After Mou Ling finished telling her aunt's experience, the waiter brought over the mixed wine, and Mou Ling drank half of the glass in one gulp.
It could be seen that she was already a little dry from talking, but it seemed that the more she drank, the thirstier she became.
Shen Xing was still sipping the cup of "whatever" and wondering what the anomaly in the wood carving was.
What he now knows is that this abnormal wood carving is essentially different from his own wood carving. First of all, it is a real abnormality, and his own wood carving is just a container that can absorb the abnormal characteristics.
In essence, it is just a tool and has no intelligence in itself.
Secondly, the woodcarving is abnormally able to control humans mentally and physically at the same time. The mental control should make the woodcarving confused and unable to think effectively. She will move when others call her, and her actions will be mechanical.
The body control is to stick to the human body through the target holding it. In fact, it is very likely that it is sticking to the target. From Mou Ling's description, it feels like the wooden sculpture has entangled her aunt. It can be concluded.
The thorny issue now is that once the wood carving itself is destroyed, Aunt Mou Ling's body will also be harmed.
It would be easier if they all had to be destroyed humanely. They could just call in a special task force, but now that Mou Ling has found him, he obviously still wants to save his aunt's life.
"That's probably the situation. Do you have any good ideas?" Mou Ling asked, expectation flashing in his eyes.
Shen Xing shook his head: "Not yet, I'll think about it when I go back. But it's best to go to Qishan and check on the spot before I can be sure to rescue your aunt."
"When can we leave?" Mou Ling asked.
Her aunt's situation is not optimistic now. The longer it goes on, it may also affect her uncle and nearby neighbors.
"Tomorrow, I'll go and have a look tomorrow. If everything goes well, I'll return the same day. The results should be available the day after tomorrow at the latest." Shen Xing said.
"Okay, thank you!" Mou Ling took out his mobile phone, "Send me your ID card, and I'll book the flight tickets first, so that we can get to Qishan faster."
Although taking the high-speed rail is fast and cheap, flying is faster, and Mou Ling obviously doesn't care about the extra money.
Shen Xing sent her his ID card from his mobile phone. After Mou Ling saved it, he asked, "Do you want Feifei to go?"
In fact, she wanted Feifei to go with her, because she had seen Feifei in the special team before and was not affected by the neglect of people. Mou Ling knew that Feifei was strong in some aspects. If she could go with Shen Xing, then There will be more certainty in solving the aunt's troubles.
Shen Xing shook his head: "She is still young. Although she has great potential, I don't want her to take the initiative to get in touch with anomalies."
"Yeah." Mou Ling said no more.
The two stood up and left the dark bar.
At this time, Shen Xing finally adapted to the dim environment in the bar, and he also discovered that after sitting here for a long time, he would naturally feel that there was no barrier between people.
At this time, whether you are making friends or drinking, you will be more enthusiastic than usual, and you will drink a lot without realizing it. The various drinks in the bar will definitely sell better.
Back at Tingwu Woodcarving Shop, Shen Xing told Xia Hongyu and Feifei, who happened to be in the shop, about their plans to go to Qishan.
Hearing that he was going to handle a case, Xia Hongyu couldn't help but feel disappointed, but she couldn't tell anything on the surface. She said that she happened to be here these days and could help take care of Feifei.
After work, Xia Hongyu ordered a table of delicious food on the fourth floor of the shopping mall, called two clerks up, and had a lively meal together.
After returning to the apartment, Xia Hongyu and Feifei walked in front, muttering softly and laughing cheerfully.
After a while, Xia Hongyu turned back to Shen Xing and said with a smile: "You will sleep alone next door tonight, Feifei and I will sleep together."
"Okay, Uncle Shen?" Feifei also turned around and asked.
"Okay, no problem." Shen Xing smiled and nodded, "Remember to check the doors and windows, as well as the gas and electrical plugs before going to bed."
Xia Hongyu also prepared Feifei's pajamas and toiletries in the apartment next door, just in case something like this happened for a few days, so Feifei didn't need to bring anything. She didn't even enter the door of Shen Xing 702, and followed Xia Hongyu directly into Room 703.
At this moment, Shen Xing suddenly felt that her old father's daughter would get married sooner or later, and that she would be left alone and helpless, so she entered the house with a strange mood.
I took a shower at home. When I came out, I noticed something was wrong in the living room. I took a closer look and saw a young woman with long flowing hair, delicate facial features, and a dress that looked like an ancient water skirt lying on the sofa in the living room. Graceful, looming.
He was stunned for a moment, and his first reaction was whether Xia Hongyu had deliberately found someone to test him.
