Chapter 1 It would be nice to meet a living person
"I'm so stupid, really."
Chen Mou, who was huddled in the corner of the ruined wall, tightened the dirty heritage-grade linen clothes wrapped tightly around his body and muttered in his mouth.
Within arm's reach on the left and right, there were rusty hatchets, hunting forks and bamboo tubes that he picked up from the forest. In front of them, there was an earthen stove with eight sides built with stones and a bonfire.
The wet smoke from the firewood was heavy and swirled in the wind, making his eyes sore.
He has been trapped in this strange forest where the mist never disperses for several days. It’s like he’s been hit by a ghost. He keeps coming back here every time he walks around.
He glanced at the mottled ancient jade that looked like a stone in his hand with a lifeless gaze.
He hated his curiosity to pick up the big leak.
I'm a good social animal, but I went to visit an antique stall on a rare holiday. I fell in love with this ancient jade that the stall owner boasted was a Shang and Zhou ritual called "Cang Bi". I bargained for 10,000 yuan off the price.
Go to Liqian Dayang and buy it.
In the evening, I bathe and burn incense alone, which is full of ritual. I admire the Cangbi ritual utensils that close my eyes under the soft light, then take a nap, and I am confused to this ghost place where the sky is not responding to the sky and the earth is not working.
I'm still wearing pajamas, pants and shoes, and I don't even have my cell phone with me!
The bizarre experience made him seriously doubt that he had traveled through time, and the culprit could only be the Cangbi ritual weapon.
I don’t know how big the forest we are in right now is.
He was frightened and anxious, dragging his sleeping shoes and looking for a way out like a headless fly in the fog. He slipped and fell countless times. His pajamas and pajamas were caught by branches and thorns and turned into a beggar's costume. He was in a mess and covered in dirt.
Until he discovered a number of dead human bones deep in the forest, as well as the naked corpse of a man who had not completely decomposed. The nausea and terror that so frightened his adrenal glands soared that he almost vomited out his last night's meal.
Living in a stable society and growing up under the red flag, he had never seen the miserable scene of the original ecology returning to dust.
The old-style rags he was wearing to keep warm were hung on the branches at that time and were like spiritual flags to summon spirits. He really couldn't stand the cold, so he took them off and wore them as he did. He didn't care about the bad luck and it scared him.
Don’t dare to break in again.
We picked up hatchets with rotten wooden handles, hunting forks and bamboo tubes, as well as fire sickles, flints, copper coins wrapped in oil paper, etc.
Even without the professional archaeological knowledge he learned from school, he could easily judge that these items did not belong to his era. Several copper coins were in good condition and well-cast. They were not like any other dynasty copper coins he knew, and the inscriptions on the front were complex.
It's comparable to seal characters, but it's a pity that he was blind and couldn't recognize a single word.
"Curiosity killed the cat... God, give me another chance. Send me back. I will burn high incense and pay tribute to you. I will worship you in the morning and evening. It's time for you."
Chen Mou wrapped up his clothes tightly, raised his ancient jade and rushed to the doctor, and howled a few words into the sky.
Being idle is also idle, what if you can go up to heaven to listen?
Except for the crackling sound of firewood, there was silence everywhere. God had no time to pay attention to him, and Gu Yu didn't even respond.
This place is as quiet as a dead land, the trees are so lush, not to mention wild beasts, not even a bird.
Fortunately, there was a pool of water down the left slope of the dilapidated building with only one corner left. It was considered an endless road. The edge of the pool was fertile with rotten leaves and was covered with thick weeds that had accumulated over the years. He used a hunting fork to pry it out from the ground.
There were many rhizomes that looked like yam eggs. I beat them with the flint and sickle I picked up. I took off the twine from the cuffs of my rags and made a fire. I ignited the oil paper and dead branches. I roasted the dug out rhizomes to feed myself and I barely managed to avoid starving to death.
Taking stock of his short twenty-four years in the past two days, it seems that he has never done any evil things that God hates and people hate since he was a child. He has been so handsome all the way. Why did God give him such hardship?
Staring at the wet smoke and raging flames, thinking wildly, Chen Mou suddenly heard movement in the distance.
He reacted belatedly, stood up suddenly, jumped out of the corner at an unprecedented speed, came back and grabbed the hunting fork on the ground, and ran out again. He vaguely heard another boom and explosion, and he was excited and shouted: "Is there anyone? Is anyone here?"
