Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Blood on the Wall

Bai Xiaozhou sat on the sofa and watched TV leisurely, a little tabby cat lay at his feet, with its tail curled up and down, taking a nap comfortably.The Korean drama on TV was getting sensational, she turned her head and shouted to the kitchen: "Mom, is the watermelon ready?" "Okay." A sweet, glutinous and delicate female voice came from the kitchen, and then the door opened, and a woman wearing an apron came out with a plate of watermelon. Bai Xiaozhou happily grabbed a piece from the plate and ate it.The woman scratched her nose dotingly: "How old are you, and you still look like this little greedy cat, and no one will snatch it from you."

"Mother is so kind." Bai Xiaozhou looked up, and the tall mother standing against the light said, "It would be great if you were not missing." "Silly girl, you're talking stupid again, when did I disappear?" A strange feeling surged in Bai Xiaozhou's heart, yes, why did she think her mother was missing? "Mom, don't ever leave me, okay?" She took her mother's hand, put her face on the back of her hand, and said coquettishly.Mother gently stroked her long hair and said with a smile, "Silly boy, I will never leave you." Tears slid down Bai Xiaozhou's cheeks and dripped on her mother's soft fingers. She suddenly felt that the light coming from behind her mother dimmed. She looked up in amazement and saw nine huge white tails floating behind her like a peacock spreading its tail.

Fox tail. Waking up from the dream, Bai Xiaozhou stared blankly at the swaying tree shadows outside the window, the long-lost fear resurfaced in his heart.Since her mother disappeared, she has often had this dream, dreaming that her mother has nine fox tails, but this time it is so real that even the little cat that never dreamed appeared. That little tabby cat was picked up by my mother and has lived in her home for many years.In her memory, her father has been doing business abroad and rarely sees him once a year, but her mother never complains and gives her all the love.She always thought that her parents were just ordinary people, but a few months ago, in the mountains and forests of S Province, in the ruins of the ancient city thousands of years ago, the father who suddenly appeared showed extraordinary abilities and scheming. Resolute and ruthless, completely different from the loving father in memory, it is difficult to distinguish loyalty from traitor.

Everything she remembered, everything she had doubted since her parents disappeared but did not dare to doubt, collapsed at that moment. How much more did they keep from her?Who is her mother? All kinds of worries and questions were lingering in her heart, so she couldn't sleep this night, she kept her eyes open until dawn.The next day, she went to class with a pair of thick dark circles under her eyes. She was absent-minded even in her favorite anatomy class, and the professor naturally didn't give her a good look.After class, she hurried to the research institute. Ever since Qu Siqi tricked her into joining this mysterious organization, she had almost no private life, and she did not go shopping like other girls. money.

Qin Zheming must have gone to pick up girls. Si Qi hadn't finished class yet. When he opened the door of the research institute, there was a gloomy atmosphere in the empty room.Whenever you come here in the past, you can see Ye Buer. Siqi once made fun of him for coming earlier than chickens and leaving later than ghosts. Now without him, the cramped research institute seems empty, without a single thing. son angry. Thinking of this, her heart began to feel sore again, she threw the small bag on the table, and wanted to go into the reference room to look at some old files, when she suddenly heard a soft pop, she was startled, and reached out to dig out the hanging bag. The stun gun on his waist slowly turned his head.

There was a painted vase on the cabinet in the corner of the room. The body of the vase was shaking slightly, as if a mouse had got into it and couldn’t get out. It was struggling for death, and the vase was thrown out of place. Of course, Bai Xiaozhou knew that it couldn't be a mouse. In order to prevent snakes, insects, rats and ants from coming in to destroy the corpses and materials, Long Chuxia set up a formation around the research institute, and the effect was not bad. At least she had never seen a cockroach. She tensed up, and carefully approached the vase with the stun gun, guessing countless possibilities in her mind, when the vase fell over, rolled a few times, fell off the cabinet, and shattered.

Bai Xiaozhou was startled, and hurriedly backed away, only to see that the bottle was filled with bright red viscous liquid, the liquid merged into a stream of water arrows, sprayed on the wall, as if it had life, and turned into several strands, swimming on the wall , In a moment, it became bloody characters. She couldn't believe her eyes, her eyes were as wide as copper bells, and she murmured two words: "Oh my god..." Qu Siqi was in a very bad mood. Since Ye Buer left, he had almost fallen to the lowest point in his life, and he couldn't do anything with energy.He hesitated for a long time, how about treating Xiao Zhou to a meal or a movie?Taking advantage of that kid Zhu Yikai's absence, hurry up to develop a relationship with Xiaozhou, let their relationship heat up, it's best to cook raw rice... Damn, he wiped his nose, isn't it so stupid, he actually got a nosebleed.

He tilted his head up to stop the bleeding, but he didn't notice what he kicked, he threw himself forward, fell to the ground, and his nose hit the ground, and now he couldn't stop it anymore, blood was flowing all over his face.He couldn't help being furious, covered his nose and turned his head, roaring: "Which bastard littered the garbage at the door of the dissecting building. Could it be a corpse..." He couldn't say the rest, but opened his mouth wide. Looking at the pile of "garbage", I didn't come back to my senses for a long time. It was really a corpse!

