Jimmy re-checked the surroundings with his mind's eye. After making sure it was safe, he stood up and turned on the lights, changed his clothes and put on a body armor. After being prepared, he opened the door. He looked around at the situation outside the hotel. There was nothing unusual like yesterday.
This time he didn't plan to wait in the room until dawn. It was too uncomfortable to have his heart wake up regularly at night. Jimmy planned to do some reconnaissance from a distance first.
Based on the aerial photos taken during the day, Jimmy basically drew the places where the colors of the plants are different. If these greener plants are affected by supernatural phenomena, then the locations without discoloration should be outside the range of the supernatural. As long as they are outside, theoretically should not be affected.
Jimmy turned back to the bed and took out 6 and two magazines from the travel bag, plus the revolver and bullets on his body, to embolden himself.
Driving away from the hotel and coming to the dirt road to the north of the town, Jimmy carefully began to observe the road and the fields next to it. He had already learned about the environment here before. Although there were woods nearby, there were no large animals. They were mainly small animals such as rabbits and foxes. Animals, Jimmy wasn't worried about them.
Although there may be supernatural incidents here, there have been no cases of animals hurting people before, so they probably haven't been infected by the supernatural yet, or so Jimmy guessed.
Approaching the discolored location marked on the map, Jimmy parked his car, turned on the flashlight and started walking forward. He had to be careful from the beginning. Although he didn't know why the plants had color differences, he kept using his mind to prevent being attacked by any messy things.
Suddenly Jimmy noticed something unusual. The moonlight in front of him seemed to be affected. The moonlight, which was still very bright in the town, suddenly became slightly dim when Jimmy came to the wild in the north.
Jimmy realized something was wrong and immediately backed away and ran back. When he was approaching the car, the moonlight in front of him returned to normal. Jimmy stood here and looked to the north. This should be the place affected by the supernatural. However, except for the difference in brightness of the moonlight, Jimmy still found no other abnormalities.
Because he didn't know the limits of his mind's eye, he could only concentrate on observing carefully. After repeatedly observing this non-existent dividing line, he finally discovered a trace of thin lines floating in the air from his mind's eye. This should be This is the reason why the moonlight appears dim. If you move a little further forward, you will enter it. Because of the special force, the light that the moonlight can shine in becomes weaker.
Jimmy found it very difficult, facing a supernatural scene alone for the first time. Although Roland said that he had the power of the Shining, which he thought was the ability of the mind, and could handle supernatural events, he still felt guilty now.
Looking back on the situation during the past two nights, it seems that around 2 o'clock in the evening, the supernatural power broke out, causing my heart to wake up. I felt nothing during the day. Can it be inferred that the supernatural power will be suppressed during the day?
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Pause here and look for the clods of soil that you placed on the ground in the early morning.
After confirming the location, Jimmy activated his mind and began to observe carefully. After exploring the surroundings for a while, he found that the thin lines dancing in the air that he had discovered in the early morning were completely gone.
It seems that supernatural beings are in conflict with the sun? Jimmy thought for a while and continued to drive forward. His speed was very slow, mainly because he had to observe the threads in the air. If he went too fast, he would be in trouble if he plunged directly into them.
The sun was really strong, and Jimmy didn't notice any threads all the way to the lake. After stopping the car, Jimmy came to the location of the first eucalyptus. However, he found something troublesome. There was a tent and a car on the edge of the Red River.
Jimmy came to the tent and first checked that no one was in the car. There were two human figures in the tent. He held the revolver in his right hand and put it behind his butt. He shouted to the tent: "FBI. Is there anyone in the tent?"
"Hey! Is anyone here?" After waiting for a while, Jimmy shouted twice more, and finally someone inside answered.
"Who's outside?" a man's voice sounded.
Jimmy: "FBI, how many people are there? Come out."
"Wait a moment." After a while, a man came out of the tent.
Jimmy held the ID in his left hand and flashed it, "FBI, how many of you are there? When did you come here?"
"Two of them, arrived yesterday evening. What's the matter?"
Jimmy: "Well, there was a disappearance here some time ago. I'm here to investigate. If you have nothing to do, please leave this area first. I need to investigate here."
"Do we have to leave? We just came here last night."
Jimmy nodded: "Yes, it's best to leave and not ruin the scene here."
"Okay, just give me a moment and we'll leave right away."
After the man finished speaking, he returned to the tent. Jimmy took a few steps back. After a while, a man and a woman came out of the tent. They began to organize things and remove the ground nails of the tent. It took half an hour to complete the arrangement and fight with Jimmy. Say hello and leave.
The main reason why there was no resistance was that Jimmy felt a bit too oppressive. He was holding the ID in his left hand and his right hand behind his back. He was wearing a body armor with FBI words on it and a 6 on his shoulder and behind his back. It was obvious that something big had happened. They were just camping out, not looking for trouble.
….
Watching the two people drive away, Jimmy turned to look at the place where they were camping. The tent was dismantled, leaving only some garbage and a burned-out campfire on the ground. They had good habits and cleared a place and used other people to camp. The stones left behind formed a bonfire, which at least reduced some fire hazards, but nothing else was left.
Fortunately, although there was a supernatural incident last night, the two of them were at least fine and able to move around in the sun. In Jimmy's opinion, they should be fine. The threads in the air had completely disappeared.
After wandering around the campsites of Camp No. 1 and Camp No. 3, Jimmy found nothing unusual. He came to the forest of Camp No. 4 and Camp No. 2 was by the river. Let’s not go there yet because it is too close to the bend of Red River. location, so be careful.
When Jimmy came to the edge of the forest, he was about to walk into the woods when he suddenly felt something was wrong. In the forest where there was no direct sunlight, it seemed that there were threads in the air. Because there were too many plants in the woods, Jimmy needed to observe very hard. Only then can you see the floating threads within the scope of your mind's eye.
