At that moment, the others all flashed to the side tacitly, for fear that Zhang Qiang's unlucky virtue would infect others.

It's too late, that's fast, when the lid of the wooden box is lifted.

Whoosh~~

A black shadow flashed out of it at an extremely fast speed, and then went directly towards Zhang Qiang's front door.

Zhang Qiang was taken aback.

He groaned, then swung the scalpel forward with a swift movement.

Puff~~

Red blood suddenly spilled all around.

A black object fell to the ground in an instant.

"That thing just now was...... What is it? Zhang Qiang said tremblingly, and then looked at the ground.

It turned out to be a shiny black rat.

At this time, it had been split in half by Zhang Qiang's sharp scalpel.

"It turned out to be a mouse, look at how scared you are." I teased Zhang Qiang with some amusement.

The others laughed out loud when they saw what it was.

Zhang Qiang's face suddenly turned red, and he muttered for a long time without saying why.

After two seconds, Zhao Qiqi said, "Leave that mouse alone, let's see what is in the wooden box." ”

When everyone heard this, they came back to their senses.

I walked up to Zhang Qiang and reopened the wooden box.

Everyone's eyes immediately looked into the wooden box.

When they saw what was inside, everyone was visibly disappointed.

There were just a few ordinary clothes inside, and nothing else.

"It looks like it's just a normal box, and there's no debris in it." Sammy said with some disappointment.

I was slightly stunned, glanced at Sammy, and then reached into the wooden box and rummaged through it.

I pulled a few pants and jackets apart, and finally I found an old yellowed photo at the bottom of the box.

"This ...... What is it? ”

Puzzled, I took the picture in front of me and looked at it.

The photo shows a man and a woman.

The man wears a white gown and looks like someone from a research institute, while the woman wears an everyday outfit and holds an apple in her left hand.

However, the woman's face happens to be hidden in the backlight of the sun, so we can't know who this woman really is.

The others were stunned when they saw me looking at the photo, and I also walked up to me curiously.

"Is there anything strange about this picture?" Du Deming looked at the photo and then asked.

I shook my head, "I don't know, but my gut tells me that this might be a very useful clue as well." ”

With that, I turned around and handed the photo to Zhao Qiqi.

Zhao Qiqi took the photo, and after she squinted and looked at it carefully for a while, she was suddenly stunned.

"What's wrong? Did you find something? Seeing this, Wang Yi hurriedly asked.

"Hmm." Zhao Qiqi nodded slightly.

She looked left and right, then walked outside.

Everyone looked at each other and followed.

When we walked out of the room, we saw Zhao Qiqi turning the photo over and holding it above his head.

She just looked up at the picture in her hand.

We gathered around Zhao Qiqi in some surprise and subconsciously looked in the direction of her hand.

I saw that under the illumination of the light, a few numbers faintly appeared in the lower left corner behind the photo.

"Huh? Digit? What is that? Zhang Qiang asked in surprise.

I also squinted, carefully identifying the number on it: "0230? What do you mean? ”

"I don't know." Du Deming shook his head, and then said, "You say, could this be some kind of password or something?" ”

"0230, what do these four numbers really mean?" Wang Yi also began to think.

At this time, Zhao Qiqi had already put his hand away.

She flipped through the photo several times.

Suddenly, I heard her whisper: "I know!" I know what that means! ”

I was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "What do you know?" What do these numbers represent? ”

Zhao Qiqi smiled.

She handed the picture back to me and said, "The answer is on the picture, you can take a closer look." ”

"Really? I'll take a look too! When Zhang Qiang heard this, he also came over.

I followed Zhao Qiqi's words and looked at every detail of the photo.

However, nothing special was found.

Just as I was about to give up, I suddenly caught a glimpse of the man wearing a watch in his right hand.

A thought crossed my mind.

I suddenly understood what Zhao Qiqi meant.

Some excitedly flipped over the photo to take a look.

Really!

The numbers on the back coincide with the position where the man in front of him is wearing the watch, that is......

"I see! It's time!! I happily turned to look at the others.

"What time?" Du Deming was confused.

Bringing the photo to the crowd, I pointed to the position of the man's watch, turned it over again, and pointed to the position of the numbers.

"You see, these four numbers coincide with where this man wears his watch, does that mean that these numbers actually represent time?" I spoke my mind.

After speaking, I looked at Zhao Qiqi, but saw that she was smiling with satisfaction.

"That's right, Gao Wei, you have indeed improved a lot. That's what I thought, too. 0230, maybe it's 2:30 p.m. That's probably the message that the photos are trying to convey to us! Zhao Qiqi said.

But even if we knew this information, what could we do? At half past two in the evening, what will happen? Situ Cao looked at me and Zhao Qiqi with some puzzlement.

Zhao Qiqi shrugged: "You ask me, I don't know!" Only when 2:30 p.m. arrives that we will know what all this is all about! ”

Listening to her words, everyone nodded.

I glanced at everyone, thought for a moment, and said, "It's a very useful clue, but to be on the safe side, let's split up and search the room to see if there are any hidden fragments!" ”

"Yes! Let's look for it now! Wang Yi said.

And just like that, the six of us, Sammy and De Luca, re-entered the room and conducted a carpet search of the not-so-large thatched hut.

Unfortunately......

We didn't find any fragments of the potion formula, and we didn't find any other clues.

So everyone finally put all their hopes on those four numbers.

I don't know what I'll find at half past two in the evening.

Of course, before the effect of the antidote wore off in 24 hours, we had already given a second injection with the help of Situ Cao.

It didn't take long for the sun to slowly sink into the ground.

Night is coming.

The temperature around me dropped a lot.

A group of us simply lit a fire outside the house, cooked something to eat, and then prepared to go into the room to rest for a while.

After the mobile phone alarm, everyone fell asleep on the kang with their clothes.

I lay on the crowded kang and yawned profusely.

Then, the eyelids closed unconsciously.