Paranormal incident investigation notes

Zhang Dingshan seemed to never sleep. No matter when Lu Ming came to see him, he always looked awake and never seemed to be tired after being awakened.

The same is true for He Wei.

So, on this rainy night in the mountains, the three of them once again gathered in Zhang Dingshan's tent.

Regarding Lu Ming's late-night visit, He Wei had some expectations in her eyes.

She discovered that whenever the situation was deadlocked, the investigation had not progressed, and faced great difficulties, this guy who claimed to be a part-time science fiction writer would always have some fantastic ideas in his head to rekindle the deadlocked situation. way out.

The original suggestions of looking for common ground, looking for clues from historical data, and thinking that the mountain god worship place found at this moment was fake, etc., all came from this guy. So now, when the situation is in a stalemate again and we are unable to do anything, maybe this guy can surprise himself again?

Sure enough, Lu Ming's first words made He Wei perk up.

"I feel like we have fallen into a misunderstanding."

"What misunderstanding?"

He Wei couldn't wait and asked immediately.

Lu Ming organized his language and said slowly: "I carefully counted our search routes since the beginning of the search operation. I found that after searching for places that are easier to reach in the early stage, the focus of all subsequent searches will be All placed in hard-to-reach places with harsh terrain.”

Such as deep mountain canyons, such as cliffs and other places.

It is precisely because these places are difficult to reach and the search is extremely difficult that the search operation is carried out with such difficulty, and a large number of injuries and illnesses occur.

Zhang Dingshan frowned: "Is there anything wrong with this?"

"Why is this right?"

Faced with Lu Ming's rhetorical question, He Wei was startled.

Is there a reason for this problem? Shouldn’t such a weird and bizarre place as a place where mountain gods worship are born to exist in inaccessible places such as inaccessible cliffs and cliffs? If it existed in a more accessible place, wouldn't it have been discovered long ago?

"This is wrong, wrong." Lu Ming shook his head: "So I said, we have fallen into a misunderstanding. Why can't the place where the mountain god worships exist in a place that is easier to reach?"

"reason?"

He Wei still found it difficult to accept this.

"We first assume that the so-called 'mountain god' does belong to the existence of some kind of supernatural power and does exist in this world."

The two of them could accept this assumption without any obstacles. After all, the investigation has progressed to this point, and there are too many clues that vaguely point to this mysterious existence.

"What the Mountain God is and what purpose it has for coming to Earth is currently unknown. But it doesn't matter. We can infer some of its characteristics from its behavior. Its characteristics are also very simple, that is, You give me a suitable sacrifice, and I will give you the benefits you want."

This is the "principle" of the Mountain God, and it is the basis for the poor boy to make a fortune, the Tang family to become strong, and even the basis for the existence of Organization X.

"For the mountain god, the goal it hopes to achieve is to exchange enough benefits for a suitable sacrifice, that is, a human body with the Hag.1 gene. To achieve this goal, it must make You have a certain degree of exposure, that is, people have the opportunity to discover you.

In this way, we can draw this conclusion: If its sacrificial place is located in a place that is extremely difficult to reach, or even impossible to reach with the ability of ancient people, how can it be discovered by others? No one can discover it at all, so how can it achieve its goal of obtaining sacrifices? "

Um?

That said...it seems to make some sense.

"It's not right, it's not right."

Faced with Lu Ming's words, He Wei shook her head: "According to what you said, why would the mountain god place his sacrificial place in the mountains? Wouldn't it be better to put it in a busy city? That would make it easier for people to Discover."

Zhang Dingshan said solemnly: "I think the mountain god's first goal is to ensure his own safety, that is, not to be exposed to the sun."

The existence of mountain gods could not be made public in the society that followed Confucianism at that time. The only consequence of exposure to sunlight is destruction by the human world. After the secret of the poor boy was exposed, local officials and villagers swarmed into the mountains to 'eliminate the demons', which was a realistic manifestation of this consequence - privately, they could gain benefits by offering sacrifices to the mountain gods, but not openly.

The place of worship must be set up in a place that is inaccessible to people, but not completely inaccessible to anyone. Deep in the mountains is a better choice. You can hide yourself and not be exposed to the public. At the same time, people such as drug farmers, hunters, business travelers, etc. may occasionally pass by.

