Endless route

Chapter 394 4. Savage in the ship and the former boss

The entrance to the cave is brightly lit, and the Yin soldiers and ghosts hold torches and lanterns. The back mountain is blocked off by three inner and outer layers. From the corridor of the cottage to the underground lake on the cliff, the light of fire stretches along the mountainside.

Corridor deep in the camp.

The figures are graceful and the atmosphere is solemn.

The command room has been built. It was originally an area where the owner of the cottage kept his treasures. Now it has been requisitioned and tidied up. The green bricks and gray tiles are antique and there is also a small courtyard.

This villa is the first residence of Jianxiansi in Wuhaixianzhou, and it is set up according to the specifications of Jianxiansi.

The crane is in the west courtyard.

Hanxian is in the back room.

The immortal corpse is in the north wing.

All kinds of magical means must be placed near the command room on a regular basis to be ready to deal with the enemy at any time, whether the enemy is the 'Shan Master' or the 'Looking Mirror Dusi'.

They have some little clues while packing up.

This villa may have been a guest room of the "Shan Laoye Temple" in ancient times. The village owner used it as a warehouse, where a large number of rare mountain products were stored, including herbs, deer heads, and animal carcasses.

According to the bandit's account.

These mountain goods were collected from all directions some time ago when the owner of the village passed his birthday. The more rare the better, so they came up with the idea of ​​​​the crane at that time.

Zheng Yun felt that there was a problem here too.

These messy mountain goods are very much like preparations for some kind of 'sacrifice', and they have something to do with Master Shan.

"Master Immortal, it's almost done."

Jidao ran to Zheng Yun, pulled a wicker chair and sat down, following Zheng Yun's gaze to look at the screen in front of him.

Surveillance pictures have appeared on the screen, including inside and outside the cave, as well as a bird's-eye view from high on the mountain. The bandits under Zhang Ergou personally climbed to the mountain to arrange the arrangements.

Don't look at it. There are only about thirty bandits.

But they work really hard.

They can go wherever they are told and do whatever they are told. Moreover, these bandits have grown up in Wubianya and are very familiar with the surrounding environment and are good at climbing mountains and descending rivers.

From now on, these people cannot be called bandits, but are servants of Tiangong, under the command of Supervisor Si Tiangong.

Ordinary bandits are not qualified to have anything to do with Jianxiansi.

It was good luck for them to be rewarded with the status of a handyman in the Tiangong. The Tiangong was really short of people and had no choice.

"Move the detector over."

Zheng Yun nodded and looked at the screen.

The entire cave was surrounded by subordinates of the Supervisory Immortal Division. They were all wearing the ancient uniforms of the Navy Guards. They stood upright without saying a word, and remained motionless despite the violent wind, rain, and dark clouds outside.

It really feels like the ancient Jianxian Division investigating the case.

At midnight, in the dead silence of the back mountain, the lights are soaring into the sky. The sea guards block the cave, carrying a sword on their waist and holding a magic weapon. They only wait for an order to capture the demon "Shan Master" in the mountain. ’

Those who didn’t know better thought they were filming some kind of costume drama, provided they ignored the modern equipment in their hands.

Plus it's afternoon.

Not really midnight.

"Master Immortal, this time is exactly the same as the Tianji Lighthouse? Do we need to take action?" Jidao waved his subordinates to do it, but there was a trace of regret and resentment on his face.

It was a credit to capture Mr. Shan, but now it was all done by unmanned detectors, and he was sitting and watching from all over the heavenly palace.

"Let's take a look first and then talk."

Zheng Yun couldn't help but look at the screen.

The two ghost generals carried the detector deep into the cave to the underground lake. They raised their hands and threw the detector under the cliff. They lowered it slowly with a rope and gently fell into the water.

Wow.

A little splash of water.

The water in the underground lake is considered to be stagnant water. Most of it is accumulated by rainwater. The water quality is relatively clear, but there are a lot of green algae floating on the surface of the water, which can only make the detector sink.

Zheng Yun remotely controls the detector.

He had become proficient in using this thing. After adjusting the direction in the diving layer, he turned on the searchlight and headed towards the ancient ships to see if there were any clues in the water near the ancient ships.

The visual distance is fifty meters.

Glancing left and right, you can catch a glimpse of an ancient ship.

The ancient ship's hull under the water was even more rotten. The wood was dark and rotten and covered with algae. There were several large black holes scattered throughout, penetrating the inside and outside of the ship.

Those green algae are like silk nets.

Drifting slightly from the bottom of the ship.

The detector circled around the ancient ship and found that there was nothing else around the ancient ship. As the detector got closer, some strange fish jumped out, but there were no other abnormalities.

Click.

The screen flickers.

Zheng Yun took a screenshot of the ancient ship.

Including the green algae on the boat, as well as the unseen small fish, they were all photographed and preserved as evidence.

"Master Immortal, it's strange to say that these boats are all in such broken condition, but they can still float on the lake."

