Chapter 12 Chapter 9 Stone Buddha Village

GPS track records show that we have been heading southwest for the past two days, and we should have arrived at Shipusa Village long ago.But things backfired, we couldn't find the main road, so we had to go in a straight line. The speed of trained people in the mountains and forests is about three kilometers per hour. We walked for two and a half days, from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, and moved at least ten hours a day.Any elementary school student who knows how to multiply and divide can calculate that we have already traversed a distance of seventy-five kilometers. However, according to the map, Guxian Cave is only 20 kilometers away from Shipusa Village. GPS shows that although we walked more than 70 kilometers, we did not pass through the village, and actually only shortened the distance by more than half.

It simply defies the laws of physics. But the warning monument in front of me woke me up.This is a stone tablet only thirty centimeters high, square.It also looks like it's more than ten years old.There are six words written in red font on the stone tablet: "Dangerous, please do not move forward." The characters are deeply carved. Seeing what I found, everyone gathered around. After Gong Ruya looked at the stele, she said "Huh" in surprise: "This stele should be set up by the army. It's strange, there is no garrison here at all." The girl turned around the right stele, frowning: "What's even more strange is that there is no indication of what needs to be guarded in the hidden place that is customary, only the number 186. Could it be that there are really unknown, just A danger that even the army doesn't know?"

I was also a little puzzled, but after all, I saw the clue, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Warning monuments generally don't appear alone. From the outermost perimeter to the position that really needs attention, there are often dozens or even There are hundreds of steles. Follow these steles, and you will definitely find Stone Buddha Village." Seeing that both of us seem to be familiar with military things, Lao Qiang was a little dazed.He scratched his head and asked in confusion, "Mr. Ye, how can you be sure that you can find your destination by following the stele? Maybe the stele means that there are mines buried behind it."

"Are you joking?" Gong Ruya stared at him unceremoniously, "The location of the landmines, the international warning signs will be painted yellow, and the range will be marked. In short, the information on these stone tablets is very inaccurate, I have a bad feeling!" "I don't feel right either." Zizhu immediately raised her hand, "A woman's sixth sense told me." I ignored them and didn't explain too much, just walked forward. The warning monuments are scattered among the woods, buried by fallen leaves, but it is not difficult to find the traces. The nearest interval between them is about 50 meters, and the farthest is several hundred meters.However, due to the age of some, most of the red lacquer characters have been mottled, and the handwriting needs to be recognized hard. Some are either blocked by dense tree roots or covered by lush weeds, making it difficult to find.

Gong Ruya seemed to be more and more frightened as she looked at it. Having studied in a military academy, she knew far more about the military warning monument than anyone else. Looking at her gloomy face, I couldn't help asking: "What did you find?" "Not found." The girl raised her head, paused for a moment, and then sighed, "It's because there are no discoveries, so there is a problem. Everything in the army pays attention to efficiency and clarity, but these steles don't mention what they are warning, and there is no danger." Explain, this only explains one thing!"

"What's up?" Zi Zhu on the side blinked curiously.The people around couldn't help but listen carefully. "The front is very dangerous and has exceeded the control and processing capabilities of the local army. These steles were hurriedly laid down by the garrison as they withdrew." Gong Ruya said slowly one word at a time, and then turned her gaze to me, "If you insist on going forward, Jizhong is joking with our lives." "You don't have to go." I smiled lightly. "Why do you have to go there?" The girl asked angrily, "Are you really sure that the stone tablet leads to Stone Buddha Village?"

"Ninety-nine percent sure." Reminiscent of the story Li Ming told me, I can guess that something big must have happened in that village in May 1995.If it is necessary to say that there is a situation where the garrison can be dispatched, there is only Shipusa Village nearby, and judging from the time of the warning monument, it is also very consistent. "Forget it, I'm here, I'll accompany you for a walk." Gong Ruya stomped her feet with a helpless expression. The old guns have nothing to say, as they are hired, they are always accompanied by danger.People’s psychology is usually strange. Although they clearly see the warning signs, if the real danger does not come, no matter how experienced people are, they will not take it to heart. What’s more, their previous experience is just dealing with nature.

There was nothing to say all the way, and I went into the woods along the signs of the warning monument.After a while, the surrounding dense forest began to thin out.On the stele numbered seventeen, we made another weird discovery. Han pushed aside the weeds around the monument, looked at it for a while, and then shouted: "Come here, there are more things on the monument." We hurried over.Sure enough, in addition to the red warning text and labels on the four sides of the stele, a person's appearance was painted on the back. However, the posture of this vague figure is very strange, with its neck drooping and its hands hanging down weakly, appearing weak.There are a few small words under the figure: "Attention, hit the head."

Everyone was speechless looking at this warning statement of unknown meaning.The wind kept blowing through the trees, rustling the leaves.This was the third day after entering the no-man's land on foot. At 11:30 noon, everyone stood in front of the warning monument, and they didn't speak for a long time. They just felt an inexplicable coldness and fear growing from the soles of their feet. Lao Qiang scratched his head and looked at Gong Ruya, "Miss Gong, you seem to be very familiar with the army. From your point of view, what does this mean? Why do you mark the head of the hit person?"

