God's Gift

"Is there a shrine here too?" While Ye Li was thinking to himself, Fang Ziang, who was standing on the other side of the carriage, stared ahead and made a strange sound.

As soon as Fang Ziang said this, Jiang De took a few steps forward and looked in the direction Fang Ziang was looking.

On one side of the passage ahead, a shrine was embedded in the wall. As the train approached, the shape of the shrine became clearer and clearer.

Yu Youyou held Bubu in her arms, ran over, and peered in: "There's something in here too..."

She hadn't finished her words when the train passed by the shrine quickly, and the contents of the shrine flashed by. Although the train was moving very fast, the appearance of the shrine still caught the eyes of several people.

"Ah..." Yu Youyou paused for a few seconds and muttered, "It turned out to be a mouse."

Lu Keming stood behind Yu Youyou and also had a clear view of the shrine. As the train moved away, the shrine was soon left behind. Lu Keming looked back and rubbed his fingers unconsciously.

The deity enshrined in the shrine is not a forest god, but a mouse.

Perhaps it should be said that the rats occupied the shrine that belonged to the gods.

The deer statue that was supposed to be enshrined in the shrine fell outside the shrine, and the rusty deer head broke for some reason and rolled to the side of the track. In the shrine, where the god was supposed to be, stood a gray-brown mouse as long as a forearm.

As the train passed by, its black bean-like eyes rolled and watched them leave.

Ye Li frowned slightly, then became relieved: "It's normal to have rats underground."

It's just an underground rat occupying the shrine, which makes people feel ominous.

Fang Ziang felt a little scared, and goose bumps appeared on his arms. He rubbed his hands a few times and moved away from the window: "I hate mice the most."

Hearing Fang Ziang's words, Yu Youyou turned to look at him and asked curiously, "Fang Ziang, are you still afraid of mice?"

"How is that possible!" Fang Ziang vehemently denied, "I'm not afraid, I just hate mice! Hating and being afraid are different."

"It's just a mouse. How can I, a man, be afraid of a little mouse?"

Yu Youyou listened to Fang Ziang's argument and nodded indifferently, "Okay, then you are not afraid."

Seeing that Yu Youyou didn't take his words seriously, Fang Ziang repeated, "I'm really not afraid!"

Yu Youyou waved her hand, "I know, I know."

Dark Star, who was standing nearby, snorted mockingly and uttered two words: "Softie."

Fang Ziang turned around and gave An Xing a slap on the face: "Who are you calling a wimp?"

Lu Keming looked at Fang Ziang playing Dark Star, his brows twitched, a look of disbelief appeared on his face, and he looked at Fang Ziang straight in the eye for the first time.

It is true that ignorance is bliss.

Even Fang Ziang became bolder and dared to attack Dark Star directly.

Lu Keming glanced at Anthony sideways, asking with his eyes.

Anthony understood what Fang Ziang meant. He also felt a little frightened when he saw Fang Ziang's actions. He walked a few steps to Lu Keming's side and whispered:

"Master, Fang Ziang thought it was a virtual person created by the intelligent computer."

Lu Keming understood and nodded.

If that was the case, then he understood it. After all, Fang Ziang didn't know the identity of Dark Star, and his knowledge of Fire Seed was very limited. He didn't understand the relationship between Fire Seed, Dark Star, and Intelligent Brain.

But if Fang Ziang knew that he was fighting the true body of the Fire Seed, the origin of all biological mutations, and the source of his spiritual power, what would his expression be?

Lu Keming stared at Fang Ziang and chuckled maliciously.

An Xing was hit hard by Fang Ziang, and the red hair on his head stood up in a mess. He looked around angrily, and saw Lu Keming standing aside as if nothing had happened. He questioned Lu Keming with his eyes why he didn't help him.

Lu Keming looked at An Xing who was glaring at him angrily. He curled up the corners of his mouth into a smile, raised the corners of his eyes slightly, and spread his hands to An Xing.

He had no interest in helping Dark Star. Instead, he was happy to see Dark Star suffer a setback.

