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The larvae fed on the human brain. It seemed that blood was not the only food on their menu. The worms hunched their backs and crawled on the man's body to absorb food. A normal human head weighs about 1,400 grams, and the man parasitized by the larvae was probably left with only half of it, but his limbs were coordinated enough to still walk normally. In this case, he was no longer a human being.
The larva's body turned bright red for a while. It did not suck the man's brain directly. After taking in a certain amount, it quietly coiled around his neck, treating the man as a brooding pouch.
After the bugs finished their meal, the man put on his hat reverently with both hands. He didn't say a word the whole time. When he stood up, he was like a stiff piece of wood, without any vitality.
The image of the hanging straw man flashed through Jiang Ziyao's mind. He thought that must be the final outcome of being sucked alive. The lower body was rotten, and only a piece of human skin remained on the head, stuffed with dry grass, squeezing out the last bit of value to lure other survivors.
He had no idea how many insects were parasitic in this village. Jiang Ziyao looked at the silent back of the man and felt a little flustered. The next second, the man suddenly turned around and stared at him.
The man's face was frighteningly white, but his eye sockets were very dark. His eyeballs were slightly protruding, and when he made ferocious expressions, they almost seemed to pop out of his eye sockets. He was wearing a hat so his hair could not be seen, but there was obvious fuzz on his face.
He doesn't look like a human being, but like a bug wearing human skin.
Jiang Ziyao tensed up when he saw the man's sudden alertness.
The man bent over and lay on the ground, his hands and feet spread out like a crawling animal. He tilted his head back and sniffed like a dog. Jiang Ziyao was worried that he might find out something, so he immediately reached out and covered Huo Chi's mouth and nose, signaling him to hold his breath.
Mosquito larvae are the larval form of mosquitoes, and mosquitoes rely on their sense of smell to find the location of humans. The carbon dioxide or body odor exhaled by humans can make them extremely excited.
The man quickly crawled to the cabinet. His eyes passed over where Jiang Ziyao was, and he jumped onto the bed using his hands and feet. Jiang Ziyao could not see what was going on, but could only hear the creaking sound of the bed shaking, and their heartbeats swayed along with it.
one.
two.
three……
Jiang Ziyao couldn't count how many times the bed shook. He could only identify the man's position by the strength of the sound. From the head to the foot of the bed, they took a few breaths quietly before the man noticed, and had already made the worst plan in their hearts.
The bed stopped shaking and the man jumped off the bed. His head suddenly pressed against the cabinet door, his eyeballs pressed against the crack of the door. Jiang Ziyao watched an eyeball rolling around.
Huo Chi took a breath in shock and was about to confront him head-on, but the man stared at him for a while and then turned away from the closet, his expression gradually becoming more ferocious.
The man's teeth chattered. He seemed to smell someone in the room, but he became impatient and angry because he had not found his prey yet. He walked around the room anxiously several times, checking the bed, table and chairs carefully, but he never opened the cabinet.
Eventually the man gave up and left, crawling out of the house using his hands and feet.
Hearing the sound gradually fade away, they temporarily escaped the disaster, and Jiang Ziyao dared to breathe deeply. The strange scene that he and Huo Chi peeked into the closet gave him enough shock. The monster that Chen Nuan described was true, but he did not have more useful information.
The text has not appeared yet, which means that he has never arrived here in the text's experience. This is a completely unknown future. The unsolved mystery can only be solved by Chen Nuan, who knows the inside story.
Chen Nuan said that they could only leave the closet when they heard the rooster crow. The man never came back after he left. They waited from dusk to dawn, squeezed in the closet all night.
The two of them took turns staying awake, fearing that one of them would fall asleep and kick the cabinet door open. Jiang Ziyao's neck hurt, and every joint was complaining of discomfort. When the end of the world came, they always complained that the night was passing too slowly.
Yi Ren's body recovered very quickly. The wound on his face turned into a small scar which was harmless. However, Huo Chi's wound was very deep and showed signs of healing but it would take another night.
Jiang Ziyao wanted to find Chen Nuan. He finally waited until the rooster crowed. He had just woken Huo Chi up when the man came back. They hesitated as to whether they should leave the closet now.
But who would have thought that before Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi could react, the man directly opened the closet door, and the shadow of the man's body pressed down, exposing them directly to the man's field of vision.
“…”
Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi were both silent.
The man was standing in front of the cabinet. His palms were dark and he was very sturdy. His shoulders were like double doors. His face, hidden by his hat, had no expression, as if a piece of paper had been pasted on his facial features.
Chen Nuan said that dusk and early morning were the beginning and end of the danger. It happened a little suddenly, but the man did not change on the spot. Instead, he just took a piece of clothing from the closet and changed, which just confirmed this point.
Jiang Ziyao gave Huo Chi a look, and the two of them crawled out from under the man's armpits and came out under the man's gaze.
The man still didn't move.
Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi were worried because the man's dark eyes were still on them. They carefully moved away from the man's sides, but suddenly a head popped out from behind the man.
Jiang Ziyao took a step back, looked at the face clearly, and found that the person was Chen Nuan!
"Looks like they won the game of hide and seek!"
Chen Nuan smiled and pointed at Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi. She seemed to have come in with the man just now, so they didn't see her.
But Chen Nuan's appearance at this time did not make Jiang Ziyao and the others feel relieved. Instead, their expressions became more solemn. Chen Nuan in front of them looked too weird, and her facial features also looked very stiff. They didn't really want to use the word "scary" to describe a girl's smile.
