C10 Cat cannibal

Under Zheng Chen's questioning, they quickly found out the location of the Xiaoxi Village. When we told them we would have to trouble them to bring us there, all of them panicked and shook their heads, unwilling to leave.

It's just a village, why are you so afraid?

Finally, after much searching, we found someone who was willing to take us to Xiaoxi Village. That person called himself an old dog.

However, even though he promised, he didn't bring us there for free. The old dog stretched out his hand and said, "This number, if you don't have this number, you should invite someone else."

Five hundred!

We only came all the way from the city for a few dozen yuan, and now he's asking for five hundred yuan. He's obviously trying to cheat you, and the thing is, I didn't bring that much money with me.

"It's fine, I brought it. Hey, here's five hundred. Count it. Don't say we're short on you!" Zheng Chen threw five large red bills to the other party.

Old Dog took the money and nodded his head. He then put the money into his pocket and said, "Okay, let's go. This road is quite far away and is filled with mountain roads. We can only walk. Don't shout and stop when the time comes."

"About how long will it take to get there? We're in a hurry." I'm more concerned with this.

"About four or five hours." The old dog sloppily said.

I thought, enough time, so I said, let's get going.

The old dog took us through the town, and when we got to the end of the town, we saw the mountain road. The old dog didn't take us up the mountain, and instead went directly to a small road on the side, and if we weren't led by someone, we really wouldn't have been able to find this road.

The old dog was leading the way with a machete in his hand. At first the weather was fine, the sun was bright, but soon the light began to dim, and by the time we'd been gone for about two hours, the light was essentially the same as it had been at night.

Along the way, Zheng Chen and I would occasionally talk back and forth, but that old dog wouldn't say a word and would only lead the way, ignoring you even if you asked him to.

We didn't think too much about it. After all, weirdos were born every year, so it wasn't strange that they didn't like to talk.

As I walked, I realized that the ground we were walking on was very flat, which meant that we were not walking up the mountain, but were walking on a plain, and that the village of Xiaoxi might be at the end of the plain. I was overjoyed at this thought, thinking that we were finally there, that we would not have to walk all the way up the mountain.

"Drip, drip …" At this moment, I suddenly heard something that sounded like an instrument. "Did you guys hear that?"

"Hear what?" Confused, Zheng Chen asked.

"There is a sound, a musical instrument, like the sound of a suona!" As I listened, I realized that the sound was getting louder and louder, but I couldn't tell where it was coming from.

"Not good, quickly get down." The old dog's tone clearly became very nervous, he quickly pulled us to the side of the road to squat.

"What happened?" Zheng Chen asked, puzzled.

"Don't say anything for now, don't say anything no matter what you see later. This is for you guys, you guys have a lighter right? Hurry up and get on." The old dog actually took the incense out of his battered bag and handed it to us.

Even though we didn't understand what was going on, we still did as we were told and lit the incense.

None of us had three joss sticks in our hands. At this moment, we were surrounded by smoke. Suddenly, Zheng Chen shrieked, "Sunset Clouds, look! What's that?"

"What?" I hastily looked at Zheng Chen's direction. In the depths of the forest, there were four burly men carrying a red sedan chair, and by the window, there was a middle-aged woman. Behind her, there were two young women blowing suona, and the strangest thing was that there was a bamboo basket in the middle of the forest, and they were constantly scattering something in the air.

"Don't tell me this is an underworld wedding?" I subconsciously cried out in fear.

"Young man, you do have some experience. This is indeed a wedding." The old dog explained.

"Underworld marriage? "Is it the kind that marries the dead?" Apparently, Zheng Chen did not understand much about this subject. His tone was tinged with a hint of curiosity.

No wonder you want us to squat down and light up the incense. I remember that I saw some information about nether marriage, the book said, if we meet nether marriage, we must squat down and light the incense, because it is forbidden to walk at night and be run into by strangers, and the best way to do that is to squat down and light the incense to cover up your strange aura. As for squatting down to light the incense, it means that you don't have any intention of bumping into it. Because she didn't understand the marriage, she was more curious and excited when she saw it.

