Chapter 115 The Bride in the Cave (2)
On the phone, the villagers began to talk about the problems their village was facing.
The small town is located in the southwestern border area, where the climate is hot, humid and rainy, and the terrain is complex, with hills, valleys and jungles crisscrossing.
The mountains surrounding the town are so deep and complex that no one has been able to explore the complex terrain to this day, so it is called the "Ten Thousand Mountains".
The village is a small mountain village located on the edge of the mountains.
Since ancient times, mountains have been places where qi is gathered, wind is stored, and qi is gathered for health preservation. Ancient human texts record that people who pursue "immortality" will go to the mountains to practice meditation. This is by no means pure imagination.
Water is also a treasure land that nourishes spirits. Humans have actually understood this for a long time, so they believe that dry land is "yang" and water is "yin". This primitive and simple idea coincides with the view of the gods that humans and spirits each have their own place.
If land is the dominant zone for humans, then water, especially the deep underwater where it cannot be seen by light, is often inhabited by things that do not entirely belong to this world.
This mountain happens to be the kind of mountain with a lot of water. Not only does it have a lot of water, but it also has many caves naturally formed through thousands of years of landform changes.
These caves are deep and winding. The big ones are as big as a living room, while the small ones are so small that even a child can hardly get through. On the surface, there are many separate entrances, but in fact, deep in the caves, they are often secretly interconnected.
There are underground rivers inside such caves. The underground rivers are interconnected in the ravines in the mountain, forming a grid that never sees the light of day.
In such an environment with deep mountains and deep waters, the breeding of monsters is inevitable.
There are probably dozens of households in the village. They have grown up next to the mountains since ancient times and have heard many stories about mountain spirits and ghosts. They naturally know how to respect nature and will not rashly enter the mountains, let alone enter caves.
"Once you go in, who knows where you will come out? Who knows if you can get out again?" said the villagers.
His voice was weak when he spoke, and Su Yue knew that it was due to extreme fear. This fear might not be something he had experienced personally, but it must have been a deep-rooted fear formed from childhood through the words and deeds of his elders.
So what the villagers said about the cave must be true.
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The most common strange thing in this area is called "falling into a hole".
The villagers live off the mountains and the water, and need to go into the mountains to hunt, pick vegetables, and collect firewood. Not only young and strong men have to go into the mountains, but girls too.
But every now and then, some young and beautiful girls would return to the village and become distracted.
They would sit in bed, staring out the window all day, mumbling something incoherently, with a half-hearted smile on their faces. This condition would sometimes improve after a while, but sometimes it would never heal, and they would even remain in this trance, weak and dying.
This is called "falling into a hole".
People at that time explained that these young girls were spotted by the "cave god" living in the cave when they passed by, and their souls were restrained by the cave god, and they became the cave god's brides.
Girls who fall into a cave are called "fallen cave girls".
When Su Yue heard the rumor about the woman who fell into the cave, his first reaction was that the climate in the mountains was abnormal, and there were often some strange auras that could affect the human spirit.
The girl is weak to begin with, and the mountain is filled with heavy Yin energy. Once she enters the mountain, she will be affected by the aura. Add to that the complex terrain of the mountain, and she will get lost and frightened. If she comes out, she will probably "fall into a hole."
As for the legends about the women who fell into the cave, they have been somewhat modified and interpreted by later generations and cannot be true.
According to villagers, the case of "falling into holes" has rarely occurred in the past two generations.
On the one hand, towns have vigorously promoted cultural education, young people in the villages have started to study, and their activities have gradually shifted from the mountains to towns.
On the other hand, various measures such as building bridges, roads and enclosing fields have developed the mountains. Now it is no longer the situation where "there are mountains outside the village", and there are fewer cases of girls being forced into the mountains.
"But someone fell into the cave recently, right?" Su Yue asked when he heard this.
"How did you know?" the other party exclaimed in surprise. "Oh my God! You are worthy of being a master! It seems our village is saved!"
Su Yue: "..."
There is indeed hope, but this is just simple logical reasoning.
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Anyway, it happened to be a holiday recently, and the girls who were studying outside returned to their hometown to visit their relatives. The four girls who grew up together went up the mountain together.
When talking about this, the villagers deliberately emphasized that these four girls grew up in the village and fully understood the villagers' awe and taboos towards the mountains. They would never do something stupid like going into the deep mountains and forests in a fit of rage.
But even so, something went wrong.
No one even noticed at first.
Because that morning, four girls went up the mountain together, chatting and laughing, wearing their national costumes. When the sun set, three girls came back together, chatting and laughing, wearing their national costumes.
It wasn't until everyone gathered together for dinner that one family realized that their daughter had not returned.
What’s even more bizarre is that the three girls had no idea that their companion was missing.
In fact, even the villagers in the village did not realize that one person was missing until the girl's family reacted.
At first, the three girls didn't even believe that there were four of them going up the mountain together. After being reminded by the villagers, they looked through their cameras and found the video recorded when they just went out. Only then did they realize the existence of the fourth girl.
The villagers called the police, but it is difficult to find someone missing in the mountains, let alone a mountain range as treacherous and complex as the Shiwandashan Mountains. The police searched for two days but couldn't find anyone. The locals were helpless, and the case was so strange that it might be beyond the police's ability to solve.
After some thought, I decided to ask a master for help.
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Since the Ministry of Gods has come to investigate this matter, it means that the possibility of a purely man-made incident can be ruled out, and there is indeed a supernatural event.
But there are also many supernatural events that are related to people’s evil thoughts, so Su Yue still asked as usual.
