The insect corpses spread all the way into the wooden house. Jiang Nuo stepped through the door and was immediately hit by a strong, pungent stench. He pressed his index fingers to his nostrils and looked around.
The people behind him also covered their noses. Si Yan frowned, took a few steps back, and stood on the boundary line at the door, unwilling to go in.
The ground felt strange. Jiang Nuo stepped on it, looked down, and her peach blossom eyes widened in shock. She quickly grabbed the person behind her and quietly backed away.
Although Pu Sang and Wu Chou were unaware of what had happened, they cooperated very well.
"What's wrong?" Si Yan asked in a muffled voice, covering her nose.
"So many snakes, centipedes, and spiders, alive, carpeted up like a carpet."
After saying that, Jiang Nuo wiped the sticky liquid off her shoes on the steps.
"But... it seems like there's someone inside."
Pu Sang pointed to the only window of the wooden house, which was not closed tightly, and he could vaguely see a person lying in a pile of insects.
Jiang Nuo casually pulled a mask out of her bag and handed it to Si Yan. They went back into the wooden house. The four of them endured the strange sensation under their feet and the sounds of various insects being crushed, and finally pushed open the door to the inner room.
They finally saw clearly that there was indeed a person lying inside, but rather than lying down, it was more like being huddled in a swarm of insects. The person's body had large holes torn from the chest down, becoming Habitat for the insects, who gnawed at the flesh and blood, leaving only dark bones connecting the body.
"Vomit..."
Si Yan felt extremely uncomfortable and wished she could rush out to breathe fresh air. She covered her face with a mint-scented mask and took several deep breaths before she could barely calm down.
"Alive."
Jiang Nuo slowly put on her gloves and picked up a worm from the chest of the person whose gender was indiscernible.
"Who's alive?" Pu Sang asked. It couldn't be this rotting man, could it?
"Both insects and people are alive." Jiang Nuo smiled and tossed the insect back.
"Call..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the person in the pile of insects suddenly opened his eyes, grabbed a handful of insects and stuffed them into his mouth. The insect shells were bitten and scattered everywhere. A small snake's tail was still dangling outside his mouth when he sucked it back in.
The four people who observed this scene up close. "..."
[Aaaaaaah, Mom! Maisie!]
Is this something a human can do? I ask you...
Ugh... Respect... Every preference...
"It's a miracle that this body is still alive, rotting in such a gruesome state."
The four people remained silent, watching as he slowly used his hands to prop up his upper body, which was already rotting beyond repair.
Jiang Nuo picked at her clothes, thinking to herself, "Isn't this person afraid of suddenly splitting in two?"
Folding Man...
He suddenly pursed his lips, wanting to laugh, but unable to make a sound.
He then did something that left the viewers in the live chat completely baffled.
She slowly rummaged through the pile of insects and pulled out a comb. Then, she grabbed her long hair and began to methodically straighten and comb it, even spraying it with water.
Si Yan: "..."
"Wait... what's the point of doing this?"
Even though she's surrounded by mud, her hair is always clean...?
Jiang Nuo patted Si Yan's arm, gesturing for them to look at the person's neck, which was tilted back as they combed their hair.
Just like Shuishui they saw yesterday, she had a very obvious zombie bite mark on her neck.
Zombie bite marks...
Pu Sang suddenly took a deep breath and blurted out, " The Guiding Souls leads to the third person, crawling inside the belly of a centipede and ants."
Wu Chou quickly covered her mouth, but it was too late. Even though the sound wasn't loud, it was still very noticeable in the quiet space.
The man spotted them, stiffened his neck, and twisted his head to look at the corner of the wall.
Si Yan calmly met his gaze, while Jiang Nuo waved and Xiaoxiao at him.
The man merely glanced at it, then continued slowly combing his hair, seemingly muttering something to himself.
But before he could move, the insects inside his body, attracted by the delicious food, swarmed towards them.
Jiang Nuo stomped on several of them to death, and a red rope appeared in her palm. She tried to tie the man up, but the red rope went straight through his chest.
"Get out!" Wu Chou acted decisively, kicking open the rotten wooden window and leaping over the wall with one hand.
Jiang Nuo had no intention of giving up so easily. Since the red rope was no longer usable, he pulled a fishing net out of his backpack and threw it directly at the man.
Si Yan cooperated perfectly, gathering Spiritual Power in her palms to lock the men in place. The insects that had been crawling on their feet and bodies also calmed down and returned to the men's stomachs.
The man didn't struggle; he kept his head turned towards them, smiling broadly.
Jiang Nuo placed her palm over her left eye, a faint light flickering within. She tilted her head, looking at the man with a puzzled grin. "Yin and yang energies coexist within the body... and are also nourished by a Corpse Qi."
"Let's talk outside," Si Yan said.
Jiang Nuo thought for a moment, tightened the fishing net, stood by the window and watched the man being hanged before she felt at ease, and then jumped out as well.
Ah! He actually died just like that...
"No... is this person a human or a ghost? If it's a human, doesn't that mean Jiang Nuo killed someone again...?"
What normal person could survive if they turned into this state?
The Pu Sang, breathing in the fresh air, stood with his hands on his hips and began to question his existence again.
"That man and Shuishui were both bitten by zombies, which is why they became Guiding Souls. If I don't get bitten by a zombie, will I not be the fifth one?"
Jiang Nuo didn't want to discourage the little girl, but... "Perhaps it's because she became Guiding Souls that she got bitten."
Pu Sang: "Waaaaah!!!"
Jiang Nuo felt no remorse, but patted Pu Sang on the shoulder reassuringly, "Relax, maybe the zombies can't beat you."
"Really...?" Pu Sang sniffled, sobbing as he asked, "What are the chances?"
Si Yan immediately answered, "2%."
There's always a 2% chance in a person's life of pure luck.
Pu Sang: "... Damn, stop trying to comfort me."
Her heart hurts.
[lol, I know this couple only has emotional intelligence towards each other; they have practically zero emotional intelligence towards others!]
[A despicable couple scaring young girls online.]
Wu Chou calmly looked at the chunks of flesh inside the window, also puzzled.
"Is it a human or a ghost?"
Jiang Nuo touched her eyes, completely confident in her judgment.
"He's both a human and a ghost."
"Logically, since he was bitten by a zombie and the Corpse Qi entered his body, he should either turn into a zombie or a ghost. However, the Corpse Qi that invaded his body remained in his body in a strange form."
As Jiang Nuo spoke, she suddenly looked up at the sky.
"Isn't it said that Fragrant Tree Village is located on Dragon Vein? Perhaps it's because the special magnetic field here carries its own Spiritual Power."
Even Si Yan only vaguely understood what this meant, but she extracted the key information. "When he's with a person, he's a ghost."
vice versa.
You guessed right.
Jiang Nuo clapped her hands. "Full marks."
They seemed to have forgotten the grudge caused by Love Soul.
But Si Yan could sense that things were different from before.
Ultimately, it will still have an impact.
Si Yan's smile, which had risen because of the praise, gradually faded, and she subconsciously touched the Spirit-Suppressing Stone she wore on her chest.