A few farmers stood on the path and stared at the snake's body for a long time. Suddenly, they realized that there was only the back half of the snake's body. The front half must have escaped. When they ran over, they saw a blurry white shadow jump into the woods.
The snake was so strong. What if it didn't die and came back to take revenge on them after it recovered?
Their minds were full of legends about mountains, rivers, spirits, and ghosts. The more they thought about it, the more scared they became. In fact, they were fine. If the snake wanted to take revenge, it would definitely look for the man with the sword first. However, they had made up their minds to follow him and make a name for themselves. How could they watch him die in the snake's mouth?
What should they do?
After thinking for a while, they decided that they might as well go all out. Since the serpent was already seriously injured, they might as well chase after it and eliminate the root of the problem for the man with the sword. They might not be able to defeat the intact serpent, but they could definitely defeat this one with only half of its body left.
After the discussion, they clenched the hoes in their hands and found the blood from the front half of the snake's body. They pushed aside the weeds and started to follow the snake.
They were afraid that there were poisonous creatures in the weeds, and they were even more afraid of stepping into the swamp. They didn't dare to walk too fast. They used their hoes to push aside the weeds in front of them to find the way. They also scared away the poisonous insects and fierce beasts in the weeds.
The snake had lost a lot of blood. The blood was very obvious. The snake climbed up a hill.
When they got here, some people became scared. They said that the snake must be dead since it had lost so much blood. Why not go back and find the constable? If the snake struggled to go back to its nest before it died, what if there were other snakes in the nest? Wouldn't they be digging their own graves?
While the others were hesitating, they suddenly heard a sobbing sound in the night wind. It sounded like a woman, and the sound seemed to come from the top of the hill, very close to them.
Just imagine, in a quiet forest in the middle of the night, the ground was covered with stinky snake blood, and the faint sobbing sound of a woman... It was really frightening.
The farmers were scared witless. If they hadn't peed their pants once before, they might have done it again.
They stood there in a dilemma. If they just left like this, how could they answer if the constable asked them about it tomorrow? Should they say that they were scared away by the woman's sobbing? He would definitely be ridiculed by the constable, and it would be impossible for him to be entrusted with any important tasks in the future.
At last they clung together, and watched each other, and ventured cautiously to ascend the mound.
There was a dilapidated wooden house on top of a small mound. In front of the wooden house, there was an old woman with disheveled, gray hair. She was sobbing as she stroked the corpse of a snake, crying her heart out.
With the help of the moonlight, they could see clearly that there was a house, a person, and this person had a shadow. That person was most likely not a ghost, and the snake corpse on the ground was completely dead. It was unlikely that it would jump up and hurt anyone.
In this era, the people had no way of making a living. It was common for people to hide in the mountains to avoid the disaster of war.
Seeing that it was a living person and not a female ghost, the farmers were emboldened. They pointed at the old woman and shouted, "Why are you crying, old woman?"
The old woman wiped the corners of her eyes with her tattered sleeves. She lowered her head and choked with sobs. "Someone killed my son, so I cried."
In this chaotic era, it was common for people to die. However, the farmers looked around and did not see her dead child. They asked, "What do you mean by killing on sight?"
The old woman touched the snake corpse with pity and answered, "My son, the son of the White Emperor, turned into a snake and was killed by the son of the Red Emperor, so I cried."
What?
The farmers were all dumbfounded. What nonsense was this old woman talking about? Her son was the son of the White Emperor, but he turned into a snake and was killed by the son of the Red Emperor?
How could a person turn into a snake, and what Red Emperor or White Emperor? Was she trying to bully the farmers who had not seen the world?
They were also people who bullied the weak and feared the strong. Previously, they were afraid of snakes and ghosts. Now that the snake was dead, there was only a crazy old woman left. What else did they have to be afraid of?
They exchanged glances with each other. This old woman's behavior was suspicious. If they did not beat her up, they would not tell the truth. Furthermore, they had been eating mountain rats and wild fruits for a few days and had diarrhea all the time. Maybe there was food in the old woman's house. They could beat her to the ground and plunder her. If they could bring back some food, the Village Commander would definitely praise them for being capable.
