In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Chensi and Wan Qi, who had sore backs after sleeping on the cement floor all night, followed Joseph and the others and started today's adventure.
It’s just that today’s expedition team is missing the taciturn Chen Weilun.
As early as after dinner last night, he had told Joseph in advance that he would not go with the expedition for the next two days.
"Then be careful on your own road and don't run out of the village..." Joseph just warned and did not stop Chen Weilun, "This village is not big, and a whole day is enough to explore. We will do it early tomorrow morning Set off for home.”
As for Zhao Chensi and Wan Qi, they came here to verify the supernatural rumors in Changsheng Village. The former even compiled a list of things to explore based on those rumors, so there was no problem in following the expedition team.
Of course, after one night, most of the supernatural rumors on Zhao Chensi's list that used night as the story background were self-defeating.
the reason is simple.
They waited with great interest for most of the night, but in the end, they neither heard anyone coughing in the village at night, nor saw the strange lights in the village at night, nor were they lucky enough to see a pile of paper-tied people attending funerals and welcoming relatives under the light of paper lanterns. The fantasy scene of beating gongs and drums and crying to the heaven and earth disturbs people's dreams.
The night in the mountains seemed extremely quiet. As the night passed, I could not hear the chirping of insects, nor could I hear the gentle rustle of the wind blowing the vegetation, nor was I disturbed by mosquitoes, snakes, or ants.
It was originally a perfect environment for sleeping, but they stayed up most of the night to verify the supernatural rumors.
Shigure, who was originally looking forward to a supernatural experience, was now walking in the queue with a pair of dark circles under her eyes. She was quite disappointed with the unremarkable experience last night: "I didn't see paper pricks or paper lanterns. Waiting all night in vain..."
Yang Xin: "I'm only half-convinced by the more outrageous rumors... Shigure, you actually take those supernatural rumors seriously?"
Joseph, who had just washed his face with mineral water, came over to take over the topic: "Actually, most supernatural rumors are caused by the parties involved catching up with rumors and ghosts, and intentionally or unintentionally adding preconceived ideas and subjective thoughts into the descriptions."
"Then one person spreads it to two people, and two people spread it to four people. It spreads so fast. Everyone will have deviations when reporting, adding a little bit of personal understanding and subjective imagination, or missing some information. In the end, the spread becomes more and more erroneous. , even a very normal thing will become very intriguing."
Zhao Chensi also added casually next to him: "If you are willing to collect all the rumors about supernatural beings that have been circulating, you will find two very interesting facts. One is that the beginning of these supernatural rumors is basically the same. Either: I have a friend who heard someone say it, or I heard someone say it... It starts like this, or it starts with: My friend's personal experience, or this is my personal experience..."
"Then if you count the number of people again, you will find another interesting fact..." Then Zhao Chensi spread his hands innocently and said a funny fact with a calm face.
"You will find that at the place where the supernatural rumors happened, at least seven to eight to ten people watched the supernatural events where ghosts harmed people, or the occurrence of supernatural phenomena, and then left calmly under the eyes of the ghosts and supernatural phenomena, like Like a bard, he sang this story vividly with everyone."
Shigure tilted his head and imagined the scene described by Zhao Chensi, and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Pfft hahaha! When you say that, I will never be able to look directly at those supernatural stories again!"
Wan Qi looked thoughtful: "Think about it for a moment. If a young person encounters a ghost or supernatural phenomenon, the first thought of many people would probably be to take a photo and post it on Weibo and post on their WeChat Moments, right?"
Hearing what Wan Qi said, even Joseph couldn't help laughing. Yang Xin even covered her mouth and chuckled in agreement: "Yes, yes, that's what I would do if it were me. I'll post a Weibo to tell everyone Let’s share the great discovery of this century!”
Perhaps it was Zhao Chensi's description that made Shigure laugh. This little girl who looked like a junior high school student laughed for a long time before looking at the former with a flushed face and bright eyes: "Then what's next? Are there any supernatural rumors?”
It was as if Zhao Chensi had been regarded as the tour guide for this expedition.
Zhao Chensi turned to look at the memo on his mobile phone. It not only contained the electronic version of the adventure list he listed, but also the details of each supernatural rumor: "The next one is the stream called the Ghost River in the north of the village. A surface water flowing from the top of the mountain to the north and east of Changsheng Village comes from the same source as the underground river water obtained from the hand-pressed wells dug by each household in the village. It is also the water source that Changsheng Village has relied on for generations."
"Unfortunately, the water resources gradually dried up, and the stream and its underground river gradually dried up. At first, it could not be used to irrigate farmland. Later, when the worst happened, the hand-pressed wells could no longer extract water. Water supply for people and animals in every household became a problem. , so the villagers relocated in the future.”
"The reason why it is called the Ghost River is that after this stream dries up, some people can still hear the sound of the gurgling water. Following the sound, they can still feel the water soaking their fingers when they reach over to follow the sound, but when they withdraw their hands, their hands are wet again. The moisture that has not come into contact with the water source is called a ghost river because its sound can only be heard but its shape cannot be seen.”
