Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 432 It’s dawn (first update)
The second child saw Xing Yun raising his head and squinting at the sky. He was really startled. He tried to touch Xing Yun's forehead. Xing Yun asked in confusion: "Can't you see it? It's dawn, and there is the sun in the sky!"

Everyone looked at Xing Yun in surprise. Xu Da couldn't help but vomited a mouthful of blood. Then he stretched out his hands to cover his eyes and said in a hoarse voice: "It's really dawn!"

Gu You looked around, and what he saw was still darkness.

"Is it possible that Brother Wu wants to take me with him?" Xu Da put down his hand and looked at the blue sky expectantly.

There was a 'crash'.

There was movement on the water surface. Several people looked towards the river and saw Wu Chen slowly walking over from the river carrying Xing Yun's long sword.

Gu You's nose was sore and he almost cried. He shouted with a choked voice, "Come back and take a look. I'm afraid Xing Yun and Xu Da are not going to survive."

Wu Chen wiped the water on his face and said, "What they saw is real, you three can't see it now."

Wu Chen walked ashore and sat down on the shore.

Gu You didn't understand, so he asked again: "What did you mean by just now?"

Wu Chen pointed at Xing Yun and Xu Da who were stunned and said, "They are normal, but you three are not."

"It's...is it really dawn?" the boss asked.

Wu Chen nodded and said:
"When you swam over before, I also knocked the water ghosts out of the river, but they were fine at that time. Just now I wanted to split the illusionary scene and shook the water ghosts out. They immediately turned into black smoke. I didn’t know why at the time, I had just fallen into the river and almost choked to death. It was precisely because of the choke that I saw the light on the river, and then I understood why they disappeared into ashes."

"You mean, the three of us have to go into the river and... choke for a while? Is the night the illusion they gave us?" Gu You asked with a trembling voice.

"There should be something in the river that covered our eyes. If we choked on it, it would disappear." Wu Chen stood up as he spoke: "You three will pick at your throats and see if you can spit it out."

Gu You, the boss and the second child are busy doing what they are told.

Xing Yun asked: "Why did Xu Da and I vomit blood?"

Wu Chen looked up at the mountain and said, "You happened to be injured by that hair in your throat, and there will naturally be blood in the vomit."

"We spit out water after we landed, but I didn't see the sun at that time." Xu Da said.

Wu Chen said:
"I sank to the bottom of the river. Although I couldn't move, I still knew how to hold my breath. But over time, I definitely couldn't bear it. I choked a few times and my arms and legs were able to move. When I looked at the water again, it became bright. I didn't vomit blood, so I let them The three of them will pick it up and spit it out. If it works, we can't let them go into the water, right? I don't have the strength to do it again, it's too dangerous."

Xing Yun breathed a long sigh of relief and said:
"I hope you're okay. You really scared me just now. Xu Da no matter what, he wanted to plunge into the river. I looked at Gu You and he was also eager to try. I was still thinking at the time, if you really died in the river, I would go down and accompany you. you!"

"Stop talking nonsense! I've been underwater for enough time for a normal person to die several times. How do you determine whether I'm dead or not?"

"That hair is really scary, otherwise I wouldn't have waited for Xu to go there, I would have gone there long ago."

"Let me tell you what's good about you? What can you do if you follow me if your brother is dragged down?"

"I didn't even think about it at the time..."

Wu Chen and Xing Yun were talking when they heard the sound of retching. Wu Chen looked at Gu You and the others, and was about to think of another way. Gu You stretched out his hand to cover his eyes and said, "It's really dawn." Followed by the boss and the second child, he also covered his eyes. Close your eyes.

Wu Chen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You can see the light, and the road behind us will be easier to walk."

"The three of them retched twice and it worked?" Xing Yun asked unwillingly.

"What do you mean?" Gu You let go of his hand and asked with squinting eyes: "You have to vomit blood like you to be safe?"

Wu Chen said: "Just wait for me, I'll be back soon."

After saying that, Wu Chen flew up.

Xing Yun asked loudly: "What are you doing? What will happen if your hair comes out again?"

Xu Da pulled Xing Yun closer to the edge of the mountain and said:

"You go further in first. I'm thinking that the things in the river should be very afraid of light. I see that the sun is now at Chen hour, and the sun will shine more and more as it goes by. Those things will sink to the bottom of the water and dare not show their heads. ”

"It makes sense! I think after a while, there is no need to vomit or vomit at all, and we will naturally see the sun." Wu Chen stood on the shore again.

Xing Yun hurriedly asked: "What have you been doing?"

"I'm going to take a look at the hole just now. I suspected that we were in an illusion before, because the hole is very neat. It doesn't look like I made it, but it seems like it was originally there..."

"What can you see?" Xing Yun asked anxiously.

"That cave looked like a cave in the dark, but it was actually a painted iron cage with some stones placed around it. I was still wondering last night whether the big stone that poked out of the cave entrance could be easily recovered. What kind of material is the device in the cave made of? Now I know that the big stone is fake, filled with iron rods to support it, wrapped in soil and gravel on the outside, and then colored. It is difficult to identify in the dark. I The iron rod was exposed when the palm hit, but I didn't see it clearly..."

"You can even see the size and depth of the birthmark on the sole of your right foot in the dark. Why can't you see clearly now?" Xing Yun asked angrily.

"I can see clearly if I pay attention, but I can't see clearly if I don't pay attention. The hole is also surrounded by iron bars, and the outside is covered with gravel and soil. My strength did knock off the gravel and the iron plate. The iron plate was deformed, but the iron plate was painted. I just looked at it and thought it was strange, but I didn't touch it with my hands, so I was easily deceived. If we really said we were inside, they only needed to lower the iron gate. Then sink the iron cage into the water, and you will have fully confessed."

Gu You and others took a breath, but Xing Yun asked: "Since you can live, you will naturally save us..."

"You're talking lightly, who should be saved or not? How long can you hold on with your long hair suffocating your throat? If I want to break open the iron cage, I will definitely use my strength. You don't need to be strangled to death, you will die directly to me. In my hands, those hairs will not only strangle my neck, but also get into my nostrils, eyes, ears, and mouth. If I just take one step slower, it will be useless even if I drain all the blood from my body!"

"Have you seen those eyes, are they still there?" Gu You asked.

"I've said before that you won't be able to see it when it's daylight. It's just something that uses the darkness of night to scare people. Compared to that long hair..."

Xing Yun shrank his neck and said, "Stop talking, I can't think about that long hair right now... Oh, let's hurry on, the people in Shuangxi Village are impatient!"

Wu Chen smiled and said, "They are getting anxious. They expected us to die here... Let's go and see if we can catch up with their breakfast. No, it's time for us to have lunch when we arrive."

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(End of this chapter)