Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 221: White Bone Forest

People were watching Lin Beixuan's actions, and no one knew what he was doing. Only the Taoist Dog Skin had a hint of shock in his eyes.

He looked at the open door next to Lin Beixuan. Outsiders could not see the scene inside and could only observe the vortex of chaos spinning inside.

After all the dead souls entered the forbidden area, the formation pattern on Lin Beixuan's palm gradually disappeared.

"Go back!" Taoist Dog Skin shouted to everyone.

Under the cover of night, clusters of torches formed a long dragon and returned to the village.

However, the village, which originally had nearly 1,200 people, now has only about 900 people left, of which 500 are young and strong, and the remaining elderly, women and children add up to less than 400. The proportion is seriously unbalanced.

There is a fire burning in everyone's heart, and they now hate all outsiders.

And those so-called outsiders were also caught in a crisis at this time.

……

Zhou Zhe, or Mr. Zhou as Jiang Bo called him, was leading a team of more than a dozen people walking on the dry and cracked ground. The ground under their feet was bumpy and uneven. The grass and trees on both sides of the road were ancient and yellow. There was not a single leaf on the trees, and even the bark had disappeared.

"Let's find a place to rest."

Zhou Zhe was dressed in a dark long gown, dressed like a scholar, with a bamboo hat on his head. He stood tall and gave instructions to the people around him.

Following him was a rough-looking middle-aged man with a beard. He was not tall, but had a very sturdy physique. The muscles on his chest pushed his clothes up, and he looked very tough.

The middle-aged man nodded, immediately slowed down, and passed on Mr. Zhou's words.

A dozen people stopped by the roadside, some were on guard while others found dry firewood and started a bonfire.

"The weather in Luozhou is so damn hot, it's at least 40 or 50 degrees!" A young man dressed as a farmer fanned himself with the corner of his clothes, but the sweat still flowed down.

"This is the first time I've experienced such high temperatures. My hometown in Qiancheng is much cooler now. I have to cover my bed with a small quilt when I sleep at night."

Another person dressed similarly to the young farmer said, "Well, how can the environment in this secular world be compared to the real world? Think about it, it's still snowing in Longzhou now!"

"One is in the west and the other is in the north. Some are dying of drought and some are dying of flood. Some are dying of starvation and some are dying of freezing. These people are so fragile."

"But what God did also brings us a lot of benefits. Look at how many people are performing living sacrifices in various states right now. Isn't it to bless them with safety?"

"Hehe, that's right..."

The two chatted and took out two cakes from their bags and roasted them on the campfire.

Not every worldly boy can possess a spatial treasure like the Baina Qiankun Bag like Lin Beixuan. Most people still use cloth bags when traveling.

Space storage materials are extremely rare even in the vast secular world.

As the pancake is baked by the fire, the aroma quickly spreads out. Under the high temperature, the moisture and fat in the meat core expand and oil seeps to the surface, making a sizzling sound.

Tempted by the aroma, the young farmer finally couldn't resist. He blew away the hot air on it and took a satisfied bite. All the fatigue of the day was instantly swept away.

There were more than a dozen people in the team. After they finished eating, they had to switch shifts with the people in charge of alert, so everyone ate very slowly, the longer they could delay, the better.

After all, no one wants to take on security work, which is tiring and dangerous.

"Mr. Zhou, you should eat something too!" The short and strong man handed the baked cake to Zhou Zhe.

"Thank you!" Zhou Zhe took the cake and took a bite. The rich aroma spread in his mouth, making him squint his eyes comfortably.

"tasty."

"Haha, this cake comes from the dining hall. It is easy to store. You only need to bake it a little bit over the fire, and the fragrance will spread ten miles away. It can only be bought with incense money."

"The fragrance spreads ten miles away..."

Zhou Zhe's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly stopped biting the pancake. If it were any other time, it would be fine, but they were in a land of starving ghosts, and if the fragrance spread so far...

"Not good!" Zhou Zhe stood up instantly and quickly glanced around, looking at places that were out of his sight.

The people who were eating cakes were startled when they heard this and looked over.

"Where are the people in charge of the alert?"

Only then did everyone realize that all the people who were on guard outside were gone.

"Swish..."

A strange noise came from the shadows, and Zhou Zhe immediately became alert. The leaves of the trees nearby had all been eaten, so how could there be any rustling sound? It was definitely not a natural sound.

He held his breath, took out a broken jade fan from his waist, and waved it around violently.

"Uh-huh!!!"

A burst of light suddenly burst out from the jade fan, illuminating the surrounding darkness in a fan shape, and the wind it created was mixed with sharp wind blades that shot out.

“Puff, puff…”

The wind blade shot into the fatty white meat, and the imagined blood did not splash out, but was completely absorbed.

Several huge figures rolled out from the darkness. Countless arms extending from the flesh cracks became its moving feet. The huge facial features protruding from the center of the flesh were ferocious and greedy.

Four gluttons appeared at once.

Next to Tao Qian, there were monsters with extremely long arms and legs, human-like shapes but without any hair on their bodies, and shaped like dried bones.

These monsters were crawling on the ground, without eyes, and with only a layer of flesh covering the upper half of their faces, just like a large number of domestic dogs raised by gluttons.

"Run!"

Zhou Zhe roared and rushed towards the weak point of the encirclement. He spun a folding fan in his arm, and countless silk threads flew out from the fan bones. The dart heads at the top were like sharp arrows, piercing through the monsters that were rushing towards him one by one.

The others reacted immediately upon seeing this and used their unique skills to break out.

People like them who travel all over the country have experienced a lot and have strong adaptability to deal with things. They know what to do next just by taking a look at the situation on the field.

Now that Zhou Zhe is leading the way in front, he naturally has to follow the boss closely, and at the same time he dare not hold back at all.

In this situation, if anyone hides anything, he will most likely die without knowing how he died.

Fortunately, they realized the other party's intention before the Tao minions launched an attack, otherwise, when the four Tao minions approached, countless people would have died.

After a fierce fight, Zhou Zhe and others finally escaped from the pursuit of the Taochen.

But since it was already evening, and in such a critical situation, there was no time to determine the direction, and now I don’t know where I have run to.

Zhou Zhe stopped to catch his breath, and when he looked around, his pupils suddenly contracted and a greater sense of crisis lingered in his heart.

It is surrounded by a dense "white" forest. The word "white" is used to describe it because this forest is made entirely of white bones.

These bones are of different sizes, some belong to humans and some to animals. Together, they form a tall bone tree. The leaves are made up of fingers, which looks densely packed and extremely creepy.

More importantly, there is not just one such bone tree, but a whole bone forest.

"Oops!"

Zhou Zhe looked at the endless bone forest and wanted to withdraw with his men. However, when he turned back, he found that the original entrance to the forest was gone. The entire bone forest seemed to have come alive and was slowly wriggling.

(End of this chapter)