Under the sun, the fog that shrouded the jungle finally began to slowly dissipate. In the distance, in the gray mountain valleys, patches of white flashed out. They were the snow that had not melted all year round in the shade, and it was even more inaccessible.
"Flying Eagle, are you hiding something from me?" I handed the telescope back to him. Compared to the heartless rabble of the expedition team, the team of Flying Eagle only brought me endless heaviness and depression.
Feiying smiled bitterly, put the telescope into the canvas bag on his chest, took out a small piece of compressed biscuit, and chewed it slowly.
"It's not the first two people who disappeared last night, right?" From his attitude towards the disappearance report, I can see that he is not only a master who is calm at all times, but also mixed with a helpless insensitivity.
"Yes." The crumbs of compressed biscuits fell from his lips, and the stubble that grew out of nowhere has taken over his cheeks and jaw, making him look old and embarrassed.
"Can you tell me the real situation, including Fei Yue's strange reaction?" My eyes followed Fei Yue, who was pacing and singing in a low voice to the music in her headphones.
"Feng, did you hear it? There is a little girl crying -" Fei Ying suddenly straightened his spine and looked to the left and front, looking extremely nervous.
I listened carefully, but there was nothing except the sound of wind and the occasional chirping of strange birds.
"Really, there is a... **-year-old little girl who is crying. She has been crying for her mother. It is very clear. She is twenty or thirty meters away in front of you. You really can't hear it?" He turned around and looked.
Looking at me, biscuit crumbs stuck to my beard ridiculously.
I looked forward seriously. According to the distance he said, I could see everything clearly without using a telescope.
"No." I shook my head, pushed aside the dead branches in front of my eyes, and observed carefully again. A **-year-old girl is at least more than one meter tall. Even if there are branches blocking it, she will still be able to see part of her body, so she will not miss anything. And
, I am sure that my hearing is sensitive enough and I will not be able to hear such sudden crying.
Feiying's left hand once again landed on the handle of the gun, all the veins on the back of his hand jumped out, and his four fingers were trembling nervously.
"Feiying, are you hallucinating? Tell me about the disappearance of the team members -" I reached out and patted his shoulder, but his reaction was very intense. He even turned his right arm and used his famous "strong force"
The "eagle's claw hand" grabbed my wrist, and there was a rustling sound.
With the skill of his fingers, even a tough moso bamboo would break easily. Of course I wouldn't let him catch it. With a flick of his wrist, he flicked an inch-thick branch into his hand. With a "click", the branch
When it was cut off, sawdust flew everywhere.
As a unique sect in the world, the "Huaishang Eagle Claw Sect" has been standing for thousands of years, with many branches. Feiying can be regarded as the first-class master in the southwest, even in extreme fear
, the direction from which the sound was made, and the strength was still astonishing.
I shrank back to prevent him from making another impulsive move.
"It's the cry of a little girl. Believe me... Feng, I won't hear it wrong." He murmured and retracted his hand, and continued to put the biscuits in his right hand towards his mouth.
"I guess you must know that the little girl does not exist. Even if you can hear her cry, you can't find her, right?" This is the essence of auditory hallucinations. Hearing but not finding her is the same as "
The hallucinations of "mirages" are basically the same. In the depths of such desolate mountains and jungles, due to the combined effects of geomagnetism, light and shadow, and poisonous miasma, it is very common for explorers to experience auditory hallucinations and hallucinations, and it is not something to be alarmed about.
Feiying was stunned for dozens of seconds, raised his left hand, patted his forehead lightly a few times, and said thoughtfully: "The crying is gone."
Within fifty meters in front of him, there were all dead branches of strange trees. If people were sent out to search, they would be able to find out within a few minutes. I believe he has done this before, but it was in vain. It must have attracted everyone's attention.
of panic.
"There is no cry of the little girl, Feiying, tell me about the disappearance of the team members, how many times has this happened?" I hope to find out whether there is an inevitable connection between the disappearance of the team members and Su Lun's disappearance.
"The fourth time, and the first three times, it was just one person each time who suddenly disappeared when he was alone. There was no trace within fifty meters, as if he was snatched away by an invisible monster. Sometimes it can happen
I find the last footprints left by the missing person, and sometimes there is nothing at all. I always feel that someone is watching us from the dark and will attack at any time, but-"
He pushed out his chest hard again, as if to lift the burden on his shoulders: "In order to get Su Lun back, I have no choice."
The successive disappearances will of course make everyone panic. Now I understand that Feiyue deliberately acted aggressively towards me just to distract the team members from their fear of the road ahead. It was really well-intentioned.
"Thank you, Fei Ying." I extended my hand to him sincerely.
"I am Scalpel's good brother. Su Lun is his sister and mine, just like Fei Yue. So, even if I die, I have to get her back."
