Volume 1 Dark Rising Chapter 46 Finding Jane
It had been less than a minute since what had just happened, and everyone had not yet reacted.
However, Zhou Chang seemed to have discovered something, and said to Angelina with questions: "Do you see that hand clearly?"
Angelina nodded at Zhou Chang, "I can see clearly, there is no flesh and blood on the arm with the wrist downward." ”
Zhou Chang couldn't help frowning when he saw Angelina as he saw it, "You said that dragging that strange snake into the water could be the skeleton man from Night City, that is, the Gurvedan that Zhennie said?"
Angelina also tightened her eyebrows, although she didn't believe that Gulvedan would follow her here, but how many people in this world have flesh and blood hands and only bones left in their arms?
Herman's face was excited, and he walked to the side of the boulder and sat down, and pulled out a somewhat heavy notebook wrapped in cowhide from his bosom. There was also a fountain pen in the notebook, and he picked it up and recorded his inspiration on the blank page.
When Jane heard the name 'Gulvedan', a hint of anger suddenly flashed on her lifeless face, and her pale yellow cheeks turned dark gray with excitement.
Fortunately, everyone else had a heart and didn't pay attention to Jenny's expression, otherwise they would have doubted her identity.
"What kind of person is Gulvedan?" Zhou Chang couldn't help but say to himself when he saw that Angelina didn't answer.
Angelina doesn't know much about Gulvedan's deeds, but it is introduced in the books of the Witch Clan: he is one of the ten witch kings of the Witch Clan, and the method of killing Queens Hillamir in the Deserted City is to adopt the method of him and the demon Nadgar. That's all.
Angelina was stunned for a while, but she still told Zhou Chang what she knew, she was very worried and said to Zhou Chang, "You take his bracelet and that book, he will definitely pester you, I think you should find a machine to return the things to him." ”
Zhou Chang shook his head and said in a firm tone: "Even if I destroy this book and bracelet, I won't return it to him." ”
For some reason, Zhou Chang felt that even if he returned the bracelet and the book to the skeleton man, he would still kill himself.
"Book?" Herman, who had just finished taking notes, heard Zhou Chang and Angelina talking about books, and also remembered that Zhou Chang took out the strange book last night, and the strange book was shining brightly, could it be the legendary "Bible"?
Thinking of this, Herman walked over to Zhou Chang and wanted to borrow his book to take a look.
Zhou Chang and Herman had only met twice, and if it weren't for Angelina, he wouldn't have risked his life to save this sloppy guy. For any inappropriate behavior of such strangers, Zhou Chang will be wary.
He looked at Herman suspiciously, "What do you want that book for?"
Herman didn't expect Zhou Chang to react so much, and smiled awkwardly, "I don't mean anything else, I just want to take a look." ”
Zhou Chang shook his head and said nonchalantly: "I'm sorry, that's my life-saving thing, and I won't show it to others easily." ”
Hearing Zhou Chang say this, Herman showed a look of disappointment on his face.
At this moment, Angelina suddenly said, "Where did Jenny Jen go?"
Just now, Jane was standing in front of Herman on her left, and when she heard Angelina ask, she hurriedly turned her head to look in that direction, and sure enough, she was gone.
Zhou Chang had already seen Jane Jane's elusiveness, and her sudden disappearance, Zhou Chang was not surprised, but was slightly disappointed.
It was pouring rain outside the cave, and by the light of the sky, you could see the rain falling on the entrance of the cave, causing countless splashes.
With such a heavy rain, it is impossible for Jane Jane to run out alone, could it be that something happened to her? Angelina didn't know what Jane Jane was capable of, and he frowned and said what he thought.
Herman nodded in agreement with Angelina's statement, "We should find that little girl as soon as possible, or she will definitely be in danger." ”
When he said this, he automatically ignored that it was Jane Jane who rescued them from the wolves.
