Mystery Leaks

Chapter 77 Finding Insects in Jinpen Ridge (1)

Through conversations with Cao Nan, I learned that Hu Lai made his debut at the age of 14. At first, he was led in by a cousin. Later, he met an expert who taught him by chance, and gradually gained popularity and talent.

Six years ago, that is, in his year, he successfully killed a small worm and took the worm treasure.

Even though it's just a little bug treasure, this achievement is already quite impressive.

Fashixing generally has a characteristic, the older you are, the higher your morality, and the insect repellent can be considered excellent if he can get the insect treasure before the age of 30.Hu Lai eighteen to get treasure, that is a genius.

Most insect repellents can only get treasure once in their lifetime, and they are generally over 40 years old. Only when they have accumulated enough experience and experience will they be more likely to succeed.

This business is the same as most businesses, it is a pyramid, and it can be picked up once every two or three years. If you are busy with Cai, you may never see what Chongbao looks like in your whole life.

The number of 11 years is the average number raised by the insect repellent masters on the pyramids.

Ordinary insect repellents can get one in 20 years, which is not considered a hindrance.

I can't imagine that a person has been poor for 20 years, far away from his family and the world, regardless of winter, summer and summer, day and night, running around the world following the tracks of big bugs, eating wild fruits when hungry, drinking spring water when thirsty, eating in the wind and sleeping in the open, Just for a treasure with little hope.

It is precisely because the success rate is too low that insect repellents are very partial. There are not many people who can be famous in this industry. After all, no matter how great the temptation is, if the probability is like buying a lottery ticket, everyone will retreat.

Moreover, chasing insects not only requires knowledge and experience, luck is also very important. After all, chasing insects depends on the temper of the target, and even the timid and timid are hard to chase.

The timid ones will disappear as soon as they are chased away, the insect repellent can't catch up with two broken legs, and the courageous ones can't be chased away, the old god will not piss you at all when they are underground, go wherever you want, Not at all rushed.

So I asked the python if it was easy to chase away, Hu Lai shook his head: "I am too courageous, I can't chase it very well."

I nodded slowly, this seems to be evident from the peach grove last time, the black dog came back as soon as it revealed its secrets, and stabbed my grandfather's empty coffin.

Thinking of this, I also thought of the person who threw a stone and was hit by me. Wei Xiaomin said that the person had a scar on his hand and was a local.

Could that person be with the bug exorcist hiding in the dark?The insect exorcist hiding in the dark drove the tiger to my grandfather's grave. He must have used the brute force of the tiger to force open my grandfather's coffin.

He didn't allow the big bug to be chased away by Hu Lai, so at the most critical time for Hu Lai to drive the bug away, he smashed a stone and destroyed it.

When the tiger got angry, he opened my grandfather's coffin.

The definite information I got before was that neither grave robbers nor evil spirits would dare to open Grandpa’s coffin. If I were to open it, there must be something particular or dangerous inside.

But the big worm is different, that thing is a beast, and it doesn't understand those things at all. The so-called brutal ones are afraid of violent ones, violent ones are afraid of death, and those who are not deadly are afraid of ignorance. This is probably the reason.

It's just a pity that when grandpa's coffin was opened, it was an empty coffin.

It caused a stir in all directions, and the so-called things in the coffin were completely false information.

In this way, it can be inferred that the python was also chased up the mountain, and the bug driver in the dark seemed to be trying to use the big bug for something.

It would be best if he could be caught during this trip. If he couldn't be caught, we must find out the guy who threw stones when we return home, and follow the clues.

After walking for a while, I saw a pond in front of me. Hu said that he had come to the place. It was here that he and Da Chong were separated yesterday.

I took a look and found that the pond is at the bottom of a mountain nest, with an area of ​​about half a football field, surrounded by forests and weeds, because the water level has dropped a lot due to the drought, forming a tidal flat.There are a few rows of messy footprints on it, which seem to have been stepped on randomly.Didn't find any clues about pythons.

When the python entered Jinpen Township last time, it floated in a relatively shallow place and forcibly broke through the ground to clear the way, so a gully was formed.But once it drills into the deep underground river, nothing can be seen on the surface.

