In the dark water, he could only see his surroundings with the help of the flashlight.
Dragged by the black hair, Chen Ge got closer and closer to the coffin-like thing.
Why would there be something like this in the dam? Was it set up by someone? " Before jumping into the dam, Chen Ge did not expect the water to be so deep. The oxygen in his lungs was decreasing, and his body was starting to feel unwell.
Moving the flashlight, the light shone around the coffin. Black 'water plants' fluttered at the bottom of the dam. After diving for another 2 meters, Chen Ge finally saw that it was not water plants but human hair.
The strands of hair were connected together, and it made Chen Ge's eyelids twitch.
Wen Wen's sister wants to bring me through the black hair?
Just that thought appeared in his mind, and his body shivered uncontrollably.
The black hair curled around Chen Ge's arm. After the 'water plants' at the bottom of the dam were pushed away, a pale and swollen face was revealed.
It's a woman. Her eyes were closed, and she floated vertically at the bottom of the dam. Something seemed to be tied to her legs, and they were connected to the coffin.
With a cursory glance, Chen Ge noticed there was a hole at the bottom of the dam. The coffin was stuck inside the hole, and the dead bodies floated above the hole. Their hair and the water plants grew together to form a large shadow.
To get into the hole, one had to walk through the water plants and dead people's hair.
This was the first time that Chen Ge had seen such a strange scene. Perhaps it was due to the exhaustion of oxygen, the feeling of suffocation was getting stronger.
Using his hand to push away the water plants and hair, Chen Ge walked past the dead bodies.
The hole at the bottom of the dam was very deep, and the coffin was stuck very close to the hole.
When Chen Ge entered the hole, the black hair on his fingers loosened. Wen Wen's sister was unable to get close to the coffin.
Unable to speak, Chen Ge could only gesture with his hands. Fortunately, Xu Yin and Chen Ge had worked together many times, so they quickly understood what he meant.
There was a smear of red under the dark water, as if blood had been poured into the water. Xu Yin tried to follow Chen Ge into the cave, but as soon as he got close, there was a strange sound coming from the bottom of the cave, as if some monster was hiding in the cave and slowly waking up.
Xu Yin told Chen Ge to retreat. He sensed that something ominous was hiding in the cave.
"Is Sister Wen Wen's body deep inside the cave or inside the coffin?"
With water in his ears and difficulty breathing, Chen Ge's situation was very bad. He had to make a decision as soon as possible.
"Open the coffin! If Wenwen's sister's body isn't in the coffin, retreat immediately. "
None of the ghosts were willing to get close to the cave, so there had to be something wrong with it. No matter what the reason was, it was not good news for Chen Ge, who did not have any ghosts with him.
He often interacted with ghosts, and normally, the only thing that could make a ghost afraid was a ghost that was crueler and scarier.
Chen Ge's diving skill was very poor. He had no choice but to grab the water plants and the dead people's hair to pull himself closer to the coffin.
The flashlight that Zhang Dabo gave Chen Ge was not the kind used for diving. The light flickered like it could go out at any moment.
The light was about to disappear, and the feeling of suffocation kept coming. The longer he stayed underwater, the higher the chance of an accident happening to Chen Ge.
Grabbing the water plants and the dead bodies, Chen Ge finally entered the cave. At the same time, he saw that the dead bodies' legs were tied up with ropes, and the other end of the ropes was inside the coffin.
The ends of the ropes were all inside the coffin. It looked like the thing inside the coffin was their owner, and it had the power to decide their life and death.
After another two seconds, Chen Ge finally grabbed the coffin inside the cave.
He adjusted his position so that the light from the flashlight could reach deeper into the cave.
The man from the fishing association saw many water ghosts at Eastern Jiujiang Dam, but there are only four bodies around this cave. Could the other water ghosts be hiding inside the cave?
The light from the flashlight could not reach deep into the cave, so he could not see what was inside it.
If there are dead bodies, I'll have to inform the police. I'll leave this cave for Captain Yan to explore. Chen Ge wanted to suggest to Captain Yan that they drain the dam, but the possibility of that happening was not high. Eastern Jiujiang Dam was upstream, and it was connected to several branches of the river. Unless the upstream water was cut off, the water in the dam would not be drained.
