Ghost Breath

As the mist was so thick today that it was difficult to determine directions, Zhou Yang vaguely remembered that the Flower Snake Village entrance should be behind them. He pointed with his finger, indicating them to go around the bus.

Just as they were about to adjust their position, a pair of thick and fat hands suddenly stretched out from the mud ahead. Then, an extremely ugly male weirdo slowly emerged from the fog.

Because the sky was already bright, and they were standing in front of Zhou Yang and the others, they could finally see clearly that these strange people had fat limbs, sharp fingernails, and their bodies were as round as their chins, giving off a feeling that they would break upon contact, and that they were covered from head to toe with disgusting pustules.

He saw the strange man crawling towards them. His bulging belly was making a slight rustling sound as it rubbed against the ground. It was as if he was a toad.

Zhou Yang and the rest were not only alarmed, they also had the urge to vomit. They stood in their original position, at a loss of what to do. Suddenly, a few more strange people climbed out of the fog. Some of them were wearing tattered clothes. It seemed like they had been waiting for a long time.

"Let's go, let's go!" When the toad-like weirdos jumped up from the ground like springs and pounced towards them, Zhou Yang roared out, and grabbed Lili who was closest to him and anxiously ran back to the bus.

Suddenly, some strange person suddenly grabbed Lili's shoulders from an unknown place and spat out a long and thin black tongue, aiming straight at her neck. Fortunately, Zhou Yang's reaction speed was fast, he kicked the weirdo's stomach, forcing him back. Only then, did Lili manage to escape.

But on the other side, Chen Ya let out a pitiful cry. The strange person's tongue was wrapped around her neck, and then the strange person picked him up again and ran into the fog.

"Chen Ya!" Seeing that Chen Ya was being carried away, Fann Wenqiang immediately chased after him. Zhou Yang took Lili and moved a few steps forward, only to see that Chen Ya's neck was tightly locked by the two strange toads' tongues, and her face, had been clawed into a bloody mess by them!

Fann Wenqiang staggered, and was thoroughly shocked. At the same time, a strange person also stood up in front of him.

Fann Wenqiang struggled as much as he could, throwing a heavy punch towards the strange person's head. To his surprise, the strange person's head was also soft, as if there was no skull in it.

Although the strange person was forced back a few steps by Fann Wenqiang, three more strange people appeared. They first surrounded Fann Wenqiang, and then pounced on him together.

Facing the four weirdos, Fann Wenqiang only lasted for a moment before he was subdued.

Lili screamed repeatedly, she was panicking extremely, and just as she was about to go over, her remaining rationality pulled him back. He stopped and said shakily, "Back to the car, we can't do anything about it!"

With that, he did not wait for Lili's reply and immediately pulled Lili to the bus. In the process, the two of them were almost caught by the strange person, but they were able to safely return to the bus.

After locking the car door, Zhou Yang and Lili sat paralyzed on the chair, Zhou Yang's face was gloomy, and Lili had completely broken down.

In less than a day, they had witnessed the tragic deaths of four of their teammates. Now, only the two of them were left, and they were still in danger. It seemed that even during the day, the weirdos were still lurking somewhere beside the bus.

In other words, they were now like prey in the enemy's hands.

"I would never have thought that this would happen to us." Zhou Yang shook his head and said.

"Yes, like a nightmare." Lili was stunned.

Zhou Yang thought of Guo Yong, he guessed that the current situation was probably similar to the situation he was in with Mr.Guo and Xiao Yi in the mountains.

"Lili, what do you think? "What do those strange people look like?" After being silent for a while, Zhou Yang asked.

"Like a toad." Lili blurted out.

"Indeed." Zhou Yang thought, it was obvious, anyone who saw this strange person would think of them as toads.

The toad, also known as the toad, spent most of its time crawling on all fours. Its eyes were large and swollen, and its surface was gnarled and gnarled.

"But why? Why did the villagers become toads?" Lili asked urgently.

Zhou Yang shook his head again.

He knew that there were too many secrets waiting to be unearthed in the village, but he felt that his chances of survival were getting smaller and smaller.

On the other hand, Qiao Mu had arrived at the office early in the morning and called Zhou Yang and the others, but no one answered.

He was feeling even more fidgety, and faintly felt that, including Guo Yong and Xiao Yi, the entire matter was being led around by the nose. He was sure that he had missed a few points.

"Zhou Yang and the others... Why would they go to the Flower Snake Village? " Qiao Mu stood by the window and mumbled.

