Chapter 173: The Forest of Death VI
The Black Demon Sky obviously didn't believe it, "This is impossible, how can a snake take away such a heavy corpse?" βγ But his face also changed, and it was clear that the traces here indicated that the fat man was right.
Lin Xiaofan was speechless with a chill on her back, if this is true, this thing is too evil, she has always had a special fear of pheasant neck, on the one hand, because of its poison, and on the other hand, about this kind of snake? The legend of the god, in many, many legends, this snake's behavior is very perverse, what impresses her the most is that this snake's revenge method is very weird, but they actually moved A-Ning's body away, which is really incredible.
"Of course one can't do it, but if you don't look at how many there are now, the elephants will all carry them away." The fat man opened the entire sleeping bag, only to see that there were snake marks underneath, and the area where the sleeping bag went into the water turned into a piece of mud, and he didn't pay attention to the light problem just now.
"But what do these snakes want corpses for?" Mo Motian said again, looking at the fat man. Indeed, Anin's corpse obviously cannot be used as food, and snakes are not clawed animals, so it is very difficult to open the sleeping bag and transport a corpse. Snakes are not ants, so why do they want corpses?
"Then you're going to fucking ask the snake." The fat man paused and said: "But snakes are very utilitarian, they don't always do it for fun, there must be a reason, I didn't expect this girl to be stable even if she died, but it suits her character." From the moment I saw her, I felt that she had snake eyes. β
Lin Xiaofan listened to the fat man's words, while thinking, his mood was depressed, the series of things just now, every one of them had no beginning or end, and all of them were confusing, this felt too bad, thinking about it a little out of control, thinking about how could he be bullied by a snake, thinking about it, he picked up the miner's lamp. He said to them, "We've been back and forth for only a few minutes, and this corpse must still be around, so let's go look for it." β
Before he could stand up, he pulled Gu Lajie: "Find a jiba." Hundreds of snakes, you look for death. β
"But! She can't be buried in a serpent's den. β
The fat man took Lin Xiaofan's miner's lamp back, and Yang Xuan patted her on the shoulder, "Xiaofan, you have to think about it." It is impossible for us to bring this woman back, this is also her own choice, and she can't fight for a corpse. β
The fat man also said: "That's it, death is death, where death is not death, but if the fat man hangs up another day, you will burn me." Don't let these snakes go around, the devil knows what they want corpses for. β
Lin Xiaofan was also deflated when he heard this, sat down on the ground, scratched his scalp, and felt very uncomfortable.
The fat man looked at those traces and said, "The snakes here are really evil, how many snakes do you want to move a corpse?" If you want to say a hundred, you think there are so many here, how many of these snakes will there be in this whole forest? I'm afraid it's not wise for us to stay here. If they come back, I'm afraid the three of us won't be able to resist for a few minutes, and when the time comes, we will be laughed at by that stinky girl again. β
Actually, I don't feel so scared. They didn't bite us when we fell asleep. Black Devil Tiandao: "Lao Tzu has also encountered a lot of snakes in Vietnam, and he has been bitten two or three times, and he is familiar with snakes. Disturbed the snake. β
When he heard this, he knew that it was a word of comfort, and his heart said that whoever believed it, he knew that he didn't believe it himself by looking at the face of the black devil. It's okay to say that ordinary snakes look evil, not good.
Lin Xiaofan put the miner's lamp in the position he originally wanted to put it, looked at the empty sleeping bag, and felt very sour in his heart, but the fat man adjusted the direction of everyone's several miner's lamps, and looked at the surrounding water surface, saying that he should be vigilant.
The fat man's behavior made the wild sand immediately worry about the lightning, this guy won't have an accident, if it is in this forest, he will definitely not worry, because it is their world, but this death forest is full of evil, no, it should be said that it is a gloomy death, just like the fat man said, snakes are unreasonable, bite and die, you have nothing to do with him.
Everyone summed it up again, and they didn't know what to do, so they had to continue to wait for the lightning, and they must not dare to sleep this night, and several people were back to back, looking at the night in all directions.
At this time, in fact, the time was not early, only a little later the sky was bright, with the light of the morning, the depression that lasted for a night was reduced a lot, and everyone's mood was a little relaxed, but the lightning did not come back.
Everyone re-examined the swamp, it was not as scary as at night, but the rain stopped, there was no sound of rain, only the sound of running water was left around, and it was still quiet. The rainforest in the distance was pitch black, and whether it was dawn or not seemed to have nothing to do with the world deep in the rainforest.
Seeing that there was no news from the lightning, the thunder and the torrential rain began to become anxious again.
