Paranormal Investigation Notes

Chapter 45 The Darkness Under the Lights

Zhang Dingshan seemed to never sleep. No matter when Lu Ming came to him, he was always awake, and he never seemed to be tired after being awakened.

The same is true for He Wei.

So, on this rainy night in the mountains, the three of them once again gathered in Zhang Dingshan's tent.

Regarding Lu Ming's late-night visit, He Wei had some expectations in her eyes.

She found that whenever the situation was deadlocked, the investigation was slow to progress, and faced with great difficulties, this guy who claimed to be a part-time science fiction writer would always come up with some strange ideas in his head to restore the deadlocked situation. way out.

The proposals of looking for common ground, looking for clues from historical materials, and thinking that the mountain god's place of worship found at this moment is fake, etc., were all made by this guy.So now, when the situation is at a stalemate again, and our side is at a loss, this guy, maybe he can surprise himself again?

Sure enough, Lu Ming's first sentence lifted He Wei's spirits.

"I feel that we seem to have fallen into a misunderstanding of thinking."

"What mistake?"

He Wei couldn't wait and asked immediately.

Lu Ming organized his language, and said slowly: "I have carefully counted our search routes since the beginning of the search operation, and I found that after searching for places that are easier to reach at the beginning, the focus of all subsequent searches will be It’s all in those hard-to-reach, rough-terrain places.”

For example, deep mountains and canyons, such as cliffs and the like.

It is precisely because these places are difficult to reach and the search is extremely difficult that the search operation has been so difficult, and there have been a large number of injuries.

Zhang Dingshan frowned: "Is there anything wrong?"

"Why is this right?"

Facing Lu Ming's rhetorical question, He Wei was taken aback.

This question, why?Shouldn’t such a strange and bizarre place as the mountain god’s place of worship be born in inaccessible places such as inaccessible places and cliffs?If it existed somewhere more accessible, wouldn't it have been discovered earlier?

"It's not right, it's not right." Lu Ming shook his head: "So I said, we have fallen into a misunderstanding of thinking. Why can't the mountain god's place of worship exist in a place that is easier to reach?"

"reason?"

He Wei still had a hard time accepting this.

"We first assume that the so-called 'mountain god' does belong to some kind of supernatural power and exists in this world."

For this assumption, the two can accept it without any obstacles.After all, the investigation has progressed to the present, and there are too many clues pointing to this mysterious existence.

"What is the mountain god and what is the purpose of coming to the earth, it is temporarily unknown. But it doesn't matter, we can infer some of its characteristics from its behavior. Its characteristics are also very simple, that is, You give me a suitable sacrifice, and I will give you the benefits you want."

This is the "principle" of the mountain god, and it is the basis for the poor boy to make a fortune, the Tang family to be strong, and even the X organization to exist.

"For the mountain god, what it wants to achieve is to exchange enough benefits for a suitable sacrifice, that is, a human body with the Hag.1 gene. To achieve this goal, it must make I have a certain degree of exposure, that is, people have the opportunity to discover themselves.

In this way, we can draw this conclusion: If its sacrificial place is located in a place that is extremely difficult to reach, or even impossible to reach with the ability of the ancients, how can it be discovered?No one can find itself at all, how does it achieve its purpose of obtaining sacrifices? "

Ok?
Saying this... seems to have some truth.

"It's not right, it's not right."

Facing Lu Ming's words, He Wei shook her head: "According to what you said, why did the mountain god put his place of worship in the deep mountains? Wouldn't it be better to put it in the downtown area? Discover."

Zhang Dingshan said in a deep voice: "I think the primary goal of the mountain god is to ensure his own safety, that is, not to be exposed to the sun."

The existence of mountain gods could not be made public in the Confucian society at that time.The only consequence of exposure to the sun is the destruction of the human world.After the poor boy's secret was exposed, local officials and villagers flocked into the mountain to "eliminate demons", which is the reality of this consequence-in private, one can sacrifice to the mountain god to gain benefits, but publicly it cannot.

The place of worship must be set up in a place that is inaccessible to people, but it is not a place that no one can reach.Deep in the mountains is a better choice. You can hide yourself and not be exposed to the public. At the same time, there are Yaonong, hunters, business travelers and others passing by by chance.

