"What's the matter? Song Qingluo saw that his state was not right, "Did you see anything? "
"There's something, there's something on top of the meat, like a stone." Lin Banxia's body began to tremble slightly, and she didn't know if it was because of the cold or something else, "I touched it with my hand, and I felt..., no Great."
When Song Qingluo heard Lin Banxia touched the thing, her expression immediately became serious, and he said, "You come up first." He extended his hand to Lin Banxia.
Although Lin Banxia didn't know why Song Qingluo looked so solemn, she still obeyed his instructions obediently and held Song Qingluo's outstretched hand. Song Qingluo's arm violently tried to pull Lin Banxia out of the water, but at this moment, the stone he was stepping on broke into several pieces. Both are going to fall into the water—
Fortunately, Song Qingluo responded very quickly, raised his hand and grabbed the wet and slippery wall beside him, steadfastly stabilizing the two of them. But even so, Song Qingluo still had most of his body in the water. He took a deep breath and slowly pulled Lin Banxia out of the water.
Lin Banxia wiped her face after landing, and said, "Are you all right?"
Song Qingluo said, "It's fine."
Lin Banxia said, "What should I do next? Don't we need to take out that thing?"
Song Qingluo confirmed again: "You came across that thing, didn't you?"
Seeing that his expression was wrong, Lin Banxia nodded hesitantly: "I accidentally pinched it when I was looking for it."
Song Qingluo said, "Okay, you wait here, try not to move - I'll go down."
Lin Banxia was stunned for a moment: "You want to go down? Don't you like water?"
"It's okay." Song Qingluo said softly. He said, took the flashlight from Lin Banxia's hand, and jumped into the deep pool behind him without taking off his clothes. Before Lin Banxia could react, she saw Song Qingluo disappear in front of her eyes, the flashlight was taken away by Song Qingluo, Lin Banxia's vision darkened, and she could only hear the rush of running water in her ears Voice.
He stood on the spot and put on the shirt he just took off. A cold wind blew from somewhere in the cave and hit Lin Banxia, causing goose bumps on his skin.
As Song Qingluo had instructed, he didn't dare to move around, but he still looked at the black water from time to time. The time became extraordinarily long at this time, and the person who dived into the water never floated up. Lin Banxia grabbed Song Qingluo's backpack and became anxious. After thinking about it, he took out his mobile phone and turned it on. Weak light source, looking towards the pool water, but can't see anything.
Time passed quickly, and another minute passed without knowing it. Lin Banxia's anxiety became stronger and stronger. At this moment, there was a sound of water in his ear, as if something was floating in the water. swim in. Lin Banxia was overjoyed, thinking that Song Qingluo had come out, but when he saw the black shadow making the sound of water, the joy in his heart disappeared.
It is not a shadow of a person, it is dark and long and narrow, like a huge fish, nearly two meters long, almost filling up half of the deep pool. It does not know where it came from, and its huge body is formed underwater. A black shadow.
And Song Qingluo was in this shadow with it.
Lin Banxia's eyes widened, and she was shocked by the strange creature that suddenly appeared in front of her. If this thing sinks and sees Song Qingluo below... Lin Banxia's back is covered with white sweat, and his brain Thinking quickly, he quickly came up with a countermeasure - he began to move his body, slapped the water with his arms, trying to make a sound and attract that huge, unknown creature.
Ordinary giant carnivorous fish will definitely be attracted by the sound. Sure enough, Lin Banxia's actions had an effect, and the area of the underwater shadow began to grow larger - it was floating.
Although Lin Banxia didn't respond quickly, she also knew that this thing was definitely not easy to deal with. He gritted his teeth, and reached out and groped in Song Qingluo's backpack for a while, trying to find a handy weapon. If he remembered correctly, Song Qingluo had put a sharp weapon in his backpack before he set off, but he just didn't know where it was.
The giant monster finally floated to the surface, and Lin Banxia, who was looking for a weapon in a panic, also saw its appearance clearly.
It was a strange looking fish with a flat and long head. At first glance, it seemed that the head of a crocodile had been attached to its body. However, its body was much longer than that of a crocodile, at least about two meters. There are dense spots distributed, and the scalp of the person watching it is numb. Hearing the movement made by Lin Banxia, this strange fish came after him. Fortunately, the place where Lin Banxia was standing was in the shallow water. The fish couldn't come up for a while, but Lin Banxia was still forced to keep going. Step back, and as you step back, you have to make sure that the fish is not diving.
His harassment made the strange fish more and more irritable. It shook its long tail vigorously and splashed layers of water. At first Lin Banxia thought it was angry, but he soon discovered that the fish was not just angry, it was using its tail , moved his body towards Lin Banxia's side, and the speed was very fast - but within a few breaths, he had already arrived in front of Lin Banxia.
