Chapter 8: The Maniac

The crazy attack launched by the stone rat made everyone unconsciously speed up their pace, and He Chenxue also began to scream in horror because the mountain rat jumped to his shoulder, and the torture had to put down He Chenxue, change his position, and directly hold her and run towards the outside of the village.

The rest of the people all brandished their weapons and slapped the stone rats that pounced on them, and strangely, the stone rats all bit at the wrist and throat of the person after they pounced.

When the torturer found this, he immediately shouted to the others: "These rats will die on the important parts that are exposed, the wrists and throats are all arterial locations, everyone be careful, if they are bitten, ......"

Before the words of torture were finished, the two mountain rats jumped down from the left and right heights, grabbed his left and right wrists respectively, and the torture technique waved his hand to shake off one, but he couldn't shake off the other, just when he thought "bad", Yuan Zhenba on one side raised his hand to grab the mountain rat, pinched it hard, crushed its bones, and threw it to the side.

"Thanks!" The torture technique continued to run forward with He Chenxue in his arms, Yuan Zhenba did not make a sound, and continued to open the road in front, where they ran, leaving countless stone rat corpses along the way, and the bad thing is that the torches that were originally in their hands were also because of the constant slapping, and in the end, only two were left in the hands of Bai Zhongzheng and Xu You.

After Bai Zhongzheng used a torch to force back a pile of stone rats in front of him, a gust of wind blew, the flame at the top of the torch shook, and the flame gradually became smaller, he simply handed the torch directly to Tan Tong, grabbed the dagger with his left hand, held the crossbow tightly with his right hand, and shouted to everyone: "The torch is almost useless!" Run! At the fastest speed. ”

Before Bai Zhongzheng said this, Yuan Zhenba also originally proposed, he grabbed a few bottles and threw them towards the gate of the village less than ten meters away from them, after those bottles landed, colorful smoke came out, and then the mountain rats there screamed and fled in all directions, some fell to the ground and died without taking a few steps, and some of their hind limbs melted on the spot.

"Get around the stuff I threw at you!" Yuan Zhenba stood on the side, pointed to the door of the stockade, and commanded everyone to evacuate, "Hurry up!" Hurry up! ”

Everyone rushed towards the outside of the village, and Yuan Zhenba took out several other bottles on his body, and no matter what was inside, he threw them to the rear, temporarily blocking the pursuit of the stone rat group.

After everyone ran out of the stockade, and after running dozens of meters away, Fan Meng and Xingshu, who were holding and carrying He Chenxue and He Yuejia, couldn't run anymore, so they slid directly on the ground, and after the two glanced at each other, they asked the woman holding them at the same time: "Can you move?" ”

Yan Gang caught up from behind, grabbed the torture technique and lifted it up: "Run!" Don't grind. ”

"Good...... It seems to be fine. Tan Tong ran up, panting, sat next to the torture technique, and looked at the door of the stockade, "Those rats don't seem to have caught up." ”

Everyone looked towards the door of the stockade, and vaguely saw Yuan Zhenba's back, what he was looking at in the stockade, looking at the ground under his feet, it seemed that those rats really didn't chase out.

"Aren't these rats out of the stockade?" Tan Tong slowly stood up with the big tree next to him, standing on tiptoe and looking into the distance.

"Yan Gang, flares!" Torture said in a low voice, "Shoot it into the air, I want to see the situation inside the stockade." ”

Yan Gang took out the signal gun, aimed at the sky above the watchtower of the stockade, and fired a flare - the flare shot out of the chamber of the gun, and after it was vacated, it emitted a bright green light, and the green light began to extend towards the stockade from their position.

Through the light of the flares, everyone clearly saw the blood-red eyes of the mountain rats, and when the flares were completely extinguished, the nameless Miao Village, which could barely see the outline, was like a monster lying on the top of the mountain, covered with red eyes.

"Run." Yuan Zhenba, who was at the gate of the stockade, suddenly shouted, then turned around and ran towards them, "Run!" Those mountain rats chased them out! Hurryβ€”"

The last word "fast" in Yuan Zhenba's last dragged on, and the moment he finished shouting, the person had quickly passed by everyone, Fan Meng supported He Yuejia, who was already able to walk, and ran away, but He Chenxue was still a little inconvenient because his right foot was a little paralyzed.

