The two of them walked all the way towards the swamp, but before they reached the edge of the swamp, they found that a barricade had been set up on the main road, and some soldiers were patrolling back and forth there. ∈↗，

"What's going on?" Murong Hong was stunned. ，

"Could it be that guy sent soldiers to capture us? This guy, this speed is really fast. "Dugu Chong was a little depressed.

"So what do we do?"

"Take a detour of the main road and take another small road." Dugu said, "There are too many of them, we can't beat them, let's go." ”

The two of them detoured to another path, but they did not go far, but they found that even the path was guarded by soldiers.

"This sucks." Dugu Chong frowned, "We can't walk this big road or small road, how can we go anywhere?" ”

It was getting darker, but the soldiers who had set up the card didn't seem to want to leave.

"Look, there's a forest over there, let's go there." Murong Hong pointed to a forest not far away and said.

"Forest?" Dugu Chong saw the dense forest over there, but his brows were tightly locked, "That forest is very dangerous, not only are wolves, insects, tigers and leopards infested, but it is also easy to get lost after entering, and no one dares to enter at all." ”

"Let's give it a try." Murong Hong said, "This big road can't be walked, and the small road can't be walked, are we trapped here?" You see, it's not getting early, so we can't stay in the middle of nowhere, can we? ”

"Alright then, let's walk around the periphery of this forest, but don't go in." Dugu Chong nodded.

So, the two turned around and headed towards the forest.

When the two arrived at the forest, they did not dare to go deeper, so they could only find some branches in the outermost place, and then made a fire to keep warm.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and the wind was blowing, and there was a cold chill with it.

"Come, get something to eat." Dugu Chong handed Murong Hong a little dry food he had brought with him when he left the capital, and the two of them chewed it.

However, this dry food is a little hard, and it doesn't taste very good when chewed in the mouth, dry and cold.

"Hey, if only I could catch some game." Murong Hong raised his head, looked at this dense jungle, and sighed.

"It's getting dark, and the animals are hiding, where are we going to hunt for game?" Dugu Chong said, "Moreover, they are all hidden in the depths of the dense forest, and they will not appear outside here." ”

"Then why don't we go in and have a look?"

"The road in this forest is too complicated, and if you don't get it right, you will get lost." Dugu Chong shook his head, "It is precisely because this forest is too difficult to walk that those soldiers are not fortified here. ”

"And where will they fortify?"

"In addition to the big road and the path, I guess they'll be fortified at the other side of the forest, if they know our destination is the swamp."

"Another mouth?"

"Yes, there is an exit to this forest that leads directly to the swamp, and if we can get there, we can find the swamp."

"Wait, shouldn't there be only one exit from this forest?" Murong Hong said, "The forest is a large area of woods, and everywhere, you should be able to go out?" Why do you say that there is an outlet to the forest? ”

"No, there are only two exits to this forest, one is where we are now, and it connects to the road behind us; The other leads to the swamp. Other than that, you can't go anywhere else, and that's what makes this forest magical. If you can't find this exit, once you enter this forest, it's like walking into a labyrinth, and you can't get out. ”

"Labyrinth? How amazing is this place? By the way, how do you know so much? ”

Dugu Chong smiled, "Don't forget, I was born as a soldier, and I also passed through this forest back then, of course I knew the situation here, but even if we passed by, we didn't dare to walk in." This forest, as well as the swamp, are the peculiar places of our Bardo Kingdom. “

"Peculiar? What's a peculiar method? Tell me about it? ”

"The country of the Middle Yin was originally a land of emptiness, the junction of the yang and the underworld." Dugu Chong said, "Later, this void was divided, the upper half became the sky, and the lower half became the earth. And the lower half of the land has become a swamp with a downward depression, and the other half has become the towering mountain, which is this Zhongyin Mountain in our netherworld. ”

Dugu Chong stood up and pointed into the distance.

Murong Hong also followed his finger and looked, in the distance, at the end of the road, there was indeed a majestic group of mountains.

"This is Zhongyin Mountain? Where is that on the other side of the mountain? ”

"It's the swamp." Dugu Chong said, "We just need to climb over the mountain to reach that swamp." ”

"I know." Murong Hong nodded, "However, now this mountain road has been barried. ”

"If we can't go this way, we won't be able to get to the other side of the mountain." Dugu Chong sighed.

"By the way, what's the matter with this big forest you're talking about?"

"After the Nether Realm was divided into a swamp and a Zhongyin Mountain, there was a violent collision between the mountains and the swamp."

