Danger comes in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the big-bellied female corpse was already in front of him.

"Xiaoyu!"

Lin Mo shouted and retreated.

The pregnant female corpse reached out to grab it, and Xiaoyu appeared in time to stand in front of Lin Mo.

The female corpse's hand suddenly grabbed Xiaoyu's wrist.

With a hissing sound, a puff of green smoke came out from the palm of his hand, as if it was some kind of intense chemical reaction. Xiaoyu pushed hard with his other hand, but he couldn't push the female corpse away.

The female corpse had a hideous face and terrifying resentment that actually suppressed Xiaoyu directly. The black skirt could not move under the resentment of the female corpse.

Lin Mo had never seen such a thing before.

Lin Mo also moved quickly. He quickly went behind the pregnant female corpse and strangled her neck with his hand. Xiaoyu held the other hand of the female corpse to prevent her from attacking Lin Mo.

Here, Lin Mo has already cast several attacking curses.

Including the curse of aging.

The aging curse was indeed effective. The female corpse's power finally weakened and she let go. Lin Mo took the opportunity to throw the big-bellied female corpse aside with a back throw.

Oooooh!

With a tiger roar, the little tiger suddenly felt guilty and pounced over, biting the female corpse.

At this time, Lin Mo took a look at the wrist that Xiaoyu had just grabbed, and saw a black handprint, as if some corrosive liquid had been splashed on it, constantly corroding Xiaoyu's flesh.

Although there was no fluctuation on Xiaoyu's face, Lin Mo knew that Xiaoyu had suffered a great loss just now.

Lin Mo's control over the battle situation was quite accurate.

He realized that even if he used all his strength now, he would not be a match for this pregnant female corpse.

The most terrifying thing is not the pregnant female corpse itself.

Xiaoyu's eyes were fixed on the belly of the female corpse.

Lin Mo also felt something strange from the other person's bulging belly.

The contents of the corpse's stomach were even scarier than the corpse itself.

"Xiaohu, let's go!"

Lin Mo didn't hesitate, shouted, and ran out immediately.

Xiaohu attacked several times but didn't want to fight anymore, he ran faster than Lin Mo.

But the next moment, the way out disappeared, and the original gate suddenly turned into a wall.

This must be the ability of the female corpse.

It seemed that there was no way out, but at this moment Lin Mo became even calmer.

He felt something happening behind him, and without even turning his head, he threw out the paper figure he had just held in his hand.

Lin Mo's rich experience saved him.

If he had hesitated for a moment or looked back, he would have been killed by the female corpse that was catching up with him. At that moment, the female corpse was completely floating over, and was at most half a foot away from Lin Mo.

Fortunately, the paper man turned into the appearance of the female corpse the moment it touched the female corpse.

In an instant, two identical female corpses fought each other.

The horrific resentment doubled at this moment.

The female corpse transformed from a paper man bought Lin Mo some time, especially because the paper female corpse perfectly copied the other party's abilities. The retreat route that had been cut off by the female corpse was now reopened by the paper man.

Lin Mo immediately took Xiaoyu and Xiaohu out.

Even after he got outside, Lin Mo did not stop for a moment and continued to rush forward, running hundreds of meters before stopping.

Looking back, I could no longer see Carpenter Zhang's house.

Lin Mo's expression was particularly solemn at this time.

The fierce battle just now took only a few breaths, but its intensity exceeded any previous fight. Lin Mo was even in danger several times.

Maybe I just had bad luck.

The corpses of the mother and daughter were so horrifying.

Especially the resentment that was rising to the sky. Lin Mo had never seen that kind of resentment before. It actually directly suppressed most of Xiaoyu's abilities.

Although there were paper figures blocking them, Lin Mo still pulled Xiaoyu forward for a distance, and only stopped to rest after they were completely safe.

Look at Xiaoyu's wrist first.

The injury was very serious.

The black handprint was still corroding, and Xiaoyu's originally fair wrist was now missing a large area of ​​flesh and blood, with even some places where the bones were visible.

There was no expression on Xiaoyu's face, as if she was not the one who was injured.

Even so, Lin Mo was heartbroken.

"Xiaoyu, don't worry. I will definitely avenge you. Next time, I will let you swallow that pregnant woman directly." Lin Mo gritted his teeth.

