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Chapter 7 Dead Man's Ditch

After being a ghost who couldn't fall asleep for thousands of years, in this black cat's body, Dong Yiyan was most satisfied. Apart from being able to really touch Cao Qiulan, it was probably the unexpected extra sleep.As we all know, cats are creatures that sleep longer than humans, which gives him the illusion that he has made up for the sleep he has lost for thousands of years.

Cao Qiulan also yawned, rubbing his face on the black cat's soft fur belly, and then gave half of the pillow to the black cat. "Good night." Cao Qiulan slept early in the Taoist temple, and now it's past the time to go to bed, and he soon fell asleep.

On the morning of the third day of the mission, Cao Qiulan was awakened by the movement outside the house.He usually gets up early, but someone obviously got up earlier than him today.He raised his head and glanced out of the window, the sky was only dim, and it was still very early.

Subconsciously, Cao Qiulan wanted to hug his cat and continue sleeping, but soon he realized the situation.As a tasker, it is obviously impossible for him to stay out of this strange task.He sighed helplessly, rubbed the cat's fur, and then slowly got out of bed and began to dress, while the black cat sat on the bed and looked at it solemnly.

After walking out of the room, Cao Qiulan realized that she should be the last one to wake up.Mrs. Hu is preparing breakfast in the kitchen, and Ma Lingling is also helping in the kitchen.Besides Mr. Lu, Wang Bin, and Liang Feining, the village head and two geological researchers were also in the yard.

Seeing Cao Qiulan come out, Mr. Lu smiled and said, "Daoist Cao, did you wake up?" Although he didn't have much reference data, Mr. Lu knew that Cao Qiulan woke up about an hour later than today.

Cao Qiulan smiled and said, "It's just that I got up a little earlier than usual, it's nothing serious. Mr. Lu, you got up so early, are you going to go to the mountains to find the two missing? I'll go with you too. .”

Elder Lu and the village chief were polite to him, and Liang Feining also thanked him, but no one said that he should not bother him.Now no one knows where Ge Zhile and Yang Guoshun are. Although many people think that they must be dead, they cannot be regarded as dead until they see the corpses.For this kind of thing, multiple people work together.

When entering the mountain, Mr. Lu was old and did not follow him.The others divided into two groups and acted separately. I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. The rest of the taskers gathered in the same group. Cao Qiulan and two geological researchers walked together. This is the closest they have been in three days. once.At this moment, the two geological researchers were not so indifferent and difficult to approach.

From the conversation, Cao Qiulan learned that the elder of the two was called Du Zhenbang, and the younger one was called Song Le.According to what they said, Du Zhenbang is a professor of geology and geography at a certain university, and Song Le is a graduate student under his supervision.The reason why he came to Dead Ditch this time was because Du Zhenbang wanted to write a related paper, and he selected the geological structure near Dead Ditch as the research target.

As for the facts, how credible are Du Zhenbang and the others' words? Cao Qiulan has reservations for the time being. Anyway, it is enough for him to know that these two are missionaries for the time being.After introducing his situation, Du Zhenbang asked again: "There are few people in the dead man's ditch, so why did the priest come here?" Du Zhenbang asked seriously, not hiding his tentative intention.

Cao Qiulan blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun! The poor man is proficient in the art of geomancy, and there are not many trivial matters in the left and right views that need to be taken care of by the poor man, so he went out to search for mountains and rivers to see the direction of the dragon. As for why he came here , Pindao just chose a direction at random, but has no fixed destination. Is this place actually called Dead Man’s Valley? The name is a bit strange.”

Du Zhenbang smiled slightly, and instead of following Cao Qiulan's words, he talked with him about geography.According to modern people, geomancy is also a kind of geography, at least there are some similarities.For a while, the two seemed to be chatting happily, but Song Le, who claimed to be a graduate student majoring in geology and geography, couldn't get in the way at all.

As the conversation progressed, Cao Qiulan believed that Du Zhenbang might really be an expert and scholar in this field, and Song Le might be a Westerner.And Du Zhenbang also believed that Cao Qiulan was a real Taoist priest. As for the certificate?Friends, have you heard of false testimony?For example, for Wang Bin, Du Zhenbang was 100% sure that his work permit from the Civil Affairs Bureau was definitely fake.

It's just that everyone is a tasker, and they just want to survive by their own ability. When there is no conflict of interest, some things can be seen through without telling the truth.Seeking common ground while reserving differences, everyone just doesn't want to die yet.

