This small village is located in Shanxi, on the high slopes of loess, and the mountains and fields look a little bare, and there is not much vibrant green to be seen, unlike her hometown. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info there is some sand and dust in the air, very dry, ordinary people will feel dry mouth after a while, fortunately there is the Yellow River on the side, drill down the land, or dig a lot of deep wells connecting the riverbed.

In this day and age, most of the young and middle-aged laborers in the countryside have gone to the coastal cities to work and earn money, and there is no one else to take care of the farm work except for some of the older generation who were born and raised here. In addition to the adults who are busy with the farms, there are also one or two children with cattle and sheep playing in the fields, and everything seems a little new to those who are used to staying in the big city.

However, this research team is not so lucky, and since coming here, every day has been dizzying. In just a few dozen days, they had already investigated the original sketchy map clearly. Not only does it observe the changes in the water level every day, investigate the weather conditions, and know the fluctuations of the water potential, but also arrange many high-precision equipment including the sonar system underwater, firmly monitoring the entrance of the mysterious water house, and providing sufficient support for adventurers who enter the water house.

It's already three poles in the day, the work in the farmland is not too busy, and the people working in the ridges are walking back one after another, talking and laughing after meeting each other, chatting about the shortcomings of the parents, and trivialities.

As he walked, he suddenly saw a young man with a lofty posture walking on the public lane on the side, so everyone immediately looked over. I saw that this young man was wearing a fashionable suit, sunglasses on his head, bronzed skin, and handsome appearance, but he looked very much like a movie star that could only be seen on TV, which attracted everyone to look at it twice.

This young man is none other than Xiang Shaofan, who has traveled thousands of miles.

After saying goodbye to John, another three days had passed. Xiang Shaofan did not stop in three days, just left Poland by plane and arrived in China, and immediately transferred to this remote mountain village, for Xiang Shaofan, every minute and every second is walking on the blade of rescuing the tiger, for which he must not take it lightly and be greedy for leisure.

Xiang Shaofan was not lacking in speed, and after walking for a while, he had already arrived at several farmhouses.

"Hello aunt uncle, are you from Xiaotian Village?" Xiang Shaofan took off his sunglasses, revealing his delicate and handsome face, and asked with a smile. There was a dangerous road in the middle of the road to Xiaotian Village from the outside world, and the car could not drive into it normally, so Xiang Shaofan got out of the car early and walked all the way.

"Yes, yes, is the young man going to find that foreign girl?" An old man with a very strong accent listened to Xiang Shaofan's words, and was a little wary at first, but seeing his kind face, he also asked back kindly.

As soon as these words came out, the eldest lady on the side did not follow: "What foreign girls, people have said, they are called scientific expedition teams, you know that the girl is an old and indecent thing." While scolding and scolding, the old man was also ashamed to be counted down like this in front of outsiders, but because of his bad feelings, he had to mumble a few sentences.

Xiang Shaofan looked at them and felt very interesting, so he also replied with a smile: "Don't quarrel with the two of you, I did go to the scientific expedition team of the foreign girl you mentioned, and I ask you to lead the way." ”

"Well, you can just follow us. The eldest lady replied with a smile, took out a cucumber in the basket in her hand, and handed it to Xiang Shaofan: "Young man, if you are thirsty, come to a cucumber." Freshly picked from the ground, it's very fresh. ”

Xiang Shaofan saw that it was difficult to resist, so he took the cucumber, wiped it on his clothes, and took a bite.

"Well, it's quite delicate. Xiang Shaofan said while chewing.

Looking at the two honest croppers, Xiang Shaofan seemed to remember something, so he asked casually: "Uncle and aunt, have you lived here since you were a child?"

"That's not it, born here, raised here. Our rural people at that time were like this all their lives. The old man replied, picking up the dry tobacco pipe in his hand and taking a deep puff, his eyes full of joy. ”

The eldest lady had a different answer, and said: "I am different from him, I married from a neighboring village." But it's been decades since I stayed, decades?" said and looked at his husband, only to see that the other party was unmoved, but leisurely savored the taste of tobacco in his mouth, and couldn't help but scold a few words: "You know smoking, I think sooner or later you will be smoking." ”

"I don't remember decades, anyway, the eldest is forty years old this year, that's forty years. ”

Xiang Shaofan let out a "oh", smiled slightly, and then asked: "That uncle and aunt have been here for so many years, have you seen some strange things, or heard any strange stories?"

"Strange thing?" the two of them heard this, but they thought about it seriously.

