Chapter 99 Assemble! The Border Gate Conferred God shook Kyushu! ! (14,000 words)
In the past few months, countless construction workers have worked hard, from the cooler autumn to the freezing wind.
The single clothes they wore gradually turned into heavy cotton clothes.
“Huh...”
Lao Zhang, who had been working on the construction site for several hours, was exhausted.
Even in this low temperature environment, he still felt hot and hot because of his great efforts.
While taking advantage of the break, he grabbed the thermos jug on the side and drank a few mouthfuls of hot water. His eyes fell on the construction site in front of him.
Everyone on this construction site is tireless, methodical, and enthusiastic about their work.
Such a vigorous construction scene made Lao Zhang feel a little emotional.
From October to early January, there were heavy rains and heavy snowfalls.
During this time, countless people worked together to overcome various difficulties, and everyone worked towards the same goal.
But fortunately, it was all worth it. Now these several-meter-high city walls have formed a difficult-to-attack defense line on the coast.
Looking into the distance, it looks like a giant dragon, circling the mountains and dormant between the coast and the city.
Now the construction of the city wall has basically been completed, with only some details remaining.
Four city gates also stood up during this period, located among the four cities and counties, just like the entrance to the gorge.
If we continue at this pace, it will take up to half a month before the huge project is about to be completed.
Not to mention, many workers, like Lao Zhang, are still a little reluctant to give up.
But things change, winter goes and spring comes, this is the eternal truth in this world.
What's more, the abyss under the sea has absorbed the Yin Qi to the critical point. The further you drag it, the more dangerous it becomes, because a war may break out at any time.
The three-month construction time specified by Zhao Qi is a safe period to ensure the safety of everyone as much as possible.
The city is now covered with snow, and although the streets are empty, this loneliness adds a unique artistic conception to the ice and snow.
Many people will be blinded by the calmness in front of them. Little do they know that there are always a few pairs of eyes in the depths of the sea, waiting for the opportunity. Once Tianyuan absorbs enough Yin Qi, it is time for them to sneak into the human world. .
Outside the door of the temporary command room, Liu Wenbin, director of the City Foundry Department, ran towards this side quickly while breathing into his hands.
Now the temperature has dropped to more than ten degrees below zero, and even though I am wearing a coat, it is still bitingly cold.
“Investor Zhao!”
Liu Wenbin quickly came to Zhao Qi, looked at Zhao Qi with joy and said:
"Now all the projects have begun to be completed. In half a month at most, the project will be completed. It can be completed."
Liu Wenbin couldn't wait to report the good news to Zhao Qi. After hearing this, Zhao Qi immediately put on his coat and went for an on-site inspection with Liu Wenbin.
Sure enough, the towering city wall stretches for thousands of miles. After being covered with white snow, it looks more like a snow dragon.
The city gate of Weihai County is majestic and majestic. The Conferred God Platform above has been built, and workers are dismantling the scaffolding on the outside.
"Okay, it's half a month earlier than I thought. Well done to everyone.
After the completion, let all the construction workers take a good rest. You have all worked hard during this period."
As Zhao Qi spoke, he patted Liu Wenbin on the shoulder. These words also made Liu Wenbin feel warm in his heart.
"Investor Zhao, what should we do next? The city walls and gates have been built, what else do we need to do?"
Zhao Qi put his hands behind his back. Looking at the endless sea in the distance:
"After this matter is over, you can return to Qintian Prison to rest. The rest of the things are beyond your expertise."
Zhao Qi's eyes were full of worry, because until now , still no team members came back to resume their duties.
More than two months have passed since the team members set out, and there is still no news about the team members, which makes it difficult for Zhao Qi not to worry about whether something happened to them.
Seeing that everything is ready, and the Conferred God Platform has been completed, we must not make any mistakes at the last moment.
“You guys...it’s time to come back...”
Zhao Qi sighed deeply, his eyes filled with worry, like an old father waiting for his wanderer to return home.
......
"Sneeze!"
Li Xuanran rubbed his nose and muttered:
"Who is thinking about me? ”
Feng Qiqi on the side looked at Li Wanran with disdain:
“You still care about this?”
Li Wanran shrugged. At this moment, the two of them were in the dense forest on the roadside, staring at Looking at the deserted street in front of me.
“Auntie, we have been waiting here for a long time. Are you sure you are not mistaken?
Didn’t you say that there are animals that walk upright? We haven’t waited for so many days. Isn’t it just a market legend?”
Li Xuanran said helplessly to Feng Qiqi beside him.
In the past few days, they have been guarding here every night, originally planning to wait and see, but they have not found the target for a long time
This made Li Wanran have to wonder whether it was from the beginning. They got it wrong from the start.
Feng Qiqi on the side was obviously much more patient. She was like a hunter dormant in the darkness, her eyes sharply staring at the road, patiently waiting for the prey to appear.
With no response, Li Ruanran reluctantly took out the gourd from his waist, took a sip of wine, and then lay on the grass with his arms as pillow.
However, just as he lay down, Li Wanran heard Feng Qiqi's urgent voice:
"Coming!"
As soon as he heard this, Li Wanran's tiredness suddenly disappeared. , he cleverly turned over, straightened up and looked towards the road.
Directly on the dark road, a strange figure walked towards this side with a staggering gait.
This thing doesn't look like a human being, but it walks upright like a human being. It is exactly like the legend.
Li Wanran instinctively grasped the hilt of the Dragon Yin Sword, his teeth itching with hatred:
"Grandson, I have been waiting for you!"
