Restricted area grave keeper

Chapter 86 The Dead Halfway

Bai Mo stopped.

In front of you is a green mountain range with luxuriant vegetation, mostly towering trees with huge and dense crowns, and the hanging vines are connected to each other, like a large green net, even the sunlight is caught in it, making it difficult to penetrate.

The mountains are connected together, towering but not steep, and a winding path spreads from bottom to top. The road surface is full of deep-sinking footprints, covered with puddles and moss, which looks old.

Beside the path, a pitch-black stone tablet stood there for an unknown amount of time, with the words "Hidden Beast Mountain" engraved in blood on it, and a letter "D" underneath.

"Is this the Beast Mountain? Why doesn't it look like someone lives there?"

Bai Mo stood alone in front of the stele, with a confused expression on his face.

This mountain range looks similar to the virgin forest on TV. It seems that it has never been cut down. There may be many dangerous wild animals hidden in it. It looks like someone is smoking.

After he left the police station yesterday, he had inquired about the location of the Mountain of Beasts, and today he came here early in the morning to find out who was inviting him.

After seeing the mountains, he suddenly felt that the invitation might be a prank.

Who would live in this kind of deep mountains and old forests?

Also... He had never heard of such a lush mountain range in Dongyang before.

Just as he was thinking, a series of footsteps suddenly sounded not far away, it seemed that someone was coming, and it sounded like it was not just one person.

Bai Mo turned his head to look, and after seeing the person coming, he hesitated slightly, and blurted out: "Captain Lu, why are you here?"

The ones who came were none other than Lu Zhan and Xia Yuxi. They were carrying backpacks and accompanied by a big yellow dog with a muzzle.

This yellow dog was indescribably weird. It seemed that there were some problems with its eyes. The eyes were gray and lifeless. Standing beside Lu Zhan's legs, it looked extraordinarily quiet.

"Mr. Bai? What a coincidence."

Seeing Bai Mo, Lu Zhan had just the right amount of surprise on his face, as if he was also surprised why Bai Mo appeared here.

Xia Yuxi nodded slightly, as a greeting to Bai Mo.

She took the lead in explaining: "A group of criminals may have escaped into this mountain, we plan to go in and have a look."

Bai Mo was taken aback: "What criminal?"

"A group of murderers. They killed several people in a row last night. Although most of the prisoners were killed, there are still a few who are at large. According to reports from the public, two criminals seem to have fled into the Mountain of Beasts."

After a pause, Lu Zhan continued, "There are more than ten people who died, almost all of whom were killed while walking alone. They died in miserable conditions. They should have been tortured before they died."

After finishing speaking, he pretended to be puzzled, "Mr. Bai, why are you here?"

Bai Mo always felt that there was something in the other party's words, but he still said truthfully: "It's because I received an invitation..."

Unexpectedly, after listening to his explanation, Lu Zhan's complexion instantly became solemn: "As far as we know, the group of murderers tricked the victims to a remote place with an invitation letter before they did it."

"Cheat people with invitations?"

Bai Mo was slightly stunned, then quickly shook his head and said, "But I picked this thing up, and you didn't say that the invitation was a lie yesterday..."

"The crime hadn't been committed before last night."

Xia Yuxi looked at Bai Mo and said, "And have you ever wondered why you just happened to pick up an unknown invitation letter and you just happened to see your name on it?"

Bai Mo pondered for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Because I have better luck?"

Xia Yuxi was speechless, and shook her head after a while, "No, in my opinion, someone deliberately left that invitation letter on the way you must pass, and even when you picked up the invitation letter, that guy Maybe I'm hiding in the dark and watching you."

"That guy? You mean those murderers?" Bai Mo quickly understood what she meant.

"That's right, otherwise it wouldn't be such a coincidence."

"But I was alone at the time. If they wanted to kill me, they could do it directly. There's no need to use invitations to lure me, right?"

To be honest, in Bai Mo's opinion, if you just want to deceive, the invitation letter may not be as real as some small advertisements with pictures.

"Don't speculate about criminals with normal people's thinking." Lu Zhan said seriously, "It's like we never guessed that those guys would kill people in the street."

Bai Mo nodded, and suddenly asked suspiciously: "But Captain Lu, you two are the only ones here to arrest such a vicious criminal?"

He always felt that the words of the two were a bit far-fetched.

"The terrain of Zheshou Mountain is too complicated. We just came here to investigate first, and then..." Lu Zhan showed a confident smile on his face, "It's just two murderers. Even if I encounter them, I can easily deal with them."

He looked extraordinarily confident, as if he really didn't take little criminals seriously, but he wasn't as relaxed as he looked on the inside——

"It seems that the verification of the truth has no effect on the tomb keeper, and the pen fairy didn't seem to dare to predict him before... Could it be that he is really immune to the influence of all taboo sequences?"

He said calmly: "For the sake of safety, I think Mr. Bai, you'd better not enter the Mountain of Beasts today."

