SHEEP

The creature in front of him, which could barely be considered human, was standing behind the roots of the tree, looking timid, obviously frightened by the four of them.

This is one—or more like two people being collaged together.

Looking down, there is a torso and a pair of legs, and the shoulders widen strangely. When it reaches the neck, it looks like two branches are separated from the top of a tree trunk, and two tightly attached branches grow out. head.

This appearance is really scary, especially when it suddenly appeared in front of their eyes, directly forcing them to freeze in place.

Yi Heye didn't know how long his head was frozen. He waited for the two-headed man to move carefully before he suddenly regained his composure and entered a state of alert.

If you look carefully at these two heads, they should both look like teenage girls. Their faces are similar, and their facial features are actually not ugly. They both have long brown hair. If they are separated, they should be a pair of hibiscus. like twin girls.

But it happened that these two heads grew on the same body, which was really weird and scary. Yi Heye felt his scalp tingling, and made up his mind that if she, or they dare to make any moves, he would not be polite.

Just as he and Pei Xiangjin were both preparing for battle, when those who should sharpen their knives sharpened their knives, and those who should draw out their guns, Yu Yili, who was frightened at first, suddenly made a gesture to them, and then walked over cautiously.

Yi Heye and Pei Xiangjin looked at each other for a while, and then saw Yu Yili greet them softly: "Hi, hello."

The two-headed girl timidly hid her back, she seemed to have no malice other than being a little scared.

"Don't be afraid, we're just passing by." Yu Yili held out his hand, "Nice to meet you."

The two-headed girl hesitated for a moment, then extended her left hand to shake him.

He only shook his left hand, which made Yu Yili suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder again.So he said to the head on the right, "Don't you want to shake my hand too?"

The girl on the right hesitated for a moment, and finally stretched out her hand—comfortable.

After a simple greeting, Yu Yili turned around and said to his companions: "Don't be afraid, they are not monsters, and this one will not be contagious."

As soon as this sentence was finished, the two heads raised their heads in unison.

But with the two heads, Yi Heye felt uncomfortable looking at them, so he still looked away stiffly.

"They are conjoined twins, a pair of identical twins when they were still in the mother's womb, but in the first two weeks of pregnancy, due to some external factors, the fertilized eggs continued to grow and develop, and were successfully fertilized again. After being born, it became what it is now." Yu Yili said, "This kind of situation only occurs in about one case in every [-] pregnancies, and most of the conjoined twins died when they were embryos, so they can go smoothly. It is a miracle to be born and grow up."

"To be honest, there is no difference between them and us, except that sisters and sisters share their bodies and organs, and life is more difficult."

As soon as these words were said, the eyes of the two girls instantly became brighter. They looked at Yu Yili with gratitude, as if this rare recognition was enough to replace countless good medicines for curing diseases.

Hearing this, Yi Heye seemed to be able to accept it reluctantly. He glanced at the pair of sisters quietly, and it seemed that they were indeed not as scary as before.

"And they are really symmetrical." Yu Yili sighed, "It's really beautiful."

Now his teammates believe that this is definitely what he has in mind.

Yu Yili's rhetoric quickly won the hearts of the little girls, and they subconsciously moved closer to him, expressing their trust and closeness to him with a physical distance.

They looked at these people cautiously. After a long time, the girl on the left asked softly, "Excuse me...are you the ones who are coming to take us away?"

take away?Several people didn't understand what they meant, they looked at each other and shook their heads.

Only then did Yu Yili say: "No, we were just passing by, did someone say they would take you away?"

The two little girls froze for a moment, then shook their heads at the same time.

It seems that there is nothing to be asked by asking this way, Yu Yili thought for a while, and said: "We are passing by for a trip, and we want to stop and rest in your village, can you please help us guide the way?"

Afraid of appearing insincere, Yu Yili turned around and took out his share of canned meat from the luggage and stuffed it into their hands. The two little girls had never seen such a good thing, and their eyes lit up again.

