Ghost?
It couldn't be as simple as that.
Li Xianyu nodded. "I believe it."
Huang Yicong was surprised. "You really believe it?"
Of course I believe it. I've dealt with many wraiths. I even killed one in the restaurant … Li Xianyu complained in his heart, but he smiled. "Things that you haven't seen might not necessarily exist, but how can you say they don't exist? So, there's no need to argue about whether there are ghosts in this world. After all, no one has seen them. "
Huang Yicong nodded. "Actually, I don't know if that thing is a ghost … My hometown is in Chongming, which is the last stop before the Yangtze River flows into the sea. There are very few tributaries in Chongming, but there is a river that passes by my village."
It was a midsummer night. The night sky was still twinkling with stars, and the faint moonlight shone on the fields, the weeds, and the dense forest. Every child who grew up in the countryside would reminisce about the quiet and peaceful countryside nights filled with the chirping of insects.
But Huang Yicong didn't want to remember his childhood in the countryside. That night, he and his companion went out to fish for eels. For some reason, the harvest was bad. There were no eels or water snakes in the fields.
"Why don't we go to the river and take a look?" his companion said.
"There are water ghosts by the river. We can't go at night." Huang Yicong was timid when he was young.
"The adults lied to us," his companion said. "The last time my dad and I guarded the melon fields, it was too hot at night. I slept on the graves beside the melon fields."
If they couldn't catch eels tonight, there would be no delicious braised eels tomorrow. Men had special feelings for eels, and so did boys. Huang Yicong couldn't resist the temptation of the eels. He followed his companion through the fields and came to the river.
The tributaries of the Yangtze River at that time were much clearer than they were now. The river was not wide, and the water flow was gentle. The moonlight shone on the calm surface of the river. It was deep and quiet, revealing a gloomy feeling that children couldn't understand.
They searched back and forth by the river for a long time. The eels that usually held their heads high seemed especially dispirited today. There wasn't a single one, which was very unreasonable. There was no industrial pollution in the river at that time. In the hot summer, there would definitely be eels raising their heads proudly.
But today, for some reason, not only were there no eels to be seen, but the surface of the river was so calm that there wasn't even a ripple of fish activity.
"Why don't we look for a cage?" His companion scratched his head and came up with a lousy idea.
During the day, there would be villagers throwing shrimp cages and fishing nets into the river. The next morning, they would come back to collect the nets. There would be some harvests, and it would not be a problem to make a few dishes of river flavor.
Stealing other people's fishing nets and shrimp cages was definitely not immoral. It was basic, and everyone did it.
Today you steal from me, tomorrow I will steal from you.
The only problem was that your eyes had to be sharp enough to find where the fishing line was hidden. The river was connected to the Yangtze River and the sea. It was not easy to find a fishing net or a shrimp cage.
After searching for a long time, they found nothing. Huang Yicong was instinctively afraid of the atmosphere by the river and urged his companions to go back.
In order to prevent children from swimming in the river without permission, adults would always scare them by saying that there were water monkeys, water ghosts, and the like in the river.
"Found it." Suddenly, his companion cheered and found a fishing line tied to a stone in the grass by the river. He pulled the fishing line towards the shore. "You come and help."
Huang Yicong was also very happy. Finding a fishing net meant that he would not be empty-handed today. He only hoped that there would be some good stuff in it.
The fishing net was pulled up, and it was empty.
"Hey, the net is broken." His companion spread the fishing net and squatted down to check. The fishing net seemed to have been bitten by something, and there was not a single fish in the net.
"I, I think we should go." Huang Yicong swallowed his saliva. He was a little afraid. The fishing net was not old, but it was very strong. This was freshwater, not the sea. Freshwater creatures would never be able to survive saltwater creatures. What could have bitten the fishing net?
Today, the river was especially quiet. The eels did not dare to raise their heads. Did this mean that there was something scary in the river?
"No, I will look again. If there is nothing to bring back today, Dad will scold me." His companion said.
"I will go over there to take a dump. You look for it yourself." Huang Yicong said.
"Don't sneak back." His companion shouted at his back.
Huang Yicong returned after taking a dump. He could not see his companion anywhere. In the end, he found his companion a few dozen meters away. At that time, he had already stepped into the river, and the water was up to his knees. In front of his companion, there seemed to be a figure.
The figure poked half of its body out of the water, and the two seemed to be talking.
Seeing this scene, Huang Yicong's liver was torn apart. The river was very deep, and the position of the figure was estimated to be several meters deep. If it was standing in the water, how tall would it be?
