Chapter 298 Bloodworms
The dark iron fell down one after another, revealing the girl who was protected in the middle.
There was no damage on the body.
The boys felt relieved after seeing this.
"What's wrong with your hands?" Tianbao opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was that the four people sitting on the ground were shirtless, and their hands were burnt black, which made her frown unconsciously.
Bai Yu's eyes were fixed on the girl's face and body. After confirming that she was indeed not injured, his tense back relaxed quietly. Then he immediately raised his charred hand with a grimacing face, "Tianbao, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"
The three people next to him were still trying to endure it, but when they heard him cry out in pain, they immediately felt even more pain and could no longer hold it in.
Su Wu said with a sad face, "This is a shabby place, covered with reeds, not a single one can burn! We can only burn our clothes, but in our haste, we have burned our hands too!"
Tian Bao's mouth twitched inexplicably. He stepped on the insect corpses scattered all over the ground and walked over to the four people, squatting down. He took out some medicine and treated their wounds first. "Didn't you see the wood and hay I threw for you?"
The four of them immediately looked around and saw the pile of hay and firewood not far away.
Four,"……"
Su An was completely speechless, "So our hands were roasted in vain?"
Su Wen's facial features twitched as he tried to save face. "As the saying goes, grilling is a rare opportunity in life, and grilling your own meat is a rare experience. It's okay, it's not a loss..."
Unable to continue, he clenched his lips and wailed, "My hand—!"
He's a writer! He makes his living with his pen! Fuck you!
Why didn't he look around when the clothes were burning!
After the three of them complained, they looked at the leader fiercely.
“…” Bai Yu looked up at the sky.
His mind was blank at the time, and he couldn't think of anything else or look anywhere else.
A momentary mistake is understandable.
Tianbao didn’t know what to say. His eyebrows were tightly furrowed and his head ached.
There were eight hands in front of me, their skin was charred and covered with blisters of various sizes.
It hurts just looking at it.
Ultimately it was her fault for being careless.
If not, the people around him would not be injured.
Tian Bao lowered his eyes and opened his lips, "Yes..."
I'm sorry I didn't protect you.
"I'm sorry." The boy's low voice spoke before her.
Tianbao subconsciously looked up and met the boy's dark and clear eyes.
Those eyes held the same emotion as hers, overflowing with self-blame.
"I'm sorry, Sweetie, I almost got you into trouble."
Tianbao was stunned for a moment. Because of these words, he felt an inexplicable bitterness in his heart and a tightness in his chest.
She never felt that the people around her were a burden.
Never.
Be it her grandparents, parents, her teacher, her master, her grandfather, and the friends who grew up with her, they are all her salvation.
She was always grateful that they were by her side in this life.
Make her feel that being alive is not bad.
"Tianbao, don't be so cheesy with your brothers. You know what our status is at home. If anything happens to you, not to mention roasting pig's trotters, we brothers will be skinned alive by our family! Just think of it as a way to protect our brothers and give us a chance to show off, right?"
"It's only natural for a brother to protect his sister. There's no need to be so pretentious about this kind of thing, or I'll be laughed at when I go out into the world!"
"A man of letters values integrity above all else. Sweetheart, I don't need to explain this to you, do I?"
Turning her head to watch her three brothers making jokes to amuse her, Tian Bao's almond-shaped eyes gradually curved, "Let's save your roasted pig's trotter first, so you're talking too much. If you don't apply the medicine quickly, you won't be able to eat properly later."
When Du Buqin Bai Xiaofeng and Big Beard arrived, the four boys' hands had been wrapped like dumplings, and their shirts were missing.
The three old men were so angry that their eyes widened and their faces changed color.
"Who told you to take off your clothes! Tianbao is a girl, do you have any idea? Hurry up and grab two handfuls of reed leaves to cover yourself, it's really an eyesore!" Du Buqin cursed while pulling up the reed leaves and throwing them at the four brats.
The four bastards, "..."
So no one cares about their scarred hands?
Besides, if you hold those reed leaves in your arms, they can only cover the front but not the back. What’s the point?
The packages and luggage of several people were on the transport ship.
Fortunately, Tianbao threw out a few clothes to cover them.
The black nightgown looks very familiar.
Su Wu Zongzi scratched his forehead, "It really looks familiar, I feel like I've seen it somewhere before."
Tianbao avoided the puzzled looks of his brothers, turned his back and looked up at the sky.
In her space, the undead and several living dead were stripped clean, revealing their iron skins, standing in the medicinal field with blank eyes.
"Grandpa Du, do you recognize these insects?" After briefly telling the three adults what happened here, Tianbao pointed at the insect corpses all over the ground and asked.
The insect corpses were extremely thin, and after being burned by fire, their bodies curled up like curly hair.
Du Buqin's face darkened. "These should be poisonous insects. Although I haven't done any research on poisonous insects, I'm interested in poisons and have read a lot of related books before, so I have some understanding of them.
This is probably a bloodworm of the Qiang ethnic group, which can only thrive in the human body. The bloodworm is not poisonous, but once it burrows into the human body, it will damage the head and easily cause hallucinations and even madness.
Those who cannot bear it will either become murderous demons or commit suicide.
Furthermore, once these insects enter the human body, they are extremely difficult to eliminate. They cannot be killed by any means, and they reproduce very quickly. Only when the furnace cauldron dies will they break out of the body and seek out another human body to parasitize."
"Tianbao, are you sure you are not injured?" After listening to the old man's explanation, Bai Xiaofeng's face turned ugly, and the worry that could not be hidden in his eyes,
This kind of worm is so small that it is impossible to defend against it when it penetrates into the human body, and even the wound cannot be found.
The bearded man's face darkened. "Let's go back to the ship first. After we get on board, let Tianbao do another self-inspection. It's better to be cautious."
No one dared to delay and went to the dock immediately.
The rest of the journey was uneventful.
At this moment, everyone was filled with anger because they were worried about Tianbao.
Even if there were people watching from a distance, they would be frightened and run away when they saw this situation, and would not dare to come forward to cause trouble.
The suburban pier is still bustling in the afternoon.
The dock porters work all year round, and the shouts from the taverns and teahouses near the dock are heard one after another.
The ships at anchor and those at anchor are adjacent to each other.
But as soon as the eight figures appeared near the dock, the whole scene changed.
People in the distance screamed and fled in all directions, and even the passing merchants who didn't know what was going on were grabbed and forced to hide aside.
The bustling dock became quiet in an instant, and a large open space was automatically cleared in the middle for people to move freely.
The common people, dock workers, vendors, and passengers hid in sheltered places on both sides, shivering and staring at the eight people who suddenly appeared.
Not until they saw the eight people get on the boat and leave the shore did everyone relax.
The brave ones stretched their necks to look at the departing ship, while the timid ones collapsed on the ground and couldn't stand up.
"Gone, gone, these evil stars are finally gone!"
"Oh my god, it was so scary! It's a good thing they didn't kill us all, otherwise we would all be dead here today!"
"Amitabha, may the Bodhisattva bless me. I will burn three sticks of incense to the Bodhisattva when I get home!"
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