Chapter 286 The strange camp
The sky is getting dark and the red moon is rising.
Accompanied by the crisp ringing of carriage bells, the long motorcade slowly advanced along the mountain canyon.
The environment was getting darker and darker, with only the gas lantern hanging on the front of the car still emitting a pale light.
Of course Lynch would not tell them the truth. After being reminded by the two ladies, he became more vigilant, carefully hiding himself, and carefully calculating the possible flaws of these people.
These people did not show any awareness. They were all professionals. They had a lot of fun playing the password cracking game. Even the unsociable Salin contributed a lot of ideas. Unfortunately, they lacked key elements. After all, it is impossible to break through the objective limitations, and in the end there is no result.
Until the end, everyone lost interest one by one. Accompanied by the monotonous ringing of bells and the sound of horse hooves, they fell asleep in the bumps of the carriage. However, Lynch had just been confused for a short time when he suddenly realized that there was a faint light in the darkness in the distance. Flashing.
“Here we are.”
The coachman’s shout woke up the half-asleep passengers. He immediately held up the gas lantern and waved it towards the rear. Soon, the convoy behind also erupted. Cheers.
The bumpy journey is finally over, and the destination of Rift Ridge Valley has been reached.
This is a valley of several square kilometers with a desolate environment, but a simple building has been built in the valley. It is said to be a simple building, but Lynch looks to be in better condition than the shacks where many poor people live in the King District. .
It is said that this was the former forward survey station of the Nolin-Rhine Railway. Later, many accidents occurred during the survey, and more than 20 people died. Later, strange things were discovered in the mountains, and they were finally given up. This is the line.
However, the survey camp 'just happened' to be left for the archaeological team to use in the past few days.
On one side of the valley is a small lake, and on the other side is a large open space surrounded by fences. There are three rows of houses built in the shape of a 'gate' on the open space.
At this time, a bonfire had been lit in the middle of the three rows of houses. There was a grill beside the bonfire, and a poor fat sheep was hanging on the shelf. It had been roasted to a crisp on the outside and tender on the inside. Floating in all directions, the team could smell it from a distance before it even got close, causing Carl Jones and the rude bearded Jack to scream, and even the elegant Rooney's throat squirmed.
Behind the bright bonfire, warm light also shines from the three rows of houses. There are obvious signs of cleaning on the windows and the ground. It seems that Mayor Howard has arranged manpower to clean up the site in advance.
After a few hours of bumping around, what could be more tempting than a clean house, a warm campfire, and delicious food?
Of course it’s a vat of wine.
From a distance, several large wine barrels were piled near the bonfire. Just by looking at them, you could smell the fragrant aroma of wine.
This made Lynch have to admit that from the perspective of treatment, Howard is still a good employer. At least he provides the best treatment throughout the process and is thoughtful. In comparison, Factory owners like Speaker Grant, who desperately squeezed their employees, were far from the best.
“Haha, we are here, thank you to our generous mayor.”
Carl Jones whistled at the camp from a distance, notifying the people in the camp. Before the carriage approached the fence, he turned around and said to everyone:
"Let's tidy up in a while, have a good meal and have a good time." Lively, we are celebrating our official start of work. The battle meeting ends at 11 o'clock, and Dr. Jenna will preside over the battle meeting. After the meeting, everyone has a good rest and will start early tomorrow morning. It is best to solve the problem in one day. If it is really impossible, it cannot be done more than three days. God, otherwise the ceremony will fail. Dr. Jenna, this arrangement is okay."
The doctor had already put away the strange black notebook and nodded indifferently, with a silent understanding. He narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, but didn't say anything.
Because he was thinking about another issue.
The whistle was blown and the motorcade arrived at the door. Where were the people waiting inside? Why haven't you opened the door yet?
Did I fall asleep after waiting too long? But for such a large amount of work, there must be more than one person coming, and they can't all be asleep.
Carl Jones frowned, jumped out of the car first, rushed over to open the fence door in a few steps, and signaled the convoy to enter. Then he caught the rapier thrown by Dr. Jenna behind him with his backhand, held the scabbard and approached the fire.
