Chapter 27: The Raven (I)
Miao Yi has been staring at the ground, it is the main force to find the half-body soul, and Gu Qi is the main force of the battle, both have their own strengths, it is a good combination, but the tacit understanding Cheng DΓΉ has yet to be tested.
There was no construction on the site, either because the workers had gone to eat and had not returned, or because the place was so special that no one stayed after dark.
"There is not a single soul on Baoxiang Mountain." After walking around for a while, Gu Qi suddenly said.
The soul appears immediately after death, not after the burial of the mound, the cemetery has always given people a terrifying feeling, in fact, it is not much different from other places, especially after cremation, even the body is burned to ashes, there is no possibility of corpse transformation at all.
However, most spirits prefer sparsely populated places, most commonly in the wilderness, parks, buildings or abandoned buildings, Baoxiang Mountain is located in the middle of nowhere, and it is not a tourist attraction, so under normal circumstances, many spirits will appear at night.
But after going up the mountain, Gu Qi didn't even see a single soul, even the most lively night market in the city center could not have this situation, and what was even more strange was that even if the souls in the vicinity were captured by half-body souls, there would be new souls wandering to this place, but standing on the top of the mountain and looking down, there was not even a single white dot to be seen.
"What do you think is their true purpose in catching spirits?" On the way here, Miao Yi had already heard Gu Qi talk in detail about last night's experience.
"In addition to feeding the evil spirit, I can't think of any other use, the question is what is the use of feeding the evil spirit, the evil spirit is absolutely unconscious, it is impossible to obey people's orders, and once the evil spirit becomes a fierce spirit, the strength will be greatly improved, the half-body soul is not an opponent, and it will be killed when it is fed, which is even more stupid than seeking skin with the tiger, I talked to the half-body soul last night, with their IQ, they should not do such a thing." Gu Qi carefully analyzed, but he was still confused.
"Maybe the half-body soul is just running errands, responsible for catching the soul, and a more powerful person is responsible for controlling the murderous spirit, but the purpose is still unclear, could it be used for experiments? I heard that a thousand years ago, many knights in Europe participated in the operation of catching evil spirits, eight crusades, seven times brought back a large number of evil spirits, just to do experiments, trying to find a way to reduce evil spirits to resentful spirits, and finally only found some more chicken ways to get rid of spirits. Miao Yi didn't find any elbow prints.
"It can't be said that chicken ribs, those buildings can indeed kill evil spirits, that is to say, if ordinary people encounter fierce spirits, they can also bring in fierce spirits to kill, which greatly reduces the pressure of the prayer master, so it can be recorded in the Voynich manuscript, if it is really what you said, there are half-body souls responsible for catching souls, and more powerful people are responsible for controlling evil spirits, then we are likely to provoke a very powerful mysterious organization, and at present, we don't even understand what a half-body soul is." Gu Qi suddenly stopped and turned his head to look at the construction site surrounded by color steel tiles.
"You smell it too?" Miao Yi looked in the other direction, where there were many small mounds of dirt, like a mass grave.
"Smell what? I don't have any of your organs. Gu Qi turned his head to look at it.
Miao Yi shook her head: "It's the real smell, like ...... Burnt paper is more smelly than paper. β
Gu Qi took a deep breath, he didn't smell anything special, he shook his head and said, "I can't smell it, which direction?" You show the way. β
Miao Yi asked curiously, "Then what were you looking at just now?" β
Gu Qi frowned and said, "I don't know, it's just a kind of ...... Strange feeling, as if there was something strange in the construction site. β
"Then there's a problem, the smell I smell is wafting from the direction of the mound, you decide which way to go." Miao Yi sniffed in the direction of the construction site.
There is no special smell on the construction site, but it absolutely trusts Gu Qi's intuition, the prayer master has to deal with many "invisible" beings, and often faces dangers, and intuition is often more important than sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
"Let's go to the side you said first, after all, it's a cemetery, maybe someone really burned something there, and there is no wall, it's easier to escape when you encounter danger, no matter how low the wall of the construction site is, it's also an obstacle after all, it's better to make sure that there is no danger on the periphery before going in." Gu Qi turned his head to look at the mounds.
"What you say is indeed very reasonable, but you don't need to analyze it so rationally, right? Your intuition is sharp, so it's better to follow your feelings and don't think too much, because others may guess what you think, but they can never guess how you feel. Miao Yi said seriously.
"I remembered, thanks for the advice, so...... I'm going to go to the mound first, and I have a sense of foreboding about the construction site right now. Gu Qi said and raised his hand to rub his right eye.
"Intuition and rational analysis, the results will never make you regret it, let's go, go around the construction site first, eliminate the danger before entering." Miao Yi was very satisfied with Gu Qi's attitude.
