Chapter 17: The Forest of the Dead
The giant eagle grabbed Lin Yuanzheng like a prey and flew for more than an hour, came to the top of a hill, and then threw Lin Yuanzheng away, and transformed into a humanoid appearance of a man in black again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Lin Yuanzheng rubbed his shoulder, which had been caught to a sore degree, and took the opportunity to quickly observe the surrounding environment.
The full moon in the sky was surprisingly large, the moonlight was faint, and the hill was lonely, which seemed particularly deserted. Beneath the hill was a vast, eerie forest, from which from time to time came the howl of a wolf and the roar of an unknown beast.
"Why is it so late?"
A hoarse voice came from a large rock at the top of the mountain, startling Lin Yuanzheng a lot. When I looked closely, there was a monster with a rat head and a human body squatting on the stone: wearing an apricot yellow robe, holding a small cane in his hand, with a long beard and a big tail—wasn't this the rat monster that Lin Yuanzheng saw on the floating island? How did it end up here?
"Because this prisoner has not been able to get the Taoyuan Village pass for a long time, he has been blocked by the barrier, so it has been delayed until now. After delaying the time, I asked the child god to punish him. The man in black replied respectfully.
"It doesn't matter." The rat monster called "Zishen" waved his hand, and then stretched out his staff and pointed at Lin Yuanzheng, who looked nervous, and said a few words in his mouth, Lin Yuanzheng suddenly felt that his whole body seemed to be restrained by an invisible rope, and he couldn't move at all.
"How's the matter of the Nine Heavens Palace key that you tracked down?" The rat monster asked again.
"Hui Zishen: My subordinates have been paying attention to all the big and small movements in Taoyuan Village, how can I do it, how can I that old man city of the patriarch is too deep. subordinates fail to ...... Nothing was found. ”
"I can't blame you, what is hidden in the Nine Heavens Palace is the biggest secret in this world. The custodian of the key will naturally be extremely cautious, and it is very likely that the key is not in Taoyuan Village. ”
"Yes, thank you for your understanding of your subordinates! ――It's just that his subordinates have been lurking in Taoyuan Village for many years, and they are very curious about what secrets are hidden in the Nine Heavens Palace? Can the child god ......?"
"Mouthy! Is this what you should ask? Don't ask what you shouldn't. Let the immortal chief know, and immediately teach you that your soul is scattered, and you will never be reborn. ”
"Yes, yes, my subordinates are stupid." The man in black seemed to be very frightened by the warning of the rat monster god, and his whole body trembled, and he immediately raised his hand and slapped himself twice.
"You don't have to blame yourself, in the near future, when our artifact appears, the secret of the Nine Heavens Palace will not be worth mentioning. If not, the Immortal Elder wouldn't let you give up your lurking and rush here. "The child god seems to be comforting the man in black.
"Yes, yes." The man in black hurriedly agreed.
"That's it. You should take prisoner No. 684 down and guard it well, and don't let him escape again. In another hour, when the moon is at its fullest, the Taiping Immortals will come over to preside over the Yuan Shen Return Array, and you should pay more attention to check the surrounding movements. There must be no deviation in the meantime, otherwise—"
"Yes, yes, even if the subordinates are broken bones, they must ensure the smooth completion of the immortal growth array." The man in black raised his finger and swore an oath.
The rat monster waved his sleeves and turned his back to continue looking at the moon, as if muttering to himself, "When the great sage is resurrected, it won't be long before this forest becomes a veritable forest of the dead." Death and terror will come upon the land again. Haha, hahaha. ”
The man in black stretched out a big hand and lifted Lin Yuanzheng like a sack to a stone wall, and whispered a few incantations in his mouth, the stone wall slowly opened, revealing a big hole in the black rumbling, and the man in black carried Lin Yuanzheng and got into it. In the dark, Lin Yuanzheng's head, face, and body kept bumping and bumping on the stone wall, and his head and face were scratched a lot, so he could only scold the man in black in his heart for being blind and careless.
I don't know how far I walked, but when I turned a corner, a large iron cage suddenly appeared, and some torches were lit on the stone wall outside the cage, and several powerful and tall wolf-headed monsters armed with spears, bows and arrows were patrolling back and forth outside the cage.
The man in black threw Lin Yuanzheng into the cage, turned around and locked the cell door, and ordered the wolf-headed monster to be firmly guarded, and then turned around and disappeared into the darkness.
"Brother, brother, I, I'm so scared of ......" A boy's low voice came from the corner of the cage, and this voice carried a hint of crying, as if he had just cried.
"I'm here." Another boy comforted him.
It took a long while for Lin Yuanzheng to regain his freedom. He stood up and moved his limbs, which were a little stiff, and by the dim light, he realized that there were two more people in the corner of the cage.
The two men appeared to be brothers, the eldest being seventeen or eighteen years old, and the younger one seemed to be only twelve or thirteen years old, both squatting in the corners of the cage in white prison clothes, with their hands and feet still shackled. It seems that the two of them suffered the same as Lin Yuanzheng.
"Y-Who are you?" The older boy obviously tried his best to restrain his fear, and looked at Lin Yuanzheng with some vigilance.
"My name is Lin Yuanzheng, what about you?" Lin Yuanzheng lowered his tone and tried his best to show his kindness.
There was silence for a moment before the boy replied, "My name is Shi Zhongyu." ”
Jade in the stone? It sounds a lot like a character in Jin Yong's novel, but it's obviously not his real name.
"He's your brother?" Lin Yuanzheng pointed to another boy.
