Jiang Baiyan met up with old William who had finished the examination.
Old William asked, "Have you found them?"
Jiang Baiyan shook his head, with anxiety between his brows: "It's been so long, could something have happened? Let's go to the woods and take a look."
Old William's tone was no longer as firm as before: "If you insist on going, I can't help you, but you must swear to me that you will never act on your own. When I tell you to come back, you must return immediately."
Jiang Baiyan said hurriedly: "Hey, I agree to everything. Let's set off quickly."
Only then did Old William put his gun on his back and cautiously stepped into the woods at night.
The rain became lighter and fell on the raincoat with a sound of drops.
Jiang Baiyan lagged behind and asked casually, "The sheep you mentioned...are they real? Maybe they are just sheep from the farm that got lost."
Old William: "This is not an ordinary sheep."
"Reed talked a lot about Kelly." Jiang Baiyan made up a story seriously, "He said Kelly hated the forest. Has she ever seen a sheep before?"
"I haven't heard her mention it. She just doesn't like the woods." Old William sighed. "Except for being bewitched by the devil, I can't think of any other possibility that would make her go into the woods after dusk."
Jiang Baiyan asked: "Why does the devil want to lure people away? Does it only lure girls? The missing people seem to be all women."
Old William glanced at him: "You have a lot of questions, policeman?"
"Look at my gun skills, right?" he said. "I'm just worried... ah!"
Old William paused, his eyes sharp: "What's wrong?"
"Here..." Jiang Baiyan swallowed his saliva and asked nervously, "Is there a shadow? Is this the sheep you mentioned?"
Old William looked and saw a dark shadow lurking in the grass among the dense bushes, with a pair of round eyes visible between the leaves.
He shouted loudly, and the shadow ran away.
"It's a flying squirrel." He was speechless.
Jiang Baiyan said awkwardly: "I don't know what kind of sheep you are talking about..."
Old William shook his head, used his sickle to cut off the branches blocking the way ahead, and said, "Let's go check out the cabin now. Maybe they are taking shelter from the rain there."
"Huh," Jiang Baiyan wiped the sweat from his forehead, panting visibly, "That's it."
Old William glared at him with disdain and quickened his pace: "Hurry up, it's not safe to stay in the woods for too long."
Jiang Baiyan said "Oh" but did not tell him that behind a tree trunk not far away, the white lamb always stayed in the shadow, appearing and disappearing from time to time.
He was really curious, what was this lamb
Old William seemed not to see it, or, like him, to see it but pretend not to see it.
Is it really a siren in the forest, luring passers-by into getting lost? Why did it appear in the sheepfold on the farm? Is it also part of the forest
Also, there is a wooden house in the haunted farm built by Robert... "We're here," said Old William, pointing to the small wooden house in the distance.
The place was old, the wood was dark and covered with thick moss and leaves, like a piece of moldy bread.
Old William pushed open the door and shook off the rain. “This is the cabin that Frank built. Maybe there’s an entrance.”
Jiang Baiyan asked: "Why did they build a wooden house here? For hunting?"
"Who knows?" Old William knocked on the ground, looking for a possible movable door. When he knocked on the innermost part of the cabin, his movements slowed down.
Jiang Baiyan flashed his phone for him: "Here?"
Old William stretched out his arms and pulled up another slab of stone. When he shone the light, he saw a dark hole. He leaned down and made a trumpet-like sound: "Frank? Jane? Are you in there?"
There were echoes, but no one answered.
Jiang Baiyan asked timidly: "What is that place down there? It's dark."
"I'll go down and take a look. You..." Old William looked at his small body critically and waved his hand, "Just wait here and don't cause me any trouble."
Jiang Baiyan shook his head: "I'm going to find my friends."
Old William thought about it and took a step back: "I'll go down and take a look first. If there's no problem, I'll call you down."
Jiang Baiyan hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Old William jumped down the entrance, and darkness almost instantly swallowed up the light. A cold dampness emanated from the cave entrance, with a faint smell of blood.
Jiang Baiyan turned his head and saw the lamb again.
It stood in the corner, rubbing its head against the wall, as if beckoning him to come and look.
Jiang Baiyan walked over curiously and carefully scraped off the black stains with a dagger, and a line of crude inscriptions appeared before his eyes.
don't believe owl.
run fast.
"Do you want me to see this?" Jiang Baiyan looked at Yanglang and asked, "Who wrote this?"
Lamb: “Meh~~~”
It walked out, as if asking him to follow it.
At the same time, old William’s voice came from underground: “It’s safe, come down.”
Jiang Baiyan held the stone slab, moved it over and buckled it.
The lamb walked out slowly.
He followed.
Of course he knew that it was very risky to leave with this magical creature (?), but William's danger was not much less.
The key to Kelly's case is not the cause of her death, but why she appeared in the woods.
Jiang Baiyan didn't understand reasoning, but he believed one thing: the only person who could make an adolescent girl go against her will and do something she didn't want to do could be her boyfriend.
Girls are stupid and think this is love.
In fact, it is just the opposite. A man who doesn't care about his girlfriend's wishes doesn't love her in the first place. He insists on the girl doing this either to control her or to show off to his friends.
He had seen too many of his peers holding up erotic photos of their girlfriends and boasting about their looks.
Of course, maybe William did this just for fun and didn't think about the consequences, which doesn't prove that he had any bad intentions today.
But Robert said that he once saw a sheep when he was lost as a child.
He and his friends were terrified, but in the end, nothing happened to them.
