"What does this man look like?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Liang asked subconsciously.

"this……"

Hu Zhao was slightly stunned, hesitated for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "I really can't remember exactly what this person looks like, but if I see him again, I might be able to recognize him."

"Well, go on."

Wu Liang saw that Hu Zhao didn't seem to be deliberately concealing it, so it was inconvenient for him to continue asking. He just nodded slightly to indicate.

"only."

After Wu Liang's pua, Hu Zhao now regarded Wu Liang as a senior who was much higher than him. He gave a very respectful salute and continued, "It turns out that the man went astray while visiting the hot springs.

So for a while I couldn't find the way out of the mountain. I wandered around in the mountain for a while, tired and thirsty, and finally met me, so I ran to me for help."

"I kindly pointed out the way for the man. I thought he was leaving after asking for the direction. But when he saw the fruit in my hand, he swallowed several mouthfuls of water. He actually said that he hadn't eaten or drank for several hours, and now he was tired and tired.

He was so thirsty that he couldn't walk anymore, so he wanted to exchange a jade pendant for my 'papaya' to quench his thirst, but he actually regarded the fruit as an ordinary 'papaya'."

"This fruit is not a vulgar thing. Although I don't know whether it is good or bad, I dare not eat it easily, but I am absolutely reluctant to let that person eat it. If this fruit has any magical effects, wouldn't it be an advantage for him?"

"But then I thought about it again. Since I don't dare to eat it easily, I'm afraid I can only let it rot if I keep it in my hands. Even if this fruit really has any miraculous effects, I have no way of knowing. Since this person insists on eating this fruit, it might as well be

Just be a favor and give him some to eat first, so that someone can take the risk for me."

"If he is fine after eating it, and even gets a rare opportunity, it will not be too late for me to eat the remaining fruit. And if something unexpected happens to him after eating it, he must eat it himself.

Yes, I don’t want his jade pendant, so you can’t blame me... In fact, I also knew that this move was done by a despicable villain, but at that time I was already obsessed, and I knew I couldn’t do it but I still did it.

"

"So I divided the fruit into two halves and handed the smaller half to the man."

"The man saw that I didn't want the jade pendant, so he thanked me repeatedly. After thinking about it, he was really thirsty, so he swallowed the fruit wholeheartedly. After eating it, his mouth felt very comfortable. He also praised the fruit for its sweetness and deliciousness.

It’s the sweetest papaya he’s ever tasted in his life.”

"I didn't dare to talk to him when he saw this. I just watched his changes anxiously."

"At first he was very normal, as if he had just eaten an ordinary papaya. But when he said goodbye to me and was about to leave, his face suddenly turned pale, and his whole body collapsed on the ground uncontrollably. I was busy

When I asked him what was going on, all he could make was a bubbling sound in his throat, and he couldn't say a word."

"When I saw this, I was afraid that someone would be killed, so I quickly stepped forward and tried to help him up, and brought him back to the city to teach a doctor to diagnose him."

"But he didn't know where the strength came from, and he threw me about ten feet away. Then he rolled on the ground stiffly like a reptile, and white foam kept spraying out from his mouth. What's even more scary is that

His eyes were filled with blood at some point, and he looked like a man-eating monster."

"At the same time, the bones all over his body were crackling incessantly, as if they were being broken inch by inch. Even his hands and feet had abnormal changes, and they were able to twist and bend in ways that a living person would never be able to accomplish."

"I was extremely scared when I saw this scene. I wanted to run away but didn't dare to run away. Firstly, I was afraid that someone would be killed, and secondly, I wanted to see what he would become like."

"After rolling on the ground for a while, the man finally calmed down and lay motionless on the ground."

"I cautiously stepped forward and turned him over. Only then did I realize that he was bleeding from all his orifices and had no breath at all. Only a pair of red eyes were wide open, and there was an indescribable look on his face. His expression looked like he was scared to death."

"That was a mess in my heart."

"I'm a little afraid. I'm the one who caused this man to die with his eyes open. I'm also a little regretful. I regret that I shouldn't have taught him to eat this fruit, so that I wouldn't have harmed him. But until now, I still can't bear to give this fruit away. Throw it away, actually leave the body behind and throw it out of the mountain in fear."

"After such a sleepless night, I still can't forget that person. As soon as I close my eyes, I will see his deadpan face, and my heart will be filled with uneasiness and regret."

"So the next day it was dark, so I took my farm tools and left the city early."

"I was the one who harmed him. I should do something for him after all. No matter how bad it is, I can't let him expose his body in the wilderness. At least I can let him bury him in peace, so that I can feel more at ease."

"But when I got to the place, I searched all over, but I couldn't find the man's body anymore."

"Could it be that he was eaten by some wild beast? But where he died yesterday, there was no trace of the beast's bite, nor any residue. I know that there are few large wild beasts in this generation, and There is no way any wild beast can drag away such a big human body, so this situation can basically be ruled out."

"But if it weren't for that..."

"At that time, except for a path leading to the hot springs, even the road leading to the Taiyi Temple on the mountain had been abandoned for a long time. Basically, no locals would come to this place. Moreover, if anyone really saw this face, it would make people see it. I'm afraid and definitely don't dare to touch the corpse, it will only scare the shit out of me, so I don't think this possibility is very high."

