Chapter 8 Chapter VII

Divers hallucinating on the ocean floor - a horrific situation that often results in the loss of the diver's life.And once a diver sees an illusion on the seabed, it is tantamount to announcing the end of the person's diving life. So, in many cases.Divers are reluctant to admit that they have seen visions. Just now, Zhuo Ke shouted "I didn't see anything", so it can be understood that he saw an illusion and refused to admit it. However, generally speaking, the environment that can cause hallucinations in experienced divers is either too long in the water or too deep, and Zhuo Ke's dive that day was neither.

Then there is a second possibility: he really saw something in the sea.The things or situations he saw must be so frightening that he dared not admit them, or he realized that seeing such things or situations would have very adverse consequences for him—for example, he saw a murderer committing a crime, or a drug cartel was in progress. Transactions and the like will lead to death, but if there is such a situation, what's the use of denying it? Hout thought for a moment.Coming to Zhuo Ke's side, he asked loudly, "What did you see at the bottom of the sea?" A drunk person still maintains a little consciousness. Although he may not have any memory of what he has done after waking up, he can still have an instinctive reaction at that time.

Hout asked loudly, Zhuo Ke suddenly shook, his hands were scratching on the mat beside him, his head was shaking from side to side, and his expression was terrified: "No! I didn't see anything - nothing..." Howt shook him vigorously, poured half a can of cold beer on his head, and asked again and again.But what he said was that sentence, and there was no second sentence. Monte had no choice but to leave. Monte here, made a mistake. Hout sighed, looking sad. Yuan Zhenxia said "Ah": "Zhuoke disappeared right now? If you don't leave, stay with him until he sobers up, and he—" Rose shook her head: "It's the same, a person has a reason to disappear. No matter what Also, even if he sobered up, he wouldn’t tell what he saw in the sea—” Monte sighed, “I think it’s the same, so I don’t blame myself. I went to see him, he is gone. And he never appeared again." At noon on the third day, I informed the police and searched for ten days, but there was no clue at all. This man seemed to be completely melted by the alcohol in his body There was nothing left - he couldn't go out of town, his travel papers, everything - it was all there.A young man commented: "If he really saw something in the sea, then he may go on to explore further."

Hao Te nodded: "I thought so too, but it was a few days later, even on the fourth day after Zhuo Ke disappeared, that I realized that I had gone to that sea city to do a diving again." When Monte said this, he showed a rather puzzled expression. This proves that his diving operation must have gained a little bit, otherwise, the sentence "found nothing" can sum up everything. Yuan Zhenxia never imagined that he would hear a rather weird story during the dinner party. He couldn't help but wonder if what Hou Te said was related to what he was going to do?It seems that there is no connection, but at least one thing is the same: Zhuo Ke disappeared, and more than a hundred people, including Li Wen and Shufang, also disappeared. Is it really related?

Yuan Zhenxia looked at Rose, who looked puzzled, and then looked at the three investigators, who also frowned. Several people urged Monte to continue. Hou Tebi rowed: "The place where I fell into the water is easy to identify. I also remember the direction. Zhuo Ke appeared from the right when I was returning, so after I fell into the water, I swam 140 meters according to the direction and then turned to the left. ——If Zhuo Ke really saw something in the sea, he must have seen it in that direction." Monte was not swimming fast because he was suspicious.It is very likely that he found something in the sea that he didn't know what it was, and Zhuo Ke disappeared mysteriously because of it, so he was also very nervous.

After he turned to the left, he swam another 30 meters. The first thing he saw was a pile of things half buried in the sea sand. When he swam over, he saw a pile of oysters connected together! It should be a very common thing to find oysters in this area of ​​the sea, but when Hout saw it, he was stunned and felt that the thing was extremely strange-the oysters were attached to rocks or other hard objects, Will never grow on soft sand. And these oysters are on the sand! There is only one possibility, they were not on the sand, they were moved here!Hout's mind was very sharp, and he immediately thought of the half wooden frame that sank on the bottom of the sea.

Suppose there are heavy objects attached to the wooden frame, and when the heavy objects are removed, of course many of them will be removed. When the heavy objects are dragged away, the rods connected to the heavy objects may also fall off. It fell off during the movement of heavy objects! Hout also immediately thought that on that day, Zhuo Ke had followed the traces on the sand six or seven minutes before him. When you know you have turned left!That's why Hout didn't catch up with him. That is to say, the direction he is swimming now is exactly the direction Zhuo Ke swam out that day.

