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Chapter 8 Ghost Signal, Flying Eagle Owl

Chapter 8 Ghost Signal, Flying Eagle Owl
After dinner, we began to arrange the order of night shifts.

Gu Bai waited in line until late at night.

After arranging the night duty order, Gu Bai simply spread some dry grass and branches on the large bluestone that had been burned dry and hot, and fell asleep on it in the residual warmth of the ashes.

When Gu Bai woke up, it was already late at night.

Shirley Yang is on night duty now.

Shirley Yang was sitting next to the campfire, adding some twigs to the fire from time to time while looking at the dark woods around her.

There was thunderous snoring next to them. Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi, who were both carefree, had already fallen asleep.

Gu Bai sat up slowly.

"Gu Bai, don't you want to continue sleeping for a while? It's not time for the shift change yet." Shirley Yang looked at Gu Bai and said caringly.

Gu Bai smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm not sleepy."

The two of them chatted idly.

The dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipated, and the bright moonlight shone down.

There was a hint of light in the woods outside the banyan tree.

Gu Bai finally heard the long-awaited voice coming from the banyan tree.

Shirley Yang's eyelids began to twitch.

Gu Bai pulled out a machete to clear the way.

Shirley Yang was a little surprised when she saw it.

Gu Bai pointed to the big banyan tree next to him, and then pointed to his own ears.

Shirley Yang is also a vigilant person. Although she does not have the sharp hearing of her grandfather Partridge Whistle, who is like a night watchdog, her hearing is much sharper than that of ordinary people.

In the quiet jungle in the second half of the night, there was a very clear knocking sound.

The source of the sound was the big banyan tree.

Shirley Yang's face turned pale.

The knocking sounds sounded extremely strange.

It was definitely not the sound of a woodpecker.

Instead, it seemed like there was something inside the trunk of the banyan tree, constantly hitting the trunk.

Shirley Yang came closer to Gu Bai.

"These two husband and wife trees must be hollow."

"As this kind of banyan tree grows older, the middle part will be absorbed by the parasitic plants and rot."

“Is there some evil spirit knocking inside the tree trunk?”

After seeing many human skin figurines and the corpses of bandits trapped at the foot of Zhalong Mountain during the day, Shirley Yang was obviously a little scared and couldn't help but move closer to Gu Bai.

At this time, Hu Bayi, who was sleeping by the campfire, also woke up.

Hu Bayi dazedly saw Gu Bai and Shirley Yang sitting together. He struggled to get up and was about to ask.

Unexpectedly, Gu Bai and Shirley Yang both put their fingers on their lips at the same time.

Then Gu Bai pointed to the big banyan tree behind Hu Bayi.

Within a minute, Hu Bayi's expression changed.

Hu Bayi, who came from a military background, was also very motivated. He immediately reached for the Jianwei air rifle and slowly pulled the bolt.

At the same time, he fumbled inside the luggage bag and actually took out a round object.

Gu Bai took a look in the light of the fire and saw that it was actually a black donkey hoof...

Apparently Hu Bayi also thought the knocking sound was something evil.

"Lao Hu, Gu Bai, there is someone in this tree."

After listening for a while, Shirley Yang finally said it affirmatively, while also tightening her grip on the pistol.

Hu Bayi was stunned. "Human? How do you know it's a human? Could it be an animal?"

Shirley Yang shook her head. "It's a person. Listen carefully, the knocking sounds are very regular. Three short, three long, three short, beep beep beep, da~da~da~, beep beep beep..."

Hu Bayi was confused by Shirley Yang's dripping voice.

But Gu Bai understood.

"Morse code?"

Shirley Yang nodded, "Yes, it's Morse code. Three short, three long, and three short means SOS, the international distress signal."

Hearing this, Hu Bayi's hair stood on end.

"A distress signal? Doesn't that mean someone is trapped inside the tree trunk?"

Shirley Yang shook her head. "This area is sparsely populated. Even the villagers outside Zhalong Mountain don't come in. I'm afraid the person asking for help in the tree trunk is not a human..."

"If not a human, then what is it?" Hu Bayi asked, then his face turned pale.

If it's not a human, then it can only be a ghost.

Gu Bai felt a little anxious when he heard the two people chatting animatedly.

"Whatever it is, I'll just go up and take a look."

Of course Gu Bai knew that there was something on top of the tree canopy.

