Fear Collection

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Zhuang Zheng, and this is my fifth world." The stalwart man who called himself Zhuang Zheng only said briefly, and then looked at a tall and thin woman next to him.

The woman had gold-rimmed glasses and long hair, and her clothes had obviously changed after entering this world. Even though she was wearing loose dark green work clothes, she also had an intellectual temperament.

Zhuang Zheng looked at her and said, "I'm glad to meet you again, Miss Ji."

"I should be the one who is happy. I feel relieved when I see Captain Zhuang." She pushed down her glasses and introduced herself, "My name is Ji Chuanmo, this is my fourth world, and I am working on the first world." I used to work with Captain Zhuang. He was the captain of the Armed Police in the real world, a trustworthy leader and protector, thanks to him I was able to survive the first world.”

"As for myself, I'm a mystery novelist in reality, but my athletic ability is poor. I'm afraid this task will trouble everyone."

Then he introduced himself as a man with a thin body and gentle temperament. He said: "My name is Wang Hanchi, and I am a scholar who knows a little bit about everything. This is my third world."

There are two seniors left, one introduces himself as Zhao Wu, with a relatively strong physique, this is his third world; the remaining one is a middle-aged man named He Yingwei, this is his second world.

When it was Xie Jinxi's turn, Xie Jinxi also briefly reported his name, saying that this was his second world.

So far, the six seniors have all introduced themselves. Among them, the one with the strongest ability and the most experience in the world is Zhuang Zheng, followed by that Miss Ji Chuanmo, the fifth and the fourth world.There are two third worlds and two second worlds left.

The seniors are relatively evenly distributed, with leaders and backbones.

The remaining six newcomers, four men and two women, through their self-introduction, Xie Jinxi knew that they were all victims of a tragic serial car accident in the real world.Among the four men and two women, there is a young couple and an adult couple.

After the self-introduction session was over, all eyes turned to Zhuang Zheng.

Zhuang Zheng said: "According to the mission requirements, we must arrive at the temple in the depths of the Snake Valley before midnight on the seventh day. Now it is the morning of the first day. I will talk to the tribal leader later and ask if there is a guide to take us there. Otherwise, in the vast primeval forest, without someone to guide the way, let alone seven days, even seven months may not be able to accurately find the location of the temple."

"This morning, you can check your equipment, fix it, and be mentally prepared." Zhuang Zheng said with a serious expression, "It's not so easy to walk in the primeval forest. This may be the only time you can rest in the next seven days. Cherish it."

"Wait." The bigger Zhao Wu retorted, "Although I don't have traveled as many worlds as you, I also know that information is the most important thing. The more you know, the more likely you are to find a way out. Go alone. Seeing the tribal leader... not so good."

The meaning behind the words seems to be that Zhuang Zheng intends to monopolize the information and prevent them from following.

Zhuang Zheng looked at Zhao Wu, and Zhao Wu was right, looking straight at him.

Wang Hanchi also said at the side: "That's right, Captain Zhuang, it's not that we don't trust you, but we still need to know the information that should be known, and it will save you the trouble of repeating it. Are you right?"

Zhuang Zheng withdrew his gaze, stood up, and said, "I'm just used to splitting up, and everyone completes their own tasks, so as to achieve the greatest efficiency and expand the possibility of survival. Since you want to go together, then let's go."

In fact, Xie Jinxi and Ji Chuanmo also expected to get more intelligence and information, so they also followed. When the other newcomers saw that all the seniors had left, they simply followed.

Zhuang Zheng found a young man of the tribe and wanted to ask him where the leader was.However, as soon as he started talking, he discovered a serious problem, that is, the language barrier.

The tribal young man couldn't understand what he was saying at all, and he couldn't understand what the other party was saying.

Zhuang Zheng had no choice but to make gestures, but the other party didn't understand after making gestures for a long time.

At this time, a young man in loose tribal clothing came over and said, "Are you all awake?"

"Can you understand what we said?" Wang Hanchi looked at him with a probing look.

The man nodded and said, "I'm a mixed race. I can speak both the language here and the outside world. It's just that your language isn't very good, but it's enough to be a translator for you."

"Let's go, follow me to the leader, the problem with you is very serious."

Xie Jinxi and his group followed the translator to the core of the tribe. Xie Jinxi also had a general overview of the tribe along the way.

The houses of this tribe are very similar to the houses on stilts that Xie Jinxi saw from his father’s folklore books. The whole house is supported by pillars made of trees and hangs in the air, and there are many dried animal skulls hanging from the eaves.Xie Jinxi is not a zoologist, so he cannot recognize the types of these skulls.

The reason why the buildings of this tribe are suspended is probably because this tribe is located on the edge of the virgin forest and built along the river. The background introduction also includes information about the rainy season, the river's surge, and so on.Suspended buildings are good for avoiding the swollen river water in the rainy season and the poisonous insects and beasts on the ground, and are also good for ventilation and moisture protection.