With this discovery, Hout was very excited, and continued to swim forward. After a while, he saw a large cluster of kelp, and the seabed was not so smooth.There were many rocks. He swam over and saw a large rock that was very flat—it was only half the size of a basketball court. It is normal to have rocks on the bottom of the sea, but on that rock, there is a circular crack. Howt touched it with his hand. It is about 20 centimeters deep and 10 centimeters wide. Surprisingly, the circular crack , turned out to be a perfect circle. It is absolutely necessary to use instruments to obtain such a perfect circle, it cannot be formed naturally!

This trace is very strange. Hout's surprise at that time reached its peak. A large rock on the bottom of the sea must have been there since ancient times, and it is impossible for anyone to move it. Moreover, to make such a perfect circular chiseling mark on the upper right, it must be done on the bottom of the sea. It was quite a difficult project - naturally, such a project had to be carried out.It's not impossible, but what's the use of doing it? When Monte spoke here, he began to drink again. Yuan Zhenxia said in a very indifferent voice: "I know that there is a big rock at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, and there is a picture carved on it. The picture shows many people calling out to the devil, asking for their souls to be paid. To the devil, in exchange for all the enjoyment of life."

Yuan Zhenxia's words sounded a bit out of the blue, and many people present may not understand. Someone winked at him, and someone said: "Ah, a very good fable—" Only the rose next to Yuan Zhenxia suddenly trembled.Yuan Zhenxia immediately looked at her, showing a very confused but extremely sweet expression on her beautiful face. She made eye contact with Yuan Zhenxia, ​​and asked in a low voice, "Do you still remember those two sentences you said?" Yuan Zhenxia nodded and said: "Of course I remember—I thought you didn't want to think about everything in the past——" Rose shook her head slowly: "I try my best to be a new person, to start over from scratch, but, There are still many things in the past. They cannot be erased from memory—" The two of them were talking quickly, and naturally only they knew what they were talking about.

