Book 3: Chapter 39: Night Comes

Book 3: Chapter 39: Night Comes

At this time, there were already a lot of trees near us, so it could be said that we were almost in the forest. And although the sky was bright, our surroundings were already very dark after the setting sun went behind the mountain.

It would be impossible to sleep tonight, so our best bet was to keep moving forward. At least, I was planning on doing that, but Fattys sudden shout immediately made me nervous.

I could see the outline of Ping Lians body, but I couldnt see the specific details very clearly. Fattys eyes were special, but mine werent as good as his so I turned on my flashlight and pointed it at Ping Lian.

I immediately saw Ping Lian sitting there, but his back was ramrod straight. In fact, I couldnt help but think that he was sitting too straight, just like a person.

And his eyes were completely white like they had rolled into the back of his head.

He just continued to sit there, looking like a serious old man sitting ramrod straight. It reminded me of those very serious portraits of emperors youd see in textbooks.

"Ping Lian, what are you doing?! Fatty shouted. Who are you trying to scare?"nove(l)bi(n.)com

Ping Lian didnt move.

I had my own way of dealing with dogs and was just about to go over to him when Poker-Face suddenly stopped me.

"Is something wrong?" Fatty asked us.

I also looked at Poker-Face, "Did something happen?"

Poker-Face nodded, took the bronze mirror off of my backpack, and pointed it towards Ping Lian.

I immediately understood and moved to look at Ping Lian out of the corner of my eye (after everything we had experienced before, this had basically become a conditioned reflex by now).

But I didn't see anything.

Ping Lian suddenly put up a fierce struggle and broke free from my hold. The fur I had been gripping was ripped out, leaving me with a clump of bloody fur in one hand. Almost at the same time, he twisted his head and moved to bite my neck.

It was a very close call, but luckily, I reacted quickly and fell backwards. Poker-Face also moved fast and immediately raised his hand and grabbed Ping Lians mouth. But before the dog could bite down, Poker-Face suddenly exerted his strength and dislocated his jaw.

Ping Lian let out a series of loud whines, ran about three or four meters away, and then looked back at us.

His jaw was hanging down from where it was dislocated, but he became desperate when he saw Poker-Face arrive behind him and hold him down again.

I tossed the bloody fur from my hand and turned back to exchange a glance with Fatty, noticing in my peripheral vision that Poker-Face suddenly released his hold on Ping Lian.

I was just thinking that it was a little odd when Poker-Face suddenly started rushing right towards me. I quickly turned my head and looked at Fatty.

Fatty was standing just a few centimeters behind mealmost touching meand his eyes had gone completely white.

At this time, I looked at him out of the corner of my eye and saw that there was a black human head behind his head, but it was only showing half of its face.

The distance was so close this time that I could see everything clearly. That thing was wearing the same kind of hat that the ceramic figurine from before had been wearing but the silk on it was completely rotten.

Poker-Face arrived in an instant and pulled me away, his strength causing me to fall to the ground and roll. When I got up, I found that the bronze mirror had been stuffed into my clothes and Poker-Face and Fatty were no longer there. I swept my flashlight around and saw Ping Lian.

I reflexively looked at him out of the corner of my eye, and this time, I finally saw the problemthere was something like a black child hanging from his belly. Its position had made it really hard to find.

Ping Lian was about to rush at me again, but then he stopped after only one movement and turned and fled into the darkness.

I turned my head and saw Poker-Face walking over. He was supporting Fatty with one hand and holding a black head in the other.

"You killed one? Great! What is it?" I was just starting to feel overjoyed when my flashlight suddenly went out. But instead of instantly being shrouded in darkness, it was more like the darkness rushed up from behind Poker-Face and enveloped us all at once.

I couldnt see anything at all.