So I quickly began to think of one thing. If people from the White Lotus Sect came here to look for something, then this thing must have been hidden here before. Hu Zongren and I just walked all the way. The trails were actually built by the management. It was like playing a hamster race. You can only stay within the prescribed track. From this, I analyzed that if someone wants to hide something, it must be somewhere where tourists cannot go or see it directly. So I started jokingly telling the tea stall owner, now that Fotuguan Park is open to the public for free, does it have to be closed at night? The boss said yes, this place is so big after all, it has to be closed at night. After all, it is not safe at night and it is on a cliff. I asked the shop owner again, besides the Hubei Cliff you just mentioned, are there any other places that are closed to visitors? The boss told me without thinking at all, of course, this place is too big, and the haystacks and bushes under the cliff are closed and treated as greening. There used to be people farming down there, but after the park was regulated and managed, no one was allowed in. I asked him, is the source of the underground river you mentioned located in that place? The boss is right, but there is no underground river anymore. The surrounding areas have been dug and repaired. The structure has been changed long ago and the water has been dry for many years! I glanced at Hu Zongren, and Hu Zongren¡¯s eyes told me that if you continue to dig, there must be other news. It seems that Hu Zongren has the same idea as me, because we all know that such things must be hidden in places that ordinary people cannot reach. The speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. This has been the case since ancient times. I mean, if there were more scum like me and Hu Zongren since ancient times. So I then asked the tea stall owner, tell me everything you know about other places. It was my first time to come to this park, and I wanted to take this opportunity to learn more about it. After saying that, I held my chin with my hands in the shape of a flower basket, and sat on the grain pile to listen to my mother telling stories. ¡°Perhaps my concentration moved the tea stall owner, and he showed a proud expression. Although I am not wearing a brand-name outfit, at least I am a young person. Very few young people are interested in these things now. I am not really interested. You know, everything I do is to be able to get more. After extracting some information, it turned out that I was actually taking advantage of the tea stall owner, but I didn't mean any harm. After feeling a little proud, the boss took a sip of tea, then clasped his hands with each other, ready to talk endlessly. He told us that during the war, when the Japanese bombed Chongqing, a very large air-raid shelter was built in this place because of the cliffs. It is said that after the air-raid shelter was dug to a few dozen meters, it was discovered that the pass. I asked him what he meant by digging through. The boss said that when he dug there, he found some densely packed small dark caves, similar to the caves found in the mountains in the past, except that there were no stalactites or anything like that. So I didn't dare to continue digging for fear of the whole thing collapsing. Anyway, it was deep enough, so it was regarded as a civil defense project at that time. The shop owner told us that in the 1980s, there was an earthquake somewhere and the innermost part collapsed. The place was never open to the public again. At first, some people planned to repair it, but finally found out that the amount of work was It was a bit big, and the effect of repairing it was not great, so I gave up. I asked the boss, so you can¡¯t go to this place now, right? He said that if you walk there, you will definitely not be able to get there. Although there is no wall, the road outside is broken. Basically, few people will walk through the thorns to see the empty air-raid shelter. I felt excited and thought that if it were me, I might choose to hide something in this place. So I asked the store owner, have you ever been in that air-raid shelter? The boss said that he went there when he was young, and it was not stopped at that time. He invited a few friends to roast rabbits and drink wine at the door, which was a lot of fun. Hu Zongren interrupted and asked, rabbit? Where did the rabbit come from? The tea stall owner said, you don¡¯t know this. The environment used to be good, but it¡¯s not as smoky as it is now. There used to be rabbits in the haystacks here. Where there are rabbits, there must be snakes, even now. , sometimes there are snakes. You are lucky. It is winter now. If it were summer, you would often see thick and long snakes in those ponds. I know what he said. It is a water snake. Most of its body is black. In summer, it can often be found in ponds in the mountains. At least I am in awe of snakes now, not because they can bite people, but because after getting to know some immortal masters in my early years, I found that they have a deep respect for such animals. It doesn¡¯t matter that I was ignorant when I was a child. I once caught a snake, but now that I have grown up, I will never touch anything related to snakes. The shop owner then told us that there was a heavy rain that lasted for nearly a week, and a lot of