"Captain Lu, can you bring those documents over and show them to me?"
Zhang Shusheng said in a rather bitter tone.
"No problem." Officer Lu agreed and asked his men to get it.
These evidences have been stored in transparent sealed bags to avoid damage.
They look very old. The few student ID cards are in pieces. The ID cards are well-preserved due to the material. The photos on them are yellowed and faded, but they are still clearly legible.
"Zhang Wei, Li Yu, Cao Shan..."
Zhang Shusheng's hands trembled slightly as he identified each one carefully.
Finally, he closed his eyes and said: "That's right, they are indeed students from our school, freshmen of this year. I brought them here to participate in archaeological activities..."
The more he talked, the harder it became for him to speak. He felt that this was really unacceptable.
The Marine Corps took away these evidences and put them away one by one, and said seriously: "Professor Zhang, based on the clues you provided, combined with our investigation, the current situation that can be determined is that nine people are confirmed dead and eight others are missing.
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He paused and still had half a sentence, not knowing what to say.
Such an incident is indeed a bit bizarre.
A group of freshmen who just entered college this year died unexpectedly in a cave dwelling for unknown reasons, but their bodies were rotting as if they were more than ten years old.
According to the confessions of these parties, the time of death was yesterday.
So how did these dead people get to the cave dwellings that had been closed for many years?
According to the oral accounts of local villagers, no one was seen entering the village during the day yesterday. They all said they had never seen the archaeological team from Haicheng University;
However, after mobilizing the surveillance system, it was discovered that Zhang Shusheng and others had indeed exited the Canggu Expressway Toll Station near noon on the 18th.
But after that, no trace of them was found.
This also includes the license plate number of the van they said they were taking. After checking, it turns out that the earliest one was scrapped ten years ago and is no longer used. Moreover, they are all scalpers. The so-called drivers cannot be found in the informally prepared rental vehicles.
With his many years of handling experience, Officer Lu knew that this incident would definitely become a bizarre mystery!
At this time, another policeman came down from above and reported the situation: "Team Lu, we have collected the memory sticks of several mobile phones. One of them has not lost data, and a video dated around two o'clock this morning was found in it."
"Quick, show me!"
Officer Lu thought for a while and then said to Zhang Shusheng and others: "Professor, we are making an exception. Please check it out together."
"Thank you!"
The police force had specialized personnel who immediately started playing the video in the classroom through a projector.
This video is less than ten minutes long.
The picture was very shaky, the sound was very noisy, the rain was loud, mixed with inaudible shouts;
It was pitch black at first, with occasional flashlight flashes. After a pause, you could see wet ground, trouser legs and other things. It seemed that the owner was running fast at that time.
About three minutes in, the screen lifted up and gradually stabilized, and you could see a group of young people standing at the door of the cave dwelling.
Zhang Shusheng said with a serious tone: "It's them!"
Officer Lu nodded and motioned for everyone to continue reading.
Most of these freshmen from Hai Da were wet, their hair was disheveled, and they were panting.
A girl said: "Shanshan, are you still recording?"
The owner of the plane said: "Well, I want to take pictures. If I go out, I want others to know what happened!"
Someone in front shouted: "Hurry up and follow us! I see a light spot inside the hole, which is the exit!"
The screen started to shake again.
The owner quickly entered the cave. They did not encounter any obstacles, and the entrance to the cave was not blocked by stone seals.
The students took their mobile phone flashlights and shined them everywhere inside the cave. They screamed a few times in fright, but were stopped by others.
This cave is full of colorful pottery figurines.
They have different postures, some are dancing and glaring with anger, and some seem to be kneeling on the ground and kowtow.
There are also various figures holding two toads as weapons, sitting on a bull-headed snake-body monster, and having a giant python wrapped around their waists.
There are all kinds of sculptures, and the sculptures are lifelike.
Cheng An suddenly said: "The one standing there is the primitive idol worship of the Mangshan generation since ancient times. These are all monkey statues! They are the different forms of the Mangshan monkey in different periods.
