The Lost City of Alien Beasts

Chapter 44 Open the coffin

The five people followed the crowd at the end and followed the coffin-carrying team to the west, crossed a field, climbed up a mountain forest, and came to the so-called graveyard.

There are many tombs scattered on the mountain, some of them are built with cement and surrounded by small guardrails. Two fir trees are planted in front of the tombs, and incense is burned; most of them are mounds of earth, overgrown with weeds, and no one cares.

The coffin-carrying team carried the coffin to a grave that had already been dug. The Taoist priest followed suit again, and the "family members" continued to mourn. Amidst the beating of gongs and drums, the sound of cannons and thunder, four men carried the coffin into the pit. Then he buried it quickly with a shovel.

The villagers and elders watched for a while, then dispersed and went home, leaving only four burial personnel and an old man in charge of the affairs, who was none other than Mr. Wu who was in charge of collecting money from the members.

He directed from the side: "Bury it quickly, don't do it after eight o'clock, and compact the soil tighter."

Officer Huang made a gesture, and the five of them walked over together.

Officer Huang took the lead and picked up the extra shovel and helped shovel the soil together. Master Wu recognized Officer Huang and came up to give him a cigarette. Officer Huang took the cigarette and put it in his ear.

"Officer Huang, don't blame me." Master Wu sighed: "I also hope that the case will be solved quickly, but the funeral of Huazi's family cannot be delayed. While the villagers still have some leisure, it will take too long to turn around. , I, the village chief, can’t even call them. By then, Hua Zi’s family will truly be a lonely ghost.”

"Understandable." Officer Huang continued shoveling the soil: "The autopsy report has come out. It will be fine if he is buried. It will not affect the handling of the case."

"That's good, that's good." Master Wu couldn't help but nodded.

During the process of burying the grave, Officer Huang secretly handed the shovel in his hand to Qing Ling while Master Wu was not paying attention. Qing Ling raised her hand slightly and the shovel quickly flew to a tree behind her and disappeared.

In less than 10 minutes, a new tomb was built.

During this period, Gao Yang and Officer Huang did not find out any particularly useful information. Finally, they followed Master Wu and the four men back and said goodbye at the entrance of the village.

The five of them pretended to leave the village, returned to the woods, and began to make long-term plans.

"Why did you ask me to hide the shovel just now?" Qing Ling asked Officer Huang.

"Dig a grave." Gao Yang blurted out. He and Officer Huang had already discussed it privately.

"Dig a grave?!" Pang Jun was frightened.

Officer Huang smiled, took out the cigarette that Master Wu handed him, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, but did not dare to smoke. "When it gets dark, away from eyes and ears, let's dig a grave."

"Is this... a crime worth doing?" Pang Jun looked confused.

"No matter what, it must be settled today."

Officer Huang glanced at everyone and said, "Let me tell you Gao Yang and I's plan. For the rest of the time, we will rest where we are and try not to waste any energy. As soon as it gets dark, we will dig the grave first to see if we can find any clues. .”

Officer Huang sat down against a tree: "If there are clues, we will tell you. If things don't go well, we will attack as planned. There is definitely no chance of winning in a head-on battle with the beasts in the whole village. We will make a sneak attack and sneak in one by one. Look. Can we force out the murderer behind this?"

"Sneak attack?!" Wang Zikai looked disappointed. He was still looking forward to a big battle. "You don't have martial ethics!"

"Wang Zikai, we cannot generalize about people's physiques." Gao Yang immediately started to talk nonsense, "You are the son of destiny, born with supernatural powers, stronger than us, you must be fine. But we are in a weak state now and are in great danger. ...You can’t protect us when we fight. You don’t want to win alone and have all your teammates be buried with you, right?”

This wave of flattery made Wang Zikai very comfortable, and he waved his hand: "Hey, there is really nothing I can do against you! Okay, let's do a sneak attack! Let's agree first, the final BOSS must be handed over to me."

"Of course."

