The world's bosses are waiting for me to wake up

Tanping Town is located in a remote place with a high altitude. It was the first time for Dai Li to come to such a place. She felt a little unwell, so she stayed at the lower altitude of the mountain to rest.

Some of the weaker cubs also showed high resistance, but the situation of the monster race is slightly different from that of humans, and the strength will increase a lot after becoming the main body.

The rest of the road was full of mountains and jungles. Everyone walked and quietly changed into animal shapes to follow.

When they were resting, they turned into human forms again. Under the cover of mountains, forests and vegetation, no one noticed their abnormality.

After traveling all the way, they finally arrived at the destination of their trip.

The air on the mountain is clear, the ground is full of dark green vegetation, and the snow-capped mountains not far away complement each other, forming a beautiful scene.

It's a pity that the people who came this time didn't have the heart to enjoy the scenery.

The early population of Tanping Town was acceptable, so it was classified as a "town". Not much, just looking at the resident population, it might not even be as good as an ordinary village.

Lin Xuece and others followed the accompanying police officers and walked around Tanping Town.

The scope of activities of the villagers in the town is very small, and they finished walking in less than two hours.

The surroundings were peaceful, without any abnormalities, and Lin Xuece didn't feel any aura about Wu Gui or the Yaozu's cubs at all, as if they had never been here before.

"The villagers have a little impression of Mr. Wu Gui and the others, but they all agree that they only stayed here for a short time and left soon." The policeman said.

Although nominally, the little pearl bird and little sea rabbit is Wu Gui's daughter, but everyone can see that Lin Xuece is the backbone of this group, so they communicate directly with Lin Xuece.

Lin Xuece frowned slightly: "But Wu Gui told me at the time that there was a heavy rain in Tanping Town, and they were trapped on the mountain and couldn't leave."

The police officer said: "They left before the rainstorm. This section is the monitoring provided by the owner of the small shop in the village. Take a look."

The surveillance video is very short, and because of the outdated equipment, the images captured are very blurry, showing portraits one by one.

However, Lin Xuece recognized Wu Gui's back at a glance.

He took three thin children and walked in a certain direction step by step. The time shown in the video was four o'clock in the afternoon.

Although the picture is very blurry, it is certain that it has not started to rain in Tanping Town at this time.

"Mr. Wu Gui is walking in the southwest direction, and there is a trail to go down the mountain." The policeman said, leading Lin Xuece and others to walk in the direction Wu Gui left.

After leaving the circle of the villagers’ usual activities, the further you go inside, the denser the surrounding vegetation will be. Within 200 meters, it’s like entering the mountains directly. The modern villages and towns just now seem to be far away. .

Pushing aside the thick trees, the police officer showed the narrow and steep path below in front of Lin Xuece and others, and said, "Mr. Wu Gui should have gone down this path, but he walked less than 50 meters. , the footprints of the four of them disappeared."

"Disappeared?"

"Yes, there are two possibilities now. One is that they followed the footprints they stepped on before and returned to Tanping Town on the same road, but the villagers in the town have never seen them since they left; the other is that they continue to go down. Let’s go, it’s just that the footprints have been processed and hidden so that we can’t find them.” The policeman said, “We have considered both possibilities. After searching, it is determined that there is no trace of human activity in the near future."

No one could be found in the town, no one could be found down the mountain, and there were no clues anywhere. In desperation, the police informed the family members and waited for the family members to come and search again.

Lin Xuece and the cubs around looked at each other, but didn't speak for a while.

Ordinary people don't know Wu Gui's situation, but Lin Xuece and the others know it very well.

The disappearance of footprints is very strange to humans, but it is not difficult to guess the answer when it is placed on Wu Gui.

It must be that he discovered something and turned into a tortoise and walked forward. That's why the human footprints disappeared, and it was impossible to find out its whereabouts.

Lin Xuece remembered that when Wu Gui called him, he said that he was trapped by the heavy rain and could not leave Tanping Town, which meant that at least when the heavy rain just started, Wu Gui was absolutely safe.

Thinking of this, Lin Xuece couldn't help asking: "When did the heavy rain in Tanping Town start?"

"Six o'clock." The policeman said.

Lin Xuece took out his mobile phone, only to see that the last call time displayed on it was seven o'clock in the evening.

