"I'm sorry, Young Master Zhou...... Still won't work. ”

A burly bodyguard reluctantly put down the phone and turned to look at the elegant-looking young man standing next to the SUV.

"The forest is so remote, there is no signal, no Wi-Fi...... Our phones are running out of battery, so it's not good to go on like this. ”

"I'm sorry, if I hadn't dragged you to accompany me to explore the surrounding area of the development site, I wouldn't have lost my way and broken down, let alone been trapped in this barren mountain range. The young man shook his head, then turned his gaze to another short bodyguard who was constantly tinkering under the hood of the SUV, and saw that the other person was sweating profusely repairing the car, but from the look of his face, the situation did not seem to be optimistic.

"No...... The engine burned. The dwarf bodyguard finally gave up the struggle and closed the front cover of the car with a sigh. "This place is too evil, not only is the navigation malfunctioning, but even this imported new car is so inexplicably scrapped, this is not normal!"

"It's getting dark, and at night there may be wild beasts in the woods, and we can't afford to spend it here. The young man thought about it and made a decisive judgment. "Judging by the distance we are driving, this should not be far from the nearest village, why don't we take a walk? ”

"Yes, too...... In this way, I'll go to explore the path first, Aqui, you protect the young master. The burly bodyguard nodded, and after a nod to the diminutive bodyguard, he immediately searched in one direction.

Thirty minutes passed...... An hour passed...... Until the sun went down, the burly security guard still didn't return.

"Tsk, why haven't you come back for so long, the seventh shouldn't have an accident, right?"

The little bodyguard named Aqua paced back and forth, seeming a little agitated, but the young man sitting beside him was not flustered, he looked up at the sky, thought for a moment, then got up, and said:

"Let's go find him. ”

"But if he comes back and finds us missing......"

"We left letters and marked them along the way, so that he could find us even when he returned. ”

As the young man spoke, he took out a bottle of fluorescent agent from his backpack, poured the medicine into the bottle of mineral water in the net bag of his backpack, and then poked a small hole under the bottle of mineral water.

"I didn't expect the industrial reagents used in the project to come in handy here. The young man smiled and slung his backpack with a mineral water bottle on his back. "We'll leave traces along the way, and the effect of this fluorescent agent lasts a long time, and I think he'll find it when he comes back. ”

"Good way! It's really worthy of a young master!" Akui praised the young man adoringly, and then stopped grinding and began to pack up, but before they could clean up, the two suddenly noticed that there was a faint strange sound in the woods not far away.

Aqua immediately made a gesture of silence, then took out the short stick at his waist, and dodged in front of the young man, staring at the trees that made a strange noise.

The voices were getting closer and closer, and the nerves of the two of them were getting more and more tense, and just as Aqua was about to attack, a familiar figure walked out of the bushes.

"Old ...... "Akui was stunned for a moment, and saw a tall and burly figure emerge from the mottled shadows of the trees, which was the bodyguard who went to explore the way.

"Old Seven, why did you come back. Akui smiled, stepped forward and patted Lao Qi's shoulder, only to suddenly find that behind this tall and burly bodyguard, there was a strange thin old man.

I saw that the old man was hunched over, not tall, his face under the straw hat was covered with furrows, and he was carrying a basket of wild vegetables on his back, and he looked to be more than sixty years old, but it was a little different from ordinary mountain people, but this old man's skin was strangely white, and a hideous scar extended from his forehead to his cheekbones, so that Akui was almost startled at a glance.

"Who is this ......?" the young man obviously also discovered the existence of the old man, and cast a questioning glance at the old man.

"This is Uncle Huang. Lao Qi introduced with a smile. "Young master, you guessed right, there is indeed a village around here, this Uncle Huang is a villager of that village, he can take us to stay for a while. ”

"Ah, that's great...... Thank you!" the young man saluted the old man gratefully.

"Hey, you're welcome. I heard that your car broke down, but fortunately you met me, otherwise you would have had an accident in this forest at night. The old man waved his hand, then changed his words and lowered his voice mysteriously. "Because...... There's a monster in this forest!"

"Youkai?" the young man seemed interested.

"Yes, legend has it that there is a 'Yellow Spring Well' leading to the Netherworld in the depths of this forest, and there are monsters who only eat people guarding there, if anyone accidentally breaks into the forest at night, they will be gnawed to the point that there are no bones left!" the old man stared at the cloudy eyes, and described it vividly, his pale face looked a little mad in the shadow of the setting sun.

"Huangquanjing...... Monster...... This should be just a rumor, right?" Aquigan smiled, with an unnatural expression, as if he was reminiscent of a famous horror movie from an island nation.

"Hehe, whether there are monsters or not, it's still not safe to stay in the forest at night, let's go. The young man smiled, and didn't seem to care too much, and after simply packing his luggage, the group shuttled through the silent forest under the leadership of the old man.

"Anyway...... Uncle, if you go back so late, will the family be worried?"

