The sickly girl is killing her way through the weird world

A gaze can captivate a person's soul.

A strange sound echoed in my mind, like the sound of swallowing constantly ringing in my ears.

By this time, the woman in the red dress had scratched most of her face and half of her body.

Something was wriggling inside her body, as if it was about to burst out; her abdomen kept bulging, as if something was moving inside.

Only then did she slowly open her mouth, trying to vomit what was inside her stomach.

But just as she opened her mouth, the black-haired girl quietly appeared in front of her, pinched the lump of flesh with her slender white fingers, and stuffed it into her open mouth.

"Ugh." Caught off guard, the woman in the red dress swallowed the flesh and blood, letting out a whimper as she tried to spit it out, but Bai Qian covered her mouth tightly with an expressionless face.

They shoved the lump of flesh down her throat, and because they used too much force, half of her face twisted to the side.

The thing inside the abdomen had its way out blocked, and unable to break through the blockage, it began to tear open the woman's skin, trying to emerge directly from her abdomen.

It was as if they were using sharp teeth to gnaw at a woman's flesh, tearing open piece after piece of her abdomen.

Bai Qian stared at this scene, her fingers still dripping blood.

Until, the woman's abdomen seemed to have been completely ripped open, a bloody, mangled baby girl, as if soaked in blood, slowly emerged from the incision, her enormous head just beginning to emerge.

They didn't even have time to see Bai Qian's appearance clearly.

Bai Qian pulled its entire body out. It had four eyes, three hands, and was covered in unidentifiable bright red fur. Blood dripped from its body.

Bai Qian stared at the strange object in her hand, and could faintly hear the woman in the red dress murmuring.

"Red Mountain Mother, you will..." she murmured, a name she had never heard before. Perhaps it referred to the Blood Woman that Lingxi had mentioned before?

I waited there for a while, but nothing else happened.

The baby girl whose head was being held by Bai Qian was emitting a strange aura, and her small body was trying to resist.

Bai Qian didn't tolerate it and tightened her grip with her five fingers.

The strange baby girl was crushed on the spot, her body like a lump of flesh, and it broke apart in the same way, like dough. For Bai Qian, this was the simplest method.

After all, crushing a person only requires force; there's no need to consider anything else.

After Bai Qian crushed the baby girl, the woman in the red dress seemed to come to her senses. She looked at Bai Qian, then at the remaining fragments of the strange baby in Bai Qian's hand, her face filled with terror as she tried to say something.

Bai Qian was too lazy to listen to what she had to say.

Reach out.

The woman's head was slapped across the face, or rather, slapped so hard it was turned behind her back.

She certainly wouldn't die so easily; after all, even with her abdomen cut open, she's still alive.

After withdrawing her hand, Bai Qian immediately lit the wisp of moon-white flame.

The flames began to burn along the woman's body, and she let out a silent wail.

Fire was burning on her body, but she couldn't move.

His sobbing throat was torn apart by the fire, and he couldn't utter a single complete and clear word. Flames gradually rose from his flesh and blood, and these crimson flames silently blended into the moonlight.

Bai Qian casually brushed past her and walked to the old man beside her.

Even the old man couldn't remain calm at this moment, staring at Bai Qian with eyes full of horror.

Bai Qian stood in front of the old man, or rather the village chief, and glanced at him before she could even ask a question.

Then I watched as the old man hurriedly pulled a bluish-black coin from his pocket and handed it to me.

"This is my treasure for controlling the water ghost, take a look," the old man said in a frail but hurried voice.

He seemed to understand perfectly well that if he were to act any slower, or if he had any other ideas, he would be in trouble.

The slap that had just landed on the woman in the red dress would probably land on him again.

Unlike the woman in the red dress, who survived a slap that flipped her head over the shoulder, he wasn't capable of resisting...

The village chief felt he was living too long a life.

"Did you do all of this?" Bai Qian took the seal handed to her by the village chief and looked at it. The thing he was referring to was naturally the things in the cellar.

The old man didn't speak. He could tell that the other person was obviously not easy to get along with. In the eyes of a serious person, what he had done was enough to get him killed a dozen times over.

"These were all done by water ghosts. I can only barely control them with this mark, but I can't directly control their behavior." The old man tried to distance himself from the situation.

"Do you know about the River God?" Bai Qian asked.

She wasn't interested in what the old man was doing; whatever he did, it didn't matter. She could just slap him to death later.

"I know a little," the old man replied, bowing his head.

"The River God is a hoax created by the River God; there was never any River God to begin with."

“He deceived the villagers, saying that the river god could bless the village with good weather and abundant harvests, and demanded that everyone perform sacrifices. If they did not perform sacrifices, he would control water ghosts to destroy the village. This seal was also given to me by him.”

"At first, I only used livestock, but soon I started using people. I guess it was because those water ghosts needed them. For example, this seal, after I used it for a short time, the appetite of those water ghosts grew bigger and bigger, and they started to actively capture people to eat."

"I can't help it either."

no way?

Bai Qian tilted her head and looked at him curiously.

This is the first time I've heard such a novel idea.

"However, the rituals for the River Maiden are somewhat different." The old man glanced at the stream.

