Even Facio, who was talking to Zhang Zian and was very close to him, did not notice anything unusual. He saw that Zhang Zian was distracted and thought that he was not interested in the topic, so he said, "Let's continue. The road ahead is not easy to walk. It's faster to go around the beach."
"Uh … Okay."
Zhang Zian wanted to explain his gaffe just now. After all, it was rude to be distracted while talking, but no one noticed anything unusual. His explanation would seem weak, and people might even think that he was making excuses.
He looked back at the quiet forest again and called the elfins to go. They followed Facio and the wolves, leaving the abandoned Indian village.
The closer they got to the beach, the more sparse the forest became. It gradually transitioned to a combination of short trees and grassland, and the field of vision became wider.
The ecology here was different from the depths of the forest. The black-tailed deer were scared by the appearance of the wolves, the Douglas squirrels jumped to the top of the short trees, and the double-crested cormorants soared over the distant seaside cliff, swooping down like bombers from time to time. The cool sea breeze blew against their faces.
Zhang Zian occasionally looked back to check the situation behind him. He did not know if the herd was still following them.
After walking for a while, they went around a stone wall, and the majestic Pacific Ocean appeared in front of them.
They stopped at the same time and looked out at the sea, as if they could see Binhai City on the other side of the sea.
The sea here was not as blue as the sea in Egypt. It was slightly grayish-green, and the waves surged onto the beach, crashing against the rocks on the shore.
Poof!
A mist suddenly sprayed out from the distant sea. It looked like a gorgeous rainbow under the fading sunlight, and then disappeared again.
It was a whale.
Zhang Zian raised his binoculars to take a look, but it was too far away to tell what kind of whale it was.
"Let's walk on the beach," he suggested to Facio. "I have a friend here that you haven't met yet."
Walking on the beach was deep and shallow, and they often sank into the sand. It obviously affected their speed more than walking on the grass. Facio had no objections and ordered the wolves to walk on the beach instead.
Compared with the famous 17-mile coastal scenery line near San Francisco, the scenery of this wild coast was not good. The sea was not blue, the beach was not white, and even the rocks on the coast were not magnificent. So it was normal that there was not even a shadow of a person. Otherwise, no matter how remote it was, it could be developed into a tourist area.
Zhang Zian stood on a rock by the sea and saw that the rocks were inhabited by a rich variety of marine life, such as small fish, shrimp, barnacles, mussels, chitons, starfish, crabs, and so on. Since there was no human disturbance, it maintained the most primitive ecological environment where the strong preyed on the weak.
He aimed his phone at the seawater next to the rock and released Sihwa.
Dong!
A figure with a human body and a fish tail plunged into the water, creating a huge splash.
"Aiyo! My ass! " Sihwa stuck her head out of the sea with her teeth bared. She glared at him and said, "Why didn't you choose a deeper place? It almost hit my head! Would you be able to bear the responsibility if my peerless beauty, which could put the moon to shame, was damaged? "
Zhang Zian's words went in one ear and out the other. Before he could say anything, she noticed the presence of Fa Ci and immediately diverted her attention. "Ah? Where did this dog come from? "
Fa Ci coughed. "I'm a wolf."
"Wolfdog?"
"Wolf."
"Dog and Wolf time?"
"…"
Fa Ci looked at Zhang Zian for help. He didn't know how to answer. He felt that his mind couldn't keep up with this new half-human, half-fish guy.
Zhang Zian quietly pointed to his temple, meaning that this guy had a hole in his brain and shouldn't take it seriously.
He let Sihwa out mainly because he felt sorry for letting her stay in the phone for so many days. Now that they were at the beach, he let her out for some fresh air. Otherwise, when they returned to Binhai City, she might use this reason to make trouble for a long time.
Sihwa kept calling Fa Ci a dog, which made Fa Ci feel helpless. When he was thinking about how to introduce himself and emphasize that he was a wolf, he heard the sound of the wolves running in front of him.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Zian saw its ears move, as if it had heard something.
"The wolves found something. Let's go take a look."
There was a limit to what the wolves could express through their cries. Fa Ci didn't know what they had found. He could only see from afar that they were circling around something in the desert, as if they were very interested in it. They used their front claws to scratch it, and even wanted to bite it.
Zhang Zian thought it was something like a turtle, so he followed them with the elfins.
"Hey, hey! Where are you going? Why are you leaving without saying anything? "Sihwa saw that they were leaving, so she swam forward in the sea parallel to them.
Fa Ci was the first to arrive at the scene. With a shout, he dispersed the wolves, and Zhang Zian followed closely behind.
The thing that appeared in front of them, half buried in the sand, shocked them all. Zhang Zian couldn't help but take two steps back, unable to believe his eyes.
When the elfins arrived, they were all shocked as well. The timid Pi shrunk behind Zhang Zian and covered its eyes, not daring to look again.
Even Sihwa, who was always muddle-headed, was so shocked that she covered her mouth to stop herself from screaming. She hugged her arms as if she was afraid of the cold.
That was a shoe.
To be precise, it was a mid-waist hiking boot. The shoelace was still tied very firmly.
A shoe wasn't a big deal, but he and the elfins clearly saw a grayish-white rod-like object sticking out of the shoe. It was as thick as a tree branch, but much straighter than a tree branch. The cross-section was uneven.
That was … a person's calf bone.
If they walked to the side and looked into the shoe, they would probably see the foot bone. They might even see … a foot that hadn't completely rotted yet.
It depended on how long this person had been dead.
Zhang Zian and the elfins looked at each other. No one went closer to take a look into the shoe.
They had seen mummies and skeletons in the Egyptian desert. Although they were shocked at the time, they were already prepared for it. This time, they were really caught off guard.
In addition, the mummies and skeletons were people who had been dead for many years, and the style of the shoe was quite modern. The owner of the shoe probably hadn't been dead for very long.
"Zian, what's going on?"
Old Time Tea looked at the wolves suspiciously. In this forest, there weren't many animals that could kill people. The wolves were obviously the most suspicious. Moreover, the excited behavior of the wolves when they had found the shoe had added to this suspicion.
The other elfins also stared at the wolves with some caution.
Fa Ci's expression was serious. He had only been in this forest for a few days. He couldn't guarantee that this person hadn't been eaten by the wolves.
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