Chapter 1054: Peeling Back the Cocoon
After resting all night, Zhou Chen slept with Maria in his arms around the campfire, until the afternoon of the next day, he did not find anyone coming to rescue him from the top of the cliff, sighed, Zhou Chen left a little mark, followed the traces of the wild man in the woods, and walked into the depths of the woods.
Yuan Ming is a very smart person, but that is the skill of confronting people, mixed in civilized society, Yuan Ming is a tide, but all this is useless in the primeval forest, he was protected by two soldiers in the middle, trembling and walking in the dense forest, a little bit of wind and grass, he couldn't help but scream.
provoked the two soldiers who protected him on the side to be speechless for a while, how could this squad leader be so cowardly.
This is not to blame Yuan Ming, he has grown up in the Taoist temple since he was a child, and he has not suffered much, not to mention seeing those strange-shaped insects and the like, when he first saw a finger-sized blood-sucking mosquito, the mosquito almost flew on the side of his nose, this time, immediately broke Yuan Ming's heart defense, and he screamed to run back.
But what made him dumbfounded happened then, because of Yuan Ming's chaotic running, they lost their way.
"How is that possible!" Yuan Ming screamed, rushed to the front of the crowd, and walked out unwillingly following the traces of coming, only to find that because they had just run around, there were traces of them all around, and the one that was the trace they had just walked over was completely missing.
"Well, what can I do, I don't want to be eaten by bugs in this wood." Yuan Ming cried out in mourning.
The team members on the side rolled their eyes and said, "Captain, don't shout anymore, keep shouting, it's not just insects, I'm afraid those beasts will also be alarmed by you, and then you will be just a meal of meat in the gorilla's stomach." ”
Yuan Ming immediately covered his mouth tightly.
In the following days, Yuan Ming was unwilling to look for the road every day, but it often backfired, and finally when they saw the waterfall in the distance, they realized that they had not only taken the wrong path, but also unknowingly reached the forbidden depths of the island forest.
"If we had a way to climb the waterfall, we would be a night's walk from camp, but ......," the team said, analyzing the distance.
Yuan Ming waved his hand weakly and said, "I am a Taoist priest, not an immortal, you really think I can fly?" Rest for the night at the waterfall tonight, and find your way to the heights tomorrow. ”
The team members nodded, although the situation was disappointing, but they were not discouraged, now at least they have a goal, as long as they hold on for a few more days, I believe it is not difficult to go back, thinking of this, everyone is relieved.
They had been walking in the woods for nearly ten days, and each of them had only prepared their rations for 10 days, and they had been saving food for the past few days, and the rest was hunting and hunting.
However, food can be replenished, but water is a problem, so I spend most of the day collecting dew, and now I have encountered a waterfall, and I can finally breathe a sigh of relief and take a bath.
Yuan Ming was still depressed before, but after seeing the lake, he immediately shouted that he was the first to rush out, take a good wash, soak in it, and was comfortable, but he felt that something was touching his legs, Yuan Ming laughed, at first he thought it was a fish, and thought that Lao Tzu was really charming, but the next moment, he realized that something was wrong, what kind of fish would have something like a finger, so frightened that he shivered, and hurriedly grabbed it below, and when he grabbed it, he only felt that the thing was fluffy, and he was shocked again. Hurriedly nagging, screaming and throwing the thing out.
"Bang!" With a bang, a wet person fell to the shore, and the team members who were cooking on the fire were startled, looked at Yuan Ming in the lake stupidly, and said, "Captain, you caught a person?" ”
Yuan Ming looked at his hand stupidly, and said in his heart, when did I have so much strength? The next moment, he didn't care about taking a bath, and climbed up to check on the wet man, but when he turned over, Yuan Ming suddenly gasped and said in horror: "Li Jian, how could it be you?" ”
The person who was thrown up by him as a water ghost turned out to be Li Jian who fell from the top of the cliff.
Yuan Ming's face changed for a while, and suddenly his body shook, he looked at the top of the waterfall, and his expression became gloomy: "He fell from above, could it be that something happened in the camp?" ”
"Captain, is there a drastic change in the camp?" The other team members all looked at Yuan Ming worriedly, although Yuan Ming was not a good captain, but because of his good brain, Yuan Ming was the first in coming up with ideas.
Looking at the eyes of the team members asking for help, Yuan Ming's heart was heavy, he also felt this way, but he didn't dare to say it. This team has been lost in the forest for many days, and the reason why they can support themselves to walk down is not because of strict discipline, but because they all have a hope, that is, to return to the camp, although the camp is simple, but in the eyes of Yuan Ming, it is their home, and they have a home to look forward to, so they will not feel fear.
But now, this home may be destroyed!
"Captain?" The faces of the team members were even more frightened, and although no one spoke, everyone seemed to realize something, and they all stopped talking. At this time, Yuan Ming suddenly raised his head and shouted, "That's not right! It's not the camp that has an accident! ”
"Captain, what do you think of?" The team members said suspiciously.
