In the evening, the village chief's house, in the courtyard.

Ma Shuo, Liu Lin, and Colonel Benn sat aside, and listened carefully to the village chief's account of the strange events of this time.

For a moment, the three of them looked at each other, and their faces were full of incredulous expressions.

Five days ago, a villager living closest to Wujiang was suddenly awakened by the sound of his family's dog barking.

When he led his wolf dog out to check, he was dragged by the wolf dog to the river.

At that moment there was a sudden wave in the water, and when he saw the fleeting sight vaguely, he immediately screamed in fright and ran away.

Colonel Benn touched the sparse stubble on his chin, "There are a lot of tentacles, octopus, or squid?"

The village chief looked frightened, took a deep breath of saliva and nodded, "Well, yes, my lord." At that time, he was the only one by the river, in fact, the villain didn't believe it. But the next night, three or four more people saw the same monster. Hey!"

Ma Shuo frowned slightly and wondered: "Isn't the octopus in the sea? Wujiang is a freshwater river, and the sea fish can't survive." ”

Colonel Benn suddenly realized that the octopus in the sea would surely desalinate and die in less than ten minutes if it entered the fresh water.

Immediately got up and looked at the village chief: "What about those witnesses?"

The village chief sighed deeply: "All the people who saw the monster were among those 25 people. The security team went to check, but there was nothing. Moreover, the detector in the middle of the village did not move, and it was only treated as a missing person. It wasn't until today, when you came over, that we learned that they were all dead. ”

Colonel Benn turned his head to look at Liu Lin, who was speechless: "Mr. Liu, you have a lot of experience in traveling from south to north, do you have any suggestions?"

Liu Lin pondered a little and shook his head: "I'm sorry Colonel, I haven't heard of this kind of thing, why don't we go to the riverside and have a look?"

Colonel Benn nodded: "Okay, hearing is false, seeing is believing." ”

After speaking, he immediately ordered the five squadron leaders around him: "Send a team to follow us, and everyone else will go back to be on guard, and I will allow you to fight back freely if there is any trouble." ”

Hearing this, the five squadron leaders immediately saluted, leaving a squad to protect a few people, and the rest all returned to their respective teams.

After all, the village chief was too old, so he did not go to the riverside with him, but he also arranged for his eldest son to accompany him. The sons he knew also knew that they could help the colonel and others to some extent.

The matter was urgent, and in order to prevent any changes in the situation, more than a dozen people couldn't even take care of eating, and hurried to the bank of the Wujiang River.

Ma Shuo remembers very well that last year's special funeral was held here. At this time, carefully distinguishing by the moonlight, a few traces of ashes can still be seen in the golden sandy shore of the shore.

It's just that on the originally flat sand, in addition to the clear footprints coming and going, there are some more signs of snake-like gliding.

Because Ma Shuo and Liu Lin used to be in the hemlock canyon, they walked with snakes in close proximity to many reasons. So when they saw this trace, their pupils dilated more than twice for a while.

If it is a snake crawler, then each snake is more than 5cm in diameter. And there are only five clear lines in total, which spread into the village and back into the water.

Seeing this, Colonel Benn frowned slightly, and called a soldier and ordered, "Go! Let them bring some city patrol beasts." Mainly wolfdogs and wild boars can go into the water, go and come back quickly!"

The soldier received the order, quickly ran back to the village, and in less than a minute, he led seven or eight people with a dozen city patrol beasts, huhula and returned to the shore.

Colonel Benn ordered again: "Follow these traces for me! No matter what the murder is, it must have left something behind after so many times in the village." ”

When the soldiers received the order, they immediately led the city patrol beast to the tracks, and in a short time they scattered. Most of them slowly entered the village, and some wolfdogs dug holes when they smelled it.

Aquatic, or passing through the water, kills and extracts the vast majority of nerve cells. Ma Shuo looked back in the direction of the village, pestled Liu Lin's arm and reminded in a low voice: "It shouldn't be out of the range of the detector yet, could this murderous guy be some kind of animal?"

Liu Lin shook his head with his fingers and said, "I don't know, at least old man, among the animals I've heard of, none of them love to eat brains." ”

"And what about the Inhumans?" asked again by Ma Shuo, "Aren't they among them either?"

"No!" Liu Lin thought for a moment and replied categorically: "Those guys don't have the stinky problem of picky eating, they don't even have any bones and meat left." Moreover, the detector is not in the center of the village, but slightly south, and can extend to three or four hundred meters into the Wujiang River. ”

Ma Shuo just nodded, and didn't answer. There was also a detector in the hemlock village at the beginning, didn't the lost still swagger through the village?

As for the specific function of this kind of thing, Ma Shuo has almost no hope.

Walking to the shore alone, looking at the sparkling water under the moon, Ma Shuo was stunned.

Seeing this, Colonel Benn immediately sent four soldiers to follow him to protect him. The killer is likely to emerge from the water, and he doesn't dare to put Ma Shuo in danger.

This is a child who is familiar with the royal guards, and if something happens, it will only be bad for him in public and private.

Ma Shuo was extremely calm now, almost nothing was in his head, even the incessant sound of footsteps around him, the wheezing of the city patrol beasts and the noise of digging pits were almost completely ignored.

Suddenly, the few city patrol beasts closest to the shore suddenly stopped moving. The head looked into the depths of the river, and the nose kept sniffing something.

Ma Shuo, who was closest to the water, also looked up at the river almost at the same time.

A human head seemed to be visible on the surface of the water just a hundred meters away, and then disappeared in an instant, except for a faint sound of "Boom!"

When Ma Shuo's gaze looked there, under the reflection of the moonlight, only circles of fine ripples slowly spread. But based on this, Ma Shuo can conclude that there must have been something "exposed" just now.

couldn't help but feel nervous, and slowly retreated to Liu Lin's side, lowered his voice and warned: "Old man Liu, be careful." Something just appeared in the water, and in an instant it was back to the bottom of the water!"

Liu Lin saw the strange appearance of the city patrol beast, and nodded lightly when he heard Ma Shuo's words: "Well, don't move, we're here to help, listen to the colonel's orders." ”

"Report sir, the smell in the water just reappeared, but it quickly disappeared. The soldier closest to the water, observing the behavior of his patrolling beast, walked quickly to Colonel Benn's side, and reported in a low voice.

Colonel Benn frowned when he heard this, so many people were going back and forth on the shore. How dare this murderous guy take the lead?

Bold, brainless, hungry?

These are all possible.

Immediately, he also ordered in a low voice: "Leave five people as bait, and the others will return to the village in batches to observe secretly, so that the bait is safe!" ”

The subordinates received the order to execute it immediately, and Colonel Benn immediately walked towards Ma Shuo and the others: "Both, there is something in the water watching us, I suspect that it is a murderer." So I have a plan for the next step, and I hope you two can fully cooperate. ”