Chapter 21 The Sound of the Flute on a Deserted Island
After Lei Yan came out of the cave, he stood on a stone and looked around.? ???
It was almost dark, just the time he needed.
Not long after, the sky was completely dark, and the moon was also waning. With his eyesight, he could still see it within a few dozen feet.
In the dark night, he explored the center of the island. Along the way, he was always paying attention to the surrounding situation, and his speed was extremely slow.
There are a lot of traces of human activities around. Although he tries not to damage the surroundings, from his perspective, these cannot be hidden from him.
After advancing for more than ten miles, the big trees in front became even denser, similar to a primitive forest. But underneath these trees, the ground had been cleared, and the ground was extremely flat, with rows of black tents.
, exuding a solemn atmosphere in the dark night.
Seeing this scene, Lei Yan's first feeling was that this seemed to be a military camp.
At this moment, a flute sound came, with a strange rhythm. He had never heard such flute sound before.
As the sound of the flute came, the sound of neat footsteps from the distance came towards this direction very quickly.
Hearing the sound, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly hid among the branches and leaves of a big tree, and adjusted his breathing to an extremely slow pace.
Not long after, dozens of men in black appeared in front, walking neatly towards this side.
As the first flute sound sounded, some flute sounds appeared one after another, as well as the sound of footsteps.
The first group of black-clothed men who appeared, led by a cloaked figure, entered a tent. Then groups of black-clothed men appeared one after another, led by cloaked figures.
The team of people entered one tent after another.
After the men in black entered the tent, the men in cloaks gathered together and stood in front of one of the middle tents.
Looking at the figures of these cloaked people, they are all women, not very old.
"They're all women! What about these people?"
He muttered, and after the flute sound stopped, there was no sound of movement from the men in black, only the sound of breathing was left.
After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth, gently got off the tree, and dived towards a tent.
There was no sound of fighting in the tent, just the sound of breathing.
Moreover, if this tent is occupied by people, it can only accommodate ten people. However, there are already more than fifty people who just entered. This is also a question that makes him extremely confused. He has his own guess in his mind, but he cannot
He was sure, so he came down to take a look.
After occupying one side of the tent for a long time and feeling that there was nothing strange around him, he ducked into the tent.
As soon as he entered the tent, he was suddenly startled, and couldn't help but place the long knife in his right hand in front of him.
After waiting for a short while, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Dozens of men in black stood in front of them neatly, like pillars, with their eyes open and their hands hanging down, standing straight.
But these people only breathed slightly and did not move, as if his appearance was invisible.
After counting, there were a total of sixty men in black here, of varying heights. They were all men. Their clothes were somewhat torn, and they all carried long knives.
The long knives of these people are different from his. They are the kind of knives that are widely circulated. The blade is slightly curved and looks thick, but it is less than three feet.
"Still alive!"
Each of these men in black carries the breath of life, but they are as stiff and sluggish as corpses.
After observing for a while, he thought of some sneak attacks.
These people were indeed moving before, and walking like living people. Compared with that time, the only difference was the sound of the flute.
The sound of the flute is one of the main reasons why these people can move.
After thinking for a while, he decided to go back and take a look again tomorrow.
Returning to the cave where they were, as soon as they entered, they felt a gust of wind, and their bodies immediately moved to the side, and at the same time they swung their swords horizontally.
"clang!"
He used his strength to retreat and said hurriedly: "It's me."
Fang Xun, who pushed away with difficulty, breathed a sigh of relief, put away his energy, and said, "When I woke up and saw you weren't there, I thought something had happened."
"It's not safe here, it's like a barracks." Lei Yan said what he saw, "I'll take a look tomorrow night. You should be careful here. But as long as you don't go out, nothing will happen.
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"You! Just be careful. I'm here to recuperate. I just won't go out."
Fang Xun hesitated for a moment, slightly undecided.
Seeing this, Lei Yan frowned slightly and said, "I think you must have just come from a certain family or somewhere, right?"
"Yes. I just came out of the family to practice, and I was arrested not long after. Everyone alive at the time was here. Even if the family knew that something happened to me, they didn't know how to find me." Fang Xun smiled bitterly.
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"At least you are still alive and know how to get back. During this time, you can take good care of yourself and wait until I figure out the situation here to see if you can leave." After a while, Lei Yan spoke.
"Thanks!"
After a long time, Fang Xun spoke, and then he rested there to restore his energy. After a day of adjusting his breath, Fang Xun's face recovered a little and was no longer as pale as before.
One day has passed, Lei Yan has had enough rest, and his body seems to have recovered, but now he can only use 40% of his original strength. During this long journey, for him, if his body does not advance but retreats, if there is nothing good,
If it is replenished, it will continue to get worse.
When he came out, it was already dark, and soon he returned to the place where he was the night before.
Soon, the sound of the flute came again, and groups of men in black, led by men in cloaks, walked over. There was more dust on their bodies, and their clothes were more damaged.
When the men in black entered the tent, the men in cloaks left.
And he took the opportunity to enter one of the tents.
He found a place and buried his long knife there. At the same time, he found a man in black who was the same height and about the same size as himself.
