Chapter XVII

"Squeak", with a shrill grinding sound, the caravan stopped. The sound of the wheels rolling had stopped, and the only sound in their ears was the continuous rain, which drowned out all the sounds around them, and there was always the illusion that the whole world was in absolute silence.

Stopping the car, the two waited in silence for a moment, there was still no movement in the rain, Monica's expression moved, and just about to say something, Babu had already opened a small slit in the rain curtain on the side first.

"I'll go, you should be careful."

Babu put Anna in the cockpit, wrapped her in a poncho, and then emerged through the gap like a fish, and the sound was immediately drowned out by the sound of the great rain, as if suddenly disappeared from the world.

Unable to hear movement, unable to see a human figure, Monica sighed softly, and the whip wrapped around her wrist again, adjusting to the angle that was most convenient for fighting, and then looked at Anna beside her.

Anna sat on her knees in her chair with her chin resting on her knees, unable to see her expression, and Monica hesitated a few times, but finally reached out and slowly approached her little head. As soon as she got closer, the little thing immediately turned to face her hand and made a wary expression, but Monica didn't withdraw her hand, but moved more slowly, moving closer and closer to her head.

Bite.

The little thing suddenly hugged Monica's hand and took a few bites, leaving a string of beautiful tooth marks on her hand just like daily gnawing on Babu. After gnawing on it, he rubbed his face on his saliva hand, then threw his hand aside, and continued to hold his knees in a daze, even if Monica reached out and touched her head as she wished, the little guy didn't pay attention to her at all.

"Tuk tuk tuk", there was a knocking sound of three long and two short knocks outside the carriage, and then the sound of rain suddenly increased, the curtain of the door was lifted, and Babu came in from the outside.

The poncho was as if it didn't exist, and Babu was already soaking wet, as if he had just been fished out of the water, and before he could get in, he whispered to go, and then squeezed into the carriage.

But Anna didn't care whether Babu's body was dry or wet, she immediately got back into Babu's arms, smelled it, and began to arch everywhere in Babu's arms, almost all over her body before she quieted down, and honestly lay in Babu's arms and didn't move.

"What's the situation?" As soon as Babu said to leave, Monica had already stepped on the pedals and let the caravan go away, but waited until Anna had finished tossing and quieting down before she whispered, "What did you hit?" โ€

Babu subconsciously looked back and found that he couldn't see anything, so he replied with some doubts: "It's okay, it's just a dead sheep." โ€

"Huh? Can this car kill a sheep? โ€

"I didn't hit it, I died for a while."

"That's right, I don't think it's possible to kill anything at such a slow speed." Monica nodded, "So the cause of death is ......"

"I don't know, there are no obvious injuries." Babu's puzzled expression did not diminish, "The environment is really not suitable, I have not been able to examine it in detail, but it is definitely not caused by external causes." โ€

"Oh, huh? Wait a minute. Monica reacted, even though she knew she couldn't see anything, she subconsciously looked back and asked in a low voice, "What did you just say?" โ€

"I've been dead for a while." Babu smiled wryly and said, "It should have been more than a day." โ€

"And how did we collide head-on?" Monica said abruptly, "It can't be that someone saw us passing by and deliberately threw it out." โ€

"I searched, but I couldn't find anyone." Babu spread his hands helplessly, "Don't talk about people, there are not even human tracks, but with such a heavy rain, even if there are traces, they will have been washed away long ago." โ€

Monica also sighed and shook her head helplessly, but intentionally or unintentionally, she sped up the speed of the car a lot: "On the bright side, well, that's not a wild sheep, oh, that's good, the domestic one means that there should be a lot of farms nearby, and sheep won't run too far from home." โ€

"Well, so I have some good news." Babu pointed to the left, "Go a little to the left, a little more, yes, keep going in this direction, keep going, keep going, ......"

The body suddenly jolted violently, and then returned to stability, more stable than before, and if you look closely at the headlights, you will find that the caravan drove onto a small road, although the trail is muddy, but at least it is much smoother than the previous field and farmland, which makes the two of them relax a lot of suspense, at least they don't have to worry about overturning all the time.

"Sure enough, it's good news." Monica finally smiled, exhaled lightly, relaxed the rudder slightly, moved her stiff arm, looked out of the cockpit and said, "The rain is getting heavier and heavier, you must find a place to shelter from the rain as soon as possible, and if you continue to hold on like this, I'm worried that the water will seep into the car." The noodles and wheat in the car are all goods that are afraid of water, and they are really soaked in water, so we fought with Sherlock in vain before. โ€

"There are sheep and roads, and the place where you can shelter from the rain should not be far away." The shadow of the sheep that had been hit by the car flashed in front of Babu's eyes, and he frowned, "But is it really good to find a place to shelter from the rain now?" โ€

"It's really not good." The smile on Monica's face froze, and she sighed helplessly: "The question is, is it better to continue to rush aimlessly in the dark?" โ€

"Heh, that's right, no matter whether it's good or not, it's not a way to keep consuming like this, so let's take a look, even if there is a problem, are our Babu and Monica Chamber of Commerce really afraid of them?" Babu thought for a moment, pointed ahead and sneered: "I just saw a small fork in the road, if there is a small fork in this kind of country road, most of them lead to the farmer's house, so ......"