Hu Lai put down the package, began to take off his clothes and shoes, and said, "Let me see if it has gone far." After taking off, he went directly into the water and dived under the pond.

I thought he would come up soon, but after more than ten minutes passed, the water calmed down, and he hadn't come up yet.

I was a little worried, so I asked Huang Mao: "I haven't come up for so long, is there anything wrong?"

"Don't worry, the worm expelling master travels through mountains and rivers all the year round, and the ability to hold his breath is a housekeeping skill, so there will be no accidents." Huang Mao lay leisurely on a big rock next to him, with his legs crossed, and the old god was there.

"What is he doing in the water?" Cao Nan came over curiously and asked.

"Water is an extension of the earth's veins. Under the land we live in, no matter what is above it, whether it is a mountain, grassland, Gobi or desert, there is a water system composed of underground rivers and channels, just like the blood vessels in the human body. , is a very large network, and the total water volume is much more than the water volume on the surface." Huang Maodao said, "In fact, all water is connected, and the underground water system occasionally emerges from the surface in the form of spring water, forming water. Ponds and lakes; and it is very difficult for pythons to break through the ground, so in most cases it follows the underground water network, finds the flow direction of the water network, and can delineate its approximate direction of travel, using this as a clue track."

"Oh, I understand. Master Hu went into the water to find the spring, and through the location of the spring, the direction of the underground water network." Cao Nan said, Hu Lai didn't agree to accept him as an apprentice just now, but he has already changed his name to a master.

Huangmao nodded, and said: "It's easy to say, but it's really a test of the level of an insect repellent. It's okay if the tiger is down here, because every move of the tiger will cause changes in the spring, which is more obvious. But If the worm has left, it will be complicated, and the flow direction of the water network must be considered in combination with the terrain of mountains and rivers, which cannot be explained clearly in a few words."

After finishing speaking, Hu Lai finally finished his investigation, and came out of the water to swim towards the shore. Cao Nan graciously ran over and pulled him up.

"How is it?" Huang Mao sat up and asked.

"The water is going up the mountain to the east, let's go." Hu Lai responded, and immediately put on his clothes and prepared to go on the road.

I was taken aback when I heard that, didn't the water flow from high places to low places, how could it still go up the mountain? !
At first hearing this statement, it seems to subvert the three views.

So I asked: "Will the water go up the mountain?"

"I know this!" Cao Nan jumped out with a sudden smile, and said, "There is no air in the underground river, and the water can be pumped up. Am I right, Master?"

I suddenly realized that I had been kidnapped by a fixed mindset. The underground rivers and gushes were all closed, and the air could not get in through a few kilometers or even tens of kilometers from the surface.

Just like a water pipe, as long as the incoming water is higher than the outgoing water, no matter how you go in the middle, up and down, no matter how high the mountain is, you can flow through it.

The source of the leyline water system must be in a high-lying place, and the outlet is usually the sea, which fully meets the conditions. No one can tell how it goes, how it goes around, and how it rises and falls in the middle.

"Idiot, aren't you?" Huang Mao gave me a look of contempt, then turned to Cao Nan and said, "You are very talented, brother is optimistic about you."

Cao Nan was overjoyed immediately, rushing to carry the package for Hu Lai, as if an apprentice respecting his master.Then we set off, and Hu Lai asked us to remove the battery boards of all electronic products, even the batteries of the flashlights.

Then he held a compass and led us up the mountain to the east in bare feet.

Every time he walks, he will stop to look at the compass, and when he encounters soft soil, he will poke his feet into it to feel the water vapor, and then continue to move forward.If he encounters a stream or pool, he will stop and observe carefully.

This walk took a full afternoon, and we have gone deep into the northernmost end of the South Field, and will soon enter the range of Jinpenling.

I don't know how Hu Lai obtained the information to determine the direction of the underground waterway. He turned left and right, went up and down the mountain, but judging by his expression, he was still relaxed, and obviously he did not go wrong.

Then I suddenly thought of a question, and said, "What if the underground waterway diverges? Which one should I go after?"

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(End of this chapter)