On a rainy night, the dilapidated farm was filled with ghosts. A crazy and brutal man with an axe was chasing the guests.
What a typical horror movie scene, the atmosphere couldn't be more authentic. But compared to the panicking protagonist, Jian Jing was very calm at this moment.
The mission begins by pointing out that the case of the year was related to the death of five teenagers and the farm. However, Reed's investigation shows that Frank has an alibi.
Even if the teenagers did not die on the night they disappeared, how could Frank kidnap and detain them if he was not at the farm? Little Frank was less than 10 years old at the time.
Unless, they sneaked into the farm on their own initiative, were trapped somewhere by the agency, disappeared for several days and then were brutally killed. But in this case, contradictions arise.
The 1992 autopsy report stated that the teenagers had died on the night of their disappearance, or at the latest at dawn.
Frank did not return to his farm until around noon.
There are obviously many strange aspects to this case.
Jian Jing dodged old Frank's axe by leaning sideways and raised her leg to do a spinning kick - considering the public security in the United States, she had upgraded her fighting skills long before coming here.
Currently, her fighting card has been upgraded to advanced level.
[Name: Skill Card: Professional - Fighting (Advanced)]
[Content description: Your fighting skills are already very mature, and you can fight against the thugs alone]
[Note: The bigger the fist, the more powerful it is~]
This was her first advanced card, and it took a full 25 points of courage to upgrade it.
It's all worth it.
Without the skills brought by the advanced fighting card, she would not be able to deal with the violent Old Frank with just her strength and agility.
duang! She picked up a shovel and an axe and smashed them together, causing both to deform.
Jiang Baiyan raised his gun, aimed for a while, and then put it down.
He has only learned shooting for a month, and the only actual practice he had was shooting birds in the woods yesterday afternoon. His aim is so poor, so he better not take risks.
"Ah!" Old Frank was like a wild beast, constantly making low and hoarse roars in his throat. The veins on his arms holding the axe were exposed, and his face was flushed red, just like a cooked lobster.
Such a fight would consume a huge amount of physical strength.
In order to save her body, Jian Jing did not go all out, but blocked and retreated, slowly leading him to the dining room, using the dining table and chairs as cover, waiting for the opportunity.
"Why attack us?" she probed.
Old Frank raised his axe, rushed over and started chopping.
Jian Jing kicked a chair over and stuck his legs together: "Who are you?"
Old Frank responded with a vicious sneer.
At this moment, hurried footsteps suddenly came from the other end of the corridor.
Jiang Baiyan immediately hid at the corner.
"Stop!" Little Frank ran over in his pajamas, terrified. "What are you doing? Let go."
As he spoke, he rushed over and hugged old Frank tightly from behind. Jian Jing took the opportunity to take away the axe and tied his limbs with ropes to prevent him from moving around.
Probably knowing that he could not resist, after struggling for a while, old Frank slowly calmed down and lay on the ground, gasping for breath.
Little Frank helped him up and apologized hurriedly: "I'm sorry, my father is sick again. Are you okay?"
Jian Jing looked terrified: "What happened to your father? He chopped us when he saw us. Is he crazy?"
"My father has hysteria and always fantasizes about being hunted down." Frank Jr. sighed and promised, "I will send him back to his room and never let him out again."
Jian Jing reasonably suspected: "He was normal before, why did he become ill now?"
"Maybe he saw a stranger." Little Frank said calmly, "He doesn't like strangers. This makes him feel scared."
This statement is really hard to believe, but without evidence, it cannot be refuted.
"It's all because of this damn rain." Jian Jing pretended to believe it and enthusiastically helped him to support Old Frank, "I'll give you a hand."
"Thank you." Frank Jr. was relieved. He loosened one hand and lifted the movable board under the kitchen. He explained, "There's a cellar below. It's safer to lock him up there until he wakes up."
"Is the environment too bad?" Jian Jing pretended to be concerned and winked at Jiang Baiyan while going downstairs.
He was very cautious and did not take any action.
Jian Jing's figure disappeared on the ground.
Underground, old light bulbs emitted a dim light, illuminating the small cellar.
This is just an ordinary cellar with electrical wires and water pipes, a soft mattress, and iron rings integrated into the wall.
Little Frank helped his father onto the mattress and clumsily untied the knot. But the knot that Jian Jing used was specially used to tie people up, and the parachute rope was extremely tough, so he tried for a long time but failed to untie it.
"Jane, can you..." he asked awkwardly.
"Of course." Jian Jing pulled the rope carefully, her hand brushed across her glasses casually, and turned on the X-ray machine.
There are no mechanisms or secret passages, just an ordinary cellar.
She frowned secretly, but her face showed no abnormality. She asked, "Your father is so seriously ill, what are you going to do..."
Before he could finish his words, something strange happened.
She was just preparing for a sneak attack from Frank Jr., but she didn't expect that he didn't make it and the ground collapsed.
The rough soil under my feet suddenly spread out, and the dust flew up. The ground seemed like a pool of melted oil, quickly spreading to the surroundings.
