I trade seven with the gods

Inside the 367 Grotto

It was a huge stone field with a vast area. Even though this place had gone through a long period of time, some scattered stones and a few rusty machines and equipment could still be seen on the ground.

As night began to fall on the earth, the light of the setting sun became increasingly dim, making it impossible for everyone to see clearly the scenery inside the stone field, and could only see a vague outline.

Just before the sunset was about to disappear, everyone saw a row of buildings not far from the abandoned stone field.

Taking a closer look, the row of buildings looked a bit weird, just like the European medieval architectural style, with all kinds of strange charms stuck on the doors.

At the same time, there was a sparsely populated small village five hundred meters away from the abandoned stone quarry, with about a dozen families living in the village.

In this cold winter month, the weather was cold. After the villagers returned from hunting, they sat together in the house and had dinner, and occasionally there was a burst of laughter.

At this moment, a terrifying scream suddenly sounded from the home of a villager near the abandoned stone field.

A middle-aged couple looked anxious, each holding an old shotgun in their hands, and hurried out of the house, shouting.

"Oh no, my child was taken away by a scorpion."

"Come here, that scorpion ran towards the abandoned stone field."

"Old Niu, it's all your fault. I asked you to take care of the child just now, but you had to take a bath. Otherwise, the child wouldn't have been snatched away by the scorpion."

"Okay, wife, I feel very uncomfortable when I lose my baby. Please don't blame me. Otherwise, if you keep nagging me, I will die for you."

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After a while, more than a dozen villagers came over after hearing the news, with puzzled expressions on their faces. They stood next to the middle-aged couple with a torch in their hands, and started talking among themselves.

"Old Niu, what's going on?"

"Aying, why are you crying here?"

"I heard that his child was taken away by a scorpion."

"Scorpion? Can you survive if it takes it away?"

"Hey, who can you say less?"

After hearing the conversation among the people, a white-haired old man walked out of the crowd.

This old man is the village chief. He squinted his eyes slightly, smoothed his gray beard with his hand, his eyes fell on the middle-aged man, and asked: "Old Niu, what's going on?"

"Village chief, it's like this. Just now, five minutes ago, my wife was serving food in the kitchen, and the child was drinking soup in the living room. I came back from hunting and felt itchy and very uncomfortable, so I took a bath in the bathroom."

After a pause, he took out a pipe, lit it, took a few deep breaths, and continued: "Unexpectedly, halfway through washing, the cry of a child came from the living room, and then, my wife hurriedly ran to After checking, I found that my child was being held in the mouth by a scorpion, and he ran quickly towards the door. Then, as my wife called out, I panicked, hurriedly put on some clothes, and ran back with a shotgun. I chased the scorpion in the living room and fired several shots. Unexpectedly, the scorpion had thick skin and thick flesh, and was not afraid of bullets at all. It ran away with my child in its mouth. "

Hearing this, the old man frowned, his eyes suddenly became solemn, and he said slowly: "In our village, this is the first time that poison has taken away children. We must pay attention to precautions."

Another old woman came closer, stood beside the old man, and said, "Village chief, I heard that the scorpion carried the child in its mouth and ran towards the abandoned stone field. Should we go and have a look."

The village chief's body trembled, with a look of surprise on his face. He walked quickly to the middle-aged villager and put his hand on his shoulder: "Old Niu, are you sure that scorpion ran to the abandoned stone quarry?"

The middle-aged villager nodded and said affirmatively: "Yes, I saw it with my own eyes. My wife also saw it at that time."

The old man looked up at the sky in the distance, and couldn't help but gasped in his heart, and even his voice became trembling: "In this way, maybe something happened at the abandoned quarry. Decades ago, the abandoned quarry A supernatural incident occurred. It is said that on a drizzly day, a landslide occurred in an abandoned quarry. A raging mudslide slid down the mountain and buried all the quarrymen underground, causing most of the The quarry worker died on the spot. In addition, a group of logistics workers also died mysteriously one after another in the work shed not far from the quarry.”

The middle-aged woman was restless and sweaty on her palms. She was as anxious as an ant on a hot fire and said in a panic: "Village Chief, please help us find our child."

The middle-aged man was dejected, with a few painful tears streaming from his eyes. He nodded and said, "Yes, village chief, please, even if the child is dead, we still want to see his body."

While speaking, another middle-aged villager stood up: "Village Chief, I suspect that what happened today was definitely not an accident. If we don't investigate the truth of the matter, there may be monsters coming into the village to snatch children in the future."

The village chief hesitated for a moment, looked at the eager eyes of the villagers, and finally made up his mind. He slowly raised his right hand and said in a hoarse voice: "Okay, everyone, bring your shotguns immediately and go to the abandoned stone field. , help the Lao Niu family find their child, and investigate the origin of the scorpion. "

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of warm cheers.

More than a dozen villagers raised a torch, like stars over the moon, surrounding the village chief and the middle-aged couple, and hurriedly walked towards the abandoned stone field.

On the other side, after Li Hanyao, Ying Qi, Xu Tinglan, Jiang Jin and others entered the quarry, they quickly discovered a row of old buildings, which were filled with an eerie atmosphere, like a righteous man. Like the village, it is intimidating.

With curiosity, Li Hanyao led Ying Qi, Jiang Jin and others to one of the main buildings and looked up at the various charms posted on the door wall.

After a moment, Li Hanyao's eyes lit up, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and a familiar picture emerged: "Look, everyone, there are various charms posted around the door and wall, obviously to suppress the evil spirits in the house."

Ying Qi nodded, fully agreeing with Li Hanyao's view, and said lightly: "Yes, from the moment we entered the snowy valley and approached this abandoned stone field, I felt a faint sense of uneasiness, as if there were a pair of eyes nearby that were secretly watching. Just like following us, when we arrived at this strangely constructed building, our thoughts became even more determined."

Duanmu Fugui held his head high, slapped his hands several times in succession, raised his feet and took a few steps forward. Before anyone could react, he took off an iron lock on the door and said disapprovingly: "Li Hanyao, win." "Qi, isn't this better? It saves us from looking for traces of evil spirits everywhere. Since there are evil spirits in the house, we can just catch the turtle in the jar."

Li Hanyao waved his hands, took a deep breath of the biting cold air, and said with a wry smile: "I think things are not that simple. How about we go into the house and investigate?"

"What about this? I agree. However, for the safety of the entire team, we cannot all enter the house. We must arrange for a few people to stay outside and wait. If there is an accident in the house and you are unable to cope with it, we can come. The inside should be coordinated with the outside.”