"Although I am puzzled by the explanation, this corpse disappeared inexplicably without leaving any trace, as if it had never appeared."

"Later, when I returned to the city, I never heard anyone mention the rumor that a corpse had been found in the mountains. Although this incident made me very uneasy, I gradually forgot about it as time went by."

"But I haven't forgotten that weird fruit."

"In order to find out what the man went through after eating the fruit, and why his body disappeared inexplicably later, I made many attempts with most of the remaining fruit."

"Of course I don't dare to teach people to eat it anymore. Later I used voles caught from the fields."

"Once most voles eat the fruit, they will become stiff and roll around like that man. At that time, they are also very strong. With one handful, they can grab a half-finger deep hole in the wooden box I used to close them. Well, one time I deliberately put a cat in after the vole had eaten the fruit. In just a few breaths, the cat was scratched all over by the vole, and some of the wounds were so deep that even the bones were visible, and it finally escaped. After that, he died not long after."

"And what is completely different from that man is that he only bleeds to death from his orifices in the end, while these voles will explode and die in just a cup of tea. Suddenly, there are splashing internal organs, stumps and

The fur is so bloody.”

"However, not all vole fights end in such a miserable end. One vole survives."

"This vole was no different from other voles at first, but in the end, it did not explode and die. Instead, it was bleeding from its orifices and lifeless like the man before."

"I was very confused, so I didn't get rid of it immediately. Instead, I continued to keep it in the wooden box to see if it would change in the future."

"In this way, it may be possible to unravel the reason why the man's body disappeared inexplicably."

"After a few hours, I suddenly heard movement in the wooden box. When I hurried to see it, I saw that the field mouse not only came to life again, but also dug a big hole in my wooden box.

It had already escaped from the inside. I wanted to go forward and catch it, but unexpectedly it rushed towards me and clawed at me through the cloth shoes. I was in pain and could not stand steadily, but it was already

I took the opportunity to run out of the door and was never seen again."

Speaking of which.

Hu Zhao finally stopped, then sat on the ground and slowly took off his shoes and socks, and showed his right foot to Wu Liang for inspection.

There is indeed a very obvious old scar on the instep of his foot.

Gu Xuan

The scar is about one finger wide and one and a half inches long. Although the wound has healed long ago, it can still be seen that the skin at the scar is somewhat sunken compared to the surrounding area.

That is to say, the field mouse's paw didn't just scratch him, but directly cut off a large piece of flesh.

"..."

Wu Liang looked shocked.

This is definitely not the fighting power that ordinary field mice should have. If someone pointed to this scar and told Wu Liang that it was actually left by a wolf, Wu Liang would not question it.

The most important thing is that Hu Zhao's description of the vole's condition sounds very similar to the stranger he mentioned before.

Perhaps that person also appeared in a state of suspended animation first, and after Hu Zhao left, the person came back to life like the field mouse... and may have possessed powers that are different from those of the same kind, just like the field mouse.

Wu Liang instantly contacted someone, Lu Bu!

According to Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's description, after arriving in Wenzhou, Lu Bu inexplicably transformed from a chief clerk into a flying general with explosive combat prowess. No one can tell what happened.

Wu Liang even had reason to suspect that the stranger Hu Zhao mentioned was Lu Bu!

"Have you carefully recalled afterward whether there were any details that were different when feeding the vole that fruit, which led to different results?"

Frowning, Wu Liang looked into Hu Zhao's eyes and asked.

Others were also looking at Hu Zhao eagerly, waiting for his answer. After all, this matter was too mysterious and could easily arouse people's curiosity.

And judging from the expressions of Sima Fang, Sima Lang and Sima Yi, they must have never heard Hu Zhao talk about this matter before.

"I have recalled it."

Hu Zhao nodded and said, "If there is any difference, it's just that when feeding other voles, I only fed them the pulp, but when I fed this vole, I also cut off a little of the pulp.

The core, that's the only difference I can think of."

"Fruit core..."

Wu Liang thought intently.

Is there anything else that can be said about the pulp and core of this fruit?

Then he continued to ask: "So after thinking of this detail, did you specifically try to verify this issue?"

"This is what I regret most."

Hu Zhao sighed and said helplessly, "The vole that ran away drank the last bit of fruit I had left, so even if I thought of this, I had no chance to try it.

, but then I dried the remaining core and ground it into powder, and then caught a few voles again to try, but unfortunately the core did not have any impact on the voles."

Wu Liang also had some regrets about this answer.

As a result, he will definitely have no chance to see the fruit again, and naturally it will be impossible to conduct further research.

"But I still have some of the core powder left. Would you like Mr. Wu to check it out? Maybe Mr. Wu is knowledgeable enough to recognize what the fruit is?"

As Hu Zhao spoke, he took out a small bottle from his arms, held it in both hands and presented it to Wu Liang.

"good."

Although Wu Liang knew that since the core had been ground into powder, it was definitely impossible to see the prototype, but this did not affect his simple analysis and research on the components of the core, so he reached out to take it and opened the cork of the small bottle.
To be continued...