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Su Hao frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you at the time that I sent you here to investigate the situation and collect information in advance? Do not enter the mountain without my permission."

A trace of guilt flashed across Liu Sen's face and he explained: "We did the same thing at the beginning of the period, but Deputy Director Yuan said that a group of police officers in front of them lost contact after they entered the mountain. He was afraid that something would happen to them, so he tried his best to persuade us to take action early. , and he used his rank as superintendent to suppress me."

The situation was similar to what Su Hao had guessed before.

Deputy Director Yuan was polite to Su Hao. That was because Su Hao held the title of Chief Inspector at the age of 23 and was the second-in-command of the newly established Special Incident Handling Division. Anyone who was not an idiot could see that Su Hao had a promising future.

Moreover, during this period, Su Hao continuously solved many strange cases and his reputation increased greatly.

Deputy Director Yuan did not dare to act arrogantly in front of Su Hao, and it was hard to say how he treated Su Hao's subordinates.

In terms of execution ability, Fa Mao is much better than Liu Sen. He can refuse the pressure exerted by Deputy Director Yuan, which may also be related to his status as not being an insider of the system.

Seeing Su Hao meditating on the spot, Liu Sen suggested: "Inspector Su, Brother Huang has a high fever. He may have caught a cold at night. He has been burning for a day and a night, and now it is getting worse. I'm afraid something will happen if I don't send him to the hospital. Should we hurry up now?" go out?"

Su Hao didn't say anything and went outside the cave to take a look.

When his eyes fell on the soil in the ravine, he couldn't help but frown. It turned out that the soil was not the usual dark brown, but scarlet red, and there was a faint odor coming from the surface of the soil.

The four jackals he had driven away earlier did not stay away. Two more wolves came in from nowhere, keeping the number at six. They slyly hid more than 30 meters away from each other like a group of robbers ready to rob at any time. behind the grass.

A few pairs of cunning eyes are looking over here.

Su Hao immediately returned to the cave and asked, "Do you still have bullets in your pistol?"

Seeing Su Hao's serious look, Liu Sen immediately got up from the ground, took out the magazines of the two pistols, and waved them in front of Su Hao, "I have used up all the bullets a long time ago. The one I fired just now was the last bullet." , are those jackals still hanging around?"

Su Hao nodded, glanced at the two packages thrown on the ground in the cave, and the empty food packaging bags, then looked at the yellow fire soil on the ground, and asked tangledly: "Can you still walk long distances now? "

A trace of pain appeared on Liu Sen's face, "I'm afraid I can't. I just want to have a good sleep now. If I don't sleep, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for long. I've basically used up all the coffee and cigarettes I brought in."

"Inspector Su, how about we rest here for a day and go out together tomorrow morning?"

Su Hao felt it was inappropriate at the moment, but the reality was this, so he could only frown and said, "This is the only way."

"If you hold on a little longer, I'll go pick someone up outside."

Su Hao turned around and left the cave.

Before leaving, he deliberately roared in the direction of a few jackals, full of threats, as a warning.

He estimated that these jackals would not come to die in a short time after seeing his ferocity.

They were now a group of four and could abandon all their luggage. Su Hao carried Huang Huotu on his back and supported Liu Sen on his way.

The problem is, what if these six jackals catch up with them when they leave?

Su Hao would definitely not be afraid of facing him alone.

If you have to protect the safety of other people at the same time, accidents may easily happen. The only concern now is whether Huang Huotu, who is suffering from high fever, can survive until tomorrow.

There is another reason. None of the goals of this trip have been completed, so I feel a little unwilling to quit like this.

It's actually somewhat contradictory.

Chapter 323 A greater crisis is coming

When Su Hao rushed back to meet up with Fa Mao, the latter was holding a shovel and looking around with a vigilant expression.

"Inspector Su, did anything happen to them?"

Su Hao said: "There is no danger at the moment, but the situation is not too good. Brother Huang seems to have a fever and is already unconscious."

Fa Mao quickly put away the shovel, opened the zipper of the large duffel bag, bent down and searched inside for a while, and took out a medical box with a cross label on it.

"Inspector Su, there is cold medicine in this box. Just feed it to Brother Huang later. I hope the high fever will go away."

Su Hao looked at the medical kit in front of him, which was an unexpected surprise.

This kind of large luggage bag was prepared for him in advance by people from Yuen Long Branch. Su Hao didn't know what was inside, he only knew that there were sleeping bags and tents inside.

Afterwards, the two of them performed their duties. Su Hao put his luggage bag back on his back and arrived at the cave entrance one after another.

When Fa Mao saw the two jackal corpses lying on the ground, he looked in disbelief, "Is this the thing that makes Brother Huang and Brother Liu unable to go back?"

"Oh my god, I really didn't know there were such hunters hiding in Tai Mo Shan."

Not only him, but even the residents near Tai Mo Shan may not know that there is a group of medium-sized carnivorous beasts hidden in Tai Mo Shan. People have been missing in Tai Mo Shan one after another. Most of the nearby residents talk about it, and they will definitely not take it rashly. Go into the mountains.

Most of the people who go missing in the mountains are tourists from other places (the foreigners here are simply referred to as locals from Hong Kong Island outside Yuen Long District).

The only connection between Tai Mo Shan and nearby settlements is the indigenous people who come down the mountain to exchange goods. They have not been seen for a long time.

It means that the channel between Tai Mo Shan and the outside world has been interrupted in a sense.

It had only been 20 minutes since they disappeared. There were actually a group of mosquitoes and flies on the corpses of the two jackals on the ground, buzzing and dancing around them. Su Hao subconsciously felt that it was not good to leave the two jackals corpses in the wilderness, but Huang Huotu and Liu Sen were in the same situation at this moment. Too bad, I have no time to spare my energy to deal with these two corpses.

When the two entered the cave, they found that Liu Sen had fallen asleep leaning against the wall at the door, with a rhythmic snoring coming from his nostrils.

Normally people don't snore unless they are extremely tired.

If Su Hao and Fa Mao came back a moment and a half late, the two people in the cave might be dragged away by the peeping jackals from outside. This cannot be blamed on Liu Sen. After Su Hao arrived, his willpower suddenly slackened, even though It would be difficult for him to persist for 20 more minutes.

The two of them put down their luggage bags without saying a word, and took out the prepared food and water, a sleeping bag, a folded wild camping tent, and a small bucket-sized tent. Coal stove.

There is no room for anything else in the large travel bag that weighs forty or fifty kilograms.

Su Hao rummaged through the medical box. There were Yunnan Baiyao to spray for trauma, band-aids, bandages, and a box of amoxicillin capsules. The rest were special mosquito-repellent incense to prevent mosquitoes, and two small bottles to protect against venomous snakes. Universal serum and syringe for emergency injection after bite.

The two first lifted up Huang Huotu's upper body, fed him an amoxicillin, and drank two mouthfuls of mineral water. At this moment, Huang Huotu was still a little conscious, so he consciously moved his throat to swallow the amoxicillin without being urged.

He shouted with a trembling voice: "It's cold, it's so cold..."

The two opened the sleeping bag, and after a lot of effort, they stuffed the yellow fire soil into the sleeping bag, leaving only one head outside.

Then he spread the tent on the gravel, lifted Liu Sen on it, and then cleaned up the discarded food waste in the cave.

Fa Mao took the lead in setting up a small stove at the entrance of the cave, igniting the briquettes with flammable materials, and began to burn mineral water in it, preparing to cook instant noodles and red sausage.

Su Hao carried the shovel and came to the bodies of the two jackals again.

He found a slightly fertile red soil nearby, dug a pit, then threw the two jackal carcasses into it and filled it with soil.

While he was digging the hole, he discovered that beetles the size of cigarette butts were constantly moving in and out of the scarlet soil. Coupled with the fishy smell emanating from the soil itself, it gave people an ominous and disgusting feeling.

While Su Hao was digging, he was also alert to the surroundings, especially the six jackals.

These jackals had obviously become aware of the crisis and found that they could not defeat Su Hao and others, so they gathered around and observed them from time to time. They neither stepped forward nor wandered away, showing the basic qualities of a mature and experienced hunter.

Su Hao gradually noticed something different in his heart.

At this time, more and more people were gathering together, and the number of jackals was estimated to be around six. These jackals had suffered great losses at their hands, so why were they so persistent?

If you are just looking for a bite to eat, there are goats, wild boars, hares, pheasants, turtle doves and golden monkeys in Tai Mo Mountain. These are better prey targets. According to the basic principle of picking persimmons that are soft, these jackals should not Keep your focus on them.

Unless they have a reason to do so.

Su Hao's thoughts went around in his mind and he returned to the cave and handed the shovel to Fa Mao, "You guard them in the cave and don't go anywhere. I will patrol the surrounding area and come back. If anything happens, just shout loudly. I Can hear it.”

"Inspector Su, please remember to pay attention to safety. We all depend on you."

Without Su Hao, Fa Mao would quickly lose confidence in holding on.

Su Hao left the cave with a butcher's knife holster hanging on his waist and a telescope hanging on his chest.

The current situation of the group of them is not very good. They might have to stay in this cave tonight, and the safety of the surrounding environment is very important.

Since it was still afternoon and the sky was bright, Su Hao had to observe the surrounding environment. If it was just these few jackals, he wouldn't be very worried.

What he was worried about was actually the thousand-year-old mulberry tree.

When things are abnormal, there must be monsters. Whether it is the scarlet red soil exuding a fishy smell that they just saw, or the pack of jackals that are following them closely, there is a sense of weirdness everywhere.

Su Hao walked along the valley river bed in the direction of the mulberry tree.

There was a commotion in the surrounding grass, and several jackals loomed, quickly following Su Hao's footsteps.

Su Hao just glanced at where the jackals were, and the commotion suddenly calmed down.

These jackals were frightened by Su Hao's previous display of force.

The more this happens, the more strange it becomes. They are so afraid of Su Hao, why don't they run away?

Su Hao simply didn't believe that this small pack of jackals would hold a grudge against his invincible opponent. This wasn't called cunning, it was called stupidity.

