That year, Zhang Xiaojie had just entered the fourth grade of primary school. Although others are naughty, they are better than having a lot of pocket money in hand, and they are generous, and their popularity in school is very good.

This day is the day of their school's collective spring outing.

It is said to be a spring outing, but in fact, it is late spring and early summer, and there is a little bit of heat in the air. After playing in the suburbs full of grass and trees for a while, Zhang Xiaojie was already sweating profusely.

At this moment, Wang Yang, the notoriously naughty "skinny monkey" in their class, found him with three other classmates and mysteriously pulled him to the forest next to him.

"What are you doing! Your hands are so wet, your clothes are all wet with you. Zhang Xiaojie patted the arm that had just been grabbed by Wang Yang and complained.

Wang Yang was not annoyed, and asked him with a smile: "Ajie, are you hot?" ”

"Nonsense! It's no wonder it's not hot! ”

Zhang Xiaojie wiped the sweat from his forehead and took out a brand-new ten-yuan bill from his pocket, "You came just in time, old rules, I'll have a drink!" ”

"There's no rush to this." Wang Yang took the money with his wet hand and put it in his trouser pocket, "I'll buy it later." We've found a super cool place, why don't we go together? ”

"Where is it?" Zhang Xiaojie's eyes lit up when he heard it.

"Can you swim?" Wang Yang continued to ask.

"Yes!" Zhang Xiaojie said, "My dad often takes me to the swimming pool to swim, and my skills are not bad. ”

"What's so fun in the swimming pool!" Wang Yang pursed his lips, "The fat man is familiar with this area, he said that through this forest, there is a reservoir, we can go there for a wild swim!" The storage is more comfortable than a swimming pool! ”

"Reservoir?" Zhang Xiaojie looked at the black and sturdy man at the end of the crowd. He is the fat man in Wang Yang's mouth.

The fat man saw Zhang Xiaojie looking at him, and reached out and pointed in the direction of the reservoir. Strangely, his hands were also wet.

But Zhang Xiaojie didn't care about these details, and his face showed an embarrassed expression: "The teacher said not to run around, right?" ”

"Are you scared? It's not like you. Wang Yang said, "Okay." Let's go together, don't think about it. ”

"Let's go together, let's go together." The other three chimed in.

Zhang Xiaojie did not speak.

"If you're really scared, then don't go, we'll go by ourselves." Wang Yang said excitedly.

With that, he waved his hand and was about to take the others away.

"Who's scared?"

Zhang Xiaojie was never afraid of anyone in the class in the past, but now he was excited by Wang Yang, and immediately put that trace of hesitation behind him, "Go and go!" ”

"That's right, it's not far, go early and come back early, if you don't say it, I won't say it, how will the teacher know that we went swimming?"

In this way, a few children took advantage of the free time to set off with a smile.

Where they had just stood, they were left with four circles of wet water stains.

……

After passing through the grove, Zhang Xiaojie really saw the reservoir that Wang Yang said, the vast waves were rippling, and the lake breeze was blowing, which was refreshing.

"How? Didn't lie to you, did you? How can the swimming pool be compared to wild swimming! Wang Yang patted Zhang Xiaojie on the shoulder, and then led the others to rush into the water impatiently.

They either chased and frolicked, or held their breath and plunged into the water, in short, the atmosphere on the water was lively. The happy appearance of the classmates finally dispelled Zhang Xiaojie's last hesitation, he threw off the clothes on his body and jumped into the water.

A shade that was completely different from the constant temperature water of the swimming pool hit his skin, making him shiver, and on the other side, Wang Yang and others, who had already entered the water, had already begun to play the challenge: "We can swim faster than anyone!" ”

With the competition, the group of schoolchildren desperately swam deeper into the reservoir. Zhang Xiaojie fell last, shouting "you wait for me", but no one responded.

After swimming with all his strength, he looked up, only to find that none of his friends were gone, and he was the only one left on the water.

"Where are you?"

He was a little frightened, and was about to swim back to the shore, but a whirlpool appeared in the water inexplicably, and the huge force dragged him straight to the bottom.

The cold water poured into his mouth and nose, and soon choked him.

However, just as he was about to drown, it was as if someone had pushed him and another and so on, until he was pushed out of the water, and the force was gone.

Before he got out of the water, he faintly heard the sound of someone arguing and crying, as if begging someone to let him go.

Where can Zhang Xiaojie, who was in a panic, take care of these, and as soon as he surfaced, he desperately swam to the shore. Fortunately, there was no strange force to stop him this time, and he was able to go ashore smoothly.

Sitting on the shore, it was easy to catch his breath, and he had time to pay attention to his surroundings.

It was still morning when he went into the water, and he felt that he had only been in the water for three or five minutes at most, but when he came ashore, it was almost dusk.

The sunset that day was as red as blood in Zhang Xiaojie's memory.

He walked through the woods to report the news, and then the teacher and the adults rushed to hear the news, and searched for nothing, but found nothing but a brand new ten-dollar bill on the shore, crushed under a pebble.

Zhang Xiaojie remembered that it was the money he gave to Wang Yang, because the ten yuan was drawn with a ballpoint pen with a five-pointed star.

……

In this way, the children disappeared, no one alive or dead, as if they had been devoured by a monster under the reservoir.

Later, Zhang Xiaojie learned that in the half day they disappeared, the teacher and classmates searched all the surrounding mountains and rivers in order to find them, and there was no one to be seen, and even called the police, but nothing was found.

This incident became Zhang Xiaojie's heart disease, and his friends disappeared overnight, and the parents of the missing person thought it was his fault. Especially when they saw the ten yuan, they even believed that Zhang Xiaojie used the money to buy a few classmates to go swimming together.

