After about half an hour of walking on the trail we finally reached the exit of the woods, which was led by a steep descent into a wide low-lying valley on which the village was built.

Looking down from the hillside, you can see almost every house in the village, which is made of wood and thatch, and looks like it is far from modern civilization. It is said that such a village is very reminiscent of paradise, but the village in front of you exudes a gloomy.

"It's a bit steep, so be careful not to fall down when you walk." The village chief reminded us as he continued to lead the way.

The downhill road is really not easy to walk, perhaps because of the rainy situation in the mountains, the downhill grass becomes very slippery, and it is really easy to slide down if you are not careful. I cautiously followed Qiao Wei's side, paying attention to the soles of my feet while whispering to Qiao Wei if he had seen anything special in his yin and yang eyes.

Qiao Wei shook his head at me and said softly, "It's nothing special, except for the village chief's face." ”

Indeed, the village chief's face was extremely bad, from the first time I saw him, I felt that this guy seemed to be sick, and it was very sick, if Qiao Wei told me that the village chief was a zombie that had just crawled out of the soil, I would absolutely believe it.

We walked down the slope to the entrance of the village, and the closer we got to the village, the more I felt that this was not a paradise, but a place that had been abandoned by the times. The ground around the house was covered with weeds and unattended, and the wires were all set up haphazardly on dead trees, and it was estimated that a random gust of wind would blow them to the ground.

It was very hot in the village, I can't tell where the heat came from, it was cool when I was in the woods, but not long after I entered the village, my clothes were almost soaked with sweat, and I felt like I had entered a sauna.

"It's hot, isn't it?" The village chief suddenly turned back to us and said.

"yes, it didn't seem like this last time I came, what's going on?" Ye Chen asked.

"I don't know exactly why it's a geothermal hot spring, but it's not bad, isn't it?" After speaking, the corners of the village chief's mouth curled strangely, and the expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling made people uncomfortable.

The village was located in the innermost part of the valley, and along the way I saw only three villagers, all of whom looked like the village chief, their faces were frighteningly pale, and their eye sockets were deeply sunken inward. The three of them were talking listlessly together, and they were all silent as they looked at us, and their eyes were fixed on us.

I didn't like the feeling, it reminded me of the small village next to the Blood Forest in Fujian.

"Come, please come inside, my place may be a little smaller, let's sit in it for a while." As he spoke, the village chief went to the door and opened the door.

At the same time as the door opened, an old lady also came out of the house and greeted Ye Chen with a smile, it seemed that she should be the wife of the village chief. Like the other villagers we met, the village chief's wife was also pale and sickly, but she finally had a normal smile on her face.

Like the old and backward appearance of the house, the furnishings in the village chief's house are also very dilapidated. The tables, chairs and benches in the room seem to be made by themselves, and they have been very old, and household appliances and the like are basically invisible, only there is a very primitive big-ass TV in the innermost part of the room, and the screen size is pitifully small.

A few of us sat down in the village chief's big house, when suddenly the house shook slightly, as if it had been an earthquake, and a muffled sound of "thump" was heard from a distance. It wasn't too loud, but it was still audible.

"What's going on? Could this basin be a crater? I guessed.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? The village chief looked at me strangely and asked, and his wife stared at me with the same gaze, as if I had said something strange.

"There was an earthquake just now, and there was a sound! I was told you didn't hear it! I said.

The village chief and his wife looked at each other, then looked at me with a puzzled expression and said, "No, I didn't hear any sound." ”

I hurriedly looked at Qiao Wei, Chang Le, and Ye Chen, and said, "You should feel it, that earthquake!" ”

What I didn't expect was that several of them looked at me in the same daze, needless to say, they must not have heard anything and did not feel the earthquake.

I didn't dwell too much on this issue, I can be sure that the sound and the earthquake are not my hallucinations, as for why I am the only one who has feelings, I need to find out the reason deeply, at least I believe that Qiao Wei and they will not doubt me, they will definitely help me.

The village chief asked his wife to go out on an errand run to see if the meal prepared for us in the village was still in good condition, while he himself stayed with us at home. Although he was accompanied, the old man just sat in the corner and didn't say a word at all, and he only replied when Ye Chen spoke to him.

