what the hell is

We hurriedly dragged him out of the iron gate. Li Yang was out of breath and his face was drenched with sweat.Fearing that he would catch a cold, he quickly wrapped the big cotton jacket.Li Yang's cheeks were flushed, and he was obviously excited. He said, "There is a secret room inside, and there are traces of people living in it."

We looked at each other, and Tongsuo tried to ask: "Did you see anyone?"

Li Yang shook his head: "The room is not big, it's empty, and there's no one there. You'll know exactly what's there after you read it."

Wang Chen hesitated: "Are you all coming in?"

"Volunteer."

Wang Chen said, "Why don't I show you your clothes outside?"

Tongsuo looked at the dark and gloomy top floor platform, and patted him on the shoulder: "Xiao Wang, don't think that everything will be fine here."

Wang Chen's face changed, yes, all his companions left, and it was indeed more difficult to stay in such a weird place by himself.

Li Yang said: "Wang Chen doesn't want to go in. The space inside is relatively narrow and can't accommodate so many people. Wang Chen, you just stay outside and just call if you have anything to do."

Wang Chen felt that he had made a mistake in his decision-making, but he couldn't ride a tiger, so he had to arrange it this way.The few of us took off our jackets, followed Li Yang's buttocks, and climbed into the iron gate.

Entering inside, the temperature is obviously very high, and beads of sweat can't help oozing from the head.In the eyes, there are rows of rusty pipes, and there are rumbling noises inside, and the sound of water flowing.Li Yang cleared the way ahead and motioned us to follow him inside.

The deeper you go, the more there are more and more pipes of different lengths. In the silent darkness, you can occasionally hear the sound of "tick tick tick" falling into the water somewhere.The air was full of stale moisture, mixed with a strong smell of copper rust, which was extremely unpleasant to smell.

This place is so quiet that we can hear our footsteps clearly.After walking for a short time, Li Yang said softly, "Here we are."

Several beams of flashlights shot at the same time, and directly opposite, at the end of the room stood an iron door painted with red paint.The door was not closed, it was half open, and it was dark inside, and nothing could be seen.

Li Yang led us in, and as soon as we walked in, the temperature became higher.The first thing I saw was ridiculous.

It turned out to be a simple toilet, built with wooden boards. It may be too old, the wooden boards were cracked, and the wooden dregs were broken all over the floor, exposing the squat pit inside.Through the thick dirt, the original white background of the squatting toilet can be vaguely seen, and there is a broken water tank standing beside it.Li Yang pulled, and there was an empty echo. No water came out, and it was no longer usable.

Next to the toilet is a dilapidated washstand, dilapidated and full of filth. The thick scale has turned dark brown, which is unappetizing.

The space in the room is not large, and these two things occupy most of it. Going further inside, we actually saw a dilapidated writing desk.The desk was of a very old style, I had only seen it when I was a kid, like an old school desk.There are many papers scattered on the table, and some books are open, the pages are withered and yellow, and there is a thick layer of dust and water stains. These papers are very fragile, and they may be broken if they are easily flipped.

The wall next to the desk was covered with a lot of paper and photos, and it was also full of dust and spiders.

I went around the desk and wanted to go to the wall, Li Yang shouted in a low voice: "Everyone, be careful, don't touch things here casually."

I came to the wall and looked at the photos on the wall with a flashlight. These photos included single photos and group photos.The surface of the photo is a deep burnt yellow, which looks like a vicissitudes accumulated over time.

Many photos have been blurred, and only the background can be vaguely seen, or parks or squares or mountains. Those backgrounds brought me back to my childhood.I don’t know if you have seen the outdoor black-and-white photos of the 80s. The furnishings in the park are very simple or even crude, but with the white to deep sky, there is a sense of emptiness and tranquility.At that time, people lived purely, sitting or standing in the photos, showing unaffected smiles, without the fussiness of today's society.

I was a little fascinated, and at the same time, I found something strange. Although the background of the photo is not clear, the details can be roughly seen clearly, but the subject of the photo - the person, is very blurred.Even so, it can be seen that the protagonist of these photos is a woman.

She has long hair and a slender figure. It can be seen that she is a very beautiful woman, but her distorted and blurred facial features make me feel that this person has an indescribable evil spirit, which is indescribably ferocious. Maybe this is just a psychological illusion. Bar.

