728, Rainy Night Strange Forest
It soon got dark, and Frostless found that everyone became cautious from the time the light dimmed. Not only did the people who had searched, wandered, and inquired about everywhere return to their camps, but even some of the resting people came out of their makeshift tents. There were more than three times as many guards as there were during the day, and they narrowed the range to a very small size, and sat one by one, facing away from the campfire and the camp enclosure, as if clockwork had been wound, and would jump up at any moment to deal with an emergency.
Soon she understood why everyone reacted so much, as the last ray of light in the forest disappeared, the original gorgeous trees and flowers around her became dim and black, even the bonfire that everyone lit, the lighting they carried with them was very dim, and could only illuminate a small area.
Even under the light of the fire, the trees lost their daytime color, and all that was left was the oppressive blackness. It was as if they were shrouded in a great dense shadow, and it became difficult for them to breathe.
Wushuang felt as if she had stepped into a new and chilling place, and she also smelled some musty and pungent smell wafting from nowhere in the air, which seemed to be mixed with a disgusting smell of decomposing animal corpses, and a faint smell of blood, these unpleasant smells were combined, giving people a unique uncomfortable feeling of being aggrieved and disgusting and wanting to vomit.
It was a very different feeling from when she came back to her, was there something that had changed, or was it ...... The last time she saw it was just an illusion that Jiuyou had deliberately arranged for her.
She floated from Xuan Yu's body, hanging directly above Xuan Yu's head, but she couldn't find the direction where the smell came from.
Xuan Yu sensed her departure and asked her nervously, "What's wrong, what did you find?"
Wushuang sniffed and quietly replied, "Do you smell the stench?"
Xuan Yu was a little confused, then sniffed hard, and asked uneasily, "What smell, where did it come from?" Why didn't she smell it?
Wushuang was taken aback, and immediately fell on Xuan Yu's head, sliding down her hair to her ears;
Even if Xuan Yu is transformed, her essence is still a spirit animal. Her five senses were already much more sensitive than hers, why didn't Xuan Yu smell this kind of stench that was about to make her sick and suffocating?
Xuan Yu was also puzzled, and her heart became more and more uneasy, she moved to Zhu Linghou's side, and without even looking for a reason, she dragged Zhu Linghou into the wooden house. Zhu Linghou knew that she had something to say to herself, so she directly laid a silent barrier beside them, and Xuan Yu asked him if he had smelled it.
Zhu Linghou looked at Xuan Yu's serious face, and his brows furrowed, "What kind of taste?"
The frost-free heart is cold, and the teacher can't smell it, so it's not Xuan Yu's problem, but the problem lies with herself.
Could it be that this smell only works for her?
At Zhu Linghou's urging, she briefly described the smell, and Zhu Linghou also became nervous: "It seems that this place is even weirder than I imagined." Don't worry, we can't smell it, only you can feel it, it may be your strongest strength, so you are not deceived by illusions. ”
It is very likely that they are in a dangerous illusion space, and if it weren't for the frost-free reminder, I'm afraid they wouldn't have felt the danger at all.
Wushuang immediately decided: "Let's go, let's go to Amber now, maybe the answer is there." ”
Zhu Linghou's thoughts were the same as hers, he immediately took Wushuang to say hello to the dean, and was about to go to Amber.
Chu Lao got up and stopped him: "It's useless to go now, it won't be until midnight when amber will appear, and it's only half an hour before and after." Moreover, the forest at night is much more dangerous than during the day, and most of our men are lost at night. You'd better wait until the hour before midnight, and we'll take all of us with us. ”
He didn't want to lose such a powerful and trustworthy helper as Zhu Linghou.
The dean also nodded, stretched out his hand and patted Zhu Linghou's shoulder: "Old man, I know you are in a hurry, but it is useless to be in a hurry, anyway, it is not bad to be here and a half, and we will accompany you when the time comes." ”
Seeing their nervous appearance, Zhu Linghou also knew that this dark forest must be more dangerous than he imagined, and he was also a little hesitant.