(Readers can actually know that, as long as they read Yuan Zhenxia's experience in the story of "The Witch".) (After reading the story of "The Witch", one can naturally know that the devil's buying of human souls is true. ) (Yuan Zhenxia directly participated in this event, while Haitang at that time had only indirect contact during one of their gatherings. There were a few conversations, which were what Rose asked Yuan Zhenxia just now. ) (Those two sentences are: "Haitang. You are the real witch, imprisoned by magic." - At that time, Haitang was a humanoid tool that was strictly cultivated.) (Yuan Zhenxia also said: "If you use If my blood spreads all over your body, it will free you from the magic, and I will definitely do that!" This is a sentence that any woman will never forget after hearing it, and Rose naturally remembers it.) (Hagonia no longer exists, Haitang has been freed from the confinement of magic, and the newborn is a rose.) (The newborn rose can't forget Yuan Zhenxia's promise back then.) (The reason for this is love, which has controlled all human beings for thousands of years. Emotional love?) Yuan Zhenxia and Rose kept looking at each other, and Yuan Zhenxia remembered the scene of making out with Haitang that day, and was so fascinated that Hou Te called him several times.He just let out an "ah", like waking up from a dream. Howt is asking: "The depiction on the big rock on the bottom of the sea? All I see is a big circle, nothing else at all. I don't know what it's for." Yuan Zhenxia spread his hands: "You didn't make any further observations?" Hao Te nodded: "Yes—" Hao Te was full of doubts and swam around the boulder for a long time, but he still couldn't figure it out. He memorized the location of the boulder before rising to the surface of the water.He got a boat and sailed to the boulder.He spent three days and three nights alone on the sea—what purpose he was waiting for, even he couldn’t say it himself, maybe he wanted to see who had completed this unknown and very difficult task on the bottom of the sea. engineering. However, after three days and three nights, he found nothing, so he gave up. His work is very heavy.The oyster harvest has been going on, and there is no news of Zhuo Ke who has disappeared. It was not until the end of the harvest that it was at the lower end of a wooden frame again.From the joint of oyster shells, I found something that should not be on the wooden frame. The process of discovery was not special. The worker was beating the oyster attached to the wooden frame on the suspended wooden frame. Suddenly, a worker found that there was a metal light shining among the oysters that fell to the deck. He called out , attracted the attention of others, and Monte happened to be there. I cracked open all the oysters attached to it, and what was revealed, emitting metallic light, was a square metal plate, two centimeters thick, twenty centimeters square, quite heavy, and looked like stainless steel, with shallow A sign carved out of seal. The sign is very obvious, it is a human hand, holding something, but the thing does not know what it is. This discovery cannot be said to be too wonderful, because if a piece of metal plate sank into the sea some time ago, rested on a wooden frame, and was connected by oyster shells during the growth of oysters, the matter would be very simple. However, after Hout got the metal plate, he tried to figure out what the sign engraved on it meant, who it belonged to or what ship it belonged to, but there was no result. This metal plate also has a somewhat mysterious meaning.It is estimated that it will sink in the sea for about two to three years, which is estimated based on the growth process of oysters. When Hout said this, he took out an envelope from his jacket pocket, took out a few photos from the envelope, and distributed them to everyone: "Everyone, this is the logo engraved on that metal plate-it must symbolize something, who Can you tell me, besides that human hand, there is another thing. What is entangled with that human hand?" Howt used the phrase "entangled with human hands", which is quite vivid. In the photo, everyone can see that the sign engraved on the metal plate is a human hand-although the lines are simple, they are engraved very clearly. Vivid, protruding knuckle bones, shape of fingers.It all shows that this hand is using a lot of strength. And what is "entangled" with the hand is a pile of indescribable things. It seems that there are three ribbon-shaped branches, like the fat leaves of some kind of plant, but they are bent irregularly. , not only is the human hand holding it, it is also wrapped around the human hand. There was also a spherical part of the thing--three thick leaves protruded from it. Someone first said: "It looks like a tropical succulent plant—" Monte said: "I thought so too. But I asked someone to check the world's cacti and succulents, and there is no similar one. And, everyone Please look—that thing...is the same as that human hand. It seems to have life—” The man immediately said: “Plants have life—” Yuan Zhenxia supported Hou Te: “I think Mr. Haute’s It means, that thing seems to be alive—" Howt nodded again and again: "Yes, that's exactly what it means." Rose said lightly: "This kind of metal plate is usually used to nail on the door, car or bow, as a sign!" Monte said: "It is a clubhouse, or some kind of organization, or even just a private mark, there is no way to check, and it is even difficult to assume whether it is related to the circle on