"I just walked around the whole village, and I found a strange point. Each house can only be lived by at most one old man," Hu Bing narrowed his eyes, his expression very solemn.
Jin Hong also nodded, looking a little excited, "Yes, what's even more strange is that there are no women in this village at all!!" Her body couldn't help trembling when she said this, she is the only woman in the entire team so far , not to mention that Zhang Xiaojun, who died last time, was also a woman!
If this is the case, she is now in a very dangerous situation!
Ma Hang nodded, and said nervously, "I also found a strange point when I went to see it just now, like ordinary people's homes, especially in small towns and rural areas, the lobby of every household would be put to death. photos of their ancestors! But the ones I just visited didn’t have any!! And I also noticed that there are no graves here! So where are those dead people buried?”
Ma Chenggong remained silent from the beginning to the end, did not participate in their discussion, and even looked a little depressed.
Huang Ke walked in from the gate with a pale complexion, sweating non-stop, and even his hands were trembling, feeling that his legs would weaken in the next second and he would kneel down.
Hu Bing frowned, straddled his thigh, went straight up, and grabbed his arm to prevent him from falling.
"What's the matter?" Jin Hong was taken aback by Huang Ke's expression, and hurriedly asked.
Huang Ke's throat and eyes moved, as if he had been frightened and dumbfounded. He took a few breaths and came back to his senses, his voice was still weak, "I just saw those people eating..."
He didn't speak completely, but everyone understood what he meant in seconds.
Huang Ke looked like he was about to cry, "And that village chief! I saw it! They also ate the village chief's body!"
! ! !
That all makes sense!
No wonder his body disappeared out of thin air!
Hu Bing thought about it, let go of Huang Ke, rolled his eyes, and looked extremely serious.
No, not right! There are also things that simply don't make sense!
How did the village chief die? Why can't they get out of this village no matter how they go
Too strange! Not artificial at all!
Thinking of this, Hu Bing paused, "I think we missed a very important point!"
Everyone looked at him.
"That's the place we live in now!" Hu Bing narrowed his eyes and explained, "The house we live in is the house of the village head. On the day we came, he had the key to assign us a room, and We were warned not to go up to the second floor! Didn't we!"
Jin Hong and Ma Hang nodded quickly.
"So we haven't observed this house at all in the past few days! No one has ever gone up to the second floor!" Hu Bing glanced at the expressions of everyone, and said solemnly, "I think if you want to explore the truth of this village! Then We have to start with this house!"
Xiao Chen sat down against the wall, his eyes drooping, his bangs half covered his eyes, his hands were still wearing gloves, his expression was calm, and he seemed to have no intention of participating in their conversation.
He suddenly felt itchy in the palm of his hand, as if someone was writing on it with his index finger, Xiao Chen was taken aback, carefully feeling the touch of the palm, trying hard to recognize the words.
'go. '
Xiao Chen was stunned.
Hu Bing was about to assign tasks, and pointed to Ma Hang, before he could make a sound, Xiao Chen stood up suddenly, looked at him, his expression was still dull, and his voice was very clean, "I'll go too."
Hearing Xiao Chen's voice, Ma Chenggong raised his head immediately, with a complex look in his eyes that couldn't be hidden, and the moment Xiao Chen glanced over, he lowered his head in panic again.
Hu Bing glanced at Xiao Chen, then at Ma Chenggong, he didn't know what he was thinking, and nodded, "Okay, let's go together!"
The stairs of this house are ladders made of old wooden materials, with a thick layer of ash accumulated on them, the handrails are even moldy, and the boards don’t look very strong, crooked.
There will be a "creaking" sound when people step on it a little.
Xiao Chen walked behind, Huang Ke was the last one, and there was still a safe distance between them.
Xiao Chen turned his head and glanced at Huang Ke, feeling an indescribable sense of disobedience for some reason.
There are only two rooms on the second floor, but each room has a lock, which is a very old lock with an iron chain. The walls on the second floor were also cracked and even blackened. Before they stepped on the second floor, they could even smell a very strange musty smell. This smell was very unpleasant and a bit fishy, like It smells like dead fish.
