Chapter 295: The Disappearing Name
"No...... Lake? β
There seems to be some foggy obscuration in my cognition.
The human, who realized something, stopped discussing and snatched the map in front of Bai Su.
Bai Su was still holding the pen, and the tip of the pen that he didn't have time to retract rubbed a deep ink mark on the map, and the serious place was directly scratched.
However, anxious humans don't care about this bit of damage.
They are more concerned about the existence of a lake on the map than about the damage of the map.
When humans were looking at paper maps, Bai Su studied whether there were any historical maps on the Internet that could be flipped through.
However, the earliest Internet can be traced back to ten years ago, and even if the Internet is not popular enough, you may have to go to the relevant local library or map agency to try your luck to see if they have included paper.
It took only a few minutes for humans to check if the lake existed, and they scanned the mountains near the village, and there were no structures as big as a lake except for rivers and streams.
"How can you ......," the young man muttered to himself, "in my mind, it is clearly ...... on the map"
Before the humans were pointed out by the white clouds, no one thought that they had a problem looking at the map, and in their memory, there was a blue presence on the map they had looked at before, in a place in the dark green mountain range.
Xia Chengyin couldn't help but set his eyes on Bai Su.
The black-haired young man was looking down at his phone when he noticed someone looking at him, and he waved his electronic device to show him his search interface.
Xia Chengyin didn't look at that, but stared at the head of the black-haired young man.
Bai Su was looked at for a long time, and couldn't help but speak: "Officer Xia." "You can take it away.
Xia Chengyin didn't feel presumptuous at all, and commented in his heart: Regardless of whether Bai Su has problems or not, his ability is still very useful.
In cases where the pros outweigh the disadvantages, there is the option to turn a blind eye.
"There is no lake...... You have to go to the original site of the lake, right? Gao Tianyi struggled for a while, and quickly adjusted his mentality, "Or ask in the village, if the conditions allow." β
ββ¦β¦ No, I don't think so. Qi Zhuyue, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, "I...... I think they ...... He ......"
Qi Zhuyue didn't know how to express her feelings for a while, she just subconsciously felt that if they asked, something bad might happen.
From the process of communicating with Wen Jianyuan as "Wen Tao", she has always felt a little hairy in her heart, otherwise she would not have been frantically shouting for her companions to catch her in the parking lot.
The same is true for other villagers, looking at the information brought back by Baisu Night Tour, there is more than one villager wandering at night.
"Is that so......" Tang Nuo frowned, "Qi Zhuyue's instincts have always been very accurate. β
Donno summed up the information that is now publicly available.
There is an anomaly in this village, and it should be divided into two groups.
One group is represented by the giant fishtail that Gao Tianyi saw in his dream and the fish-eyed villagers photographed by Bai Su, and the other group is the target pursued by the special department on this trip - that is, black silt.
However, at this stage, it seems that the cart is somewhat reversed.
Bai Su sat quietly and listened to the discussion of whether or not to go to the original site of the lake today.
So, aren't they here to find black sludge?
The fish-eyed villagers smell bad at all, and no matter how alienated they are, the essence of the fish-eye villagers is still human, unless they completely abandon the part of being human.
In contrast, humans who are still replaced by black silt smell a little more palatable.
Yes...... When will humanity push another clue down?
The monster licked the tip of its teeth, reminiscing about the exhilarating and satiety of foraging in the woods in the early morning.
There was a large accumulation of black silt in the woods, under the shadows of the trees, behind the rocks, and in the mud, scattered quite a bit.
If you gather all these scattered ones, you might have more than a fifth of the large mass of urban sewers.
But where is the source? The monster sighed faintly.
To say that the fisheye villagers and the black mud are distinct, it can be said that it is not the same.
The most primitive black sludge is a fight when you meet a fisheye villager, but there are replaced villagers in the village, how can the latter be generated?
Gotta find a way to shake the news to humanity.
In his heart, he planned to lead people to a specific almost private house when he went out, he told Qi Zhuyue yesterday about the transformed dog, but the transformed people, the people from the special department didn't know yet.
Humans and non-humans spent the rest of the day thinking about themselves, and when it was almost dawn and they were about to go out, there was a knock on the courtyard door.
"Peach! Are you up? β
ββIt was Wen Jianyuan's voice.