I don’t know whether Xiaoyu’s injuries can be recovered.

At this time, Lin Mo felt something rubbing against his back.

Looking back, it was Xiaohu.

In an instant, Lin Mo's pupils shrank.

Xiaohu was also injured.

There was a tear in its abdomen, and blood was all over the ground.

Lin Mo's eyes turned red.

After a careful inspection, fortunately it was not fatal, but it is obvious that Xiaohu will not be able to play next time.

In the end, I was the only one who was unharmed, while Xiaoyu and Xiaohu were injured.

Lin Mo has been roaming the nightmare world for such a long time, but this is the first time he has suffered such a big loss.

"What is the origin of that pregnant female corpse?"

After Lin Mo got angry, he forced himself to calm down.

In that situation, if he didn't have the paper man as a backup, Lin Mo knew he would be defeated. Because neither Xiaoyu nor Xiaohu could stop the pregnant female corpse, and in just a dozen seconds of fighting, Lin Mo had almost used all his trump cards.

Let me summarize my experience.

Otherwise he would suffer again next time. Lin Mo didn't want to make the same mistake again.

“Too aggressive!”

Lin Mo reflected on himself.

It was because everything had gone too smoothly before, and this time he actually didn't know the situation at Carpenter Zhang's home at all before he went to his house, and he started fighting as soon as they disagreed.

Now think about it, these are all problems.

The so-called knowing yourself and knowing your enemy.

Lin Mo can be a good confidant, but he didn't know the other party's situation before, so he suffered a loss. Imagine if he knew in advance that there was a monster like a pregnant female corpse, Lin Mo would not rush in, and should have fled immediately when the monster appeared.

Just as he was thinking about it, Lin Mo felt his back being rubbed a few more times.

"Xiao Hu, is there something wrong?" Lin Mo glanced at Xiao Hu, and the next moment, Xiao Hu opened his mouth and a nightmare covered with mucus, malice and unwillingness came out of his mouth.

Lin Mo was stunned.

Looking at it again, the nightmare that was vomited out looked a little familiar.

Isn't this the old guy from before?

Didn’t Xiaohu eat it? Why did he vomit it out again? Is it indigestion?

While Lin Mo was still in a daze, Xiaohu had already slapped Lao Ba on the head, and he let out a roar, meaning that he should speak to him quickly.

Lao Ba shuddered, and there was a hint of struggle in his eyes, but he seemed to be suppressed by a more powerful force.

The next moment, he knelt down in front of Lin Mo.

"I know the origin of that mother-and-child corpse!"

Lao Ba spoke.

Lin Mo suddenly thought of the nightmare tiger. It seemed that it had also vomited out some nightmares during the fight with the butcher. Those nightmares also caused some troubles at that time. Fortunately, with Xiaoyu's support, they were all destroyed, otherwise the butcher would definitely die.

At that time, Lin Mo thought of a word.

To be an accomplice to a tiger!

It is said that a person eaten by a tiger will become a ghost and be controlled by the tiger.

Could it be that Lao Ba has been turned into a ghost by Xiao Hu?

That little tiger is really awesome.

The fact was just as Lin Mo had guessed, the old man who was eaten by Xiaohu was the accomplice.

Now it is controlled by Xiaohu and has to do whatever he is told to do.

"Okay, go ahead and start from the beginning. Don't leave anything out!"

Lin Mo found that he had not always suffered a loss before. At least he had killed one of the opponents, and was also turned into an accomplice by Xiaohu.

Now, Lin Mo could finally find out some secrets about Carpenter Zhang.

And there is the corpse of the mother and child.

Lao Ba obviously didn't want to say it, but now that he had become a ghost, he would not only reveal the secret but also kill his loved ones with a knife.

This is not a matter of will.

Carpenter Zhang was indeed in cahoots with those tomb robbers, and he was the second in command, the handsome villain that Lin Mo had just seen.

About a hundred years ago, China was in chaos and order collapsed. In order to make a living, many people began to do evil things that were harmful to the world.

The tomb robber heard that there was a big tomb near Guimen Village, so he wanted to make a fortune.

But at that time, Guimen Village was located outside Qianlong City, which was the territory of a big warlord, and tomb robbers did not dare to act in a high-profile manner. If they dug out good things at that time, it would be a problem to transport them out.