"The others kneeling on the ground and worshiping may be its believers, residents of the mountains."
Officer Lu glanced at this knowledgeable student and nodded.
The dim light in the cave makes these pottery figurines look like they are alive.
They were originally statues of gods, but now they looked eerie and terrifying.
The students were so frightened that they fell into silence. Someone asked with a trembling voice: "Viagra, didn't you say you saw the exit?"
"Where's the exit?"
"Over there! Follow me, come."
A tall boy pointed forward.
It's not clear enough in the video, but his hands and feet are a little stiff and sluggish, as if he's on a bicycle that hasn't been lubricated for a long time.
He took the lead in taking action, step by step, towards a point of light.
As you get closer, you can see that the passage here is not as open as outside, just like a sewer shaft, square and two meters square.
On both sides of the passage, there are floor-to-ceiling mirrors with red painted wooden frames.
The girls were so frightened that they were sobbing. The mirrors looked at each other, and countless door frames overlapped inside.
Everyone walked forward for about thirty or forty meters, but at the end they saw a humanoid statue covered with a black cloth engraved with many strange patterns.
In front of the statue, there are three pottery figurines of small figures;
One was lying on its back with its legs in the air, its belly was open, and there were unknown round balls inside;
One's hands were twisted into twists, his head was divided into two halves, and a tongue reaching into the sky was inserted;
There was another person who twisted his hands and feet one after another and inserted them into every hole in his body that could be regarded as an entrance, including his mouth, anus, nostrils, eyes, and navel, and he became a complete closed loop.
These three disgusting sculptures made Zhang Shusheng, Officer Lu and others who were just watching the video frown and feel a little nauseous.
What's more, those students on site?
"Zhang...Zhang Wei! What is this!"
"Come on, I feel something is wrong!"
"Let's go, let's go!"
Several people shouted.
At this time, Zhang Wei suddenly turned his head, his eyes popped out like goldfish, his expression seemed to be smiling, and he said through gritted teeth: "You're here, don't leave! Hahaha, hahaha!"
While he let out a weird laugh that was not human, he tore off the black cloth covering the statue with his backhand!
"Run!"
"Crazy, they're crazy!"
At this time, the camera suddenly changed its direction and started shaking again. Only the owner's legs could be seen.
This made Officer Lu and the others regret that they could not see the true appearance of the statue.
There was only the constant sound of curses, screams, fighting, and the unique sound of blood being smashed in the video.
After a while, the owner of the phone screamed and seemed to be knocked down by someone. The phone also fell to the ground, and he took a glimpse of the scene in the cave:
Some of them were kowtowing like crazy, until their skulls cracked and their brains burst out;
Some were like wild beasts, lying on all fours with crazy and ferocious faces, chasing after a few relatively normal freshmen.
These people moved very fast, and soon they knocked down the boys and girls, biting them until blood and flesh were everywhere.
At this moment, the screen stopped for a moment, and the crazy people stopped moving at the same time and glanced in the same direction.
Two shadows appeared on the wall, holding hands.
One is a child;
The other one is a shadow that looks both human and inhuman, with huge wings spread out on its back and many heads clustered around its neck!
A bright opera tune sang in the cave:
"Leave me alone, cause and effect are clear, life and death are causing chaos, it will be difficult to resolve after years!"
"Ghosts and gods come, eating mother becomes soup, sleeping mother becomes bed, conscience is uneasy!" (Note 1)
This opera is like a ghost boiling in the night, and it makes people feel upset when they sing it.
After two sentences, the video ends here.
This video has no beginning or end and makes people confused.
But as the parties concerned, Cheng An and Yan Xiaoxi looked at each other and guessed at the same time
They were the evil gods worshiped by those people in the cave dwellings, and they went crazy and went crazy;
But then the opera singer was an outsider, coming to stop the evil god from doing evil, or maybe he came to take revenge.
They are Sun Baohui and her blind grandma!
"Why is there no sealing stone at the entrance of the cave in the video? When we dug out the cave, there were no statues in the corridor! Did you find anything?"
