father snake

I don't know how long this cave has existed. Some of the walls of the cave are moist and seeping water. Layers of black moss grow on it. Insects that live in damp places crawl quickly in the dark. Occasionally, when frightened, there will be subtle noises.

This is not a place for people to live.

After staying for a long time, the whole person seemed to be assimilated by this cave, with an indescribable sense of boredom, and the weeds in the depths of his heart grew wildly, and finally overwhelmed his reason.

He was carrying a book, sitting at the stone table, flipping through it under the dim oil lamp, while Tian Qiu and Xiao Bai were soaking in the nearby pool, resting and recuperating.

Xiaobai's slender body floated up and down in the pool, and occasionally, he twisted his snake body and swam. Since that day, Xiaobai, who lost a lot of blood, didn't even have the strength to crawl. Its limp body was stuffed in its pocket, and it had to be torn into tiny pieces to feed it. After several days of feeding, it could go to the water pool alone to recuperate.

It is still not right with Tianqiu. Tianqiu is here, and Xiaobai is far away. Soaking in the far end of the pool, Shi Xiaochuan has a headache. From Tianqiu's point of view, Xiaobai is from him. As a matter of course, the part that has been allocated must be taken back to make him complete and his strength greatly increased. From Xiaobai's point of view, it took more than ten years to transform it from an ignorant puppet into a spiritual puppet. An independent individual of wisdom would never be willing to be integrated by Tianqiu anyway.

Both of them have their own standpoints, so they can only fight to the death.

Suddenly, Tianqiu, who was soaking in the pool, violently stirred the water, and some water foam even splashed on Shi Xiaochuan's face.

The half-human, half-snake Tianqiu swam and crawled over, his face still a little pale, "Something happened in Zhou Family Village," Tianqiu said softly.

Shi Xiaochuan was stunned for a moment, then stood up in a panic, "Then what should I do?"

What could happen to the people in Zhou Family Village?Could it be that those people actually found such a remote place?Then he vented his anger on the people of Zhoujia Village if he couldn't find them?

Tianqiu shook his head, "I don't know exactly what happened, but the patriarch of Zhoujia Village just sent me a message that something is not going well there." Tianqiu crawled around, looking at Shi Xiaochuan, "I have to go and have a look. You stay here. It should be safe for the time being. Xiaobai is also staying here. It is still useful in critical times, although it is not very useful." Tianqiu was a little reconciled He looked at Xiaobai who followed Shi Xiaochuan and climbed up on him along Shi Xiaochuan's legs.

Hearing his words, Xiao Bai shook his little head, as if he didn't think so.

Shi Xiaochuan and Xiaobai walked around the big stone cave anxiously, making him almost faint, so he sat down and waited.

He looked at his wrist every ten or 20 seconds, and even the minutes went very slowly, like a turtle, slowly turning in circles, and the people next to him were anxious, but it was still not in a hurry.

By the end of the afternoon, Shi Xiaochuan couldn't sit still any longer. He tore Xiaobai off his wrist, "What do you think we should do? It's been so long, do you want to go out and have a look?"

Xiaobai stared at him with black eyes, naturally he couldn't make any response, but curled his tail and crawled back to Shi Xiaochuan's wrist. In the ancient cave, he couldn't figure out the direction. Tianqiu took him around the cave for a while before arriving here. He passed through countless forks in the middle. Now he is asked to slowly go back along the original road. I can't remember clearly, besides, even if he finds the way, how to get back to the top of the cliff is still a problem.

Putting all these things on the table, Shi Xiaochuan felt a little frustrated that he was actually staying in such a place that was almost isolated from the world.

At night, Shi Xiaochuan fiddled with something to eat, and didn't dare to go to sleep, so he lay down on the stone table and waited. Dozed off in a daze.

In the middle of the night, he was awakened by Tianqiu who came back.

Tianqiu's snake body has changed back, his clothes are a little messy, there are a few scratches on his white face, and some coagulated blood scabs on it, which makes his upright face a bit sharp, Shi Xiaochuan looked at it nervously Him, "how's it going?"

Tianqiu took his hand, "Let's go, I'll talk to you as we go."

Shi Xiaochuan looked at the small cave, the things inside were all belongings, the most important thing was the documents, he grabbed the small backpack and hurried out of the big cave with Tianqiu.

"Do you still remember the spider you met in the dense forest?" Tian Qiu asked suddenly.

Shi Xiaochuan nodded, it is impossible to forget that terrible monster, he had the impression of that giant spider's ferocious appearance, and its countless descendants crawling around. But it has reached the extreme, and now I feel a little psychologically disturbed when I see ordinary spiders.

"Its younger brother, the man who attacked you in Boya Middle School, somehow colluded with the psychic." Tianqiu took Shi Xiaochuan's hand and led him to walk in this dark cave, " That spider was originally one of the spiritual creatures in this deep forest. It doesn’t say that it knows a lot about Zhou’s Village, the Snake King, and me, but it’s also close to ten. The people in Zhou’s Village—” Speaking of this, Tian Qiu's voice was a little low, "Some of them died, I only had time to rescue some of them, and after I lured them away, I came here to pick you up. We have to leave here before they find you."

Shi Xiaochuan thought of the crying child hiding in the woods, the woman who brought them meals, the kind and kind patriarch who was the village head wholeheartedly, and the men who worked tirelessly to welcome them. up.

Tian Qiu seemed to know that he was thinking wildly, and held his hand tightly, "Don't think about it, save your energy and let those people pay the price." Tian Qiu whispered.

They didn't go out the same way they used to go, but walked along the cave, and occasionally they could hear the ticking of the water beside them. Later, when it was dark, Shi Xiaochuan thought Shi Xiaochuan was walking too slowly, so he carried him on his back. Running in the dark cave.

After walking for about half an hour, it finally stopped. Tianqiu put Shi Xiaochuan down, "Here we are."

The place where they came out was in a dirt cave at the foot of the mountain that looked like a den of beasts. The smell of mud filled their noses, bringing the fresh air from outside just like that, and Shi Xiaochuan couldn't help shivering.

There is a faint moonlight outside, but it is impossible for ordinary people to see the road clearly with this moonlight.

Tianqiu didn't leave in a hurry, but stopped, looking at the darkness in front of him, with a thoughtful expression on his face, he looked at Shi Xiaochuan, touched Shi Xiaochuan's face with his cool hand, "Is it cold?" ?”

Shi Xiaochuan shook his head, just as he walked out of the cave, he was suddenly exposed to the outside air, and he was not used to it.

"I just remembered that even if we want to hide, we probably won't be able to hide." Tianqiu took Shi Xiaochuan's hand and walked slowly along the path stepped by the hunters up the mountain.

Sure enough, not long after walking, there was an eager rustling sound from the woods not far in front, as if some creature was quickly approaching here.