After confirming that the danger has temporarily passed, everyone crossed the bridge one after another.

In order to ensure the safety of the two scholars, Wei Xingshan insisted on using the zipline and let them slide over.

The river stopped everyone for nearly four hours. When the large army gathered at the other end of the river, it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon.

Lin Shuo didn't walk far away, but just waited for them in the forest.

When he set out again, the starling bird on Lin Shuo's shoulder seemed to have some interest in the old professor He Zihong and flew to the old man's shoulder.

He Zihong was a little surprised and looked at Xiao Ba on his shoulder and asked, "Master Ba, are you doing something?"

"Old man, I just heard you talk about fish, I think you know a lot." Xiaoba asked while combing his feathers with his beak and mouth, "I heard you are a biologist?"

"Haha." He Zihong smiled, "That's right."

"Oh. You biologists, why are you here to find that guy this time?" Xiaoba continued to ask.

"Research." He Zihong said, "This creature is so special. Our International Biological Research Association is very interested in it."

"I don't like to listen to you." Xiao Ba seemed a little unhappy, "Are you not special to Master Eighth? Let me tell you, the old man, this branch of my Master Eighth, Brother Shuo said, that's called the Phoenix Vein, it's so awesome. Otherwise, your research will be 30 to 50 million US dollars. Master Eighth, how about you research?"

"This..." He Zihong's face froze and he glanced at Lin Shuo.

Lin Shuo walked in front without even looking back.

He Zihong smiled again and said, "How can you be so embarrassed? Eighth Master, you are so busy."

"It's okay." Xiao Bahao said angrily, "Isn't it just a matter of drawing some blood? Master Ba, I will make it up in one go."

Anne walked to He Zihong, laughing and crying, and asked, "Master Ba, what's wrong with you? Do you want to sell yourself?"

"Woman, go there. One day you sleep in Brother Shuo's bed and become the sister-in-law of the Eighth Master, and then take care of the Eighth Master's affairs." The Eighth Master said nothing but Anne speechless.

Everyone was happy, but they didn't dare to say anything. This starling bird was unforgivable. No one except Lin Shuo dared to argue.

He Zihong hesitated for a while, feeling that he couldn't fool around, and finally admitted frankly, "Master Eighth, what do you think you are the most special?"

"I'm smart. Which bird have you seen like Eighth Master, I'm as smart as me?"

"Yes, smart." He Zihong sighed, "I have heard of the reputation of the Eighth Master for a long time. You are indeed the smartest bird I have ever seen and look like a human. But..."

"But what?" Xiaoba asked.

This conversation between people and birds has attracted the attention of everyone in the process.

Everyone stood up their ears and wanted to hear what the authoritative statement of He Zihong, a creature.

After all, the existence of Xiao Ba, the starling bird, is a strange thing in itself.

But He Zihong did not continue to say it. Instead, his student Yang Tuo said: "Your intelligence is amazing in the eyes of ordinary people, but not worth it in our eyes. You are indeed very similar to humans. But like humans, it is the most valuable feature in biology. Are there not enough people in this world? Moreover, your intelligence must be the Lin family..."

"Stop talking about Xiao Yang." He Zihong interrupted Yang Tuo's explanation, changed into a smile, and said to Xiao Ba, "Master Ba, you are a priceless treasure, but you already have a master, how can we take away love with you? Otherwise, you can ask Mr. Lin if he wants it?"

"Hmph, the two nerds don't know anything." Xiao Ba flew back to Lin Shuo's shoulder and said to Lin Shuo, "Brother Shuo, I've found out clearly. They really don't have any interest in me."

"Silly Bird." Lin Shuo gave Xiao Bay a blank look, "Have I asked you to inquire?"

"I want to estimate the price for myself." Xiaoba said.

"They don't understand your value."

"oh."

...

The mountain road was rugged, and the group walked for more than three hours.

The sky was getting darker, but the good news was that there was a way out here.

Since there is a mountain road, the mountain village is not far away.

Lin Shuo, who climbed over the last mountain and bathed in the afterglow of the sunset, finally saw the village.

The strange scene in front of him stopped him, who was responsible for opening the way.

The terrain here is high and the view is good, and the village at the foot of the mountain is unobstructed.

The village is located in a valley between the mountains, with a small river running through the middle, surrounded by mountains and water. The place is a bit off, but the layout is quite good.

On the village road west of the river, you can see many people walking around. It is the time to have supper, and smoke from each household is raising, making a peaceful and peaceful scene.

But to the east of this river, there is a scene of houses falling down.

Those wooden houses seemed to have been hit by a tornado, and were covered with broken wooden boards everywhere. The broken glass shone back in the sunset, and the colorful ground should be some scattered daily necessities.

This small river, ten meters wide, is like the boundary between heaven and hell.

"This village is the village that was attacked by that strange creature based on Russian police information." Anne walked to Lin Shuo, looked at the foot of the mountain, and whispered, "But it's very strange."