And the two teammates with transient allergies who came with Yu Yili were even more afraid that the cans in his hand would not be delivered, and wished that they could take them all if they wanted.

The little girls took advantage of it, and naturally helped them lead the way with all their heart and responsibility.

Yu Yili is relatively the one with the best temper and the most normal social habits among these few people. As long as he doesn't get sick, getting along with strangers is a matter of minutes.

At first, the two little girls didn't dare to speak, but gradually under Yu Yili's guidance, they finally became familiar with him——

The girl on the left is named Xiaozuo, and the girl on the right is naturally Xiaoyou. Her mother died of dystocia when she was born, and she was raised by her own father.

"It's very hard for Dad to take us by himself. Fortunately, the people in the village are very nice. After all, we are a family and take care of each other." Xiao Zuo said.

A group of people walked into the village slowly while chatting.

This village is isolated from the rest of the world, and its development level is much lower than that in the reserve. It makes people feel as if they have traveled to ancient times, but it does not have the evil spirit in the reserve, and life seems to be more enjoyable.

There is no electricity here, and you can’t see any big objects in modern society, but there are a few small shops at the entrance of the village on both sides of the road, earthen houses, fields full of crops and vegetables, and cages for raising livestock.

It seems that at least there will be no cannibalism here, Yi Heye feels relieved when he thinks of this, but some memories flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help feeling sick again.

As they walked, they found that there seemed to be no other people in this village.

Xiao Zuo explained: "The family members are very afraid of strangers, maybe they all hid at home when they heard that you were coming."

Yi Heye was a little suspicious, how could it be possible that everyone in a village was afraid of life, maybe there was some kind of ambush?

Not long after this thought arose, they turned into a house together, and the two sisters on the left and right knocked on the door and called out in unison: "Father, open the door, there are guests coming!"

Yi Heye frowned, and quietly squeezed the handle of the knife again. He heard a thud sound coming from the room, as if someone was walking, but the sound was much bulkier than normal people's steps.

The voice slowly approached the door, and it took a long time for the doorknob to be unscrewed from the inside with a click. Yi Heye was ready to draw his sword, but when he saw someone coming, he was stunned——

The man in front of him was only about as tall as their waist, and he looked as if he had been flattened in half from top to bottom, short and clumsy.

His spine is almost completely deformed, like a thick shell on his back, and his facial features are so skewed that they can hardly fit into a face——

Looks scarier than his two-headed daughter.

Fortunately, this time, everyone has experienced the baptism of the two-headed sisters, so they can hold their breath no matter what.

He didn't curse out loud, he was already doing his best to be polite.

Compared with the complicated mood of the group, Xiao Zuo and Xiao You were rarely happy. Turning around, they excitedly introduced them to their father: "This is a friend passing by, a good person, and he gave us good things!"

Seeing this, Dad immediately warmly welcomed him into the house and said, "Sorry for scaring you."

"No, no." Yu Yili responded politely, but he didn't dare to look at his face - not because he was afraid that he looked too strange, but because his face was too asymmetrical.

The father and daughter in this family seem to be very simple and wary of outsiders, but a polite act of kindness can completely win their trust.While thanking Yu Yili for the canned food, the man said, "I don't have any good things for you at home."

Several people waved their hands again and again, and they didn't even dare to drink the water handed by the man—they thought of the rumors about this place from the outside world, and looked at the father and daughter in front of them, and they didn't dare to touch things casually.

"We are cultural investigators sent by the government. This time, we just want to see the unique customs and customs here. If necessary, we will also ask the outside world to provide some help and support." Pei Xiangjin's lies are already at his fingertips, "So I would also like to trouble you to tell us more about the situation here, whether you have encountered any difficulties or the like."

When the man heard this, he stood up awkwardly and said, "I can't make the decision on this matter alone. My family members should call it out."

