mother of beasts

"what--"

A scream pierced the silence of the night, and everyone was taken aback. With the help of their own searchlights, they clearly saw everything that happened in front of them.

A man just stretched out his hand to the comatose teenager, and the blood in his whole body seemed to be drained instantly. Starting from his fingers, his whole body was dehydrated and shriveled. In the blink of an eye, he had already become a mummy-like existence!

Everyone was frightened, they had never seen such a strange scene, and they froze in place like stone sculptures for a moment, not knowing how to react.

"Well--"

Just when everyone was at a loss, a soft cry came from Li Jia's arms, which tightened the string in everyone's heart in the atmosphere that was quiet for a moment.

Under the trembling eyes of everyone, a strange-looking fleshy ball slowly crawled out of the boy's arms.

Blinking at a group of humans, the little monster suddenly stretched out its claws and touched the mummy who was one centimeter away from Li Jia's shoulder.

The mummy disappeared. Starting from the place where it was touched, the whole thing turned into a pile of fly ash, which was blown away by the night wind, and some powder was even blown into the mouths of several men with their mouths open.

The wind was blowing bleakly, but this corner was unusually quiet.

"...a monster!"

After a while, I don't know if it was the man who opened the mouth first. In short, the group of men couldn't control anything else, so they ran back like crazy, for fear that if they took a slow step, they would send themselves to a dead end.

The searchlight was dropped on the ground, and the dazzling light shone on the face of the only man who didn't run away in an instant.

It was Brother Jie that Li Jia had seen before.

Brother Jie stood stiffly on the spot, his eyes just aligned with the little monster lying on Li Jia's chest.

After a long time, Brother Jie suddenly grabbed the backpack next to Li Jia, his hands trembling slightly, and then struggled to look at the unknown creature.

The little monster watched him take the bag, its red eyes looked pure and innocent, after a while, it yawned, turned around and lay on Li Jia's chest in a different direction.

Is this a tacit approval for him to take the bag?

Brother Jie rolled his Adam's apple, and the sweat on his forehead slid down his chin. He looked at the little monster that seemed to be sleeping for two seconds, then grabbed his bag and ran away.

The moment the man turned to run away, the little monster opened its eyes, scratched a small red creature beside him with its claws, and threw it towards the bag in the man's hand.

In the dim light, the red creature fell into the backpack in a corner where the man didn't notice.

The man ran away very fast, within a few breaths, he had already disappeared into the darkness, and he was nowhere to be seen again.

Seeing that the last shadow was gone, the little monster slowly got up and moved to Li Jia's neck.

Li Jia slept soundly, and he had no tendency to wake up at all. The drugs given by the looters were very effective.

Licking on Li Jia's lips, the little monster sniffed, got in from the collar of Li Jia's skirt, curled up into a meat ball and nestled on his chest.

The night sky was quiet, and the mother and son cuddled tightly together, and there were no other disturbers around. Coupled with the dark and desolate background, the whole scene revealed a different kind of harmony.

Maybe it was the effect of the drug, Li Jia slept very soundly for a long time, and after a few days and nights, he finally woke up in the affectionate call of the Temple of the Five Viscera.

Rubbing his eyes, Li Jia's mind was still a little dazed. Looking at the desolate rocky mountain scene in front of him, it took him a long time to realize where he was.

The little monster in his arms had already woken up when he got up, and twisted his body intimately to lick him.

For this kind of behavior of licking his face from time to time, Li Jia has long been familiar with it these days, and he was a little repulsed at first, but after these days, he gradually got used to it.

Holding the little thing in his arms, he half-closed his eyes and groped for the backpack on the side.

……How not?

A bad premonition flashed in his heart, Li Jia's eyes widened instantly, he quickly got up from the ground, and hurriedly searched around several times.

No, it's really gone...

Li Jia's face turned pale in an instant, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back. All his weapons, food, and the strange box that he had puzzled for a long time but failed to open were all in his bag. up.

And now, that bag is gone.

This meant that he had no weapons to defend himself, no energy to survive, no chance to unlock the secret of that box, and no capital to return to the imperial capital.

His heart went cold for an instant, and he collapsed on the ground, losing the strength to move.

Take precautions, he accidentally slept all night, and an accident happened.

Is it true that the sky is going to kill him and make him unable to return home for the rest of his life?

