42. The Classic of Mountains and Seas

The branches of the trees were densely intertwined overhead, darkening the already lightless forest, and the faint sound of the grass added an eerie touch to the silence. The surrounding trees are strangely shaped, like a tree but with a black vein, and the bark reflects a faint fluorescence when the flashlight is projected. At its feet, it prostrates with green flowers shaped like leeks and exudes a sweet taste.

The more the group walked, the more they felt that something was wrong.

"What the hell is this? How come there isn't even a moon? Jiang Yi complained.

Thin bamboo pole looked at her, "I've said it a long time ago, forest exploration is not suitable for girls, you see you're scared, right?" ā€

"Whoever is scared, I'm just saying it!" Jiang Yi was very unconvinced.

"It's getting late now, it's not suitable to go on, captain, why don't we camp on the spot." Zheng rebuilt yƬ road.

Seeing Zhang Fang nodding, the group put down their luggage, took out the things used to set up the tent from it, and found a flat place to do it. The makeshift tent was quickly set up, with two girls on one and five boys crammed together in a larger tent.

Jiang Yi got into the tent and saw that Zheng Xiaoxiao was already sitting inside, holding her cheeks and not knowing what she was thinking.

"Xiaoxiao, I think the fat man is interesting to you?" Jiang Yi sat over and smiled ambiguously. When two girls who don't know each other well, the most appropriate topic is to gossip about each other.

"Really?" Zheng Xiaoxiao glanced back at her, "But I don't mean anything to him at all." ā€

Just as Jiang Yi wanted to continue to match the two of them, a fat man's scream suddenly came out of the tent, the scream was too terrible, mixed with great fear, everyone opened the curtain and walked out, looking in that direction with uneasy faces.

I saw the fat man crawling out of the dense woods, the pants on his waist had not been lifted, and he shouted: "There are monsters, run, run!" ā€

"Monster, this kid Ultraman has seen too much, right?" The thin bamboo pole knew that the fat man usually liked to scare people, and he was even more determined at this time, but before he could say his ridiculous words, his face changed instantly.

Not only him, but the seven men and women present suddenly turned gray.

Behind the fat man, a fierce tiger suddenly appeared, no, no, where is this tiger? It's clearly more terrifying than a tiger! Its fur is black and yellow, and it is indeed easy to be seen as a tiger in the dark place where the light is not clear, but when it comes out, it is found that it is a monster with a head and body shaped like a horse, a white head and a red tail, and what is even more strange is that it has a mouth and roars like a human singing.

Tigers are not scary, what is scary is the unknown.

Everyone was so surprised that they couldn't take a step, and the fat man rushed over and said hurriedly: "I went to relieve my hands just now, and I heard someone singing, and I turned around 惻惻惻惻惻惻."

It was Zhang Fang who reacted first, grabbed the nearest burden to him, and shouted: "Everyone run!" ā€

At this time, where can they take care of others, everyone is like a gray squirrel, running for their lives in the opposite direction from the monster.

I don't know how long I ran, when I felt that my throat was burned, Lu Peng finally stopped, supported his knees while panting, and looked back, only to find that he seemed to be separated from his companions.

That monster shouldn't be chasing after it, right? Lu Peng straightened up and was about to continue walking, when he suddenly heard a faint cry for help not far away, and the voice was still very familiar.

He ran over to take a look, and sure enough, it was Zheng Xiaoxiao.

"I have a sprained foot, can you help me?" Zheng Xiaoxiao said weakly.

"Of course you can," Lu Peng squatted down to check her injuries, "It seems that you can't go, I'll carry you." ā€

Lu Peng carried Zheng Xiaoxiao on his back, and he didn't go far before he found an abandoned hut.

He pushed open the door and walked in, the smell of dust came to his face, and after putting Zheng Xiaoxiao down, he suddenly grabbed her hand, pressed her against the door, and asked eagerly, "Xiaoxiao, what did you mean just now?" Did you promise me? ā€

Lu Peng had long taken a fancy to Zheng Xiaoxiao, and confessed to her many times, originally planning to break up with Jiang Yi after she agreed, but he was rejected every time, so he and Jiang Yi were delayed until now. I thought Zheng Xiaoxiao was a cold beauty, but when he carried her just now, along the way, she kept teasing, first outlining his back with her fingers, and then stretching out the tip of her tongue to lick his neck, which tickled him, but this impatient heart was forcibly suppressed in a tense environment.

Now in the secluded hut, he couldn't help but hug her and ask her clearly, you know, this dangerous and helpless situation is the easiest time to win the heart of a beauty.

Zheng Xiaoxiao pushed him away with a smile, "You wait a while, it's so dark here, wait for me to light the light." ā€

Lu Peng waited in the dark for a while, and suddenly his eyes brightened, only to see an ancient oil lamp on the table, and the hut was filled with yellowish lights.

