Chapter 130 Don’t be afraid, I’m here
"Let's go up the mountain and take a look."
Jiang Xian saw Gu Luan's fear, stepped forward, held her hand, and said gently, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Being pulled by him, Gu Luan felt the fear go away a little and nodded at him.
The two of them walked slowly up the mountain together.
There are many people at the foot of the mountain.
Gu Luan saw several tents set up at the foot of the mountain.
I guess some people wanted to find more things in the mountains and didn't want to go back to the base.
"Brother, you guys are also going to the mountains to catch mice."
Three or four men, holding some clamps in their hands, walked side by side with Gu Luan and Jiang Xian.
"Well, I heard there are a lot of rats in the mountains. Is that true?"
Jiang Xian smiled faintly and chatted with a few people, trying to find out some useful information.
"Yes, there are a lot of them. I don't know why so many rats suddenly appeared in the past few days. We can't catch them all. It's also thanks to so many rats, otherwise we would almost starve to death."
When talking about mice, smiles appeared on the men's faces.
In their opinion, they are not afraid of rats no matter how many there are.
They wish they had a little more so that no one would go hungry anymore.
Gu Luan didn't say anything, just walked with his head down, a complicated look in his eyes.
She really hoped that she and Jiang Xian were overthinking it.
Looking at their smiles and hearing the cheerfulness in their voices, Gu Luan didn't want to interrupt them.
"Brothers, there are so many rats on this mountain. Aren't you afraid something might happen?"
Jiang Xian frowned and said casually.
Several people paused and laughed out loud, "What can happen? No matter how many there are, we will catch them all."
Obviously no one took Jiang Xian's words to heart.
It was impossible for Jiang Xian to directly say something that he was not sure would happen.
If he said it out loud before anything happened, he would definitely be considered a fool.
He and Gu Luan were just suspects, and without any evidence, there was no way they could tell anyone.
"Rat, I saw a rat."
One of the men ran over in surprise.
The others stopped talking to Jiang Xian and ran over quickly.
A few mice were gnawing at the roots of a tree, but they were frightened by the men and ran around everywhere.
Jiang Xian and Gu Luan stood where they were, watching the men attacking the rat.
Jiang Xian walked to a tree.
He frowned as he looked at the tree root that had been mostly gnawed, then walked to the other side, which also had signs of being gnawed.
After walking a few more steps, there were several fallen trees on the ground. Upon closer inspection, I saw that all the roots had been eaten.
In just a few days, things seemed to be getting out of control.
"Jiang Xian, there is a house here, come and take a look."
Gu Luan found a dilapidated house and walked towards it.
Before entering the house, I could already hear a lot of rat noises coming from inside.
Standing outside the house, you can smell a rotten odor in the air.
The door of the house had been violently opened.
There was nothing useful inside, only a recently dead and rotting corpse.
Seeing the corpse, Gu Luan covered his nose and stepped back.
Her eyes fell on the body.
There were several rats there gnawing on the rotten corpse.
The rats that were eating the corpse had red eyes and emitted a murderous look.
When they saw someone coming in, the mice stopped eating and all looked at Gu Luan, rushing towards her without any fear.
Gu Luan took out his Tang sword and chopped at the rat fiercely.
With one cut, several were killed instantly.
Jiang Xian came in from outside and ran quickly to Gu Luan.
He kicked away the rat that was about to pounce on Gu Luan, and then chopped it in half with a dagger.
“These rats eat people.”
Gu Luan said coldly, holding the blood-stained Tang sword.
Jiang Xian's eyes fell on the rat that was split in half on the ground, "Rats eat people, and people eat rats..."
He didn't say anything more, and there was no need to say anything more.
He and Gu Luan knew very well that if people ate these rats that had eaten the corpses, something bad would happen 100% of the time.
If the plague spreads, how can we save people?
Gu Luan pursed her lips and said nothing.
At the moment when the two were silent, several black crows descended from the sky and pecked at the mice on the ground and ate them without any fear of people.
After a while, a few more crows flew into the house through the broken window.
Jiang Xian took the Tang sword from Gu Luan and killed all the carnivorous crows.
"Mice, crows, what else?"
Gu Luan felt cold all over. The matter seemed really serious, but she was also afraid that she and Jiang Xian were just overthinking it.
"Not only that, I saw a lot of bugs in those dry trees."
Jiang Xian said in a deep voice, his expression more solemn than ever before.
Gu Luan turned around, looked at a dead tree not far behind him, ran up and kicked it in half.
The broken wood was crawling with unknown white insects.
Some are still larvae, and some have already grown wings.
These insects have sharp mouthparts that seem to be able to pierce the human body in one go.
Gu Luan didn’t know what kind of insect it was, she just knew it was disgusting and it made her feel uncomfortable all over just looking at it.
There is no need to guess now, Gu Luan also knows that something big will happen.
It may not be time yet, but it certainly won’t be long.
She and Jiang Xian didn't notice these things in the past few days.
It's only been a few days and these things have multiplied so quickly.
She couldn't imagine what would happen in a few days.
If the sky is full of crows, the ground is full of rats, and there are countless insects...
How many people have to die to achieve this?
Gu Luan felt unwell all over, his vision went dark and his body felt weak.
Jiang Xian put his arm around Gu Luan's waist and asked her to calm down. "Don't think too much."
Gu Luan hugged Jiang Xian, buried her head in his arms, and her body trembled slightly.
She didn't dare close her eyes, for fear that her head would be filled with disaster scenes.
"My God! It's already this late and you're still just showing off your affection."
Several young men and women ran over from not far away.
Seeing Gu Luan and the other person hugging each other in the mountains, they pouted and made a scene.
Jiang Xian let go of Gu Luan and looked indifferently at the men and women in their early twenties.
A short-haired woman with a sallow complexion noticed the dead rats and crows behind Gu Luan and Jiang Xian, her eyes shining.
"There are rats and crows."
They had just been up the mountain for a short time and had not yet gained anything, but they actually got an unexpected surprise here.
"These things have eaten corpses, you can't eat them."
Gu Luan stopped her coldly, blocking the short-haired woman's sight.
"Eat a corpse?"
The short-haired woman looked hesitant. The rats and crows that had eaten the corpse seemed a little disgusting!
"So what if I've eaten a corpse? It's better than starving to death."
A bald man was so hungry that his eyes turned red. He wanted to pick up the mouse and crow and cook them to eat.
He had been hungry for several days and had only survived by drinking water.
If he doesn't eat, he will die.
The bald man walked forward, trying to pass Gu Luan and the other man and secretly pick up the mouse.
Jiang Xian picked up the Tang sword and put it on the bald man's neck.
"Didn't you hear what my girlfriend said? If you take the rats that have eaten the corpse back and eat them, someone will die!"
When Jiang Xian's cold words fell, several men and women were startled and their faces turned ugly when they remembered something.
They have been reminded, but if they still don't listen, there is nothing they can do.
Gu Luan and Jiang Xian turned and left.
Finally, the men and women seemed to listen to the advice and made up their minds to leave.
After they left, a few more men saw the rats and crows and took them back without a second thought.
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