Mirror of Permanence

Chapter 3 Unknown

When the pain in his heart gradually eased, Zhai Di, who had put on his backpack, had already appeared in a strange mountain village.

Various figures also appeared around, and Zhai Di knew that his third investigation had already begun.

At this moment, a hand was skillfully put on his shoulder, and Lu Ye's face came into his eyes.

"Although I'm not some kind of pervert who is so boring in class that he craves excitement, I have to say that it feels good to be in another world." Lu Ye looked at the scenery of the entire small mountain village.

Zhai Di was about to say something, when a mysterious and loud voice came from his ear: "A strange thing happened in Niquan Village recently, children and even adults are frequently missing, please investigate the cause of the incident, When the investigation progress reaches 50%, 70%, and 90%, there will be three prompts respectively."

"Your identities: Investigators sent by the government, the relevant certificates have been issued."

After the sound ended, the people around were slightly relaxed. At this time, a man in his 30s wearing glasses said, "It seems that everyone is the investigator of this investigation. Let me introduce myself first. Wait a minute." It's better to cooperate."

"I am Zhang Chengxu. This is my sixth investigation mission. I have mastered the extraordinary professional spirit flame, which can create and drive spiritual flames. It can damage mythical creatures to a certain extent. At the same time, I have the extraordinary props rotting eyes, which can make abnormal creatures appear. Traces of decay."

Zhang Chengxu pushed his glasses, and then noticed that Lu Ye looked at him with terrified eyes, and then walked away from Zhai Di for a certain distance, as if it was something terrifying to be seen by him.

Zhang Chengxu frowned, but through his rotten eyes, he didn't find any traces of rot on Lu Ye's body, and he didn't know why this guy was frightened?
"Well, my name is Ji Xusong. This is my third investigation mission. I haven't... I haven't mastered a supernatural profession. I have a supernatural item, the black needle, which can force the stabbed person to stiffen for 1 to 3 seconds." The one who spoke was a bit sloppy. A young man with long hair, greasy forehead, and a pair of black-rimmed glasses, looks like a decadent college student.

"Chu Bai, for the fourth mission, the extraordinary professional spiritual master, I can handle your weapons." It was a short-inch girl who spoke, without any expression during the whole process, and did not make any movements after speaking.

"Hi everyone, it's a great honor to cooperate with you on this mission. My name is Ye Yu. This is my fifth mission. I have mastered the extraordinary professional talisman master and can make talismans with special effects. I hope we can work together Let's get through this difficult time together." A young man with neatly combed hair, wearing a suit and tie, who looks like a salesperson, pushed his glasses and said to everyone with a smile.

Zhai Di opened his mouth, and before he could speak, he heard Lu Ye beside him say: "You can call me Y, after all, we can't lose our traditional art when we take the letter code, um... this is my first time Participating in the mission sounds interesting."

"Uh, you guys call me a deer. The third investigation mission, there are supernatural props to serve as wooden stakes. Through the arrangement, it can restrict the existence of some spirits, and at the same time, it can cast one or two control spells." Zhai Di was interrupted by Lu Yeyi , and quickly added an animal code name to himself.

"Then it seems that the six of us have completed the investigation mission this time. I have the most investigation experience, so I will act as the temporary captain and ask various questions. If there are any omissions, I will let you make up for them. No problem, right?" ?”

After Zhang Chengxu finished speaking, he glanced at the crowd and continued when he saw no objection: "When you enter the village, don't touch things with religious or weird colors casually, don't leave the team without authorization, or talk to strangers, If you want to solve a private matter, it’s best to have two or three people together, be careful in everything, and don’t act rashly until you have enough information.”

The investigators nodded and walked into the entrance of the village together. Lu Ye walked behind. At first sight, there was a mud spring temple not far from the entrance of the village. The temple door was slightly open, and the scene inside could be vaguely seen.

When Lu Ye looked at it, he suddenly saw a figure flashing past inside, and the temple door closed tightly with a bang.

Such a loud noise suddenly appeared in the quiet mountain village, causing several investigators to react to varying degrees. Zhang Chengxu, Ye Yu and the others, who had experienced many missions, immediately faced the temple gate, holding something in their hands, but their feet Standing on tiptoe, Wei Wei is ready to run at any time.

On the contrary, Zhai Di and Ji Xusong were taken aback, like cats with fried fur, they almost turned around and ran away.

Lu Ye squinted at the Niquan Temple, knowing in his heart that the figure that had just flashed past must be a clue, but when he didn't know anything, it might be dangerous to pursue it rashly.

These investigators were very cautious and spared their lives. Before they were sure, they would not pay attention to the changes in the Niquan Temple, but instead looked at the situation of the entire mountain village.

On the path paved with bluestone bricks, there are many one-story or two-story buildings, but now every household has their doors and windows tightly closed. From some signs and objects hanging outside the door, it can be seen that the tourism industry of Niquan Village should be quite developed. You can look at shops such as various souvenirs.

