Chapter 21: Trauma
When the black shadow enveloped He Yuejia at the same time, He Yuejia also realized that someone appeared behind her, when she turned around sharply and pulled out the dagger at the same time, the black shadow knocked down the dagger she did not hold steady with a very fast hand, turned sideways, came to her side, raised his hand and hit the back of her head.
After the heavy blow, He Yuejia stared and fainted, and the moment she fell, the last thing she saw was a pair of black high-top boots.
The black shadow wearing the numb cloak immediately supported He Yuejia, and immediately found the injury on the back of her hand, and whispered in a strange emphasis: "It is a miracle that I have been able to survive until now after being poisoned by ghosts and insects!" ”
The black shadow carried He Yuejia on his shoulder, turned around and disappeared into the labyrinth.
When Fan Meng returned the way he had followed the traces he had carved with the stones, the only thing he saw was He Yuejia and his bag, there was no blood around him, no traces of struggle and struggle, and no signs of opening the mechanism around, and the person seemed to suddenly disappear out of thin air.
"Yuejia-" Fan Meng was anxious, shouting around at the top of his voice, "He Yuejia-"
No one answered, he ran directly in the direction of his subconscious like a headless fly, just ran a few steps, and stepped on a mechanism under his feet, he subconsciously lay down trying to avoid the short arrows shot from both sides, but he didn't expect to lie down at the moment, only to find that this mechanism was going towards his legs, and he lay down and aimed his head at the direction of the short arrow.
In a desperate move, he grabbed Fan Meng's ankles with both hands and dragged him backwards, allowing Fan Meng to escape from under the sickle of death.
"Lost your own woman, and then went to die?" The man laughed dryly after speaking, "This is not like the style of the first worker!" ”
When Fan Meng heard this voice, he knew that it was Xu You, so he immediately turned over and pretended to be calm: "I'm in a hurry, but thank you for saving my life." ”
"Just thanks?" Xu You looked Fan Meng up and down, deliberately stimulating him, "If I save the torture technique, the punishment technique will not be as simple as thanking me. ”
Fan Meng smiled: "Xu You, although I am indeed in a hurry to find my daughter-in-law now, I will not lose the most basic judgment because of your radical method, and I know that you must know the entrance and exit of this labyrinth, otherwise, it is impossible to come and go freely like this, and besides, you should also be a person who tattoos the weasel." ”
Xu You shook his head: "I can tell you the truth, I did come here for a purpose, but the person who bought me was not a weasel." ”
Fan Meng frowned: "You mean, there are other forces involved?" ”
Xu Youdao: "I can only tell you this. ”
Fan Meng looked Xu You up and down: "You want to make a deal with me?" ”
Xu nodded: "Of course, no matter what, you are one of the first workers of the Jade Casting Society, and convincing you is equivalent to getting half of the support of the Jade Casting Society, and as for the other half of the torture technique, I have other methods." ”
Fan Meng thought for a moment and asked, "What do you want?" Whatever you want, I can consider it, but you have to give Yuejia back to me first! ”
"You misunderstood!" Xu You shook his head, "I didn't kidnap He Yuejia. ”
Fan Meng was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked around: "You mean, there are other people in this maze?" ”
"I wasn't sure before, but now it's certain that there should be." Xu You looked into the distance, "Otherwise, He Yuejia wouldn't have disappeared mysteriously." ”
Fan Meng asked, "What else do you know?" You all tell me that we cooperate! ”
Xu You smiled and said, "Fan Meng, you tried your best to find the Jiacuo Palace, not just because of the threat of the weasel, right?" I really don't want to believe that an ambitious person like you will take your wife to do a small business after completing this operation, and become an ordinary person, if I guessed correctly, you originally wanted to find the Jiacuo Hall as a reason to make a name for yourself in the industry, and really become the first worker, but I didn't expect to kill a criminal technique halfway, and the person who chose the criminal technique turned out to be your father-in-law Xuan Tong, and his practice made your wishful thinking all come to naught. ”
Fan Meng was silent, just listened expressionlessly, in Xu You's eyes, he basically acquiesced.
