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The deputy director shook his head firmly and denied it:

"Impossible. What they talked about was too bizarre to believe, so I paid special attention. This team is very strange. Everything their leaders and players said was unbelievable."

At this moment, a police officer from the task force noticed a military vehicle approaching not far away and quickly reminded:

"Commander, is that military vehicle from the 788 Exploration Team?"

The deputy director took a closer look and his eyes suddenly lit up:

"Yes, it's them!"

The military vehicle slowly stopped, and Bai Wenzheng and others got out of the vehicle. Seeing that the deputy director and others were also present, Bai Wenzheng asked in surprise:

"Comrades, why are you here?"

The deputy director quickly explained:

"We know you are having a hard time right now, and we take the missing body case very seriously. So we wanted to see if we can help."

Bai Wenzhen looked at them meaningfully. He knew in his heart that this was just an excuse made by the deputy director, but he did not expose it.

He walked towards the trunk and said:

"You can't help with what's coming next, and I suggest you stay away. Otherwise, if something happens later, we may not be able to take care of you."

These words sounded a bit arrogant to the members of the task force. What could possibly happen on the bank of the Yellow River? Wasn't this a clear disrespect for the Provincial Police Department?

However, before the police officers could open their mouths to refute, Bai Wenzhen and his team members had already taken large and small bags from the car, including a wooden table.

Lin Xia and others were stunned, completely confused about what the 788 Exploration Team was going to do.

Bai Wenzheng raised his head and looked around, then pointed in a direction along the Yellow River:

"Put the table on the west side. It will be the most suitable place for the ceremony."

This scene not only shocked the deputy director and others, but also surprised Bai Wenzheng. After all, this ceremony was carried out according to Zhao Qi's instructions, and they had no idea what would happen next.

Looking at this strange scene, the team members showed surprised expressions. Only the big black dog kept barking in the direction of the incense burner, as if reminding something. In its eyes, there were three black shadows swaying in front of the incense burner. It was these three black shadows that controlled the incense and left a trail.

Unfortunately, the team members could not understand the big black dog's barking. With outsiders present, the big black dog could not disobey Zhao Qi's orders and speak, so it could only circle anxiously.

Gradually, the team members noticed that the incense ash on the table formed a picture under the movement of the incense. The wavy lines represented the Yellow River in front of them, and there were several distorted human figures beside the Yellow River, and no one knew what they were doing.

Immediately afterwards, a gust of cold wind blew, the picture disappeared, and the three incense sticks continued to move.

It was still the wavy Yellow River, but the difference was that the distorted human figures had entered the river.

"One... two... three..." Ah Jing counted carefully, then looked at Bai Wenzheng in surprise and said word by word, "Captain, the number of these humanoids is the same as the number of bodies missing from the hospital. Is this just a coincidence?"

Bai Wenzheng frowned as he looked at the picture made of incense ash on the table. "Could it be that these human figures are corpses? So, these corpses really came to the Yellow River, but why are their postures so weird? It's like... they are holding some weird ritual?"

When the deputy director and the others heard this, they were shocked. Weird? Is there anything weirder than the ceremony you are holding now? But they didn't say anything. Lin Xia and the others were stunned in place, unable to believe what was happening before their eyes.

"Captain, look!" At this moment, Chen Tian suddenly pointed at the incense ashes on the table and shouted.

Bai Wenzhen looked quickly and saw that the picture had changed again. The distorted human figures had appeared in the Yellow River, still maintaining their strange postures, and had not moved again in the Yellow River represented by the ripples.

"Bang!" Suddenly, the three incense sticks fell on the table without any warning, as if the force supporting them suddenly disappeared.

"This...what's going on?" The team members had never used this kind of ritual before, and they had only heard Zhao Qi talk about the results and possible impacts of the ritual. However, the situation before them was obviously very different from what Zhao Qi had described, and the team members felt at a loss.

At this moment, a strange voice sounded in the ears of the team members: "Strange, really strange, the ceremony of worshiping the Dragon King, I didn't expect to see it now..."

Bai Wenzheng and the others looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man in his twenties, dressed in cloth, with a clever look in his eyes. What surprised the team members was that the young man spoke in a way that sounded old-fashioned, with a tone full of emotion.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? What do you mean by what you just said?" Bai Wen Zheng asked three questions in a row, his eyes fixed on the young man in front of him.

