Chapter 733: The Undead Army
When Xu Wen and Shen Yingjie walked out of the valley exhausted and came to the riverbank, it was already dark, and Zhang Wenda's blue Honda off-road vehicle was still quietly parked there in the distance.
There was no one in the car, and there was no trace of movement, obviously Zhang Wenda and his wife had no possibility of coming back, Shen Yingjie's mood was even darker, there was an indescribable emotion, subconsciously I still hoped that these two people were not swallowed by the black fog, but this hope was almost impossible.
"Go behind that dirt bag. Xu Wen observed for a long time, but could only barely find a dirt bag in the distance as a hidden camping spot.
The grassland at night was very cold, and the ultra-thin sleeping bag was difficult to resist the biting cold wind, in order to observe the situation of the off-road vehicle and the valley mouth at all times, and also to light a fire for warmth, Xu Wen simply dug a herringbone soil pit on the spot and let Shen Yingjie lie in it to avoid the wind, and he was also sweating profusely, and he was suddenly much more comfortable, but it was only ten minutes later, and he began to shiver with cold.
Fortunately, he and Shen Yingjie rotated on duty, rotating every hour and a half, and the two sleeping bags were stacked together and barely able to cope, and at the end of one night, except for the howling night wind, there was nothing abnormal, and even the most worried wolves did not appear.
When the dawn broke in the east, Shen Yingjie had fallen asleep, but Xu Wen had been squatting for three hours in a row, although this night was sad, but it was not long, and he was still in good spirits, it was very strange, whether it was the speed of time that had accelerated, or was it an illusion.
One night, Xu Wen racked his brains to think of three plans, one was to drive the car of Zhang Wenda and his wife along the mountain range to find the low mountains, and climb the mountains into the valley; the second was to drive along the mountain range until the end of the mountain range, find the other end of the valley, and enter in reverse; and the last one was to repeat yesterday's path, not to be curious about anything, and to be cautious and careful to see if they could get out of Black Stone Tepee.
But in Shen Yingjie's ears, the three plans are not good, but there is no way, because of the limited conditions, the two of them have almost no poor equipment, so they can only find this stupid way to run a dead horse in the mountains.
"The third one. Shen Yingjie thought about it for a long time, but she didn't have a better idea, and the mountains were endless, I was afraid that they had already extended to the territory of Bac Ha Province, so the first and second options were not only time-consuming and laborious, but also difficult to control in time, in fact, they were not advisable.
Xu Wen frowned, and finally turned his heart sideways, "Then the third one, do it again!"
"If it doesn't work this time, let's try calling the instructor again, right?"
Xu Wen was noncommittal, but he could understand Shen Yingjie's thoughts, the valley was full of all kinds of strange supernatural powers, and they couldn't be shaken by their abilities alone, but the instructor should have his reason for arranging it this way, whether he could find the exact location of the treasure at the moment was already secondary, and keeping an eye on the person who peeked at the treasure was the main topic, even if Zhang Wenda and his wife died, they had to find their bodies.
The two of them quickly made their preparations, and hiked again towards the eerie valley, the mouth of which was still yesterday, and the huge basalt cliffs looked more majestic and terrifying in the morning sun.
As soon as they stepped into the valley, the two of them were very surprised, the inexplicable palpitations yesterday were gone, and they had been preparing for a long time but there was no response, just like the feeling of accumulating strength but punching the air, Xu Wen hurriedly took out the compass, and sure enough, the magnetic force here was not abnormal, but whether this thing could be trusted or not, he had already had doubts.
Continuing to move forward, the road is still the same as yesterday, the only difference is that the mountain wind in the valley is much lighter, so the speed of travel is much faster, and soon after turning the valley bend, I saw the dense black stone henge again.
The two of them stopped in front of the stone formation for a long time, and found that the traces of yesterday's recuperation were completely gone, and even the blood stains left by Xu Wen's scratching skin were gone, and the surface was a mixture of sand and soil, thinking that it was caused by the mountain wind.
"I'm in front of you. Xu Wen commanded to step into the stone formation, Shen Yingjie had no objection, yesterday they were walking side by side, and today it is not impossible to change the way.
The strange gravity field in the stone henge is still there, but I have had an experience, the pressure is not as sad as I imagined, and I saw the rock that conjured up a mountain ghost, and the strange thing is that the deep pit that was dug out by the warhead is actually gone, and there are too many strange things encountered, Shen Yingjie no longer makes a fuss, and tries his best to control his urge to reach out and touch it, but suddenly feels that the stone is slightly dazzling, and even tears flow out after staring at it for a long time.
"Don't look at it anymore, have you forgotten what we just said?" Xu Wen reminded him that he made an agreement with Shen Yingjie that no matter what strange phenomena he encountered in the stone formation, as long as there was no potential hostility and danger, he would ignore it, and at least control his curiosity.
Shen Yingjie hurriedly withdrew his gaze, felt a little dizzy, and calmed down before following Xu Wen. The two continued to move forward in silence, only the rustling footsteps could be heard in this quiet and terrible place of death, and gradually, the heaviness of the steps became more and more obvious, and the place where Xu Wen dug up the bones yesterday was already in front of him.
