Chapter 893: 893
His expression was one of extreme fright . It was as if he had just seen something terrifying .
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His body trembled as he stood up . He wanted to run away . However, his body did not cooperate with him . He fell to the ground with a thump .
Was there poison?
He was conscious, but his body felt soft and powerless . Even moving his fingers was hard .
Creak! The door opened . Miao Qingfeng walked in from the outside with a smile on his face .
“Congratulations, the chief has made a decision . Go to the Burial of Gods Lake . It is almost time . Prepare to enjoy the scenery of the lake . ”
The night was quiet and calm . It was even more so in this seemingly paradise-like place .
Next to the stockade, there was a large lake . At night, it looked quiet and calm without any ripples .
On the lakeshore, there were several torches and people . In the water, there was a small bamboo raft . A man was lying on it .
Mmph!
His eyes were opened wide, and his mouth made whining sounds .
“Go . ” Miao Xihe said . With a hard push by two people, the bamboo raft drifted into the lake . There was a lit torch at the head of the raft .
Whoosh! The flames were floating .
This bamboo raft magically headed for the center of the lake .
Whoosh! there was a noise in the water . Upon a closer look, it was a group of small fish . They had gathered under the bamboo raft for unknown reasons . They kept swimming, urging the bamboo raft to float toward the center of the lake .
No, no, no!
The man shouted in his heart . He opened his mouth, but he could only make whimpering sounds . He could hear the whooshing noises the bamboo raft under him was making . His face was drained of blood, and his eyes were wide . His body was full of fear, but he could not even tremble .
At the side of the lake, the people quietly stood there . They watched the bamboo raft as it drifted further away .
With a whoosh, the calm water in the lake was broken by something . A huge figure flashed under the lake .
After hearing the sound, the man on the raft felt his heart skip a beat . His entire mind suddenly went blank . The thing he had been the most worried about had begun . The sound was not loud, but he knew that it was something coming to claim his life . It was similar to a man holding a bright knife and constantly waving it in front of one’s eyes, slowly moving it towards one’s neck and chest . One knew that it would eventually be thrust into one’s body .
Sometimes knowing death was approaching was worse than dying . The fear before death was excruciating .
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No one could avoid death . The key was how one died .
The undoubtedly happiest way to die was of old age, passing away in one’s sleep without any sickness or disaster .
Struggling in fear and dying in agony was undoubtedly the most tragic way to die .
Whoosh! The water made another sound .
The fish that had gathered under the bamboo raft disappeared . The quietly floating raft had almost reached the center of the lake .
Badum . Badum .
The man heard his heart beating .
Whoosh…
A huge figure appeared under the bamboo raft .
Wooo!
A sharp sound rang out from the shore .
Whoosh! The surface water broke . Water was splashing everywhere as a huge figure protruded its head from beneath the surface . Crack…
Fresh blood spattered everywhere . The bamboo raft was bitten into pieces . The person on the raft had been bitten into two . One part was floating in the water . The blood dyed the lake red . The other part had gone somewhere unknown .
The pain was short-lived . The middle-aged man died instantly .
Whoosh! The huge figure reappeared, swallowing the rest of the body .
The water soon calmed, but the pool of blood showed that something terrible had just happened .
Whoosh! A group of fish reappeared . They went toward the blood . They kept shuttling about . They seemed very excited .
On the bank, Miao Xihe quietly watched what had happened without saying a word .
The bamboo raft was shattered, and the person was dead .
After a while, he quietly turned around and left .
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“Well, done,” Miao Qingfeng said .
After stretching his body for a while, he followed suit and left .
Several other people slowly followed .
It was as if nothing had happened .
The stockade was still the same .
In the morning, the sun pierced through the darkness as the sky lit up .
In He County, hundreds of miles away…
Guo Zhenghe, who had just come to the office, was staring blankly at an envelope on his desk .
“Again?”
He looked around and checked that the windows were closed . The things around were still in their original positions . Everything seemed normal .
He went to his desk and looked at the envelope . As he thought about it, he took out a pair of gloves from the desk drawer . He put them on and gently touched the envelope, which was very thin . There seemed to be several pieces of hard paper inside it .
When he opened it, he found several photos .
One was a picture of people standing by the lake with torches .
Wait!
A corner of the picture was circled in red .
It was a man lying on a bamboo raft .
In the next photo, the bamboo raft drifted toward the lake .
The next one was the same .
What are these?
When he saw the next one, Guo Zhenghe was stunned .
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There was a black shadow in the lake . It was very big .
Although it was at night, the equipment used to take the photos was very advanced . Everything could be clearly seen .
It was a fish . Using the bamboo raft as a reference, he guessed that the fish was more than 32 feet long .
He continued to look at the photos and saw a bloody scene . The ferocious beast had leaped out of the water, opened its big bloody mouth, and tore the bamboo raft and person into two pieces . Blood was flying everywhere .
Guo Zhenghe carefully looked over the picture several times .
Where is this place?
The first place he thought about was the Valley of Thousands of Medicine . He once heard Xu Xinyuan mention that there seemed to be a lake there .
He took a deep breath .
There was another meeting in the morning . After the meeting, he went out and met Xu Xinyuan to show him the pictures .
“What are these?”
Xu Xinyuan looked over the pictures . When he saw the big fish, he was stunned .
“The Valley of Thousands of Medicine! This is the Valley of Thousands of Medicine!” Xu Xinyuan exclaimed .
“Uncle Xu, are you sure?”
“I am sure . I have been there . This lake left a very strong impression on me . I didn’t expect that there would be such a monster in the lake!” He was very surprised .
“Sir, who gave you these pictures?”
“I don’t know,” Guo Zhenghe said . “When I got to the office this morning, they were on my desk . It was left there without a trace . There was nothing else unusual in the room . ”
He was disgusted by this silent approach . What did it mean that a person could enter his office without a trace? His office building should have been one of the most tightly guarded places in the county . If the person could enter without a trace, could that person also enter his home while he was sleeping? The individual could quietly come to his bed and watch him as he soundly slept . At that time, he wouldn’t be able to do anything if the person decided to take his life .
Thinking about those things, Guo Zhenghe became afraid .
People that powerful could exist in He County, but the premise was that he would control such people, such as Xu Xinyuan, who was sitting opposite him . As for others, he could not tolerate that .
“Who did it, and what was their purpose?”
“Their purpose is clear . They are aiming for the Valley of Thousands of Medicine,” Guo Zhenghe said .
“Why give it to you? Do they think that you have a feud with the Valley of Thousands of Medicine?”
Guo Zhenghe did not speak . He picked up the photos and looked at them again .
“Do you think the man on the bamboo raft was alive or dead?”
“Well, I can’t tell from the photos,” Xu Xinyuan said . “The person was quite far away while taking the pictures . As far as I can guess, the odds are that this man was still alive . ”
“What is the name of the lake?”
“It’s called the Burial of Gods Lake . ”
“Burial of Gods Lake? What a strange name,” Guo Zhenghe replied .
“This is likely a special ceremony . ” Xu Xinyuan looked at the pictures again . “Wait!”
He seemed to have found something . He took out a magnifying glass from his pocket and looked at it carefully .
“What did you find?”
“I can be sure the man was alive on the raft . ”
“Oh?”
“Take a closer look at these photos . His arm moved . His body was probably anesthetized and in a weak state when he was on the bamboo raft . ”
“You just said it was a ceremony . What ceremony?”
“This lake is called Burial of Gods lake . I don’t think it’s a common name . A monster like that doesn’t grow to so huge in a day . I think people in this stockade bring sacrifices to this lake regularly . The sacrificial items used for this monster might include humans . ”
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