Chapter 59: Giant Turtle in the Cave
Following Qiqi's footsteps, they came to the back of a huge rock. Sure enough, there was a cave entrance there. However, unlike the warmth in the cave, the cold wind from outside blew in, making people shiver.
Qiqi was only wearing a thin cotton jacket, which was already dirty. Seeing this, Wu You took off his thick coat and put it on Qiqi.
Qu Yanbai couldn't help but shook his head. This kid, at such a young age, actually knew how to behave like a gentleman and was quite caring.
"You've just recovered. It's very cold outside now. You'd better put on some clothes. I have more clothes here." He took out a thick down jacket from his backpack. The jacket was quite big, and Qiqi was thin, so it was a lot bigger on her. Fortunately, it was still good at keeping warm.
After they walked out of the cave, they found a logging site not far away, covered with a thick layer of snow.
Qiqi looked at the logging camp and introduced it: "Our village was destroyed, and now everyone lives in this abandoned logging camp."
The giant turtle looked at everyone leaving the cave and shook its huge body. The reason it did not leave was because it had been connected to the lava in the cave. Now that it saw the person it wanted to protect, it was time to leave this place.
Freed from the constraints of lava and soil, the entire cave began to shake.
When everyone heard the sound of collapse behind them, they hurriedly left the cave entrance. They saw the huge rocks on the cave falling down. After a loud bang, the surviving villagers heard the noise and ran out. When they saw that the cave was destroyed, expressions of horror appeared on their faces.
"You, a bunch of outsiders, actually destroyed Wong Tai Sin's cave, you will be punished!"
This group of villagers must have been hungry often. Their faces were pale and thin, and they looked malnourished.
A middle-aged woman saw Qiqi and pulled her to her side, "Qiqi, didn't I tell you not to run around? It's so dangerous outside, come to your mother quickly!" She looked very frightened, especially after seeing Qin Muxue and her group.
Qiqi explained: "Mom, there is no such thing as Wong Tai Sin."
But her mother seemed not to hear, "Get away from these people, they are not good people."
An old man who looked even older than Grandma Qu walked out of the crowd and looked at Qin Muxue and her group with a scrutinizing look, "Outsiders, you have destroyed our faith."
"What bullshit!" Qu Yanbai snorted coldly, "You old woman, just try your best to fool them! What kind of belief is this? You don't even know what lives in the cave, and you are still making random guesses here."
The witch ignored Qu Yanbai's insults and looked straight at Qiqi. "You are not dead. We will also sacrifice you to Huang Daxian, so that it will bless our village with peace."
Qiqi hid behind her mother in fear. Her mother knelt on the ground and begged bitterly, "Please, don't hurt my daughter. She is still young. I am willing to take her place..."
"Mom, no, Qiqi doesn't want you to die." The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly.
The cave continued to shake. Qiqi and Wu You looked at the cave worriedly, fearing that the giant turtle would not be able to escape.
After the cave collapsed completely, a huge turtle emerged from the rock, scaring the villagers into running away. The witch muttered to herself, "This is the great god Xuanwu."
Qin Muxue said with a wry smile: "Didn't you say that the person living in the cave was Huang Daxian? How come it has become Xuanwu Daxian now? It shows that you, a fortune-teller, are just seeking fame and reputation and are deliberately making things mysterious!"
"No matter what it is, you have offended the gods and you will be cursed!" A panicked look flashed across the witch's face, but she was still trying to argue.
"I want to see who the great god Xuanwu will curse?" Qin Muxue showed a sarcastic smile.
The witch led the villagers to kowtow in front of the giant turtle. The giant turtle ignored them, came to Kiki, bent down, and motioned Kiki to get on its back.
Qiqi's mother hugged Qiqi in panic, "Qiqi, you are the only one I have."
"Mom, don't worry, it won't hurt us. Look at the words on its body."
Qiqi's mother looked at the word Qiqi on the back of the giant turtle in disbelief, "How could this happen?"
"This is a little turtle I rescued before. I don't know why it has grown so big."
