Chapter 14: It's a Magic Lake
I wondered what this meant, but Panma quickly told me the whole story, and after a few words, I was cold all over, and I understood at once the origin of the smell of the dead. But this thing was so terrifying, so unexpected, after I heard it, the first thing I felt was not doubt, but disgust.
I really can't imagine that this kind of thing could happen, I can't understand his purpose at that time, and I can't imagine why people's hearts were like this at that time. If what Panma said was true, then he was carrying not a secret, but a great sin.
The previous process is exactly the same as what Panma said, and the key problem is what Panma said, the time when he entered the mountain and found that the archaeological team had disappeared.
Panma lied, the archaeological team did not disappear when he entered the mountain, and he did not enter the mountain alone, he brought his four brothers to carry things for him, so that they could still hunt when they returned.
After delivering the food, they did not leave, because they could eat a meal of white rice in the camp until the evening, which was almost emperor-like treatment for them. But the archaeological team did not allow them to stay inside the camp, and they kept bragging and farting outside the camp until the evening was served.
In the process, one of the four brothers, looking at the military supplies of the archaeological team, suddenly became ill-willed.
At that time, the poverty level of the 100,000 mountains was unimaginable for people now, and after years of border conflicts, wild beasts fled into the mountains, and children had no meat to eat, so they could only eat some ears of rice and wild vegetables, all of which were stunted, and white rice was eaten as sugar. The supply of the troops was too tempting for them, and those sacks of rice they could eat for a year.
Because asking the villagers to help transport grain will definitely be taken out halfway, so the troops have to weigh the grain, and if it is found that it is missing, although it will not be investigated, it will be replaced in the future. His brother was thinking about it, waiting for them to finish the scales, and they went to sleep at night, and they secretly went in and took out a few bowls, so that they would not lose their work and let the family eat sweetly.
This was originally a very simple thing, Panma disagreed, his craftsmanship was good, his family was good, and he didn't suffer so much that he starved to death of a child, but the other four people were tempted.
Panma had to let them go, he waited outside, but he didn't expect that something happened to these four people after they went in.
They scooped three bowls of rice from each bag and came out just in time to be touched by a soldier who had entered the tent to inspect it. At that time, it was a military state, and people's nerves were tense, and the little soldiers and horses raised their guns, but he didn't see that there was another person hiding behind him. In a hurry, the people behind held down the little soldier at once, and the four of them covered the little soldier alive with rice bags.
After killing someone, the four of them were so scared to death, and the crime of homicide, especially the killing of soldiers, if people found out, they would definitely be shot directly. They fled and talked to Panma, who immediately said that it was terrible.
He can't get out of this matter anyway, because the archaeological team invited him, and several brothers were invited by him to help, and he can't escape any of the responsibility, and at such a sensitive time, no one will believe him if he is not involved.
He immediately thought of a way, he had to drag the corpse of the little soldier out of it and treat it as missing, otherwise they would definitely be investigated.
They sneaked back, returned all the rice, and dragged the creep's body out of the tent, only to be found by the guards who didn't have it long. The sentry chased them all the way and asked them what they were doing, and the body was seen in a moment of panic, and the sentry immediately raised his gun, but the man who offered to steal was already ready, and cut the man's throat at once.
With little to it, they went mad and killed two people in a row. Panma suddenly felt that the matter was over, and said to escape, but the brother who killed was red-eyed, saying that he had killed two people, killing two is killing, killing all is killing, if they go back to report to the military department, we will be cats in the mountains for the rest of our lives, and instead of this, we killed all these people, and said that they were gone, and others must think that the Vietnamese did it.
It was a sudden impulse in a strange atmosphere, the number of the archaeological team was small, most of them were asleep at that time, and the thought of the white rice, the submachine gun and the aftermath could not suppress the evil thoughts.
The rest of the process was disgusting, as they took submachine guns and daggers, stole into tent after tent, and killed all the people inside.
After killing people, they threw the corpses, guns, ammunition, and supplies into the lake, and secretly carried the rice and food back to the village, hiding them under their beds. Some things such as rì supplies that they could use, but could not carry on their backs, were also hidden, and they were taken when the wind calmed down, and at the same time, a few people made an appointment not to mention this matter in the future.
Panma was weak at the time, and after thinking about it, he began to declare the strange thing that the archaeological team was missing in the village, wanting to pave the way for future things. Because of the frequent border clashes at that time, some teams disappeared on the Vietnamese border, and it is generally believed that Vietnamese agents did it.
A few people thought it was foolproof, and no one thought that this was the beginning of their nightmare.
Three days later, Panma went into the mountains again and returned to the lake, intending to rummage through the things and get the valuable things back first. The madness of that night made him palpitate, so he first looked at it from a distance, and to his creep, he saw another camp by the lake, and there were still people moving.
Are there other armies? The body was found? He was frightened, and it took a long time for him to recover, and when he mustered up the courage to sneak closer to observe, he was dumbfounded to find that the previous archaeological team had appeared in front of him again.
Coiled horses don't know their own? Jue, he was a little confused about what was going on, looking at the people who were busy in the camp, as if they were in a phantom. Those people didn't seem to know what had happened before, and they all greeted him.
He thought he was dreaming, and pinched it several times before he realized that it was all real, although those faces were unfamiliar, they were all seen by the archaeological team, and he even saw a few people who were strangled by him talking and laughing there.
He hurried back to the village, lost his soul, and hurriedly told the others what had happened, and when they went to see it, they found that it was indeed so. They were all terrified, wondering what the hell was going on, could it be a demon lake that could bring the dead back to life?
But those people are alive and don't look like zombies at all.
Panma was puzzled, and the people in the village were very superstitious, thinking that this must be the ghost of the mountain god and the lake, and he was so frightened that his soul did not possess his body. After pondering for a long time, he mustered up the courage to return to the lake once again to bring them food, and asked tentatively about the day, but everyone replied that it was all right, and there was nothing unusual in their expressions.
It was as if one day had been turned over, and the gods had taken all the events of that day away. Or, the assailants all had the same dream that day, and they didn't kill at all.
He didn't believe he had a dream, but he couldn't figure it out, and he kept an eye on them, wondering if they were humans or ghosts—but, no matter how he looked at them, he couldn't see a flaw.
The only thing that made him feel a little strange was that he smelled the human body and there was a strange smell that he hadn't had before.