Chapter 75: Night Lang Ancient City 2

  Underneath the steel plate, a square opening is exposed, and the steel plate is like a door.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou jumped down again along the second floor balcony and stood beside the square opening, Wen Bai Yu hurriedly also jumped down.

  Wen Baiyu stretched her neck and took a look, suddenly even more astonished, saying: "There's a staircase? A basement?"

  The opening of the square is very deep, and it's dark inside, but you can see stone steps extending from inside upwards.

  Di Liang and Xiao Hai also came down from above, Di Liang shone his flashlight inside, but it was pitch black because it was too deep, so they couldn't see anything clearly. The light only reached about twenty steps in, where there was a wall, and then the stairs changed direction, so they couldn't see what was inside at all.

  Di Liang said in surprise: "Is there a basement in the garden?"

  Xiaohai grasped Dilang's hand and said, "There is something inside, I can feel it very clearly."

  Wen Baiyu raised his head and exchanged a glance with Wan Jijinghou, saying: "Shall we go down?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said: "Perhaps our purpose in coming here is this."

  Wen Baiyu looked at Di Liang and Xiao Hai again, Di Liang was quite skilled with his hands, had lived on the deserted island for seven years, and was a Ph.D. student, so he knew a lot and no one had more experience than him, but after all, Di Liang was still an ordinary person, Wen Baiyu didn't feel at ease letting him go down.

  Xiaohai is even more so, last time on the deserted island, Xiaohai's brain was infested with insects, making them worry to death.

  However, Wen Baiyu was a bit worried that if neither of them went down and stayed in the villa or returned now, the person who sent letters to Wen Baiyu might be lurking around, and it was unknown whether it would be detrimental to Di Liang and Xiao Hai.

  At this time, it is safest for everyone to stick together.

  Di Liang seemed to know what Wen Baiyu wanted to say, he himself went down and didn't have much to do with it, just afraid that Xiao Hai would have an accident, and there were shards of glass on Xiao Hai's chest, don't know if going in would cause any reaction.

  After some discussion, everyone thought it was safer to travel together.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou took out his flashlight and walked ahead, Wen Bai Yu quickly followed, letting Di Liang and Xiao Hai walk behind.

  From the entrance, going down about twenty steps, there's a wall in front of you. There's still a road below. They turn around and continue walking down the stairs. This time, the stairs are much longer, more than twice as long. In front of them is a vast expanse of darkness that their flashlights can't penetrate.

  Xiao Hai clutched Di Liang's sleeve tightly, he felt that something was ahead of him, making his heart beat faster uncontrollably. The feeling seemed to be resonance, but it didn't feel like resonance. There was a hot-blooded illusion, even his breathing was filled with heat.

  The stairs ended, and in front of me was not a room, but a passageway, just like a tube building, with two rows of rooms on either side of the corridor. This underground room was also this way, with a narrow passageway, two doors on one side, and four rooms in total.

  The door of the house looked quite old, with an ancient style, locked and bolted.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou stretched out his hand and touched it, saying: "It's also tungsten steel."

  Wen Baiyu felt even more uneasy, with tungsten steel pressing down from above and the doors of the rooms below also made of tungsten steel - what exactly was inside these rooms?

  Wen Baiyu stretched out his hand and pulled the door slightly. The tungsten steel was extremely hard, heat-resistant, had good toughness, and the door looked quite thick too.

  Wen Baiyu looked at Wan Kuang Jing Hou and knocked on the door panel, saying: "Can this thing be pierced?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly covered his mouth with his hand and said, "Shh——"

  Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat, and all he could hear was the faint "shhh..." sound coming from the other side of the tungsten steel door at the end of the corridor. The noise inside must have been quite loud to be audible through such a thick door.

  Everyone's heart was racing, Wan Qi Jing Hou made a beckoning gesture, then suddenly turned off the flashlight and handed it to Di Liang.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou slowly made his way over, leaning against the wall by the door and gazing down at the large steel gate.

  The door had to be opened, so there was always a gap left at the bottom, but this gap was very small, yet it was enough for them to see that inside the door, a blue light was actually visible!

  Wen Baiyu immediately looked at Wan Jijinghou, and Wan Jijinghou pressed his hand down to signal him to calm down.

  Wen Baiyu lowered her head to look, and saw that the blue light was leaking out from under the door. Immediately afterwards, a black shadow appeared, mixed in with the blue light.

  There's someone inside!

  That is his shadow.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou stretched out his hand to lean on the door handle, and couldn't help but furrowed his brow. Wen Bai Yu was beside him, Wan Xi Jing Hou stuck his mouth to his ear and said in a low voice: "The lock is broken."

  Wen Baiyu was slightly surprised, had it been opened? All the other doors were locked, but this door's large lock not only disappeared, but also opened, and the things inside could come out at any time.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou grasped the dagger in his hand, made a gesture, and suddenly kicked open the tungsten steel gate, rushing in all at once.

  But after kicking open the door, it was another scene, completely different from what they had imagined!

  All that can be seen is the dark basement, like an iron box, with steel walls all around. There's a table, and on it lies an ancient notebook, but the battery has run out and it won't turn on at all.

  Apart from a table, there was also a coffin and a cage covered with black cloth.

  These two things are really too abrupt, put in a tungsten steel room, it's obvious that they are afraid of these two things running out.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked around in a circle, there was no blue light, and no one's shadow.

  Wen Baiyu thought about the black shadow she saw earlier, wondering if it was the shadow of this coffin. But then she thought that didn't make sense, as the shadow seemed to be moving on its own, and they had also heard a "rustling" sound.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou walked slowly over, took a look at the coffin on the ground, it was a wooden coffin, there were no inscriptions on the coffin, and the patterns on the coffin had some characteristics of ethnic minorities, but they were mixed very messy.

  Di Liang walked over and said in shock: "This coffin? The pattern on it is absolutely from the ancient Night Lang Kingdom."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Do you know him?"

  Di Liang said: "I did some research, but at that time the teacher didn't let me study this. I also didn't suspect anything then and stopped researching. Now thinking about it, maybe the teacher knew something."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "The most important thing is not its pattern."

  "What is that?" said Wen Baiyu.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou stretched out his hand and stroked the coffin lid, with a swipe of his hand, Wen Bai Yu suddenly felt a chill on his back, the coffin lid was open, Wan Jie Jing Hou swiped it once, revealing an edge, inside was empty.

  Empty...

  Di Liang's teacher put an empty coffin in the house for what purpose?

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said, pointing to the cage covered with black cloth.

  Everyone's heart was lifted at once, the coffin was empty, so the thing that made the "rustling" sound just now, and the black shadow with blue light, should be under the black cloth.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou walked slowly over and listened quietly for a moment, saying: "There is no breathing sound."

  He said that, and everyone was even more nervous, completely not putting their hearts at ease. There wasn't a sound of breathing. Wasn't that just zongzi? Or some other miscellaneous thing.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou used a dagger to lift up the black cloth, "Whoosh" - with one pull, it opened. Underneath the black cloth, there was actually nothing.

  Wen Baiyu let out a "huh?" and took a deep breath, saying: "Cage?"

  Under the black cloth is a cage, and the cage's grid is very dense. It seems that what is being raised in the cage is not very big, so the grid is so dense. However, now these grids are pried open from the middle by an extremely large force, and a gap appears in the middle of the cage, as if something has run out from inside...

  Maybe what they heard was the "rustling" sound of something running out.

  What made Wen Baiyu take a cold breath was not just this, but also the things on the edge of the cage, a large black lock. The doors of other rooms were all locked, and they had just been thinking about why there was no big lock on the door of this room, but it turned out that they were wrong, it was actually locked.

  But this big lock had been deformed and was twisted off in the middle, scattering beside the cage. Just now it was covered with black cloth, and nothing could be seen.

  Di Liang said: "What about things? Empty?"

  Xiao Hai suddenly clutched his chest and fell to the ground with a thud, startling everyone.

  Di Liang immediately picked up Xiao Hai and saw that Xiao Hai's face was pale, his teeth were chattering, and he seemed to be in a daze.

