John decisively rejected the proposal: "No, I have a strong premonition that there is still danger behind, and it is very close. Even if I am washed away by the river and fall all the way down the waterfall, I will never return to the shore on that side.
"
"Maybe you are right, but..." Li Fan said, and the raindrops were already hitting him: "To cross the river smoothly, we have to speed up."
"Then let's fight!"
John roared, jumped forward and started swimming.
The heavy rain in the jungle is unimaginable to urban people. The intensity of the rain on people's bodies is just like the artificial rainfall in the filming of vulgar TV series. The male and female protagonists cry in the rain without holding umbrellas, and there is a person standing outside the camera.
A fire truck...
John and Li Fan changed from wading to freestyle swimming. In the current situation, there was no need to consider conserving energy.
The current problem is just a surge in water level, but if we wait for a few more minutes, rapids or piranhas are likely to occur. Even Li Fan will have to finish playing in this situation.
Li Fan's initial estimate of the distance was relatively accurate. Two minutes later, the two climbed onto the muddy ground on the other side.
It has to be said that the two of them were able to land safely in the end. It must be said that there was a certain amount of luck. If they had stayed in the water for a few dozen seconds longer, or if a broken tree suddenly floated upstream, it is estimated that there will be incense at home for them next year.
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Looking back at the torrential waves behind him, Li Fan felt scared. The so-called warrior is just an individual in front of the power of nature. He is far from strong enough to face the mighty forces of heaven and earth calmly.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, the water level continues to rise, and the river bank is in danger of being flooded.
After they recovered a little, they quickly got up from the ground and tried to find a place to take shelter from the rain.
John's mood improved a lot. Although he became a drowned rat, he felt that the enemy was already on the other side of the river. The adventure was still worth it, and he might be able to sleep peacefully tonight.
"John, I have bad news to tell you, you must be mentally prepared." Li Fan said suddenly.
John said: "What is it? Did the contents of your pocket fall into the river?"
"No, don't be afraid of what I'm going to say. In fact, I'm already scared now..."
John suddenly felt his scalp numb and asked stammering: "What on earth is going on?"
Li Fan pointed to the jungle not far ahead: "This road...do you still remember? It is the road we took to cross the river."
John looked in the direction of Li Fan's finger, and his face instantly turned pale.
"I also saw the footprints we left when we came, although they have been gradually washed away by the rain."
Li Fan said and turned back: "Look at the other side, it is the other side we saw before crossing the river. The scenery is exactly the same."
John sat down on the ground: "What's going on...impossible...why is this happening?!"
Li Fandao: "A more reasonable explanation is that we turned around and came back."
"Impossible! Did we turn 180 degrees and swim in the wrong direction without even knowing it?" John yelled with a twisted look on his face.
Li Fan took a long breath. The rain made the hair on his forehead stick to his eyelids. He pulled his hair back and said solemnly: "In our country, there is an old saying called ghost beating the wall."
"Ghost...hit...the wall?"
John finally understood the meaning of these four words, and his face suddenly turned pale.
He leaned against the tree dejectedly, holding his hair with both hands: "It's a curse! This place is cursed! This damn rain forest! It must be like this! Therefore, all the instruments and compasses are useless! We are finished,
Haha, we’re done!”
Looking at John's appearance, Li Fan calmed down: "Rather than attribute it to supernatural phenomena, it's better to make some reasonable speculations. Although I said it was a ghost trying to make a wall, this thing has long been proven to be a ghost."
John's eyes widened, he stepped forward and grabbed Li Fan's collar, and asked excitedly: "Do you know what happened here?" He looked like a madman at the moment.
Li Fan frowned, broke away from John's hand, and said in a nonchalant manner: "Host tricks, magic, visual effects, whatever you want to understand, the so-called ghost breaking the wall is probably just the environment deceiving our brains.
"
Listening to Li Fan's words, John calmed down a little.
Li Fan's words make sense. Compared with those imaginary horrific curses, deception may be more likely.
"In addition, it may also be related to the magnetic field. I heard that too strong a magnetic field can also cause hallucinations in people's brains..."
When Li Fan said this, he was suddenly startled. He thought of people with strong inner strength like Song Ming, whose aura was powerful enough to affect ordinary people, even causing them to hallucinate.
And for a Taoist master like Li Fan, the aura he develops can even make people unconscious, and even control ordinary people to the extent.
He had not thought carefully about the nature of inner energy before, but now that he thought about it, did the inner energy aura also have some properties of electromagnetic waves?
Even further, I wonder if this place could be...
Seeing that Li Fan was suddenly stunned, John didn't know whether to interrupt or not. After a while, he snapped his fingers twice and waved his hand in front of Li Fan: "Hey! Charles! Are you okay?!"
Li Fan came back to his senses: "Oh, it's nothing, I thought of something." He continued the topic: "Forget it, instead of thinking about useless things, it's better to think about the next plan."
John had basically recovered from the initial shock and panic. He calmed down and wiped his face with rainwater.
"I'm afraid we won't be able to continue our journey. The rain is really heavy, and crossing the river just now took too much energy. The worst part is that the visibility is getting lower and lower. I'm afraid it will be completely dark in a few hours."
"Well, let's find a place to hide from the rain first." Li Fan responded and set off immediately.
Of course, John couldn't stand in the rain with his muddy clothes on, so he quickly followed.
The terrain of the rainforest was uneven and undulating, and it took them more than ten minutes to find a suitable place.
With our back against the cliff, the sloping and protruding mountain wall above our head can keep the rain just a few meters away. Although squatting in this narrow shelter from the rain is very uncomfortable, it is better than standing outside.
The failed river crossing just now was exhausting. After landing, I found that I was still in the same place, with heavy rain pouring above my head. The most terrifying thing is that there is an unknown force outside the range of sight, as if it is watching all the time.
Follow them and try to prevent them from leaving this rainforest.
Everything turned into invisible panic and pressure, weighing heavily on the hearts of Li Fan and Li Fan.