Chapter 14 The Missing Villagers(1/2)
The next morning, the "old tuner team" waited until the sun was fully raised before leaving the camp, drove the jeep and returned to Linhe Village.
This place is no different from before dark yesterday, except that the soil under the old locust tree has more traces of turning...
They were left behind by Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong when Du Shaochong's corpse was buried in peace.
Jiang Baimian looked at it carefully for a while and said to the team members:
"Go into the village."
After walking a few steps, Shang Jianyao suddenly said "uh".
Just when Jiang Baimian wondered if this guy had made some other problem and was hesitating whether to ask, Shang Jianyao took the initiative to ask:
"You said, are the bones buried under the old locust tree still there?"
How could it be that it was not here? We buried it yesterday! Long Yuehong muttered in her heart.
That being said, he still couldn't help but think about the possibility of it if it was really gone.
This is very thrilling and very scary!
Jiang Baimian Lao Shen responded to Shang Jianyao’s question:
“I just observed that the condition of the soil was no different from when we left last night.
"Besides, since we won't try to dig out the bones now, what's the difference between being and not being? You can't confirm it. Go back and leave the company, bring Lao Ge, and check it out again."
For some reason, when he heard the team leader’s words, a picture suddenly appeared in Bai Chen’s mind:
He was waiting for the carbon base man to hide a few kilometers away, holding a telescope, and watching Lao Ge, an intelligent robot, wielding a shovel and digging the soil there.
"Okay..." Shang Jianyao was very disappointed that the thrilling development he had come up with was not recognized.
The "old transfer team" continued to move forward and arrived at the place where he entered the village.
Shang Jianyao turned his head and turned his eyes to the place where Xiao Chong and the kids were peeing.
"Put your current thoughts!" Jiang Baimian fully warned and stopped him in advance.
Shang Jianyao sighed and said:
"That's a holy ruin!"
...Long Yuehong didn't know how to complain about it for a moment.
After a few seconds, he muttered:
"Those soils are called holy relics?"
Jiang Baimian did not give Shang Jianyao a chance to discuss this matter, and issued an order directly:
"Enter the village!"
She took the lead and walked into Linhe Village.
Bai Chen and others followed closely behind.
They looked at the situation in the houses next to the road through the glass windows that were quite complete.
The area of the Ruins of Swamp No. 1 has not been discovered before, so it seems that this place has not been visited by remains hunters until now. Whether it is TV, refrigerator, air conditioner, cars, tables, chairs, benches, and instant noodles, they are all quietly placed in their original location and have not been moved for decades.
As he looked at it, Long Yuehong suddenly felt something was wrong.
What's missing here!
The next second, Bai Chen spoke:
"Where are the people in the whole village?"
No matter what situation the villagers encountered during the destruction of the old world, there will always be deaths and remains of wreckage, but in Linhe Village, there is no body seen!
Shang Jianyao laughed:
"Maybe they had nothing to do back then, and lived through the destruction of the old world, and then the whole village moved to another place.
"That's how you have the blessing of the year."
He spoke with confidence, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
Jiang Baimian glanced at him and said concisely:
"The whole village will not be relocated without food."
Especially the canned and instant noodles that are more convenient to carry.
"Maybe some people have 'heartless disease', and the other people are forced to evacuate in a hurry. Well, those 'heartless people' chased them all the way and never came back." Long Yuehong tried to guess.
Bai Chen doesn't agree:
"If some people really become 'unintentional' when the old world is destroyed, the rest will definitely die. When the survivors evacuate in a hurry, if they still have to take care of the bodies, they will not leave behind portable food."
Here is the experience she has transformed into things she has heard and seen over the years:
Once a large number of people suddenly become "unintentional people", there will inevitably be people around them who are not at a loss for time to be guarded and are brutally hunted.
If there are not many "unintentional people" in Linhe Village, they will be able to be guarded by the villagers, the survivors don't have to rush to escape, not even bringing food.
"Yes." Long Yuehong nodded.
He raised another possibility:
"It's all turned into 'unintentional people', and I went to find food elsewhere..."
As he spoke, Long Yuehong's voice gradually became lowered because the "unintentional" also knew how to use simple tools, and knew how to open cans and tear the packaging.
This has been confirmed in many urban ruins.
Jiang Baimian looked around and said thoughtfully:
"What you provide for is not necessarily blessing.
"Do you still remember the situation in Taicheng?"
Bai Chen and Long Yuehong suddenly recalled the status of the citizens in Taicheng:
They all died instantly when the old world was destroyed!
"Did the people in Linhe Village die when the old world is destroyed?" Long Yuehong muttered to herself in confusion, "But if they are all dead, where will the bodies go?"
Hearing this sentence, Shang Jianyao smiled.
He said in his voice:
"It turned into a zombie...
"They are hiding somewhere, looking at your neck..."
Although Long Yuehong knew that this guy was telling ghost stories, he did not dare to deny this possibility casually after experiencing so many abnormalities.
Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said:
"Continue to search and see if there are any clues."
They walked forward slowly, opening a door from time to time, entering it, and doing some inspection.
The situations in these houses are quite similar. They are at a certain moment in life and then suddenly solidify in time.
So, the "old mediation team" saw some people putting bowls and chopsticks on their tables, and the food rotted and evaporated early, leaving only some bones and stains. Some people poured mops in the middle of the living room, and it seemed that half of the work was completed...
This is becoming more and more similar to Jiang Baimian’s guess just now:
When the old world was destroyed, no matter what the people here were doing, they died instantly.
But the problem is that their bodies are gone.
"How is it?" Shang Jianyao looked at Long Yuehong and said with a smile, "The real ghost story."
"There must be some reason behind this." Long Yue replied harshly.
"Yes, that reason is that the corpses have mutated..." Shang Jianyao deliberately made his voice sinister.
Jiang Baimian withdrew his gaze and looked not far ahead and said:
"According to my folk knowledge, there should be a ancestral hall in the village. If you look at it, you might find something interesting."
For example, a tablet with the name "Du Shaochong" written on it.
"Okay." Bai Chen didn't want to hear Shang Jianyao telling ghost stories here.
The "old transfer team" continued to move forward, bypassed a house, and came to the Linhe Village ancestral hall.
This ancestral hall has the style of the old world, but both the eaves and arches are made of cement.
At this time, the black flange wooden door of the ancestral hall was tightly closed.
"I'll go open the door?" Shang Jianyao rubbed his hands and volunteered.
His "Berserker" assault rifle was slung on his chest like that.
Jiang Baimian nodded:
"Go, be careful."
Shang Jianyao excitedly accelerated his pace and walked to the entrance of the ancestral hall.
To be continued...