Chapter 213
Han Xiao was lucky. Although she lost half of her face, she at least managed to save her life.
Everyone in the village said so. They had some sympathy on their faces and said comforting words, but in their hearts they were glad that it did not happen to them.
After Han Xiao woke up and found herself in such a horrible state, she tried to commit suicide several times, but was narrowly saved by Han Yun.
After Yitu sent the man home, he never visited him again.
He learned these things from other villagers, including the rumor of a water monster appearing in the river.
After Han Xiao's face was disfigured, she never left the house again.
However, the image of the river monster that she had mentioned began to appear frequently, causing panic among the people.
As more and more villagers saw the river monster with a human face and a snake body, they gave it a specific name, the human-faced mermaid.
The image of the mermaid became more and more specific, and its number increased.
From just one at the beginning, to two or three coming out to the river to look for food, and then to the triangular heads that appeared densely in the river.
The villagers tried to drive them away, and even used knives and guns, but these weapons were useless against the mermaids, which were immune to water and fire, and invulnerable to swords and guns.
If you run into them while they're out at night, you'll definitely see their bodies floating on the river the next morning.
And every morning, a new corpse would float up in the river.
Even though the family who lost their loved one repeatedly assured that no one had gone out at night, death spread uncontrollably like a plague.
Like most villagers, Yitu stayed at home obediently and dared not go anywhere.
Huashan has fallen into a coma and is being taken care of by Fang Min. There is no danger unless the mermaid crawls into his home.
In this way, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as he became the safest one among the three.
Apart from what happened that night, Yitu never saw any other human-faced mermaids again. He only heard about them from other people's descriptions.
After a long time, he even had an absurd idea.
Maybe there are no human-faced mermaids in the river at all, and everything is just the villagers' fantasy.
He recalled the first card room he entered and learned from other players the taboos and rules common to most card rooms.
If you talk about ghosts and monsters without restraint, there is a high probability that they will become true in the card room.
Judging from the current situation, the two are somewhat similar.
However, these are just Yitu's speculations and there is no reliable basis for them.
He didn't need to worry about the flower umbrella. The only unknown variable now was Xu Heng.
It’s not that Yitu didn’t go to see Xu Heng during the day, but the two of them couldn’t exchange a few words.
Either he was interrupted by Ye Zhiwen's mother Fang Qin, or Xu Heng was avoiding it himself.
The reason is actually very simple, and even a bit ridiculous and absurd.
Ye Zhiwen was in love with the mermaid, while Xu Heng was reuniting with Ou Cheng in her fantasy.
This is the best outcome and the worst outcome.
It’s not that Yitu didn’t think of this, he just didn’t expect Xu Heng to be addicted while being sober.
"Do you know that these are all false illusions?" Yitu tried to remind him:
"Xu Heng, don't be fooled by the illusion. Huasan and I are waiting for you to take us out."
What was Xu Heng’s expression when he said this?
Yi Tu was a little confused, and Xu Heng just forced a smile, but his eyes were very clear.
He said, "Brother Tu, I know."
"I know this is all fake."
The two looked at each other. Xu Heng's eyes were clear, but his expression was extremely serious:
“But I couldn’t refuse.”
Yitu was stunned. Xu Heng said nothing more. He just waved his hand, opened the door, turned around and whispered:
"You go back. It's best not to go out at night, and don't worry about me."
After Xu Heng finished speaking, he closed the door.
It was not until the sound of Yi Tu's footsteps gradually receding outside the door that Xu Heng sighed softly, patted his cheeks, calmed himself down, and walked towards the river.
At this time, the sun was about to set, and it was not too late, but there was no one to be seen by the river.
In fact, since the frequent deaths, no one dares to approach this area.
Therefore, Xu Heng was not worried at all that anyone would discover him.
He walked to the river and threw a stone into the river, causing ripples on the calm surface of the lake.
"Ah Heng."
