C45 (2/2)
”That shouldn't be the case. My teacher said that the credibility of the information is rather high. The person who recorded it did not add in his subjective opinion and detailed description, and his conclusion is basically supported by the evidence.”
”Alright then, Miao Yue, thank you for your trouble, help me thank your teacher, if there's anything else, we can contact you again.”
”You're not in any danger, are you?” Miao Yue asked, still worried.
”Probably.” Qiao Mu smiled bitterly.
After hanging up, Qiao Mu started to ponder, summing up the information Miao Yue had given him.
From the looks of the current situation, the rotting corpse on the Small Snake Island should be General Zhao from the Northern Song Dynasty, and the green bamboo lake that was thrown away should have been hiding some kind of special substance. After it fused with his resentful corpse, it would mutate, causing his will to remain and begin to corrode everything around him. Therefore, rather than calling it a poison, it would be more accurate to say that it was the accumulated anger and resentment over the years. In addition, before he died, two old women used their nails to gouge out his eyeballs. As a result, he was especially sensitive to fingernails.
The other point related to Tian Yu'er, his concubine whom he had killed. Tian Yu'er had been buried in Bamboo Lake just like him. Before she died, she had been stabbed by a dagger and her body was badly mutilated. Was it tantamount to rotting?
In Qiao Mu's mind, the miserable state Guo Yong was in before he died suddenly surfaced. Before Guo Yong died, he saw a female corpse at the bottom of the lake, whose entire body was emitting poison gas … Thinking about this, Qiao Mu was extremely sure that the female corpse that Guo Yong had seen was Zhao Zhiyou's concubine, Tian Yuer. The reason why Guo Yong's entire body had such a ”blood and flesh” rotting was probably because the ”flesh and blood” type of rotting was similar to the ”flesh and blood” type of rotting on Zhao Zhiyou's fingernails, it had already become the symbol and symbol of Tian Yu E's rotting poison. Qiao Mu even suspected that Guo Yong and Guo Yi, father and son, exploring the Great Snake Island, was actually out of their own intentions.
Why did the Mr.Guo and Xiao Yi go there? Qiao Mu fell into deep thought.
But now, one of them was dead and one was missing. It was unknown who Qiao Mu was asking from.
Qiao Mu faintly felt that there might be a connection between the Great Snake Island and the Small Snake Island.
”Brother, quickly tell me, what is it?” Seeing that Qiao Mu was thinking about something after he received the call, Yang Jie urged him on.
Qiao Mu glanced over and saw that Su Qin was also standing beside him. The two of them could not wait any longer.
Thus, Qiao Mu told Yang Jie and Su Qin the information that Miao Yue had just provided and his speculations. The two of them were greatly shocked.
”Brother …” After hearing that, Yang Jie began to express her opinion, ”According to what you said, Zhao Zhiyou and Tian Yu E's corpses are on two islands, but the information that Miao Yue found out didn't seem to be true.”
”I think there may have been some changes in the earth's crust. Perhaps there was an earthquake or something like that. Two small islands were separated from the former continent. After all, it has been a thousand years since that incident.”
”Oh, that's possible.”
”In short, the key is for the two corpses to lie in the same lake. We need to figure out the connection between them as well as figure out Zheng Huiling's last words.”
”That's right …” As she said that, Yang Jie recited Zheng Huiling's mysterious last words on the Flower Serpent Wipe once again: Black House full of leaves, green fire burning, Heaven's Eye burning, everything will be extinguished.
At this time, Sun Erke let out a shout, and saw that the many black boulders in front of the bow of the ship, had unknowingly arrived at the Small Snake Island.
”Get ashore!” Sun Erke steadied the boat and gestured.
Qiao Mu and the others did not say much and slowly walked to the shore.
At this time, the three of them felt extremely uneasy, especially Su Qin.
”Brother, aren't you coming with us?” Qiao Mu suddenly realized that Sun Erke was standing at the bow of the ship and had no intention to leave.
”I'm not going! Sister even told me to wait for someone! ” Sun Erke said loudly.
”Who are you waiting for?” Yang Jie asked.
