These weird things are all mine

Grandma held Anyu's hand and kept on talking.

"Besides, these things are all grown by your grandfather himself, without using any pesticides. They are very healthy and many times better than those grown outside. It's always okay to eat more..."

After listening patiently, An Yu picked up the bag and smiled sweetly.

"Okay, grandma, I'm leaving now. I will definitely come back to see you when I have time."

"Okay, okay..."

Grandma walked the three of them to the door with staggering steps, and watched them go away reluctantly.

Until they turned the corner, An Yu inadvertently turned her head and saw the kind smile on her grandmother's face, which made her feel at ease.

"where are we going?"

Luo Ling asked in a low voice.

After leaving her "grandparents", she felt relieved.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened until they left. Moreover, the truth about the underground cavity made Luo Ling feel his scalp tingling even when he was standing on the ground.

I really can't stay here any longer.

"The only way into the village is near Uncle Huang's store... We can just go there and wait."

When mentioning "Uncle Huang", An Yu's voice couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Baiyan Village is not big. There are only about two hundred households in the entire village, less than a thousand people, and almost everyone knows each other.

Uncle Huang is one of the elders she is most familiar with. After all, the convenience store is the place most often visited by children.

But now...

Things are unpredictable. Who could have thought that the small village of Baiyan would suffer such a misfortune?

Fortunately, this tragedy will soon be over.

"Rest in peace, Uncle Huang."

An Yu said softly in her heart.

"it is good."

Luo Ling did not hesitate. She was not someone who had a poor sense of direction. With the spores, she had memorized most of the roads in the village before entering Baiyan Village.

Uncle Huang's store is right at the entrance of the village, and a little further ahead is the road out of the village. However, because of the strange barrier, every time they are about to enter the road out of the village, they will be inexplicably turned to another location, so Luo Ling and others are trapped.

If you wait near the store, you can see them as soon as the large group of patients from the communication group enter the village.

After a while, the three of them arrived at Uncle Huang's store.

Before they got closer, they saw several children gathered at the entrance of the convenience store, shouting something.

An Yu looked at this scene and felt a little nostalgic. She was also one of these children, but she was not very talkative at that time.

However, Uncle Huang and "Uncle Huang" are both dead, so these kids...are they stealing things?

Or, what did they discover?

An Yu was shocked and was still wondering why when Luo Ling suddenly stopped and stopped her and Elsa.

"Don't go there."

Luo Ling said in a low voice.

Elsa and An Yu cast doubtful glances at her, but saw that Luo Ling's face was unusually solemn.

"Let's go to another place."

The spores have seen it.

The noisy children gathered at the door of the convenience store were scratching the scratch cards in the store together.

The person who sold them the scratch tickets was Uncle Huang.

No, it’s “Uncle Huang”.

The thin, wrinkled skin was supported by the dissolved white mycelium and squirmed, making an incomprehensible sound, as if it was shouting something.

Its tone rises and falls with the smiling children beside it.

Chapter 52: Obliteration

The children did not seem to fully realize that "Uncle Huang" had turned into an ugly monster.

It seems that in their eyes, "Uncle Huang" is still the same as before.

Why...

There is only one answer.

They are both the "meat animals" of the puppet song and the same roles played by the puppet song.

"Puppet Ballad..."

A tragedy dominated by "puppet rumors" is being played out in Baiyan Village, and the curtain is far from falling.

all fake.

The villagers are fake, the peace and tranquility are fake, everything is fake.

The real Baiyan Village has been buried in an underground cave that is like hell, becoming the soil for the birth of this tragedy.

"Change place?" Hearing this, An Yu hesitated. "But, Baiyan Village only has this one entrance... The rest of the place is all deep mountains and forests."

"..."

Luo Ling didn't say anything because she realized that the spores she had sent out to investigate the situation had been forcibly cut off.

This was almost the first time such a situation had occurred. Even before in the underground cave, she chose to give up because she could not withstand the mental shock.

And the spores that were cut off...are not far ahead.

They have been exposed.

...It's too late.

The jubilant children not far away almost all froze in an instant, and slowly looked towards Luo Ling and the others. There was no childish innocence in their eyes, only coldness that penetrated deep into their bones.

"escape!"

Without any hesitation, Luo Ling immediately turned around and ran, pushing Elsa's wheelchair.

An Yu's reaction was a little slow. It was not until she saw a two-meter-tall old wrinkled skin bag supported by white mycelium clinging to the outer wall of the store and looking at her with its bulging and twisted eyes that she finally realized that deadly danger was approaching them.