With the bright moonlight, Huang Yicong saw the figure clearly. It was obviously different from a human. The top of its head was bald, and there was hair on the edge. It seemed to be handing something to its companion. Its hand reached out of the water. It was a huge palm, and there were thick webs between its fingers.
Huang Yicong was so scared that he cried out. The thing dived into the water in a panic.
"That thing must be the water monkey." Huang Yicong said. Even after so many years, he still had a lingering fear when he recalled what happened that year.
"What happened after that?" Li Xianyu asked. There must be a continuation to the story. If it was just that, it would not be able to remember it after so many years. Also, based on the current situation, it seemed that the thing had returned to find Huang Yicong.
"I pulled my friend out of the water. His face was blank, and his eyes were empty as if he had lost his soul. He followed me back home in a daze. The next day, the news of his soul wandering spread throughout the village. His parents took him to see a doctor, and even invited a demigod to their house to summon his soul. None of them worked. Everyone in the village said that his soul was taken away by the water ghost in the river.
"On the third night, I was sleeping at home when I suddenly heard someone calling my name from the window. I opened the window and saw him standing outside, smiling at me.
"I asked him why he came to my house so late at night. He said he had something to give me … At that time, he was very normal, and his soullessness seemed to have recovered. He gave me the thing and left. " At this point, Huang Yicong turned his head. His face was as white as paper. "In the morning, I heard that he had died. He died a horrible death. I don't know what cut open his chest and ate his organs. His bed was covered in blood. Strangely, that night, his parents did not hear anything, nor did they hear him scream. The police found a sticky liquid next to his bed. It had a very pungent smell, but they could not tell what it was. Until now, the case has not been solved. "
Li Xianyu lit a cigarette and frowned. "What did that thing look like? Do you remember?"
Huang Yicong carefully recalled. "It looked very short, and its shape was similar to a human's. Its head was bald, and there was a circle of hair around it. It was dark at the time, so I could not see clearly. I only remember that its skin seemed to be black … Its eyes, its eyes were red, and they seemed to glow."
Huang Yicong's face turned ugly. "This is the water monkey. It is very similar to the water monkey that everyone has described."
Demon Blood Boil!
Li Xianyu suddenly thought of this term. After he was resurrected, he secretly looked for Dharmaraja to see the video of Great-grandmother going berserk.
In the video, Great-grandmother was floating in the air. Her eyes were flashing with a scarlet light, like a demon descending to the world.
Dharmaraja told him that it was an abnormality caused by the gene boiling in a Blood Descendant's body. It was called Demon Blood Boil.
There were two situations in which a Blood Descendant would behave strangely.
One: Prepare to risk your life.
For example, after drinking the "Five Second Man" drug, the demon blood would boil.
Two: Blood Descendants who were bloodthirsty.
This type of demon devoured flesh and blood for a long time. Their body functions were maintained in a hunting state, and their demon blood would always boil.
From this, it could be inferred that the thing that was suspected to be the Water Monkey was not a good one.
"What did your friend give you?" Li Xianyu asked.
"It's a ring." Huang Yicong said as he took off the ring that he had been wearing. To be more precise, it was a jade thumb ring.
So it was …
Li Xianyu was no stranger to it. Huang Yicong had been wearing it since he entered the university. They had lived together for almost three years, so he knew how old it was, let alone a thumb ring.
The thumb ring looked ordinary. It looked like a street stall product. Even if it was really jade, it was not worth much.
If it was not for this story, Li Xianyu would not have paid attention to it at all.
"So, did you guess it too?" Li Xianyu took the thumb ring and carefully played with it. "It came back to ask for something from you."
"My friend's death was probably because I didn't take care of the ring well. It didn't find its own thing, so it ate my friend." Huang Yicong lowered his head and rubbed the jade ring with his finger. "I've always worn it. It was left to me by my friend. I didn't tell anyone about this. No one would believe me even if I did."
But why did it give the ring to your friend to keep?
Li Xianyu did not ask this question. Instead, he worriedly looked at his pale and dazed roommate. He said in a low voice, "What happened to you in the past few days?"
"I don't know if it was a hallucination or a dream. Someone whispered in my ear and told me to return it to him. When I woke up the next day, I was still fine. "
What's so good about it? You look exactly like that friend of yours from back then.
"When did this happen?"
"It's been two days."
"…" Li Xianyu looked at him silently. "If I remember correctly, your friend died on the third day."
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