readsfreenovel Chapter 328: Massacre of the Village (1)
Chapter 328: Massacre of the Village (1)
The pale moon slowly rose higher and the moonlight became brighter.
Something even more unbelievable happened right under their noses - Gao Tinggeng's body suddenly shook a few times, and then he slowly stood up from the ground.
A sergeant from the Dongzhong Army exclaimed, "Captain Gao..." Although the voice was not loud, it was particularly clear and harsh in the middle of the night. A person beside him hurriedly covered his mouth and signaled him to speak more quietly.
Gao Tinggeng seemed to hear someone calling him. He slowly turned around and faced where the crowd was, but he did not come over. He just stood there motionless, as if staring at everyone.
A sergeant shouted in a low voice: "Captain Gao, we are here, please come over quickly."
Chu Xiaomu's heart was pounding. Looking at Gao Tinggeng's posture and movements, it seemed very similar to that of the woman named Qiaohua when she just walked out of the tent. Could it be that he also... Chu Xiaomu didn't dare to think further.
Two Dongzhong Army soldiers stood up and waved vigorously at Gao Tinggeng. The moonlight was bright, and they thought he should be able to see them.
Everyone was wondering why Gao Tinggeng was standing there motionless, when Ling Weidou called out softly, "Everyone, look in front of the tents!" Upon closer inspection, they saw that there was one or more people standing in front of each tent. Without exception, these people were facing Chu Xiaomu's group, neither speaking nor moving a step.
At this point, everyone finally believed that the dead villagers in Dongxi Village were alive again, and the dead had actually been resurrected!
Suddenly, a long and strange cry was heard in the dead silent Xidong Village. The sound was sharp and long, sometimes thick and sometimes thin, and it was particularly terrifying to hear in the middle of the night. It seemed to be made by the woman named Qiaohua.
As soon as the strange sound fell, the dead people who were standing motionless fell to the ground one by one, using their hands and feet to crawl towards the hillside where everyone was at a very fast speed. And the captain Gao Tinggeng was exactly the same as these "villagers" of Dongxi Village, lying on the ground, half tilting his head, and crawling back and forth with his hands and feet alternately, like an extremely strange big insect.
Everyone was so shocked that they couldn't help but step back one step at a time.
Su Mishun was so frightened that he was shaking all over. He said tremblingly: "Brother Xiaomu, what should...what should I do...they...they are all crawling over here..."
Chu Xiaomu said, "Let's get on the horses first." Everyone remembered their horses and hurriedly pulled them over to climb on. However, Su Mishun's hands and feet were weak and he failed to climb on the horse's back after trying twice. He was so anxious and frightened that he could not use any strength and almost collapsed to the ground. Chu Xiaomu had no choice but to walk over and pull him on the horse's back.
There were about thirty or forty "villagers" crawling over. The first two were Gao Tinggeng, who was wearing bloody silver armor, and the other was a woman named Qiaohua with long hair. She made strange noises from time to time, as if she was issuing some strange commands.
Seeing the resurrected "villagers" crawling closer and closer, a soldier asked anxiously: "What should we do next?" Everyone looked at Chu Xiaomu at the same time. Gao Tinggeng had turned into a monster after his death and resurrection. He was the only captain of the two teams.
Chu Xiaomu didn't have any good ideas, so he could only say, "Everyone go in the direction of the Dongzhong Army and don't let them get close." He thought that Gao Tinggeng and the villagers of Dongxi Village seemed to be alive, and if they met the people sent by Ding Qi on the road, they might still be saved.
Although these "villagers" crawled fast, they were still far slower than horses. What was surprising was that they crawled for several miles without slowing down. Even wild beasts rarely had such strength.
Everyone rode their horses eastward at a rapid speed. It would have been easy to get rid of them, but they were afraid that they would lose them and run around in the grassland and be impossible to find, so they kept a distance of thirty or forty feet between them, not letting them get close or losing them.
After running for twelve or thirteen miles, a dozen round black shadows appeared not far ahead. They looked like tents in a small village. Chu Xiaomu asked hurriedly, "What's ahead?"
A sergeant from the Dongzhong Army replied, "Shiyang Village is just ahead."
Chu Xiaomu didn't expect that there was a village so close to Xidong Village. He was shocked and hurriedly stopped the horse. When everyone saw him stop, they had to stop with their horses.
Lin Zhen said: "Xiao Mu, hurry up, this place is still far away from Dongzhong Army!"
Chu Xiaomu turned his horse around and faced the villagers who were crawling towards him quickly, saying, "There are other villages behind us, we can't let these monsters get close." Everyone remembered that Gao Tinggeng became exactly like them after being bitten to death by the woman, which means that this bite can spread like a plague, causing the bitten person to lose his mind. If these monsters rush into Shiyang Village again, the villagers of Shiyang Village will definitely not be spared. By then, one will become two, two will become four... I'm afraid the whole Bicheng, and even the whole Cangmu Country, will be in great trouble!
Everyone turned their horses around and waited for Chu Xiaomu to give more orders.
Chu Xiaomu didn't have time to think about it and ordered: "Kill them all!"
Everyone was stunned, thinking they had heard it wrong. Chu Xiaomu said it again: "It's too late, we have no choice but to kill them all!"
An East Zhong Army sergeant said: "This...this...they are not dead yet, they just lost their minds, they should still be able to be saved."
Chu Xiaomu said angrily: "Shiyang Village is behind us. There should be dozens or even hundreds of villagers there. Do you dare to let these monsters pass?!" The soldiers did not dare to say a word.
Seeing the "villagers" crawling closer and closer, Chu Xiaomu shouted, "Horse herders, listen up!"
Lin Zhen, Zhang Hou and eight others responded in unison: "Yes!"
Chu Xiaomu drew out his sword and pointed, rushing out first, shouting, "Kill these monsters!" The remaining eight people were already familiar with this scene, and their blood boiled, and they rushed forward. Su Mishun seemed no longer so scared, and rushed out closely behind Chu Xiaomu.
The soldiers of the Dongzhong Army looked at each other and felt that Chu Xiaomu was right. If these "villagers" were allowed to enter the village or escape to other places, more people might suffer and the disaster would be even greater. Everyone was of the same mind and immediately followed Chu Xiaomu and others and rushed forward.
Chu Xiaomu saw that the woman screamed from time to time, and the resurrected monsters gathered or dispersed at her speed, so she must be the leader of this group of monsters. As long as she died, the rest should be easy to deal with. So he rode his horse and rushed towards her.
This group of "villagers" who had been resurrected from the dead did not seem to be afraid or confused. When they saw the crowd rushing towards them on horseback, they neither dodged nor evaded. Instead, they suddenly jumped up and pounced on the nearest soldier.