Maybe it was because the previous rogue action killed "Uncle Huang", or maybe it was because the puppet rumor was gradually awakening...

The peaceful surface of Baiyan Village was torn apart, and the ferocious fangs were right in front of us.

“Run…Run!”

After coming to her senses, An Yu started to run away. She didn't even dare to take the vegetables and fruits that her grandmother asked her to take home. She just slung the small backpack full of props over her shoulders.

"Elsa's ability could not completely kill the 'meat animal', it only tore the skin of 'Uncle Yellow' apart... The exposed thing was just barely maintaining its original behavior logic. If we are not careful..."

From what had just happened, Luo Ling already had some vague guesses in his mind, but the results of these guesses were without exception to make the current situation worse.

"Run towards the mountains and forests, away from the villagers."

Luo Ling's voice rang in An Yu's mind.

"Ah good!"

An Yu nodded immediately and went into the nearby forest without looking back.

In a head-on battle, she might be a bit of a drag as her abilities are useless, but when it comes to running away... I guess there are few people in the group who can compare with her.

Even Luo Ling and Elsa, who ran first, were left behind by An Yu by a few steps.

However, An Yu thought that Luo Ling asked her to stay away from the villagers in order to protect the villagers of Baiyan Village, but in fact it was just to protect themselves.

After "Uncle Huang" was awakened, the child next to him was also awakened, which shows that these meat animals share senses to a certain extent.

Luo Ling's first guess was that this awakening was widespread, meaning that when awakened, the nearby "meat livestock" would tear off their camouflage. The second guess was... the entire village woke up at this moment.

No matter what, the mountains and forests are their only way to survive.

Luo Ling didn't dare to release the spores again. She was not sure whether it was because of the spores or some other problem that caused the "meat livestock" to be awakened.

Perhaps, the apparent peace of Baiyan Village was already precarious, and the moment they stepped into the village...all this was bound to happen.

They can only become "meat livestock" or become prey of "meat livestock".

"Miss Bai, can I..."

While running away, Elsa couldn't help but speak out.

"It's useless. Their souls and consciousness cannot affect physical actions." Luo Ling said softly, "Your ability will not work, just like your voice has no effect on me."

"why?"

Elsa was stunned.

"Because this strange path is 'Death', which is controlled only by the body." Luo Ling replied.

"Ah, Miss Bai, how do you know..."

Elsa asked halfway, but when she saw Luo Ling's silent face, she tactfully shut her mouth.

Maybe this is Miss Bai’s secret, and she shouldn’t say too much.

Just like myself, there are many secrets that I don't want others to know.

At this moment, An Yu, who was running in front, inexplicably stepped back a little, then turned around and looked at Luo Ling and Elsa, with a look of horror on her face.

"Go back, Xiaobai, Xiaoqian, quickly...run back!"

Luo Ling raised her head and saw a few shorter "meat animals" appearing in their path not far ahead.

The "meat animals" carried the broken skins of children, with their faces torn into pieces and glued to a large mass of white mycelium.

Is it teleportation?

But they don't move fast...

But why do they appear in front?

Luo Ling looked at the surrounding environment, and in an instant, even his blood ran cold.

It wasn't the animals blocking the way, it was them running forward.

The strange barrier in Baiyan Village brought their escape route to the front of the livestock.

...trapped in a maze of obstacles.

But when they took a step back, a two-meter-tall "meat animal" with the terrified face of "Uncle Huang" approached them.

"Let's break out."

Luo Ling calmed down, stopped and took out a dagger.

At the same time, Elsa did not hesitate and blurted out a few words before the shorter "meat animals" came close.

"Swish!"

"exterminate!"

"Destroy!"

The bodies of several "meat animals" began to tremble instantly, and the skin stuck to the surface broke further, and the faces on the skin showed painful expressions.

But the flesh controlled by the white mycelium did not slow down at all and continued to approach them.

"I...will help too!"

Finally, she encountered the strange battle she had always dreamed of, but An Yu's mood was extremely complicated because she was facing the villagers of Baiyan Village who had watched her grow up.

An Yu drew out the bone blade and, together with Luo Ling who was rushing forward, chopped the "meat beast" hard with the weapon in his hand.

Very effective, it cuts off the "meat livestock" in one fell swoop.

But before she could show any joyful expression, the severed "meat livestock" reconnected and healed instantly.

At the same time, the "meat animals" stretched out their "hands" and grabbed An Yu.

"this..."