  Di Liang called out several times, but Xiao Hai only slightly opened his eyes, his teeth still chattering, and he stretched out his hand to clutch at the clothes on his chest, as if enduring pain.

  Di Liang said: "Xiao Hai? What's wrong?"

  Xiao Hai saw Di Liang, but suddenly opened his eyes wide, then showed a terrified look.

  Di Liang saw the child's expression and was even more surprised and worried, saying: "Xiao Hai?"

  Xiao Hai's hand trembled slightly, suddenly pointing to the ceiling, his mouth opening and closing, making a "gulugulu" sound, but he couldn't say a word.

  Everyone was shocked and immediately looked up, only to hear a "haha" laughter, which obviously came from above their heads.

  A small baby was lying on the ceiling, mouth open, revealing a "haha" laugh.

  Because it was too dark in the basement, they couldn't see clearly. Di Liang suddenly turned on his flashlight and shone it at the ceiling, and everyone saw clearly that there was indeed a baby above their heads.

  He lay on the ceiling, just like lying on the ground, with two chubby arms, like lotus roots, and two short legs also plump. On his left ankle hung a copper bell.

  If you ignore the fact that the baby is stuck to the ceiling, it's a cute kid, but now this baby is giving people the chills.

  The baby was laughing "haha", suddenly, he opened his eyes.

  Wen Baiyu "Hoo—" took a deep breath, and two blue rays of light shot out from the baby's eyes. His eyes were just two big holes, which was exactly the rough sketch drawn by Di Liang's teacher in his work log!

  At that time, Wen Baiyu saw the child he painted and felt a chill run down his spine. Because both eyes were replaced with circles, looking at them made him feel like they were two big holes, extremely terrifying.

  The baby's eyes shone with a blue light, his mouth opened even wider, and he let out a "haha" laugh, then started to crawl towards them.

  Di Liang picked up Xiao Hai and took a few steps back, the baby seemed to be very interested in Xiao Hai, turned his head to look at him, and as soon as he moved his wrist, the copper bell on it started ringing.

  The sound was not loud, but once it started, it could drive people crazy. Xiaohai felt suffocated and was held in Diliang's arms, desperately gasping for air.

  The baby let out a "haha" and then quickly jumped down from the roof and went to pounce on Little Hai.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou immediately glanced at the side and then "whoosh" kicked up the wooden coffin board.

  A loud "bang" sound, the coffin lid slammed onto the baby's body, stirring up a cloud of dust.

  Di Liang hastily hugged Xiao Hai and retreated backwards, exiting the room door.

  The baby was knocked on the head, seemed a bit dizzy, fell from the roof, landed on the floor, shook his head, and the blue light emitted by his two eyes became even more piercing, as if he was furious, and let out a sharp "hahaha" laugh.

  "Let's hurry."

  Wen Baiyu immediately followed up and suddenly saw the notebook on the table. She quickly ran back, hugged the computer on the table in her arms.

  At that moment, the baby saw the lone Wen Baiyu and immediately pounced on him. Wen Baiyu rolled to the ground and quickly got up to continue running forward, catching up with the crowd in front.

  A crowd of people quickly ran up the stairs, and soon heard a "rustling" sound. The baby was also chasing after them, running upwards, with the bells on its ankle making a loud noise that seemed to come from a megaphone, making their heads ache.

  Two blue lights quickly came out of the hole, and the baby was about to climb up. However, the mechanism was on the second floor of the villa, and the baby climbed very fast, but Wan Xie Jing Hou was even faster than him in a speed comparison.

  Wan Qi Jinghou immediately rushed up to the balcony on the second floor, just as he was about to turn the handle, the blue light that had been shooting out from the basement suddenly disappeared, followed by a sharp and shrill "Haha——" sound, it seemed that the strange baby had encountered something.

  Immediately afterwards, the basement fell silent. Wan Xi Jing Hou stood up and didn't pull the handle, jumping down from the second floor to look into the basement.

  Wen Baiyu also found it strange that the baby had been chasing them, but suddenly stopped, as if forced to stop. The blue light disappeared, the eerie laughter was gone, and even the sound of the bell was no longer heard.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "I'll go down and take a look."

  Wen Baiyu didn't let his guard down, and followed Wan Jinhou as they walked further down. As a result, neither of them had to walk too far before discovering a black feather at the corner of a nearby wall.

  The feathers were quietly lying on the ground, apart from this, was there still a baby? Everything was quiet, as if the baby was just an illusion...

  Wen Baiyu picked up the black feathers on the ground, and Zou Chengyi said that this represented the soul of the Shenya tribe after death. These two black feathers were obviously not given to him by Zou Chengyi, so who could they be from?

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou and Wen Bai Yu walked up from below, Di Liang flipped the switch and closed the tungsten steel door.

  Everyone got out of the villa and into Di Liang's car. Xiao Hai had already fallen asleep in the passenger seat due to exhaustion.

  Wen Baiyu was puzzled and said: "What exactly is that child? Why did it suddenly disappear?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou hugged his arm and said, "Actually, I think this might be a trap. Someone has been trying every means to get us here, to help him decipher the code, open the door of the underground chamber, and then he'll take advantage of us."

  As soon as he said that, Wen Baiyu looked at the black feather in his hand and thought to himself: "If it's a case of 'killing two birds with one stone', then it must be the person who left this feather."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Fortunately, we still have a clue, and this trip is not in vain."

  He said, patting the laptop on his leg.

  This machine is very old and should be from the time when laptops just came out. It's very heavy, whether it's the lid or the base, both are very thick.

  They've tried it in the basement, but the laptop is out of power and can't be turned on. There's no plug next to the laptop, just a bare laptop with no power cord or mouse.

  Wen Baiyu said: "This socket is too old-fashioned. Let's take it to Computer City and see if we can find a matching line. There may be important information inside."

  The next morning, Wen Baiyu and Wan Xi Jinghou went to Computer City. Although this machine was really too old and had been discontinued for a long time, it was considered a classic computer at the time and many people collected it, so there were still connections available.

  They came back soon because it was still early and the small restaurant had no customers, so everyone gathered in the small restaurant, Wen Baiyu plugged in the line.

  The old laptop was extremely slow, and with whatever the teacher had put in it, it was even slower. After waiting for fifteen minutes, the laptop finally opened.

  As soon as I opened it, I encountered a problem, there was a boot password...

  Everyone suddenly looked at Di Liang, and except for Di Liang, no one here understood his teacher.

  Di Liang also hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll try."

  He said, first input a string of numbers, is the teacher's birthday, apparently password error, then try many times, always wrong.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Fortunately, there is no program that destroys itself after three times."

  Di Liang was getting anxious, staring at his notebook for a moment in deep thought, then suddenly his eyes lit up and he typed in another string of numbers.

  This time there was no error prompt, and it directly entered the boot interface.

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'What number did you input?'"

  Di Liang said: "It's the teacher's daughter's birthday."

  Wen Baiyu smiled and said: "You can even remember this?"

  Di Liang felt a bit embarrassed at this time, but Xiao Hai seemed to have not noticed and was still curiously staring at the laptop.

  Di Liang hastily said: "Because the teacher has been supporting me in my studies, I have visited his home many times. His family members I have all met. The teacher only has one precious daughter who is now married."

  The boot interface is also very slow. As soon as I enter the desktop, it's a photo of a little girl. The little girl smiles brightly, with big eyes and a high nose bridge.

  Di Liang said: "This is the teacher's daughter."

  They said that Di Liang quickly flipped through the things in his notebook, most of which were tables and documents, and had backed up many records. The work log was also backed up here.

  There is also one thing that is not in the work log, which is the model.

  They opened an encrypted file, and the password for the file was also his daughter's birthday.

  There are three models inside.

  The first is a mirror.

  Wen Baiyu opened her big eyes and said, "A mirror? This is exactly the same as the one in our hands. As expected, there's no three-legged golden crow frame on it. That must have been added later."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou took a closer look, then picked up the mouse and enlarged the model, revealing the back of the mirror to everyone, saying: "It's different."

