In this small and unknown mountain village in the Trans-Khing'an Mountains, Dongcun was attacked by huge strange creatures two months ago, leaving more than 180 people missing and houses razed to the ground.

Clues found from the scene indicate that the strange creature that committed the murder was a huge snake creature.

And now, in front of Lin Shuo's four people, at the entrance of the West Village, there is actually a big snake!

Even if it was just coiled, it would be as tall as two stories!

Liu Qing, who was born in the Chinese Special Forces Sniper Brigade, had a backhand into the backpack behind him while his pupils contracted violently.

In the backpack, there is a Colt M2000 pistol with fifteen rounds of spare ammunition.

This was the only weapon that the four of them brought down the mountain, and it was originally just just in case, and the hiding place was not so easy.

But Liu Qing still touched the gun for the first time, such a big target, Liu Qing was sure that he had no missing shots.

But this has already touched the hand of the gun, but Liu Qing can't pull it back.

Because her wrist had been grabbed by Lin Shuo's lightning reach.

Liu Qing subconsciously struggled and didn't break free.

"What are you doing?" Liu Qing looked at Lin Shuo.

"What are you doing?" Lin Shuo looked at her with raised eyelids and asked rhetorically.

"Snake!" Liu Qing said in amazement.

"Look carefully. Lin Shuo said lightly.

Seeing Lin Shuo's calm expression, Liu Qing's mind also stabilized, and he carefully looked at the big snake more than two hundred meters in front of him.

"Why is it motionless?" Liu Qing also began to feel that something was wrong.

"Vice Captain Liu. Yang Tuo lifted his glasses and sighed, "Which snake have you ever seen, the snake skin structure is the same as the bark of a tree, pimples." ”

"That's the bark. Lin Shuo said, "Fake." ”

The tense muscles in Liu Qing's whole body finally relaxed, and she could see it clearly.

It is a fake snake, just like the Chinese dragon dance, the difference is that the Chinese paper dragon dance is made of paper, and this snake is made of tree bark.

But it's really like it, and from a distance, it's like the real thing.

"This villager, why do you put a fake snake at the entrance of the village if you have nothing to do?" Liu Qing couldn't help but say angrily, "I'm scared to death." ”

"I was just attacked by a snake, and I put a snake at the entrance of the village. Yang Tuo was also puzzled, "What kind of logic is this?"

Lin Shuo let go of Liu Qing's wrist and said, "Go in and ask, won't you know?"

......

There was no movement in this village from a distance, and as soon as Lin Shuo and the four of them came in, they found that it was quite lively.

This kind of bustle is not noisy, but the kind of constant busyness. Families were busy going in and out, as if they were planning something.

A pig cries to break the hectic silence.

In the third yard they passed, Lin Shuo was killing pigs.

Five young men held down the big white pig that was constantly struggling on the board.

An old man in his early sixties walked out of the door of the main house with his hands behind his back, glanced at the scene inside and outside the yard, and did not care about the killing of pigs in the yard.

He carried a bamboo chair to the gate of the courtyard, took off the dry tobacco stick pinned to his waist, lit it with a match, sat down and smoked, squinted his eyes, and began to look up and down at the four Lin Shuo standing outside the gate of the courtyard.

"Hello uncle. Anne hurriedly greeted.

"Where's the fight?" asked the old man, taking a few puffs of his cigarette.

It is only 20 kilometers away from Heilongjiang, and the local dialect is still a big ballast flavor of Northeast China.

Anne slipped a mouthful of Beijing films: "We are mountaineers from China, aren't we lost here?

"Yo, from across the river. That's a good fit for you. The old man complimented, and then asked, "Forty miles to the southeast, there is a small town on the side of the Heilongjiang River called Jialinda, where are you from?"

"yes. Anne nodded.

"Spent the night in the mountains?"

"Hmm. ”

"Look at you, you who have fine skin and tender flesh, but you can endure hardship. From here, to the north, there is another village, which is a little bigger than here. But it's more than forty miles away from here, and you can't go in one breath. ”

As he spoke, the pigs in the yard crowed louder and louder. The old man glanced at the courtyard, his face stiffened.

The big white pig had actually broken free from everyone and ran wildly in the yard.

The five men chased after them from behind, and blocked them from the front, making a mess of porridge.

The old man knocked the cigarette pouch and pot by the door and scolded: "A group of stupid roe deer, you can't even kill a pig." ”

As he was scolding, the big white pig seemed to have finally found an exit, and rushed towards the gate of the courtyard with a twist of his head.

The size of this pig is like a small tank, about 400 catties, and the men in the courtyard panicked when it changed direction:

"Grandpa be careful!"

"Get out of the way!"

The juniors were anxious, but the old man's expression was quite calm.

There is no special butcher in the village, and whenever the village kills pigs, he is usually invited to be the master of the knife.