Li Wanran carried Long Yin. Jian soon came to the deserted alley, and when he saw the figure coming towards him, he was startled.
I saw an old black goat, standing and walking like a human.
Especially that pair of eyes, which are weird and a bit sinister, which makes people not surprised and makes people feel a chill down their backs.
But then Li Wanran calmed down and drew out the Dragon Yin Sword. With a faint sound of dragon roar, Li Wanran raised the sword and pointed it at the old goat:
"It turns out that he is a goat spirit. He is really good these days." The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds.
Me. We have been waiting for you for a long time. If you just surrender, you will suffer less!"
Li Xuanran didn't know if the goat spirit could understand what he was saying. Anyway, after he finished speaking, the old goat was stunned! He looked at himself for a few seconds, then turned around and ran away.
“Oh, shall I go?”
Li Wanran raised his sword and chased after him, but the old goat was extremely fast and couldn't get close in a short time.
Fortunately, a graceful figure gradually emerged from the darkness behind.
Feng Qiqi played with the dagger in her hand and stared coldly at the old goat with killing intent.
The front and back roads were blocked. In this narrow alley, the old goat couldn't escape.
“Who are you?”
However, what neither of them expected was that the voice made by this old goat with a beard and an old look was actually the soft voice of a child.
This made Li Wanran speechless for a while:
“Can this get any weirder?”
“Goat Spirit, just follow me. Live or die, you choose!"
Feng Qiqi's plain voice seemed to be saying something trivial, but a fierce light flashed in the old goat's eyes, Immediately afterwards, a burst of black mist filled the whole body.
In this black mist, the two of them actually saw some ferocious faces.
These evil spirits were wandering in the black mist, and then they came towards us.
Goat has always been a very supernatural animal.
Goats can be found in local folklore and overseas urban supernatural stories.
Folklore believes that goats are psychic, especially because their eyes can see through yin and yang, and can easily attract ghosts.
In foreign urban supernatural stories, goats can walk upright, pretend to be humans, and attract poultry into the room and eat them.
This is all because the goat has a pair of terrifying eyes.
The same is true for the standing goat in front of me. There is a black horizontal bar in the white of the pale eyes, but it is shining with scarlet light at this moment.
Li Wanran had obviously been prepared for the battle, so when he saw the shop in the black mist approaching, the Dragon Sword in his hand immediately shone brightly.
One man, one sword and one carefree spirit are vividly displayed in Li Wanran.
Li Wanran is a very transparent person, and his usual formal style is also cynical.
There has always been a saying among the people that people with great enlightenment often manifest themselves in two forms.
One of them is that the mind and body are like still water, and you can sit still in the chaotic world, free from the world of mortals.
The other kind is one whose mind is like still water and whose body is like tide, half mad, half mad and half at ease, sinking in the world, but not stained by the dust of the world.
Li Wanran is the second type of person, which can be explained from his swordsmanship.
Wherever the Dragon Sword passed, all the hungry ghosts were dispersed. His swordsmanship was so outstanding that it was rare in this world.
Feng Qiqi on the other side was not afraid of the oncoming evil spirits.
The dagger in her hand quickly struck at the evil ghost in front of her, but the dagger only passed through the evil ghost's black mist body and did not cause any harm to the evil ghost.
In a daze, the snapping turtle opened its mouth and headed straight for Feng Qiqi's face. At this moment, Feng Qiqi felt her eyes go dark, as if she had fallen into a cold pool. The piercing meaning was in It spread to the whole body in an instant.
But the next second, Feng Qiqi felt a colder feeling coming over her back, where Zhao Qi had carved the tattoo. After the two forces interacted with each other, Feng Qiqi's whole aura also changed greatly. change.
"You can attract evil spirits, and so can I!"
Feng Qiqi's face was as cold as ice, and the ground under her feet began to be filled with thin frost.
Feng Qiqi made secrets with her hands, and the spell written by Zhao Qi in the brochure rang out in her mind, and the voice of Chen Sheng silently reciting it sounded more like it came from outside the sky.
"Boom!"
A burst of black mist began to spread around Feng Qiqi, and then Li Wanran discovered that many shadows appeared behind Feng Qiqi.
These phantoms were all dripping with blood and looked ferocious, and the resentment behind them seemed to be about to condense into reality.
“A hundred ghosts walk in the night!”
As Feng Qiqi aimed his handprint at the old goat in front of him, the ghostly shadows around him rushed towards him like a tide.
The resentment of these ghosts around Feng Qiqi is obviously more powerful than those summoned by the old goat.
So when the two collided, the ghostly shadows in the black fog instantly disappeared without a trace.
Everything happened very quickly. When Feng Qiqi's figure emerged from the black mist again, she had already trampled the old goat under her feet:
"If you move again, you will die!"
Old goat The goat also realized that he had kicked the iron plate and was covered in blood. Trembling and waving her hooves:
"Exalted Master, have mercy on me, Master have mercy on me!"
Li Wanran put the sword into its sheath in astonishment, and curiously came to Feng Qiqi's side, and Feng Qiqi was surrounded by The figures of the resentful spirits also disappeared one after another.
"This... what is this?"
Faced with Li Wanran's curious inquiry, Feng Qiqi said without changing her expression:
"These are all people who died in my hands, because The resentment is so deep that I have been staying and refusing to leave..."
Although Feng Qiqi said it so lightly, she only saw this matter after she was summoned to teach her the exorcism technique and her eyes were opened.