None of these girls are willing to marry a dead person. If you lie down beside a corpse on a wedding night, how can you sleep? "Yun Che said in a cold voice. "So don't think that it's fun just because you're curious. There are many taboos within this Underworld Marriage, because the dead men and women should be able to form a small hill. Alright, let's hurry up and go …"

As soon as the old dog said this, he raised his head again, and sure enough, the wedding procession had disappeared.

A gust of night wind blew by, making me shiver all of a sudden. Somehow, I felt cold and panicky.

After another hour or so, the old dog who was leading the way suddenly stopped, turned around and said to us, "Not far ahead is the Little Western Village, there are two red lanterns at the entrance of the village, they are very easy to see, I won't bring you guys there, you guys can go by yourselves, my mission is done."

It seems like what the old dog said is correct. Thinking about this, I felt a little apologetic towards the old dog, I thought that he would take the opportunity to rob us, but he didn't want to be so honest and bring us here, I was just overthinking.

It was getting late, and after separating with the old dog, we were ready to move on. After a few steps, the old dog suddenly stopped us.

"Young man, you're not bad, I'll remind you guys one last time, although I don't know why you came to this place, but since I brought you here, then I'll tell you guys that something is wrong with this village, once you go in, there will definitely be strange things happening, and you must not trust any of the villagers. Finally, I'll tell you a piece of news I also heard from someone else, a person from the Little Western Village, someone who has eaten!"

Under the dim light, the old dog was quite a distance away from us. As he said these words, the old dog's appearance was extremely strange. Combined with his storytelling tone and the horrifying contents, it scared Zheng Chen so much that he cried out.

At the same time that I covered his mouth, my heart was pounding. I felt a little apprehensive. I was skeptical of the old dog's words. If this was true, it could only mean that the difficulty of this mission was much higher than the previous ones.

The old dog quickly disappeared into the night. I consoled Zheng Chen before continuing on our way. About ten minutes later, we arrived at the entrance of Xiaoxi Village.

No matter what, the whole village couldn't be said to be dilapidated. The buildings here were all tiled houses from decades ago, and the signboard at the entrance of the village had the words' Little Western Village 'written on it.

Zheng Chen and I were suddenly attracted by these sights and involuntarily entered the village. The village did not seem big, probably only twenty or thirty families. There was a main road in the middle, flanked on both sides by families, and in front of each house hung two red lanterns, identical to the one at the village entrance.

There was no one on the way, and every household was dark. However, it was not too late, so it was normal that they were all asleep.

There was a sudden movement in front of us as we walked. Zheng Chen called out to me and pointed towards the direction of the sound. I looked in the direction he was pointing to and saw a jar lying in the corner of the room.

Zheng Chen and I curiously walked over. Just as we were about to take a closer look, a black shadow leapt out and pounced towards Zheng Chen. I hastily pulled Zheng Chen. That black mass with green eyes was a cat.

"Ah, it tore my hand …" Zheng Chen suddenly felt pain. He lowered his head to look at the back of his hand and saw three bloody lines the length of a forefinger.

I quickly took out the Band-Aid and stuck it on Zheng Chen. At the same time, I suddenly felt his body stiffen and raised my head in puzzlement. Zheng Chen's eyes were filled with fear, and his forehead was covered in a thin layer of sweat.

I couldn't help but wonder, what was going on? He then shifted his gaze onto the cat lying on the ground. Its eyes flickered with a mysterious light and a ferocious expression was evident on its face. At this moment, its beak was holding onto something. It turned out to be a finger.

That finger was pale yellow in color, and its fingernails were extremely clean. It was impossible for him to have seen it wrongly.

At this moment, I felt a chill run down my spine, a chill ran up my head, my mind went blank, and when I looked at the village again, I felt cold all over.