The torrential rain in the mountains finally stopped.
In the spring, the thick snow and ice accumulated on the mountain gradually melted under the scorching sunlight, turned into running water, and merged into the stream behind the village. The originally thin stream turned into a surging river. Jiang Ruonan, who was standing by the river to get water, heard the sound of the car starting.
The village is so remote that, usually, outsiders are invisible for months. But just after the beginning of spring this year, strange things happened frequently in the village. The village chief had no choice but to notify the outside world and ask for help. About a few days later, a few people were sent from outside to investigate the situation in the village, but it didn't seem to be going well.
Jiang Ruonan didn't care much about these things. He walked slowly along the muddy path with water to his home. When he passed by the entrance of the village, he saw the group of foreigners.
When they came, there were still four, and there were only two people left. At this time, one stood in front of the car and opened the hood to study something, while the other stood in the cab and kept cursing. He saw Jiang Ruonan in the distance, but he seemed even more angry.
"I think there are ghosts in this village." The cursing man roared, regardless of the situation around him, "How can you leave!!"
"Don't talk about it." The other person has a good temper and is trying to comfort his companion, "I'll take a look and see if I can think of something else..."
"Look at the car, look at the car, what's the use of looking at the car!!" He said, "Who the hell told you not to turn off the headlights, now it's alright, the battery is dead! How do I go? Climb back?! "
"I said I turned off the headlights!" Another person was also aggrieved by saying so, "The car turned on itself!!"
"I don't care who drove it, if you came to check before, could this happen?!" The man said, slamming the steering wheel heavily.
Jiang Ruonan was a girl after all. Seeing the man in a turbulent mood, he felt a little scared in his heart. Although he was carrying a heavy pole, he couldn't help but speed up his steps. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a tall but dead tree beside the two men. The tree had been standing at the entrance of the village and had been some years old. There were dense crows parked on the treetops, and the noisy birds did not chirp like chirping.
Jiang Ruonan felt an ominous breath. At this time, the sky was gradually gloomy. It seemed that there was another heavy rain in the evening, and thick thunderclouds were brewing in the sky.
Jiang Ruonan thought, it seems that the village chief is wrong this time, and the old man in the village is right. Outsiders can't quell the anger of the mountain god. After these people came, the strange things in the village not only did not end, but became more and more intense. Know, when is a head...
Just as she was thinking so, a bright golden line flashed out of the sky, and then, the sound of cracking thunder fell beside her ear, like a mountain collapsing, shaking the earth. Jiang Ruonan was taken aback by the sound, the water on his shoulders swayed a lot, and the thunder was followed by a loud crash of heavy objects hitting the ground. Jiang Ruonan turned his head and found that the dead tree standing at the entrance of the village had fallen, just pressing the car and the two people next to it.
Jiang Ruonan's eyes widened, and he saw a bright red blood stain on the black soil. The sky smashed raindrops the size of beans, and the blood was washed into the ground.
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In the end, Song Qingluo was unable to eat the meal that Lin Banxia invited.
Lin Banxia was not surprised, but said that it is really hard to find serious jobs now, especially with high wages and good benefits, there are really very few.
Song Qingluo, who had been returned his resume more than twenty times, agreed with this.
After Liu Xi resigned, the unit soon recruited a new partner named Zhou Jitong to Lin Banxia, who was also a fresh graduate and seemed not very good at communicating with people. It was his first job, and he vomited like everyone else. Lin Banxia patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, saying that he would get used to it after watching it a few more times.
Originally, there was a newcomer, and Lin Banxia was going to take him for a while, but his annual leave was about to expire, so he thought of coming back from vacation, so that the newcomer could get used to the atmosphere first with the other groups.
Lin Banxia completed the formalities, went home, and began to happily discuss travel plans with Song Qingluo. Song Qingluo was still hesitating whether or not to take Lin Banxia, but Lin Banxia saw Song Qingluo's hesitation and began to stalk him.
Song Qingluo was so annoyed that she gave Lin Banxia an agreement. The agreement stipulated various clauses in great detail, including salary, time, possible dangerous situations, matters needing attention, and content to be kept confidential. , and even the beneficiaries of insurance.
Song Qingluo asked Lin Banxia to read the agreement before making a final decision.
Lin Banxia read it carefully, her eyes stopped for a moment on the numbers behind the salary, and then she signed her name and fingerprints on the agreement without hesitation, and asked Song Qingluo if she needed an ID card. photocopy.
Song Qingluo shook her head, took a look at the agreement, and said, "Who is your insurance beneficiary?"
"My sister." Lin Banxia said.
Song Qingluo glanced at Lin Banxia: "My sister?"
Lin Banxia said, "No, cousin."
Song Qingluo snorted and did not continue to ask why.