Seeing the momentum, Lin Banxia turned around and ran, but before he took two steps, he felt his foot slip and fell heavily to the ground—this time, he fell very hard, and at the same time he choked a few mouthfuls of water. He staggered and tried to get up from the ground, but his feet were slippery and he could only struggle in the water for a while, and the huge strange fish had already swam in front of him.
In a trance, Lin Banxia saw its long, narrow and flat mouth open, revealing a row of fine and sharp teeth, exuding a cold light—
Almost at the same time, Lin Banxia finally found the sharp weapon in Song Qingluo's backpack. It was a dagger. Lin Banxia swung the dagger sharply, and the sharp blade plunged into the giant fish in front of him. , However, what Lin Banxia didn't expect was that the moment the blade made contact with the scales of the giant fish, there was a humming sound, and it was mercilessly bounced away.
What makes the scales of this fish so hard? ! ! Lin Banxia stayed where she was, clutching her numb arm.
The huge shadow had completely enveloped him, he let out a breath, and watched the monster fish's huge body splash a violent splash in the small cave. It swayed its tail and opened its huge mouth to bite Lin Banxia. Lin Banxia seemed to have no room for resistance at all. He sat on the spot and even seemed to have smelled the strong stench emanating from that huge mouth.
Is he going to die? Lin Banxia thought that even at such a time, he didn't even feel afraid.
Lin Banxia closed his eyes and waited for the darkness to come, but the expected pain did not come to him as expected. He heard a violent sound of water, opened his eyes blankly, and saw in the darkness, A bright beam of light. Someone stood in front of him against the light and helped him block the heavy blow of the monster fish - the man turned his head and showed a faint smile to himself.
"Song Qingluo!!!" Lin Banxia instructed in surprise.
"Are you okay?" Song Qingluo's voice was softer than ever before, like a soft feather, which was about to be covered by the sound of rushing water.
"Be careful behind you!! That fish—" Lin Banxia roared.
Song Qingluo said: "Well, don't move." He stretched out his hand and wiped his wet forehead to the back of his head, completely revealing that delicate but indifferent face like a doll. Boiled with murderous intent that is incompatible with that delicate, he lowered his dark eyes and whispered softly like a sympathetic voice, "Just here, wait for me to come back."
Song Qingluo jumped into the water.
Lin Banxia stood in place, watching the water surface in front of him begin to churn, and the huge fish rolled over and over in the narrow river. His eyes were pitch black, and he could see nothing, only smelled the damp water vapor. There was a bloody smell. At first, the smell was very light, and gradually became strong. Lin Banxia also splashed some water stains on his cheeks. He wiped it with his fingers, put it on his nose, sniffed it, and made sure That's not water, it's blood.
I don't know how long it took, the movement in the water gradually slowed down and finally subsided.
There was a slight gasp in Lin Banxia's ears, and before he could turn around, his eyes were lightly covered by a pair of cold hands.
"It's time to turn on the lights." Song Qingluo's voice sounded beside his ear.
Lin Banxia's heart moved slightly, and she whispered, "Well."
The light of the flashlight came on again, and there was a vague sense of light across the hand. After a while, Song Qingluo's hand slowly moved away. Lin Banxia saw his face, a smile floated on his lips, and said warmly, "You did a good job." That gentle appearance seemed to be praising a hard-working child.
Lin Banxia had never seen Song Qingluo like this, or in other words, from the moment they met, Song Qingluo had always felt cold and alienated to him, and he had never seen him show such a look.
This kind of change was only for a moment. Song Qingluo quickly returned to his usual appearance, the smile on his lips faded away, he coughed a few times, and hunched over, as if he was very uncomfortable, saying: "Go look in the water and find my backpack..."
Lin Banxia said yes.
When he was attacked just now, he accidentally dropped his backpack into the water. Now, after groping carefully in the water for a while, he found the backpack.
Song Qingluo continued: "Look in your bag to see if there is a small black box."
Lin Banxia quickly turned to what Song Qingluo wanted and handed it to him.
Song Qingluo took the box, entered the password, and the box opened with a click, revealing the contents inside.
It was a leather thing, Song Qingluo carefully took it out, and then took out a small thing from his chest pocket.
Lin Banxia took a closer look, only to realize that the thing was the stone she found under the pond.
The appearance of this stone is much clearer than what Lin Banxia saw in the water, but no matter how you look at it, if you look at it from the outside, it is just a stone with a somewhat special shape. It is such an ordinary stone, as long as you approach it, you will feel an indescribable heart palpitation. Lin Banxia was still thinking, when she saw Song Qingluo gently wrapping the stone with that skin, ready to put it in the box.
Lin Banxia said, "What the hell is this?" He was a little puzzled, "Why do I feel uncomfortable when I hold it in my hand?"
Song Qingluo said, "A special stone." He thought about it, and seemed to be considering how to explain it to Lin Banxia, "Let's go out first."