The low voice carried an imperceptible tenderness, which was Ou Cheng's unique love.
Xu Heng was in a trance for a moment. He thought this level was really difficult.
Because he called him Ah Heng, not Zhiwen.
Xu Heng didn't look back. He knew that the water monster was very light-footed and had already slipped behind him while he was not paying attention.
"Auntie Liu is also dead, you said..."
Xu Heng's voice was flat and even lacked any emotion:
"How long do you think we can be together?"
The "man" was approaching, and Xu Heng felt a chill on his back.
"We will always be together, and death cannot separate us."
Hearing "Ou Cheng"'s answer, Xu Heng smiled.
Such lies can only be heard in a fantasy world, as Ou Cheng is not good at saying sweet words.
He would not promise Xu Heng anything that was still unknown. He was a realist and a true pessimist.
So he anticipated his own death, so he gave Xu Heng many engagement rings, fearing his absence in the future.
Xu Heng blinked her sour eyes, resisted the urge to cry, turned her head, and smiled at "Ou Cheng":
"Have I ever told you I love you?"
The man was stunned for a moment, "What?"
Xu Heng stood up and patted the dirt on his pants, then walked forward and hugged the cold body, saying softly:
"Ou Cheng, I love you."
Although I said this late, you already knew what I meant, right?
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Yitu is waiting for the turning point of everything, and Xu Heng is also quietly waiting for the day when he and "Ou Cheng" will never be separated until death.
The weather turned cooler and a drizzle started to fall around noon, feeling a little cold when it fell on my face.
Yi Tu stood at the door and didn't go anywhere. He looked in the direction of Ye Zhiwen's house, frowned and remained silent.
At this time, Han Yun walked out of the yard with a sad face and a half-smoked cigarette in his hand.
"Uncle Han." Yitu nodded at him as a greeting.
"Is Xiao Xiao okay? Is she still messing with you?"
Han Yun shook his head and said nothing. Ever since his eldest daughter Han Xiao got into trouble, he instantly looked ten years older. He had been worrying about his two precious daughters all his life.
Yitu could understand his difficulties, but he didn't want to bother with any more trouble.
Two people stood at the door, one with his head down, wandering aimlessly, and the other smoking and exhaling.
Occasionally, some villagers would come out and take a look, but they had nothing to say and didn't even say hello.
"Dayong, such strange things have happened in the village..." Han Yun said carefully:
"Have you told your parents? Why are you still staying here?"
Yitu smiled and said, "Uncle, didn't I tell you that I don't believe this?"
"Besides, I didn't see any so-called human-faced mermaid at all. It was too dark that night. Maybe Xiao Xiao saw it wrongly."
Han Yun didn't say anything. He took a deep puff and threw away the cigarette. "You have to believe this..."
Before he could finish his words, panicked cries for help suddenly came from the east.
Yi Tu looked subconsciously. It was the direction of Ye Zhiwen's house, and Fang Qin's short figure also stumbled into front of him.
"Help! Help! That damn thing has run into the house!"
"Save my son, save my son..."
Yitu rushed to Fang Qin, held her up with his hand, and said urgently:
"what happens?"
Fang Qin's face was covered with tears. She gasped for breath and shouted in a trembling voice:
"Zhiwen, it's eating Zhiwen!"
When Yi Tu heard this, his heart skipped a beat.
Xu Heng still failed to change the inherent course of history, and the mermaid was still pregnant.
At first, Yitu suspected that Ye Zhiwen's death was related to the villagers.
He thought that the villagers discovered the close relationship between Ye Zhiwen and the mermaid and beat him to death with sticks.
However, only now did he realize that he had guessed wrong.
Ye Zhiwen was not beaten to death by the villagers, but was eaten alive by the human-faced mermaid.
Yitu ran to Ye Zhiwen's house as fast as he could. The yard was still the same small yard, but the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.
The door of the woodshed in the yard was open for no reason, and Yitu's heart sank to the bottom.