Lin Banxia didn't really care. He talked about his family and said that his cousin was a very nice person. Unfortunately, his aunt's family was too patriarchal, so his life was not very good. If something happened to him, he would only rest assured. Don't let her go.
Song Qingluo hummed, put the agreement away, informed Lin Banxia to leave in three days, and asked Lin Banxia to prepare her luggage.
Lin Banxia nodded happily. He didn't know where he was going or what he needed to do, but he didn't really care about that.
Or in other words, he doesn't care about anything.
Since Li Su had dinner with them that day, he has become a frequent visitor here, either coming to deliver things, or come over to eat, and occasionally bring Li Ye with him.
Under the supervision of Li Su, Li Ye shaved off his bushy beard, revealing a pure Western-style face with sharp lines and corners, matched with his emerald green eyes, no matter where he went. , can attract a lot of attention. It's a pity that he doesn't like to laugh very much, so it seems that he is not easy to get along with. Even so, there are still many girls who come to ask for contact information.
Song Qingluo was so annoyed by these two people who were eating rice, he was about to do it. Fortunately, he and Lin Banxia were going to go away soon, so they barely endured it for a few days.
Ji Leshui still didn't know what Lin Banxia was going out with Song Qingluo, he just thought he was going on a trip, and asked Lin Banxia to bring him some special gifts.
"So are there any specialties there?" Lin Banxia asked Song Qingluo.
Song Qingluo said, "Yes."
Before Ji Leshui showed a smile, he heard Song Qingluo's next sentence, Song Qingluo said, "I'm afraid you will bring it back, so you don't dare to ask for it."
Ji Leshui: "... Forget it, I don't want it." He remembered the large and small boxes in Song Qingluo's house, and decided to give up the investigation.
Lin Banxia waved at him. After going downstairs, she put her luggage on Song Qingluo's car and asked, "Where are we going?"
Song Qingluo said, "You don't even know where you're going, so just go with me? I'm not afraid that I will sell you."
Lin Banxia: "Hahahaha I'm not worth much."
Song Qingluo looked at him blankly.
Lin Banxia instantly calmed down and said carefully, "We can't do illegal things there, right?"
Song Qingluo: "Huh."
Lin Banxia: "..."
Song Qingluo said slowly, "Of course you can't break the law." Lin Banxia thought to himself, big boss, what do you mean by that heh.
Song Qingluo: "Just kidding with you."
Lin Banxia hugged her small luggage tightly in fear.
Jokes aside, Song Qingluo still explained where they were going, saying that it was a relatively remote mountain village with underdeveloped traffic, and it took more than ten hours to drive there.
Lin Banxia said, "Just the two of us?"
Song Qingluo said, "There are two colleagues I work with. They have already arrived there. We can just go over there."
Lin Banxia said, "Then... what do we need to do?"
Song Qingluo picked up a document and threw it in front of Lin Banxia: "Let's take a look first."
Lin Banxia snorted, took the documents and looked over them carefully. On the documents, the situation of the village was recorded in detail.
The village is located on the border of a province, surrounded by mountains, and the traffic is extremely inconvenient. It has only been through the dirt road in the past two years. Because of the inconvenience of transportation, the village is also very closed, and there are few people outside.
However, just in the spring of this year, the village's tranquility was broken.
At first, people thought it was an accident, but more and more people died, and the way of dying became more and more bizarre. The villagers finally realized that something was wrong and began to seek outside help.
They reported to the police, and the police also sent people to conduct a preliminary investigation, but they soon realized that this matter was beyond their control, so they reported it layer by layer, and finally came to Song Qingluo and the others.
According to the data, Song Qingluo and the others have already sent the first batch of personnel, but the situation is not very good. All four people have lost contact. At present, it is speculated that there is a high probability of being killed.
No way, Song Qingluo could only go there in person.
Lin Banxia pinched the information and felt as if she was watching a horror story. He said, "There are only more than 500 people in that village, so one-tenth of them died?"
Song Qingluo glanced at him: "This is the information from a week ago."
Lin Banxia said, "Could there be a murderous madman hiding inside?"
Song Qingluo said, "I don't know."
Lin Banxia said, "It doesn't make sense. The murderer can kill so many people silently? What's your guess?"
Song Qingluo said, "It might be something that affects human consciousness. It's just a blind guess, and you won't know until you see the situation."
Lin Banxia nodded.
The car got on the high-speed, all the way forward, Song Qingluo drove for a long time, Lin Banxia was afraid that he would drive tiredly, so she asked herself to drive in the middle of the night.
Song Qingluo agreed, but he didn't sleep either, sitting next to him chatting with Lin Banxia.
At about five or six in the evening, they arrived at their destination. Song Qingluo was not in a hurry to enter the village, but rested for the night in a hotel in a small town outside the village.