Ji Dao suddenly interjected.

The holes in the hull should be formed by natural decay and not caused by enemy attacks. However, the hull has leaked like this, but the entire ship is not affected by the leakage at all.

"There are chains locked to each other."

Zheng Yun pointed to the half-waist part of the ship where several iron chains locked the five ships together. As long as not all of them were leaking, the other ships could use their buoyancy to pull the leaking hulls.

"Can you get in and take a look?"

Zhang Ergou squatted aside and asked curiously.

Zheng Yun nodded and controlled the detector to go to the hole. The largest hole had a diameter of more than one meter. The detector was only a little bigger, and it was more than enough to get in and go around.

The searchlight was the first to shine into the cave.

The dark ship cave was illuminated by light.

The naturally decayed breach had very rounded edges and was densely populated with green algae and shade-loving aquatic plants. As the light suddenly shot out, a group of tiny black fish were disturbed and dispersed.

Wow.

at the same time.

A dark shadow flashed.

Everyone in front of the screen saw the black shadow, which was just less than two meters long and quickly jumped out of the screen.

"What it is?"

The little Taoist priest whispered softly.

"have no idea."

Ji Dao frowned and shook his head.

According to the scene at that moment, the black figure seemed to have been lying on the inside of the breach, peeking at the unmanned detector in the dark, and then escaped after the searchlight came over.

It’s normal and weird.

The creatures in the underground lake have not seen external objects for an unknown period of time. Even ordinary fish will behave like this. This is an instinctive reaction.

But this shadow is different.

It gives the illusion of a brain.

"Play it back and see."

Zheng Yun reached out and dragged the progress bar of the screen.

This is the advantage of modern detectors. The detector has a 'photographic memory'. As long as it has appeared in front of you, it can reproduce the picture at any time and recall the details at that time.

And it’s at the frame level.

Black shadows cannot escape optical capture.

Wow.

The video freezes at the moment when the black shadow flees, and then Zheng Yun selects the clearest picture frame by frame.

"This seems to be a person?"

Before Zheng Yun could find a clear photo, Zhang Ergou made a guess based on the outline of the black shadow.

"It's really similar."

Ji Dao also spoke in confusion.

Zheng Yun said nothing and continued to pull the progress bar, going back in time until the searchlight was pointed at the ship hole and the black shadow was caught off guard and had no time to react.

It's clearest here.

No motion blur.

The details of Sombra's body are clearly visible, even its appearance and hair, everything is presented on the screen.

"What is this!"

"Master Immortal, there is a big problem!"

"No, it's Mr. Shan?"

Exclamations came and went.

Ji Dao, Zhang and Ergou both exclaimed after seeing the photo clearly, just because the scene in the photo was appalling.

The black shadow is actually a real person.

It was clearly captured by the detector.

This man is a male, 1.89 meters tall. He is hiding inside the breach in the hull. He is naked and has stubble on his face. He is pulling at the inner wall of the breach with his hands and sticking his head out to look directly at the detector.

His eyes reflect light.

Appears bright yellow in the screen.

Judging from his messy and scrawled hair and beard, he looked like a savage or a foolish vagabond who lived hiding in an ancient ship and didn't know anything about detectors.

"Master Immortal, why are there people here?"

Ji Dao was puzzled and asked.

As soon as he spoke, other people in the command room also looked at Zheng Yun. The atmosphere suddenly became solemn and suspenseful. Everyone was full of questions and felt a chill in their hearts.

"Call the local bandits to identify them."

Zheng Yun took a deep breath and made a decision.

This man is hiding in an ancient ship in the back mountain. No one knows his identity. The only hope is the local bandits. Only they may know or have seen this man.

Ji Dao asked himself why there was someone there and where could he find out? They had been exploring Wuhaixianzhou for so long and couldn't figure it out. How could they know it when they had only been here a few hours?

First of all, this person cannot be a savage.

Wuhaixianzhou is a territory belonging to the Ming Dynasty. As long as he is a human being, he must be a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. There can be no savages in the true sense, only people with no fixed abodes.

As for who he is.

This makes people think a lot.

This person may be an accomplished master who has lived from ancient times to this day, or he may be a local bandit or commoner who accidentally fell into a cave, or he may be the ‘Shan Master’...

"good."

Ji Dao went to do it himself.

The others watched Ji Dao run out of the room, his body disappearing into the corner of the brightly lit villa, and he got into the dark and sticky rain to summon the local bandits to come for questioning.

"..."

There was silence in the command room.

Wait quietly for Ji Dao to bring people back.

A stream of cool breeze mixed with rain blew from the dark clouds outside the house. The sound of pattering rain could not be heard. The rain curtains under the eaves became denser and the rain fell harder.

Zheng Yun looked back at the screen.

In the real-time images returned by the detector, there was no movement near the breach in the ancient ship, and it remained dead silent.

