Chapter 41: The Sacred River Domain
In that car, it was really Chen Sen.
I was about to check the back row to see if there was anyone else, when Chen Sen's eyes in the rearview mirror suddenly glanced at me, "Nobody, come up." β
I shook my head, walked over to the co-pilot, and opened the door.
Chen Sen was holding a cigarette, staring at me, his eyes were flat, and the corners of his mouth gradually showed a sneer, "I'm back, fugitive." β
"How did you find mine?" I got in the car.
"You think I'm going to eat dry rice?" Chen Sen snorted coldly, and threw the handcuffs to me by the way, "Since you're back, don't leave today, take the initiative for a while." β
"Hehe......" I took a cigarette from his cigarette case and lit it, "You must have had a fever lately, and your brain has burned out." Let's both be honest and talk about it. β
"Okay, then I'll talk about it first." Chen Sen took the lead and asked, "Where have you gone in the past few days?" β
"Moshan, investigate the truth."
"Moshan?"
"That's right."
"And what did you investigate?"
"It's complicated, you won't believe it, it's superfluous to tell you."
"Shhh Chen Sen snatched the cigarette I was about to smoke and pointed at me, "Then you came with me to cheat the cigarette?" It's one thing for me to believe it or not, it's another thing for you to say it or not! I'm telling you, since I'm waiting for you here, there's a reason to wait for you. Tell me quickly. β
I re-said the same thing I said to Shao Zun before to Chen Sen.
After saying that, I found that this guy was indeed different from before, in the past, when this information entered Chen Sen's ears, he would be disdainful, and even extremely disgusted. But in the process of my narration just now, he did not have the slightest intention to interrupt me, and even listened a little intently.
This only made me more confused.
"What you say, it's all true?" Chen Sen confirmed with me.
"I'm already back, so why lie to you? I want to lie to you, and there is no need to come back. β
"I know ......"
"You seem to believe it." I asked, "This doesn't look like you're used to." β
Chen Sen was silent, and after a moment, he asked me, "Do you want to know why I'm waiting for you here?" β
"I was about to ask."
"The body is lost."
"The dried corpse?" I've got it.
Chen Sen nodded, "Yes, not long after you left, it was stolen by a mysterious person in the forensic center. Do you know, I couldn't figure out why you killed Ye Tianze that night, so I have been in the forensic center. And, see with your own eyes the surveillance of the body being moved. β
There must have been a problem with that part of the surveillance, and I guess it was the person carrying the body.
"Who do you see?"
Chen Sen looked at me, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly asked a seemingly unrelated question: "Did you really get along with your fiancΓ©e all the time in the previous month?" β
"At times like this, do you think I'll still lie...... Wait a minute! I suddenly realized something, and stared at Chen Sen with wide eyes, "You mean, what you saw in the surveillance was Mina?!" β
"I can't be sure, but I've seen pictures of her anatomy, and I think I'm not mistaken."
I clenched my fists and pressed my nose against my nose, I can't describe whether this feeling is excited, excited, or painful, I just want to know, where is the "Mina" that Chen Sen saw?
"Where is she? You see someone stealing a corpse on the monitor, you can't possibly not move, isn't it! "I pinned my hopes on him.
Chen Sen frowned, and shook his head helplessly at me: "I did chase it out, but I lost it when I left, and then I was attacked on the road...... The next morning, I woke up. β
And so it was.
I was a little disappointed, but I was a little prepared.
Then I thought of another question: "Now, is it time to clear my name?" β
And this question made Chen Sen's expression even more ugly, "I'm sorry, that can't be helped." β
"Why?"
"That surveillance, that surveillance was deleted after I woke up, and I couldn't find any traces. I couldn't argue with myself, and they thought I was crazy too. And even if that surveillance video is kept, the video of you killing Ye Tianze is still true, and you will never be able to get rid of it. β
"I told you, that guy isn't dead! He turned into a monster! And I suspect that the group of things that chased us in Moshan before was him, and the remaining thirteen molting bugs! "I was furious.
At this time, Chen Sen's expression was much calmer than before, he looked at me and said slowly: "Actually, if that's the case, you really shouldn't continue to mess around outside." β
"What do you mean?"
"Although I can't know the full content, judging from the relief you described, you are likely to be the new host of the fourteen king worms, right? This also just explains why you often go crazy, lose your memory, and Ye Tianze, who was killed by you, will come back from the dead. He hadn't been to that mountain. β
There was silence between us.
After a while, Chen Sen spoke first, "Come back with me, you can't investigate this matter yourself." β
I shook my head, "If I just hid the information that the king worm might be parasitic in my body and didn't let you know, you would still catch me back?" β
"I said at the beginning that I didn't plan to let you go today."
