Chapter 231 Entering the Mountain
The strange thing did not cause concern to the villagers. Instead, it believed that this was a gift from God to help them get rid of poverty. Some villagers even burned incense and worshipped them in order to provide them with wood for a long time so that their good days could be maintained. In the process of these strange things, some strange rumors were also widely circulated in several nearby villages. Some rumors said that mountain gods were born in the mountains and forests, preparing to bless the surrounding villagers. Some rumors said that treasures were descended from the mountains and forests, which led to the continuous growth of the mountains and forests, which was inexhaustible.
Behind these rumors, in addition to the circulating, there are many practical actions taken. For example, when the villagers chop wood in the mountains, they deliberately pay attention to whether there are any treasures or people they don’t know. Every time they go up the mountain, they will bring some sacrificial things up the mountain, burn incense and paper to seek blessings from the gods. For example, some well-informed family forces in the town also sent teams to explore the mountains and forests after receiving the news, hoping to get something.
However, after the family forces in the town entered the forest, they never came out again. At the same time, all the people who entered the forest that day had cut off firewood.
When such a thing happened, the people and horses in various villages, including the towns, would not sit idly by, and then sent a lot of people to explore or rescue the forests, because after this incident, a widely circulated saying among the surrounding villages was that the people and horses of the forces in the town entered the forest to find treasures, and when they seized the treasures, they angered the mountain god, causing the mountain god's anger to come to every person entering the forest.
Although the rumors were rumored to be both nose and eyes, they were fake, because after that day, none of the people who entered the forest chopped wood came back, and none of the search teams organized by towns and villages came back after entering the forest.
As the search team disappeared, panic spread rapidly among the surrounding villages. People went from not knowing what was happening in the forest at the beginning to not knowing what was happening in the forest, because people who tried to understand what was happening in the forest never came back after entering the forest.
Then, some people came from the town and conducted a survey in the surrounding villages. After understanding the whole story, although they also wanted to know what was happening in the mountains and forests, they did not have the courage to enter the mountains and forests to check. After that, they organized the staff from each village to close the road entering the mountains and forests to prevent others from entering.
However, as the news of the disappearance of the search team spread, not only the villagers in the surrounding villages would no longer enter the mountains, but even the caravans passing by were bypassing the mountain, for fear that they would accidentally lead the disaster to their heads.
However, although this happened in the mountains and forests, people still entered the mountains and forests one after another, because the villagers around found that once they stopped cutting down the firewood in the mountains, they would return to their once hard times again. Therefore, some people still entered the mountains and forests with luck, but unfortunately these people never came back.
Although some people continued to enter the forest, there were still a few. Most villagers still took the attitude of cherishing their lives and were unwilling to have any connection with the forest.
However, what happened in the mountains and forests did not stop because of the villagers' distance. After the incident calmed down for a while, the sound of the piano came from the mountains and forests, just like the sound of the piano I heard when I was chopping wood before. It could be heard inadvertently, but when I listened carefully, there was no sound, as if I had never had it.
At the beginning, people didn't care too much, because these piano sounds can only be heard near the mountains and forests, and did not have much impact on the villages far away from the mountains and forests. In fact, the villagers in the surrounding villages were considering how to make up for the decline in living conditions caused by the loss of income from chopping wood, because the piano sounds did not cause any trouble. After all, living people still have to continue their lives and have to eat.
However, the matter was not ignored for too long, because just after the sound of a piano came from the forest, villagers began to sleepwalking one after another in the surrounding villages. These sleepwalking villagers, without exception, walked towards the forest when they were sleepwalking, as if something attractive in the forest was attracting them to go.
After discovering this situation, the villagers of several surrounding villages left and took measures and began to queuing posts and watches, specifically responsible for the villagers who went to the forest while sleeping in the sleepwalking. Although this matter was discovered very timely, some villagers still entered the forest before organizing the inspection, and of course they never came back.
The panic spread again. Although the villagers around him did not know what was happening in the forest, they knew clearly that what happened in the forest had begun to affect them in the village. It was precisely because of this reason that the villagers in several villages around him kept moving away, and the population gradually became sparse, because people did not know whether the next person to enter the forest would be themselves or their own family, and leaving here as soon as possible is a barely possible way.
However, even though some villagers moved away one after another, the majority of the villagers remained in the village. For them, the village that has lived for so many years naturally cannot bear to give up, and at the same time, they do not know where to move. After all, after losing the income from Muchai, they have no extra assets to support them in moving away.
After the surrounding villages organized patrols, there were no villagers who entered the mountains and forests because of sleepwalking. Any villagers who wanted to enter the mountains and forests would be controlled by the patrol posts, awakened them, and sent them home. The establishment of the posts undoubtedly gave the villagers in the surrounding villages a reassurance, allowing the villagers who were originally in panic to gradually calm down and began to turn their attention to how to improve their lives and find new sources of income.