soil was washed away. At that time, we also found a lot of very thick earthworms here, the thickest ones were as thick as arms. ! ??When the tea stall owner said this, he stretched out his arms and his eyes lit up, as if he could remember the scene vividly. When I was a kid, I also played with earthworms, and I didn¡¯t know how many of them I killed. Because at that time, childhood entertainment options were very limited, so I often brought a screwdriver and a small bucket with me to see where there was mud. I went digging and collected some, then took them to the ornamental fish pond in the factory to feed the small fish in it. I think those little fish must have liked me very much, and this made me fall in love with eating fish in the future. I have also seen very thick earthworms, but the largest ones are only as thick as a finger or as thick as an arm. I am afraid they have become sperm. So I told the store owner with a look of disbelief, "It's impossible!" So thick! It's possible! Brother, you are afraid that you are sparing me! ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡ The boss said loudly, "Who spared you? I'm telling the truth. I saw it with my own eyes. At first I thought it was a snake, but it turned out to be an earthworm. Later, it was killed by onlookers, and I reported it to the police at the time." ! He said it categorically, as if I couldn't believe it. He went on to say that he discovered it on the edge of the underground river. Where there is water and vegetation, there are more of these things. At that time, you could see those little red fruits everywhere on the grass, and you could just pick them up and eat them. That kind of thing is called "snake bubble" in Chongqing dialect. It is probably a kind of berry. In many places, it is called "dragon spitting pearl". Because there must be snakes near this small fruit. It seems that it grows because snakes crawl over it. In addition to being a delicious fruit, it can also be chewed with leaves and flowers and applied to wounds. Treats mosquito bites and snake venom. As the saying goes, one thing can defeat another thing. Didn't Li Shizhen once say that wherever poisonous insects are infested, there must be a cure within a hundred steps? So I began to think that since there are snakes here, snakes are animals on the ground, but when they hibernate, they usually dig holes or hide in the cracks of rocks. If the four divine beasts that Situ analyzed originally occupied metal, wood, water, and fire, would earth refer to these snakes? Situ also mentioned "earth dragons" before, and the shop owner kept saying that he had seen earthworms as thick as an arm. Aren't earth dragons just earthworms? Could it be that those giant earthworms still exist? Thinking of this, I suddenly felt hairy all over my body. I am ashamed to say that I am a person who is particularly afraid of insects. I am afraid of anything with more than 4 limbs, so although I don¡¯t like killing animals, all the spiders and cockroaches in my house are not spared. Earthworms have no limbs, but I can't stand the soft and wet feeling. If this time is really related to the "earth dragon" mentioned by Situ, I'm afraid Hu Zongren will have to do it himself. Hu Zongren saw that I was still surprised, so he then asked, are there any other places that I can't go to now? The shop owner said that there are actually quite a lot of them here. For example, those bone towers that were left behind in the past were also in the grass and were not allowed to go. Anyway, there are quite a lot of them. You will know after you come and play a few times. It¡¯s a coincidence that at this moment, Situ called, so I walked aside to answer the phone while Hu Zongren continued to chat with the shop owner. Situ asked me, are you here now? As I said, I was drinking tea. Situ said that you two are really leisurely. Xiao Hu told me yesterday, didn't he ask you to do something? Why did you go to drink tea? I said that none of us were familiar with this place, and since it was such a big place, we definitely needed to find someone to find out more about the situation. Situ said that was true, so he asked me if I had learned anything. I briefly told Situ what the store owner had just said. Situ said that he had actually heard of some of this, but he had only been to this place a few times. , so I wasn¡¯t very impressed. But he told me that you can ask him to see if anything strange has happened in Fotuguan Park before. I asked Situ, what¡¯s weird? What the hell? Situ said of course it was a ghost. I said, but didn¡¯t I tell Hu Zongren before? It has nothing to do with ghosts! Situ said, so I said to you, kid, why are you so naive after so many years? Think about who you are, who Hu Zongren is, who the White Lotus Sect is, and who the Xuanyuan Society is. Aren¡¯t these people always good at dealing with ghosts? Xuanyuan Society sent you twenty-four cases, all of which are ghost stories. Why is this one not the only one? You have to use your brain, don't be stupid and suffer a loss when the time comes! Situ¡¯s words really reminded me. But when Hu Zongren told me it was not a ghost earlier, I didn¡¯t bring some tools with me. Wouldn¡¯t it be bad if it suddenly didn¡¯t happen as we thought? So I said thank you to Situ and hung up the phone. I looked at Hu Zongren and the store owner who were chatting happily, and walked over.