The slate had obvious traces of being lifted, and the fat man and I looked at each other, and the fat man really said that the suspected "square tail" thing had come out of the ground.

"What to do?"

The fat man turned back to me and asked.

"Look for it separately, I'll show you what the 'square tail' looks like, if you encounter it in a while, don't alarm it. When we are satisfied, we catch it together. ”

Catching earth beasts and catching rats are two different things, which can be summed up in a sentence on the first page of "Strange Tales of the Mountains".

"There are many treacherous ghosts in the world, and it is difficult to find immortals and bodhisattvas. No mortal should fight against it, but he should avoid trouble and not his life. ”

The meaning is clear at a glance, and no matter how small the earth beast is, it cannot be ignored.

The fat man and I were separated, I walked around the underworld, and the old flashlight didn't know if it was a lack of power or a problem with the light bulb, and the light that came out seemed very dim, and it was a little difficult to see when it was far away.

Some noises can be heard in the distance from time to time, but it is generally quiet. All ghost stories I've heard in the past have always been set in a garden or graveyard to set the mood in the first place.

But when you actually stand in the garden of Hades, this fear is many times stronger than when you listen to the story.

There are not many trees around, and it looks empty, but when your eyes fall on each erected tombstone, you will always feel that the photos on the tombstone will move, and the owner of those black and white photos seems to be able to stare at you through the tombstone.

As I walked for a while, my nerves in a state of high tension, the tombstones passed past me one after the other, like a closed door, and the place behind the door could lead to the old adage Netherworld.

Even when I felt that I had crossed the tombstone in front of me, I might see a shadow crouching behind the tombstone, without a body, and with the same hideous expression as the passer-by I had met.

I heard that humming can relieve psychological stress, so I thought about it and started humming in a low voice.

"Unity is strength ......"

As I was singing, a dark figure suddenly moved in front of me, and I immediately closed my mouth in fright. The black shadow looked about the same size as the "square tail", but the aperture of the flashlight was still far away, and it couldn't shine on it for a while. I didn't dare to go over, so I moved cautiously, trying to get a better look by leaning over. Getting closer and closer to the other party, most of the black shadow's body was blocked by the tombstone, but it looked like it should be round and black.

I raised the flashlight, holding the dagger in my other hand, and the moment the aperture fell on the dark shadow, I suddenly heard a strange scream, and then jumped onto the tombstone. I was startled, stepped back quickly, and hurriedly shone the flashlight on, and the black shadow standing on the tombstone appeared in my eyes!

However, to my disappointment, this black shadow is not a "square tail" but a black cat. The black cat crouched on top of the tombstone, its big amber green eyes staring at me. Unfazed and unfriendly, I shook my flashlight to scare it away, but it slowly arched its back and suddenly lunged at me. I hurriedly ducked to the side, and my body fell to the ground, and the black cat turned back to me and screamed at me again, and then ran into the grass and disappeared.

By the time I raised my flashlight to look for it, the black cat was gone.

Got up from the ground, I don't know if this black cat is a kind of earth beast and ghost, but it looks weird, and when I see a living person, I don't run, but attack me, just now I pounced, it looks like a threat.

I adjusted my breathing and was about to keep walking, but when I looked back, I saw a circle of light waving at me not far away. It must have been a signal from the fat man, and I hurriedly turned around and ran in the direction of the aperture. When he got closer, he hid next to a tree, and the fat man stood a few meters away, as if there was something in front of him.

When I took a closer look, I realized that the fat man was squatting in front of me exactly what I was looking for. ”

The length of the "square tail" in front of me is about the same as that introduced in the book, two feet is more than sixty centimeters, and the eyes are completely invisible in the dark, and the body is round and looks like two balls. At this time, it had already spotted the fat man, but did not escape. Instead, he looked at the fat man vigilantly, and his mouth made a "cooing" sound.

"Fatty, fat......"

I lowered my voice and called out to him, and the fat man slowly looked at me with his peripheral vision, and I took out a net from my backpack. This net is used by my dad for fishing, and when it is thrown into the air after a while, as long as it covers this "square tail", we can catch it, I still don't believe that two big men can't subdue such a small earth beast!

