Uncle Hei seems to have a talk about sex, probably what he really wants to catch is what he calls "water ghosts", and he doesn't care too much about the fish he catches.

"Can you still catch water ghosts?" Tang An was stunned for a moment, thinking that he would be wrong, "It's a large fish called water ghosts?"

"It's like whales live in the ocean, but whales aren't fish. The water ghosts who live in the water of Baidao Lake are not fish. Uncle Hei pointed to his other fishing rod and said, "This is a fishing rod specially used to catch water ghosts." ”

"Something like a water monster?" Tang An nodded in understanding, "This thing should be difficult to catch." ”

Uncle Hei looked at Tang An a little strangely.

Tang An didn't understand Uncle Hei's eyes.

"Most people hear me say that just because I'm joking...... Little brother, why don't you think I'm talking nonsense and making up stories?" Uncle Hei asked with interest, rubbing the black bracelet on his wrist.

Tang An knew that he was accustomed to this kind of thing, and it was this kind of habitual that was abnormal in the eyes of others.

Tang An has fully believed that there is a world where there are a large number of so-called science that cannot be explained at all, and science can explain many things only in the scope of its function, and when the world involving other mysterious fields is revealed in front of his eyes, he can only observe and record, and can no longer use fixed so-called scientific thinking to think and try to explain.

"I think it's entirely possible for some very rare creatures to appear in such a large area of water. It's like there are rumors or anecdotes about monsters all over the world now, it can't be all made up by everyone. "Of course Tang An wouldn't tell Uncle Hei that he would become a dog, and it wasn't uncommon for a water monster or something.

"You can think like that, it proves that you are a person with a very good brain. Uncle Hei nodded, "Then I'll show you." ”

As he spoke, Uncle Hei brought up the fishing rod that he said was used to catch water ghosts.

This fishing rod is particularly thick, and the fishing line is also a very thick one, it is estimated that there is no problem in catching those hundreds of pounds of fish, Tang An waited until the fishing line surfaced before he was taken aback, and there was a faceless baby hanging at the bottom of the fishing line!

After a closer look, I found that it was made of a very thin cloth wrapped in a filling to make it look like a small baby, and it was not the corpse of a real baby or something, but even this still made people start, full of evil and terrifying atmosphere.

Uncle Hei just brought it up and then put it down, and said lightly: "What is wrapped here is meat, with some special recipes, which can attract water ghosts to eat, and water ghosts eat children." Water ghosts are very intelligent and about the same as humans...... But it was so delicious that it knew it wasn't really a child, but it couldn't stand the smell of the bait. ”

"Then Uncle Hei has never caught a water ghost?" Tang An gasped and asked, the world is so big that there are no surprises, and this kind of strange things really happen everywhere, today I actually met an expert in fishing water ghosts!

It's no wonder that when we first met, I felt that Uncle Hei was not like an ordinary middle-aged and elderly person who ate in a state institution, but a person with a story.

Ordinary people will definitely avoid water ghosts when they hear about them, where will there be a water ghost like Uncle Hei, and they will come to fish for water ghosts!

"I caught it once, but unfortunately it bit off the line and ran away, and now I have changed this kind of it and it definitely keeps biting, but after suffering a loss, it has become much smarter, and often only bites the bait underwater, but refuses to swallow it. Uncle Hei sneered, "This is quite smart. ”

"Then is there any hope of fishing?" Although Uncle Hei didn't say it, Tang An felt that it must be quite a distant thing, Brother Hei said that Uncle Hei had been on this island for nearly twenty years, and in the past twenty years, he had only one chance to succeed.

"There's no hope, but the Tao is one foot high and the devil is one foot high, and everything in this world, no matter how evil and sneaky it is, or the gods and Bodhisattvas, there is no one smarter than us. Uncle Hei's fingers turned the beads in his hand, "The water ghost likes to bite the bait underwater, eat the residue that has been bitten through the gauze leaked by it, and pretend to be smart, but he doesn't know that I have poisoned the flesh, even if the water ghost is strong, he can't stand this chronic poison." ”

Tang An couldn't help but think of Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea", didn't the old man also fight with sharks, and did his best to fight with scheming and strength? The struggle between Uncle Hei and the water ghost was also protracted.

Perhaps it was because of the tragic and heroic feelings in Hemingway's works that infected Tang An, and Tang An couldn't help but admire Uncle Hei.

"Didn't the water ghost notice it?" asked Tang An.

"This kind of sneaky thing, even if it is smart, is not like us people who can restrain their greed, see clearly the danger behind the temptation in front of them, and see what they like to eat, even if they can't help but swallow it, but they can't help but refrain from eating it. The corners of Uncle Hei's mouth curled up with a smile of disgust, "It can't be found, and I have also found it after a long period of observation, and now the water ghost's action of biting the bait is becoming more and more irritable, instead of slowly trying it like before, chewing and swallowing slowly little by little, leaving me a bare hook." This is a sign of poisoning, this poison is chronic, eroding the mind, and sooner or later it will accumulate and make it crazy, and then it will swallow my bait again. ”

"Uncle Hei, you are amazing!" Tang An praised, if it weren't for Uncle Hei's insistence on fishing for water ghosts here, with his state of mind and temperament, he would definitely be able to succeed in doing anything, and he would be at the top level in the industry.

How many top researchers in the process of research, don't they also have persistence and clear thinking like Uncle Hei to succeed?

