Penitent hand, trembling slightly

This is a carnival for the whole people, and it is also the copy's ultimatum to them.

The people who participated in the sacrifice finally came to the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, where a group of people had been waiting for a long time.The gate of the village has changed its appearance, and the locust trees are covered with red cloth strips.There is no wind in the air, and all the cloth strips are perpendicular to the ground, which looks a little weird.

A large altar was set up at the entrance of the village, with a row of fruits such as bananas and peaches placed on it, and a large incense burner in the middle.Behind the altar stood a man dressed like an Indian in a long robe, with a painted face and a feather hat.

The people hadn't arrived yet, and the sacrifice didn't start right away.The villagers consciously kept silent, and the village chief stood at the front of the crowd leaning on a cane, without saying anything, with a blank expression on his face.

Shen Maomao pretended to take pictures with the camera in his hand, and the shutter sounded "click click".

The big locust tree reminded her of Wu Menghan again.On the night of dreaming, Wu Menghan stood under this locust tree, luring her to approach... And the one in Ye Tingnan's team named Shan Xiao died because he chose to stay with her.

The countdown to death was getting closer, and she asked Lou Jingmo next to her anxiously: "Sister Lou, is it possible that the exit is in the Monkey Cave in the back mountain?"

Including the dream, they went to the back mountain twice, the first time they almost fell into the fog, and the second time they saw the white light in the monkey cave in the dream, which was very similar to the light at the exit.So she has reason to doubt whether the exit will be in the back mountain.The previous fog could also be explained as they couldn't enter before the plot point. As for why Yun Shengjin and the others didn't encounter the fog, she guessed it might have something to do with the plot of the man's resurrection and return.

Here she thought about a lot of things, and Lou Jingmo's answer there was also very straightforward: "I don't know." Not even a word of comfort!

Shen Maomao didn't want to chat with her anymore.

Time passed slowly, and the fire and clouds reflected the ground red.When the last family had joined the line, the Indian-like man opened his mouth and hummed a song, the words were so vague that it sounded like a chanting.

The surrounding villagers all bowed their heads, and the five players who did not bow their heads seemed even more abrupt.

They are all dressed in sacrificial attire, with cameras hanging around their necks. They are out of place with the whole village. They are outsiders and aliens in the sacrificial ceremony.

Let's call him the priest behind the altar.The priest sang for a long time, until the sun completely set in the west and the moon climbed up the branches before stopping. His voice was not hoarse.He lit three sticks of incense as thick as someone's arm, and inserted the incense into the incense burner with the help of several people around him.

The remaining villagers lit the torches, and the jumping flames moved with their shadows, like a group of demons dancing.The priest knelt down in front of the altar, muttering something, and all the surrounding villagers followed his movements, and fell to their knees in a "plop plop".

Shen Maomao couldn't help but took half a step back, and was held back by Lou Jingmo behind him.

"Don't panic, take your photo." Lou Jingmo lowered his head and whispered in her ear, giving her a reassurance.

Kneeling like this, she could see Ye Tingnan and Shao Mei who were in a panic at a glance, and also saw Yun Shengjin who was some distance away from them.

None of them knelt down. Yun Shengjin raised his camera and took a picture of the priest. The remaining three followed suit and followed suit.

Three shutter sounds sounded, covered by the "cracking" sound of burning torches, Shen Maomao recalled the photo he had just taken, and the camera almost came out of his hand.

The camera, which has been useless until now, finally showed its true role at this moment. In the photo, pairs of blood-red eyes appeared on the big locust tree behind the priest.These eyes are densely arranged, crowded, each eye is wide open, and the eyes of resentment are revealed from the pupils, locking the crowd under the tree, and the intensive phobia will collapse after seeing it.

She immediately handed the camera to Lou Jingmo. Lou Jingmo only glanced at the photo, then pointed the camera at other places and took three consecutive photos.After taking the photo, I opened it and saw that besides the trees, there were also red eyes like this in the grass. They were already surrounded by red eyes!

The priest yelled out a long series of words, which can be summed up as praising the virtues of the monkey god, asking the god to bless the people who participated in the sacrifice to be happy and prosperous, and finally expressing the gratitude of the believers.

After it was over, everyone stood up, the priest nodded to the village head, and the village head began to order the villagers in colorful clothes to come forward to receive incense—the same clothes as the five players were wearing.

Everyone received three sticks of fine incense. As soon as Shen Maomao finished receiving the incense and wanted to return to the team, he was pushed into another group of people by the Zhang family and was forced to separate from Lou Jingmo.

"Hey—?!" She wanted to go back, but a man grabbed her wrist.The man has great strength, she tried to use skills to break free, but found that skills were useless in the face of absolute strength.

Lou Jingmo was also stopped by Zhang Jianshe and Zhang Aiguo. She didn't struggle, but looked at the two with cold eyes, and said in a deep voice, "What are you going to do?"

Aunt Zhang explained from the side: "We have no other intentions! You can't order two incenses at the same time, and it's the same when you come back after ordering!"

Shen Maomao glared at the man behind him: "I know! Let me go! Or I'll sue you for being a hooligan!"

The man didn't bother with him, and let go directly, revealing four bruised finger marks on her wrist.

The people in front didn't notice the small commotion behind, the priest raised his hands high like a bird about to fly: "Start burning incense!" With an order, the people participating in the sacrifice moved in response, throwing away the incense sticks in their hands one after another. Point the incense at the torch and light it.

