Chapter Seventy-Eight: A Shadow on the Water
I feel a little sour in my nose, I don't dare to let my family know about all these nine deaths I have experienced over the past few days, except for my grandmother and Sister Bailing and the third uncle, no one knows, even my father and mother, this kind of sadness that resists everything alone Few people can understand, but now, Sister Bailing's words are enough.
Perhaps the dinner I had just eaten was a little salty, and after talking so much, my mouth was dry, so I got up and looked for water to drink.
Each of us had our own kettle, and although there was water in the Silverfish Gully, none of us wanted to drink the water that might have soaked the dead bodies, so we all brought plenty of fresh water with us before we set out.
Because I had to guard the first shift, my kettle was taken down very early on with the Apocalypse Sword for self-defense, but I don't know where to put it.
I turned on my flashlight and shone it around, only to find a kettle at the foot of a tree directly across from me. I walked over, picked up the kettle, unscrewed the lid, and poured a few sips on my head to quench my thirst.
Just as I was contented with the kettle and the apocalypse, ready to continue chatting with Sister Bailing, the moment I turned around, I felt as if I saw something on the water not far away.
My heart tightened, and I subconsciously turned my head to look, only to find that the water surface was empty except for the sparkling and jumping starlight, and the water surface was also very calm.
I was very puzzled, and my heart said, could it be that I was wrong? No, how could it be wrong when that feeling was so real?
Thinking about it, I once again swept the entire body of water as far as I could see, and when my eyes turned to the place where the ship was moored, I was stunned, and I saw a figure on the water less than ten meters away from the boat.
I rubbed my eyes violently, and when I looked again, I couldn't see anything anymore, and the water was still empty and calm.
Now I'm really confused, how can there be a figure on the water? Could it be that I'm tired of the vigil and starting to hallucinate?
Just when I was in doubt, Sister Bailing noticed my abnormality and asked aloud, "Xiaoyi, what's wrong?" ”
I blinked my eyes vigorously, stared at the water several times, and still didn't see the figure, so I turned around and told Sister Bailing about the figure I had just seen on the water.
After listening to my words, Sister Bailing also walked over, and after looking at the water surface a few times, she said to me: "Xiaoyi, you should be too tired, look dazzled, according to what you said, if there is someone on the water surface, the other party will sink into the water immediately after being discovered by you, then there should be movement on the water surface, but look at this water surface!" ”
Sister Bailing's words are not unreasonable, besides, if someone really suddenly appears on the surface of the water, it is impossible not to detect it with the keen perception of the third child.
It seems that I am really hallucinating, I shook my head helplessly, and returned to the campfire with Sister Bailing, but there was always some indescribable strange feeling in my heart.
After returning to the campfire, Sister Bailing said that if she was too sleepy, she would lie down and rest, and she would be enough to be on guard alone, and if there was a real situation, she would wake me up immediately.
In fact, I didn't feel very tired, on the contrary, when I told Sister Bailing about my previous experience, I myself seemed to have experienced those things again, and the whole person was in a state of excitement, and it was impossible to fall asleep.
I rejected Sister Bailing's kindness and continued to chat with her, thinking that it had been a while since I left my hometown last time, and the last time the Heavenly Witch Sect caused trouble in the village, some of these cultists were still hiding in the mountains when I left, and I didn't know what happened later, so I asked about the situation in my hometown.
Sister Bailing told me that after I left, the people in the Third Uncle Bureau and the local special police carried out several dragnet searches, and basically all the places that could be found had been found, and in the end, only Yeling and the inner hinterland mountains where few people dared to enter were left, and there was really no way to enter, so I gave up.
Of course, the results of these searches are also excellent, and several fish that have slipped through the net have been caught, according to the news revealed by the third uncle, there is also a high-level personnel of the Heavenly Witch Sect, who seems to be the helmsman of a certain rudder of the Heavenly Witch Sect, and he is a big fish.
After the manhunt was over, most of the officials withdrew, but some of them remained to prevent the Heavenly Witch Sect from retaliating against the villagers.
When talking about these situations, Sister Bailing specifically mentioned one person, saying that the other party had come to me several times, but at that time I had already left my hometown and returned to Chengdu, so I was in vain several times.
I also know that person, his name is Niu Gang, and he is a police inspector in the sub-bureau of his hometown. Niu Gang made a very deep impression on me, steady, capable, and a very reliable person, when I mistakenly thought that my grandmother was missing and searched everywhere, he also experienced danger with us, and he can be regarded as a good friend!
When it comes to Niu Gang, I almost reflexively think of another person, a girl who has a strong sense of justice, but always does things without her brain, and even makes people feel a little arrogant and unreasonable.
He Xiaoyi, if Sister Bailing hadn't mentioned Niu Gang, I might not have been able to think of this female-police officer who gave me a headache at the beginning.
When I was in my hometown, I had a lot of encounters with this female police officer who was a bit of a tiger, and fell into the cemetery of Wawu Village together, experienced the most horrific things, and even almost died together.
It was at that time that I saw He Xiaoyi's true heart, and even liked her a little for a while. However, the world is unpredictable, after I finally escaped from Yeling after nine deaths, I was shocked to hear the news of He Xiaoyi's disappearance.
At that time, from Niu Gang's mouth, I knew that He Xiaoyi disappeared when she went into the mountains to help find my grandmother, and I should have been thinking about it more at that time, but at that time, after I heard that He Xiaoyi's background was not ordinary, I decided that she should be fine, and only cared about dealing with Lan's affairs.
Now that I think about it, I was really too selfish at that time, Lin Qiao'er disappeared to help me, in vain I was still a little moved by her at the time, and I didn't care about her disappearance, this is really not a human thing.
Sister Bailing said, Niu Gang came to me for He Xiaoyi's business, and the village pulled the net several times to search for it in addition to purging the fish that slipped through the net of the Heavenly Witch Sect, in fact, there was also a relationship with He Xiaoyi, but unfortunately, after several searches, no one was found.
Although the person was not found, it was not without clues, the police had found He Xiaoyi's police hat in the depths of the mountains and forests, and there were traces of a fight near the police hat, and the police judged that He Xiaoyi was most likely captured by the remnants of the Heavenly Witch Sect who fled into the mountain.