Angelina nodded in agreement, "The vanished human head, and the individual floating on the water." ”
She paused, "It's more likely to be corpses, they must have been dragged under the water by something." Let's look downstream, and we should find something. ”
As she spoke, Angelina looked at Zhou Chang, as if asking for his meaning.
Zhou Chang nodded, which was considered to be Angelina's opinion in agreement.
So, the three of them walked in the direction of the downstream of the stream.
The cave was much bigger than they imagined, and after walking for a long time, Zhou Chang suddenly found that the dark stream was gradually fading. After another ten minutes, the flowing stream became so clear that even the stones and mud at the bottom could be seen clearly.
Zhou Chang looked ahead through the bright light through the stone cracks on the top of the cave, and the cave was straight and long, and the naked eye could not see the end at all.
"From the outside, this mountain is not very big, why is there no end to this cave?" Zhou Chang seemed to be talking to himself, as if he was asking Angelina and Herman.
Herman is a wandering poet, he has traveled all over the country, and he still has a certain understanding of this kind of thing, and when he heard Zhou Chang ask this, he smiled and said, "I'm afraid we have already crossed several mountains by now." ”
As he spoke, seeing Angelina and Zhou Chang looking at him with puzzled expressions, he suddenly rolled up his sleeves and revealed his mud-stained arms.
"Well, I'll go wash first. Herman smiled awkwardly, walked over to the clear stream, poured the water on his arm, and scrubbed it vigorously.
After Herman washed his arm, he washed his face again, and then returned to Zhou Chang and Angelina. Seeing that the two of them were looking at him suspiciously, they hurriedly smiled and stretched out their arms, pointed to the meridians inside the epidermis and said, "The place where we are is connected by mountains, just like the meridians of people. We are in this cave like a human vein, and we can only find the exit when we go out of all the mountains that connect the mountains. ”
Zhou Chang nodded thoughtfully, however, he felt that Herman had something wrong with what he said, but he couldn't think of anything wrong for a while.
After talking, Zhou Chang and Angelina also went to the stream to wash their faces.
The packet of oil cakes that Angelina had given Herman earlier was still on him, and Herman took out three oil cakes, divided them among them, and ate them with relish.
After eating, the three of them continued to walk forward, looking for Jane's whereabouts.
He hadn't gone far before there was a heart-rending scream in front of him. Everyone thought it was Jane's cry, and their hearts sank suddenly, and they quickened their pace and walked forward.
I didn't go far, and the voice became louder and louder, and it seemed to be close ahead.
Zhou Chang wanted to rush over to save people, but Che was stopped by Herman and whispered, "You listen to this voice, it looks like a man." ”
Zhou Chang saw that Herman suddenly grabbed him, and was about to get angry, when he suddenly heard him say this, and listened attentively, it was indeed a man's voice.
At this time, Herman pointed to a big rock in front of him, and whispered, "There is a big rock over there, we might as well hide and see the situation first." ”
Zhou Chang and Angelina both nodded in agreement, so the three of them tiptoed under the boulder and poked their heads out to look ahead.
I saw that not far ahead, by the stream, two more strange red snakes with long legs appeared, and they were biting a very burly man. The meridians of the man's whole body were bitten away, and his body was no longer able to move, and his body was stained with blood.
The man could moan and howl a few times at first, but then there was only an undulating wheezing sound, and it didn't take long for him to die.
When the two strange snakes saw that the man was dead, they did not gnaw at the man's corpse, but with a swing of their bodies, they crawled back into the stream, cut through the water like arrows, swam forward and down, and soon disappeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Angelina saw that the strange snake was biting the man, so she went out to save her. Zhou Chang had already expected Angelina to do this, one hand wrapped around her waist, the other hand covered her mouth, and at the same time asked Herman on the side for help with his eyes.
Herman was stunned for a moment, and then it occurred to Angelina that she should be ready to rush over to save someone. But when I saw the man who was bitten and his skin was open and his blood was dripping, most of them couldn't live. When he went out like this, he would only put himself in, and he came over to help Zhou Chang hug Angelina.
