Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Dog

On the undulating lake surface, there are a few dark green skulls floating, but they are shining with red light, looking like lights from a distance.I have only heard of will-o'-the-wisps appearing in wild graves in remote mountains, but I have never heard of will-o'-the-wisps appearing in water.The skull floated in front of my eyes. I felt fresh, and I wanted to reach out to grab it, but Xinhong blocked me. "Fortunately, you are still an archaeologist, how can you touch such things casually?" Xin Hong said. "I'm not in a hurry..." I was about to explain, but I didn't know that the skeleton was floating, and it turned into powder, and disappeared all of a sudden.

Neither Xinhong nor I thought that the skeleton would be so unreliable. It seems that it is still a fake and inferior product, which cannot stand the test of nature at all.However, we've finally seen glowing skeletons, and it looks like the locals aren't bragging, they really are.However, how could there be a few skulls floating out of thin air in this vast Tianchi Lake?Could it be that they find it boring to stay on the mountain, so they come out for a stroll? While we were wondering, a few things rushed over by the Tianchi Lake. We took a closer look and saw that they were three big dogs, all furry and extremely cute.As soon as the three big dogs rushed over, they lay on top of me, so scared that I almost peed out.Damn, who put the dog here, just about to yell, a man ran out from behind, to be precise, a man with European and American appearance.This person looks pretty good, and I saw that he was a foreigner, so I put away the foul language.In front of foreigners, we have to show the quality of Chinese people.However, how could there be foreigners letting dogs out on Tianshan Mountain?

"Hello, my name is Bauer. I'm sorry, they haven't come out to play for a long time, and they are excited now." I didn't expect this foreigner's Chinese to be better than ours. "It's okay." Xinhong was quite indifferent to this Bauer. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and wanted to leave. I was not in the mood to talk to outsiders. I made some polite remarks, and was about to leave with Xinhong, but Bauer yelled.I thought to myself, is it possible that something strange has appeared in Tianchi again?Who knew that when he turned his head, it turned out that the three big dogs had bitten several big fish in the water.A big dog was so excited that the bitten fish accidentally fell into the water from its mouth.The fish was frightened, and as soon as it fell into the water, it hurriedly swam into the depths of Tianchi.

The water in Tianchi is cold and clear, and there are many fish on the shallow shore.They are cold-water scaleless fish raised here artificially.Because there are often heavy rains here in summer, some of the fishermen's fish have escaped. I think Bauer is a lively and cheerful person. If he hadn't been busy, he would have stayed and talked freely to contribute to the friendship between China and foreign countries.Uncle Zou's affairs are too complicated, he doesn't know how to proceed, and how can he be in the mood for diplomacy.Now, it is already dark, the sound of water in Tianchi, and the woods by the pool all make me feel uneasy.I turned my head back again, and I was about to follow Xinhong back to the hotel and have a meal by the way.Unexpectedly, as soon as I turned around, I bumped into Xinhong's back.

"Why don't you go?" I asked curiously. However, when I moved my body to the front, like Xinhong, I was stunned without saying a word. A woman came across, about the same age as us, with slightly curly hair, and she looked quite attractive.However, there was a bone chain on this woman's hand, and that bone chain shone red light after burst of light in the dark.This red light is different from those decorations, there is a weird feeling in the red light.Perhaps because of the weather, this woman didn't notice that we were staring at her, she just walked past us so naturally.

"Xinhong, her bone chain...can glow red!" I stuttered when I got excited. Xinhong didn't speak, and he followed quietly. I was so hungry that I was panicking, but I couldn't let Xinhong follow the woman alone. I really had no choice but to follow.The woman's bone chain was cut into small pieces from human finger bones, and then strung together.Although the light is dim, as archaeologists, we often observe ancient relics in dark crypts, and in order to protect the ancient relics, we generally do not turn on too strong lighting equipment, so our eyesight is still good in the dark.In archaeology, ancient corpses are often encountered, and people are familiar with the structure of the human body.I have a feeling that the bone chain worn by that woman is probably a real hand bone.

Of course, we could stop the woman and ask her where the bone chain came from right away, but it would be strange if she would tell.Follow her to see the situation first, pick a suitable time, and then ask for clarification. The woman was carrying a hiking bag and went straight to the south of Tianchi Lake.It's dark day, a woman is carrying a bag, instead of obediently sleeping in the house, but running into the deserted mountains and forests, could it be that she is doing some shady business.I was worried that it was something obscene, so I wanted to tell Xinhong to stop, but he said that there is no such store in this village, maybe that woman is the clue that Uncle Zou pointed us to.

