Chapter 4: The Cave of Ghosts

I don't know who said that man's greatest enemy is not himself, but his vanity.

That night, the duck's vanity finally overcame his fear, and at twelve o'clock he went with the group of imps to the camphor grove by the pavilion.

Here's what Lu Ying, the boss of the group of young ghosts, said to me a few days later.

When it comes to certain episodes, his hands will tremble slightly, as if he still has palpitations in his heart.

I don't know if he lied, but some of the plots are exaggerated.

Please note that I will write this story in the first person, and the following "I" refers to Lu Ying.

As soon as twelve o'clock arrived, I went to the ancient pavilion in the school.

Hey, I didn't expect those guys who are often late to come too. Duck...... Senior Wang Wei also arrived, but he didn't seem to be in good spirits, maybe he didn't sleep well last night, and I didn't care much.

In fact, after I went back to the dormitory with my seniors last night, I had already heard the legend of the night crying baby, and I had told those guys about it. They were so excited that some even brought shovels and other tools and threatened to dig him up for a human anatomy class.

"It's been so many years, and I think there's only bones left." One of my classmates said.

Immediately, someone was unconvinced: "You can also dissect it and dismember it by hand." Hehe, by the way, you can also understand whether the bone structure of the human body is the same as what is written in the book. ”

They spoke with great interest, as if they had caught the baby's corpse in their hands, just waiting for themselves to dispose of it.

In fact, we don't know why we are so excited, as if something is stirring up in our hearts.

But I found that Senior Wang Wei was just quietly watching coldly. Suddenly he asked, "Want to dig up the baby?" Do you know where he is buried? ”

We were immediately dumbfounded.

Indeed, we only know that he was buried in the camphor forest, but we do not know the exact location.

But what surprised me at the time was Senior Wang Wei's attitude, because I had heard some rumors about seniors before. Many people say that he climbs the dragon and the phoenix and is as timid as a mouse. Hehe, to be honest, a large part of the reason for arranging this adventure was that I wanted to see the senior make a fool of myself, but I didn't expect him to be so calm.

The wind was strong again, and it made people feel a chill on their bodies, and the night was very dark, and there was no moon in the sky. It's strange, not long ago the moon was shining.

"Do you know?" One person asked.

The senior snorted: "To the senior, I want to call 'you'!" ”

The man was very annoyed, but he couldn't suppress his curiosity, so he had to pretend to be respectful and ask, "Senior, 'you' know?" ”

"I don't know." He said slowly.

"Then you still pretend to be great!" A few people couldn't help but scream.

The senior said indifferently: "Although I don't know, I can roughly push out its location." ”

"Push?" The embarrassed man said stupidly, "You think you're Conan Doyle?" ”

The senior didn't care about him, but said indifferently: "It's actually very simple." If you think about it, there are two people, one flustered and absent-minded; The other was exhausted and weak. They want to hide something in this wood, something they never want to see, let alone be discovered, where do you say they will hide? ”

"Of course, it's hidden in a place where no one else will frequent......" the man muttered, and suddenly it dawned on him, "Ah, I see! At the southernmost end of the woods! ”

In the southernmost part of the camphor forest, there are two lonely graves, and for some reason the school still exists. It's gloomy all day long, and it's scary to be afraid of people, so naturally there are fewer people who go.

The fellows cheered and grabbed their tools and ran towards them in a puff of smoke.

I'm even more strange, I've never heard of Senior Wang Wei having such strong reasoning skills, and besides, his courage doesn't seem to be as small as rumored, because he actually ran ahead of everyone.

Is it really rumors that cannot be believed?

But the senior I saw yesterday is clearly like a person who spouts nonsense and walks on the street, and you can find several dozen deflated three, but now he is like a talented man who reads poetry and books and is full of wealth! It's only been more than 20 hours, and a person's personality can become so much.

With a full stomach full of suspicion, I followed without stopping.

After arriving, everyone began to look at this forest, which is a small place more than 20 square meters away, and there are two ancient tombs scattered in the middle, and the location is very strange.

Of course, this is not the first time we have been here, but we have never really noticed the appearance of the surroundings, let alone the fact that there are so many camphor trees here that we don't know where to start.

Since it is impossible to start, there are naturally many people's eyes on the seniors.

The senior said slowly: "Just imagine, in this case, you will definitely put that thing in the safest place you think is there, there ......"

"I see, he's in one of these two tombs!" One of them shouted with joy. Immediately, there was a sympathetic "oh" sound from the crowd.

The senior stared at him fiercely, as if he was very unhappy that he interrupted his words: "Do you think it is feasible?" Then go ahead and try it! ”

The man snorted, picked up his shovel, and walked towards one of the graves. But just about to dig down, he was suddenly slightly stunned, and finally silently dragged the shovel back.

"What's wrong?" Someone asked curiously.

"Probably not there." He muttered to himself.