Moreover, this tribe is not as primitive as he imagined. Xie Jinxi thought it was the kind of primitive tribe shown on TV, where people could only surround themselves with leaves, but the tribesmen he met along the way were all wearing loose homemade clothes. I saw women wearing red headscarves weaving cloth.

That's right, after all, the tribes here have their own culture, their own temples, and believe in snake gods. They just maintain their culture and living customs.

Perhaps noticing the eyes of these "archaeological expedition members" looking around, the translator explained: "Is it different from what you imagined? Although this place is remote and closed, it is not isolated from the world. Especially the legend of the temple. After the news spread, there have been many outsiders like you coming here. It has been at least 200 years since the first batch of outsiders came here to you, and of course this place will no longer be as primitive as it used to be.”

Speaking of this, the translator brother said helplessly: "I don't know what's good here. A group of scholars and explorers come here, and they don't even know how dangerous the forest is, so they go to the forest. Go deep in the forest. The snake god is angered, but the snake god will bring floods and disasters."

"Just like you, the rainy season came too early this year, and the rain is much more than usual. You just happened to meet the snake cave that was washed away by the river, and you met a disaster because you outsiders entered the forest without authorization and angered the snake god."

Speaking of which, the little translator stretched out his hand and drew a strange symbol on his chest.

Xie Jinxi noticed this. The symbol frequently appeared on the outer walls of tribal houses, on the wooden piles supporting the houses, and on the clothes worn by tribal people. The symbol was very similar to two infinity symbols in mathematics stacked on top of each other.

Is this the symbol representing the so-called "snake god"?

Xie Jinxi silently absorbed the information revealed by the translator's words.

At this time, Wang Hanchi pointed to the eaves of a house and asked, "Is that a human skull?"

With his sudden words, the translator and everyone suddenly stopped, and the scene suddenly fell into a weird silence.

Xie Jinxi followed his movements and looked over, and sure enough, he saw the head under the eaves.

He couldn't recognize the animal's skull, but the human skull would never be mistaken after studying biology and seeing related pictures. It was a human skull.

And it seems that the closer you go to the core of the tribe, the more heads hang under the eaves.

Wang Hanchi continued: "I remember that some tribes have the custom of headhunting. They will kill outsiders, cut off their heads and hang them on the eaves to show their strength and strength."

He claims to be a scholar who knows a little bit about everything, so it seems that what he said is true.

Xie Jinxi has also seen records about headhunters in her father's messy folk books with all kinds of legends.

In the weird silence, some of the newcomers gasped, while others were chattering their teeth.

However, although Wang Hanchi said so, he acted gentle and calm, without any worry.

Xie Jinxi observed Zhuang Zheng and Ji Chuanmo, and found that the two most experienced were the same.

The translator sighed, scratched his forehead, and said, "Scared you? We do have the custom of headhunting here. When people in the tribe grow up enough to hunt, they hang the skulls of their prey under the eaves as a symbol of power. A symbol of . Except for the skulls of prey, we will have disputes with other tribes and hunt outsiders. The heads of the enemies are naturally the best trophies.”

"But hunting outsiders is what the previous generation would do, and it will never happen again."

After the translator finished speaking, he continued to lead them to the core of the tribe. He said: "This is actually related to our beliefs. I said that rushing into the forest will anger the snake god, and the snake god will bring floods and disasters."

"You outsiders don't care, because you left after the investigation. But the people of the tribe settled here and lived here. Floods are a disaster for the people of the tribe. That's why there was a custom of hunting outsiders here at the beginning."

The translator said it easily, but it also proved that there was indeed a custom of hunting outsiders here.

Thinking of this, Xie Jinxi suddenly realized a problem... The translator said that it has been almost 200 years since the first batch of outsiders.

Then the first few batches of outsiders, could they also be missionaries?

After all, this is the opposite side of the world, one of the Fragmented Worlds.

If it is a normal world, there will naturally be an outside society outside the forest, but the fragmented world is fragmented, and it is very likely that the size of this fragmented world is only as large as this forest.

Just like his first Fragmented World, it was only the size of a villa.

So apart from the taskers, there will be no outsiders at all.

And according to the translator... Could the task of the first few batches of taskers be to survive the hunt of the headhunters?

If so, what prompted the tribe to give up hunting outsiders?

Ji Chuanmo obviously thought of this question, and asked sharply: "Then why don't you kill outsiders? Don't snake gods bring disasters because outsiders break into the forest? Or do you no longer believe in snake gods?" Will there be disaster?"

"Of course not, neither." The translator brother categorically denied it.

"As for why they stopped hunting outsiders, I'm actually not quite sure. Only the leader and the Snake Witch know the specific reasons."

"We have arrived."

The translator brother led them to stop in front of a house with human heads hanging on the eaves, and turned to look at them: "The specific reason, if you are curious, you can ask the leader yourself."

"Come on, let's go up."