Chapter 136: Negligent
Now, I can finally realize the point of the matter.
Right now, it's the one standing in front of you that's the key.
I'm sure my uncle knows better than I know what's going to happen here.
I even have a vague hunch that my previous suspicions are slowly being confirmed!
Uncle Decrepit doesn't seem to be the first time to return to this place!
If I look back at what happened before and think about it, I will find some details that I have overlooked.
It was not surprising that we met him in the trap at the bottom of the cliff.
Because the route is the same, but figuring out the whole thing requires moving the point in time forward.
In the alien camp, Tsundere Boy and I witnessed him trying to escape from the aliens.
I followed the boy's route with him until we reached the cave passage he had passed.
He disguised the entrance in order to prevent his followers from discovering his tracks.
It just so happened that I knew this with the teenager.
Then things became logical.
The boy and I first walked through a long passage, stopping and stopping until we found an exit on the edge of the cliff.
It was a bit of a surprise, but we learned that the passage could go down to the bottom.
According to the original intention of chasing, he planned to meet this person and ask clearly, so without much hesitation, he came down from the cliff.
Unexpectedly, my uncle did something at the bottom of the cliff again, causing me and the boy to almost fall in.
If it weren't for the tsundere boy who had two brushes, I guess he and I would probably not be able to chase after the one in front of us.
Uncle Decay does things in a clearly planned and premeditated manner.
I thought about it again, but the trap in the forest didn't look like he had set up a trap for us.
It was just that he happened to be unlucky on the way, and he fell down carelessly, and I followed the tsundere boy to save him.
I frowned and looked at my uncle, and the questions in my heart came up, but I didn't know how to ask.
The focus of my struggle still revolves around the alien camp and the special terrain of this area.
The reason for the establishment of the alien camp, the strange terrain in this area, the unexpected traps.
In such a remote valley, the means are still buried, which makes people feel incredible.
A thought suddenly flashed through my heart, could it be that the traps in this area, from the misty forest to the present, were all set by aliens?
For what reason?!
No, they give me the impression that they are just like us, looking aimlessly.
Right now, it's narrowing a little bit, but I'm sure they're just like the tsundere boy said, and they're not getting to the center of the matter, just like us, wandering around the periphery.
"Xiaolin, you come with me."
The uncle stood there with his hands behind his back, waited for him to think about it, beckoned to me, and walked over to the stream on the other side of the sand.
I stood still and didn't move, he turned back to me and said, "Xiaolin, there happened to be some markings in the place where I walked before, I'll take you to see it." ”
Mark? I was stunned, I didn't expect him to observe more carefully than we did.
Anyway, why didn't I see it when I walked along the way?
And the tsundere boy who is opening the way at this time, isn't he known to have experienced many times? Could it be that he was negligent too?
With a question in my mind, I stood there and thought for a moment, turning my gaze to look at the thorn bushes to the side.
I don't think the boy will come back for a while, and I feel that my uncle doesn't seem to have any ill will towards me.
For these reasons, it doesn't seem too out of the ordinary to go with him.
This person doesn't feel dangerous, just has something to hide.
I weighed it again and again, and then I made up my mind before I turned my head to look at him and asked, "Uncle, is the mark you said far away from here?" ”
"It's not far away, it's around the stream."
The uncle looked calm and authentic.
I'll just go and follow him to see it!
My curiosity was aroused in that moment.
Following the uncle, we walked back along the sand.
The road here is because it has been walked before, so there is not much worry when walking, at least there are no traps here, not as weird as the other side of the Misty Forest.
"You understood what I just told you?" Uncle glanced sideways at me.
He is still continuing his topic.
"Well, I understand," I looked at him, paused, and then answered, "Uncle, but it's better to wait for the eldest young master to come back." ”
"If you don't mind, I'd like to tell him again."
The uncle didn't immediately agree or object, he just remained silent and didn't answer.