Feng Qiqi had just realized this at that time, and the resentful spirit that died in her hands remained by her side.
What I heard in the folklore class about cause and effect was finally confirmed at this moment.
But fortunately, Feng Qiqi has the spirit exorcism technique to protect her. Not only will she not be harmed by these resentful spirits, but she can also drive these resentful spirits for her own use.
Li Wanran picked up the trembling old goat on the ground. After looking it up and down, he asked doubtfully:
"Goats can also become spirits? Tell me honestly, how did you do it? Jing? "
The old goat has obviously been frightened by the power of the two, so now his whole body is still shaking with fear.
Naturally, he didn't dare to hide anything from Li Wanran's questioning.
"Expert, I don't know, but one day I suddenly awakened my sanity."
"Huh? Can I awaken my sanity without practicing?"
It seems to be so. Worried that Li Xuanran would not believe the old goat, he hurriedly explained:
"Master, everything I said is true."
"Then why do you always pass by this road?"
Feng Qiqi asked coldly.
A bit of confusion soon appeared in the old goat’s eyes, and then he subconsciously made a few sheep calls:
“I don’t know, but there is something here that attracts me very much. The power, I feel stronger every time I come here."
"Where is the power?"
"Right by the well at the end of the road..."
After the two looked at each other, they took the old goat and walked toward the end of the road.
Soon I saw an ancient well that was sealed with iron chains and looked like it had been there for many years.
The moment he saw the well, Li Wanran suddenly thought of something, and then he took out the previous city map and looked at it, and then the expression on his face began to become intriguing.
“I see, I think I know why the feng shui of this city is chaotic.
You see, all the directions of the entire city have changed, forming a Feng Shui dilemma, and in the center of the Feng Shui dilemma is this well. "
Feng Qiqi on the other side heard this and took out her mobile phone, searched online for a moment, then looked up at Li Xuanran and said:
"This well has a name, it's called Suolong Well. It is said that there is a dragon locked underneath. "
Li Suanran was silent for a few seconds, and then showed a strange expression:
"This is too ridiculous..."
Both of them felt a little strange about this well, but Li Wanran still did not forget the responsibility they shouldered when they came this time.
“Forget it, let’s go back and report to the supervisor first.
We will report this situation to the supervisor then, we can’t take this idea.”
With that said, Li Wanran took the old goat and walked in the direction of parking.
Feng Qiqi looked at the well with some confusion, and followed it without saying a word after a few seconds.
The heavy iron chain of this well goes deep into the ground, and the top is rusty. Apparently no one has opened it for many years.
As for what is under the well, it is always the same as what others say.
Beside the well, there is an iron tree, standing here bare, looking a little lonely.
Neither of them noticed that there was a line of blurred small characters engraved under the well.
“The iron tree blossoms and the horse grows horns, so the lock can be opened!”
...
Time has entered the end of the twelfth lunar month, and the lush mountain roads in the past are now covered with snow.
In the village at the foot of the mountain, every household closed their doors tightly and burned hot bricks to drive away the severe cold that kept coming.
The family sat on the Kang, with a few side dishes on the table. Although there was no big fish or meat, they were still enjoying themselves.
The male host made himself a pot of hot wine, and his wife and children sat across from each other. This was considered the happiest time of the day for a not-so-rich family.
"Family, have you heard any noise from the deserted village on the top of the mountain at night during this time?"
"No, the child has been frightened awake for several nights."
< br>The male host frowned and took a sip of soju, then let out a long sigh and showed an expression of enjoyment:
"This is really a weird thing. No one lives in the deserted village on the mountain, but as long as it is night, you can always hear lively noises above, and it sounds like someone is fighting."
Woman He put a chopstick dish into the bowl given to the child, and then shook his head indifferently:
"We don't care about these things. In the past two days, other people in the village have also spread rumors that someone went to the hut at night and saw an evil light on the mountain.
I didn't have the guts to go up to look at it at night, so I stayed until daytime and called A few guys went up the mountain. Maybe there was no one in the deserted village, let alone where the light came from.
Later? I heard that there were many investigators from the Xing Division, running back and forth several times, as if they were looking for someone."
"Everything weird happens these days, the world is really in decline..."< br>
The family's discussion was drowned in the howling mountain wind. A small road led straight from the top of the mountain, and the deserted village was now covered with snow.
But what this family didn't know was that several figures were coming down the mountain road at this moment.
Wherever I walked, I not only left clear footprints, but also a long drag mark.
"Uncle, please spare me. You don't care about the faults of villains, just treat me like a fart."
It was Wang Wuchen and Zhang Zhenshan who were walking on the mountain road, and Wang Wuchen In his hand, he was holding the hind paw of an animal.
Most of the animal's body was dragged in the white snow, and its two front paws were not idle. It kept making bowing movements and making begging sounds from its mouth.
The tired looks on the faces of Wang Wuchen and Zhang Zhenshan could not be concealed. They did not pay attention to the constant begging for mercy, but instead started talking to themselves.
“It’s strange, we only stayed on this mountain for one night, why did it suddenly start snowing?”
Zhang Zhenshan raised his head in confusion, looking at the falling snowflakes, Hidden in his eyes was incomprehensible shock.
Wang Wuchen did not speak, but lowered his head and took out his mobile phone, only to find that the mobile phone had been turned off, which made his brows filled with doubts.
“There is someone over there, team leader, right over there!”
