Even though it's not yet dawn, there are several three-wheel tractors dragging long flatbeds on the edge of Yushugou.

This is a fleet transporting timber. It goes to and from the forest farm twice a day. It is the only job in Yushugou.

Yang Xu climbed into the bed of the tractor and followed several loggers to the forest farm.

After giving out cigarettes to several lumberjacks in the same car, Yang Xu asked: "Uncle, how much wages can you get in a day when you are still working at such an old age?"

"Oh, it's such a good smoke." The leader, Old Man Li, put the cigarette under his nose and took a few puffs before putting it in his mouth. He lit it with the lighter that Yang Xu handed over and said slowly:

"I don't have much money, so I just have to sit at home and feel uncomfortable. It's better to go out and do some odd jobs."

"Young man, why are you going to the forest farm in this cold weather?"

Old Man Li took a small sip of his cigarette and said kindly: "No matter what else, you have to be careful these days. The forest farm has been uneasy these past two days. A blind bear came from nowhere, and the forest rangers are clamoring to close the forest!" "

Yang Xu gestured to the old man with his strong arms and said confidently: "It's okay, I'm just here to deal with that 'blind bear'!"

Hearing this, Old Man Li glanced at Yang Xu and saw that he didn't bring anything behind him. He thought he was joking and quickly told him, "I'm not joking with you at your age. The forest rangers didn't even shoot them with their native guns." Damn it, you don’t dare to show off like a baby with hair that hasn’t even fallen off yet!”

The sounding cold wind slowly disappeared, and the tricycle stopped outside the forest farm. A group of elderly loggers climbed out of the tricycle.

Before Yang Xu and Old Man Li parted, he gave the old man all the cigarettes in his pocket.

Different from the towns, the heavy snow of the previous two days had accumulated in the elm forest, almost up to the knees, and some uneven places could even bury people.

Wading through the snow, Yang Xu moved quickly towards the place where the forest ranger was stationed.

Even though it was still dark, the bright red tent was very conspicuous in the snow, and the forest ranger's station could be seen across the far distance.

"Hello there!"

Yang Xu shouted to a big man, and after a brief exchange, he learned that several staff from the polling bureau had gone into the mountains to search for forests early in the morning.

The big man wearing a camouflage cotton jacket and a fur hat explained to Yangxu: "This elm forest is very big, and it's winter. It's easy to get lost in it if you don't know anyone. It just so happened that Mr. Wei went home yesterday because of something. Come, you can go in together."

Yang Xu and the big man sat in the tent with the wind behind them. They took a breath of air and asked, "Brother, does the blind bear have any clues now?"

As an ordinary person who assisted in the blockade, the big man only knew that wild animals had entered the mountains, and I heard that people had died, but he knew nothing else.

Jia Ming handed Yang Xu a cup of hot water, and the hot steam rose up. "It's snowing heavily now, and there's a cold wave coming soon. It's hard to find!"

Turning his back, Yang Xu looked at the mission introduction on his phone and was lost in thought.

"Task code: Dark Web·Shepherd (No.:)"

"A month ago, Shepherd (darknet nickname) released a video for the first time on the darknet.

The shepherds would drive their victims to the depths of the forest farm in Yushugou for execution and sacrifice. After investigation by the forensic department, it was found that the shepherds believed in "Satanism" and were fanatical cultists in "Hell".

As many as nine videos of preaching and sacrifice have been filmed. 』

The east is white, and a ray of morning light suddenly falls. The sun shines on the ground through the gaps between the elm trees, and the snow is covered with bright spots.

As the day dawned, the tractor's "tap-tat-tat" noise started to sound again in the distance.

Not long after, an old man wearing a ragged fur coat, a military coat, and a pipe in his mouth walked into the tent.

The cold wind whistled and followed the old man into the tent, taking away the little heat in the tent.