As he approached the woodshed, he caught a glimpse of a sickening and horrifying scene.
The human-faced mermaid was lying on Ye Zhiwen's body, gnawing on his soft internal organs, and the red blood completely submerged its head.
Hearing the noise, the human-faced mermaid pulled its head out of Ye Zhiwen's body and looked up at Yi Tu.
His face was ugly and horrifying, his flat eyes glowed with a dark blue light, and blood seeped into them.
Although the scene was extremely horrifying, Yitu saw the mermaid's tears.
A small, round lake blue pearl was held tightly in a curled up young claw.
Difficult labor.
These two words flashed through Yitu's mind in an instant. The child was not completely out, and the mermaid had no strength left.
So it eats its mate so that it can give birth to its children smoothly.
Or perhaps the child itself needs the power of a human father, such as the father's flesh and blood to nourish him.
In just a brief second, countless possibilities and ideas flashed through Yitu's mind.
He was terrifyingly calm, as if the person dying in front of him was not his companion Xu Heng.
The mermaid did not try to attack him, but its extraordinary hearing made it clearly aware that more humans would soon be coming.
So after eating, the mermaid didn't hesitate at all, and used its two sharp claws to pull hard along the edge of its abdomen.
Its abdominal cavity was torn, leaving a large hole, and the child was carefully carried out by its mother.
Yitu took a look and saw an ugly human-animal cub, the so-called final choice made by Xu Heng for Yuxi.
Is this child important?
Yitu did not want to question his companion's judgment. He believed that Xu Heng made the best choice without being confused.
"ah!!!"
A shrill scream came from behind, Yi Tu was pushed away, and Fang Qin pounced on him.
At this time, Ye Zhiwen had already died, and his body had lost its normal temperature.
More and more villagers flocked into the narrow courtyard to watch this farce.
Various people's words kept ringing in Yitu's ears, shock, fear, terror, and ridicule.
The little cub was held in the arms of the soul-deprived Fang Qin. It was the blood of her son that he was fighting for.
The human-faced mermaid, whose stomach had been torn apart by him, lay quietly on the ground, as if dead.
If its flat eyeballs weren't still moving, it would prove that it was still alive.
"It's not dead yet! This disgusting thing is not dead yet!" someone shouted.
"Kill it! Get a knife! Or light a fire! Kill it anyway!"
"Yes, yes, yes! And that deformed child! They all must be killed!"
"It's too scary! Sister Qin, please throw the child away! It's a monster!"
"Yes, Qin'er, strangle the child to death! It's a monster, it won't live long!"
The faces of the humans suddenly became terrifying and hideous. Yitu stood quietly among them, like the only innocent person in the farce.
He saw the mermaid's claws move, as if it understood what the villagers said. It wanted to get up, but was kicked back by the strong man.
Ye Zhiwen's body was dragged away first, and it couldn't be kept.
At this time, the child's light sobbing sound was heard, which completely aroused its desire to protect the child.
The mermaid let out a sharp cry in response to the child's call.
Then it was kicked back again, and this time it finally didn't get up again.
It died, and its flat eyes were quickly covered with a layer of white grease, looking extremely strange.
At this moment, an extremely sweet smell suddenly filled the air.
Yitu was stunned for a moment and subconsciously covered his mouth and nose.
The villagers, who didn't know what was going on, all had red eyes the moment they smelled the smell.
They stared intently at the human-faced mermaid corpse in the corner, which looked like a pile of mud. Their mouths opened uncontrollably and saliva gushed out crazily.
"How can this be? It smells so good! It really smells so good!"
"Fish is delicious, but what about shark meat? Isn't it even more delicious!"
"I don't know, I don't know, let me try it!"
They pounced on it like hungry beasts.
It tore the body of the human-faced mermaid apart, gnawing on its tail and arms, and didn't care at all even if its lips were scratched by its sharp and hard scales.