Even though his teachers and parents protected him well, he still suffered from huge psychological pressure and was autistic for a long time, until his parents reluctantly handled a transfer for him, and he made new friends, and he gradually came out of the shadows and became cheerful again.

"Unexpectedly, after so many years, this matter has never passed. I thought I would forget about them after a long time, but everything was self-deception. ”

Zhang Xiaojie buried his face deep in the palm of his hand in pain, and his voice was vague as if it came from the depths of the years, "I left them behind, and I'm sorry for them." ”

Xu Lang looked at him quietly and sighed.

With this mentality, he can also understand that when a disaster occurs, those who are the only survivors often blame themselves for why they did not die together.

"You are not to blame for this." Xu Lang patted Zhang Xiaojie's shoulder and comforted.

"It was these imps who saved him, more than once."

The spirit officer's voice suddenly rang out again, "It looks like they're in a good relationship!" died as a ghost, and at the last moment, he even changed his method to save him. ”

Xu Lang was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly remembered that Zhang Xiaojie just said that when he was drowning, he heard someone pleading, he thought it was an auditory hallucination, and he didn't care, but now it seems that it was his friends who were trying to save him!

Xu Lang slowly spoke, repeating what the spirit officer said one by one.

Zhang Xiaojie was silent for a long time, and in silence, he was already in tears.

"There should be a fierce presence under the reservoir. It's the one who really wants your life. ”

Xu Lang said, "He has left a mark on you, and after so many years, it still doesn't seem to want to let go of you." Your classmates have already walked up to your window, which proves that your danger is imminent. If you don't come today, even if they don't kill you, you may not live until dawn tomorrow morning! ”

"It's okay now."

Xu Lang comforted Zhang Xiaojie and said, "You will sleep with me tonight, and you will be fine." I'll wait until dawn tomorrow. ”

"Wait."

The spirit officer suddenly stopped Xu Lang, "You ask him, where is the reservoir he said?" ”

This question seems to evoke the most terrifying nightmare in Zhang Xiaojie's heart.

As if to give himself courage, he picked up the cup on the table and put it to his mouth, but he couldn't give up, and he didn't even notice that the cup was empty.

Xu Lang had no choice but to take the cup from his hand, walked to the water dispenser and poured him another glass of water.

Before he could turn around, he suddenly heard Zhang Xiaojie whispering behind him: "Shizhen Reservoir." ”

"Shizhen Reservoir?!"

Xu Lang let out a low sigh, remembering that his last bus mission was also near this place. At that time, Huang Xinxin and the others were still discussing, saying that it was not clean and there were a lot of things, but now it seems that this is really the case.

"You know that, too?" Zhang Xiaojie and Lingguan asked at the same time.

"Hmm." Xu Lang pondered his language for a moment and said, "The bus in the park was found near there. ”

There is also the second half of the sentence, Xu Lang did not speak, only silently recited in his heart: "I met a powerful ghost there that day." There was a fight. ”

"Devil?"

The spirit officer's tone was a little disdainful, and he warned Xu Langdao, "That place is not only infested with powerful ghosts!" I suggest that this matter should be considered in the long run, or you can call out the great man next to you, and I will join forces with her, or we can find out. ”

"What?!" Xu Lang's heart was cold, "That reservoir is so fierce?" ”

He has seen a lot of ghosts now, and he knows that although Lingguan and Lu Xuefei are not at the peak, they are still the top existences in this circle, and even they have to join forces to be sure, I really don't know what kind of price those little ghosts paid to let Zhang Xiaojie escape.

"Well, it's more dangerous than you think."

The spirit officer seemed to be a little embarrassed, but after hesitating for a moment, he still said, "I won't hide it from you, I was injured because of some personal matters and needed to find a place to heal my injuries, and I first fell in love with that reservoir. But the owner there was not easy to mess with, and I suffered a small loss, so I had to go to the tunnel of the gravel mountain. It is the one who comes to me in the morning to find my bad luck. If you really want to go to the reservoir to solve the problem, you must let the powerful person behind you help me, and when the time comes, my body will also come to the other side, and we will join forces to have a complete chance of defeating the enemy. ”

Xu Lang's psychology chuckled again, he remembered what Lu Xuefei said in the morning, the breath of the thing that confronted the spirit official was very similar to the aura of the powerful ghost who recruited her. It seems to be confirmed.

The dialogue between Xu Lang and the spirit officer only exists in consciousness. Zhang Xiaojie couldn't know, he only saw Xu Lang not speaking for a long time, and frowned from time to time, and knew that this matter was very troublesome.

"Boss Xu, please help me!" Zhang Xiaojie pleaded.

Xu Lang came back to his senses, but smiled bitterly. He knows his own business, Lu Xuefei is not something he can support at will!

Fortunately, at this moment, his mobile phone suddenly rang, it was Lu Xuefei's voice connection.

Perhaps it was estimated that there was a living person present, and the mobile phone was not automatically connected. Xu Lang pressed the connect button.

Lu Xuefei's voice came out, and she said briefly: "Yes." It's going to take a few more days to adjust my form before I can go all out. At that time, you just have to take your phone with you. ”

"Huh?"

Xu Lang was taken aback. He really didn't expect Lu Xuefei to take the initiative to help.

But the next moment, Lu Xuefei's words answered Xu Lang's doubts: "I want to see what the hell that gang of ghosts wants to do!" ”

No wonder, Xu Lang was stunned. It was Lu Xuefei who had a common enemy with the spirit officer this time, so she agreed so smoothly.

Of course, this is also a good thing for him, at least to save himself from being caught between the two bigwigs.

"But with Jie Shao's current state, he may not be able to last a few days!" He glanced at Zhang Xiaojie and was a little worried.

When Zhang Xiaojie heard him say this, he even showed an expression of six gods without a master.