Su Hao ignored it and walked straight ahead.

The soil in the river bed is slightly moist, and there will be an obvious small collapse when you step on it. At the same time, you can also feel some stickiness coming to the soles of your feet.

Su Hao guessed that there must be underground water under the river bed, and it was a smart choice for the thousand-year-old mulberry tree to settle on the river bed.

Not only is there plenty of light here (the surrounding area has been emptied by it), but there is also no shortage of moisture in the soil, and both moisture and sunlight are available at once.

Just meeting these conditions is not enough. If you want to become a spirit, you also need spiritual energy.

To be able to safely grow to a height of more than 20 meters, you need plenty of food. Oh no, it’s a massive amount of food. So the question is, where does this food come from?

Don't think that plants don't need food to grow.

It's just that their food is slightly different from humans. Their food is hidden in the soil. People call this stuff 'nutrients'.

The reason why Su Hao was so sure that the thousand-year-old mulberry tree in front of him had become a spirit was because of the clue about the thousand-year soul-nurturing tree revealed in the soul bead.

At present, it is still more of a guess and requires final confirmation.

After all, Tai Mo Shan is so big that it can be regarded as a secondary virgin forest, and there may be more than one thousand-year-old Five Ghost Tree.

Su Hao lit a cigarette for himself and walked forward for about a mile. A slope and a curve of about 45 degrees appeared in front of him. When Su Hao climbed up the slope, he saw a relatively flat piece of land in front of him. The slopes and slopes are surrounded by vines protruding from the roots of trees, one after another, causing some patients with trypophobia to feel their scalps numb.

Su Hao did not observe these vines, but was shocked by the scene he saw in front of him.

Not far in front of him, a tree crown as high as a six-story building towered above the clouds, with dense branches spread all over the body, like outstretched arms.

The main trunk is covered with deep veins and mottled bark, and the section of the main pole close to the ground is almost as thick as a water tank.

Su Hao took a telescope and looked at it for a moment, but he didn't see any majestic and spectacular scene from this ancient tree. Instead, he felt that the scene in front of him was terrifyingly quiet, and there seemed to be a strange and terrifying aura wafting in the air around him.

The land in front of the ancient tree was covered with withered yellow or dark brown leaves and branches, which were piled almost half a meter high. This was not the point. The point was that several white bones were lying quietly among them.

There are actually human skeletons among these bones.

After Su Hao saw all this clearly, he felt a numbness on his scalp.

At this moment, a gust of mountain wind blew by, and the branches on the ancient tree began to tremble, like a sleeping giant being awakened from the early morning. Not sure if it was an illusion, Su Hao felt like he was being watched. sense of crisis.

Su Hao just looked at it twice, turned around and left.

This place is dangerous.

What he is thinking now is whether the clue to the Millennium Soul-nurturing Tree refers to this ancient tree. If it is too difficult, should he give up?

After all, the soul-nurturing wood only has an effect on ghosts, and Su Hao can't use it at the moment.

On the way back, several jackals in the bushes once again made whimpering threatening sounds towards him. A bold question suddenly popped into Su Hao's mind. Why did the thousand-year-old tree not treat these jackals as prey, but instead allowed them to roam around in ancient times? Hunting in tree territory?

Could it be that the big boss standing behind the jackal is this ancient tree?

On the surface, this conclusion is unbelievable, but it is also reasonable, that is, this ancient tree has really become a spirit.

After becoming a spirit, you can use this group of jackals to help with work, drive other prey into the hunting range of the ancient tree, or simply kill the prey and drag it over to be used as fertilizer.

Su Hao returned to the cave with a heavy heart.

"Fa Mao, you will help Liu Sen later, and I will carry Huang Huo Tu on my back. Let's leave here now."

Fa Mao was still heating water at the entrance of the cave, feeling a little baffled at the moment.

Su Hao ignored him and went straight over to shake Liu Sen awake.

Liu Sen, who had just slept for less than half an hour, had frighteningly red eyes. Although his face was very ugly, he did not dare to lose his temper at Su Hao. He just asked hesitantly: "Inspector Su, is there anything new? That group of people Are the jackals coming again?"

Su Hao shook his head, "I'm afraid the situation will be worse. Anyway, we'd better leave here now. It's very dangerous here."

Fa Mao and Liu Sen acted a little confused for a while, and Su Hao couldn't explain much because no one would believe it. Instead of explaining, it would be better to save some words.

At this moment, Fa Mao at the entrance of the cave exclaimed, "Look, Inspector Su, it's foggy outside."

Su Hao came to the entrance of the cave and found that a layer of thick fog was drifting in the valley with the wind. This layer of fog came quickly. It was very thin at first and became hazy in a few minutes, so that their field of vision was shortened to four or five. within the range of meters.

The light in the sky seemed to be blocked.

Su Hao's expression became darker and darker, he couldn't leave now.

If he leaves the cave and is surrounded by a group of jackals, the situation could be worse or worse. Su Hao is still not sure that there are only six jackals in the group, and he can't be sure that except for jackals, there are no other threats in the valley. to their stuff.

"Can't go."