Path of the Dead Prequel: Wings of Silver

Glasscock County is crisscrossed by waterways and wilderness. The entire county's population combined is less than one-third of the permanent population of the large town of Eatenton. For me, who is used to living in a metropolitan area, it is really a rural place. On a sunny day, looking out from the road, it is difficult to catch a glimpse of people without a cigarette. And if it is a rainy night like this with lightning and thunder, it will be even more difficult to hit the passing cars. The flood washed away all traces. Even if Geranium specially left a road sign, it would be impossible to find it.

We can only discern the direction through the dictation of Osmanthus fragrans. According to Xiaoniu, the three buntings who broke into Goddess Peak separated and chased in three directions. One person chased Tianzhuju, another chased the four of them, and another chased the left-behind woman who escaped through the window. Because the Liliths were all on horseback, the paths and bushes were smooth and they were gradually getting away from each other.

Facing the girls running away in all directions, the man in the garden rode away the motorcycle parked in the open space. These cars had not had any fuel since the previous siege of Lancaster, and they were expected to run for half an hour. Osmanthus fragrans spent forty minutes on the road when she fled back to the villa. With me waiting to arrive, it took more than an hour. If a fierce battle had broken out, it would have been over by now, and life or death would have been irreversible. We rode out, what was at best a search, at worst a body collection.

The starting cavalry team was divided into two groups, one group went along the Joes Creek beach, and the other group went to the intersection of Fords Greece and Ox Creek. Soon after, we found Cucumber at the edge of the woods, and her mount was killed by Miliya. , the man fell into the ditch. The garden bunting took one look at her and probably thought there was no value in killing her, so he drove away to the north.

"Sigh, I came out in such a hurry, I only remembered to get my gun and even forgot my cell phone."After seeing the survivors, we wanted to ask what the other group had found. As a result, everyone searched their pockets, and only Alison and I were carrying them. The flip phones of that era were far from comparable to today's smartphones. As long as they were poured with water, It was basically useless when it reached the water. The housewife-like person complained, pointed to a nearby abandoned farm and said:"Take shelter from the rain for a while. The horses are tired even if they are not tired. It just happens that in this kind of ghost weather, there is a rain. human life"

"When we were separated in front of the middle school, it seemed that Tianzhu Ju had been chopped down. I didn’t know whether he was dead or not. I just ran on my own."Cucumber's calf was bleeding profusely, and there was a long bloody gash from Angong Hui. However, the assailant was kind enough and did not take advantage of the situation to break her hamstring. I saw the others either sighing or talking on the phone, but I was the only one. Standing in front of the window and meditating, this little girl fell into my arms and cried:"They are all dead. I am more clever and can survive. I don't care. You have to avenge me and them.""

"Okay, okay, do you see the faces of those three people clearly? What the hell are you talking about? Everyone is dead? The sweet-scented osmanthus and the red clover all fled home."She deliberately added fuel to the fire and described the tragedy of her own imagination. I couldn't help but feel frightened when I heard it. I had to comfort myself silently:"She should be fine. Even if she can't be beaten, she is riding a demon horse to control the situation."

"They were two black bitches and a white guy. They were all sinewy and fierce. They were taller than the iron gate and as strong as a bull."

"I couldn't contact them. I'm afraid none of them had a mobile phone."Taohua waved her hand and handed the phone back to me.

Just at this moment, a white light lit up at the end of the horizon. Everyone rushed out to see. The bushes in the distance seemed to have ignited a fire that reached into the sky, almost half of the sky was reflected in red. Now that the direction was clear, we got on our horses and galloped forward. Along the way, Cucumber asked me for my mobile phone again. She actually offered to call the police and said that if there was a murder, someone would come to investigate tomorrow morning anyway, so why not call the police? They confessed to avoid becoming suspects and being taken to the artillery station to take pictures.

"Are you an idiot? Wouldn't that mean we have to find the Goddess Peak, the scene of the murder? If anyone goes down to search."The other housewife was so angry that she couldn't speak. As soon as she opened her mouth to yell at her, she seemed to think of something and immediately shut up.

