The safest place 05
The safest place 05
The head hanging on the branch above was swaying slightly in the night breeze.
But after meeting Tianyi's eyes, he stopped all shaking.
The pair of eyeballs also turned slightly and stared at Tianyi without moving.
This is obviously a dead person's head.
Tianyi, who was not afraid of the darkness of the night, could clearly see the shape of the head and every wrinkle and scar on it.
Originally it should have belonged to an old man who was experienced but had a kind face.
But at this moment, the head hanging high up had only an inhuman weird feeling in its eyes.
In the past, Tianyi would also be terrified by the situation before him.
But after experiencing the zombie world and the demon world successively, his heart is no longer the same as before.
Tianyi's calmness made the head look like "bitter".
Then more heads emerged from the darkness one by one.
They all look different, but they all have the same weird feeling.
Gathered together, they look like "fruits" hanging on a tree.
However, no ordinary human being can enjoy such "fruits".
Tianyi's gaze swept across these heads and then turned to a farther place.
Then he saw more heads hanging in the branches.
They swayed gently, their eyes searching the faces of the people resting quietly below.
Most people were asleep.
Even if they slept restlessly, the fatigue and worries during the day left them with no more energy.
But there are still a small number of people who can't sleep.
These people closed their eyes, huddled themselves together, and trembled.
As if he knew something would come out at night, he didn't dare to open his eyes.
Tianyi straightened his soft body slightly and saw that many heads had gathered around the most frightened person.
Different from the heads gathered around him, with bitter expressions on their faces as if frozen in time.
The heads around the Fearful One all had smiles on their faces.
The kind of smile that almost reaches the ears.
They swayed and swayed, and then a head fell gently from the branch.
It fell to the ear of the surrounded and terrified man and blew gently into his ear.
"ah--"
The terrified man finally couldn't contain himself. He screamed and slapped his ears, then jumped up from the ground.
But he was halfway through the jump when the screaming stopped abruptly.
A headless body fell limply to the ground.
Everyone around, whether asleep or not, was obviously woken up.
Tianyi felt the arms around him getting tighter.
Wenxiu and Tianchuan, who were sleeping nearby, were also hugged by Mu Hong and their heads were covered before they opened their eyes.
People who wake up generally behave in similar ways.
No one dared to open their eyes.
People spent the second half of the night on high alert.
And those heads hanging on the treetops had actually left long ago when someone died.
…
Before dawn the next day, all the footsteps in the nearby woods disappeared.
After a night of fear, people finally relaxed a little.
Everyone buried the headless man in silence.
"It's better to die headless than to become a monster."
This is what the enthusiastic woman said to Mu Hong yesterday.
The people gathered together became noticeably more impatient than yesterday.
The woman said to Mu Hong, "We are going to continue our journey to the county town today. You should pack up quickly and leave soon."
After saying this, the woman also looked at Wenxiu, Tianchuan and Tianyi who had been held in Muhong's arms.
"If it's inconvenient, I can help you hold the baby."
Mu Hong, a widow who had lost her husband, had difficulty moving around with so many children.
It is also good to have a woman to take care of you.
However, Mu Hong rejected the woman's kindness.
Although Wenxiu and Tianchuan are young, they have great perseverance and physical strength.
Not to mention Tianyi.
It's small, doesn't require much energy, and is very well-behaved, it won't cry or make a fuss.
In this way, Mu Hong led the children to follow the crowd and act together.
The one leading the way is said to be a hunter who has a good understanding of monsters and is quite skilled.
The people who gathered together were able to survive until now thanks to the hunter's cleverness.
Because of different physical strengths, the weaker ones were quickly left behind by the crowd.
But everyone helped each other, and if anyone couldn't keep up with the team, they would pull, tug, and drag them forward.
It was obvious that everyone was feeling depressed, and the entire team was extremely silent.
…
There were about a hundred people gathered together.
With so many people heading to the county town together, the experience on the road was not peaceful.
Most of the time, as long as everyone stays out of the way, nothing will go wrong.
But something happened the next day on the road.
Someone is missing.
Before disappearing, the man said: "I heard someone calling me."
When he said this, the man's face showed only fear.
But not long after, the man disappeared without a trace.
Even Tianyi didn't realize what was going on, because...
Tianyi is still sleepy.
Tianyi kept sleeping like this, and every time he woke up, he found that the number of people in the team was decreasing.
There were originally about a hundred people, but now there are less than a hundred.
The remaining people all looked terrified, but still maintained the most basic silence.
It looks like a quiet march toward madness.
On the fifth day, Tianyi suddenly felt the danger coming and woke up from his dream.
Then Tianyi saw a group of "henchmen" who had "come back from the dead" blocking the crowd's way.
"Shouldn't they be active in the village?"
"Why did you run out?"
“…I’m so scared.”
"There...there are people in there...I know them."
