Chapter 160 Uncovering the mystery
As soon as he said this, someone immediately denied it, "Ghosts don't have feet, what nonsense are you talking about?"
The man was afraid, but he kept insisting, "If you say there is no such thing, then there is no such thing. Have you seen it?"
"I'm wondering how you can argue with others. I haven't seen it, but I have heard it."
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, only Lin Xi stood aside and remained unmoved.
The footprints on the ground do look like human footprints, but it is impossible for human feet to be so big.
"Shennong System, help me analyze what creature this footprint belongs to?"
[Analyzing the host, please wait]
[Analysis results: The footprints were man-made, not produced by living things.]
Lin Xi narrowed his eyes. The system's judgment must be correct. In other words, the footprints were artificially created.
"System, can you determine how it was made?"
[Answer speed. The specific production methods vary and it is difficult to accurately define. According to the host's era, the system speculates that the footprints were pressed out using wooden boards or stones.]
Seeing that Lin Xi hadn't spoken for a long time, Xiao Yongyan thought that she was frightened by the ghost's words, so he comforted her, "Xi'er, there are no ghosts in this world. They are all made up by people to scare themselves. Don't be afraid."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he was opposed by people around him.
"Brother Xiao, you can't say such things. What if we offend some gods? What will we do?"
"That's what I'm saying. If you don't want to believe it, that's fine, but don't tell anyone. There have been enough things happening in our village recently."
It was rare for Xiao Yongyan to be bullied like this by a group of people, and Wang Jing watched from the side and laughed secretly.
Lin Xi calmed down and said, "I'm fine, just a little tired from walking."
If I tell this to others now, they might even suspect that I made it up.
Lin Xi squatted down and carefully observed the huge footprint on the ground. Soon Lin Xi found something different.
There were obvious vertical stripes on the edge of the footprints. The more Lin Xi looked at it, the more he felt that it looked like a broken tree trunk. Perhaps the man had chopped down the tree trunk to make wooden boards, and then pressed them on the ground to disguise them as giant footprints.
So the key is the wooden board used to disguise the footprints, which is the decisive evidence.
Lin Xi looked at the group of people around him. Most of them were in deep fear, so it was unrealistic to expect them to find something now.
"I think that what we have discovered so far today is the abnormal footprints. If we go further into the mountains, if something happens, we won't be able to handle it with just a few of us." Lin Xi said.
When the villagers heard this, they immediately stopped. What Lin Xi said made sense. There were less than six of them in total. If they just kept going forward, and something happened, wouldn't they be killing themselves in vain?
But Wang Jing still felt unsatisfied. "We have only come this far, and now we have to go back like this. Isn't it a pity?"
Lin Xi gave Wang Jing a deep look and said, "If you still want to go in, go in. I don't dare to go in. Be careful that branches may fall and hit you."
"That's great. You go back and we'll stay here to investigate." Wang Jing said.
Xiao Yongyan and Lin Xi have lived together for such a long time that they have formed an extraordinary tacit understanding. He immediately heard the hint in Lin Xi's words and said, "Let's go. Let's go into the mountains and investigate by ourselves."
After saying that, the team split into two groups, one team went down the mountain and the other team went up the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain.
Everyone waited for a long time and saw that only Lin Xi and a few others came back. Thousands of thoughts flashed through Cui Hongyue's mind in an instant.
"Boss Lin, why are only you guys back? Where are Brother Xiao and that young man? Did something happen to them?"
As soon as Cui Hongyue said this, everyone's face was filled with worry.
Lin Xi said unhappily, "They both insisted on going deep into the mountains no matter what. We couldn't stop them, so we had to let them go."
Cui Hongyue was relieved when she heard that they were fine for the time being. But then she became worried again, "They are going to go into the mountains, why don't you stop them? It's almost dark, what if something happens to them?"
Lin Xi sighed deeply. With Xiao Yongyan and Wang Jing's skills, she knew that nothing serious would happen. That was why she dared to let them go into the mountains without any worries.
But on the surface, Lin Xi looked helpless, "If I could persuade him, I would have done it long ago."
Cui Hongyue was very worried, "What should I do?"
"It's okay. They are not stupid. Seeing that it is getting dark, they will definitely go down the mountain as soon as possible." Lin Xi comforted.
At this time, a man in the team suddenly said, "What if they encounter a giant in the mountains?"
"Giant? What giant?" Cui Hongyue asked.
"You don't know, we found such a big footprint in the mountains." The man gestured with his hands, "If this is not a giant, who else could it be?"
There are giants in the mountains? This terrifying realization filled all the villagers present with fear.
Could it be that their previous thoughts were correct and some evil spirit really had come to the village?
Lin Xi said quickly, "We have only seen footprints now, nothing has been concluded yet, so it's hard to say that."
But her words at this time did not have much comforting effect, and everyone had already started to have all kinds of wild guesses in their minds.
As dusk fell, Xiao Yongyan and Wang Jing finally came down from the mountain and appeared in front of everyone.
When Cui Hongyue saw the two of them, a big stone in her heart finally fell to the ground.
The curious villagers asked, "What did you find inside?"
Wang Jing smiled and said, "Fortunately we went a little further inside, we made a big discovery this time."
Everyone's eyes were focused on Wang Jing.
Wang Jing took out a huge wooden board from behind and threw it in front of everyone. The board was made into the shape of a human foot and was covered with a lot of mud, obviously having just been used.
Xiao Yongyan pointed at the edge of the wooden board and said, "There is no so-called giant in Dongshan. Those footprints were formed by pressing this wooden board into the mud. As for why they did this, it is not clear yet."
The other people who went up the mountain with him took a closer look at the wooden board and slapped their thighs, "That's it! The footprints we saw are exactly the same as this wooden board!"
The villagers finally let out a sigh of relief.
Xue Lili sighed, "Who is the wicked fellow who did this? He won't stop until he scares us to death!"
"That's not right, Boss Lin, Dongshan is your territory, don't you know?" someone in the crowd said.
Before Lin Xi could speak, Cui Hongyue spoke for her, "Boss Lin lives in the county town every day and only comes back during the day. Everyone in the village knows it. Why, do you think she came back in the middle of the night and left a few footprints on the mountain just to scare everyone?"
The person who was speaking shut up immediately. After thinking about it, this didn't make sense. Who would be so bored as to come back home in the middle of the night just to play tricks?
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