Chen Nuan clapped her hands: "Now that the game is over, it's time to have breakfast." She turned around and sat on the chair, her back straight, and just tilted her head to look.
Jiang Ziyao looked at her with questioning eyes at the same time, but she ignored him. Huo Chi even began to suspect that this woman was deceiving them and that she was actually in cahoots with these monsters.
The man did not continue to block the cabinet, but turned to the other side and opened the cabinet.
Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi were stunned for a while. When Chen Nuan spoke again, her tone had obviously changed. Her cold voice became harsh: "It's time to eat. Aren't you going to eat?"
As soon as Chen Nuan's voice came out, the man stopped moving, and his face changed when he turned his head. Jiang Ziyao realized that he could not touch this misunderstanding. The man was very unhappy with their initial reaction, which was not good.
Jiang Ziyao immediately replied: "Eat."
Huo Chi repeated: "Well, it's time to eat now."
Chen Nuan's face relaxed, the corners of her mouth curved but only her face showed a smile.
"Then go get the bowl."
Chen Nuan said.
Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi smiled dryly, walked to the man and calmly took a bowl each from the cupboard.
Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi never imagined that they would be doing daily things in close proximity with an infected person. The man behaved like a normal person, and he stood up and opened the cupboard, where a jar was placed.
There were three bowls on the table. The man put the jar on the table and opened the lid in front of him. Jiang Ziyao watched him pour out the breakfast. There was no wine or pickled vegetables in the jar, but rich protein.
The jar was full, filling the bowl to the brim. The white maggots were still alive, wriggling freshly in the bowl. Some had even crawled out of the bowl, crawling and jumping on the table. Jiang Ziyao's face immediately turned pale. With just one glance, he felt his vision blurred, and his head was whistling and buzzing like a storm.
The man grabbed the food directly from the bowl and stuffed it into his mouth. He chewed it... and felt very satisfied.
Huo Chi was very worried about Jiang Ziyao. He held Jiang Ziyao's back with his left hand, worried that he would faint.
Jiang Ziyao's body tilted, but he quickly regained his balance. He did not faint immediately but held on. He pinched his fingers into his palms, using the pain to stimulate his nerves to suppress the dizziness. He could not become a lamb to be slaughtered for the second time.
"Eat." Chen Nuan reminded, her eyes staring at them straight, making people's scalps tingle.
Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi didn't say anything. She looked at them and asked with a smile, "Aren't you going to eat?"
At this time, Jiang Ziyao naturally couldn't say no: "I'll eat it."
Chen Nuan said again: "Then what are you waiting for?"
The smile on her face was getting bigger, but it was not a good sign. The veins on her forehead seemed to be popping out, urging her: "Eat quickly."
Seeing that they didn't move, the man stopped tasting. He reached out and picked up the bowl in front of Jiang Ziyao, and held it directly in front of the two of them. The man straightened his body and spoke: "Eat."
The man tilted his head, his terrifying features magnified before his eyes, and the bugs jumped out of the bowl and fell at his feet.
Will eating this give me constipation?
Even though Huo Chi was mentally prepared, he couldn't bring himself to eat it. Who could treat maggots as white noodles?
"Why don't you eat yet?" Chen Nuan's voice suddenly became sharp: "Eat! Eat——!"
The expressions of her and the man beside her became cold and angry, and they looked ferocious as if they wanted to eat them alive.
Hold--!
Huo Chi pounded the table with his left fist. He was about to overturn the table when there was a commotion outside. It was the sound of footsteps. Chen Nuan and the man suddenly stood up. They showed ferocious expressions and ran outside.
Jiang Ziyao frowned. He and Huo Chi followed to the door and looked outside. This was a large village. The villagers were very close to each other. There were quite a lot of people, at least thirty at a glance. Everyone was wearing a hat, and they were collectively chasing a target.
And the target fell to the ground.
"Get away! You monsters!"
Jiang Ziyao heard Bian Chengsi's voice.
They did not go out again. Not long after, they saw Bian Chengsi being tied up and carried up. He was a piece of fat meat that was about to be put on the grill, with something like a white callus tied around his mouth.
Bian Chengsi was shouting with his head pulled out, but his voice was muffled. Jiang Ziyao watched him being carried away. He and Huo Chi were in danger at this moment. Although Bian Chengsi was in a miserable state, the attention he attracted just now created an opportunity for them.
While Chen Nuan and the man were not back yet, Huo Chi put a small fire in the bowl and burned the maggots inside into ashes. He stepped on the ashes and sat down at the table as if nothing had happened.
Similarly, being chased by people seems to be conditional. They should not disobey the other party's behavior. Jiang Ziyao suddenly felt a little scared. If they rashly angered the other party, facing so many infected people and the influence of Kong Xiang, they would have no chance of escape.
The man and Chen Nuan came back soon.
The man seemed very angry as he stared at the two men. Even the muscles on his face were twitching, and he seemed about to have an attack.
Jiang Ziyao pointed to his empty bowl and said calmly, "I'm done."
Huo Chi nodded: "Well, we've all finished eating."
Chen Nuan and the man looked at their empty bowls and seemed to be stunned for a moment. They were like a machine that was reset and became stiff again as before.
Chen Nuan stared at the two of them, still smiling.
The man lowered his head in silence, picked up the bugs in the bowl and continued eating.
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