333 Tadpole Mole (Part 3)
◎Give you a way to survive◎
I don't know if I was possessed by a ghost or was desperate, but I actually ate the worm. It slid down my throat and seemed to take root inside my body.
The man asked me to perform a simple ceremony. I carried the box of junk into the bathroom, filled the bathtub with water, and poured the black liquid into it. I was dazed at the time and didn't know what I was doing. I was just very fanatical.
Finally, he asked me to lie down in the bathtub and let the black water soak all over my body. He said that if I didn’t have time, I could apply the black water all over my body, but soaking was best.
I was stunned at this step. I always felt that the thing was no different from the tadpole mole on my body. They were both scary and unknown things.
The family members at the door asked me what was wrong, and I said nothing was wrong. If they stepped into the bathtub now, they would be scared.
There were three lit red candles and a bathtub of black water. I filled the rooster bowl with raw rice and inserted three incense sticks.
There was a bottle of fresh chicken blood. The person said it would be best to use a live chicken, but I was in a hurry. Everyone's situation is different, so I used chicken blood instead.
I did as he said and sprinkled the chicken blood in an arc shape, feeling like a village shaman.
Finally, I stared at the bathtub. After I did this, the voices of my family members outside the door suddenly disappeared. The bathroom was also changing. It was as if the rest of the world had disappeared, and only this bathroom was left. There was an invisible strange gas surging in the house.
It's time to get in the bathtub. This is the only step left, so I have to do it.
I took off my clothes and bandages. I found that tadpole moles had almost completely covered me. Less than 1% of my body was clean skin, and my scalp and the whites of my eyes were covered with them.
What's there to complain about? I stepped into the bathtub. The process was very quick and I didn't even feel anything special. It was like I was just taking a casual bath.
But when I came out of the bathtub, I felt like a completely different person. I couldn’t explain exactly what it was, but it was like I had a very strange urge in my heart. I didn’t even care about the tadpole mole on my body. I couldn’t wait to go to Fengyu Village to find out the truth.
My name is Chen Qihang, I muttered to myself in front of the mirror, my name is Chen Qihang.
The knocking on the door became louder, and my family became very anxious. Maybe because they kept calling me but I didn't respond, they wanted to break in.
I felt like I was briefly back in the real world. I quickly cleaned up the bathroom, and when my family came in, they saw the last stream of water in the bathtub was drained, and there was a smell of burning candles in the house.
My family was concerned about me, but when I walked in, I didn't have time to put on my clothes, so I was exposed in front of them.
Their movements forward were stiff, and some even took a step back, startled by the tadpole-covered appearance of me. I watched their eyes change from worry to fear.
They already love me very much, but they can't resist these strange forces. I am very grateful to have made it this far.
I said I was going on a long trip and then left home.
I have definitely changed. I have become more cautious and I didn't even bother asking the villagers. Instead, I settled down in the village.
I feel like a detective, you know?
I no longer needed instructions from that stranger online; I knew exactly what I was doing.
I pretended to be a tourist visiting the village, wrapped myself up, and walked around the village wearing a hat and sunglasses. The villagers pointed at me when they saw me, but I was used to it.
I made a list in my mind and went back to all the places I had been to last time. My family members were all fine, only I was in trouble. I must have done something special.
But this place is no different from the first time I came here. The food is delicious, with a flavor that city people can't get. But the animals here have become so weird. I always feel like the chicken is staring at me.
And not just one, but all the chickens were staring at me.
That kind of quiet look, as if looking at a ghost.
All the dogs were barking. That night I was walking by the pond and I felt someone pressing my head from behind, trying to push me into the water. I woke up with a start.
This village wants me dead, but I’m not afraid of death at all. I can do whatever they want.
On the third day in the village, I went to Lao Li’s breeding base to buy ducks. I wanted to find a live duck to study privately to see if it was staring at me.
As soon as I walked in, Lao Li greeted me and said, "You're here again."
We had dinner there once and I remember having a great time and drinking a lot of wine.
I thought he was just chatting with me. I hadn't liked talking to people since I had the tadpole mole, so I lowered my head and avoided him. But Lao Li didn't let me go. He said, "You're really brave."
I didn't answer, so he asked, "Is it delicious?"
I felt something was wrong when I heard this. I was wrapped up like this, so how did Lao Li recognize me? And he asked me what I ate. If I ate duck, why did he say I was brave?
