After the temple was demolished

This handprint is very small, and it is printed on the dry bark. If Lu Xinghe hadn't looked carefully, he wouldn't have noticed it.

He stretched out his own hand for comparison, and found that the palm print was nearly half smaller than his, and looked more like it was left by a child.

But yesterday...

Lu Xinghe frowned subconsciously, feeling that he had missed something.But he thought about it, but he didn't have a clue.Seeing this, Chu Cen, who was standing beside him, patted him on the shoulder lightly, his voice was rare and soft: "If you can't figure it out, don't think about it, let's go back first."

The two began to walk down.

Going down is easier than going up.When he walked near the house, Lu Xinghe unconsciously looked back.He saw the big tree standing there straight, and there was a dark shadow where he was standing before.The shadow vaguely looked like a person, staring straight at him.

Lu Xinghe: "..."

The two did not return to the house, but walked directly to the village.When passing by the village head's house, the little grandson of the village head's family was playing in front of the door.In his hand, he held the small animal that Lu Xinghe made for him, as if he was playing house or something.

At first Lu Xinghe didn't think there was anything wrong, but when he was about to walk over, he realized something was wrong.

During their stay, they had never seen any other children except the grandson of the village head.

Lu Xinghe stopped, turned around and walked in front of the little boy, knelt down to look at him.The little boy played with the little animal on his own, with no expression on his face.He played with the animal in his hand silently, as if performing a pantomime.

"Little friend, where is your grandpa?"

The little boy ignored him.

"I pinched these small animals for you, do you remember?" Lu Xinghe was not angry, and continued, "Brother is not a bad person."

Hearing this, the little boy slowly raised his head.He looked at Lu Xinghe, probably recognized that the person in front of him was indeed the one who pinched small animals for him, and finally responded: "Grandpa is sleeping."

After getting this answer, Lu Xinghe was not disappointed, and continued to ask: "Why are you playing alone? Where's your little friend?"

The little boy said nothing.

After waiting for a while, seeing that he really didn't intend to speak, Lu Xinghe stood up.It was just that when he stood up, he took a few more glances at the little boy, and found that he was playing with those small animals made of mud, as if they were his best friends.

The two walked towards the temple.

Probably just after offering sacrifices, there was no one in the temple.Lu Xinghe and Chu Cen stood far away, and did not rush over.They were facing the temple, and they could see the smoke curling up inside. It seemed that the incense had never been cut off.It would be fine if the villagers enshrined a decent god, Lu Xinghe couldn't help shaking his head when he thought of the dirty thing inside.

The two stood for a while, then walked over and pushed open the half-open temple door.

In the center of the temple, the stone statue of the so-called god with a fish head and a human body holding a big knife still stands there.Lu Xinghe glanced at the stone statue, and silently took out his axe.He disliked the weight of the axe, so he readily stuffed it into Chu Cen's hand, and then took out a dagger from his body.

He scavenged it from the utility room of the house.Although the dagger is completely black and looks useless, it cuts iron like mud and is very sharp.This dagger is not heavy, so Lu Xinghe likes it very much.

Both of them held weapons in their hands and walked towards the stone statue vigilantly.

This temple is not very big, and the two searched it quickly.It's just to their disappointment that they don't see anything about time here.Lu Xinghe looked at it resolutely, and finally his eyes fell on the wooden table where many tributes were placed.

In addition to various fruits on the wooden table, there are burning incense candles.The dim yellow candlelight swayed without wind, reflecting the eerie look of the stone statue.

Lu Xinghe walked over.

He clenched the dagger in his hand and stood still in front of the wooden table.He looked up at the stone statue slightly, and found that the eyes of the stone statue changed to looking down at some point.When he raised his head, he happened to meet the stone statue's eyes.

"careful!"

Chu Cen reacted quickly, rushing over without thinking.He grabbed Lu Xinghe's arm and pulled him towards him vigorously.Lu Xinghe himself reacted very quickly, and stepped back the moment the big knife was cut down!

"Crack!"

The wooden table split into two, and the things on the table fell to the ground with a clatter.If Lu Xinghe hadn't dodged in time just now, he would have been split in two by that big knife.

The stone statue seemed to come alive, and raised the big knife again, slashing straight at Lu Xinghe and Chu Cen.Both of them were prepared, so naturally they would not be hit by it.The stone statue let out an angry roar, and jumped to the ground with a bang. Every time it took a step, the ground under its feet would shake.