The next morning, Lin Banxia was still drowsy, and Song Qingluo quietly led in a man and a woman, both of them were wearing normal clothes, but they treated Song Qingluo very respectfully. The man saw the bed Lin Banxia, who was lying down, asked in a low voice, "Mr. Song, is this your surveillance partner?"
Song Qingluo glanced at them and said lightly, "En"
While half asleep, Lin Banxia also heard the special word "monitor". He woke up at once, but was embarrassed to sit up and pretended that he was still sleeping.
On Song Qingluo's side, they chatted with the person in a low voice. The two introduced themselves briefly. The man's name is He Huai'an and the woman's name is Mou Xinsi. They both have rich work experience.
"What's the situation now?" Song Qingluo went straight to the topic after knowing their names.
"It can only be confirmed that the two are dead." He Huai'an said, "The information from the remaining two includes their deaths."
"How did you die?" Song Qingluo asked.
"One died of severe allergy, and the other drowned." He Huaian said, "The one who died of allergy seems to be an accident. He was bitten by a poisonous insect in the local area, causing allergy symptoms, and it just disappeared."
Song Qingluo pondered: "What about the drowned one?"
He Huai'an said: "This is rather strange. It seems that one day, when he was acting alone, he suddenly disappeared. When he was found, the body was by the water, face down. There were many signs of struggle near the body, but there was no prisoner. clues…”
Song Qingluo said, "Are these two people a monitor or a recorder?"
"One is the watcher and the other is the recorder. Because two people died, the other side felt that the situation was not right, so they planned to call the remaining two people back, but then suddenly lost contact, and now they are both in a state of disconnection. Judging from the situation..." He Huai'an sighed, he was the recorder himself, and naturally he knew that usually the recorders were ordinary people like them. The situation is different.
Song Qingluo said, "What about the last message they sent?"
He Huai'an cautiously said: "The last message said that this village has a big problem, and it may not only be influenced by heresy, but there may also be traces of human beings..."
Song Qingluo nodded, indicating that she knew, and then made an appointment with them to enter the village tomorrow morning. The two nodded and walked out gently.
Song Qingluo lowered her head and continued to check the information, wanting to see if there was anything missing, he said, "Get up when you wake up."
Lin Banxia popped her head out: "Good morning."
"Okay." Song Qingluo said, "I didn't want to disturb your sleep, but this town is too small, I'm afraid talking outside will cause suspicion." He turned his head and glanced at Lin Banxia, "Did you sleep well?"
"It's pretty good." Lin Banxia slept well everywhere.
Song Qingluo said, "Let's have breakfast together and stop by to have a look around."
Lin Banxia nodded. He quickly got dressed and went to the town with Song Qingluo to eat something casually. The location of this town is also very remote. Song Qingluo observed the surroundings, bought some things, and casually asked about the village. Probably because he looked good, the aunt who sold the things was very enthusiastic and said with a smile: "Young man, why do you ask that village? It's poor and partial, and no one wants to go there."
Song Qingluo said, "Has something happened in the village recently?"
"Accident?" The aunt said, "It seems that something happened, and we don't know what happened." She said here, looked around, lowered her voice, "I told you , don't tell others, I have a eldest nephew who belongs to a funeral shop. I heard that their village seems to have ordered dozens of coffins suddenly more than a month ago... It's very evil."
Song Qingluo said, "Oh, so that's how it is."
"I don't know what you are going for, but I still have to persuade you." The aunt said, "It's not easy to go to that place, and it's not easy to get out if you go there. If you are just curious, don't go there."
Song Qingluo smiled, thanked her aunt, and turned away with Lin Banxia.
Lin Banxia pondered: "How can so many people die suddenly in a month? It's either natural disasters or man-made disasters, but even a murderous madman can't do it. Could it be that he can make people suddenly die of allergies? ?"
Song Qingluo said slowly, "That's not necessarily true."
Lin Banxia became more and more curious.
After resting in the town for a day, buying all the necessities of life, and filling up the car with gas, the four entered the mountain in the early morning of the next day.
However, when he left the hotel, Song Qingluo took out his two dice, one black and one white, and handed it to the two of them, saying softly, "Let's go through the process."
The two didn't find it strange at all, He Huaian picked up the dice first, picked up two dice with ease, and threw them at the table. The almost round dice spun on the table and stopped quickly, one black and one white, the numbers were 3 and 4, Song Qingluo nodded and motioned for Mu Xinsi to continue. Mou Xinsi was more nervous than He Huai'an, took the dice, took a deep breath, and threw the dice gently on the table. After the dice stop rolling, the black is 4 and the white is 5.
"What's the matter?" Song Qingluo seemed a little dissatisfied with this number, and frowned and glanced at Mu Xinsi.
Mou Xinsi said nervously: "I-I'm a little nervous, I didn't sleep well last night..."
Song Qingluo said, "Just didn't sleep well?"
Mou Xinsi smiled bitterly, and she said, "Well... I really just didn't sleep well."
