Police Uncle, Come Quickly!
Moonlight flowed like water, illuminating the mountain ravine. In the boundless fog, someone was fleeing in panic.
Not far away stood a sheer cliff, its strange rocks jagged and grotesque. Beneath the night sky, they resembled ferocious beasts baring their bloody maws, silently waiting for an ant to throw itself into their trap.
Yet the thick fog hid everything. It looked as flat as level ground, and Liu Siming had no idea that danger was already within arm's reach.
He clutched his phone tightly, like a drowning man grasping his last straw. Crackling static kept coming from the other end, as though some inexplicable interference had disrupted the signal, making a normal call impossible.
"Sir... are you still there...?"
"Hello? Did you hear me? There really is a White Bone Spirit here!"
The signal came and went, constantly testing Liu Siming's fragile nerves. At first, he could still hear faint voices, but later, all that remained was chaotic static.
"Please, I'm begging you. Hurry up and say something."
Liu Siming was hysterical, yet he still heard no reply. The burly man now resembled a pitiful wretch, praying desperately in his heart.
They were involved in human trafficking. Normally, they fled at the sight of the police like mice seeing a cat, but never before had they hoped so desperately for the police to appear.
Unfortunately, Heaven did not hear Liu Siming's prayers.
"Crack—crack—"
Liu Siming's body stiffened. Hearing that familiar, terrifying tooth-grating sound, he felt as though he had been infected. Even his own teeth began chattering, producing an unending clacking noise.
He abruptly turned around. Beneath the pale moonlight, a skeleton slowly emerged, its pitch-black eye sockets staring straight at him.
Beside the skeleton was a snake. Bathed in moonlight, its entire body shimmered with