Book 2: Chapter 8

Book 2: Chapter 8

The group of people squatted on the ground. All of the wind lanterns were lit and the flashlights were turned on.This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

The monster that Zhang Qishan had killed was lying on the ground. It was around two meters long. Although it had short hands and feet, its body was very long and it was hairless. Its skin looked pale and wet.

Its head had been ripped off, probably the result of its neck being snapped before its head was forcibly torn off. When they put the head back, they could see a bloated human face that looked just like a bloated cadaver (1). It had no hair, and its eyes were extremely small.

Is this a Chinese giant salamander (2)? Qi Tiezui suddenly had a revelation. Its crying just now and the way it looked made him think that this was a two-meter-long Chinese giant salamander.

Zhang Qishan pried open its lower jaw, revealing a dense row of rotten teeth in its mouth. They werent the teeth of a fish, but the teeth of a human being. Human teeth were very easy to identify, after all.

This was a human being, Zhang Qishan said to himself. This was a person with deformities.

Its human?

It was. Zhang Qishan pressed the corpses muscles. It would take more than a dozen years for the muscles to develop like this, so this thing was at least more than a dozen years old. It was a human with deformities. It probably lived in the water for a long time.

I really didnt expect the mountain god to look like this, Qi Tiezui exclaimed. Just as Ive said, no surprises or dangers. Fo Ye, Im still quite competent. In the future, you can consider asking me to make calculations any time youre going to do something. This time, weve gained victory as soon as the battle started. We havent even reached the destination yet, and this thing came to us. In the future, well definitely be able to gain amazing feats in war.

Nothing is ever done so easily in this world, Zhang Qishan said. The legend of the mountain god has existed for a few hundred years. Moreover, the mountain god is able to reach such an impenetrable agreement with humans, which means that shes quite intelligent. The mountain god has been living in the depths of the mountains, which shows that she has kept to her promise. This thing weve just encountered was playing with human corpses as if they were toys and even connected them to snakes. Its level of intelligence shows that it was still just a kid. Furthermore, it appeared at the edge of a densely populated area, which isnt in accordance with the agreement. This isnt the mountain god.

If this isnt the mountain god, then is it a foreign monster?

Zhang Qishan didnt answer, but had his people gather the horses and get ready to set off.

Not good, Zhang Qishan said. This things mother is nearby. Right. Mothers will never stray far away from their children. I was too careless.

After Zhang Qishan finished speaking, they heard the sound of a baby laughing coming from the bushes in the middle of the bloody horses. All of the flashlights immediately turned to illuminate that area, but no one could see anything except for a bunch of flying insects.

Zhang Qishan walked over and found a baby covered in blood lying on the ground by the bushes. He picked it up.

It was the baby Zhang Xiaoyu had been holding in his arms. There was a severed hand under the babys body that was holding onto the baby tightly.

The hand belonged to Xiaoyu. It had been torn off while Xiaoyu was alive.

Zhang Qishan moved his neck, his eyes becoming extremely solemn. The tattoo by his collar flashed.

At this time, he discovered that the child was still staring in one direction with an unwavering gaze. It was a pitch black spot slightly to his left that turned out to be a big tree. Since it was very dark and there was little light, only the shadow of the tree could be seen.

The baby looked at the tree and giggled. Zhang Qishan stared at the tree and suddenly realized that it wasnt a tree at all.

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TN Notes:

(1) Bloated cadaver () is a term in Chinese that describes the second stage of human decay, which is bloating.

(2) One of the largest salamanders (and amphibians) in the world. Its fully aquatic. Heres a pic to gross you out hehehe: