Chapter 17: Variation

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As soon as he heard my words, Gao Peng's whole body trembled, and he hurriedly suppressed a mouthful of saliva, and said, "Boss, what are you talking about?" Is this human skin? ”

I corrected, "I don't know if it's a human skin, but it's definitely an animal skin." ”

Actually, the reason why I say that thing is human skin is because of the shape of the skin, the size of a palm, and the four irregular holes, which look like a human face no matter how you look at it. However, when Gao Peng asked me again, I didn't dare to trust my instincts in my heart, after all, human skin cannot be completely transparent.

"Lord Peixi, many times, your first instinct is often where the truth lies," Ryazan picked up the film I had just thrown away, and said to me, "The more you think, the farther and farther you get from the truth. ”

"So, you think it's a human skin?" Gao Peng raised his head and asked Ryazan.

Ryazan nodded and said, "Both the shape and the texture of the skin are very similar to human skin, except for this transparency. ”

At this time, Bu Jin came over from the side again, pointed to the stream, and said, "There are a lot of them here. ”

"A lot?" I was very surprised, and said that it was unbelievable enough to have a piece of human skin in this stream, how could there be many of them, and I immediately reacted and said, "So, is it a problem with the upstream of the stream?" ”

Ryazan laughed and teased me: "Anyway, it will definitely not be the downstream of the creek that has a problem." ”

"Then let's go upstream and have a look." Gao Peng suddenly looked very energetic at this time, and said, "Damn, no matter what you say, you have to let me see what that thing is, don't be able to carry it, I'm really poisoned and hanging here." ”

I discussed with Ryazan for a while, and although it would be a departure from the route we had originally set to go against the stream at this time, Ryazan and I both thought that it might be a very important clue anyway, and since we had a compass on us, we needed to worry too much about whether we would get lost, so we went upstream.

We walked while looking at the stream. I was amazed at the fact that the water was so clear that the pebbles under the water were clearly visible, and that there were tiny waterfalls on the two small slopes, and that the water struck the stones with a tinkling sound.

Fortunately, the stream was not as long as I had imagined, and we walked more than a hundred meters before we saw the source of the stream, which was a low gentle slope, and on the gentle slope, there was a fir-tree tree that was unusually thick, but the branches of the tree were bare and lifeless, and it seemed to be a dead tree. Underneath the roots of the tree was a hole as thick as an adult's waist, and from the hole the gurgling stream flowed slowly.

A few of us tried to see what was inside the tree hole, but it was unusually dark inside, and there seemed to be a change in the slope of the hole, so that even with a flashlight, it was impossible to see what was inside.

We tried a few times, but without success, and Ryazan was so bold that he got down on one knee and scratched several times with one hand in the hollow of the tree, but he didn't find anything.

At this time, everyone wondered if the problem of the stream did not come from the source at all, but from the upstream of the stream.

It was at this time that Bu Jin silently walked in front of us, ignoring a few of us, but went straight to the dead fir tree on the top of the tree hole, first touched the trunk with his hand, and then put his ear on the trunk, after a long time, I suddenly saw Bu Jin's mouth muttering, and then the red light flashed in his eyes, and after a while, a red insect did not know which hole in the fir tree came out, and actually drilled into Bu Jin's cuffs.

After that, Bu Jin turned his head and said to us lightly: "There is something in this cave - it is still alive." ”

When we heard this, several of us were shocked that there was something wrong with the source of the stream, which was within our suspicion, but the fact that there was not only something in the hollow of the tree at the source, but also alive was greatly surprised by our expectations.

I looked at Bu Jin, she didn't speak again, just looked at the dead fir tree in a daze, and there seemed to be a trace of sadness in her eyes. There are still too many mysteries about Bu Jin that I haven't solved, such as her life experience, her identity, the jade plate around her neck, and her mysterious and slightly self-harming witchcraft, I often think that if I can crack these mysteries on Bu Jin, then I may also solve a lot of other suspenseful things - including finding that "person".

As for the little red worm that crawled into Bu Jin's cuff just now, whether it was an adult or a larva, I don't know how many times I have seen it, but I still don't know what kind of worm or Gu it is, but just the fact that the larva of that worm almost killed me, I still remember it clearly.