No one said anything, but the joy of just reaching the finish line disappeared in an instant, but Lin Qi's heart was already covered with a haze.
Something is wrong.
It's not like something happened right after arriving.
The carriage stopped by the bonfire, and the remaining people jumped out of the car silently. Dr. Jenna waved to arrange for other vehicles to enter, while the other five people, including Lynch, gathered around the bonfire consciously.
The time was calculated very accurately. The aroma of the sheep being roasted was overflowing, the temperature was just right, and the bonfire was burning brightly. It should have been lit not long ago.
There was indeed wine in the barrel, including red wine, beer, and spirits. The beer was still foaming, and it shouldn't have taken more than fifteen minutes to open it.
My eyes quickly swept across the ground. There were no traces of fighting or blood. It was normal. But what about people?
Big-nosed Jack kept twitching his nose, but finally shook his head, and the lonely Salin muttered something, but also got nothing.
There was a soft sound from the other side of the bonfire, and Karl walked out of the barracks with his sword in hand, shaking his head in response to the expectant looks of several people.
The camp was empty.
"There is no smell of blood." Jack Adams reported in a low voice, avoiding the workers who were getting off the car one after another.
“There is no remnant of the secret method.” Salin also said indifferently.
"It's strange, where will people go? It is expected that there should be six workers here to help us." Carl Jones frowned and thought, "We can't just pack up and leave. ”
"Impossible, these people have obviously just left." Rooney immediately denied, "I made a conscious observation when I came in. There is only one path we are taking. If they come out of the mountain, we will definitely encounter them, unless they go to the other side."< br>
“There are deep mountains over there, and they have no reason to go in.”
Dr. Jenna has arranged for the workers. These ordinary people don’t know what happened yet, and they think everything is normal and are happy. In the Xing assigned room, only seven people from the archaeological team gathered around the campfire with gloomy expressions:
"Could it be that, just before we arrived, they all died suddenly?"
The camp is still the same warm camp, but it was worth looking forward to just now, and now it is so weird. The six living people are like As if it had been eaten by the camp, it disappeared out of thin air without any warning.
Huh, is this to welcome me? I've dressed up like this, but I still can't avoid the mysterious pursuit?
Realizing that now was not the time to hide his clumsiness, Lin Qi sighed, held up his fan and started walking around the campfire.
[Power, death, ability, perception of death. 】
See the death scenes within the surrounding twenty-four hours. The closer the time is, the clearer the scene becomes.
When the ability was turned on, his eyes turned pure white. There were only black and white in front of Lynch's eyes. Countless black threads covered the edges of his vision, and a gloomy and strange whisper came from his ears.
"The breath of death did not permeate here. They did not die, at least not here."
Walking around the camp, Lin Qi shook his head regretfully, Jane Dr. Na and Karl sighed helplessly. Just as they were about to say something, they saw a change in their eyes behind the fans.
"No, wait."
Lin Qi noticed that he did not see the death scene in front of him, but he always felt that there was a certain direction worth looking forward to. It must have been another strange increase brought about by divine authority. Lynch no longer hesitated, maintained his ability to sense death, made a follow-me gesture, and walked around to the back of the camp.
Going around the camp is a forest, but the forest is not deep, only a few dozen meters. After passing through, you suddenly see a bare cliff.
The moment he approached the cliff, light and shadow flashed before his eyes.
The six figures ran at a sprint speed for unknown reasons, and then crashed to death on the cliff one after another.
One of them may not be fast enough and was not killed once. He actually lay down next to the cliff and hit him hard several times until there was no movement at all.
Hiss, damn it, it’s this kind of unprovoked self-mutilation again, damn mysterious, you have the ability to let me see something weirder, so I’ll give in to you.
As it turns out, there is.
When Lynch canceled his ability and returned to normal vision, he suddenly froze.
Because in front of him, everything was normal before the cliff.
Not only was there no body, there were no traces of blood or brains.
On the cliff, in the dirt on the ground, it was as clean as if everything just now was just an illusion.
(End of this chapter)