Shen Maomao and Lou Jingmo followed suit.

Those who finished burning incense automatically stood in a row in the middle, and Aunt Zhang led them to stand at the end, where the five players met.

Dozens of wisps of white smoke floated vertically upwards. The child walking in the front stood on tiptoe and inserted three sticks of incense into the incense burner. His small face was full of curiosity and anticipation for the sacrifice.

Shao Mei and Ye Tingnan seemed to have forgotten their little dispute in the morning, and followed them eagerly with their eyes pinched.

Before the incense-inserting team had their turn, Ye Tingnan naturally started talking to them: "Seniors, do you have any ideas about the exit?"

Lou Jingmo ignored them.

Still, Shen Maomao couldn't bear it, and replied: "I have some ideas, but I'm not sure. I personally think, pay attention, I personally think that the exit is likely to be in the Monkey Cave in the back mountain. We will definitely be in danger after being sent there. You'd better be mentally prepared."

Although this is what I said, but when facing unknown ghosts and monsters, what is the use of making more preparations in advance?They don't even know how the ghost will appear.

After everyone inserted the incense sticks, the whole team flicked their tails and changed direction, heading towards the back mountain.

They passed by one house after another, and the doors of every house were wide open. From the outside, they could easily see the statues covered by red cloth in the courtyard. whose face?

Under the light of the red lanterns, the expressionless faces of the villagers looked creepy and terrifying, like executioners who sent them on their way.

Shao Mei held Ye Tingnan's arm tightly, covered her mouth and sobbed softly.

Shen Maomao also cried, and complained to Lou Jingmo while howling, and sent his wrist in front of her: "Goddess, look at that bastard pinched my wrist! It's all purple!"

"I can't beat it." Lou Jingmo said indifferently.

Shen Maomao: "You lied to ghosts."

In fact, it's not that you can't beat it, but it's possible but not necessary.

The large army advanced unhurriedly, and soon came to the entrance of the back mountain. All the white clothes stood in a row, and all handed the torches to the sacrifices at home in flowered clothes.

The priest muttered and began to chant scriptures on the small road behind the mountain. Shen Maomao held up the torch handed over from the big tall man, danced twice in a decent manner, and asked Lou Jingmo in a low voice: "Sister Lou, set fire to me. Can Shaoshan go out?"

Lou Jingmo: "This is against the law."

Shen Maomao: "??"

After chatting for a few words, the priest finished his prayer and beckoned the sacrifices to go up the mountain with him.

He went first with a torch, and the others followed.

There was still fog in the forest, but the fog couldn't get close to the place where there was fire, and could only keep rolling a few feet away from the group of people.

Shen Maomao glanced back, the villagers separated by the mist stood in the distance, their faces could not be seen clearly because the light was too dark.After walking another two steps, this time I could only see many dark shadows standing in the fog, behind the shadows was the red light of the lantern, scarlet like a sea of ​​blood.

It seems... It overlaps with the scene in the dream.

It turned out that there was no red moon in the first place, and the red light might be the lanterns in the village...

Lou Jingmo turned her little head back with one hand: "Can't bear them?"

Shen Maomao shook his head like a rattle: "I don't have me, I'm not you, don't talk nonsense!"

Holding a torch, Shao Mei came over and said with snot and tears, "I'm sorry, Sister Lou, Rabbit! I apologize to you for my ignorance. Can you take us with you? I'm so scared..."

Shen Maomao felt that she was pitiful and funny: "Didn't you say that you will never do anything wrong in your life, and you will not be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night? You told me to believe in science..."

Shao Mei bit her lip: "I've done something wrong, I'm afraid!"

Shen Maomao looked at Lou Jingmo, Lou Jingmo said indifferently: "You can follow, but I won't save them, and I won't save you, understand?"

The two girls nodded together: "Understood!"

Shen Maomao thinks that Lou Jingmo is being arrogant again, and Shao Mei thinks that it is much better to be able to follow than to run around like a headless chicken.

When the four got together, Yun Shengjin was excluded.

He glanced at the few people lightly, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and showed a mocking smile, and quickened his steps to the front, following closely behind the priest.

If you want to survive, it is useless to rely on hugging for warmth.

Most good people don't live long.

The author has something to say: I only remembered to check the typos at 9:57 because of my playfulness. I thank the little angel who voted for me or irrigated the nutrient solution for me~

Thanks for the little angels who voted for [Shenshui□□]: Guigu Jingsi 2;

Thank you to the little angels who voted for [Bazooka]: 3 from Liu Lanting; 1 from xxboboxixi, a dog who doesn’t know the truth, and [-] scrawled;

Thanks to the little angels who threw the [grenade]: Qi Sheng and Scrawled 2;

感谢投出[地雷]的小天使：鬼谷静司8个；与墨、柳兰亭4个；才不是卷毛哼~、潦草3个；过客矣、三更有梦书当枕、一叽、芥末、花朝、斯一、祁笙2个；我的字可有长进、冰雹、mangogo.sai、薛定谔橘猫、wyy、不明真相的吃瓜土狗、安奂1个；

Thanks to the little angel who irrigated [nutrient solution]:

鬼谷静司22瓶；一叽20瓶；若影扶风15瓶；小米13瓶；我的字可有长进、才不是卷毛哼~10瓶；炖宝9瓶；过客矣8瓶；斯一7瓶；兮兮、木佒伶、潦草、洛尘2瓶；qiquam、为了得到神的眷顾1瓶；

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!