Secret Notes of a Mystery Investigator

Chapter 1 The Evil God's Tribute (1)
1. The secret of the ice surface in Heilongjiang

There have been many strange incidents in this vast land of China, such as the big circus incident, the incident of the Qingniu Ancient Road in the Yellow River, the truth buried under the yellow sand in Lop Nur, and the Tantric text incident on the ice surface of Heilongjiang...

The code of this top-secret report document is - 199, taken from the ninety-nine-in-one meaning that the truth will be deciphered, but is the truth really deciphered?

I am an investigator, affiliated to a certain military research institute. Because of our work, we pay a lot of blood and tears every year for this. Some comrades have never been heard from, in exchange for the truth of those mysterious events, but ...

My job is to explore. I don’t know how many fascinating, mesmerizing, and creepy incidents I have experienced. Although I am sometimes timid and tired, I am more proud because I represent the country. Humans, this will be the honor of my life, well, enough nonsense, the following is my story.

In 1995, I was 26 years old, shortly after graduating from university, because of my major, I entered a military research institute, where I met Lao Zhai, an unusually old-fashioned intellectual, but he treated newcomers very warmly. So it is very much our respect and love.

Our job is mainly to process photo images, that is, to make the details of the photos taken by satellites clearer with special technology. Today we are doing the work that needs to be repeated every day in the darkroom as usual. Suddenly Xiao Li was shocked. He yelled, and since there were only two of us in the darkroom at that time, I was taken aback by him, and asked in dissatisfaction, "Why, did you have a convulsion?"

Xiao Li said: "I'm either convulsed or my eyes are dazzled." After that, he handed me a photo, which is a very clear photo of a selected area. It is a mirror, but what is strange is that the ice surface is not an ordinary scene of nature. What is reflected on the ice surface is some words or talisman spells.

At that time, the image processing technology had not yet been applied, so it was impossible to falsify photos, and it was even more impossible to falsify satellite photos, so we felt that something might be a little strange, so we immediately reported it to Lao Zhai, who looked at it carefully with a magnifying glass and said to us: "Work You know the discipline, and this matter must not be leaked."

After all, he immediately called the comrades in a certain department to pick up the photos. Later, after detailed analysis by philologists, he could not find out why, because the words on the ice were neither words nor religious symbols. A meeting was held for this purpose, and finally it was unanimously agreed that Comrade Lao Zhai would lead the team to do the on-the-spot investigation, because he is not only engaged in scientific research, but also is good at image processing of photos, and after all, this incident was first discovered by our department, so there is no reason not to let it go Our people go.In this way, the four-person scientific research team set off. Old Zhai Te asked me to go with him by name. The reason was that my photography skills were first-class. Of course, I knew that he was giving me a golden opportunity. At that time, I was really grateful to him. , It is precisely because of my gratitude to Lao Zhai that I have a series of things in the future.

We did the train for a few days, then the car, then the ox cart, and finally arrived at the place on the latitude. Lao Zhai’s character is that he must do things first, so we followed Lao Zhai to the bank of Heilongjiang regardless of the bones that were about to fall apart. .

This is a small village. The river is frozen in winter. People in the village seldom come here, because there are not many people in this village. If no one comes, no one will come, so everything here seems a bit empty. Between heaven and earth are Baixue, Dajiang and the four of us.

We set up the locator, and Lao Zhai accurately measured the latitude position, and said to us: "The ice is slippery, so you don't have to go, don't break the instrument, I'll take a few photos and come back."

Because the location is not far from the shore, and the ice surface of Heilongjiang in winter can even drive armored vehicles, so everyone didn't think much about it. Watching Lao Zhai get on the ice surface, slipping all the way to the location, I saw him left and right Seeing what I seemed to be looking for, I saw it and said loudly: "Teacher Zhai, what's the matter?"

Lao Zhai held the camera and made a no gesture to me and said, "There is nothing here." As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud crack, and the ice cracked open. There was no shadow, we were stunned by this sudden scene, and we were stunned for a while, and after a while, we saw bursts of huge air bubbles on the surface of the water. Obviously there was something in the water on the ice surface, and judging from the size of the air bubbles, , This is a huge creature. Sure enough, it didn’t take long for the cracked ice surface to reveal a white thing. I don’t know if it’s the stomach or the back. Anyway, it must be something on the torso. It’s as big as a patrol boat, and it looks like This is only a small part, but it sank after a while, leaving only broken ice floes and Lao Zhai's lucky camera on the river.

