Chapter 30 You take a chicken!
“I didn’t tell the Imperial Guards because the situation was too bizarre… In Zhongjia Village, I didn’t see any women, but the men had freedom of movement, walking around the village, but their eyes were blank, as if they had been drugged.”
“Is that all?”
“Of course not. Besides that, I also saw that these men had very big stomachs, as if they were eight months pregnant and about to give birth…”
While talking to Gu Yu, Mengyao Gu looked surprised, never expecting that men could also get pregnant.
With such a big belly, she looked just like she was carrying a child!
However, after the southern border became unsafe, Mengyao Gu felt that she couldn’t judge things by their appearance.
Perhaps Zhongjia Village had undergone some remarkable changes, which was why the men in the village had such big bellies.
“If I’m not mistaken, these big-bellied men are carriers of resentful worms.”
“What!!!”
Hearing Mengyao Gu’s words, Gu Yu pondered for a moment and immediately stated his deduction.
Upon hearing Gu Yu’s astonishing statement, Qingheng Gu, who was standing beside them, felt as if he had been electrocuted and almost jumped up from his spot, unable to believe what Gu Yu had said.
Previously, Zhou Yi had mentioned that the formation of resentful worms required stillborn infants as a base, and then they were placed in the bodies of living people to absorb spiritual energy.
It was one thing to encounter so many corpses before, but now, the entire village of men in Zhongjia Village were parasitized by resentful worms!
Just thinking about it sent shivers down his spine!
It was truly terrifying!
Not only did Qingheng Gu find it terrifying, but Mengyao Gu felt the same way.
Not to mention the timid Gege, who, upon hearing that the men of Zhongjia Village had become carriers of resentful worms, couldn’t help but feel fortunate that his wife had the foresight to send him out of Zhongjia Village in advance.
Otherwise, he would also have been pregnant for ten months.
Giving birth to something that was neither human nor ghost would indeed be frightening and unlucky.
“The reason I suspect this is because when I dissected those corpses before, I found that their abdomens ruptured first, and then the insect eggs were removed from the abdominal cavity. So, it’s highly likely that these people had big bellies, just like pregnant women, before they died.”
“Yu, hearing you say that, I also have some memories, and it really was like that!”
“Although these resentful worms have not yet been born, they need to constantly absorb spiritual energy from the human body to grow stronger… Mengyao, you saw those people with blank eyes, it’s possible that a lot of their spiritual energy has already been absorbed, causing their spiritual energy to gradually deplete, making them as precarious as withered and decaying trees.”
Seeing that Mengyao Gu and the other two looked confused, Gu Yu stopped playing coy and directly explained the reason for his deduction.
Gu Yu’s explanation was very straightforward, even Gege understood it, let alone the intelligent Mengyao Gu and her brother.
However, it was precisely because they understood that Mengyao Gu’s frown deepened.
The person who could create so many carriers of resentful worms must be someone not to be trifled with. After this encounter, there would surely be a tough battle to fight.
They had to be constantly vigilant!
“Moreover, not only that, I think these men in Zhongjia Village who are parasitized by resentful worms will instinctively attack when they encounter living creatures! They will absorb the spiritual energy from living beings to feed the resentful worms in their bodies.”
After finishing, Gu Yu immediately added a sentence, recalling the novels he had read before transmigrating.
This made everyone’s hearts grow heavier upon hearing it.
If what Gu Yu said was true, then their act of entering the village was akin to walking right into a trap!
When Mengyao Gu heard Gu Yu’s words, she didn’t stand still any longer. She decided to go to Zhongjia Village again to see if the men carrying resentful worms would indeed pounce on living creatures.
“Wife, take a chicken with you! If the mysterious person is still in the village, it will be easy for you to alert them if you enter the village.”
Gu Yu and Mengyao Gu had lived together for so many years, and not only did Mengyao Gu understand Gu Yu very well, but he also understood her.
Just by looking at the expression on Mengyao Gu’s face, Gu Yu could guess what she was thinking.
Therefore, with a thought from Gu Yu, the sound of a chicken crowing came from the surrounding bushes.
Upon hearing this, Mengyao Gu couldn’t help but smile. Not wanting to waste her little husband’s good intentions, she stepped forward and caught a male chicken that had just emerged from the space.
Catching a plump chicken so easily amazed Gege.
He wondered why he didn’t have such good luck to have a chicken appear just when he wanted one.
Having lived in Zhongjia Village for so many years, he had never seen such a scene.
Moreover, it didn’t look like a wild chicken, but a domesticated one.
Despite his doubts, Gege dared not say too much, fearing that he might reveal the Gu family’s secret and be killed by them.
The less one knew about secrets, the better.
And the longer one could live.
After Mengyao Gu caught the chicken, she immediately rushed towards Zhongjia Village again, disappearing without a trace in front of Gu Yu and the others like a gust of wind.
Such speed made them once again marvel at Mengyao Gu’s superb martial arts skills, which were almost comparable to those of an immortal.
When Gu Yu saw Mengyao Gu leave, his face immediately showed a worried expression, not for Mengyao Gu, but for the upcoming actions.
Knowing Mengyao Gu’s thoughts, Gu Yu knew that she didn’t want any accidents to happen to her subordinates.
However, entering Zhongjia Village next would likely be a dangerous undertaking.
Therefore, it was time for him to act.
With that thought, Gu Yu turned his head to look at Gege, thinking there was no need to hide it from him.
After all, Gege was not from the capital, but someone who lived in the southern border.
After finding the Imperial Seal this time, Gege would continue to live in the southern border.
Moreover, even if Gege gossiped and spread the word, no one would believe him.
“Qingheng, the road ahead will be difficult. You should hide.”
“Yes, I know the importance of this, but what about those Imperial Guards…”
“Don’t worry, I’ll have them hide too, but for now, they need to fall into a deep sleep. You go and knock them all out.”
“Alright!”
Afterward, when Qingheng Gu heard Gu Yu’s words, he didn’t argue back as usual but nodded obediently.
Upon hearing his brother-in-law’s deduction just now, Qingheng Gu felt that he was too young and delicate, like a fragile flower! He couldn’t participate in overly dangerous matters, otherwise, he would become a burden.
The task that his brother-in-law had just assigned him relieved Qingheng Gu, and he no longer worried about encountering danger.
After all, his brother-in-law’s malicious taste was sometimes quite terrible!
