Chapter 38: Black Mist

When I arrived in Fengdu, it was not yet dawn.

This is a world-famous ghost town, the hometown of the most famous Divine Comedy in China, and the capital of the legendary ghost country. Although they had heard of its name for a long time, Ye Han and Zheng Shasha were here for the first time.

Although Fengdu is known as the Kyoto of the ghost country, it is actually just a town in reality, because there is no heavy industry here, the environment has been well protected, but when Ye Han and Zheng Shasha arrived, they saw that the entire ghost city of Fengdu was shrouded in black fog.

It is less than 200 kilometers away from City C, and City C is a famous mountain city in China, and it is also a famous fog capital, although the fog of City C is not as world-famous as London, but as long as people who have been to City C, they know that when it is foggy here, the whole city is ethereal like a fairyland. It stands to reason that Fengdu is close to each other, and it is not strange that there is fog, but strangely, the fog here is black, the kind of black fog that envelops the whole town.

There is no heavy industry here, the environment should be very good, how can there be such a black fog? Even if it is the most polluted heavy industrial area in China, there will not be such an exaggerated fog? This is even stricter than the haze in the north! Zheng Shasha said.

It's unusual, Sasha, we seem to be late. Ye Han said.

What do you mean? Are you saying that the people of the Golden Compass have already done something here? That's what they made of this fog? Zheng Shasha said.

Ye Han shook his head: I'm not sure, but I have a strong bad premonition, those people are trying to get rid of us, and coming to Fengdu is definitely not just here to visit and travel, they must have some ulterior motives, it is too unusual for such a dark fog to appear in such a small town far from the city.

What do we do now? Zheng Shasha asked.

Let's go to the town and find a hotel to stay in. I'm hungry too, I have to eat something, I heard that the spicy chicken nuggets here are good, I have to try it. Ye Han said.

I found out that you are a person except for pickling girls, so I want to eat, and now that such a big thing has happened, you don't seem to be in a hurry at all, you are just a consultant, of course it's okay, I'm an official member of the Red Quantity Society, and if something goes wrong with the task I'm responsible for, I'm going to be punished! Zheng Shasha said angrily.

It's useless to be anxious, only when you are full can you have the strength to work, even if you are scolding, you have to eat enough to have the strength to scold. Ye Han said with a hippie smile.

Coming to a nice hotel, Ye Han parked the car and started chatting with the little sister at the front desk again, the little sister's Mandarin has a thick local accent, which sounds very interesting, and her face is chubby, which is very cute.

Girl, is there often such a big fog here? Ye Han stuffed a small box of Ferrero chocolates stolen from Zheng Shasha's bag and asked with a smile.

Sister is the name of this area, Ye Han follows the local customs, and it is also kind to call it out.

No, I've grown so big, I've never seen such a big fog, and it's black, like soot, it's terrifying. The fat girl unceremoniously accepted the chocolate, peeled one and put it in her mouth.

So when did this fog start? Ye Han asked.

I was on night duty last night, and there was no fog before three o'clock, it should have been half past three, and the fog suddenly poured out from all directions, and it was covered all of a sudden, a little scary, you know, we are here in a ghost town, there are a lot of ghosts. Xiaomei said.

Do you think this fog was made by ghosts? Ye Han frowned.

Hehe, I'm just kidding, are you serious? Although I live in a ghost town, I have never seen a ghost, but this fog is really strange, by the way, before the fog came, I also heard a rumbling sound, like thunder, but it didn't seem to come from the sky. The fat little girl said.

So where do you think it came from? Ye Han asked.

It's hard to say, it seems to be coming from underground.

Ground floor? Are you sure? Ye Han's brows furrowed even deeper.

The fat little girl smiled, I'm not sure, I was chatting with my mobile phone QQ, and suddenly I heard a sound, I thought there was an earthquake, but it was just a sound, and there was no shaking, and then the fog came. The fat little girl said.

Oh well, thank you. You are very beautiful, a bit like Qi Wei who plays TV. Ye Han didn't forget to praise the fat little girl.

Are you sure? In fact, many of my friends say that I am like Qi Wei. The fat lady's face smiled like a flower.

Zheng Shasha, who had been standing by the side and watching coldly, approached Ye Han and said softly: You are really cold, the little girl has never seen the world, and she is almost fascinated by you.

Are you saying that if you've seen the world, you can be indifferent to my charms? The first time we met, we said that I was going to spank you, and I haven't fulfilled it yet, because I'm going to wait for you to take the initiative to let me spank it, and you'll have a day when you're obsessed with me. Ye Han said with a wicked smile.

I've seen shameless, but I've never seen you so shameless, admire. Zheng Shasha said with a dark face.

