Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The surroundings gradually became quiet, and the darkness outside seemed to flow in through the window. In the darkness, only a lantern under the window eaves gave off a faint light.
Suddenly, there were shrill dog barks outside, one after another, piercing the silence and darkness.
Xue Meng lowered his voice and asked in a breathy voice: “There were no dogs in the village, right?”
During the day, they walked around the village and didn’t see any household with a dog.
“Yes. Here they come…”
Jiang Lan opened his eyes, sat up and covered Xue Meng’s mouth: “Don’t talk later, and don’t run around. Just stay in the room, if I ask you to come out, you can come out again. Do you remember?”
Xue Meng nodded, fearing that he could not see, and said “um” in a low voice.
At this time, the shrill barks of the dog had gradually weakened, and seemed to be mixed with weak whimpers.
The barking of the dogs disappeared. Instead, there was the shrill sound of a baby crying.
One after another, it was sharp and harsh, as if it was about to pierce people’s eardrums.
Through the dim light, something could be vaguely seen passing by the window. Suddenly there was a gust of wind outside, which made the windows rattle and blew away the only lantern that illuminated the room.
The house was plunged into complete darkness.
The shrill, piercing cry of a baby was getting closer and closer.
Xue Meng lay stiffly on the bed, staring directly in the direction of the window. There was only darkness there, but he felt a faint flash of dark light.
Then, a red light came on.
That lamp looked a little strange. The wick was black, but it emitted red light. It flashed twice from time to time…
Moreover, where did the light come from at this time?
Xue Meng’s mind was in a mess, but he couldn’t move his eyes away, staring straight at the lamp. The more he looked at it, the more he realized…it wasn’t a light, but a red eye.
Eyes as big as lanterns… How big was the thing outside?
Thin beads of cold sweat seeped out from his back, Xue Meng’s brain froze, and his body swayed uncontrollably.
His eyes were still wide open, and he blinked when he saw the red eye, and then it was replaced with the other eye.
——The monster outside was observing them.
After realizing this, Xue Meng even breathed lightly. The baby outside stopped crying for no reason, and his violent heartbeat could be heard in the quiet room.
He felt Jiang Lan reach out and pat the top of his head, and then there was a chill around him. It was because Jiang Lan had gotten up and gotten out of bed.
The red eye by the window was unblinking.
The room was too dark, Xue Meng could only vaguely see Jiang Lan’s outline, but when he saw the direction he was going, he realized that he was preparing to go out.
There was another small sound outside, like a child laughing in a high-pitched voice.
There was a creaking sound in the darkness. It was Jiang Lan who opened the door and went out. The red eye by the window blinked and disappeared.
The baby’s cry outside started again. Xue Meng took a few deep breaths to calm down, took out the fruit knife from his pocket, and held it firmly in his hand.
Jiang Lan opened the door and went out, then he set up a barrier outside the west room. Only then did he finally take a look at the strange birds hovering over the village.
Yes, there was not just one strange bird, but a group of them.
The one closest to him was standing by the window, looking at him greedily, with sharp teeth and dripping saliva faintly visible in its open beak.
It was about two meters tall, with its wings half-opened and its head bent downwards. Apparently it was the one that had been observing them from the window just now.
Jiang Lan looked at the dead branch-like horns on its head and the ugly, unique bird face, and finally found the name of the strange bird from his memory.
“Gu Diao[1]?”
The Gu Diao was an ancient monster with two horns on its head. It looked like an eagle, sounded like a baby crying, and liked to eat humans.
Gu Diao had a ferocious temperament, and they often appeared in groups. They had also fought for their place in ancient times. But after the catastrophe, they had disappeared.
He didn’t expect to encounter them here. Jiang Lan licked his lips and did a rough count. When he discovered that there were actually five Gu Diao here, his smile couldn’t help but grow bigger.
His body shape suddenly changed, turning into a giant beast with horns and black scales. His scarlet vertical pupils flashed with a bloodthirsty dark light. He no longer looked harmless like in his human form, and his ferocious aura spread out around him with him as the center.