Xu You nodded to himself and said: "So, you are eager to find the Jiacuo Hall in front of the torture technique, and you know very well that this kind of person will not compete with you for this so-called fame, he will give it to you, and he will also admit that you found it first, so that your road will be paved, of course, even if the torture technique does not admit it, you may use other means to force him to admit it, or simply kill him!" ”
When Xu You said this, his tone became a little fierce, Fan Meng sneered, and Xu You then smiled again: "But you don't dare, the few people around you are not vegetarians, your mind is not as good as that of torture, and you are not his opponent when you fight alone, and there are no people here who are completely loyal to you, even Yuan Zhenba, who was originally standing with you, chose to break away from you, and the only person you have left who can cooperate is me!" ”
Fan Meng said: "You said enough, right? Give a happy word, do you want to do it together! ”
"Yes!" Xu You said with a smile, "But our covenant won't last too long, because when our cooperation reaches the end, either you kill me, or I kill you, after all, in this place, it is considered an extralegal place, if a person dies, at most it is missing, you and I are not afraid of death, it is better to cooperate." ”
Xu You stretched out his hand to Fan Meng, who smiled and clenched his hand.
Just when everyone was busy for their own purposes, no one thought that the first person to walk out of the labyrinth and come to the edge of the deep pool, looking up at the huge waterfall overhead, was actually Bai Zhongzheng, who had been keeping radio silence and seemed to be missing.
The deep pool in front of Bai Zhongzheng's eyes is semi-circular, surrounded by stairs that can be stepped down, the stairs extend into the bottom of the water, and the water in the pool glows green in the sun, this turquoise is like a piece of fine jade revealing light, which makes people can't help but slowly approach to see what is going on. Look at the waterfall on the opposite side, there are at least more than 30 meters from top to bottom, and there is a huge carved stone door faintly visible in the waterfall, and there are two demon swallowing beasts on both sides of the stone gate with their heads raised and their mouths open.
Bai Zhongzheng picked up the walkie-talkie, and when he was about to call the torture, he suddenly remembered something, picked up the satellite phone he had hidden, and dialed it out, and after a long time, Guo Hongkui's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Zhongzheng, you found it?" Is it related to Qimen? ”
Bai Zhongzheng hesitated for a second and said: "Kui Ye, I should have arrived outside the Jiacuo Fort, I have already seen the gate inside the waterfall, this way is really not in vain, Xing Renju did hide the clue in the Jiacuo Hall back then." ”
Guo Hongkui immediately said: "Can you contact me and explain that you are now a person?" ”
"Yes." Bai Zhongzheng responded, subconsciously looking back at the exit of the labyrinth, "I am a person, I am the first person to come out of the labyrinth, I have found the law, the law is the arrangement of the organ, it is located according to the most basic direction and twelve hours, as long as you find this law, it takes a while to come out, and the person who designed this maze is definitely not a Miao person." ”
Guo Hongkui said excitedly: "Then why don't you hurry up and go in and get the clues left by Xing Renju!" ”
"Kui Ye, this is a bit ......" Bai Zhongzheng hesitated, and then said resolutely, "This is a bit unkind and unjust, right?" Because the criminal technique found the clue of Qimen, it was to be handed over to that weasel. ”
Guo Hongkui was stunned: "Tattooed ferret!?" What is a weasel? ”
Only then did Bai Zhongzheng tell him about the tattooed weasel, Guo Hongkui listened to it, was silent for a long time, and finally said: "You are right, human life is at stake, I can wait for the torture and others to go in together, and I will also find a way to track down the weasel here, and use my method to find out why this organization is interested in Qimen and dig into their bottoms, but my ability is limited, so, no matter what, you must also guard the secrets of the curious gate, and you can't fall into the hands of others, otherwise I can't face the ancestors of the Guo family." ”
Bai Zhongzheng immediately said: "Kui Ye, don't worry, I will fight with my life." ”
Hanging up the phone, Bai Zhongzheng tried to use the radio to call the torture technique, but he didn't expect that after turning on the walkie-talkie, it was all noise, he tried several times, and after changing the angle, he had to give up, and then looked at the stone door hidden in the waterfall and decided to see if it could be opened.
