Chapter 235: Underwater Ancient City (11)
Zhang Yuying, Bai Yunxuan and Lin Xiaohui were lying together, Uncle Hei was still holding a gun in his hand, and he sat on the side for a long time, and the other hand was rotating a string of beads, and he couldn't see what he was thinking.
Tang An could only make persistent efforts, and moved Zhang Mulin, Zhang Zhongfa, Zhao Ben and Zhao Ting in two trips, and finally moved Zhao Ben and Zhao Ting, Tang An turned on the mobile phone recording and put it in his pocket, and then sat on the edge of the bed and said to Uncle Hei, "I have all moved here, what are you going to do, say it." ”
"Young man, you have a lot of strength. Uncle Hei said with a little exclamation, "Let's practice the family, it seems that I have to be a little more careful." Why did you bring your backpack too?"
"Lian Jiazi is also afraid of your gun. The backpack contains first aid supplies, so if you shoot a shot, you can also treat your wounds. Tang An also did not deny that although he was not a practitioner in the real sense, as for bringing the backpack with the first aid kit, he was really afraid that Uncle Hei's gun would go off.
"What's so terrible about guns? What is terrible is the human heart, it's calculation. Uncle Hei smiled slightly, obviously not denying that he had calculated Tang An and his party.
"What are you calculating? Are you going to kill us all?" Tang An said in disbelief, "This is not good for you, we are not your enemies, what are your words to believe and which ones are made up stories?"
"I didn't lie to you, what I told you is not a story, it is all true......" Uncle Hei was not annoyed in the face of Tang An's series of questions, "In the end, it was your own mistake...... Water ghosts are very vindictive, and if you saw them with your hand during the day, they will always circle around the island, and if they find that you are not leaving, they will come in droves to retaliate against you at night. ”
"Crowds?" Tang An was startled, the water ghost looked very ugly, with sharp mouths and fangs, one or two such things were fine, if it was really a group of seven or eight or even more than ten of them, it would really make people shudder, even if Tang An had a lot of strength, it was impossible to deal with this kind of monster that was already powerful and violent.
"I haven't heard of the corpses of water ghosts found yet, and these things will only increase, not less, because they don't die in the first place. Uncle Hei saw Tang An's reaction and smiled indifferently.
"Where are there those who don't die? It's just that you said that they were born in Baidao Lake in the sixties and seventies, and they have only been fifty or sixty years now, and maybe they have not yet reached the age of their death. Do you think that the water ghosts of Baidao Lake are almost the same thing as the vampires of European legends?" Tang An doesn't believe that there are water ghosts that won't die, you must know that even if it's the king of the southern cat, he can only use the ritual to prolong Tang An's life the year before last, and he can't be immortal, can this kind of thing be more powerful than the king of the southern cat? The immortality of the water ghost is just Uncle Hei's imagination, and there are no immortal creatures on the earth.
Uncle Hei thought about it, pointed to Tang An, who was a little excited and approached, and motioned Tang An to stay away from him, Uncle Hei did not relax his vigilance, obviously in his eyes, Tang An is a person who must be careful, and he doesn't want to plan something for a long time to fall short because of a moment of negligence.
"You reminded me that water ghosts and vampires are really a bit alike, they can't see the light, and their strength is far beyond that of ordinary humans. It's just that water ghosts live in the water, and vampires live in castles, sewers, basements, and darkness......" Uncle Hei's palm slapped the table to express his praise for Tang An's imagination, "It is true that water ghosts have only been born for fifty or sixty years, but according to my observation, there are more and more of them, maybe there are no less than a hundred water ghosts in the entire Baidao Lake." ”
"Hundreds of water ghosts!" Tang An gasped, this is just the result of Uncle Hei's observation, how many water ghosts there are, no one knows, Uncle Hei may have guessed a lot, but there may not be more than Uncle Hei said.
"Hundreds is just a conservative number. Uncle Hei's finger pointed at the table, "There have been several major accidents over the years, and the people who disappeared in Baidao Lake add up to more than a hundred." ”
"What is the relationship between the number of water ghosts and the people who disappeared in Baidao Lake?" Tang An didn't understand the cause and effect relationship, could it be that water ghosts had to eat a lot to be able to reproduce?
"Because of the water ghosts...... These are the people who have disappeared. Uncle Hei looked at Tang An, and a trace of elite and painful light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
"What!" Tang An was still shocked by what Uncle Hei said.
"I told you when I was fishing...... The water ghost is not a human being, it is a ghost ......" Uncle Hei's tone was very determined, "Let's tell you what we said before, when the city was flooded and the lake was built, some people died. ”
Tang An couldn't help but glance at Zhang Yuying on the bed, and remembered what Zhang Yuying had told herself about her conjecture about water ghosts, could it be that the more whimsical the imagination, the closer it was to the truth?
"According to past experience, in a project like this to flood a city and make a lake, taking into account the plague and all aspects of the underwater environment, it is generally necessary to evacuate all the people first, and then tear down the entire town before releasing water in. This was not the case back then, I didn't expect the water to come so quickly, most of them left, but it was too late to demolish the town, so there were so many families who still stayed in Lion Tiger City, either too late, or unwilling to leave, preferring to accompany Lion Tiger City to die underwater. Uncle Hei let out a long sigh, "In our opinion, these people are naturally dead...... But instead of becoming a skeleton under the water, they became water ghosts. ”
Tang An was a little helpless, this is the result of Uncle Hei's investigation for so many years? Uncle Hei's research on water ghosts for so many years, and the conclusion he came to was exactly the same as Zhang Yuying's random speculation?