This gang of tomb robbers also has their own methods. After some observation, their second in command decided to lurk in Guimen Village.

In order to hide with an identity, the second in command happened to know an ancient method that could peel off a person's face and disguise himself as the other person, making it difficult to distinguish the real from the fake.

So the real Carpenter Zhang had already been killed.

During those days, the second in command disguised himself as Carpenter Zhang and, under the pretext of going out to work, searched everywhere and finally found the entrance to the tomb.

After that, he handed over the task of digging holes and robbing tombs to other accomplices, while he returned to the village and prepared to use the prepared coffins to send the treasures out under the guise of delivering goods.

The plan was flawless.

Carpenter Zhang was a craftsman, so no one suspected him of transporting things out.

At that time, his disguise skills were so advanced that even the people in the village could not find any flaws.

But there is one person who can see it.

That is Carpenter Zhang’s wife.

The night before the treasure was delivered back, Carpenter Zhang's wife, who hadn't seen her husband for several days, went to look for him at work out of worry.

After seeing 'Carpenter Zhang', I discovered the clue.

It is conceivable that there is no way the second in command would let this woman go.

The second in command was also vicious. He thought of an extremely vicious method, which was to beat the woman up first, pull out her tongue, and make her unable to speak.

Then they threw dirty water on these poor women, accusing them of committing adultery.

As for the objects of adultery, it was too easy to find a few refugees under the circumstances at that time.

The result was that the innocent woman died unjustly and sank to the bottom of the river in despair and resentment. Coincidentally, after she was sunk into the river, the tomb robbers brought the treasures found in the ancient tomb back to Guimen Village.

What they didn't expect was that there was a source of nightmare pollution among them.

Therefore, Zhang's unjust death became the nightmare of the second in command. Not only him, but also some of the villagers who participated in the river sinking and received money from the second in command knew that Zhang might have been wronged.

But for the sake of those gold and silver, they lost their conscience.

Therefore, after being contaminated by the nightmare, their fear and guilt directly turned Carpenter Zhang’s wife into the most terrifying nightmare in Guimen Village.

A lot of things happened that night, and Lao Ba didn't know much. As for the corpses of the mother and daughter, they were brought out from the ancient tomb.

Hearing this, Lin Mo was stunned.

"Are you sure you were digging an ancient tomb?"

"Yes, at least eight hundred years ago!"

"Is there a female corpse inside?"

Lao Ba shook his head, then nodded: "It was a coffin at the time, and we didn't know what was inside. As a result, we were infected by evil spirits before we opened it. We didn't know it at the time. We were eating and drinking when several hired porters suddenly went crazy and started killing people. I didn't pay attention at the time and was stabbed in the heart. Later, I came to this damn place."

Lao Ba's narration was actually a bit confusing, with some sentences mixed up at times, but Lin Mo pieced the pieces together and roughly figured out what had happened.

They were responsible for digging for treasures in the ancient tomb, while the second in command was responsible for logistics. Because they were caught by Zhang, they had to kill to silence the witnesses. As a result, when their companions came back the next day, they brought back nightmare pollutants.

As a result, Guimen Village became a polluted area. That night, someone was affected by the pollutants and became a madman, and began to kill indiscriminately.

Lin Mo remembered that the widow Liu who was washing clothes before had a knife stuck in the back of her neck.

I guess he was killed that night.

In theory, people in the contaminated area can continue to live in the nightmare world and retain normal memories. Except for being unable to wake up, they are no different from normal living people.

But the villagers here are obviously different.

They have lost their memories, and some even retain the appearance and wounds from their previous deaths.

For example, Widow Liu, for example, Abin.

They are more like real 'ghosts'.

But Lao Ba knows something about this matter.

"The villagers were normal at first. Some of them didn't even know they were dead. But then the woman from the river came back. Every time she came back, the villagers would change. Over time, the villagers became like that."

"Then how come you are okay?" Lin Mo asked.

"Because that woman can't come in. In the whole village, she is the only one who can't come in." Lao Ba answered truthfully.

Lin Mo thought of the black dog blood line and peach wood shavings at the door of Carpenter Zhang's house. Needless to say, these were things to prevent Carpenter Zhang's wife from coming in.

However, Lin Mo felt that those few black dog blood lines and peach wood chips alone could not stop the evil spirits in Shenhe for a hundred years.