"Well, his name is Shi Potian." "Shi Zhongyu" tried his best to avoid Lin Yuanzheng's gaze, although he was a lot younger than Lin Yuanzheng, but he looked quite experienced in dealing with people.
Obviously, the other party was wary of Lin Yuanzheng, the conversation was interrupted for a while, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward, only the footsteps of the wolf-headed monster walking around outside were heard.
"Brother, you say, if we don't leave home and run away from home, maybe we won't be here......" The boy named "Shi Potian" looked at the wolf-headed monster outside, and his voice trembled slightly.
"Well, don't worry, I'll take you out, and then we'll go home together." Shi Zhongyu tried to keep the appearance of "everything will be fine".
"You say, these, these people...... What the hell catch us for? Shi Potian's voice became weaker and weaker, and his body curled up in a ball.
This question was obviously asked by the wrong person, and it was not asked at the right time, Shi Zhongyu didn't know how to answer, and was silent for a long time, Shi Zhongyu suddenly looked at Lin Yuanzheng-
"I think you were captured by them too."
"Hmm." Lin Yuanzheng replied casually, but his eyes kept looking at the monsters outside, maybe he could find some loopholes in the behavior patterns of these monsters and escape.
"We can work together." Shi Zhongyu looked like he was looking for something and slowly approached Lin Yuanzheng, and his voice was very low.
"How to cooperate?" Lin Yuanzheng also quietly approached Shi Zhongyu, trying not to be noticed by the monsters outside.
"These monsters rotate about every two hours, and the newcomers stay outside for more than ten minutes before coming in. At that time we had a little chance. Shi Zhongyu quickly skimmed the outside, and now there are a total of four monsters outside.
"Oh. Can you pick a lock? "Lin Yuanzheng is not so optimistic, even if the monsters don't come in outside, how can they leave the iron cage and escape?
"I've got something here." Shi Zhongyu's clenched fist stretched out a little, and he could see a piece of iron wire exposed in his hand.
"Wow." Lin Yuanzheng exclaimed in a low voice, praised Shi Zhongyu quite a lot, and then asked, "How long have you been here?" ”
"It's been about two, three, three or four days." Shi Zhongyu was not very sure, the cave was very dark, only a few torches illuminated, there was no sunlight coming in at all, and he couldn't determine the time.
"Have you been locked up here all this time?"
"Hmm."
"Didn't anyone or some monster say anything?" Lin Yuanzheng tried his best to find some clues from Shi Zhongyu.
"Yes...... Eh, there is no ......" Shi Zhongyu swallowed, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.
"Is there or isn't? Now that we're all trapped here, it's time to be in this together. Lin Yuanzheng tried to convince Shi Zhongyu.
"I'm afraid that even if you say it, you won't believe it." Shi Zhongyu's tone was hard.
The two fell into silence again, Lin Yuanzheng waited for a while, and Shi Zhongyu obviously had no intention of explaining the situation to him further.
"Actually, I have a way to get out of here." Lin Yuanzheng said suddenly.
"What's the solution?" Shi Zhongyu's eyes immediately glowed.
"I'm afraid that if I say it, you won't believe it." Lin Yuanzheng said.
He was telling the truth, and what he had been going through these days had given him some insight into the world - if it was really just a "game world", combined with what the girl said that day, "resurrect and become a wild monster", maybe they had a way to escape - kill themselves, and then go back to the novice village to resurrect.
It's a big deal, just a three-day monster.
However, the above situation is just speculation.
Speculation can be bold, but it takes enough determination, courage, and courage to carry it out.
――If you really want to commit suicide, even Lin Yuanzheng himself can't make up his mind. Who would dare to risk their own lives for experiments?
So even if he said it, let alone Shi Zhongyu and Shi Potian brothers, even he couldn't believe it.
"Oh. If you don't say it, forget it, I'll think of a way sooner or later. Shi Zhongyu thought that Lin Yuanzheng was verbally retaliating for what he had just said, and after listening to it, he walked to the corner of the cage and squatted, no longer speaking, his two hands kept moving quietly, as if he was pounding the wire.
Lin Yuanzheng sighed, slightly regretting his reckless and impulsive words just now, although this stone jade is not very old, but it has a kind of arrogance and self-confidence beyond his age, it seems that he still needs to be careful when talking to someone like him.
But what kind of attention should I pay attention to? Lin Yuanzheng is actually not very good at dealing with different people.
Just as he was trying to figure out how to communicate with the two brothers next, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and two short monsters with fox heads and robes walked in.
"The son god has an order, tell me two people, take two first, and people go to sacrifice and formation." The foxhead monster conveys orders to the wolf-headed monster, and they also stumble in their speech, but it is a little more fluent than the wolf-headed monster. When the wolf-headed monster heard this, he immediately opened the iron door of the cage, and then broke in and began to arrest people.
"Wow-" Shi Potian cried as he tried to dodge behind the iron cage.
"Wait, if you want to arrest me, let go of my brother! Let him go! Shi Zhongyu stretched out his two arms and struggled to block in front of Shi Potian.
"The formation needs, a pair of brothers, brothers." A fox-headed monster instructed the wolf-headed monster to move with an expression on its face.
Although Shi Zhongyu and Shi Potian were struggling, the wolf-headed monster was not only tall, but also very powerful, and the two shoulders resisted one and the two brothers were taken out of the cage and into the darkness; I only heard the sound of the two brothers shouting from the other side of the darkness.
With a "dang", the cage door was locked again, and the entire cage was left with a frightened Lin Yuanzheng, alone, as if waiting for the verdict of fate.