I smiled and held his rough hand tightly: "The most taboo thing for explorers is to say the word 'death'. Didn't the scalpel tell you that?"
Everyone will die. In the eyes of ordinary people, the process of exploration is full of opportunities for close contact with death, but I understand that we just want to uncover the truth of the mystery, rather than deliberately seeking death. In fact, every successful explorer
, will be more afraid of death than normal people. Only if you are afraid of death can you "never die".
"Flying Eagle, has Su Lun ever told you what she is looking for?" This is the main topic of the expedition.
"A mysterious ancient tomb is located under the 'ladder to heaven' at the end of Langu." He is not a tomb robber in the full sense. His nature of life is different from that of Scalpel, so he is not very interested in ancient tombs designed for the dead.
"Yes, an ancient tomb..." I frowned, raised my hands, and repeatedly rubbed my face that was dried by the wind. What is under the ladder is still unknown. I hope Su Lun can successfully discover Afang.
Palace, but I hope she is safe and without any problems. Suppose, if there really is an Afang Palace there, what will be inside? An empty and silent underground palace? There are thousands of years of mummies everywhere? Just
Like the underground tomb of Qin Shihuang...
Starting from Su Lun's talk about the "Second Afang Palace", I have a question that I have been holding back from asking: The tomb that Qin Shihuang built for himself has been discovered and gradually begun to be excavated, but the historical Afang Palace
, is a place for him to enjoy, how could it be moved to such a remote mountain? With the means of transportation in the Qin Dynasty, it was extremely laborious to reach the end of Langu. He would not have to trek thousands of miles just to enter the palace and enjoy it once, right?
When ancient emperors built places for pleasure, they always liked to be high up and experience the pleasure of "taking wine to the wind". That's why King Zhou built the "Star-Zhaing Tower" and the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty passed down the romantic allusion of "the sky is high in the Li Palace". So far,
, no emperor’s palace has ever been built underground, even if the terrain is concave. The emperor calls himself a dragon and pays attention to "flying dragons in the sky". How can he get into the dark underground to enjoy himself?
"Let's go?" Feiying threw the last corner of the biscuit into his mouth.
We jumped off the big tree, and Feiyue came over and lowered his voice: "Brother, I heard it again-"
Fei Ying nodded, and the two brothers exchanged extremely complicated looks, then gave the order and continued moving forward.
The marching speed during the day was at least twice as fast as that at night, and the mood of the team members improved significantly. Feiyue was still following me, but this time he no longer spoke casually. Every half hour or so, he put his hand into his pocket to touch his gun.
.In this kind of environment, the only thing that can give people a sense of security is cold firearms.
I signaled to her, a few steps behind the team, and asked in a low voice: "Did you hear the crying too?"
It is indeed very strange to hear crying suddenly in the deserted jungle.
"Yes, this is the fourth time I have heard it, and so has my eldest brother. After every disappearance, you will definitely hear crying within a few hours, lasting about three minutes, and the distance is very close, never exceeding a radius of thirty meters. Really
It's like a plot from a horror movie, isn't it ridiculous?" She took off her hat, waved her sleeves to wipe away the cold sweat on her forehead, bit her lip with her white teeth, and looked directly at me.
Feiyue's eyebrows are very heavy, with boy-like eyebrow peaks and angles, full of indescribable wildness.
"Could it be an auditory hallucination?"
Feiyue shook his head vigorously: "No, because the eldest brother and I heard that sound at the same time. If it was just an auditory hallucination, it wouldn't be such a coincidence that it happened to two people at once. Also, the eldest brother is a person who lives in the southwest.
If you have enough experience in jungle combat, you won’t be fooled by auditory hallucinations.”
I laughed. When every girl mentioned her eldest brother, she showed great admiration and trust. The tone of Feiyue's words reminded me of Su Lun's expression when he mentioned the scalpel. It was exactly the same.
"What are you laughing at? Is it ridiculous?" She waved her hat irritably, breaking several dead branches at her hand.
Fei Ying turned around and glared at her a few more times, but said nothing.
"What do you think? Is it a mountain spirit tree monster? Or a demonic ghost?" I quickened my pace and looked into the jungle to the left and right.
The team has formed a straight line and is moving faster and faster. I believe we will definitely arrive earlier than the scheduled time.
"No, I think it is Witch Longge who is causing trouble. You must know that this mountain is her territory and does not allow others to invade it. The disappearance of Su Lun and the disappearance of the team members is probably her secret action. I
I have discussed with my eldest brother and ordered all team members that once any abnormal person is found, everyone has the right to shoot without mercy."
In the vast jungle, even the explosion of a grenade will be absorbed by trees and grass, and will not spread five kilometers away. It is like an independent space separated from the real world. Here, force can solve everything, and the law has
It has become an out-of-reach framework limited to books and words.
