In the clear night sky, a dark cloud suddenly drifted over to block a bright moon hanging in the sky. The sky suddenly darkened, and the chirping of the cicadas and frogs around seemed to be silent for a while.

There were several people standing on the platform in the square, a young man with his eyes closed and not knowing whether he was alive or dead, and an old man wearing a strange cloak. The platform is about three meters high, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, with a one-meter-wide staircase on each of the four sides of the platform. On either side of the staircase are two reliefs, on which are two dragons soaring through the clouds. Under the platform stood many people dressed similarly to the old man on the platform, each wearing a black cloak. These people stood solemnly around the platform, and the faces of the people on the platform were in a trance.

Suddenly, the old man turned and knelt down facing the east. He made a strange gesture, then touched the ground with his palms and pressed his forehead against the ground.

"God bless our people, and prosper from generation to generation. The erection is formless, and it is sacrificed to my lord. ”

After he finished speaking, he stood up and recruited the people below, and a young and strong man carried one and stabbed him, and he threw it at the unconscious man who was bound. The man immediately coughed a few times and opened his eyes. He seemed a little confused, and looked around for a while before he reacted. He wrestled with the rope on his body, and found that it was so tightly tied that he couldn't break free at all. The man turned his head to look at the man who splashed his water: "What are you doing?" ”

The old man waved his hand to let the man who was carrying the stab go down, and he walked over to the person tied to the ground: "Officer Xiao Wu, it was you who committed the taboo yourself." If we don't sacrifice to the heavens and the dragon god gets angry, we'll all be finished, so please be wronged. ”

The man stared at the old man for a long time and said in surprise, "It's you." What are you doing here? What a sacrifice. Is this a cult? Tell you, I'm a police officer, and if you dare to hurt me, I'll wait to be caught. ”

The old man laughed a few times: "Cult? No, we are not a cult. Our ancestors have lived here for generations. It is you, you disgusting people, who come again and again to disrupt our peaceful lives. This time it was even more blasphemous to the dragon god. We can only use you as a sacrifice to our dragon god. ”

The man glanced around and asked, "What about my colleague?" What did you do with them? ”

A trace of resentment flashed in the old man's eyes: "You don't have to worry, they will be here soon." ”

The man looked at him vigilantly: "What do you mean?" ”

The old man smiled: "You'll know soon." The old man stood up and said, "Let's get ready to start." ”

Five of the people standing below came out, and they should all be men. One of them came over and dragged the man to the table, and then the others began to move wood onto the platform. The man's face turned pale, and he turned his head with difficulty and asked the old man loudly, "What do you want to do?" You want to burn me? Don't mess around, I'm a policeman! I'm a cop! ”

The old man glanced at him lightly, then turned his head to look into the darkness, and something flashed in his eyes. A man walked up to the old man and asked in a low voice, "Patriarch, what about the remaining two?" ”

The old man chuckled in a low voice: "They will definitely appear." ”

In the dark, the two men looked at the place where there was a bright light in front of them. One of them said, "Captain, what should I do?" ”

Another voice was calmer: "We didn't bring guns when we came, so we won't be able to deal with them when we go out like this." ”

"But they lit the fire." The voice just now said again.

"Let's go around from behind, Xiao Wang, let's go." Said in a calm voice.

The two men turned and disappeared into the darkness, and then on the stand, the young man known as Officer Xiao Wu was lifted up and trapped on a wooden pole erected on the firewood. The old man took a torch and walked up to him and said, "Give you one last chance to call your colleagues out." ”

"You're going to let us go?" Officer Xiao Wu asked.

The old man said, "Okay." ”

Officer Xiao Wu looked at him for a while and said with an ugly face: "You lie, you won't let us go." ”

The old man laughed and said, "It seems that you are not that stupid. Will you let you go out, will you call men against us? However, if you call the others out, I can spare you from dying, as long as you stay here obediently for the rest of your life and don't go out again. ”

"I'm not going to do it, you die." Officer Xiao Wu said firmly.

The old man shook his head regretfully, and then without hesitation, he lit the firewood under the man's feet with the torch in his hand. But he didn't say a word.

The old man sighed regretfully, Officer Xiao Wu was silent, how could the other two people be lured out. At this time, a man stumbled over: "Patriarch, the patriarch is not good." ”

The old man frowned and shouted, "What can't you say well, what are you panicking about?" ”

The man didn't even bother to breathe: "Clan...... Patriarch, those two men went in the direction of the Holy Pool. ”

The old man was shocked: "What." He immediately got off the platform and walked over quickly: "Go and see." ”

The two of them took advantage of the fact that they were dealing with Officer Xiao Wu and ran to a pool of water, which they had discovered for a few days that meant a lot to this strange village. At this time, the moon came out of the clouds again, and the appearance of the two people gradually became clear in the moonlight. One of them was older, looking to be almost forty years old, and the other was twenty* years old. The youngest one had tears on his face, watching his colleagues being burned to death, but there was nothing they could do.

"Captain, Wu Liang is dead, burned to death by them." Xiao Wang choked up.

The captain said, "I know that we can only find someone to help if we go back. The two of us are no match for them. ”

Xiao Wang nodded and asked, "How do we get out?" It's just the way out, and they must have someone to guard it. ”

The captain pointed to the waterhole in front of him and said, "After swimming through this waterhole, we will return to the way into the mountain." ”

Xiao Wang said: "Let's swim over." ”

The two men took off their coats and jumped into the water and swam forward. It's said to be a waterhole, but it's a big area, so it's supposed to be a lake. And no one can say exactly how deep the water is here. However, both of them are familiar with water, and people are not afraid.

The old man hurried over with people, only to see a few clothes thrown by the pool. A man came over and picked up a couple of clothes and said, "It's their clothes, they went into the water?" The man said with horror in his tone.

The old man squinted his eyes at the meeting, and at this time the moonlight seemed to be brighter again, and the people on the shore saw the people on the water in the distance. One person asked worriedly, "Team leader, what should they do if they are going to escape?" ”

The old man shook his head: "They can't escape." ”

As soon as the old man's words fell, the originally calm water suddenly waves, and the old man's face changed, beckoning everyone to stand back. I saw a huge whirlpool suddenly appear in the middle of the pool, and something seemed to suck the water down at the bottom of the pool. Then a low roar was heard, and the two men on the water were thrown high, and then a black dragon-like thing rushed out of the pool and swallowed the two men in mid-air. Then it quickly dived into the water, and the surface of the water was calm again.

The people on the shore watched everything with bated breath, and after a long time, someone reflected, and everyone involuntarily knelt down and shouted: "Dragon God bless!" Blessing of the dragon god! ”

The old man looked at the lake with a majestic expression and said: "The dragon god blesses our people, and those who dare to offend the dragon god will be punished!" ”