There are also some family photos in the photos, which are the family photos of this woman. She should be a wife, standing on both sides with her husband, and the little boy in the middle.The boy was wearing a cute little navy suit, holding a toy gun in his hand, with a very airy expression.It can be seen that this family, at least in the photos, is very happy.

It was originally a very warm family photo, but when I saw it, my scalp tingled and I felt a creepy feeling.Because the facial features of the husband and son are very clear, but the face of the woman in the same photo is blurry.Not only that, but her eyes seemed to have been scratched by something, and they were scratched into very thin strips, and there was cold air from the cracks in the bones.

I turned on the flashlight and scanned the pictures on the wall, most of them were like this.No matter what occasion or background this woman is in, her facial features are blurred and her expression is not clear.

I walked along the wall, looked at it, and was so engrossed that I didn't notice it for a while, and bumped into the desk.The flimsy writing desk rattled, dust was flying, and he was leaning over to check the copper lock on the paper, almost urinating out of fear.

Tongsuo glared at me: "Can't you be careful?!"

"What are you looking at? So focused." I asked.

Tongsuo beckoned me over: "Old Liu, look at this, it's awesome."

Qin Dan and I leaned over to look at it. It was a very thick notebook spread out on the edge of the desk.This kind of notebook is rare now, the book is very large, it should be made of cowhide, very thick, and a newspaper clipping is glued to the open page.

The pages of the newspaper are yellow and wrinkled, and the most amazing thing is that they are written vertically, using traditional characters.I looked carefully, and some of the handwriting was not clear, but the general meaning could still be understood.After reading it, my heart was agitated and I couldn't help myself.

It was written on it as a report, saying that in the fourth year of the Republic of China, a strange event happened somewhere in Sichuan.An old lady from a large family died.According to the local rules, the coffin should be kept in the coffin for seven days after death, and the coffin should not be buried until the night of resurgence.On the night of resurgence, something happened. The family members who watched the night heard a strange sound in the coffin, as if something was knocking on the coffin. It scared the farts of these people, so they hurriedly called the family members to open the coffin to check.After opening it, everyone present was dumbfounded.

The body of the old lady in the coffin disappeared, replaced by a snake.The snake spit out its letter, erected its body, and made a strange hissing sound as it patrolled.After recovering, everyone speculated whether the snake got into the coffin and swallowed the old lady's body.Now everyone was furious, and felt that they had a sworn hatred against the snake. When they grabbed the shovel and pickaxe and rushed forward to smash the snake, they suddenly discovered that the snake had a human face!

This face is so alive, it's like an old lady reborn, and the expression is vivid, and it even blinks.This frightened everyone, and no one dared to take a step forward.

On the second day after the night of resurrection, the snake crawled out of the coffin and disappeared into the crack of the wall.Everyone had no choice but to bury the empty coffin.

Although the report is brief, things are considered strange.What excites us is not this report, but a sentence annotated with a ballpoint pen below.

It read: "Dissolve the elephant, the snake sloughs and the cicada flies. This is the omen of dissolving the corpse and becoming a fairy? Then what does my situation belong to?"

Seeing the word "autopsy", I raised my head and saw that Li Yang was also looking at me.

After reading the article in the newspaper clipping, Li Yang looked at me and said meaningfully: "The corpse is detoxified."

The two of us chanted at the same time: "Snow embraces Languan, don't move forward."

Both Tongsuo and Qin Dan knew our story, Tongsuo said: "If the comment below the newspaper clipping was left by the owner of this secret room, then he locked himself here to become a fairy."

Qin Dan shook his head: "Look at his comment 'This is the sign of dissolving a dead body into a fairy? Then what is my situation?', which shows that he has cultivated to a certain level, but he is not sure whether his state is correct."

Li Yang nodded: "Yes, Qin Dan's analysis makes sense."

I looked at the cramped and narrow secret room I was in, and suddenly said, "Do you think the owner of this place is a man or a woman?"

Tongsuo was puzzled: "Old Liu, what did you find?"

I pointed to the photos on the wall: "Just look at them. The main characters in the photos all over the wall are women. It cannot be ruled out that she is the one practicing here."

Tongsuo walked to the wall with a flashlight, bent his back, and looked carefully one by one.After watching for a while, his expression was a little horrified: "Why can't every face of this woman be seen clearly?"

Qin Dan and Li Yang also walked over to have a look.Li Yang was thoughtful: "If I guess well, I probably know the identity of this woman."