Wait, no, why does this corpse look so familiar? He turned the "corpse" over and opened his mouth wide in shock, almost swallowing an orange raw. "Kaizi?" He was surprised and delighted, "Why are you here? Where are Teacher Long and Boss?" Zhu Yikai's eyes were closed tightly, his face was pale, his face was covered with various scratches, his lips were black and blue, and his body was stained with blood. Qu Siqi's heart shuddered, could he really be a corpse?He hurriedly touched the arteries on Zhu Yikai's neck. Fortunately, he was still alive. He hurriedly helped him up, grinning his teeth and said, "Why do you train all your muscles? They are as heavy as iron lumps."

"Xiao Zhou." He kicked open the door of the research institute, "Come and help, this kid is dead." The moment he looked up, the blood on the wall came into view, "God, it really appeared." "Kaizi?" Bai Xiaozhou hurriedly helped him to the rest bed and lay down, "What's going on? What about Mr. Long and the others?" "Teacher Long... I'm afraid I'm in danger." Qu Siqi stared at the bloody writing on the wall, his expression was never before serious and deep. On the wall is a seal character. Seal script broadly includes all fonts before the official script. The characters before the unification of the six kingdoms can be collectively called Dazhuan, and the characters after the same script are called Xiaozhuan. This character should be Xiaozhuan.