  He said, pointing to the pattern on the back of the mirror, still a stream, a woman, holding a three-section bamboo in her arms, this is the bamboo worship of the ancient Night Lang country, and the painting is the Escaping Water Holy Mother.

  He pointed it out and everyone began to pay attention to the patterns. Wen Baiyu said in surprise, "Wait a minute, this is a positive engraving? The mirror we got was a negative engraving."

  The mirror model has a convex Our Lady of the Water on its back, which is a technique of yang carving, while the mirrors they obtained have a concave Our Lady of the Water, which is a technique of yin carving.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Moreover, the floral patterns on these two mirrors are symmetrical."

  He paused for a moment and said: "In other words, the yin-yang mirrors can be combined into a single yin-yang button."

  Wen Baiyu said: "If they are put together, the floral pattern is hidden inside, and both sides become mirrors."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said: "Perhaps this is what makes a complete mirror."

  They said, Di Liang opened the second model again, that eerie baby.

  The baby's eyes can shoot out blue light, and the shape itself looks very cute, with a baby fat, and there is also a copper bell hanging on its feet.

  The third model is quite unexpected, a balance scale, which they have all seen before, and Wen Baiyu used it for experiments when he was in school, but this balance scale has an obvious ethnic flavor.

  In the middle of the balance is a large bamboo section, on which a human face is carved, with drooping eyes, a big nose and a big mouth, looking like it's smiling, but the smile seems somewhat sinister.

  Wen Baiyu said: "What is Tianping used for?"

  Di Liang shook his head and said, "I've never seen this before."

  Apart from these things, nothing else of value exists.

  Wen Baiyu stroked his chin and said, "The more problems we have, the more it seems like we'll have to go to Guizhou too."

  He said, and gave Zou Chengyi a call. On the other end of the line, Zou Chengyi still had no leads. They had found several tombs, but just like last time, the ancient city of Night Lang seemed to be changing, and the academic community was still debating it, which in itself increased the difficulty. Moreover, the tombs on that side were layered and densely packed.

  Di Liang planned to go with them, and Xiao Hai naturally followed suit.

  Di Liang is in charge of buying tickets, and the trip will take place three days later.

  Because they didn't have any specific destination, according to Di Liang's records, there were only four clues: Guizhou, ancient postal road, Chaoxian and ancient bamboo.

  So everyone decided to go to Guizhou first and then rent a car to drive around everywhere, of course going deep into the mountains and old forests.

  Everyone finished dinner and then rushed to catch the plane. Wen Baiyu, Wan Zijunghou, Di Liangxiaohai, four people, just lightly packed and planned to buy more when they arrived in Guizhou.

  After all, Jing Ye has been familiar with the road for a long time and has been to Guizhou before, so he knows where to get equipment.

  Wen Baiyu deliberately brought several more clothes, and Wan Jingshou said: "What's the point of bringing so many clothes?"

  Wen Baiyu's temples jumped and he said, "So that we don't have to go down to the grave with our buttocks exposed every time."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly laughed and said, "Last time Wen Bai Yu turned into a swan goose, she ruined two sets of clothes and ended up only wearing a top. I estimate the area of her psychological shadow is not small."

  "But you look great in my shirt..."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said, sticking close to Wen Bai Yu's ear, intentionally lowering his voice and smiling: "It makes me very excited."

  Wen Baiyu's face suddenly turned bright red, he glared at Wan Jijinghou, then hastily grabbed his luggage and rushed out the door. Wan Jijinghou followed slowly behind him.

  Four people took the airport shuttle bus and unexpectedly met an acquaintance on the way.

  A woman who looked to be around thirty years old, but was well-maintained, carried a small bag and got on the airport bus. As soon as she boarded, she saw Di Liang and couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise.

  The woman walked over and saw someone sitting next to Di Liang, who was sitting right across the aisle. She smiled at Di Liang and said: "Ah Liang, what a coincidence! Where are you going?"

  Wen Baiyu sat in front of Di Liang and Xiao Hai, and suddenly sensed an extraordinary aura. He smiled and looked back, it was a stunning beauty, and she looked quite young, definitely younger than Di Liang.

  Wen Baiyu stroked her chin, and this beautiful woman seemed a bit familiar?

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Di Liang teacher's daughter."

  Wen Baiyu's mind flashed, and he realized that he had never seen this woman before. However, the desktop picture on his laptop was of this woman. The desktop picture was also of a girl, who looked like she was only in her teens at the time. Now, the girl had grown into a stunning beauty.

  Di Liang didn't expect to run into her here. Fang Xinran was Professor Fang's only daughter, and Di Liang had met her before when he visited the professor's home. Fang Xinran was already married, but if it hadn't been for this unexpected turn of events with the science competition team, perhaps Di Liang would have ended up marrying Fang Xinran, given how much the professor valued him.

  After all, Di Liang is the teacher's proud student, talented and down-to-earth, with no parents or brothers to bother him, so the teacher thought it would be better for his precious daughter to marry him rather than suffer at the hands of her in-laws.

  Di Liang and Fang Xinran can be said to have a childhood sweetheart relationship.

  But who would have thought that the science team encountered an unexpected event, and everyone went without return. Seven years was too long, Fang Xiran had already married and had a nearly five-year-old daughter.

  Di Liang nodded and said, "Let's go out for a trip."

  He didn't say specifically where he was going, it seemed like a simple excuse.

  Fang Xiran naturally heard it.

  Xiao Hai, who had always lived alone at the bottom of the sea, had never seen anyone before and was born with a lack of curiosity, couldn't tell what was going on. He curiously looked at Fang Xiran and thought she looked pretty good too.

  "Are you guys acquainted?"

  Di Liang's face stiffened, afraid that Xiao Hai had misunderstood, but thinking about it, there was nothing to misunderstand. Because back then, Di Liang had devoted himself wholeheartedly to his research, almost to the point of obsession, so he had never even talked about romance. His teacher had always said that his own daughter was quite good and suggested they give it a try, but Di Liang had always regarded Fang Xiran as just a little sister, without any particular feelings, and this matter had been left hanging.

  "This is my teacher's daughter."

  Xiao Hai blinked his eyes and nodded, saying: "Oh."

  Fang Xiran couldn't help but size up Xiao Hai when she saw Di Liang talking to him. He was very short, looked extremely frail, and had a porcelain-white complexion that was even paler than most people's. She thought he might be of mixed blood, but he didn't have the typical features of a mixed-blood person.

  Fang Xiran said: "Your younger brother? I've never heard you mention having a younger brother."

  Di Liang shook his head, indicating that Xiao Hai was not his brother, but he didn't say who he was.

  At this time, the airport shuttle bus had already entered the first terminal building, and many people were preparing to get off.

  Xiao Hai especially likes taking airplanes, feeling very fresh, especially the Beijing airport terminal is magnificent, at night with many lights on, a bright and clear appearance.

  Xiao Hai suddenly climbed up, knelt on the chair, looked out of the car window and excitedly said: "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"

  Di Liang couldn't help but laugh, and rubbed Xiao Hai's hair, feeling soft, just like Xiao Hai's personality. He said, "Don't worry, the two terminals in front are close together, we're the last terminal, it'll take another five minutes to get there."

  Wen Baiyu saw Xiao Hai so excited, feeling like an alien himself. He gets carsick on the bus, airsick on planes and seasick on boats. It can't get any worse. Looks like from now on, he'll just have to fly...

  Fang Xiran smiled and said: "I am also at that airport terminal."

  Wen Baiyu pulled Wan Jinghou's sleeve and lowered his voice, smiling: "Xiao Hai's love rival has appeared."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at Wen Bai Yu with a curious expression on her face, feeling somewhat helpless.

  When the bus arrived at the station, Di Liang stood up to get his luggage. They didn't have much luggage with them. Xiao Hai excitedly said: "I'll help you carry it!"

  Di Liang smiled and grasped his hand, saying: "No need, watch your step."

  Fang Xiran watched as Di Liang and Xiao Hai got off the bus, and for a moment, he felt a little down.