Gong Ruya smiled wryly, "I don't know either, I've never seen such a strange explanation before." "Could it be the living corpse in the movie or something..." Zi Zhu said slowly, "Look at this man's appearance, the more he looks, the more he looks like a living corpse." Tu Mao nodded his head: "That's right, the 95th zombie incident, it seems that there is indeed a rumor that this is one of the origins. The version circulated at that time mentioned that when migrant workers were blowing up mines near Guxian Cave, they dug up a coffin The coffin was very strange. It was obviously made of wood, but it was as hard as iron. After opening the coffin with a lot of effort, the zombies jumped out and bit people wantonly. corpse, and attack when caught.”

"Stop talking, it's scary." Zizhu timidly covered her ears. Tu Mao smiled happily, "Idiot, it's an urban rumor. There are no zombies in this world!" "Let's go, don't talk nonsense." Lao Qiang observed the surrounding scenery and found no danger.The woods were calm, looking through the leaves to the sky, it was a clear day, cloudless.But for some reason, he always felt cold and uneasy. Gong Ruya lowered her little head and wondered what she was thinking, and I took the lead and walked in the front. The steles in front of us were found one by one.On the warning stele before the number seventeen, the silhouettes were depicted step by step, and each one became clearer and more conspicuous as the number decreased. On the stele number five, everyone finally saw the source of danger clearly—what did that figure look like? . It is painted as wearing the clothes of a villager, its face is hideous and terrifying, and the ten fingers on its hand still have long nails that seem to reflect cold light. This time not only Zizhu, even the rest of the people were frightened. "What the hell is this warning sign? Are you kidding me?" Ganges, who never liked to speak, spoke. "A living corpse, I'll call it a living corpse!" Zizhu concealed her fear with a sharp tone, "I never thought that there are living corpses in this world. Could it be that this year will be the end of the world? The culprit is the zombie attack?" "You watch too many horror movies." The soil cap complained, but his voice was also trembling. "Mr. Ye, look..." Lao Qiang felt his throat was hoarse, and asked a little dryly. I sighed, seeing that I couldn't hide it, I simply said the truth: "This time, I came here to uncover the secret of the 95 zombie incident. Not long ago, I received reliable clues that this may be the origin of the incident , there is a mysterious place inside, with a large number of cultural relics and treasures." "Cultural relics!" Tu Mao swallowed. "Treasure!" Lao Qiang and the team members exchanged glances. "If there is really one in it, I can share half of it with you." I kidnapped. For the next itinerary, if I don't rely on the abilities of these team members, I will not be able to go down the deep hole in Li Ming's story. As for whether there are valuable things, it is not within the scope of my consideration.People make money and birds die for food. My methods are really bad, but I never thought of being a good person. "Your mind is really dark." Gong Ruya leaned close to my ear and whispered. "Old Gun looks simple and honest, but he is actually a fine person. He knows my thoughts very well. Everyone is just gambling. They are betting whether they will find valuable things and get rich overnight. I am betting whether they will get rich because of castles in the sky. And the heartbeat, just sacrifice your life for me." I complain lightly. "You Ye family really don't have any good things." The girl snorted coldly and turned her head away. The decision of the expedition team was obvious, and it basically ended without a few words of discussion.Lao Qiang took out a piece of paper and drew up an agreement on the spot for me to sign, to the effect that they would take half of all the proceeds from the expedition, in addition to the extra remuneration. I signed it with ease. The team set off again, and when they passed the last warning monument, the endless forest finally came to an end.Drilling out of the woods, the sight immediately widened. A quiet village crouches silently in the basin at the foot, empty and silent as death, the strong breath of life has long since drifted away, only the dilapidated houses and the weed-ridden farmland under the blue sky and white clouds, trying to freeze temperature memory. Buried in history for more than ten years, the Stone Buddha Village, which was deliberately hidden by people, has finally been found. This village is not big. Since coal mining began two thousand years ago, there are traces of coal mining and transportation everywhere in the village.The ancient method of coal mining is very destructive to the forest, but the mining area in Shipusa Village is very small, and after more than ten years, all the damage has been buried under the green plants. A group of seven of us walked slowly down the slope, maintaining our vigilance until we entered the village, and we didn't encounter any weird situations, let alone the so-called living corpses jumping out to bite. Tumao explored the way ahead, pushed open the dilapidated gates of several houses one after another, and there was no unexpected situation, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. When we came to the center of the village, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.Everyone made lunch, ate some casually, and then leaned against the ruined wall to rest.I wandered between several collapsed houses, carefully observing the surrounding environment. Gong Ruya followed, "Aren't you resting?" "I am not tired." I took out the GPS and took a look, the red jumping arrow has jumped to the position I set.There is no doubt that this place is Stone Buddha Village.But no matter how you look at it, it is not like the mysterious mountain village in the story told by Li Ming, where the magical stone statue named Blood Bodhisattva was dug out. Although so far, I don't know what the "Blood