Not long after, the village chief's wife came back to tell us that the food was ready and asked us to go to the village canteen to eat.

I was indeed hungry this time, and I was very happy to hear that I could eat, and I put aside the earthquake and the muffled noise just now.

The location of the canteen was quite far from the village chief, and after walking in the village for about ten minutes, we came to a place that looked like an ancestral hall near the entrance to the mountain pass. I glanced inside the ancestral hall at the door, but fortunately, there were no ancestral tablets in it.

I followed the village chief through the compound, and before I even entered the house, I could already smell the aroma of food.

At the door of the house, a few villagers stood smiling and nodding their heads to welcome us, some of them were older, some were younger, the older ones were also pale, and the younger ones looked much more normal. I didn't pay much attention to the sickly faces of the villagers, because we knew there were strange things in the village before we came, and I guess their complexion was probably related to living near this place all year round.

As soon as we entered the house, we started eating. The meals prepared in the village to entertain us not only smelled fragrant, but also tasted good, and I somewhat understood why Ye Chen felt that the village could develop tourism.

I was eating, and Chang Le suddenly said, "What's in the cup?" Blood? ”

At first, I thought that the glass was filled with red wine, but when Qiao Wei said this, I quickly picked up the glass and smelled it, and the glass also had a faint smell of rust, but I was sure that it was not blood.

"It's not blood, it's not blood." The village chief hurriedly came over and explained: "There is no running water in the village, and there is no device to filter the water, and the cup is water from the well. You can drink it with confidence, it doesn't matter, the people in the village drink this water all the time, and no one gets any diseases. ”

"Nobody gets sick? What you say is so unconvincing! I couldn't help but complain: "Look at the faces of these people in your village, and then look at yourself, you feel as if you have hepatitis." ”

"No, no, no! Absolutely not, you can rest assured! The village chief waved his hand and said, "The village doctor is from the city, and the doctor will give us a physical examination every few months, and he can be sure that all of us have no diseases, let alone hepatitis." ”

"Then why didn't he say that your face is so bad?" I asked.

"This ......" The village chief stammered: "We don't know this, no one can say clearly, we have been like this since I was a child, everyone in the village is the same, this Boss Ye knows." ”

I hurriedly looked at Ye Chen.

Ye Chen nodded and said: "The last time I came to the village, everyone was in this state, and the village chief thought it was caused by the golden cicada, but now it doesn't seem to be like that." ”

I looked at the red water in the cup again, and after thinking about it, I put the cup back on the table.

"Ye Chen, I remember that you seem to have two boxes of mineral water in your car, right?" I said to Ye Chen.

"Yes, bring the water?" Ye Chen asked.

"Hmm. Until we understand the reason for this water quality, I think it's better not to drink this water. ”

"Okay, I see." After speaking, Ye Chen beckoned his four bodyguards over, and then ordered them to carry the water back from the car.

As soon as the village chief heard that we were going to carry water, he immediately called a young male villager to help guide the way, and Ye Chen didn't say too much to the village chief, so he let his people go with the villagers.

Fortunately, the red water did not affect my appetite, and after a full meal, we asked the village chief to take us to the village doctor to have a look, first, to ask the village doctor about the results of the villagers' physical examination, and second, to see why the doctor from the big city stayed in the village and couldn't get out.

At the foot of the mountain north of the village, there is a dilapidated wooden house, and at the door of the wooden house stands an equally dilapidated sign with the words "Jinchan Village Medical Center" written on it. According to the village chief, the village doctor usually sees people in the medical center, and this is where he lives, but during the day, the village doctor may visit the villagers' homes, so there may be no one in the medical center.

The village chief knocked on the door of the medical center several times, but no one inside responded. The village chief didn't wait at the door, but pushed open the door of the medical center and made a "please come in" gesture.

"Don't you have to wait for the doctor to come back? Wouldn't we just go in like that? I said.

"It's okay, the doctor doesn't pay so much attention to it, and besides, you are all guests, how can you let the guests stand outside the door, come on, come on, please inside." The village chief waved at us as he spoke, and at the same time, the corners of his mouth were inadvertently cocking upward, giving people a very uncomfortable feeling. (The best cultivation is really strong)