Officer Lu was puzzled and asked the three parties involved.
Zhang Shusheng shook his head. He fainted when he encountered the first wave of ghost attacks last night. He didn't know what happened next. He just listened to what Wu Junqi and Zhu Di said.
"I noticed a problem."
"Oh? What is it?" Officer Lu's eyes lit up.
Cheng An asked them to help them return the video to the open area when they first entered the cave dwelling, and said:
"Look, there are nine people in the shot here, including the photographer, that's ten people. There are only nine bodies in the cave, one missing."
It's not that Cheng An doesn't want this person to survive, but judging from the situation behind the cave, it's really unlikely.
In this case, he is probably dead.
But what about the body?
Officer Lu took a look and found that there was really one person missing. He couldn't help but sigh that Cheng An was really observant, and he even wanted to recruit this person to the police force and the intelligence department.
He felt that it would be a pity for a person with such a keen eye not to help the country!
"We won't be able to find out who is missing until the forensic doctor has verified the identities of these bodies. You may have to work hard these two days. Stay with us for a few days and cooperate with the investigation." Officer Lu said.
Zhang Shusheng understood that the reason why he did not arrest them immediately was because of him and Judy's identity and background.
"I understand, Officer Lu, the students and I will cooperate with the police," Zhang Shusheng said.
"Thank you for your understanding! Oh, I'll take a call first."
Officer Lu stood up, walked outside the house, and answered the call.
After a while, he came back with a strange expression and said to the three of them: "You can go back first. If anything happens later, you can contact us at any time. Please keep this matter confidential."
"Ah good."
Zhang Shusheng was surprised that the other party's attitude changed so easily, but naturally there was no objection.
"Where do these students live..." Zhang Shusheng asked.
Officer Lu said: "Our police will handle it, the school doesn't need to worry too much."
After he finished speaking, he walked away without looking very good.
"The action is so fast and the power is so great. I'm afraid I have hired someone higher up."
Cheng An knew that Xiangtong alone could not make the police officers in another jurisdiction not pursue the case directly with just one phone call.
There must be a corresponding department that has taken over the investigation of this matter.
The three of them returned to the car, and the police station arranged for a car to come over and take them away. They all signed a temporary confidentiality agreement.
Zhang Shusheng took the students back to Haicheng University.
Cheng An, on the other hand, made an excuse to take Judy's car and followed behind.
"You seem to know something I don't know?" Yan Xiaoxi asked while driving the car.
Cheng An said: "You must be the same as you, you are also doubting that blind old woman, right?"
"yes."
"That's the same."
Cheng An closed his eyes.
Of course it was impossible for him to tell the whole truth to Yan Xiaoxi.
I will review what happened yesterday several times,
Finally, Cheng An came to a conclusion:
What they arrived at yesterday was Wacun sixteen years ago, well, I should say at least sixteen years ago, but it could be Wacun even longer ago.
This is the same as when he followed the location to Baichi Mountain to find the coordinates, but ended up walking directly to Baichi Mountain more than ten years ago.
In this Wa Village, there is something that has the ability to insert a certain period of time and space in the past into reality within a certain range.
In view of the results observed in the forum in the past few days, Cheng An knew that other universal walks did not have the coordinates of a "past time node" like him.
Therefore, Cheng An boldly guessed that Sun Baohui and her grandmother had the coordinates of another "Ten Supreme Seats"!
This is the most plausible explanation.
"The coordinates of the ten supreme seats can distort time and space. Haha, no wonder some people are trying their best to get it.
"It's a pity, well, it's also lucky."
Cheng An looked at his hands, feeling a little regretful but also a little thankful.
No one said you can only have one copy of coordinates.
It's a pity that I'm not strong enough yet.
Fortunately, the other party didn't know his weakness.
This trip was not in vain, I got at least two gains:
One is important information;
The other one is a rare, ghost-like magic core.
It's a blessing in disguise, how can you know it's not a blessing?