Aoba Office

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"Are these really the scales of a unicorn? Is there really a unicorn?"

Liu Miao's voice brought me back to consciousness.

I returned to my desk with an open notebook in front of me. The USB flash drive is plugged into the laptop, and the video continues to play on the laptop's screen.

In the video, Ye Qing looked at the scale over and over for a while and shook his head.

The temple priest laughed twice and said, "I don't want to believe it either. But after digging out this thing, the Sanzu River surged and flooded the entire island. The island sank, and there were more than a dozen people on the island at the time. In the end... I’m the only one left. Everyone else is gone.”

The camera lifted up and moved from the scales to Miao Zhu's face.

I felt my heart suddenly contract.

That face is exactly the same as that ghost's face!

My thoughts couldn't help but become confused.

People are similar. This has been proven many times in the Internet age. Regardless of scientific factors, you can find a collection of all kinds of face collisions on social networks with just a quick search. The people who bump into each other even span continents, oceans, nationalities and races, which is amazing. If you add the factor of plastic surgery, bumping into the face becomes even more "everyday".

Even so, having something to do with the supernatural makes it difficult for me to use coincidence to explain the collision in front of me.

Ye Qing and Liu Miao in the video seemed not to notice anything was wrong with Miao Zhu. I didn’t see anything strange about the temple blessing through the video footage. There was no yin energy about him, just like an ordinary person.

"When you say 'gone', do you mean dead?" Ye Qing asked calmly.

"We should all be dead." Miao Zhu sighed and motioned for Ye Qing and Liu Miao to follow.

As he walked in front, he said: "Back then, we sank to the bottom of the river and died. But this place is very weird. We are dead, but we can still move. Those people wanted to leave, and after leaving the island, I don't know where they went. But not long after, their bodies floated back and were brought back by the river. Even though they were dead, the bodies did not rot for a long time. It’s like me, I haven’t aged after so long.”

Miao Zhu led people into a dilapidated room. There were many corpses placed in the room.

This scene reminded me of the alien space in the abandoned farm.

"I want to bury them. However, I can't do it alone. It's been a long time, so I just left it like this." Miao Zhu smiled bitterly.

There were twenty or thirty corpses. In addition to corpses dressed by ancient people a hundred years ago, there are also corpses that appeared in the span of nearly a hundred years.

The dozen or so people who came to greet Ye Qing and Liu Miao were among them.

The camera swept over and captured the dull look on their faces.

"Is this the latest one?" Ye Qing suddenly said.

The camera pans around to capture the corners of the room. Under the broken wall is a young body. The tall young man had a pale face and wide eyes. Compared with other corpses, they were less calm and more frightened. The way he died seemed different from the others.

Miao Zhu sighed.

"This child ran away. I didn't know it before. It turns out that those who ran away and didn't come back had their souls separated from their bodies. They left their bodies here and couldn't take them out. As for their souls...the original people No one came back until the past two years.”

The man who had spoken to Ye Qing and the others before took the initiative and said, "We are the ones digging ice on the Sanzu River. So is Niu Wa. However, we didn't know each other before we fell into the water. We ran out to look for Niu Wa, but we couldn't find him. He seemed to be, I'm not sure what I encountered..." The man sighed along with Miao Zhu.

Others around him also showed sad expressions.

"You all come back here voluntarily?" Ye Qing asked.

"Otherwise? We have also thought about reincarnation. People should reincarnate after death, right? But we don't know what to do. Once you go out, you have to come back. If you don't come back, you will be like Niuwa... Sooner or later, one day, you guys will be like this People have to eliminate ghosts like Niu Wa..." The man said with difficulty, raising his eyelids and looking at Ye Qing, "I saw this person before, and he didn't go out with us. He was willing to come back. He had a mother-in-law and a newborn son at home. He later killed them all and was eaten by Huang Taixian, who was invited by his father.

Temple Zhu lamented endlessly.

Ye Qing and Liu Miao were silent.

"This cow boy has gone crazy." Ye Qing said, "I need to take his body out."

"It's useless. It can't be taken out. We have also thought of a way. At least, we can bury it. It doesn't work..." The man shook his head repeatedly.

"Then it can only be solved here." Ye Qing muttered.

Miao Zhu asked: "What do you want to do?"

"Cremate the corpse. Let's talk about Niu Wa's ghost after we get out." Ye Qing avoided the topic.

He probably wanted to eliminate Niu Wa.

Miao Zhu's eyes widened.

"Don't you understand? When you get here, you will die. You..." The man sneered.

Miao Zhu muttered, as if reciting a scripture, and echoed the man's words, admonishing: "I know you are capable people, but... you should just keep a clear eye."

Ye Qing and Liu Miao ignored their words.

They didn't stop Ye Qing and Liu Miao from cremating Niu Wa's body.

"Find a dry and open place..." Ye Qing said, looking around and pointing to the location.

Liu Miao hung the camera on her body and carried Niu Wa's body.

The camera is pointed towards the ground, making the picture confusing.

As the gravel changes in the picture, the picture gradually stabilizes. Niu Wa's frightened face on the verge of death appears in the camera lens again.

Liu Miao picked up the camera again.

Ye Qing squatted beside Niu Wa's body and took out something from the small bag he was carrying. He turned his back to the camera, and his specific movements were not captured in the video. But soon, blue flames burst out in front of Ye Qing.

The flames burned and swept over Niu Wa's body.

Ye Qing stood up and stepped aside.

Liu Miao also changed positions.

In the lens, the flames are clearly extinguishing and burning slowly.

In the corner of the picture, the men and the temple ministers stood in a loose circle.

Miao Zhu's face was illuminated by fire, and he looked a little more eerie and strange.

The focal length of the lens changed, magnifying Miao Zhu's face.

For a moment, Miao Zhu's eyes moved as if looking towards the camera. His eyes showed a strange blue color, as if they were reflecting the firelight, and they seemed to be emitting this strange light themselves.

The camera shakes suddenly.

Following a few footsteps and exclamations, Ye Qing's back appeared on the screen.

He jumped over the broken wall, followed closely by Liu Miao, who also climbed over the broken wall.

After the broken wall, there are ruins.

The camera flashed by. Judging from the captured footage, this seems to be the rear of the main hall. This may have been a courtyard, but it has been buried under rubble.

Something was chasing behind Liu Miao.

Ye Qing stood still in the center of the ruins, bent down and stretched out his hand, punching the ground hard.

For a moment, time and space seemed to freeze.

In Ye Qing's hand, he held the scale.

The fluctuations spread from the place where the scales contact the ground, forming ripples in circles.

It was as if a spring had been opened, and water emerged from the ripples.

"You—" Miao Zhu's roar stopped abruptly.

A loud bang replaced all sounds.

The roar of wild beasts followed.

Ye Qing threw away his scales and ran away.

Liu Miao hurriedly followed, ignoring the filming and running as fast as she could.

The two of them seemed to have detonated a landmine. After they were done, they stepped over the broken wall at the other end and rolled over to the ground.

The shot still showed destroyed ruins of buildings, and the sound of two people breathing could be heard.

boom!

There was another sound.

The roar of the monster and the sound of water became louder, and the entire camera shook.

"Boss..." Liu Miao shouted without confidence.

The two people moved.

The camera was lifted up and captured their behinds.