"When the city was flooded, the residents who didn't have time to evacuate were the first water ghosts, so do you know how the water ghosts grew later?" Uncle Hei didn't care about Tang An's obviously disbelieving expression, and then asked.
"According to what you originally said, what you mean is that the people who have disappeared in Baidao Lake over the years have not actually died, but have become water ghosts, and this is how water ghosts reproduce. They can't give birth to children on their own, because they're not actually human anymore, but they can make people who fall overboard become like them. Tang An finally understood the meaning of Uncle Hei's preface and afterwords, and couldn't help but feel a little sad and sympathetic...... Uncle Hei was completely caught up in a kind of crazy conjecture, and with such an explanation, he could comfort himself that his wife and his children did not die after falling into the water, but only became water ghosts.
Probably this is the reason why he really supports Uncle Hei to persevere, not what he originally said to Tang An, he wants to seek revenge on the water ghost.
"Yes, you think I'm a nonsense?" Uncle Hei sneered, "Whenever someone falls into the water and disappears, I will observe in the nearby waters...... Once I saw a water ghost wearing a tattered shirt and a tattered skirt around her waist! The girl who had disappeared into the water and couldn't even find her body was wearing a shirt and a skirt!"
Tang An looked at Uncle Hei in surprise, half incredulous...... This is not just speculation, but there is evidence? However, Tang An still didn't believe it, after all, this was just Uncle Hei's words, and Tang An was not an ignorant naughty boy who believed everything others said.
"You can believe it or not, and that's okay, because it doesn't matter if you believe it or not...... Soon, we'll all be water ghosts. Uncle Hei suddenly cracked his mouth, revealing snow-white teeth, and let out a shallow laugh.
"You're crazy!" Tang An only felt chills all over his body, Uncle Hei's laughter was as creepy as the miserable cry of a crow in the night, no matter how credible Uncle Hei's words were, but Tang An felt that Uncle Hei's real purpose was indeed this, he wanted to become a water ghost...... And he also wants everyone to become water ghosts!
It became the kind of thing that he obviously hated very much, the most disgusting thing in his mouth, he wanted to become such an ugly and disgusting thing at all costs, why? Tang Anxin was still full of sadness and pity, normal people would not want to become that kind of thing, and Uncle Hei ...... He actually believed that those who fell into the water and disappeared would become water ghosts, and if he also became water ghosts, it would mean that he could join the group with his wife and children...... He will do whatever it takes, if only for such a family reunion.
Tang An suppressed the emotions in his heart and calmed himself down, Uncle Hei is not crazy, but paranoid to a distorted degree, this kind of similar thing is actually not uncommon, just like those things about a living person marrying a dead person, a living person being buried with a living person, and letting a dead baby eat a living child and thinking that the living child has become his own child...... In the final analysis, these things are not because of the resentment that erupts in this tragedy that has been twisted to the extreme?
"Uncle Hei, why are we? Why did you choose us to become water ghosts with you, I don't think we were the first people to come to this island to make you think this way. Tang An said with difficulty, this is something he still can't understand.
"It's nothing, it's just that I've only recently made up my mind, and you happen to be the first people to come to the island after I made up my mind. If that's the case, I'll probably be a little hesitant, because I have to control you first and then wait until the time to negotiate terms with the water ghosts, which is very easy to go wrong...... After all, if the people who come to the island don't have any news, they will soon cause trouble, and maybe I haven't had a chance to find a water ghost to negotiate terms...... It just so happens that you hurt the water ghosts today, but they will come to you anyway. Uncle Hei looked at the gun in his hand and said casually: "Don't worry, don't be afraid, you won't die, you just become ugly." ”
When Tang An became a dog, he was still able to change back, and Tang An felt that the end of the world was coming, not to mention the disgusting and ugly thing like becoming a water ghost? Not to mention girls like Zhang Yuying, Bai Yunxuan and Lin Xiaohui, who love beauty so much!
Thinking about Zhang Yuying, if he turned into a water ghost, Tang An didn't dare to imagine this too beautiful picture in his mind, and a spirit woke up, "You said that you would talk to the water ghost about conditions?
"Of course, water ghosts are originally human...... Even if we become sluggish after becoming water ghosts, there are still some people's brains, so why can't we talk about conditions? So many of us have become water ghosts together, which can be regarded as adding a lot of new force to the water ghosts, and of course we can strive for some favorable conditions. Uncle Hei said as a matter of course.
"Water Ghost...... Can the water ghost still speak?" Tang Anke really didn't think about this!
"Yes, some water ghosts may be able to speak foreign languages, but I haven't seen water ghosts who can speak foreign languages, and they don't speak Mandarin very well. Uncle Hei laughed, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face, "When my child fell into the water, she still couldn't speak, I don't know if she can speak now......"
Tang An only felt a chill all over his body, as if the person standing in front of him was no longer a person, just a water ghost dressed in human skin.
"What conditions are you going to talk about with the water ghost?" Tang An sat on the edge of the bed with difficulty and held Zhang Yuying's hand, her hand was still warm, which made Tang Anxin feel a little more stable.