At this moment, the two of them heard a shout coming from the forest, and several figures hurriedly ran towards them.
Faced with this sudden and strange situation, Wang Wuchen and Zhang Zhenshan put on defensive postures, but not long after, they saw an investigator from the Criminal Investigation Department wearing a heavy coat running from the forest with a look of astonishment on his face. out.
"Two leaders, it's really you!"
Team Leader Wei ran over in surprise, his expression looked like he hadn't seen him for a long time.
The two looked at each other, feeling a little confused about this.
"Team Leader Wei, where have you been? We have subdued the monsters that are causing trouble here, but we looked around and couldn't find you.
And what's going on with this weird weather? Isn't it just now? It’s the end of October, why is it snowing?”
As soon as Wang Wuchen finished speaking, he noticed the strange expressions on the faces of Team Leader Wei and the investigators around him.
Team Leader Wei said something that neither of them expected in an extremely trembling voice.
“Both leaders, it is already the end of December.
What you are talking about happened two months ago. That night we arrived in the deserted village and divided our troops into two groups to investigate.
In just ten minutes, we won’t be able to find you.
We had no choice but to go back quickly and mobilize more people to search all over the mountain. After two full months of searching, the two leaders were still nowhere to be seen.
Today was supposed to be the last search, and now we are about to search all over the mountain.
If we can't find you two again, we will have no choice but to report it! ”
"What, two months?"
Wang Wuchen and Zhang Zhenshan felt a little confused at this moment. In their impression, they found the real perpetrator in less than 10 minutes in the mountain village. weasel.
Then the weasel performed an illusion, but it was quickly cracked by the two men and captured.
How could two months have passed like this?
As if he could tell that the two of them were in disbelief about this, Team Leader Wei quickly took out his mobile phone, opened today's date, and showed it to the two of them.
After that, Wang Wuchen fell into a long silence, and Zhang Zhenshan on the other side was also full of shock.
“Two months have really passed. What the hell is going on?”
Just after Zhang Zhenshan asked this question, Wang Wuchen immediately lowered his head and looked at the controlled weasel. .
Then Wang Wuchen grabbed the weasel by the neck and asked sternly:
“It’s you who did it, tell me honestly, what’s going on!”
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The captured weasel was looking at Wang Wuchen with fear on its face. It was obvious that it had been frightened by the two of them, and it naturally did not dare to play any tricks in this situation.
"Uncle, this...this...is an illusion..."
Following Weasel's explanation, Wang Wuchen and Zhang Zhenshan understood.
After being separated from Team Leader Wei and others, the two of them had actually entered the illusion, but the weasel did not expect that the two of them could still find their hiding place in the illusion, or even just Defeat yourself in the blink of an eye.
However, it is not an easy task to find the position of the caster in the illusion. In the two people's feelings, only ten minutes have passed, but outside it has already been the alternation of the sun and the moon of two months.
Weasel's illusion skills are indeed superb, but with the strength of the two of them, they would not be trapped for so long.
It was just because neither of them had any action experience, and the lack of experience caused them to struggle in the illusion.
But the experience accumulated in this operation is also precious to the two of them. Wang Wuchen's eyes were covered with a layer of gray fog. He didn't like this feeling of hindsight.
“Oops!”
Zhang Zhenshan, who came to his senses on the side, slapped his forehead, then turned to look at Wang Wuchen and said urgently:
"Two months have passed, and the supervisor must still be waiting for us.
This is too bad, we may be the last group to go back and resume our lives!"
Being treated like this by Zhang Zhenshan As soon as he was reminded, Wang Wuchen immediately decided not to stay here for a long time, and immediately urged Team Leader Wei beside him to prepare a car. They were going to Dongshan County immediately!
......
Zhang Lingyuan, who acted alone on the other side, was not as effective as the other two groups.
In the past two months, Zhang Lingyuan has been investigating in the village. Although he has found some clues, he has not been able to find the hidden spirit.
During this period of time, the local Sentencing Division has been fully cooperating, but after two months of investigation, there is still no results. Although the investigators do not say it, they are actually exhausted.
Early in the morning, the investigators received instructions for another meeting. They dragged their tired bodies to the temporary meeting room set up by the village committee.
Zhang Lingyuan was looking through the documents compiled during this period. After a long period of combing, he also roughly knew the reason for this matter.
The desolate temple in the village actually has a lot of history, especially when Zhang Lingyuan and some fragments of the statues were found in the ruins of the desolate temple, the root of the matter was already roughly known.
A statue of a mouse fairy was once enshrined here. This belief originated from shamanism, which obviously means that this temple has been around for some years.
Strange things also happened after the deserted temple was torn down. Many people in the village were saying that the Gray Fairy was angry, but only Zhang Lingyuan knew that this was not the case.
There are no gods in this world, let alone these folk immortals.
So Zhang Lingyuan quickly made a judgment that although the occurrence of strange things had nothing to do with the statue in the temple, it was not unrelated.
So in the next few days, Zhang Lingyuan collected many ancient folk books for review, and finally relied on the existing evidence to target the ghosts.
Therefore, at today's meeting, Zhang Lingyuan once again issued a new action plan, which is to mobilize all villagers and seal all mouse holes in every household.
Although the investigators did not know the significance of this, they quickly went to notify the villagers door to door, leaving all the villagers confused.
“We’ve been checking for so long and we haven’t found any results yet, why are we still fussing around?”
“Forget it, anyway, those mouse holes are also harmful to the food, and they are blocked. It was blocked right away.”
