Path of the Dead Prequel: Wings of Silver

"What happened?"The person on the other end of the line was obviously not Lin Rui, but Glasses. He looked very confused.

"Eh? I said, how come every time I fucking call, you always answer the phone? Where are the Hollismen? Where did you run away again?" Before I finished speaking, I felt short of breath and tight in my chest. I couldn't help but sit down on the ground and said:"Ask him to answer the phone immediately."

"He went to wait for Lao Fan at the gate of the middle school twenty minutes ago. He forgot his cell phone on my sofa. What happened to you?"

"It’s nothing, I have nothing to talk nonsense with you anyway!"I cut off the line bitterly, lay down in the hay and lit a cigarette, trying to suppress my depression. Just at this moment, the phone rang again, and when I connected it, it was still wearing my glasses. He looked very confused and asked me why. get angry at him

"What I’m angry about is myself. Forget it, when do you think he will come back? Or ask him to call me when he comes back."

Krys didn't know what I was venting about, so he didn't dare to come over, so he threw a bottle of water at me. He sat next to the black child, stroking the dog's head and watching him catch shrimps. I closed my eyes and blew the water that came through the tunnel for a while. The cool breeze gradually calmed down my mind. After sitting like this for a few minutes, I picked up my legs and stood up, intending to apologize to Krys and get rid of all the distracting thoughts in my mind. Unexpectedly, I just took a few steps, and she attracted her attention. Attention, Krys hurriedly hung up the phone and went to a pond farther away alone.

"You have to sink half of the wire rope into the water, and then your hands will feel a little heavy, and then you can lift it up, like this!"The child was staring intently at the stinking pool, not realizing that there was someone else next to him. He shook the fishing rod, but he caught nothing.

"Haha, you are making me laugh so hard. You dare to teach that woman how to fish at your level. Come on."I saw the embarrassment on the black child's face, and my mood suddenly improved a lot. I asked him to hand me the hind legs of the soil toad, wrap them in tin foil from the cigarette case, put them on a lighter and bake them, then soaked them with dog feces. A little, and finally mentioned it to him, asking Eugene to try again, saying:"Trust me."

I think back then, when I was as young as a child, I spent the whole summer fishing in front of the pond. I was used to doing this kind of thing. In fact, if you really want to catch fish and shrimp, you can't go to the fishing tackle store and buy more bait. To make it work, veterans always look for materials nearby. Elements such as iron, zinc, and potassium need to be included in the water, and human and animal excrement is the favorite. This principle is just like people cannot live without salt. With my careful guidance, Eugene caught a bunch of shrimps in less than 20 seconds and was dancing excitedly. Krys saw that I was a lot more active, so he had the courage to come over and sit on the other side of the child, peeking in from time to time while talking to him. Me.

It turns out that this black kid doesn’t live in a small town. His father works at the oil and gas station in front of him, and he often brings his son to work. Therefore, when he comes to this land with rich water and grass, Eugene will come here to fish alone all day long..When he saw the fragment of poster paper that Krys was holding in his hand, he asked her to come over and take a look, and said that he had seen this kind of printed paper before.

"Have you ever seen hospitality coupons distributed? Where is that casino? Others say there is no such place nearby."We were both shocked when we heard the news.

"In the green miracle, hee hee."Eugene wiped his nose, triumphantly returned the piece of paper to Krys, and continued to concentrate on catching shrimps.

I winked at Krys, asked her to come aside, and then pointed at Eugene's back, asking her to take some. Snacks are given out as bribes. Children have different visions from adults. The things they pay attention to are often useless things, such as a certain path or a certain pit, etc. These things that adults don’t bother to look at are often more important. clues. In fact, in many cases, important physical evidence is discovered first by children. This guy may be more familiar with this area and has the potential to be a good guide. When the beef jerky was handed to Eugene, he waved it down..Thanks to me, he gradually became more and more proficient in his skills. Seeing that the shrimps kept taking the bait, he became more and more reluctant to move. He also said that he would have to catch a whole bucket today before he was done. In short, he was unwilling to take us there.

"I had been looking at tire tracks on the ground and picked this up nearby."Krys opened his backpack and took out some tatters, which looked like fragments of a car rearview mirror. He said,"If we go over there, the mark will be gone. Then I picked it up in the haystack. I suspect that a car had been involved in an accident. It hit the tree stump in front of me. Do you think it was left by Lao Qian at that time?"

"Don't be stupid, more than four months have passed, and this is not a deep mountain forest. The traces of that time have long been blown away by the mountain wind. How can you still find it? Besides, Lao Qian never mentioned anything about the car accident. He was confused. I glanced at the kid and said,"I think this kid is more reliable. I'll go over and pour him some ecstasy soup later. Just watch.""