But behind the dim corner where the searchlight cannot reach, there seems to be a pair of eyes, quietly peering at the detector, peering at this uninvited guest that is floating in the water and can still shine.

"Master Xian, I'm back."

Ji Dao came running from the heavy rain outside.

Behind him were a series of bandits. These Tiangong handymen were not qualified to stay in the command room. They had been sent to Tiangong to shovel shit by Ji Dao before, but now they were hurriedly summoned to the mountain village.

Dozens of people crowded into the command room.

But they all lowered their heads with their hands behind their backs.

This was the rule set by Jidao for them. No one was allowed to look directly at Zheng Yun. When Master Xian was present or passing by, they had to turn their backs to avoid him, or lower their heads and kneel down.

The command room is small.

There are so many people who cannot kneel down.

He could only lower his head.

"Take a good look. Do you know this person?"

With a calm expression, Zheng Yun took out a tablet and copied the photo and handed it to Ji Dao, asking Ji Dao to pass it on to the bandits for review.

He no longer wanted to care about Ji Dao's arrangements, because Ji Dao always had his own reasons, and scolding him would be of no use.

He can think of it all.

Ji Dao's reason must be to maintain the 'majesty of the Supervisory Immortal Division Master' and to protect his own safety to prevent his appearance from being revealed to the Mirror Master.

This is probably also the rule of the ancient Jianxian Division. The ancestors have too many rules, so let Jidao take care of them.

"Identify it well."

Nidao took the tablet and passed it on.

Many bandits had just entered the door. Facing the questioning of the young 'god' Zheng Yun, they were all at a loss and trembling. They stared at the photos on the screen carefully with their eyes wide open.

"Master Immortal, this person looks familiar."

"Uncle Sanhu, is this Master Jiu?"

"I remember that Lao Jiu's basket was small. This person seems to be really Lao Jiu, but hasn't he been dead for more than ten years..."

The bandits murmured and looked carefully.

It seems that he really recognizes something famous.

"Who is Lao Jiu? Tell me clearly!"

"It will be hard for you to delay Master Xian's investigation!"

Zhang Ergou's eyes widened and he shouted lowly. He came up with a posture that even Zheng Yun dared to kill with a single blow, frightening many bandits. They trembled all over and fell to their knees one after another with a thump.

"Lao Wu, you are sharp-tongued, tell me."

"Immortal, Immortal, Immortal... Master Immortal, this person is the ninth master in our village. He is two generations older than us. He is the same generation as Uncle Sanhu. He was the big boss in the village at that time."

"When Uncle Sanhu was herding cattle in the village, Master Jiu was the master of the village for more than forty years. If you calculate carefully, he should be eighty years old."

"Fart, Master Xian. I, Li Sanhu, and Zhou Jiu grew up wearing the same pair of pants. I know this guy best. His basket is smaller than ordinary people. I knew it was him as soon as I saw it..."

The bandit said something to me.

"Keep your mouth clean."

Ji Dao scolded him coldly.

In front of the Immortal Master, they uttered obscene words one after another. If these bandits had not come from a humble background and were born with vulgar words, just one sentence could have convicted them of death.

"You said this person has been dead for more than ten years?"

Zheng Yun looked at Uncle Sanhu and asked.

"Yes, Lord Immortal, this man died eighteen years ago. It was precisely because of his death that the village changed to a new boss." The bandit Sanhu Uncle knelt on the ground and said repeatedly.

"Is this person the new boss?"

Zhang Ergou was slightly shocked when he heard this. Why did everything happen to the boss? Then, did he himself...

"How old are you?"

Zheng Yun stared at him carefully.

This mountain bandit Li Sanhu is said to be the same generation as the bandit Jiu Ye, but he looks to be only in his early sixties.

"Master Immortal, my little one is seventy-one."

Bandit Li Sanhu was shocked and said sadly.

Zheng Yun didn't know what the bandit was thinking of. He was so frightened that he was shaking like chaff. He just rubbed his eyebrows and thought carefully, and then asked a few key questions.

How long has Master Jiu been the master of the cottage? During this period, did he come to the back mountain to worship as often as the previous master? Did he have the habit of celebrating his birthday? Did he have any abnormalities before his death?

Many bandits thought carefully.

However, this mountain bandit Jiu Ye has been around for a long time. Among the many bandits present, only a few people have seen him with their own eyes. Most of them have heard of him but have never seen him with their own eyes.

So Zheng Yun asked the others to retreat, leaving only a few elderly bandits to carefully interrogate more details.

"Master Immortal, I'm afraid there is something wrong with this cottage. After asking, I discovered that the people in the cottage live quite long lives, which may be related to Zhang Ergou's symptoms."

Jidao whispered in Zheng Yun's ear.

Zheng Yun turned his head and glanced at Zhang Ergou. After he became the boss and was possessed by evil spirits, although his eyes were ashen, his skin was white, tender and firm.

It's really strange.

This cottage is getting weirder and weirder.