“These people are really weird. They don’t do anything serious and don’t know what they are checking every day.”
The families of those who had the accident were initially looking forward to Zhang Lingyuan's arrival to help them find out the truth.
But two months passed in the blink of an eye, with no results at all, and they were naturally very anxious.
Zhang Lingyuan could always hear such radical remarks, but he never gave any response.
At the end of the day, all the rat holes that could be found in the village were sealed. At night, the investigators gathered at the village committee, waiting for Zhang Lingyuan to issue new orders.
“Hey, where is the leader?”
"I don't know. We just came back. Doesn't the leader always look through those documents in the room?"
"Why are you still standing there, go find it quickly!"
Investigation The members soon discovered that Zhang Lingyuan was not at the village committee, which made them confused, and they immediately dispersed to search in the village.
Soon after, an investigator came to report that Zhang Lingyuan was in the field at the moment.
A group of investigators gathered around curiously, but Zhang Lingyuan clearly did not look back, but immediately made a gesture to stop moving forward.
At this moment, he was holding a long knife in his hand and slowly walking through the fields.
From the expression on his face, it is not difficult to see the kind of caution as if facing a powerful enemy, but it is this kind of caution that makes the investigators a little confused.
Looking around, except for Zhang Lingyuan, the only ones left in the entire field were the scarecrows inserted in the field. “What is the leader doing?”
“It looks like someone is hiding here.”
"How is it possible, apart from those scarecrows, are there anyone else?"
A group of investigators looked at Zhang Lingyuan in the distance with confused faces, but Zhang Lingyuan was not affected by the outside world at all.
His sharp eyes kept scanning the bodies of each scarecrow, and the long knife in his hand was always ready to go.
"Whoosh..."
A gust of wind blew by, followed by a black shadow that flashed away.
Zhang Lingyuan's reaction was faster. He waved his hand with a knife, and a scarecrow's head rolled to the ground.
"Come out, where else can you hide?"
Zhang Lingyuan's tone was cold, but in the silent night, it could be heard very clearly in everyone's ears.
While the investigators were discussing in confusion, a person next to them suddenly rubbed his eyes:
“Everyone, did you see it just now? It seems that a scarecrow moved. Click! ”
The investigator beside him was unimpressed.
"Don't talk nonsense, are you too tired and dazzled?"
"Because I think it is blown by the wind. After watching for a long time, the eyes are tired and it is easy to have this illusion."
Only the investigator who just spoke was still frowning. He couldn't describe this feeling, but he was sure that he did see a scarecrow move just now.
Zhang Lingyuan kept waving his long knife in the field, and the heads of the scarecrows were cut off one by one.
Seeing that there was only the last scarecrow left in the field, Zhang Lingyuan still chopped it with a knife.
"Shua..."
The next second, the scarecrow who was originally standing in the field and should have been motionless suddenly jumped back, barely avoiding Zhang Lingyuan. One knife.
Then the empty eyes began to glow red, and the scarecrow actually spoke.
"You and I have no grievances, why?"
The scarecrow's voice is very strange. Each word has a different timbre. It feels like many people are reading the same sentence, and everyone is only reading one word of this sentence.
"Sure enough, you are hiding here!"
Zhang Lingyuan finally confirmed his judgment at this moment. He had been thinking before that the whole village had been searched, why was it so late? That eerie figure can always feel the Yin Qi coming at this moment.
Since there is Yin Qi, it definitely means that the spirit has not gone far, so why has it been able to escape search many times?
It wasn't until Zhang Lingyuan noticed the scarecrows standing in the field that he made a bold hypothesis, and now this hypothesis was finally confirmed.
And the moment he heard the scarecrow speak, many confusions in Zhang Lingyuan's mind were solved.
Why are the comatose people in the fields, and why do they lose the ability to speak after waking up?
Now Zhang Lingyuan understands that this spirit should not be able to speak, so he took away one of the seven souls in charge of speech from those who were unconscious, so that he could have the ability to speak human words.
"Show yourself, I know who you are."
Just as Zhang Lingyuan finished speaking, a black mist suddenly blew up from the scarecrow.
Then, a strange guy with a human body and a rat head appeared in front of him.
The rat spirit looked at Zhang Lingyuan in front of him with a pair of sly eyes:
"Who are you and how did you find me?"
Zhang Lingyuan did not answer this The reason why he was able to conclude that it was rat spirits was because during the investigation, he saw rats worshiping in the direction of the fields at night.
And during this period, food was stolen from every household, and these things could be found in the fields again the next day.
Putting all this together it is not difficult to conclude that these rats were worshiping and offering food.
Finally finding the target he had been longing for, Zhang Lingyuan slashed at it with a long knife without saying a word.
"Squeak..."
In desperation, the rat spirit even let out a primitive cry, then turned around and turned into black mist to leave.
How could Zhang Lingyuan, who had finally found his target, miss it like this?
"Run?"
As soon as he took one step, Zhang Lingyuan suddenly felt a wave of hot air forming around his body. The temperature emanating from his body actually burned his shirt to death.
All the investigators stared wide-eyed, and clearly saw a red scapula appearing on Zhang Lingyuan's body.
Zhang Lingyuan slowly raised the knife in his hand. The high temperature on the blade seemed to be able to burn everything.
His character is like this, so he doesn't take action easily, but whenever he does, it will be a fatal blow.
Behind Zhang Lingyuan, a seemingly invisible dragon shape gradually formed in the air waves caused by the high temperature.