  Wen Baiyu felt that her guess was true, Fang Xiran obviously liked Di Liang, and she couldn't help but feel excited, giggling as she walked by, still poking Wang Jue Hou, hinting at him to take a look.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou felt particularly helpless, rubbed his temples and said: "Speak softly, others can hear."

  He said, grabbing Wen Baiyu and getting off the car.

  Everyone entered the terminal building, checked in at the machine, and then went through security checks to wait for their flight.

  Wen Baiyu sat in the waiting room and looked around, saying: "This time there won't be a female corpse causing a big disturbance at the airport, right?"

  They were talking when they saw Fang Xinran also enter the waiting room and couldn't help but pause in surprise.

  Wen Baiyu immediately revealed a look of schadenfreude and said: "Ah, this journey won't be boring anymore."

  Di Liang: "......"

  They sat in a row, Di Liang happened to be the last one, and there was still an empty seat next to him, so Fang Xinran sat down beside him.

  "Looking at Di Liang, he said: 'He... can't be your son, right?'"

  He was referring to Xiao Hai, because although Di Liang was polite and courteous to everyone, he wasn't particularly close to anyone. Fang Xiran felt that the relationship between Di Liang and Xiao Hai was a bit too close.

  As soon as she finished speaking, Wen Baiyu's whole body convulsed and she fell to the ground laughing, holding her stomach and saying: "Ah, I'm going to die from laughter."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou stretched out his hand and said: "Do you want me to massage it for you?"

  Wen Baiyu's body stiffened instantly, her face turned red, and she gritted her teeth, saying: "Where are you putting your hands? This is an airport, there are surveillance cameras."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou then calmly withdrew his hand and said with a straight face, "I accidentally touched it."

  Wen Baiyu: “......”

  They waited in the lounge for about an hour because of a little fog and the flight was delayed.

  Xiao Hai was so tired that he couldn't move, curled up in the chair and wanted to sleep. Di Liang let him lean on his own chest, Xiao Hai stretched out his hand and patted his chest, then said: "Too hard."

  Di Liang reached out and scratched Xiao Hai's nose, saying: "You little brat, I let you sleep and you're still picky."

  Xiao Hai lay in his arms with a hint of grievance, Di Liang took off his coat and covered Xiao Hai's body.

  Xiao Hai soon fell asleep, and Wen Baiyu also leaned against Wang Ju's shoulder, but kept her ears perked up.

  Fang was overjoyed and said: "I didn't think you were still alive, I'm so happy..."

  Di Liang nodded slightly but didn't speak, as if afraid of waking up Xiao Hai.

  Fang Xinran paused for a moment and then said: "Actually... I've already gotten divorced. It was last year."

  Di Liang was somewhat surprised, but this was Fang Xinran's personal private matter, and he didn't dare comment on it.

  Wen Baiyu's whole body was laughing, Fang Xiner meant this, is it implying that she still likes Di Liang?

  Di Liang didn't answer, Fang Xiran was a woman with thin skin, so she didn't say anything else.

  More than an hour later, the broadcast started boarding, Di Liang called up Xiao Hai, Xiao Hai was still drowsy and couldn't wake up, but as soon as he heard that it was time to board the plane, he became extremely excited.

  Everyone lined up and boarded the plane, with three seats in each row. Who would have thought that Fang Xiran was sitting right next to Di Liang?

  Xiao Hai leaned against the window, wanting to look outside. Di Liang had no choice but to sit in the middle, and just happened to be squeezed next to Fang Xinran.

  Wen Baiyu and Wan Kui Jinghou sat in the back, Wen Baiyu got excited again, the plane was going to fly for more than three hours, this trip seemed like it wouldn't be boring either.

  Xiao Hai watched as the plane took off, completely unaware of Fang Xinran, and excitedly told Di Liang to look too.

  Fang Xinran has been looking for an opportunity to chat with Di Liang, and the two of them sitting close together is also suitable for chatting.

  Xiaohai felt it again, but still didn't feel that he was his own love rival when Fang Xiran and Di Liang were talking.

  Xiao Hai curiously sized up Fang Xinran. Di Liang looked at him looking at Fang Xinran and thought Xiao Hai had misunderstood something, saying: "What are you looking at?"

  Xiao Hai quietly beckoned him over and let Di Liang lean in close.

  Fang Xiran watched as the two people moved very intimately, whispering to each other.

  Who would have thought that Di Liang leaned in close, and Xiao Hai whispered to him, "I think this big sister is very pretty!"

  Di Liang: "......"

  Di Liang couldn't describe his mental state at this time, he only felt his forehead throbbing wildly. From now on, he must keep a close eye on Xiao Hai. First, he thought that Wan Jiahao was handsome, then he thought that Fang Xiran was handsome. There were really too many good-looking people in the world!

  Xiaohai saw Di Liang's face stiffen and remembered what happened last time. Xiaohai added another sentence, saying: "Don't worry, she doesn't look as good as you."

  Although Di Liang thought he was a man and not an androgynous look, he couldn't compare with women to see who was more beautiful, nor did he know how Xiao Hai compared it, but when he heard this sentence, Di Liang finally felt relieved.

  Xiao Hai paused for a moment, then added another sentence, saying: "But Wan Kuang Jing Hou is still the most handsome."

  "Hmph!"

  Wen Baiyu had just taken a sip of water when he heard this sentence, and suddenly burst out laughing. Although he was sitting in the back, he could still imagine Di Liang's expression.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou calmly took out a tissue, wiped the water that Wen Bai Yu had sprayed on his clothes, and then handed the tissue to Wen Bai Yu, saying: "Hurry up and wipe yourself."

  The three-hour journey was quite extraordinary, Xiao Hai's nerves were rough to a certain extent, but it was completely Di Liang who was frowning and looking worried, while Xiao Hai thought the whole trip was very enjoyable.

  Everyone got off the plane and it was already midnight, Fang Xiran said: "Have you found a good hotel?"

  Di Liang blocked a sentence, and Fang Xinran bid farewell to them with her luggage, then got into the taxi and left.

  Di Liang lowered his head and saw Xiao Hai still looking at Fang Xinran's back, saying: "Don't look anymore, it doesn't look good at all."

  Wen Baiyu smiled and said: "Speaking of a lady like this, it seems not very polite."

  Di Liang rubbed his forehead with his hand, and a taxi came. They quickly got in the car and headed to the hotel.

  Wen Baiyu took two rooms with signs, he thought his decision was correct, because Di Liang looked loyal and honest on the surface, but actually was a beast.

  He was about to fall asleep in the middle of the night, but then he heard that the wall wasn't very soundproof, and from next door came Xiao Hai's crying, accompanied by constant gasping and moaning, it couldn't get any worse.

  Xiao Hai Ming is so poisonous, his whole body is toxic, Wen Bai Yu listens and feels terrified, really afraid that tomorrow he'll see Di Liang's corpse!

  Wen Baiyu was disturbed by the noise from next door all night, with two black eye circles, but Wan Qi Jinghou was as stable as Mount Tai. In the morning, he called him to get up and even squeezed toothpaste for him.

  After washing up with warm water, I opened the door to see if the neighbors next door had woken up after a night of noise. As soon as I opened the door, I saw that the neighbors on the other side of them also opened theirs, it was just a coincidence within a coincidence...

  It's Fang Xinran.

  Fang Xinran must have also listened to a live version for a whole night...

  Fang Xinran's face was terrible, and as soon as she saw Wen Baiyu, she immediately recognized him. Before Wen Baiyu could say "what a coincidence, Miss Fang is also here", she heard a "bang" sound, and Fang Xinran had already slammed the door shut.

  Wen Baiyu knocked on the door next to hers, and there was a sound inside. Di Liang opened the door neatly dressed.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes sparkled with amusement as she said, "You're still alive, huh?"

  Di Liang's face stiffened for a moment, and then he immediately thought that the hotel must not be soundproof. He coughed and said, "Xiao Hai hasn't woken up yet."

  Wen Baiyu said: "I'm just telling you, I and Wan Qi Jinghou will go get equipment first, estimated to be back in the afternoon, let Xiao Hai rest..."