We were so frightened that we looked at each other and didn't know what to do. After a long time, I asked, "Who are we going to get Teacher Zhai's camera back?"

The other two people looked at me and said nothing. To be honest, I am not a timid person, but there is something in the river that is obvious to all. If you take a step easily, you may never be able to retract it, but Lao Zhai is me. It’s not justifiable that we didn’t even get his camera back when his good teacher died so inexplicably.So I thought about it and thought about it again and again, and said, "I'll get it, you guys look after it for me, and if there's anything around you, be sure to remind me."

Ma Youshan took a deep breath, nodded to me with a pale face, and He Yue said: "Xiao Luo, or else we don't want the camera. You don't know what is in this, this?"

A gust of cold wind made us feel cold from the inside out. I watched the seemingly calm Jiang Mian's legs shake involuntarily, and couldn't help but want to vomit. He Yue said: "Let's go. I have no idea about staying in a peaceful place."

I said: "Just leave like this, how will we explain to Teacher Zhai's family?"

Ma Youshan said: "He was eaten by a monster, and there is nothing we can do."

Suddenly I thought of something and said, "This place seems to be near the river, right?"

The two of them nodded, and I said, "It's broken."

Seeing me like this, Ma Youshan was about to cry in fright, and said in a crying voice: "Luo Zi, we don't bring such scary ones, I didn't recruit you."

I said: "Generally large aquatic organisms will not approach the shore, because the water is shallow, and they cannot move easily, but this..."

Ma Youshan was shaking like a sieve, and said, "You, what do you mean?"

I didn't have time to explain, I dragged them and ran, shouting as I ran, "Exercise, if you don't run, you will die."

Sure enough, there was the sound of the cracking of the ice layer behind us, and then the cold wind mixed with biting snowflakes kept hitting behind us. The wind and snowflakes were definitely caused by the huge impact of the monster on the shore. Yes, we all know that life is in an instant. Even Ma Youshan, who was weak at first, started to run back desperately, and no one dared to look back.

I just heard a soul-stirring roar sounded from the sky and the earth. I couldn’t tell what it was. Anyway, it was earth-shattering. At that time, I only thought I was going to die, but dying in the stomach of a monster was really useless and terrifying. At this time, I finally realized the insignificance of life, and those unspeakable and weird things really existed.

Suddenly the snow began to vibrate, and I knew it was getting closer to us...

We didn't have time to look back, so we ran forward desperately, and suddenly heard a cat meowing, I don't know where the wild cat was, I shouted at it: "Run, or you will die." Because it is far away from us , it just looked at us vigilantly, and didn't intend to act. When I didn't worry about it, I just ran for my life.

I don't know how far we ran, the three of us were exhausted, He Yue said: "I really can't run anymore." While talking, we stopped, and we all staggered to a stop in the snow, puffed up. Courage looked back, and what surprised us was that there was nothing in the snow, but the huge imprint in the snow told us that there was indeed a huge monster chasing us just now, and the snow was full of shiny similar patterns. of slime.

A gust of cold wind blew, full of disgusting stench, He Yue sat down on the snow and burst into tears.

Trembling, Ma Youshan took out a cigarette from his body, lit it countless times, and finally lit it. He took a deep breath and said, "Xiao Luo, how should we explain this matter when we go back?"

I looked at the dangerous ice surface with lingering fear and said, "What else can I do, go back and write a report to clarify this matter."

The three of us just sat in the ice and snow for a long time, until we almost turned into lumps of ice, then we stood up with each other's support and walked towards the village.

Because all our belongings were lost in the accident just now, except for some money, we pooled our money together and went to knock on a villager's house to buy a glass of water with him.

The person who opened the door was a middle-aged woman in her 50s. Because there was no farm work in winter, the whole family was there, full of seven or eight people. When she saw our appearance, she quickly let us into the house and cooked us egg flowers with minced ginger. Tang Quhan, the head of the household saw our shaking hands holding the bowl, and asked, "Have you guys been to the riverside?"

He actually knew about this, I immediately nodded and said, "Uncle, do you know that you can't go there?"

The head of the household frowned and said, "Fortunately, most of you have come back. It seems that you are children from the city. What are you doing here?"

I said: "We are here for a scientific research activity, but we didn't expect that in this river..."

The head of the household sighed and said: "Did you see it? Just see it. People in our village never go to that place. That thing is really fatal. I heard from my grandfather that the gunboats of the Japanese devils were overturned there." How many ships have been destroyed, it’s useless for the devils to bomb them with shells, and you guys don’t come to inquire about the situation, it’s a big loss.”

