Chapter 141: Dry Rice Basin
Wan Lin nodded, walked to a dead tree next to him and sat down, and pondered silently. Zhang Wa and Staff Officer Yang also came over and sat down. The three of them were silent for a long time, all looking down to contemplate the situation that had just appeared.
After pondering for a long time, Wan Lin suddenly patted his head: "I remember, when I was a child, my grandfather once told me that when he was young, he went to Changbai Mountain in the northeast with his great-grandfather to collect medicine", Zhang Wa and Yang Staff looked up at Wan Lin. Wan Lin recalled what his grandfather told at that time.
Wan Lin looked at the mountain col and said slowly: "Grandpa said that when he was a teenager, he went to the deep mountains in the northeast with his father to find a few important medicinal herbs, and traveled thousands of miles to Changbai Mountain. In the deep mountains, I met a few old ginseng visitors looking for ginseng. According to them, there is a place called 'dry rice bowl' in the old forest......"
It is said that it is a basin-shaped canyon surrounded by a crater without a main peak, with a maximum area of 20 kilometers from north to south and 15 kilometers from east to west, with an area of 300 square kilometers. The "dry rice basin" is not a huge one, but a large basin with small basins, all of which are connected, and it is said that there are 9981 basins.
Legend has it that when the Qing Dynasty broke into the eastern part of the country in the last years, a group of Shandong people came here to dig ginseng, more than 20 people went in, none of them came out, and the remaining one stayed in the shack to cook and went in to look for his companions, but he was also stuffed inside, and never came out again. People say that the gang was "stuffed and cooked", which means eaten, hence the name "dry rice bowl".
Since few people have entered it for thousands of years, the "dry rice bowl" has preserved its original style. According to the old man who entered the inside, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the "dry rice bowl" was the place where the anti-Japanese coalition led by General Wang Detai stored weapons, grain and grass. Once, hundreds of Japanese puppet soldiers came here to chase and suppress, but not only did they not find a single anti-United Nations fighter, but they all lost their way and were swallowed up by the "dry rice bowl". The devil transferred two planes to look for them from the air, but who knew that they flew over the "dry rice basin" and planted both of them.
It's easy to get lost in the "dry rice bowl", and even the few locals who are familiar with the paths inside often get lost. What is puzzling is that the way to get lost is roughly the same, that is, no matter how you go forward, no matter how far you go, you will eventually return to the original place, and the old people say that you will encounter "ghosts hitting the wall" inside, and no matter how you go, you will return to the original place, and you will never be able to get out.
Some people speculate that the dry rice bowl may be formed by the crater smashed out of the meteorite group in ancient times, because the ancient meteorite itself formed a strong magnetic field, people enter and are affected by it, the human body's biological clock is unbalanced, and the memory is confused, so it is easy to lose direction.
Some people also believe that the mountains and forests in the "dry rice basin" are high and forested, and the terrain is similar, and the more people are afraid, the more nervous they become, and "the demons are born on their own", so they get lost. And if you are not confused by foreign objects, it is not easy to get lost. One spring, a little girl who had never entered the "dry rice bowl" inadvertently broke into this place to pick mountain vegetables.
Wan Lin slowly recounted the legend he had heard from his grandfather, trying to sort out some thoughts from it. Staff Officer Yang thought back to the situation just now and said: "This legend has a certain basis, after I went in just now, all the instruments failed, and there are similarities with the supernatural events in Bermuda. I was so dizzy that I couldn't tell where I was."
After listening to the words of the sheep staff officer, Wan Lin asked Zhang Wa, "Did you feel dizzy at that time?" Zhang Wa shook her head: "No."
Wan Lin nodded and said, "I don't either, and Xiaohua is not abnormal, which may have something to do with the fact that we have practiced qigong." Okay, since it doesn't affect us, I'll take Xiaohua in, and if we don't come out at 6 o'clock tomorrow night, you can call the headquarters for backup."
Wan Lin said and took the little flower into the mountain pass. The large animals in the col had just been frightened out of nowhere. But now, a large number of hazelcocks, pheasants, hares and other small animals appear from time to time in the originally quiet dense forest, flying and shuttling in the forest from time to time. In the cracks of the jungle canopy, from time to time there is a loud and melodious cry of cuckoos and goshawks. The valley suddenly came back to life.
Wan Lin ordered Xiaohua to follow Li Dongsheng's scent and quickly shuttle through the forest. A few hours passed, and Xiaohua's speed of shuttling became faster and faster, and there was no trace of Li Dongsheng along the way.
Wan Lin followed behind Xiaohua and took out the satellite locator and compass from time to time to watch, the two instruments still did not have any response, obviously Li Dongsheng They were lost in the forest, and most of them may have the same dizzy feeling as the sheep staff, unable to determine the direction independently.
Getting lost in the forest for a while is not a big deal for these commandos who have undergone special field training, as long as they calm down, they will definitely find their way through various means. What worries Wan Lin the most is the fear that they will encounter strange creatures that can scare large beasts such as tigers, leopards, and black bears into panic and flee, and these creatures are sometimes not something that humans can compete with.
Time was passing fast, and Wan Lin and Xiaohua were running desperately in the forest. At this time, it was almost 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Wan Lin stopped Xiaohua, climbed to the top of a big tree dozens of meters high, and observed the surrounding environment above the forest.
After several hours of running fast, Wan Lin strangely found that they were actually approaching the bare and barren mountain rock wall when they entered.
Apparently Li Dongsheng and they had already discerned the direction by the changes in the skin of the trees or the changes in sunlight, and were moving in the direction they had entered the col.
It turned out that after Li Dongsheng and his entourage interrupted the call with Zhang Wa, they began to feel dizzy. He immediately realized that something might be out of order, and he called the team behind him, only to find that there was no sound in the intercom. "It's broken, the radio can't be transmitted. Lingling, open the electronic countermeasure box and take a look" Li Dongsheng hurriedly ordered Lingling beside him.
Lingling hurriedly squatted down to open the confrontation box, and found that the screen was full of garbled characters, she raised her head and shouted: "Leopard head, it's all out of order!" Li Dongsheng's heart sank, and he immediately gathered the team members behind him together, and ordered to take out the electronic equipment he was carrying and take a look. Everyone took out the satellite positioning device, radio station, etc., and they all shook their heads at Li Dongsheng.
All the instruments failed, and the sweat on Li Dongsheng's face came out all at once! It is extremely dangerous to lose your bearing in this kind of primeval forest, and Wan Lin and Xiaohua, who are most familiar with the survival of the mountain forest, are currently out of contact, and there is still an inexplicable danger hidden in this vast forest sea!