In this life, there are hundreds of pigs he sent away, large and small.

Unexpectedly, this time, retribution came.

The pig rushed over like this, and the old man was so distracted that it was too late to hide.

Just when the old man was stunned, among the four people beside him, a tall and thin young man took a diagonal step and blocked the old man.

And the big white pig in the yard, when it was about two meters away from the gate of the yard, stopped with a sudden brake.

The pig looked up at the young man, and then began to tremble, and in a few moments he was shaking like chaff.

The young man took a small step forward, and the pig suddenly became incontinent, and his limbs fell limply to the ground.

The people in the courtyard were stunned.

"What are you doing in a daze?" the old man shouted, and the men in the yard reacted, and rushed up with all their hands and feet, and tied up the pigs.

Lin Shuo saw that the pig had been tied, and slowly turned around and exited the yard.

The old man looked at Lin Shuo with squinted eyes, stopped talking for a while, and then said, "Young man, the four of you can stay and eat." ”

"Oh, that's embarrassing. Anne answered.

The old man didn't look at Anne, just stared at Lin Shuo.

The corners of Lin Shuo's mouth twitched, revealing an extremely reluctant smile: "I eat more than the average person." ”

The old man nodded: "I'm full here." ”

......

On this day, the four of them ate two pig-killing dishes in the old man's house.

The pigs here are no more lean than those in the city, they are big and fat, and every part is full of oil and water.

In Lin Shuo's eyes, the old Han family is not very good at killing pigs, but they are very good at being pigs. Especially the lantern hanging, that is, the pig into the water, is delicious.

These two meals, Lin Shuo ate quite comfortably. However, he did not eat openly, after all, in this kind of village, it is not easy for people to kill a pig.

The old man's enthusiasm is just like their home-brewed burning knife, which does not burn his mouth and heartburn.

After two meals, the old man and Lin Shuo had nothing to talk about for a long time.

Especially Anne, this woman is not only beautiful, but also has a sweet mouth, obviously she doesn't have a word of truth, but she coaxes the old man's family to be happy.

In her mouth, she and Lin Shuo, Liu Qing and Yang Tuo, respectively, are a young couple, all graduated from China's famous universities and came here for hiking.

In order to cover up Lin Shuo's incident this morning, she also made up the identity of Lin Shuo's ancestors who killed pigs for three generations, which caused Lin Shuo to roll his eyes.

After dinner, everyone was full of wine and food, Yang Tuo and Liu Qing said that they were going to go outside for a walk to eliminate food, but in fact, they went to other people's homes to find out information.

Lin Shuo and Anne stayed behind to chat with the old man.

"Old man. Anne felt that the heat was almost over, and asked casually, "What happened when we entered the village this morning, and we saw that snake!

"Hehe, don't be afraid, girl. The old man smiled, "That's the Black Water Dragon King, bless us." ”

"Oh?" Anne asked, "What is the Black Water Dragon King?

The old man nodded: "It's normal for you outsiders not to know. This Black Water Dragon King is the guardian saint of our four or five hundred miles radius. ”

"Is this Black Water Dragon King a big snake, as big as the fake snake at the entrance of the village?" asked Anne again.

"Hey. The snake statue at the entrance of the village, how can it be compared with the Black Water Dragon King, let's ask for a three-point statue at most. The old man's voice slowly deepened, "Black Water Dragon King, that's a lot, and it's a lot of energy." ”

"Hear you say that as if you've seen it. ”

"That's right. The old man nodded and said, "When I was a child, I did see it with my own eyes. ”

"Really, you've actually seen it with your own eyes?" Anne and Lin Shuo looked at each other and asked immediately.

"Not really. The old man lit a dry tobacco, "At that time, I was about seven or eight years old, I was not sensible, and I ran around in the mountains and got lost." As a result, it appeared in front of me. Oops, it scared me so much that I peed my pants and passed out. ”

Speaking of this, the old man smiled: "Hey, don't laugh at me for not being productive at the time." It's really scary. The snake statue at the entrance of our village is a small loach compared to it. Its head was about the size of a house, and its body was like a train. Don't say I was a child at the time, even if you four boys and big girls saw it, you had to turn your back on it. ”

"If it's that big, of course it's scary. Anne answered, then asked, "What about then?"

"Then the next morning, I was woken up by my father at the entrance of the village, and there was no injury on my body. The old man said, "At that time, there was an old man in the village who said that it was the Black Water Dragon King, who sent me back along the river at the mouth of our village." ”

After saying this, the old man looked out the window, and his face was a little embarrassed: "I have been hunting all my life, and I have been wronged a lot. ”

"Hear you say that, this Black Water Dragon King, is it a helper?" asked Anne intently.

"That's right, bless us!"

"Old man, then let me ask you something. ”

"What's the matter?"

"What's going on with that ruin across the river?"