During the time he had obtained the black phone, Chen Ge also mastered many abilities that had nothing to do with running a haunted house, such as tracking and counter-reconnaissance.
He held a fishing rod, kept a distance from the fisherman, and followed behind him.
The fisherman was so frightened that he ran all the way and did not notice Chen Ge.
Not far from the reservoir, there are several low houses that look very dilapidated.
The fisherman stopped stealthily beside a house, took out the key, and seeing that there was no one around, he slipped inside.
"He runs pretty fast." Chen Ge waited for the man to enter the house before going over. He leaned over the crack in the door and looked inside. The house was much bigger than he thought, and it had its own yard.
"Should I knock on the door and go in under the pretext of returning the fishing rod, or should I just climb in directly?" While Chen Ge was thinking, a noise suddenly came from the house.
His pupils slowly shrank and he continued to look inside through the crack in the door.
The fisherman knelt in front of his refrigerator, his hands on the ground, and kept shouting, as if begging for someone's forgiveness.
"What kind of shock did he experience in the reservoir? Why was he crying and shouting at the refrigerator? Could there be a victim hidden in the refrigerator?"
What happened next indirectly proved Chen Ge's guess.
The fisherman kowtowed in front of the refrigerator, confessing his sins, his face blurred by dust and tears.
It lasted for about ten minutes before the fisherman calmed down. He wiped his face with his sleeve and fetched a shovel from the inner room.
"What is he going to do?"
Chen Ge saw it clearly from outside the door. The fisherman didn't even have time to rest. He dug a big hole in the yard while panting.
"Dig a pit? Hide a body?"
Chen Ge guessed it right again. The fishing man opened the refrigerator door and took out several large black bags.
His arms were shaking and he kowtowed several times to the black plastic bags before throwing them into the pit.
"I will never go fishing again. From now on, I will burn paper money for you every year. I will burn as much as you want."
Muttering strange words, the man picked up a shovel and prepared to fill the hole he had dug.
Chen Ge felt that he couldn't wait any longer. Otherwise, he would have to dig himself out of the hole the man had filled.
"Is anyone there?" Chen Ge knocked lightly on the door of the house. He suddenly shouted, and scared the fisherman so much that he fell down into the hole he had dug, and cold sweat broke out on his face.
"I'm the guy who went fishing with you by the reservoir just now. You forgot to take your fishing rod, so the administrator asked me to bring it to you." Chen Ge stared at the other person through the crack in the door: "Brother, how is your recovery going? Do you want me to call 120 for you?"
Hearing that Chen Ge was going to call 120, the man could no longer sit still and staggered to his feet: "No, no, just throw the fishing rod at the door, I'll get it myself later?"
"Brother, your voice doesn't sound right! Is there something wrong with you?"
"It's okay! I'm fine! Just put down your fishing rod and go!" The fisherman was so anxious that he was sweating all over. While shouting, he frantically pushed the soil next to him into the pit.
"I can't leave. You're not in good condition right now! Open the door and let me see. If you're really okay, I'll leave right away." Chen Ge refused to leave the door, and the fishing man wanted to swear.
How could I meet such a person?
He hurriedly covered the black bag with dirt, then opened the door a crack, panting: "I'm fine, give me the fishing rod."
"But you look so bad."
"Give me the fishing rod! Give it to me!" The fisherman was almost driven crazy and yelled. Maybe he was too excited, and when his body shook, the fishing float in his pocket fell out.
The specially made luminous float fell to the ground. Chen Ge had not tightened it before, so the little finger fell out.
The fisherman reacted faster than Chen Ge and blocked Chen Ge's sight with his body.
"What is that?"
"Did you see it? It's just a sausage. This is my exclusive bait." The fisherman reinstalled the float. He suddenly calmed down, changed his previous temper, and smiled at Chen Ge.
But this forced smile, coupled with his dead fish eyes, makes people feel very uncomfortable.
"This fishing rod of mine is also specially made and very expensive. Thank you for returning it to me. Why don't you come in and sit down for a while?" The man was adjusting his breathing, and his tone sounded strange.
"Okay." Chen Ge looked honest and simple, without any ulterior motives. He quietly pressed the switch of the recorder in his backpack and entered the house.
The big hole in the yard has not been filled yet, and yellow mud is scattered everywhere.
"I'm going to plant some vegetables here, and I just turned the soil over." The man suddenly became enthusiastic: "Come in and sit down. I caught a few river fish this morning, and I'll let you taste my cooking skills later."
Chen Ge walked in front without any precautions. When he entered the house, the man following him quietly locked the door and raised the shovel in his hand.
The smile on his face disappeared, and the fisherman's eyes were full of resentment and hatred. He stared at the back of Chen Ge's head, looking for an opportunity to attack Chen Ge from behind.
But before he could find an opportunity, the man in front of him suddenly took off his backpack, and then without any warning or reason, he smashed the backpack into his face.
It was too sudden, and it was completely different from his previous plan.
The man's nose was hit by the package and his vision was blocked. Before he could recover, he felt a sharp pain in his stomach, as if he had been kicked hard.
His body hit the door and the shovel fell to the side. Before he knew what was happening, pain began to spread all over his body.
Someone was beating him up. When this thought flashed through his mind, he felt confused and even a little aggrieved.