Without entering the forest, Jimmy started to observe around the perimeter. The closer to the river, the denser it seemed. On the contrary, he found nothing on the perimeter of the forest close to the river. Could it be that the center of the thread is inside the woods?
Jimmy returned to the car, picked up his cell phone and dialed Chad's number, asking him to arrange for someone to come over and cooperate with him. Jimmy planned to go into the woods to take a look during the day, because he had already gone in once yesterday. If there was a problem, it would not have been much better yesterday. Now he just added insurance for himself and asked someone to wait outside while he went in to take a look alone. .
After a while, a police pickup truck drove over, and Nora, whom he had met yesterday, got out of the car.
Jimmy: "Nora, thank you for coming
Help me, I will go into the woods to take a look later. You are waiting for me here. If there is anything abnormal, call for support immediately. "
Nora turned her head and glanced at the woods: "Is there any danger in this woods?"
Jimmy: "Just to add a layer of insurance. By the way, what is the frequency of your walkie-talkie?"
Jimmy adjusted the frequency of his walkie-talkie and walked into the woods with the 6.
Jimmy had roughly identified the location where the threads were densely packed outside. He entered the forest directly and walked towards the location where the threads were densely packed. He observed with his mind's eye as he walked. He had already checked once yesterday, but because no threads were found at that time, he just Exploring whether there is something hidden underground or in the trees, now he is directly following the thread to determine their central location.
Jimmy came to a big tree. This was the largest tree around, and it was also the place with the highest density of threads. Although it was said to be the highest density, it was actually only visible with the mind's eye. After closing the mind's eye, nothing could be seen.
He looked carefully at the big tree and the surrounding environment. There seemed to be nothing special here. He lowered his head and looked at the roots of the tree. In the past, the mind's eye could not see things without gaps. It seemed that it had been upgraded when he observed the silk thread early this morning. Now Jimmy could vaguely see something like threads gathering under the roots of the tree. There seemed to be something there, but he couldn't see anything specific.
….
After thinking about it, this is the most unusual place I have observed besides the bend of Red River. It seems necessary to do something about it, step by step from simple to difficult.
Jimmy turned and left the woods. "Nora, can you borrow a shovel?"
Nora leaned against the police car: "Of course, what to do?"
Jimmy: "There seems to be something under the tree over there. I need to dig it out and take a look."
Nora: "Wait for me a moment."
The girl who was a police officer was not so pretentious. She went directly back to the pickup truck, turned around and returned to the town. After a while, she came back and took out two shovels from the bed of the pickup truck.
Nora: "Let's go, I'll help you."
Jimmy thought for a while, no, both of them should go in. If something goes wrong, it would be a big trouble. "No, you still wait here, take the walkie-talkie and contact me in 5 minutes."
When he came under the tree, Jimmy started digging directly. This was a forest, and the ground was a thick layer of soil formed by rotten leaves and plants. He used a shovel to dig open. After digging a few times, Nora's confirmation came over the intercom. the sound of.
"Okay, continue counting down for 5 minutes."
Jimmy pressed the intercom and replied, continuing to dig a few dozen centimeters, when Jimmy hit something hard.
Continue to clean up the surrounding soil until a pit with a width of several dozen centimeters was dug. During this period, Jimmy replied to Nora again.
"Nora, come in, I'm next to the biggest tree."
Jimmy looked at the box in the ground, thought about it, and decided to ask Nora to help get it out, and to be a witness. This thing was dug out from under the tree, so taking it out directly would be troublesome.
Nora came from outside, also holding a shovel. The two of them dug out a little more soil from the side, and then reached out and pulled the box out from below.
"Carry it out." Although this box is only a few dozen centimeters, it is very heavy. It is an iron box. Because it was buried underground, the outside has rusted, but it has not completely rotted.
Jimmy kept his mind open the whole time. After the upgrade, his mind seemed to consume more energy. It only lasted for more than half an hour. Now he felt a little tired. In the past, he could last for several hours with the basic mind.
Jimmy could see the silk thread connecting the box. As the box moved, the silk thread began to move slowly. When they moved the box out of the woods, under the sunlight, the silk thread disappeared into the air one by one.
Jimmy and the others brought the box to the car. He raised his hand and looked at the time. It was already noon. He thought for a while and said to Nora: "Call Cha De and ask him to come over. We are waiting for everyone." Open the box again. Also, let him help bring two lunches."
Nora looked indifferent. She came to support Jimmy today, so she made a timer and then helped move a box. Nora did not call through the walkie-talkie, but dialed Chad's number. Half an hour later, Chad drove over in his police car. There was also a policeman in the car, who must be Hayden who was on leave.
Speaking of which, the three policemen in Tata Town are all white, and they are indeed Texas.
Chad: "Jimmy, what do you need us all to come over for?"
Jimmy: "When I was checking in the woods, I noticed something was wrong with the soil under a tree. I asked Nora to help me dig with a shovel and dug out a box." He pointed to the box, "After all, I found it here with you. , so I asked you to come over and take a look together."
Cha De looked at the tin box next to the car, "Is this it?"
Jimmy: "Well, I originally thought there would be clues to Elkins' disappearance, but judging from the appearance of this box, it must have been buried under the tree for a long time. It may have nothing to do with the disappearance this time. You guys can deal with it."
Cha De said: "Then open it and take a look." After saying that, he took out the gloves from his pocket and got ready to use them.
Jimmy waved his hand: "Wait a minute, you should spread out a little. After all, this is a box from a long time ago. I don't know what's inside."
Check: "This kind of box is not too old, so it should be fine."
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