"What? Mountains and swamps also collide? ”

"Yes, exactly, it's their formations that are colliding. The mountains of the Yin King were rising and the swamps were sinking, and between them, a narrow strip of land appeared, and trees grew. The more trees grow, the more they grow, and eventually, this large forest is formed. “

"Oh, I see, this forest was born out of the mountains and the swamp." Murong Hong nodded.

"Yes, this forest is the dividing line between Zhongyin Mountain and the Great Swamp. At one end of it is the entrance to the swamp, and the other end is here. At first, this forest was only a small piece, and this end was not here, but later, the ghost mother changed the shape of this forest."

"Changed? How did you change it? ”

"The Ghost Mother is so powerful that she stretches out the forest, leaving only a small piece leading to the swamp. Others, bypassing the Zhongyin Mountain, have become a half-moon-shaped area. In fact, it is equivalent to inserting a half-moon-shaped wedge between the mountains and the river. ”

"Wouldn't it? It's amazing, too! How did she do it? The more Murong Hong listened, the more surprised he became.

"I don't know how she did it, but she did, and this woman is amazing, and everyone calls her a witch in private." Dugu Chong said, "Moving mountains and reclamation, this kind of power is really terrifying." It's a good thing she died early, otherwise, I don't know what more amazing thing she would have done. ”

It can be heard that this Dugu Chong is both respectful and afraid of this ghost mother.

"But why did she die? Since she has so much power that she can give the shape of the forest, how can she say that she is dead when she dies? ”

"I don't know, maybe it's her fate." Dugu Chong said lightly, "I don't believe that the queen will be the reincarnation of the ghost mother, and there are still differences in the personalities of the two of them." ”

"Looks like you still like the queen?"

"Well, she looks a bit like the woman I like, so I was surprised when I saw her."

"Hehe, you are Aiwu and Wu." Murong Hong said with a smile.

"Maybe. Even if she is really the reincarnation of her ghost mother, she probably forgot everything about her previous life, right? This is also good, a person, forget jì if you should forget jì, do you want to do so much? Dugu Chong sighed deeply.

Of course, Murong Hong knew that His Royal Highness the prince was saying this to himself. Dugu Chong also wants to forget, but there are some things that you can forget if you want to?

"Why don't we try to go into the forest, and maybe we can go to the other side of the forest?" Murong Hong said.

"No way. No one succeeds in making it through the forest to the other side, and those who go in will either get out of it the way they came, or never get out again, and they will probably all die in the depths of the forest. Dugu Chong still shook his head.

"But I came out of this forest last time." Murong Hong said.

"What? You, you've walked through this forest? ”

"Yes." Murong Hong told him how he got out of this forest with the help of the hunters in the forest.

"And there are hunters in this forest?" Dugu Chong frowned and shook his head again, "The place you were at that time must be the other side of the forest." But you didn't go into the forest, you just walked around the area where the exit was not deep, and you didn't go into the real jungle, and I guess the hunter himself didn't go into it. But now, we are at one end of the forest, and the forest from one end to the other is so vast that if we go in, we will never be able to get out. ”

"What? Are you scared? Isn't it just a forest adventure? Murong Hong crossed his arms and looked at Dugu Chong.

"I'm not scared, I just don't feel the need to take such a risk." Dugu said, "We might as well wait here for Koi." ”

"Wait? What are you waiting for? ”

"When the soldiers who were fortified on the road were lax, we sneaked over."

"They won't let up."

"There's going to be a chance, just wait a little longer."

"Please, we'll run out of food soon, if we wait like this, you're going to starve me to death?" Murong Hong pursed his lips.

"No hurry, wait." Dugu Chong seemed very calm.

The two waited until late at night, then got out again and returned to the main road. However, whether it was the main road or the small road, the soldiers not only did not withdraw, but their numbers increased.

"What's going on?" Dugu Chong frowned, "Why has the number of soldiers increased?" How do you look like you're going to war? ”

"War?" Murong Hong poked his head out, "Wouldn't it?" Just to arrest the two of us, they sent so many more people? As for it? ”

"It's not going to be that simple." Dugu Chong shook his head, "It seems that there are other intentions to increase the number of troops in this place, maybe these soldiers are not here to arrest us by setting up roadblocks." ”

"Oh?" Murong Hong's eyes rolled, "If they didn't come to arrest us, let's just rush over." ”

"No, that's self-surrendering." Dugu said, "Let's wait a little longer, and wait until we have observed the situation." Perhaps, in a day or two, they will be withdrawn. ”

"What, another day or two?"