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Chapter 897

The next morning, Deng Kai drove his imported pickup truck, which was also loaded with camping supplies, and headed towards the Queergou Scenic Area, which was almost impossible to find on the in-car map...

  Before leaving, Deng Kai also asked people around to see if there were any recent developments in the Queergou Scenic Area, such as redevelopment. Otherwise, there would be no reason for a guy like Gu Hao who would not do anything without profit to go to such a place.

But what was somewhat surprising was that Deng Kai used all his connections but could not find any information about Queergou. It was just as dead silent as when it closed down, with no signs of being restarted...

The road to Queergou was not difficult to walk on at first. It was not until we got near the scenic spot that the road that was specially built for tourists began to show signs of damage, and weeds grew on the cracked road surface.

Cars could still barely navigate this road condition, but the road ahead was really disappointing. The tall plane trees on both sides of the road had already withered and fallen down because no one had taken care of them for a long time, completely blocking the highway.

After Song Jiang and his companions got off the bus, they took out a tourist map of Queergou that Deng Kai had bought at a high price. After careful comparison, they found that this place was actually not far from the Queergou Scenic Area and could be reached within a few kilometers on foot.

"Let's go. We'll have to walk the rest of the way..." Song Jiang said helplessly.

Deng Kai, who was always reluctant to hike, unexpectedly did not complain at all. Instead, he looked down at the time and said, "If the road ahead is easy... we can arrive there by noon. I wonder how many days Gu Hao has been trapped in there? We must not let him starve to death in there!"

After hearing this, Song Jiang patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, who is Gu Hao? How can he starve to death?! If each of us carries a little more supplies, we will have enough for him."

The reason why Song Jiang was so sure was not because he knew that Gu Hao would not starve to death, but because he knew that even if his body could not withstand the attack, he would definitely find a temporary replacement and would never really die...

At first, Meng Zhe didn't want to carry too many supplies with him. In his opinion, he would just go in and pick up the people and leave, so he wouldn't need so much food and drink at all. But Song Jiang insisted on asking him to bring more.

Because in his opinion, no one can predict what the situation is like inside. What if things are not as simple as Meng Zhe thought? They should be prepared for both situations, right? Otherwise, if Gu Hao is trapped, they can come to rescue him, but if the three of them are trapped inside again, they really have to wait for the Golden Immortal to rescue them before they can get out.

After the three of them took everything they could carry with them, they set off towards the Queergou Scenic Area. As a result, the closer they got to the scenic area, the more the terrain around it changed. Many huge rocks appeared before their eyes as if they were flat on the ground. People couldn't help but suspect that the abandonment of this scenic area seemed to be related to a major geological disaster...

Deng Kai had just turned over a few large rocks blocking the road with his bare hands, and he was already sweating profusely. Under normal circumstances, he would have complained for who knows how long... But now he just panted and said to Song Jiang, "Could this place be abandoned because of a major earthquake or landslide?"

Song Jiang shook his head and said, "There are quite a lot of rumors about Que'ergou on the Internet, but no one has mentioned this information..."

Deng Kai drank up the remaining water in the kettle in one breath, wiped the water from his mouth with his sleeve and said, "It is said that more than 1 billion yuan was invested here, including hotels and restaurants... Although it should not be difficult to make back the investment, it is a pity that it was abandoned in the end."

After hearing this, Song Jiang glanced at the mottled words of Que'ergou Scenic Area not far away and sighed, "Capital has always been used to its full potential and never wasted easily... I think the cost and return of continuing the operation are not proportional, so they chose to give up without hesitation." As they were talking, the three of them had already arrived at the main entrance of Que'ergou Scenic Area. From the open paid parking lot next to it, it was not difficult to see the scenery here in the past. It was a pity that it was now overgrown with weeds, a desolate scene...

Deng Kai glanced at the price list next to the parking lot and couldn't help but sigh, "8 yuan an hour, how shady... I estimate the contract fee for this place was at least a million!"

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a strange noise suddenly came from the weeds in the parking lot that were more than a person tall. Deng Kai was so scared that he jumped behind Meng Zhe... He also knew that when Gu Hao was not around, Meng Zhe was the only one with the strongest fighting ability left.

At the same time, a wild boar with black stripes on its back came out from the weeds and stared at the three people. For a moment, both the people and the pig seemed to be quite surprised, so they all stared at each other...

Just when Meng Zhe started thinking about whether to have some grilled pork chops in the evening, the little thing seemed to suddenly sense a hint of danger, and then ran away without looking back, screaming at the top of its lungs as it ran.

"Look how scared you are of the little pig..." Song Jiang said with a helpless smile.

Meng Zhe said innocently, "I didn't do anything... At most, I thought about it turning into a pork chop."

Of course, Deng Kai was the most embarrassed, so he quickly said something else, "Haha...it seems that the environment here is not bad, and the wild animals have come back to make a living."

Then Song Jiang took the lead and walked into the main gate of the scenic area. He remembered that Zhou Shiwu had said before that all ghosts and people who possessed other people’s bodies could either not come in or could not leave this place... If that was the case, how did Gu Hao get in?

Thinking of this, he looked at Meng Zhe who came in right after him and asked, "How is it? How do you feel?"

In fact, the moment Meng Zhe stepped through the gate, he felt the existence of a barrier. It was very tiny... Almost negligible for a righteous god like him, but it was indeed very powerful for evil spirits.

Hearing Song Jiang asking him, Meng Zhe said in a deep voice, "There is indeed a barrier... I just don't know if it is to protect against things inside or outside."

Judging from the situation here, the evacuation back then did not seem to be very orderly. Some stalls selling snacks and toys were still displaying cheap goods that were sold to tourists back then. From the thick layer of dust on them, it is not difficult to see that they seemed to have been forgotten in the ruins of time...

Deng Kai then picked up a bottle of soda from a cold drink stand and shook it vigorously, then looked at the production date on it and said, "It was produced twelve years ago... It's already expired ten years ago."