Online Fortune Telling: Your Son Has Another Dad
Chapter 661 - 659: Decaying Corpses
After that long robe was flung aside by Li Xun using a stick, Zhang Songkang’s decayed body was exposed directly in front of everyone.
Pale, rotten flesh emitted waves of foul stench, with countless white maggots writhing and rolling within the meat.
And the buzzing sound that had earlier reached everyone’s ears became even more apparent.
Li Xun and the others stared intently at Zhang Songkang’s body, trying to see what might be hidden inside.
To everyone’s surprise, in the next moment, Zhang Songkang’s body started to tremble violently.
Feng Kan craned his neck, tilting his head to take a look inside.
But that was when he realized this rotten flesh concealed a giant green-headed fly.
Judging by its size alone, it was as big as an adult’s fist.
"Buzz!"
With a muffled sound, the green-headed fly shot out from the rotten flesh, heading straight for Feng Kan.
Feng Kan reacted quickly, lifting his foot and kicking the incoming green-headed fly.
With a "smack," the green-headed fly was kicked to bursting pulp.
The white, foul-smelling goo splattered all over Feng Kan’s shoe.
"Ugh!"
Witnessing this scene nearly made Yan Ya vomit on the spot.
Feng Kan frowned, suppressing his disgust, rubbed his shoe against the ground several times, finally getting rid of most of the goo.
At this moment, Zhang Songkang’s body also stopped moving.
"These white maggots were probably laid as eggs by that green-headed fly!"
Li Xun, glancing at the maggots still writhing in the rotten flesh, analyzed with a serious tone.
At these words, Yan Ya rolled her eyes but didn’t say much.
"What do we do now?"
Yan Jun asked, frowning.
"Let’s go up the mountain! See what’s up there."
"We must leave this Illusion Realm as soon as possible."
"Otherwise, who knows what unfortunate events might occur if we linger here too long."
"Let’s not end up like Zhang Songkang said, unable to leave here forever..."
Li Xun replied, stroking his chin.
After hearing this, Feng Kan and the others naturally had no objections.
Li Xun and Feng Kan walked in front, with Yan Jun and his sister Yan Ya closely following behind.
The four slowly proceeded along the winding, rugged mountain path. When they walked into the village, they couldn’t help but be shocked by the sight before them.
Wherever their eyes reached, all the wooden houses were dilapidated, covered with a layer of blackened substance, the nature of which was unknown.
"There seems to be something over there!"
Yan Jun, following behind, suddenly spoke up.
Upon hearing this, the other three turned to look in the direction he pointed.
It was the nearest wooden house to them, next to which appeared to be a pigpen.
From their vantage point, they could vaguely see what seemed to be a dark shadow inside the pigpen.
"I’ll go take a look!"
Feng Kan said, cautiously approaching.
When he reached the pigpen and frowned after taking a look, he immediately signaled Li Xun and the others to come over.
Seeing this, Li Xun and the others quickly walked to the pigpen.
Inside the pigpen lay three pigs.
Two of them remained in a standing posture as if still eating, while the other lay sprawled in the corner.
Under the occasional flicker of lightning, it was clear that these three pigs had also turned into rotting corpses: flesh and blood unrecognizable, maggots writhing, and yellowish fluid dripping intermittently onto the ground.
"I’ll check inside the wooden house!"
While Li Xun and the others frowned at the three pig corpses in the pigpen, Feng Kan pushed open the wooden house door beside them.
"Oh my god!"
Just upon entering the wooden house, Feng Kan cried out in surprise.
Hearing the commotion, the three people immediately rushed into the wooden house.
Inside the ruined wooden house stood two people, a man and a woman.
Their clothing resembled ancient Dragon Country attire, though its specific period was indistinguishable.
Their faces bore strong expressions of anxiety, each clutching a bundle in their hands.
The man tightly grasped the woman’s hand, poised to head out, seemingly wanting to escape from the wooden house.
Yet time seemed eternally frozen at this moment...
"What on earth happened here?"
"How did both people and animals transform into corpses?"
Yan Jun questioned with a frown.
The man and woman, like Zhang Songkang earlier, had turned into rotting corpses, their bodies full of decaying flesh emitting a strong stench.
"Judging by their appearance, they seemed to be trying to escape?"
Yan Ya interjected.
"I don’t know!"
Li Xun shook his head, and said solemnly: "But I suspect that something catastrophic happened in Stone Temple Village."
"These two were ready to flee, but didn’t make it out of the house before losing their lives!"
"How about we check the other wooden houses as well?"
At this time, Feng Kan suggested.
"Let’s take a look!"
Li Xun nodded slightly, then looked at Yan Jun and Yan Ya as if seeking their opinion.
Yan Ya and her brother had no objections, naturally nodding in agreement.
Thus, the four of them proceeded to check multiple wooden houses, finding in almost every one a rotting corpse or multiple.
The state of these corpses mirrored the earlier man and woman, seemingly eager to leave the wooden house but inexplicably losing their lives before they could leave, turning into their current rotting states.
Besides human corpses, there were also decayed remains of cows, horses, dogs, cats, donkeys, and other animals.
It seemed that all living beings within the village had become corpses.
"This is truly strange!"
"Since both the villagers and animals in Stone Temple Village have become corpses."
"What was that horde of rats about then?"
Upon stepping out of the last wooden house, Li Xun murmured to himself.
"I recall that rat horde seemed to gush down from the mountain?"
Yan Jun recalled with a contemplative look on his face.
"Sigh!"
Li Xun sighed softly and said, "It appears we have no choice but to see what’s up at the top of the mountain!"
After going through a full round, the four returned to the winding, rugged mountain path.
Just as they reached halfway up the mountain, a sporadic crying sound suddenly reached their ears.
"Oh my, is there someone alive?"
Feng Kan, hearing the crying, expressed his astonishment.
"The crying seems to be coming from over there, should we go check it out?"
Yan Ya pointed towards the distance on the west side, softly inquiring.
Li Xun hesitated for a moment before nodding, deciding to see who might be crying over there.
Following the direction of the crying, the four arrived at the entrance of a courtyard.
Unlike the previously ruined wooden houses, this courtyard seemed to retain its original state, although it too was covered with a layer of blackened substance...