Mysterious creature sightings

After a good night's sleep, Lin Zheng woke up feeling refreshed. When he opened his eyes, as expected, there was no one in his arms.

He didn't react at all. He quietly looked at the Erhai Lake outside the car window for a while, then started the car and headed for his destination.

The thing about the blood-sucking blanket is true. The Special Investigation Office will investigate today. Lin Jia and the others set off from the base. He has been here for several hours and it is time to go.

This sighting took place by a river near a dense forest in Xishuangbanna. There is a village nearby. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The mud buildings retain the style of a hundred years ago. Most of the working men and women wear ethnic minority costumes.

Taking advantage of the good sunshine, they worked on the empty dam and basked in the sun while chatting. What they said was not very understandable.

Big G drove in, completely out of place. The people stared at him and discussed in low voices who this handsome young man was.

When Lin Zheng got out of the car, someone asked him in dialect what he was doing.

"I heard that someone saw a monster by the river?" Lin Zheng asked.

The person who asked the question quickly nodded, put down what he was holding and led the way.

After walking through the flat mud path, there is a small hillside. Standing on it, you can see the roaring Lancang River in the distance, with vast primeval forests on both sides, and the impact of water mist covers the lush vegetation.

Stepping into the bordering dense forest, the ground is covered with a thick layer of dead leaves. When you step on them, there is a slight crushing sound. It is somewhat obvious in this silent forest. Mixed with the rotten and dry smell that can be smelled on the tip of your nose, you can be sure that this place must be. Few people set foot there.

The appearance of mysterious creatures is perfectly normal.

"Just in front, Yanka went fishing that day, and the bait he put was a freshly peeled gram. Maybe it was because the blood was fresh. He didn't catch any small fish or shrimp, but he caught a square, mossy roll.

The fishhook was hooked below, and the roll was wrapped up in pain, revealing the eyes on one corner, which were shining. Yanka was so frightened that he didn't even want to drop the fishing rod anymore, and he even rolled around and ran like crazy. The roll came back and yelled again. After I came out, I started to have a fever that night and started talking nonsense. "

When he mentioned "Di Juanzi", he was afraid that he would not be unfamiliar with it.

The legend of the vampire blanket has been circulating in the Xishuangbanna area for a long time. It became even more popular in 2000 after two suspected vampire blanket crimes were committed. The vampire blanket, also known as the ground roll, is described as mysterious and terrifying.

However, more than ten years had passed since the last sighting, and just when everyone had almost forgotten about it, the vampire blanket appeared again.

Lin Zheng walked to the good fishing spot he pointed out, checked it briefly, and then scanned it with a portable device.

"The fishing rod is missing. Did someone come and take it away?"

"No, no! He was gone the day before yesterday when he led the way to the police."

"It might have been dragged down. Did Yanka tell you whether the fishhook was hooked too deep? If it was deep, the fishhook might still be hanging on that thing."

"Deep! He was dragged out of the water by hooking the roll on the ground, it must be deep!"

There was a paper on the left and a paper on the right. They had no idea what kind of creature it was or whether the legend was true. In their eyes, the paper was probably the same as a biting bitch from the same village. They just needed to let the police find and arrest them. Just go.

After all, Yunnan is a place where all kinds of mysterious legends frequently occur. In a place where everyone believes in Gu bugs, a blood-sucking blanket is not worth making a fuss about.

It just so happens that the Special Administrative Office no longer has to go out of its way to promote the statement that "the world is scientific, and biology definitely belongs to science."

Lin Zheng nodded, took out the detector, and asked the person leading the way to pick up Lin Jia and the others.

He stayed alone on the shore, detecting water pollutants, scanning large life forms, and simulating the angles of witnesses...

A lot of work.

By the time Lin Jia and the others arrived, he had already reached a preliminary conclusion.

"The legend of the vampire blanket has been around for decades. It is described as a flat vampire monster with green fluff on its back and a bowl-shaped sucker on its abdomen. It has four corners, one corner is the eye and the other is the tail. There are two wings on both sides, which look like a blanket. Once it wraps up its prey, it will immediately peel off the opponent's hair and skin and drain the prey's blood."