What exactly is courage?
In order to ask more questions, I not only bought a live duck, but also planned to have a meal at his house. When I went there, it was no longer the peak tourist season and the Chinese New Year had just passed, so there were no guests at his house anyway.
Of course, Old Li was happy. He picked out a fat duck for me from the duck house and showed it to me, saying that it was definitely not underweight. Look carefully.
I nodded blankly. The duck that Lao Li was holding in his hand was looking at me. It looked like it was about to die, and it stretched its neck to look at me.
Why on earth?
Later it turned into duck soup, with the duck head floating in the water and one eye still staring at me.
Lao Li asked, "Are you still eating today?"
"What to eat?"
Lao Li rubbed the oil off his apron and suddenly approached me, "Tadpole."
With a loud bang, I knocked over the bowl in my hand, and the duck soup spilled all over my pants. I asked him as if I had seen a ghost: "What tadpole? I... I... I have eaten tadpoles?"
Old Li chuckled, his mouth full of black teeth, "You said you wanted to eat, did you forget?"
I vaguely remembered something. It was here that day that I got drunk and made trouble. Sometimes I said he was shortchanging me and hiding my duck butt, and sometimes I yelled for the boss to come out.
My wife kept pulling me back to stop acting crazy. Lao Li came out and said aggrievedly that I gave him a complete duck. I told him to put the duck bones together for me on the spot. It was definitely not complete.
I yelled, "I'm not short of money, I just want justice."
Old Li stood in the corner like a wronged child. He was in his forties and nervously pulled his apron, saying that he could give me a bowl of duck soup for free as compensation.
My family advised me to stop making a fuss, but I refused to give in. The more I looked at Lao Li, the more I felt that he was up to something and became even more unreasonable. "Are you feeling guilty? Otherwise, why did you give me duck soup? You must be up to something. I don't want duck soup."
Lao Li asked me what I wanted, and I said if you were really sincere, I should get something special that you can't find anywhere else, real delicacy.
Lao Li said, "We have a local specialty in our village, but I'm afraid you won't dare to eat it."
I yelled, "Is there anything I dare not eat? If you dare to serve it to me, I will eat it."
Lao Li turned around and went back to the kitchen. I seemed to have succeeded. My wife said with a stern face that I only knew how to make things difficult for others. This was not the first time. Last time I took a plane, I made things difficult for a flight attendant.
I explained that this was not a harassment, but that they had problems.
I drank another glass of wine with a smile, and was eating happily, thinking that the bill should be waived, but at this time Lao Li came out from the kitchen and brought me a bowl of soup. I was so scared when I saw the alcohol.
Black tadpoles are swimming in the white porcelain bowl, looking very agile.
I stammered, "What are you doing?"
I recovered and slammed my fist on the table, demanding, "How dare you feed me the same scraps you feed chickens and ducks? Don't think I don't know that in the countryside, tadpoles are used to feed chickens!"
Old Li explained, "This is a good thing. It's our real specialty. When children are sick, the elderly will give it to them. It won't cause scabies, and it clears away heat and detoxifies."
Old Li laughed at this and said, "You don't dare?"
I asked him to find the characteristics, and Lao Li really found it.
I was actually scared at the time, but seeing my wife holding her forehead with an angry look on her face, she seemed to think that I only knew how to make things difficult for the service staff. My family members were also looking at me, especially Lao Li. There was something wrong with his eyes, he was simply provocative.
It's come to this. If I give in, I won't be able to hold my head up in front of my family. It's just tadpoles, right? If children can drink it, why can't I?
I picked up the bowl and my scalp tingled when I looked at the live tadpoles. My wife didn't stop me this time, probably because she wanted to teach me a lesson.
I scooped a spoonful with a white soup spoon and put it in my mouth. I could feel the tadpoles jumping on my tongue. I closed my eyes and swallowed it, feeling it slide down my throat.
I ate it, I really ate it. At that moment, I was not even afraid, but excited. Who said I was timid? I am very brave. I tilted my head back and drank the whole bowl directly, as if I was drinking a bottle of wine on the table.
After I finished drinking, I threw the bowl down happily. I don’t remember the last thing. I was probably taken home by my family after I was drunk. I only remember Lao Li’s eyes, so kind, as if he was looking at some animal.
Now Lao Li’s face overlapped with mine, just one centimeter in front of me, looking at me with the same eyes.