"Stop! Stop hitting me! Damn it!" He protected his head with both hands. The shovel had been thrown somewhere long ago. He twisted on the ground, but the other party seemed to have no intention of stopping.
He was beaten for several minutes, and the pain in his body only subsided when he felt tired.
With a bruised face and nose, the fisherman crouched in the corner of the living room, looking at Chen Ge with fear on his face: "Are you sick? Why did you hit me?"
"Because you want to kill me." Chen Ge picked up the shovel on the ground and sat on the sofa.
"Which eye of yours saw that I wanted to kill you?!"
"I can see from your eyes that you have this intention." Chen Ge was too lazy to talk nonsense with the fishing man: "I will ask you a few questions below, answer them honestly."
"Did you come with me just to ask a few questions?"
"First, what did you see in the reservoir just now?" Chen Ge went straight to the point. He didn't want to waste time.
The man hesitated for a moment and then said, "There is no fish king in the water. What I saw was a human."
"people?"
“Yes, there are limbs and hair.” The fear in the man’s eyes almost overflowed: “There is more than one. When I threw the bait into the water, many similar things floated up from the water.”
"A lot." Chen Ge nodded. "Second question, I already know what your bait is. Tell me why you chose it as bait and how do you know they like it."
"I don't know what you are talking about." The fisherman was still denying.
"It's okay if you don't want to answer this question. The police will ask more details than I do. The third question is, have you been to Liwan Town? Have you taken the last bus 104?" All these things are related to the ghost fetus, and the water ghosts in the Donggang Reservoir are ghosts created by all kinds of things. Chen Ge wants to confirm whether the fisherman is fishing for water ghosts out of his own preference or for other purposes.
"Liwan Town?" The man looked confused, and he didn't seem to be pretending. He should have nothing to do with the mastermind behind the East Suburb incident.
After asking a few more questions, Chen Ge called the police directly: "You can tell the police about the rest."
Twenty minutes later, the Dongcheng Police Station arrived at the scene after receiving the report.
"You should come back with us, too."
"Don't bother. I suggest you learn more from the Xicheng Police Station and keep things simple. We will have many opportunities to meet in the future."
After a simple transcript, Chen Ge also learned from the police how the fishing man committed the crime.
The body in his yard was from Mingyang Community. This man had a somewhat abnormal personality. On his way home some time ago, he had a conflict with a homeless man.
After accidentally injuring the other person, the homeless man threatened to take revenge and make the other person suffer from restlessness in the future.
After several conflicts, the fisherman followed the homeless man to determine his residence, and then went to the abandoned Mingyang community and killed him.
When dumping the body at night, the man discovered a shadow more than one meter long emerging in the reservoir. That was the first time he knew there was a "fish king" in the Donggang Reservoir.
After leaving the fisherman's house, Chen Ge already knew what he wanted to know, and he took a taxi back to New Century Park.
"The mission about the girl on the black phone has not been triggered yet, but it is certain that she is connected to the water ghost. Her sister is likely one of the 'fish kings' in the reservoir."
This two-star trial mission is more difficult than Chen Ge imagined. The water ghosts are hiding in the reservoir. If he is not careful, he may be dragged down. It is completely different from being on land.
"I wonder if Xu Yin's strength will be affected in the water." Chen Ge came to the water attractions of the park with his bag on his back and pressed the switch of the recorder.
There was a faint smell of blood in the night wind, and Xu Yin, dressed in red, appeared beside Chen Ge.
"Haven't you found your heart yet?" Chen Ge could always see a hint of melancholy on Xu Yin's face. Sometimes he didn't understand what Xu Yin was pursuing. All he could do was hope that Xu Yin could be happier.
After driving Xu Yin into the pool and being submerged in the water, Chen Ge found that the connection between himself and Xu Yin had weakened a little, and it seemed that the other party's perception had also been affected to a certain extent.
"This is just a pool of water. If I jump into the reservoir, it will be even more troublesome. Xu Yin, stay with me and don't walk around. I also need a ghost that can dive underwater."
Entering the haunted house, Chen Ge took out the comic book and thought about the ghosts he could use now.
Yan Danian, the stinky boy, Bai Qiulin... After eliminating all the ghosts one by one, Chen Ge suddenly thought of a ghost with no sense of existence.
He rushed into the underground living coffin village scene with his bag and pushed open the door of an old house.
There were two locust trees planted crookedly in the house, and a large water tank was placed next to one of the trees.
"There is also a ghost living in water in my haunted house!" Chen Ge walked towards the water tank and saw a spherical object floating on the water tank. When Chen Ge approached, the spherical object slowly sank into the water tank, leaving only a string of bubbles on the water surface.
This ghost was brought out by Chen Ge from the Living Coffin Village. It seemed to be called a Jar Ghost. It had been hiding in a water jar and usually brought many surprises to tourists.
"The Haunted House has taken good care of you. Today is the time for you to contribute to the Haunted House."
Chen Ge and Xu Yin stood on both sides of the water tank. They looked at the ghost curled up at the bottom of the tank, hugging his knees and blowing bubbles continuously, and shook their heads slightly.
"You are going to face an extremely vicious water ghost. You can't be so timid." Chen Ge asked Xu Yin to fish the jar ghost out of the water, and summoned other ghosts to give the jar ghost an emergency training.
"I don't ask you to fight a hundred people alone, but at least you have to run fast and bring me the news after you have investigated clearly."