It's good to be able to call out other people, but calling out to a village at one breath, everyone is also a little worried that there are too many people and they will be overwhelmed when something happens, the man obviously saw everyone's concerns, and comforted: "Don't worry, everyone is a good person. "

When the man went out to yell, several people immediately came to Yu Yili's side, with nervous faces: "How is it?"

Yu Yili took out the roentgen instrument, pointed to the value on it, and said, "There is a small amount of radiation remaining in the air, but it is not fatal, so it is not sure whether the man was infected here."

After finishing speaking, he stood up and said, "It's best not to touch things here. There are radiation residues on the surface of objects, and direct skin contact is not good."

The three of them jumped up immediately, and although Xiao Yunduo was wearing a lamb-specific protective suit, her hooves were still on the ground, and she kicked and stomped in fright when she heard these words, feeling cramped and flustered.

Yi Heye quickly picked up the child from the ground, rummaged in the backpack, unexpectedly found the radiation-proof shoes prepared for Xiao Yunduo outside, but they were too small, so he couldn't find them in the bag at first.

After putting on the shoes, Xiao Yunduo felt much more at ease, but she still limply lingered in Yi Heye's arms, and Yi Heye could only hold him in his arms, feeling this heavy dependence.

After a while, the outside became bustling and bustling. It should be the villagers who came.

Everyone looked back, even though they were a little psychologically prepared, the grand occasion in front of them still made their eyes darken in unison——

Among the nearly a hundred people, almost none of them looked like a person.

Some people have undeveloped arms on their backs, like a soft fish fin, drooping on the spine and swaying randomly with the movements, and some people have hair all over their faces, looking like an innocent Fully evolved upright animals, some of which are adults or children, are not tall, but one head can support two big ones, which makes people worry that their necks may not be able to support them anytime and anywhere.

Some women still hold crying babies in their hands, but they don’t look good. Some have scales all over their bodies, some have only one eye, and some have all limbs upside down...

This is a deformed village. There are nearly one hundred people in the village, all of whom are deformed with mild or severe symptoms.

When a single "freak" like this appears, there will always be a sense of horror, but when nearly a hundred freaks appear in front of them at the same time, the great sadness and shock overshadow all other emotions.

This is probably why the left and right have grown up like this, and the villagers have raised them so enthusiastically, because they are all different-everyone is a freak, so no one is a freak.

The other people in the village were all curious about such a group of "normal" outsiders, and looked at them in whispers, but they didn't dare to come forward to talk to them.

Yu Yili was always the first to get used to it. He just froze for a few seconds before frankly accepting the existence of such a deformed village.

"Hello." Yu Yili said politely, "I'm very sorry for disturbing everyone's normal life due to the sudden visit."

Seeing that the strangers are so polite and polite, and there is no discrimination or fear towards them in their words, the people in the village are also polite to the naked eye.

Seeing Yu Yili being surrounded by enthusiastic villagers, Pei Xiangjin couldn't help laughing and teasing, "I'm a huge fan."

Yu Yili also laughed, and turned back to his teammates and said: "They are just unlucky and sick, they are not monsters, so we don't have to be afraid."

This sentence also means that there is no so-called severe infectious disease on this group of people, and the last trace of fear in everyone's hearts has been let go.

After briefly explaining the purpose of coming, the villagers began to babble, introducing the situation here one by one.

Many people here are mentally handicapped to a certain extent, listening to them is very laborious, and Yi Heye felt a pain in the head after talking a few words, Pei Xiangjin couldn't help frowning, but Yu Yili was very patient, He listened to everyone's speech in an orderly manner. If the other party didn't understand his question, he repeated it to them over and over again.

After a lot of work, everyone finally understood what the village in front of them was like——

Although everyone has never experienced it, and there is no record in the history that can be found now, but the stories passed down from generation to generation say that this place should have been a prosperous city.