"The water here has low pollution and the river is deep, so it should be a livable place for it. However, witnesses did not detect many bones within the range of fishing rods, and there were no blanket-like life forms. It can be guessed that it is not.' "Live here." "If its habits are similar to other creatures, it will return to a safe nest when frightened. If the fishhook is still on it, then we can find it by looking for the fishing rod."

Lin Jia and Xu Jiayan nodded. Xu Jiayan put instruments into the water and said, "It's another monster that has been passed down from generation to generation. The locals just want to deal with the monster members who committed the crime. People who want to know whether it exists have become us."

After moving the instruments, he said with emotion: "Suddenly I felt that the work I was doing was quite meaningful. When I was a child, I read "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" and wanted to know whether those mythical creatures really existed."

Jiang Yuxing pinched his throat and said, "I want to be an astronaut when I grow up. My grandparents are very happy. They give me my favorite Xizhilang jelly~"

Xu Jiayan: "...are you cheap or not?"

Lin Jia: "If your mental illness is not cured, I can kick you down to fish for the fishing rod."

Jiang Yuxing: "It's not me who is bad."

Lin Zheng: "Well, you are just right."

Jiang Yuxing: "..."

Let’s talk about business.

"People who have previously studied the legend of the vampire carpet have made speculations: based on its ability to suck blood, it may be a mutant of a vampire bat or a giant locust, but their size will not reach the legendary one or two meters long; based on their appearance, , it is most likely a Laotian stingray, which is a type of manta ray. The stingray on the tail of the manta ray happens to be poisonous and will pierce into the prey and leave holes, but it does not grow green hair and does not suck blood."

Xu Jiayan: "It is also said to be from the octopus family. There are not many creatures with suckers, or flying squid, but the possibility is not as high as the Laotian stingray."

"No matter what it is, it shouldn't have any special abilities, and it shouldn't be very courageous. Don't shoot at important parts after you find it. Capturing is not the only purpose." Lin Zheng took out a set of special guns, which were filled with anesthetics.

Lin Jia and the other three suddenly turned around and stared at him.

He raised his eyes and asked, "What?"

Lin Jia: "In the past two months, you have been to the Museum of Life, and have you been moved by the theme of the harmonious coexistence of humans and living things popularized by the commentators?"

Jiang Yuxing: “Or have you gone to the zoo’s birthing room to see too much of the beginning and end of life?”

Lin Zheng didn't answer such boring questions. He lowered his head and continued to prepare the powerful anesthesia gun with a calm expression.

They get it. This person had not been to a life museum. He must have found someone. Looking at Qian Fan Guo's peaceful attitude, his whole person seemed to be emitting Buddha light. They suspected that if they burned it on the spot, they would be able to burn the relics.

The instrument had been put into the water and he was waiting for the results. Jiang Yuxing couldn't help but be curious. He glanced at Lin Zheng from the corner of his eye, leaned closer and asked in a low voice: "Did you find...? What happened this month?"

Lin Zheng glanced at him, raised his chin and said, "It seems like something has been detected."

Jiang Yuxing hurriedly checked, and the radar detector showed a large restless fish on the edge of the maximum detection range, which seemed to be ready to rush towards them.

"Is it a giant tiger? Did the signal from the detector stimulate it?" Lin Zheng frowned as he looked at the scanned image.

The giant fish can be regarded as the largest freshwater fish in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin. In the past few decades, it has been regarded as a man-eating water monster. However, the ecological environment has been poor in recent years, and the giant turtle has almost disappeared.

Even if it's not extinct yet, why does it appear here and behave so strangely?

Jiang Yuxing asked these two questions, intending to bring the fish closer to investigate carefully.

"Stupid. It ate the vampire blanket and didn't chew it up. Now they are competing, both trying to kill each other."

Suddenly a voice came from behind, like a spectator who had been there for a long time and could no longer stand the angler's stupid nest-making skills.

Lin Zheng and the others turned around in excitement and saw Ling Jiangyue wearing a beautiful straw hat standing ten meters away. He didn't know how long he had been here. He held a flower cake in his hand. After speaking, he took a bite, wrinkled his face and finished eating. ——

"The catfish monster is very angry now. If you don't stand far away, you may be swallowed alive by it and make the blood-sucking blanket your roommate."