Seeing this, the witch tried to argue, "You see, as long as we sacrifice Qiqi, the great god Xuanwu will..." But before she could finish her words, she was trampled to death by the giant turtle. It was a spiritual creature that could sense human malice.
The blood spurted out and frightened the surrounding villagers. Qiqi comforted the giant turtle and said, "Don't hurt other villagers. They were just deceived by the witch."
After experiencing this incident, Qiqi seemed to have grown up. Looking at the witch's body, she did not feel a trace of pity. Instead, she let out a long sigh and felt a sense of relief.
At this time, some crazy guy among the villagers actually took a shotgun and was about to shoot the giant turtle. His eyes were red and he looked like he had been infected with a virus and had lost his mind.
However, tiny humans can only be like ants when facing such a powerful creature. The bullets are like drizzle to the giant turtle. The man also died at the feet of the giant turtle without even having time to fire a second shot.
The villagers who were originally still resisting were all trembling with fear and no longer dared to move forward. The leader even kowtowed in front of Qiqi, "Qiqi, we are the ones who let your family down. Please ask the Great God Xuanwu to let us go!"
"Are you sorry for our family?"
Qiqi looked at everyone suspiciously, then looked at her mother. Her mother lowered her head with a painful expression on her face, as if she had made up her mind.
"It was them. They killed your uncle. At that time, your uncle strongly opposed the construction of a fertilizer plant here, saying that it would affect the environment here. However, the fertilizer plant can provide jobs and increase the benefits of the village. So they found a witch and made up a lie, saying that your uncle offended Wong Tai Sin, and then, they found an excuse to beat him up. Our village is remote and desolate, so this matter was hidden. He didn't die of an accidental illness at all, but because he suffered internal injuries after being beaten. Your father wanted to argue with the villagers, but a few days later, he inexplicably fell on his head and became stupid. He died a few years later. This is not the work of ghosts and gods, but the evil hearts of people. I have always taught you not to bump into people in the village for this reason. Now that the witch is dead, I am no longer afraid of anything. The world is like this now, it is difficult to live, and the witch even wants to sacrifice my Kiki. Fortunately, fortunately..." She couldn't continue and choked up.
Kiki was in a trance. It turned out that all the tragedies in her family were caused by the village. She loved this homeland, but human nature was evil. In the face of interests, her originally beautiful family was destroyed.
These natural disasters are not terrible, they can still struggle, but such cruel human nature is hard for her to accept.
Qiqi was speechless for a moment, "That's it... So that's how it is."
The giant turtle could feel her emotional fluctuations. It stomped violently on the ice beneath its feet, and a crack immediately appeared on the ice.
It signaled Qiqi and her mother, as well as Qin Muxue and his group to quickly climb onto its back. The moment they climbed up, the ice surface on which the villagers were standing completely separated from them.
All the villagers had terrified expressions on their faces, "Help! Don't leave us here!"
"Great God Xuanwu, please save us!"
Countless piranhas jumped out of the water and scrambled to surround the ice, as if they were going to jump up in search of delicious food.
"Why do these piranhas appear here?" Ding Manman looked puzzled.
Qin Muxue fell into memories. She had the honor of seeing piranhas before, also near a chemical plant. It seemed that the wastewater discharged by the chemical plant contained a component that caused fish mutations. This place was not originally a place where piranhas were abundant. These fish became what they are today because of the chemical substances. The villagers deserved this fate.
The backlash of the destruction of nature will ultimately be borne by the humans who caused it all.
Piranhas have a very strong ability to survive. They can even jump onto the ice and onto the bodies of the villagers, revealing their sharp teeth and starting to bite them.
Qiqi is still a child after all, but this time she made up her mind and gritted her teeth to stop caring about them.
Thinking of the humiliation her mother had suffered in asking for food for her, the reason for her father's stupidity, and the tragic death of her uncle, a firm light appeared in her eyes. These people all deserved their punishment and did not deserve her pity or sympathy.
She resolutely opened her eyes and watched the group of piranhas devouring the villagers.