There must be other reasons behind this.

For example, the tomb robbers used the corpses of the mother and daughter to prevent Carpenter Zhang's wife from entering the yard.

Just now, wasn't I almost killed by the mother and daughter corpses?

To be honest, Lin Mo felt that if these two things fought, the mother and daughter corpses would be more powerful. Although he had never fought with Carpenter Zhang's wife, he felt that this was the case.

Lao Ba said that they did use the corpses of the mother and child, but they did not dare to use this monster too much.

"The boss said that it is a real evil thing and should not be used unless it is absolutely necessary..." Lao Ba ranks eighth in this gang.

His status was not high, so all he knew about the corpses of the mother and child was that they were dug out of a coffin from an ancient tomb, and he didn't know anything more.

Lin Mo asked about the opera troupe again.

This is also an extremely strange thing in Guimen Village. Judging from the current observations, the role of the troupe should be to stabilize the situation.

Every day, the troupe would perform, and during the performance, the villagers of the entire village, including Man Ge, the wild man who was beaten to death with sticks, and Carpenter Zhang's wife, would have their three most horrific nightmares calmed down and watch the show obediently.

If this is true, then who brought in the troupe? And who is in charge?

Lin Mo had no idea about this matter before, but while listening to Lao Ba's story, he noticed a detail.

That was the second in command who pretended to be Carpenter Zhang.

The other party is proficient in the art of disguise and can peel off people's faces.

Lin Mo immediately thought of the missing faces of the experts that he had seen on the table in the opera troupe.

The opera troupe, is it related to the second in command? Lin Mo asked Lao Ba, but Lao Ba had no idea. He even said that he didn't even know there was such a thing as an opera troupe.

"We have been trapped in Carpenter Zhang's yard and can't get out. Is there a troupe outside? What are they singing?" Lao Ba asked curiously.

Lin Mo glanced at Xiaohu.

He knew that the ghost who was eaten and then vomited out by Xiaohu could not lie.

Lao Ba really doesn’t know.

It seems that the tomb robbers are not united.

Lao Ba couldn't explain many other things.

Lin Mo asked Xiaohu to swallow the guy back again. Xiaoyu and Xiaohu both needed to rest and recuperate, and they could not be used in the next battle.

However, in this way, Lin Mo's combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

He couldn't go to Carpenter Zhang's house again for a while, because he couldn't beat the mother and daughter corpses, and it would be useless to go there. If he wasn't careful, he could easily get killed.

Of course, this time was not without gain.

Lin Mo knew a lot about the origin of Guimen Village and the secrets hidden here. He also knew that the most terrifying existence here was not Carpenter Zhang’s wife, but the corpses of mother and daughter hidden in Carpenter Zhang’s house.

In addition, the whereabouts of the missing experts were also clarified.

They have been killed.

The plan to rescue them was completely ruined.

However, during this period, Lin Mo did not see Lin Nan.

"Should we ask Xiaoyu again?" Lin Mo hesitated. However, Xiaoyu couldn't detect Lin Nan's breath at this stage unless she was given a sip of the magic soup.

But after Xiaoyu drank the magic soup, she became a little out of control.

Lin Mo looked in the direction of Carpenter Zhang's house, thought for a moment, and retreated towards the village entrance.

First, meet up with Captain Chen to see if he has any new discoveries while monitoring the stage. Also, Lin Mo had previously instructed the rabbit to talk more with Abin.

Maybe there will be some gains.

As he retreated all the way back, Lin Mo could already vaguely hear the sound of opera singing.

The further we go, the clearer the sound becomes.

But I didn’t see Captain Chen.

We continued to move forward, but still could not see any sign of Captain Chen.

Looking forward, you can see many villagers, and even the huge figure of the nightmare Brother Man.

Lin Mo looked down to see if there were any black spots of Captain Chen.

Neither do I.

After being stunned for a while, Lin Mo's eyes became sharp.

"Captain Chen is a prudent person in his work. He will not leave once something has been discussed, unless something unexpected happens!" Lin Mo muttered.

He looked for Abin and the rabbit, but couldn't find them.

In the eerie village shrouded in grey fog, the eerie sound of opera singing trembled faintly. Lin Mo stood in the empty corner, feeling a little overwhelmed.

(End of this chapter)