The farmer who was in charge of exploring the path was eager to save his face, so he became bold. Without saying anything, he picked up the hoe and swung it at the old woman's back. If the swing landed, she would be killed on the spot.
In this era, human life was like grass. What was killing? Even eating humans was not strange.
However, this strike that he was confident in had missed. When he took a closer look, there was no sign of the old woman in front of him.
The others were also shocked. Their faces turned pale as they retreated.
Ghost! She was indeed a ghost!
If she was not a ghost, how could a person disappear into thin air?
Not knowing who led the group, they threw down their hoes and ran. They did not even dare to look back. They were afraid that the female ghost would catch up to them.
After they ran away, the old woman appeared in the same place again.
She took off her old clothes and put them back in the wooden cabinet. She patted the grass dust off her hair and took out a wet towel to wipe her face, arms, legs, and hands clean.
The sailor suit made of an unknown material was not stained with a single speck of dust. It was even cleaner than her face. After all, it was a nanomaterial from the future.
After cleaning up, she let out a long sigh of relief.
The sky in the east was gradually turning white. It was not far from dawn.
The morning wind was unusually fresh and even a little sweet.
At this time, the group of farmers had probably found the man with the sword lying in the grass. After waking him up, they told him what happened.
The snake's body on the ground suddenly underwent some strange changes. The originally white scales gradually faded, and the snake's body gradually became transparent, revealing the weeds that had been crushed under the body.
She was used to this kind of strange scene, so she was not surprised at all.
After a while, the snake's body became completely transparent, and then … the weeds that had been crushed tenaciously stood up.
The snake's corpse did not become transparent. Instead, it disappeared, including the bloodstains that extended all the way here. The latter half of the snake's corpse that was left on the small path was also the same. All traces of its existence in this era had been completely erased.
She did not do this. She did not do anything. It was the game that took away its body and everything else. It deconstructed and reconstructed its body structure, gave it life again, and then brought it back to the modern era as an elfin waiting to be captured. It had a fated encounter with the Southeast Asian Li Shentai.
"Speaking of which, Taishi Gong once said, 'Scholars talk without ghosts or gods, but they talk about things.'"
She murmured, but there was no one else around. Even the snake's body had disappeared. She did not know who she was talking to.
"When Mr. Sima Qian wrote this history, he must have been very conflicted. How could a living person disappear into thin air? As a historian, he did not believe in ghosts or gods, but he had to objectively record the strange things that had happened, so he wrote it according to the rumors. "She recalled the history books she had read.
"Although the Records of the Grand Historian is not real history, Mr. Sima Qian was still responsible. He pointed out that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's bonfire and fox cries were fake, and that they deliberately ordered people to pretend to be gods and ghosts in order to show off … He may have also doubted the authenticity of the white snake slaying, because this matter was more mysterious than the bonfire and fox cries. But first, the farmers said it with certainty, and second …" A meaningful smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. "As a historian of the Han Dynasty, how could Mr. Sima Qian dare to doubt it … Even if he suspected it, he could not expose it."
"But it does not matter whether history is real or not. What matters is that people believe in the real history. Because they believe in it, they have power, right?"
She gently patted the lapel of the sailor suit, picked up the thing that looked like a mobile phone, and swiped the screen.
One after another, lifelike pet elfins appeared on the screen.
"Alas, these elfins in the conference room, all have to be sent to the era and place where they should go." She sighed. "It's so troublesome. My stinky dad always pushes these troublesome things to me … But, on the bright side, at least it's much better than staying at home and being forced to do homework by Ms. Xiaodie. I can only comfort myself this way."
"The heart has the ambition of a swan, but the body of a butterfly. Isn't this the true portrayal of Ms. Xiaodie? It's a pity that she is a butterfly. She doesn't even have an ID card, so it's not convenient for her to show her face. Otherwise, with her level, she is likely to become the greatest scientist after Einstein … "She shook her head helplessly." But even if she gives me more homework, I can't become the second her … "
She only dared to complain in a low voice when Ms. Xiaodie was not around. Otherwise, if Ms. Xiaodie heard her, she would probably be punished with double the amount of homework …
"Forget it, where is the next destination?"
She waved her hand, and the elfins on the screen changed quickly like a lantern. When it stopped, it was a macaw.