At the moment, Gu Bai had the Little Green Snake on him and several skills, and he didn't want Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang to take the risk, so he volunteered.

Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Hu Bayi.

"Gu Bai can't go, this might be a ghost signal."

Hu Bayi then explained that he had heard rumors about ghost signals when he was in the army.

It is said that the troops on the front line sometimes receive some strange radio signals.

Some are requests for help, some are warnings.

Sometimes the troops would think that a brother unit was in trouble or something like that.

But if we really go to search for support, even the troops going to support will disappear.

Later, it was rumored that these were signals sent by ghosts, specifically to seduce people.

Of course Gu Bai knew that Hu Bayi was talking nonsense, but Hu Bayi had good intentions.

Finally, it was decided that Gu Bai and Hu Bayi would go up together, while Shirley Yang and Fatty would stand guard under the tree. When it came time to climb the tree, Gu Bai was agile and still climbed above Hu Bayi.

Soon Gu Bai reached the top of the tree.

"There's a plane wreckage in the tree!"

Following Gu Bai's shout, Shirley Yang, who was originally guarding under the tree, could no longer stay there and quickly climbed up.

Fatty Wang was strictly prohibited from climbing trees due to his weight.

Once in the tree, Shirley Young quickly identified the plane as an American transport aircraft.

Hu Bayi, who came from a military background, quickly determined that it was most likely an American transport plane that flew into the country via Myanmar during World War II.

Gu Bai's mind was not on the conversation between Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang, but on the location of the cockpit of the wreckage of the plane.

"Gu Bai, there might be something useful in this transport plane. We can still use it. Let's go inside the cabin and take a look."

Hu Bayi said to Gu Bai.

Gu Bai pointed to the cockpit.

"Listen, you guys."

Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang stopped.

Soon the clear knocking sound appeared in the night sky again.

And this time it was even closer.

All three people could hear clearly that the source of the sound was inside the cabin of the plane.

The brave general of Hu Bayi's unit became excited. He drew out his paratrooper knife, cut the vines wrapped around the wreckage of the plane, and was about to go in to see what was going on.

Shirley Yang was worried that something might happen to Hu Bayi, so she gripped her pistol tightly and followed him.

Gu Bai didn't move.

It’s not that Gu Bai is afraid.

But Gu Bai felt something was not right.

There is something inside the plane wreckage.

Gu Bai knew it.

But Gu Bai felt that there might be more than one thing in the cabin.

Because the knocking sounds just now were not three short, three long and three short!

Something else exists somewhere else.

"Be careful, this plane wreckage is a bit evil!"

Gu Bai reminded.

Neither Hu Bayi nor Shirley Yang are reckless people.

The two people quickly entered the aircraft cabin.

Inside the cockpit of the wreckage were the pilot's bones.

He was wearing the uniform of the M Army and a helmet on his head.

Only white bones were exposed outside the uniform.

Apparently it had turned into a skeleton in the jungle.

The helmeted head hangs on the chest at a weird angle, and it looks like it cannot be done by a living person.

Hu Bayi walked in front carefully, holding a paratrooper knife.

At this moment, the knocking sound sounded again.

Then the pilot's helmet moved.

Gu Bai, who was standing outside, also saw it.

This time, Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang were frightened.

The two people were about to retreat.

The pilot's helmet actually came up.

It felt like the pilot who had been reduced to a dead skeleton came to life again and was struggling to get up.

Then the pilot's helmet actually came up.

Two golden lights flashed inside.

When these big eyes appeared, Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang were scared.

Seeing something like this appear in a dead man's helmet in the middle of the night would make even a veteran like Hu Bayi, who had experienced life and death, break out in a cold sweat.

Shirley Young had her pistol raised.

Just as he was about to shoot, a big bird fluttered up from the pilot's corpse.

The helmet rolled to the ground.

The big bird has a curved beak that is extremely sharp.

A pair of sharp claws like iron hooks.

The wingspan is nearly two meters.

And she was extremely brave. When she saw Hu Bayi, Shirley Yang immediately grabbed him with her claws.

Hu Bayi reacted quickly and blocked with the paratrooper knife in his hand, and the tip of the knife scratched off a few feathers.

The big bird screamed and flew into the night sky again.

Shirley Yang aimed the pistol for a long time and finally put it down.

The big bird flies away too fast, and the accuracy of the pistol is poor, making it difficult to shoot.

Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang were shocked.