But then he noticed that the room was filled with a strange feeling. He immediately opened his strange pupils and saw the cat puppet squatting on a chair nearby, staring at him with a strange expression.
Shen Xing turned his eyes again, pointed at the beautiful woman lying on the sofa, and said to the cat puppet: "Why did you bring the puppet here?"
The cat puppet swung its furry tail, jumped off the chair, walked to the sofa and said, "This is for Feifei, a one-to-one Changge puppet. The materials are non-toxic and have no abnormalities. In my product line, there are only This one is out of print.”
"Have you extended your business to Heshan?" Shen Xing asked.
Cat Ill said: "I have opened a store in Heshan a long time ago. I came here earlier than you, but the business here is just average."
At that time, Mao Puppet was investigating the doll market in Yungu, but now she has not made a decision, which means that she may not be very satisfied with Yungu.
"Can Feifei handle this Changge?" Shen Xing said bluntly.
"Isn't Achai here?" The cat puppet looked around.
Shen Xing also called out: "Achai?"
About a minute later, this guy got in through the crack in the door. Black air was billowing out, and he seemed to be running a little faster. The large amount of black air meant that he was sweating.
[Master, you called me? ] He quickly wrote in the void.
"Come with me to Qishan tomorrow. I may ask you to help." Shen Xing nodded.
"Are you looking for the first anomaly in the β-2 sequence chain?" Mao Puppet asked.
After getting the incomplete sequence plate of β-2 from Kujing Anomaly last time, Shen Xing never had the chance to compare the map to determine the specific location of the first anomaly in the sequence plate.
It wasn't until he returned to Yungu that he and Mao Puppet checked the map. The first anomaly in the β-2 sequence chain was shown in Qishan City.
So when the cat puppet heard that Shen Xing was going to Qishan, the first reaction was to deal with the anomaly.
Shen Xing shook his head, but then thought for a moment, "If time permits, maybe I will go take a look, but this time I will deal with other things."
"Do you want me to go with you?" the cat puppet asked.
"No need." Shen Xing said, "Just stay here and look after Feifei."
The cat puppet swung its tail, nodded, and jumped directly from the window.
Soon she was climbing on the outer wall and wandering around along the outer wall without any obstacles.
Shen Xing patted the black backpack placed aside and said to Achai, "Just stay in the backpack and we will set off together tomorrow."
Back upstairs, Shen Xing changed into a set of pajamas in the bedroom, then came to the workbench, pulled out a palm-sized piece of wood from the wood pile, examined it, and thought about something.
Not long after, he picked up a flat knife and quickly cut it on the piece of wood. Soon, the palm-sized piece of wood revealed a rough human shape.
At this moment, Shen Xing felt some discomfort in his right eye. He rubbed his eye and quickly realized that this eye had just opened a different pupil.
This kind of discomfort is half likely to be a side effect of using different eyes.
At this time, he had put down the flat knife, looked at this small piece of wood, stopped working, and got up to go back to sleep.
Not long after lying on the bed, I could no longer see my right eye completely. Sure enough, the side effects of the heterocoria had struck again.
Shen Xing could actually tolerate the abnormalities brought about by his latent skills, except for the skills that had a very small chance of attracting the messengers of the black domain.
No matter how many hours pass, the blinding sensation caused by the strange pupils will slowly recover. But when the messenger from the black realm appears, he will be killed!
And the most important thing is that I can't beat him.
Now Shen Xing is already wondering, since it is extremely unlikely to appear, why has that guy come out twice since he started using the black domain?
No matter which angle you look at it, this is not within the category of extremely small probability!
Maybe there is a reason for this that I don't know yet.
I fell asleep quickly, and when my phone rang, I saw it was Mou Ling, reminding me that I could get up and go out.
Shen Xing tried his best to open his eyes wide and looked at the environment around the bedroom. He felt that his vision was normal. The eyes that were blinded last night had recovered now.
Although it would be fine just to take a nap, the occurrence of such side effects has always brought great inconvenience to myself. It would be great if there was a way to reduce the chance of side effects of latent skills.
When leaving the apartment, Xia Hongyu's door was closed, and she and Feifei were obviously still sleeping in.
When she arrived at the airport, Mou Ling was already waiting with a travel bag on her back. The woman was dressed in casual sportswear, which made it easier to move after arriving at Qishan.
Silent all the way, the two got off the plane and took a taxi at the airport gate to Shuitao Town on the outskirts of the city. Because the journey was far and the fare was about 300 yuan, Mou Ling still insisted on taking a taxi, hoping to arrive as soon as possible. .