Jiang Lan raised his head and let out an excited roar. His huge body instantly jumped into the air, and he bit a Gu Eagle hovering in the air with precision and speed.
The shrill cries of babies kept coming in the darkness. Blood fell to the ground like rain, and the smell of blood soon filled the air.
When the other Gu Diao saw this, their red eyes widened angrily and they let out even harsher screams. But no one dared to step forward first.
Jiang Lan chewed up the prey and swallowed it into his stomach, then spat out a few rough bird feathers in disgust. The Gu Diao meat was quite tender, but he must have lived in human society for too long, as he thought its meat would taste better if it was plucked and then grilled.
He was thinking in his mind as his red vertical pupils swept back and forth on several Gu Diao.
These Gu Diao had thin skin and tender flesh, and their fighting skills were also very tender. They were obviously not the old fried dough sticks that had lived from ancient times to the present, but more like newly grown chicks. Otherwise, they wouldn’t still be hesitant and not running away at this time.
Jiang Lan licked his mouth and pounced again…
….
Jiangcheng.
Ying Qiao was playing Fight the Landlord[2] with Jiao Tu and Suan Ni.
Recently, the brothers got tired of playing penguin racing and had turned to Fight the landlord.
It was just that both brothers were rookies and had already lost all their beans. After finally saving some money for signing in, since their fifth brother was away, the two brothers happily started playing Fight the landlord.
Ying Qiao was already feeling uncomfortable in this “dwelling”. The thought of living here for a week made him feel uncomfortable all over.
Until the non-stop sound effects of failure forcibly interrupted his thoughts.
Jiao Tu held the tablet, and Suan Ni held his arm. The two brothers spoke in identical solemn tones.
One said: “The last two thousand beans.”
The other said: “We can’t lose anymore.”
Ying Qiao was listening on the side. He felt deeply that these two brats were losing miserably, so he couldn’t help but help.
Then for some reason it turned into him accompanying the two brats to fight the Landlord.
After playing the last game and winning back the beans that the two brothers had lost, Ying Qiao consciously took on the responsibility of Brother Yan, confiscated the tablet, and urged the two brothers to go to bed.
He looked at the time, it was two in the morning.
It should be…probably not too late, right?
The two kids returned to the room. Ying Qiao put away the tablet and was about to take a rest when Chen Hua called and asked urgently: “Which village did you say Jiang Lan went for poverty alleviation today? Is he back?”
Ying Qiao frowned slightly and said, “Sanshui Village, he should have come back in the afternoon? I sent him a message but haven’t received a reply yet.”
“What’s wrong?”
He had previously thought that Jiang Lan must be too tired from work, so he didn’t reply. Now he was not so sure.
Chen Hua took a breath of cold air on the other end of the phone: “The Special Administration Bureau detected that a large area of miasma suddenly appeared in Sanshui Village. It may not be an ordinary miasma, but a ghost miasma formed by the condensation of deep resentment accumulated over time.”
He licked his lips and said very harshly: “The people they sent to investigate also found traces of a group of Gu Diao nearby.”
In fact, miasma had been detected in the area of Sanshui Village for a long time, but the area was not large. It only appeared for a while at night and then disappeared quickly. The Special Administration Bureau did not find any more anomalies or victims, so it concluded that the danger was not great and did not report it.
It wasn’t until a large-scale ghost miasma suddenly broke out in the early hours of this morning, and traces of the Gu Diao Group were discovered, that they realized that they had misjudged the degree of danger.
The author has something to say:
Foodie Taoties: There are so many Gu Diaos that they can’t be stewed in one pot, one should be grilled, and the other should be fried…
Longlong (worried): The little monster must be frightened.
Gu Diao: ???
(Look at my bones and say it again)
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Lanlan finally ate meat, but eating game is wrong, don’t learn from it (bushi)
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[2] Dou dizhu is a card game in the genre of shedding and gambling. It is one of the most popular card games played in China.