Xuan Yu knew that he had no way to persuade him, so he deliberately gave up control of his body to Wushuang, and Wushuang explained and persuaded him, but Wushuang refused, just quietly told her and continued to pull the corners of Zhu Linghou's clothes.
Xuan Yu dragged the corners of Zhu Linghou's clothes vigorously according to Wushuang's hints, and even dragged them out willfully like a child, Zhu Linghou beat the spirit, and immediately understood her intentions, now Wushuang can feel the smell, if they don't look for the source, if they drag it out, the smell will disappear, so that they can't find it if they want to.
He raised his hand to stop the dean and Chu Lao's concern, and said seriously: "The more dangerous it is, the more it means that there is a secret in it that we don't want to find out." If we continue to wait, I'm afraid that we won't be able to find any clues by then, let alone break the game. ”
Hearing that he used the word "breaking the game", the dean and Chu Lao were silent. They had been here for several days, and they were getting more and more anxious day by day, but they were also becoming more and more discouraged day by day, and they were afraid that they would miss some good opportunity after leaving. This ambivalent mood traps them in a predicament, unable to break free, but unwilling to give up.
At present, Zhu Linghou's arrival may be an opportunity to break the situation.
"Well, I'll go with you. The dean was ruthless and made a decision: "I'll go and call A-Yuan, he may be able to play a little role." ”
"I'll go too. Chu Lao also stood up: "Anyway, I don't have anything to worry about." ”
He noticed Xuan Yu's urgency, and thought more carefully than the dean, it stands to reason that Zhu Linghou cares so much about Wushuang's disciples, and when they explain that it is very dangerous outside, even if he is worried that Wushuang has to go to find out, he shouldn't take that little girl with him.
Could it be that they found something, so they have to go at this time?
If you don't fight, after missing the opportunity, he will be unwilling.
Seeing that they were all going to go together, Xuan Yu was in a hurry, the more people the better, that means the more trouble, not to mention that there are still nine shadows hidden in the dark, if one is not careful, it is very likely that someone will find the existence of no frost.
She rejected the dean's kindness before Zhu Linghou: "We just went around, we just want to go and see the teacher first, maybe there will be a different discovery." ”
The dean narrowed his eyes when he heard this, and looked at Xuan Yu silently, Xuan Yu was shocked to know that it was bad, and her excessive nervousness made the dean feel that something was abnormal.
Zhu Linghou rubbed Xuan Yu's head dotingly, and grinned embarrassedly for her: "I don't feel at ease with this girl here, but with her, I'm just afraid that I won't be able to take care of other people." ”
His words were a little blunt, but they were also very straightforward, and the people around him also understood the meaning of his words, and if they wanted to follow, they would follow, he didn't stop it, but if there was any accident for a while, please pay attention to your own safety, he was afraid that he would not be able to help.
As soon as he said this, a large number of people who were listening to their discussion and were also eager to follow them, most of them retreated. The dean and Chu Lao still insisted on following, not to mention Eagle Wing, anyway, wherever Wushuang went, he followed him, and only three of the others stood up, and they were all Chu Lao's disciples.
No one expected that Bai Liyuan would come out of the wooden house and stand quietly beside the dean.
"Are you going too?" asked the dean, Bai Liyuan nodded, looked down at his toes and didn't speak, and the dean sighed: "Go if you want." ”
Chu Lao briefly talked about the problems they had encountered before, and then a few people set off.
The people in the other two camps saw their movements, and only one person sent by the Eagle Palace said that he was ordered by the palace master to ask Eagle Wing if he needed someone to accompany him for protection, and was slapped back by the angry Eagle Wing. The people in the other camp were very calm, as if they were not under their influence, but after they left, several people quietly followed them.
Frost noticed it, but she didn't care, her attention was still on the growing stench.
Even if the lighting object in his hand is in his hand, he can only barely illuminate the distance under his feet, and it is still a little blurry.
Although Wushuang was now a soul body, she could tell that what they were stepping on was definitely not the soft grass they had seen during the day, but like thick dead branches and leaves. Even if Xuan Yu stepped on it, his body would sink a little, and every time he lifted his foot, he would make some small sounds.