Uncle Hei just smiled, not modest, nor proud, but still showed a little bit of satisfaction, after all, what he did was completely neurotic in the eyes of many people, even the closest nephew didn't believe him, but Tang An was completely listening attentively, and did not suspect that he was talking nonsense and deceiving people.

"What does this water ghost look like?" Since Uncle Hei has caught it, it means that he should have seen it, Tang An wanted to know if this thing was a primitive monster that existed on the earth, or if it was related to the dog spirit clan like the lake god circulating on Yangcheng Lake.

"It's ugly, it's ugly. Uncle Hei said in disgust, "The fangs are a bit like a dead dog after being plucked and burned, but the neck has a mane like aquatic plants, and the hands and feet are the same as those of a human, but there is a fleshy membrane between the fingers and toes." He is about the same length and weight as an average adult, but he has a lot of strength in the water. ”

Hearing Uncle Hei say that he was like a dead dog, Tang An's heart jumped, could this be the Dog Spirit Clan again? But listening to Uncle Hei's later description, it didn't feel like it anymore, the Dog Spirit Clan was just a dog form, a human form. In dog form, the appearance is just an ordinary dog, and in human form, it is an ordinary person, and there is nothing particularly ugly, with a mane around the neck and a flesh membrane between the fingers and toes.

"Uncle Hei, then what are you going to do after you catch it?" Tang An felt that Uncle Hei must have a special purpose, ordinary people may take pictures, shoot videos, and then post them on the Internet, or contact some rich people who like to collect strange creatures to hype and sell them for a high price, but I feel that Uncle Hei is definitely not this kind of person, a person who can do such a thing for such a long time will never do it for such a purpose.

"Killed. Uncle Hei said lightly.

This answer was also completely unexpected by Tang An, who felt that Uncle Hei's faint tone was filled with extremely firm meaning.

"Have you heard of the 1997 Baidao Lake tragedy?" asked Uncle Hei.

Tang An shook his head, it was too long, he had just been born at that time, and the Internet was not developed at that time, so what happened at that time was basically just recorded in newspapers and the like.

"Could it be that the water ghost did it?" Tang An's mind was still active.

"A cruise ship that year was confronted by robbers, and the robbers robbed the boat...... At that time, in addition to mainland tourists on the cruise ship, there were also some Taiwanese, according to the official version, after the robbers robbed the cruise ship, they chose to sink the ship, killing all the tourists on the cruise ship. Uncle Hei said calmly, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him, "This incident has also caused ******** tension, resulting in a direct change in the data of some Taiwanese opinion polls against the mainland...... My wife and children were on the ship at the time. ”

Tang An doesn't know what to say, like Uncle Hei, the insistence of a very human being, there must be a very human experience behind it, probably it is this unforgettable experience that makes Uncle Hei prefer to spend his life doing something.

"I was restless that day, I always felt that something was going to happen, so I drove a boat to find someone, my hunch was right, I saw the cruise ship that was set on fire by the robbers, and I saw someone jumping off the pleasure boat, I hurriedly drove over......" Uncle Hei paused, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, "I saw my wife jump into the water with the child, she has a good water nature, I believe that as long as I hurry over, I can pick her and the child...... At this moment, a water ghost also jumped out of the boat, grabbed my wife and children, and sank into the water. ”

As a husband and a father, witnessing all this, Tang An couldn't imagine how heartbreaking Uncle Hei was at that time.

"I hurriedly jumped into the water, but I couldn't keep up with the speed of the water ghost. People can dive in the water at a limited depth, but the water ghost is far beyond the average person, and he has been pulling my wife and children into the bottomless lake and never resurfaced. Uncle Hei opened his eyes, but he seemed to have calmed down, "There has always been a legend of water ghosts in Baidao Lake, but no one believes it, I have witnessed it with my own eyes, I know that this thing is the scourge of Baidao Lake, and most of the things that have disappeared in the lake in the past are also related to water ghosts." ”

"For the water ghosts, the entire Baidao Lake is their lair, and it is difficult to get rid of them unless the water of the entire Baidao Lake is drained. Tang An sighed deeply, no wonder Uncle Hei used the most primitive method, such a large area of lake, where water ghosts were hiding and attacking, it was not at all something that people could search for and do something.

"Yes, even the frogman troops in the army may not be able to eliminate the water ghosts who come and go freely in such a sea area where there are too many unknowns. What's more, I'm an ordinary person, how can I let the frog people come to avenge me?" Uncle Hei held the boom, the green tendons on his wrists bulged, but they were still very stable, "Killing one is one, over the years, I have also figured out their habits, as long as I kill one, they will not let me go, as long as they can take the initiative to find the door, I will have more chances." ”

"Uncle Hei, I believe that I am not the only one who believes in you, there must be other like-minded people who are willing to help you, have you ever thought about forming a team dedicated to destroying water ghosts over the years? Tang An suggested sincerely.

"Reality is reality after all, it won't be like adventure novels, a team can be formed so easily, not to mention that this thing is a lifetime, who can accompany me in this Baidao Lake for a lifetime?" Uncle Hei sighed, "Not to mention avenging my wife and children, if the water ghosts die in the hands of others, how can I be willing?"

This is an unforgettable hatred, like a poison that erodes bones, Tang An knows that people with this kind of obsession can no longer persuade and will not accept any advice from others, what he wants to do is not only revenge, but also tilt all the hatred in his heart, it is this purpose that makes him persevere, Tang An is thinking that one day Uncle Hei will achieve his goal, maybe he will lose his soul...... Uncle Hei's soul is probably just a vengeful soul.