"They didn't say it clearly, but according to the description, my guess is that a serious nuclear accident should have occurred in the place where this city is located." Yu Yili summarized the news he heard to everyone, "That accident made everyone This land has become a barren wasteland where no life can survive for a long, long time."

Pei Xiangjin asked: "Everything has been extinct here, so it proves that these people are not actually aborigines?"

"Yes." Yu Yili nodded, "The first residents of this village actually migrated here in batches during these major pollution periods."

It is a bit far-fetched to say that they moved here. To be precise, they were forcibly transferred and isolated by the governments of their respective districts.

According to historical records, the massive pollution 20 years ago was not the first in modern history.In fact, with the rapid development of industrial technology, such repeated pollution incidents are the norm in history.

The first group to move into Zone E was about 80 to [-] years ago. According to legend, there were a lot of people at that time, and most of them were seriously ill due to pollution.

At that time, the pollution incident was a very big political stain for the government, and a large number of civilians were seriously ill or even died. In order to conceal the public, the government simply sent all those seriously ill people to the E area that was razed to the ground, and severely punished them. The criminals fend for themselves together.

At that time, infectious diseases were rampant, and this group of people were already suffering from the disease. Under such extreme conditions, tens of thousands of patients survived in the end, maybe only single digits. This small group of people is this The beginning of the village.

Later, this village became a place where the government hid "pollution evidence". Whenever such irreversible pollution incidents occurred, the final result would be like this, throwing a large wave of patients to fend for themselves.

Now, nearly 20 years have passed since the last pollution. From the beginning to the present, there have been three major migrations of more than [-] people. At present, the total population of the village does not exceed one hundred.

Harsh environment, shortage of supplies, ferocious infectious diseases...any one of them can lead to the extinction of this village.

Looking at these people at this time, it is a miracle that they can survive here, build their own villages, and live a life of seclusion.

Surrounded by everyone, a group of people began to visit the village - they have their own animal husbandry, but if you look closely, the chickens, ducks, geese and fish they raise in captivity are also strange and abnormal.

Chickens with six legs, pigs with feathers, and fish with legs... probably all were bred from species that were polluted nearby during the nuclear disaster.

I don't know what kind of effects eating these things will have on the human body, but judging by the current appearance of this group of people, it is probably enough to have something to eat, and there is really nothing to be picky about.

"I feel that there should be a serious phenomenon of consanguineous marriage here." After observing quietly for a long time, Yu Yili secretly said to his teammates, "Many people in this village have albinism, and many people have symptoms of spina bifida. , It should be passed down in this continuous line.”

It's reasonable to think about it carefully. Every time there is a big migration, only single-digit people can survive in the end. If you want to reproduce and go around, you really can't escape this circle.

Environmental pollution, slight nuclear radiation, marriage of close relatives... almost all factors that may cause human deformities are mixed here. Thinking about it this way, this village is really full of five poisons.

Yi Heye hid in the crowd without daring to speak out, but quietly looked at this weird and peaceful small village.

"In front is the altar of our village." The one-eyed mother-in-law in charge of guiding the way tremblingly pointed at the entrance of the village, "This is a sacred place where we pray for blessings every day and ask the gods for forgiveness."

When the level of civilization development in a place is low, there will be more worship of ghosts and gods, especially in villages like this, where disease and death are often faced, and all these sufferings will be attributed to unnatural factors to a large extent .

Therefore, in the face of such a culture of ghosts and gods, a few people are quite acceptable.

Yi Heye followed her mother-in-law's steps and walked forward little by little.

Just thinking about what religion these people believe in and what kind of ceremony they will have, they froze in place the moment the altar came into view——

In the huge altar, there is a statue of a god carved out of stone, which stands high in the center of the village. Its shape is extremely crude. Obviously, the village does not have good carving conditions, but people made it out of their simple wishes. .

Although his appearance is very rough, Yi Heye can recognize it just by its outline——

It was a black goat sitting on the ground, exactly like the god enshrined in the ISSAC killing factory.