As I spoke, I had already taken the torch from the old knife's hand and rushed towards the strange tree that was desperately trying to extinguish the branches of the fire.

When the strange tree saw me rushing up, it immediately let out a series of "hiss! Hiss! He screamed and shook the branches, trying to knock me away, but I was still covered with a burning blanket, and the strange tree couldn't do anything about me.

The cries of the strange trees were more frequent, and the roar was already very anxious.

As if I heard the call of a strange tree, dozens of headless monsters appeared in the surrounding ruins, staggering and rushing towards me, trying to stop my progress.

"Old knife, use a flashlight!"

A pillar of light shot from behind me, and the headless monsters hissed in pain under the bright light, turning into black smoke.

The old knife controlled the bright light of the flashlight, always protecting me in front of me, and several more headless monsters were illuminated and killed, one of them dodged the light ring, but was slammed into my body by a torch, and was immediately burned to the ground, and the other headless monsters seemed to feel fear and slowed down.

I took advantage of this opportunity to finally rush to the bottom of the strange tree.

The strange tree knew that its end was near, and the horrible face on the trunk of the tree roared at me, and its expression was panicked and angry, and the branches slammed into my back, regardless of whether they would be burned to char or not!

I also fought hard, and I didn't care about the branches that slammed at me with the sound of hunting, and I bit the torch horizontally in my mouth, unscrewed the gasoline can, and poured the gasoline on the strange face on the trunk!

Just as the branch was about to hit me, I threw out my torch—

Gasoline is extremely flammable, and the flames "rise" to the ground and jump more than two meters high!

The roots of the strange tree and the trunk with the strange face were all surrounded by fierce flames at once!

"Hiss ——!!!"

The strange tree let out a desperate roar, and the branches that had been striking me were retracted, and the flames on the trunk were thrown out with all their might, trying to extinguish the flames...... But all of this was in vain, of course, and had no effect at all, except that the fire spread to more branches.

As the fire ignited, I was tumbling away from the strange tree, tightening the lid of the gasoline canister.

When I looked up again, I saw that the strange face of the strange tree growing on the trunk showed a sad pleading.

The old knife also ran to my side at this time, he blocked the fire with his hand, and his face was shocked and full: "He is the first person in the day!" This has become a spirit! Will you still beg for mercy? ”

I said in my heart that I was waiting for this moment, and immediately yelled at that strange face: "Let go of my friend first!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the sound of tree branches rang out, and I saw that the cocoon wrapped in Cheng Cheng Li Yi had been put on the ground.

I don't need to tell you, the old knife has already lifted a cocoon in one hand, and ran into the distance like a fly, and the flashlight is now learning and using, and he is holding it in his mouth like me.

I immediately threw the gasoline drum in my hand towards the strange tree, and when the strange tree saw something flying, it subconsciously opened its huge black hole-like mouth and swallowed the gasoline barrel in one gulp.

I secretly screamed "wo grass", and quickly lifted the other two cocoons on the ground with both hands, spread my legs, and ran away like crazy—

"Boom!"

I had only run a few dozen paces before a huge explosion was heard behind me, and a scorching wave of air rushed from behind, knocking me to the ground in one fell swoop.

The old knife came over to help me up, and we looked back, only to see that the strange tree, which was more than ten meters high, had turned into a huge torch, and the flames and black smoke rushed straight into the sky, illuminating a large area......

Only then did we understand that the place we were in was not only the ruins of a deserted village, but also a large mass grave not far away, and on the other side, about a few hundred meters away, was the entrance of the village where we entered the village.

Eventually, in a terrible roar that grew weaker and weaker, the strange tree was consumed by the flames, and finally broke off from it, and fell to the ground with a thud......

The shrubs, weeds, and broken doors and beams in the ruins were also ignited, but because of the previous rainstorm, the fire did not spread.

Lao Dao and I pulled out the small hunting knife on our waists and cut the bark cocoon that wrapped Cheng Cheng and them, and the cocoon-like bark was cut by the knife, and a blood-like liquid flowed out, but the color was black, and those "blood" turned into black smoke when they saw the light.

