Compared with the rush of comings and goings in the East China Sea, Zishan, an ancient mountainous area that is always covered by clouds and fog, is undergoing a baptism at this time. The torrential rain is like a flood from the Tianhe River, pouring down.
Hua Hua Hua...
The raindrops hit the leaves, making a series of rapid crackling sounds.
The person in charge who was passing by on the forest trail straightened the hood of his raincoat, wiped away the moisture coming from his face, and said "tsk": "This weather is really unlucky."
From the mechanical operation site ahead, bursts of exclamations from people suddenly came from the scene.
"Hey, it's out, it's out..."
"Oh my God, what is this?!"
The person in charge frowned, ignoring the large mud under his feet, and ran over: "What happened!"
"Head, look under here."
An operator came forward and took the person in charge to the edge of the large pit dug by the excavator. He pointed down, and rainwater dripped from the tip of his nose and chin: "It seems like something extraordinary has been dug!"
The person in charge looked intently into the pit. Only in the ground around the farmhouse were thick bone-like objects like tree roots, half deep and half shallow, revealing an outline.
"What is this?"
He was also a little surprised, but without stopping at all, he grabbed a flashlight and slid it along the edge of the pit.
Click, click, click...
Wearing rain boots and struggling to move forward on the soft soil surface, the person in charge got closer and closer to the exposed bones, and the rough outline was also visible.
"This thing..."
He squatted down and shined the flashlight on the bone. While muttering to himself, he kept digging away at the soil with his other hand, trying to expose more parts.
Fortunately, after being soaked by rain for a long time, the surface soil had softened a lot. Effortlessly, the person in charge was able to dig out a relatively complete "root system."
"Are you kidding...this is not the root system of a plant at all."
The person in charge's hand touched the "root system", and a hard and cold touch followed. This was definitely not the root system of any plant, but...
He followed the direction of the outline and his eyes wandered upward until he reached the bottom of the farmhouse, as if the "root system" all grew from here.
“…farmhouse legs?”
At the same time, the word came out of Gao Yi's mouth, who was on the phone in a remote location: "You mean, those things are the legs of the farmhouse? The farmhouse has legs?"
"That's right."
Descartes, who stared at the scene carefully, confirmed: "The reason for this confirmation is because when we surrounded the meat grinder that day, its exposed bones were also made of this material."
"Meat grinder?"
Gao Yi murmured to himself and fell into deep thought again. He vaguely felt that he seemed to be close to a certain truth, but because of the confusion of information, he was missing a clue.
"call--"
Calm, calm.
Gao Yi took a long breath and listed the information about Zishan these days one by one.
A meat grinder...the siren head of death...signs of activity from a large creature...a house with legs...
"Mr. Gao, are you listening?"
At the other end of the phone, Descartes saw that Gao Yi had not spoken for a long time, so he poked him. He thought he had left, and was about to hang up when he suddenly heard a loud shout.
"I see!"
Gao Yi stood on the road extending in all directions, his whole body trembling slightly in the cool breeze after the rain because of excitement or trembling.
"No wonder, no wonder, the fire didn't destroy it, it turned out to be like this..."
"That's not an ordinary house, it's the head of the house."
"What is this?" Descartes wondered.
Gao Yi recalled the setting of his hometown and explained: "It is a spider-like creature with a house as its head."
"They usually move in groups at midnight. The lights are their eyes, and their mouths are located at the door. Their heads are made of old wood, making them look no different from ordinary houses."
"By making false noises when they wake up, they can easily fool anyone, causing the prey to think it is the call of an acquaintance, and then come to the front door and prey on them with cruel methods."
"This is the head of the house."
"Mr. Gao, I have a question."
Xiao Di suddenly raised his hand and expressed confusion: "If it is really the head of a house, then why is there a meat grinder living in it? And when you had such a fierce battle before, didn't it react at all?"
"Good question."
Gao Yi nodded: "Of course it won't react, because it is already dead."
"Dead?" Descartes was stunned.
"Yes, we don't know the cause of its death yet, but that's not the point. Listen to me carefully."
Gao Yi cleared his throat, found a deserted place and continued: "First of all, let's talk about the corpse of Siren Head. From this, what can you tell?"
Xiao Di thought for a while: "Will the meat grinder have a siren head?"
"no!"
Gao Yi gave up the teaching-style interactive explanation and said directly: "There is a competitive relationship here. The meat grinder killed the siren head, so the siren head was naturally eliminated."
"Let's talk about the meat grinder and the head of the house. Why does the meat grinder live in the dead head of the house? According to my personal guess, this is a bit like a whale falling."
"Teacher Gao, I know this!"
Descartes hurriedly raised his hand: "Because the huge bodies of whales and other animals cannot be decomposed quickly by detritivores, they will fall to the bottom of the sea for months to years, providing food for various types of consumers in the food chain. "
Gao Yi nodded: "That's what it means. The death of Fangtou provides the meat grinder with many unimaginable conveniences."
"Originally, I was still thinking, is this just a one-sided rare phenomenon? But after confirming that there are traces of the activities of many large creatures deep in the Purple Mountain, I came up with an idea."
Descartes held his breath, listening to Gao Yi's final words: "Purple Mountain has an independent ecological circle."
"This ecosystem is dominated by Trevor's terrifying creatures, and various elements of nature are born among them, including the competitive relationship between the siren heads, the invisible heights of the food chain, the 'whale fall' at the head of the house, etc..."
"I call it..."
Gao Yi said one word at a time: "'Trevor' ecosystem."
"Purple Mountain has undergone tremendous changes due to some unknown reasons. The members of the Siren Head family have reached a balance here in an extremely strange way.
"If it goes as expected, we did not follow the meat grinder to the railway, but headed towards the mountains of Yinlongkou. We should have encountered more siren heads."
"even……"
Gao Yi thought of the terrifying figure in his memory, and his heart tightened for no reason.