"It's just you."
After identifying this person, he gritted his teeth slightly and moved the person's body away.
After leaving the military camp with the man's body, he placed the body of the man in black in a hidden rock cliff and plugged his ears with something.
After dawdling for a while, the man in black didn't move at all, like a piece of wood.
After hiding the man, he put the man's coat on his body.
His pants, etc., were specially made in the past and are still preserved today. It was originally a complete set, but the top disappeared after he was driven into the space crack. His clothes were all black, and
The clothes of these men in black are similar, and you can't tell them without looking carefully.
After he was done, he took the man's big knife and quickly returned to the tent.
After returning to the tent, he stood where the man in black was and adjusted his posture.
Unexpectedly, not long after he came back, there was a flute sound outside.
The sound of the flute was something he had never heard before. It didn't sound like anything at first, but soon he felt a strong sense of homesickness.
As soon as that kind of emotion came out, his heart was shocked. That kind of calling was the direction from which the flute sound came.
And as soon as the flute sound came out, these dull men in black suddenly changed their appearance, as if the stone statues came to life.
The people in black who woke up lined up and walked out of the tent.
He was in the last row, and when he saw this situation, he followed him out, with the same dull eyes as the men in black he was observing, and walked out.
After going out, there was a woman wearing a cloak standing outside the tent. He was considered a taller person here, and he could see the whole person.
This is just a young girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. Her appearance is above average, but her eyes show an unusual indifference.
In both hands she held a half-foot piccolo made of jade.
From the other tents, a large number of men in black also came out, and each team was led by a woman wearing a cloak.
Hesitating in his heart, he could only move at this moment. Compared to the other men in black, his speed was obviously slower.
The woman who was leading their team noticed something strange about him. She stared at him for a while, sighed, turned around and walked forward while playing her flute.
As the sound of the flute came, the man in black next to him followed. He secretly remembered the sound of the flute, and he would be able to understand it the next time he heard the sound of the flute.
Groups of black-clothed men walked to the center with them, very neatly, as if they came from the army. And all the flute music was the same tune, and there was no difference in the sound. But these black
The men in black never mix. The men in black in each team follow the woman leading the team in front of them.
They had been walking for two quarters of an hour. According to their speed, neither fast nor slow, they were almost at the center of the island.
Groups of men in black were constantly approaching from all around. According to what he saw, there were no fewer than thirty groups.
There were sixty people in each team, which was so large that he was secretly surprised.
After all, it looks like an uninhabited desert island from the outside, but there is such an army inside.
Soon, they were brought to an extremely wide flat area, like a battlefield where troops were ordered. There was a high platform in the middle occupied by dozens of people, all dressed in black.
Before he could think about it carefully, the flute sounded at this moment.
The men in black around them began to move according to the rhythm of the flute, and the first thing they did was to draw their swords.
He had calculated that there were fifty teams here, a total of three thousand men in black, standing a little sparsely, not afraid that the swords they swung would attack those around them.
Following the movements of the men in black, he also drew out the knife.
The sound of the flute kept coming, and all the men in black drew their swords at the beginning, and then started practicing with the big swords in their hands.
This feeling is like returning to the feeling of being in the army before. Everyone's sword-wielding movements are the simplest, but once they start fighting, they are quite practical.
After about a quarter of an hour, the sound of the flute stopped, and the men in black around them sheathed their knives together. The movements were done in one go, obviously after practicing for a while.
"Okay, everyone, pick out half of them and send them to the central roundabout. At the same time, use Qingxin Song to restore them to their original appearance so that they can be controlled again. And prepare to receive the next batch of war puppets." A voice came out, and everyone
The conscious people bowed their heads and responded in unison.
The sound only appeared once and then disappeared.
Lei Yan was secretly surprised. There was such a strong man on this island. Even when he was at his peak, he could not compare with him.
Those who were watching them practice swordsmanship from the high platform began to come down and pick them out. Some of them were quick enough, had strong bodies, and had strong reflexes, and all of them were singled out.
As for him, he was not selected because of his slow reaction. This made him relieved. If he had been selected and sent to the central roundabout, his efforts during this period would have been in vain.
After the selection, the people on both sides were almost all around 1,500.
"Prepare for a heart-clearing song."
The voice that disappeared before reappeared, but the person was still nowhere to be seen.
All the people in cloaks took out their own piccolos, and then started playing under the leadership of one of them.
The sound of the flute this time makes people feel comfortable, as if they are on the grassland, relaxed physically and mentally, carefree, everything is unimportant, and they forget everything.
After the song was over, the remaining men in black stood around in a daze, as if they had forgotten everything.
Next, another song sounded, with different flute sounds on both sides.
The chosen ones on the opposite side started to move and slowly left with more than a dozen women wearing cloaks.
"Everyone, let's re-divide these war puppets. Next, we have to receive a new batch of war puppets." A person on the high platform spoke, and then all the people above left.
Thirty women in cloaks were left behind, and each of them picked fifty men in black, and then played a simple song.
After hearing the sound of the flute, the remaining men in black moved slightly, and then followed the men in cloaks and left.