"Hey, there is only one in the family, my wife left a few years ago, and my children are also working outside, so I am bored to stay alone, so I walk around. The old man replied with a smile.

"But it can be seen that although your children are not around, they should still be filial to you, right?" The young man glanced at the old man's clothes, compared to ordinary mountain villagers, this old man was wearing a brand-name coat, and the price was not cheap, but the size of the coat seemed to be a little too large, and the old man's thin figure was a little nondescript to wear.

"Hehe, who's to say it's not? The old man said with a smirk, glancing sideways at the well-dressed young man beside him. "Anyway, little brother, you look like you're from a big city, how can you come to a place where this kind of bird doesn't?"

"I came on a business trip because of work. The young man smiled. "I have a younger brother at home, so I can only rely on me to support him. ”

"Yo, the pillar of the family, it's not easy. The old man pouted and said.

"Hehe, in fact, I used to envy my younger brother, who could work hard for his ideals, unlike me, I didn't even have the courage to resist the family. The young man smiled wryly and shook his head. "However, now that I have figured it out, if I don't support the family, the kid may not be able to pursue his dreams freely, and it is my brother's responsibility to support my brother's ideals. ”

"I'm going to ask a lot, what is Brother Ling doing?"

"He's a cartoonist. The young man turned his head to look at the old man, and there was a little more pride in his eyes, which had been very calm. "If you're interested, I'll send you a set of his work in the future. ”

"Hahaha, okay, I'll show it to my grandson when the time comes. The old man said, looked up at the front, and suddenly pointed with his hand. "Look, our village has arrived. ”

The three of them hurriedly looked up, only to see that there were faint lights at the end of the old man's direction, and the smoke was accompanied by a clear sky and a bright moon, as if it was an ancient village that had no quarrel with the world.

"I can't imagine that there is such a paradise in the deep mountains and old forests...... "The young man couldn't help but admire as he looked at the small village. "Uncle, what's the name of your village?"

"We have a place here, it's called 'Chiquan Village'. The old man smiled.

"Chiquan Village...... Haven't heard of it......"

"Hehe, a long time ago, there was a spring near here called 'Chiquan', and although it has long dried up now, our village still retains the name of Chiquan Village. ”

The old man said, and led the three of them to the entrance of the village, but suddenly as if he remembered something, he turned his head to look at the three of them, and said meaningfully: "By the way, after entering the village, don't go around at night, don't look at what you shouldn't see, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, it's for your good." ”

"Oooh...... Good. Although the three of them were a little puzzled when they heard this, they still nodded and agreed, and when they went out, it was better to follow these local rules.

The group entered the village in silence and walked towards the old man's house at the end of the village. The village is quite old, and there is an indescribable strange smell in the air, and the buildings on both sides are almost all simple mud houses, and there is very little modernity. However, even though the young man and the two bodyguards did not look around casually in mind the old man's teachings, they quickly noticed the strange eyes of the villagers.

"Young Master...... Something seems to be wrong, how these people look at us, as if they are going to eat us. Aqua walked up to the young man and whispered in his ear.

“…… Maybe it's rare for people in the village to see outsiders. The young man hesitated and said.

"Tsk, I also think something is wrong, you look at those people, all of them are as white as dead people, it can't be that there is a plague in this village, right?" This time, even Lao Qi, who has always had few tendons, muttered, but before he could say anything more, he saw the thin old man leading the way in front of him suddenly stopped.

"When I arrived, this was my house. The old man turned around with a smile and pointed to an old earthen house in front of him. "I'll take you to the side room, it's not early today, let's rest early after dinner." ”

The three of them entered the room with great gratitude, but after the door of the side room was closed, the three people in the room were worried, and they couldn't go, and they didn't go.

"I've always felt a little weird here, and I've felt sick since I walked into the village...... The digital map we looked at didn't show this place either. Aqua leaned against the window, carefully observing the outside, and his doubts grew stronger. "And...... It's so simple in this place, obviously the economic conditions are not good, but the old man is wearing a famous brand, isn't that weird?"

"You shouldn't be suspicious...... This is the kind of legendary 'black village', a place that specifically lures outsiders to make money and kill people?" "No wonder that dress is so ill-fitting...... Dare to be robbed? Ouch, this is not good, the young master is a rich man at first glance, isn't this a sheep in the mouth of a tiger!?"

"Ahem, don't guess yet, maybe people are really just kind. The young man shook his head and cleared his throat slightly, for some reason, he had been a little unwell since he entered the village, and he didn't know if it was a psychological effect.

Are you too tired?

The young man was thinking about it, but he heard Akui on the side suddenly shout: "Young master, young master, look, there seems to be movement outside!"

Aqua suddenly seemed to have discovered something, and hurriedly beckoned the other two to come to the window.

I saw that under the pale moonlight, a black oppressive figure surrounded a strange cyan coffin, heading towards the depths of the woods outside the village.