Chu Cen's eyes flashed coldness, and he signaled Lu Xinghe's clue about time to attract the monster's attention by himself.Lu Xinghe was not pretentious, he glanced at the place where the stone statue was originally placed, and soon saw a timer.Without thinking about it, he rushed over to grab the timer, and ran outside.

The two of them broke into this temple not to fight this monster to the death.They are confident in their own strength, but this does not mean that they are sure to deal with this monster.What's more, what they faced was not only monsters, but also the villagers of Taohua Village.

Just as he was thinking, Lu Xinghe, who was about to run to the gate of the temple, looked up and saw dozens of villagers standing outside the temple at some point.They were expressionless, looking at Lu Xinghe and Chu Cen indifferently and numbly.Their eyes were full of malice, but also frightening madness.

Lu Xinghe's heart sank.

I saw those villagers blocked the temple gate with a tacit understanding, and closed the gate mercilessly.Lu Xinghe stopped, and could hear the sound of knocking nails from outside the door.

They're going to nail the door shut.

Realizing this, Lu Xinghe's face turned dark.

Chu Cen obviously also realized this, stepped forward and swung the axe, and slammed it viciously on the door.He smashed it twice, and although the door had a corner, it was soon patched up by the villagers standing outside with other planks.

Lu Xinghe could even hear the sound of heavy objects moving.

They are going to seal them here.

There was the sound of a big knife being dragged on the ground behind him, Lu Xinghe turned his head and saw the monster approaching step by step.As if it felt that the two of them were already in its pocket, and it couldn't escape no matter what, the monster opened its mouth wide, ready to eat a full meal.

Lu Xinghe snorted coldly.

He and Chu Cen looked at each other, and instead of retreating, the two took the initiative to attack.The ax seemed to be weightless in Chu Cen's hand, but it still made a toothache sound when it hit the monster.Lu Xinghe did not act hastily, but was looking for opportunities.

Soon, he rushed over, with the help of the wall and Chu Cen's strength, he jumped up, and pierced the monster's eyes viciously with a sharp dagger.

"what--"

There was a loud scream, and the villagers outside the door lost their legs and fell to their knees.They stared at the temple gate fearfully and blankly, for fear of provoking the wrath of the gods and bringing disaster to the whole village.

One eye was crippled, and the monster ran away completely.It wields a big knife and chops randomly.It ignored Chu Cen, but ran after Lu Xinghe, hoping to eat this restless food.However, Lu Xinghe was not a prey waiting to be eaten, he dodged left and right, causing the monster to slash at the pillar one after another.

The pillars were made of wood, which were chopped down one after another and soon split.Seeing this, Lu Xinghe kicked up.Having done this, he turned and ran.

"Crack."

At first it was just a slight crack, but soon it became louder and the pillar snapped in two.And the piece of roof it was supporting collapsed in an instant.Under the domino effect, other places have also tilted to the same degree.

Lu Xinghe and Chu Cen found the gap that had collapsed, quickly climbed up and got out, without even looking at the kneeling villagers below, they jumped to the ground.The villagers who heard the voice looked up and saw the two men running out. The leader called out, and the rest immediately stood up, with fierce expressions on their faces, about to send them back.

Chu Cen and Lu Xinghe were not stupid, they didn't give them time at all.

The two ran away without looking back, and the villagers chased after them in anger and fear.A few people ran slower, panting heavily but did not dare to stop, as if something terrible would happen if they stopped.But even so, they were quickly shrouded in black shadows.

"Ahhh-"

Lu Xinghe turned his head, just in time to see that monster opened its mouth wide and bit off the head of the lonely villager.It chewed impatiently, then spit it out, rolled its tongue into its mouth, and ate it with a click.

When it was eating, the rest of its blind eyes stared at Lu Xinghe.

Lu Xinghe: "..."

This time he was completely targeted.

After running for an unknown amount of time, Lu Xinghe and Chu Cen slowly stopped after making sure that the monster would not catch up again.Wiping the fine sweat from his forehead, Lu Xinghe licked his somewhat dry lips, and looked down at the timer in his hand.

"Only twelve hours left."

Hearing this, Chu Cen nodded: "Enough."

They have almost understood what is going on in this village, as long as they find that god, this dream can end.Besides, it's useless for them to ask for more time, the thing in the temple has been completely angered, and they have to make a break tonight.

The two returned to their place of residence.

Chu Cen, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped.

"how?"

Before the words fell, Lu Xinghe's expression also changed.

I saw many poultry carcasses scattered in the yard. Some of those poultry had been bitten a few times, and some had only their heads left.Blood sprayed on the ground, shockingly red.Among these corpses, Sun Zhihao sat there, holding a dying rooster and eating with relish.