The two started to walk out.
After walking through the long and dark cave, the two finally saw the light again. At this moment, the rainstorm outside had stopped, and the sun, which had not been seen for a long time, showed half of his face behind the clouds. It was so cold just now, he turned his head and saw Song Qingluo staring at the stone wrapped in his hand, and said, "Can you explain it now?"
Song Qingluo said, "You wait." He looked around, then walked to the side of the road, and randomly chose a lush grass. Gently put the stone and the grass together.
Although Lin Banxia was a little inexplicable, she still watched obediently by the side. It didn't take a moment for the grass to slowly emit black smoke, and then a bright flame jumped out—this grass was actually for no reason. Burned up.
"What's going on??" Lin Banxia was stunned, "This thing can absorb human vitality?"
"It's not very accurate," Song Qingluo said, "It's more accurate, the creatures affected by it will be infinitely close to death - I'm just guessing, it may also be used for other purposes."
"Then am I fine?" Lin Banxia said.
"That fish is called crocodile gar. It is a large fish only in the tropics. It shouldn't be there." Song Qingluo said, "But because you touched this thing..."
Lin Banxia was speechless: "Then why are you all right?"
Song Qingluo said, "Are you lucky?"
Lin Banxia: "..."
As Song Qingluo spoke, she carefully wrapped the stone again, saying that the specific effect of this thing would have to be known after a period of experimentation, but its impact on biological life was beyond doubt.
"Let's go, go back first." Song Qingluo said, "He Huai'an is not safe yet."
"That's right." Thinking of Mu Xinsi's tragic situation, Lin Banxia's good mood disappeared instantly, he said, "Let's go, let's go back."
The sky cleared and the road was still muddy. Lin Banxia and Song Qingluo slowly walked down the mountain along the mountain road.
He Huai'an carried Mu Xinsi's body back to the village chief's house with difficulty. When he entered the house, he saw the village chief smoking dry smoke, sitting in the main room silently doing carpentry work.
He Huai'an glanced at the large piece of wood in front of him, and quickly recognized that it was a coffin. At the same time, there were several more coffins in the corner of the main room.
"Why did you come back?" said the village chief, "Didn't I tell you to send people away?"
"The car was smashed." He Huaian put Mu Xinsi's body next to him, and he whispered, "For the time being, I can't leave..."
When the village chief heard that He Huai'an couldn't leave, his expression suddenly became a lot colder, and his tone was a bit yin and yang. Listen? There aren't many coffins left in this village to hold a few dead people."
He Huai'an felt that his expression was weird, and defended: "We are also here for the village, so you don't need to say such nonsense!"
The village chief looked at him coldly and didn't respond, and swung the hammer in his hand vigorously, hitting the tool in his left hand.
With a "bang", He Huaian was shaken by the harsh sound, and he said, "I'll go back to rest first..."
"Where's the corpse?" asked the village chief.
"I'll go back and watch in the house." He Huaian said.
The village chief shook his head. He said, "The corpse has been stored all night, and you can't enter the house. Either you leave her in the yard, or you leave her there." He said, pointing to the corner of the main room several coffins.
There are no two roofs in this yard. If the corpse is released, it is estimated that it will soon be soaked in the rain beyond recognition. He Huaian can't do such a thing. Time doesn't understand why the village chief is so hostile to a corpse, but this is normal. After all, a corpse is always reminiscent of death.
He Huai'an was silent for a moment, then said, "Let's... put her in the coffin."
"Yes, that's right." The village chief smiled with a tug at the corner of his mouth, "Put it in, there are not a few left, so put it in."
Compared with the previous days, the village chief's mental state was much worse, and he even looked a little nervous. He stuffed the cigarette into his mouth again, and kept mumbling to himself in dialect, which He Huaian couldn't understand at all.
The lid of the coffin was very heavy, and at least two adult men were needed to move it. The village chief enthusiastically reached out and held a hand, while He Huaian gently picked up Mu Xinsi's body. She is still a young girl. She has done several missions before, but she has not experienced much, and she was very unlucky to lose her companion in the last mission.
He Huai'an had heard of this incident, and according to inside information, Mou Xinsi saw her companion being torn to pieces by a beast with her own eyes, and even the complete body could not be recovered. He gently tidied up her messy hair, and he had already begun to regret agreeing to bring her here. If he had hardened his mind at that time, she would not have suffered all this.
Thinking of this, He Huai'an felt a little sad, rubbed his eyes heavily, and slowly put Mu Xinsi's body into the cold coffin. Mu Xinsi's body was still very soft, and He Huai'an put her body in a serene pose. Only when he got up, he suddenly felt an abnormality, as if something important had been neglected by himself.
He Huai'an paused.
The village chief said gloomily, "What are you doing?"
