This simplification is outrageous

The sheriff suddenly looked up at Qiao Yuan, his eyes full of shock.

"You know the Patrol too?"

For the existence of awakened people and foreign spirits, the poorer the place, the less information is known.

……

Qiao Yuan nodded.

"So you can go on."

"This..." The magistrate hesitated. This incident should have been kept secret. He revealed so much because Qiao Yuan was a villager in Qiao's Village. He had reason to know some things.

"Actually, I'm an awakened one!" Qiao Yuan said lightly, then looked at the noodles in the bowl.

"You see clearly, I only do it once!"

How to verify yourself as an awakened person is actually very simple, such as crushing this cheap dining table with one hand, or cutting yourself with a knife...

But Qiao Yuan chose another method, swallowing the noodles in one gulp.

If you can do things that normal people can't do, then most of them are awakened people.

Obviously, this experienced sheriff also knew about the Awakened.

At this moment, there was a trace of admiration in his eyes.

That's an awakener!

……

"I didn't get involved in what happened after that. I only know that the next month will be peaceful. Just when I thought it was just an accident, several people died one after another in the village. Then this matter couldn't be concealed. The higher-ups sent someone over Investigation, the result... never came out again."

"And since then, the villagers inside have not come out again. Another week later, a leader who came down from above came over. He was very airy and said that he was a hunter or something. Even the director was in front of him. Bow your head and bend over, I only learned later that this kind of person is called an awakened person."

"It's just that after the person with a higher status than the director went in, he also didn't show up!"

"This incident is getting bigger and bigger. After all, there are hundreds of lives in a village. Under this kind of pressure, another person came to the city, wearing a uniform and saying that he is the patrol captain."

team leader?

Qiao Yuan was thoughtful.

The minimum requirement for the captain of a city is Tier [-], and at the same time, they must have a wealth of combat experience. They may not be the best at fighting, but they are undoubtedly much better than ordinary awakened ones when dealing with strange spirit incidents.

"Later he went in and only brought out one person."

"Qiao Xing?" Qiao Yuan said.

The sheriff nodded.

"Unfortunately, the only survivor has mental problems, so no useful information can be obtained from him."

"And since the person who is called the patrol captain disappeared inside, no one has been sent from above. The order we got was to block it indefinitely."

The sheriff sighed.

……

In this way, Qiao Yuan roughly understood what happened.

Since even the captain died inside, the best way is indeed to block it, and the influence has not continued to spread, so the situation is neither too good nor too bad.

"By the way, Qiao Yuan, what are you doing here this time?" the magistrate asked suspiciously.

"Worshiping the ancestors." Qiao Yuan said

"This...it's best not to go in until the matter is resolved." The magistrate persuaded.

Although I already believed in my heart that Qiao Yuan was an awakened person, since two of them had been planted inside, Qiao Yuan would probably die if he entered.

"Well, I'm not going. By the way... Where is Qiao Xing? I want to see him." Qiao Yuan nodded.

After successfully persuading Qiao Yuan, the magistrate finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"He's in a nearby mental hospital. You can go and see him when you have time. After all, he's in the same village."

……

Dahe County Mental Hospital.

A private hospital located in the outermost part of the county does not cover a large area, but the environment is quiet and it is a good place for treatment.

In the middle of the night, a sneaky figure came to the thick and tall wall, trying to turn over.

But because the wall was too high, it couldn't be done.

Security room.

A security guard glanced at the surveillance camera, picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Director, that patient named Qiao Xing has run away again, should we pursue it or not?"

Soon, a voice came from the opposite side.

"This guy hasn't paid any money. We don't do charity here. These sheriffs really... send them here every time. The old rules, let him run. Next time the sheriff asks, he will say that we did our best. "

"By the way, delete the monitoring, the old rules, just say it's under maintenance!"

"Okay, Director!" said the security guard.

Then he picked up a plastic stool from the side and threw it to the outside world.

Seeing this, the figure who was climbing over the wall in the distance was stunned for a while, then immediately picked up the bench and stood up, then climbed over the wall and left.

Completely disappeared into the night.

……

At the door, Qiao Yuan, who was about to go in to visit, was also stunned.

No wonder Qiao Xing, a patient, was able to escape from the mental hospital over and over again. It turned out that it was because he didn't pay the money.

Sure enough, everything in this world can be tied to money.

