PNB Chapter 144: The Story of Capturing Young Men as Guinea Pigs
Chapter 144: The Story of Capturing Young Men as Guinea Pigs
After lunch, they were afraid that the old witch would catch up with them, so they didn’t dare to rest for a moment and continued on their way.
The group hurried and walked for three hours, but still hadn't gotten out of the depths of the woods.
At this time, it was already dark.
In late spring, it always gets dark faster than usual.
Lu Qingqing had looked at the map. From her current location, she could walk about twenty miles forward to get out of the woods.
After discussing it, they decided not to rest yet and to get on with their journey as quickly as possible!
After all, there are mountains behind the woods. If other wild beasts or wolves come to attack again, they will have almost no choice of retreat!
Speaking of wolves, everyone realized that the wolves that attacked them last night had gone to somewhere unknown.
Although they were in a hurry to get on the road, they also kept an eye on everything around them, but they didn't find any trace of them. It was really strange.
Yang Liuqing said, "There is only one road to Chongzhou City. The disaster victims from all over the country will all gather on this road in the next two days. They will definitely not go far."
After saying this, Yang Liuqing saw Lu Yaoyao walking with Yu'er, and felt relieved. It would be nice to keep this girl by his side so that she could keep Yaoyao company.
As for food, it’s not a difficult problem as long as everyone leaves a bite.
After all, no matter how difficult the situation was, they had experienced it before, so having one more girl or one more meal would not be a big deal.
Lu Qingqing also looked up in the direction of Lu Yaoyao and Yu'er, echoing Yang Liuqing's words and said:
"They will definitely be lurking around some corner, so light the fire first, keep your weapons ready, and have something that can make noises ready, just in case."
Lu Qingqing also called Lu Yaoyao and Yu'er over, and asked them to sit in the backpacks and let the black horse carry them forward.
If a pack of wolves really comes, the black horse can carry them to a safe place, so that they can concentrate on killing wolves without any worries!
Everyone was very satisfied with Lu Qingqing's arrangement and immediately did as she said.
Liang Pei came over and personally carried the two little girls into the backpack. He then tied the backpack on both sides of the horse's abdomen to make sure that the girls would not fall off while the black horse was running!
My second uncle and cousin lit more than a dozen tinder sticks, and each of them held five or six in their hands.
The fiery red light illuminated the originally dark road ahead, making it as bright as day.
The branches of the lush woods on both sides are clearly visible, intertwined with each other with dense leaves.
They adopted their usual movement pattern, with Lu Qingqing still leading the way in front, and behind her was Liang Pei leading the black horse. Lu Yaoyao and Yu'er were sitting in the backpacks on both sides of the horse's belly.
Although Yuer stopped crying, her thin little face was droopy and her eyes were downcast. It was hard to tell what emotion was in her eyes.
But from her shaking shoulders, it can be seen that she is crying silently!
The sensible girl, perhaps because she was afraid of disturbing everyone, kept holding back her tears but not letting herself make any sound!
Lu Qingqing looked at her solemnly, but didn't go up to her and say anything.
She really didn't know how to comfort her, so she just let her calm down.
Second uncle and his family of three followed Liang Pei. Yang Liuqing had been watching Yuer's every move. Seeing that she was just crying silently, he knew that she didn't want anyone to know that she was crying, so he simply didn't go up to disturb her.
The pleasant evening breeze blew over with the fragrance of mountain flowers and wild grasses, instantly dispelling the fatigue from the journey.
Everyone wants to open their arms and embrace this comfortable spring breeze.
Come to think of it, this was the first time they had experienced such a refreshing evening breeze in the past six months of fleeing from famine.
A few people unknowingly quickened their pace, trying to cross this spring and get ahead!
However, after walking a few steps, everyone couldn't help but frown.
The wind suddenly smelled of rotting flesh and corpses, and everyone quickly covered their mouths and noses to avoid vomiting!
Why does it smell so bad for no reason?
Could it be that old witch in front?
This is impossible. If it was the old witch who came, she would definitely not let them go easily.
What could be so smelly?
Everyone looked at each other, quickly raised their fire starters, and walked forward carefully!
Wherever the fire was lit, there were piles of wolf carcasses piled up like mountains.
Lu Qingqing recognized at a glance that the corpses of these wolves were the ones that attacked them last night.
Because she saw the arrow she shot on the legs of a majestic and strong wolf!
This strong wolf must be their wolf king!
The Wolf King was such a terrifying and powerful creature, but he died just like that. It was really unbelievable.
They walked forward and found that each wolf corpse gave off a disgusting stench, as if they had been dead for a long time.
At this time, there were already many greedy and disgusting insects gnawing at their bodies.
Seeing this, everyone was shocked.
These once ferocious beasts had attacked them so crazily!
Now, they lay there lifeless, and if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed that they were dead.
Lu Qingqing covered her mouth and nose, and examined the dozen or so corpses, and found that the changes in their bodies were similar to that of the old witch.
They all have red eyes and long black nails!
But apart from this, there is nothing else.
There were no obvious external injuries on their bodies, and no one knew how they died.
As soon as Lu Qingqing's thought flashed through her mind, Liang Pei's voice rang in her ears:
"It must be the pill that caused their death."
Several people looked at him and asked in unison: "What do you mean?"
Liang Pei explained slowly: "Our previous guesses were all correct. These pills will eventually be used on humans, but they are too strong for wolves. Although wolves are fierce beasts, they may not be able to withstand such strong medicine!"
Lu Qingqing said, "So, they couldn't bear the strong effect of the pill and were killed by it?"
Liang Pei nodded: "I think that should be the case."
Yang Liuqing suddenly lowered her voice and looked at him, saying:
"According to what you said, those people who made the pills must be nearby, right?"
Liang Pei looked into the depths of the woods and shook his head, "It's hard to say. If they succeed in experimenting on humans, they will definitely leave to achieve their goals."
"What do you think their purpose is?"
"Those who can think of using such a shady trick are definitely not after money, but power. I'm afraid ordinary power cannot satisfy them. It must be the supreme power."
When Liang Pei said this, everyone gasped and remained silent for a long time.
Anyone who dares to challenge the imperial power must be no simple person.
Liang Pei felt that the atmosphere was too quiet, so he smiled and said:
"I was just joking. There's no need to take it so seriously. Besides, even if that's the case, so what? They do their thing, and we go about our business. We should keep to ourselves!"
Seeing him speak so calmly, Lu Qingqing couldn't help but remind him:
"They do their job, but someone has to do it for them. I don't think you have heard of the story of conscripting men to be used as guinea pigs."