  Wen Baiyu finished speaking, and Di Liang's face was once again filled with embarrassment. Wen Baiyu herself had already turned to leave when she suddenly stopped and said: "Oh right, the one living next door is Miss Fang, I reckon she must have heard it too."

  Di Liang was taken aback at first, then seemed to relax a bit and said, "If you've heard it, then you've heard it."

  Wen Bai followed Wang Qi Jing Hou downstairs to get equipment.

  They packed three large bags of equipment, plus the clothes they were wearing, a total of four large bags. They also rented an off-road vehicle and had it driven to the hotel entrance by a driver, as only Di Liang knew how to drive.

  After everyone was fully prepared, they rested for another night and set off at dawn the next day.

  Everyone carried their luggage downstairs and ran into Fang Xinran in a narrow alley.

  Fang Xinran was also in the hotel parking lot, she got into a car, saw Di Liang who was stunned for a moment, then his eyes were very complicated, without saying hello, got in the car, closed the door and left.

  Wen Baiyu clicked her tongue twice and seemed to have understood with a pleased expression.

  Di Liang didn't think much of it, after all they shouldn't have much to do with each other in the future, as long as Xiao Hai's eyes don't keep following Fang Xiner around, Di Liang was already satisfied!

  Di Liang drove, Xiao Hai sat in the passenger seat, and Wan Qi Jing Hou and Wen Bai Yu sat in the back.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Did you notice just now?"

  "What?" said Wen Baiyu.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Fang Xin Ran's waist has a black package, which should be a gun."

  Di Liang said in surprise: "A gun?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded and said: "Not only that, but Fang Xiran's car, the people in it I know."

  "Who is it?" said Wen Baiyu.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Those old hands on the road, we've met before."

  Wen Baiyu was stunned and said: "Tomb raider?"

  He was somewhat confused. Fang Xinran is Professor Fang's daughter. Even if Fang Xinran didn't do research, she shouldn't be with the tomb raiders either.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Perhaps her repeated encounters with us are not a coincidence."

  He said that, Di Liang quickly stepped on the accelerator and drove the car very fast, saying: "Then we have to hurry up."

  Wen Baiyu said: "This is getting dangerous, Fang Xiran is your teacher's daughter, the relationship must be closer than yours, will she know about your teacher's research? Maybe she knows more than we do, maybe she'll also go to Ye Lang country."

  Wan Ji Jing Hou said: "This possibility is very high, but there's no need to worry, Zou Chengyi has been searching for so long and still can't find it."

  The car drove out of the city, Fang Xiran's car and theirs were heading in different directions, and soon disappeared from view.

  Xiaohai was sleepy all the way, and there were dark circles under his eyes. It seemed that he had overworked last night as well. Wen Baiyu really wanted to say that Di Liangjian was a beast, and it would be better not to find the antidote, or Xiaohai's second half of life would be in trouble.

  They drove from morning till afternoon. Since Di Liang was the only one driving, they had to take breaks along the way and stopped at a rest stop with a supermarket that was very crowded.

  Di Liang turned around and couldn't see Xiao Hai anymore.

  Di Liang said: "Where is Xiao Hai?"

  Wen Baiyu's heart tightened and she said: "Can't even find it in a supermarket? Did you go to the restroom?"

  Because it wasn't a particularly dangerous section of road, Xiaohai's slender figure was nowhere to be seen, and they feared she might have been pushed away. The three of them split up to search for her.

  Wen Baiyu went to the men's restroom and found that there was no queue, and not many people inside. As soon as she entered, she heard a "bang!" followed by an "ah..." cry, which seemed to be a man shouting in a very mournful tone, but it wasn't Xiaohai's voice.

  Wen Baiyu tensed up and immediately rushed in, just to see the door of the cubicle burst open with a "bang", Xiao Hai rushed out from inside, saw Wen Baiyu and immediately pounced over.

  Wen Baiyu stretched out his hand to catch him, and then saw a tall man stumbling out of the compartment. His hand was bruised with teeth marks and still bleeding.

  Wen Baiyu quickly grabbed Xiao Hai, and the two of them rushed out of the restroom, then quickly turned a corner, shaking off the man.

  Xiao Hai panted heavily and Wen Baiyu tensely asked: "Are you injured?"

  Xiao Hai shook his head and said: "He should be poisoned, I bit him..."

  Wen Baiyu patted Xia Hai and said, "It's okay, let's go quickly."

  He said, taking Xiaohai onto the carriage, Di Liang was on the carriage, but Wan Qi Jinghou was not there.

  Di Liang saw Xiao Hai and said: "Where have you been? You scared us to death."

  Wen Baiyu immediately called Wan Qi Jinghou, and Wan Qi Jinghou quickly returned. Xiao Hai recounted the events: because there were too many people in the supermarket, several tall men kept squeezing him, so Xiao Hai stood aside. As a result, someone suddenly covered his mouth and nose and dragged him backwards into the restroom.

  Xiao Hai was so scared that he almost died, and the man even took out a knife. In desperation, Xiao Hai bit him and then ran away, later meeting Wen Baiyu.

  Xiao Hai described the appearance of the man, and Wan Xizong Hou frowned and said: "It's those few people on Fang Xinran's carriage."

  Di Liang's face suddenly turned cold as he heard this and said: "What did they arrest Xiao Hai for?"

  Di Liang said that he was about to get off the bus, and Xiao Hai immediately grabbed him, saying: "Forget it, let's not go, we'd better hurry up, don't waste time."

  Everyone quickly drove away from the rest stop, and as the car sped along the highway, Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at the map in his hand and said, "Let's find an exit and get off, we'll take the small roads from now on."

  Di Liang nodded and drove out, in front of him was an exit with a very small toll station, almost no cars passed by, it was particularly desolate. Di Liang drove the car out and continued on for a segment of road that was relatively smooth, soon he merged onto a smaller road.

  At first there were a few scattered households, but later it became desolate.

  When night fell, everyone had already driven their cars to the wilderness.

  Wen Baiyu said: "What is an ancient postal road? We've been driving for so long and still haven't seen one."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Don't be in a hurry, it should still be far away. Let's find a flat place to camp for the night first, and start tomorrow."

  The surrounding area is all trees and low shrubs. The weather is cool and a bit damp, gloomy and chilly.

  Di Liang found a relatively flat place and stopped the car. Then he took out his luggage from the trunk and prepared to set up his tent.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly regretted that they had prepared one tent instead of two, in case Di Liang and Xiao Hai wanted to use it again at night, Wen Baiyu felt that she wouldn't be able to sleep.

  But it seems like Di Liang Ren was quite normal before, so it shouldn't be too outrageous.

  Di Liang moved quickly, securing the tent, and Wan Jiahao set up a branch. Wen Baiyu made a "whooshing" sound as he lit the fire.

  Di Liang found Wen Baiyu's movements strange every time he saw them, but since the last time he came out of the Mirror Tomb, he had already experienced strange things and was no longer so curious.

  Everyone got into the pot and cooked dinner. The four of them sat around the fire heap to eat, everyone was already used to it, but Xiaohai was very excited and thought it was very interesting.

  After dinner, everyone was preparing to rest, especially Di Liang, who had been driving all day and needed a good rest, as he would have to continue driving the next day.

  Everyone rushed into the tent, and Wen Baiyu said: "Does this place need someone to keep watch at night?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "You all sleep, I'll sit and keep watch."

  Every time it was Wan Kuang Jing Hou on night watch, Wen Bai Yu felt that this wasn't quite right, but Di Liang needed to rest, and Xiao Hai's attack power wasn't suitable for night watch.

  Wan Kuang sat in his tent and did not go out. The wind outside was particularly strong, coupled with the dampness, it was a bit gloomy and cold.

  Although it was cold outside, there were many small insects. Wen Baiyu was surprised to find that these small insects would not crawl over, but only crawled around and then ran away.

  It must be Xiao Hai's physical constitution that is special, his blood is toxic, and the faint fragrance emitted can even repel mosquitoes.