I heard something strange from the sidelines, so I didn't take it seriously, but kept it in mind. , only calling for everyone to speed up.

Five minutes later, the horses were running so hard that they were frothing at the mouth. They just arrived in the bushes and saw a motorcycle crashing into an old tree and causing an explosion. The flying car parts ignited the surroundings, because The rain was so heavy that the fire was almost extinguished, and there was an unpleasant smell of tar in the air. There were traces of struggle among the weeds, and they extended all the way to the mouth of the river. The deeper we went, the worse the smell became. It was so intense that when we reached the tidal flat, there was no fire behind us and it was pitch black in front of us. So, these women all looked at me.

"I was violated in the bathroom a few hours ago. Even my eyes are swollen. How can I see?"I had no choice but to scream. A flash of lightning happened to pass by. There seemed to be a black thing in the distance, going downstream along the rapid river. God was really helping me. I immediately cheered up and separated from everyone, squinting my eyes and pretending. Ichiban said:"The person is right there!"

Following my guidance, the woman took out a broken flashlight from the side pocket under her saddle and searched desperately with the help of the light spot the size of a mung bean. I suddenly remembered that I was carrying a beam headlamp. This thing had a hole in it. I haven't used it since World War I. Thinking about it, I took out this strange cold light lamp and handed it to Alison. I randomly found a grass nest to sit down and rest.

"over there! Right at the finger position of Drunken Butterfly Flower."The broadband beam shot out, illuminating most of the water surface. I heard Alison shouting, and I also smoked and went over curiously. When I walked to the beach and took a closer look, I saw a gray thing hanging on a few pieces. The rocks were rising and falling along with the current of the water. There was no doubt that it was a person, but it was more than ten meters away from the position of the black shadow I just saw.

"This is strange. Could it be that I am dazzled?"We were more than 20 meters away from that thing, and with the heavy rain, it was extremely difficult to distinguish its appearance with the naked eye. Just by looking at the skin color and clothes, it was obviously not Lilith, so this guy could only be a member of the Bunting picket team. I We asked everyone to get on their horses and head upstream of the river. There seemed to be a shoal in the distance that we could wade across.

However, when we made a large circle and reached the other side, what was strange was that the people soaking in the water had disappeared. There was no trace of her. She was not washed away by the torrent, but climbed up the beach by herself, tore up all the trivial things on her body, and threw them under a nearby tree. Those were suede clothes and half a silver peach. I know what I know. You can tell by looking at it that it is Qixu. For some reason, these rags have fine velvet growing on them. They are gray and look like some kind of mildew.

"This is the person who attacked us! Cucumber grabbed the deerskin and shouted:"All three of them are wearing the same cloak.""

"Isn't she dead? But he was knocked unconscious? Then he woke up from the water and ran away again?"Peach Blossom Tuan started walking between the river and the trees, and then said:"But the blood flow stopped here, or maybe she was too seriously injured and fell back into the river?"

"How do I know where this river flows? I've never been to this damn place, and I can't find it on the map."So a group of women surrounded Alison and asked questions. She was so noisy that she couldn't think, and shouted:"I'm sure that our people have never been here. Because people don't choose unfamiliar places to run away, and horses don't know the way, let alone carry people to places like this, otherwise hoof prints will be left in the forest. This is so strange. Why was this person attacked here? What was it that attacked her?"

"Then should we all spread out and chase him? Even if he runs away, an injured person will not go too far!"Cucumber shouted, holding the ax upside down.

"Don't act recklessly, you are exposing her, and besides, how capable this guy is is a mystery. Even if the other party senses a hint of danger, they will fight back desperately. If we are separated again, we will all become her prey. By the way, what were you muttering about just now?"I suddenly had an idea, but I didn't know what it was for the moment, so I held Alison's shoulder and asked her to say what she just said again.

