Chapter 256 Cause
Chapter 256 Cause

As Village Chief Kang tells his story, an incredible thing is unfolding.

"I'm afraid of death...very afraid..." Village Chief Kang's eyes were trembling, and his voice was shaking, "So, I agreed to it...I agreed to that voice."

"Then I discovered that the exchange really took place! My soul entered the child's body, and the child's soul was locked in a decayed, old, and dying body. He died for me..."

Bai Yanliang and Yu Wenxuan looked at each other and saw suspicion in each other's eyes.

Is this the power of a ghost?
No...impossible.

It is impossible for ghosts to trade or cooperate with humans. The ghosts in this world have only the purest malice. Maybe they can talk, bewitch people, deceive and mislead, but they will never really allow Village Chief Kang to prolong his life indefinitely.

From the description of Village Chief Kang, the voice he heard before his death was obviously rational, and it definitely could not be a ghost.

Could it be that key?
The key can talk? The key has developed self-awareness?

Even Bai Yanliang found all this a little unbelievable.

"And then, what does it require of you?"

Bai Yanliang asked.

Village Chief Kang shuddered, and the smell of decay from his body became stronger.

"Rules...it made me make a lot of strange rules...hang shrouds in front of the door, bury the dead in water, villagers cannot be exposed to sunlight for a long time, but at night, everyone must bathe in moonlight..." It can be heard that Village Chief Kang is confused and frightened, but he is also content to accept it, because...if he does what that voice says, he can live forever.

It is easy to imagine how great a temptation this is for humans with a short lifespan.

"I have been the village chief of every generation... I made these strange behaviors into village rules, and they have been passed down like this... until twelve years ago." Village Chief Kang's face became very strange, as if he was afraid and unwilling. "I am dying again... I have to change into a younger body again. At this time, a baby happened to be born..."

Village Chief Kang's eyes widened, as if he saw the scene of that year again: "The Wu family's daughter-in-law brought her newborn baby to me, and I was filled with joy. But... when I saw the baby, the voice that had not appeared for a long time appeared again."

Village Chief Kang was trembling all over, his eyes darting around in fear, "It...it said, enough, I was born..."

"That baby is it! It is the voice that first appeared in my head! It is a monster, a demon...it will kill me and eat me...so, I must strike first, I must...strike first..."

He was in a very strange mood, his face was distorted and hideous, but he was so frightened that his whole body was shaking like a sieve.

That's what happened.

The strange encounter of the old village chief three hundred years ago was the source of all the weirdness. Yu Wenxuan stared at him and said, "I have a question. What is your agreement with us? Why did you let Old Lady Wu receive us?"

This time, Village Chief Kang did not answer, or rather, he was unable to answer.

This old "ancient man" has come to the end of his life. He exudes a strong smell of death, and even patches of corpse spots have appeared on his skin.

His mouth opened silently, and his dilated pupils were filled with unwillingness and despair.

Bai Yanliang stretched out his finger and pressed it against his carotid artery, and sure enough... this "immortal" person was completely dead.

Moreover, I don’t know if it’s because his “soul” lived too long, but after his sudden death, the speed of his body decaying was alarmingly fast.

It's like a gambler who has overdrawn his future, going bankrupt at the end of the game, and never being able to recover...

"We should be the next body he found. After all, there are no young people in this village anymore." Bai Yanliang answered Yu Wenxuan's question on behalf of Village Chief Kang. "Threats, intimidation, coaxing, fraud... There are many methods, it's not surprising to trick a few young people."

Looking at Village Chief Kang who had turned into a pile of rotten bones, Bai Yanliang's expression did not fluctuate much.

This was a ruthless man, and his cooperation with that voice was tantamount to courting disaster. But when the "weirdness" was born, Village Chief Kang was either too scared or too ruthless. In short, he made a decision that even the "weirdness" itself did not expect.

Sink it into the well.

Although this caused an outbreak of plague in the village and caused heavy casualties, it did delay its arrival in the world.

But... in this case, the appearance of one person seems extremely strange.

Kangkang.

According to the whole logic, Kang Kang should not appear. If Kang Kang is the ghost that was born that year, then he has been living with the village chief day and night for so many years, there is no reason for him to be spared.

Moreover, next to the corpse of Village Chief Kang lies an extremely strange baby.

No matter from which angle you look at it, it is the ghost baby from that year. It just came out from the bottom of the well and has never grown up.

So...where did Kang Kang go?
Or is this scary baby really just Kang Kang who has become smaller?
No matter how you look at it...Kan Kang is a point that doesn't make sense.

Not only Bai Yanliang noticed this, Yu Wenxuan also seemed to have discovered something wrong, but they didn't have time to dwell on it now.

Because... the changes around here are still continuing.

It was clearly daytime just now, but the sky suddenly darkened, and a strange moon... appeared.

Bai Yanliang and the other two immediately hid in Village Chief Kang's house.

Under the moonlight, this village has become extremely terrifying.

Cracks began to appear in the earth, and a fishy, ​​rotten smell came out of the cracks.

The three of them covered their noses. They noticed that it was not only the earth that was changing, but also the houses... the walls, even the dark mountains, and the high sky...

Everything...is broken.

Everything before me looked like the end of the world, old and dilapidated.

And this village was completely silent, as if it had been vacant for many years...

"Is it causing trouble..." Yu Wenxuan stared at the baby lying in the moonlight, with a dangerous light flashing in his eyes.

Bai Yanliang didn't answer. He had his eyes closed and his brain was working frantically.

At this moment, the sound of dense footsteps suddenly rang out throughout the village!

Yu Wenxuan's expression changed. It was those strange villagers...

Those villagers who would undergo strange changes at night are now all out and carefully identifying the location of the sound. Those damn monsters are running towards the village chief's house!

(End of this chapter)