The dusk was getting darker, and Old Yuan began to prepare for the evening meeting. It was time for us to say goodbye.

Before leaving, I looked at the treetop again and saw that there was nothing hanging on it - the things that had remained unchanged for decades were completely changed by us in just one day.

Dusk always makes people feel quiet, especially in the depths of the mountains. The evening breeze blows gently and the tired birds return to the forest, making people's impetuous and nervous mood gradually calm down.

The few of us were walking on the way home, slowly discussing everything that happened today. We were in a more relaxed and leisurely mood, which was completely different from the feeling we had when we went back last night.

After a day of hard work today, we finally figured out what was going on with the weird laughter last night. And for all the mysteries that troubled us, we will not be afraid of difficulties and use our wisdom and courage to break through one by one.

This is also our belief and confidence to lead to final victory.

When we got home, the female translator, two Japanese female assistants, Mr. Chen's wife, and Tian Liwen, who had just arrived, were all there. Dinner was ready and waiting for us to come back.

But he didn't see Professor Shan. After asking, he found out that after Professor Shan came back, he felt sleepy and went to sleep. Crazy Six explained that the hypnotic state during this period of time was very damaging to Professor Shan and it would take a long time.

It will take some time to return to the original state.

Professor Shan didn't even get up from dinner. He only told Tian Liwen who called him that he was not hungry at all, but felt too tired and very sleepy, and then fell asleep again.

Looking at Tian Liwen with a worried look on her face, Crazy Six comforted her a few words, saying that this was a normal situation after deep hypnosis and that there was no need to worry too much. It would be fine in a few days. However, everyone thought about the weird hotel and what happened in the hotel.

A series of strange things happened that still made me feel frightened.

To a certain extent, it was inevitable that Tian Liwen and Professor Shan encountered such strange things in that hotel.

Because lunch was late, everyone didn't eat much for dinner. After dinner, everyone talked for a while before everyone went back to their own rooms to rest.

Tonight was the earliest sleep I've had in so many days, especially after last night's fright and torment, I couldn't sleep well all night, so I slept particularly soundly tonight.

Maybe I drank too much water, and I didn’t know how long I had slept. I woke up due to holding back my urine. I looked at my watch in a daze, and it was only around four in the morning. So, after finishing my bowel movements, I immediately got into the hot bed again.

Just when I was about to fall asleep again, while half asleep and half awake, I suddenly heard a violent knock on the door.

I stimulated myself and woke up completely. Xiao Lei on the bed next to me reacted faster. He quickly turned on the flashlight and rushed over to open the door.

When I saw the people standing at the door clearly, I couldn't help being surprised - it turned out to be Old Man Yuan and Mr. Chen!

Old Yuan looked panicked, but Mr. Chen kept trying to comfort him and said, "Don't worry, it'll be fine."

Xiaolei and I immediately realized that something must have happened!

Otherwise, Old Yuan would not have come at this time. Moreover, Old Yuan looked anxious and frightened. In addition, Old Yuan had never been to Mr. Chen before. All these abnormalities made us feel unusual.

After Old Man Yuan and Mr. Chen entered the house, Xiao Lei and I quickly asked what happened. Old Man Yuan was sitting on the sofa next to him, just closing his eyes tightly, pursed the corners of his mouth, and even trembling slightly.

It can be seen that he is too excited. He is usually a very calm person. What happened to him tonight that actually made him so frightened?

So, Xiao Lei and I stopped asking questions in a hurry. Xiao Lei quickly poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Old Yuan.

At this time, Mr. Chen called everyone up one after another, and everyone came to the room where Xiaolei and I were. Mr. Chen lit four or five candles, and suddenly the small room became bright.

The ten of us packed this small room to the brim, except for Tian Liwen and Professor Shan.

After a while, Old Yuan's mood calmed down a lot, and his face was no longer so pale.

"Brother Yuan, something very unusual must have happened. Don't worry. We are here. No matter what happens, we will definitely help you. Please speak slowly and don't rush."

Old Yuan drank some water, took a long breath, and then said slowly: "What happened tonight was really terrible. I just don't know what to do."

As he said that, he closed his eyes again, calmed down his emotions a little, and then continued: "Tonight, as usual, I collected my own urine, and then at the appointed time, I came to the back

In the crater, I was waiting for senior Xuan Heng to come out, but for some reason, he kept waiting and waiting, and still didn't come. I had an ominous premonition in my heart.

It was about an hour later than usual before I saw the cave opening. But what shocked me even more was that when senior Xuan Heng climbed out of the cave, he seemed to stumble. This surprised me, because usually

, every move he made was extremely steady.

After the man slowly walked over and opened his mouth, I immediately realized that this was not senior Xuan Heng, but another man. He claimed to be one of Zhu Leting's followers. Because he was afraid of scaring me, he also used

The face was covered with black cloth, only two eyes were exposed. Although what he said should still be in the language of the early Ming Dynasty, the same as that of the old man Xuan Heng. Although I don't understand it very well, after all, I have heard it countless times. I probably mean it.

He still figured it out. He meant that something strange happened in the space under the crater in the past two days - Senior Xuanheng got into one of the holes for two days, but he never came out. So.

