Although the surrounding environment is not suitable for chatting now, it would be nice to have a nervous Zhang Wei. Lang Hongyi and I don’t need to be too nervous. We told Zhang Wei about the curious alien creatures that emerged from the surroundings, which made it even more difficult for him.
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After leaving Niu's house, I had opened my own eyes with willow leaves soaked in water. Although it would be a sin to open my eyes on such a road at night, it was still safer this way.
I didn’t go out tonight for a sightseeing outing. I mainly wanted to see what’s different over the dam. It’s so special to be able to call an old cow.
The journey of more than three miles takes less than twenty minutes to walk. The sparkling moonlight reflected not far ahead can already be seen. The water level there is a bit higher than that downstream. During non-drainage time, it is like a quiet place.
Big lake, calm water.
The fork in the road is not far ahead, within the range of the flashlight.
You can already hear the gurgling sound of water and the croaking of frogs in your ears. Everything is normal.
On the side of the fork in the road, close to the dam, there is a large open space. The flashlight illuminated a fresh trace of being trampled on, and the weeds fell to the ground in one direction. This was probably where the old cow was found by Niu Runwang.
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Lang Hongyi also stood next to me and stopped. We seemed to be able to see an old cow with a broken rope on his body, standing stupidly in the grass, staring at the calm lake under the dam in front.
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"We've arrived. Please be careful where you step. The water seems to be quite deep."
We all know how to use water, but as the saying goes, most of those who drown are those who know how to use water. You can never go wrong by being careful.
I don’t know if it’s my imagination!
When we turned the corner and walked toward the dam, the air around us was obviously much colder than the one on the path over there, and the smell of water was getting stronger and stronger.
I didn't want to scare myself before anything happened, so I just told myself that it was because it was close to the water, the air was filled with moisture, and it was normal for the temperature to be relatively low, especially in a reservoir with a depth of at least ten meters.
After walking out for about two thousand meters, the dam that Niu Benwang talked about appeared in front of us.
This dam looks old at first glance. Although it is a cement concrete project, many places have fallen into disrepair. The weathered surface is somewhat broken and mottled. There are also many places that cannot withstand the tenacity of weeds, and clumps of grass have grown out of the gaps.
The wild grass destroyed the overall flat feeling and added a bit of desolation.
Fortunately, there are iron guardrails on both sides of this dam, which is about ten meters wide and can be seen as far as the eye can see. This should be for safety reasons.
It's just that the paint on it is mottled and rusty, and the condition is not very good. It seems that no one has been maintaining it for many years, so I don't know if it is still reliable.
In the middle of the dam, there is a small house. Niu Benwang said before that this is the gate switch control place that controls the discharge of water from the dam downstream. The door is locked, and only the administrator of the local tax bureau has the key.
There is also a small rest room. Someone is on duty here only during the heavy rain season in summer, but I haven't seen anyone come here for many years.
Zhang Wei stuck his head out from behind us and shined a flashlight on his face from below, "It looks so scary here!"
This guy's bad intentions have popped up again. He wants to borrow the scene to scare us. Lang Hongyi and I just want to laugh, because I really want to be a dog too, and tell Zhang Wei that several people who pass by from time to time are...
Much scarier than he is now!
"This place should be abandoned. It looks like no one has maintained it for a long time. These handrails are basically rusted through. You two should be careful and don't touch them."
When we walked onto the dam, Lang Hongyi shined his flashlight at the guardrails on both sides and warned us.
To be honest, looking down from here, both sides of the dam are quite scary, and those who are afraid of heights will probably feel weak when walking up to it.
The water level on one side is relatively high, but there is at least a drop of more than four meters from here to the water surface. In addition, due to the light at night, the entire water area of the reservoir is pitch black, just like a lake full of pitch black ink, with hidden things underneath.
Something uncomfortable is hiding.
On the other side is the water area downstream. The water level is relatively low. The drop of nearly ten meters is just my estimate. If you step on the air and fall, you will fall into the water smoothly and without any obstacles. 80% of people will fall into the water when they touch the water.
A momentary blow from gravity will cause you to faint immediately.
After that there is no after.
"Zhang Wei, did you hear that? Don't let me get close to the guardrails on both sides. Just follow us and don't get distracted!"
I warned Zhang Wei worriedly, but after hearing my words, this guy grabbed the hem of my clothes directly behind me. It seemed that he had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and his hands were shaking like Parkinson's disease.
"Don't worry, I won't come close if you ask me to. It's best to ask me to go back now!"
I said thoughtfully, "Then you can go back and walk slowly without seeing me off."
I can’t believe that in such an environment, Zhang Wei is so scared that he has the courage to fly solo.
Sure enough, the hand on the clothes behind him didn't let go at all, "Thank you, there's no need for it. If I had known better now, why would you drag me out in the first place!"
We slowly observed what was going on around us, and walked step by step towards the small room in the middle of the dam, but we both stopped again, and neither of us tried to move forward, or to open the half-glass, half-wood door.
Door.
Because on that piece of glass, which was not very clean, we both saw a pale face, lying in the glass with eyes wide open without blinking, looking at us approaching.
It was a man, whose body was not very clear, perhaps because it was too dark inside. Only the big white face was too obvious, and the expressionless and wide-open eyes were too weird. Lang Hongyi and I both chose to turn a blind eye, but we didn't.
Get closer.
Whether it's a corpse or a spirit body, it's obvious that that person has discovered us and has been here for more than a day or two.
Revenant souls generally have a sense of place, just like a house, a bed, or around a grave. As long as you don't get close, nothing will happen. Once you enter, they will think you are being violated, even if you don't do anything.
be warned.
Zhang Wei was still complaining from behind, "Why don't you leave? Why did you stop? We might as well go into the hut and wait. I don't know what clues you can find if you go here in the middle of the night. There are a lot of mosquitoes outside."
As he said that, he actually let go of my clothes and approached the cabin. Lang Hongyi and I watched the big white face's eyes focus on Zhang Wei's paw that had stretched out and was about to try to pull the door handle.
The straight-line distance between Zhang Wei and that handsome guy is definitely no more than two steps!
Although there was a glass window in the middle, it was enough to make me break out in a cold sweat.
"We're just outside!" I took a step forward, trying not to make myself look at the big white face, and grabbed Zhang Wei to stop him from recklessly opening the wooden door with a rotten lock that fell to the ground.
I also stood on the side of the glass window of the wooden door, close to the wall. It was really painful to see, and I unconsciously wanted to avoid that kind of close contact. I couldn't bear the stimulation.
The next moment, before Zhang Wei could honestly step away, the big white face behind the glass moved, and a pair of pale and swollen hands stretched out through the glass, wanting to hug Zhang Wei who was so close.
The face also followed the movement of the hand and appeared outside the glass. Only the body was still inside the door. No matter how you looked at it, it felt weird!