"Chenxue, hug me!" The torture technique grabbed He Chenxue, but at this moment, he clearly saw that He Chenxue subconsciously reached out to grab Fan Meng, who had already gotten up and ran, her fingers hooked the corner of Fan Meng's clothes, and Fan Meng also turned his head to look at it, but his glance was like looking at a stranger.

Immediately after, Fan Meng, who didn't make any moves or say anything, hugged He Yuejia and ran away, He Chenxue stayed there, and the stunned torture technique gritted his teeth and picked up He Chenxue, and ran towards the woods.

After everyone rushed into the dark woods, the torture technique was directly tripped by the roots under his feet, and when he fell, he turned to one side, changed directions, and landed his back on the ground, without hurting He Chenxue, who was holding him tightly.

"Yan Gang! Yan! Torture Jutsu, who was covered in bruises, got up and raised his head and shouted, "Flares! Shoot one more and head in the direction we're heading! ”

The sound of torture echoed through the woods, and the darkness of the forest seemed to swallow up his shouts, his voice gradually becoming smaller and smaller after the exit, until it disappeared.

"Morning snow, get up! Let's go! The torture technique leaned over and hugged He Chenxue again, but He Chenxue in the dark propped himself on his chest.

He Chenxue said in a low voice: "Leave me alone, you can go." ”

Torture went to hug again: "Don't talk nonsense! Let's go! ”

"I'll let you go on your own! You can't hear me, do you? He Chenxue suddenly shouted loudly and pushed the torture technique away.

Regardless of He Chenxue's struggle, the torture technique stepped forward to forcibly pick her up and walked forward quickly.

He Chenxue, who was in the arms of the torture technique, was still struggling: "Let me down, I will drag you down!" ”

At this time, in the forest in front of the right side, Yan Gang's second flare finally rose into the air, but the light of the flare fell from the air, piercing the cracks in the branches and leaves of the trees, shaking the face of the torture technique in the running. At this time, He Chenxue saw the torture technique covered with scars and mud, and there was a kind of perseverance on her face that she was very familiar with, but at this moment, she felt the most sad and heartache.

"I'm sorry." He Chenxue said these three words in a low voice, and as soon as he finished speaking, the torture technique suddenly stopped, because he saw Yuan Zhenba running back in front of him.

Yuan Zhenba looked at the torture technique and asked, "What about Xu You?" Have you seen Xu You? ”

Xingshu shook his head: "After entering the forest, everyone was separated, I don't know where he went, and there was too much noise on the radio." ”

Yuan Zhenba looked in the direction of the door of the village: "You go first, I'll go back to him." ”

"Don't go to him!" Bai Zhongzheng ran out from the side and stopped in front of Yuan Zhenba, "The forest is full of stone rats, and these things don't seem to dare to go too far from the village, so they only chase a part." ”

Yuan Zhenba shook his head: "No, I still have to go to him, he can't have an accident, we have to rely on him for some things." ”

Yuan Zhenba ran in the direction of the village as he spoke, and the torture technique continued to move in the opposite direction with He Chenxue and Bai Zhongzheng, and at the moment when Yuan Zhenba chased out of the forest, there was a huge explosion at the mouth of Miao Village, and the flames accompanied by the explosion rose into the air, and the flames from the explosion were scattered among the surrounding grass and trees, turning the entire village's mouth into a sea of fire immediately, and at the same time, even the torturers and others in the depths of the woods could clearly hear Xu You's unique laughter.

Yuan Zhenba stood there, unable to find Xu You's figure, only his laughter accompanied by the squeaky screams of those stone rats.

On the other hand, He Yuejia and Fan Meng had already run out of the forest, He Yuejia really couldn't run, so she slipped directly under a tree, and at the same time pushed Fan Meng and said: "I can't run, go back and see how the morning snow is?" ”

"If you're looking at her, she's going to be fine." Fan Meng sat down, and the moment he sat down, the scene in front of him suddenly shook the scene where He Chenxue grabbed him before, but was thrown away by himself and ignored, he immediately shook his head, trying to drive this scene away from his eyes.

