death

Chapter 50
I didn't ask any more about the ten supernatural beings, because I knew he wouldn't say anything in the future.

After a while, Tian Sihan pointed me to a road and told me to drive on that road. I saw that the road was going to the southwestern part of Hunan, so I asked him the specific address of the case we went to solve this time. Where.

Tian Sihan didn't answer me directly, but asked me if I knew "Toad Cave".

Toad Cave, I really know this. When I was a freshman, I read a book on humanities and history. It mentioned "Toad Cave" in the description of ancient humans. The remains left by humans, including stone tools, crop seeds, fossils of animal bones, and fossils of some insects, etc., are of great value to the study of the progress of human civilization.

After I told the situation, Tian Sihan smiled and said: "Not bad, not bad, you really know a lot, the place we are going this time is the Toad Cave. A migration site, because the structure of the cave there is somewhat similar to that of the Toad Cave, so we also call it the Toad Cave.”

Migration place! ?

Ancient humans lived in a cave, and if the conditions were right, they would multiply rapidly, causing the cave to be unable to accommodate it, and the extra part would likely find other suitable places to migrate there.

After thinking about this, I asked where they moved to.

Tian Sihan said: "The address of Hama Cave is in Shouyan Town, Dao County, but their migratory place is in the deep mountains hundreds of miles north of Shouyan Town. It was discovered only recently, but during the excavation process There are some problems in the book, so I need my help to take a look, and bring you two laymen along the way."

At this time, I have gradually become familiar with the situation of the car, and the speed of the car has also increased significantly.

I asked Tian Sihan what kind of problems appeared during the excavation process.

He said: "Have you forgotten the name of this case? The place where the Gu was buried. They found the Gu insect during the excavation process. Someone over there will explain the details to you. Now you can drive with peace of mind."

Our car first arrived at Dao County, then went west to Shouyan Town, and then went north from Shouyan Town. The car passed many villages, and then slowly drove into the deep mountains.

After driving another distance, the car couldn't continue driving. There were more than a dozen horses, a few tents, and six or seven middle-aged people in the place where we parked.

After we parked the car, Tian Sihan went to communicate with those people, and after a few words, he led three horses over, and the three of us rode the horses and continued walking into the deep mountains.

I asked Tian Sihan if those people belonged to the Supernatural Bureau.

Tian Sihan shook his head and said: "They are just from the archaeological team, and have nothing to do with the Supernatural Bureau. I am not talking to them as a Supernatural Bureau, but as an insect expert. We are going to study insects this time."

Speaking of which, Tian Sihan smiled, as if there was nothing to worry about this case.

He already has a plan in mind.

We rode into the mountains, and Mai Xiaorou didn't speak a word all the way. I knew that what happened to Grandpa Mai had hit her too hard. Even if she cheered up, the sadness in her heart would not be wiped out so easily.

I took the initiative to say a few words to Mai Xiaorou, and she dealt with me without saying a word.

We set off from Zhaikou Village in the evening, and it was late at night when we arrived here, so I was quite tired. After riding the horse for a while and getting familiar with the rhythm of the horse, I began to take a nap on the horse's back.

Mai Xiaorou slept all the way in the car, and now she is not so sleepy, she kept looking around.

Tian Sihan walked in the front and led the way, and the journey was fairly peaceful.

The horse is wobbly, and it’s okay to take a nap. If I really fall asleep, I still can’t do it. A few times I almost fell off the horse because of the nap.

After walking for more than 40 minutes, we saw a bright light ahead, and Tian Sihan said: "The front is the camp where the archaeological team stayed here, and we are here."

After a while we arrived at the camp, a man and a woman, and an old man with white hair came out of the tent to pick us up.

The old man said first: "My surname is Ma, and I am the person in charge of this excavation work. Those two are my students, Xiao Jin and Xiao Zhou."

He pointed casually, and I didn't know who was Xiao Jin and who was Xiao Zhou among the man and woman.

Tian Sihan also introduced us. He said that he is an expert in insects, and Mai Xiaorou and I are his assistants.

After Tian Sihan finished his introduction, the young man behind old man Ma said: "Aren't you insect experts? Why didn't I see you bring relevant equipment? What's the difference between you so lightly packed and empty-handed? How can you help us solve this problem?" Those bugs are very powerful, they will bite people to death."

As he said that, the man showed a look of horror.

Indeed, Mai Xiaorou and I carried a bag alone. Tian Sihan didn't even carry a bag, but there were two small bamboo tubes in the pockets of his white coat. It doesn't match up at all.

After the man finished speaking, old man Ma immediately said: "Xiao Jin, what are you talking about? Stand aside, experts will naturally have expert methods."