At this time, Gao Peng asked me in a low voice, "Hey, boss, what did my sister-in-law do before?" ”

I turned around and said angrily: "How many times have I told you, I don't have that kind of relationship with her, how can you see that I am a match for her?" She is a witch in Miao Village, hiding with poison and evil spirits, to you, do you dare to ask for it? ”

Gao Peng snorted and said disdainfully: "As for being as evil as you say." ”

I said, "Don't talk nonsense, let's find a way to get the contents out." ”

So, we started exploring the tree hole. At first, I even planned to simply take off my clothes and go in to see what was inside, but Ryazan tried his best to dissuade him, saying that he didn't know what it was inside, and that it would be dangerous to go in so rashly, not to mention that the entrance to the cave was narrow, and if something really happened, I was afraid that there would be no chance of escape.

So, we tried to use all kinds of methods, and all Gao Peng and I could think of was to poke a branch into the hole to see if we could bring something out. Ryazan, on the other hand, wanted to get some damp branches to light and use the smoke to force the contents of the hole out, and after Bu Jin told us that there was something in the cave, it seemed that all this was ignored by her.

The three of us did our best, but we didn't even see the shadow of the things in the cave, and this time, even Ryazan couldn't help frowning.

After the last, Gao Peng even knocked on the old tree and shouted, "Hey, come out!" ”

Ryazan looked at Gao Peng with a very shocked expression, then looked at me, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Lord Peixi, I suddenly feel that you are still quite smart. ”

Ryazan said this sentence, Gao Peng and I are very unhappy. Gao Peng doesn't say anything to me, sometimes he is offended by others, and I don't bother to talk back, but he can't, if others say a word about him, he has to say a word back, otherwise, he feels that he is missing two taels of flesh all over his body.

Gao Pengden immediately said: "Hey, hey, I said you kid, why do you always turn around when you speak?" Do you think that if you don't have dirty words, your brother won't be able to hear that you are scolding? Don't you have the ability, why don't you lure that thing out, Guangzhi said that we are stupid, I really can't pull out and complain that the earth is not attractive! ”

I did not expect that Ryazan, after hearing this, would be stunned, his eyes widened, as if he had suddenly thought of something, and then immediately began to look for large stones in and around the stream.

I looked at Ryazan's actions and didn't react at first, but it was obvious that the actions he made had something to do with what Gao Peng had just said. I thought back a few times about what Gao Peng just said - I can't pull out and complain that the earth is not attractive - - - -

Suddenly, I also understood what Ryazan meant, so I also hurried to help find the big stone, Gao Peng saw that I was doing the same thing as Ryazan, so he also came over to move the big stone, but he didn't know what he was doing, so he asked me in a whisper: "Hey, boss, what are we going to do here?" ”

I looked at Gao Peng and told him with a smile that this was still his inspiration to us.

I gave him a somewhat disgusting but apt example. Let's take the example of flushing the toilet after squatting. In the past, friends ridiculed each other about the four major tragedies of life, and the first one was that after pooping, he didn't rush down. In the old old flush toilet, there was no water in the toilet, so the poop always couldn't be flushed, but as long as there was water in the toilet, the poop floated and flushed well.

When Gao Peng heard me say this, he waved his hand again and again and said to me: "Boss, stop, stop, don't say it, this example does not sound very comfortable, but I understand what you mean." ”

In fact, our idea is very simple: first fill the tree hole with large stones and make a small artificial dam, so that the water from the spring in the tree hole will be held in the hole and cannot be poured out, and when the water in the tree hole is filled at a certain time, then the things in the tree hole will naturally hang in the water, and then the embankment will be burst and the water will be naturally washed out by the stream.

Gao Peng's unintentional words suddenly became a breakthrough for us to draw out the things in the tree hole.

In less than five minutes, the little miniature dam was built by the three of us. Although the stream still flows down the crevices of the rocks, most of the water is still sealed in the hollows of the trees. Ryazan's ears were pressed against the old tree, trying to gauge the water level in the cave.

We waited like this for about half an hour, when suddenly a stone in the middle of the small dam moved. The three of us were overjoyed, and Gao Peng hurriedly said, "It's almost." ”

After another dozen seconds, Ryazan got up and kicked the small dam down with a sharp kick, and the mountain spring stream "clanged" and suddenly poured down from the cave, and its water potential was many times larger than just now.

"Look at it." Ryazan told me.

I went a little further from the mouth of the cave and looked closely, but nothing came out of the hole until the fierce current had subsided.

The three of us were deflated at this, but at that moment, I suddenly saw that at the entrance of the cave, something seemed to be swinging back and forth with the stream, and on closer inspection, it was struggling to get back into the hollow of the tree.

"There it is!"

As soon as my voice fell, Ryazan did not have the slightest sluggishness, and as soon as his pale and slender hand stretched out into the hole, he heard a "hiss" scream, and a monster with a human face and a snake body, a transparent body, and clearly visible abdominal organs was dragged out of it by Ryazan.

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