The fire dragon roared and entrenched itself behind Zhang Lingyuan, its eyes wide open as it stared directly at the raging black mist.
"Roar!"
As the phantom of the fire dragon behind Zhang Lingyuan roared silently, the long knife in Zhang Lingyuan's hand fell, leading the fire dragon straight towards the black mist.
The fire dragon opened its bloody mouth and bit into the black mist.
"Poof!"
The rat spirit hiding inside immediately spit out a mouthful of black blood, and then fell to the ground.
Zhang Lingyuan came to the front of the rat spirit unhurriedly. The long knife in his hand was only a few centimeters away from the rat spirit.
“Either die or come with me, decide!”
When faced with this choice, no one will choose the former. Even the spirits can survive. desire.
"I'll go with you, don't kill me!"
The battle ended quickly, and Zhang Lingyuan realized the power of blood for the first time.
At the moment when he exerted his power, he could even feel the blood in his body boiling.
The moment he took back this power, the shoulder dragon that appeared on his body gradually disappeared.
After Zhang Lingyuan sealed the rat demon's pipa bone so that it could no longer change and escape, he took advantage of the night to prepare to leave.
All the investigators were stunned and stood there for a long time, unable to recover.
"Did you all see it just now?"
"There seems to be a dragon on that leader's body..."
"Why does that person have a dragon? The head of a rat, this... is this a monster? "
When the investigators came to their senses, Zhang Lingyuan had already disappeared at the end of the village road with the rat monster.
Before they could figure out what had just happened, they saw several black State Secret Service vehicles speeding over on the village road.
Agents gathered from all directions, surrounding all the investigators.
"The State Secretariat is handling the case. Please cooperate with us. There is a confidentiality agreement that you need to sign."
......
At dawn the next day, Aunt Liu Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he started to wash up as usual.
Lying on the bed was her man, the first person to wake up from a coma in the field, lose the ability to speak, and be sluggish all day long.
As of today, she has been in a coma for nearly three months. Aunt Liu seemed to have accepted her fate. She washed the towel and prepared to come over and wipe the man's face.
But at this moment, the man yawned and sat up:
"Daughter-in-law, bring me a glass of water, I'm so thirsty..."
< br>Aunt Liu suddenly froze on the spot, and the towel in her hand fell to the ground.
The man looked at Aunt Liu with a confused look on his face:
“What kind of expression is this? It’s like you don’t recognize me anymore...”
Aunt Liu walked over tremblingly, her face full of expressions. Unbelievable:
"You...you woke up..."
When the words fell, Aunt Liu was already bursting into tears. She had secretly decided in her heart that even if her man never returned, He couldn't wake up, so he accepted his fate.
Aunt Liu threw herself into the man's arms and cried bitterly. On the contrary, the man felt baffled by this.
“Didn’t I just take a nap, what’s wrong with you?”
After a while, Aunt Liu finally calmed down and explained everything that happened during this period. narrated it once.
“What? I passed out?”
The man had no memory of what happened, but it happened in other families too.
All the people who lost the ability to speak after being comatose in the fields recovered one after another today, which made their families very happy, and the whole story spread in the village.
The villagers ran towards the village committee one after another, wanting to tell the village chief and Zhang Lingyuan and others who had been investigating during this period.
On arrival at the village committee, I discovered that the village chief had just gotten up, but neither Zhang Lingyuan nor the Tixing Division investigator who had been investigating in the village for the past two months had disappeared.
No one knows what happened last night, but they just noticed that all the scarecrows in the field had their heads chopped off, and there were many dead rat bodies on the street.
Everyone was puzzled by this, but since then, neither the investigators from the Criminal Division nor the rather mysterious man who spoke poorly have appeared again, just like everything that happened before. , it’s all just a dream shared by the villagers.
"Mom, I saw a dragon outside the window last night. It was in the field!"
"Children can't tell lies. There is no dragon in this world!"
Woman I don't know if what this kid said is true.
This world is always like this, and people always ignore the fact that in the eyes of children, they may be able to see more truth.
All the team members have embarked on the road back to Dongshan Prefecture. When they passed by, they also left behind some strange-sounding legends.
"The ghost village on the top of the mountain has strange lights at night. Local people rumored that this place is haunted."
"Many people in Nanzhao County witnessed and suspected of seeing the goat man. Our reporter is following up the report..."
“A large-scale cultural event was held in a village. It is worth noting that in this event There are some peculiar aspects.
On this day, every villager will build a scarecrow and place it in the field, then cut off the head of the scarecrow.
When the scarecrow's head falls off. , the rice stuffed inside will spill out
According to local villagers, this is a good omen for them.
The reason is that the patient who had been ill for a long time at home suddenly recovered. That day, all the scarecrows in the field turned around..."
This kind of supernatural content has already been When it appeared, it quickly started to ferment on the Internet.
Someone said it. The rumors were seriously refuted from a scientific point of view, and many people participated in it, making the topic more and more popular.
"I am from Nanzhao County, and it is said to be true. Someone saw the goat standing and walking, I found a surveillance video, you can take a look! ”
"I have watched the video, and it is clearly a forgery that was edited in the post-production process. Everyone must believe in science. There are so many weird things in this world."
"Brothers, please pay attention to me. I went to the ghost village two days ago. To explore, the video will be edited and released in the next two days. Apart from anything else, the name of this village is very strange. It only has two words, called Fengmen! "
" Something happened in our village not long ago. Weird thing, very Many investigators came to investigate, but there was no result. Suddenly one day, the sick people in our village recovered one after another, and when they came out, they found that all the scarecrows in the field had been beheaded.