My face was pale and I was completely awakened by the shock, but why do I have no memory of that day? If I was just drunk, how come my family doesn’t remember it?
The tadpole mole on my body easily reminds people of the time when I drank tadpoles.
It was as if all our memories were wiped out, and no one had forgotten about it until I returned to this place and experienced it all over again.
I understand why those chickens and ducks are so weird. In their eyes, I am just a tadpole.
There really is a ghost in this village. I won’t dare act like a big boss anymore and will beg for mercy like a grandson.
I said I was wrong and I was punished. Can you please remove the tadpoles from my body? Please.
I even knelt down in front of Lao Li, but he still looked at me lovingly and said there was nothing he could do.
Old Li asked with a grin, "Don't you think someone wants you to get in the water?"
I felt a pain in my neck and remembered the day when I was walking by the pond and someone pressed my neck and tried to drown me.
There is a ghost in this village. Old Li did it on purpose. He brought me tadpoles because he wanted me to die. He is deliberately harming people. I will expose him and make your farm stay business bankrupt. I will also have people seal off your village.
I was about to threaten him, but then I became dejected, probably because I was Chen Qihang now and was calmer than before.
I didn't lose my temper. I paid the money and even returned the live duck I had just bought. I wanted to go home and make arrangements for my funeral.
Maybe because I was acting too strangely, Lao Li softened his heart. "If you really want to live, I'll give you a chance. Just jump in the water yourself."
I wanted to ask more, but Lao Li ignored me and closed the door.
I stood at the door in a daze, the village dogs still barking at me. Every time I passed by an animal they looked at me blankly.
Lao Li said the only way to survive was to jump into the water. Was he lying? Did he want to punish me? Or was he serious?
I wanted to go to the pond and take a look, but I didn't dare to get close, so I could only stand at a distance.
Although I couldn't see clearly, I felt that the tadpoles were surging at the bottom of the pond, like a monster with its mouth open, sucking in everything.
What's that underwater? Is it a giant tadpole?
Do I really want to go in the water? What if it's a dead end?
The children in the village ran around me, laughing. I always felt that they were laughing at me for not daring to go into the water.
My hands moved, as if something was directing me. I stiffly picked up a newly bought notebook and wrote the first sentence: "My name is Chen Qihang, an investigator of unusual events..."
Regardless, I'm going to record this...
…
Chen Qihang has finished reading his investigation notes.
This is how he became Chen Qihang. Zhu Ning felt more and more that the notebook had its own thoughts. It would adjust the information released according to Zhu Ning's guesses.
It may be too lazy to install.
The mention of the rooster bowl and chicken blood in the notebook reminded her of the rooster at the entrance of Hang Seng Company, which was like a sacrifice at that time.
Is there actually a Chen Qihang near the Hengsheng Company? She's not sure. After all, the original site of the company was razed to the ground by Zhu Ning, so even if she wanted to investigate, she couldn't.
It seems that becoming Chen Qihang requires certain props, otherwise Zhu Ning can also supplement the content of the investigation notes. The protagonist of the notes embarked on the path of an investigator and thought he was Chen Qihang in the end.
Is Chen Qihang choosing his own "offspring"? Zhu Ning could only think of using the word "offspring" to describe it. The endless Chen Qihang was like a child he had bred.
Select those who are infected or related to strange events to become the new Chen Qihang.
Let’s talk about Chen Qihang later. The key is this contaminated area. Zhu Ning looked at the screen inside the helmet. Her body was already covered with tadpole moles. There was no need to count them carefully this time. Almost 80% of the area was covered.
The same was true for the other three people, and everyone's superpowers were greatly weakened. Pei Shu could only produce weak sparks, and Zhu Ning was completely blind with his God's perspective, and even the metal manipulation he was most accustomed to was useless. The black slime was still useful.
They are becoming like ordinary people, with only the weapons they carry.
Opening the notebook does come at a price, and they really don't have time to waste now.
Through the notebook, Zhu Ning roughly understood the cause and effect. It turned out that the back of his neck felt heavy, and the shadow that wanted to press himself into the water was an underwater monster. No wonder the animals here were so strange.
This village has had problems for a long time. Old Li took advantage of the village rules and let the rules take revenge on "Chen Qihang".
But where did all the villagers go? Did they all turn into tadpoles?