"Hey, don't mess around, let him busy himself. I just finished talking to Lao Dai, and he said that several national detectives have arrived home and are on their way over. Let's wait before leaving. Krys put his hands behind his back and kicked the gravel on the dirt floor. From time to time, he raised his bright eyes to look at me and asked,"Did you hit something evil just now?" She yelled at me and Lao Ma, who is she?"

"No one. When I was walking in the middle of the tunnel, I heard whispers everywhere. Maybe I was just shocked."

"You can't fool me, that expression comes from the heart. When you see this, she looks frightened, angry, and indescribably sad, so she can't be a white-collar bitch, let alone a female soldier. She held her shoulders, made me face her, and asked,"Does she look a lot like me?" So you were confused in the dark environment and mistakenly saw her?"

I was just worried about how to escape, when I saw a few lights coming from the Black Maple Tunnel in the distance. They were three national detectives. Two of them were the father and son who stayed behind in the motel. The other one was a big black man. Although he had seen it before, he No words were spoken. The three of them quickly saw us and started waving. Because Lao Dai said that our car was being driven back to Gibson by Fatty Fan, so he asked them to come back first.

"I heard that you have made a major discovery. What is it? Krys stepped forward, took out the fragments of the rearview mirror and the torn paper and handed them to him, saying,"We have also made some progress. For example, the fishing Eugene may know some details.""

The big black man and the young man felt like they had found a treasure, and hurriedly asked her to guide them, and the three of them began to move forward along the vague tire tracks.

"Are you suffering from heatstroke? Why do you look so bad?"The elder stood next to me, looked at me curiously, handed over a large bottle of mineral water, and said:"Here, drink them all, and then break out in a sweat, and you will be fine soon."

"No, I feel like I'm having a nervous breakdown. Anyway, realistic people like you can't understand it."I waved my hand at him and didn't want to talk more. He couldn't help but feel curious, so he tried to persuade him step by step, trying his best to know why. When he couldn't bear the pestering, I asked him to listen to the crazy words as a madman and not to elaborate. , and then vomited bitterness to him about everything that had just happened.

"Eh? Is there such a thing? Little brother, are you afraid that she will hurt you? Who is that freesia?"

"No, what I'm afraid of is that I will hurt her. Krys is my sworn brother's girlfriend. But for some damn reason today, as long as we are alone, we will get entangled. I have never been so nervous in the past, and now I don't dare to look at her again."Seeing that the elder didn't understand, I had to roughly describe the origin of Freesia. Unexpectedly, these words caused him to think deeply.

"Unexpectedly, love became the theme today, and Lao Dai never mentioned this to us."He slowly took out a cigarette from my cigarette case and lit it. While smoking, he said:"This has something to do with the time and space line. I am not as old-fashioned as you think and can understand this. But I think it's inner demons at work. You're wandering around emotionally, and sometimes you connect everything together. It's not a schizophrenia. Young man, be optimistic. Everyone will have a stage when they are trapped in love. It’s not a big deal. If you really like her, just confess to her."

"Hey, I knew you wouldn't understand even if I told you. Why do you say love has become the theme today? Does it have anything to do with your findings?"

The elder blinked slyly, took out his mobile phone and looked for pictures to show me. They were photos of the books that were sent to their sympathy meeting. There was a person who was cutting the notes with concentration, then sorting them into a plastic box and handing them over. Let others splice it together

"Among this pile of junk, our people discovered an interesting phenomenon. Two books had their windows opened and some notes were missing, so we suspected that they might have been used to post anonymous letters. You know, kidnappers in the past always liked to do this so they wouldn't leave any traces."Seeing that I was secretly surprised, he continued to flip through the photos below.

"This book is the first one among us fatheads to read."I pointed to the book 100 years ago. People imagined us today. I just remembered that the person who was talking to me at that time should be this elder. He seemed to have solved the problem for me.

"Yes, I happened to overhear you while you were chatting and put a label on the book cover, but that wasn't the most interesting thing. He frowned and began to introduce himself, saying:"Don't call me an elder. It feels weird. My name is McClane."

It turns out that this McClane was a field doctor during the Vietnam War and now has a private hospital in Durham. Clinic, he likes people to call him a military doctor, so that he will feel that he has not aged; and the young man is called Todi (Todd), not his son, but his neighbor, whose family makes high-tech safes; a black man's name His name is Sawyer, and he has a great background. He was once a rugby star, and he has accumulated a lot of wealth. He will work as a coach during the competition. As for Lottie, the four-eyed woman, she originally worked in the police station and was also a detective. Now I am retired and idle at home; anyway, these people all live a comfortable life and do not need to work outside.

(From this day on, the elders are called military doctors, the young people are called lockboxes, the black man is called the coach, and Lottie is called the four-eyed woman)

"Read this book again. Isn’t it fun? It was also skylighted."As the military doctor flipped his fingers, the next frame of photos would pop up. This book also had a fun name, called What If Life Exists on the Nine Planets? When I opened my mouth to ask, he kept silent and said with a smile. :"This is just the beginning, the real miracle is the next frame."

