Chapter 172: The Fifteenth Missing One
A week ago. A remote town in southern China.
This is a tourist town, with its unique geographical features to attract a large number of travelers to come here for exploration and sightseeing, here is a unique southern hilly area, the terrain has sucked to the east to the west slopes, the mountains are continuous, and there are some areas interspersed with small hills in the middle. The hills and valleys are interspersed, the valleys are wide and the hills are round, the arrangement is dense, and the swamps are widely distributed. The mountains are high in the northwest and low in the southeast, and can be divided into alpine plains and alpine valley areas according to the depth of cutting. The plateau is dominated by mountains and rivers, and lakes can be found deep into it, and there are small towns in them, all of which were born and raised in the area. The headwaters of rivers and their main tributaries are home to ancient and mysterious civilizations.
In recent years, as the country has become richer, people's living standards have improved, more and more people have begun to pay attention to spiritual enjoyment, and tourism has gradually flourished. The unique sightseeing knowledge here was discovered by an unintentional netizen, and after taking pictures, it began to be hyped, attracting media reports and the attention of many netizens, and many tourists also have a strong intention to come to the town to play, so as to add more capital to their adventure experience. In response to the appeal of the masses, the government also began to fund the development of the town, and various public relations facilities were improved here.
Outside the high-speed rail station, a new tourist road begins to extend into the town. I've been wandering outside for the past few years, wandering freely while getting rid of ghosts, going wherever I want, happy and unrestrained, relaxed, everything is very beautiful, except for the hidden pain in my heart, in addition to working hard for justice and truth in the world, not letting demons and monsters harm the world, and finding a way to wake up is also a goal that I hide in my heart and dare not forget.
Of course, before she was reincarnated, I cast a spell to make her husband tell the fact that he had killed his wife in front of the neighbor, and the neighbor naturally called the police, and he was also sent to prison. After that, I got on this train. Originally, there was no clear direction, I just wanted to take one step at a time.
When I was bored, I looked out the window and suddenly made a decision to get off here. This is a site carved out between two adjacent mountains, and the scenery is exceptionally beautiful. As soon as I got off the train and off the platform, I was greeted with fresh air and surrounded by lush greenery, which made me feel refreshed and relaxed after staying in the city for a long time. I closed my eyes and took a few breaths of fresh mountain air, glad I had made the right decision.
I just saw in the car that there is a highway here, which is marked with "Tourist Village Entrance", which means that it is a tourist village from there, looking at such a beautiful scenery, and there may be better and more interesting scenery inside. It's time to take a break, I've pushed myself too hard in the past few years. It's time to give yourself a break and relax.
After making up my mind, I began to walk to the tourist highway, and when I got closer, I found that there was a smaller sign under the big sign that said "Tourist Village Entrance", which was covered with some dust, and it seemed that there were many vehicles passing by.
I took out a tissue from my bag and wiped the dust off the sign, at this time, the content on the sign appeared, it turned out to be the introduction of the tourist village, nothing more than the beautiful scenery, the folk customs and other standard explanations, I didn't have the patience to look down, so I swept it hastily.
Fortunately, this sign is not useless, and on the bottom line of the commentary, there is a line of small letters - the special bus to the tourist village passes by at 2 p.m. every day.
I raised my left hand, looked down at the watch on my wrist, and was glad that it was only 1:45 and there was still time. Originally, when I got off the bus, I was a little worried that I couldn't wait for the car and didn't know how to get in. Now there's no need to rush at all.
I picked up my carry-on luggage and came to the intersection to wait with peace of mind. The departure time here is really very punctual, it didn't take long to wait, it seems to be really about 15 minutes, I saw a brand new bus slowly driving here, business seems to be very good, the car is full of people, about to pass me straight by, I was afraid that the driver would not see me, so I jumped up and shouted: "Here, here, I want to get on the bus." ”
Master braked suddenly, the car stopped next to me, emitting a foul smell of exhaust, the car door opened, I covered my nose and got into the car, I glanced at the car, fortunately there was a vacant seat behind, I quickly squeezed over, sat on the seat, the air outside the car was very fresh, but the car was different, there were many and mixed people, and most of them were rough men with stinky sweat, the air was really bad. I felt a little irritable, so I closed my eyes and rested on the back of my chair.
The car started, the constantly shaking body and the stuffy and unpleasant air made me feel really uncomfortable, I couldn't help frowning, there were also fine sweat droplets on my forehead, and some sweat appeared on my body, my clothes were tightly glued to my body, I couldn't help but clench my fists tightly to prevent myself from throwing up.
