hotmtlnovel Chapter 3161 Detective is dying (2)
Chapter 3161 Detective is dying (2)
Chapter 3161: The Detective is about to die (XII)
Considering that this cabin is far away from any village or shop, and there is no survival supplies after leaving the house, if the owner of the diary is really tied up by something, the scope should not be far from the house, so Schiller suspected that there might be something wrong with the house.
As for what exactly was wrong, Schiller had some guesses, mainly because of the unusual amount of fish being scooped out of his stomach.
The monster is here to kill people, not to participate in a fishing competition. Assuming the monster is intelligent, in order to be able to kill better, he will only fulfill the corpse's wishes to the minimum extent possible.
Whether it is fishing or fishing, it is a relatively time-consuming job. Assuming that the man's wish is to go fishing and eat it himself, then can't he just catch one? Two or three fish of this size would be enough to fill him to death.
But Schiller found about a dozen fish in the man's stomach, and they all looked about the same level of freshness. Would this monster be so kind as to exceed the task?
So Schiller thought that these fish might not have been caught by the monster, but by the man while he was waiting for his friends to come.
This is understandable. After all, how can you not cook a meal when your friends are coming? To cook, you need to prepare ingredients. Most of the ingredients bought from the town may not be very fresh. In addition, he likes fishing, so it is normal for him to choose fish as the main dish.
If this is the case, the man's wish might just be to eat fish, and the monster might not really understand the act of eating. It just wanted to fill its stomach, so it swallowed so many fish in one breath.
But it was written in the diary that no fish had been caught in recent days, but when the monster came, there were so many fish in the kitchen. Where did this man get the fish?
There were so many suspicious points surrounding the body in the kitchen that Schiller couldn't help but pay attention, but no matter what his secrets were, there must be some clues somewhere in the room.
But Schiller didn't believe in his luck.
If he searches for clues bit by bit in the house, he will most likely face the dilemma of losing the dice.
It is a gamble to rely on luck to find clues, and it is also a gamble to set the house on fire and bet that the evidence will remain. Schiller prefers to choose a more satisfying way.
Fortunately, his luck was pretty good. The clue was in the structure of the house itself. If the house had not been burned down, it would have been unknown when he would have found out that there was a cellar in the house.
Schiller and Batman both looked down. The cellar was not very deep, so they would not get hurt if they jumped in. However, it was very dark inside, and no one knew what was inside.
"I have a flashlight here," said Night Owl, "but I don't think throwing it down is a good idea."
"I'll go down," Greedy said. "My camera has night vision mode, so I can see clearly what's inside. I'm also agile enough, so if there's any danger, I can just climb up."
Schiller did not object, and greedily approached the cave entrance. He held the camera in one hand and held the edge of the cave with the other hand. He first sat on the edge of the cave entrance and then jumped in.
"……God!"
"What's wrong?" Schiller asked.
"It's incredibly big down there." Greedy's voice came over. It seemed that he was still at the entrance of the cave and had not walked far, but he seemed to have seen something surprising.
Night Owl immediately turned on the flashlight and jumped down, then uttered the same exclamation as Greedy.
Schiller didn't know what was so amazing about a cellar until he jumped in and found out that this was not a cellar but a natural underground cave.
After jumping down, I could see with the help of the flashlight that there were some wooden floors near the entrance of the cellar, and there were also boxes and oil lamps stacked there, but the oil lamp had run out of oil.
A little further in is a purely natural structure. From the structure of the rock wall, you can tell that this is a natural cave, not an artificial one.
Schiller heard something as soon as he came down, and he said, "Be quiet."
Everyone was silent. Schiller listened carefully and said, "There is the sound of water, just ahead."
"Do you really want to go over there?" The Pale Knight was obviously hesitant.
"If I'm not mistaken, we may have arrived at some places we shouldn't have come to ahead of time." Schiller hinted vaguely.
In fact, he thought they might have skipped a level.
Logically, they should go to the village to look for clues, and then the clues in the village point to the owner of the diary, suggesting that he has some secrets.
After all, the diary specifically mentioned that he was ugly and unpopular, but he was the one people looked for whenever something happened in the village, which proved that there must be someone in the village who knew the story of the owner of the diary.
They might go into the village and hear the stories, then hear about some of the detective's activities, and finally return to the cottage, search the house carefully, and finally discover the cellar.
But Schiller's unconventional method of searching for clues led them to discover the cellar ahead of time.
But this is also a good thing. After all, they had no survival supplies after burning the house. It was not realistic to walk such a long distance when the snow was so thick and the temperature was so low. It would be better to have a new exploration route.
Schiller also asked the Transcendent in his heart if this was the case. The Transcendent did not answer, but Schiller vaguely heard the sound of his defense being broken.
