the last gentleman

Chapter 159 The Pilgrimage Road
"Whether you successfully obtain the relic or not, I will not wait for you at the foot of the mountain.

After you complete this event and go down the mountain, you need to walk back to the previous road. I will wander there from time to time, lasting up to ten days. I wish you good luck. "

The coachman mechanically left some words, turned around and left in the carriage.

The three of them were not in a hurry to climb the mountain. They first made a series of observations on the situation down the mountain.

Standing in the forest area filled with gray areas for 5 minutes, he was neither attacked by any activated trees, nor encountered the strange rabbit who blocked the road before.

The area that should be dangerous is surprisingly quiet.

"The diseased creatures in the woods at the foot of the mountain, no matter whether they are conscious or not, they dare not approach here on an instinctive level.

According to the records of the investigation team, any animals that approached the pilgrims would have their eyes gouged out. Perhaps this is the reason why nearby creatures dare not approach this pilgrimage road.

The order of our going up the mountain is temporarily formulated as follows,
Let me explore the way together with Little Grape at the front,

I will trouble Mr. Reagan for the task at the back of the palace. If your sensor detects that I am going the wrong way, or if you find that the mountain road behind you has changed under the effect of the gray field, just remind me immediately.

Kim you stay in the middle,
Whether I am in danger in the front, or Reagan is attacked in the back, you can provide immediate support. "

"Okay!"

The little pendant on Jin's shoulders also started to get serious. The chicken feathers all over the body spread out at a fixed angle, revealing the multi-eye structure inherited from the chicken mother-in-law, which can also achieve the effect of precise observation and illusion.

Yi Chen, who was walking in the front, signaled to wait a moment, "Little Putao seems to be asleep, I'll call it."

As the idea was conveyed to Lorian, Little Putao's id was released from the [Consciousness Ward] constructed by Lorian.

His whole body trembled out from between the collar, and one of his hands was still on Yi Chen's neck, feeling like he was being hollowed out.

When officially starting to climb the mountain on the rugged mountain road,

Yi Chen was also a little curious. Little Putao didn't send any messages. According to its personality, it should keep complaining.

"Hey, how are you?"I wanted to tell you about Moonscar in advance, but seeing that you have been in a state of excitement about [Cold Lake Cemetery], I just thought about it. Lorian didn't do anything to you, did he? 』

"No……"

"We are already climbing the mountain, and we will soon encounter a special disease related to [Concentrating Eye Syndrome], and maybe we can get the high-quality grapes you have been thinking about day and night. 』

"Oh. 』

After Xiao Putao responded briefly, she crossed her legs and sat directly on Yi Chen's shoulders. It seemed that it was half a cigarette in its mouth, and seemed depressed.

"Then take it easy. 』

This state didn't last long. Little Putao overflowed the pores of his body with icy lake water, and washed his face with cold water to cheer himself up.

Then he said with a serious face: "Give me all the grapes I got during the mountain climbing. If it allows me to advance and evolve into a higher posture, there may be a chance of survival." 』

Yi Chen smiled slightly and didn't explain much.

After a night of communication with Yuehen, Yi Chen didn't see any pretense on the other party's face, and he could basically confirm that it was a sincere exchange.

Even if he wants his life, as Yuehen said, he will wait until Yi Chen grows up enough, that is, after he breaks through the "limit of human beings".

Although there are still some threats at the detail level that need to be considered, what needs to be done now is to focus on mountaineering.

There is currently only one rugged and winding mountain road, and there is no need to make any fork choices.

After about 15 minutes of climbing, the "pilgrims" described in detail in the incident finally appeared on the mountain road.

Their bodies are as slender as dead trees, which may be related to long-term hiking and lack of nutrition.

Wrapped in nothing but a piece of tattered cloth,
Each holds a small object in their hands, or a glass marble, or a metal ring, or a piece of paper, a relic from their former relatives. The other side of the world of illness.

Kneel on the ground, leaning forward, with your head completely on the ground, in a triangular kneeling posture as a whole

Without verification, it is easy to judge that these pilgrims have died, and belong to the weak who were eliminated in advance and have not had time to become sick.

Their corpses were neatly lined up in the next mountain path, one every two or three meters, extending to the depths of the dense fog in the mountains, and it was impossible to confirm whether there was an end.

"Little Putao, help me."

Yi Chen tried to get close to the corpse of a pilgrim, like a worker hanging a safety rope, let the little grape slowly descend by its roots, peeking at the pilgrim's face buried at the bottom.

The visual scene transmitted back was quite strange, making Yi Chen frown,
The dead pilgrim's eyes are deprived, which is to be expected, but he retains a smile.

This smile is not painful or distorted, but a genuine smile that is relieved from the heart, and can even be described as 'excited'... as if his own pilgrimage has not failed at all, and is still going on.

Yi Chen observed several dead pilgrims one after another.

As he observed the fifth body,
Reagan at the end of the line caught a trace of abnormality and quickly shouted: "William, watch out for the back of the corpse!"

Almost at the same moment as he shouted, the back of the corpse really began to squirm.

Because it was covered by tattered cloth, it is not clear what is wriggling, but there are many of them and different sizes.

Yi Chen didn't back away, but retracted the little putao who was "hanging work"... Xiao Putao observed the strange movement of the back alone, and Yi Chen chose to close his eyes.

At the same time, Yi Chen also reached out his hand to signal to his teammates below the mountain road that he would try to deal with this matter first, and they would judge whether they needed to help according to the situation.

Creaking creaking ~ The back of the corpse has maintained a multi-grained wriggle without further change or threat, as if waiting for passers-by to uncover the tattered cloth covering the wriggling area.

Call ~
Yi Chen held the ax in one hand, pinched the corner of the cloth with the other, and pulled slowly.

When the rags slipped from the back, a dense scene of extreme discomfort was observed by Little Putao's single eye and sent back to Yi Chen's brain.

The back of the corpse is covered with large and small grapes, which come from various mountain animals, except for the lack of human eye structures... These eyeballs may be related to the eating of the pilgrims during their lifetime.

And when the rags slipped,

All the granular eyes are fixed on the 'revealer' in front of them, a kind of thinking invasion carrying psychopathogen acts on Little Grape instantly.

But... buzz!

The mental shock from the giant eyes at the bottom of the lake went in the opposite direction.

There is quite a feeling of "opposing waves", but this kind of spiritual collision is invisible to the naked eye.

Next second,
Crackling ~ as if someone set off firecrackers in the mountains, all the eyes on the back of the corpse exploded, and no one survived.

After finishing all this, Little Putao put her hands on her hips and said with disdain:

"This low-end pupil technique is deliberately concealed and pretending. It's rubbish~ I can't even arouse my appetite for such inferior eyeballs."

Instantly killing the target's little grape is like regaining self-confidence,
Immediately recovered from the depression, stood upright on the shoulders, with one hand on the hip and the other pointing to the mountain road at the top.

"I'm going to blast all your shitty grapes today, so come on!"

(End of this chapter)