At this moment, a cool breeze blew, I suddenly felt a lot more refreshed, I opened my eyes, and saw a bearded man next to me staring at me with concern, it turned out that he found that I felt uncomfortable, helped me open the car window, I smiled at him, and said thank you gratefully.
The bearded man also smiled at me, showed a mouthful of big white teeth, and said cheerfully, "What's this, it's a matter of raising your hands." As he spoke, he picked up his backpack again, rummaged through it, took out a small green bottle from it, and handed it to me like a treasure: "You get motion sickness, this is wind oil essence, you wipe it quickly, the effect is good." ”
I hated the smell of wind oil, but I was too affectionate to refuse, so I poured a little and smeared it on my temples. Although the wind oil essence smells bad, the effect is really good. Coupled with the fact that fresh air kept blowing in through the car window, I felt completely less uncomfortable and my spirits improved all of a sudden.
The bearded man is an enthusiastic person, and when he sees that I am fine, he pulls me to talk around, and I am really bored, so I talk to him perfunctorily. Fortunately, the bearded man is also very interesting to speak, and it is really interesting to listen to some things from him.
It was from his story that I learned about the specific situation of this town. I also learned that the bearded man is 40 years old this year, a senior traveler, and his wife and children have their own affairs, so he found a free time to come here to play alone. He also told me that his destination was not actually here, but another more interesting place, and when I asked him where he was, he mysteriously refused to say, just told me perfunctorily: "What do little girls know so much?" "Since this is his privacy, I didn't ask much, in fact, I was not interested.
After chatting all the way, when the sky became dark, the tourist town finally arrived. The bearded man helped me get my luggage off the bus, I didn't want to have more contact with the stranger, and after saying goodbye to him, I was ready to go to the hotel. The bearded man didn't forcibly keep him, but just told me that he had booked a hotel called "Hakka Restaurant", so that I could have time to play with him. I smiled and agreed, and then lifted my luggage and parted with him.
The accommodation here is very nice, the scenery is also very good, the food provided in the hotel is also very local characteristics, very delicious, I was particularly decadent in the hotel for many days. When I had rested enough, I felt that it was really boring to stay in the hotel all the time, and I remembered the name of the bearded hotel "Hakka Restaurant", so I cleaned up and prepared to play with him.
Under the guidance of the innkeeper, after a while, I came to the place where the bearded man was staying. I walked in and called out to the little girl at the counter who was lying on the counter and carefully settling accounts, "Where does that bearded man live?" The little sister was alarmed by me, raised her head, her eyes widened, she looked a little confused, I don't remember the name of the bearded, I think she might be so I don't know who I am talking about, and I am going to describe it to her in detail.
As soon as I was about to speak, she told me, "We did have a bearded man in the store last week, but he had already checked out and left, and he had been gone for several days." ”
"What? So where did he go?" I asked casually, a little confused.
The small front desk asked me, "Who are you?" I hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm his friend, where the hell has he gone?" ”
The front desk will be skeptical, but seeing that I insisted, he still told me with a serious expression: "He went to Cat Demon Town, since he has already entered, I advise you to leave him alone, and leave here when you have had enough." ”
When I heard her say this, I was even more puzzled, I didn't want to care, but when she said this, there must be something strange in it, and I had to break the sand and ask to the end.
I leaned in to her and said, "What the hell is going on?" You have to make it clear to me, I can't just leave my friends and leave like this, then what am I going to become. ”
The little girl thought about it, probably because she thought what I said made sense, and after all, she was still young and couldn't hold back her words, she leaned into my ear, made sure that there was no one next to her, and said mysteriously in a voice that only allowed me to hear: "There are demons in Cat Demon Town, and none of the people who went to Cat Demon Town can come back, I stay in this town every day, who is coming, who is missing, I know, up to now, there are a total of 15 people who have gone to Cat Demon Town, I only saw them go in, but I never saw them come back." So I advise you, don't worry about it, if the beard can't get back, you don't care about it, so as not to take your life in vain. ”
The weird cat demon town, is it the mysterious place that the bearded man said, what is so weird there. I'll have to go in and find out.
I smiled faintly and asked the little girl, "How to get to Cat Demon Town?" ”
"What, you're still going to Cat Demon Town?" The little girl couldn't believe her ears.