Seeing them anxious, Lin Xiaofan couldn't help but be anxious, she always had a bad premonition, it was rare to have this feeling of losing someone at any time, but now she felt that people here could die at any time, probably because of A-Ning's death, which broke some of her preconceived feelings.
Although the Black Demon Sky and the Wild Sand are also a little worried, they are much better than the two of Thunder and Heavy Rain, and the Black Demon Sky is the worst to say, his cold-bloodedness makes everyone speechless.
Everyone ate something, Li Monan returned to the mouth of the canyon with water, picked up some branches and came back to dry, and burned a bonfire to make a pile of coals.
The fat man asked him what he wanted to do, and he said that if everyone wanted to go back, it would be better to put a signal and see if there would be a straight lift machine passing by and taking us away from this hellish place. Yang Xuan, after hearing this, also nodded, obviously he had the same idea as Mo Nan, I saw him take out a yellow pill from his bag, throw it into the charcoal pile, and soon a thick smoke rose, he told SΓΉ Xiaofan that this is a signal smoke for help when he is shipwrecked, he is a paratrooper military goods that he got from a comrade-in-arms who is still in the army, just a few balls can smoke for three or four hours.
Can I sue the people who came to save us, there are poisonous snakes in this canyon?
Yang Xuan shook his head, saying that different colors of smoke represent different meanings, but they are all simple meanings, this yellow represents the danger ahead, be careful to move forward, more complex communication, to wait until the person who sees it, understands this smoke, or has a response. will know what the other party thinks.
Communicating with smoke is still an ancient idea, which makes Lin Xiaofan can't help but think of the wolf smoke incident, and suddenly there is one. The feeling that the strong man is gone forever
Although this method is ancient, it is a very effective long-distance communication method, and everyone watched the smoke rise in the air, and suddenly felt a sense of security in their hearts, if anyone really saw this smoke. Send a plane to rescue them, Lin Xiaofan swore that she would not come to this ghost place again, at this time, she had a feeling that the pheasant neck snake would never let them go, who said that animals have no brains, but she had an intuition that this snake must be planning a big conspiracy waiting for them.
Black Devil Heaven, come here. also threw a cigarette ball into it, but after throwing the cigarette ball, "It's useless, even if someone finds this smoke, people now are cold by nature, even if they see it, they won't come to save us." But don't worry, I've got someone to pick you up, and we're here, and we can't look back."
Black Demon Heavenly Dao,
"Keep looking. You look, fat man, we won't wait, sister, let's go back" Gu Lajie said coldly
"Huh. Why bother to say such a thing? β
Turned his head to look at Lin Xiaofan: "Sister Xiaofan, my grandfather can give you all the heirlooms of my family, you really can't bear not to save them, I said, we have all walked to the gate of the Dragon Kingdom Spirit, if you don't go in." Don't you think it's a pity? Besides, even if you go back now, do you think that the strange snake will let you go back obediently? Why don't you wait for my people to come, and when the time comes, everyone, how about discussing whether to advance or retreat together? β
Obviously, the black devil knows that these three people are all headed by Lin Xiaofan, and they don't pay attention to the little fat man at the moment, and directly discuss with Lin Xiaofan.
Lin Xiaofan glanced at Li Monan and Yang Xuan, Yang Xuan looked at Lin Xiaofan, "If you stay, we will stay, if you want to leave, no one can stop us"
"That's it, I'll discuss it with my friends, and I'll reply to you" Lin Xiaofan didn't answer directly.
The Black Devil waved his hand in agreement, and then, went to his companion.
"The three of you, as long as any of you want to go, let's go, after all, money is important, and life is not important. Although I owe that old man's affection, there is no need for you to follow me and leave your life here," Lin Xiaofan said
"Sister, I don't mean anything else, I just think this place is too weird, but the fat man is not afraid of anything, because the fat man has a big life."
"Why don't we take a look, that is, when we come here, I always feel that this Dragon Spirit Kingdom has a certain relationship with our Dragon Spirit Guard, and this place can seal our energy, I think there must be our newborn substance here." Li Monan said
"I have the same idea as Mo Nan, Xiaofan, you don't have to be afraid, I will protect you" Yang Xuan said simply and directly.
"Okay, then let's stay and take a look, if it's really dangerous, we'll leave immediately" Lin Xiaofan said.
After the first smoke ball was extinguished, there was no echo, the lightning did not come back, and the Lin family didn't care, so they waited until the afternoon, when the second black magic ball burned about half, and suddenly the rainstorm shouted: "There is, there is!" There is an echo! β
At this time, Lin Xiaofan was looking at the sky boringly, so he immediately stood up and looked towards the cliff with the fat man, but he didn't find it at first. Rainstorm shouted: "Over there, over there! β
Lin Xiaofan turned around a few times, only to see a puff of smoke rising from a distance, floating into the sky, the smoke turned out to be red, at first glance, like a huge cockscomb snake, coming out from under the canopy far away.
