Chapter 12: The Lone Star
Xia Yong thought to himself that if Comrade Liu, the old man, was an ordinary policeman, then he should have swallowed the laptop. However, now we can only listen to Comrade Liu's arrangement. Comrade Liu said: "We must first analyze the situation and determine whether these creatures have become the missing villagers of Huangjia Village. Huang Zhonghou ran from the village, and the villagers had just heard the deafening gunshots, but they all obeyed Comrade Liu's orders and stayed at home honestly, not knowing what was happening.
Comrade Liu asked Huang Zhonghou to look at the photos on his laptop, which had been processed by the computer and had undergone some facial restoration, leaving only blurry faces, and the original monster could not be seen. Huang Zhonghou was surprised when he saw the photo, and said nervously: "...... This...... This ......"
Comrade Liu asked: "Do you know these people?" ”
Huang Zhonghou's forehead was covered with sweat, he looked at it carefully for a while, nodded and said, "...... Good...... Like ...... This...... This person is like Huang Dashi...... Only...... I just can't see clearly...... This one is like an old man...... This is the second egg, the ...... Expert...... They all seem to be the ones who have disappeared from our village...... What's wrong with these people? ”
When Comrade Liu saw that he could be sure that these monsters were the missing villagers, his expression seemed to be relaxed, and he immediately put on an old face and said to Huang Zhonghou: "Go back and tell the villagers that there are criminals with guns hidden in the mountains, and they have injured the missing villagers. Just now we had a shootout with these criminals, and you all heard the gunshots, and we will definitely destroy them. He said in a stern tone: "Let all the villagers stay at home and wait for my arrangement." No one is allowed to go out without my orders! ”
Huang Zhonghou saw that Comrade Liu looked serious and was very scared, so he quickly nodded in agreement and went back to the village tremblingly. Huang Zhonghou has lived in a poor and remote country all his life, has never seen much of the world, and believes in Comrade Liu's words. Xia Yong thought to himself: Everyone is out of ammunition and food, and they are unarmed, how to deal with these ghosts? Comrade Liu operated the laptop, and the screen played an image of the monsters hiding from the sun, and said: "These creatures are very afraid of light, not only the sun's rays, but when they were chasing you just now, they were also afraid of the flames generated by the muzzle shooting. When Xia Yong heard this, he felt that this was indeed the case, the attack of the bullet had no effect on these ghosts, but when he fired, those ghosts would still subconsciously avoid it, perhaps because he was afraid of the spark of the muzzle. Light is what these ghosts are really afraid of, and where there is light, these ghosts will avoid it.
Xia Yong thought, in this case, the firelight may be able to drive away these ghosts, but looking at the wind and clouds in the sky, I am afraid that there will be wind and rain tonight, how can this desolate small village keep the easily extinguishable fire in the wind and rain and withstand the attack of the hungry ghosts? Even if Xia Yong and the others could protect themselves with firelight, what would the villagers of Huangjia Village do?
Comrade Liu seemed to know what Xia Yong was worried about, and said, "Tonight, just the three of us will stay in the village. ”
Xia Yong was taken aback: Just the three of us staying here? What does that mean? The villagers don't stay in Huangjia Village? Where do they go?
Xia Yong asked, "Comrade Liu, the three of us stay here, what about the villagers of Huangjia Village?" He thought to himself: What else will Comrade Liu do with these villagers? Things are really bad to the extreme, there is only dry firewood to light here, the fire is too weak, it will definitely be extinguished in case of wind and rain, how to ensure the safety of the villagers?
Comrade Liu looked at his watch and said coldly: "The villagers will leave soon." ”
Xia Yong asked puzzledly: "Why did the villagers leave?" Where to? It was almost dark, and I didn't know if there were any ghosts in the surrounding mountains, and it was too dangerous to enter the mountains. ”
Comrade Liu had already made arrangements: "I have just mobilized several large military transport helicopters from nearby air force units, and they will arrive here in two hours." You remember, the only information that the outside world knows now is that armed criminals are fleeing in the mountains, our police are carrying out a round-up operation, and the villagers of Huangjia Village need to be evacuated urgently, do you two understand? ”
Comrade Liu's intention is obvious: the encounter with ghosts here should be kept strictly secret.