The people in the room did not answer immediately, and the others gestured to Qi Zhuyue with their eyes.
'Did Wen Tao's uncle say he was coming today?' β
Wait...... Let me see. β
Qi Zhuyue, who had re-tied her braids, hurriedly went to get Wen Tao's mobile phone, and sure enough, she saw a few messages sent half an hour ago.
It was to the effect that "Wen Tao" was up and asked if "Wen Tao" and her friend had any arrangements today, and whether they needed a tour guide or something.
The middle-aged man recommended himself very warmly, saying that he had discussed with his wife last night that he could take them around the village if he was not very busy these two days.
He said that "Wen Tao" has not come back for so many years, and he probably doesn't know some changes in the village, and there are many more people in the village that "Wen Tao" doesn't know.
Probably because Qi Zhuyue didn't reply for a long time, Wen Jianyuan ended the conversation with a sentence of "I'll come to you later".
Now, the middle-aged man is standing outside the door.
Blame the morning intelligence was too impactful, the impact was so big that they ignored other aspects, and there were also reasons for Qi Zhuyue's poor state after the defeat.
'Do you want to open the door?' β
'Let's go. β
The human race quickly made a decision to let Qi Zhuyue answer the door.
The middle-aged man outside the door saw someone coming out, and the conversation box immediately opened: "Come on, I thought you didn't get up." He talked about the interesting story of "Wen Tao" lying in bed when he was a child.
The funny thing is true Qi Zhuyue doesn't know, because "Wen Tao" himself doesn't remember.
Now she could only smile with a smiling face, and reached out to hold the door frame: "Uncle doesn't have anything to do?" β
For the people living in the village, there are so many things to be busy with every day, and it seems that you can squeeze out some time by pushing it.
"It's fine." Wen Jianyuan waved his hand, "I still have time to take you for a few days." β
"Originally, this kind of thing should have been for my son, but this year he just finished the exam and went out to work, you say it's not a coincidence."
"Hmm...... Ah......h
Qi Zhuyue responded there for a while, she made a few gestures behind her back, signaling her companions to quickly discuss and make a decision, whether to accept Wen Jianyuan's sudden behavior as a tour guide.
"Do you want to accept it?"
The sound of air echoed in my ears, startling the humans who were considering.
Xia Chengyin subconsciously wanted to react to the attack, but his reason was enough to grasp him, and after his face turned at a thirty-degree angle, he met a pair of black eyes.
There is not much light in the black eyes, but it is a familiar outline of human beings, and it is also because of this familiarity that Xia Chengyin's raised hand stopped, and in order not to look abrupt, he turned to touch the tip of his nose.
When did Bai Su come over? I don't know, the presence of black-haired young people is sometimes very low, and it is easy to be ignored.
Or maybe he deliberately lowered his presence, along with the sound of breathing and heartbeat.
The black-haired young man looked inquiringly at the one of the humans who could make decisions.
Bai Su was a little curious if humans would choose to follow Wen Jianyuan.
The middle-aged man named Wen Jianyuan has been assigned to the "fish" side in Bai Su's perception.
In fact, it was only at night that the classification definition of "fish" was derived.
Following Wen Jianyuan is to understand this village closed in the mountains, but correspondingly, they may not have the opportunity to go outside the village today.
He also had such a slight interest in the so-called lake that if humans didn't go during the day, he could sneak out at night.
Avoid the patrolling fisheye villagers and walk through the woods outside the village.
Humans see black sludge as a threat, and for him the black sludge is just a form of buffet.
"So, do you want to follow?"
Bai Su asked again, his eyes pulled away from the inch-headed police officer, and drifted to the courtyard gate in front of him.
They were now standing in the courtyard, as if they had heard movement and came out to check the situation, and they could be seen from the direction of the courtyard gate.
The middle-aged man threw a glance in from time to time, and when he met Bai Su's gaze, the latter smiled at the person.
Inexplicably, the mouth of the middle-aged male who received a smile stuck for a second, and the man also raised his lips and smiled back.
Very normal performance.
Not at all as abnormal as at the dinner table last night.
"Fish...... Switch ......" An inaudible murmur drifted through the air, but Bai Su didn't avoid the human, who heard a few syllables.
β¦β¦ Switch? The intuition officer suddenly thought of something.
