False evidence

Chapter 432 Rekindling the Bond (17)

"It's a big wolfhound!" Erpang exclaimed.

"It's not a dog, it's a wolf!"

Chen Zudao cursed, "Damn it, I'm really getting old, I can't even tell the difference between a human and an animal anymore!"

"Holy crap!"

Gao He suddenly cursed as well, and reached for his waist, seemingly to draw his gun, but found nothing.

Tong Xiangnan bent down and picked up the leftover liquor that Gu Haitao had drunk, along with the towel he had used to wipe the tombstone.

He stuffed the towel into the bottle and asked Erpang for a lighter.

Wei Lan said, "There's no need to light a fire. They won't dare come near."

At this point, the ashes in the brazier had already spun and risen to a height of nearly ten feet.

I was terrified of something going wrong, so I didn't dare look back. I could only gaze at the sky and ask Erpang, who was closest to me:
What is that coming?

"insect!"

Erpang fears nothing but dead people. "Damn it, a whole bunch of flying insects, like wasps, have surrounded us!"

A chill ran down my spine, but something felt off.

I used to disturb hornet's nests quite a few times. When the swarm of bees swarms together, the buzzing sound is just like a small group of fighter jets.

There's no sign of a swarm attack from bees right now!
I didn't hear any sound, but I felt an invisible pressure slowly approaching.

"Hs...hs..."

Wei Lan, who was behind Gu Haitao, suddenly made a strange sound.

I couldn't help myself and glanced to the side. I saw a very thin stream of silver water spurting from between her half-open lips.

I remember she drank quite a bit of alcohol, but the stream of water she's spraying now doesn't have a strong smell of alcohol.

"Qiaomei! It's Qiaomei!"

Gu Haitao suddenly jumped up and pointed at a spot, shouting.

I grabbed his arm and looked in the direction he was pointing. Sure enough, there was a figure walking towards us.

As I got a little closer, I realized it wasn't a woman, it was a man, it was...

"Cigarette butt!"

The cigarette butt slowly walked closer and glanced at the rising ashes.

As he lowered his head, he said to the person beside me, "Ninth Master, it's time to get to work."

"Okay, I'll get ready. You bring the people here, and then we'll set off."

The person who responded to the cigarette butt was actually Erpang!

I couldn't care less about the strange ashes at that moment. I turned around and ran right into Erpang.

He seemed like a completely different person, and grinned at me:
"I'm going to get busy now. Let's go have braised pork noodles again tomorrow!"

After saying that, he strode down the steps.

"Come back!" Gao He tried to pull him back, but couldn't.

At this point, I could see what was happening behind us; we were indeed surrounded by swarms of flying insects.

To be precise, the side of the mountain that was going up and down was blocked by a dense, overwhelming swarm of flying insects!

Not to mention Gao He, I thought Erpang had gone mad with fright, actually walking towards those ghostly mist-like flying insects.

I tried to stop Erpang, but Weilan grabbed my wrist first.

"He's fine."

Wei Lan said softly.

She had stopped spitting out water and looked quite composed.

Just as Erpang was about to enter the insect fog, the eerie swarm of insects suddenly seemed to be startled and abruptly rose upwards.

It was raised more than two zhang high, like a roller shutter door being opened, allowing Erpang to walk through.

As soon as Erpang passed through, Weilan smacked her lips again, making that strange hissing sound.

This time, she did not spit out the water line again.

However, the flying insects seemed to instantly lose their ability to fly, plummeting towards the ground. In the blink of an eye, the eerie barrier of insect mist vanished completely!

Bian Yaoshuang, who had been silent all along, suddenly laughed:
"I never expected that this trip would involve official business."

Just as he was saying this, a person came up from the foot of the mountain.

It is indeed a person, but the way it walks is very strange.

He walked very slowly, especially up and down stairs, as if his legs couldn't bend. And his arms hung down at his sides, not swaying with his steps.

Bian Yaoshuang seemed to be getting impatient, so he turned his head and walked towards her.

He walked up to the person, made a grabbing motion with one hand in front of the person, and then passed by the other person.

The man stood frozen in place, seemingly immobilized by a spell.

Bian Yaoshuang didn't turn back; instead, he quickened his pace and eventually started running until he was out of our sight.

Someone gently patted my arm.

The person who took my picture was Jiao Tong. He quickly made a few hand gestures and then pointed in a direction.

I understood the meaning of his sign language; he meant that he couldn't see what was over there, but he felt something was approaching.

Looking in the direction he pointed, I saw another figure drifting by.

When I finally saw what the person looked like, I was utterly shocked.

This time, a woman came; to be precise, it was just a semi-transparent female figure.

However, I have seen this woman before.

That was clearly Ji Qiaomei, whom I saw in my dream the night before last!
Chen Zudao said "Hey," and asked, "What's hiding there again?"

I was drawn by his voice, and following his gaze, I saw yet another similar woman's blurry figure drifting toward us!
I subconsciously looked around and realized that there were many "Ji Qiaomei"s all around, gathering in this direction at the same time!
I didn't even have time to count them properly before these identical phantoms had already gathered around the brazier.

The ashes, which had been swirling like a serpentine python, suddenly seemed to be scattered by a strong wind and disappeared.

And at the same moment, all these phantom images merged into one!
I gave Gu Haitao a cigarette, but I don't know if he's finished it.

His hands, which were originally empty of cigarette butts, now held a lit cigarette.

"We've finally found them."

He nodded at me, put the cigarette in his mouth, and swayed as he walked down the mountain.

No longer the ethereal Ji Qiaomei, she seemed to lack independent consciousness as she followed him down the mountain.

As the two figures disappeared, Bian Yaoshuang strolled back.

He raised an eyebrow at me: "You brought the person back?"

"probably……"

I'm not sure.

He walked to the tombstone, touched the stone, and said, "Yes, he's back."

After saying that, he took out a chisel from his bag and casually scratched the tombstone.

It didn't leave any obvious marks, but Gu Haitao, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, let out a "howl" and pounced on him.

I had no choice but to step forward and grab Gu Haitao, whispering:

"You've already found your wife, why bother with the tombstone?"

Bian Yaoshuang walked up to Gao He and said with a smile:

"I never expected to run into a relative of our team leader here."

He pointed to the man still standing frozen on the steps, "These two guys, consider them my greeting gift to you."

After finishing my business here, I packed up and headed down the mountain.

When I walked up to the person, the person still didn't move.

Look closely at his face; it's ashen.
His eyes didn't move, and his pupils were dilated, with no focus whatsoever.

"Dead!" Gao exclaimed. "A dead person?"

Chen Zudao stepped forward and pinched the dead man's earlobe. "He's not dead. He was just scared to death."

Bian Yaoshuang pointed down the mountain and said, "There's another one alive over there."

(End of this chapter)