The team was assembled. Because there was Old Huang, they did not talk about the opening of the dungeon tonight. Instead, like a tomb robber gang, they moved towards the "grave" in a low-key and cautious manner.
Of course, they didn't particularly emphasize that they were tomb robbers. They just didn't refute or confirm, and let Huang come up with a reasonable identity on his own.
The sun gradually sank, and the golden color that passed through the shadows of the trees became lighter and lighter, and finally disappeared completely behind the mountains.
The soles of several people stepped on the weeds in the mountains, making a rustling sound.
Zhao Mou calculated the location of Suanyuxian and drew a map, so they quietly approached the circled place on the map.
During this period, the effect of Laohuang became apparent.
After all, he is a local, and he probably hangs around the outskirts of Guolong Ridge a lot, introducing the dangers in the mountains to the team along the way.
For example, there is a forest ahead where it is easy to get lost, or there is a swamp somewhere with floating poison barriers that need to be bypassed.
Following the instructions on the map and Lao Huang's reminder, they took some detours and came to a small branch of the Yejiang River flowing into the valley.
The sound of rushing water mixed with the chirping of birds and insects in the forest was full of natural atmosphere.
"This mountain is safer than I thought. I asked, do we really need to use a guide?" Seeing the stream, Siren was obviously in a good mood. He moved his arms, leaned over and scooped up a ladle of water with his hands. It felt moist.
Make her so comfortable that she squints her eyes.
Ah, I feel that the place wetted by water is soothed.
Zhao Yijiu blinked silently, slightly disapproving of this.
The Kraken is quite safe, but along the way he has killed four snakes hanging on the trees for a sneak attack, killed several poisonous insects with his shadow, and also separated several passers-by with fierce auras and hungry beasts.
Although these are small things, they are enough to prove that it is difficult for ordinary people to survive in Guolongling.
Lao Huang was also anxious, fearing that the agreed deal would be reneged on, so he immediately said: "Oh my dear, that's because you haven't really gone up the mountain yet, this is the periphery!"
He pointed to the creek at his feet: "It's going to be different from here onwards! There are so many weird legends that even non-locals can't avoid them!"
Yu Xing, who didn't know if he was in a daze or not, looked towards the stream.
The color of this stream is clear, and several rocks that are obviously not naturally accumulated are arranged in the gentle part of the stream. Lao Huang did not say it was dangerous, only that it was a dividing line.
Yu Xing curled his lips with interest and stepped on the big rocks.
As soon as he stepped on it, he felt that the stones were deeply embedded in the mud and sand at the bottom of the stream, and his walking was very smooth. Yu Xing asked casually: "Is this built by residents in the mountains?"
Zhao Mou followed, maintaining the persona of a boss who was not easy to mess with, and answered in a subtle tone: "Old Huang, it's really as mysterious as you said, how come there are still traces of human life here?"
In fact, there are more than just these stones.
Along the way, they sometimes passed through difficult-to-walk forests, and sometimes there were paths trodden under their feet.
Lao Huang was silent for a moment, then whispered: "There are always some capable people who are willing to live in the mountains. There are several hunters in the forest, and there are also some unknown people who live in wooden houses scattered in the mountains.
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"But don't worry, they are just making a living in the mountains and will not affect your business."
"Oh?" Zhao Mou had already crossed the stream, and there was indeed a cold feeling coming up along with the wind. He saw Lao Huang shivering and his face turned blue, so he couldn't help but feel the surroundings carefully.
...There is no malicious source, and there is no special ghostly atmosphere.
It is currently unclear where the cold feeling comes from.
Yu Xing curled his lips. He was holding his mobile phone in his hand and watched the signal drop two bars.
There is still signal, but not much.
It's like he was affected by something.
It's amazing to say that this is really just a matter of crossing a small stream.
Zhao Yijiu and Siren could naturally feel the difference, but they didn't say anything. This was so unusual that it wasn't even an appetizer.
They continued to move forward towards the direction where the sun was setting.
It's getting darker.
The shadows of the trees were whirling, and countless shadows began to occupy the line of sight, gradually shrouding Guolong Ridge in a layer of strange tones that could not be seen during the day.
Lao Huang's voice was not consciously affected by the environment, and it sounded a bit faint: "It's okay now, but when the light goes out, those weird things in the forest will come out."
"I've heard that strange things happen frequently in Longling, but I couldn't find out anything in the town." Zhao Mou walked steadily, not constrained by the darkness, "Tell me about it?"
"This..." Lao Huang muttered, "These things are getting more and more talked about, but these few are not ordinary people, so I won't hide them, I will just talk about them for you."
Yu Xing paid some attention to listen.
Lao Huang told several ghost stories. One of them said that a long time ago, probably during the Qing Dynasty, a group of bandits plundered a tribe in the mountains. The men were beheaded and the women were kidnapped to give birth to children.
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There was a young woman who had just given birth to a child and refused to obey. She actually found an opportunity to escape with her infant baby, and ended up running into a tall forest.
The woman ran around in panic for a long time, only to realize that the forest was very strange. She had never been there before.
People like these people in the mountain tribe have a very clear understanding of the environment around the tribe. How can there be any unfamiliar places?
But unfortunately, the woman couldn't get out no matter how hard she went around. When it got dark, she saw the heads of the men in the village on every tree.
Those heads stared at her sadly, including her good husband of a year.
The woman was so frightened that she saw the baby in the swaddling clothes as a human head and threw it out. As a result, the child fell out of the swaddling clothes and hit the bump of a tree and died.
The woman later disappeared into the mysterious woods. Some outsiders passing by that area would hear the woman calling the child's name in agony.
If you really see a woman in the woods, it means that "she" has her sights on people, thinks they are bandits, and wants to kill them to avenge her children.
After Lao Huang finished exaggerating the atmosphere of the story in a gloomy way, he saw that the faces of the team members did not change.
And he kept asking.
Siren: "Waiting until dark to see the human head means that the woman ran away before dark? How did she escape?"
Zhao Mou: "This woman's eyesight is so good, can she distinguish heads in the dark?"
Yu Xing: "Ah, why did the head of a man in the village appear in an unknown forest?"
Zhao Mou: "Not only that, but they also stared at women sadly. They were not killed by women."
Zhao Yijiu: "The idea of killing bandits to avenge children is too weird." A whole village was killed by bandits, and only the children were killed by a woman's mistake. In any case, the logic of a woman's murder is not reasonable enough.
Everyone said something to each other, and Lao Huang's eyelids twitched.
"It's just a legend. The legend is definitely not that rigorous, but it's true that it's easy to meet that female ghost at night. Many people have seen it!"
"These 'many people' are still alive to deliver this news, and female ghosts are not very powerful." Yu Xing's summary completely shut up Lao Huang.
Lao Huang scratched his hair, holding it in until his face turned blue. He walked for a while...and then stopped suddenly.
"etc!"
Several people stopped and looked at him in confusion.
He rubbed his eyes and looked at the woods in front of him again and again: "That's not right, that's not right. Why do I remember that it's not like this in front of me?"
The next second, I heard unreal sobbing coming from the forest, faintly, blowing into several people's ears with the wind.
"Huzi...I am a tiger..."
"Mom, I'm sorry for you!"
Everyone: "..."
Yu Xing glanced at the phone again.
OK, now there is no signal at all.
As Lao Huang said in a panic, "Here comes my mother, I'm really talking about it." Several flashlights suddenly lit up and shined straight into the forest.
Zhao Mou shook his flashlight, and as expected, he saw that as soon as the light entered the woods, it was as if it had been swallowed up, and not a single bit was left.