I glanced at him and said to myself, "From the moment we entered the mountains, we knew that there was danger in the mountains. ”
I said in a low voice: "Uncle, I won't tell you, we have encountered a few accidents on the road, but the eldest young master is very good at kung fu, thanks to his protection, we still got here smoothly." ”
"Those traps that passed by on the road, if I had walked by myself, I am afraid I would have fallen long ago."
I tilted my head and thought for a moment, then said, "He's making a way on the other side of the thorn bush, I think there is a way, otherwise he would have come back a long time ago." ”
I glanced at my uncle, but I still couldn't see the malice in his eyes.
"Uncle, I am a companion with him, and it is better to discuss things with the companions who go to the Northland."
I said in a calm tone.
There is indeed something suspicious about my uncle's performance, and I have to look at the marks he said to make sure I can draw accurate conclusions.
The further back they went, the closer they got to the edge of the stream, and they could already hear the sound of the stream.
The uncle took me to the tree by the stream, and said to a rock, "Xiaolin, here it is, you squat down and take a closer look, there is a mark on it." ”
I looked at the stone in amazement, mottled with moss, with markings on it? I crouched down as I said, looking down to see clearly.
There was a sudden pain in the back of my neck, and the thought that flashed through my heart was that I had been fooled by such clumsy means!
I'm so sorry, I can't put it into words
Tianfang walked out of the misty forest with the guards, and the terrain in front of him was different from before.
As far as the eye can see, it is a mountain stream with a strong current, which winds all the way into the distance.
The stream goes around the mountains and forests and runs to the southeast.
Tianfang stopped in place, a look of hesitation flashed on his face.
"Lord, shall we cross the mountain stream, or shall we follow the direction of the current?"
One of the guards stepped forward and asked the sky.
The latter hesitated for a moment and said, "Look around the stream to see if there are any markers." ”
The marks left by the two guards who went ahead have always been the reference for their journey.
Even if it is temporarily interrupted now, Tianfang hopes to continue to look for a follow-up route in this area to see if there will be a follow-up route for the guards to follow.
For them, the escort in front of them is to save energy.
It is easy to understand that it is obviously much easier to take a path that has been explored by people than to recklessly break into the mountains and search aimlessly.
So far, Tianfang has basically not violated its original intention.
Even after discovering the information about the alien camp, he did not order to follow up immediately, but chose to bypass and continue on his way.
Its purpose is very clear, that is, to find someone first, and finding the little sister is the first task.
The guards glanced at each other, gesturing to each other.
Without delay, they continued to search for the brook.
The sky let himself go, but he walked back to the misty forest he had passed before, to inspect the nearest markers left on the trees
Both sides performed their duties, and when the sky was walking around in the forest, the guards soon came.
Both of them looked very happy.
"Lord, we have seen the mark by the brook," said the guard, cheerfully, "and they carved it in stone, and continued along the course of the stream. ”
"Okay," said Tianfang, not wanting to say more, and made a gesture as they came out of the woods.
The three of them walked in the direction they had seen the stream flowing.
I have to say that after walking a little way, I found that this area is really inaccessible.
Just by looking at the grass and trees growing on the banks of the stream, you can see it.
Coming out of Nanhua Town, all the way to the northeast, passing through many mountain roads, I have never seen so many kinds of plants and trees.
Some of them are rare species, and they are estimated to only grow in the inaccessible mountains of this area.
It looks like many large trees have weathered the storm and grown for many years
On the way, the guard fell behind Tianfang, and the two of them continued their previous habits, lowering their voices and talking in a low voice.
"That little junior sister of the Lord actually came to such a remote place."
The guard looked at the towering trees by the stream, looked at his companion and said in a surprised tone, "When we first started to hurry, there was not even a single hunter in those mountains and forests. ”
After a pause, he added, "When you get to this area, you won't see it anymore." ”
"It's not a good place, there's no smooth road to the outside, and it's too inconvenient for people to live in."
