Chapter 37: The Demon of Dover

Lei Ao had been walking back and forth between the tents for two or three hours, and he was still tiredβ€”it was half past eleven at night, and there was no monster expected to enter the 'hole'. But even so, Lei Ao didn't dare to be careless anymore, he squatted in front of the campfire, and used a wooden stick to 'make' the fire, forcibly driving away the sleepiness.

Just after twelve o'clock, Sina came out of the tent. Lei Ao asked in a low voice, "Xinna, what are you doing here?" ”

Sina was a little embarrassed and said, "I'...... Make it easy. ”

"Ah......h

Jing Xiaoran, who was in the same tent as Xinna, leaned out and asked, "Xinna, do you want me to accompany you?" ”

"No, I'll be next to ......" Xina blushed and said to Leo, "Can you turn around for a moment, Leon?" ”

"Oh, okay." Lei Ao quickly turned around and turned his back to the tent. "You're done...... Call me. ”

With an umbrella in her hand, Sina walked to a little next to the tent, crouched down, and held it out to cover herself.

After a while, Sina whispered, "Okay, turn your head." ”

Leo turned, and Sina walked towards him, and the two sat together on a rock. Sina reached out to bake the fire. Lei Ao asked, "Is it cold to sleep in a tent?" ”

"Fortunately, the sleeping bag is made with down, which is 'very' warm. It's just a little cold when it comes out. What about you? ”

"I'm fine, sitting in front of the fire, it's definitely not cold."

"It's really hard for you, Lei Ao, to keep you vigil for two days in a row."

"Who called me a 'Dragon Knight'?" Lei Ao said proudly, "Shouldn't the knight protect the princess?" ”

Xinna covered her mouth and smiled, and asked, "Who is the princess?" ”

Lei Ao smiled and said, "Only you and Jing Xiaoran can be princesses here." ”

"What about Hang Yi and Han Feng? Didn't you also protect it? ”

"Hey, do they need me to protect them? They are stained with light! ”

Sina giggled, "You're really good at talking, Lei Ao." ”

"Originally, it was the boys' duty to protect the 'girl' students."

Xinna said thoughtfully: "However, what you said made me realize a truth - in any team, there must be a few 'girl' students, so that the boys will be more responsible." ”

"Especially the beautiful 'girl', hehe."

Sina smiled again: "Okay, I won't tell you, I'll go back to the tent." You'll change shifts with Hang Yi in a while. ”

Leo nodded.

Sina walked over to the tent and slipped inside to zip up.

About a minute later, there was a terrified scream from the tent. Lei Ao was taken aback and quickly stood up. The screams were mixed with crying, tearing through Leo's eardrums - he could hear it, it was Sina's voice. Lei Ao's nerves tensed suddenly, and he ran towards the tent and asked loudly, "What's going on?!" ”

Sina ran out of the tent crying. The other three tents also came out almost at the same time. Hang Yi rushed over and hugged Xinna, and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong!" Synna? ”

Xinna threw herself on Hang Yi's shoulder and cried loudly: "Jing Xiaoran...... She, she's killed! ”

This sentence was like a bomb exploding in everyone's minds. Han Feng rushed to Xin Na's tent, lifted the tent curtain, and was shocked to see that Jing Xiaoran was still in her sleeping bag, her eyes were round, her head was hanging to the left, and a sharp knife was 'inserted' into her 'chest', and she was already dead.

The rest of the people also came over and saw the cruel scene. Lei Ao was stunned for a few seconds, and roared frantically: "Ahβ€”β€”!!! Which son of a bitch did this!? ”

Han Feng rushed over and grabbed Lei Ao's collar and shouted angrily, "You still have the face to say this? How do you keep vigil? Are you asleep again? Jing Xiaoran's tent is right in front of you, she can be killed! ”

"Let go of me!" Lei Ao lifted Han Feng away and roared angrily, "I don't know! I've been here all the time, and I've never left an inch! Didn't fall asleep either! He muttered in confusion, "Why...... Why is this happening......"

Everyone was very sad and secretly wept. Hang Yi took a deep breath and said, "Don't let your guard down, the murderer may be nearby." ”

The grief-stricken crowd became alert, and they looked around, but found no suspicious signs. Hang Yi asked, "Xinna, how did you find out that Jing Xiaoran was killed?" ”

Sina whimpered and said, "A few minutes ago, I came out to relieve myself. At that time, Jing Xiaoran also asked, do you want to accompany me...... I should have agreed to her proposal, maybe I wouldn't have ......."