The police have already seen the call records between Lin Xuece and Wu Gui.

At this time, they had arrived at the place where Wu Gui's footprints disappeared, and the police officer said helplessly, "This is where his cell phone was last located, but we also did not find the cell phone."

Lin Xuece took the cubs to look around.

Unlike the police looking for human footprints, Lin Xuece and Zai Zai focused on finding traces of tortoise activities.

Seeing everyone gradually spread out to search, the police officer quickly reminded: "Don't approach the left side. Although there are trees blocking it, there is a reservoir under the tree. It is dangerous to fall."

It happened that Lin Xuece walked under the short tree on the left, and saw clear footprints here, as well as traces of the grass being turned over.

Seeing Lin Xuece staring at the ground, the police officer said: "This is not left by Wu Gui, but the trace left by three tourists who fell from here a month ago. Those three tourists fell into the reservoir. We also organized a large number Police forces searched the surrounding rivers, but no one was found.”

Lin Xuece looked at the footprints and grass on the ground, and asked in confusion, "The traces left a month ago are still so clear now?"

"It should be that the geology and vegetation here are different from other places." The police officer explained, "Not only the ones left a month ago are still there, but also half a year ago, or even a few years ago. As long as there are traces, it will be gone." New vegetation grows, and unless it is covered by rain and cement soil, it can be clearly seen until now, which is also a great spectacle in Tanping Town."

As the policeman said, he led Lin Xuece down the row on the left, pointing out the traces on the ground to Lin Xuece one by one.

As the policeman said, even if tourists fell from here a few years ago, if there are traces left, the surrounding area of ​​the traces seems to have been sprayed with highly toxic pesticides, and no grass will grow.

"All traces created by humans will remain. If this has always been the case, after hundreds or thousands of years, there should be traces all over the mountains and plains." Lin Xuece wondered.

"It's a phenomenon that has only appeared in the past few decades." The police officer said, "And this rule is not valid for the local villagers."

As the police officer said, seeing Lin Xuece and others frowning, obviously not convinced, he added in a low voice: "To tell you the truth, Tanping Town is like spring all the year round, and the plants grow densely. Normally, villagers and ordinary people The traces left by people will soon be covered by plants and soil. We gathered the people who can keep the traces, basically tourists, and most of them have had accidents..."

Seeing Lin Xuece and others staring at him, the police officer said: "Although Mr. Wu Gui's disappearance is bizarre, he did not leave any traces at the scene. Whether it is from a scientific or metaphysical point of view, there is still hope for them to survive." It's very big."

Hearing this, Lin Xuece knew that it was definitely not good to say this kind of thing in public, and now telling them in private was actually to comfort them.

He nodded, and after searching around with everyone, as the sky gradually darkened, everyone finally returned to Tanping Town with nothing, and planned to stay here tonight.

Although Tanping Town is remote, and the construction in the village is very ordinary, but the daily income is travel money, and the accommodation fee is more expensive than ordinary hotels.

Lin Xuece and others were brought by the police, and there were a large number of them. In the end, the villagers gave them a [-]% discount and arranged dozens of people to live in three private houses.

After a tiring day of running around, everyone took a shower first, and then went downstairs to have dinner together on time.

Dozens of people acted together. If it were another group organization, the leader might have a headache.

But Lin Xuece didn't have this trouble. He could observe the position and energy of each of them at any time, and he would be able to sense it as soon as there was any situation.

At this time, the cubs went downstairs to gather one after another. The police were not there, and all the people present were their own people.

While waiting for people to come together, taking advantage of this spare time, everyone also reported the clues they just found to Lin Xuece one by one.

First of all, it is confirmed that after Wu Gui's human footprints disappeared, he turned into a tortoise and continued to move forward.

The ability of the monster cubs is stronger than that of ordinary small animals. If it is normal, it will definitely be able to pinpoint Wu Gui's whereabouts. Unfortunately, there was a heavy rain in Tanping Town a few days ago, and many smells were washed away by the rain. In the end, Wu Gui could only be determined. It was heading towards the reservoir.

"Only the traces left by tourists who have accidents will not grow fresh plants. I just took a look, and the traces left by those tourists all point to the reservoir, some fell, some slipped, and there are various Struggle traces." Lin Xuece said, turning his head to look at Styx, "I feel a special energy fluctuation in the traces, but it is different from the monster race, Styx, how do you feel?"

