"What?!"

Chen Xian sat up from the bed suddenly, the clothes on his body were soaked with cold sweat, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and the muscles on his body were even tighter instinctively, as if he was ready for battle.

But soon Chen Xian calmed down and gradually realized that everything before was just a dream, just a very real nightmare.

Chen Xian sat on the bed and recalled the pictures in his previous dream, feeling that those pictures were like his own experience, and they couldn't be more real, especially the blood-colored giant tree...... Have you seen it somewhere before? Why does it become more familiar the more you think about it?

Silently recalled for a while, Chen Xian couldn't find a similar picture in his memory, he could only think that he was thinking too much, thinking about it day and night, he had experienced too many things in the mental hospital before, and it was not an accident to dream of some strange things.

Chen Xian slept from early morning to evening, and was a little depressed when he woke up.

If everyone has something that they hate, then one of the things that Chen Xian hates the most is taking a nap.

Of course, it can also be said that what he hated was the loneliness of sleeping until dusk and suddenly waking up.

Outside the window was the lights of thousands of homes, the streets were full of traffic, the bustling crowd was noisy and comfortable, only his home was empty and silent, he felt like he had fallen into the largest black hole in the universe, the kind of loneliness that came to his face and penetrated deep into the bone marrow, only made him feel like he was torn out of this world by some unknown force.

took out a ten-pound pack of refrigerated sauce beef from the refrigerator, and took out the two roast chickens left from yesterday, Chen Xian was busy in the kitchen.

Because of his special physique, the amount of food he eats is not much different from that of normal people, and the amount of a basic meal is equal to the amount of a day for a family of three in others, or even more.

If it weren't for the better benefits of being a temporary worker, Chen Xian might not even be able to support himself, so he had this way of eating with ten catties of meat as a base...... It's really a bit of a money-squeeze.

The old house of the Chen family is very large, in addition to the main house as the living room, there are eight side rooms that can live in people, the kitchen is a single room, and the two bathrooms are also independent huts, if you add the front yard and backyard corridor, etc., the total area of this old house is at least about 350 square meters, which is the largest house in the old Luoguxiang.

Chen Xian likes it very much.

Even ready to live here for the rest of their lives.

Although the decoration of the house is old and looks old-fashioned, Chen Xian does not dislike it, but likes the traces left by the years in the courtyard, every bit is his childhood memory, which can make him remember those beautiful days.

Ningchuan is a famous tourist city in China, but also a city of pleasure and comfort, the pace of life can be said to be very slow compared with other developed cities, and the city's entertainment venues are readily available, the air is good and there is no haze trouble, so whether you want to let the elderly provide for the elderly, or want young people to squander their youth here, Ningchuan is enough to competent.

But Chen Xian has lived here for more than 20 years, and he doesn't think that this city is very interesting, and his life is not as colorful as that of his age, but like an old man who retires in this city, spending every day in boredom.

Of course, maybe most of the old people have a much more interesting life than him, at least they can find friends to play chess and mahjong, or go out to travel together, and no matter how bad they are, they can also dance square dances.

On the other hand, Chen Xian, in addition to necessary work and food procurement, Chen Xian almost never goes out, seems to be an otaku but is not a real otaku, he does not play with mobile phones or computers, he is either sleeping or eating every day, or he is in a daze.

Needless to say, even he felt that he was wasting his time, but he didn't want to change this life, because he couldn't even say what he wanted, and there didn't seem to be anything that interested him...... No, it doesn't seem like that, he's still quite interested in dealing with those abnormal cases.

Just when he was bored, his phone suddenly rang.

Chen Xian was lying on the recliner in the courtyard and was about to fall asleep, and when he heard the bell, he was a little more energetic, and when he looked at the caller ID, it was Lao Zhou, the internal contact person of the Investigation Department, calling.

"Hello? Can you hear me? ”

There was a slightly old voice on the other side of the phone, and the crunch of many people tapping on the computer keyboard, which sounded like a mess on the other end.

"I can hear you." Chen Xian replied, Chen Xian's attitude towards this familiar contact person was quite enthusiastic, "Why did you suddenly call me?" Is there a case I need to deal with? ”

"There is no case for the time being." Lao Zhou smiled, but the voice over there was still very noisy, and the noise was constant, as if he was constantly flipping through the paper materials, "You should be at home now, right?" ”

"Yes."

"I read the information they sold...... Your mission has been accomplished....... The leader's evaluation is quite high. Lao Zhou smacked his lips and looked a little emotional, "The salary has been cleared, and it is estimated that it will be on your card tomorrow, I will help you keep up with the bill, and you should pay attention to check it when the time comes." ”

"Okay." Chen Xian said politely, "Then it's troublesome for Master Zhou." ”

The phone didn't hang up, Lao Zhou was silent as if he wanted to say something, Chen Xian didn't ask, and waited quietly on the chair.