He thought for a moment, and his hand suddenly stretched out from the side, and then the block of Bai Su's body pushed a certain minor.
Minors are not defended, and people are planted as soon as they lean forward.
After walking a few steps in a row to barely stabilize his figure, Gao Tianyi turned his head to look behind him, and the corner of his mouth dropped the moment he met Xia Chengyin's gaze.
Then, Gao Tianyi jumped towards the door, and the pause in the whole process was less than three seconds.
The young man followed the convenience of his appearance, and naturally came to Qi Zhuyue's side and joined in the chat.
A few points lower than the adult male voice, and the tone is crisper than the adult female voice, like a machine gun, pouring beans echoes in the ears of adults.
Gao Tianyi gave full play to the curiosity without a sense of boundaries that he could have at his age, and asked the middle-aged man questions, until Wen Jianyuan, who could still be smiling, couldn't stop laughing.
Since this is an unfamiliar child or even a guest, it is not easy to say the words of reprimand.
Wen Jianyuan's gaze shifted and looked at his "niece".
"Wen Tao" received the gaze of the suspected self-parent asking for help, and finally coughed lightly twice, interrupting the young man's inquiry: "Then it's troublesome uncle, let's clean up a little and come...... Where will we see you? β
"I'm at my doorstep, you know each other."
As if getting rid of a troublesome matter, after confirming that his niece and friends needed his help, the middle-aged man turned around and left, as if there was some flood beast behind him.
Outsiders were out of sight, Gao Tianyi naturally closed his mouth and stopped acting in his true colors.
"What an ordinary reaction." The young man commented, "Uncle during the day is quite normal. β
It is better to say that the village is quite normal during the day, wrapped in a layer of false appearances, and the closer to the time point of dusk, the normal appearances begin to detach.
But that's not to say that there's nothing during the day.
In the dark corners, which are not illuminated by the sun, there are still some non-routines.
Wen Jianyuan's self-proclaimed tour guide today is much more detailed than yesterday, if yesterday was just a rough talk about the surnames of the people living in it, today is to tell some interesting things and gossip in the village.
"Momo, do you remember this?" The middle-aged man asked, pointing to a window.
On their way to a place where they were said to be able to watch how the festival was prepared, the group passed by a house with a sitting.
Unlike the Xizi that I had seen before, which was blown up and faded by the wind, the one in front of me was pasted with the purest red - festive and gorgeous.
"Uh...... I don't remember. β
Qi Zhuyue replied honestly, "Wen Tao" really didn't remember.
The middle-aged man didn't care about answering, he just started talking and told people about the family that was about to marry his daughter.
There seemed to be a hurried glance yesterday, Wen Jianyuan didn't remember what he said yesterday, and now he is talking about the girl who is about to become a bride, and she used to be one of the children who ran behind Wen Tao's ass.
"Wen Tao" listened and put a question mark in his heart.
Is there such a thing?
Wen Tao's childhood memories had faded and become blurry, and even with the reminders Gao Tianyi had received in his dreams, they could only piece together the conclusion that the children in Wenjia Village used to play together in the early days.
The child who followed Wen Tao ...... After a little inquiry, after getting the answer that the girl was only twenty-two years old this year, the people in the special department breathed a sigh of relief.
Great, there was no crime.
I'm afraid that the few people who walked to the criminal set next door would think about it again, at this age, in the dream that Gao Tianyi experienced, he should not have been born yet.
"No, not necessarily." The young man whispered to Bai Su, "Last night's dream became very nonsensical. β
Bai Su: "...... Why do you want to tell me? β
Gao Tianyi: "Hey, Brother Xia and Brother Tang are collecting intelligence now, so I won't go up and spoil the fun." β
Reading is boring, writing is mischievous.
Under Bai Su's eyes, the young man's head was turning around, and he was also recording what he saw in the village with his own eyes.
Of course, they were much slower than Bai Su, who had been moving freely at night.
Wen Jianyuan's narration continued earlier: "Aren't you the child king of the village when you were a child? It's also a bit older and more ladylike, and then you follow that whom, follow Wen-"
The name only spit out one surname and then fell silent, and the bystanders couldn't help but look over, and saw the middle-aged man's face twitch a few times, and then changed the topic.
It should be warm [ββ].
The name that was deliberately silenced in dreams.
(End of chapter)