  Wen Baiyu slept more comfortably than ever before, without being disturbed by insects in the wilderness, this was the best.

  Wen Baiyu's head was resting on General Wan Zijing's leg. At midnight, she suddenly heard the sound of "ding ling... ding ling...", and at first thought it was just her imagination, but then General Wan Zijing's leg moved slightly.

  Wen Bai's movement woke him up, and Di Liang, who was already having trouble sleeping, immediately woke up. Xiao Hai was lying in his arms, and as soon as Di Liang moved, Xiao Hai rubbed his eyes and said, "What's wrong?"

  He said, Wan Gui Jing Hou "hissed" and said: "Listen."

  "Ding-dong......"

  "Ding-dong......"

  "Ding... ding... "

  The wind outside was very strong, with a mournful howl that whipped through the trees, making a "whooshing" sound, and amidst the wind, there were even the tinkling sounds of small bells.

  "Did you say 'bell'?"

  As soon as he said that, they remembered the strange baby they saw in the basement, with a bell on its ankle. The bell was really eerie and would drive people crazy whenever it rang.

  However, the sound of this bell is not so eerie, just a "ding-dong" ring, seemingly there and gone, sounding very ethereal, without any lethal power.

  But in a desolate wilderness, there was actually a bell sound, which is not very common in itself.

  Everyone was terrified, Wan Qi Jing Hou crouched and crawled out of the tent, the wind outside was very strong, the bonfire had been blown out, and it was pitch black all around.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou raised his hand, a spark fell down, and with a "whoosh" sound, the fire was lit again.

  Everyone also rushed out of the tent, looked around, and except for trees and grass, there was nothing. The wind was still blowing loudly, and every time it blew, the sound of "ding-dong" came from afar.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is anyone there?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "I don't know, but it's definitely not on the move."

  He finished speaking and said: "I'll go take a look."

  Wen Baiyu said: "I'm going too."

  He said, stretching out his hand to grab the backpack and pulling out a flashlight from inside.

  Di Liang and Xiao Hai also quickly took their equipment, turned on the flashlight, Di Liang inserted the gun into his waist, and hurriedly grabbed Xiao Hai to follow up.

  They walked slowly forward, the tinkling sound growing clearer, the trees in front becoming denser, with a black shadow hanging from one of them, extremely conspicuous.

  That tinkle-tinkle sound was coming from the black shadow hanging in the tree.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou frowned and said: "There is a corpse aura."

  Wen Baiyu also felt it, a dead man's breath. This forest is so gloomy and cold, mostly because of the corpse energy, not natural breath.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou walked over and looked at the thing on the branch.

  In front of a relatively thick tree, there was something covered with black cloth hanging from the branch. The thing looked round at the bottom and pointed at the top, but it was really unclear what it was inside just by looking at its shape.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said, "It's a hanging burial. A custom where some people believe that the birth of children is handled by the flower goddess, and when they reach a certain age, they still need to hold a ceremony to return the flowers. Children who die before this age must have their souls sent back to the flower goddess to prepare for reincarnation. They will put the deceased child in a winnower, cover it with black cloth, and tie it to a tree branch."

  "Is it a dead person or a child?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said, "It seems it should be."

  "What's with the bell sound?" said Wen Baiyu.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou stretched out his hand and grabbed the black cloth, saying: "Take a look and you'll know."

  He said, and suddenly lifted the black cloth. The black cloth was lifted by him, and indeed, hanging from the tree was a round-bottomed winnower with a child placed on it. The child was dressed in clothes, sitting inside, plump and very cute, but pale and emitting a strange smell, as if it was about to rot. At first glance, his face was numb and swollen, originally many small insects had crawled up.

  The child's wrist was tied with a red string, on which hung a copper bell.

  Xiao Hai jumped in fright and took a step back. At this moment, something suddenly grabbed Xiao Hai's ankle.

  "Ah!"

  Xiao Hai let out a loud shout and was pulled to the ground with a "thud" by that force. Di Liang immediately reacted, stretching out his hand to grab Xiao Hai.

  Xiao Hai was dragged backwards, with a hand grasping his wrist. A figure hid in the low bushes, unable to be seen clearly, only a thick and large hand could be seen.

  Xiao Hai was so frightened that he kicked out a few times, but the force was incredibly great. Wan Kuang Jing Hou had already caught up and the dragon-scale dagger flashed out, stabbing into Xiao Hai's hand that was holding him.

  However, that thick and rough hand seemed to feel no pain at all, still tightly grasping Xiao Hai's wrist, and pulling him backward with increasing force.

  Xiao Hai was so scared that he couldn't move, Wan Qi Jing Hou narrowed his eyes and immediately made a swift slash with his dagger. With a "pa" sound, the hand that was grabbing Xiao Hai's ankle was cut off, but it still tightly grasped Xiao Hai's leg.

  Xiao Hai was scared to death, and the big hand, even though it was broken, still grasped him. Di Liang hurried over, stretched out his hand to pry open the big hand, and threw it aside. He picked up Xiao Hai, who was shaking all over, and said, "It's okay, it's okay."

  Wen Baiyu walked over and looked at the hand on the ground with some surprise. This hand was cut off by Wan Kuang Jinghou in one move, but it only left a little blood?

  Wen Baiyu used a dagger to part the grass, "Huh---" took a breath, Xiao Hai's eyes widened and said: "It... it's that person who caught me."

  A tall and sturdy man was lying on the ground, his face still maintaining a posture of looking up with his head raised, this posture was too strange and difficult to hold, but the man seemed to have pressed the pause button, one hand came out, had already been cut off by Wan Qi Jing Hou, the head still maintained this posture.

  The man's face was pale, his eyes wide with terror, his mouth agape as if he had received a shock, staring at something in the direction where the child who died young was hung.

  The man was certainly frightened by the child who was hung up.

  However, the man died just like that, and except for his wrist, there was no flesh wound anywhere on him.

  Wen Bai Yu crouched down and reached out to touch the man's neck, her hand feeling a chill, as if it had been frozen solid.

  Wen Baiyu was somewhat astonished, saying: "What's going on here? Is he the one who was with Fang Xinran? So they also arrived here and died. This way of dying is too strange. With this expression, what did he see?"

  Wen Baiyu felt strange and followed the man's gaze forward. Suddenly, she was startled and immediately stood up from the ground.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou also looked back and saw that the hanging coffin's winnower was still there, but the child on the winnower had disappeared!

  Just as they were examining the body, the dead child was gone?

  Did he run away by himself or was he taken away by someone?

  Everyone quickly shone their flashlights around, but nothing was found. Everything was quiet, except for the "whooshing" sound of the wind, and even the sound of the bell had disappeared.

  "Ahhhhh!! Help!!"

  A shrill cry rose up, surrounding the forest, the voice was extremely sharp and unmistakably a woman's.

  Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "Fang Xinran?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou made a gesture, and the crowd quickly followed, rushing forward. They rushed into the forest and saw a woman sitting on the ground, then struggling to crawl forward, her face pale, her curly hair messy and covering her face, clearly already frightened out of her wits.

  The flashlight beams from the crowd flashed by, and Fang Xiran was suddenly frightened out of her wits, shouting "Ah ah" loudly, then suddenly raised the gun in her hand and fired a shot at the front.

  "Get down!"

  Wan Qi Jinghou shouted loudly, and with one swift motion, he pinned Wen Baiyu to the ground. Di Liang quickly pulled Xiao Hai down to the ground as well. Fang Xiran was so startled that she became hysterical, blindly firing her gun without even looking clearly.

  Everyone lay on the ground, and Fang Xinran suddenly fired all the bullets in one breath. Only then did everyone get up from the ground, but to their surprise, Fang Xinran was shouting for help while loading more bullets with one hand.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou kicked his foot on Fang Xin Ran's wrist, Fang Xin Ran let out a loud and mournful cry, her wrist was in severe pain, the object flew out with a "crack" sound, and fell to the ground with a "thud".