the big rock on the bottom of the sea—" Everyone discussed One after another, no result. Yuan Zhenxia and Rose were the first to say goodbye and returned to the luxury suite of the hotel. They stood in the middle of the hall for a while. Then they said in unison: "Good night!" Rose returned to her room, Yuan Zhenxia hesitated for a moment, then walked into another room, took a shower, leaned on the bed, his thoughts were in chaos.The phone rang suddenly.He picked up the phone and heard Rose's voice: "Yuan, don't you think. The story that the farm owner told has a lot of doubts, I mean, he is lying! His purpose of lying is to cover up! " Yuan Zhenxia didn't think too much about what Hou Te said because his thoughts were always confused. Hearing what Rose said at this time, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and asked casually, "What is he trying to hide?" Rose's voice came: "Can we discuss it face to face?" Of course Yuan Zhenxia welcomes him. He immediately put down the phone, opened the door, and saw Rose coming out of the room. She was wearing a rather traditional pajamas, and she came out swaying in a long gown. She was extremely beautiful. Yuan Zhenxia naturally thought of Haitang from before.I feel very sad. She first pushed a wine cart with a lot of wine over, then sat down on the sofa, poured wine, and said, "I think he covered up the truth about Zhuo Ke's disappearance." Yuan Zhenxia quickly thought about what Hou Te said, nodded and said: "That's a doubtful point, because he was the last person to see Zhuo Ke before he disappeared, and everything was his account. No one can prove." Rose took a sip of wine, and handed another glass of wine to Yuan Zhenxia: "So, it is possible that he caused Zhuo Ke's disappearance, or it is possible that he murdered Zhuo Ke, destroying the body and reducing the traces. He has enough time Come and do all of this—" Yuan Zhenhe's eyes stayed on Rose's slender and uniform ankle, and he tried to fumble in his memory, trying to remember what Haitang's ankle looked like. Therefore, his answer was absent-minded - he is not interested in what Rose is discussing with him now. What is interesting is that he can sit face to face with Rose and drink and talk. It doesn't matter what the content of the speech is. .He asked casually, "What is the purpose?" Rose also noticed where Yuan Zhenxia was looking, and she just sighed inwardly - such a huge change has taken place in her body, but her thoughts and memories are still preserved.Inevitably, she would also think of the previous scene. She has to work hard to restrain herself so as not to be dragged down by the past. This is the goal she is trying to achieve——she secretly sighed and gathered her thoughts together: "Zhuoke must have found something in the sea. He put himself The discovery told Monte that for some reason, Hout committed murder—” Yuan Zhenxia laughed, he was laughing at Rose when he made this assumption, his expression was very serious, but he didn’t understand Rose at all Why make such an assumption!Rose also noticed that Yuan Zhenxia was not concentrating on discussing the issue with her at all, so she frowned slightly: "I think that what happened in the waters near here is very likely to be related to the group of people whose whereabouts are unknown-they are here After leaving here, I disappeared. And in the sea, there were unexplainable strange things happened!" Yuan Zhenxia quickly sat up straight: "I don't even know the nature of what Haote said—" Rose paused every word: "Someone is active on the bottom of the sea—" Yuan Zhenxia closed his eyes for a while, and also used very He replied in a slow tone: "There is a group of people who want to build an ideal paradise. The whereabouts of this group of people are unknown. Miss, you want to say that this group of people built their ideal paradise on the bottom of the sea?" Rose's smile is playful: "Sir, I didn't say that, you said it—" Yuan Zhenxia smiled brightly: "Although it is a bit old-fashioned, it is not impossible. Many fantasy movies and novels have such The plot of the story can be imagined from this point.” Rose didn't make further assumptions, she shook her head slowly, pursed her lips, and after a while, said: "If I have the ability to build a paradise on the bottom of the sea, there is no reason to choose the Fauveau Strait, which is 30 kilometers long. , there are so many boats coming and going, it's not an ideal place to hide—" She said, while gesturing with her onion-like fingers, to strengthen her tone, it seemed wonderful, several times.Her finger swayed in front of Yuan Zhenxia, ​​Yuan Zhenxia really wanted to open his mouth and bite her fingertips gently!He took a breath: "Yes, I will definitely go south again and build an underwater paradise in the Southern Ocean—well, hollowing out a big iceberg. It's also very ideal!" Rose glared at Yuan Zhenxia.Yuan Zhenxia suddenly laughed "haha": "Have you heard of 'Treasure Island'?" Rose looked surprised: "Stevenson's novel, about pirates?" Yuan Zhenxia shook his head: "No, in the novel of Huanzhu Louzhu, it is said that there is a person who can lift an island out of the sea and sink it into the bottom of the sea at will. The whole island is like a nuclear submarine. It’s called Treasure Island, and it’s covered with exotic flowers and herbs, and all kinds of ganoderma.” Rose was fascinated when she heard it: "I've heard of that novel a long time ago. It's so rich in imagination. Do you want to say that the paradise of those people may not be in a