Lu Peng found that the original hut was not as dilapidated and desolate as he imagined, but had a warm feeling, and even the small bed made of wood was covered with a soft quilt, which seemed to be often inhabited.

"Xiaoxiao." Lu Peng suddenly felt that Xiaoxiao, who was bathed in the light at the moment, was different from usual, and the whole person exuded a charming aura, and there was a fatal charm in his eyes, attracting him to approach step by step.

Her lips also tasted very good, Lu Peng closed his eyes, tightened his arms hard, and probed into the other party's clothes restlessly with one hand, but this touch suddenly pulled his reason back.

Lu Peng looked at the snow-white tail in his hand, and his eyes widened in surprise, "You, you 惻惻惻惻惻惻"

Where is Xiaoxiao in front of him, it is clearly a fox's face, his clothes are also scattered, and the huge nine tails behind the fox dance up and down, and his paws are gently lifted, touching his cheeks.

"Ahh Lu Peng screamed miserably, and rushed out without looking back, he thought that he must have met the fox demon in Liaozhai Zhiyi!

Along the way, he felt that someone was licking his neck, it was a fox smelling human flesh! And that hut, if it's really Xiaoxiao, how do you know where to light the lights? Alas, it's really a ghost.

Lu Peng quickly burrowed into a tree hole, curled his knees, and only poked his head out tremblingly until the cry of a baby in his ears dissipated.

"Lu Peng!" Suddenly someone called him.

"Ahh Don't kill me, don't kill me! Lu Peng covered his head and shouted.

"Well, what's wrong with you? Scared like this? The fat man dragged Lu Peng out of the tree hole and said.

Lu Peng sobered up a little, and when he saw that it was his familiar companions, he was so happy that he was about to cry.

"Alright, now everyone is together." Zhang Fang looked around at the team members.

"Captain, this forest is too weird, let's go back." Jiang Yi said while stroking Lu Peng's back.

"We've all come here, how can we retreat now," Zhang Fang vetoed, "Since there are fierce beasts here that we don't know about, there may be unexpected treasures." ā€

The fat man and the thin bamboo pole glanced at each other in approval. Although Zheng Xiaoxiao was afraid, she nodded Zheng and agreed.

Only Lu Peng kept shaking his head, "No, no, I want to go back!" ā€

Zhang Fang glanced at it coldly, "Then you can go back alone!" ā€

Jiang Yi looked at it in embarrassment, and persuaded in a low voice: "If we don't continue to go, just rely on the two of us, I'm afraid we won't be able to get out." ā€

Lu Peng calmed down, thought about it, and reluctantly agreed. He really wanted to tell his companions that he had encountered the nine-tailed fox last night, but once everyone looked into it, he couldn't hide what he wanted to do.

The sky gradually brightened, and the forest was quietly paved in front of me. As we went deeper, the types of trees also changed, but the shape of the tree was red, the sap flowing from the branches was like lacquer, it was a dazzling red, and the taste of blood was sweet at a glance. There are also occasional ape-like things swinging on the branches, with a pair of white ears, and when it lands, it can both crawl and walk upright like a human.

When it was close to noon, everyone's psychological endurance had reached its limit.

"Captain, I really can't go any further, this forest is not normal." Solemnly put forward first.

Seeing him say this, Lu Peng echoed in a loud voice: "Yes, yes, let's take risks for fun, there is no need to risk our lives." ā€

The same goes for fat men and skinny bamboo poles.

"Do you remember the way back?" Zhang Fang helped the gold-wire glasses.

"Go back, you'll always go out, don't we have a compass?" Jiang Yi said, took out the compass hanging around his neck, glanced at it, and opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"Is something wrong?" Lu Peng leaned over to take a look, only to see that the compass kept turning, and it was obviously invalid.

"What can I do?" The thin bamboo pole looked at Zhang Fang, "Captain, this place was chosen by you, and the big guy trusted you, so he came with him, how could this be?" ā€

"There are many explorers in this forest, it is very famous, you must have seen it in some documentaries, why, do you suspect that I have harmed you?" Zhang Fang said, his voice was indistinguishable from anger.

"That's not what I meant." The thin bamboo pole didn't say any more, although he had the intention of blaming Zhang Fang just now, but now that he thinks about it, this expedition is all willing, and he can't put the blame on a certain person. If you want to blame, you can only blame them for their bad luck and choosing a strange path.

"Okay, if you still think of me as the captain, then follow me on, this forest, I am more familiar than you." After Zhang Fang finished speaking, he didn't look at the others, and walked straight forward with his backpack.

The rest of the crowd looked at each other and followed, after all, it was safer to have more people in a dangerous environment.