As long as he could get out of this forest, he would obey even if the bandits came.
He couldn't distinguish the direction of the sound and shouted at the top of his lungs in all directions.
The white fog was boundless, and no one in the woods responded to him.
Chen Mou screamed for a while, stabbed the hunting fork on the ground in disappointment, and listened carefully.
He was thinking about the feasibility of using firewood to burn an entire large tree in a humid environment without endangering himself... When he was in a hurry, there was nothing he dared not do.
A bright light flickered from the fog, attracting Chen Mou's attention.
What the hell?
Are there any fireflies in broad daylight?
Chen Mou looked at the bright light that changed direction and flew towards him in an arc. Suddenly, his scalp became numb and his back felt chilly. He had a creepy feeling of being stared at by a ferocious beast, and subconsciously waved his left hand to drive him away.
The light turned quickly to the side, dodged his palm in advance, and hit between his eyes.
Close at hand, Chen Mou suddenly discovered that in the light that spread to the size of the mouth of a cup, there was a distorted and blurred human face, and the light and shadow eyes were full of bloodthirsty cruelty and indifference.
It's over.
There are ghosts in this forest.
He froze in place, his mind almost blank, and things were getting more and more beyond his understanding.
The blurry light and shadow of the human face rushed towards him, but before it touched Chen Mou's forehead, "whoosh", it was pulled by invisible force at a very fast speed, turned into a point of light, and was sucked into the ancient jade in Chen Mou's hand. "Ah!", a vaguely sad and old scream, as if it was a world away, and it stopped suddenly.
The fear that enveloped his whole body disappeared completely. The sudden cry scared Chen Mou so much that he almost threw the Cangbi away. He was stunned for a moment, touched his intact forehead, and hurriedly raised the Cangbi to his eyes to take a closer look.
He had just witnessed "Ghost Face" being taken away by Cang Bi. Perhaps "eating" would be more accurate.
There was a cloud-like shimmer on the mottled jade surface that converged, and soon returned to its inconspicuous appearance.
"The ritual utensils of the Shang and Zhou dynasties... really missed the mark. I don't know if this luck was caused by bad luck or by luck..."
Chen Mou felt sad and happy at the same time. It was the first time in his life that he found something wrong.
His mood was complicated and inexplicable, and he was about to get into trouble.
He walked on the edge of life and death. It was Cangbi who saved his life, and it was Cangbi who brought him to this weird and haunted place. Success or failure is Cangbi...ah, I have to find a way to study Cangbi.
Send him back again.
He was fed up with the lonely days of being on tenterhooks and trying to survive in the wilderness.
It's useless to beg God. I've been begging countless times in different ways these days, but I still have to rely on myself.
A warm and cold breath came into the palm of his left hand on the surface of the ancient jade. It came out of the blue, and before he could react, the abnormality disappeared. Chen Mou looked at the Cang Jade and his palm in confusion.
"Stop causing trouble, my little heart is so scared..."
Chen Mou muttered and discussed with Cang Bi, and the mysterious things made him almost crazy.
Suddenly, he heard a shout from behind that he couldn't understand. It was so scary that his heart and liver trembled, and both of his legs trembled.
Whether it's a human or a ghost, can't you come up to him and say hello?
That's so rude.
Holding the life-saving ancient jade tightly, he stiffened his neck and turned his stiff body. He seemed to hear a slight "click" sound like rusting from the bones. He looked up and saw the remaining wall more than ten meters away, standing in the thin mist.
An old man with a gray beard wearing a simple green robe, with slender eyes and a clear appearance. The Bagua Tai Chi graphics embroidered on the left cuff and the unique bun Taoist scarf highlight the old man's identity as a Taoist priest.
The old Taoist held a long sword with cold light flowing backwards in his right hand, his eyes were like lightning, and he seemed to be looking down from a high position to see through him.
Chen Mou realized that the ghost that wanted to harm him earlier was chased by the old Taoist and had no way to go to the sky or the earth. He had suffered an unreasonable disaster.
His heart suddenly calmed down, the old man's face was rosy, he was energetic, and he didn't look like an evil spirit.
It would be nice to meet a living person.
He forgave Lao Dao's impoliteness from the bottom of his heart.