"It's Yin Qi." Ming He said.

"Yin Qi leaving traces?" Lin Xuece frowned slightly.

Yin Qi is an illusory thing that can leave substantial traces. Lin Xuece has only seen it in Jingshui Village.

"You mean, when those people made traces, they were probably not human beings, but ghosts?" Lin Xuece said.

Styx nodded slightly.

Lin Xuece was stunned.

That makes sense.

It's not that the person who left the trace had an accident, but that only the person who had the accident has a strong yin all over his body, causing no vegetation to grow, and will leave traces.

"It seems that there is a lot of secrets hidden in the reservoir, and it may be related to us, so Wu Gui went to check it out." Lin Xuece said.

Just as he was talking, the little sea rabbit and other cubs also came down from the bath, and could not help complaining to their companions beside them as they walked: "The water flow here is too unstable. When the water next door boils, the water here will stop, okay? When the water comes, it’s still cold, and when it finally turns hot again, the next door will turn on again, and I’ll stop the water again.”

Lin Xuece asked everyone to gather downstairs. They also wanted to arrive on time, but the water flow was so uncoordinated that they took a bath very slowly, which took a long time.

The waiter in the store was serving the dishes, and after hearing what the little sea rabbit said, he looked at the little sea rabbit with some horror.

The face of the proprietress at the side also changed, and she said with a dry smile: "Did you accidentally turn off the water by yourself?"

"How is it possible?" Little Haitu immediately said, "I live in the far corner, and there is only a room on the left, where I can hear the water boiling."

The proprietress's expression froze for a moment, and she hurriedly said, "It should be that there is a problem with the water pipes in our store. Next time you take a shower, tell me, and I will change the room for you."

After finishing speaking, the proprietress left in a hurry as if she had encountered some urgent matter.

On the contrary, the waiter glanced at the little sea rabbit and saw that the little sea rabbit was a pretty girl. After thinking about it, he couldn't help reminding in a low voice, "Hurry up and change the room, don't stay there tonight."

"Why?" the little sea rabbit asked in confusion.

"The room on your left lived in a family of three and paid the rent for several months, but they all disappeared within a week. The police only found their traces on the reservoir, and they haven't found them until now. People." The waiter said.

If Xiao Haitu and the others have just arrived in Tanping Town, they may not know what the waiter means.

But they now understand that those who can leave traces will inevitably become dead.

In other words, although the three members of this family were said to be missing on the surface, in fact, they might have passed away long ago.

Hearing this, the little sea rabbit immediately looked at Lin Xuece who was at the side.

Lin Xuece immediately stepped forward and said, "Could you please tell us about their situation? Our relatives are also missing, and this time we are here to find someone..."

Lin Xuece and his group came here in a mighty manner, ranging from teenagers and girls, to grandpas and aunts in their 60s and [-]s. There are people of all ages. With such a big movement, the whole village naturally knows that they are here. Purpose.

The waiter just wanted to remind Xiao Haitu, but he did not expect to attract the attention of Lin Xuece and others, and said helplessly: "Their situation is different from your family's. They didn't have an accident after staying in our homestay for a few days. Yours The day my family came…”

"We just want to know, there is a reference." Lin Xuece said, took out the cash from the bag, and was about to pass it to the waiter, but the waiter saw the money and quickly waved his hand to reject it.

He glanced around and saw that the proprietress hadn't come out yet, so he whispered: "I don't know how many, anyway, the family has always had something wrong, as if they came here for something. The house that has been booked for several months Fee, instead of going to the scenic spot to take pictures every day, I kept going to the reservoir.

And it's not during the day, but in the middle of the night, it's sneaky and scary.It is said that this family is in business, they seem to be local tyrants in Haijing City, maybe the rich people think differently from us..."

"Haijing City?" Everyone's eyes widened.

They came from Haijing City, and the last tourist who disappeared also came from Haijing City. Could everything be related to Haijing City?

Lin Xuece quickly asked, "Do you know their names?"

"It seems to be called Lin Hua." The waiter recalled, "They always call their son Qingtian."

Qingtian?Lin Qingtian? !

Everyone was surprised!

The other two people are Lin Guohua and Zheng Meiling? !

Lin Xuece and others never imagined that the family of three involved in the accident would be them! !