Yitu felt his scalp tingling as he looked at the scene in front of him.
More and more villagers came over after smelling the fragrance and soon squeezed him out.
Also squeezed out with him was Fang Qin, who was holding a child.
Yitu was a little surprised that Fang Qin was not affected by the fragrance at all. She just looked at everything happening in front of her with a dazed look on her face.
The child in her arms was still sobbing softly, tears sliding down Fang Qin's cheeks and dripping into the cub's eyes.
Yitu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and immediately walked forward.
The tears were very salty. The cub turned his eyes uncomfortably, and then slowly opened them.
Then, Yitu caught a glimpse of the familiar scarlet.
Everything around me is fading away, the sounds, the smells, the senses are all fading away.
Yitu suddenly opened his eyes, and he and Huasan finally returned to the narrow cellar.
However, as soon as they came back, they had no time to react at all, and the screams of the abalone were heard above their heads.
The next second, the first sea cucumber successfully passed through the pipe and fell into the pool, followed by countless sea cucumbers rushing down.
Yitu and Huasan were immediately thrown into the water, and chaos broke out in the narrow space.
There were at least three sea cucumbers lying on Yitu's back, their suction-like mouths biting into the flesh tightly. As long as the prey tried to resist, a large piece of meat would be torn off.
Yitu could only endure the severe pain, hold his breath, and rely on his memory to quickly grope for the fallen machete in the pool with his hands.
The moment he got the machete in his hand, Yitu climbed out of the water, dragging the sea cucumbers on his back, gritted his teeth and chopped back fiercely.
The mermaids were not mermaids with human faces, so it was difficult for them to split the scales, and the two mermaids had their heads chopped off on the spot.
However, more sea cucumbers took the opportunity to surge in and could not be killed at all.
Yitu's body was covered in blood and flesh after being bitten, and the same was true for Huasan who was seriously injured on the other side.
No, something is wrong!
It was impossible for them to kill so many catfish with just a machete. Even if the three of them were in peak physical condition, they would definitely not be a match for these catfish.
There must be another way to eliminate all these snakeheads!
Yi Tu's brain started working at high speed. After calming down completely, he remembered his last conversation with Xu Heng.
-Do you know that these are all illusions?
-I know this is all fake.
It's all fake...it's all fake!
Yitu understood everything instantly.
It turns out that there was only one human-faced mermaid from the beginning to the end, and the so-called appearance of more and more human-faced mermaids only existed in the villagers' imagination.
So this is why, after the child was born and all the villagers died, all the mermaids in the river disappeared.
From the very beginning, all of this was an illusion created by the mermaid for the villagers.
The fish that inexplicably appeared in the river were also illusions, but they were only illusions of the old woman Fang Qin.
In order to protect its child, the human-faced mermaid used up the last bit of its own usefulness and emitted a deadly fragrance.
It lured all the villagers except Fang Qin with the purpose of killing them all at once to eliminate the hidden dangers that might harm the children.
Therefore, the villagers who ate the shark meat should all be poisoned to death, and it is impossible for them to become living dead sharks.
However, the existence of the fish still appeared because Fang Qin, who had regained consciousness, could not accept the reality that all the villagers had died.
So in her fantasy, the villagers did not die, but turned into living dead monsters.
The source of the power to make fantasy come true is the child who inherited the talent of his mermaid mother.
As long as Fang Qin dies, the mermaid will disappear with her!
Yi Tu, who understood all this, no longer hesitated. He quickly crawled in front of the old woman and raised the machete.
Blood dyed Yitu's vision red, the screams of the ape disappeared, and the surroundings were silent.
"whee."
The things in the transparent water tank were hitting the glass, making innocent laughter.
Yitu turned around and saw that the lid of the water tank had been pushed open by that thing at some point.
Its scarlet eyes, different from its mother's, were staring at Yitu, and its slightly open mouth showed that it was craving for fresh food.
Yitu is the most suitable food to eat at that moment.
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