Is the Lamb really a demon
Jiang Baiyan didn't know. So, he decided to follow and see.
Jian Jing followed little Frank and returned to the ground along the stairs built with tree roots.
In his field of vision, the dark and terrifying forest was filled with red light of varying shades. The light divided the space, and everything became chaotic.
There was clearly a python coiled on the tree trunk next to her, waiting for an opportunity to strike, but when she walked in front of it, the snake's sharp tongue didn't catch her scent at all and ignored her.
Little Frank's route was irregular at all. Sometimes a deviation of only a dozen centimeters would lead to a completely different space.
If she didn't have the limited card of "borrowing vision", she would just follow and would definitely get lost.
But now, seeing her following him step by step, although walking more slowly but not inaccurately, little Frank gradually came to believe that she had become his companion.
There are also more people.
"I know you've heard a lot of rumors about the forest," he said, "but they're all lies told by the invaders."
Jian Jing asked: "Intruder?"
Little Frank smiled coldly: "Although you are not an American, you should have heard of the cruel history that happened in this land."
Jian Jing complained in her heart, this place has too much cruel history, which one are you talking about
Little Frank raised his head, looking into the distance, and said in a sinister voice: "Let me think, when did the rumors of evil spirits begin? A long, long time ago? No, that's not the case.
"In the 16th century, European colonists arrived on the other side of the ocean. They took a fancy to this fertile land and began a history of greedy invasion. Dusk Town is far away from the Atlantic Ocean and was not affected much in the early days. Only a few explorers ventured here in an attempt to discover the unknown wealth.
"At the end of the 17th century, a group of adventurers heard that there was a lot of wealth hidden here, so they organized a group of people to come and explore. However, when their people entered this forest, they kept disappearing.
"At first, they thought they were attacked by wild animals. They thought they had guns and cannons, so they didn't take it seriously. But one day, when they passed by a forest, they suddenly saw a large tree in the distance full of things hanging - corpses hanging upside down. The missing people were hung on the trees dozens of meters high, like ripe fruits.
"People were frightened and went crazy. Rumors spread that there were terrible evil spirits hiding in the woods, taking advantage of the night to kill people. The ambitious people were afraid and hesitated whether to leave. At this time, a survivor escaped back. He was crazy and unable to communicate. However, his companions were surprised to find that no matter how badly he was injured, even if he was shot through the stomach, it would heal quickly.
"As you can imagine, once greed grows, even the devil cannot stop humans. Since then, the mysterious evil spirits in the woods have made the magical medicine that can heal serious injuries... Various legends have emerged one after another."
His tone was soft and unhurried, but his words were full of sarcasm.
Jian Jing couldn't help but ask: "Then what?"
"In the 18th century, the gunshots of Lexington rang out and the war broke out. In order to fight against Britain, the Continental Army at that time listened to the advice of a descendant of an adventurer and sent a team of soldiers to the western border of the United States to find a magic medicine that could bring people back to life.
"But the locals denied the existence of the magic medicine and claimed that their arrival would anger the gods. The general leading the team was very angry and arrested many locals and tortured them severely. Finally, someone told the truth under coercion and inducement. The secret is hidden in the Dusk Forest. The gods are invincible and only the fire from the sky can make them sleep peacefully."
Little Frank said: "One day, lightning struck the trees in the forest. The soldiers poured gasoline on them. The flames spread throughout the forest at an extremely terrifying speed. Smoke billowed, flames shot up into the sky, animals wailed and fled, and the trees turned to charcoal. The invaders conquered this land with guns and cannons, but they didn't know..."
"This is not the end." He turned his head and stared into Jian Jing's eyes. "Everyone who has stolen the kingdom of God will be punished. Blood debts must be repaid with blood."
Jian Jing understood.
She asked: "Who killed Kelly, the five children, and the people who came after?"
"They are lambs sacrificed to God." Little Frank disagreed. "There is no point in pursuing this issue."
Jian Jing said, "Since we are both servants of God, it's okay for you to tell me the truth, right?"
Little Frank said coldly: "The sacrifice is naturally completed by God's servants. When you complete the ceremony, you must do the same."
Jane Jing's heart moved, and she looked like she was making a difficult decision: "What, William?"
Her answer satisfied little Frank, who said, "He can't."
"Why?"
"His soul is no longer pure."
What the hell? Can you say human? ? Jian Jing pressed her forehead, suppressed her irritability, and asked: "What kind of person..."
"We're here." Little Frank interrupted her question and stopped in front of a cave.
The entrance to the cave is not big, only allowing one person to pass through at most. A wisp of cold wind blows out from inside, mixed with the smell of soil and grass. It is not unpleasant, but it has an indescribable choking feeling.
Little Frank walked over: "Follow me."
Jian Jing dropped the pearls, stepped on them, and followed in.
This is a strange pure white cave, which looks like it is made up of countless pure marbles, with almost no visible gaps.
The passage was long and narrow, a little too cramped for a person's size, and a little too wide.
Jian Jing touched the wall and felt the unique roughness and coldness of rock. The smooth texture showed no traces of tools, but such a neat plan could not be the result of natural growth.
"What is this place?" she asked.
Little Frank walked in silently, and kept walking in until he entered an extremely large cave. Above his head, a beam of bright moonlight shone down, lighting up the dark underground world.
"Welcome to the White Kingdom." He spread his arms, "Please offer your loyalty to the gods, bride."
Jian Jing looked up and saw an extremely huge tree in front of her, towering into the sky.