Cheng Cheng Li Yi and the other four had no external injuries on their bodies, and their breathing was stable, but they were unconscious.

"It's okay, I guess it's because of that lunch, and Sister-in-law Li doesn't know what the hell is added to that pot of chicken soup." I took a closer look and came to a conclusion.

The old knife nodded, and said with deep feelings: "Immortals, poisonous chicken soup is harmful!" ”

We worked together to lift the four men who were still unconscious into the carriage, and then, after watching the fire die out and all the monsters reappeared, we each drove a car and planned to leave the deserted village overnight.

"What the hell is going on in this village?"

The old knife started the car and asked on the intercom.

The question of the old knife, in fact, has been echoing in my mind since we got out of danger.

Strangely, I was 100% sure that I hadn't been to this village, but I felt that everything that happened here was so familiar...... Just when I was puzzled, the old knife's question suddenly made me figure it out!

What happened in this village seems to be the story I once told Shen Tangzhi!

In the convenience store just before we set off, the story of the "Big Locust Tree Village" that I told Shen Tangzhi was very consistent with everything that happened in the deserted village behind us?

I immediately told the story of "Big Locust Tree Village" to Lao Dao.

After hearing this, Lao Dao was surprised again and again: "It's all on the side of the Luochuan River, there is a huge big locust tree, and it is a deserted village, everything is indeed right!" Aji, in this way, aren't all the headless monsters and villains in white we see all the villagers who drowned in that flash flood? They have become unjust ghosts, and they are still stopped by the big locust tree at the entrance of the village - fuck, Aji, look in the rearview mirror! ”

The old knife suddenly exclaimed, and the car braked suddenly!

The car I was driving was right behind and almost rear-ended.

I just wanted to scold my mother, but I glanced in the rearview mirror out of the corner of my eye, and the whole person was stunned!

Our car had only driven out of the village less than 100 meters, and when we looked back, there was a large group of people standing on the barren and grassy tatter barren grain drying field at the entrance of the village!

The big locust tree in the village was still burning, and the group of people stood in the background of this not very strong fire, and the first few people were the village elder Heitou, Heiba, and Sister-in-law Li!

"What's going on?!" The old knife poked his head out of the window, and he roared the engine again, "The ghost is not gone, should we run away quickly?" ”

"Don't panic, they don't seem to have any ill intentions."

As soon as I finished speaking, I saw those "people" standing at the entrance of the village waving at us, as if saying goodbye and thanking us......

But after a few seconds, the barn was empty except for the grass.

It seems that the old knife and I just had a twinkle in our eyes before, but nothing had happened.

I glanced at it a few times, then turned around and waved at the old knife: "Let's go." Perhaps, the story of the Great Locust Tree Village is true, and if we kill the strange tree, the souls of these innocent villagers will be freed - this kind of thing, who knows? I can't be elegant. ”

"You're right, this time it's really evil, look at how many moths have happened along the way? It's a paper man driving a bus again, and it's a locust tree spirit - where are we here? It's still far from Blackwater! ”

"It's good to be afraid. After returning to the road for a while, I waited for Cheng Cheng and the others to wake up, so I asked their opinions before deciding whether to go or not. This Blackwater Town is not simple. ”

I heard the old knife on the other end of the walkie-talkie "hum", but he didn't say anything, before the change, he must have been unconvinced, but this time, as he said, "it's a real evil door."

I'm not as calm as I seem, in fact, I've always had a lot of speculation.

From the moment Qiao Zhenbang appeared in my studio, the whole incident has been advancing rapidly, and it has become more and more weird, and it has not given me a chance to breathe, but no matter how many strange things I encountered, I still remember the two biggest clues in my mind!

The first one is the book "Black Town" that was searched from Qiao's villa.

This particular book is different from those ordinary releases on the market, and I believe that this strange book hidden in the hole in the wall with Qiao Yu's corpse must have hidden extremely important clues and secrets in it.

There are many doubts about this book.