Officer Huang and Pang Jun cast admiring glances at Gao Yang: You really are the one, you are simply an "animal tamer"!
……

It was getting dark around [-]pm.Officer Huang woke up the four people who were resting, and secretly went to the cemetery in the west of the village in the dark.

You may not notice it during the day, but at night, the cemetery becomes eerie.Fat Jun was timid, with a dark complexion and trembling all over. He was still so scared when he walked among the crowd that he jumped wildly at the slightest sign of disturbance.

Qing Ling raised her hand and the shovel flew back from the treetop: "Who's coming?"

"I'll do it!" Wang Zikai took the shovel, walked to Hua Zi's grave, and started shoveling.

During the process of digging the grave, the other four people were on guard. If any villagers came over at this time, they would have no choice but to kill them.

Fortunately, no one showed up.Wang Zikai lived up to his natural power and finished his homework quickly. He threw the shovel away with sweating profusely: "It's done!"

Everyone walked to the pit, the moonlight was quiet, and the coffin covered with soil was ghostly and cold.Everyone looked at each other in shock, and no one dared to reveal the coffin.

"Everyone is so cowardly." Wang Zikai was eager to give it a try, "Get out of the way! Come on, brother!"

"No need." Gao Yang stopped him. He didn't know what was in the coffin, so he still sailed the boat carefully.He picked up the shovel, reached out and inserted the shovel into the gap in the coffin lid, then quickly stepped back and looked at Qing Ling: "Can you do it?"

"It's too heavy, let me try."

Qing Ling stretched out his hands: "Metal!"

The shovel inserted into the coffin lid trembled slightly, and an invisible force drove it downwards.At this time, Officer Huang took out his pistol, and Gao Yang also took out his protective dagger, waiting for possible danger at any time.

"Bang!" The coffin lid was finally pried open by the shovel.

Everyone instinctively took two steps back, their hearts in their throats.

A few seconds of silence passed, but the expected danger did not occur. The coffin in the pit was very quiet, and even the stench of the corpse did not appear.

Everyone exchanged glances, slowly approached, and looked at the coffin in the pit. They were all stunned for a moment.

The coffin was not empty, but there was nothing strange or disturbing. The bodies of Huazi's family were all placed in the coffin, but... they were all turned into bones.

Gao Yang took a flashlight and shined it in. After counting, there were only four white skulls. It seemed that the bride's head was still not found.

"That's it?" Wang Zikai was disappointed, "I thought the picture would be so exciting!"

"Didn't Huazi's family die less than ten days ago?" Qing Ling asked, "How come they all turned into bones?"

"The police should have brought the body back three days ago," Officer Huang frowned. "It's only April now. No matter how fast the body decomposes, it will never turn into bones."

"Could it be that...all the corpses were eaten?" Pang Jun boldly guessed.

Gao Yang shook his head, "This doesn't look like the bones left after being eaten."

"Well, it seems..." Officer Huang paused, "He has been dead for a long time."

A gust of cold wind blew by, the leaves rustled, and Gao Yang felt a chill down his spine!
"Let's go." Gao Yang said.

"What?" Qing Ling looked at her.

"Leave here first," Gao Yang looked solemn, "I may... know what's going on."

"Then what should we do? Do we want to recover?" Officer Huang said.

"Don't worry about it." Gao Yang just wanted to leave immediately.

The group did not dare to stay for a long time and immediately left the cemetery.

Around 8 o'clock, many houses in Gujia Village still had lights on. The group carefully avoided the villagers and sneaked into Hua Zi's house.Gao Yang immediately blocked the doors and windows and didn't even dare to turn on the flashlight this time.

"Brother, what's going on? Don't worry!" Wang Zikai was worried.

"Let's talk about the conclusion first." Gao Yang said in a deep voice, "We have not traveled back to Gujia Village 30 years ago, nor have we come to any other world or dream world."

In the darkness, everyone held their breath, waiting for what would happen next.

Gao Yang took a deep breath and said, "This is the Gujia Village back then."

(End of this chapter)