It was even stranger. The investigators, as well as the mysterious person who had been leading the investigation, disappeared one after another.
No one knew what happened that night.
There are rumors in the village that gods have appeared, and the custom of cutting grass and chopping up little people has begun to form.
I just want to ask, are there really gods in this world? ”
Various comments intensified, and many of them mentioned the comments of the team members.
However, these protagonists actually had no time to care about this matter. They rushed back to Dongshan Prefecture from all directions to deliver the mission to Zhao Qi.
Although they left, various rumors remained.
Some people who don't know the truth just take it as a joke, while others take the opportunity to make excuses and enhance their presence.
In short, this is a carnival among netizens. Except for those who have experienced it personally, no one really cares about the truth.
Whether it is a ghost village in the mountains, a strange goat man, or a scarecrow, all of these will slowly subside over time.
Only the local people will care, and even attribute such things that they do not understand to gods.
Just like the village Zhang Lingyuan went to, soon after, all the villagers raised funds to start building temples.
Perhaps for them, the idea of the gods appearing as ghosts is more acceptable.
As for what the truth is, the team members will naturally not disclose it.
So the final result is just a matter of opinion and wisdom.
……
“Supervisor! Supervisor!”
Zhao Qi, who was preparing in the temporary office to inspect the final project, suddenly heard shouts from outside.
He walked towards the sound with some confusion, but saw an academician hurriedly running over from a distance:
"They are back, and they are coming this way now!"< br>
“Who’s back?”
Zhao Qigang didn’t react at first, but then he saw Zhang Zhenshan and Wang Wuchen walking from a distance.
Wang Wuchen was also holding a sand leather bag in his hand, and there was obviously something living in the bag that was struggling.
"Wuchen, Zhenshan!"
Seeing the two of them, Zhao Qi was sincerely happy.
He has been worried about the independent actions of the team members this time and does not know whether they are competent.
What's more, the front line of this operation is so long. Three months are about to pass, and there is still no news of the team members. Zhao Qi is getting more and more anxious every day.
Now, finally seeing the two of them, Zhao Qi's hanging heart has just calmed down a little bit
"Emissary, we are back!"
Wang Wuchen and Zhang Zhenshan smiled When they came to Zhao Qi, they had never felt as friendly as they did now.
"Okay, just come back!"
Zhao Qi patted Wang Wuchen and Zhang Zhenshan on the shoulders. There were thousands of words to say, but when they came to his mouth, he couldn't say them out.
"Why did it take so long?"
Faced with Zhao Qi's concerned inquiry, Wang Wuchen shook the sandbag in his hand:
"Supervisor, we found it this time A weasel spirit, this guy's illusion technique is very good.
We were trapped in that illusion technique for more than two months without realizing it.
But fortunately, we finally captured it. If you get it, come back quickly.”
While talking, Wang Wuchen dropped the sandbag in his hand on the ground.
“Ouch!”
It took a long time for the thing inside to crawl out, and the face on the furry head was already twisted in pain.
“Take it easy...”
Weasel actually stood up with his buttocks covered, but when he saw Wang Wuchen and Zhang Zhenshan, he immediately restrained himself:
"Two masters, what are you going to do with me? Can you give me a nice word?"
Zhao Qi also didn't expect that this weasel was actually a chatterbox. He sensed the weasel's evil spirit and said, It's really difficult for the players to deal with.
"Weasel, open your eyes, this is our supervisor, don't be presumptuous!"
Zhang Zhenshan scolded the weasel sharply, and then the weasel noticed Zhao standing next to him. start.
It couldn't feel any threatening aura from Zhao Qi, so it felt a kind of contempt from the bottom of its heart.
"Who are you? Why are you arresting me?"
Zhang Zhenshan's eyes widened and he was about to scold him, but was stopped by Zhao Qi next to him.
Zhao Qi lowered his head peacefully, looking at the weasel spirit who was only half a man tall, and then pointed at the city wall standing on the coast not far away:
"I know what that is. "Where?"
The weasel looked in the direction Zhao Qi pointed, and it was easy to tell from the hollow look in his eyes that it didn't know at all.
"Where is the border of this world? Feel it for yourself and see if there is a lot of Yin Qi permeating the sea surface."
The weasel dispersed curiously, and his consciousness gradually spread towards the sea. open.
But suddenly, a pair of huge and scarlet eyes suddenly appeared in his mind.
There is a suffocating sense of oppression in these eyes.
The weasel staggered back a few steps, followed by a trembling fear all over his body.
He has a very keen sense of breath, and in the breath just now, he felt a great threat.
"The ones hiding in the sea are the monsters who try to invade the human world. It is your fate that you are here, so I will get straight to the point.
You are willing to continue to be your monster, Hiding in the middle of the barren mountains and wild ridges, it is difficult to stand up
Or do you want to become a god again, guard a border and be popular among the people? "
Zhao Qi's question made the weasel silent for a few seconds, and then he looked at Zhao Qi. , asked questioningly:
"Just you?"
Weasel couldn't feel any breath on Zhao Qi's body, so in his opinion, this was just an ordinary person.
If an ordinary person actually talks about becoming a god in this apocalyptic world, the Weasel will naturally not believe it.
Zhao Qi smiled, and then gradually dissipated his aura:
"Yes, just rely on me!"