The young man's appearance was too coincidental, and it happened to coincide with the failure of the ritual. The team members couldn't help but wonder if there was any connection between them.

"It seems like you guys are from other places. You don't even recognize me?" The young man frowned and said disdainfully.

Ouyang Nian immediately retorted: "You are young, but you are so arrogant. According to what you said, do all the locals know you?"

At this time, the deputy director and others not far away also noticed the situation here. The deputy director's eyes lit up when he saw the young man, and at the same time, a police officer assigned by GS Province to form a joint task force also came over: "River God, I didn't expect to meet you here..."

The police officer's attitude was very gentle, and there was even some admiration in his tone. This made the team members even more puzzled. Who was this person who suddenly appeared? Why were the people from the provincial department so polite to him? And Lin Xia also mentioned a name - the river god...

Bai Wenzheng realized that the man in front of him might be a little unusual, so he looked at him carefully. The young man seemed to be familiar with the police officer, and smiled and said cheerfully: "It turns out to be Captain Zhang, long time no see..."

Captain Zhang nodded gently and showed a helpless smile: "River God, I have wanted to find you many times. If there is anyone in the entire Yellow River area who deserves the title of River God, it is only you, Guo Deyou. But unfortunately, you chose to retire and swear not to retrieve corpses again..."

When the team members heard this, they looked at each other with confusion in their eyes. The fat man asked in disbelief, "You are so young and you are a corpse collector?"

Guo Deyou looked at the fat man and chuckled and shook his head: "I know you are an amateur as soon as I heard you say that. The profession of corpse retriever relies on the young. There are very few people who still retrieve corpses after the age of 30, and almost no one can have a good ending in the end. Therefore, the older generation of corpse retrievers start to accept apprentices after the age of 30 and only instruct their apprentices. They will never go down to the river to retrieve corpses again. I am surprised that such an amateur like you can get together with some experts who can perform the ritual of worshiping the Water Dragon King? This profession is so exclusive, it's surprising that you guys..."

Guo Deyou's words revealed his in-depth understanding of the corpse-retrieving business. Chen Tian realized this and immediately asked anxiously, "Who are you? Is it because of your presence that the ceremony ended up like this?"

Chen Tian's words made the other team members cast doubtful glances. They were still confused about the fact that the result of this ceremony was completely different from what Zhao Qi said. They strictly followed Zhao Qi's instructions to perform the ceremony. The only variable might be this stranger with the title of river god.

However, Guo Deyou felt a little puzzled. He came here today purely by chance and happened to see someone performing a ceremony to worship the Water Dragon King.

This ritual may seem meaningless to outsiders, but Guo Deyou has been learning corpse recovery from his master since he was a child, so he is naturally very familiar with the ritual of worshiping the Water Dragon King.

He remembered that his master had told him that offering sacrifices to the Water Dragon King was actually a way to invite ghosts. Through this ceremony, the four ghosts were worshipped and asked to indicate the location of the corpse, so that the corpse collector could avoid unnecessary trouble as much as possible.

However, this is not just a simple ceremony. Seeing this scene, Guo Deyou can't help but recall his own experiences when he was young.

When he first started learning from his master, the master used his blood to sign a contract, and then began to teach him how to use this sacrificial ritual.

However, this ritual has almost been lost until now, so Guo Deyou was attracted when he saw such a ritual again.

Hearing Chen Tian's words, Guo Deyou looked closely at the incense ash pattern on the altar, then pointed and said:

"Who said the ritual failed? Haven't I given you instructions? The body you want to salvage is in the middle of the Yellow River, but..."

Guo Deyou noticed that the pattern representing the corpse was distorted in shape and had some strange marks, as if something was bound around the corpse.

"But this instruction is really strange. Who is the body you are looking for? Why does it look so strange?"

The team members had just met Guo Deyou and didn't quite trust him, so they didn't answer his questions.

However, Guo Deyou's words reminded the team members, and they realized that this pattern was the instruction they wanted and was also the key to the entire ceremony.

But according to the team members' previous speculation, the corpse should have been attracted by some unknown force and entered the Yellow River from the middle reaches. Logically, it should have been washed downstream by the water current.