When Xia Yong heard that there was a big secret here, but there was support from the troops, he perked up and said, "Since the troops have been mobilized, we should send more people to support us, we may not be afraid of these ghosts." ”
Comrade Liu said coldly: "No, the matter here needs to be kept strictly secret, and the outside world cannot be known, and the external support troops are not of sufficient level, so it can only be handled by the three of us." Xia Yong understood as soon as he heard it, this may involve a secret project of the state, which must be kept strictly secret. What is Comrade Liu's identity? But Xia Yong recalled the satellite map and the villagers' descriptions: this deep mountain is inaccessible, there are no human buildings, except for the natives, no outsiders have ever visited, what kind of project can there be? Could it be that in the mountains or underground, there are some hidden base fortifications?
Comrade Liu sorted out his equipment and walked towards the village, where he saw the villagers standing at the door of their respective homes along the way, constantly looking around. The villagers did not know what was going on and were very panicked. Comrade Liu said to Qiu Tian: "You pay attention to the terrain in the village. "The clouds are rolling in the sky, getting denser and denser, and the sun is getting less and less. Comrade Liu looked at the tablet and said, "It's going to rain in the evening, and we need to prepare a fire source." Then he instructed Erzhu to take a few people to collect dry firewood from the village.
The three of them walked around the village, Xia Yong was curious, but he couldn't guess the result, and said, "Comrade Liu, can you tell me what's going on here?" ”
Comrade Liu did not answer, but asked, "Tell me about it." ”
Xia Yong sighed and said, "Is there some secret project of the state here?" ”
Master Gu shook his head and said, "No." ”
When Xia Yong saw Comrade Liu's expression, he could see that what he said was true, and Comrade Liu kept his mouth shut and didn't say more. Xia Yong sighed secretly, thinking that this matter was complicated. The three of them continued to walk, each thinking about it, when they suddenly heard someone say, "...... Evil Star Falls to the Earth...... The ghost door is closed......"
When the three of them heard the sound, they saw a thin old man sitting in the wooden doorway, talking to himself.
When Comrade Liu heard the phrase "the evil star fell to the ground", he immediately strode up to the old man and asked, "What did you say?" ”
The old man's eyes were glazed, still shaking his body, and he said to himself: "...... Evil stars fall from the sky, and hungry ghosts come out to eat people! ”
Comrade Liu's expression became very serious.
The little dog ran over and said, "Expert, don't listen to his nonsense, his name is Huang Laoliu, he has a little problem with his head, he is over sixty years old, he doesn't do anything, he talks about these things all day long, and he hasn't even married his daughter-in-law!" ”
Xia Yong asked, "What evil star?!" Xia Yong has heard of the word "evil star", the so-called evil star, is the disaster star, or the incarnation of demons and monsters, this is the superstitious saying of the Celestial Empire since ancient times, the common people have passed it down from generation to generation, Xia Yong originally scoffed at this superstitious statement, how can there be any demon star? But now that he has experienced these things, he can't help but believe it.
The old man patted his thigh and kept chanting, "...... Oops, the red star! Falling from the sky! Finished! Finished! Demons descend into the world, hungry ghosts eat people! No one in the world can live! ”
Comrade Liu looked serious and immediately asked, "Did you really see it with your own eyes?!" ”
When the old man saw Comrade Liu asking again and again, he glared at him and said, "I saw it!" See! The red evil star, the demonic aura is permeated! Fall from the sky in flames! He gestured with his hand as he spoke: "That's a demon star!" The hungry ghosts are released! All the people of the world are doomed! ”
When Xia Yong and Qiu Tian heard this, they were both surprised and a little nervous. Probably because the old man was talking nonsense by himself, ignoring others, and the villagers didn't believe it at all, so Xia Yong didn't hear this statement when he did the villager survey in the morning, and even if he saw it at the time, he couldn't believe it.
Comrade Liu suddenly said: "Did this evil star fall a month ago? ”
The old man was also taken aback, and immediately said, "Yes! ”
Comrade Liu pointed to the north and said, "Did you fall there?" ”
The old man said, "Yes! Be! He continued: "...... Evil stars fell from the sky, and great disaster was coming, I had already told others that hungry ghosts came out to eat people, but no one believed me! Alas...... You saw it at the time? ”
Comrade Liu asked again: "Was there any sound at that time?" ”
The old man shook his head and said, "Not really. ”
At this time, the second pillar suddenly ran over.
Xia Yong asked, "What's wrong?" ”