Yang Xuan walked to Lin Xiaofan's side, "This rainstorm is so sharp-eyed, we really underestimate him, on weekdays, he doesn't know what to say, he is really a character that is easy to ignore."
"You found out too? Often the most powerful dogs basically don't bark, and the most powerful people are also ......" Lin Xiaofan said
The fat man cheered happily, and reflexively wanted to laugh, but halfway through the smile, he heard the black devil shout, "Oh no, they are in danger"
Because of this sentence, the fat man's smile suddenly froze, and almost at the same time as cheering, he immediately realized that something was wrong.
For the place where the smoke rose was not outside the canyon at all, but like them, in the middle of the basin in which they were, in the depths of this swamp.
It turned out that the people brought by the Black Demon Heaven, they had been lurking behind A Ning's team, according to the Black Demon Heaven, it should be a distance gap of one day to two days, and at this time, according to the Black Demon Heaven plan, their location should be in the extension of this basin. Even if they found this oasis, they would not enter it immediately, but would have to wait for the signal from the Dark Celestial.
However, what left everyone stunned was that. The receiver responded to our signal smoke from the opposite direction, from behind us, in the middle of the swamp, which means that they were now in the swamp.
Lei Ming couldn't believe his eyes: "****." What's going on? How are they inside? β
I was afraid that the rainstorm was a misunderstanding, so I immediately picked up the binoculars and looked at it, and saw that it was correct, and the smoke would never have been caused by a fire, because the color of the smoke was abnormal.
"Boss, it looks like the mad leopard is faster than us." Wild Sand muttered.
"Impossible, could it be that the people who answered them went in from other canyons? But, that's not how it wasn't planned, they should have waited for my signal, and they're fucking too fast......" Dark Devil couldn't figure it out. Where the hell did the evidence come from?
"Could it not be the one you answered? Maybe there's another broadcaster. Came here too? The fat man said.
"Impossible, because, who else but us will come here to die? There must still be a minority of people who know how to communicate with cigarettes," Lei Ming said
"That's strange, it seems that the place where you handed over is wrong," Yang Xuan said
"What does this smoke mean?" Lin Xiaofan suddenly remembered that colors can represent information, so he asked.
Yang Xuan took the telescope from Lin Xiaofan's hand, picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of the smoke. After looking at it and thinking about it, his face suddenly changed, and he said awe-inspiringly: "It's not good, something happened to them." β
"Something?" Black Demon Tian's face immediately changed. Immediately picked up the binoculars, and his face was also a little dignified. Looks like things are really not good......
Yang Xuan only knows that the color of the smoke has a simple meaning, the yellow smoke represents the danger ahead, so you should move forward carefully, and the orange smoke means stop moving forward and wait for confirmation. The red smoke is more strict, indicating that you must not approach, and it is generally issued in extremely dangerous situations to warn latecomers. Red smoke is rarely used in normal activities.
It's just that I don't know if the Black Devil Sky also uses such a cigarette to make an appointment.
And the Black Devil Sky spoke, red represents the alarm, and they are in the most trouble.
Seeing the expression of the Black Demon Heaven, he knew that this was not good news after all, Xiao Fan asked the Black Demon Heaven if he could smoke again, and asked what was going on.
Black Demon Tian shook his head, paused and was obviously a little anxious, so he said to everyone: "No, you all stay here first, I have to go over and take a look, something will happen to them." Obviously, Black Demon Tian was a little anxious, and it was the first time that Lin Xiaofan had seen him with such an expression.
Heavy rain was also worried about the mad leopard in his heart, but he knew the severity, so he quickly grabbed him and said, "Boss, how can this work, the lightning has not returned, and there are not only three people left when you go to us again." Besides, it's too dangerous for you to go in alone. I'd better wait for the lightning to come back.
Lei Ming also shook his head and said: "Boss, there are more than 30 leopards, they are strong and strong, and they don't emit red smoke under normal circumstances, there must be something wrong over there, this crazy leopard is really too tender, but boss, don't worry, I drilled a lot of this kind of forest when I was in Vietnam, I can go through it, you wait here for the lightning to come back, let me go there and see." With that, he packed up his gear.