However, Shen Minghua, who was standing by, saw Anthony whispering to Lu Keming, and noticed the eye contact between Lu Keming and Anxing, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

He always felt that the child in front of him was not simple.

Jiang De did not notice the undercurrents between the few people. His face was full of worry, and the scene in the shrine just now was still circling in his mind. He felt uneasy all the time.

He took out the yellowed diary again and read the records about the underground passage over and over again.

As long as nothing unexpected happens, they should be able to reach the Second Ring Road smoothly by going through the underground passage and avoiding the Third Ring Road.

He originally thought this was a shortcut.

But the scene just now made him feel nervous.

I hope he's just overthinking it.

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But the reality is often: if nothing unexpected happens, an accident will happen soon.

The underground passage was silent except for the sound of the wind whizzing by and the friction between the train and the track.

There was no sunlight in the cave, but judging by the time, the train had been running smoothly for a whole day. The time on the train was somewhat boring, and everyone chatted for a long time, and now they were a little drowsy.

Yu Youyou, however, was in high spirits. She sat on a chair, hugged Bubu with her arms, and listened carefully with her ears. As if she heard some sound, her fingers tapped in time with the frequency of the sound.

Lu Keming stood in the cab, using his mental power to control the train to change lanes and turn around a fork in the road, then turned around and walked to Yu Youyou.

He half squatted down and watched Yu Youyou's movements with some confusion in his eyes.

"Youyou, what did you hear?"

"Shh." Yu Youyou turned her head and made a gesture to him to keep quiet.

Lu Keming didn't say anything else and waited quietly for Yu Youyou.

After a long while, Yu Youyou seemed to have confirmed it. She looked at Lu Keming and tapped with her hands, imitating the sound herself:

"Bang, bang... Ding, ding, ding-dong..."

She tilted her head and asked in confusion, "What is that sound?"

Lu Keming didn't hear it. He looked a little hesitant. After thinking for a long time, he asked uncertainly: "Are you singing?"

“No.” Yu Youyou puffed out her lips and shook her head vigorously, “This doesn’t sound like singing at all!”

Lu Keming looked at Yu Youyou's serious rebuttal, grinned, revealing his white teeth, and replied:

"Is that the sound of some instrument?"

"What musical instrument..." Before Yu Youyou finished asking, the fast-moving subway suddenly slowed down. Yu Youyou's body fell forward due to inertia, and her head hit the subway railing.

Lu Keming's eyes changed, and before she was about to hit the railing, he blocked it with his palm and quickly stopped Yu Youyou's body with his other hand.

"Ouch..." Yu Youyou's head hit Lu Keming's hand. She screamed in pain and looked up at the hand blocking the railing.

A hand with distinct joints and a thin layer of muscle wrapped around the hard joints did not provide any protection, but instead caused pain on Yu Youyou's forehead.

Lu Keming looked at the red mark on Yu Youyou's forehead, glanced at his own thin hand, coughed lightly with some embarrassment, and took his hand back.

Yu Youyou looked at Lu Keming's bewildered look, covered her forehead, and waved at him: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm not hurt."

After saying that, she stood up and looked outside through the car window.

A strong stench of decay hit her in the face, and Yu Youyou covered her nose in disgust.

The wall of this section of the passage was sticky and because of the dim light, it was difficult to see what was on it. At first glance, it looked just black and brown.

The stench became stronger and stronger, and the other students who had just woken up because of the train's deceleration were almost fainted again.

"what happened?"

Shen Minghua stepped forward, turned on the flashlight and shone it on the wall of the cave. After seeing clearly what was on the wall, his stomach churned and he almost vomited.

Those dark brown things were actually pieces of rotten meat, piled up in a thick layer and stuck to the wall of the cave. One could vaguely see the skin from different parts of the body and muscles with dark blood stains, with bones and internal organs scattered among them.

It is estimated that the rotten meat is not only on the walls of the cave, but also on the tracks.

The train was running over the rotten meat, moving forward slowly and sluggishly as if it was stuck with glue.

As the train moved forward, several complete corpses of mutant creatures appeared in view.

These corpses were of different shapes, placed in different postures, and scattered among the rotten flesh.