, he came up to get the urine. After hearing this, I became very worried.

I have told you about the situation under the crater. There are many caves there, leading to all directions, and those caves should be the caves where the blind man lives.

The person who heard it said that no one knew why, my senior Xuan Heng suddenly got into one of the holes. It has been a day or two, but he has not come out again.

After listening to what that person said, although I was very worried about my senior Xuan Heng, I didn't have any doubts about him, because he also came out of that cave, and besides my senior Xuan Heng, Zhu Leting was by his side.

There are indeed a few followers.

So, I was about to give him the urine and the questions we wrote, and asked him to pass it on to my senior Xuan Heng, but at this moment, suddenly, another person came out of the hole,

He shouted to me, "Child, run quickly, don't give it to him." With this sentence, I could tell that the person who came up from behind was none other than senior Xuan Heng.

Before I could understand, the man who came up first suddenly took out his dagger and stabbed me viciously. Everything happened so suddenly that I didn't even react at the time. Fortunately, my old man Xuan Heng

Senior, I desperately hugged that person from the waist, and then pushed him to the side, so that I didn't get stabbed by the dagger.

Senior Xuan Heng shouted again, "Run, kid." I realized what I was doing and ran away. When I was running, I saw out of the corner of my eye that the man picked up the dagger and held it in his hand.

I, Senior Xuan Heng, was stabbed hard, and Senior Xuan Heng let out a shrill scream.

Moreover, the cloth covering the man's face had fallen off. In the flickering flashlight light, I could vaguely see that the flesh on the man's face was incomplete. In some places, such as the cheekbones and forehead, there were still faint marks.

The bones were exposed, it was so scary, even though I only glanced at it twice, my legs were still weak from fear.

Fortunately, the crater is not far from here, right behind Brother Chen's house. Thinking that you all live in this yard, I got braver, gritted my teeth, stumbled here, and knocked on the door.

Unexpectedly, the door of the room happened to be Brother Chen's room, so I disturbed you all."

After Old Yuan finished speaking, he was still trembling. He held the tea cup tightly with both hands and took a few sips, as if he was still immersed in the terrible scene just now.

All this was so beyond our expectation that no matter how hard we racked our brains, we couldn't figure out what was going on. As soon as Old Yuan finished speaking, before we could think about it carefully, we heard our cousin say: "

Come on, let’s quickly go to the crater and take a look. We don’t want everyone to go, leaving a few people to take care of Brother Yuan and Professor Shan.”

Crazy Liu and Xiao Lei nodded in agreement. We took a strong flashlight and walked out of the courtyard gate to the crater at the back. The mountain breeze in the early morning brought a chill, which made me shiver and my spirit

I was also shocked, and several flashlights emitted a few bright beams of light in the dark night, flashing in the silent and empty mountains.

When we came to the side of the crater, the place had returned to calm. When we went down to the crater, we found a pool of blood there, and some yellow-green, fishy juice. In addition, there were

There were some debris and the like, which revealed the tragic and terrifying scene just now.

Madman Six squatted down, shined his flashlight, and carefully observed the blood stains and debris. He even lay down and sniffed the smell of the remains.

According to Old Man Yuan's story, we can roughly judge that the pool of blood should belong to Xuan Heng, but what is the origin of the person who assassinated Xuan Heng?

And judging from the blood stains, Xuan Heng did not go elsewhere, but entered the crater again. At this moment, the red pangolin appeared again, and just like last time, it crawled towards us as if there was no one around.

At his feet, he stretched out his long tongue and licked the blood and debris in the crater, just like he licked the broken "Monkey Eagle" eggs last time.

We already know that the saliva of this pangolin is extremely corrosive and can easily dissolve the rocks in the crater, so we quickly stepped aside to avoid getting its saliva.

Soon, the pangolin licked all the blood and debris on the ground. Under the flashlight, this scene became even more bizarre.

After it was cleaned up, the pangolin climbed onto the rock again and disappeared. Suddenly, Crazy Six seemed to have thought of something, turned around and asked us: "Have you ever thought about it, whenever stains appear in the crater?

,Why does that pangolin always have to come out and clean it up in time?"

Everyone was asked inexplicably, but after thinking about this question carefully, no one really answered it. Yes, every time there is a stain in this pit - whether it is day or night, this pangolin will come out to clean it.

This phenomenon may seem like nothing at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, there is a lot to it.

My cousin thought for a while and said: "This red pangolin's behavior of cleaning up stains made me suddenly think of a kind of insect in history called 'Metaphora'. This insect has a strange characteristic - it only needs to see dirty things."

If it picks up crumbs, it will pick them up until it crushes itself to death. This kind of insect first appeared in "Erya", and later, Liu Zongyuan even wrote a special chapter "The Legend of the Grasshopper"."

Crazy Six nodded and said: "Yes, this red pangolin seems to have similar characteristics. I speculate that there should be someone specializing in keeping this red pangolin here to clean up the garbage in this crater in a timely manner.

, you have all seen that this crater is so clean, there is no garbage at all, and the reason for doing this may be a breakthrough point for us, allowing us to discover a bigger secret about the crater, and
Chapter completed!