Shaking his head, Qiao Yuan turned around and walked towards Qiao Xing.

He was curious, where would Qiao Xing go?

In the distance, Qiao Xing, who was wearing a hospital gown, was bending over and walking through the woods on the path.

As a child who grew up in the mountains, he is very familiar with this place!

Half an hour later, he came to the bottom of a big mountain.

In the distance, Qiao Xing quickly cleared away some leaves, and a cave appeared beside the mountain.

Qiao Yuan hesitated for a moment and then followed in.

The cave was dark and had a damp and musty smell inside, but to Qiao Yuan, it was nothing at all.

Soon Qiao Yuan stopped in his tracks.

On a wooden board in front of him lay a strange corpse.

Just as Qiao Yuan was thinking, in the darkness...a figure suddenly rushed over with a dagger in his hand, and was about to stab Qiao Yuan in the back.

Qiao Yuan turned around, grabbed Heiying's hand with his backhand, snatched the dagger away, and twisted it into a twist in front of his face.

"Don't sneak up on people from behind in the future, it's easy to cause misunderstanding!"

Qiao Yuan said, then came to the side, pulled out a kitchen knife and a large knife, rubbed them together, and quickly lit a candle hanging on the wall.

……

At this time, the cave was barely brightened.

Looking around, it looks like this place has been carefully arranged. Although the furniture is very dilapidated, it can barely be regarded as a home.

A girl is lying on the bed.

A very strange girl.

And at the side is a boy lying on the ground, clutching his wrist, staring at Qiao Yuan viciously at the moment.

"Bad guy, die... die!" the boy bared his teeth and roared.

"Qiao Xing, don't you recognize me?"

"I... Qiao Yuan, I met when I went back to my hometown for Chinese New Year last year."

"Let me think about it... um... By the way, I asked you how many points you scored in the test, and you said you had more than 100 points in the peak competition." Qiao Yuan showed a friendly smile.

Qiao Xing's ferocious expression gradually subsided, and then he asked uncertainly, "Are you... Grandpa Qiao Yuan?"

……

Qiao Yuan: "..."

That's right, in Qiao's Village, Qiao Yuan's seniority is very high, and for the people in the city, this title has long been abandoned.

But in the relatively traditional Qiaojia Village, it is indeed called according to seniority.

Of course... The atmosphere in Qiao's Village has changed a lot in the past 20 years. Regarding the situation of calling such things, young people like Qiao Xing call Qiao Yuan "grandpa", and adults generally don't say much.

But if Qiao Yuan meets an older person in the village, even if he is senior, he cannot call him a grandson.

Otherwise you will be beaten!

"It's me. I gave you the previous study materials at the time, so you forgot me after not seeing you for more than half a year?"

Qiao Xing scratched his head, his eyes still suspicious.

It wasn't until Qiao Yuan took out his ID card that he finally believed it.

For a moment, as a survivor of Qiao's Village, Qiao Xing hugged Qiao Yuan and cried bitterly.

After comforting for a long time, I finally found out something from him.

……

According to Qiao Xing, he was rescued by the captain of the local patrol.

"So, are you doing this for her?" Qiao Yuan pointed to the girl on the plank bed.

Qiao Xing is not mentally ill!

"She's my younger sister." Qiao Xing's eyes were full of doting.

"If I am taken away, she will die here."

"She's dead?"

"No, my sister is not dead!" Qiao Xing retorted immediately.

Qiao Yuan was silent.

He felt strange before entering the hole.

very strange!

The girl seemed to be in a kind of half-dead state.

The basic functions of the body are all normal, breathing and heartbeat, but... it feels like something is missing.

And according to the magistrate, the villagers of Qiaojia Village will all lose face when they die.

Although the girl's current appearance has not lost her face, it is probably related to that strange spirit.

It's really embarrassing for Qiao Xing, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy who pretended to be crazy in order to save his sister.

Unfortunately, this is a ghost event.

"Tell me what happened inside." Qiao Yuan said.

Qiao Xing seemed a little hesitant.

Until Qiao Yuan punched a hole in the mountain wall.

Hope shone in Qiao Xing's eyes.

"Grandpa Qiao Yuan, are you the same kind of person as the one who saved me? Superman?"

Qiao Yuan: "..."

"Just call me Brother Qiao or Qiao Yuan, don't call me Grandpa!"

Chapter 164 What Happened to Qiao Xing