Schiller could completely understand him, because the village might be a carefully modeled map, and there might be many NPCs with different temperaments, but this group of people completely skipped a major level.
"Let's go," Schiller said. "There's nowhere else to go now. It would be great if this cave could lead to the village."
Hearing his words that were obviously meaningful, the main universe Batman looked back at him, silently fell behind a little, came to Schiller's side, and said: "Where do you think this cave might lead to."
"I guess it should be a secret place. There is a high possibility that there are monsters that we cannot deal with, but there may also be tempting clues."
This sounds like nothing was said, but to Batman in the main universe it probably meant "You'd better not give me any monsters that we can't deal with, and leave some tempting clues, otherwise I still won't follow the script."
Bruce in the front was whispering with Greed, while Night Owl, who was walking in the front and lighting the way, looked back frequently. Schiller saw that his eyebrows were so strong that they could pinch a fly to death.
The sound of water was getting louder and louder.
After turning a narrow corner, a huge cave space appeared in front of everyone, and in the very center of the cave was an underground river, which was the source of the water sound.
Schiller was not too close to the water, but he could still see fish constantly tumbling and jumping out of the underground river. The number of fish was so large that he could just pick up a scoop net and return with a full load.
Night Owl shone the flashlight into the river, and Schiller could see more clearly that the fish in the underground river were the same fish in the stomach of the body that died in the kitchen. Their shapes were exactly the same.
In other words, although you can’t catch fish on the ground, you can still catch them underground.
The owner of the diary really had a big problem. Bruce stared at the river and said, "There is such a big hole under my house, and there is an underground river inside. And he is fishing in the river. Do the villagers know about this?"
He didn't farm or herd, but he mentioned in his diary that he was going to the village to buy some food. So where did he get the money? Greedy keenly grasped the key point. He said: "It seems that his only way to make money is fishing. If he can't catch fish on the ground, he will go fishing underground, but can the fish underground really be eaten?"
The truth may be just the opposite. Schiller also stared at the fish churning in the dark river. He said: "The fish underground are not only edible, but may also have some special effects. Otherwise, why would people in the village come to him? Why are there suddenly so many fish in his kitchen?"
Naturally, the others quickly figured out the problem.
The freshness of fish will drop rapidly when away from hot water, so most people seldom stockpile large quantities of fish.
If it was just him and his detective friend who were going to eat the fish, they wouldn't need more than a dozen fish. And if the fish were really caught by the owner of the diary himself, it would prove that not only he and his friends wanted to eat the fish, but others might have also ordered fish from him.
Considering the geographical location of the cabin, no one except the villagers would want to buy so many fish.
There are terrible monsters in the village, but the villagers still have the time to eat fish and meat. If they are not mentally ill, then these fish must be able to play a role in dealing with the monsters.
Thinking of this, Schiller suddenly realized, and he said: "The monster deliberately let the corpse swallow all the fish so that no one else can eat the fish."
Batman in the main universe also understood that the last wish of the owner of the diary might not be to eat fish, but the monster could control him to eat all the fish, so that even if some villagers could find this place, the fish would have been completely rotten and inedible.
Want to try catching one? Bruce is already rolling up his sleeves.
The method of catching fish is actually very simple. Not to mention that several of them were wearing coats, there were so many fish that it seemed like you could catch one just by reaching in.
Schiller also wanted to get one up to take a look, but considering safety, he thought it would be better not to get close to the water.
Greed is obviously more radical. He looks directly at the main universe Batman and says, "I think you can shoot a bullet into the lake."
"This is a shotgun, not a crossbow. Bullets can't bring back the fish." said the main universe Batman.
"It's not about the fish, it's about the fact that if there's something dangerous in the lake, you might be able to irritate it."
"What a lunatic." Night Owl muttered to himself after taking a look at Greed. He reached out and pulled Bruce closer.
"Aren't you going to take a picture of them?" Schiller said suddenly.
"What are you shooting? A portrait of a fish?" Greedy made a joke. Before Schiller could say anything else, Greedy walked towards him and put his arm around his shoulders.
Batman from the main universe moved a little closer to the river bank. He saw that the fish scales were reflecting glittering silver light under the dim light. They looked strangely alive, which was out of place in the dark and claustrophobic cave.
He looked again towards where the river flowed. It was pitch black and there was nothing there, and the same was true downstream.
"I think we should walk along the river bank." Although the main universe Batman saw that there was a road on the other side of the river, he still suggested this.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Greedy seemed to have temporarily given up some dangerous plans, and no one else had any objection.
Schiller looked down at his fingers. When he picked up the burnt wood just now, his fingertips were stained with black ash, but for the first time ever, he did not wipe his hands clean with animal skin.
Transcendence: I go to the morning eight