"Phoenix Cry Qi Mountain …" She rubbed her stomach helplessly. It was time to eat breakfast. She really didn't want to go to these wild and ancient times. The food was terrible. It was better to endure it and send this parrot over before going home to eat.
At this time, a white and fat worm emerged from the large lapel of the sailor suit. Its body was the milky white of cheese. It looked like a caterpillar, but it had no hair. On its head, it had two big black eyes. It wriggled its body and looked around in confusion. It looked like a bad snack from Fusang – worm gummies.
Its eyes were absolutely black, as if they would absorb all light, like a bottomless black hole.
"Worm, let's go. Hurry up and finish our work and go home to eat." She urged and put her palm near the collar.
It seemed to understand her words and nodded its head. It wriggled its body and slowly climbed from her clothes to her palm. It stuck its head out of her palm and kept shaking its head, as if it was smelling the air.
As its head shook, a strange scene appeared.
The clear air in front of her suddenly produced some kind of ripple, as if the smooth mirror-like water had been gently touched by someone.
The scale of the ripple rapidly expanded, and a strange distortion appeared in the space. A translucent whirlpool appeared.
The whirlpool slowly rotated with the little worm as the center. Standing in front of the whirlpool, one would feel as if everything around them was about to be sucked into the whirlpool. Even light could not escape.
From her point of view, the whirlpool reflected another starry sky. It seemed no different from the starry sky at this time, but it was the starry sky of an earlier era, waiting for her to bring the macaw over and realize its destiny of Phoenix Cry Qi Mountain.
She had long been accustomed to such a scene. She easily lifted her foot and stepped forward. That leg sank into the whirlpool and disappeared from the air, followed by her body and the other foot.
She walked into the whirlpool just like that.
When her body completely disappeared, the whirlpool slowly calmed down and returned to the air no different from the surroundings.
The dilapidated wooden house was quiet, as if nothing strange had happened. Only a few pairs of shallow footprints on the ground proved that a person who did not belong to this era had been here. Unfortunately, no one would notice.
[Game Tips]: Pet Properties
[Known As]: Mysterious Worm
[Rarity]: Unknown
[Characteristics]: My beloved grandfather is famous throughout the universe. For thousands of years, no one could compare with him!
[Unlocked History]:
Wormholes, also known as Einstein-Rosen Bridge, are multi-dimensional space tunnels in the universe because they are shaped like the holes of an apple that have been eaten by worms. The concept was proposed by the Austrian physicist Ludwig Fraim in 1916, and in 1935, in the paper "The Particle Problem in General Relativity" jointly published by Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen, it was pointed out that wormholes are the space-time glue solution of general relativity.
Wormholes are caused by the rotation of stars and the action of gravity. Like the whirlpools in the sea, they are everywhere and fleeting. If the whirlpools in the sea are strong enough, they can even go straight from the surface of the sea to the bottom of the sea, as if connecting two different worlds.
Einstein believed that through wormholes, instantaneous space transfer or time travel could be carried out.
The earth is the cradle of human beings, but human beings can't always live in the cradle because human beings are mature enough. The cradle seems too narrow, and one day it will become old and broken.
Since ancient times, human beings have longed to leave the earth's surface and travel in the stars. Countless people have paid the price of their lives for this.
Human beings are eager to find another habitable planet and meet with other civilizations in the universe, but conventional interstellar travel is too limited.
As the greatest scientific master in human history, Albert Einstein's ideas and theories are far ahead of the times. Even in the future, human beings are still guided by the theory of relativity. Since Einstein pointed out the infinite possibilities of wormholes, generations of human beings have placed infinite reverie and hope on this wonderful way of time travel.
In the near future, due to the deterioration of the environment, the exhaustion of resources, and the explosion of population, the earth will be occupied by garbage and become more and more unsuitable for human survival.
Human beings are so eager to escape from the earth. Under the blessing of the almost infinite power of faith of billions of people, this worm that should not exist has changed from pure imagination to the spirit of heaven and earth.
It can open a space-time tunnel to a high-dimensional space, taking you across time and space, past and future!
Seven days in the cave is a thousand years in the world.
[Unlocked True Name]: Einstein's Space-Time Worm!
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