For example, why is it written on the title page of this "Black Town" that it reads "Gift to the Spirit Detective - Mr. Jiguang", and the payment is actually Qiao Yu, could it be that Qiao Yu had already expected what would happen later?

For example, why did Qiao Zhenbang put this book in the wall with Qiao Yu's corpse?

For example, why did the content of this "Black Town" change after the "paper dummy incident"? The story written above is clearly what we are going through!

The second is Blackwater.

Qiao Zhenbang's choice of Blackwater Town as his escape destination does not seem to be simple now.

Whether it is the "Black Town" in my hand, or the version of "Black Town" signed by Qiao Yu on the market, they all write about the important place of "Taiping Town", and most of the adventures of the protagonist Qiao Luo are in this Taiping Town......

The title of "Black Town" probably comes from Taiping Town, which was finally ruled by demons and shrouded in pitch-black eternal night, so is "Black Town" and Blackwater Town really just a one-word relationship?

Furthermore, is Taiping Town synonymous with Blackwater Town?

What's really going on in the real Blackwater? caused Qiao Zhenbang to leave there many years ago, and return there many years later?

Just as we were thinking, our car had left the muddy road and returned to the winding road where we started.

Lao Dao and I both parked our cars on the side of the road.

I glanced at Cheng Cheng and Li Yi in the back seat, these two people were still in a comatose state, and on the other side, Lao Dao had already opened the car door and got out of the car.

At this point, my phone rang.

It was Shen Tangzhi's phone.

"Yoshimitsu, what's the matter, I haven't been able to get through to any of you?! Not even the technical means can locate you! What happened? ”

Shen Tangzhi's tone was anxious.

"I'll talk about that later, anyway, all of us are safe now." I remembered another thing, "Section Chief Shen, how is the matter I asked you to do?" ”

Hearing me say that everyone is fine, Shen Tangzhi put his mind at ease and said, "In the letter that Qiao Zhenbang left you, there was a note with only six words written on it. ”

"Six words?"

"Don't go to Blackwater, and then three exclamation points."

Don't go to Blackwater?

It's as simple as that?

I couldn't believe it: "Just a few words, no other information?" Have you tested the envelopes and stationery? ”

Just a few words. Envelopes and stationery, including writing pens, are nothing special, because they are made of the most ordinary street goods, and you can easily buy them at any stationery store on the street. And the handwriting has also been identified, and it is indeed Qiao Zhenbang's own handwriting. Shen Tangzhi paused, "Oh, that's right." and the book I gave you, the words on the title page have also been identified, and they were written by Qiao Yu himself. ”

I let out a "whoow" to say I heard it, but in fact I was already frowning at the meaning of this message.

I never expected that Qiao Zhenbang would leave me with a 0 follow-up commission of "don't go to Blackwater Town".

I thought of several possibilities, but none of them made perfect sense.

For example, Qiao Zhenbang had long expected that the case of his murder of Qiao Yu and Mi Lan would soon be exposed, so he left me this note, asking me to give up the pursuit of this case for the sake of the entrusted money?

It's not impossible, but it's too low-level, bordering on retardation. Those are two lives, as long as the police file a case, it doesn't matter whether I intervene or not, he Qiao Zhenbang can't escape the sanction of the law.

Another possibility is slightly more reasonable, and that is this note, which is Qiao Zhenbang's warning to me.

Although it is not yet known what Qiao Zhenbang's reason is, he did warn me, suggesting that Blackwater Town is very dangerous.

Or, this is simply a ploy, taking advantage of my temper of eating soft rather than hard, to trick me into going to Blackwater.

But no matter how I think about it, I can't figure out the most basic question, that is, what is Qiao Zhenbang's motivation for finding me?

This note leaked a very important piece of information - Qiao Zhenbang expected that I would find out if he committed a crime, and I would also know that "Blackwater Town" was his final place of escape.

So, the question comes back to the front - Qiao Zhenbang came to me, what was his motive?

Why did he come to my studio and give me this commission?

You know, at that time, Mi Lan's body had been found, and the police were tracking down Qiao Yu's whereabouts, when was that?

It's the eve of Qiao Zhenbang's escape!