It's just that the desolate scene now envelops everyone's hearts with a strange feeling of uneasiness.

A few experienced investigators have long adapted to this atmosphere. After all, places where they need to investigate usually have all kinds of weird things happening. Either mythical creatures are causing trouble, or cultists are performing rituals to communicate with evil gods. .

Instead of going to the Niquan Temple, the investigators knocked on doors from door to door, explaining that they were investigators from the imperial court, but most of them did not respond.

It wasn't until they knocked at the end of the village that the door opened, and an old man with white hair and white beard walked out, coughing from time to time, and then said enthusiastically: "Welcome several investigators to Niquan Village, little old man Li Si, yes The village head of Niquan Village is also my application for assistance."

"Come in and sit down first, I will explain the situation to the adults."

Old Village Chief Li lived alone, welcomed a few people into the house, and quickly prepared tea for them.

However, except for Lu who did not hesitate to sip the tea, no one else touched the tea. As soon as you hear the name of Niquan Village, you know that this village is related to the spring water. I want to die.

"The first case of disappearance happened a month ago. The missing man was the son of Li San's family. At first, he thought he had gone to the mountains to play and lost his way. I took people to look for it together."

"When I came back, I found that the eldest son of Li Gouzi's family had disappeared. At that time, I thought it was Yazi who came from the village."

"But in the following time, more and more children disappeared, especially on the third day, seven or eight children who came back from school under the mountain did not return home."

"The school teacher watched them leave the school together, and even sent them on a mountain road."

"The parents searched for it for a few days, and no one dared to go out at night until a few parents who were also looking for someone at night disappeared and disappeared."

"A few families went back to their mother's house with their children during the day. Some time ago, I heard people from neighboring villages say that they didn't see people from our village passing by."

"People have been missing one after another these days, and the temple blessings of the Niquan Temple have also disappeared inexplicably. There is really no way, so I asked the government for help." The old village chief was already in tears before driving. .

"I understand." Zhang Chengxu nodded, and then made further inquiries, such as how many people are still in the village, what are the special customs in the village, and have a comprehensive understanding of the situation in Niquan Village.

Niquan Village can be regarded as a tourist mountain village. Every year, many tourists come to Niquan Village to live for a while.

After the disappearance, there were only a dozen households with more than 30 people left in Niquan Village, and the entire mountain village was closed.

As for Niquan Village, the only one that is famous is the so-called Niquan.

It is a mountain spring, the spring water is clear to the bottom, the reason why it is called the mud spring is because on the night of the full moon, the whole spring will have a lot of turbid muddy water, and after a period of time, when the spring water is clear again, never If you look at the spring water, you can see your future. It is said that this is a gift from the God of Evil Water to Niquan Village, but Miaozhu blocked the Niquan Temple a long time ago, and he is unwilling to let people go in to visit the Niquan Village.

The main tourism project of Niquan Village is indeed the spring water of Niquan.

A few investigators along the way just now saw at least three teahouses, all of which had signboards for mountain spring tea at the door, and besides that, there were also boiled fish with mountain spring water and so on.

But now it also just reflects the idiom that people go to cool the tea.

It was getting late outside, and several people declined the proposal to stay at the village chief's house, and came to a teahouse together.

According to the village chief, this teahouse belongs to Li San’s family, and it is also the first teahouse in the village. His son was the first missing person, and then the husband and wife also disappeared during a night out, and the entire teahouse was empty. down.

Several investigators are very experienced, like this kind of weird incident, the first victim usually may have a problem.

They came to the teahouse, and after searching quickly, some abnormal things were placed on the table in the hall.

"The last guest in the registration book is a family, and according to the time, it was the day that the family left, and the disappearance occurred." Ye Yu took out the registration book, which required check-in and departure. Signature, but the signature for leaving and the signature for check-in are both the same name, but the handwriting is different.

"I found traces of camera installation in several guest rooms." Chu Bai said what he had learned: "In addition, in the room of Li San's family below, I found many personal items with traces of others. This Li San something wrong."

"I sprinkled luminol in every room and found a large amount of blood. There was a large-scale bloody conflict here, and more than one person may have died. The blood flowed all the way to the back mountain." Zhang Chengxu said seriously: "This is A clue, look for bloodstains tomorrow, and wander around the village by the way to collect various information."

"Tomorrow, we will look for these clues again during the day, sort out what happened in this village bit by bit, collect information about mythical creatures that may exist in the mud spring, and stay at this inn for the time being tonight." Zhang Chengxu looked at After glancing at everyone, he paused on Lu Ye for a moment before continuing: "Put the tables together and sleep in the hall. If you want to go to the toilet, you must wake up others to follow."

After confirming the itinerary, several investigators sealed the doors and windows of the teahouse, noticed where they could hide and where they could escape, and gathered here in the lobby, waiting for the night to pass.

(End of this chapter)