The face was full of holes and had been decayed for a long time. The wooden expression had even lost the fear.
The head was scattered on the gathered grass, and even insects were reluctant to cling to it.
Mary took two steps back and bumped into something hard.
She turned around hurriedly and found that it was Lu Ban.
"Has this person been dead for some time?"
Lu Ban used a crowbar to poke the head, and the head lost its balance and rolled to the ground.
"If you have an accident, you won't be left with only a head. Is there any dangerous creature around?"
Lu Ban used his crowbar to push aside the weeds that glowed with a faint fluorescence. He picked up the flashlight and illuminated the way ahead.
“There is a sound.”
"Hound" seemed to hear some noise, and he took out his pistol with his right hand, which he could still use, and pointed it forward.
Lu Ban listened carefully but didn't hear any sound.
It's very quiet, too quiet.
Usually in such lush grass, there must be many mosquitoes and small animals living there, and maybe even big rats like the one just now.
But now, the whole lawn was quiet, without any sound.
No.
Gah——
Lu Ban followed the direction of the "hound" and heard an unusual movement.
It was like the last sob coming from the mouth of a patient who had been bedridden for a long time, a strange sound that gave people goose bumps.
Crisp and continuous, like glass beads rolling on the ground.
Quack quack quack——
The "hound" stepped on the grass that was as tall as a person and walked forward vigilantly. The fluorescent grass fell down and formed a narrow path.
Lu Ban looked back and saw Mary and Shitou standing at the door of the bus, staring in the direction of him and the "hound". Their figures were gradually obscured by the grass and trees, and only the roof of the bus was vaguely visible.
Quack quack quack——
A series of whimpering sounds came from the front again, and the light from Lu Ban's flashlight shone through the dense and lush grass, seeming to illuminate something.
The "Hound" slowed down a little, gave Lu Ban a look, and then rushed out of the grass curtain.
Lu Ban followed closely behind. He felt the ground beneath his feet suddenly become soft. Before he had time to feel it carefully, he saw that there was an open area here.
Grasses taller than humans all avoided this piece of land. The ground was dark, as if it was made of humus. In the middle of this area, which was less than the size of a basketball court, lay a bloated and fat man.
It's the bus driver.
"Hello."
Seeing this, the "hound" barked at him vigilantly.
“Help…Help…”
The driver made weak and labored sounds, his arms were twisted in an unnatural direction, and one of his legs looked broken. It was obvious that he had suffered a lot after being thrown out of the car.
"Don't move, I'll be there soon."
"Hound" immediately prepared to put away his gun and save people.
However, Lu Ban raised the crowbar and stopped the "hound".
"I feel like something is wrong."
Lu Ban's inspiration told him that there were big problems in the area ahead.
Why is there such an empty area in the midst of such lush, wildly growing grass?
Why is the soil here softer and darker in color?
How did the driver get thrown so far away from the bus?
“Help…Help…”
The driver continued to howl in pain.
Lu Ban thought about it, took out a bag of compressed dry food from his backpack and threw it towards the driver.
Snap——
The bag of compressed dry food fell next to the driver's body.
“……!!!”
The "hound" who did not act rashly saw that the soil next to the driver began to move.
The black soil seemed to come alive and squirmed slightly. Then, a little green appeared under the bag of compressed dry food.
Those are the new green shoots.
Outside the area illuminated by the flashlight, the world is silent and dark, but within that circle of light, some kind of life is emerging.
A handful of grass emerged from the black soil and covered the compressed dry food. After a moment, the compressed dry food disappeared, leaving only a small piece of green grass.
“Help…help…ga…ga ga ga ga ga ga ga…”
The driver's voice calling for help gradually changed its tone and became distorted, eventually becoming the strange sound that Lu Ban and the "Hound" had heard earlier.
Lu Ban and the "hound" moved around the driver for a short distance, and then saw that there was a bloody mess between the driver's eyes. Green grass was growing on the wound, and it grew out of the driver's eyes, ears, nostrils, and mouth.
"Haha...help...help..."
The grass swayed without wind, causing the driver's vocal cords to make such a vibrating sound.
This is the hunter.
Lu Ban knew it very well.
It mimics the appearance of its prey, sends out a cry for help, attracts the prey's own kind, and then begins hunting.
If Lu Ban and the "hound" rushed over, they would probably be captured, swallowed, and merged into it.
This piece of grass, I'm afraid...
Lu Ban saw that on the driver's face, where the wound was the most serious and the blood was the most concentrated, a pure white flower grew among the green grass.
One flower, two flowers, three flowers. His body suddenly became a small flower field. Those pure flowers blossomed, forming a beautiful yet extremely tragic picture.
"Let's go, get back on the road."
Lu Ban instinctively felt threatened, and he signaled the "hound" to go back, but when they turned around, they found that the grass seemed to have grown taller, completely covering the roof of the bus.
There were no stars or moon, and the grass around was no different. In this dark night, Lu Ban could only know the approximate direction of the bus.
"Whatever, let's go."
But the danger of staying here was obviously greater. Lu Ban swept the crowbar in his hand, knocking down the fluorescent plants, and walked into the increasingly tall plants.
The smell of earth and grass grew stronger, as if a creature was beginning preparations for hunting, and an eerie atmosphere began to brew.
Lu Ban and "Hound" moved forward with difficulty. The flashlight was almost useless in such dense grass.
He felt as if the grass was growing on its own, trying to get into his clothes and under his skin.
In the meadow without direction, without end, without light and without sound, death is growing.
"Where are you?"
The "hound" called out loudly, and a few seconds later, a response came from one direction.
"Here, there's a problem here!"
It was the sound of stones shaking.
Lu Ban caught the direction of the sound, turned his body, and moved with difficulty among the weeds that were growing and becoming increasingly dense.
After a while, Lu Ban and "Hound" finally broke through the obstacles and saw the roof of the bus.
"arrive."
Lu Ban yelled and turned to look at the "hound".
At this time, he saw that the hound's previously injured left hand had been covered with green grass.
The green that represents life is also a symbol of fear at this moment.