The silent crowd could no longer maintain silence at this time. Fear surged among the crowd like a wave, and people spoke in low voices one after another.
But soon no one talked about it anymore.
Because the group of "accomplices" blocking the front spoke up.
"Big sister? Big sister?"
"Old Liu is back..."
“It’s time to eat!”
"Grandson..."
The voices of the "hen" still have strange pauses. With so many "hen" speaking at the same time, the mixed voices should be very chaotic.
Tianyi didn't know who they were calling.
However, those who were being called seemed to be able to accurately hear the sentence that corresponded to their own from the chaotic voices.
Then a situation that seemed terrible to others occurred.
The expressions on the faces of those who were called out gradually became dull, and then they walked towards the direction of the "hen" in a daze.
The people around him couldn't stop him even if they tried.
Many people were frightened by the scene before them and ran away with weak legs and feet.
Originally, Mu Hong was running far away with the children.
She had already run some distance.
But while running, Mu Hong suddenly stopped.
"Ah Hong."
The call of "Ahhong" was heard not only by Mu Hong, but also by Wenxiu, Tianchuan and Tianyi.
Tianyi, who was held in Mu Hong's arms, could clearly see the change in his mother's expression.
Shock, disbelief, pain, struggle... many, many things, and finally eyes filled with tears.
"Ah Hong."
The slightly stiff voice called again.
Finally...Mu Hong slowly turned around.
Tianyi saw his father for the first time.
He is a man with a strong and upright face.
There is a kind of temperament that makes people feel at ease when they look at him.
But at this moment, my father’s face was terrifyingly pale, and his entire body exuded an inhuman aura from the inside out.
Tianyi felt water drops falling on his face. He looked up and found that they were Mu Hong's tears.
"...My dear." Mu Hong called softly with a trembling voice, and finally her tears burst out.
Mu Hong knew that her husband had died long ago.
Died right in front of her.
In order to protect her and the children, he was torn apart and eaten by the monster that suddenly appeared in Mujia Village.
She also knew that the man in front of her was probably the monster's "accomplice", not her husband, but...
But…………
"Ahong." The man called again.
Unlike those "henchmen" who were standing there and calling out, the man walked towards Mu Hong step by step.
Then……
"Ah Hong."
The man who called out like this slowly raised his hand and caught the tears on Mu Hong's face.
Mu Hong: “…”
Tianyi looked at the man who should be his father in surprise.
The expression on the man's face was no different from those of the "henchmen".
But his behavior at this time is something that a "henchman" would never do.
Does he still have memories of his time as a human?
No one knows whether the man still has any memory of his life as a human, but after looking at Mu Hong for a moment, the man pushed Mu Hong with his stiff hands.
He pushed Mu Hong backwards while he stood where he was.
He just stared at Mu Hong quietly.
It was as if he, Mu Hong and the children were in two different worlds.
When he did this, some of the gangsters looked over here.
The thugs didn't make any other moves, just watched and quickly turned their eyes away.
Mu Hong, who was pushed away, looked at the man, as if she had finally "woken up", and wiped the tears from her face.
She lowered her head and fled away again with her children.
They ran far away.
Mu Hong, who was holding Tianyi, remained silent.
Tianyi could see how many unspeakable emotions were hidden in Mu Hong's red eyes, and hear her painful heartbeat.
Wenxiu and Tianchuan, who had been running all the way, were also silent.
No one expected that they would see their father again in this way.
They were equally sad.
The two well-behaved children didn't say anything at this time, they just huddled together with their heads down and their eyes red.
In the end, it was Tianchuan who spoke first.
He patted Wenxiu on the shoulder.
"Daddy once said that men don't shed tears easily."
Wenxiu: "...I'm not a man, and Daddy also said that it's okay for me to cry when I'm sad."
Tianchuan: "...Then cry."
Wenxiu: “…”
Wenxiu's tears fell, and her voice choked: "But Daddy is gone."
These words successfully broke down Tianchuan, who was holding back his tears.
Tianchuan's tears also fell.
…
The crowd that had gathered together was dispersed by the appearance of the monster's "accomplices".
But after walking for so many days, we are not far from the county town.
Mu Hong decided to move on.
As we walked forward, what we saw became increasingly disturbing.
There were more and more signs of damage on the road, and in many places there were bloodstains that could not be washed away.
The only thing that made people feel a little relieved was that on the way to the county town, they met quite a few survivors.
These survivors are not all those who were originally with Mu Hong.
Many of them came from other villages.
Some go together, some go alone.
As they got closer to the county town, people felt a little more relaxed.
Most people are optimistic.
Everyone still believes that the county town must be safer.
"As long as we get to the county town, we'll be safe."
This is more of an expectation than a fact that everyone acknowledges.
only……
It’s right in the middle of the road not far from the county town.
Tianyi, who was held in Mu Hong's arms, saw a... Jingguan.
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