"I think it's the same." Lu Ming agreed with Zhang Dingshan's statement: "There is another point, there is a huge difference between ancient times and modern times. For ancient people, places that are inaccessible to modern people may be smooth roads. , can be reached very easily. At this moment, those places that are very difficult for us to reach, such as cliffs and deep mountains and valleys, may not be accessible to the ancients. So I think that we may appear A misunderstanding of thinking."

He Wei murmured: "In other words, our previous hard work was all in vain? Maybe the mountain god's place of worship is in a place that we have overlooked before? There is no need for us to take such a big risk to search for those dangerous places? "

"It's also possible to be dark under the lights."

In this regard, Zhang Dingshan made his own judgment.

"Then if the mountain god's sacrificial place is really in a relatively easy-to-reach place, why hasn't anyone discovered it for so many years?"

Lu Ming said: "The mountainous area is vast, and some places that are relatively easy to reach are not visited by many people, let alone searched deliberately. How long has this happened many times before?"

He Wei thought about it for a moment, and finally had to agree with Lu Ming's statement.

"In this way, on the last day of this mission, we will try our best to search for those places that are easy to reach that we have neglected in the past?"

Lu Ming said: "Let's take a gamble. The weather is so bad now, even if we try our best to search those hard-to-reach places, we won't be able to search much area. It's better to withdraw all of them and take a gamble. It can also prevent more injured people from appearing."

Zhang Dingshan nodded slowly.

"In that case, let's take a gamble."

"Perhaps, we can also use another auxiliary method."

Lu Ming thought about it, and said slowly: "Since the mountain god's place of worship may exist in a place that is relatively easy to reach, then we cannot rule out another possibility, that is, the local residents may have passed through the past few decades. , and even found the cave where the mountain gods worship, but they didn’t pay attention to it, didn’t study it deeply and ignored it. Investigate the local villagers, mountain people, and old people, and ask them if they have found similar things when they entered the mountain in the past. Maybe it will help."

"Anyway, it's the last day, so let's give it a try. I'll coordinate this matter."

The follow-up arrangements are thus determined.Before starting at five o'clock, Zhang Dingshan found the person in charge, overturned the previous search plan, and re-formulated a new search plan with the help of the map.

After that, he contacted the local government and the public security department, so many people braved the rain and asked the slightly weird question——"Have you seen or heard of a certain place when you entered the mountain?" Is there an unexplored cave in the area?" He went to every village and every family in the surrounding area to conduct a survey.

Being able to mobilize the forces belonging to the human world on a large scale and openly is the biggest advantage of the second action team when facing the X organization.And now, on this last day, in the last chance, Zhang Dingshan has used this advantage to the extreme.

At last the time for departure arrived.Under the watchful eye of Lu Ming, many search team members brought all their equipment and entered the deep mountain again against the darkness.

For the search team, today's atmosphere is lighter than usual.After all, there is no need to go to those places full of danger today.

The figure of the last search team member also disappeared from Lu Ming's eyes.But he was still staring there blankly, as if he was thinking about something.

For some reason, Lu Ming always felt that he seemed to have forgotten something very important.He thought hard, seriously, but no matter what, he couldn't remember what it was.

"Maybe it's just too much stress and restlessness."

Sighing, Lu Ming shook his head, gave up his plan to continue thinking about this question, and instead focused his energy on thinking about the search task.

After a sleepless night, Lu Ming didn't feel tired at all.Under tremendous pressure, his thinking became more active.

He was trying to think about what other clues, or what methods might help the search mission at this moment, and help to find out the place where the mountain god was sacrificed on this last day of opportunity.

While thinking about this, he was suddenly awakened by an exclamation from the side.He raised his head, and saw the cook in the field kitchen holding a rabbit in his hand. The rabbit kicked around and struggled.

"You bastard, you dare to bite me, and you will be stewed in a while..."

The cook walked into the kitchen cursing.

A smile appeared on the corner of Lu Ming's mouth.

"How do you say that sentence, a dog jumps over the wall when it is anxious, and a rabbit will bite when it is anxious. It turns out to be true."

This can probably be regarded as an adjustment among the intense tasks.Lu Ming smiled and dropped the matter.

But at the next moment, he suddenly tensed up, and suddenly remembered what he had forgotten.

Yes, rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry...

(End of this chapter)