The sacred tree is about to pass, and the cannon fodder's wish countdown is coming

Judging from the actions of these people, it seems that they are not here simply for adventure.

After entering the orphanage, these people immediately dispersed and began to look around carefully.

No matter whether it is the spider web in the corner or the subtle marks on the ground, no clue will be left out.

At the same time, several little ghosts quietly gathered around the group of people, staring with wide eyes, curiously but dissatisfiedly watching these humans rummaging around in their territory.

"Clap!"

It was the sound of branches falling to the ground in the yard, small but not negligible.

But everyone just looked away without paying any attention.

Zhou Xiangchen slowly squatted down, stretched out his right hand, and gently picked up the seemingly ordinary mud on the ground. The moment his fingertips touched the mud, his fingertips were stained red.

He remembered the case concerning this orphanage, which happened some time ago.

At that time, the tragic news of this case spread throughout the country. All 13 children in the orphanage were killed.

What is even more heartbreaking is that none of the bodies of these poor children have been found, leaving only shocking bloodstains on the ground, silently telling of the terrible circumstances they encountered in their lives.

The most infuriating thing is that the criminals are still at large and have not been caught yet.

Zhou Xiangchen is a retired police officer who was injured while chasing a fugitive criminal.

Due to the severity of his injuries, he finally had no choice but to retire due to injury.

After leaving the police force, Zhou Xiangchen was forced to switch careers and work as a security guard to make a living.

However, the monotonous and unchallenging security career day after day was not the life he really desired.

At an age when he was in the prime of his life, full of passion and fighting spirit, he formed an expedition team.

Occasionally, he would explore places identified by the police as cold cases, trying to find clues to the murderer.

It’s true, some unsolved cases were actually solved by them.

However, due to various considerations, Zhou Xiangchen never revealed his former identity as a police officer to his teammates.

After all, the members of their expedition team are not fixed and there is frequent personnel turnover. If his true identity is exposed too early, it might cause him unnecessary trouble.

There were originally only three people in the team, him, the fat man and the thin man.

Later, when someone posted their story online, more and more people joined in, but they just came for the novelty and stopped coming after one or two times.

Later came Gangzi, who came half a year ago.

After they had fans, they opened social media accounts and posted some of their adventure itineraries online.

Gangzi also came to us through the social media account at that time. We have been exploring with several people for half a year now, and we have developed some tacit understanding with each other.

As for the other two women, they joined today just to seek excitement.

Zhou Xiangchen brought them here to see if they could find any clues.

He pursed his lips, looked at the mottled bloodstains on the ground, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

The fat man came over and asked, "Boss, have you found anything?"

Zhou Xiangchen stood up and glanced around calmly.

"Someone came here not long ago."

He pointed to the dead branches under the tree that were obviously crushed by humans and the weeds lying on the ground in a haphazard manner, and came to his conclusion.

The fat man on the side seemed a little unimpressed by this and said casually, "It's normal that someone has been here! We are not the only ones who come here to explore."

After all, they had previously posted the itinerary of this adventure on the Internet, and those enthusiastic fans might have already arrived here to find out what was going on.

Zhou Xiangchen nodded, but did not directly reveal this point.

Explorers will come, and naturally, the murderer who gets the news will also come back. Maybe the clues he finds are the murderer...

If you look closely, you can find that the dead branches scattered on the ground are still in a fairly fresh state, so you can conclude that they fell down about two days ago.

This means that someone has been here in the past two days.

Zhou Xiangchen lowered his eyes slightly, lost in a brief moment of contemplation. After a moment, he concentrated again and continued to observe.

Then he walked into a classroom next door.

Although the tables and chairs in the classroom looked quite old and worn, and their surfaces were covered with a thick layer of dust, they were arranged in an unusually neat manner.

Faced with such a scene, Zhou Xiangchen looked left and right, but still could not detect anything unusual. In the end, he could only frown and stand there quietly.

Gangzi followed in at some point, his tone casual but hoarse, "Boss, did you find anything?"

Zhou Xiangchen came back to his senses and looked at Gangzi with concern, saying, "If your throat is uncomfortable, don't talk. It's dusty here. Go to the yard."

Gangzi held his mask tightly and coughed violently several times. It seemed that he was really affected by the dust in the classroom. He coughed several times without stopping.

Zhou Xiangchen couldn't find any clues, so he had to take Gangzi out temporarily.

Suddenly, they heard the screams of two ladies in the team, and they hurried out to find the source of the sound.

When they ran to the orphanage's lobby, the remaining four were already there.

The fat man's breathing was a little unstable. "What's wrong? Did you find anything?"

One of the ladies pointed a trembling finger at the picture frame on the ground. "Just now... this picture frame accidentally fell from the wall, and we... were scared."

Hearing this, the fat man sighed, "Don't be so startled. Scaring people can kill them. Besides, you're here for adventure. Do you know what adventure means?"

"At least stay calm."

The two women nodded obediently.

Just as everyone was about to leave, Zhou Xiangchen suddenly bent down and picked up the photo frame that had fallen to the ground.

The photo frame looked a bit old and contained a family photo from the orphanage.

The 13 children in the photo had bright smiles on their faces. They raised their hands and greeted the camera enthusiastically.

There were several teachers around the children, who also made scissors hands gestures to the camera.

But Zhou Xiangchen was not paying attention to these things, but to the glass behind the children.

Through the refraction of the glass, you can vaguely see the figure of a man.

Due to factors such as light and angle, the figure appears blurry. If Zhou Xiangchen had not observed it so meticulously, it would have been difficult to notice this subtle detail.

The figure's facial features were completely invisible, and one could only barely discern his height based on the general outline.

What's strange is that this person is neither the photographer responsible for taking the photo nor participated in the family photo...

Are you afraid of leaving something behind?

Zhou Xiangchen couldn't help but feel a strong intuition in his heart - this is the murderer.

Gangzi, who was standing by, saw that he looked very solemn and serious, so he moved closer again out of curiosity.

"Is this a family photo?"

The remaining few people also hurried over.

Gangzi stared at the family photo carefully, but found nothing.

So, he turned his gaze to Zhou Xiangchen and asked casually, "Boss, did you find anything?"

Zhou Xiangchen met the other party's inquiring gaze, slowly shook his head, and said softly, "No."

However, the moment he turned around, a storm suddenly arose in his heart.

Without him.

It was because the figure he just glimpsed in the reflection of the glass was surprisingly similar to Gangzi!

However, before he had time to think about the reason, a strange sound suddenly reached his ears.

"Boom!" A dull but clear sound suddenly rang out.

Then there were two more sounds—"Bang!", "Bang!"

Similar to the sound of a basketball bouncing on the ground.

Such a strange sound immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, and everyone cast their puzzled eyes towards the source of the sound.

In the bewildered eyes of the crowd, a pitch-black, round ball-like object was slowly rolling in from outside the door.

It doesn't look like a ball.

And there was no wind, how could this thing roll in...

An ominous premonition arose in everyone's heart.

Suddenly, the spherical object seemed to notice everyone's gaze, slowly stopped, and faced everyone.

At this time, everyone discovered to their horror that this was not a ball at all, but a human head!

The part that looked pitch black before was not dust, but the thick, inky black hair!

At the same time, a headless female figure suddenly appeared from the doorway.

There were still traces of blood on her hollow neck, which looked extremely terrifying.

As she appeared, a strange and ethereal voice came from afar.

“Uncle and aunt…have you seen my head?”