Suddenly, the aura around Zhao Qi connected the heaven and the earth, and the weasel's widened pupils even reflected the heaven and earth behind Zhao Qi.
“Plop!”
The weasel knelt down and looked at Zhao Qi in shock. Even when he spoke, he began to speak incoherently.
“You can’t see Taishan, but there is a master like you in this world?
Do you really mean what you just said?”
At this moment, Zhao Qi had already got the weasel's answer, so he waved to the academicians not far away.
The academicians hurried forward, but the weasel did not resist, and was taken away by the academicians in a daze.
Soon after, other team members also returned one after another. Everyone had experienced a lot, and when they met again, they couldn't help but be touched.
The weasel spirit brought back by Zhang Zhenshan and Wang Wuchen, the rat spirit captured by Zhang Lingyuan alone, and the goat spirit brought back by Li Wanran and Feng Qiqi were all temporarily locked in the room with the formation.
Now they all know their fate, and this is one of the few opportunities for them to change their fate against the odds.
Becoming a god is something they can't even think about.
Who said there won’t be pie in the sky?
Even if you lose your freedom, even if you have to guard the border from now on, so what?
When XZ was hiding in the East and everyone shouted for beatings, was that freedom?
Outside, they will always be just unaccepted monsters and will never have a place of their own.
But now that I can become a god and enjoy the incense of the world openly, even if I can only live in this place for eternity, what's the harm?
On this night, the three spirits with different origins did not have any conversation with each other.
The rat spirit has no ability to speak, while the weasel and goat spirit are silently digesting this hard-won surprise.
In another conference room not far away, the team members enthusiastically told Zhao Qi their experiences during this period.
Zhao Qi just looked at them quietly, his face finally filled with a smile he had not seen for a long time.
Even though they are similar in age, Zhao Qi is a second generation human being after all, and he has led these people on this path one by one.
Zhao Qi doesn't want anything to happen to anyone, but he knows that if they go down this road, one day they will face greater danger.
This complex emotion began to appear from the moment Zhao Qi recruited these team members.
But there are many things that even Zhao Qi cannot help himself.
The future of mankind has begun, and we are facing the most important moment. Someone in the game will eventually sacrifice.
Whether it's these players or himself.
This is destiny...
"Everyone, I am glad that you came back in time. At this point, my previous plan can be declared successful."
Zhao Qi looked at the team members and praised them without hesitation:
"You are all good, no matter who you were before or what kind of life you lived, these are not important.
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You have used your actions to interpret your responsibilities as a member of Qintianjian. I know this road is not easy to walk, but I am glad that you have all taken the first step. ”
When Zhao Qi said these words, he especially glanced at Feng Qiqi
Among the people present, except Feng Qiqi herself, only Zhao Qi knew that Feng Qiqi had ever had the idea of leaving.
But these are Zhao Qi seems to be unimportant, at least in what Li Wanran just told, Feng Qiqi played a crucial role in this action.
Feng Qiqi looked away thoughtfully. It always makes people want to explore.
"Supervisor, what should we do next?"
Wang Wuchen asked the question he was most concerned about, and this is what Zhao Qi wanted to say next.
“Three months have passed in the blink of an eye. The border wall has been erected, and four city gates guard one side. This is the result of everyone’s hard work day and night.
From the beginning of autumn, It’s cold and snowing all over the sky. While you are working hard in various cities, Dongshan Prefecture Sicheng County has never stopped moving forward.
Now is the time to face the situation that we cannot escape.”< br>
The expressions of the team members began to become solemn, and they naturally knew that what Zhao Qi was talking about was the demon hiding deep in the seabed.
“The array deployed on the sea can delay three months at its limit.
I believe it won’t be long before the demons can enter the human world through the abyss...”
Zhao Qi's eyes were filled with worry, because even he could not predict the outcome of this battle.
I originally thought that as a second generation, I could always predict the future and nip all risks in the cradle.
But now it seems that God is not as good as man, and the outcome of this battle is still hidden in the invisible haze.
Taking a slow and deep breath, Zhao Qi stabilized his thoughts, and his eyes gradually became firm.
“The consecration platforms above the four city gates have been built, and the ceremony of conferring gods will officially begin at noon tomorrow.
The four gates each consecrate a god, and the place guarded by the four gods, I think it is Those demons will not be able to overrun easily.
At the same time, you must be prepared. There is no more preparation time left for you.
We can only win this battle but not lose, and we can do whatever it takes to win!"
Zhao Qi's words reached the ears of the team members. How could they not know the weight of it?< br>
This day finally came
......
That night, all the construction workers at the four construction sites in Sicheng County, Dongshan Prefecture, got on the bus in unison. Sent out of the city overnight
Until the project is completed, these construction workers still have no idea what the purpose of everything they built is.
Large-scale equipment was started one after another and evacuated overnight. The construction site that had been bustling for several months suddenly became deserted.
When the white snow falls, the whole city is covered with a layer of white gauze. Being in it always gives people a sense of peace.
The towering city wall protects the entire city. On the outside is the endless sea, and behind is the city where human beings live.
The three-month project finally came to an end in this loneliness.
When the construction workers left, they were even reluctant to leave because the order to leave was too sudden.
Zhao Qi stood alone in the darkness, looking at the endless city wall in the distance for a long time, which was in sharp contrast to the bustle of the evacuation area.
He, this giant dragon dormant in the city, is worried.
This is the border of the human world, and it also carries the hope of the future of mankind...
(End of this chapter)