He Yue said with a slight cry: "One of us died and was eaten by that monster."

The head of the household waved his hand and said, "Stop talking, you should report it to the local government. It's useless if we talk about it."

Although the means of communication had been diversified at that time, it was still relatively backward here. We took a day off, and the villagers took us to the production brigade in a bullock cart. It used to be a construction corps, and later it was changed to a government office. The captain listened to us. Narrating, after thinking for a long time, he said: "You are the country engaged in scientific research, and I dare to say this only after you have seen it. Otherwise, I will have to say that I am making rumors, or I will be criticized again."

At this time, our emotions have stabilized a lot, Ma Youshan said: "This is a new society, there is no such thing as criticism, and no one should avoid the real situation."

The captain said: "You're right. Actually, we all know about this matter. No one in the village near the river has ever dared to go into the water, and someone here has made a report decades ago, but... Well, this is going to be a long way off. The water monster you are talking about suffered the most from the Japanese. Back then they tried to set up a blockade on the water, but those heavy equipment were always inexplicably damaged or even disappeared. The Japanese sent patrols Searching on the river surface, those boats were overturned several times, and none of the devils who fell into the water made it to the shore. The common people here thought that they were divine beasts sent by God to punish the Japanese. After the Anti-Japanese War ended, Someone here reported this matter, but they were punished, and then nothing happened. After so many years, I didn’t expect that you would touch that place for investigation.”

Our investigation this time is highly confidential, so the details cannot be disclosed. It is enough to get the information from the captain. In the afternoon, the province sent a car to take us back to the train. I am afraid that my family will worry when I get home. I didn't say anything about this matter, and immediately returned to the unit to report after packing up.

2. Head Chen's horror experience

Because someone was killed this time, we had to accept an investigation. The three of us were asked by a bunch of people and answered them separately. It took six or seven days for them to make recordings and transcripts before we could prove ourselves. There is no possibility of being a murderer, and I can finally go to work peacefully, but I feel uncomfortable just looking at the darkroom. After all, I have feelings for Lao Zhai. He died so vaguely, and I won’t be able to accept it for a while.

My work and life are very ordinary, and after that incident, I have become very cherish this kind of life, because the most important thing is to be alive, but what should come will always come.One day, I was comparing the focus of the camera. The section chief called me over, and saw a soldier sitting in his office. He looked to be in his forties, with dark skin and firm eyes. He looked like a man who had been on the battlefield.

He said very politely: "Xiao Luo, hello, I'm Chen Shaoqi from the Military Research Institute, and I'm here to visit you specially today."

Seeing that the military rank on his shoulder is the head of the regiment, a leader came to visit me on a special trip, probably to conduct an investigation again. I greeted him politely but warily. At this time, our section chief said: "You talk to me first. , I'm going out to do something." Withdrew and closed the door.

Head Chen took off his hat, put it on the table and said, "I've heard about what happened to you this time, what's your opinion?"

Sure enough, he was a soldier, without any twists and turns, and went straight to the point. I said, "There are water monsters in that river basin. This is a fact. People in the village can testify to us. Teacher Zhai's death was an accident and had nothing to do with us." relation."

Head Chen nodded and said: "Don't get me wrong, I didn't come to you for investigation. Lao Zhai is my colleague for more than ten years. I am also very sad that he has an accident, but I just want to hear your opinion on this matter. Just an opinion."

I said: "I have no opinion. I just hope that someone will find out the truth and announce the truth. Of course, it would be even better if these things can be resolved."

Head Chen said: "Young man, if you really think this is an opportunity to explore the truth, would you like to do another field trip with us?"

I was taken aback and said, "What, I'll go investigate with you?"

Head Chen said: "Yes, I have already contacted your two companions before you, but they would rather not go to work than go back, but I really need the help of at least one of you, so I came here today Visiting you, I also hope that you will put the overall situation first, overcome difficulties and help us once."

I hesitated. I finally came back. Is it necessary for me to go back?Head Chen looked at me for a long time and said silently: "You don't have to feel pressured. After all, young people are rarely seen. It will be difficult to recover from such stimulation. If you really don't want to participate in our operation, it doesn't matter. .”

I said: "Teacher Chen, it's not that I'm timid, but you didn't see the scene at that time. I guess that water monster..."

Head Chen interrupted me with a wave of his hand and said, "I believe everything you say, so I'll tell you a story too, and you can see if you can accept it."

I said: "You say."

(End of this chapter)