  Fang Xiner stared at them in horror, her eyes fixed on Di Liang, as if she had recognized him. She struggled to run over, hugged Di Liang tightly and shouted: "Ah Liang! Ah Liang!! Save me!! There's a ghost!!"

  Di Liang pushed her away and said: "What happened to you? Speak clearly."

  "Ghost! It's a ghost!! A child! So big, just so big, at most... at most two years old... He's a ghost! He eats people, he ate our people!! Too... too scary... That ghost, that ghost's eyes will still glow, blue! And there's the sound of bells!!"

  Fang Xinran covered his ears with his hands and shouted wildly: "Ah!! The sound of the bell!! Save me!! Save..."

  Fang Xinran was crazily shouting, seemingly already frightened out of her wits. Except for her screams, there wasn't a single sound of the bell around her. The crowd's heads were hurting from her yelling when Mo Jing Hou slapped down with one hand, and Fang Xinran's voice immediately came to an abrupt halt as she crashed to the ground with a "thud".

  Wen Baiyu said: "You won't knock her dead, will you? Or knock her silly? She might know things we don't."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "She just fainted. Her emotions are unstable, take her back and talk about it later."

  Everyone nodded in agreement, and Wen Baiyu said: "The ghost that Fang Xiran just encountered is the hanging child we saw, right? It's indeed a zongzi, and it can move. I think their luck has changed for the worse."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou nodded and said: "Let's go, we can't stay here. We'll set off now."

  He said, picking up Fang Xinran from the ground and letting everyone follow him.

  They returned to the tent, immediately dismantled it, put their luggage on the car, extinguished the bonfire, threw Fang Xiran into the car, and Di Liang drove off immediately.

  They drove all night until dawn when they finally found a place to stop and rest for a while.

  Fang Xinran was still in the car, and the off-road vehicle was very spacious. Wan Jingshou and Wen Baiyu were sitting in the back playing with each other, but then Fang Xinran appeared, and she was even unconscious, so she had to lie down. After driving for several hours, Wen Baiyu suddenly felt cramped and sore, so he quickly got out of the car to stretch his waist.

  They lit a fire on the ground and prepared breakfast, just then, a sharp cry of "Ah——!!" came from the car, everyone was startled, looked up to see Fang Xiran woke up, estimated that his memory was still in the forest, so as soon as he woke up, he let out a sharp cry.

  The car was unlocked, and Fang Xiner suddenly shouted after opening the door with a "bang", and quickly rolled down from above.

  "Bang!" White Feather Wen felt she must have fallen very painfully.

  Fang Xiran stared at the four people sitting around the fire pit, stunned for a long time, before saying: "Was it you who saved me?"

  Di Liang nodded and said: "What happened when you were in the woods?"

  At this time, Fang Xinran had calmed down a lot, smoothed out her hair and sat down, seemingly recalling the events. Her face was pale as she said: "I... I originally wanted to find a place to rest, but then... I saw a black shadow in the woods, and then I heard the sound of children laughing... There was a black cloth hanging from a tree branch, so I lifted it up, and inside, there was a dead baby. The baby was smiling, its eyes were open, and they were two big holes! They could even shoot out blue light! Whoever got shot would be frozen in place, and then... there was the sound of bells, a deafening bell sound that made my head feel like it was going to explode..."

  Fang Xiran's memories were fragmented and jumbled, but he spoke as they came to him. However, all of these things had happened just the night before, and fortunately, that zongzi hadn't caught them.

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Why are you in the forest?'"

  Fang Xiran was taken aback for a moment, his eyes somewhat flustered, and he glanced around before saying, "I'm here on vacation with friends."

  Wen Baiyu smiled and said: "Travel? Travel can be fatal, and traveling with a group of grave robbers, Miss Fang is so elegant."

  Fang Xiran furrowed his brow and sneered, "And what about you? Are you here on vacation too?"

  Wen Bai Yu shrugged and said: "Now it's our turn to ask you, you don't have the right to ask us. After all, you still need to rely on us to get out of this ghost place."

  Fang Xinran was suddenly rebuked by Wen Baiyu and bit her lower lip.

  "So why is Miss Fang in this forest?"

  Fang Xiran bit her lower lip again and said, "I'll tell you the truth. I felt that my father was mysterious before he went missing. Recently, I found something, so I wanted to come here and take a look. But as a woman, I couldn't travel alone, so I thought of finding someone to go with. It just so happened that I met these people who were going to Guizhou to find an ancient tomb."

  "What thing?"

  Fang Xiran pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket, a very old and yellowed paper, and placed it on the ground.

  Guizhou, Ancient Post Road, Tides and Bamboo

  These four groups of words have been seen before and there's nothing new about them.

  Wen Baiyu felt a bit disappointed, they knew that there was no other useful information, and Fang Xiran didn't know much either.

  Wen Baiyu said: "It just so happens we're also going for a stroll around here, why don't you come with us?"

  Fang Xinran didn't bother with Wen Baiyu anymore, but instead turned her head to say to Di Liang: "A'liang, I..."

  She said, Di Liang had already stood up and said: "I'll go check the car, you guys rest first, we'll continue on our way later."

  Di Liang walked to the side of the car, opened the front hood, Wen Baiyu and Wan Qi Jinghou exchanged a glance, both stood up and walked to the side of the car.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "What do you want to say?"

  Di Liang said in a low voice: "I think Fang Xinran is holding something back."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded, seemingly agreeing with his meaning.

  Di Liang said: "Fang Xinran's personality, I have some understanding, a more rigorous person. If there are only these four groups of words, ordinary people will not come to Guizhou from afar and drill into the deep mountains."

  Wen Baiyu thought it made sense, even if his previous self was too curious, he wouldn't have gone deep into the mountains just because of four words, at most he would have been curious for a moment and that's all, Fang Xiran must know other things.

  Di Liang also said: "Don't forget that she also had Xiaohai kidnapped at the rest stop, although there is no evidence, I feel that Fang Xinran knows about the mirror and the broken mirror."

  Wen Baiyu glanced at Xiao Hai sitting beside the bonfire, and Fang Xiner was obviously sizing him up, but Xiao Hai was oblivious.

  Wen Baiyu walked over, sat down beside the child, lowered his head and smiled at Xiaohai: "I found something very important."

  Xiao Hai blinked his eyes and asked: "What's up?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "About your husband's affairs."

  Xiao Hai was even more puzzled, and didn't know who "your man" referred to.

  Wen Baiyu smiled and said: "Di Liang."

  Xiao Hai nodded, and it turned out that Di Liang was the one who had spoken.

  Fang Xinran, who was sitting opposite, could hear clearly that on that day in the hotel, she had already heard the sound from next door. It turned out that Di Liang and this young boy were so close because of this reason, which Fang Xinran absolutely did not expect.

  If Fang Xiner still had a glimmer of hope, then now there is completely no hope left.

  Wen Baiyu smiled and said to Xiao Hai: "Your man is particularly vengeful."

  He said, patting Xiaohai's shoulder, "You must take good care of yourself."

  Xiao Hai looked at Wen Baiyu disapprovingly and said, "Diliang is fine, don't say that about him."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  After a short rest, everyone was ready to continue on their journey. From then on, the road became extremely difficult to travel, and Wen Baiyu, who was sitting in the back, felt like vomiting from all the bumps.

  Di Liang said: "You can learn how to drive, I've heard that if you drive yourself, you won't get carsick."

  Wen Baiyu was half-dead and half-alive, lying on top of Wan Jie Jinghou. Wan Jie Jinghou poured water for him to drink. After drinking the water, Wen Baiyu covered his mouth for a long time, as if he was about to vomit, but managed to hold it in after a long struggle. He said: "I have a driver's license... but I still won't drive..."

  Fang Xinran sat in the corner with her arms around herself, not speaking to them. Wen Baiyu sat in the middle, afraid of touching Fang Xinran, and leaned against Wan Qi Jinghou instead.

  They drove from morning on a bumpy road, rested for a while in the middle, and continued driving forward. When the sun was about to set, they saw a canyon.

  The mountains on both sides are not too high, but the canyon is very narrow. There is a small path in the middle of the canyon that can be passed through, but the path is flooded with water, which is about knee-deep and not deep.

