Chapter 17, Cause of Death Unknown (Part 1)
Updated: 2012-08-07
Today is the second day of entering the Misty Valley, and there is still a dead forest filled with thick fog. There is no sun or weather. Even the botanist said several times that there seems to be no rain here. This geological landform is simply incredible and mysterious.
We don't understand these, but we all began to feel a lot of pressure. This pressure comes from the ethereal silence. What if anyone is silent around him without a sound, or even the rustling sound of leaves? Not to mention, there is no echo of footsteps. Occasionally, there is only a hint of horse sniffing, and the whispers that can be heard from time to time, and the sound of botanists cheering.
"Ye Yi, my amulet is getting hotter and hotter." I rode my horse beside Ye Yi and whispered.
Ye Yi frowned and said, "Those things didn't approach us."
I asked guessingly: "Is there any danger?"
"Be careful about everything."
I nodded, but still couldn't find the water source today. Because of the fragrance, it seemed that these horses could not smell the traces of the water source. It was not like forest expert Sui Xiang said, if they did not drink water for horses, they would take us towards the water source.
We walked until the evening and continued to station as yesterday. In order to ensure safety, we relatively reduced the size of our camp.
When I was at night in the second half of the night, I suddenly heard that our horses began to riot quietly. Several young men from the Miao tribe rushed over to comfort the horses. The riots did not happen suddenly, because my amulet became extremely hot, and I kept reminding me that there was danger approaching. I immediately pulled Ye Yi and the fat Zhao Lei. Unfortunately, I still found nothing. There seemed to be no insecurity, and together with the things yesterday, they were still following far behind.
The next morning, our tent was blocked by Professor Yuntian of the archaeological team, who removed the canvas and said: "It's not good, it's not good, Liu Ming is poisoned."
Liu Ming was the botanist. He didn't hurry to ask why. He ran to the large tent of the archaeological team and found that the botanist had turned into a corpse.
This is the first time that someone has died by our side since I entered the industry. Of course, as an archaeologist, Professor Yuntian has not seen corpses, and probably even more disgusting. The reason why he lost his normalcy is that this botanist died incredibly strange. From the outside, it seems that he died of excessive blood loss, but there is no blood on the ground. His whole body is pale and a little shriveled. All the blood in his body has flowed out.
Ye Yi frowned and said to Professor Yuntian: "Can you have an autopsy?"
Professor Yuntian said: "According to regulations, casualties must be reported."
Ye Yi pointed to the botanist lying in his sleeping bag and asked, "Don't you want to know if it was killed by a human or something else?"
'"This..." Professor Yuntian thought about it for a while and said, "Okay, I know you are people with alternative skills. Mr. Gao and I have had some relationships, and I even asked Mr. Gao to solve some things for me. So, I believe what you said. In fact, I had already discussed with them last night. I planned to follow what you said from today to minimize the possible dangers. After all, it is too weird here, and everything is like an unknown."
Ye Yi winked at me, and I said in a sympathetic manner: "Professor Yun, let's go out and talk."
Professor Yuntian was not stupid either and said, "I have brought our people together. Is it best for you to come here too?"
I nodded and said, "Okay, then let's leave this here to Ye Yi. Let's go out."
Putting everyone together, I was responsible for asking Professor Yuntian’s archaeological team, and Professor Yuntian ran to ask us. When human deaths occur, not only should we soothe people’s hearts, but we also had to find out from the side what was wrong. Ye Yi’s meaning is actually very obvious, and this is not artificial at all. Not to mention anything else, just bleeding is not something that one or two people can easily do. Blood can be bleed, but to the extent that there is no drop of blood on the corpse, it is definitely not human power to do it.
I first asked Sui Xiang, and I am more familiar with this person: "Did you hear any sound yesterday? Or strange shadows, movements, even a little unreasonable thing."
Sui Xiang smiled bitterly and said, "Yang Guang, what do you think? This ghost forest is full of weirdness everywhere. I didn't hear it at all."
I nodded and asked another person, "You have been in the tent, don't you smell blood?"
The man was an archaeological expert with Professor Yuntian. He said: "If there is no smell here, the nose is a little ineffective."
After asking several other people, no problem was found. I could only end the conversation in a hurry.
At this time, Professor Yuntian also turned around. Seeing me, he shook his head at me, sighed, and said, "It's not good to go to the army, and someone is dead."
I said, "If you ask this, you will be at peace with your heart. Yesterday I made it clear that you will not believe in anything that follows us."
Professor Yuntian said: "It's too late to say anything now!"
I said, "You are lucky. If that thing could kill one silently yesterday, you would have the ability to kill you all silently."
After I said this, Professor Yuntian suddenly raised his head, looked at me with his eyes curled up, grabbed my arm and said hurriedly: "You, do you have any way to protect yourself? Save us! Save us! This group of people is the treasure of the country, and everyone's knowledge is the best choice. We must die here without understanding."
I said, "Every day the camps are together, there are no wild animals here. In addition, I hope you must listen to what we say at critical moments! Also, you know, we are just guides, not bodyguards. We cannot guarantee that everyone will go back safely. Believe it or not, I, Ye Yi, Zhao Lei, and even the three young men of the Miao people, have never thought of safely walking out from the first time I stepped into this place. So, I hope you are also prepared for this."
What I said was extremely serious, which made Professor Yuntian think deeply. I didn't bother him, and stood up and walked towards the tent where Ye Yi was. When passing by the group of people in the archaeological team, they were whispering, and the topic finally changed from science to ghosts and gods. Do I want to feel relieved? However, there was someone in the tent who had paid the price for their stupidity, but I couldn't feel relieved.
"What are you finding?" I asked when I saw Ye Yi looking through the botanist's body.
I was almost immune to this bloodless corpse. I didn't have that disgusting feeling at all.
Ye didn't raise his head and replied to my question: "I don't know. There is no clue, and I haven't even left my soul, and there are no residual thoughts in it."
"Can you estimate the time of death?"
"I can't estimate. Take a closer look. After the corpse dies, the temperature has long been cold, but no corpse spots appear." Ye Yi said, turning the corpse with his fingers to expose his back.
He lifted the underwear on the corpse and said, "Look at it, there is nothing. It means the corpse has been dead for a long time, but the muscles of the corpse do not feel stiff." As he said, Ye Yi pinched it with his hands and continued, "Look at his pupils, except for the fearful eyes, the pupils did not spread. Isn't it very strange?"
I nodded. The corpse was indeed too strange. There were no corpse spots and the pupils were not dilated. This has subverted a certain theory. Not to mention where did the blood go after death? Before I could express my suspicion, Ye Yi turned the corpse upside down and lifted the clothes on his chest. I suddenly saw what scared me!
[Feng Shui of the House] - Fish tanks should not be placed behind the sofa. From the perspective of Feng Shui, because water is impermanent, if it is placed behind the sofa, if a family is big or small, it will be unreliable and affect the stability of the house's fortune. Therefore, it is not advisable to place the fish tanks behind the sofa as a backer.
Chapter completed!