The uncle said: "Wow, I heard that the son of a big family died before he got married and gave birth to a baby, and the family found him a daughter-in-law in the underworld to be buried together, but one day later in the evening, someone passed by the tomb and saw a couple quarreling and quarrelling, originally planning to fight, but when they got closer, they found that both of them were dead, and they were the sons of the big family. After speaking, the uncle put on a terrible face, which frightened the eldest lady's face pale.

"It's really unfortunate to say this in broad daylight. ”

"Look at you like you're cowardly, don't you talk about it during the day, but at night. ”

The eldest lady said goodbye: "You don't have to say it!"

"Isn't this what the young man asked?" the uncle said helplessly, and then looked at Xiang Shaofan: "Alas, my mother-in-law, everything is good, but the tip of the mouth is long, and she chatters endlessly all day long." ”

Seeing the two of them arguing and bickering, but they revealed some affection and love, Xiang Shaofan was also happy in his heart, but although the uncle's story was interesting and novel, it was a little different from what he imagined, so he asked again: "Uncle, this Yellow River is next to it, have you heard of any rumors of monsters in the Yellow River?"

"Monsters in the Yellow River?" the uncle thought to himself, "Your question is exactly the same as the foreign girl asked before, is there really a monster in the Yellow River? Anyway, I have lived for so long and have gone down the river, and I have never seen any monsters anyway." However, my grandfather told me that in ancient times, there was a dragon king temple here, and then it was destroyed when it was broken, and some people said that the flood of 98 had something to do with it. ”

"Dragon King Temple?"

"Yes, we have a perennial drought here, so we used to worship the Dragon King of the Yellow River from time to time, and we also built a temple. It is said that in ancient times, there were still some great immortals in the temple, and a few pigs and sheep were slaughtered every year to be sacrificed to the dragon king! I think that if this dragon king is really powerful to the sky, why do you need mortals to provide food, so many fish in the water, I am afraid that you can't eat it all! It is said that if you don't give something to the dragon king when you should sacrifice, the dragon king will send a great drought, and some people say that the dragon king will go ashore to eat children when he gets angry, but that should be all rumors, how can there be such a thing, it must be made up to bluff those disobedient children. ”

"Oh?

Xiang Shaofan heard this, but he was surprised, and he didn't know if those Shuifu monsters would be the so-called dragon kings?

However, listening to the uncle's meaning, it seems that these rumors have not happened again in recent years, is there a lot of new situations? All the information has been organized into a huge mystery, which has caused Xiang Shaofan to want to investigate and solve it as soon as possible, but the main purpose of this trip is still one yuan of heavy water, whether these rumors are true or not, as long as there is still one yuan of heavy water in the water mansion.

After a few more conversations with the two, he didn't find more useful information, so Xiang Shaofan had no choice but to nod: "Okay, I know, thank you, uncle." ”

John said that his subordinates had more detailed findings about the water house, and that he would have to go there sooner, and as he spoke, he took another bite of the delicious cucumber, and then looked at the several houses that had appeared not far away.

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In the makeshift "research station", Sophie is drinking coffee while holding a science book and reading silently. Suddenly, I saw a team member knock on the door, gestured, and said to Sophie: "Miss Sophie, the partner is here." ”

"It's finally here. With a twinkle in her eyes, Sophie closed the page, stood up, patted her clothes, tidied up her appearance, and then instructed the messenger, "Alright, gather all the people, and get ready for the mission." Then he took out a thick pile of materials from the cabinet beside him, glanced at it a few times, and then walked out the door after making sure that it was correct.

Xiang Shaofan talked and laughed along the way, and at this time, he had already followed the two villagers to the door of the scientific research station.

"This is it, young man, and we won't stay long. The old man said.

Xiang Shaofan replied politely: "Okay, thank you, uncle, thank you, aunt." ”

Then he turned around and walked towards the courtyard of the research station.

The courtyard was originally owned by a large family in the village, but it was knocked down after the revolutionary movement, and since then the courtyard has been in dilapidation, and no one has occupied it for several years. Since the people from the scientific research station came, they used a lot of special materials to transform it, and now it has been renovated, although it doesn't look too good on the outside, but there is a hole in the inside.

A surveillance system is placed on the wall of the courtyard, and there are alerts and monitoring screens when creatures approach the interior. The gate of the courtyard is tightly closed with an electronic lock, and unrelated outsiders are not allowed to enter or exit without instructions.

At this moment, Sophie saw Xiang Shaofan's figure through the surveillance in the back room, so she hurriedly pressed a red button. Then I only heard two "Didi" sounds, and the door suddenly opened.