This question made He Huaian suddenly change his attention, he turned his head to look at the village chief, and said seriously: "I don't want to put her in your coffin, her family is still waiting for her to go back, even if it is corpse, I'll take her back too - if you don't let us stay here, I'll go out with her."
The village chief's expression suddenly changed, and He Huaian became somewhat incomprehensible, resentful, gloomy, hated, angry, and even had a hint of madness that made people fearful.
He Huaian had seen this kind of look in the eyes of some people, and those people's names were madmen.
The village chief Senran said, "Have you decided to do this?"
He Huai'an felt a little uneasy in her heart, and nodded stubbornly.
The village chief said, "Okay, okay." He didn't say anything else.
Looking at his hideous expression, He Huai'an fell into a deep sense of unease. He bent down and put Mu Xinsi's body on his back again. He was about to go out, but was stopped by the village chief.
"It's still raining outside, where can you go." He Yin vagina, "Just wait in the house, wait a while... it's over."
He Huaian said, "It's over?"
The village chief smiled, said nothing, turned around and left, leaving He Huaian in the room full of coffins.
The room was quiet, and in the main room, only He Huaian and an already cold corpse were left. After his blood cooled, he still had to face the cruel facts in front of him. He couldn't go back to the house, he could only sit on the stool and stare silently at the dead Mu Xinsi.
He Huaian has seen many dead people, but he has never been so peaceful with a dead person. He took out his mobile phone and played a small game casually. He wanted to divert his attention, but he couldn't deceive himself and turned his eyes away. Mu Xinsi's body moved away.
Mou Xinsi just lay so softly at his feet, some strange bruises appeared on the white skin, she didn't move, he didn't move, the room was obviously very spacious, but it brought a kind of feeling to He Huai'an. The illusion of suffocation. At this time, he finally understood why in the rules and regulations, they were required to try not to be in the same room with the bodies of their companions. It was only for a short ten minutes. He heard a slight breathing sound, but he was clearly the only one in this room.
He Huai'an took a deep breath, took out a pen and paper, and started taking notes. He recorded what he saw one by one in the black notebook. As he wrote, the handwriting on it disappeared. I almost forgot what I actually wrote.
When He Huai'an stopped, the weather outside was already a little dark, but it was only noon at this time, but it seemed like evening.
He Huai'an was distracted, and Yu Guang noticed that when he saw the village chief coming back at an unknown time, his body was a little wet, as if he had just gone out, holding a steaming pot in his hand.
Although it was far away, He Huaian had already smelled the rich aroma emanating from the soup bowl. He seemed to have never smelled such an alluring aura before, so he moved his throat and secreted too much from his mouth. saliva swallowed.
"You haven't eaten yet, have you?" The village chief, who had a ferocious expression just now, seemed to calm down again, his voice was gentle, and with deep concern, he carried the basin, walked to He Huaian's side, and said with a smile, "I do It's lunch, do you want to make do with it?"
He Huaian asked, "Is this chicken soup?" He looked into the soup pot, and there was a chicken stewed in it. The chicken was very tempting just by looking at it. When you took a sip, it would definitely be soft and delicious, filling your mouth with a strong fragrance. gravy. Seeing this, he swallowed heavily again.
The village chief smiled and said, "Yes, it's a chicken soup stewed with mountain mushrooms. It's delicious, and everyone in the village likes it..." He put the soup bowl beside He Huai'an and said, "I'll get it for you. A bowl." He said, went to the kitchen next to him, and left He Huaian and the pot of soup alone in the house.
The aroma of the soup poured into He Huai'an's nostrils, and he took a deep breath, showing an intoxicated look. He is not a person who indulges in appetite, but the pot of soup in front of him is so tempting, just one glance makes people unable to look away.
One sip, one sip will be fine, He Huaian thought, he is not greedy, he only takes one sip, let the warm chicken soup slide down the esophagus into his stomach, the heat will dissipate in his body, remove the body A bone-chilling chill, as long as he takes a sip, he can enjoy the tranquility he has longed for for a long time.
The village chief came back with a smile on his face, holding a bowl and a spoon in his hand, and gently placed it in front of He Huai'an: "Try it, it's just stewed, if you don't drink it, it will be cold. "
"What about you, don't you eat?" He Huai'an looked at him.
"Me? I just ate it, and that's all I have left." The village chief smiled and said, "Drink it."
He Huai'an swallowed again, all his attention at this time was on the soup in front of him, one spoonful, two spoonfuls, and the small bowl in his hand was gradually filled.
The village chief looked at him beside him, like he was looking at his own gluttonous child, his eyes were kind and compassionate, thinking of a Buddha who loved the world.
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Song Qingluo: I don't like things with a lot of water
Lin Banxia: Really
Song Qingluo: Except you and Fat House Happy Water.
Lin Banxia: I like Fat House Happy Water too - wait, are you playing a hooligan?