Returning from the abyss

Chapter 42 The Victim Appears

Xiao Shifan didn't see the monster in the cave, he just heard it.

It was a cry similar to that of a human baby, but Xiao Shifan and Liu Changan were not stupid, just the stench constantly gushing out from the depths was enough to make them turn around and run away, not to mention the slight vibrations from the ground and walls directly It shows that the monster is not small in size.

But these are not problems. It’s not that they haven’t seen monsters before. The point is that in the pictures sent back by the miniature camera that Xiao Shifan dropped along the way, there are only pictures of rocks collapsing and mud splashing in the cave, and the monsters that should appear can’t even see their shadows. no!

An invisible monster is much more threatening than the monsters on the mountain. If it weren't for its huge size and movement, Lu Ning even suspected that Xiao Shifan and Liu Chang'an would be directly assassinated in the cave.

"It's tricky."

Yuan Xi agreed.

"There are more than one kind of monsters. Where do those weirdos usually live? Danma has a large population, why has no one seen them so far? This is too... If it is invisible, it can be justified, but how can so many weird things be hidden? live?"

[It is reported that the Yuncangshan mountain fire has been extinguished at noon today, and no injuries have been found so far. The rescue team successfully rescued 17 people who were affected by the fire. The following is the live report...]

The sound of the evening news came from the TV, and the three people in the room immediately turned their attention to it.

Wildfire?

In the picture, there is a large piece of woodland that has been burnt to charcoal, and everything has been destroyed. However, judging from the location marked, there is no doubt that it is the place they have been to at noon!
"Wait, isn't this the place... where those weirdos attacked us?" Xiao Shifan said it directly, and the two girls also nodded, and a word passed through the hearts of the three——

Destroy the corpse!

"The time is not right." Lu Ning paid attention to the scrolling subtitles below, "I have checked the mobile phone many times, the time of the mountain fire happened when we were attacked, and there was no fire at all."

"You mean, the fire was set off later to cover up the traces? Then why was there..."

"It's a plan!" Yuan Xi thumped the table lightly, "To create the illusion of a wildfire and carry out the attack, no matter what the result is, we will inevitably launch an eradication operation—it doesn't matter which side dies. The fire happened when we left It was later, because we didn't see any smoke or anything like a fire on the mountain-wait a minute, that's..."

"Rescue team." Lu Ning said what Yuan Xi wanted to say, "Someone who wants to kill us is mixed in the rescue team, or is a rescue team at all. Then it's easy to understand why no one noticed these weirdos. They Its appearance is basically the appearance of a human being."

"The appearance of a human being..." Xiao Shifan thought of a terrible possibility.

However, Lu Ning thought more. She immediately opened the website to check if Danma had any reports of missing persons today. Although it was unlikely that there would be a response on the Internet after only one afternoon, she had to confirm some things.

"If those people are among the Danma people in the appearance of human beings, what about their identities? No, they can come here as outsiders, or even...replace the locals?" Yuan Xi's eyes sank, "How could that be?" It’s not that Danma has a lot of them here…”

"I hope that everyone will pay attention to the missing person notices in the past few days, either in newspapers or on the Internet. The crime rate here in Danma is already very low. If a large number of people are missing, it must be a major event, and the media will not be unresponsive. , and based on the common characteristics of the missing persons, we may be able to find a breakthrough." After some searches failed, Lu Ning's expression became more serious.

"Well, if there is no such report..."

"If not, these people are either hiding somewhere, or they are pretending to be tourists like Yuan Xi said and won't respond within two or three days. The worst thing is...these weirdos who pretend to be identities also have substitutes."

That also means that in this secret confrontation scene, what Lu Ning and the others have to face is the number of enemies at the army level.

This guess was sent to Shen Xinyue in less than a minute.

However, after a long time, there was no reply.

"...something is not quite right."

Judging from Shen Xinyue's previous performance, it was impossible for her to choose to remain silent at this time. If it wasn't for her identity problem, then she must have been entangled in something.

"This is not a good thing. Although it is forty days, it does not mean that no one will die in the early stage." Xiao Shifan thought for a while and said, "I think we need to take a look..."

"Are you crazy? Are you going to risk yourself again?"

Yuan Xi strongly opposed it.
"We went to investigate some problematic things in order not to be deceived. We really know the danger and then act so unplanned is courting death!"

"But we have to catch every clue! Have you forgotten how Zhang... died?"