She called her uncle Yan Hanshan on the way. The taxi quickly entered a rural road fifteen minutes after leaving the city, and entered Shuitao Town in about fifteen minutes.
This peach town has a history of two hundred years and is famous for its peach production. However, they came at the wrong time. There were only peach trees in this season and they had not yet produced peaches.
Mou Ling's aunt's house is located in the east of the town. There is a small courtyard in the house. The yard is not big, and half of it is left to grow some vegetables. The house in the yard is two stories and small in area. There are living rooms, guest rooms and kitchens on the first floor. , the second floor is the master bedroom and the aunt's daughter's room.
His daughter has gone to study, and Mou Ling's uncle Yan Hanshan is temporarily living in his daughter's room, separated by a wall from the master bedroom.
Shen Xing and Mou Ling got out of the car and looked up to see Yan Hanshan waiting at the door of the yard.
He looked honest and honest, dressed plainly, and had a smile on his face. Especially when he saw Shen Xing coming next to Mou Ling, he tried hard to keep his smile, his hands trembled slightly, and his inner gratitude was beyond words.
"Uncle Yan, hello!" Shen Xing walked over, ready to shake his hand.
Unexpectedly, Yan Hanshan grabbed Shen Xing's hand with both hands, and couldn't restrain his excitement and said: "Okay, okay, hello, thank you, thank you for helping us!"
Mou Ling said from the side: "Uncle, don't get excited, let Shen Xing go in and take a look first."
"Okay, okay!" Yan Hanshan couldn't help but nodded, and quickly stepped aside, not knowing where to put his hands.
"Where is auntie?" Shen Xing asked.
"Upstairs, I've been in the master bedroom. I haven't come down in the past few days." Yan Hanshan pointed in the direction of the second floor.
Shen Xing looked up and saw that in the window on the second floor, the light yellow curtain moved slightly, but no one was seen.
He first walked to the door of the living room on the first floor. After careful sensing, he could immediately feel something abnormal above his head staying in that direction.
Directly above is the location of the master bedroom on the second floor that I just saw.
Walking into the living room, a refreshing chill came over me and penetrated through the collar and cuffs of my clothes.
"Why is the room so cold?" Shen Xing asked.
Mou Ling also looked at Yan Hanshan in surprise: "I remember the last time I came here, the weather was even colder than now in those two days, and it's not that cold in this room."
Yan Hanshan shook his head: "It's even colder upstairs. I can't stand it anymore. I've moved to the guest room downstairs."
After finishing speaking, he pointed to the iron stove burning coal beside him, "No matter how bright the fire is, it's always cold in this room, and it's even colder at night."
"Let's go upstairs and have a look." Shen Xing said.
The three of them walked through the living room and walked up the stairs on the side of the wall.
The construction of this staircase was very rough, with some steps high and some low. It looked like it was built by unskilled construction workers and was just a make-do.
After arriving at the door of the master bedroom on the second floor, the chill was indeed getting stronger at this moment, as if there was a cold wind blowing from somewhere, and my whole body already felt stiff and cold in my limbs.
Yan Hanshan walked forward, breathed a sigh of relief with his hands, and then used the key to open the door. He explained: "I'm afraid that Ah Fen will be unconscious and fall down when he walks out, so I can only lock the door."
After saying that, he pushed the door open and stepped aside without going in.
Shen Xing took a look. Although there were no lights on in the bedroom and the curtains were closed, it was daytime outside, and the translucent curtains made everything in the room clearly visible.
Mou Ling's aunt Mou Xiufen stood in front of the curtain next to the window. She didn't make any move, she just stood there quietly.
One of the bones in her body was indeed broken, causing the whole person to tilt sideways, and one arm was twisted at a weird angle. The light shining in through the window reflected in the eyes of Shen Xing and others, creating an extremely weird feeling. visual impact.
At this time, Shen Xing found that he could already see the breath coming out of his mouth, which showed that the chill in the bedroom was even stronger.
"You...are here." Mou Xiufen, who had her back to the door, spoke first in the dark corner.
As soon as these words came out, Yan Hanshan, who was standing next to Shen Xing, was suddenly startled, his eyes widened, and he said: "She, she hasn't spoken for a long time. I...I bring her food every day, and I haven't heard her say a word. . Ask her, but she won’t answer me either.”
"Aunt?" Mou Ling called out at this time.
"Come in." Mou Xiufen said again.
Shen Xing, who had been staring at her without blinking, suddenly said: "Your aunt is like a tree."