When the fat man saw that I had taken out the fishing net, he immediately understood my intentions, but the "square tail" was too vigilant, and for a moment none of us dared to move even a step forward.

However, at this moment when our two sides were deadlocked, "Square Tail" suddenly moved first, this guy turned to the rear sharply, and then ran wildly, I saw that it wanted to run away and immediately chased after it, opened the fishing net and jumped, the fishing net spilled out, but unfortunately it was a little bit worse, "Square Tail" ran into the grass like a frightened bird.

"Hey, did you catch it?"

The fat man shouted at me from behind, how could I have the strength to answer him, "Square Tail" must have been frightened by this run, and was bound to flee back to the nest, as long as I got ahead of this guy and blocked it at the entrance of the hole, I still had a chance to catch this little earth beast!

I threw off my backpack and ran forward with a fishing net and a dagger, the fat man couldn't run fast, but I threw away the girl and rushed forward.

Seeing that I was about to reach the entrance of the cave, I opened the net again, and it was at this moment that "Square Tail" jumped to the side of the cave before me. Between the lightning and flint, I didn't care so much, I sprinkled the fishing net on this guy's head, the whole fishing net fluttered in the air, "Square Tail" saw that half of his body had been drilled into the hole, was going down, the fishing net had fallen, I also jumped over, and pressed my right hand on the wide square tail of "Square Tail".

"Goo-Goo......

I grabbed the "square tail" by the tail, and then screamed violently, it was much stronger than I expected, and I used a lot of strength to hold its body. At this moment the fat man ran from a distance out of breath, and I hurriedly shouted, "Come and help, I'm holding it by the tail!" ”

When the fat man heard this, he suddenly trembled, and hurriedly ran up and worked with me to drag the "square tail" out of the hole little by little, it was wrapped in a fishing net, and the body became tighter and tighter, and I asked the fat man to take off his coat and cover the body of the "square tail".

"Haha, live together! Let you run! ”

I slung the "square tail" wrapped in my coat and fishing net over my shoulder, it was still struggling, I could feel its sharp claws rubbing against my back, but it had been caught, how could I let it run.

"Let's go. While there are still night cars, don't walk back in a while. ”

The fat man's face showed a hint of joy, neither of us expected that the division would go so smoothly and take down this little earth beast in one fell swoop. Carrying the "square tail" on my back, I felt like I was carrying a sack of money, and I couldn't help but be happy on my face.

After packing up our things, we were about to climb over the wall and go out, but after walking a few steps, suddenly a strange cry came from the grass, which sounded familiar to me, very similar to the cry of the black wild cat just now.

However, the screams coming from this moment were a bit miserable and painful, and they sounded weird and panicked.

"It's a feral cat fight, let's leave it alone, let's go."

The fat man is not nosy, and after staying in the underworld for so long, he also feels uncomfortable and wants to go back early. But I'm curious, wild cats are psychic, but they rarely fight, and if they do fight, they scream a few times, and the screams that come from this moment are one after another.

"You take the 'square tail' first, and I'll take a look."

I handed the square tail on my back to the fat man, and then carried the dagger and bag in the direction of the sound.

"Fuck, don't go, hey......"

The fat man shouted at me behind me, but I have a bad temper, and I will not change if I make up my mind.

As I got closer to the source of the wild cat's screams, I saw a dark figure about the size of an adult in a large tree and grass in the Hanmei district.

The flashlight was slowly shone, and the screams of the wild cats were gradually weakening, and there was a fishy smell wafting in the air.

The aperture of the flashlight is getting closer and closer, what would such a big black shadow be? My mind grew more and more confused, and my whole heart was lifted.

The moment the aperture fell on the black shadow, my eyes widened suddenly, and I was almost scared to death!

On the ground was the black cat, but it was dead at the moment, its entire belly had been dug open, and blood, bones, and intestinal organs were bleeding all over the ground. And next to it, a man with a white face and black eyes is devouring the meat of a dead cat!