44. The Classic of Mountains and Seas
"Monsters, monsters, how come there are monsters everywhere!" Lu Peng covered his head and shouted hoarsely, he wanted to grab the fat man by the collar and beat him, but how could he have time to do so now.
"Go over there, it's densely wooded, and this big bird can't get in for a while." Zhang Fang pointed in a direction to the right, and at this time, he was the only one who maintained a calm and unchanged face.
Overhead, a huge bird hovered and flew, shaped like an owl, but with a human face and four eyes, and ears, and constantly cries from its mouth, and did not swoop down in a hurry, but made fun of its prey in the posture of a high man, and its extremely human-like features squeezed out a look of contempt.
Zheng Xiaoxiao suddenly stopped running, her eyes became dull, her legs and feet seemed to be bewitched, and she turned around and retreated back the way she came.
"Xiaoxiao, what are you doing?" Seeing his sister returning, he was so anxious that he grabbed her.
But I don't know what's going on, Zheng Xiaoxiao's strength became extremely strong, and with a wave of his hand, he almost made Zheng Zhong fall on his head. Seeing that he was about to enter the dense woods, but such a situation occurred, and the fat man and Zhang Fang rushed over to help.
Jiang Yi also wanted to come over and pull a hand, but was stopped by Lu Peng, "Yiyi, let's not be nosy, let's go!" As he spoke, he pulled her head and didn't go back to the forest, not because he didn't want to save Zheng Xiaoxiao, but because he was afraid.
Here, the four of them are still entangled together.
"I'm afraid she's been bewitched by this strange bird." Zhang Fang said.
"What then?" Said solemnly and anxiously.
"The only solution is to kill this strange bird, but obviously, this can't be done," Zhang Fang pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, "We can't pull hard, she is delirious now, and using force will hurt her, and even more so ourselves." ”
The fat man looked up at the sky, and his face changed, "It seems to be coming down, let's go quickly." As he spoke, he took the lead in letting go of Zheng Xiaoxiao's hand.
Seeing this, Zhang Fang also let go of his hand.
"You-" Zheng Zheng saw that neither of them had any intention of helping, and his heart was cold.
"Solemnly, she is the child brought by your stepmother, and she is not your own sister, why do you care so much? Why don't you go quickly? The fat man shouted at him as he ran.
Zhang Fang glanced solemnly, and the meaning of his eyes was unclear.
At this time, the strange bird let out a loud scream, piercing the sky, and several people present let out an "ah", covered their ears in pain, and fainted to the ground dizzy.
He rubbed his forehead solemnly, and when he struggled to get up from the ground, he only saw the strange bird taking Zheng Xiaoxiao away, and his figure gradually shrank into a small black dot in the sky.
"Is this strange bird eating people?"
"What do you say?" Zhang Fang glanced at the fat man and did not give a clear answer.
"Alas, Xiaoxiao is really pitiful, I will definitely avenge her if I have the chance." The fat man sighed, he liked Zheng Xiaoxiao a lot, but this kind of liking was second to his life, and he wouldn't take his own life for a girl.
"Let's talk about it when we have this opportunity," Zhang Fang turned his gaze to Zheng Zheng, "Zheng Zheng, things are already like this, let's go." ”
"No way!" Zheng Zheng slammed his fist on the ground, "I'm going to save her." ”
"You're insane!" The fat man stood up and patted the dust off his body, "Do you know where that strange bird took her?" ”
"I see that direction, I'm going to find Xiaoxiao!" Solemnly ignored him, and suddenly pulled out his legs and ran in the direction where the strange bird disappeared.
"Alas, you—" The fat man tried to hold him, but he ran so fast that the fat man's hand missed.
"Let him go." Zhang Fang said suddenly.
"Did you say he was also bewitched?" The fat man muttered under his breath.
"I don't know," Zhang Fangyi lowered his head, the lenses reflected white light, and his voice was low, "I won't need him anyway." ”
After Zhang Fang and the fat man walked into the dense woods, they met Lu Peng and Jiang Yi after a while, they briefly talked about Zheng Xiaoxiao and Zheng Zheng's situation, the other two lowered their heads and sighed regretfully, feeling that the brother and sister must be more than lucky, but they didn't say anything more, now, everyone's only strong thought is to get out of this ghostly forest, after all, the safety of others and their own are insignificant.
said that the four of them walked together, but in fact, everyone relied on Zhang Fang to lead the way in front, so they just had to follow.
Soon another night passed, and in the early morning, everyone noticed that the scenery in front of them had changed dramatically, and this change made them both frightened and surprised.
Frightened, they seemed to be going deeper and deeper into the woods again, farther and farther away from the exit; Surprisingly, every grass, tree, flower and stone here is so incredible.
The tall and mighty trees stretch out into the sky with intertwined branches, and the green and dazzling leaves of the branches reflect the crystal clear brilliance in the sun. The petals of the small colorful flowers blooming under the tree are gems of different colors, and some flowers even bloom with seven-colored gemstones. Not only these, but even the random rocks on the road are made of gold, and the path under your feet is paved with diamonds.