I saw Xu Wen suddenly cover his mouth, as if he was startled, Shen Yingjie hurriedly followed Xu Wen's gaze and watched, only to see a small piece of dry soil on the side of the rock, and white bones were faintly visible under the twisted cracks, could this be the big rib that Xu Wen dug up yesterday? Shen Yingjie was suddenly terrified, the bones fell to the ground yesterday and disappeared, could it be that he ran back and then buried himself like this?
Xu Wen patted Shen Yingjie's hand, signaled to ignore it, and continued to move forward.
On the road behind, Xu Wen didn't go yesterday, and the two of them were more careful, but Shen Yingjie always felt that his back was numb, and the feeling of panic from being peeped at was very sad, although he didn't notice much danger, but he always wanted to look back and understand.
"Don't stop, don't look back. Xu Wen seemed to be aware of his companion's thoughts, although he did not deliberately observe Shen Yingjie's expression, but he obviously felt her uneasiness, and after years of working together and training hard, they could communicate with each other at many critical moments.
"What should I do if I encounter that black fog again?" didn't let him turn back, and the words that he couldn't help but inadvertently popped out, Shen Yingjie felt very ashamed, and said before coming in that he wouldn't talk about it, but he couldn't help but want to look back, and he knew how far he had gone, and whether there was much hope of escaping.
"Run, if you can't run, just fight with it!" Xu Wen's voice was not loud, but it was very calm, full of blood and fighting spirit has always been the pride of everyone in the 'Ranger', the voice stirred in Shen Yingjie's ears, which made her sober up a lot, so she watched her heart and looked ahead, and followed Xu Wen step by step.
The bones next to the rocks became more and more exposed, and there were more and more of them, until then there was almost no soil to cover them, and where were the messy skeletons, which were extremely dazzling, and the piles of bones were large and small, and seemed to be proportional to the size of the rocks, and the pieces of rock were tombstones? But since they were tombstones, why were there no inscriptions? Why not bury the bones in the ground?
The further back you look, the more obvious this law becomes, and these bones have an obvious feature, that is, there is no skull, after walking for so long, no skull has been found, that is to say, each bone pile was once a headless corpse, Xu Wen suddenly had a strange thought, isn't every rock once the head of a living thing?
As soon as this kind of thought came out, Xu Wen panicked, looking at every rock around him, it was like a bloody head, which made his heart tremble, especially the kind of rock that is more than ten feet tall, what kind of living thing would have such a big head? He didn't dare to say this kind of thought, it is estimated that Shen Yingjie's face is more ugly than him.
The black stone henge is too big, and the two of them don't know how long they have walked, and the unsettling black fog has never appeared, but the valley in front of it is getting more and more open, expanding from more than a dozen zhang to nearly a hundred, and the dense stone henge is more and more shocking visual effect, Xu Wen muttered to himself, when observing from the outside, although the mountain range is long, how can there be such a vast space inside?
After walking so far, there was no trace of Zhang Wenda and his wife along the way, but the dull and boring mountains on both sides gradually changed significantly, especially on the right side, the mountain expanded outward at a large angle, and the height of the inner cliff wall was rapidly declining, reaching a certain low point and then slowly rising, showing a large undulating arc.
The inclination angle between the vertical wall of the mountain cliff and the ground exceeds 90 degrees, the whole cliff body appears in the form of inverted rolling, the cliff body is from low to high, rises along the arc, the low place is several zhang, the highest place has reached more than 100 zhang, just like the huge waves that stand up out of thin air on the sea surface, the momentum and coercion of the overwhelming mountains and seas, people dare not look directly, as if the next moment is going to rush to the face, and is broken by this wave.
"Amazing!" Xu Wen admired bravely, in fact, he was also comforting his companions, he suddenly had a whim, the shortest part of the cliff on the right side was only three or four zhang high, with the help of the mountaineering rope, it was obvious that he could climb, along the undulating arc should be able to climb to the highest point of the huge waves, overlooking the valley in the sky, far better than trekking in this endless stone formation.
Shen Yingjie has no opinion, she is also tired of this boring stone henge, as long as there is no accident, it is not too difficult to climb to the top of the cliff, but the itchy feeling before was troublesome, and in the end she still didn't hold back, so she turned back suddenly, and was immediately surprised and couldn't help herself.
Behind him, the queue of rocks like a phalanx actually came to life, each rock has become a headless demon living thing, and it is slowly moving forward, all kinds of mountain ghosts, strange beasts and monsters are holding snow-white bones, moving silently in unison, making people shudder, as if they are suddenly in the midst of the incomparably murderous undead army array.
This marching army formation seemed to have magical power, and Shen Yingjie involuntarily turned around and walked towards the nearest rock, his gait also showing a strange rhythm.
Xu Wen sensed that something was wrong, turned his head to see that he was shocked, and hurriedly closed his eyes and flew towards Shen Yingjie at the same time.