I smiled, "So, that old Chen, you really shouldn't have thrown this thing to me." β
When the words fell, Chen Sen and I moved at the same time! He was about to pull out his gun, but I took the lead and handcuffed him by the wrist, hung him on the steering wheel, and took out the keys from his pocket, still outside the car door.
Chen Sen was annoyed and cursed at me.
"Alright, I've already won, don't waste your efforts." I got out of the car and tapped on the door, "I'm not running away, I just have something that I have to find in person." And, believe it or not, as long as I'm not dead, I'll definitely investigate the truth to the end. β
"You bastard! Okay, don't let me meet you next time! The next time I encounter it, I'll shoot it directly! β
"Then wait for next time."
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Gujing Town, that's my hometown, a small town around Bincheng.
My only relative, my second uncle, still lives in that place. He was the only person I could trust at the moment, and I contacted him, mailed him the map by courier, and told him to keep it safe, but not to open it.
It's not clear what the significance of the map's existence is, but it's a vital thing. I can't carry it with me all the time. Right now, I'm going to go to Laguo to find the woman named Du Youlan, Yao Qianwen knows that woman, and I still can't clearly judge the real purpose of that girl's entry into Moshan. But what is certain is that it is definitely related to Du Youlan, or Mina.
Then, it's easy to get in touch with the map of the mechanism I've found.
Although I have never been in contact with Du Youlan, my intuition tells me that I should keep a hand in the face of her.
After all this was taken care of, I was ready to start arranging my own trip to the country. Originally, this was a very troublesome matter, but fortunately, I had a wide range of friends in the past, and I had contact with all three religions and nine streams, so I quickly arranged for myself to be smuggled into a cargo ship and smuggled into the territory of Latin America.
After that, I used a fake document as a tourist to travel in Latin America.
About five days have passed since the location of the previous map was determined to be a small town called Ratam. During this time, my body secretes mucus every night, just like I saw in the Moshan Cave before. I wasn't sure if it would spread and parasitize other humans, so I slept in a bathtub every night and boiled the liquid the next day.
On top of that, my body was getting weaker and weaker.
The physical strength that was different from ordinary people in the first few days has now decayed by half. And I'm always having some strange dreams, in which I incarnate as a strange insect, the kind alienated by Guan Hao and others, wanton killing, unable to control myself. What's even more terrifying is that these dreams occasionally appear during the day, and I even lose my mind for a short time, and then some parts of my body change.
And those changes, after sobering up, I can even restore them through my will.
I don't know how long I can last, and I don't know if there is a way to dissolve the insect poison on my body.
With fear of the unknown, I embarked on a new journey.
In Latin America, the most convenient route to the town of Ratam is by water. There is a long river across the country of Latin America, called the Spring of Eternity, which is said to be the holy river of Latin America. There are many legends about this sacred river, and it is said that after being baptized, it can change people's luck and heal wounds and diseases. Even, after death, buried in this river, there is a saying that the soul will return to heaven. The most sacred festival in the country of Latin America is the day of worship of the god of the holy river, on that day, the whole country is as festive and lively as the Spring Festival, and the vicinity of the holy river is full of grand and solemn blessing ceremonies.
But such a sacred river has an area that cannot be touched at will.
It is known as the Death Zone of the Holy River, and any official Rak-American vessels will stop before touching the Death Zone. In the legend of the Holy River, the Holy River connects heaven and hell, and the death zone is the entrance to hell. The river no longer protects the people of Ra, and the demons of hell live in the water, and all human ships that pass by here will be dragged by the demons to the bottom of the river and drowned, and the flesh and blood of the people will be eaten by them, but the bones will not sink to the bottom, but will float on the surface of the river forever.
This legend does not seem to be groundless. Witchcraft is prevalent in the country of La, and there are many special professions similar to witchcraft, who will sneak into the death zone of the holy river at night to collect river water to perform some kind of witchcraft. According to rumors, at night, the river in the death zone will really float with white bones overnight, until the day comes.
Now, with my sick body in tow, I got on a boat in the holy river, ready to take the waterway to the small town of Ratam. The languages of Latin America, Chinese and English, are three or seven open, so I can basically understand them. Alone, on this cruise, it is considered to be easy to move.
It was just before noon, when I walked out of the public restroom in the cabin, that around the corner of the hallway, I suddenly saw three dark-skinned locals, talking to each other in the local language. They looked a little weird, and when they saw me walk out of the bathroom, they looked at each other and walked away.
Judging by my years of experience, three guys, a bit of a problem.
And my intuition tells me that the problem doesn't seem to be small.
So, I quietly followed one of them, ready to find out, and was about to follow the stairs of the lower level of the cabin, when suddenly a familiar shout came from behind me: "Oh God! Uncle? Is that you? β
I immediately stopped, looked back, and found that the person was actually Yao Qianwen!