He Yuejia looked at the dark distance, took a low breath, and said, "Chenxue still likes you." ”

Fan Meng just nodded: "Yes." ”

He Yuejia turned her head to look at him: "Do you need me to ask the next question?" Or do you answer it yourself? ”

Fan Meng shook his head: "I don't like her." ”

He Yuejia said coldly: "Since you don't like her, why do you choose to accept her after I left that year?" ”

Without thinking, Van Meng replied, "Because you are sisters, I can only feel you when I look at her." ”

He Yuejia smiled helplessly and didn't say anything anymore, even if it was a lie, she was much more comfortable listening to it, aren't people like this?

At this time, Tan Tong and Samuchuan also rushed out of the forest and appeared about ten meters to the right of Fan Meng.

After seeing Fan Meng and He Yuejia, Tan Tong immediately asked, "Hey, what about the others?" ”

Fan Meng just shook his head, Tan Tong saw his indifferent appearance, scolded in a low voice, turned around and was about to enter the forest, but Samuchuan stopped him and said, "You wait here, I'll go back to find them." ”

Tan Tong nodded and stayed, subconsciously looking at Fan Meng and He Yuejia sitting next to him, even if he was an outsider, he could feel that there was something strange between the two of them, hovering all over his body, making the atmosphere here strange and uncomfortable, as if his throat and eyes were blocked by something, unable to speak and unable to breathe.

Yuan Zhenba, who couldn't find Xu You, had to return to the forest, and when he returned to the forest to meet with the three of them, Xu You, who was blackened by fire and smoke, walked out of the bushes with a smirk, and while walking, he was still talking to himself with his head down, muttering something in his mouth: "Big brother, it's definitely not appropriate for the third child to do this!" ”

After speaking, Xu You's expression changed again, became stern, and said to himself: "Big brother, I think so too!" The third brother has always been so virtuous, anyway, I still can't believe him! ”

Torture, Yuan Zhenba, He Chenxue and Bai Zhongzheng stood there, watching Xu You talk to himself, until Xu You walked over with his head down and bumped into Bai Zhongzheng who was standing there, he was shocked, raised his eyes, glanced at a few people around, and said mysteriously: "It's okay, it's definitely okay, I blew up the nest of those rats!" ”

Xingshu frowned and glanced at Yuan Zhenba, Yuan Zhenba shook his head slightly, and Xingshu asked, "When did you put the explosives?" Did you know that is dangerous? If there is a wildfire, not only will we suffer, but it will also affect several mountains. ”

Xu You hunched over and walked towards the torture technique, approached him and said seriously: "I originally wanted to use it to blow you up, or to take credit for you, but my other three brothers refused. ”

Yuan Zhen Bayi grabbed Xu You: "You're completely crazy, aren't you?" ”

Xu You stared at Yuan Zhenba, and suddenly smiled: "How do you know?" After speaking, Xu You mysteriously approached Yuan Zhenba, and put a finger to his mouth, "Shh-the fourth brother is crazy, you must not tell anyone else, now only our three brothers and you know, understand?" We believe in you! ”

Yuan Zhenba let go of Xu You, and when Xu You retreated, he accidentally touched Bai Zhongzheng, he bounced up like an electric shock, turned around and hugged his bulging backpack and said, "What are you doing?" Don't touch me, be careful that Lao Tzu blows you up! ”

Xingshu shook his head slightly at Bai Zhongzheng, Bai Zhongzheng subconsciously dodged a way, and Xu You trotted away with his backpack and muttering to himself. At the same time as he left, Samuchuan rushed over, passed by Xu You, who was chattering, and then looked at the other people who were staring at Xu You in place, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

As soon as he finished asking, Yan Gang, who was covered in scars, also followed their voices and came over, and when he saw everyone's expressions, he also felt puzzled.

Bai Zhongzheng looked at Yuan Zhenba and asked, "Xu You is really crazy, right?" ”

Yuan Zhenba was silent, it seemed that he didn't know much about the situation, but the torture technique explained: "According to my previous understanding on the phone, Xu You does have a serious mental illness, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a madman. ”

Although the torture technique said this, everyone except He Chenxue's stared at Yuan Zhenba.