The rule for being infected before was that if you ate tadpoles raw, your body would be covered with tadpole moles. But here, the rule has changed. As long as you enter Fengyu Village, you will be infected.
The notebook may be outdated, but the general rules should remain the same. Did the "Chen Qihang" who wrote the notebook still survive? Did he find a way to survive after entering the water? Was he the person Bai Cheng saw?
Zhu Ning looked at the pond in the distance. Do they have to go down there too?
Zhu Ning relayed the contents of the notebook, and the new Bai Cheng, who was lying on Bai Cheng's back, said, "I can go in the water."
The author has something to say:
Don't eat tadpoles raw!
Some elderly people are superstitious about folk remedies. When children are sick, they will use raw tadpoles to treat them. There was a news report about such an incident before.
However, in some places, tadpoles are regarded as delicacies, such as spicy tadpoles.
Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or provided me with nutrient solution between 2023-08-30 20:14:23 and 2023-08-31 19:48:36~
Thanks to the little angel who threw the rocket launcher: 20685833 1;
Thanks to the little angels who cast mines: 55088579 3; zz, Deerelf, Eat the Eggshell, Yi., Hemperor, Coral Palace Heart Sea, Thrily, Daily Daze 1;
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: A Xixi 375 bottles; Negative Quarter 160 bottles; Lan Wu 126 bottles; Want to Sleep 112 bottles; Wheat Skin 100 bottles; Cleaning 98 bottles; So 84 bottles; 60729811 81 bottles; Meow Meow Meow Fish 80 bottles; Heart of a Tiger Sniffing Meow Meow 72 bottles; Human Pigeon De 68 bottles; You Ye 63 bottles; Big Orange 62 bottles; Katz, Yuan Yuan 60 bottles; Living in a Leaky Apartment, Beilu Beilu 52 bottles; Chu Zhou, Ran A'ran, Qin Yun, Zhi, clary_916, Sandwich Dog, Ji, mmnbvcxz 50 bottles; 44114360, Serin's External Application 48 bottles; Zi Bagua 42 bottles; Xie Liuxing, Huanhua, Huajiao, Cangling Lei, Qi'anxi, Xiao Xiaoguai, 35023036, Spring 40 bottles; Qing 32 bottles; I Don't Eat Your Rice, Cherry, Mantou Mantou, Maoling, Wait a Mind, A Thousand Readers Have A Thousand Ha, Eight Versions of Fish, Soda Meow 30 bottles; A Zhuo 29 bottles; Lilith 28 bottles; Kezhi, 31090858, Chen Benbuyi, Eat some lychee, Kyoto of Jiadao, woQAQ, Monkey, Eat the eggshell, A big-toothed Hengmei, Fantasy Village, Dingdang, Qingchuang Xiru Xifencha, Super Pineapple 007, Nianniang, Just take a look, Puppy loves you forever, Who ate my carrot, Yiyi Fengheju, Honor, Niu Niu 20 bottles; Wooden Man 19 bottles; Wine 16 bottles; Braised Mushrooms, Wanxuan 15 bottles; Jiumu 12 bottles; Your Grandma Jin, Qiqi, Only put MSG but no salt, I want to be a rich woman, Yao Liuliu, Xinxin Yiji, 64988382, Nicole, Air Purifier, Ouch, 33809899, Pine Nuts 10 bottles; Huaishui 9 bottles; Write to me, Deerelf 7 bottles; Little Flying Squirrel, Mint, Pumpkin Bunny Cat, Live to Graduation, Lackeys Go Away, Car Carp, Potato on the Sofa, Tea Box, Special Encounter 5 bottles; 56504529 4 bottles; Round Watermelon, A Cup of Fat House Water Every Day 3 bottles; Orange Candy, Old Beijing Two-Way Foil Roll, Orange Without a Head, British Principal and German Boyfriend 2 bottles; Huikongshi, 53654167, stephy, It's Yu Yuzi ddtt1998, zz, 19660595, 22857425, WJJ, String Theory Kunnie, ph, Love Across Thousands of Mountains and Rivers, More to update, drops! Punch card, Peach Cat Immortal, THER, 32525186, Alien Puppy Akira, 67555840, Shi Yi, Director of the Botanical Garden, I'm so lazy, 41026920, Tsundere, Yu Luo, 38624853, 7128420, Salted Fish Lying Down, Aha is really embarrassed, Emlily, Isabelle, Master Manman, Mo Nanqiao 1 bottle;
Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