Hang Yi pressed her shoulder: "No one would have thought that such a thing would happen." You go on and say, what about after that? ”

"When I came out, I told Lei Ao to turn around. I was done quickly, walked to the fire and talked to Lei Ao for a while, and then returned to the tent and saw ...... Jing Xiaoran has a sharp knife 'inserted' in his chest! She's out of breath! ”

"So, Jing Xiaoran was killed a few minutes ago?" Hang Yi asked with wide eyes.

Sina nodded sadly, tears streaming down her face.

Hang Yi asked Lei Ao: "Didn't you notice anything unusual at that time, or heard any sound?" ”

"Nope. I turned around and turned my back to the tent. Maybe it was just a few minutes that gave the murderer a chance! Lei Ao said remorsefully.

"What about you, Xena?" Hang Yi asked, "What haven't you seen or heard either?" ”

Xina shook her head: "I stretched out an umbrella to cover myself, and I didn't look at the tent......"

"In this way, just a few minutes of blind spots give the murderer a chance to commit murder." Mi Xiaolu was shocked, "This murderer has been lurking nearby, waiting for the time to come?" ”

"Then this guy must not have gone far, maybe he is hiding in this mountain 'cave'." Lu Hua said.

Lei Ao's eyes were red, and his eyes were like a pair of copper bells. He shouted violently, activated his superpowers, and the wind blew in the 'hole' and 'hole' instantly, and Lei Ao roared angrily: "Fuck bastard, don't hide, let Lao Tzu come out!" ”

The wild howling wind formed a small whirlwind in the "hole" and "hole", which blew against the rock wall, and the fire salamanders on the wall of the "hole" could no longer attach to the rock, and fell down one after another, and many were blown into the underground lake by the whirlwind. The gust of wind almost blew out the bonfire, and Hang Yi shouted, "Enough, Lei Ao! Stop it! ”

The formation of such a powerful whirlwind consumed physical strength very much, and Lei Ao did not dare to completely exhaust his physical energy, so he stopped.

At this time, Ji Kairui, who remained calm, observed a strange phenomenon - those fire salamanders that were blown into the deep pool by the strong wind swam ashore desperately and escaped from the pool as fast as possible, and seemed to be very frightened. Moreover, hundreds of fire salamanders fell into the water, but now only a few have escaped, and the rest seem to have died in the pool.

Ji Kairui took a flashlight and approached the underground lake lightly, and after approaching, he pointed the flashlight at the center of the lake, turned on the switch, and a pillar of light 'shot' into the lake. Ji Kairui fixed his eyes, and he couldn't help but feel cold and 'hairy' erect - there was a gray-white 'colored' hairless monster swimming in the water, with slender limbs, a huge head, and green eyes. When the light 'hits' the monster, it is devouring the fire salamander that has fallen into the water. Suddenly aware that it had been spotted, it quickly swam to the bottom of the water.

Ji Kairui reacted quickly, 'drawing' the arrow pinned to his waist - he had previously sharpened on the beach - and put it on his arm, activating the superpower "weapon". The sharp arrow flew into the water at an indistinct speed, and the monster under the water screamed strangely at the slightest wonder whether it was 'shot' or frightened. Ji Kairui put several arrows on his arm and 'shot' into the water continuously, aiming to prevent the monster from absconding underwater. Sure enough, the monster was 'forced' helplessly, jumped out of the water, and ran away in the 'hole' and 'hole' with a strange scream, as if it was 'confused' by panic.

Lei Ao recognized this monster at a glance as the "bag thief" he had seen on the beach last night, and when he contacted that it might be the murderer of Jing Xiaoran, Lei Ao's eyes turned red. He pinpointed the direction of the monster's movement, and several wind blades 'shot' out. But the monster was so agile that none of the four or five wind blades could hit it.

Hang Yi wanted to activate his superpower "transformation", but found that the game console was in the tent - after hearing Xinna's scream just now, he immediately rushed out, forgetting to take his most important "equipment". Seeing that the monster gradually calmed down and fled towards the 'hole' and 'hole', he could only clench his fists and hurry.