"Also, some people say that the elderly in Changsheng Village generally live longer because they drink the natural mountain water. The natural mountain water contains strong energy that can prolong life..."
Finally, he frowned and commented on the rumor mercilessly: "What the hell is this nonsense? Can the person who made up this rumor use his brain? If you take in strong energy, you can live longer and live longer. , why don’t they drink the nuclear waste liquid? One cup will refresh your mind, two cups will never make you tired, and if you drink these three or five cups, you will probably live forever.”
"Pfft..." Shigure's eyes turned into a pair of crescent moons again, and it was obvious that Zhao Chensi's venomous yet humorous comments made her find it interesting, "Then let's go see the Oni River!"
Ten minutes later, the group of them arrived at the river that had dried up and was filled with large rocks and pebbles.
"The next thing is..."
It took me about half a day to go around the list of supernatural beings. The village is only that big, and there are only so many places where there are rumors of supernatural beings. Walk from the north of the village to the south of the village, and then from the south of the village. They wandered to the west end of the village and until noon, they had almost finished visiting the supernatural places and rumors on Zhao Chensi's list.
Naturally, nothing was found. After they verified the supernatural rumors on the Internet, they found them to be false.
Along the way, Shiyu also became familiar with Zhao Chensi. She ran to the latter with a smile and called him by his first name: "Chensi, where is our next stop?"
"The last stop is the ruined temple at the east end of the village. It is said that an immortal is enshrined and worshiped there. Some netizens on the Internet who claim to be villagers of Changsheng Village said that at the end of the Warring States Period, before the Qin Dynasty was about to sweep Liuhe and sweep away the wasteland, a group of refugees came to To avoid war and taxation, they migrated to the mountains and jungles on the roof of Sichuan Hubei and established a settlement here." Zhao Chensi replied while staring at the phone without looking up, and started walking to the east of the village.
"After those refugees cultivated their health here for a generation or two, an immortal came with a sword and visited this isolated village. The immortal took pity on the short-lived mortals and taught them some immortality methods to shorten their lifespans. The villagers were also able to live longer and enjoy immortality, and then the immortal did not stay in the village for long before riding on the wind and leaving, leaving only the sword he carried with him."
"Since the immortal fell at the east end of the village at that time, the villagers did not dare to get involved with the immortal's treasure, so they later built a temple there to enshrine the long sword and at the same time worship the land immortal, hoping that one day he would be able to return to the world again. Visit this small village..."
Yang Xin looked puzzled: "This story sounds quite mythical, but are the villagers in this story so willing to pick up gold? That is the treasure of the gods...what mortals usually want, right?"
Zhao Chensi shrugged and said that he didn't know either: "Who knows? It's a myth anyway. Maybe an immortal cast a spell on the sword, so ordinary people can't use it?"
Wan Qi also joked: "Yes, yes, for example, the immortal inserted the sword into the ground and cast a spell, and then left a legend that the person who is not destined cannot pull out the sword. The person who pulls out the sword will be killed." Being crowned emperor or something..."
"Why does this plot sound familiar..." Joseph's eyes widened like bells: "Did the immortal go to Britain in the end and change his name to Merlin?"
Zhao Chensi slapped himself on the forehead: "God damn the legend of King Arthur!"
A few people made a joke, which made Shigure on the side laugh so hard that he almost couldn't breathe.
The group of people arrived at the east end of the village talking and laughing, but before they reached the ruined temple, they were frightened by the abnormal beauty in front of them and stopped in their tracks.
It was a forest of pink flowers.
Pink flowers are blooming on the bare branches, and even the air is filled with a faint sweet smell. There is a rain of light pink flowers dancing everywhere in the sky, and underground is a pink flower path made of petals. The Flower Rain Flower Path It extends to the end of the field of vision where smoke rises.
The grass is delicious and the fallen flowers are colorful.
Seeing this desperate situation in the world, Shigure suddenly felt a girl's heart bursting with emotion. Thousands of words were stuck in her mouth and turned into a cry of exclamation.
"Eh? Did we see such a flower forest when we came here yesterday?" Yang Xin looked at the pale pink flower forest in front of her with confusion.
Wan Qi casually took a falling petal, looked at the trees full of flowers on the branches not far away, and judged based on his limited knowledge: "This seems to be a peach blossom?"
Zhao Chensi's eyebrows twitched: "Peach blossoms? Are you kidding me? The peaches are almost ripe this season. How can there be peach blossoms to see?"
Joseph pressed down his straw hat, hiding most of his face under the shadow of the brim, and frowned without leaving any trace: "I didn't see this peach blossom forest when I came here yesterday..."
"Look, there are still houses and smoke ahead!" Before Joseph could continue, Shigure pointed at the house at the end of the peach blossom forest where the smoke was slowly rising, and said excitedly: "Do you think it's still there? Someone lives in this village? Let’s go over and have a look! Say hello to the villagers and say hello!”