Kiki's mother wanted to cover her eyes. She had lived in such humiliation all these years just to protect Kiki.
"Mom, it's okay, Qiqi has grown up..."
Wu You looked at the girl who was about his age and felt sad. At that moment, he suddenly began to miss his grandma and dad.
He had been without a mother since he was a child. When he was in Taoyuan Village, he saw that the two older sisters, Qin Muxue and Ding Manman, were very kind to him. Now, during this period of time traveling with them, he has gained a lot, understood human nature, and even evolved special abilities. They have also saved him from danger many times and taught him many lessons. In his heart, he already regards them as his own sisters.
The giant turtle came to a safe place. Although the piranhas were ferocious, they did not dare to approach it. After putting everyone down, Wu You asked Qiqi: "What are you going to do next? The whole village is destroyed. It will be very difficult to survive in this place. Besides, there are only two of you."
"Yes, why don't you come with us to the shelter!" Ding Manman suggested, "The living conditions outside are so bad now. It's really not that easy for you and your daughter to survive."
Qiqi calmly shook her head and looked at the logging site in the distance. "I want to stay here. Where there are people, there will be intrigue. My mother and I don't want to live in such a depressing environment. Although there are only two of us here, the supplies in the mountains are very rich. I believe that it will accompany me." Qiqi looked at the giant turtle next to her and smiled with relief. "No matter how difficult it is, we can hold on."
Indeed, this giant turtle has a very strong mental power. If it were not for the fact that it is an intelligent and spiritual creature, Qin Muxue would definitely want to see the turtle's crystal core. It is likely that it may be a creature with a second-level crystal core. Kiki and her mother and daughter will not have a bad life with the turtle, but there is a temporary lack of food here.
They followed Kiki and her daughter back to the logging site. Although the house here was old, it was enough to shelter them from the wind and rain, and was tidied up. When the disaster was about to strike, the villagers had moved part of their stored grain here, so there was still a lot of food in the warehouse. Now there were only two of them left, and the food was enough for them to eat for a long time.
Qiqi introduced this place enthusiastically, "We moved here after the flood." Due to the special location of this place, the flood could not reach here at all.
Because there was a cellar in this place, they found a lot of food in the cellar of the witch's house. It seemed that the witch was quite rich and had abundant supplies. No wonder the villagers were all pale and thin, and only the witch had a relatively plump complexion and had secretly hidden so much food.
There were a lot of salted fish, fresh meat, corn cobs drying on the eaves of the backyard, and a room full of firewood and coal. Because the witch was "highly respected", the supplies in her house were quite abundant, which seemed to be enough for the mother and daughter to eat.
"Wu You, why don't you stay and have a meal before you leave? I haven't thanked you properly yet!"
Qin Muxue originally wanted to refuse, but her stomach started to growl at an inopportune time and her stomach began to protest again.
So they stayed and planned to have a meal before leaving.
Kiki's mother was very virtuous. She took out a cabbage from the cellar, used bacon and vermicelli, and made cabbage, bacon and vermicelli stew. Several people sat around the stove and enjoyed a delicious lunch.
Qiqi looked at Qin Muxue and asked hesitantly: "Big sister, do you know Ah Huang..."
She had always wanted to ask about the whereabouts of Ah Huang, and thought they were buried in the cave. Who knew that Qin Muxue asked her to close her eyes and look back, "Look, is that your Ah Huang?"
When Qiqi opened her eyes, she saw Ah Huang running towards her with his tail wagging, and then he jumped into her arms. She hugged him with tears in her eyes, "Ah Huang, you're okay, that's great."
Following behind Ah Huang are a few healthy and chubby little puppies, humming and whining, which can even heal people's hearts.
Qin Muxue took out some dog food and goat milk. The puppies ate it with great joy and kept asking for more after they finished.
"Okay, okay, if you eat any more your stomachs will explode." She touched their round little bellies.
At this time, Qiqi looked at Qin Muxue with a serious face, "Big sister, I have one more thing I want to ask for your help."
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