"I think so." Lu Ming agreed with Zhang Dingshan's statement: "Another point is that there is a huge difference between ancient times and modern times. For ancient people, places that are inaccessible may be smooth for us modern people. , can be reached very easily. At this moment, those places such as cliffs, deep mountains and canyons, which are very difficult for us to reach, may be impossible for the ancients to reach. That’s why I think that we may appear Wrong thinking."

He Wei murmured: "So, our previous hard work was all in vain? Maybe the place where the mountain god worships is located in the place we ignored before? There is no need for us to take such a big risk to search those dangerous places?" "

"It's possible to be dark under the light."

In this regard, Zhang Dingshan made his own judgment.

"Then if the place where the mountain gods worship is really in a relatively accessible place, why has no one discovered it after so many years?"

Lu Ming said: "The mountainous areas are vast, and not many people will pass by some of the easier-to-reach places, and no one will search for them. This is normal. What's more, the traffic conditions in mountainous areas have improved dramatically, and the population has been compared with This happened many times before, how long did it take for it to happen?”

He Wei thought carefully for a moment, and finally had to agree with Lu Ming's statement.

"Then, on the last day of this mission, we will do our best to search for those easy-to-reach places that we have ignored in the past?"

Lu Ming said: "Let's take a gamble. The weather is so bad now. Even if we try our best to search those hard-to-reach places, we won't be able to search much area. It's better to withdraw them all and take a gamble. It can also avoid the appearance of more injured people."

Zhang Dingshan nodded slowly.

"In that case, let's take a gamble."

"Perhaps we can use another auxiliary method."

Lu Ming thought about it and said slowly: "Since the place where the mountain gods worship may exist in a place that is relatively easy to reach, we cannot rule out another possibility, that is, the local residents may have passed through it in the past few decades. , and even discovered the cave where the mountain god worshiped, but they did not pay attention, did not investigate deeply and ignored it. Investigate the local villagers, mountain people, and elderly people, and ask them if they have made similar discoveries when they entered the mountain in the past. Maybe it will help.”

"It's the last day anyway, so let's give it a try. I'll coordinate this matter."

The follow-up arrangements were thus determined. Before setting off at five o'clock, Zhang Dingshan found the person in charge, completely overturned the previous search plan, and used the map to formulate a new search plan.

After that, he contacted the local government and public security department, and many people braved the rain to ask the slightly weird question - "Have you ever seen or heard about a certain place when you went into the mountain?" Are there any unexplored caves in the area?" We visited every village and every household in the surrounding area to conduct interviews and surveys.

Being able to mobilize the power of the human world on a large scale and openly is the biggest advantage of Action Team 2 when facing Organization X. And now, on this last day, in the last chance, Zhang Dingshan took this advantage to the extreme.

The time to set off finally arrived. Under Lu Ming's watch, many search team members gathered their equipment and entered the mountains again under the cover of night.

For the search team members, the atmosphere today was more relaxed than usual. After all, there is no need to go to those dangerous places today.

The figure of the last search team member also disappeared from Lu Ming's eyes. But he was still looking there in a daze, as if thinking about something.

For some reason, Lu Ming always felt as if he had forgotten something very important. He thought hard and seriously, but no matter what, he couldn't remember what it was.

"Maybe I'm just too stressed and restless."

Sighing, Lu Ming shook his head and gave up his intention to continue thinking about this issue, instead focusing on thinking about the search mission.

After staying up all night, Lu Ming didn't feel tired at all at this moment. Under tremendous pressure, his thinking became more active.

He was trying hard to think about what other clues or methods might be helpful in the search mission at this moment, and in this last day of opportunity, he could truly find the place where the mountain god was worshiped.

While thinking about this, he was suddenly awakened by a cry from beside him. He raised his head and saw that the cook in the field kitchen was holding a rabbit in his hands. The rabbit was kicking around and struggling.

"You beast, if you dare to bite me, I'll stew you in a moment..."

The cook walked into the kitchen cursing.

A smile appeared at the corner of Lu Ming's mouth.

"What does that saying mean? Dogs jump over walls when they are anxious, and rabbits bite when they are anxious. It turns out to be true."

This can probably be regarded as an adjustment in the tense task. Lu Ming smiled and dropped the matter.

But the next moment, he suddenly tensed up and suddenly remembered what he had forgotten.

Yes, rabbits will bite people when they are anxious...