Time to think about it. Due to the lack of oxygen, Chen Ge's mind was starting to blur.
He pressed his palm on the coffin lid, and there was a slippery and sticky feeling in his palm. It was very uncomfortable, like he had stuck his hand into glue.
What is covering the surface of the coffin? Chen Ge raised his hand to look. His palm had turned red. It was unclear whether it was some kind of red algae or something else, but Chen Ge could see clearly that the red thing in his palm was moving on its own like it had a life of its own.
Who cares. Chen Ge walked to the end of the coffin. Perhaps because his experience at Coffin Village was too unforgettable, he was very familiar with the structure of the coffin.
Using the buoyancy of the water and his own weight, Chen Ge shook the coffin lid, and several seconds later, the lid finally opened a gap.
The lid was nailed to the coffin, and it was a custom at Jiujiang's old city — it was called sealing the coffin.
Sealing the coffin was very rare because only those who had shamed their ancestors would be sealed and buried by their descendants.
With all his might, Chen Ge could not fully open the coffin lid. As he panicked, a thick smell of blood rushed into his nostrils. Xu Yin entered the cave and grabbed the other end of the coffin lid.
He purposely avoided the end of the coffin like there was something there that made him uncomfortable or even afraid.
With Xu Yin's help, Chen Ge slowly opened the coffin. He reached the flashlight into the coffin, and the scene inside was something that he did not expect.
Inside the coffin were many dolls.
They were not the kind that could be found on the market; they were probably privately made. The craftsmanship was rough, and there were no labels on them, but there were names written on them.
What's going on?
Chen Ge's attention was fully focused on the coffin. The black phone mentioned retrieving the dead bodies, so it's retrieving these dolls? They're the dead bodies?
Time was running out, so Chen Ge did not have time to think. He reached his hand into the coffin.
However, when he touched the dolls inside the coffin, the coffin shook, and the ropes that reached into the coffin were pulled taut.
He lifted his head to look up, and the four dead bodies hanging at the four corners of the coffin were all staring at him.
The black hair of the four dead faces weaved together like a large net.
Chen Ge maintained his composure. At this point, there was no turning back.
He pulled out the dolls from the coffin. Strangely enough, there was a string that pierced through the dolls' hearts. He only needed to take one out to pull out all the other dolls.
When he dragged the dolls inside the coffin, Chen Ge felt his legs go numb like there was a school of fish swimming past him.
Thinking about his current situation, he had a bad feeling about this.
Turning the flashlight, Chen Ge lowered his head to look. His legs were crowded with pale-faced children.
When did they appear?
With Yin Yang Vision, Chen Ge soon realized that these children could not even be considered ghosts. They were some lingering spirits that were about to dissipate, and they had been residing in these old dolls.
"Could it be that these dolls represent living people? Have so many children died because of this? Things were much more serious than he thought. Chen Ge pulled out the child who was pierced by the rope from the coffin and prepared to swim up.
Wait a minute. Without much hesitation, Chen Ge forcibly removed the lid from the coffin. Xu Yin did not dare approach the back of the coffin. This normal coffin lid had to have some kind of secret, so he decided to bring it back to study.
The dead bodies hanging at the four corners of the coffin did not stop Chen Ge. This was more like some kind of ritual. The deeper secret would only be revealed when he ventured deeper into the cave.
This should be the setup of the culprit in Eastern Jiujiang. Compared to entering an unknown cave, it's safer to find Huang Ling's husband and ask him personally.
One good thing about Chen Ge was that he rarely did things that he was not confident in.
With the protection of Xu Yin and the Vat Ghost, Chen Ge grabbed the coffin lid and the rope that held the dolls as he swam through the black hair and the water plants.
Emerging from the water, Chen Ge took a deep breath. He tossed the dolls and the coffin lid onto the boat and then used the last bit of his strength to climb onto the boat.
A slight vibration came from the boat. Chen Ge pulled back the shirt that covered him, and the screen of the black phone lit up. He had received a new message.
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