Li and Wu sat down slowly.
Seeing Shen Lian's look, Li Xu understood immediately, lowered his head and said, "I have something to report to you."
Shen Lian nodded: "Tell me."
"In the territory under our jurisdiction, six villages had troubles one after another, and the same thing happened.
A large number of people were missing.
In total, more than 800 people were missing inexplicably."
"Missing" Shen Lian frowned.
More than 800 people disappeared without any reason.
Human traffickers can't do such a thing.
"Here are the details" Li Xu handed over a roll of paper, and Shen Lian took it and read it carefully.
He couldn't help but hold his breath when he saw it.
"One hundred and twenty-three people are missing in Giethoorn Village.
The villagers discovered that there was a strange light emitting from the Fart Cave in Giethoorn Mountain.
They rushed into the cave to search for treasures.
They never came out again, and no one was alive or dead."
"One hundred and fifty-five people are missing in Liujiazhuang.
In the dense forest outside the village, there are strange lights shining at night.
The owner of the village led the villagers to hunt for treasure late at night and did not return all night.
After reporting the case, the Yamen searched for three days and three nights, but no clues were found."
"Ninety-six people are missing in Erdaogou.
There is a treasure gleaming in the abandoned mine.
The village chief organized a group of villagers to go into the cave to explore, but none of them returned.
Then five more government officials went into the cave to look for the people, and they also left.
No reply."
Six villages, six mysterious disappearances.
What they have in common is that suddenly there is a brilliant light shining near the village, which attracts people to explore, but all the people who go to explore never come back, and no one is alive or dead.
Shen Lian raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "Has something like this happened before?"
"Yes."
Li Xu nodded, "My subordinates specially retrieved the previous files and found that similar disappearances occurred every twelve to fifteen years.
It can be traced back to more than three hundred years ago."
Shen Lian was surprised: "It took such a long time, but the reason has never been found out."
Li Xu sighed heavily, shook his head slightly and said, "The records indicate that there is a suspicion that a monster is eating.
However, no one has seen this monster, and no traces of the monster have been found."
Shen Lian fell into thought.
"It is abnormal that there must be such a large-scale disappearance of people.
The method of committing the crime is traceless and cannot be done by human beings."
Shen Lian was sure that this was a demonic disaster.
There is a monster that is low-key and cautious.
It does not use any brutal and violent methods.
Instead, it uses treasure lights, strange signs, etc. to lure people into an ambush, kill them quickly, eat, then leave, and then go to the next place, and then use the same method. way to hunt.
"This monster is very cunning and very troublesome."
After thinking for a while, Shen Lian's eyes flashed and his plan came to mind.
"Li Xu, go and sort out those files, count the time and location of all missing cases, and mark them on the map."
Shen Lian looked serious and quickly ordered.
Li Xu looked a little confused and didn't know what Shen Lian was going to do.
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He quickly responded: "Yes, I will do it now."
Wu Yanzong also cupped his hands and said, "Come on and help me."
About an hour later, Li and Wu completed the statistics and presented a topographic map, on which a certain area was marked with dense information.
Shen Lian looked at it again and again seriously, and the corners of his mouth gradually turned up, flashing a playful expression.
Li Xu and Wu Yanzong looked at each other in confusion, feeling that Shen Lian at this moment was unfathomable.
"If I guessed correctly, this monster's lair should be in this area."
Shen Lian pointed at a certain place on the map.
"What, I don't know what kind of monster committed the crime.
I even found the monster's lair."
Li and Wu were shocked, confused, and even couldn't believe it.
They suddenly said in unison: "How can you see it?"
Coming to this conclusion involves statistics, big data analysis, and statistical analysis of the monster's hunting locations every ten years or so to find out its activity patterns.
It is almost impossible to explain these complicated things clearly, considering the limitations of Li and Wu's knowledge.
Shen Lian pondered for a while, but still tried his best to explain, and said: "The world we live in is vast, and the territory occupied by the human race is actually only a small part.
There are also vast mountains and forests, and places with harsh environments, which are occupied by many monsters.
If monsters want to eat humans, they will inevitably build their nests not too far from human settlements.
As far as this disappearance case is concerned, the monster who committed the crime was cautious and very restrained, and the possibility of committing the crime individually is extremely high.
Here, I assume that there is only one monster doing the evil, and he comes out to eat once every ten years or so.
This monster is very cunning.
He never eats continuously in a certain area.
This time he goes to the west, and the next time he goes to the east, rotating.
Assuming that he hunts in a clockwise direction, ahem, the direction of the sun's rotation, and eats in four areas: east, west, north and south.
After one reincarnation, a full forty or fifty years will pass.
Moreover, there are many villages in the same area.
If he goes to a certain village this time, he will go to another village the next time he comes forty or fifty years later, and will not commit crimes in the same place again.
As a result, it seemed to have no rules, very few clues, no traces, and elusiveness, so that no one found this monster for more than three hundred years.
Because he is like cutting leeks, hunting and eating one after another over a long period of time.
This model is very scientific and in line with the path of sustainable development.
Ahem, in short, there is no way your shoes won’t get wet when you often walk by the river.
Although this monster is extremely smart, he forgot that his lair is fixed. " Shen Lian drew a circle on the map with his finger and pointed it to Li and Wu, "Look carefully to see if all the disappearance cases are located around this area."