Cao Qiulan followed behind several villagers, chatting with Du Zhenbang while looking around.Suddenly, he stopped, listened for a while, and asked, "Professor Du, did you hear the cat meowing?"

Hearing this, several people nearby who stopped because of his actions subconsciously looked at the black cat that had been held in Cao Qiulan's arms.But soon realized that what he said was definitely not this, so they all listened attentively.

After listening for a while, Du Zhenbang said hesitantly: "Maybe I'm old and not as sharp-eyed as you young people. Xiao Song, did you hear the cat meowing?" He did not hear anything, but felt that Cao Qiulan was not Possibly nonsense.

Song Le shook his head hesitantly, and was about to say something when he suddenly stopped, listened carefully for a while, and said: "Professor, I heard it, there is indeed a cat meowing, it should be near here. There are cats in this mountain. cat?"

Generally speaking, the cats that modern people refer to are domestic cats, such as those kept as pets like Cao Qiulan, or those raised by villagers to catch mice.A fellow villager said, "There are. The female cats raised in the village sometimes give birth to many kittens in a litter. If no one wants them, they will run to the mountains when they grow up. They are almost wild cats."

Song Le nodded, then looked at Du Zhenbang and said, "Professor, I always feel that the meow of this cat is a bit unusual, why don't we go and have a look." Searching aimlessly, no matter where you look, it’s the same.As for Cao Qiulan, who was the first to discover the cat's meow, of course he would not object.

Du Zhenbang then said: "Since the distance is not very far, let's go and have a look." So the group changed their route and walked in the direction where the meowing sound came from.As the distance shortened, the cat's meow became more and more clear. At first, only a few with keen hearing could hear it, but gradually everyone heard the shrill, somewhat penetrating cat's meow.

Ma Lingling shook her body in fear, and said in a low voice, "Why do cats bark like that? It sounds so scary. Is it really a cat?" Her words can be regarded as expressing everyone's heart, some of them are timid. People, listening to the meowing sound, really feel a little terrified.If it weren't for being in the mountains now, it would be even more terrifying to leave alone, and maybe some people would retreat.

Liang Feining supported her by the side. Although he was actually a little flustered, he still comforted her when he heard her say this: "It's okay, maybe these cats are injured, that's why they screamed so badly." Yes, from cats Judging by the meowing sound, there must be more than one meowing cat. As for how many cats there are, Liang Feining has no way to make an accurate judgment.

The others didn't speak, but silently quickened their pace. It didn't take long before they finally found the two cats that were screaming under a protruding rock.Those were two black cats, and in terms of coat color, they were basically the same as the black cat in Cao Qiulan's arms.But in terms of size, the black cat in Cao Qiulan's arms is bigger, and its fur is smooth and smooth.

As for the two black cats that screamed shrilly, they were thin and small, and they were malnourished at first glance.But it's nothing surprising, Cao Qiulan's black cat has been taken good care of by him, and he must be in good health.And the wild cats wandering in the mountains don't have enough to eat and have no shelter from the wind and rain. It is normal to be skinny.It's even more strange if you really have to be fat and strong.

But what really made everyone feel weird was not this, but the behavior of the two black cats.When everyone walked over, they saw the two black cats with bloody heads at first glance. The fur on their bodies was not clean at first, and was condensed into strands of blood, which made it even more terrifying to watch.Not only that, but the two black cats also desperately bumped their heads against the sharp rocks.

This behavior seems to be begging for death, like a person wanting to commit suicide.Cao Qiulan showed a thoughtful expression. He had heard about some animal suicide behaviors, such as lemmings that would choose to commit suicide collectively after the population was too large, although this was false.But cats can commit suicide, he has never even heard of such a thing, but he is not sure that there is no such thing.

Seeming to have noticed the presence of the crowd, the two black cats let out a sharp cry, and quickly fled and disappeared in the same direction, which caught everyone by surprise.After recovering from the state of astonishment, everyone was soon attracted by the strong smell of blood coming from their noses.In fact, when they first came here, they could smell the smell of blood.

It's just that the behavior of the two cats attracted their full attention at that time, and they didn't have time to think about it, and they also subconsciously felt that the smell of blood was the smell of blood from the cats.But when they came back to their senses and thought about it for a while, they realized that the strong smell of blood was definitely not formed by the little blood shed by the two cats, and there must be something else.

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