He understood Zhou Yang and Fann Wenqiang very well. The two of them liked to explore the wilderness purely, and not the type of place like Flower Snake Village.

He remembered that Zhou Yang had mentioned to him that one of his students advocated this event.

Qiao Mu opened the door and walked out of the office. He then walked to the personnel department, where there was a desk. A young girl was clearing the table.

The girl was called Miao Yue, and was in charge of Qin Mu Club's internal affairs, including personnel management, paperwork planning, and website maintenance.

"Miao Yue, I want to ask you something. Whose idea was it first for Zhou Yang and the others to explore Flower Snake Village?"

Miao Yue stopped what she was doing, and after thinking for a while, she said, "Mn … It's Lili, right? "

"I am not very familiar with this Lili. What is her name?"

"I'm not sure."

"You don't have any registrations on your computer?"

"Since she's registered, she told us that her name was Lili. Zhou Yang didn't mind if she said her name then, so I'll just fill in Lili's form."

"This is against the rules. Have you seen her ID?"

Miao Yue shook her head and said: "She just joined the club and is also a student. So this does not count as a job, and her identity card has never been used."

"Oh …" Can you find anything? "

"Investigate what?"

"Find out her real name."

"This …" I have to ask, not necessarily. " Miao Yue started to wonder why Qiao Mu suddenly started to care about Lili.

"Well, after you've checked, tell me. It would be best if you had all the information on her. "Oh right, there's one more thing …" Qiao Mu paused, "Have you organized any background information regarding Flower Snake Village?"

"Yes, but it's not much. Old Fan said that Lili is quite knowledgeable about Flower Snake Village, so she didn't need me to provide him with too much information."

"Lili understands Flower Snake Village quite well …" Qiao Mu repeated this sentence and secretly noted it down. Then, he asked: "Who discovered the disappearance of Flower Snake Village first?"

"The news said that a local woman went to report the case. The police went to take a look and found that all the villagers had disappeared."

"Isn't that woman suspicious?"

"It shouldn't be. What ability does a woman have to make the entire village disappear?"

Qiao Mu nodded and said: "True." Then he walked out of the personnel department.

Returning to his office, Qiao Mu called his wife, Yang Jie's cell phone.

"Big brother, what's the matter?" Yang Jie asked playfully.

"There's something I need your help with." I want to know where the Flower Snake Village that Zhou Yang and the others ran off to is managed by the police station. After you find out about it, contact the person in charge of that place and ask about the situation regarding the disappearance of the Flower Snake Village at that time. "

"Sounds a bit troublesome …" Alright, I'll get my leader to help. It shouldn't be a problem. Is Zhou Yang's phone still not working? "

"Well, I think something might have happened. "Right …" When he replied, a guess gushed out from Qiao Mu's heart. "Wait!"

He immediately ran out of the office, came to the Personnel Department, and asked Miao Yue: "Do you have a picture of Lili?"

"That's true. In my computer, do you want to see it?" Miao Yue quickly blinked her eyes.

"Find a way to send it to Yang Jie's phone." With that, Qiao Mu returned to the office and said to Yang Jie: "Miao Yue will send you a picture later. It's of the student called Lili who went with Zhou Yang this time, and if you show the picture to the local police station again, it must be the person in charge of the disappearance case at that time, understand?"

"Oh …" You sure have a lot of tricks up your sleeves, then what about Lili? "

"Let's talk about it when we get home. I'm hanging up now."

Qiao Mu put down his cell phone. In his heart, he was mumbling one thing: Lili initiated this event on Flower Snake Village. Then what about Mr.Guo and Xiaoyi? If they went to Long Hate Island, would it also have something to do with Lili?

Thinking of this, Qiao Mu once again thought of Xiaoyi, so he immediately dialed Chen Hui's number.

"Hey, Sis Chen, let me ask you, did Xiaoyi come back last night?" he asked bluntly.

"Nope." On the other end of the phone, Chen Hui's voice was icy cold.

"Huh?"

"He said that he would be gone for a few days. He might not be back for the next two days."

"Okay, when he comes back, can you let him contact me?"

"I know."

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Mu and Old Qin were both worried for Guo Yi's safety.

He thought to himself: That kid... He didn't know where he had run off to, and he didn't care whether his mother was worried or not.

Qiao Mu decided that when Guo Yi returned, he would discipline him properly on behalf of Guo Yong and share some of the burden on Chen Hui's behalf.

