C39 (1/2)
As the mist was so thick today that it was difficult to determine directions, Zhou Yang vaguely remembered that the Flower Snake Village entrance should be behind them. He pointed with his finger, indicating them to go around the bus.
Just as they were about to adjust their position, a pair of thick and fat hands suddenly stretched out from the mud ahead. Then, an extremely ugly male weirdo slowly emerged from the fog.
Because the sky was already bright, and they were standing in front of Zhou Yang and the others, they could finally see clearly that these strange people had fat limbs, sharp fingernails, and their bodies were as round as their chins, giving off a feeling that they would break upon contact, and that they were covered from head to toe with disgusting pustules.
He saw the strange man crawling towards them. His bulging belly was making a slight rustling sound as it rubbed against the ground. It was as if he was a toad.
Zhou Yang and the rest were not only alarmed, they also had the urge to vomit. They stood in their original position, at a loss of what to do. Suddenly, a few more strange people climbed out of the fog. Some of them were wearing tattered clothes. It seemed like they had been waiting for a long time.
”Let's go, let's go!” When the toad-like weirdos jumped up from the ground like springs and pounced towards them, Zhou Yang roared out, and grabbed Lili who was closest to him and anxiously ran back to the bus.
Suddenly, some strange person suddenly grabbed Lili's shoulders from an unknown place and spat out a long and thin black tongue, aiming straight at her neck. Fortunately, Zhou Yang's reaction speed was fast, he kicked the weirdo's stomach, forcing him back. Only then, did Lili manage to escape.
But on the other side, Chen Ya let out a pitiful cry. The strange person's tongue was wrapped around her neck, and then the strange person picked him up again and ran into the fog.
”Chen Ya!” Seeing that Chen Ya was being carried away, Fann Wenqiang immediately chased after him. Zhou Yang took Lili and moved a few steps forward, only to see that Chen Ya's neck was tightly locked by the two strange toads' tongues, and her face, had been clawed into a bloody mess by them!
Fann Wenqiang staggered, and was thoroughly shocked. At the same time, a strange person also stood up in front of him.
Fann Wenqiang struggled as much as he could, throwing a heavy punch towards the strange person's head. To his surprise, the strange person's head was also soft, as if there was no skull in it.
Although the strange person was forced back a few steps by Fann Wenqiang, three more strange people appeared. They first surrounded Fann Wenqiang, and then pounced on him together.
Facing the four weirdos, Fann Wenqiang only lasted for a moment before he was subdued.
Lili screamed repeatedly, she was panicking extremely, and just as she was about to go over, her remaining rationality pulled him back. He stopped and said shakily, ”Back to the car, we can't do anything about it!”
With that, he did not wait for Lili's reply and immediately pulled Lili to the bus. In the process, the two of them were almost caught by the strange person, but they were able to safely return to the bus.
After locking the car door, Zhou Yang and Lili sat paralyzed on the chair, Zhou Yang's face was gloomy, and Lili had completely broken down.
In less than a day, they had witnessed the tragic deaths of four of their teammates. Now, only the two of them were left, and they were still in danger. It seemed that even during the day, the weirdos were still lurking somewhere beside the bus.
In other words, they were now like prey in the enemy's hands.
”I would never have thought that this would happen to us.” Zhou Yang shook his head and said.
”Yes, like a nightmare.” Lili was stunned.
Zhou Yang thought of Guo Yong, he guessed that the current situation was probably similar to the situation he was in with Mr.Guo and Xiao Yi in the mountains.
”Lili, what do you think? ”What do those strange people look like?” After being silent for a while, Zhou Yang asked.
”Like a toad.” Lili blurted out.
”Indeed.” Zhou Yang thought, it was obvious, anyone who saw this strange person would think of them as toads.
The toad, also known as the toad, spent most of its time crawling on all fours. Its eyes were large and swollen, and its surface was gnarled and gnarled.
”But why? Why did the villagers become toads?” Lili asked urgently.
Zhou Yang shook his head again.
He knew that there were too many secrets waiting to be unearthed in the village, but he felt that his chances of survival were getting smaller and smaller.
On the other hand, Qiao Mu had arrived at the office early in the morning and called Zhou Yang and the others, but no one answered.
He was feeling even more fidgety, and faintly felt that, including Guo Yong and Xiao Yi, the entire matter was being led around by the nose. He was sure that he had missed a few points.
”Zhou Yang and the others... Why would they go to the Flower Snake Village? ” Qiao Mu stood by the window and mumbled.
He understood Zhou Yang and Fann Wenqiang very well. The two of them liked to explore the wilderness purely, and not the type of place like Flower Snake Village.
He remembered that Zhou Yang had mentioned to him that one of his students advocated this event.
Qiao Mu opened the door and walked out of the office. He then walked to the personnel department, where there was a desk. A young girl was clearing the table.
The girl was called Miao Yue, and was in charge of Qin Mu Club's internal affairs, including personnel management, paperwork planning, and website maintenance.
”Miao Yue, I want to ask you something. Whose idea was it first for Zhou Yang and the others to explore Flower Snake Village?”
Miao Yue stopped what she was doing, and after thinking for a while, she said, ”Mn … It's Lili, right? ”
”I am not very familiar with this Lili. What is her name?”
”I'm not sure.”
”You don't have any registrations on your computer?”
”Since she's registered, she told us that her name was Lili. Zhou Yang didn't mind if she said her name then, so I'll just fill in Lili's form.”
”This is against the rules. Have you seen her ID?”
Miao Yue shook her head and said: ”She just joined the club and is also a student. So this does not count as a job, and her identity card has never been used.”
”Oh …” Can you find anything? ”
”Investigate what?”
”Find out her real name.”
”This …” I have to ask, not necessarily. ” Miao Yue started to wonder why Qiao Mu suddenly started to care about Lili.
”Well, after you've checked, tell me. It would be best if you had all the information on her. ”Oh right, there's one more thing …” Qiao Mu paused, ”Have you organized any background information regarding Flower Snake Village?”
”Yes, but it's not much. Old Fan said that Lili is quite knowledgeable about Flower Snake Village, so she didn't need me to provide him with too much information.”
”Lili understands Flower Snake Village quite well …” Qiao Mu repeated this sentence and secretly noted it down. Then, he asked: ”Who discovered the disappearance of Flower Snake Village first?”
”The news said that a local woman went to report the case. The police went to take a look and found that all the villagers had disappeared.”
”Isn't that woman suspicious?”
”It shouldn't be. What ability does a woman have to make the entire village disappear?”
Qiao Mu nodded and said: ”True.” Then he walked out of the personnel department.
Returning to his office, Qiao Mu called his wife, Yang Jie's cell phone.