Epoch of Twilight

In the middle of the night, Cao Lin woke up suddenly from the cold. When she opened her eyes, the cave was pitch black, with only a faint spark remaining in the ashes.

From time to time, there was the sound of lightning outside. The sound passed through the winding cave, and it became a bit dull. The moist cold wind kept blowing from the cave, and it seemed to be raining outside. Moist and sweet.

She was cold and hungry, and even though she hugged a pile of hay tightly, she was still shivering from the cold. She tried to endure it for a while, and finally couldn't bear it anymore.

She stood up cautiously, ready to relight the pile of firewood.

The surrounding was silent, everyone had already fallen into a deep sleep, exhausted all day during the day, even Wang Shishi snored lightly.

She frightened and searched in the dark for a long time, and finally found the lighter beside the fire.

The big flame flickered in the cold wind, perhaps it was because of the psychological effect that the hall seemed to give her an unusually gloomy feeling. She didn't dare to look around, for fear of seeing something terrible, she knelt down and lit a few times with trembling hands, the flame finally rose.

The light and heat of the flame seemed to bring her a great sense of security. She added firewood carefully, watching the flame burn more and more, she breathed a sigh of relief.

The hall became bright, and everyone huddled in the haystack like a homeless man, curled up as much as possible to resist the cold.

Under the baking of the flames, Cao Lin's cold and numb body regained consciousness again. She felt a little itchy on her arm, and subconsciously stretched out her hand to scratch it a few times.

She didn't realize that she was scratching at the wound until she felt a sharp pain.

In the light of the fire, she lowered her head and took a look. It seemed that her eyes were dazzled. There seemed to be something white moving around the wound. Her heart tightened and beat violently. She boldly took a closer look.

Countless maggots squirmed non-stop in the wound, not only the arms, calves, knees, arms, backs of hands, as long as there were wounds, they were already covered with maggots.

The scene in front of her made her pupils shrink violently, her hair was standing on end, and her scalp was exploding. She suddenly remembered something, and frantically touched the wound on her face, but only felt a slippery, maggot-like softness between her fingers. The penetrating feeling of continuous rolling.

She couldn't help screaming anymore.

Everyone immediately opened their eyes, quickly reached for the weapon at hand, stood up quickly, and made a posture of vigilance.

"What's going on?" Luo Yuan stood up, glanced around, and found that there was nothing unusual.

Cao Lin kept screaming, waving her hands in the air, her body shaking like a sieve.

Luo Yuan walked over and slapped her fiercely: "Calm down, what's going on?"

The intense pain finally made Cao Lin regain her senses from the inextricable fear, but her face was still extremely terrified, and she spoke incoherently: "Maggots, there are maggots everywhere, I am going to die, save me, Brother Luo, save me !"

With sharp eyes, Luo Yuan grabbed her hand, turned the back of the hand, looked carefully, and couldn't help but gasped, even he felt a chill: "Why are there so many maggots?"

The crowd also gathered around. Seeing this infiltrating scene, their faces changed drastically. Several people thought of something and hurriedly checked their wounds. The next moment, women screamed one after another, and even a few men turned pale. .

Among all the people, except Luo Yuan and Lin Xiaoji, more or less maggots appeared on their wounds. Wang Xiaguang's body was the most, and the maggots had almost occupied the entire wound. The dense swarm of maggots made her scalp explode, and her body swayed, almost fainting.

Huang Jiahui and Wang Shishi were not much better either, screaming again and again, their faces pale as death.

"Calm down, everyone calm down!" Luo Yuan shouted.

Huang Jiahui wasn't injured much, and her physique is good, with the fewest maggots on her body, so she regained her composure the fastest. She said anxiously, "How did it become like this? I have been injured before, but usually this wound is fine!"

"Maybe it was stained by insect eggs in the leaves when passing through the woods." Luo Yuan guessed.

"The jungle is too dangerous. I don't want to stay here anymore. I'd rather be choked to death by volcanic ash than covered in maggots!" Wang Shishi cried, tears rolling in his eyes, and he put his hand to the wound, wanting to touch it. No one dared to touch it.

"Don't be discouraged. After the volcanic ash has passed, we will turn to the highway. Don't talk about this, these maggots must be dealt with as soon as possible, otherwise the longer it is delayed, the more dangerous it will be." Luo Yuan said solemnly. It's too fast, it's only before midnight, and it has already grown to the thickness of chopsticks. If it drags on, I don't know what it will look like. I hope they haven't penetrated into the body, otherwise...

Luo Yuan couldn't imagine it. When he thought of the horrific scene of his stomach full of maggots and finally bursting out of his body, his heart throbbed.

Huo Dong gritted his teeth, and inserted his fingers into the wound. The tentacles were slippery and disgusting, and goose bumps appeared on his skin. The original shallow wound had been corroded so deeply that it could almost penetrate a finger. A strip of maggots four to five centimeters long was pulled out from the wound by him and thrown into the fire. Under the burning of the flame, it made the sound of thunderbolt.