"What's the matter with this word?" Bai Xiaozhou asked. "Ms. Long has her own blood in her favorite vase. Once she is in danger, the blood will burst out and ask us for help. This blood word is the reminder she left for us." Teacher Long is in danger of life?Bai Xiaozhou's face turned pale. She is so powerful that her life is in danger, which shows how dangerous the bone case in the mountains is. "What the hell is that word?" Qu Siqi was born in the Chinese Department, so it's no problem to recognize seal characters: "It's the word 'it'." "It?" Bai Xiaozhou didn't understand, "What do you mean?" "I don't know." Qu Siqi shook his head, "Maybe they encountered some particularly terrifying non-human beings. Instead of guessing here, it's better to ask the witnesses." It was only then that Bai Xiaozhou remembered that there was another injury, so he quickly took off Zhu Yikai's clothes for inspection. His body was covered with scratches and large bruises, and there was not a single piece of good flesh all over his body. Seeing this, she was heartbroken and burst into tears. Big ones flowed down: "Fortunately, the bones are not injured, but I don't know if there is any internal injury. Why is he injured so badly, Si Qi, let's call an ambulance." Qu Siqi's eyes were also a little red, and he reached out to take out his mobile phone in his trouser pocket, and suddenly his wrist tightened, and the two were overjoyed: "Kaizi, are you awake?" "Water..." Zhu Yikai's voice was low and hoarse, and Bai Xiaozhou quickly poured him a glass of water. He seemed to be thirsty for several days, took it and drank it, and accidentally poured it into the trachea, coughing until he was dizzy.After finally slowing down, he raised his head feebly, this movement seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Xiao Zhou, hurry up, come with me, only you can save Teacher Long." "Teacher Long was injured?" "She, she's dying." Zhu Yikai grabbed her hand, "Don't use your ability to heal me, save your energy to save Teacher Long. We got lost, the boss got separated from us, and Teacher Long was injured , all limbs and meridians were severed, she used the teleportation spell to send me out with the last bit of strength, and now I'm afraid... already..." He was so choked up that he couldn't continue. Advanced spells consume one's vitality and are also very difficult to learn.Qu Siqi has been coveting it for a long time, but Teacher Long always refuses to teach him, saying that he is not ready yet, even if he barely learns it, he will die half of his life if he uses it.Now that her meridians are all severed and she still uses the teleportation spell, she is simply sending herself to death. Seeing Bai Xiaozhou with a pale face and stupefied, Qu Siqi still had a sense of reason, grabbed Zhu Yikai's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, tell me slowly, what happened in the mountains?" Zhu Yikai's face was ashen, and his tone was very hasty, but fortunately, he had a clear mind and eloquence, and he gave an overview of the cause and effect. After receiving the case that day, the three of Long Chuxia hurried to the west of Sichuan. They were greeted by a local policeman named Qu Meishan, who grew up in the mountains and followed up the whole case. are very familiar.Since the incident, the entire Lujing Mountain has been sealed off and garrisoned by soldiers.After entering the mountain, all I could see was a mess. In this season, wildfires broke out frequently, and everywhere was scorched black. The ground was covered with rotten black ash. When I stepped on it, the shoes changed color.The upright trees were all burnt into standing black sticks, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt burnt, which made people feel nauseous.Qu Meishan pointed to a hilltop in front of him and said that after the forest fire, the bones were found here, everywhere, as if a big battle had just been fought.Now the bones have been picked up and transported to the crematorium in the city to be burned.Sima Fanti was furious when he heard the words, saying that since they were all burned, there was nothing left to investigate.Qu Meishan's face was a bit ugly, and he said that this case was not going to be investigated at first, but then a very strange incident happened, so he invited people from the No. 051 Research Institute to investigate.He didn't tell the weird thing right away, but gave the three of them a large stack of documents, which were full of photos of human bones and autopsy reports.The three of them took a closer look, and their faces changed. Although the fire burned the mountain at that time, the bones did not show signs of being damaged by the fire. Some of the bones were very old, and they were four or five hundred years ago; There are traces of cutting, and some bones have traces of being broken and then fixed with steel nails. The age should be very recent, but without exception, they all became human wax, which is what is called "mummy". As for these human wax No one knows where they came from, and how they came to be. After reading the file, the three of them looked a little dignified. When Long Chuxia asked what happened behind the scenes, a trace of deep fear flashed in Qu Meishan's eyes, and he led them to a cave with lush vines at the entrance. Covering, if you don't look carefully, you can't detect it at all.Qu Meishan took out the prepared sickle and cut open the vines, saying that these vines grew very fast, they had been cut the last time they came here, and now they sealed the hole again.The cave is not deep, but it ends in a dozen steps, and there is a pond at the end, which is an underground river.Qu Meishan said that the old people in the mountain called this cave the Bugui Cave or the Jiaoguai Cave.Legend has it that there is a dragon in this dark river, which used to come out to make waves and devour those who passed by or came here to fetch water.In order to appease Jiaolong, the villagers in the mountain raised funds to erect a stone statue at the entrance of the cave and worship it regularly. It was once very prosperous, but it declined over time.After discovering the corpses all over the mountains and plains at that time, some mountain people thought of this Cave of No Return, saying that these people were all villagers who had been eaten by Jiaolong. The fire burned the mountain, Jiaolong was furious and threw all the bones out. The mountain people are very superstitious, so they spontaneously organized and invited people to perform sacrifices, and almost clashed with the soldiers guarding the mountain. Naturally, the military gave way later, allowing the mountain people to perform sacrifices can also stabilize the hearts of the people.During the sacrifice, a strange thing happened, bubbles bubbled out of the pool, and screams from the depths of the dark river could be vaguely heard.The screams were extremely terrifying and strange, mournful and painful, as if millions of people were being tortured. "Hell?" Bai Xiaozhou was applying medicine to the wound on Zhu Yikai's face. Hearing this, he paused and couldn't help interrupting him. Zhu Yikai endured the pain and nodded.Qu Siqi wondered: "Could that pool be the entrance to hell? It is said that the Soviet Union once dug several kilometers underground, and heard screams from the depths of the ground. It is said that they dug to the entrance of hell." Bai Xiaozhou said: "There is a "Fengdu County Magistrate" in it, which tells the story of the county magistrate descending from a well and traveling through hell." Speaking of this, the three of them all thought of the adventure they had in the well in the downtown area before. The greasy smell in the oil pan still lingers in their hearts, and every time they think about it, they can't help but feel nauseous. Zhu Yikai continued to narrate that the villagers naturally did not dare to offer sacrifices anymore, and they scattered in fright. After that, there were screams in the pool. Everyone in the mountain was in danger, and the people's hearts were unstable. case, only to find out the truth as soon as possible and to stabilize the hearts of the people. Hearing that there was a flood dragon under the pool, Sima Fanti's face was a bit unhappy. Long Chuxia looked at the pool for a long time, and said that he could only find out if he went down to have a look.Qu Meishan seemed to have known that they were going down a long time ago, so he prepared his diving suit early in the morning. Sima Fanti told the rest of them to wait outside. He went down first to explore the way, then changed into the diving suit and went down the pool.The wait was very tough. After waiting for two full hours, no one came out.Qu Meishan's face was a little ugly, and he said that the oxygen tank can only last for two and a half hours, and I'm afraid if it doesn't come up again... Not long after I said that, the pool of water seemed to be boiled, and bubbles bubbled up. Everyone was shocked, and then they heard screams, and the sound was deafening, as if they were in hell. Suddenly Zhu Yikai shouted, there is something in the water.The three of them endured the fear in their hearts, checked with flashlights, and sure enough, they saw some creatures swimming underwater. It was huge and white, so it should not be an ordinary fish.Qu Meishan's complexion changed drastically, he shouted Jiaolong, turned around and ran away in fright, Long Chuxia asked Zhu Yikai to stop him, and told him to find the rope quickly. After waiting for another half an hour, Qu Meishan came back with the rope, but Sima Fanti never came up, and the monster in the water only appeared once with his pipa half covered, and then disappeared.The screams and bubbles gradually disappeared, and the cave became silent again.Long Chuxia pondered for a moment, changed into the diving suit with Zhu Yikai, tied a rope around his waist, and jumped into the water. The underwater visibility was very low, and the two dived cautiously, entered the dark river and swam in.Zhu Yikai was a little nervous, and he was always on guard to prevent the water monster from coming out suddenly.I don't know how long I've been swimming, I occasionally saw a few dark river fish without eyes, but I never saw that water monster. Suddenly, his feet tightened, as if something was entangled with his feet. He was startled, and turned his head away. The underwater flashlight on his head shot a strong light, shining on the thing, and his whole body tensed up. The scalp tingled for a while. It was actually a woman's head, and what entangled him was that woman's black hair that was as long as algae!