Sun Yuchen stretched out his left index finger, trying to control the monster with his superpower "mind", and temporarily restrained it in the air by teleporting objects. But the monster's trajectory is fast and strange, and it's really hard to catch. He shouted, "No! My superpowers can't catch it! ”

Ji Kairui had already 'shot' all the arrows in his hand just now, and now he could only bite his finger and 'shoot' bloody bullets. But the difficulty is that the monster is running in all directions, and Ji Kairui doesn't dare to 'shoot' easily, for fear of accidentally injuring his own people. Seeing the monster fleeing towards the mouth of the 'hole' and out of his line of sight, he was helpless for a moment.

Just as the monster fled to the entrance of the passage, a figure flashed in front of the monster. The monster didn't have time to react, and was hit by the man's punch, hitting the rock wall like a cannonball. Before he could get up, the man approached, stretched out his big hand, grabbed the monster by the throat, and screamed and pounded a heavy punch at the monster's huge head.

Everyone ran over, and only then did they see Han Feng riding on the monster and beating the monster like crazy. The monster also let out a strange cry of "whoop" at the beginning, and then stopped resisting, lying on the ground and letting Han Feng beat him violently, but Han Feng seemed to have lost his mind, and beat the monster to death while shouting angrily. Everyone was stunned for a while, and Hang Yi shouted, "Enough, Han Feng!" You killed it! ”

Han Feng gasped and stopped, staggering to the ground. It seems that this wild bombardment and 'chaos' beating, his physical strength has also been exhausted. Lu Hua trembled and leaned over and looked at Han Feng in surprise, as if he had never seen him angry like this.

Hang Yi leaned down to check it, and sure enough, the monster's head was flattened and it was out of breath. He turned around and asked Han Feng, "What's wrong with you?" Now that you've caught it, isn't it good to leave it alive? Why did you beat him to death? ”

Han Feng blinked, as if he didn't understand, he scratched his head and said, "I don't know what happened just now, it's ...... anyway I was so angry that I couldn't control myself. ”

Hang Yi sighed, thinking that Jing Xiaoran's death stab had 'provoked' Han Feng and made him lose control.

Actually, it's not.

Just now, Mi Xiaolu used his superpowers to control Han Feng's emotions, making him go berserk - originally, he was just in a hurry and didn't want to watch the monster escape, so he controlled Han Feng. But seeing the monster corpse lying there, he began to feel that his abilities were really terrifying. After a person's emotions are out of control, he can really do anything.

Ji Kairui 'shot' the monster's corpse with a flashlight, and Lei Ao said, "That's right, this is the monster I saw on the beach last night. It is actually hiding in this 'hole' and 'hole', it is really a narrow road! ”

Sun Yuchen looked around and said in wonder: "We checked the 'hole' and 'hole' before, but we didn't find this guy. Where will it hide? Could it be that he came in quietly? ”

"I think...... Compared to this, the bigger question is, what kind of monster is this? Sina said extremely uncomfortably, "Is there such a creature on Earth?" ”

A sentence reminded Lu Hua, he stepped forward, observed carefully for a while, and suddenly gasped: "I remembered, I saw this creature in a book!" ”

Everyone looked at him. Lu Hua said: "It's called 'Dover Demon'. ”

"What?" Sun Yuchen didn't hear clearly.

Lu Hua explained: "This is a legendary and mysterious creature. In the seventies, in the town of Dover, Massachusetts, USA, several young people were driving on a remote road and found a strange creature near the stone wall on the side of the road. The creature looked at them with wide eyes, and frightened several young men.

"They didn't dare to stop because of fear. When one of them returned home, he drew a picture of the monster he saw, and the local press published it and named the creature 'Dover Demon'. After that, there were constant locals seeing this strange creature, but no one ever caught them. The 'Demon of Dover' became a mystical creature known all over the world. Some speculate that it may be an alien creature left behind on Earth. ”

After Lu Hua finished speaking, he looked at the monster again and said in disbelief: "The 'Dover Demon' I saw on the picture looks the same as the monster in front of me. Unexpectedly, we found and captured a mysterious creature that is famous all over the world. Pity...... Already killed. He glanced at Han Feng reproachfully.

Hang Yi thought for a moment and asked, "This creature has only been found in Dover Town, Massachusetts?" Has anyone seen it anywhere else. ”

"I haven't seen the reports. It seems that it only haunts the town of Dover, hence the name 'Dover Demon'. Lu Hua said.

"That's weird." Hang Yi frowned, "In that case, how could it be here?" ”

No one can answer this question. Lu Hua took a closer look again, and then 'touched' the skin of the 'Dover Demon' with his hand, forcibly held back his nausea, and said, "Its body surface is a bit like a frog, or...... Toad. Mucus is secreted. I suspect it's an amphibian. ”

"But it looks like ...... Mankind. Sun Yuchen said timidly.