  Their off-road vehicle had no problem crossing this jump waterway, but the canyon was very long and couldn't see the end at a glance, nor did they know if the water level would rise in front.

  The most important thing is that this car is too big, it seems like it can't get in...

  Wen Baiyu looked at the waterway ahead and said, "Are we going to leave the car here and then carry our luggage to cross over?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou looked at the map, they knew their own position, but did not clearly know the location of the tomb, and really didn't know how long the road was ahead.

  However, the clue left by Professor Fang was the tide, they found water, at least they found it right, if the direction in front is correct, then this shallow waterway should connect to a lake like Hu Bo.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou thought for a moment and said, "The distance ahead is unknown, and it's a waterway. We can't get through tonight, let's go in and take a look when the sky brightens up tomorrow, and camp outside tonight."

  Everyone agreed that they retreated a bit later, as the wind at the mouth of the valley was too strong. They found a place to block the wind and set up their tent.

  Wen Baiyu had arranged the bonfire, and when everything was ready, the sky had already darkened, then heard "Ga La...... Ga La......" sound flying over from above.

  Wen Baiyu raised his head and said: "Crow?"

  He had just finished speaking when there was another "Caw... Caw..." sound, and a large flock of crows flew over, circling around them.

  Wen Baiyu roughly looked around and saw about twenty crows. So many crows wouldn't attack them, would they?

  Everyone in the old building has experienced the cruelty of crows, crows are birds of prey and have a high IQ. The old building is built with bones, which are easy to burn. Wen Baiyu dare not use fire attack, and reckless ignition may lead to self-immolation. Now it's a mountain pass full of trees and bushes, so it's even more impossible to use fire attack. Once the mountain fire starts, it's unknown where it will spread, and if there are villagers nearby, the sin will be great.

  Those crows circled above their heads, but didn't dive down, at most landing on the branches of nearby trees, making a "ga la ga la" sound, then flying up and gathering together to fly towards a not-too-distant place.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou furrowed his brow and said: "There's something over there."

  He said, first walked over, just saw a group of crows, black and dense on the ground, frantically dividing something to eat.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou had already walked past, when he smelled a rotten smell. The crows made a "rustling" sound and flew up, but they didn't want to leave the food too far away, so they landed on the branches of the nearby trees, staring at the delicious food that hadn't been enjoyed yet.

  Wen Baiyu also walked over to take a look and it turned out to be a corpse!

  Moreover, the clothes those people wore were also familiar to Wen Baiyu. They were the same group of people who had been with Fang Xinran before. One of them had died previously, and there should have been a few more left. Now another one was dead, and their corpses were almost pecked clean by crows, no longer recognizable.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the corpse, feeling a wave of nausea. Suddenly, she saw another corpse not far away, but surprisingly, that corpse was intact. With so many crows feasting on one corpse, none of them went to eat that other one.

  This is not right.

  Wen Baiyu poked Wan Jiejinghou with his feather, and Wan Jiejinghou slowly walked over. The crowd then saw that the corpse seemed to be still alive!

  A man lay on the ground, but his appearance was particularly strange. His face had an extremely terrified expression, his mouth was wide open, and his whole body was stiff, as if his blood had been frozen, yet he still breathed, his chest rising and falling, a huge beer belly moving up and down with each breath.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is there still breathing?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said: "He's already dead, it's not breathing, there's something in his stomach."

  As soon as he said that, everyone felt a wave of nausea. The man's belly was surprisingly large, but it wasn't just a beer gut - something had crawled inside his stomach and was squirming around in there.

  Wen Baiyu's back suddenly went numb and she felt itchy all over her body, then she heard the sound of "haha" laughter coming out.

  Fang Xinran suddenly tensed up and said: "The laughter!! It's this laughter! Ghosts! The ghosts are around us!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou narrowed his eyes and said: "Belly."

  "Haha......"

  Another burst of laughter, and indeed it came from the dead body's belly. The belly heaved up and down, as if something was about to burst out of it at any moment.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's dagger spun in his palm, and he suddenly pounced forward. At the same time, the corpse's belly let out a "plop" sound, and it split open with a burst of blood. A bloody child crawled out from inside, and two blue rays of light shot out at once.

  "It's a ghost!!! It's him, it's a ghost!"

  Fang Xinran let out a sharp cry and shouted: "Run! Run!"

  She said, and first turned her head and ran, running into the canyon.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou blocked the strange baby and said: "Enter the gorge!"

  Di Liang grabbed Xiao Hai and hastily ran back and forth, then picked up the luggage on the ground and put it on his back.

  In just a moment, Wan Kuang Jing Hou injured the strange baby and quickly caught up, also picking up the luggage on the ground, and hurriedly pulled Wen Bai Yu into the canyon.

  The water in the canyon is icy and piercing, and as soon as you step in, it's over your knees. In some places, there are even deep holes, and as soon as one foot goes in, the water immediately submerges your neck.

  Wen Baiyu choked on a mouthful of water, and the pit was particularly deep. Wan Jingshou reacted extremely quickly, pulling him up with one hand. Wen Baiyu coughed desperately, shining his flashlight into the water and saying, "How is there such a big hole?"

  The water in the canyon was very clear and emerald green, reflecting a sparkling glow in the dark night. The baby behind did not catch up, and everyone let out a sigh of relief.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou also turned on his flashlight and shone it onto the water surface, discovering that there was indeed a large pit in the water, and next to the big pit were many small holes.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "It's a thief cave."

  Di Liang said: "A thief tunnel opened in the water?"

  "It's been some years now, but it hasn't opened up any further down, it's abandoned."

  Wen Baiyu looked around again and said: "Fang Xinran is gone, did she run away just now?"

  Xiaohai nodded and said: "She ran in, running very fast. There's only one road, she should be just ahead."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Fang Xin Ran has a problem, just now when she saw that baby, her reaction was not simply fear, she might know something about this baby, or even its origin."

  They walked for nearly two hours, and the canyon was still stretching out. Wen Baiyu felt that his legs were about to cramp up and he was numb with cold, saying: "This won't do, let's climb up and find a big rock to rest on."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou looked up and saw that the mountain was steep, but not too high. With a flashlight shining upwards, he could see some dark things in the tree cluster, probably the entrance to a cave, where they could rest for a while.

  Wen Baiyu saw they agreed and let out a sigh of relief, saying: "Don't bother climbing up."

  He said, handing the backpack to Wan Qi Jing Hou, and then his body suddenly stretched out. A loud bird cry was heard, and in an instant, Wen Bai Yu's body emitted a golden red glow, transforming into a swan goose. Two claws grasped, just catching Di Liang and Xiao Hai, while Wan Qi Jing Hou quickly flipped over and jumped onto the back of the swan goose.

  Wen Baiyu spread her wings and with a loud "whoosh", the enormous swan took to the sky, landing on a large rock in just a few seconds, where it gently set down Di Liang and Xiao Hai.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou also slid down from his back, just as Wen Bai Yu transformed back in an instant. He quickly opened his backpack and pulled out a piece of clothing. A golden red light flashed on Wen Bai Yu's body, and he instantly transformed into human form.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou immediately stretched out his hand and wrapped Wen Bai Yu in his arms, quickly putting clothes on him.

  There's a cave on the rock that can block the wind, Di Liang and Xiao Hai went in to take a look first. Wen Baiyu took out his pants from his backpack and smiled at Wan Kuang Jing Hou: "It's always good to be prepared, fortunately I brought many spare clothes."

  Wen Baiyu was saying proudly while preparing to put on his pants, but suddenly stopped moving and his face stiffened.

  "What's wrong? Hurry up and put it on, don't catch a chill."

  Wen Baiyu's mouth twitched and she said, "It seems like I didn't bring any underwear..."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou smiled and reached out, lightly pinching the exposed buttocks under Wen Bai Yu's shirt. His warm fingers seemed to slide down Wen Bai Yu's groin area, his voice low as he said, "It's okay, take it off, it'll be more convenient."