She scratched her scalp, not knowing which sentence I was referring to, so she said I recited everything I said along the way, and what I wanted was the heated debate between them half a minute ago. When Alison finished speaking, those vague thoughts in her mind suddenly became brighter. When people are in a hurry, they will instinctively choose the familiar path. Running around the world, if you want to figure out a series of mysteries, you have to assume that you are someone else. So, where did the Geranium people go? I already have some ideas, that direction is Moon Valley Radio!

"Then we have to go back to Gibson. How did you know she would be in town?"The housewife-like person looked at me suspiciously

"Isn't this obvious? How stupid! If it were you, when you were being chased by a killer, would you plan to escape to a deserted cemetery, or a small town where you could meet passers-by?"What kind of person am I? I am quick and resourceful. I immediately found a reason that could be explained perfectly without exposing the radio station. I said:"My eldest sister and I have been to Mitchell and Gibson. This ghost place is the only place we know."

Then we had to go back the way we came. When we reached the foot of the Goddess Peak, we happened to meet another horse team. They also gained something, that is, they found the missing Iris Butterfly. Her face was disfigured and she was holding Osmanthus cried like a tear. When he heard that we were going to Gibson, we turned around and caught up. I asked Alison to lend her mobile phone to Lucy temporarily so as not to lose contact again after we separated. Sure enough, when we crossed paths, When the middle school gate arrived in front of Yuegu Radio Station, they faced a fork in the road and the crowd was divided into two teams again.

"What to do now?"The housewife-like person followed me as I dismounted, pacing beside me, and asked:"What are you looking for?"

"I'm not looking for it, but restoring the traces. That's another skill I secretly learned behind Miliya's back. Even if you tell me, you won't understand."I asked her to get back on her horse, sit down cross-legged in front of the avenue, with her back to everyone, and began to think hard.

Compared with Tianzhu Ju, who has never failed in arithmetic, my science is much better, and I can analyze other people's gossip. Here comes the clue. Cucumber said he saw her injured at the gate of the middle school. Regardless of whether she was injured or not, she was walking in this direction. Goddess Peak to the middle school, and the middle school to Yuegu Radio Station, both are one and a half miles away. So in Cema While running wildly, in order to avoid the enemy, she would definitely throw the thunderbird backwards to buy time. The reason why she couldn't find any trace was because the horse was the control horse. It ran and flew without leaving any hoof prints, so there would definitely be broken glass along the way. The pickled pepper felt heavy to the touch, and it was difficult for the rain to wash it away like thick phlegm.

Thinking in this direction, I quickly thought of something else, that is, when the little girl is gliding, the person chasing her below will inevitably Shooting upward, because the mare is too fast and the bunting is riding bumpy, it is difficult to control the accuracy, so there will be traces along the way. Thinking of this, I climbed up and climbed onto the yellow horse again. Putting my hands Pointing forward, I told everyone to move away.

After walking slowly for more than fifty meters, everyone saw some kind of weird spike on the treetop. I climbed up like a monkey and picked it off, and threw it to them for identification. Everyone was amazed. Continue Walking a little further, I found a pile of glass shards in front of a hardware store. The women were just impressed and couldn't help but ask me what kind of stunt that was. I laughed secretly. I used to do a few things with a children's book in elementary school. With just one chemistry experiment, I can make my classmates think I am an alien, so what does that mean?

"This technique is called Butterfly Nightmare, and it is not what Miliya is good at, but a mysterious organization called the Butterfly Society."I know everything about it. Anyway, these people are all ignorant country girls. Since Soul Scythe has classified Madeleine in the left door, as my son, I should inherit the copyright. I can speak eloquently, plus I have this... Zhang Qingchun's face makes people believe it

"Jacaranda, no, sister, I feel like you know more about magic than Jacaranda, but why can't you defeat her?"Iris Butterfly finally took the initiative to speak to me for the first time, grabbing her sleeves and asking questions.