However, this forest was not willing to be lonely. When things gradually subsided, it appeared in front of the villagers again. About three months ago, a guard patrolling around the forest suddenly found that many people were lying not far from the forest, lying everywhere, not knowing life and death.
However, these locations are too close to the mountains and forests, and the patrol posts dare not approach these lying people rashly because they are afraid that this is a new trajectory for the strange mountains and forests to seduce people. Therefore, after some discussion, the surrounding villages organized dozens of people to come to the surroundings, and then selected several strong villagers, tied two thick hemp ropes on their bodies, led by the villagers from afar.
These strong villagers are responsible for going to explore what the lying people are like. Once something happens, or when these people are tempted by the forest, the villagers behind will immediately drag the rope and pull the people back. Only after these measures are taken can these villagers dare to slowly approach these people lying on the ground.
However, the matter was not as bad as everyone thought. The village name that went to explore did not encounter any strange things, so it directly moved all the people lying on the ground back.
After moving these people back, everyone discovered that all of them were missing in the mountains and forests. The people found still maintained their appearance a year ago, and some even held an axe for chopping wood. It can be said that the only difference from a year ago is that the heavens and man are separated forever.
After the first group of missing people were discovered, those missing people appeared around the forest one after another. After gaining the first experience, the patrol sentry quickly carried the people back as quickly as possible after these people were discovered.
However, the missing people who moved back this time were almost no different from a year ago because these people were still alive. As this news spread, more and more villagers gathered around the mountains and forests, hoping to see their families. After hearing the news, the forces in the town sent people to gather around the mountains and forests, waiting for the missing people to appear. Although they gathered around the mountains and forests, no one dared to approach the mountains and forests. Everyone was waiting around, waiting for these people to appear, and then approached carefully and carried the people back.
However, although these people are still alive, they don’t seem to have any consciousness. They just kept shouting something in their mouths when they are carried back, but they are blurred and cannot hear clearly what they are saying. They can only barely distinguish a few words, such as "singing", "jumping", "really beautiful", etc., but more of them can’t hear clearly. Shortly after they are discovered, these people who are discovered quickly lost their anger. No matter what method is used, it is useless. Even the forces in the town have no choice but to watch the people who are carried back slowly lose their anger.
The young man in front of him was discovered three days ago. The young man's father was the person who was talking to Zhou Wutian now, and the feudal lord of a village around him. After the young man was discovered, his father immediately organized people to carry the person home and then asked someone to come for treatment, but he still did not rescue him. After staying at home for three days, the funeral was coming today.
"Sir, do you have any questions?" The man asked. During this period, he often encountered people from the towns and went here to investigate the incident. As the feudal lord in this area, he was naturally the one who was asked the most. Therefore, after Zhou Wutian asked him, he quickly answered these things.
Although he was a feudal lord here and his status was higher than that of the big families in those towns, he actually did not dare to look for the big families such as Re, because he knew very well that he was just a feudal lord and the other party would not take him seriously at all. In many cases, strength often determines status.
"It's nothing." Zhou Wutian waved his hand and turned around and left. Although the man answered Zhou Wutian's question in a good voice, it was not difficult for Zhou Wutian to see that this man had a boring attitude. I think it was because his family was in a funeral, and an outsider came here at this time, which was naturally annoying. Therefore, after generally understanding the situation, Zhou Wutian hurriedly left.
However, after Zhou Wutian left, he did not continue to move towards the direction of the town, but went towards the direction of the forest that this person mentioned. Obviously, the strange things about the forest mentioned in the people aroused Zhou Wutian's interest, and Zhou Wutian also wanted to see what was going on there. Although he might encounter some dangers, how can everything go smoothly in the cultivation path? Danger is always accompanied by harvest or death.
After about half a moment from the east of the place where the funeral just now, I saw the mountain that was in full swing recently. The range of the forest is not large or not a mountain at all. According to the situation of Zhuanguo, this is just a small ridge.
It is not enough to say it is a small ridge, because the terrain here is only slightly higher than the surrounding area, and there is no obvious distinction. It is precisely because of this that this forest does not have a name. For the surrounding villages, this forest did not have any special place before, so naturally it would not be named separately.
In fact, this area is still within the range of the Fangshan Mountain system, but the entire area is becoming flat and it is not obvious that it is above the mountains.
At the same time, for the mountains and forests, the surrounding villages are just a little sand dotted in the forest. The village is connected with the village by a narrow forest path. After the village is revealed, it can be said that there are mountains and forests on all sides. Therefore, this frequently-in-the-moment mountain forest does not have any special place for the surrounding villages.
The difference between this forest and the surrounding forest is entirely based on the guard posts set up by the surrounding villages, because Zhou Wutian is not difficult to find this area.
"You all get out of here. Do I have to go to this forest?" Just as Zhou Wutian was about to find a hidden place to enter the forest, a noisy sound rang out from a guard post.
"Young Master, you can't go. Everyone before went in standing up, but they all came out lying down." A person on the post persuaded.
Chapter completed!