many people, including monks, but I didn't expect that another disaster would occur later.
One night, a earth-shaking earthquake collapsed the mine, and many people died, including many who were the main force in the village. Erhan's brother also died inside.
It’s just that the mine cave collapsed, but the problem is that the cave where Jinlan Mushroom is located also collapsed.”
Li Chang slowly closed his eyes and his breathing became a little rapid.
Yu Ziqing hurriedly walked up to help the chief, who took out his hand and shook his head.
"I'm fine."
“At that time, all our food relied on Jinlan mushrooms, and they could only be fresh Jinlan mushrooms.
I took people to dig again, and after digging deeper, I discovered that the original location of the cave had become an abyss crack, and all the Jinlan mushrooms were gone.
We are out of food.
Some people started to escape, but within a day of their escape, those who escaped later found that they were all dead outside.
Those who froze to death, those who were killed, all died.
They returned to the village again, hoping to find food again and survive the winter until spring.
Unfortunately, there is nothing left.
The underground river changed its course, the river dried up, and the insects that often appeared along the river disappeared. In less than ten days, only one kind of living creature could be found."
Li Chang opened his eyes, a sharp cold light burst out from his eyes, his tone began to contain murderous intent, and his anger began to burst out, but in this anger, there was a deep sense of helplessness.
"When I discovered the first person who ate white meat secretly, it was already too late.
People who are driven crazy by hunger are no longer human beings. They have lost their minds and everything. They just want to eat a bite and survive.
Just like a plague, it spread in just one day, and a large number of people began to lose their minds, killing and devouring themselves. Hundreds of people died in just one day.
The air is full of the smell of madness and stench. We want to control it, but we can't, because more than half of us who are still sensible have starved to death, and the remaining people have no strength to speak.
Just lying in the ground waiting to die.
When we saw those crazy people pulling people out of the den, we could only watch and didn't even have the strength to shout."
Yu Ziqing's breathing became slow, and he felt desperate just listening to it. People at that time must have been so desperate.
On one side is a person who is hanging on with only half a breath of air and is close to dying. On the other side is a cannibal, crazy and powerful.
"and after?"
“Later, those who would rather die than take a bite were starved to death.
For some reason, they have all become starving ghosts and will never starve to death again.
They came to take revenge on those who ate them."
Li Chang laughed, somewhat sarcastically, but his face was full of sadness.
"More and more starving ghosts appeared. They stayed awake and fought with the cannibals all day long, killing all the cannibals.
We were all waiting to die, and it was the last bit of comfort to see all those cannibals die before we died.
Who would have thought that those starving ghosts did not attack us at all. They dug downward passages with their hands. They found a new underground river and fed us water.
They dug out a new place where Jinlan mushrooms were found underground and fed them to us, which kept us alive.
Before they were tortured mad by hunger, they all left the village and went underground without being traced.
From the time they appeared to the time they disappeared, it only took three days. By the time we regained some strength and could stand up, the village would look like what it is now."
Having said this, the chief suddenly took a step into the abyss of despair.
Yu Ziqing was shocked and wanted to catch Li Chang, but Li Chang had disappeared. He looked at Erhan who was sniffling and holding back his tears. There was no movement. He also took a step forward.
Into the abyss of despair.
The chief stood there, looking at the compassion in the abyss of despair, his eyes full of heartache.
"She is a good child, very strong. She took her child alone and fled to the village. She never lags behind others in anything she does. The most important thing is that she brought a child to the village.
When I discovered that the turmoil was spreading like a plague, I asked her to run away. At least there was a hope of survival. Otherwise, her mother and daughter would definitely be the first to be harmed by those guys.
But I didn't expect that when everything in the village was over, I would know that she couldn't escape either. Instead, she would be trapped here after her death.
She did not stop the people in the village, nor did she harm the people in the village, but those who fled outside later and had bad intentions were all stopped by her.
Brother Yu, I want to ask you for something, is it okay?"
As he said this, the headmaster bent down to salute.
Yu Ziqing was shocked and quickly supported the chief.
"Chief, what are you doing? We are all a family. We eat from the same pot, so there is nothing we can ask for. You don't treat me as one of your own."
The chief shook his head and stubbornly insisted on saluting.
"This is different. What I want to ask you for is not for me, nor for the village.
I just want to beg you, if you have the ability in the future, can you see if there is any way to rescue her and free her.
I’m not forcing you to do it, I just need you to remember this one thing.”
I have already talked about this for a long time, what else can Yu Ziqing say.
"Chief, don't be stubborn. Get up. I will definitely agree to this. I will remember it and find a way in the future."
The director glanced at Xinxin again and threw the baby in his arms off the cliff. He closed his eyes in pain, turned around and stepped out of the abyss of despair without any hindrance.
Yu Ziqing considers himself a not too kind-hearted person with a pretty hard heart, but even if it's not the first time he sees it, he can't bear to see this kind of scene again.
He understands that a child means a lot to the village.
He also understood why he regarded the elixir of Jinlan Mushroom as half the value of disaster and could only use it as food to fill his stomach. However, the people in the village, including the head of the village, held him in high esteem.
Food that can be produced and stored by itself has a far greater significance to the village than he thought. It is something that he may never be able to empathize with.
"Don't worry, there will be opportunities in the future." Yu Ziqing looked at the compassion on the hillside in the distance, muttered to himself, turned around and left the abyss of despair. This time, he also did not feel the slightest obstacle.