I will work harder and be more shameless. Ye Han shrugged and said.

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It wasn't until three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day that the black fog that shrouded Fengdu slowly dissipated, and then Ye Han and Zheng Shasha heard another shocking news, the largest ghost king sculpture in Fengdu sank, and a big pit fell into the ground!

For the safety of tourists, the staff of the relevant departments have blocked the scene together with the police, Ye Han and Zheng Shasha can only stand outside the yellow line to watch, there are many people at the scene, all kinds of discussions, some say that they heard a rumbling sound last night, it must be caused by an earthquake, and some say that it is not like an earthquake, how can there be an earthquake that just happens to shake this piece?

Zheng Shasha took out her mobile phone to take pictures, while listening to the discussion of the people next to her, and turned around and suddenly found that Ye Han standing next to her was gone. was about to look around, but found that Ye Han was standing by her side again.

Where have you been? Zheng Shasha looked at Ye Han in surprise.

I couldn't see it clearly here, so I went in and took a look. Ye Han said.

How do you do it? Didn't anyone find you? Zheng Shasha asked.

I didn't notice it, I ran fast, I used to be a thief, so I ran faster. Ye Han said.

Zheng Shasha knew that if she wanted to be undiscovered without being discovered with so many people watching, it was definitely not something that ordinary thieves could do if they ran fast, it should be possible to do it at a speed that ordinary people couldn't do.

What do you see? Zheng Shasha asked.

A big pit. Ye Han's answer was very simple.

And then what?

It's gone, it's a big pit, and the sculpture of the ghost king is stuck in that big pit. Ye Han said.

Isn't that? It doesn't make any sense at all.

I just tell you what I see, what does it mean? If only I knew what the point was. Ye Han said and touched his right ear.

Are your ears uncomfortable? Why do you touch your ears so often? Zheng Shasha frowned.

No, I'm stupid, and when I think about a problem, I always like to touch my ears so that it's easy to figure it out. Ye Han said.

Then why don't you just bang your head against the wall, maybe the effect will be better. Zheng Shasha said.

Good idea! I'll definitely try it when I go back! Ye Han said seriously.

Neuropathy! Zheng Shasha scolded.

Back at the hotel, Zheng Shasha began to call her boss Zeng Zhongli to report the situation, and after talking for a few minutes, she handed the phone to Ye Han: Zeng Tou wants to talk to you.

Hi handsome guy, hello, did you eat and sleep well? Ye Han asked.

It's all going to happen, do you still have the heart to joke? Zeng Zhongli's voice was not very friendly.

Isn't this going to be, everyone? Why is it so heavy? Ye Han asked.

Just now we received news that those members of the Golden Compass have booked a return ticket, indicating that their purpose has been achieved, that is, our mission has failed, we didn't stop them, and we didn't even figure out what they did, which is simply a shame for our Red Volume Foundation! Zeng Zhongli's voice was a little loud.

This time I did make a mistake, I was used to being idle, and I didn't get into the state soon, I am willing to take all the responsibility, please don't punish Zheng Shasha. Ye Han said seriously.

Now is not the time to be held accountable, I just want to ask, what exactly did our butcher Parker find in Fengdu? What the hell are the people of the Golden Compass doing there? Zeng Zhongli said.

I'm sorry, I've only found a big crater at the moment, and there's a black fog in the sky, intuitively I think these strange phenomena are related to the purpose of the Golden Compass's visit to China, as you said, they should have achieved their goal, but helplessly, I really don't know what they did so far. Ye Han said.

You don't have any clues? Aren't you the best of the best?

Big brother, I'm Butcher Parker, not Detective Conan, not Sherlock Holmes, it's impossible to figure everything out at once, but there is still a clue, I found a lot of blood on the edge of the pit where the ghost king sculpture sank. Ye Han said.

What does that mean? Zeng Zhongli asked.

It's not clear, but as far as I know, once you want to start some kind of important ritual in black witchcraft, blood is often used, some heavy rituals, and even virgin/female blood is required, I hope you can get through the guò relationship and find out if there is a case of missing girls near Fengdu recently, and, I want you to use your resources to find out if there were some strange phenomena found last night in Yunan Dali. Ye Han said.

Okay, I'll do it now, and I'll get in touch again.

Zeng Zhongli was very efficient and very straightforward, and after he said it clearly, he hung up the phone immediately.

Zheng Shasha looked at Ye Han a little strangely, when Ye Han asked Zeng Zhongli not to punish her just now, she heard it, she didn't know whether Ye Han really wanted to defend her, or just to save face, this man was too flowery and good at picking up girls, and Zheng Shasha only dared to believe half of his words.

Even half of it was a little too much.