Black Demon Tian glanced at Lei Ming and knew that he couldn't stop him, so he hurriedly glanced at Lin Xiaofan, hoping that they would also help him persuade him.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xiaofan and the others immediately packed up their equipment, and the Black Demon Sky suddenly had a big head, and immediately said urgently, "You guys are also leaving?" Where do you go? β
When the fat man heard this, he said to the Black Devil Heaven: "Don't throw your eyebrows at me, not only can the thunder go, I tell you, we have to go in this time." We don't have enough equipment to cross this meadow, so we have to join up with your men and horses, at least get their things, otherwise, we will starve to death on the road when we get out of the canyon, and we won't have much food here......"
Black Devil Tian knew that the fat man was right, but when he thought of lightning, he suddenly hesitated. Yang Xuan saw his vacillation and said: "It's not impossible for Lei Ming to go in alone, but if he has any accidents, it will be troublesome for a few of us to go in again, so it's better to go in together now, advance and retreat together, and the chances of success are a little better." Otherwise, we will stay here and just wait for death. β
"But what about the lightning?" Wild Sands asked. "If we leave, he won't be able to find us when he comes back, or I'll wait for him here, you can go first."
"Then you are looking for death, and you can't give those snake wheels to your little physique, come on, just your hand, and be content if you don't let others take care of you, we'll leave a mark, show him the way, and at most smoke him as a signal," the fat man glanced at the jungle, "I don't think that lightning brother will come back." β
Although this thing is very bad, it is clear, although the black devil Tian feels that it is very inappropriate, but he also knows that the fat man is right. After thinking about it, I had to nod in agreement.
There were twelve people when they entered the canyon, and now there are only eight left, maybe three are dead, one is missing, maybe all are dead. The original supplies obviously had to be redistributed, but the fat man said that the lightning part should not be taken away, and after wrapping it in a tarp, he pressed it with a large stone, and then used a marker pen to write their whereabouts on the inside of the tarp. Then on the side of the package, turn the smokeless stove to the darkest level, so that it burns for three days, and if the lightning comes back at night, it will not be found.
After finishing it, the materials on everyone's body have been reduced a lot, and the black devil said that the signal smoke can only burn for three hours at most, and this time we can go in, we can't rest, so we must try to travel as light as possible at a time, anyway, if you want to enter the Spirit Dragon Country, you will inevitably pass through here, so you don't bring anything you can't bring.
After that, everyone went through the equipment again, leaving some heavy things such as gas masks and Luoyang shovels. Then Yang Xuan changed some of the heavier things that Lin Xiaofan carried into his backpack, his marching weight was professional, and carrying a little more would not affect the speed, Lin Xiaofan would not be able to, he said that the jungle march was very physically draining, so the main thing was to ensure that Lin Xiaofan could reach the destination.
He said this to make Lin Xiaofan very faceless, Lin Xiaofan wanted to refute and said, I'm not a delicate woman now, but Yang Xuan didn't give her a chance at all, and just cleaned up after speaking, obviously his mind was no longer here with Lin Xiaofan.
After tidying up, he was just about to leave, when suddenly thunder pointed to the sky again, asking everyone to look up at the smoke in the distance. When everyone looked up, it turned out that the signal smoke in the distance had become thinner and thinner, and I didn't know if something had happened over there, or if the smoke ball was not enough. If you look at it like this, this smoke will inevitably disappear until everyone arrives.
In the jungle, without the guidance of signal smoke, everyone will definitely not be able to reach that place without navigation. Lin Xiaofan asked the Black Demon Sky what to do?
The Black Devil Sky climbed up to the canopy, took the position of the signal smoke as the central axis, and marked the compass with the strange rocks on the cliff at the edge of the basin in the distance as a reference. However, this jungle is dense, and even if the error is about ten meters, it is possible to miss it, so everyone should try to get as close as possible before the smoke goes out.
This could not be delayed any longer, everyone immediately straightened out their equipment, and exchanged the compass from the Black Demon Heaven, and walked into the swamp in the direction of the signal smoke.
During the day, it is very easy to reach the edge of the guΓ² swamp, because the water level of the swamp where the rain gathers is high and clear, and you can go on the rocks that you can settle on at the bottom of the water, swim without a place to stay, and you will get through the half-smoke to the real edge of the swamp.
It was a relatively sparse rainforest zone, which was obviously on higher ground, and there were many connected "tree groups" protruding from the water, like some huge islands, and you could see a large amount of rocks mixed in the silt beneath the area, and it seemed that the water level was not deep.
But if you go inside, you will find that the trees are very dense in this area, and after only about two hundred meters, the canopy is so dense that you can't see the light of day. The roots of the trees are intertwined together, Lin Xiaofan actually had an idea before, that is, to make a canoe, so that he doesn't have to move forward so carefully, but when he looks at this underwater environment, he knows that the canoe is also difficult to move here, and he has to go by himself. (To be continued.) )