"He was killed by curiosity! Don't you have any idea of ​​the dangerous situation we're in?"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Lu Ning hurriedly separated them.

Xiao Shifan and Yuan Xi are obviously friends who have worked together on several test sites. Judging from the conversation between the two, something unpleasant happened before, so that there was such a big difference in the action plan.

At this moment, Xiao Shifan's cell phone rang.

"Huh? It's...Ye Fei, what's the matter at this time?"

After the mobile phone was connected, even if the public release was not turned on, Lu Ning and Yuan Xi who were very close could hear the screaming voice from inside:
"Brother Xiao! Sister Yuan! Help! Help—"

"Where are you?"

Xiao Shifan asked the most critical question directly.

"I'm driving a motorcycle to the south of Baichuan Road! I just passed a gas station... Lao Song was killed! It, they are chasing me! I can't get rid of it! I was wrong before, please help me ..."

"hold onto."

After saying this, Xiao Shifan stood up, checked the car keys and was about to go out, Yuan Xi grabbed him: "Is your heroism complex at work?"

"I won't do nothing." Xiao Shifan broke away from Yuan Xi, showing a smile, "Don't worry, the good show hasn't started yet, how could the actor leave the stage so easily?"

"stop!"

Yuan Xi grabbed the bag and followed Xiao Shifan angrily.

"You don't have to..."

"If you die, I will come back to report the funeral! How could I have a friend like you!"

Xiao Shifan grinned, smiled happily at Yuan Xi, and then said to Lu Ning: "Then let's leave first, and I will contact you if anything happens."

click.

Lu Ning tapped on the keyboard.

"I've sent you the map near Baichuan Road. Although there are still some problems, they can't be solved until you bring him back alive. Come on."

"You're a nice person too."

The two quickly left to save people. Lu Ning sat in the room, zoomed in on the route of the road, and slowly looked along the road.

"Evergreen Garden...cemetery?"

This is probably the place that seems to be more likely to go wrong on this road.After consulting the information on the Internet, Lu Ning found that this place is really subtle.

This cemetery is jointly managed by the municipal government and Avery Cathedral, and aims to commemorate the martyrs who died in the frontier defense and those who later made outstanding contributions to the construction of Danma City.There is a road leading to the cemetery on the other side of the cemetery, and there are few vehicles except for funerals.The Avery Church undertakes some funeral services, and even a part of the priests rotate to guard the cemetery.

This is actually very strange.

Although the cemetery is a very meaningful place, it is too important to send priests to guard it. Generally speaking, people with reliable backgrounds and courage are enough to be guards. The reason for using insiders... is usually because there are some secrets Don't want to be known by others.

Lu Ning took out her notebook, wrote the cemetery, and drew a line between the cemetery and the church, marking it with notes.This notebook already contains all the suspicious things she has encountered since she came to Danma, and she is not going to add any more for the time being. These investigation tasks are enough:
[Corpse that disappears in a four-year cycle——Danma conceals most of the news (police? Government?)

There should be an association involving metaphysics in Danma - it is suspected that there is an investigation into the crash of a flying saucer 50 years ago - it may be related to matrilineal witchcraft

Frost Day Celebration—Video records have been recorded since 20 years—the person who took the video has a high probability of becoming a missing person(?)
Unknown Cursed Beads

Avery Cathedral - two people with mysterious identities (the male is probably a crow) - low crime rate (?) - cemetery (suspected to have church secrets)
Hospital (to be investigated)

Cannibal Cave on the Mountain (confirmed monster) - Sky Monster (invisible) - Hooded Raider (non-human)

Quests for Seekers and Quests - Exact Influence of Identity Alignment(?)

Cheng Wuling——Why does she know so many things? 】

This note Lu Ning has not shown to anyone, it is something she has been thinking about.It's just that these fragments of information actually contain many seemingly non-conflicting but inexplicable things. She can see the logical relationship behind it, but there is still some information missing.

It's only been a little over two days.

Lu Ning is sure that what she sees is only the news that she should be able to access as her identity, while more "tourists" grasp other things, and this puzzle has to be put together slowly.

Time is running out.

For some reason, such a sentence suddenly crossed her mind, can such news be obtained from these information?Or is it an early warning given by intuition?In other words, just like at the Ghost Villa, being killed by ghosts two days ago will automatically lead to the worst result?

opportunity...

At this moment, there was a rustling sound in the air.

(End of this chapter)