After bypassing a towering rock wall, Li Nanke entered a cave that was not easily discovered.
The space inside the cave is not very large. There are dense opaque moss in the gaps between the rock walls. The scattered stones on the ground verify the scene in the memory fragment of the monster's manic smashing.
Li Nanke walked to the corner and pushed aside the gravel.
Sure enough, a rectangular wooden box wrapped in rags was found.
Untying the knot, a long wooden box made of ebony came into view. But the long wooden box was severely damaged, and the small porcelain bottle inside was also broken.
The porcelain vase is so delicate that it can be held in the palm of an ordinary child's hand.
Even the bottle stopper is made of porcelain, tightly fitted, covered with a layer of red cloth and tightly wrapped with gold thread.
Li Nanke counted a total of fifteen porcelain vases, seven of which were broken.
Only a few grain residues remained in the broken bottle.
According to the investigation records of the Night Patrol Department, pure 'Red Rain' can only be stored in porcelain vessels. It will solidify into tiny crystal grains on its own and will disappear if it is contaminated by other people.
Even if it is poured into the palm of a person's hand, it needs to be solidified in porcelain first.
Li Nanke poured the red rain crystals from the broken porcelain bottles into the palm of his hand and observed carefully. These dark red crystals were like tiny blood-colored diamonds, glowing with light and exuding a strange and gorgeous aura.
"This is Hongyu." Li Nanke whispered.
He gently stuck two pills on his fingers and put them to his mouth, but after thinking about it, he still didn't dare to try.
I'm not afraid of falling into the dream of red rain, but I'm afraid of turning into a monster. When the time comes to turn into a monster with "Diao Chan on its waist", it will really be a death wish.
After confirming that there were no other objects scattered around, Li Nanke opened one of the complete porcelain bottles.
There was less than half a bottle of 'Red Rain' inside.
Li Nanke carefully put in the remaining crystal grains.
But when there were only a few pills left, he paused again.
Looking at the strange and strange crystal grains, Li Nanke's eyes were filled with light, and there seemed to be an inexplicable emotion in his body that was urging him to do something outrageous.
After hesitating for a long time, he opened his mouth slightly and licked a few red raindrops with his tongue.
The tiny grains melt in your mouth without any taste.
Li Nanke's heart was pounding nervously, and he held the handle of the knife tightly with one hand, carefully feeling the changes in his body.
But after waiting for a long time, there was no abnormal change.
However, the soreness all over my body seems to have eased a bit.
Recalling the memory fragment, the night patrol officer drank a bottle directly into his mouth and eventually turned into a monster. Li Nanke couldn't help laughing, complaining about his cowardice.
With this amount, it would be difficult to even fall into the red rain dream, let alone a mutation.
"How about... more?"
Li Nanke looked at the red rain in the porcelain bottle in his hand and hesitated for a while. In the end, he did not take the risk and try red rain again.
He unscrewed all the eight remaining intact porcelain bottles, then mixed them with each other, filled three full porcelain bottles, sealed them and stuffed them into his arms.
The other empty bottles were smashed and mixed with the broken bottles, sprinkled with some red rain crystal residue, put back into the dilapidated wooden box, wrapped with cloth, and then covered with stones.
To be honest, even Li Nanke himself didn't know why he did this. Maybe he just wanted to take advantage of others.
Walking out of the dark cave entrance, the dazzling sunlight shines directly.
The man subconsciously raised his hands to cover his eyes.
I don't know if the yin energy in the cave was too strong, but the dazzling sunlight falling on his body made Li Nanke feel inexplicably uncomfortable, and he felt like he wanted to vomit.
He took two steps forward, suddenly feeling dazed, and a double image appeared in the surrounding scene.
The green grass, the brown-black rocks... everything was gradually dyed red, and the fresh air also had a bit of a pungent smell of blood.
"My head feels so heavy."
Li Nanke shook his groggy brain and tried to look around.
At this moment, he felt like he was wearing a pair of glasses with red lenses, and everything around him was red.
It's as if an aunt has arrived in this world.
Li Nanke turned around unconsciously——
I saw disemboweled corpses hanging from the entrance of the cave that had been covered by lush vegetation just now!
Looking inside the cave again, it was dark and red.
The four walls were covered with thick blood-red spider webs, with insects with thick arms crawling on them, and several thickly wrapped cocoon nests hanging from the ceiling of the cave.
There are even more skeletons piled up on the ground.
And in the middle of the cave, an old and ugly old nun with blue skin and only one huge eye on her face, wearing sea blue, was sitting cross-legged on a pile of bones.
Her huge red eye was staring at Li Nanke faintly, and there was a kind smile on the corner of her mouth with straight ears.
On the stone wall behind him, four words were written in large letters:
Be compassionate!
呲呲——
Suddenly, a strange sound came from my ears.
The hair on the back of Li Nanke's neck, who was originally in a daze, stood up. He suddenly became a little more awake, and the sword on his waist struck out naturally!
Uh-huh!
The sword flashed across.
Taking a closer look, he saw a small snake split into two parts, squirming unconsciously on the ground.
Li Nanke quickly looked around and found that everything was back to normal.
The entrance to the cave is still lush with vegetation, and the inside of the cave is quiet.
The annoying feeling of vomiting had disappeared, replaced by the pleasant sensation of fresh air entering his lungs.
The breeze comes slowly and the leaves rustle.
Everything is comfortable.
Li Nanke touched the bottle in his arms and murmured: "Will this pure 'Red Rain' cause hallucinations if you eat less? Or will you see the dark side of your heart?"
In order to verify his conjecture, the man finally failed to resist his curiosity and took the risk to taste a few more pills.
But this time nothing unusual happened after he waited for a long time.
Not even a feeling of nausea.
Li Nanke couldn't figure it out. He had a headache and was too lazy to continue guessing. After disposing of the snake body, he simply took 'Hong Yu' out of the forest.
Just after coming down the mountain, I happened to meet two acquaintances halfway.
It is the two monks from Lichen Temple:
Chang Ming and Chang Yu.
In the last Lin Jiaoyue case, these two monks provided quite useful clues, which greatly helped the investigation.
"Mr. Li."
When the two saw Li Nanke, they quickly saluted.
"Call Master."
Li Nanke corrected.
The two monks were stunned for a moment, and then called Master in unison.
Li Nanke nodded with satisfaction, looked at the other party carrying a wooden bucket on his shoulder, and asked puzzledly: "Do you want to go to the river to fetch water? I remember that there is a small river in the mountain behind your Lichen Temple?"
Chang Ming explained: "Master Li, the river in Houshan has suddenly dried up in the past few days, so my senior brother and I have to go farther to fetch water."
"Depleted?"
Li Nanke frowned. "How come the good stuff has dried up?"
Chang Ming shook his head helplessly. "We don't know what's going on. The water flow has become smaller a few days ago, and it has completely dried up in the past two days. The nearby streams are also much smaller. It may be that there is too much water upstream, or there is a drought."
"Oh, that's how it is."
Li Nanke nodded and didn't think much about it.
After walking a few steps, what the woman in a bamboo hat said in the restaurant suddenly appeared in his mind: I don't know if it will rain heavily these days...
Li Nanke suddenly stopped and frowned.
"It rains...the river dries up...is there any connection?"
The more the man thought about it, the more strange he became. He murmured a few words in a low voice. He looked up and saw Chang Ming and Chang Yu not far away. He quickly chased after him and said, "Take me over and have a look."