"I am a technical Miliya. Didn’t I tell you a long time ago? Just like you are a movie director, some people are good at making romance films, and some are good at making horror films, each has its own strengths. Why should I compete with a manure picker? Besides, I started out as a charmer."I glanced at her disdainfully and replied, no more words.

While all the girls were looking around for traces, I deliberately walked behind, dragged the other housewife, and started talking.

"I think she's right to be worried."Cucumber saw that I was mentioning her, and couldn't help but look back. I waved my hand for her to continue, and said to the housewife:"Now one person has died. This is an indisputable fact. Moreover, if we all go out, the horse team will also be seen by the residents. With such a large-scale mobilization of troops, others will know something is wrong at the first sight, and they may call the police tomorrow morning. What should the policeman do if he really wants to go to Goddess Peak?"

"As for the corpse, we have no choice but to deal with the deceased and dispose of it ourselves. In short, we cannot let random people break into the church casually."

"Are you afraid that the police officer's hands and feet are not clean and he will take the opportunity to pry away a few gold plates? Just now I touched it, it was a gold-plated wooden shrine."

"No, there is a person locked under the scum well of the dojo, and he must not be discovered. Don’t ask too many questions. The Grand Elder will entertain everyone when the Divine Witch Conference opens in a few days, and will naturally discuss confidential matters with you. By then it will be difficult for you not to want to know. She approached me mysteriously and said,"You'd better have a good relationship with Jacaranda. I suspect she is the great elder.""

"Well, someone else mentioned it to me, but she didn't like it when she saw me, and she violated me today. Could she be the great elder?"

"This is the key reason. Many people want to murder the great elder and ascend to the great position. She never shows up for safety reasons, so she has to create a false appearance to confuse her, deliberately pretending to be cruel so as not to be suspected by you. Maybe she likes you very much. The housewife then came up with a set of conspiracy theories, which opened my eyes. She said:"Jacaranda has always claimed that she wants to challenge the elder to duel, so they will choose to compete at the corner of Turtle Back Road. No one has ever been to this ghost place." , at that time she went inside, changed into a burqa, came out, and left a letter saying that the challenger had been killed, and neither the body nor the living person was seen dead. How can you tell the truth from the false? So she is the most suspect!"

I calmly took out my mobile phone and talked to another group of people, intending to hear other developments. Following my method, they also found glass bubble fragments and other features in the dead trees. Thick grease was also found in front of her, as if a tar barrel had overturned. As expected, Geranium flew up to the sky on a demon horse. In this way, it was impossible to judge the direction based on the path. She could easily jump over other people's roofs to avoid her pursuers. Naturally, Or she could hide in any corner.

When I walked to the other end to meet them, I saw the antenna on the roof of Marlowe's house from a distance. It turned out that she was indeed moving in an area she was familiar with. But then, a new problem arose. , these two sections of road are in two directions of Gibson, and they are in the center of the town. It is still impossible to determine the final direction. Could it be that I hid in the basement of Glasses’ house? Or went to the basement of Fan Pang’s house? I can’t take Lily with me Silks trespass into other people's backyards, or openly enter and search people's homes.

"It's this puddle of tar, and now it's bubbling for some reason."Lucy jumped off the horse and pointed to the splattered oil on the tree trunk."

What is this? What I can be sure of is that it is not tar, because it has a light grassy smell, and the stain has been washed away by the rain. Most of it was scattered, and it was difficult to tell how it dripped down. Without a clue, I had to let a few injured people go back to the villa first. A large group of horses gathered together in a dark crowd. It was really not a good thing to be seen.

"Damn it, have all the traces been lost like this?"I yelled hatefully, and then I had another plan in my mind. I turned around and asked everyone who was carrying a flare gun or something like that. Now we should find an open area and shoot explosives into the air. This will cover several areas. Miles, if she sees her, she will definitely make various countermeasures. Although it is a good idea, it is a pity that it cannot be implemented because these Liliths are too poor and have nothing imaginable. I can only look at the shooting head in my hand. lamp.