"It's Monica and the Babu Chamber of Commerce."

The front of the car deviated, the caravan bumped, turned into a small fork in the road, and then walked deeper for a while, and in the rain curtain in front of it, suddenly a large black shadow appeared in the black. A little further afield, the line of sight finally became clearer, and the true face of the dark shadow slowly appeared, it was a two-story farmhouse, on one side of the farmhouse was a large barn at least seven or eight meters high, and on the other side was a bungalow, which looked like a warehouse.

The caravan stopped in the open space in the middle of the farmhouse, the buildings on three sides were pitch black, there was no light coming through, Babu got out of the car again, quietly approached the farmhouse in front of him, and listened to it for a while, there was silence and no sound could be heard, and there was no abnormal change in energy perception, the farmhouse should be empty.

There was no way, there was no way to care about it now, so Babu ran back to the front of the car and waved, and ran in the direction of the barn first, and the caravan slowly turned around and followed him far behind.

As soon as he entered the canopy at the door of the barn, the Bรกb breathed a sigh of relief, and the rain poured down, and the water not only hit his skin with pain, but also the rain splashed on his face, like drowning, and he could not breathe. Now that she could finally breathe a sigh of relief, Babu wiped her face and tried to spew the rain out of her mouth, and pressed her body against the barn door again.

The rain was dripping from the eaves, and the barn was just as quiet, and after making sure that the barn door was unlocked, Babu carried the heavy wooden door and gently pushed open a crack, and then two lighted fluorite balls were thrown into the crack of the door, and the man followed, submerging between the cracks.

"Squeak", not long after, a tooth-aching friction sounded, the barn door was opened from the inside, and seeing Babu waving through the door, Monica started the caravan with confidence and hid in the barn.

As the barn door slowly closed behind the door, the roaring sound of the rainstorm was isolated from the door, listening to the raindrops outside the barn pounding wildly on the roof, but the barn was warm and dry, and the two who finally escaped the rainstorm felt like they had entered heaven from hell in an instant.

"Whew, I finally have a place to shelter from the rain." Monica turned off the caravan's headlights, took off the lanterns on both sides, held them in her hands, and surveyed the environment inside the barn.

The barn was quite empty, and there was almost nothing left except a small amount of hay and a lot of firewood, but the waterproofing measures were well done, and there was no leakage at all in such a heavy rain, and it was obviously often maintained.

"No one?" Monica pointed in the direction of the farmhouse.

"Hmm." Babu was still wet, and the water dripped down her hair, and soon a patch was gathering on the ground.

"Poof, aren't you changing your clothes?" Monica's tragic situation made Monica laugh out loud, took a towel from the caravan and threw it over, "Be careful not to get sick, in this special environment, getting sick is a trouble." โ€

"I'll change it later." Babu shook his head and refused, "I'm going to go to the farmhouse first to check on the situation, otherwise I won't even be able to rest." โ€

"This environment...... Forget it, it's okay, since you borrowed someone's barn, no matter whether there is someone or not, whether people are dead or alive, you have to go and say hello. Monica hesitated for a moment, then put on a poncho to lock the curtain of the caravan, and followed behind Babu, "Let's go and have a look, although my sneaky level is not good, but at least I can still cooperate with you in the fight." โ€

"If you can't speak, you can actually not say it, and I think the word sneaky is very problematic."

Babu patted Anna, who had just climbed out of the cockpit, and the little thing immediately climbed up on Babu's body with both hands and feet, and it was wrapped around her chest like an octopus. Babu skillfully wrapped Anna tightly in her arms with a poncho, and listened to the movement outside with a lantern attached to the door, and then pushed the barn door open again.

There was a dead silence except for the sound of the rain, and there was no change from when they entered, and Babu and Monica, each carrying lanterns, outflanked the door of the farmhouse.

The locked door was opened, and there was no movement inside, and Babu did not enter immediately, but sniffed at the door, and then showed a puzzled expression. Monica gave her an inquiring look, but Babu waved her hand to ignore it, and then crept into the farmhouse.

With a "click", the door of the farmhouse slowly closed behind the two of them, and the figures of the two disappeared behind the door, as if swallowed by a large mouth.