fixed place, but in a... container?" Yuan Zhenxia laughed again: "The term you use is really weird-container? They are people, not objects! It should be said that a ship that is quite large and can sink to the bottom of the sea-it doesn't have to be too big. Their number should be Within two hundred people." Rose actually nodded very seriously: "It's very possible, that's more in line with Hout's story." Yuan Zhenxia's eyes widened. He didn't know how the hypotheses he said could be related to Hou Te's story. He wanted to hear Rose's further explanation, so he naturally approached Rose, and Rose was at this moment , and obviously thought of something, which is quite important, so she naturally approached Yuan Zhenxia. In this way, Yuan Zhenxia and Meikuai are very close to each other, and both of them can see themselves in each other's eyes. They stared at each other for a while, before Meigui said: "An old man can move on the bottom of the sea." Ship, there's always some rubbish to be thrown." Yuan Zhenxia agreed, and he indicated by raising a finger. Rose said again: "When one of the objects was thrown out, it happened to be blocked by the wooden frame for raising sharks. As a result, it accumulated over time. It was attached to the wooden shell." Yuan Zhenxia raised another finger. Rose continued: "That thing is extremely heavy, so there is what Hout said." Yuan Zhenxia raised his third finger. Rose paused for a while: "When the heavy object sank into the bottom of the sea, the ship happened to be there. They must have felt that if the heavy object came out of the water, it might expose their existence, so they removed it—" Rose While speaking, she asked Yuan Zhenxia's opinion with her soft eyes, Yuan Zhenxia was a little confused by her clear eyes.But he was still listening attentively. This time, instead of raising his fingers, he shook his head slightly. Rose's gaze immediately turned to questioning, and her coquettish mouth also drooped.Look charming. Yuan Zhenxia said: "One, it's too coincidental; two, why don't they let others know of their existence?" Rose immediately said: "Coincidentally, it's just a hypothesis, and it's not impossible. The fact that they built a paradise has always been extremely secretive, even mysterious. Don't forget, this is why we are here to investigate—" Yuan Zhen Xia turned her head sideways and looked at the towering breasts under the light yellow rose nightgown—when she spoke excitedly, she could vaguely see her breasts quivering slightly. He secretly sighed in his heart, he was even sure that Rose asked him for help, asking him to come here was not as simple as finding the whereabouts of those people!She must still want to find something from him. What would that be?Is it the love they have never had before? Rose, this beauty who has experienced so much, what exactly does she want? Yuan Zhenhei was lost in thought for a moment, and even forgot to react. He just stretched out three fingers and looked at Rose in a daze. Rose stretched out his hand and pulled up another finger.In an instant, Yuan Zhenxia felt a slight electric current pass through his body, and he also thought that he could have a deep conversation with Rose in such an environment.It is a great pleasure! Rose continued: "So, Zhuoke is at the bottom of the sea, he should have seen that ship...or other shapes...container——" Yuan Zhenxia was shocked, and only then did he feel that Rose came up. The use of a noun like "container" makes perfect sense.His hypothesis is a ship, that's not as good as a "container". Because the shape of a ship is almost fixed, and if it changes, it will still be a ship.But the container can be in any shape, it can be square, round, irregular, triangular... Zhuo Ke was at the bottom of the water, if he saw a strange-shaped container with many people moving in it, he would be greatly shocked, and it was a matter of course! Yuan Zhenxia stretched out five fingers. Rose let out a long breath and raised her hands high.Stretching, I stood up: "So my conclusion is that we can suspend the use of helicopters to search Studd Island, and search in the sea first." Yuan Zhenxia withdrew his hand and waved: "If Houte is lying, we won't know the correct location!" Rose tilted her head: "You can use a little trick to get him to tell the truth!" Yuan Zhenxia looked at Rose with doubts on his face, Rose naturally knew what he was thinking, and shook his head: "Of course it is a legal method!" Yuan Zhenxia took a breath.Nodding: "Go to him now?" Rose thought for a while: "Go to his oyster farm, we're going to sea anyway." The discussion of the night ended before they entered the bedroom separately.Yuan Zhenxia thought about whether to kiss Rose's forehead or her hand.The result was that he kissed her fingertips - something he'd wanted to do more than once during the discussion just now. The next day, they prepared a boat and contacted Hout on the phone first, and Hout expressed his welcome-from this point of view, he didn't seem to have any conspiracy. In the afternoon, they met Haut on the sea.Hout boarded their ship in a dinghy. Hou Te was different from last night. He was wearing a worker's uniform and had a strong smell of sea fish on his body. He shook hands with the two of them enthusiastically. Big is suspicious, you are actually the most suspicious, the strange thing is that the police don't seem to investigate you!" Hou Te was stunned for a moment, and then said something that Rose and Yuan Zhenxia could never think of again. He said: "Yes, I killed