It wasn't until the two strange snakes had swam away that they let Angelina go.
As soon as Angelina was free, she first glanced at Zhou Chang and Herman complainingly, and then ran quickly towards the man's body.
Seeing this, Zhou Chang and Herman hurriedly followed.
The corpse's skin had been stripped of by the strange snake, its body was drenched in flesh and blood, its eyes were wide open, and its chest was still slightly undulating, apparently not dead yet.
Although Angelina is a divine mage, she is a girl after all, and when she saw this bloody scene, her face turned pale, her stomach tumbled, and with a wow, the oil cake that she had just eaten for a long time spit out.
Zhou Chang, who was still enduring nausea, saw a large pool of disgusting filth on the ground, and his stomach also rolled and vomited.
However, Herman did not react when he fell, and looking at his face, it seemed that he still suppressed excitement. He pulled out his notebook again, and then waved his pen to write something down.
Zhou Chang and Angelina vomited for a while, and they felt much more comfortable. Angeli no longer looked at the corpse, nor at Zhou Chang and Herman, and walked straight ahead.
Herman shrugged his shoulders at Zhou Chang and whispered in Zhou Chang's ear, "She may be angry." ”
Zhou Chang nodded and quickly caught up with Angelina.
The three of them walked forward for a while, and by this time, the light through the stone cracks was getting weaker and weaker, and it was obviously evening, and it might have been night.
The cave is full of rocks, making it difficult to walk, and it is even more difficult to walk at night.
So, both Zhou Chang and Herman begged Angelina, who was sulking, and begged her to rest for one night and look for her tomorrow.
Last night, Angelina's mana was overused, and her body had not fully recovered, although she could still barely use her staff to light the road ahead, but, in less than half an hour, I am afraid that she would faint from her strength. After much hesitation, she agreed with the two of them.
So, the three of them found a place on higher ground and rested against the stone wall with their eyes closed.
The day's rain finally stopped in the evening, and the quiet night sky was full of stars.
The three of them were so sleepy that they slept until the sunlight pierced their eyes through the cracks in the stones, and then they woke up slowly.
Zhou Chang rubbed his hazy eyes, stretched his waist, and watched the others wake up as well, and couldn't help but smile at them.
The three of them washed their faces by the stream, ate a pancake each, and continued to search for Jane along the lower reaches of the stream.
They searched the stream for two days, but still found no clues. The three of them were a little suspicious that they had taken the wrong route, but this stone cave was only six or seven meters wide, not to mention people, even rats could see it. Most likely, Jenny Jane didn't go to the depths of the cave at all, but walked out of the cave.
The three of them discussed for a while and decided to go for another day, and if they hadn't found Jane Jane, they would go back and find Taizhang and them.
At noon on this day, the front suddenly became open, and the stream flowed into the turquoise pool not far ahead.
The waterhole is surrounded by bright red flowers, and countless colorful butterflies frolic among the flowers. From time to time, bees flew over their heads, buzzing and trembling.
Zhou Chang and the others looked around, only to see that they were surrounded by mountains, and it turned out that they were in a deep valley. The sun shines from above, illuminating the entire valley.
Before the three of them could react, a dozen red strange snakes with long legs suddenly burst out of the flowers. They looked at Zhou Chang and them with hostility, and their mouths still made a creaking sound.
The strange snake screamed as it slowly approached Zhou Chang and them.
Seeing these strange snakes, the three of them were taken aback, Zhou Chang subconsciously pulled out his iron sword and waved it a few times, "Don't come here, otherwise the master will be unkind to you." ”
As soon as the words fell, the strange snakes also spoke: "Don't come here, otherwise the master will be unkind to you." ”
It was a high-pitched, piercing sound, like the sound of someone scratching a plank with their fingernails.