Chapter 63: Old Man, Child
Following the sound, Xue Jin and the boy saw the old man lying on the ground humming. The old man's legs seemed to be badly wounded, and he was limp to the ground. He had a dry cigarette in his mouth, and smoke was still coming from the corner of his mouth.
"Help me...... Help me, poor old man......" The old man took a puff of cigarette and raised his head to Xue Jin and the boy for help.
The boy's eyes glanced around the old man like a searchlight, and then said in Xue Jin's ear, "I think this old man is strange." ”
Xue Jin nodded repeatedly, "I think too." He was an old man who was so badly wounded that he was not attacked by wild beasts, and he still had the leisure to smoke. ”
The two quickly agreed, turned around and were about to run.
"Help me!" the old man shouted at the back of his throat, "Abandon the old man and be damned!"
Xue Jin and the boy both pretended not to hear, and spread their legs to run.
"How can you be so unsympathetic?" the old man's eyes flashed, and he rolled over, lay flat on the ground, and continued to smoke the bag of dry tobacco.
Xue Jin and the boy ran desperately for a while, making sure that they were some distance away from the old man, and then stopped to rest.
"You say, could that old man be a wizard or a ghost or something?" Xue Jin said with her hands propped on her laps, and her heart palpitated.
"Wizards, ghosts?" the boy wondered, "I don't know what you're talking about. But the more dangerous ones in the depths of the jungle are usually monsters or monsters. ”
"Demon beasts, big monsters?" Xue Jin looked around, "Is it the kind that is very big and powerful, and can swallow people in one bite?"
The boy made a gesture and motioned for Xue Jin to walk and said, after all, this is the depths of the jungle, where can I walk and chat in a leisurely manner?
Xue Jin walked quickly, still asking the boy with a puzzled look, "Can you tell me about it?" ”
She glanced at the boy's injured hands, but the subtext was, in fact, you have to rely on me now, so you better train me quickly.
The boy said, "I can't tell you for a while." The big ones are not necessarily powerful, and the ones that are ferocious are not necessarily powerful, and some of them look harmless to humans and animals, and they are often more difficult than those with fierce appearances. ”
"That'...... How can I tell?" At the very least, she'd have to figure out the dangers of the creatures and run away if she does.
"Demonic spirit. The boy said, "Judging by the demonic spirit." ”
Demonic ...... This is a very profound question! She really doesn't know how to judge the demonic energy of a demon!
"Hehe, I don't think any of that matters. Xue Jin smiled dryly, "Isn't there still you?" Well, it's up to you to take me out of the jungle next!"
She wanted to be on her own, but she couldn't identify monsters or slay demons. It seems that now, we can only rely on boys. There's no other way.
The boy gave Xue Jin a blank look. As he is now, he can't even hold an axe, and she actually counts on him?
Still, "Just carry the axe for me, and I'll take you out safely." ”
Actually, he couldn't guarantee it at all, but this axe was their only hope now, and they couldn't lose it.
"No problem!" Xue Jin moved her shoulders, indicating that she still had enough strength to carry the axe.
The boy walked in front, followed closely by Xue Jin with an axe, and walked a few more laps in the jungle. But I couldn't find my way, so I kept spinning in the same direction.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Xue Jin began to panic.
"It can't be that the ghost hit the wall, right?" Xue Jin tugged at the boy's clothes.
The boy was busy surveying the route and ignored her.
"Hey, who's that, I'm talking to you!" Xue Jin raised her leg and kicked the boy, "We've been going around here a few times, and there's no way to go on like this!"
"Then tell me, what should we do?" the boy stopped and stared at Xue Jin.
"If only I had a way...... Xue Jin muttered, "Am I not asking you?"
"I really don't know how someone like you who doesn't know anything survives in the demon world. The boy gave Xue Jin a blank look and began to stomp the ground with his feet.
"Like me, make a mark. After a while, you will know if you have taken the same path. The boy gave Xue Jin a demonstration.
Xue Jin flattened her mouth and did so.
Then, they went back to where they were.
"Strange, I'm avoiding walking!" said the boy, staring at the ground and thinking seriously, "Then carve a mark on the tree." He glanced at Xue Jin.
What do you see me doing?, Xue Jin ignored his gaze.
The boy raised his hand with great difficulty, and the meaning was self-evident, just like him, he must not have done it to carve a mark on the tree with an axe.
Well, well, yes, count her out of luck. Xue Jin gritted her teeth and swung her axe vigorously, one after another, marking the trees. I thought to myself, if he brought her back this time, she would definitely help him make a mark by the way!
However, they managed to get back to where they were.
It was already dark, and Xue Jin could only vaguely see things within a meter of the distance, and even the boy next to him didn't look very real, and it looked extremely blurry.
"Hey, we can't really get out. Xue Jin's voice seemed thin and helpless in the dark night. She kind of understood, this boy was unreliable.
"Like, it's a bit of a trouble...... "I just hope I can get through this night safely." ”
At night, wild beasts and monsters are infested, and these powerful and ferocious creatures like to move around at night, sometimes in groups. I just hope they won't be so unlucky, so good to run into each other.
"I guess it's not that unlucky, after all, we basically don't have any demons. "Besides, we're all so small, we can't even fit them between our teeth." ”
"What if they want a change of taste?" Xue Jin also whispered, as if to herself and to the boy.
The two turned to look at each other with a pale and miserable smile.
"What, my name is Xue Jin, what's your name?" Xue Jin asked.
"My name is Blackie. The boy said, "Why do you suddenly ask for a name?"
"It's nothing, just thinking that if we die, we can still have company in hell. Xue Jin smiled dryly, "So say hello by name, so as not to get the wrong person when you get it." ”
"Hehe, who wants to die with you?" the boy was speechless, "I still want to see the sun rise tomorrow......!
Whining...... Whining......
Whining...... Whining......
From the depths of the jungle came the cry of a child, and the cry came this way, closer and clearer.
That voice, listening to the poignant, makes people panic.