Xuan Yu also quietly told her that she could feel the moisture from the soles of her feet, and the warmth was still running up along the soles of her feet, if it weren't for the spiritual power in her body that was different from that of humans, she was afraid that she would have been entangled in moisture.
Wushuang wrote this down, and the vigilance in his heart became heavier.
The crowd hadn't gone far before a thin line of rain fell overhead.
Chu Lao was stunned, stretched out his hand to pick up some, and said suspiciously: "Is it raining?" This is the first time they have seen rain since they came in. Before his words fell, the rain became rapid, and the drizzle turned into a torrential rain in an instant, and the raindrops seemed to carry an indescribable heaviness, and hit the person with a faint pain. Many people subconsciously shivered several times, and the chill crawled all over the body in an instant, even to the bones.
"Are you still going?" Chu Lao stopped, turned around and asked Zhu Linghou, who was walking beside him.
Zhu Linghou also hesitated, he could also feel that the rain was too unusual, and it gave him a great pressure.
The frost-free could be felt, and the stench began to fade in the rain, which came at a bad time.
However, this sudden rain seems to be trying to hide something, isn't it...... Is it to stop her from looking for the source of the smell?
She passed on her consciousness to Xuan Yu, who dragged the corners of Zhu Linghou's clothes tightly, and said in a nervous voice: "Master, I'm afraid, let's go back." ”
As soon as Zhu Linghou heard it, he knew what she had in mind.
It sounds good that they went back, but I was afraid that they wanted to coax him back. When he goes back, he will definitely be called by the dean to discuss, and she is very easy to be ignored, so she can run over and check on him alone.
How could he let Frostless take the risk alone?
He decisively rejected Chu Lao's kindness: "This rain is too weird, you go back first, I'll go and see the frost-free, otherwise I won't feel at ease." ”
Old Chu sighed and asked the disciples to go back first, he was ready to sacrifice his life to accompany him.
Eagle Wing took out the big cloak to cover Xuan Yu tightly, then squatted down, signaling Xuan Yu to climb on his back, Xuan Yu was a fool not to take advantage of it, and unceremoniously jumped up and let him carry it. Bai Liyuan's eyes dimmed a little, but he deliberately slowed down his pace and landed behind Eagle Wing, as if he was protecting Eagle Wing. Eagle Wing glanced at him, but didn't say a sneer.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, the road was getting harder and harder, everyone didn't speak, the surroundings were very quiet, only the sound of the wind, the rain and the sound of water under their feet, and the rustle of dead branches and gravel being trampled, and there was an extremely oppressive tension flowing in the air.
Frost-free is calm, still feeling the stench.
I have to say that although the rain washed away most of the smell, it only washed away the smell around it, and as for the source of the smell, it became clearer and clearer. She also gradually judged that the direction in which the smell came from was the place they had been during the day, where the clouds were located!
After determining the direction, Wushuang didn't dare to hold it up, so Xuan Yu spread out his spiritual power, and released a very small part of his spiritual power mixed in it, vigilantly observing the movements around him.
However, they had walked for almost two quarters of an hour in the daytime, and they were still in the dark woods, and there was no stream to be seen. The dean who led the way also noticed that something was wrong and stopped: "We seem to be trapped. ”
He was sure he wasn't on the wrong track.
Chu Lao also said: "It hasn't happened before, is it a new situation?"
Almost every night, someone will go to the amber side to see the frost (cloud flying smoke) and ask about the condition of the frost (cloud flying smoke), although every night will encounter an unknown object from nowhere, but never encountered rain, let alone this kind of trapped and unable to get out.
Is it because they have encountered a new emergency, or is it because the people have changed this time, so this strange forest has also changed a new way?
As soon as his words fell, a scream came from behind him, and then a thick smell of blood came from behind him.
They immediately stopped, and Chu Lao, who was walking last, turned around and went back to check, and came back after a while, his face was not very good-looking: "The people who followed us are all dead!"