What's in the depths II

Yun Qian was stunned for a while, but suddenly felt a pain on his face, and then warm liquid flowed down.

The black shadow laughed triumphantly, and then rushed into the depths of the dense forest, disappearing instantly.

The police officers on the side wanted to chase after him to find out what happened, but Yu Yuan grabbed him, shook his head and said, "Don't disperse, don't chase now."

Yun Qian wiped his face and cursed in a low voice, "Damn it, it's bleeding."

At this time, An Yan, who had been staring at the disappearing direction of the "mysterious creature" in a daze, suddenly came back to his senses, his eyes wandered to Yunqian's face, he looked at it silently for a while, and then opened the toolbox he carried with him:

"Come here, help you disinfect."

Yunqian was startled, sweet pink bubbles suddenly rose up, floating in the air, circling around the person.

An Yan pinched his chin mercilessly, slowly brought his face closer, and carefully examined the wound on Yunqian's face.

"It looks like it might be scratches from fingernails."

Yunqian's little heart was beating chaotically, and this extremely gorgeous face was very close at hand, and if he moved a little further, his mouth would be so meowing.

"The thing that ran over just now, have you seen its appearance?" Yu Yuan asked.

"No, it's too dark to see clearly, but it's basically a person." An Yan said, took out the potion from the investigation box, and gently applied it to Yunqian's wound. Judging from the traces left on it, it’s definitely human nails.”

An Yan's speech was so rigid that he even used the word "injured" to describe himself.

Yunqian curled his lips, but a pair of small hands were still rubbing restlessly between his knees.

"Does it hurt?" In the silence, An Yan suddenly asked.

His heart skipped a beat, and even his breathing stopped.

"No...it doesn't hurt..."

"Recently try to avoid the wound from being infected by water, and do a detailed inspection after returning home. Don't be careless." After simply treating the wound, An Yan routinely packed up the tools and put the investigation box aside.

Several people waited for a while, but they couldn't wait for the rescue team to come, so they planned to find a clean place to rest for the night.

There is an inconspicuous cave in front of it. The entrance of the cave is not too deep, and it extends about a dozen meters in length. The ground is fairly clean, so a few people decided to settle here first.

Yu Yuan turned on the lighter and took a picture of the cave wall, and found a large number of "one"-shaped scratches on the cave wall, which seemed to be carved out of stone.

"Is this...natural or man-made?" Yunqian asked curiously.

"Don't worry about it, go to sleep and recharge your energy. These grandchildren don't know when they will find it. If anyone falls ill in this woods first, no one will recite it." Yu Yuan said irritably Turn off the lighter and put it in your pocket.

After deciding on the order of taking turns to watch the night, the team members were so sleepy that they spread their coats on the ground and fell asleep soundly.

Yu Yuan was the first to watch the night. He lit a cigarette at the entrance of the cave when he had nothing to do, and fell asleep looking at the mottled shadows in the dense forest.

Yunqian was lying in the innermost position, next to An Yan.

It's just that An Yan didn't seem to be sleepy at all, and was tirelessly studying those strange scratches on the wall.

Yunqian yawned heavily, just looking at his busy figure, his eyelids began to twitch, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

The ground was hard and muddy, and Yunqian slept extremely unsteadily, tossing and turning trying to find a comfortable position, but rolled to the side of the cave wall, and hit his head hard on the cave wall, causing him so much pain. "Ouch, what the hell!" he yelled.

A chuckle sounded, as if it was close to the ear.

Although the voice was very low, An Yan woke up suddenly.

Under the dim light of the fire, a different gentle face and a smile on the corner of his mouth made Yunqian wonder for a moment if he was still in a dream.

He swears, this is the first time he saw An Yan smile, really the first time, this kind of heartfelt.

But at the moment when he met Yun Qian's eyes, the smile on that face suddenly disappeared, and then turned his face away in a little bewilderment.

Yunqian sighed in disappointment. Sure enough, he was wrong. How could this piece of wood smile at him?

He rubbed his eyes and sat up: "Medical Doctor An, why aren't you asleep yet?"

"Can't sleep, counting scratches."

"Ah, then you are really free." Yun Qian rubbed his eyes, and when he turned around, he saw that Yu Yuan, who volunteered to be the first vigil, was already drooling from sleep.

"About counting, there are more than 300 horizontal lines and [-] vertical lines. It is estimated that there are about [-] lines." An Yan touched the scratches on the cave wall and said softly, "And it looks like it is not old. One, some are older, and these are newer."

"So it's artificial?"

An Yan nodded: "If I'm not mistaken, someone should be here to record the number of days in this way."

"Ah? Then why don't you write the word '正', isn't it more convenient?"

"There is only one possibility, this person is illiterate."

"Besides, this person must have some special meaning to record the number of days." An Yan touched those scratches thoughtfully, "Maybe it was... 13 years ago?"

"13 years ago?" Yunqian repeated, "What happened 13 years ago?"

"That's not clear."

"Could it be related to the name that Luan Qian's grandmother called before she died?"

"Axiu?"

Yunqian nodded: "Yes, although there is no solid evidence, I always feel that this matter has something to do with that so-called Axiu. Think about it, why did the mysterious creature come out to kill people during the village celebration? In fact, there should be a more suitable one. Isn't the timing right, or did this celebration anger him? Break the last line of defense in his heart?"

"You were attacked just now. The scratches on your face are very similar to the open wounds on the surface of the thirteen corpses. They were all wounds caused by relatively hard nails. It is possible that the person who attacked you was the one who attacked the village. the same person."

"Is it... possible for one person to kill thirteen strong men?" To Yunqian, this matter was like a fairy tale. It would take a lot of effort to kill one person, let alone thirteen strong men.

An Yan was stunned for a moment, then he turned around and opened the investigation box, and began to observe the clues left in the cave by the faint light of the fire.

"If this is where the mysterious creature lives, then don't we..." Yun Qian suddenly felt something was wrong.

If it’s true that good things don’t work and bad things happen, he guessed it right. As soon as he reacted, he suddenly heard a scream from outside the cave, like rubbing a sharp object repeatedly on an iron sheet. hoarse.

Several team members were falling asleep, and suddenly woke up by the scream, and quickly got up to check the situation.

But when everyone was caught off guard, a black shadow passed by quickly, and then they heard a scream from one of the team members behind them, and they hurriedly looked for their reputation, and saw the black shadow rushing in from outside the cave hugging One of the officers gnawed and bit his face.

"Damn it, it's a human or a ghost!" Yu Yuan subconsciously took a few steps back, his right hand trembling towards the police gun on his waist.

The black figure moved quickly, with a skinny figure, dirty and clumps of hair, and strangely long nails on the ten fingers of his hands, and they looked very hard, harder than ordinary people.

Faced with this creature who didn't know whether it was a human or a ghost, several people were at a loss as to whether they should shoot or not.

"I'm attacking from the front, you outflank it from all sides!" After saying these words, Yu Yuan raised his gun to meet him, and just as he got to the side of the creature, he kicked him far away.

"Team Yu, are you okay?"

"Damn it..." Yu Yuan clutched his chest and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, "This thing is so powerful, it looks like a monster."