Zhao Yijiu and Zhao Ruru walked side by side. The former pushed aside a cluster of shrubs blocking their bodies and stared at the strange moonlight that had gathered at some point.
The route they took was unusual, deviating from almost all places that could be called roads, and each foot was trampled on the muddy land where the roots were clumped or piled with dead branches and leaves.
Zhao Ruru's feet bleed because she stepped on some sharp things. Fortunately, she had long been accustomed to this level of slight pain. She picked two big leaves and wrapped her feet in a straw to make them into simple shoes, and continued to keep up with Zhao Yijiu, who didn't know how to be polite to the fragrance and jade.
Amid the sound of bells that ring from time to time, the small bloody footprints attracted them all the way.
Surrounded by dense forests, the trees are tall and lush, and the trunks block most of the light from the sky. Therefore, they did not notice the changes in the moonlight until they walked a distance and the arrangement of the trees became sparse.
At this time, the torch was extinguished by Zhao Yijiu.
The blood footprints also disappeared strangely.
At the end of the disappearance of the footprints, a period of moonlight took over the responsibility of leading the way. The road afterwards was dark and bloodless, leaving only a dreamy road that was so beautiful that it was so beautiful that it was.
They also received the collective task, not long after entering the forest.
Learning that Yu Xing's disappearance was not for no reason, Zhao Yijiu just muttered, "It's okay, I knew he wouldn't be stupid", and his tracking was a little calmer.
But the two of them were still not slow.
Yu Xing should have gone to the Yeshui Yizhuang mentioned in the mission first, and the reason should be related to the coffin-shaped goods.
They thought Yu Xing should walk very slowly with such a big thing and would be caught up by them soon.
Unexpectedly, nearly half an hour passed, the two of them still didn't see Yu Xing.
They have come to the open land and can see a long distance ahead - the light path extends up the mountain, and the higher the back, the higher the vision is, the longer it goes, and the infinitely lengthened.
This means that Yu Xing is at least half a mountain ahead of them... Unless Yu Xing deviates from the light path while walking, so his small figure mingles in the darkness on both sides of the light path.
Otherwise, it would be too fast.
This side is on the shady side of the mountain, which is particularly steep. If you want to climb up, you have to use your hands and feet together. If you look back, you will be frightened.
Yu Xing must have flew over, right?!
Of course, there is another explanation that Zhao Yijiu and Zhao Ruru both thought of, but they could only keep it in their hearts and could not say it out.
——Yu Xing may not be in the same dimension as them.
This kind of thing is very common in deduction. Whether it is the time dimension or the space dimension, after certain conditions are triggered, a team will be separated. Now this situation seems to be corresponding. What if they have caught up with Yu Xing, but cannot see each other?
But if you think so, there are too many possibilities.
After darkness comes, the atmosphere in the mountains will always quickly become abnormal.
It is as if under the darkness, the pretty and lovely mountains during the day will shift invisibly, forming a completely unfamiliar space.
But this conjecture is not proven.
Zhao Yijiu used the torch stick extinguished in his hand to break all the branches and leaves that were stretched out around him, while speeding up his pace.
Perhaps, if you want to reunite with Yu Xing, you have to rush to Yeshui Yizhuang first.
Judging from the route prompted by the moonlight, Yizhuang seems to be located on the top of their mountain, and it is somewhat deviated from the route to Fengtou Town in their map.
I'm afraid after completing the side mission, they still have to return the same way and bring the supplies and horses they had fallen into the forest.
——Why not ride a horse?
First, because the horses were very afraid of ghost wine and would not let him sit on it. Second, when they chased them out, they never thought that they would need to migrate on foot in the middle of the night.
Guijiu sneered in her heart many times, scolding the people who built the charity village on the top of the mountain to death.
The charity village is used to park corpses. In such a big mountain, not to mention building it at the foot of the mountain, at least you have to find some relatively spacious locations on the side of the mountain, right?
Which idiot decided to build it on the top of the mountain? Is it to let someone carry the corpse up the mountain and exercise, or to let the corpse go up the mountain by itself and rehabilitate after death?
Zhao Ruru, who was walking beside him, glanced at him inadvertently, and saw a screen of swear words from his cynical but irritable eyes.
Zhao Ruru: "..." Your resentment is even more outrageous than the ghosts who secretly peek at us on both sides of the left and right. No wonder they just follow them and don't come to find fault.
He was angry in his heart. Zhao Yi's drinking speed was getting faster and faster, and Zhao Ruru had a little difficulty following him.
She had to grab Zhao Yijiu's pants and started to discuss it rationally: "God, my body is very delicate. You rushed forward like a beast. Why should I follow me?"
"I immediately let go of my strength and rolled down the mountain. Your crying speed may not be as fast as I die."
Zhao Yijiu raised his eyebrows.
I heard this, I wanted him to recite it.
Because the mountain road was too steep and he could not carry Zhao Ruru like before, so the girl was fearless and was not afraid of him at all.
"Come on." He was also very decisive, "Next time I thought of such a way to not hold back, so I can say it earlier."
Zhao Ruru successfully got on Zhao Yijiu's back. The comfort of climbing the mountain by herself made her breathlessly let out a long sigh. While relaxing her painful legs, she spoke back: "But this is very humiliating. I will not say it unless I have to."
OK.
Zhao Yijiu tickled.
After that, their mountaineering efficiency became higher.
A kind of power in the dark guided them along the road paved by the moonlight. Even if there were some twists and turns in it, Zhao Yijiu would have a voice in his heart that kept urging him to go around a little bit and he had to follow the prompts.
This power was not enough to strongly affect him. When he was about to go straight, he was vaguely patted by Zhao Ruru, who could also feel this power, to show his opposition.
In this case, Zhao Ruru is always more rational than him.
Guijiu is very self-aware. In order not to cause trouble when he wants to hurry up, he still obeys the same idea as the prompt in his heart.
The two of them were very fast, and after more than forty minutes, they approached the top of the mountain.
Along the way, they still didn't see Yu Xing.
The Moonlight Road turned a corner and sent Zhao Yijiu to a small path with some stone steps. The road could clearly see the traces of artificial opening. The weeds were much sparse than both sides, and there were no stones or trees that could block the road.
He stood on the first stone steps and looked up and could vaguely see a corner of the building.
It was smooth and unhindered... the charity village arrived.
Because of this, the weirdness of this task has increased a little more.