"I read the information says...... You find out that there is a Taoist situation in that mental hospital...... It's called the Falling Formation, right? ”

"Yes." Chen Xian replied.

"Has that formation been broken?" Lao Zhou asked cautiously.

Hearing this question, a trace of doubt flashed in Chen Xian's eyes, and he slowly sat up from the chair, "We didn't break it, and that array didn't seem to have started." ”

"Didn't start...... Lao Zhou pondered for a while, and suddenly asked, "Can you be sure it didn't start?" ”

Chen Xian thought for a while and said, "At least when we left, that formation was in a state of abandonment, and the formation diagram at the eye of the formation was also wiped by me, although I don't know if this is useful......

"The corpses were still gasping for breath when you left the underground facility, right?" Lao Zhou asked.

Chen Xian recalled for a while and replied, "They are still panting, it's about the same as when we went in before, and those corpses haven't changed much." ”

Lao Zhou was silent and didn't say a word.

Chen Xian seemed to feel something, his brows furrowed slightly, and he asked, "Is there something wrong with the mental hospital?" ”

"This ......" Lao Zhou hesitated, as if he wanted to say it or not.

"If it's inconvenient, I won't say it." Chen Xian said.

"I took a look, it's not a secret, it's like this......" Lao Zhou lowered his voice and said to Chen Xian in a low voice, "The Armed Forces Department rushed to Wushan to participate in the operation six hours ago, and there was no accident at first, but it was to the square in the middle...... Something went wrong. ”

Something went wrong?

Chen Xian frowned, and had a bad premonition in his heart.

"When the armed men were collecting samples, it was as if they had touched the vertebrae of the corpses." Lao Zhou said in a low voice, his tone was a little nervous, "I just touched one, and they all came back to life!" ”

Hearing Lao Zhou say this, Chen Xian was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered those pictures in the mental hospital.

The corpses that knelt down in the square......

Those weird, glaring golden vertebrae.......

At that time, Chen Xian felt strange that there was no requirement for the vertebrae in the falling formation, and it could be said that from the formation to the starting formation, none of the requirements were related to the vertebrae.

If those corpses were really the sins of the fallen formation, then this matter is really a little incomprehensible, why did the people in the mental hospital use gold to beat them to the vertebrae? Is it really a lot of money to burn?

"Need my help?" Chen Xian asked.

Thinking of the picture of hundreds of corpses coming to life together, Chen Xian felt panicked in his heart, can the Armed Forces Department withstand so many evils?

"There is no need for help for the time being, the Ministry of Armed Forces has sealed off the Foggy Mountains, and those anomalies should not be able to escape from the mental hospital, and if the conventional methods of dealing with it do not work, they may take further ......"

At this point, Lao Zhou did not continue.

"Anyway, you don't have to get involved in the affairs of the Foggy Mountains, you should also pay attention during this time, don't run to the Foggy Mountains, I know how harmful your curious nature is." Lao Zhou's tone when he said this was obviously much more serious, and he told Chen Xian very seriously, "The nature of this case is very complicated, if you are involved, there will be a lot of unnecessary trouble, understand?" ”

"I know, Master Zhou, don't worry." Chen Xian smiled, his concern for Lao Zhou was still very useful, after all, he was an old acquaintance with his grandfather Chen Ba, and he also had half of the credit for becoming a temporary worker.

From a certain point of view, Lao Zhou is Chen Xian's special guardian, and many cases were also transferred to Chen Xian by his hands.

"Not worried? I don't worry if you do less dangerous things! Lao Zhou couldn't help but complain when he said this, chattering like the most ordinary kind of old man, and every word revealed his concern for Chen Xian, "Take the last case as an example, you dragged that spirit body to jump from the sixth floor, do you want to die?" And last ......"

Chen Xian blinked helplessly, but he didn't interrupt Lao Zhou's words, but listened patiently.

But at this moment, there was a sudden muffled bang behind Chen Xian, as if something had fallen to the ground, and he instinctively turned his head to look at it......

"And last time, I didn't say you, Xiaoxian, you really don't make people worry...... Feed? Feed?? Can you hear me? ”

Lao Zhou's voice was still ringing on the phone, but Chen Xian's attention was not there, and no matter how much he shouted, he didn't respond.

All of Chen Xian's attention was attracted by the person standing in front of him, and he couldn't take his eyes off it at all.

"How could it be you??"