In the depths of the labyrinth, Yuan Zhenba and He Chenxue couldn't wait for Xu You to come back for a long time, and Yuan Zhenba realized that Xu You should have judged that someone was approaching He Chenxue from He Chenxue's scream before, so he didn't show up directly, maybe to continue to find the way, maybe lurking in the shadows, to see what he and He Chenxue would say.
But in fact, Yuan Zhenba has nothing to say to He Chenxue, the reason why he appeared is completely out of He Chenxue's safety considerations, of course, he also thinks that if He Chenxue is saved, maybe the relationship with the criminal technique will not be so stiff, although the relationship between the two has been considered an icebreaker earlier, but to go further, he Chenxue is needed as a medium.
Of course, Yuan Zhenba was also very interested in Xu You's sentence "That's because he doesn't know your value at all".
What is the value of He Chenxue?
Yuan Zhenba, who was sitting next to He Chenxue, secretly looked at this weak girl, this negative person, this woman who is not sorry to die in the eyes of those who are emotionally extreme, what kind of role does she play in this adventure? Is it just that he has failed the torture technique and has become a pawn of Fan Meng?
It's not that simple.
Yuan Zhenba thought of this, got up and said: "We can only wait for death if we stay here, although there is still food and water, but after nightfall, the ghost knows what will be in this labyrinth." ”
He Chenxue shook her head slightly: "If I don't leave, he will save me." ”
When Yuan Zhen opened his mouth and wanted to say, "Who is he that you are talking about", the words came to his mouth and swallowed back, he didn't want to hit He Chenxue, because except for He Chenxue, everyone knew that Fan Meng only had He Yuejia in his eyes, unless He Yuejia was in danger, otherwise, he would never make a move easily.
At the bottom of the labyrinth, along the bed of the underground river, five meters away from the entrance, the four torturers were all relieved after making sure that Na Tingzu was not chasing, either sitting down, or panting against the cave wall on one side, everyone's minds were in chaos, and they couldn't figure out what had happened before.
The continuous nervous escape, coupled with the fright of almost being killed before, caused Tan Tong to vomit sideways after gasping for a while, Yan Gang stepped forward and patted him on the back, and handed him a kettle to rinse his mouth, Tan Tong relieved himself for a long time, and opened his mouth and said: "Zombie!" Zombies for sure! ”
Yan Gang didn't approve or object, but said, "It's okay if no one hits so many arrows." ”
"Yes!" Xingshu nodded, "Have you all forgotten the story that Yuan Zhenba told?" ”
Tan Tong frowned: "You mean that the kind of monster that the deceased person took the strange medicine specially made by the corpse chaser and then became into the world?" ”
Xingshu looked at Samuchuan: "Yes, isn't that kind of monster similar to the legendary zombie?" ”
Tan Tong found out at this time that the torture technique looked at Samuchuan, and he suddenly remembered what Samuchuan said when he saved himself before, coupled with Yan Gang's suspicions at the earliest, he couldn't help but step forward, grabbed Samuchuan, and asked, "What do you kid know?" Who the hell are you? You weren't sent by the Weasel!? ”
Samuchuan looked at Tan Daodao: "Brother Pao, I did hide something from you, but I am not a person with a tattooed weasel, and I don't want to harm you." ”
Tan Tong didn't let go: "Then you make it clear, what are you hiding from me?" ”
The torture technique stepped forward and motioned for Tan Tong to let go, and Tan Tong let go, but then lowered his voice and asked fiercely: "What the hell did you say!" It's all this time, are you hiding it? ”
Samuchuan nodded, raised his eyes and looked around, and said for a long time: "I...... I used to ...... Good...... Looks like I've been here. ”
The others were stunned, and Yan Gang immediately asked, "If you have been here, you have been here, what do you mean?" ”
Samuchuan lowered his head, brushed his hair, and subconsciously turned on the flashlight to shine it, found a scar there, and asked, "What do you mean?" ”
"I had a head injury, and my memories of a few years ago were blurred, and it wasn't until we walked into the labyrinth that I realized as if I had been here. ”
Tan Channel: "You have amnesia? ”