Gu Qi rubbed his left eye again and walked towards the mound.
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The distance of more than two hundred meters, if you are vigilant and walk carefully, you can walk it in about a minute or two, because Miao Yi's eyes are very good, Gu Qi did not slow down, and walked over boldly.
But after going out more than ten steps just now, Miao Yi on her shoulder suddenly asked, "Where are you going?" β
Gu Qi was startled, stopped, raised his hands and rubbed his eyes, and looked forward.
More than 100 meters away in front of us is the color steel tile separation wall, which cannot be seen in the dark night, but the outline is very clear.
Gu Qi clearly remembered that he was facing the mound of earth when he was walking, but now he turned fifty degrees to the right, facing the construction site, he did not close his eyes during the walk, and the prayer master could see the soul, it was impossible for the ghost to hit the wall, and he could deviate so much after only walking a few meters away, it was definitely the most extreme situation.
"What's going on?" Gu Qi looked at Miao Yi and asked seriously.
Miao Yi stared at Gu Qi's eyes for a while, and said, "My eyes can't see what's wrong, how did you feel when you walked just now?" β
The breeze blew, bringing a cool wind, as if taking away Gu Qi's memory, he tried to recall for a while, and shook his head: "I don't feel it, I walked towards the mound, and when I heard you call me, I stopped and already faced the construction site." β
"Go again." Miao Yi will not take this issue lightly.
Gu Qi took a deep breath, rubbed his itchy eyes again, aimed at the mound, and stepped forward again.
This time, he only took two steps out, and Miao Yi jumped off Gu Qi's shoulder and shouted, "Stop!" Don't go. β
Gu Qi stopped, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and turned to the construction site after only two steps, which could only show one problem - someone was interfering.
"What now? Forward or backward? Miao Yi squatted on the ground and looked at the construction site with bright green pupils.
"Of course it's in, I haven't figured out what the other party is, how can I retreat?" Gu Qi's voice was much colder than before.
"Then let's go, since we won't let you go to the mound, then let's go to the construction site, take out the troublemaker, and beat him up for not being able to take care of himself." Miao Yi stood up as she spoke, waiting for Gu Qi to hug her.
"No, I'll go myself." Gu Qi shook his head and lit a cigarette.
"What do you mean?" Miao Yi looked up at Gu Qi.
"The other party wants me to go to the construction site so much, it must have been arranged, and if I go, it will either be in great danger, or I will fall into a trap, if I die, please bring my body back to my sister; If I get caught, you run away on your own and try to save me when the construction site starts during the day, no one cares about a cat, and you're sure to find me. Gu Qi said and walked towards the construction site.
Miao Yi hesitated for a while, and said to Gu Qi's back: "Be careful, there should be more than one person on the other side, if the situation is not good, don't hold on." β
Gu Qi stopped, turned around and said, "Don't go to the mound to investigate by yourself, don't do anything risky, if you are caught, I don't have the ability to find you." β
Nodding, Miao Yi watched Gu Qi walk to the color steel tile wall, first picked up the wall and observed for a while, probably without seeing any danger, so she climbed over the wall to the construction site.
Miao Yi can still smell that special smell, both familiar and unfamiliar, like she has smelled it somewhere, but it is a little different, it is difficult to describe.
It lay quietly on its stomach, nervously facing the construction site, the walls too high for its size to see inside, so it had to listen and smell intently, trying to find some new information.
It didn't take long for the smell from the direction of the mound to be stronger, Miao Yi turned her head to look over there, but one ear was still facing the construction site, and when she felt the smell getting stronger and stronger, she heard a soft sound of "boom" from the construction site.
It shook its head, as if trying to get rid of the special smell in its nasal cavity, but it couldn't, and not long after the noise in the construction site disappeared, there was a fast-paced "ding dong" sound.
Miao Yi knew that it was not a bad thing to have movement, since Gu Qi had already guessed that there would be danger on the construction site, he would definitely take protective measures, there was a noise indicating that he was fighting, if the sound disappeared completely, it was something to worry about.
The smell became stronger, pungent, choking, and her eyes began to tear, Miao Yi got up and stepped back for a while, the smell remained the same, as if the entire mountain, and even the entire Anming City were covered by this strange smell.
The movement in the construction site is getting louder and louder, it smells blood, it should be Gu Qi's, but the smell is very light, indicating that the amount of bleeding is not large, and then the ground suddenly shook, and there was a loud "bang" sound in the construction site, as if a stone giant was stepping heavily on the ground.
After a brief silence, more and louder sounds erupted from the construction site, as if a large group of people were actually working.
Miao Yi began to worry that too much movement was also not a good thing, but before she could get close to check the situation, a concrete mixer truck suddenly broke through the color steel tile fence and ran towards her at a very fast speed.