"Maybe the 'Dover Demon' is a kind of mysterious 'amphibious man'. This would explain the mystery of Leo's rope being dragged to the bottom and where it was hiding. Hang Yi said, "The most important question now is, is it the murderer who killed Jing Xiaoran?" ”

"If it's not it, who else could it be?" Han Feng said sadly, "This guy must be hiding in the water, and when he found an opportunity, he came out of the water, entered the tent, and killed Jing Xiaoran!" ”

"But why would it do that?" Hang Yi said.

"Maybe someone is secretly controlling it." Han Feng guessed, "There must be enemies and 'yin' schemes on this island that we didn't expect. ”

There was silence for a while. Xinna said sadly: "Jing Xiaoran...... What to do? ”

Hang Yi lamented: "We can't transport her body back. What happened to her is our common sorrow and a reason for us to fight against the cruelty of fate. We can't let ourselves fall into negativity, we must cheer up - only by breaking the shackles of fate and finding a way to solve things can we be worthy of Jing Xiaoran and his dead partners. ”

Xinna and Lu Hua, as well as Lei Ao, wiped away their tears. They knew that Hang Yi was right, and they could only continue to walk, and there was no other choice.

"Is it okay for us to leave Jing Xiaoran's body in this mountain 'cave' and let this 'hole' and 'hole' become her burial chamber?" Rice trail proposed.

"No, some animals will eat her carcass, it's too pitiful." Sina choked up and said, "Let's sink her body into a deep pool and bury it as water." ”

Everyone agreed with Sina's suggestion. With a heavy heart, a group of people moved Jing Xiaoran's body from the tent to the edge of the deep pool. Everyone knelt on the ground around the underground lake, and Xin Na folded her hands: "Let's mourn for Jing Xiaoran for three minutes." ”

Hang Yi closed his eyes and mourned silently. A voice quietly appeared in his ear: "The knife that killed Jing Xiaoran is the one I lost before." ”

Hang Yi opened his eyes and collided with Ji Kairui's gaze beside him.

He shivered violently, feeling a chill over his bones.

He understood what he wanted to remind himself.

The knife was lost in the afternoon. How could the demon of Dover hiding in the waterhole of the 'hole' and 'cave' have this knife?

Then there was the question - according to Xinna, when she left the tent, Jing Xiaoran was awake. In just one minute, it was obviously impossible for Jing Xiaoran to fall asleep. If the Dover Demon enters the tent, will Jing Xiaoran not let out a scream?

The logic of this inference caused Hang Yi's breathing to pause. An extremely terrible thought ran into his head.

It was not the Dover Demon or other creatures that killed Jing Xiaoran, but a person Jing Xiaoran knew well. In other words - the murderer is in the midst of their group.

Hang Yi couldn't believe this conclusion, but he couldn't fool himself. And he knew that Ji Kairui thought the same way.

Xin Na's voice interrupted Hang Yi's deep thought: "The silence is over, let's bury Jing Xiaoran in the water." ”

Han Feng and Lei Ao slowly lifted Jing Xiaoran's body, took one last look at her remains, and slowly lifted the body into the water......

Suddenly, several pairs of pale and terrifying hands stretched out from the water, grabbing Han Feng and Lei Ao's arms violently. The two men were defenseless and taken aback, and before they had time to react, they were pulled into a pool!

Things happened so fast that before the others could see what was going on, Han Feng and Lei Ao had already sunk to the bottom of the water with Jing Xiaoran's corpse. Before Xinna's screams could be heard, her 'legs' were also grabbed by a pair of terrifying hands - Mi Xiaolu and Sun Yuchen were also in the same situation - and the three of them were dragged into the water at the same time!

Hang Yi, Ji Kairui and Lu Hua were shocked. The three of them subconsciously took a step back and moved away from the waterhole. But when Hang saw Xinna being dragged into the water, he couldn't think about it at all, and jumped into the water to save people regardless of it. Ji Kairui hesitated for a little two seconds, turned his arms into hand knives, and jumped into the water.

Lu Hua was the only one left on the shore, and he was panicked and anxious. Almost instantly, all the companions entered the bottomless pool. In comparison, it is better to advance and retreat with everyone than to stay here alone. Lu Hua gritted his teeth, sacrificed the defensive wall, and jumped into the water.

('Female' No. 28 Well Xiao Ran's ability to "heal" - death)