Yuan Ming suppressed his mood, first checked Li Jian's heartbeat, and found that he was not dead, he was still breathing, and hurriedly said: "Quickly prepare some hot soup for him, and bandage it, his limbs are broken, I'm afraid there are some injuries to his internal organs, put on a stretcher." Prepare clothes for him and don't let him freeze to death. ”
The team members suddenly got busy, and Yuan Ming sat aside, looking at Li Jian for a while, and looking at the cliff covered with mist in the waterfall for a while, not knowing what he was thinking.
It took a full 1 hour for Li Jian's body to be bandaged, his original clothes were changed, he put on a new set of combat uniforms, and then his body was fixed with branches, and the two soldiers assisted in feeding Li Jian hot soup while waiting for Yuan Ming's words.
Yuan Ming pointed to the cliff above and said, "Do you remember what happened before we came on patrol?" ”
The team members were stunned and shook their heads. They are on guard and training every day, and they don't have that much spare time at all. Yuan Ming rolled his eyes and said, "Of course it's our boss, Jade Rakshasa is the one." I remember that the day before, when I went to see the Jade Rakshasa, her voice was a little weak, I didn't feel strange at the time, but the next day the order came down, let me lead the team to patrol, at that time I felt that something was wrong, the people in the camp knew that I didn't have any combat experience, going to patrol was just a burden, and what was even more strange was that this order was given to me by Luo Shiheng's dead fat man, not the Jade Rakshasa . ”
"Captain, are you saying that Captain Luo Shiheng deliberately designed you to kill you?" A strong player said.
Yuan Ming glared at him: "When did I say that, don't just guess it?" I mean, it doesn't make sense. Patrolling this kind of thing, the Jade Rakshasa must have personally ordered and instructed me to do something, but she didn't do it, and the order was issued in a hurry, from the time the order was given to the time I selected you team members to leave, it took half a day's work, and I didn't even have time to prepare. I admit that it's my responsibility to get lost, but isn't there a relationship that everyone is not familiar with each other and has never run into? ”
The team members glanced at each other when they heard this, and they all nodded, in the first two days, they were indeed quite unfamiliar, and even almost went off.
Yuan Ming continued: "That's when I realized that something had happened to the Jade Rakshasa, but I just thought it was possible. But when I first saw Li Jian, it suddenly occurred to me that not only the Jade Rakshasa, but even Li Jian, when he gave me the order, Li Jian did not appear. Li Jian is the deputy of the Jade Rakshasa, and when the Jade Rakshasa is inconvenient, it is Li Jian who gives the order, but he didn't show up at that time, what does this mean? ”
"Neither the Jade Rakshasa nor Chief Li Jian were in the camp at that time!" The sturdy team member's brain turned a little faster this time, Yuan Ming glanced at him appreciatively, and suddenly the team member smiled.
Yuan Ming continued: "The Jade Rakshasa and Li Jian disappeared at the same time, it is very likely that the Jade Rakshasa has a physical problem, and I don't want to cause a sensation in everyone, when I last saw the Jade Rakshasa that day, she looked a little bad, and my guess is well-founded." But this still doesn't explain why Li Jian fell down, could it be that the person who treated the Jade Rakshasa did something? ”
"Zhang Tianci, the best doctor in our camp is him, and he can't help but suspect this matter." Someone snorted coldly, but he had long seen Zhang Tianci unpleasantly.
Yuan Ming's expression moved, but he didn't say much, and he wouldn't say anything without more clues. He rechecked Li Jian's condition, and the bandage was already oozing some blood.
"Roar!"
In the dark jungle outside the bonfire, a huge roar suddenly sounded, startling Yuan Ming and the others' faces changed, and they hurriedly became vigilant, and at the same time, they found that in the dense forest, there were many more bright and fierce eyes at some point.
"Wolves? How could these idiots dare to come over? Yuan Ming said in astonishment.
"It's the smell of blood on Chief Li Jian's body that attracts them." Someone is wary.
Yuan Ming looked at the bloody clothes that had been replaced on the ground, nodded, and breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that there were still wild people lurking in this forest, and if it was just these wild beasts, it didn't matter much.
Yuan Ming instructed: "Carry Li Jian, take all the bloody clothes away, the other team members protect me and the stretcher, and we will go to a high place." Get out of here. ”
"Captain, let's not wait any longer, maybe Chief Li Jian fell off by himself, and someone will come to rescue him from above." There are team members who are unwilling.
Yuan Ming glanced at the top of the cliff: "Look at the rope on his body, it's not a stumble, the break is neat, this is obviously deliberately cut by someone, I dare to guarantee that the one who came down after a while is definitely not here to save people, but to confirm that he is dead." ”
The crowd was silent, no longer insisting, and began to pack their things, and in a short time they were walking deep into the forest.
Behind them, a group of wild wolves followed unwillingly, and further behind the wild wolves, a group of ragged people, as if they were ghosts in the woods, were crawling forward, like poisonous snakes hidden in the grass, greedily looking at Yuan Ming and the others who were leaving.
"Gurgling, purring." After a few minutes of struggling with the words of an unknown meaning, several ghostly wildlings began to argue, as if they should follow them, and one of the strongest wildlings suddenly let out a low roar, a menacing roar at the other wildlings.