We just walked one after the other in the cold mountain night, but after walking for a long time, I suddenly felt someone following behind me.I looked back and saw some black spots moving in the distance. Could it be that someone wants to pray for the mantis to catch the cicada, with the oriole behind?I just wanted to tell Xinhong that there might be someone following behind, but he said first: "This woman seems to be heading towards Sha Yilin. Look, there is barbed wire here." We didn’t bring a flashlight, and the lights were dark, so it took a lot of effort to see clearly. There was a yellow sign hanging on the rusty barbed wire, with a few words written in dark red ink on it: Close the mountain for forestry, no entry.Because of the age, these handwritings have been blurred into a ball. If we didn't have the eyesight of owls, we must have thought it was someone's blood.I couldn't help laughing when I saw it, how can I use this battle to seal mountains and cultivate forests? Doesn't this show that there are hidden things in the forest?

The woman had crawled over just now, she doesn't seem illiterate, even if she was illiterate, if she didn't understand the words written on the sign, she wouldn't be able to go to Sha Yilin for a stroll at night.It's not that there is a problem with the nerves, or there is something shady.Xinhong and I climbed in without hesitation, but no one wants to go back to get a flashlight now.We had planned to go into the woods for a long time to investigate, but now a strange woman suddenly ran out, it would be better to hit the sun than to pick up the sun, if we don't follow to see what's going on, I'm afraid we won't have this chance in a hundred years.

There is still some distance between Sha Yilin and the barbed wire fence. The further you go in, the denser and taller the wild grass and wild trees become.We walked into the woods following the traces that the woman had walked, feeling nervous.The taste here is not the same as other places, it seems very dull, and the smell of mud and grass is particularly strong. There is no specific boundary in the woods. We don’t know when we have approached the Shaylin. The spruces and birches here seem to touch the stars. As soon as we walked in, we lost our way and there was no light at all.In a daze, we saw that there seemed to be many people walking around in the woods, as if they were in a market.But when I got closer, I found nothing, not even a fart.

I lost my mind all of a sudden, and Xinhong said another word. I was so bored that I couldn't help but want to speak, saying that I should go out, it's a bit weird here.Who knew that before I could say a word, a huge monster rushed up from behind me. Sha Yilin stretched out his five fingers and only saw four fingers. Now something suddenly lay behind me, which startled me.But I quickly came to my senses, the thing behind me didn't look like a person or a ghost, why was it so fluffy.I touched it with my hand, isn't this a dog?Before I could speak, another figure came out. As soon as he saw us, he said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my dog ​​seems to like you very much." Isn't this voice belonged to Bauer? Why did he come to Sha Yilin?With the addition of an outsider, it will be much more troublesome for us to follow others, let alone follow this kind of technical work, Xinhong and I are still at the quasi-amateur level.The woman didn't know where she went, Xinhong sighed and said, "How did you follow?" "It's not that I want to follow, it's these three dogs chasing you." Bauer replied innocently. "We have no bones, so what's the use of following." I laughed. "Then why are you here, as if they said you can't come here." Bauer asked strangely. "This..." I was speechless for a while. Xinhong was not in a hurry to explain, nor did he want to explain, as if he didn't care.Ball felt bored, so he didn't continue to ask, and stood aside stupidly, but he didn't say he wanted to leave.I was trying to find an excuse to drive this person away, but Bauer's three big dogs barked crazily together, which was very harsh in the deep Sha Yilin. We thought there were wild animals in the woods, that's why the big dog barked, but the big dog barked not without the excitement of catching animals, but with a little panic.Bauer was also taken aback, and he hurriedly comforted the three big dogs, who knew that the three big dogs wanted to run away like crazy, but fortunately each of us held one, which prevented them from running away. In the Shayi Forest, spruce and birch are densely covered, and the ground is covered with shrubs. Once you step on it, the dead leaves almost reach your knees, and the soil is sticky.If the dog gets lost, let alone chasing, it will be difficult to walk.Bauer seemed to like the three big dogs very much. When he saw that we helped him stop the big dogs, he opened his mouth to thank us. I wanted to say that if I wanted to thank me, I would kill a dog and eat it, but Xinhong hissed.I looked curiously in the direction where the big dog was barking, and vaguely saw a lot of figures swaying in the woods, and they all concentrated towards one place.In the eyes of the locals, this place is no different from a forbidden place. No one will come in during the day, let alone at night. "It's strange, why are there so many people here? Could it be that there are treasures in the forest, and they all come to hunt for them?" I sighed strangely. "Treasure? Really?" Bauer said excitedly. "Go and have a look." Xinhong didn't feel scared, he just wanted to see what happened. I thought that woman would be able to walk into the woods without fear, and we big men, plus three big dogs, would not be afraid even if Yan Luo came.The mud in Sha Yilin is so thick that I almost fell down a few times. These muds are very weird.Although no one has entered the forest for a long time, the dead leaves will turn into black mud, but the mud is too thick.Could it be that tens of millions of tons of leaves have fallen here? While we were thinking about it, we had come to the place where the group of people walked, but we couldn't see a single person.It would not be surprising if the hallucinations were caused by the gas deposited in the woods, but the three of us, and even the three dogs, saw many people appearing in the woods. How could the hallucinations be so consistent?Could it be that this is the tree demon that Xinhong mentioned, the monster of Sha Yilin?