Song Qingluo took the dice back and didn't speak.
Mu Xinsi seemed to be afraid that Song Qingluo would not want him, so he quickly said a series of words, Song Qingluo didn't say anything, just looked at He Huai'an coldly.
He Huai'an whispered, "Mr. Song..." He couldn't name Song Qingluo after all, "She is my new partner, and her last partner had an accident not long ago... so her mental state may change. affected a bit."
Song Qingluo said softly, "Aren't you afraid that something will happen to her in the village?"
He Huaian was speechless.
"Let her go back." Song Qingluo said, "I'm doing it for her good."
He Huai'an looked at Mu Xinsi, who whispered, "Mr. Song, please let me go, I really need this money."
Song Qingluo glanced at her, didn't speak, turned around and left. Leaving Lin Banxia and the two to look at each other, Lin Banxia was afraid that they would come to beg him, so he quickly got into the car, but before getting into the car, he kindly reminded him that money can be earned anytime, but life is better. It's important - although he said this, it doesn't seem to be convincing.
In the end, Mou Xinsi got into the car.
Song Qingluo drove, Lin Banxia sat in the co-pilot seat, He Huaian and Mu Xinsi felt guilty and did not dare to say a word. The atmosphere in the car was dull for a while, Lin Banxia thought about it, quietly took a bottle of Coke from her backpack, unscrewed the cap, and handed it to Song Qingluo's lips.
Song Qingluo squinted at Lin Banxia, still holding the mouth of the cola bottle, took two sips, and said, "Why did you think of buying this."
Lin Banxia said, "I saw it in the canteen, so I bought it by the way."
Song Qingluo said, "Didn't you buy yourself sausages?"
Lin Banxia took a sip herself: "There's no sausage in the canteen."
The coldness in Song Qingluo's eyes disappeared a lot.
The road leading to the village is a dirt road, only enough for one car to drive on it, because it rained a few days ago, and the road became more and more muddy. Fortunately, the car that Song Qingluo drove was an off-road vehicle with a high chassis. I'm afraid it's really a little troublesome.
According to the information, the village is a four-hour drive from the town, and this is still in good weather and road conditions. It seems that at present, four hours is not expected to arrive. The path was curvy and narrow, so one had to concentrate on driving. Lin Banxia didn't dare to disturb Song Qingluo. She sat beside her and quietly played with her cell phone, and while playing, she suddenly remembered something: "Is there a cell phone signal in that village? "
"Mobile phone signal?" He Huai'an answered, "There is a mobile phone signal, but when the weather is bad, it's not very good."
Lin Banxia said, "Those two people have been missing for four days, right? You haven't received any more news?"
"No." He Huai'an said, "Actually, the village chief had been in contact with the outside world before, and he was the one who called the police, but then the signal got worse and worse, and the village chief could no longer be contacted... and no one was talking to him anymore. Communication outside."
Lin Banxia asked curiously, "You go to a place like this? Aren't you afraid?"
He Huai'an looked at Song Qingluo carefully, and said, "Actually, following Mr. Song... I'm still very at ease."
Lin Banxia smiled and said, "So you're actually still afraid?"
He Huaian nodded.
Lin Banxia comforted: "Sometimes it's a good thing to be afraid."
Fear is the most basic defense mechanism of human beings. Fear of the dark night is just an instinct inherited from ancestral genes. The beasts that come out at night are enough to tear the weak body of human beings to pieces, so human beings have carved their fear of darkness into the blood of their inheritance.
Lin Banxia is also afraid, but when he is afraid, everything is over. This is a good thing, he doesn't have to indulge in fear, and it is also a bad thing, he doesn't know where the danger is.
Lin Banxia was thinking, but heard Mou Xinsi in the back seat say timidly: "Mr. Song, this Mr. Lin, did you forget to roll the dice? We haven't made a record yet..."
Lin Banxia was stunned when she heard the words.
Song Qingluo said, "He doesn't need to."
Mou Xinsi said, "Is it really not necessary?"
Song Qingluo said, "No need."
Mou Xinsi looked a little surprised, probably thinking that Mr. Song, who has always followed the rules, would be an exception.
Lin Banxia sat next to her and didn't dare to make a sound. She sat like a wooden man with the bottle of Pepsi in her arms, fiddling with her phone from time to time. After about an hour or two, Lin Banxia noticed that the sky outside was gloomy, and it looked like it was going to rain again.
"Song Qingluo, it looks like it's going to rain outside again." Lin Banxia said, "Do you want to drive faster?"
Song Qingluo glanced out the window, hummed, and stepped on the accelerator.
The author has something to say:
Song Qingluo: I am very worried about my colleagues.
Lin Banxia: What's wrong
Song Qingluo: It's cold, I don't know if their coffins will keep warm.
Lin Banxia: …