It turns out that the book that was opened was actually a series of books. In addition to the above two books, there is also a third one, whose content is also science fiction. People who share the same sentiments rummaged through the boxes and found only these books, and the other one has been lost. But it is difficult to find it. Unable to stop these bored people, they posted on the Internet and soon got a complete set. These books were all first editions and were released in 1934. There were only 500 copies in total, priced at $1.40, and were published The store was a bookstore called Downton's in Peachtree Corner, Georgia, which has now closed down.

So, you not only want to ask, what does this mean? The real miracle is the subsequent splicing. Although a lot of content is missing, the content that was taken away The notes, after being put together, were inferred to be multiple love letters. Someone kept cutting them out of various books and used them exclusively for sending letters. Therefore, what Lao Qian really wants to find when he is awake may be them.

"Have you ever asked Lao Qian, whose books these books belong to?"I asked him, giving him a thumbs up. The national detective is indeed very professional.

"No, it's still far away. We have to wait until more clues are collected and the final summary is completed before we can ask him."

Just at this moment, the coach came running from a distance with a solemn face, pointed behind him, and asked us to follow him over immediately. When we crossed a small pond, we saw Krys squatting on the ground, doing it with Lock Box. While cleaning up, what she found was not simple at all. There was paint on the tree stump that had fallen off after a collision, which was very close to one of Lao Qian’s cars. Just now, the three people called him and asked him directly if it was at that time. He had been in a car accident. Only then did he admit that after exiting the tunnel that day, there were obvious scratch marks on the car and some parts had fallen off. So he immediately drove to the previous town to have it repaired in Georgia.We stayed for another day before returning to Durham.

In this way, if Lao Qian didn't hide anything else, it would mean that he had crossed this tunnel to go deeper, but he was persecuted by the six-winged earth evil and all his memories were blocked. The coach had asked the coach to take a photo of the hospitality coupon caught in Krys's hand and send it to Lao Qian for confirmation. He said he asked the vendor to get it. Therefore, we are making rapid progress, and there is still one thing left to investigate, and that is where did the piece of paper come from? Only the fishing kid knows this answer

"Hey, Eugene, let's take a step and talk, okay?"As the master who taught him his unique skills step by step, I walked up with a smile, pointed at the stinky water pool and said:"You can only catch some catfish, lobsters and the like in this kind of ditch. They are so dirty that you can't eat them at all. If you want to catch big fish, you have to go with uncle. How about I take you to other places?"

The child jumped three feet high, hurriedly put away the fishing gear, woke up the village dog who was sleeping in the haystack, and shouted to start immediately. Seeing him take the bait, I deliberately made a grimace and said that to catch good fish, I need to make grass twisters first.. The child asked quickly what it was. I didn’t know what I was talking about. Seeing that this guy’s IQ was not very good, he might be an easy master to fool. I pointed at the scrap of paper in Krys’ hand and claimed that I wanted to use it. This type of mimeographed paper was rolled up into something like a cigarette. Unexpectedly, he saw through it after just a few words.

"It turns out that you just want to find the green miracle, that's why you said there is a big fish. I'm as smart as a monkey, so don't try to lie to me."

Seeing that I couldn't stand him, the military doctor stepped forward with a kind look on his face, took out his wallet from his pocket, and showed him a bunch of cards. Among them seemed to be the ID of the North Carolina Outdoor Fishing Association. Then he solemnly said that I was not all bragging. , the most important thing in fishing is to observe the water. Which kind of lake, which terrain and which water condition are all very particular. The child was so confused after hearing what he said, he nodded and agreed. But he had one request, After taking us to the Green Miracle, the military doctor had to go fishing with him.

"You have a treacherous look on your face, and you don't look like a good person. Even if your IQ is not online, this little kid can still feel it."Krys seemed to have forgotten everything before, and was teasing me for fun. He nuzzled at the military doctor in front and said,"To do things like cheating, you need to have a decent face. The old man looked very kind and energetic. People who don't know think they are grandfather and grandson."

Just like that, a barbed wire fence began to appear at the end of the field of vision, with a few isolated bungalows standing there. It was the oil and gas station where the child's father worked. When we reached the end of the station, we were about to step in, but were stopped by Eugene. His green miracle is not in the yard, but continues forward, to a meadow on a mountain about half a mile away.

Why is it so difficult to coax this child to lead the way? He refuses to lead people until we set foot on the grassland. The real reason.

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Path of the Dead prequel Wings of Silver Root explanation:

Soil toad: a small terrestrial toad that feeds on moths, fly larvae and water fleas.

Vegetable snake: non-venomous water snake, often hiding in dark tunnels.Eugene

: A six-year-old naughty boy who lives in an oil and gas station not far from Black Maple Pass.

Military doctor, lock box, coach: a representative figure of the national detective and a secondary character.

Shrimp: a shrimp in the river.

Roulette: roulette.Single name: sunshine