"The river maiden is not eaten by the water ghost. Instead, she walks directly into the river and drowns according to the ritual procedure."

"But I'm not quite sure why he did that."

Bai Qian listened to the old man's explanation and nodded thoughtfully.

Suddenly turning her head to look at Xi, Xi was also startled when she saw Bai Qian looking over, and had a bad feeling in her heart.

"Should he be killed?" came the girl's cold voice.

Volume 1: 189. Do they even deserve it?

Should he be killed?

Xi never expected Bai Qian to ask her that question.

In fact, this question might sound a bit hard to understand.

In other words, there's no need to ask yourself this question.

In Bai Qian's heart, she should already have reached a conclusion on the actual answer.

But since Bai Qian is asking me this question, perhaps she wants my answer?

And my own answer...

Xi wasn't quite sure; in fact, from Xi's perspective, her feelings towards the village chief weren't too bad.

When the old lady was still alive, her relationship with the village chief wasn't too bad, and she usually received some care from him.

But thinking of what she had just seen in the cellar, she lowered her head slightly, unsure how to answer.

Moreover, Xi had never thought about such a thing before; she always felt that such a thing was still far removed from her own life.

Bai Qian waited for a while, and seeing that Xi did not react, she stretched out her slender hand.

The old man perhaps realized what was about to happen.

“I also know some information about the River God, perhaps there will be…” His voice trailed off.

The girl's white hand slapped his chest, causing his chest cavity to slowly cave in. Then, something quietly bulged out from behind the old man.

He choked on blood from his open mouth, followed by a mixture of fragments and chunks that gushed upwards from the old man's abdominal cavity.

This should have been very painful, but in reality, the elderly person did not suffer for very long.

The next moment, his body exploded, scattering behind him. Meat paste and shredded cloth flew onto the ground in a fan shape, but his white dress was not splattered with any of the blood.

Xi looked at Bai Qian, who had her back to her, opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

"You shouldn't have hesitated about this," Bai Qian said calmly, turning around to look at Xi.

"Whatever your impression of him, you should know."

"He initially wanted to kill you; that's all you need to know."

"If he wants to kill you, then kill him." That's what she said.

The world isn't that complicated. Overthinking is unnecessary. You just need to know who the enemy is.

Now that we know who the enemy is, let's take action. We can't exactly sit down and try to reason with them, can we?

Do they match?

"I understand." She nodded obediently.

Bai Qian glanced at the mess on the ground, said nothing more, and found a way out of the room.

"I'm leaving." She had a vague understanding of this world. Perhaps all she needed to do next was wait for the ritual to begin?

"Okay." Xi jogged to catch up with Bai Qian, then turned her head to look at the mess behind her. Her eyes did not show fear, but rather a strange color, like longing.

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There was no rush to go to the River God's place. Since the sacrificial ceremony was scheduled to begin tomorrow, Bai Qian would just wait until tomorrow.

Perhaps the only problem is that we don't yet know what the actual situation will be.

But having asked Pei Huan to protect her, Bai Qian trusted him completely.

So there's no rush.

"I'm hungry." After returning home, Bai Qian said this to Xi.

Xi, who was still lost in thought about other things, was taken aback when she heard Bai Qian's words. After realizing what Bai Qian meant, she fell silent.

Instead of answering Bai Qian's question, he ran to the rice jar, stood on tiptoe to take a look, and then rummaged through other things in the house.

We couldn't find anything to eat.

The food we ate during the day was all gone, and there's practically nothing left to eat at home.

In that case, I haven't eaten all day.

Turning to look at Bai Qian, and meeting her gaze in those clear eyes, Xi's little face fell.

"It seems like we're out of food at home," she whispered, knowing that saying it wouldn't make any difference.

"How about we go catch some fish?" he suggested.

Bai Qian's eyes brightened.

"Okay," he replied without hesitation.

The so-called "fishing" simply means coming to the riverbank to see if you can find any fish.

You definitely can't catch fish by hand, but there are other ways, such as using a harpoon or fishing rod to catch them.

As someone who has lived along the riverbank for many years, Xi had tried catching fish a few times with his grandmother. Although he wasn't very skilled, he could only grit his teeth and give it a try now.

Bai Qian had already taken off her shoes and white socks and sat on the shore. Her bare, crystal-clear feet, like white jade, stepped into the water. Her small, round toes would occasionally wiggle, creating ripples in the water.

Soaking my feet here, watching the stream as I catch fish.

Since it was the first time I'd ever seen something like this, I found it quite novel.

Xi was holding a simple harpoon, trying to find fish in the water reflected in the twilight.

Because she wasn't in a hurry, Bai Qian didn't do anything; she just soaked her feet and watched.

Xi's movements were somewhat clumsy, and he didn't seem to know how to catch fish at all. Almost half an hour had passed since he arrived, but he hadn't seen a single fish.

They probably knew that if they just waited like this, they might not be able to eat fish even by dawn.

Raise your hand.

"How about I give it a try?" Bai Qian gently stood up as her fair feet touched the soft sand.

Upon hearing this, Xi coughed slightly awkwardly, unsure whether to put the harpoon away or keep it.

"Then why don't you give it a try?" The words had barely left his mouth.