Chapter 477 The Truth about Border Village
Zhang Tuohai looked at the surrounding layout. It was similar to an ordinary village ancestral hall and there didn't seem to be any place to hide.
"Are you sure we can escape disaster here?"
Zhang Tuohai asked.
"Twist the candlestick and you'll see a passage leading underground. There, I remember..."
As the little girl in red spoke, the cracks on her body began to spread again, and the black air above her head began to increase.
A lollipop was stuffed in there.
"Okay, I got it, leave the rest to me."
Zhang Tuohai said this, jumped out of the car and ran straight towards the candlestick.
Zhang Tuohai held the candlestick and bent it gently, but there was no response.
"It's been in disrepair for a long time, and it's rusted?"
Zhang Tuohai tried to increase his strength, but there was still no response.
"Is it broken? "
Zhang Tuohai broke it with force.
Bang!
The ground collapsed and a huge slope appeared under their feet. Zhang Tuohai and the infantry fighting vehicle slid down together.
Seeing this, Zhang Tuohai quickened his pace, caught up with the slipping infantry fighting vehicle, and rushed down with it.
The car entered a dark underground space.
Crunch!
A shrill sound was heard.
Zhang Tuohai looked back and saw that the huge slope was slowly rising, and finally closed up, returning to its original appearance.
The underground space fell into darkness.
Swish!
The car headlights came on, illuminating the dark underground space.
In the light, cracks on the girl's body were spreading and black air was leaking out.
Seeing this, Zhang Tuohai immediately took out a big gift bag of candy from the car and stuffed it into the girl's arms.
Looking at the gift bag filled with colorful candies, the girl calmed down and the cracks stopped spreading.
Zhang Tuohai let out a long sigh, and finally had time to check the situation around him.
This is a long and dark tunnel, and no one knows where it leads to.
However, the road was blocked at this time, so he had no choice but to move forward.
The infantry fighting vehicle moved slowly forward. The girl sat on the roof and ate a lollipop in small bites. Her attention was completely attracted by the bag of candy in her arms.
Zhang Tuohai looked around, checking the situation around him.
The surrounding walls are made of bluestone, which looks extremely solid, and there are some murals on the walls.
Zhang Tuohai looked at it carefully.
Through those murals, Zhang Tuohai learned some of the hidden secrets of the village.
A group of refugees fleeing the war crossed the snow line with great difficulty and unexpectedly discovered a paradise, where they eventually settled down.
However, they found that this place was not as beautiful as they had imagined.
They found a stone slab, according to which they had to sacrifice a 12-year-old girl to the mountain god every year, otherwise the mountain god would bring disaster and destroy the place.
On the stone slab, there is also a record of a secret underground tunnel that can serve as a last refuge.
While preparing for the sacrifice, the villagers repaired the underground tunnel as the last escape route.
Every time they hold a sacrifice, they will paint a mural in the tunnel. Legend has it that when the mural fills the entire tunnel, the disaster will end forever.
"this……"
Zhang Tuohai looked at the murals and didn't know what to say.
If you are afraid of a volcanic eruption, just escape below the snow line.
There is one mural every year, and roughly speaking there are more than a hundred of them, even though the Hundred Years' War was over.
Wouldn’t it be nice to move down the mountain and live there?
Is it necessary to sacrifice one person every year?
After seeing the murals, for some reason, Zhang Tuohai's guilt for killing those villagers was reduced a lot.
We all have blood on our hands, so no one should stand on the moral high ground and accuse others.
The source of the Border Village sacrifice has been found, but who is that little girl?
Another question arose in Zhang Tuohai's mind.
Anyone who follows his guidance with words will die. If he hadn't brought enough candies, the other party would have burst into pieces long ago.
By then, who knows what terrible things will appear.
"What the hell, I shouldn't have come in if I had known."
Zhang Tuohai thought a little depressed.
Originally he just wanted to figure out why it got hotter the higher he went, but, although he found the reason, he seemed to be caught in a bigger vortex, and if he wasn't careful he might lose his life.
Zhang Tuohai continued to drive forward. At the same time, he kept staring at the little girl in red from time to time. If he found any unusual movement in her, he would quickly stuff a lollipop into her mouth to prevent her from bursting.
The little girl in red rolled her eyes at Zhang Tuohai several times, disliking his rough actions.
However, considering that there were lollipops to eat, they didn't bother to argue and everything went peacefully along the way.
The infantry fighting vehicles continued to advance deeper into the tunnel.
After driving for two hours, there suddenly appeared a corner ahead.
Zhang Tuohai's heart moved, and he immediately slowed down the car and became fully alert.
Soon, the infantry fighting vehicle drove to the corner.
After turning the corner, Zhang Tuohai was stunned by the scene in front of him.
In front of us is a high platform, which is made of red crystal. It is gleaming with glaze and emits crystal light under the light.
A red staircase leads to the top.
At the top of the platform, there is a red throne.
"This is……"
Seeing the scene in front of him, Zhang Tuohai's heart raced. Just as he was about to say something, he saw the little girl jumped off the infantry fighting vehicle and slowly walked up the stairs.
She walked up step by step, and flames emerged from the steps and wrapped around her body.
The flames kept licking the girl's body, and large chunks of her skin fell off. At the same time, black sticky liquid kept flowing out. The black sticky liquid was licked clean by the flames and burned to ashes, disappearing without a trace.
Finally, the girl slowly walked to the throne, turned around and sat down.
At this moment, her body was crystal clear, with red light flowing inside her body, as if it was carved from red crystal.
"you……"
"I am the embodiment of the villagers' hope. The black color is the evil thoughts accumulated over generations. Everything before was just a dream." The girl said slowly.
"Thank you for letting them know the consequences of continuing and understand the future path. When they wake up tomorrow, they will pack their bags and head below the snow line to open up a new border village and guard it there to pay for the sins they have committed."
Zhang Tuohai never expected that he would encounter such an outcome in the end.
At this moment, he also vaguely understood that this was not the border village of today, but the border village long ago, or to be more precise, it was the collective dream of the border village long ago.
However, Zhang Tuohai's intrusion made them realize the evil consequences of continuing the sacrifices, which eventually made them give up the sacrifices and return to below the snow line to open up a new home.
"From a certain perspective, this is a good result."
Zhang Tuohai thought.
"This is what I should do. So, can I go out?" Zhang Tuohai asked.
"Of course, but we will never forget your kindness. This is a thank you gift."
As the girl spoke, she threw a parchment scroll to Zhang Tuohai.