"Did these four girls all grow up in the village?" Su Yue asked, "Do you know them well?"
"That's right. The four of them have been together since they were young and have a very good relationship. Even if two of them have a quarrel, the others will mediate," the villager said anxiously. "Master, I understand what you mean. You suspect that the other three girls conspired to murder the fourth. We, the entire village, can guarantee that such a thing is absolutely impossible!"
"Did they show any abnormality after returning to the village?" Su Yue asked again.
"No. They just came back and had a family dinner with everyone. They made an appointment to go into the mountains to take photos together, and left the next day." said the villager.
It seems that there are many more things that cannot be answered by asking.
Su Yue asked again: "How many days has it been since the incident happened?"
"Eight days have passed," said the villager.
"Eight days?" Su Yue frowned.
"Master, you have to know that if a little girl like that disappears in the mountains and cannot be found in the first three days, the probability of finding her on the fourth day or the fortieth day is about the same." The villagers sensed Su Yue's displeasure and hurried to explain to him.
"Master, we've spent three days searching with the whole village. We've turned the path they took up the mountain upside down, and we haven't found the girl. Not only are we missing the accessories, cell phone, and clothes she took with her when she left. What else can we do? We can only give up."
Su Yue could understand that human power was too insignificant in the face of nature. A mountain or a river could easily take a person's life.
Villagers living in remote mountainous areas may not understand this kind of "accident" better than urban residents, but they are more able to accept it because even if they don't accept it, they still have to live their lives as usual.
In their hearts, that girl was as good as dead, and they had to move on from this chapter even though they were reluctant.
Su Yue asked: "Then why did you contact us suddenly?"
"Because on the seventh day after the girl disappeared, someone found a pair of embroidered shoes at the entrance of our village. It was a bright red, very delicate and beautiful embroidered shoe." The villager paused here.
It was obvious that what happened next was something he didn't want to recall.
He took a deep breath before continuing, "More importantly, under the embroidered shoe, there was a thin handkerchief, wrapped in a few fish and a damp piece of letter."
"There's a handkerchief underneath the embroidered shoes, and inside the handkerchief are a fish and a piece of letter." Su Yue asked, "What does this mean?"
"It means proposing marriage." The villager's voice trembled slightly.
"Putting embroidered shoes and a wedding scarf wrapped with home-grown grain at the door of a girl's room means that you want to marry the girl from this family."
"The food is fish, which means the recipient of the betrothal gift lives on water. This betrothal gift is placed at the entrance of your village." Su Yue pondered for a moment. "Does it mean that your village should send a girl to be the wife of the recipient of this betrothal gift?"
"That's what we think," the villagers said. "Master, we don't want to hand over the girls from our village, but we don't know what to do. You must save us!"
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Su Yue looked out the window.
Dusk was approaching, and a milky white fog enveloped the winding mountain road. The air was so humid that water could be squeezed out of it. The shapes of the Ten Thousand Mountains were blurred in the fog, and there was a feeling of desolation. This feeling of desolation and helplessness also came from the other side of the phone, and he felt it clearly.
The betrothal gift by the water, the disappeared girl, the legend of the woman who fell into the cave...this is indeed a very strange situation.
He glanced at the navigation and said, "We'll be there in about an hour. We'll talk about it when we meet. Don't worry, this is easy to solve."
The villager on the phone probably wanted to hear Su Yue say this. He could feel a long sigh of relief and was almost kowtowing to Su Yue. "That's good! Thank you so much! Master, please rest well first. We'll prepare a feast for you!"
After hanging up the phone, Su Yue and Cang Zhi exchanged a glance. They decided it was best not to discuss such a heated issue in the car.
Because just now, the parents in the front seat turned around and looked at them several times when they heard the key words "send a girl".
So Su Yue took out the memo on his phone and started typing.
-What do you think?
Cangzhi took Su Yue's phone. Su Yue wanted to ask him why he didn't use his own phone, but finally let him do it.
Cangzhi is typing.
-Is it possible that a gang of villagers committed the crime?
Su Yue is typing.
- It doesn't seem likely, but it can be ruled out. Be cautious.
After thinking for a while, Su Yue started typing again.
- We tried to handle the alienation situation as delicately as possible. We don't know what the connection is between this and the game, and there are humans living nearby, so it would be bad if the noise was too loud.
What this means is that you should try to figure out the situation of alienation first, and carry out targeted blasting. Don't rush into flattening the mountain right away, as this is inappropriate.
Cang Zhi nodded.
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Soon the car arrived at the destination village. Only Su Yue and Cang Zhi got off the car at this stop, but Su Yue had already seen that there were several villagers waiting at the station.
Of course, I'm not waiting for the bus, I'm waiting for them.
Su Yue stood up and suddenly stopped when his eyes swept past the villagers from the car window.
He actually saw Su Chen.
She was the girl who had gone through the mountain village and amusement park dungeons with him.
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This wasn't a big deal. Su Yue had already figured out that in this mountain village, he would find traces of games he'd played before. Either the scenes or plots were similar, or they were related to the players.
The problem is Su Chen...
Su Yue looked at Cang Zhi who was following beside him with a cold expression on his face.
Su Chen knew "Cang Zhi", but Cang Zhi didn't know Su Chen.
Cangzhi had no idea that Suyue entered the game with a doll just like him as an assistant. If he knew about this, he would definitely think it was a perverted behavior.
The bigger problem is that in Su Chen's eyes, Su Yue and "Cang Zhi" have that kind of relationship.
And she had already seen Su Yue. After a moment of hesitation, she began to wave in surprise.
Su Yue: "..."
What should I do?
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