The man called Xiaojin was still a little unconvinced and said to the old man Ma: "Professor, we have invested so much here. Leader He was poisoned to death after being bitten by insects. Deputy Team Yang was sent to the hospital for treatment. Now his life and death are uncertain. We ask that the reinforcements sent should be experts with advanced pest control equipment, not to let them travel around the mountains."

Xiaojin was a little emotional, but I can understand it, after all, their archaeological team lost their lives.

The woman named Xiao Zhou went over to grab Xiao Jin and said, "Since the higher authorities arranged for them to come here, they must have some advantages. Maybe they really have a way to deal with those bugs. Besides, those bugs will kill people." Yes, they won't make fun of their own lives."

Hearing what Xiao Zhou said, Xiao Jin hummed and said, "I hope so!"

Professor Ma said to us: "Xiaojin is a little emotional when this happened to the archaeological team. I hope you don't care about it."

Tian Sihan shook his head and said: "I don't care about these things. I came here in a hurry this time, and I don't know much about the situation on your side. In this way, you first tell me the ins and outs of the bugs you encountered. Then I will analyze how to solve this matter."

While talking, Professor Ma invited us into a tent and poured us each a cup of hot water.

After taking a sip of hot water, I immediately felt much warmer on my body.

Then Professor Ma told us: "I specialize in the research of Toad Cave. A large number of stone tools, semi-fossils of crops and animals were found in Toad Cave. , should be regarded as rich, and they must multiply quickly, the Toad Cave is not very big, it is impossible to accommodate too many ancient people, so there will either be ancient villages appearing nearby, or some ancient people will migrate away from here."

"After years of research, I really discovered the possibility of the latter. After several years of research, we gradually determined the direction and approximate location of the migration, and then organized this 14-member archaeological team to enter the mountain. inspection."

"When we came here, we were full of enthusiasm. Not long after we entered the mountain, we made a major discovery. Those ancient humans who migrated from the Toad Cave did not simply continue the way of living in caves at the Toad Cave, but learned to build villages. Stone tools, bone tools, and some other daily necessities of ancient people were found in a rather large area."

"This is a typical feature of ancient villages. Unlike ancient cave dwellers, their daily necessities are concentrated in caves or in a small area nearby."

"At that time, I even felt that after the migration of the ancient humans in Hama Cave, they did not experience the cave age, but directly improved."

"But later we found another cave in the middle of this village. The structure of that cave is very similar to that of Toad Cave, and it was not formed naturally, but was dug artificially."

"I suddenly felt that those ancient humans who migrated here, after they arrived here, they first found a suitable mountain and dug caves, trying to imitate the life on the other side of Hama Cave, and then slowly progressed to a village. of."

"But I didn't expect my estimate to be wrong again. After examining the man-made imitation toad cave, we found that the toad cave didn't seem to be used for living, because we didn't find any ancient human daily necessities inside. .”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but say: "Maybe they moved out the things in the cave after they developed a village. Before there was a village, people lived here, maybe it is!"

Professor Ma said: "We have naturally considered the possibility you mentioned, so we carried out further excavations on the imitation toad cave. We want to find more discoveries to support our speculation."

"But something went wrong with this excavation. I didn't know what I encountered at the time. A large number of bugs came out of the ground and in the cracks of the wall. Fortunately, the two team leaders discovered it in time and let us all retreat. Unfortunately, they were killed. Those insects were bitten, and the leader He was killed on the spot, and the deputy Yang was seriously injured and unconscious, and was sent for treatment."

"Because we are working in winter now, we don't have any mosquito repellent at all, so we can only ask for help from above."

Hearing this, Tian Sihan nodded and said, "After those two people were bitten by insects, how did they react, and did they have any changes in their bodies?"

Professor Ma said: "Leader He died immediately. His whole body turned grass-blue, green liquid flowed from his eyes and nose, and the gap between his teeth turned green. His eyes were wide open and his eyeballs were shriveled. .”

"Vice-captain Yang is better. His body is purple and blue, but he still has breathing and pulse, so we sent Vice-captain Yang to the doctor in time. Leader He's body was also sent away."

Hearing this, Tian Sihan immediately took out his mobile phone and went to the side to make a call. He probably meant to send a special person to control Deputy Team Yang, and then send Team Leader He's body to a certain place by the way.

After Tian Sihan finished the call, Xiao Jin immediately asked Tian Sihan why he did this.

Tian Sihan hummed and said, "If you don't do this, after a while, the two of them will become a nest of bugs."

Then Tian Sihan asked how far our camp was from the imitation toad hole.

Professor Ma said that for safety reasons, their camp was about one kilometer away from the cave.

Tian Sihan pointed to me and Mai Xiaoju and said: "You two come with me, catch the bugs!"

(End of this chapter)