Bodhisattva" is. "What are you looking for?" she asked curiously. "Why don't you take the time to rest and follow me for a stroll?" I glanced back at her. Gong Ruya pouted, "I'm bored, and I'm very interested in your behavior. Although my father told me to follow you, I didn't expect to encounter such an interesting thing." "interesting?" My eyelids twitched. "Actually, I've heard of the place name Stone Bodhisattva Village!" The girl dropped a bombshell, but it didn't knock me out. I looked at her calmly, neither surprised nor surprised, as if I knew it a long time ago. Gong Ruya was a little depressed; "Aren't you wondering why I know?" "Not interested in." I shake my head. Nonsense, before coming here, I guessed that the army that dealt with Stone Bodhisattva Village was probably her father's garrison. Does this young lady know something inside?What is so strange. Sure enough, after holding back for a minute, the girl said to herself: "Shipusa Village, a strange thing happened in May 1995. The villagers who ran out from the mine were all crazy, biting people everywhere. The person who was bitten showed the characteristics of some kind of infectious disease, which spread extremely fast, and the whole village was affected. My father received an order to send troops to deal with the aftermath and rescue, but found abnormalities as soon as he arrived." Gong Ruya licked her lips and pointed to the nearby walls, "These collapsed walls and remnants look like they have been weathered and dilapidated, but they were actually bombarded by artillery fire and bullets. Many soldiers and villagers died, and the stone Buddha There was not even a single survivor in the village. Sometimes I heard my old man tell when he was drunk that the area was designated as no-man’s land, and the fighting was as fierce as hell. "The troops fought guerrilla warfare in the woods, retreating as they fought. But some humans who turned into monsters still ran out. Do you know the Hejiang Pavilion incident in Spring City? The troops captured some monsters and prepared to send them to the city research institute, but just arrived On the edge of the Jinjiang River, the monster broke free, kicked the back door of the car and escaped. The infectious disease almost entered the urban area and was infected. Fortunately, my second uncle quickly controlled it. "What's more ridiculous is that when all the monsters in the dozens of kilometers around Shipusa Village were almost wiped out, an ancient corpse wearing the official uniform of the Qin Dynasty appeared from nowhere. It mysteriously jumped out of the mining field and was invulnerable Fortunately, the action was very stiff. My third uncle's team met and ordered everyone to fire without hesitation. The bullet hit the ancient corpse and was bounced off. In the end, I had to take a few anti-tank rocket launchers before giving it to Killed it. Burned it with a flamethrower for a long time before it was buried." Gong Ruya looked around while talking, shivering. "Time is really scary, everything can be completely submerged by it. Look at the surrounding area, except that there is no smoke, it is very clean and beautiful, with green eyes. It is completely unexpected that there was a weird and unbelievable battle more than ten years ago. .At least, I still think it's just a bedtime story." The girl's narration made me connect all the information pictures sent by Yang Junfei.Sure enough, the battlefield was in Stone Bodhisattva Village.What exactly happened to Li Ming and others at the bottom of the pit, and how could it turn the villagers into zombies?Could it be related to the "Blood Bodhisattva" in the story?Also, what was the eye-shaped gem found in Li Ming's stomach during the autopsy?Could it be that it was also found and brought out from the bottom of that mysterious cave? Forget it, it's useless to think about it any more, let's go to the bottom of the pit to find out after everyone has had enough rest. I randomly found a stone and sat on it, and I looked up at the sky.On a sunny day, the breeze blows across the cheeks, which is very refreshing. The dilapidated small mountain village in the valley is filled with the fragrance of nature, but it can't bring me the slightest sense of security. He couldn't help thinking of a zombie attack in Mosong Town, far away from Spring City, many years ago.At that time, the whole town was attacked by ancient corpses dug up by accident, and all the living people infected with corpse poison became walking corpses.A few days later, the town seemed like a dead zone... how similar the situation is to the current Shipusa Village. (For details, please refer to the second part of "Zombies" in Yebuyu's Mysterious Files) I suddenly thought of a question, and I turned my head to look at Gong Ruya who was sitting not far from me. "Stone Bodhisattva Village, did your father order it to be erased?" Gong Ruya was a little puzzled, "I don't know, why are you asking this?" "Just curious." I shook my head. Now my biggest doubt is why the Stone Bodhisattva Village should be erased?Who exactly erased it?The Gong family is the most suspicious. If the Gong family really did it, then it is even more likely that this family belongs to the Yaxin faction.Can you take advantage of this yourself? A leaf was blown off by the wind and fell on my lap.The white clouds were constantly changing in the blue sky, and I smiled bitterly.I am already a part of the whirlpool, how can I use it?To be honest, the me sitting here is truly involuntary. At this moment, the satellite phone in his arms suddenly rang.I quickly took it out and connected it, and then I heard the old man Yang Junfei say in a hasty tone: "Xiao Ye, is Gong Ruya still alive?" "She's jumping right next to me." I frowned: "What happened?" "event." The old man paused, and then said in a hoarse voice: "Just one day after you set off for Shipusa Village, a shocking murder occurred in the Gong family. There are 137 people in the family, including servants and housekeepers, one Quite a few, let’s die!” "how is this possible!" I was stunned.