With all the precautions, who could have thought that there would be problems with the ground after the X-ray machine inspection
Jian Jing was stunned for a moment, and was about to fall into the trap. But she was a cheater after all, and at the critical moment she activated the white kitten state, jumped up to avoid falling into the hollow on the ground, and then kicked the wall and landed directly on the mattress where Old Frank was lying.
Her reaction was very quick, and she managed to avoid danger in almost an instant.
However, little Frank didn't move at all, as if he didn't react, but then the entire floor of the cellar began to sink.
The mattress rose and fell, and then sank heavily. Only then did Jian Jing see clearly what was on the ground.
No wonder the X-ray machine didn't find anything unusual. It turned out that the entire floor of the cellar was made up of that special kind of black roots, which were several feet thick.
Unless she changed her name to Gecko, she could climb up the ceiling and escape from it. But, is the root trap only in the cellar? Has the entire farm been occupied by this strange root system
Multiple thoughts flashed through her mind like shooting stars, and Jian Jing finally decided to wait and see.
She didn't run away.
The "elevator" soon stopped, and the basement appeared before our eyes.
"My father is very ill," Frank Jr. explained to the guest honestly without getting angry. "He became very angry after he got sick, so I had to bury him deeper."
He didn't intend to reveal his true intentions, so Jian Jing was happy to pretend: "What is this place?"
Frank Jr.: “Secret Space.”
This seems to be a basement made entirely of the roots of large trees. The walls, ceiling, and floor are all covered with dense black roots.
Jian Jing once saw the roots of a large banyan tree, hanging down densely like a curtain.
But the root system here is even more extraordinary. Sometimes, it looks like an ordinary root system, but when it grows, it turns into countless tangled snakes, which is weird and terrifying.
"What kind of plant root is this?" she asked straight to the point.
"Giant tree," said Frank Jr.
"I don't see any big trees on the farm." She pretended to be confused.
Little Frank smiled and didn't answer. He dragged Old Frank and threw him to the corner, where the tree roots that were clinging to the wall suddenly came alive, like a nimble snake, and bound the old man tightly to the wall.
Jane Jing noticed that the painful expression on Old Frank's face disappeared, replaced by calmness.
This reminded her of the children who had died.
"I've answered a lot of your questions," Frank Jr. asked. "Shouldn't you answer a few of mine, too?"
Jian Jing smiled: "I like this peaceful way of trading. Ask me."
Frank Jr.: "Why did you come to Dusktown?"
Jian Jing: "Travel."
Little Frank said slowly: "Why do tourists want to visit the place 30 years ago?"
"Just asking casually." Jian Jing turned the tables, "If I remember correctly, this was a major case that made a big splash back then. Is there anything wrong with me saying a few words?"
"No problem, but it doesn't make sense." Frank Jr.'s tone was very subtle, with a hint of sarcasm. "It was a long time ago."
"Maybe." Jian Jing was worried that she would not be able to get any information from him after they became enemies, so she hurried to get information from him. "But it is true that investigating a case is a police job, and my curiosity is another matter."
"What?" asked little Frank.
"Have you ever seen a man," she asked, "who calls himself Qitian, Tiankong, or Shensi?"
Little Frank's face suddenly changed: "It's him? Are you his accomplice?"
"Enemy." Jian Jing immediately denied, "Have you seen him?"
"He's dead." Little Frank said coldly, "Anyone who blasphemes must die."
"Blasphemy?" Jian Jing felt disgusted.
Compared with violent murderers, those who practice evil ways are even more inhumane.
Little Frank looked at her and said calmly: "You have seen the servant of God. Now you have a choice: accept the gift and become a servant of God, or become a lamb dedicated to God."
Jian Jing smiled and said, "You don't choose either?"
"Sorry." He said insincerely and picked up the knife on the workbench.
The blade was stained with blood, and he didn't know how many animals he had slaughtered. He could faintly smell a fishy odor. He raised the knife and chopped at Jian Jing head-on.
At the same time, the roots everywhere twisted and pushed her, throwing her towards the enemy.
Jian Jing took out the gun she had prepared, aimed it at little Frank and shot him. She had an aiming card, and the shot accurately hit his thigh vein.
Bright red blood suddenly spurted out of the body like a fountain.
Then the next moment, a root as thick as a finger drilled into the wound and blocked the damaged blood vessel. In just the blink of an eye, the bloodstain shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in less than five seconds, it had stopped.
What is this
Jiang Baiyan waited on the ground for fifteen minutes, but still didn't see Jian Jing and Little Frank come down. He tried to pull the movable door of the cellar, but it wouldn't come up, and it didn't move at all, as if it had merged with the ground.
He did not hesitate any longer and immediately ran to old William's room.
"Bang, bang, bang." He banged on the door.
The snoring inside stopped. Ten seconds later, an angry old William opened the door and yelled, "F*ck! Don't bother me again! Otherwise I'll throw you into the woods to feed the wolves!"
Jiang Baiyan: "It's out. Little Frank has kidnapped our companions."
Old William frowned, doubting his ears: "What?"