Sun Erke laughed and said, ”I don't know!”
Qiao Mu and Yang Jie looked at each other; they really did not understand what Sun Erke was thinking.
Then, Sun Erke held onto the liquid, the wooden boat slowly left the shore, and said: I'll come here to pick you guys up later!
Under the watch of the three, Sun Erke headed towards the east.
”Where is he going?” Yang Jie asked.
Qiao Mu shook his head and said: ”It's not going back to the Flower Snake Village anyways, the direction is wrong.”
”Forget about him. Let's go.” Yang Jie sighed.
The three of them slowly climbed onto the shore along the pile of rocks. They arrived at an extremely spacious and barren flat land covered with broken rocks.
There were cracks on the ground and the inside of the crack was completely dark. Qiao Mu casually threw a few stones down but he couldn't hear a sound.
”From these cracks, there should have been an earthquake, and usually the tearing movement of the earth's crust would have cut out such islands. The most typical Hawaiian archipelago is formed in this way. ” Arbor's field exploration experience is self-evident, and he also has certain research on geology.
This was the second time Su Qin had come to the Small Snake Island, and it was still very panicky. However, this time on the island, she felt different.
She didn't know why, but she kept feeling that something wasn't right.
Walking behind Qiao Mu and Yang Jie, Su Qin gradually understood where the problem was. It turned out that the island's environment had changed a little, but the most obvious change was that there were not as many broken rocks, and some of the trees seemed to have been cut down by people. Most importantly, there was a small path under their feet.
The road was long and thin, very neat and clean, and unlikely to be naturally formed.
Qiao Mu and Yang Jie also felt that it was a little strange, so they didn't put it into their hearts.
Just as they were walking, Qiao Mu suddenly stopped and realized something.
He crouched down and pointed to the mud a step away. ”Look.”
Under the illumination of the electric light, Yang Jie and Su Qin saw a blurry footprint.
”The ground on the island is very wet,” he asserted. ”It must have been raining not long ago, and even the footprints were disturbed by the rain, which means they are new.”
Qiao Mu stood up again and shone his flashlight into the distance. He found that there were still a few footprints, appearing extremely messy.
There are people on the island!
That was their first thought.
Yang Jie also looked around, and said: ”Brother, we seem to be in a basin, look near a hill.”
”Yeah.” Qiao Mu replied.
”Sister, do you remember where the cave you went to was?” Yang Jie turned and asked Su Qin.
”I don't remember. It was on an island, anyway.”
”Zhongdao?” Qiao Mu was stunned.
”Yes, there is an island on the island.”
”Let's go then. This geological appearance is mostly located in the middle of the island.” said.
The three of them gave up their coastal search and headed for the center of the island.
After about ten minutes or so, they reached a green lake. There was an island in the middle of the lake.
When the beam from the flashlight shone on the island, the trees were nowhere to be seen. The island seemed to be made of stone, and there was not a single tree to be seen. The island was surrounded by murky green water, as if … A rotting island!
”What should we do... Eh? Brother, look! There's a way! ” Yang Jie suddenly pointed.
Qiao Mu and Su Qin both saw that right in front of them, there was a small path that was made of rubble, leading straight to the small island.
Su Qin was extremely shocked, and said: ”That's not right, the last time we came, we didn't see this road! We came by boat! ”
Qiao Mu nodded and said: ”No doubt about it. There must be someone living on the island. Let's go take a look. You guys follow me, don't touch the water.”
The three of them stepped on the rocks and carefully made their way to the island. As he passed by the green lake, he suddenly had a strange feeling. When he safely arrived at the other side, he looked at the lake and asked: ”Do you feel anything in the water?”
”Yes, I don't know if it's just an illusion, but I feel like there are a lot of eyes looking at me.” Yang Jie also said.
Yang Jie's words reminded Su Qin. Su Qin immediately remembered that when they were on the island, they had indeed seen a lot of strange things that looked like eyeballs. She quickly told Qiao Mu and Yang Jie to pull the two of them away from the lake.
”At this point, I'm not surprised that anything has happened.” said.
They continued forward, searching for the cave.