him and destroyed his body!" For a moment, Yuan Zhenxia and Rose were there.I don't know how to react.Given the adaptability of both of them, we can see how embarrassing they are at this time. Hout stared at the two with piercing eyes. Yuan Zhenxia and Rose looked at each other.Yuan Zhenxia said solemnly: "I think the local police should be interested in what you just said." Yuan Zhenxia thought he said so.At least it would frighten Haut somewhat.But it was beyond his expectation, Hou Te shook his head, with a deep sadness on his face: "I will not be interested, maybe because I have a good reputation in the local area, so no one believes that I will kill people!" Yuan Zhenxia took a slow breath, he had to work very hard to hide his embarrassment. At this time, Meikuai said calmly: "Mr. Houte, if you admit to the police that you killed someone from the beginning, the police will not believe you." Yuan Zhenxia was stunned for a moment, but Hou Te himself admitted to killing someone as soon as he came up, that might be true.It may also be a joke at all - there are very few murderers in the world who admit that they have killed someone under a single question. But.When Rose said that, it was tantamount to accepting Hou Te's words at once.It is certain that he really killed Zhuo Ke-so Yuan Zhenxia pays more attention to Hou Te's reaction to this sentence. After being stunned for a while, Hou Te sighed: "Maybe, maybe after I killed him, I should have notified the police immediately, but...but..." When he said this, he looked at the two of them with a look of pleading for help. His look seemed quite sincere. It's unbelievable that a murderer would show such an expression in front of the questioner! He sighed again: "However, I was so flustered at the time, I just felt that I had killed someone and committed the most unforgivable crime in my life. In that flustered state of mind, the only thing I could do was to eliminate the evidence of the crime. , so that I can get away with it—" Yuan Zhenxia and Rose both looked helpless, a murderer, making such a confession to them, not only admitted that he had killed someone, but also confessed his state of mind after killing someone out, and they can't seem to do anything! What Hout said next made them even more dumbfounded. Hout shook his head and said: "My action to destroy the evidence is so thorough and clean. Even though there are many flaws in the process of what I said, anyone who is more careful You can hear it—you can hear it! But because there is no evidence at all, even if I want to surrender now, I can't even get approval!" Yuan Zhenxia was angry and surprised at the same time.He said in a cold tone: "Perhaps, letting your conscience condemn you for a lifetime will punish your crimes more than you will be punished by the law—" After hearing this, Hou Te opened his eyes wide, as if for a while .I don't understand what Yuan Zhenxia is talking about - but in fact, Yuan Zhenxia's words are extremely serious! When Yuan Zhenxia said that.He was prepared for Hout to be ashamed and angry, so he also made Hout with a thick body.Get ready for a fight. However, Hou Te was not angry. At the beginning, his expression was unclear, and then he laughed dumbly: "I think you misunderstood, although I killed Zhuo Ke, I have no guilt at all in my heart, and there will never be any any condemnation of conscience." Yuan Zhenxia opened his mouth wide, unable to speak.Staring at Hout, I couldn't estimate Hout's personality at all. Rose obviously had the same confusion, she sneered: "Don't you feel guilty?" Hou Te still didn't look guilty, on the contrary, he was very confused: "Yes, because... because..." He hesitated and couldn't continue, Yuan Zhenhe asked sharply, "Because of what?" Hou Te sighed: "Because when I killed him, he suffered more than death—" Yuan Zhenxia and Rose looked at each other again, full of doubts in their hearts.Hou Te continued: "I believe him. After coming out of the water... he is already dead. In the following time, he suffered more than death... I said that he killed him, but actually made him... end the pain— —" Yuan Zhenxia said angrily, "How do you know that he is in more pain than death?" Hou Te shook his head slowly, and he didn't know what his action meant. Maybe he didn't want to mention the situation at that time. After a while, he said: "He is my good friend. I know he has a very good personality. Optimistic, has a lot of income, has several beautiful girlfriends, he has a good life, but when I found him, he...he..." When Monte was talking about this, he suddenly stopped and stretched out his hand to wipe his face vigorously. Only then did Yuan Zhenxia notice that his face was covered with beads of sweat, which showed that he was also very excited and painful. After a while, he said: "Did you... ever think... that people would use that little cap on a beer can... to commit suicide?" Yuan Zhenxia felt a chill: "That must be a hasty behavior under the anesthesia of alcohol—" Hao Te nodded: "I think so too... When I saw him using that small aluminum piece, he was cutting hard When I hit my wrist, I rushed over to stop him. He punched me open first—that was because I was defenseless. I pounced on him again. He cried and said that he must die. It's not like being drunk, of course I asked him why—" Howt said here.Stopped in vain, obviously the problem has reached the critical point. Yuan Zhenxia and Rose stared at him, Hou Te paused for about a minute before saying, "He just said a few words that I don't understand."