Black vans speeded across the wide road and stopped at the edge of the coastline. A large number of people got out of the vehicles and silently and quickly began to set up a cordon around the coastline.
"Eh? What's going on? Why is this still closed?"
"Yeah, isn't this an attraction?"
"What happened up front?"
"I do not know……"
"..."
Tourists who were still checking in and taking pictures on the coast saw this scene and started talking about it. Soon someone came to maintain order, evacuated these tourists, and completely blocked the access to the scenic spot.
A car parked around the cordon, and several figures in dark red cloaks got out of the car and quickly approached the coastline.
"Hello, I am Zhou Dao, the captain of Team 197 stationed in Ningchang County." The man in the lead stretched out his hand and shook it with another man who had just evacuated the tourists.
"I am Lu Ruici, the special investigator from Shangjing City Headquarters."
After shaking hands, the two quickly walked past the cordon and headed towards the coastline ahead.
"What's going on here now?" Zhou Dao looked at the busy people and asked doubtfully, "Didn't you say you're here to find the missing [Mask] team? Why is there such a big battle here?"
"This is an order personally given by Commander Zuo. Master Chen is also on his way."
"Is the situation serious enough?"
Lu Ruici didn't explain much, just nodded slightly, and pointed to the end of the coastline in front of him.
"Has anything happened around here before?"
Zhou Dao pondered for a moment, "No, no 'mysterious' events have happened near here, but after receiving your information, I immediately checked the local police files and found that there had been three disappearances here."
"Disappearance case?"
"Yes, they are all cases of tourists who came to visit the area and then disappeared suddenly. The longest time span was more than 30 years ago, and no one has been found until now."
Lu Ruici nodded thoughtfully.
"Why don't we go in first to investigate the situation?" Zhou Dao couldn't help but asked doubtfully when he saw that everyone was standing neatly outside the cordon without even taking a step forward.
"No, Commander Zuo has an order. We can only take action when Master Chen arrives." Lu Ruici said firmly.
"When will Master Chen arrive?"
Lu Ruici was about to speak, but as if he noticed something, he turned to look at the end of the sea level.
Between the blue sky and the sea, a carriage passed through the rolling waves like a ghost, stepping on the sea, approaching here at an alarming speed. As the body shook, the copper bell hanging on the front of the carriage jingled.
.
"He's here." The corners of Lu Ruici's mouth raised slightly.
The ghost carriage flew across the sea at an alarming speed, and finally stopped in front of the two of them.
The door curtain of the carriage was pulled up, and Mr. Chen, who was dressed in gray robe, sat behind the low table, holding a cup in his hand. He glanced at the two of them calmly and asked, "Who is Lu Ruici?"
"It's me, Master Chen."
"Where is the place Zuo Qing mentioned? Is there any news from the [Night Curtain] team?"
"There is no news about the [Night] team yet..." Lu Ruici stretched out his hand and pointed in a certain direction, "But the coordinates they left before they disappeared are just ahead. Commander Zuo has told us that we can only cooperate with you when you arrive."
"Um."
Master Chen nodded, "Everyone, get in the car. Let's go over and take a look."
Zhou Dao was startled, then turned to look at Lu Ruici, who nodded slightly to him and took the lead to step onto the carriage, followed closely by Zhou Dao.
"This carriage looks so new." Zhou Dao couldn't help but say while sitting in the carriage, looking around curiously.
Master Chen's hand holding the cup trembled slightly.
Lu Ruici coughed softly, leaned into Zhou Dao's ear, and whispered: "During the battle between gods two years ago, Master Chen's carriage was shattered by the nine-pillar god... This is a new carriage."
Only then did Zhou Dao realize that he had said the wrong thing and lowered his head in embarrassment.
"There's nothing to be ashamed of." Master Chen slowly took a sip of tea, his eyes calm, "It was true that my skills were inferior to God back then..."
He glanced leisurely at the "mindscape" outside the window, where the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, and he continued,
"But now, they can't do it."
"drive!"
The bookboy sitting in front of the carriage drove forward, and the copper bell hanging on the eaves jingled again. Master Chen waved his hand gently, and the "mental scene" of the birds singing and the fragrance of flowers outside the window disappeared. The next moment, the entire walls and top of the carriage were like
It fades away like ink, and sitting in the carriage, you can clearly see the coastline outside.
"360° blind-angle sunroof?" Zhou Dao opened his mouth in shock, "Is this new car so smart?"
Lu Ruici glared at him, and Zhou Dao silently closed his mouth again.
The carriage rushed forward, and the coastline outside the car window receded rapidly. Lu Ruici's brows furrowed more and more.
"Strange... it should be right here." Lu Ruici looked around and asked doubtfully, "Where is the fishing village? Why don't you see the fishing village?"
The rough waves crashed against the gray-brown shore. There was only a deserted gravel beach around the carriage, and there was not even a hermit crab, let alone the fishing village that Lin Qiye mentioned on the phone.
"Is it possible that the address is wrong?" Zhou Dao asked.
"Impossible, the signal positioning of the last phone call was also here, there can be no mistake."
At this moment, Mr. Chen, who had been keeping his eyes closed, seemed to notice something, opened his eyes, and suddenly said: "Stop the car."
The book boy tightened the reins and the carriage stopped quickly.
Master Chen suddenly flew out of the carriage and stood on the deserted gravel beach in a gray robe, frowning slightly.
Zhou Dao and Lu Ruici then got out of the car and looked around, but found nothing.
"Master Chen, what did you find?"
Master Chen did not answer. He stood on the shore, raised his head and stared at the blue sky, his eyes slightly narrowed.
After a while, he raised his hand and pointed at the shadow of the moon that was half hidden in the sky.
"From this angle...the moon is red."
…
Shangjing City, Night Watch Headquarters.
"Can't find that fishing village?" Zuo Qing received the call, his eyes became solemn, he thought carefully for a moment and said, "Chen Lu did not deny the existence of that fishing village, which means that the address given by Lin Qiye should be correct.
Maybe that fishing village used some other means to hide itself..."
Zuo Qing glanced at Chen Lu, who was still in the interrogation room, and every conversation he had with him flashed through his mind.
In the beginning of the conversation, Chen Lu was very surprised that he and others found the fishing village, but when he answered the date, he started laughing again...
Could it be that the key to deciding whether to enter the fishing village is the date?