"Kill without mercy?" I touched my chin, and the thorns came out, pricking my fingers hard.
"Yes." Feiyue put on his hat again.
The legend about the Longge witch can be heard everywhere in the southwest border. It has almost become a synonym for the god of mountains and forests. But the old woman I saw was just an ordinary person. Even the poisonous insects she raised looked a little bit...
It's horrifying, but it's far from being the "God of the Mountains and Forests".
The words of Fei Ying and Fei Yue did not help at all with the question of "the little girl's cry". Even if I admit that they did not enter the state of "auditory hallucinations", what does that mean? A person who only hears her voice but does not see her person.
The little girl, alone in this mountain forest, always with them, sometimes left, sometimes right, sometimes forward, sometimes backward?
I need to know the detailed information about all the Longge witches, and the only one who can help me is "Red Little Ghost", the super hacker from that continent.
After dialing the phone again, the red kid looked very excited: "Well, it's you again? How can I help you?" Hackers' living habits and principles are very different from ordinary people. They are often very interested in legendary characters.
But he is indifferent to the things around him. For example, it was just the first time I talked to him on the phone, and the enthusiasm he showed was more cordial than an old friend of decades.
"I want the information about Witch Longge, all official reports and folk anecdotes, sent to my mobile phone." I thought of the omnipotent Xiaoyan. If he were here, he should help me compile and compile it in time.
Condensing and refining some useful information, and since he has a strong interest in mysterious events by nature, he might be a good helper for me.
The red kid obviously hesitated: "Witch Longge? Don't touch her, don't try to fight her. Before you, no less than fifty people have called her information from me, but do you know? These fifty people are now
Where?"
I don't want to know the whereabouts of those people, I just want to get the details of Witch Longge. For Su Lun, I dare to challenge any authority in this mountain forest until I rescue her.
The red kid couldn't hear my answer and coughed twice in embarrassment: "Uh-huh, Feng, I'm talking too much. In fact, heroes like you don't care about your own life or death. You just want to throw your head and blood and save two friends."
You'll feel free to take advantage of me, right? In five minutes, the information will be sent to your phone. I wish you good luck."
What he said was always half-literate, half-incomprehensible, and made people laugh.
"Thanks, brother." I immediately closed the line to save energy.
At nine-thirty in the morning, the stone wall had appeared in the telescope. Just as Fei Ying and Jiang Guang said, the stone wall was covered with red spells, spreading to both sides with claws and claws.
"Who painted these things? I'm afraid it took a lot of effort?" Xiaoguan was beside us, muttering to himself in a low voice. He was tightening the laces of his combat boots, and then stood up to ask Feiying for instructions.
"Boss, how many people should I take to explore the road first?"
Feiying observed it for at least five minutes before slowly nodding: "Okay, don't touch the stone wall, don't rush in, don't... don't say disrespectful words to the gods."
Hearing his last words, Xiaoguan was stunned, and a trace of confusion appeared on his dark and thin face: "What?"
Feiying put down the telescope and shook his head with a wry smile: "It's nothing, everyone, be careful."
During the journey, I have read all the information passed down by the little red devil. The most important point is that no one has seen the real Longge witch. There are only many specious fragments of information. The official report denounced these legends as absurd.
The bizarre idealist theory requires departments at all levels to investigate the origin of the rumors and severely punish the relevant personnel in order to calm the panic of the people.
Another relatively long research report even confused Longge Witch with jungle bandits, and speculated that Longge Witch was an exotic bandit who came from Myanmar and Nepal, specializing in burning, killing and looting. In this way
The conclusion is really ridiculous. I really don’t know who the expert is who compiled this report, but he actually has a first-class imagination.
The folk anecdotes, after being refined, are roughly as follows: The witch has hundreds of incarnations, both men and women, old and young. She is very kind and always generously lends a helping hand to people trapped in the jungle, providing food and water.
And every time she takes the trouble to bring out the lost people. However, she is terrifying and ruthless to outsiders who covet the treasures in the mountains. She will activate strong winds to blow the treasure hunters down the abyss;
There are no bones left of the treasure hunters; sometimes insect poisons and poisons are used to cause the treasure hunters to suffer inhumane torture...
Is she a human? Or a god? No text can explain my problem, nor can it correspond to the old woman I have seen.
Before I have a firm conclusion, I don't want to publish my information to avoid disturbing people.
Xiaoguan led four people straight to the gap in the stone wall. In fact, in the sunlight, the stone wall did not appear too scary. It could even be regarded poetically as a display board for abstract paintings. Those spells were just
It's just graffiti on a display board.
Through the telescope, Xiaoguan and his party cautiously approached the gap, as if there were wild beasts lurking behind the stone wall that would choose to devour anyone at any time. I