"No." Bai Mo shook his head resolutely, "Since I have accepted the invitation, I have to go to the banquet."

"But it's too dangerous here, in case you encounter a murderer on the way..."

"It's okay, I'll just go in with you." Bai Mo shrugged and said.

Xia Yuxi frowned slightly, but Lu Zhan spoke before her, and said helplessly, "Alright then, but you must follow us closely along the way and obey my arrangements."

"No problem." Bai Mo smiled brightly.

The three of them and one dog set off quickly, passed through the stone tablet, and walked up the path up the mountain.

A feeling of heart palpitations hit Xia Yuxi, and she knew that she had stepped into the range of the Beast Mountain.

It was the first time for her to enter the restricted zone, so she couldn't help but feel a little nervous, but thinking of Lu Zhan's strength, this place was only a D-level restricted zone, and she soon felt at ease.

What Lu Zhan was worried about was how to prevent Bai Mo from discovering abnormalities in the restricted area, but he didn't panic too much, and he was at ease when he came, maybe he could take this opportunity to verify some of his conjectures.

The big yellow dog followed silently, with a calm expression, not like a dog at all——

Everyone had their own thoughts and climbed up all the way, but who knew that problems appeared just after climbing halfway up the mountain.

I saw a person lying not far in front of the path.

The man was facing the ground, wearing a green sportswear, his limbs were twisted strangely, and his overall posture looked very strange.

Lu Zhan's eyes narrowed slightly. Based on his experience, this should be a corpse.

Without giving Bai Mo a chance to react, he hurriedly stepped forward to inspect the corpse, and seeing that there was no problem, he gave Xia Yuxi a wink.

The latter understood immediately, leaned over quickly, squatted down and cast [Telepathy] on the corpse.

In the next second, an incomplete and weird memory flooded Xia Yuxi's mind.

……

It was already night when we reached the village.

Someone was standing at the entrance of the village. I couldn't open my eyes under the strong light of the flashlight, and I couldn't see the expression of that person clearly.

"It's too late, go to my house to stay for one night first."

A familiar voice sounded, and I saw the man's face clearly, it was Lao Zhang.

He handed me an umbrella, without any explanation, and insisted that I stay at his house for one night.

It was raining heavily at this time, and I was indeed a little afraid of the village at night, so I accepted Lao Zhang's kindness.

Lao Zhang's name is Zhang Xiaoda, and he is the eighth eldest in his family. I heard that his previous brothers and sisters have passed away one after another, but he is still healthy and healthy at the age of [-].In my mind, this is what he looked like when I left many years ago.

It is said that Lao Zhang knows some medical skills and has been treating the villagers for free, and is very respected by everyone.At the same time, he was also inexplicably kind to me since he was a child, and he almost treated me like his own son, so it didn't bother me to stay at his house for one night.

When I came to his house, Aunt Hua opened the door expressionlessly.

Aunt Hua is Lao Zhang's wife, which is very different from the enthusiastic appearance I remember, but I heard that some people's temperament will change drastically when they get older, maybe because they are close to death.

While I was thinking, Aunt Hua had already tidied up a room for me, without saying a word or changing her expression.

There was a strong herbal smell on her body, and I don't know if it was because of helping Lao Zhang decoct the medicine all the time.

It was late at night, and I went to bed. I was used to the soft bed in the city, but I was still not used to sleeping in the village at this time, and I couldn’t fall asleep after tossing and turning.

I listened to the sound of the rain and recalled some trivial things. When I was beginning to feel sleepy, I suddenly heard a strange sound outside the window.

I suspected it was the sound of rain hitting the window. As soon as I walked to the window, a thunderbolt sounded unexpectedly.

Under the light of thunder, I saw a face in horror!

That face was tightly pressed against the window, so that the whole face was a little distorted, and the eyes looking at me were full of unknown meaning——

That's Lao Zhang's face!

"Old Zhang, you..." I took a few steps back in fright and screamed out.

"It's okay," Lao Zhang wiped the water on his face, smiled at me, and said, "It's a rainy day, I'm afraid your window is not closed properly, so I came to see it. Go to sleep, there will be tomorrow." You're busy."

Run outside and close the window?
How can I believe it, I just feel that this incident is very weird, and I don't feel sleepy for a while.

When I got back to the bed, I suddenly smelled a strong smell of herbs, which seemed to come from under the bed, but if I remember correctly, there was no such smell before.

Isn't this the smell of Aunt Hua?
I had an inexplicable feeling of being watched by someone, and I was afraid that a person would emerge from under the bed in the next moment.

I didn't dare to think too much, and I didn't dare to look at what was under the bed. I spent a long time in fear, and then I fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept.

When I opened my eyes, I just felt chilly all over.

Turning his head, he saw that there seemed to be something beside the pillow——

Those were two smiling faces.

(End of this chapter)