The four people present, not counting Ning Chi, the other three had all been police officers. Therefore, in the current environment, Zhang Yu and others felt that Gong Baihe's distrust and temptation was completely normal and they were too lazy to care about it.
Besides, now is not the time to pursue these matters.
After taking a look at the mutilated corpses on the ground, we found that conditions were limited and we couldn't handle them like normal cases, so we could only ignore them for the time being and continue walking deeper into the woods.
According to inference, many people should have entered this forest.
Sure enough, not far away, they saw another corpse, which was just as broken as the last one, with the upper half missing, and it was impossible to tell its specific identity.
Fortunately, this time, the surrounding traces were more obvious. In addition to the crawling marks left by the monsters, many messy footprints were also found.
The footprints were of different sizes and the soles had different textures, so they obviously did not belong to the same person.
Zhang Yu and others were refreshed, and followed these footprints and chased them all the way.
The group in front of them were probably confused because of the monster's attack. As they chased after them, they discovered that the other party had divided their forces, and some of the footprints were still spreading in all directions.
When encountering this situation, they felt helpless. They couldn't just chase each other separately, right?
After deliberation for a while, we decided to go through the route with the largest number of people and leave marks along the way.
I have seen what normal deep mountains and dense forests look like a few days ago.
But the forest they were in was completely different from the outside.
First of all, the trees are sparsely distributed and far apart from each other. The most noticeable ones are weeds and shrubs.
The advantage is that there is plenty of light and air circulation, and it is not as stuffy as ordinary virgin forests.
Because the air is dry, you don’t have to worry too much about getting stuck in the swamp sludge.
It's just that such an environment makes it really easy to escape.
Zhang Yu and others believe that this area belongs to the periphery of the virgin forest, or is not large in area.
Unexpectedly, they followed the traces until dark, but still didn't go out.
No matter what the terrain is, running fast in the wild is hard work, and everyone's physical strength is very exhausted.
Although I had previously judged that those mysterious monsters seemed to be afraid of them and would not take the initiative to attack, I did not want to continue taking risks in the deep forest at night. Who knows what might pop up?
If you have a mission, even if a knife comes from the sky, a few policemen will chase you.
But right now, safety still matters.
Therefore, after arriving in a relatively open area, the temporary team leader Zhang Yu decided to set up a tent and spend the night here.
"No more chasing? What if those footprints are destroyed overnight?" Ning Chi and Yan Dong were more convinced of Zhang Yu and took out the supplies from their backpacks without saying a word. Only Gong Baihe didn't give up. The group of bastards in front of him made him look like this.
Too bad, I haven't even taken revenge yet.
"You can chase it yourself." Zhang Yu said without any sense of collegiality.
Gong Baihe suffered a lot of injuries. In fact, he was the one who couldn't stand it at the earliest. He could only hold on with a strong breath. He didn't know how Zhang Yu and the others kept those monsters from getting close, but he also knew that staying here would be safer.
If you chase him out alone, you will be eaten dry and wiped clean.
Seeing Zhang Yu's firm attitude, he stopped refuting.
A bonfire was lit, a quick bite to eat, and everyone rested.
When Zhang Yu was on duty at night, Gong Baihe crept out of the tent and came to sit next to him: "There aren't even insects in this damn place." There were only monsters.
Zhang Yu put down the branch that was holding the fire and glanced at him: "I'd rather have nothing." Although he only heard the noise and never saw what those things looked like, he felt it was better not to know.
"What's going on with him?" After a moment of silence, Gong Baihe pointed in a direction with his chin, which was the tent where Ning Chi and Yan Dong were staying.
Zhang Yu knew who he was referring to, but he asked knowingly: "Which one are you talking about?"
"Mei Qian's assistant, why are you here too?"
"You also said you were an assistant. Is it abnormal for him to follow Mei Qian into the mountains?" Zhang Yu said calmly.
Gong Baihe sneered: "Mei Qian is such a smart person. Is it normal to bring an assistant with a questionable identity to the mountain this time?"
Zhang Yu: "When you see Mei Qian, maybe you can ask him in person."
Gong Baihe hesitated for a moment, then thought about it before asking again: "When you come out, there are no tasks arranged by the above?"
Zhang Yu: "No matter what the mission is, it will automatically fail when you get here." Isn't it mentioned above that I might encounter you? Who knows what you are like?
Gong Baihe stared at him closely, and after a while he sighed and simply changed the topic: "What do you think we will see next?"
"I don't know either." Zhang Yu said with melancholy, "This place is so weird."
"I think there is probably a bloody altar ahead." Gong Baihe said suddenly.
Zhang Yu was startled, countless images flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help but feel a little thirsty. But he heard the other party say again: "Mei Qian went into the mountain with great fanfare and specially pulled a group of tails, but who would have thought that he would end up in a place like this?
Tell me, why do you need so many people to come together?"
"Not fishing?" Zhang Yu remained calm.
"Fishing? Can these people, even us, really still be able to go out?" Gong Baihe said with a bitter look on his face.
"What do you mean..." Zhang Yu straightened his body, his expression becoming more solemn.
"Sacrifice..." Gong Baihe said in a long voice: "It is said that the Iron-faced Buddha obtained the method of immortality. The appearance of Mei Qian undoubtedly proves this. But when he returned to his hometown after many years, he deliberately brought so many people with him. Why do you think
?”
Zhang Yu followed his words and his face became more solemn: "Perhaps immortality requires a human life, or it needs to open something?"
Gong Baihe nodded, but his tone seemed hesitant: "Before I entered the mountain, I always thought so, but now I don't think so." He considered the words: "I feel that Mei Qian is not actually a bad person, or in other words, he is not a bad person at the moment.
Not a completely bad person."
Zhang Yu couldn't believe it. This man's performance was so different from the legendary toughness. He remembered that the other party had a grudge against Mei Qian, right? How did he come to the conclusion that he was not a bad person?
Soon he knew the answer.
Gong Baihe shrugged: "At least he has a bottom line in doing things, especially to me..." Seeing that Zhang Yu was still confused, he smiled bitterly and explained: "Ever since I found out that the men's football team qualified with a score of 7-0, I didn't know that Mei
Qian was very restrained when he wrote short essays against me on the Internet."
Even though Zhang Yu was very preoccupied at the moment, and he was very good at pretending, he almost broke his guard when he heard these words...
When Gong Baihe went back to sleep, Zhang Yu was the only one left by the campfire.
He looked around and quietly took out a small pendant from his pocket.
This was something he dug out from the inside of his backpack when he was packing his things. He was very familiar with it. Mei Qian relied on this thing to frighten the insect swarm in the first place. No wonder they were able to reach this point safely.
I remember that some people suspected that this was the Spirit Transformation Seal.
He initially thought that the tomb robbers were talking nonsense, but now it seems that what they are holding may really be the treasure that the legendary Iron Faced Buddha entered the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum in search of.
Then, he looked at the tent in front of him and sighed in his heart.
From the moment they met, all Gong Baihe's words and expressions were actually all tests.
I don’t know when Mei Qian will come back. This team is really difficult to lead!
Four people, four stances, if they were outside, they probably wouldn't be able to form more than ten groups, it's all just out of mind.
He also had a vague guess. Indeed, as Gong Baihe said, entering this strange place might really require sacrifices. Mei Qian's purpose was not yet known.
but……
He held the Spirit Transformation Seal tightly.
At least this time, he chose to trust his friends...