"No, it's a traumatic disorder." Samuchuan shook his head, "The doctor said that it was caused by mental overtension and brain injury, but I can be sure that a few years ago, I didn't come in through that basin, but came in from the other side of the mountain, I think about it." Samuchuan covered his head and said, closing his eyes, "At that time, I was invited to save people, at that time there was a hiking team, a group of about 10 people, all disappeared in the mountains of Xiangxi, among them there was a young man's father is very rich, tried his best to find the local Miao people who are familiar with the terrain, and searched in the mountains, the man said, live to see people, dead to see corpses, in short, to find, even if it is to find the skeleton." ”
Xingshu and the others glanced at each other, but they didn't speak, and listened to Samuchuan continue: "So, when Brother Pao found me and said that he was coming to Xiangxi, I was actually scared and excited, I actually wanted to find out why I was afraid, because I had never been afraid of the deep mountains of Xiangxi before, and since that time, I have been a little afraid, so I want to understand what is going on!" ”
Torture nodded, "You mean, that rescue operation failed, and you were the only one who survived in the end, right?" ”
"No, three." Samuchuan looked at River Plate and said, "My cousin and I, as well as an experienced mountaineering expert, have been in a coma since my cousin was rescued, and he has not woken up until now, the reason why I want to sign a contract and ask for such a high price is completely for him." ”
Tan Tong immediately asked, "What about that mountaineering expert?" Also in a vegetative state? ”
Samuchuan raised his eyes and looked at Tan Daodao: "After lying in the hospital for three days, he died of his injuries, and he fell into a coma due to intracranial hemorrhage, and missed the best time for surgery." ”
Yan Gang asked, "Why is this happening?" ”
Samuchuan frowned: "I just want to figure out why this is happening!" I was confused until we came down, and I heard the sound of chains, and I finally remembered that the rest of our team was killed by that thing, a total of 12 people, all of them died at the hands of that thing, and two of them were directly split in half! ”
Hearing this, the torture and others gasped, because everyone knew that even if a normal person was armed with a divine weapon, to split a person in half, he not only had to master good skills, but also had considerable strength, and the three were indispensable, and it was not something that could be done by just finding someone.
Tan Tong squatted down, looked at Samuchuan and asked, "Have you remembered everything?" ”
Samuchuan shook his head: "No, it's all fragments, I can only remember that many people died, and the three of us escaped, at that time the three of us were frightened, and we were not injured, and when we climbed back along the cliff, the expert fell on his head, and my cousin and I took turns carrying him and continued to walk back, and then encountered a torrential rain, my cousin and I both fell down the mountain, I thought I was dead, but I was rescued, I really can't remember the details." ”
"So, you also walked into the labyrinth? ”
"Yes, we got lost and broke in by mistake, and as you can see, GPS is completely useless." Samuchuan pointed in the direction of the wreckage, "We just went down the hole that the wreckage had smashed out, and when we came down, we ran into that thing." ”
Torture thought for a moment and asked, "You said not to make a sound, that thing is blind, is the experience you gained from the last time you faced that monster?" ”
"yes, but my cousin found out." Samukawa's face turned pale, "That thing doesn't react to light, which means that it can't see anything, the optic nerve is completely destroyed, and it can only rely on listening to sounds to discern the location of other things, in addition, this thing can also listen to breathing." ”
Torture immediately said: "Yes, listen to the breath, that thing approached me before, it should be to get close to listen to the breath, so to speak, this thing is not invincible." ”
"And the chains!" Yan Gang also remembered something, "Maybe we can follow the chain to the end, and we can discover the secret of the monster, and since that thing is tied with an iron chain, it means that there is not only him here, but there are other people here, this person keeps this strange man like a dog, and takes care of his own home." ”
After hearing this, Tan Tong subconsciously looked in the direction where the strange man was: "In the story of Yuan Zhenba, the only one who can make this kind of monster is a corpse chaser, do you mean to say that there is still a corpse chaser living here, right?" ”
Torture also looked over there: "Maybe." ”