"Yes." Wei Xingshan also came to the two of them. "Since the village east of the small river has been attacked, the people in the West Village should have run away."

"Who said no?" Wang Yong said, "Why are you still living as usual? You're so worried."

"If something goes wrong, there will be a demon." He Zihong said.

"Let's go to the on-site inspection first." Yang Tuo put down the big bag on his back, took out a small box from it, opened it with a "click" to check whether the tools inside were complete.

"Okay. But since there are still many villagers nearby, so many of us are fully armed people, it is easy to alert the snakes. Why not do this?" Wei Xingshan ordered, "Others are camping on the spot. Wang Yong, you are responsible for the warning of the surrounding hills. Liu Qing and I escort the two scholars to the on-site inspection. Miss Anne, Mr. Lin, do you want to come with me?"

Anne looked at Lin Shuo's expression and found that he did not object. He nodded slowly: "We're going."

...

A group of six people went down the mountain and followed the village road and first walked into the ruins.

As we took the first step here, everyone felt that the ground here was different from outside the village.

It was obviously a dirt road, but the feeling from the feet was obviously much harder and smoother.

From the first moment he stepped into the ruins, Lin Shuo's expression became solemn.

He twitched his nose quickly, and some very faint smell remaining here seemed to pull him back to the thunderstorm night six years ago.

That night, even if it was heavy rain, it could not remove the disgusting smell of fishy smell in the air!

This smell, together with the smell of blood spilled out of his father Lin Leshan's chest, was engraved in the deepest part of Lin Shuo's memory.

During these six years, this memory was like a nightmare, which made him unable to fall asleep in the middle of the night and woke him up in the early morning.

Lin Shuo's face slowly faded away from blood. He touched himself before remembering the last three cigarettes, which had been used when he was asking for a chasing Master.

"Mr. Lin, what's wrong with you?" Anne asked at this time.

"Nothing." Lin Shuo forced out a smile and asked, "Is there any cigarette?"

"Oh." Anne quickly flipped through her bag and took out a box of Chinese cigarettes. This was what she prepared for Xiao Ba.

Lin Shuo took out one from the box, and Anne quickly lit it for him. She found that Lin Shuo's hand holding the cigarette was shaking slightly.

"Mr. Lin, are you okay?" Anne asked worriedly as he observed Lin Shuo's face.

"It's okay." Lin Shuo took a sip of cigarette, his face turned a little better, and he looked around.

Looking from the mountain, I felt like I was hit by a tornado, but when I really walked here, I realized that it was much more than that.

It's like being run over by an extra-large road roller, everything is flat.

The building materials on the ground looked like a piece of the houses. But when Yang Tuo was taking samples, he found that he couldn't pick them up with his hands and they were all broken.

He Zihong's face was not very good either.

Normally, as clues appear, the situation at that time gradually surfaces, and the scientific researchers present should be getting more and more aware of it.

But now, he was becoming more and more confused when he looked at the broken walls and tiles here.

He Zihong felt that his professional fanaticism was slowly cooling down, and a lingering fear was growing in his heart.

"No blood was found." Yang Tuo stood up, "The villagers here seemed to have disappeared for no reason."

"Are you all swallowed by that thing?" Wei Xingshan said at this time, "Look at what the house is being pressed around you. Such a big guy can just eat people and swallow it in one bite. There is no need to see blood at all."

"But there are more than 180 missing people. Are they stupid? I'm waiting to be swallowed by this thing one by one, but I don't know how to run away?" Yang Tuo's question made Wei Xingshan stunned and scratched his head.

Liu Qing asked in a trembling voice: "I heard that this thing is a big snake?"

"Not a snake." Lin Shuo shook his head, "at least, it's not the snake you imagined."

"No matter what it is, you can't fall from the sky, right?" Yang Tuo asked, "But you see that there is no trace of it around you. It appeared here out of thin air, and then disappeared out of thin air with more than 180 people."

"Yes." He Zihong also sighed, "It is impossible for such a big body and such a heavy body to fly, right? Even if you can drill into the ground, you have to leave a hole in the hole!"

Anne was slightly stunned at this time, as if he had figured out something, and suddenly looked at the river dozens of meters away.

After looking at the river for a few seconds, Anne looked at Lin Shuo again, as if he was consulting something in his eyes.

Lin Shuo nodded slowly.

"Mr. Lin, what you mean..." Anne seemed to want to confirm something and asked, "Its track is this river?"

"What?"

"This is impossible!"

"Is this ten-meter-wide river the track of that thing?"

"When this guy comes here, he can push a river?"

"The more you say it, the more outrageous you are. What is the concept of a river? If it really has this ability, I will turn around and leave, and I will not do anything about this business."

Lin Shuo slowly exhaled a cigarette under the eyes of everyone, "I mean, this river more than ten meters wide can barely accommodate it. It should have come from the water."
Chapter completed!