The old man's eyebrows and hair were stained with frost. He took the hot water handed over by the big man and took a big sip despite it being hot. He breathed a sigh of relief and then said slowly: "Huh, isn't this Qian Xun's boyfriend!"

The old man standing in the tent was none other than Wei Guoli, the Grandpa Wei in Qian Xun's mouth.

"Uh... what a coincidence, Mr. Wei." Yang Xu said as he stood up and made room for Wei Guoli's newly heated wooden chair.

Wei Guoli shook off the fallen snow from his green army coat and sat down unceremoniously. He fell in love with the boy in front of him more and more. He secretly thought about how to bring him and Qian Xun together...

Grabbing the snow and rubbing his red cheeks from the cold, Wei Guoli took a short rest. After all, he was old, and even a warrior could not resist the ruthless erosion of time.

After the chill in his body dissipated, Wei Guoli stood up and waved his hand, motioning for Yang Xu to follow.

After Yang Xu said goodbye to the big man, he hurriedly followed him out.

The two of them walked in the snow, one behind the other. The surrounding elm trees continued to move behind them, becoming increasingly sparse.

Occasionally, you can see a few old men in coats cutting elm wood with hacksaws, and there is a clear boundary nearby.

On one side were dense, dark elm forests, on the other were bare hills.

The growth rings on the untreated tree stump seem to tell the story of the tortuous past it has experienced.

Yang Xu followed Wei Guoli across the cordon wrapped around the tree stump and continued walking deeper into the woods.

After a long time.

The terrain became more rugged and downward, and a steep rock wall slowly appeared in front of Yang Xu.

Wei Guoli came to the foot of the rock wall, pointed to the charred ground that looked like it had been eroded by fire, and said, "This is the crime site where the shepherd took the video two days ago."

There was only a thin layer of snow around the burnt ground, which seemed to have been blown by the wind recently.

There was a vague smell of sulfur surrounding the area, and in the center of the scorched land was a pool of dark brown, charred lumps of land.

Wei Guoli handed a mobile phone to Yang Xu's hand, gritted his teeth and said angrily: "This guy is simply crazy!"

On the mobile phone, the video lens flashes rapidly, as if the person holding the mobile phone filming is running very fast.

Judging from the slender jade legs occasionally exposed in the picture, she should be a young woman.

Yang Xu had already sketched out a rough scene in his mind.

Late at night, heavy snow fell from the sky, and a woman fled naked in the boundless snow.

The low temperature, which has dropped to more than 20 degrees below zero, is greedily taking away the body temperature of women. The cold and fear seem to be immersive through the video.

The video shows the woman's panicked gasps and her frightened cries for help.

But this is destined to be in vain. In the depths of this elm forest, there is no one. Even the nearest forest ranger is five or six kilometers away.

In the camera lens, a figure quickly passed by.

The phone fell into the snowdrift, and a blurry figure was slowly lifting the woman up.

All this seemed to be carefully planned, and the video clearly captured the scene before the woman died.

In the pale snow, the woman's feet, bruised and bruised from the cold, hung weakly, swaying gently in the wind.

What follows is a scene of bloody slaughter, with blurry figures disemboweling the woman like an animal, removing the bones and cramping, peeling off the skin and flesh...

After removing most of the useless limbs and excess flesh, the woman's body, which had lost its forearms and legs, looked like a bright red lamb with its skin removed.

A blurry figure stands in front of the camera, seemingly admiring his increasingly proficient skinning skills.

The cold wind was like a natural refrigeration machine. After a while, the woman's bright red body froze and solidified, and the blood condensed on her body to form a thin, bright red brittle shell.

Just like the thin syrup coating the candied haws, people can't help but want to take a bite and taste the sweet and sour taste.

"The only true God after the death of the false gods, the benevolent Lord who reconstructs the new world, please accept the sacrifice of your humble servants..."

The blurry figure held the woman's lamb-like body in his hands, bowed his head and knelt down, and kept chanting in his mouth.

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