It was almost noon, just as Qiao Mu was about to eat the fast food that Miao Yue had ordered for him, Yang Jie called.

"Have you found anything?" he asked impatiently.

"Yes, there are some important findings!"

"Hurry up and tell me."

"I just got in touch with the Deputy Chief of the Ancient Tower Town Police Station through my leadership. At that time, he was still working on the case and he was responsible for Flower Snake Village's disappearance. He told me that it was a woman who first went to their office to report the incident. She said that something had happened to the Flower Snake Village and that everyone was going crazy, telling him to go take a look. After that, probably a few days later, the woman came again. She said that there was some kind of zombie at Flower Snake Village, and even said that a portion of the people had gone missing. After hearing all that, he started to suspect that the woman was mentally ill, and still ignored him. After that, the woman seemed to have come a few more times, but was stopped outside the police station. When the news of the Flower Snake Village causing ghosts spread, there was also a rumor that all of the people in the Flower Snake Village had been taken care of, and it had been a long time since someone had last appeared, who usually came to the town from the Flower Snake Village, and only at that time did the local police feel that something was amiss. That's why the deputy director took the initiative to contact the woman who reported the crime at the beginning, then brought a group of people to go with her … "

"What's the deputy director's name?" Qiao Mu interrupted.

"Surname Song, name Song Zhengming."

"Alright, you can continue. What happened to them after that?"

"Later on, when they arrived at Flower Snake Village, they discovered that all the people there had disappeared, even the corpses. Superintendent Song immediately reported it to his superior, expanding the scope of the search. But you should know that up until today, there had not been a single person from Flower Snake Village. The police and rescue team had also gone over there many times. In the end, because of the lack of evidence, they characterized the matter as a collective migration, with the reason that the water source in Flower Snake Village had been contaminated. Then, Bro, the important thing I want to say is, do you know who the woman who reported that year was? "

"With your tone, you don't even need to guess that it's that Lili. Did you send the photo to Superintendent Song to see?"

"That's right! I showed it to him and he immediately recognized it. He also said that the woman was also from Flower Snake Village, but she worked in the provinces and didn't return home for a long time. "

"Did you ask the woman's name?"

"Yes, her original name was Zheng Huili, and she was indeed known as Lili."

Qiao Mu was silent for a moment and then organized his thoughts.

"I understand, that woman called Zheng Huili probably thought that finding the police would be useless, so she found us and helped her find her family. Do you think that's what she was thinking?"

"Therefore, in order to conceal her identity and protect it, she didn't use her real name." Yang Jie also agreed with Qiao Mu's guess.

"That's right, you're very scheming huh …" No wonder he always felt like he was being led by the nose.

"What are you going to do?" Yang Jie asked.

"Where is the police station? Ancient Town?" Is Ancient Tower Town close to the Flower Snake Village? "

"Yes, Flower Snake Village belongs to Ancient Tower Town's jurisdiction, do you want to go?"

"I have to go, Zhou Yang and the others might be in trouble. "However, I want to meet Superintendent Song first and ask him in person. Help me contact him, I should be able to get there in the afternoon."

"Alone?"

"What?"

"I ask, are you going to go to the Flower Snake Village alone?"

"Yes, there's only Miao Yue and I in the club now. There's no one else."

"Oh …"

"No need to say anymore, I'm leaving. Hurry up and contact me."

After ending the call with Yang Jie, Qiao Mu took out the car keys and took out his multi-functional backpack from the safe. But just as he walked out of the office, she thought for a moment and then went back to open the bottom drawer of her desk. Inside was a folding military knife about 30 cm long, completely black.

Qiao Mu carelessly gave it a try, then put the sabre into his backpack and walked out of the office.

According to the address that Yang Jie provided, it was almost 3 in the afternoon. Qiao Mu arrived at the Ancient Tower's police station and Song Zhengming was already waiting for him in his office.

Qiao Mu saw that Song Zhengming was about 40 years old, with a square face and tall stature, it was obvious that he was a relatively capable person.

After the two exchanged greetings, Song Zhengming asked directly, "I heard from Little Yang that you have clues regarding the disappearance of Flower Snake Village, right?"

Qiao Mu knew that Song Zhengming was the person in charge of this case all those years ago. Thus, he told Song Zhengming everything about this time around, including the matter of Guo Yong.

"I heard about your Mr.Guo being on the island. How many people are you going to go to the Flower Snake Village with, and how long is it before you can contact them?" Song Zhengming asked.