PFC Chapter 129 The Chi Gu Family
Chapter 129 The Chi Gu Family
Liang Shiye's eyesight wasn't much better than the young people around him; he could only make out the general human-shaped outline of the dark figure above, and occasionally a few long tails.
This reminded him of the scene when he was attacked by the monkey troop just now. If the group in front of them were with the group below, they would have been surrounded and trapped.
Wu Xie and his friends were young and had good eyesight. From this position, they could see the figures blocking their view above, hanging on different branches, their skin and flesh already showing signs of being dried out.
"Don't worry, those things up there are all flat," Lao Yang said.
Those things were already hanging there when he climbed last time, but he doesn't know if it's just his imagination, but this area seems much denser than the one he saw last time.
Knowing that there was nothing alive up there, Liang Shiye wasn't so afraid anymore. He urged Lao Yang to keep climbing up, as his old arms and legs couldn't take it anymore hanging there.
Lao Yang opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything and continued forward.
This bronze tree was enormous, and this section had very dense branches. From below, it seemed as if the path above was blocked by the corpses they were hanging from it, but that wasn't actually the case...
The distance between the corpses was not as close as they had imagined. The reason why looking up seemed to block their light was simply because many corpses were hanging from the dense branches in a staggered manner.
From below, it looks as if several layers are squeezed together, filling the entire canvas.
The group nimbly climbed onto the branches, carefully avoiding the mummified corpses whose faces were also covered by masks.
"Beep beep, a strange creature has been detected—a Chi Gu (dormant state). It can be redeemed for 200 points. Do you want to redeem it?"
Su Li, who was about to continue climbing, suddenly turned her head.
Huh?
Is he still alive?
Sell, sell, sell...
"Hiss, do these monkeys have a skin disease?"
Suddenly, they heard Lao Yang, who was crawling at the very front, say this.
The last time the main body climbed through this place, it was really scared of these corpses and didn't dare to look closely. Now, as Lao Yang climbed through, he looked at the corpses, which were all wearing stone masks but in different postures, and couldn't help but feel strange.
The masks worn on the faces of these corpses displayed a variety of expressions: some terrified, some resentful, some grotesque, some with eerie smiles, and some with tears welling up in their eyes before they could speak...
Although these corpses were so dry that they looked like they would crumble at the slightest touch, and some even had their fur peeled off.
Despite this, Lao Yang looked at these shriveled corpses and always had the illusion that they might come back to life at any moment and then swarm him to tear him apart.
Don't ask why it wasn't about tearing them all apart...
Even if all these corpses were to come back to life, along with the monkey army below, they probably still wouldn't be able to break through those two beasts' defenses.
The skinless torso before me looked like a person hanging there...
"wrong!"
Liang Shiye suddenly exclaimed, then reached out and ripped off the mask of the nearest corpse.
"This, this, this isn't a monkey! It's a human face!!!"
"What?" Lao Yang, upon hearing Liang Shiye's words, leaned closer to take a closer look, unable to believe it.
Upon closer inspection, it's true. Although the face is so withered that it does resemble a monkey somewhat, it's still easy to distinguish them if you look closely.
"So these monstrous things not only parasitize monkeys, but they can also parasitize humans!!"
"Shouldn't any vertebrate be okay? Unless this thing is intelligent enough to choose which host it wants to parasitize?"
Wu Xie took the mask from Liang Shiye, the one that didn't have a long tentacle protruding from it, and handed it to Su Li.
If they looked back, they would find that the masks on the faces of the corpses they had passed through had disappeared, revealing withered, wrinkled human or monkey faces.
Each of them had their mouths wide open. If someone were to shine a flashlight into the mouths of these corpses, they could see a petrified object blocking their throats, which was incredibly eerie.
"No, we need to get out of here right now."
The hairs on Liang Shiye's back stood on end. He thought of a kind of Gu worm raised by ethnic minorities that he had read about in ancient books. He originally thought it was just an exaggeration by the ancients, but he never expected to have the chance to see the real thing in his lifetime.
"This is a Chi Gu, which can control the nerves of the host it parasitizes."
"They've been kept inside the masks using some special method, and they're currently in a dormant state. They could wake up at any moment, so we have to get out of here quickly..."
"No, the ones that aren't in hibernation... do they look like that...?"
Old Yang's voice trembled slightly as he looked at a rather thick branch not far away, gesturing for Liang Shiye to look...
Liang Shiye turned his head stiffly, then gasped, feeling as if his scalp was about to explode.
What the hell...
Just how many masks did that person who raised the dragon-like creatures carve?
Is he also a part-time sculptor?
The person who cultivated the Chi Gu: Can't I just have someone else make it for me?
Why did they bring a large family army with them?
The light shone on a thick branch not far from them, and the color was clearly wrong. It wasn't the dark, metallic sheen of the bronze tree, but a ghastly white.
Upon closer inspection, it wasn't a pale white branch at all; it was a dense mass of pale white faces covering the entire branch...
The human face masks moved eerily, and the various strange and bizarre expressions on them created an atmosphere of terror that was almost overwhelming...
Could this family distinguish their members by the facial expressions on their faces?
Will they be able to recognize which expression belongs to their great-grandfather and which to their great-grandmother?
"Beep beep, a strange creature—a Chi Gu—has been detected. It can be redeemed for 300 points. Do you want to redeem it?"
What kind of fear atmosphere?
What's with that weird expression?
These are all my well-behaved and obedient little cuties who will gather on their own to go to work, okay?
Su Li looked at the dragon-like creatures that covered the entire branch, her eyes filled with loving light, and her eerie and terrifying expression automatically replaced with a well-behaved face.
The large horde of Chi Gu clearly did not receive the friendly signal sent by Su Li. After discovering these few food and parasitic hosts, they excitedly began to crawl in their direction.
The rustling sound of sharp claws scraping against the metal tree trunk was a real test of nerves; Liang Shiye and Lao Yang were practically huddled together, trembling with fear.
"Hurry, get out of here, or we'll all end up with those monkeys... gaa..."
Old Yang, sweating profusely and urging everyone to hurry up, abruptly stopped shouting. He stared blankly at the dragon-like creature crawling towards them, as if separated from them by a portal in time and space...
They disappear without a trace as soon as they enter the main area.
If Su Li heard Lao Yang's analogy, she would give him a thumbs up and say, "You're absolutely right, Comrade Lao Yang! Isn't that a portal to time and space?"
However, you can also call it by another name: the gateway to employment...