From a wound the size of a ping pong ball, he pulled out more than a dozen maggots. The flesh and blood inside the wound is full of dense holes like a honeycomb, and the depths of some holes are faintly white, obviously there are maggots growing in the depths.

A trace of despair flashed across his face, he suddenly broke down and beat the wound heavily, the blood mixed with thick white slurry splashed everywhere, a large piece of muscle near the wound was completely deflated, and it seemed to have been mothed hollow.

Everyone looked pale and cold.

Luo Yuan could no longer maintain his calm, his face changed drastically. Seeing that Wang Xiaguang was about to collapse to the ground, he quickly supported her and put her on the hay. Luo Yuan checked her condition. Her wounds were mainly on her back and calves, and the wounds on her calves were only the size of a palm. There was a large area on her back, the situation was extremely serious, and because she couldn't see the reason behind it, she didn't even notice it herself.

Luo Yuan's heart was heavy, and he tried to press his fingers lightly along the area around the calf wound. Before he had used much force, the skin sank, causing the maggots to wriggle slightly.

Wang Xiaguang lay motionless on the dry grass, his eyes looked at the top of his head in despair, and he asked tremblingly, "Am I going to die?"

"No, since I rescued you, I won't watch you die." Luo Yuan said without doubt: "I'll go get the knife."

"What do you want to do?" Wang Xiaguang asked quickly.

"Now the maggots don't go deep enough, just cut off the whole piece of meat." Luo Yuan said.

"Then I won't be able to leave in the future!" Wang Xiaguang asked.

"It's not that the whole leg is cut off, but it's just that you will be a little lame when you walk in the future?" Luo Yuan was silent for a while, and said softly. He didn't tell her the situation behind her, lest she would collapse in her heart.

"No, if you cut it off, even if you can walk in the future, you still need to cultivate for a while. I don't want to be a burden to you." Wang Xiaguang bit her lip, tears kept rolling down her face, she shook her head: "I'm afraid I can't go west, and I should have died, the night my mother committed suicide, I should have died!"

The death of both parents and Luo Yuan's indifference made the last trace of persistence in her heart disappear, and the tragic condition of her body became the last straw that crushed the camel's camel. A will to die had sprouted in her heart.

Luo Yuan looked at her lifeless eyes, he was too familiar with this kind of eyes, he had seen them from two people, both of them committed suicide in the end, his face was moved: "This is not a burden, even if your leg is broken, I will I will take care of you for the rest of my life. You are still young, and there are still many beautiful things that have not been experienced. The West is a stable world. At that time, we don’t have to take risks. We can live a normal life, and you must persevere.”

Wang Xiaguang's numb eyes suddenly lit up, a blush appeared on his pale face, and he said, "You said you would take care of me forever?"

Luo Yuan realized that Wang Xiaguang had misunderstood something, but now he could only bite the bullet and nod and said: "So we must live on, don't be afraid, just a little pain will be fine."

Wang Xiaguang's face turned pale again: "Then hurry up!"

"Scream out loud when it hurts!"

Luo Yuan quickly pulled out the saber, he repeatedly compared the wound on Bi's calf, his palms were slightly sweaty, but his hands that were usually stable as rocks trembled a little at this moment, he took a deep breath, and was just about to slash with the knife, He suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "Lin Xiaoji, bring that frog here?"

The frog's flesh has a paralyzing effect, but it is not very toxic. It is a natural anesthetic. Luo Yuan is a little thankful that he didn't want to move yesterday, and the others didn't go out and throw it away for safety. Otherwise, Wang Xiaguang would have to endure it.

Lin Xiaoji didn't dare to hesitate, and hurried over to pick up the dead frog that was still in the corner.

Luo Yuan immediately opened its belly, and after midnight, its blood had already coagulated, but he didn't need much, just a few drops of blood was enough. He picked up a piece of dry grass, stained it with some blood, and dripped it on the wound full of maggots.

Then something unexpected happened!

The maggots seemed to feel that a catastrophe was imminent, and suddenly wriggled violently, scrambling to get out of the wound. After a while, the calf was already covered with maggots. After a few minutes, the wound was completely empty, and even the maggots that had penetrated into the flesh Also ran clean.

Luo Yuan froze for a moment, and then became ecstatic.

The atmosphere in the hall instantly became lively, and everyone surrounded the frog, carefully dripping its blood on the wound.

Creatures grow and restrain each other. This frog seems to be the natural enemy of maggots. A large number of maggots drilled out of the wound one after another. They wanted to escape from this place, but they were trampled to death by everyone venting their anger, or thrown into the fire. The maggots were burned by the flames, and the air was filled with There was a burnt smell, but no one cared.

After venting, several women became depressed, and even Huang Jiahui became taciturn. Although the maggots disappeared, they left behind disgusting wounds. They didn't even dare to look directly at them. terrible scars.