However, just as success was about to be achieved, the man in black suddenly let out a shrill scream and then collapsed to the ground.
The four men looked at each other, filled with doubt. They went forward to check on the man in black and found that he had been dead for some time.
Xu Yuehuai crouched down and carefully examined the body of the man in black. She found that the man's death was very strange; there were no obvious wounds on his body, but his face was unusually pale, as if he had lost all vitality.
Qi Guze also stepped forward and examined the body carefully. He frowned and said in a deep voice, "The cause of death of this man in black is very suspicious. We must be careful."
Qi Ziang and Tie Chunsheng also gathered around, their hearts filled with unease as they looked at the strange corpse.
Xu Yuehuai stood up, her gaze fixed firmly on the corpse in the deep pit. She decided to go down and investigate, hoping to find some clues.
She carefully descended into the pit and examined the corpse closely.
The corpse was equally bizarre, with a bluish-purple face and closed eyes, as if some force had taken its life.
Xu Yuehua frowned; she felt there was something wrong with the corpse.
She reached out to touch the corpse, only to find that its skin was unusually cold, as if it had no temperature at all.
Just then, she suddenly noticed something on the corpse's wrist. Upon closer inspection, she discovered it was a gold bracelet.
Xu Yuehuai's heart stirred; she remembered that the pattern on the mural in the cave where she found the treasure box was also the same as that on the bracelet.
She immediately took out the rubbing and compared it with the bracelet on the corpse.
Sure enough, they are exactly the same!
A strong intuition surged within Xu Yuehuai; she felt there must be some connection between these corpses and the treasure box.
She looked up at Qi Guze and the others, and said in a deep voice, "Come down and take a look. The pattern on the bracelet on the wrist of this corpse is exactly the same as that in the mural."
Upon hearing this, Qi Guze and the others immediately went down into the pit to investigate. Looking at the strange corpse and the golden bracelet, they were filled with doubt.
Xu Yuehuai took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I think there must be a hidden secret behind this, and we must find out as soon as possible."
Qi Guze nodded in agreement. They knew that this matter was far more complicated than they had imagined.
They then searched the surrounding area for clues and discovered that many other places had been buried with new remains!
"How could this be? Who exactly are these people?" Tie Chunsheng asked in astonishment.
"The place where they buried them seems a bit eerie!" Qi Zi'ang said thoughtfully.
Xu Yuehuai looked at the many corpses and fell silent.
Qi Guze said, "Let's go back first, so as not to run into other people and alert them."
The other three nodded and hurried back.
Upon returning to the farmhouse, the four immediately began to busy themselves. They found clean white cloths and wrapped each of the corpses in them.
Then, they began to carefully examine the bodies and bracelets. After some investigation, they discovered that the bodies appeared to have been killed using a specific method.
Moreover, their deaths were all extremely bizarre, as if some force had instantly taken their lives. The golden bracelet was even more mysterious, with strange runes engraved on it, seemingly containing some kind of powerful energy.
Xu Yuehuai looked at the bracelet in her hand, a determined glint in her eyes. She decided to investigate the truth of the matter herself.
Qi Guze looked at her and instructed, "Ah Huai, you must be careful."
Xu Yuehua nodded, indicating that she would be careful.
So Xu Yuehuai left the farmhouse alone and went to a nearby town to inquire about the situation. She knew that to unravel this mystery, she had to start from the source.
In the town, Xu Yuehuai traveled around, asking local residents for information about the corpses. However, no one could give a definite answer.
It seems these bodies appeared suddenly, and no one knows their origins or cause of death.
Xu Yuehuai was not discouraged; she decided to continue her investigation. She went to the town's government office, hoping to get some clues from the officials.
However, when she arrived at the yamen (government office), she found it in complete chaos. It turned out that the town's residents were terrified by the strange corpses and had flocked to the yamen to report the crime.
Xu Yuehuai took the opportunity to inquire about the situation from the officials. She told them that she was a traveling doctor passing through the area and was very interested in these strange corpses, hoping to learn more about them.
Seeing that Xu Yuehuai was sincere, the officials told her what they knew.
It turns out that these bodies had appeared one after another recently, and were all discovered at night. The people didn't know where the bodies came from, only that their deaths were extremely bizarre and chilling.
After hearing this, Xu Yuehuai became even more determined to unravel the mystery. She decided to continue her investigation and look for more clues.
She left the government office and began asking around the town. She asked the residents if anyone had seen anything unusual before the corpses appeared, or if anyone had heard of anything similar.
After some questioning, Xu Yuehuai learned some useful information. Some residents told her that a few days before the body was found, they had heard some strange noises, like someone was chanting something.
Some residents also said that on the night the body was found, they saw some dark figures wandering around the town, but they quickly disappeared.
Xu Yuehuai kept this information in mind and decided to investigate these clues further. She began searching the town for people who might have seen the shadowy figure, hoping to get more information from them.
After several days of effort, she finally found a witness.
The witness told Xu Yuehuai that he had just returned from outside the town on the night the body was found.
It was late at night, and the streets were deserted, with only the dim moonlight casting shadows on the road. As he passed through a secluded alley, he suddenly heard a low chanting sound.
Curious, he looked in the direction of the sound and saw a group of men in black gathered together, seemingly performing some kind of ritual. Startled, he immediately hid in the shadows nearby, quietly observing their movements.
The men in black seemed unaware of his presence; they continued chanting in hushed tones, holding strange magical artifacts in their hands.
Just then, he suddenly saw one of the men in black raise a golden bracelet, which shimmered with an eerie light.
Immediately afterwards, the group of men in black began to dance a bizarre dance around the bracelet.
The witness became increasingly agitated as he spoke, his voice trembling as he continued, "Just then, I suddenly saw a plume of black smoke emerge from the bracelet and shoot straight into the sky. After the smoke dissipated, the group of men in black vanished without a trace. I was so terrified that I ran home."
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