But the body still remained in the middle reaches. No wonder the salvage team found nothing in the lower reaches.

"Could it be that these corpses are tied with stones, so they have been sinking to the bottom of the river in the middle reaches?" Ah Jing frowned in confusion and speculated.

Chen Tian has a different opinion: "I think it may be the power of summoning corpses that is at work. This explanation should be more reasonable than tying stones."

When they heard that the corpse could move independently and be inspired by some kind of power, the deputy director and others not far away also showed strange expressions.

They were still reeling from the strange events that had occurred during the ceremony.

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In the eyes of the deputy director and others, the 788 Exploration Team was really weird.

As for Guo Deyou, who is known as the river god, the deputy director is not unfamiliar with him. When handling cases in the past, he had received help from Guo Deyou many times, which enabled him to solve the cases quickly.

Whether it is the Yellow River, Dadu River or Ling River...

It is said that as long as the river god Guo Deyou goes into the water, there is nothing he cannot fish out.

He alone can take on the mantle of several fully-equipped salvage teams.

Unfortunately, Guo Deyou later announced his withdrawal and never went into the water to retrieve corpses again. The legend about him gradually faded away.

Before this, no matter whether it was an official case or a trivial matter among the people, as long as it was related to the river, the first person people thought of was the river god Guo Deyou.

And now, a strange team and a legendary person have come together.

What they discussed made the deputy director and others confused and puzzled.

At this moment, their attention was focused on the 788 Exploration Team and Guo Deyou.

They can't wait to find an explanation that can answer their doubts.

At the same time, Guo Deyou frowned after listening to the team members' discussion:

"You're not corpse retrievers, are you?"

By observing the members of the 788 Exploration Team, Guo Deyou became more certain of his guess.

At first, the 788 Exploration Team performed a ceremony to worship the Water Dragon King, which is a unique rule in the corpse-salvaging profession.

Therefore, Guo Deyou had a preconceived notion that although these people were young, they should also be insiders in this industry.

However, they seemed to have no knowledge of the ritual, and what they said had nothing to do with the profession of corpse retriever.

An expert can naturally tell the other party's strength at a glance, but in Guo Deyou's opinion, these people in front of him know nothing about the business of corpse retrievers.

Looking at the members of Team 788, Guo Deyou frowned and said:

"What kind of corpse has rocks on it? What kind of corpse is bound by strange power? In our industry, this kind of corpse is called a standing corpse, one of the four evil spirits.

When ordinary corpse lifters see a corpse standing in the water, unaffected by the current, they dare not even approach it, let alone fish it out.

If you really understand this business, how could you not know about this?

Instead, so many absurd speculations were made.”

Hearing this, Chen Tian was about to speak but was stopped by Bai Wen Zheng.

From the beginning, Bai Wenzhen has been observing Guo Deyou.

He was full of doubts and vigilance towards this person who suddenly appeared.

But during the conversation, Bai Wenzhen gradually realized that this person might really be an expert in this field.

The 788 Exploration Team really didn't know much about the corpse recovery business, just as Guo Deyou said.

Now they have to go down into the Yellow River to salvage the bodies. There must be some requirements and old rules that make sense. Bai Wen Zheng did not dare to let his team members take risks rashly.

Now that he had met Guo Deyou, Bai Wenzheng thought for a moment and then said slowly:

“River God, we really don’t know much about these things.

But now we have to salvage these bodies as part of our investigation.

I also believe that most of the rules passed down by word of mouth in the corpse-retrieving industry have deep meanings. I wonder if you can give me some pointers?"

Bai Wen Zheng's words clearly expressed his attitude of seeking advice.

Guo Deyou looked at Bai Wenzheng deeply for a few times, and then he actually laughed:

"You are an interesting person. I, Guo Deyou, have traveled a lot, mostly by sea, and I make a living by relying on the skills taught by my master.

Everyone gives me face and calls me the River God, but I never dare to be arrogant. It's okay to give me some pointers, but I'm very curious, since you are outsiders, how do you know the ritual of worshiping the Water Dragon King, and how can you make this ritual work? Since you are outsiders, it is impossible for you to have a master to inherit. Without the master writing down the notice on yellow paper and using his blood as a seal, even if you can imitate the ritual of worshiping the Water Dragon King, it will not really work. You should explain this point, right?"