Hu Bing and Ma Hang looked at each other, and pushed hard on the door, but it was obvious that it couldn't be opened.
Hu Bing waved his hand, motioning for everyone to back off, intending to break into the door.
But although these doors are old, they are surprisingly strong, no matter how they kick or even smash them with chairs, they can't hurt a bit.
"Damn it." Ma Hang cursed in a low voice, looking anxious.
Jin Hong and Huang Ke were also a little anxious.
Hu Bing frowned, and his brain began to search for clues.
Just when everyone was at a loss and even planned to find another way to leave, Xiao Chen seemed to feel something pulling his hand towards the door.
Xiao Chen followed this feeling and walked to the door.
He glanced at the battered crowd, then at his own palm, blinked, and put his hand tentatively on the doorknob.
"Crack." The iron chain fell apart in an instant.
The door opened.
“…………”
“…………”
There was silence.
Ma Hang looked a little unbelievable, strode forward, picked up the iron chain that fell on the ground and pulled it, and even bit his mouth directly with his teeth, but only a layer of rust emerged from the bite.
He poohed, opened his eyes wide, and looked at Xiao Chen's hands and arms, looking at him as if he was looking at a monster.
Jin Hong opened her mouth, apparently still not recovering from the scene just now.
Hu Bing reacted quickly, walked up directly, glanced at Xiao Chen, and planned to open the door.
Xiao Chen didn't make a sound, and stepped aside.
He felt something leaning against his shoulder, rubbing his neck affectionately.
Jin Hong followed Hu Bingde's footsteps and planned to go in. When she walked to the door, she just saw what was going on inside, and screamed in fright.
Ma Hang standing next to her was startled by her cry, and his whole body trembled.
Hu Bing was the first person to see clearly what was inside, his face was a bit ugly, even pale.
There was no furniture in the whole room, the floor was covered with straw mats, and the walls were covered with black mold spots. After opening the door, the stench became stronger, but there were four corpses lying on the ground!
These corpses are not complete, most of them are fragmentary, it seems that someone deliberately pieced together the shapes of the bones to form a human shape, and the corpses are almost completely corroded.
Jin Hong forced herself to calm down, patted her chest, and tried to slow down her heartbeat. She pulled Hu Bing's sleeve, followed her in, carefully observed the corpse, and said, "It's a man, A woman, an old lady and an old man."
Hu Bing raised his eyebrows and looked at her.
Jin Hong didn't hide it, "I'm a medical student!"
"This, this can't be the family of the village head?" Ma Hang covered his mouth and nose, and exclaimed a little when he heard Jin Hong's words.
The answer is obvious.
"Could it be that they were killed by the village chief?" Ma Hang raised his head, his pupils trembled, and looked at the crowd, as if he was looking for a sense of recognition.
Jin Hong calmly analyzed, "They may have been eaten by the village chief!"
Hu Bing remained silent, as if acquiescing to Jin Hong's opinion, but his resentment could be seen in his eyes. Finally, he turned his head and looked at the crowd, "Have you ever heard of the 'Werther effect'?"
Xiao Chen's footsteps stopped at the door. Surprisingly, he, who has always been silent, uttered when he heard Hu Bing's words, "The Werther effect is taken from the work "The Sorrows of Young Werther" by the German writer Goethe. The protagonist's suicide ended, and after the publication, it even triggered a wave of suicides in Europe, so this effect is called the Werther effect." Xiao Chen's voice was light, and his eyes met Hu Bing's.
Hu Bing nodded, and said calmly, "Robert Cialdini's "Influence" mentioned the "principle of social identity", which distinguishes individual consciousness from collective consciousness. , value, and behavior-oriented environment, collective behavior will affect individuals, and this principle is consistent with the Werther effect!"
He paused for a moment with a solemn expression, "According to this principle, we can analyze these unreasonable behaviors in this village, because in their collective consciousness, cannibalism has become the norm in their lives!"