Thinking about the inexplicable things that happened to him in the past seven and a half months, his face sank and his whole body softened.

His chest was itchy, Li Jia lowered his head, the little monster had already grabbed his skirt, and licked a certain point on his chest lightly, the barbed tongue of a beast touched the bulge, the feeling was very delicate.

Li Jia picked it up casually and pushed it aside, his eyes glanced at his wrist.

The red snake beast that followed him out of the burrow a few days ago was gone.

But now Li Jia didn't have time to care about the snake at all, the sudden theft of his backpack gave him an extraordinary thrill.

"Well--"

The little monster suddenly yelled, and Li Jia frowned. He usually heard it say "mother", but now he was feeling very irritable. It was quoted: "What are you screaming! Who is your mother! Get out!"

Except for the first day, Li Jia seldom spoke so loudly in the following days. The sudden roar seemed to frighten the little thing, and he shrunk down and nestled at his feet, not daring to jump on him again, raising his head from time to time Look at him, look at his face.

After all, Li Jia's anger is only temporary. Although he is very annoyed, the responsibility for the stolen things cannot be blamed on the little monster. His anger just now is really innocent to that little thing, so he will calm down a little later Later, he regretted it.

The little monster was still huddled at his feet, and its big red eyes secretly glanced at his face. Seeing that his face was not as ugly as before, it slowly moved out and poked its fleshy claws towards his calf.

Li Jia didn't pay attention to it because of face, the little thing poked for a long time but no one paid attention to it, his eyes darkened suddenly, and he shrunk himself up again with his head drooping, how pitiful he looked.

Li Jia finally couldn't bear it anymore, bent down and picked up the little thing, lowered his head to the little monster's eyes that lit up instantly and his scalp felt a little numb: "...I'm sorry, I shouldn't be angry with you."

Li Jia's voice is a little soft and low, and the tone is a little hoarse, which is not very pleasant to be honest.

But the little monster shook the pair of fleshy wings on its back that were already as big as human fingers, and immediately leaned close to Li Jia's face and licked it, washing his drool face.

Pulling away the messy head, Li Jia picked it up, looked around, sighed and slowly started walking in a certain direction.

He didn't know how long he had slept, his stomach felt empty and his mouth was dry, but his food and drinking water were all stolen.

One person and one beast walked for a long time, but still did not see any human habitation. The surrounding background was always a desolate rocky mountain. Except for stones, there was only sand and dust.

Li Jia's lips were dry and pale, walking under the scorching sun was exhausting, and he almost collapsed after sleeping on an empty stomach for a few days.

God always likes to give a new round of hope when people are about to despair, this sentence is absolutely true.

When Li Jia was about to give up on himself but saw a familiar backpack in front of him, such a sentence flashed in his mind.

Without thinking about it, he quickly ran towards the backpack, took out a large bottle of water, Li Jia raised his head and took a sip for himself.

The little monster stayed in his arms and looked up at the boy's slightly protruding Adam's apple, unconsciously swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

Looking down at the package on the ground, the little beast's ears trembled, its body limp, looking slumped.

Li Jia saw such a scene after drinking the water, thinking that the little monster was also thirsty, so Li Jia quickly poured several sips of water for it.

After the mother and son had quenched their thirst and regained some strength, Li Jia turned his attention to a person who seemed to be dead not far from the backpack.

Stretching out his foot to lift the fallen man, the man's face was kicked aside, right in front of Li Jia.

Is it the Jackie you saw before?

Li Jia's eyes widened, and then he frowned. This man was shot several times in the chest, his clothes were all torn, his throat was cut by a sharp weapon, and the smooth wound proved that the murderer was a cold weapon made by human beings. .

Instantly feeling a cold air hit his forehead, Li Jia took two steps back carefully, not daring to stay where he was, grabbed his backpack, took the spear, and ran forward with the little monster in his arms.

After running for a while, Li Jia was sure that he was far enough away from the dead man, so Li Jia stopped and found a big rock to lean against and sit down.

Suddenly remembering something, Li Jia quickly opened the bag, rummaged through it, and then sullenly.

The strange box is gone.

Everything in the bag was not lost, except for the box that puzzled him but he couldn't open it no matter what.

The little monster also quietly poked its head into the bag, and then couldn't help but wag its short tail.

The snake beast that it threw into the bag that night was not in the bag.