Early the next morning, I woke up unusually naturally, and could no longer sleep, so I walked out the door alone, intending to enjoy the scenery, because I knew in my heart that I would have to endure hardships when I entered the mountain, and I had no time to appreciate the magic of nature.

Probably because of the fact that it is around the airport, the surrounding mountains are not very high, but they are undulating and you can't see the end. I took a deep breath, this Shennongjia is really worthy of being called a natural oxygen bar, the morning air is not like the city, accumulated overnight exhaust gas and dust, but with a natural fragrance. The mist drifts on the mountains in the distance, and the beautiful natural scenery makes people feel happy.

I moved my old arms and legs in the open space to pave the way for the rest of the trip. In fact, not long ago, I was still a good young man with abdominal muscles who loved to exercise, but after all, I couldn't withstand the depression of the years, and in recent times, my body has become more and more different.

"Good morning, Master Su, the guide will be there in a moment. "Assistant Zhao doesn't know when he came from behind me.

I hurriedly put away my movements, praying that she didn't see my stumbling and clumsy movements before, and said with a whole breath: "Assistant Zhao is good." ”

At this time, Assistant Zhao was wearing a mountaineering suit, his hair was tied up, and he looked quite capable.

"Assistant Zhao, we are going into the mountain today, you should stay here to pick us up. "I look at her outfit and I'm not sure if she's going to go along. To be honest, I didn't want to take her with me. This is into no man's land, the mountain road is difficult to walk, it is estimated that it will be a person who cares about himself at that time, Assistant Zhao does not look like a person who can endure this kind of hardship, and when the time comes, it will drag the whole team back, who will I talk to.

"I'll go with you. She said this firmly, and there was a disbelief in her eyes, as if she had seen through my intentions and was arguing.

I was helpless, and frowned: "Assistant Zhao, this mountain road is not easy to walk, I'm afraid you have three long and two short." And there is someone outside to answer us, in case we go missing, won't you still be able to find us rescue. "I was going to know it with reason and emotion, and I dismissed her from following us.

Who knows that this girl is not young, but she is still very stubborn: "No, you don't count what you said, this is my job, I must follow." Besides, Master Su, don't underestimate me, I won't necessarily lose in terms of physical fitness. ”

His grandmother's, I was on fire in my heart, my nose let out a fierce breath, my eyes rolled and I stopped talking. Assistant Zhao saw me like this, ignored me and turned to leave.

After another half an hour, a group of people came to the dining room one after another. Assistant Zhao led a man in his forties and introduced, "This is our guide this time, Uncle Wang." He is a former caretaker in the forest area, and he is also a local, so he is familiar with the forest area. ”

Uncle Wang looked to be about fifty years old, his face was wrinkled and furrowed, and he greeted us in dialect.

I ran over and shook hands with Uncle Wang, asked someone to sit down and started talking.

This Uncle Wang's accent is quite strong, and I struggled to listen to it at first, but then it slowly improved. I first asked Shennong grass, and Uncle Wang thought it was an ordinary herb, and he took me to find a place to buy it. I didn't think it was the way to ask, so I asked him if there were any legends or peculiar places in this forest area.

Uncle Wang thought for a while, and said in a mysterious tone: "There is a place in the shelf, which is said to be more evil, called Ecstasy Ridge"

As soon as I heard this, I immediately came to my senses and continued to ask what was so different about this Ecstasy Ridge.

"This Ecstasy Ridge is in the middle of the shelf, north of the Xujiazhuang Forest Farm. The reason why this place is called Lost Soul Ridge is because legend has it that people will encounter ghosts hitting the wall when they walk here, so that the ghosts will cover their eyes and they will not be able to turn out in the mountains. In the early years, there were also teams from the forest farm that disappeared inside, and later ** sent people to search and rescue them several times, but they all returned in vain, and no one has been found until now. ”

I thought it was some kind of evil sect, but it turned out that someone was missing. It is not surprising to know that this kind of thing happened in this vast forest sea mountain, even if it is a professional expedition team, it may go wrong due to various unforeseen circumstances. There are a lot of missing people, coming and going, and after experiencing the psychedelic oil and vinegar of the seven aunts and eight aunts in the market, it is not surprising that this simple lost and missing person has become a ghost hitting the wall and covering his eyes.

"This simple disappearance of someone is not evil, people drowned in the Yellow River, and it cannot be said that there are water ghosts in the Yellow River. I said.

"Tsk, boss, don't worry," Uncle Wang understood what I meant, and continued: "There are some stockades in this mountain, and it is also said that every time the moon is full, the mountain spirits and wild monsters in this shelf will gather at the Ecstasy Ridge to sacrifice to the mountain gods, and you can see the faint lights on the ridge in the distance, which will not be extinguished all night. People, if they pass by near Ecstasy Ridge at this time, they will be dragged away as sacrifices. ”

The statement of this full moon night reminds me of the sentence "looking at the moon and appearing" in the manuscript describing Shennongcao, although there is not much correlation between the two except for the condition of the full moon, but it seems that this is more or less a clue at present.

Now that I have a way, I'm going to go to this Lost Soul Ridge first. It was about 30 kilometers away from the airport where we are currently located. Judging from the satellite map, the shortest route is to drive to the vicinity of the national highway, then climb over two peaks and go down a ditch to get there.

"Uncle Wang, have you ever been to Lost Soul Ridge. We're going to go there, can you show us the way? I asked Uncle Xiang, I was a little afraid that people would not agree, this kind of old man who looked at the forest more or less had an incomprehensible obsession with these superstitious words.

How do you know Uncle Wang smiled: "What did the boss say, I originally came here to lead the way, although I haven't been to Lost Soul Ridge, but I have been running in the mountains for decades." As long as you have enough money, I can take you anywhere. ”

If there is really money, it can make the devil grind. That's why we're here.

After determining the destination, everyone packed their things and set off immediately. According to my previous idea, I drove along the national highway in Shennongjia first, and after reaching the west side of Lost Soul Ridge, I started to get off and climb the mountain. Although the straight-line distance from the highway to Ecstasy Ridge is only 20 kilometers, the meaning of this mountain road is not the same, and the two small mountains separated by it are from south to north, so we can only go up and down the mountain all the way, although the distance becomes shorter, but the difficulty will increase exponentially. Three days later it was the night of the fifteenth full moon, and I don't know if we will be able to make it on time.

The two cars were walking along the mountain road, and I looked at the scenery along the way, but my heart was still unsettled. This time the search for medicine is not as good as catching ghosts before, it is completely trying luck, and there are a large number of people who have nothing to do with it.

Unstable in my heart, I simply made a calculation, and the result was also ambiguous.

At about eleven o'clock, everyone finally arrived at the predetermined place to enter the mountain, and we will go back the same way with the driver. The group ate something casually and stepped into the vast mountain forest.