The Terrifying Little Fishing Village!

It was nearing noon.

Inside a restaurant, two men sat at a table in silence.

Li Heng looked at the man in front of him. He was wearing a beige trench coat and had also brought a hat and sunglasses. He didn't know what kind of work the man did.

After all, the two had rarely been in contact since graduating from junior high school.

After a long while, Shen Shaoyan suddenly spoke.

"Li Heng, this matter is a bit complicated, and I don't know where to begin, but please believe what I'm saying."

Li Heng nodded. "Okay, go ahead and say it."

Shen Shaoyan took a deep breath. "After graduating from high school, I went to work for a small, unknown newspaper. I usually either took pictures of celebrity gossip or jumped on the bandwagon to create hype."

"My work has been lukewarm because the salary is too low. Occasionally I take on some private investigator jobs to earn some extra money."

"One day, an old classmate found me. She was from our junior high class, the girl named Liu Jiayi."

"She said her boyfriend has been acting strangely lately, avoiding physical contact with her and deliberately avoiding her."

"She suspects her boyfriend is seeing someone else and asked me to investigate."

"Because we're old classmates, she drastically reduced my price. The pay wasn't much, but I still took the job."

"For the next few days, I secretly followed her boyfriend."

"During that time, I discovered that her boyfriend had a job at sea. He would go out to sea with a fishing boat on the third day of each month and would return after about fifteen days. It was like he would be on the first half of the month and rest for the other half."

"I can earn about 40,000 to 50,000 a month."

"I couldn't go with the ship, so I kept an eye on things at the port a few times, and during that time I managed to get a lot of information from the port."

"They said that fishing boat is the best in their area, and it always comes back with a full load, bringing back a harvest in half a month that other fishing boats can't match in two or three months."

"And they are quite punctual, almost rain or shine."

"Besides that, the fishing boat would stop for a day in front of a small fishing village before it docked, and the people on board would get off, but I don't know exactly what they did."

"Things have been normal so far. I told my old classmate about it, and she gave me some money to go to that small fishing village to investigate."

"She didn't try to bargain this time. I thought to myself, just to visit the small fishing village, this reward is worth it."

"And that was the beginning of my nightmare."

"Because I went to that place, I've been having nightmares for seven days straight!"

"For seven days, I tossed and turned every night, unable to fall asleep, because as soon as I closed my eyes, I could hear a wet footstep and a hoarse, wailing cry!"

"Can you see my dark circles? I haven't had a good night's sleep until last night. I've been plagued by nightmares for seven whole days!"

As Shen Shaoyan, his emotions gradually became agitated. Li Heng calmly took a sip of coffee and said, "Well, tell me what happened to you first."

Shen Shaoyan sighed, "I... I went to that small fishing village and didn't find anything unusual. It was full of fishermen."

"The fishermen in the small fishing village are very simple and friendly. Every household is drying fish. Apart from the strong fishy smell, there is nothing unusual."

"I told them I wanted to stay here for two days, and they were very enthusiastic and all vied to take me in."

"That evening, I ate a lot of local seafood and listened to a family talk about the hardships of their lives."

"I had a relatively nice night, but around midnight, I suddenly heard footsteps."

"I heard a series of wet footsteps, and I sat up in confusion, looking out the window. Guess what I saw?"

"It was something covered in scales, with two large yellow spheres on its head, that looked like Fishman!"

"I really can't describe that thing. It was very late at the time, and I couldn't see it very clearly, but I vaguely sensed that it was an ugly, inhuman, and abhorrent creature."

"When I saw him, I felt a chill run down my spine, and then more and more footsteps began to sound!"

"Can you believe it? One by one, the people of Little Fish Village came out, their faces quickly growing scales and fins, and then they too turned into those hideous Fishman!"

"That's when I realized that everyone in the entire fishing village, regardless of age or gender, was a monster!"

"After that, I didn't dare to look again, and then I heard a sound outside that sounded like teeth grinding or bones grinding!"

"They were whispering and muttering, as if discussing how to cook me!"

"I felt nauseous and almost threw up everything I ate for dinner."

Li Heng said, "And then you ran away?"

Shen Shaoyan said excitedly, "Of course I ran! What else would I do but wait to die!"

"But the process wasn't as smooth as you think. I climbed out of the window and ran all the way into the woods."

"But they quickly realized it!"

"They let out howls and cries like all sorts of demons and monsters!"

"They found me almost instantly!"

"I ran through the woods, my hands and feet were scratched by thorns but I didn't feel any pain. My limbs were ice cold and I was so scared that I almost peed myself."

"Their footsteps were incredibly fast, and their howls and cries echoed through the forest like wolfish howls and ghostly cries—it was absolutely terrifying!"

"Then I suddenly fell down, just like my limbs wouldn't obey me and I fell down!"

"Those things caught up with me in an instant, and I thought I was going to die!"

"As a result, at that time, the moon suddenly turned red, you know, the Blood Moon event, everyone knows about it now!"

"But the blood moon comes later in Asia than in North America."

"When the blood-red moonlight shines down, I feel like the world is an absurd horror movie!"

"But those things, they all froze when they saw the blood moon. They all stopped moving and just stared blankly at the moon!"

"I struggled to get up and kept running and running until I couldn't run anymore!"

"I only remember collapsing by a highway. I don't know who picked me up and took me to the hospital."

"Anyway, after that, I had nightmares for seven days straight!"

Upon hearing this, Li Heng put down his cup. "Why are you telling me this?"

Shen Shaoyan looked directly into Li Heng's eyes, "From the moment I realized that this world was no longer ordinary, bizarre things began to happen one after another."

"First the Fishman, then the vampires."

As he spoke, Shen Shaoyan suddenly took out a photo.

Above is a man with red eyes and fangs.

"It was by chance that I encountered vampires. They seemed to be looking for someone. I installed listening devices in the places they frequented and unfortunately overheard some information."

"They are looking for a person named Li Heng."

"I think I also know someone named Li Heng."

Upon hearing this, Li Heng turned to look at Shen Shaoyan, "So?"

Shen Shaoyan took a deep breath. "You are Blood Clan prince, aren't you?"

"No."

There are many people named Li Heng; maybe it's just a coincidence.

"Yes, there are many people named Li Heng, but you are the only one Li Heng came back from abroad."

"I didn't mean anything by it, brother, if you still consider me a classmate..."

"I can't turn you into the Blood Clan."

Shen Shaoyan was taken aback upon hearing this. "No, that's not what I meant."

"So what do you mean?"

"I want to go back to the small fishing village. If I can't figure out what those things are, I probably won't get out of this nightmare for the rest of my life."

Li Heng sighed, "Can I refuse?"

Shen Shaoyan suddenly grabbed Li Heng's hand, "Please, brother, for the sake of us old classmates!"

Li Heng stood up, Shen Shaoyan quickly followed, "Brother, do you want to reconsider? I can give you money, I..."

Li Heng looked at him and said, "Let's go."

Shen Shaoyan was stunned. "Huh? Where are we going?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to go to a small fishing village? Let's go take a look."