Yuan Zhenba himself also knew in his heart that the people here couldn't trust him, and he was also a dispensable person to them.

After everyone came out of the forest and made peace with Fan Meng and others, the torture asked, "Fan Meng, what is the next step?" ”

Fan Meng turned and pointed to the mountain road on the other side: "Go forward, follow the path down the mountain, and then go around the halfway up the mountain, and pass through a forest." ”

When Fan Meng spoke, he didn't look directly at the torture technique, and the torture technique knew that he didn't dare to look at himself, but he was afraid of meeting He Chenxue's eyes beside himβ€”even at this distance, He Chenxue couldn't see his eyes clearly.

When the torture technique was about to propose to leave, He Yuejia said again: "At least wait until dawn, right?" It's too dangerous to climb mountains and mountains in such a dark situation. ”

"There are at most two hours until dawn, so let's sleep for a while." Xingshu sat down against the tree, quickly closed his eyes, and didn't say anything to He Chenxue beside him, let alone arrange for someone to be on duty. This made Yan Gang and Bai Zhongzheng, who were familiar with his methods, feel that something was wrong, but when they saw He Chenxue, who had deliberately kept a distance from the torture technique, they seemed to understand something, and just nodded to each other, walked away separately, and patrolled the surroundings of the rest circle.

Those ferocious stone rats did not chase after them, and when the sun rose, Fan Meng, who had not slept all the time, took the lead in getting up, picked up his backpack, and said, "It's dawn, let's go." ”

When they reached the place that Fan Meng said, nearly an hour and a half had passed, and the sun was already very dazzling at this time, and the muddy ground blown by the heavy rain a few days ago was dried and formed, so that their travel speed was forced to slow down a lot.

"Just go down from here?" The torture technique stepped forward and walked to the edge of the cliff, while he stepped forward, Yan Gang and Bai Zhongzheng subconsciously stared at Fan Meng and the others, worried that they would poison him, and took advantage of the torture technique to push him down.

Fan Meng groped at the base of a pine tree, then grabbed the climbing rope hidden in the ground, covered with dead branches and leaves, and pulled hard: "There is one here, and another one is tied under the big tree in the west, but the length of the two ropes is only fifty meters. ”

Tan Tong stepped forward and tugged on the rope: "Is it strong?" How long has this rope been here? ”

"It's been a few days." Fan Mengdao still didn't look up, "But I'm using the best quality climbing rope on the market here, so it should be fine." ”

"Don't use the word 'should', human life is at stake!" The torture technique walked past Fan Meng, coldly threw down a sentence, and then walked over to Yan Gang, who was looking down from the edge of the cliff, and looked down with him.

Fan Meng could hear that the tone and attitude of the torture technique had changed, and he vaguely knew why, he turned his head to look at He Yuejia, and just smiled, meaning to let her not worry, at this moment, He Yuejia subconsciously glanced at He Chenxue, and He Chenxue was walking towards her, He Yuejia smiled and stretched out her hand towards her sister.

This is the first time that the two sisters have looked like sisters for so many years, but this action of the two did not arouse the ideas of others, and everyone else was paying attention to the bottom of the cliff.

Yan Gang stood there and asked, "How high is this mountain?" How long does it take to climb down from here? ”

Before Fan Meng could answer, Samuchuan preemptively said: "The highest peak of this generation of mountains has a height of 2,200 meters, with an average altitude of about 1,500 meters, and the landform is very similar to that of Zhangjiajie. ”

Fan Meng listened to it on one side and just nodded.

Tan Tong slowly moved to the edge of the cliff and looked down: "1500 meters!?" Are you kidding? The rope is only 50 meters! How do we get down? ”

Fan Meng squatted there: "After going down 50 meters, basically avoiding the most dangerous cliffs, 50 meters down, there are more rocks convex outside the mountain, and then we can only use the usual way of rock climbing to descend, if you count from now on, you can basically reach the bottom of the mountain in the evening." ”

Tan Tong pointed to his watch: "Friend, it's only 7:30 in the morning, judging from last night, the sunset time here this season is 5:30 in the afternoon, we have to stay on the cliff for 10 hours?" ”