The senior said: "Hmph, you still have some brains. Of course it won't be there, the soil of the grave is so hard, it's really difficult for those two people, and the most important thing is the street lamp. ”

"Streetlights?" The crowd was confused.

"Yes. Over the decades, the location of the school's street lights has remained largely unchanged, although they have changed from oil lamps to electric lights. You see, although it is very remote, the light of the street lamps can still reach the location of the tomb. As long as there is light, it is inevitable that people will be seen, which is too risky for them, so, if it were me, I would definitely choose a place with good soil quality and not exposed to the light.

"There's only one place here that meets the above criteria, and that's ......," the senior looked north. At the end of the dim glow of the streetlights, a tall white camphor tree stood tall in the darkness.

"It must be there!" The crowd ran over excitedly and dug under the trees.

Alas, until now, I still don't understand why we're so engaged, and for the first time I've felt so excited, like it's not the bones of a baby buried in the earth, but a staggering amount of treasure.

I couldn't keep my cool, I just dug hard with a shovel. raised his head by chance, but saw that Senior Wang Wei didn't help, just looked coldly at the side, and a very weird smile flashed on the corner of his mouth......

I was stunned, and before I could think about it, I heard the sound of a shovel hitting a hard object.

"What is this? It's like concrete. The owner of the shovel grunted.

"Smash it open." I said without hesitation, without the slightest thought, why is there concrete? It's just a gut feeling that the bones should be under the concrete.

"Click" - the hard soil was finally broken away in the frenzy of everyone, and a cool breeze blew out. It blows a chill from head to toe.

Suddenly, there was a faint sound like something, yes...... It's the cry of a baby!

The sound echoed through the woods like a ghost, but what was even more terrifying was that it didn't come from the cave, but from above us.

Our fanaticism was suddenly dissipated by this unprecedented horror.

At this time, the senior actually laughed, and the smile was extremely weird. He scurried up the tree neatly, and quickly climbed up the white camphor tree, which had almost no branches.

I'm willing to bet that this kind of speed is impossible for even a professional climber.

He took out a light blue bag in the dense foliage at the top of the tree, and actually jumped down from a tree more than ten meters high.

Trust me, I'm sure I'm not dazzled.

He did jump, and nothing happened. He just smiled and said to us, "Hehe, don't you want to see the baby's bones?" As he spoke, he lifted up the bag, which had been mutilated for an unknown number of years in the wind and rain, and peeled it off layer by layer......

Sky! Inside, it was a living, imfully developed baby!

The baby kept crying and waving his little hands. Suddenly, blood flowed out of his face, bright red in color, and it was terrible. But he was still crying vigorously, waving his little hands......

"Mom!" I don't know who called out first, and our group immediately ran back frantically as if we had heard the order.

When I got back to my dorm building, the more I thought about it, the more wrong it became.

Could this be that the seniors are playing tricks on us? Did he know about our plans and wanted to make a fool of us?

But his acting skills are also so wonderful, no one can not be fooled!

I was so convinced and scared that I spent the whole night thinking about what to do. This time the face is lost, but the key is how to minimize the loss.

The next morning, I went to my senior's classroom, hoping to get a head start and ask him why he had scared him so much the night before. In this way, maybe he was speechless for a while, and he could put this matter to rest.

But the seniors didn't come to class.

Do you want to compile this ugly incident into a collection at home and spread it around the school?! I grunted inwardly.

I didn't give up, and after the morning class, I asked two companions to go to the ancient tomb, trying to find a loophole in the senior's plan, and at least find a fake appearance that was cooperating with him.

Sky! We found that there was no trace of excavation under the camphor tree.

In great amazement, I couldn't help but look to the top of the tree. Where the senior got the bag, there seemed to be a faint blue thing.

We...... No one has the courage to take it down!

I thought that was the end of the matter, but when the police found me a few days later, I learned that the senior was missing.

That incident was originally a violation of school rules, and a person was missing, so we naturally didn't dare to say it, and we would be deducted a big demerit.

Lu Ying finished telling me about this in one breath, and finally said, "******! Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on? ”

I shrugged, more questions came to my mind, and asked him a few more questions, but his answers didn't give me any shapeable answers.

Lu Ying was out of breath and said as if he was tired: "Senior! You ****** don't ask me any more questions. I don't want to hear anything about it anymore! ”

After saying that, he walked away like this, with a strange bow on his back and a look of exhaustion.

Curiosity about this kind of stuff is like smoking marijuana, and after thinking about it, I still can't figure it out.

If Lu Ying was telling the truth, then it would definitely not be a duck that appeared that day, and that idiot was definitely not so smart.

But as I speculated, a problem arises:

Who did the group of first-year students see that night?

Alas, this matter is getting more and more puzzling! I suddenly remembered what I had inadvertently said a few days ago. I said, 'Even if the duck dies unexpectedly and becomes a ghost, he will go to the appointment.' I couldn't help but chill all over my body.

No, there are no ghosts in this world at all. Could it be that there are some hidden secrets in it that I don't know?