The fat man looked at the treasures all over the ground, and he couldn't walk for a moment, "Tsk, which kind of local tyrant with a lot of money and no land to spend is this, or is it born in this place?" As he spoke, he trampled on the ground under his feet, and the experience of these days made him more inclined to the second answer.
"Okay is still ahead!" Zhang Fang took off his backpack, took out three bracelets that emitted a strange fragrance from it and handed them to them, "Put it on, so as not to be attacked by wild beasts." ”
"Captain, you came here premeditated!" Lu Peng took it with a grin, at this time he completely forgot about the terrible things that happened a few days ago, and instead was a little grateful to Zhang Fang for bringing them here, after all, this kind of good opportunity to make a fortune is not available to everyone, such as their missing three partners.
The fat man and Jiang Yi also took the bracelet and put it on, although they knew that Zhang Fang had hidden many things from them before, but now no one complained.
The three of them walked for a while, and during the course they encountered many strange creatures, such as insects with snake-like tails and wings that perched on tree branches; Shaped like a sheep, with nine tails and four ears, a strange fish that can swim through the dirt; It has a pair of chicken feet and a barking sound like a piglet.
However, because of the effect of the bracelet, these strange creatures did not attack them, so they didn't put their minds on it, but Zhang Fang's good things were still ahead, which made people really look forward to it.
"Once we've crossed the river, we're where we're going." Zhang Fang suddenly stopped.
"This is the river?" Jiang Yi looked at the black silt river in front of him and couldn't help but cover his nose.
"Well, you see, what is this?" Lu Peng shrank back, pointed to the river and said.
When everyone looked over, they saw that the viscous water surface rolled slightly, and a white earthworm-like insect rolled out, crossed an arc in the air, and quickly sank its head into the river and disappeared.
"Sizzle-" The fat man's arm was splashed with mud, and a small charred dot immediately appeared.
"Don't worry, this is just an ordinary insect, it looks like a roundworm is more disgusting, in fact, it won't hurt people, but this river needs to be careful, if you fall into it, it will be scorched," Zhang Fang said lightly and skillfully, untying the rope from a big tree and bringing over a small boat, "What?" Who still wants to go now? ”
"I-" Lu Peng hesitated.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you just now, this bracelet is time-limited, and I don't know what those beasts will do to people after time?" Zhang Fang smiled.
"I'll go! I'll go! When Lu Peng heard him say this, he knew that he had no reason to retreat.
The three of them packed up and followed Fang Hui to the boat. Except for the occasional scary bug jumping out of the mud, the rest was calm, and soon the boat was halfway there.
But at this moment, the hull of the ship suddenly shook, and everyone's nerves couldn't help but tense.
"Don't worry, the river is getting less dense here, just throw your luggage down and reduce the weight of the boat." Zhang Fang said.
The three of them hurriedly took off their backpacks and threw them into the river, fearing that a slower movement would sink the boat. There was a hissing scorching sound in the river, and it took a while to subside. The hull of the ship has come down steadily.
But the good times did not last long, and when I saw that I was about to see the riverbank, the boat shook violently again.
"How so? Everything we can throw away! The fat man said, but he took off his coat and threw it into the mud.
"Looks like we've got to have a victim this time." Zhang Fang raised his eyes.
Hearing this, everyone was stunned.
Lu Peng set his eyes on the fat man, but the other party glared at him fiercely and said, "You kid dare!" I'm the heaviest, but if you want me to go down, you've got to have the ability to do that! ”
Lu Peng sneered: "I didn't mean that. "He knew that he was definitely not as strong as the fat man.
"Okay, for the sake of fairness, let's draw lots," Zhang Fang said, spreading his hand, there were four paper balls lying in his palm, "Three have movable type written on them, and one blank, whoever draws a blank will sacrifice it." ”
His voice was very low, but it had a terrifying momentum, and none of the three dared to refute, and they all stretched out their hands to the paper ball in his hand.
Lu Peng nervously opened the paper ball, only to see that there was no word on it, he was stunned for a while, his heart was beating violently, and the sizzling sound from the mud seemed to still ring in his ears. No, no, he can't jump!
He looked up at the rest of the group, carefully unwrapping the paper ball, with a hint of anticipation on their faces.
"Yiyi, let me see yours." Lu Peng leaned over, but he didn't look at the paper ball in Jiang Yi's hand, but stretched out his hand and pushed her hard.
Jiang Yi was defenseless, and leaned back in surprise, and the qiē happened so suddenly that she didn't even have time to scream, and she sank into the mud.
Lu Peng heard the sizzling sound coming from the mud, and silently said sorry in his heart, the fat man and Zhang Fang, he is definitely not their opponent, so his girlfriend, who is defenseless against himself and weak, is the most suitable substitute for the dead ghost.
The fat man was taken aback by his behavior, Zhang Fang seemed much calmer, he silently withdrew the paper balls in the hands of the two people, and said: "Actually, the four paper balls are blank, but, Lu Peng, you did a good job." ”