The characteristic of the small town in the south is that there is a lot of rain, and the steamer mode is turned on in summer. No matter day or night, as long as you go out, you are full of negative energy just like in the sauna.

There are many hills in the south, driving a rented car, driving along the provincial highway through countless ridges, watching the sun drift out of the mountain, swaying thousands of golden lights on countless verdant trees, in fact, it is quite pleasing to the eye.

As I drove, I opened the windows and put my left arm on the windowsill to let the cool morning breeze blow in. For a while, the dizzy head seemed to be much clearer.

The tree-lined cypress trees on both sides of the driveway are very old, each with hundreds of years of annual rings.

The morning glow shines through the mountain stream on these ancient cypresses, stretching the shadows on the ground like a blood-stained claw. It was supposed to be quite pleasing to the eye, but for some reason, I shuddered when I saw it.

In my heart, I always have a sense of foreboding. It seems that this time when I go to Ear City, something terrible will happen.

I frowned and shook my head. The morning sun, which was as red as blood, changed back to its original color in his sight. The beautiful red sun, like a jumping tomato, still beats in the mountain stream. But the Sensen coopers on both sides of the forest are swaggering in the wind, and there is still an indescribable ominous omen.

When passing by a small village, I stopped the car at the breakfast shop at the entrance of the village and was about to order a bowl of soy milk and a few fritters for breakfast.

The roadside snack shop is small, but it tastes good. Just as I was enjoying my meal, I saw a long line of farm vehicles driving into the provincial highway from many mechanized plough roads in the distance with a deafening loud engine noise.

The drivers of the farm trucks had apparently just joined up from the villages, and they did not know what they were loaded on, which was tightly covered with a black opaque tarpaulin. But even from a distance, my nose could smell the unpleasant smell of blood.

The smoky blood, which stained the fresh rural air around it, also changed color.

The drivers sat in the snack bar, hurriedly asked for a lot of breakfast, and then drove away in a hurry. The dust from the provincial road and the strong smell of blood on the car were so mixed together that I almost suffocated.

"Boss, your fritters are delicious." When I saw the drivers leave, I asked quietly, "What are those farm truck drivers doing?" I drove all the way from Lee City and basically didn't meet them. ”

"They're pulling goods for some suppliers in Ear City." The boss said with a smile, but under his nose, there was something called fear.

"Pull the goods, pull what goods? Why does it smell so strong?" I wondered. The driver of the farm truck apparently converged from the barren mountains and mountains, judging by the taste, he should have received the same kind of goods. However, I have investigated the nearby villages when I visited, but I have not heard of any famous souvenirs.

His eyes were cast on the last farm vehicle. The old slippers, which had been in use for at least twenty years, were filthy and the engines were making an overwhelming noise. Even the carport was in tatters and shaking while driving.

In the distance, the sound of the loud noise of the car's engine was occasionally heard with the faint cry of a wounded small animal. It's strange, if it's a living thing, it's covered with a black cloth in such a hot weather, isn't it trying to cover those animals?

"It's also strange to say, there has been news from several large companies in Ear City recently, and they are buying black dogs on a large scale, as long as there is no black purebred earth dog, there can be no miscellaneous hair. One bid for 20,000 yuan. Seeing that I was curious, the boss cautiously looked around a few times, and said in a low voice: "I say this, don't spread it around, I revealed it." In short, those companies that collect dogs are very strange. ”

"They asked the dog sellers to cover the carport with a black cloth so that the dogs could not be exposed to the sun. The most bizarre thing is that the dog needs to be locked in a dark room for three days, and then on the morning of the third day, before the sun comes out, it is killed. Just the corpse. But even if it is a black dog corpse, during transportation, it must be firmly tied and the dog's mouth must not be opened. They will never accept the carcass of a black dog that has shone in the sun in three days. ”

"It's really weird." It's also the first time I've heard of someone taking a dog, and there will be so much attention: "But how do they know if the dog has seen the light before it dies?" ”

It's strange, why do those companies in Ear City collect so many dogs? Is it so weird?

"I don't know." The boss fried the fritters while having a big mouth: "Anyway, my brother has two black dogs at home, and I asked him to close the black house for three days a few days ago, and after he was killed, he made a few small profits." I've heard that the companies that collect dogs can really be sure if the black dogs have seen the light recently. Many people who have a fluke mentality have lost their money. ”

I touched my head, dizzy from the information. The black dog, in Chinese legend, has always been an object to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters. But the carcass of a dog that doesn't see the sun, the amount needed is still so large? What exactly are those companies trying to do with it? Exorcism? No, not quite like that!

The boss picked up a fried fritter with chopsticks, and his voice was lower: "I heard, I just heard." Ear City has not been peaceful lately and is haunted. So black dog blood is needed. ”

I think left and right, and I always feel like I can't figure it out. Suddenly remembering the case handed over to me by the old man, the information of the dead elementary school student, I couldn't help but tremble in my heart.

"In addition to asking for the corpse of the black dog, has there been anything else wrong in Ear City?" I asked again.

"There are a lot of strange things." The boss must be a gossip person, and he opened the floodgates with a casual question: "It's obviously a July day, and there are floods everywhere." But there hasn't been a lot of rain in Ear City lately. According to many people in the vicinity, they have heard the thunder in the east of the city, do you think it's strange? Also, the city is haunted, and many people are terrified. But I can't say why. ”

After that, the owner of the breakfast shop told me some urban horror stories with strong feudal overtones that could be heard everywhere, and I couldn't really get enough of them. So after checking out at the speed, he drove after the string of farm trucks and continued to drive towards Ercheng.

But I didn't expect that as soon as I entered the city, I encountered an even more bizarre and strange thing!

Humanity's greatest enemy, perhaps, is its own curiosity.

Driven by curiosity, most people do things that are extremely irrational. Even I'm not exempt from vulgarity. Even because of the reason that my curiosity is more vigorous than that of normal people, I may encounter things and behaviors that make me curious.

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