Dozens of minutes later,

Sherlock drove up a bumpy path with a skewed sign at the intersection that read a warning sign indicating that it was a dead end.

"It used to be an eco-tourism tourist attraction with villas and playgrounds in the plan, but due to financial problems, the supporting facilities could not keep up, and the construction project was abandoned halfway, and the playground was forced to close after a year of operation. I'm talking about a haunted house, it's in that abandoned playground. ”

Sherlock parked the car on the edge of a dark forest, turned off the engine, and smiled at the inexplicable high dive: "We have to walk below." ”

Gao Qian looked around and got out of the car.

The woods are not very dense, with the exception of a few deciduous trees, mostly low shrubs and vines. The ground beneath his feet was covered with thick fallen leaves, and it was very humid, and the smell of rotting leaves and animal feces floated in the air. The fog was steaming through the forest, and even with the eyes of a high submersible, it was impossible to see dozens of meters away.

At this moment, there was a muffled thud in the trunk of the car, and Gao Qian turned back to see Sherlock walking out of the back of the car.

She was also wearing the almond-colored trench coat, black trousers, and rubber-soled leather shoes of the same color. However, she had a large camouflage backpack on her back, a strange-looking helmet on her head, and something resembling a frog mirror on her forehead.

"It's through the woods. Sherlock approached the high dive and handed him a "frog mirror" that was the same as the one on her head.

"What is this?" Gao Qian took it, flipped through it in his hand. It looks like a night vision device, but it's lighter than expected.

"This is the latest type of night vision goggles, in order to prevent alarming the people in the haunted house, we can't use lighting equipment, this night vision goggles can help us dive in. My helmet can listen to low-frequency sound waves that the human ear can't hear, and my backpack has a few other pieces of gear just in case. Sherlock said this, and smiled at Gao Qian, "Put it on, there is a surprise." ”

Gao Qian put the night vision goggles in front of him in disbelief, and before he could tell what the various color blocks on the imaging screen represented, a bright white thing suddenly flashed in front of the lens, Gao Qian was startled, and quickly took off the night vision goggles and looked around. He saw nothing but a white mist.

Sherlock didn't seem surprised by the high-diving move, she laughed, pulled the night vision goggles on her forehead to her eyes, looked around, and then pointed to a treetop and said, "There." ”

Gao Qian stared hard at the spot Sherlock was pointing, but still didn't see anything, and when he put back on his night vision goggles, he saw a bright white mass the size of a palm floating silently at the top of a brown shadow.

"We call it the Elder Elf, and it's common in the woods off the beaten track. Sherlock's voice rang out beside him, "According to ancient records, these creatures have a history older than humans, and they don't like humans very much, and they like to play pranks. If you accidentally offend them, you'll be stung by them, and while it's not fatal, it's definitely going to impress you. ”

Elves? There is an instrument that can see elves? Gao Qian took the night vision goggles in his hand and looked over and over: "What is the principle of this night vision goggles? How can you see such a thing?"

"This is the latest product in our lab, ordinary night vision goggles are based on the principle of thermal imaging, while ours is based on energy imaging. Sherlock explains: "All kinds of matter, whether living or not, contain more or less energy, and this energy will be presented in different colors in night vision goggles. The gray part is the base color that does not have any energy reaction, inanimate matter such as rocks is close to black, and low-level life forms such as plants and trees are brown. The higher the energy of the object, the brighter the color. However, this night vision goggle cannot be used during the day, and the energy of sunlight will damage its sensors. ”

Gao Qian put on his night vision goggles and glanced at Sherlock, and a faint white shadow appeared on the image screen in front of him. Gao Qian's heart moved, he took off his night vision goggles and looked at Sherlock's spectrum with his own naked eye, a faint white silhouette, a dazzling spot of light on his shoulder, and a spot of light on his heart, but it was relatively dim, and it appeared and disappeared from time to time.

Could it be that the principle of this night vision goggle is the same as that of being able to see a human spectrum? Only that it is not as clear as his eyes.

"Do you want to know what you're like in your night vision goggles?" Sherlock said suddenly.

The action of the high dive fiddling with the night vision goggles suddenly froze. He is a child of divine blood, and his energy response in the night vision goggles is bound to be different from that of ordinary people, if Sherlock finds out, how can he explain it?

On the other side, Sherlock had already held the night vision goggles with his hand and began to carefully look at the high dive from the bottom up: "Let me see, tsk, my whole body is full of flames, and at the same time it is emitting white light, and my head is like a bull, and I have two horns......"

Sherlock took off his night vision goggles and saw Gao Qian's expressionless face, and laughed: "What about teasing you, what else can it be, normal human energy reactions are faint white, if you find anyone whose energy response is gray-black, then he must be seriously ill and not far from death." ”

Gao Qian breathed a sigh of relief slightly, it seems that these night vision goggles are not very bright.

In the computer bag, the upright lying puppy grinned silently.

Gao Qian hung the night vision goggles around his neck: "Don't waste time, let's go, how far is it to get to that haunted house?"

"It's about a 10-minute walk through the woods. Sherlock put back on his night vision goggles and looked at his high-potential computer bag, "Do you want to keep your computer in the car?"

Gao Qian touched the computer bag with his hand, and knew that the puppy had entered the Infernal Realm, and it seemed that the little guy didn't want to be discovered by Sherlock.

"No, it's just an empty bag, it's just a habit. ”

Sherlock shrugged and led the way ahead.

Gao Qian followed behind her, looking around with the night vision goggles around his neck from time to time, according to his eyesight, he didn't need night vision goggles, but the fact that night vision goggles could see certain creatures that humans couldn't see attracted him. He saw that the bright white light and shadow had been following them, as if he was watching them, and as if he was watching.

At this time, Sherlock in front of her stopped, she took off her night vision goggles and smiled at Gao Qian: "Here it is, it's there." ”

Turning around a bush in front of them, a deserted amusement park appeared in front of them. The iron fence was rusty and overrun by withered yellow vines, and a stone clown face protruded from the vines, smiling eerily at the two of them. From the top of the fence, a three-story Ferris wheel can be seen, towering in the moonlight.

A large tree reached its bare branches into the bottom of the Ferris wheel's cramped cabin, pierced the floor, and peeked out of the broken window, like a big withered hand trying to pull something into the ground.