Li and Wu had already widened their eyes.
"It's really like this.
This area is blank.
All the missing cases are outside the blank area and form a circle."
Li Xu was shocked and exclaimed.
Wu Yanzong was dumbfounded.
In fact, he didn't understand it very well, but he felt that what Shen Lian said was very reasonable, and that seemed to be what happened.
"Elder Shen is Elder Shen.
Even Cao Cheng was beaten to death by him.
He is awesome.
He is really awesome."
Wu Yanzong looked at Shen Lian in awe and was completely convinced.
Li Xu was also convinced.
The puzzle that he had been puzzled to solve was solved in Shen Lian's hands in just a few clicks.
He made a high judgment that his strength was not as good as others, and his wisdom was also not as good as others.
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He had to accept it.
Shen Lian ordered: "Send people to investigate this area immediately.
Be sure to find the monster's lair.
It's best to find out what monster it is, and then concentrate your forces to kill it."
"yes" Li and Wu responded extremely seriously.
That day, Gu Garden.
A reward order was hung up: Cangya Mountain, exploration mission, mission points 600 points "Hey, has anyone been to the exploration mission of 600 mission points, Cangya Mountain?"
"I've been to Cangya Mountain.
It's a majestic mountain with flowers and grass everywhere.
The scenery is very good."
"This is an exploration mission.
I'm asking if there are any monsters in Cangya Mountain."
"Probably not.
There are a lot of wild animals there, especially golden-ringed cobras.
There are so many.
But I just circled around the outside and didn't go deep.
I can't say for sure what's going on inside the mountain."
"I want to take on this mission.
Does anyone want to team up with me?"
After a while, an exploration team composed of three Gu masters unveiled the reward order.
After registering, they made some preparations and set off.
Three days later, the three people arrived at Cangya Mountain.
Looking around, Cangya Mountain is surrounded by dense rocks, jagged rocks, and towering trees.
From a distance, you can hear the roar of hundreds of beasts in the mountain.
It is extremely lively and not a place of death.
“What a big mountain with endless views” Jin Renyu was young and in good spirits.
She looked back and forth from a distance and had a flat Adam's apple.
It was obvious at a glance that she was a woman disguised as a man.
"Brother Jin, the Nukun Gang will not issue a reward for exploration without reason.
There may be powerful monsters lurking in Cangya Mountain, so it's better to be careful."
The middle-aged man next to Jin Renyu is named Song Wuzuo.
His surname is Song, and Wuzuo is his original profession.
Everyone calls him Song Wuzuo.
Over time, even he calls himself this way, and his original name is no longer used.
Song Wuzuo had a serious face and glanced around, appearing extremely cautious and careful, in sharp contrast to the carefree Jin Renyu.
"Uncle Song is right, we have to be careful."
The third companion is Zhou Xuan.
He is a young man who has just become a father.
He has a calm expression and is playing with a green snake in his hand.
His eyes are alert.
Jin Renyu stuck out his tongue and said arrogantly: "I don't know if there is any danger."
As she spoke, her ears suddenly grew longer, stood upright, and were fluffy.
They were clearly a pair of rabbit ears, making her look cute, charming, and lovable.
The rabbit's ears move back and forth, listening in all directions.
Jin Renyu listened for a long time and chuckled: "There is a large beast three miles to the east, either a tiger or a leopard.
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The other directions are safe."
"Rabbit Ear Gu is indeed practical and beautiful."
Zhou Xuan was greatly surprised, and couldn't help but look at Jin Renyu with a bit of eagerness.
Song Wuzuo nodded: "Then I will enter the mountain from the south."
Zhou Xuan took the initiative to walk in front and said: "There are many snakes in Cangya Mountain.
My snake control Gu is the nemesis of snakes.
Let me open the way."
"good"
Song Wuzuo and Jin Renyu naturally had no objection.
The three of them entered the mountain like this.
Along the way, relying on Jin Renyu's super hearing, they avoided many large beasts.
Unconsciously, they encountered more and more golden-ringed cobras, but with Zhou Xuan opening the way, all the golden-ringed cobras gave way. suddenly The green snake lying on Zhou Xuan's shoulder trembled violently, and Zhou Xuan stopped immediately, his expression becoming extremely alert.
"Be careful, there is a powerful snake hiding in front."
Zhou Xuan held his breath.
"Snake" Jin Renyu listened carefully, frowned, and shook his head.
"I didn't hear anything."
"You can't hear it, or there's no sound at all, right?"
Song Wuzuo narrowed his eyes and asked in a low voice.
Jin Renyu's expression suddenly changed: "There was no sound, and there was dead silence ahead."
Zhou Xuan looked at the green snake that was trembling more and more, and said solemnly: "Something's wrong, there seems to be more than one snake."
Before he finished speaking, on a big tree directly in front, a piece of bark suddenly moved slightly among the branches and leaves.
Jinrenyu's rabbit ears trembled, and he suddenly raised his head, looking at the big tree in front of him, searching back and forth with his eyes.
"You three beasts actually came to the territory of the golden-ringed snake demon clan.
Who gave you such courage?"
A strange voice sounded in vain, echoing in the forest
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