After thinking about it, the companion continued: "There are many mountains and forests in this area, why do you have to get this deep valley." ”
"I think most of the local hunters live close to some official roads."
"It's the same for you and me!"
"That's right, that's the truth." The guards agreed with the tunnel, "Where even the local hunters don't go."
He looked at the forest at the bottom of the valley and said with emotion: "I don't know what is in this mountain, so people have come so far away!" ”
"Don't you think those aliens are weird, they built a camp nearby and hid in the mountains."
The companion said in a joking tone: "Don't say much about this, our task is to follow the master, beware of Lin Shenshu secretly losing the master!" ”
"Will there be beasts in this forest?" The guard frowned and asked.
"Where will you, you really think too much."
The companion shook his head and said.
"Not necessarily, hard to say."
Walking in front of Tianfang, his steps were unhurried, and he glanced back when he heard the words.
When he heard the conversation between the two guards clearly, his expression was pale and his face could not distinguish joy and anger.
When they walked along the stream until they reached a bend in a mountain road, they encountered a problem again.
For they saw that the stream was also diverging in front of them, flowing in different directions in the forest.
The old rule is to find where you should go at two forks in the road.
But unexpectedly, when they got closer, the mark they saw this time clearly said that the guards parted ways in order to save time.
Each took a fork in the road, intending to send a contact signal after finding the target.
"Lord, what shall we do now?"
When encountering a problem, the person who decides will naturally be Tianfang, and the guards are just asking for his opinion.
"Wait a minute," Tianfang stepped forward, observed the marks carved in the stone, and after a moment of silence, pointed to a fork in the road, "go here." ”
"Lord," the guard looked at him hesitantly.
"Listen to me!"
When I woke up, it was dark again.
I moved my body and felt a terrible pain in the back of my neck.
Boy! Uncle is a man in the end, and he has a lot of strength and a heavy shot, so it's good to knock it down with the back of his palm and knock it out.
My expression changed in an instant after I woke up, and I was negligent!
Uncle said so many words of persuasion, he was bent on asking me to leave, and opposed me to continue going, but not including the tsundere boy.
Along the way, there has never been a pleasant relationship between the two of them.
The tsundere boy dislikes him as a burden, dislikes his motives are unknown, and there is a lie in the words, on the other hand, the uncle is probably not willing to remind the tsundere boy!
I remember when I talked to him on the road, he didn't look like he agreed, he just fell silent.
At that time, I thought about going to see the marker, and he said it was mysterious, and I was unwilling to confirm it, so I fell for it.
Even now, when I think about it, I'm still confused.
He knew the way around, so he wanted me to get out of here and go to the official road, instead of continuing on.
I looked down and thought as one hand pressed against the back of my neck and tapped slowly.
The road ahead is not easy, and you want me to turn back to the official road to others?!
Where did he run away after knocking me out?
I suddenly came to my senses, of course I continued along the road ahead, and he must have followed the trail of the tsundere boy.
No, since he is familiar with the terrain in this area, maybe he also knows about the trap, he chased the boy alone, will he be cheated?!
I ran all the way down the sand, in the direction of the thorn bushes where the tsundere boy had opened the way.
I didn't bother to look at my surroundings along the way.
I'm guessing he must have been talking about a disguise.
I didn't expect him to do it on purpose, but the main thing is that this person's expression is too calm, and even when he takes me away, he doesn't look like he's lying.
But I looked back and thought about his "deeds" in Nanhua Town, and remembered the eldest brother of the martial arts doctor in the town.
Is it hard for him to be calm and tell a lie?
I've seen him chased all over the streets of town, and when he tried to persuade me to leave, it was just two things!
I secretly said in my heart, no matter what, I can't be cheated by him a second time anyway!
Stopping outside the thorn bushes, I paused, then gritted my teeth and continued on my way. (To be continued.) )