Chapter 57: Cunning
"Venerable, these are just myths and legends, what is it that you say can confuse people's minds with her singing voice and even drive strange beasts to attack us?"
Of course, Hu Shengzhe would not believe that this Snow Girl would be a subordinate of the Snow Mountain God Bayan Lagong or something like that, after all, there are no gods in this world, not even the Snow Mountain God, let alone any subordinates.
Venerable Mazha shook his head and said, "No one can tell what the Snow Maiden is, everyone has only heard her singing, but no one has ever seen her true appearance, maybe everyone who has seen her is dead, such as that friend named Zhang Yan." ”
Seeing that Venerable Mazha couldn't say a single reason, Hu Shengzhe turned to look at Wang Lei behind him and said, "Old Wang, you know these ancient beasts and monsters best, is there any type that is most similar to this Snow Girl?" ”
Wang Lei groaned and thought for a long time before he said: "I remembered that there is a record in the ancient book that there is a mountain called Yaoguang. The sunny side of the south of this mountain is rich in jade, and the yin side of the north of the mountain is rich in gold. In this mountain, there is a kind of strange beast, shaped like a woman but with a pig-like mane on her back, which generally appears in winter, likes to sing, but the song it sings is very difficult to hear, like the sound of chopping wood, once it sings, there will be a serious snow disaster in the world, the name is Qianyuan, just I thought carefully for a long time, all the strange beasts and monsters in the ancient books, only this cunning is a little similar to this snow girl, of course, there are many different places. ”
Hu Shengzhe nodded and said: "I don't know if the so-called Snow Girl we are talking about is this cunning dream, think about it, this cunning dream looks like a woman, which just fits the image of the legendary Snow Girl as a beautiful woman, as for the back with a mane like a pig, it reminds me of the black snow worm." ”
Yu Tingting said: "Professor Hu, do you mean that the mane on the back of the cunning dream is actually a black snow worm?" This cunning is the host of the black snow worm, or is it a special symbiotic relationship with the black snow worm, so Zhang Yan was confused and eaten by the cunning at that time, and then he was infected with the black snow worm on the cunning body? ”
Hu Shengzhe said: "Yes, that's it, think about it carefully, the two are simply too similar, and both sides like to sing, as soon as they sing, there will be a serious snow disaster in the world, where this snow girl appears, how can it not be icy and snowy?" ”
Wang Lei smiled and said: "To give you such an explanation, now I almost think that maybe the ancient beast Qianmeng recorded in this ancient book is what we are talking about now, but there seems to be a little difference between the two sides, for example, the cunning song in the ancient book records does not seem to have the ability to confuse people or even make people hallucinate, not to mention that it can use its song to drive other strange beasts." ”
Hu Shengzhe shook his head and said: "The ancients had limited cognition, and they didn't understand the other abilities of this cunning, but they could also understand that the cunning recorded in the ancient books may not have completely recorded all of its abilities, and it is not unusual." ”
Wang Lei said: "Okay, I won't argue with you about this now, whether this snow girl is a human or a ghost, or really this cunning dream, it doesn't matter now, the important thing is how to find a way to solve this snow girl, otherwise it will keep pestering us and use its song to drive other strange beasts to attack us, then we will be in danger." ”
Venerable Mazha said: "The Snow Maiden is very cunning, without full certainty, it will not appear, for so many years, no one who has seen it has survived, it is not easy for us to deal with it." ”
Xiao Ling said: "Maybe it just saw that we killed so many red pigs, and it doesn't dare to appear again." ”
Venerable Mazha smiled faintly and said, "I hope so." ”
Maybe Xiao Ling really said it, for most of the next half of the day, everyone stayed on this floating block, floating slowly along the current, and there was no more danger along the way, and no more snow girl was heard.
Everyone felt sleepy, and they successively rested on the ice to replenish their physical strength and spirit.
Gradually, time seemed to lose its meaning in this boundless darkness, and everyone was just hungry to eat, thirsty to drink, sleepy to rest, and let the ice floes float, never to meet a living creature along the way.
The only thing I felt was that the food and fresh water that everyone carried with them were getting less and less.
Xiao Ling's feeling is stronger than everyone else, the last time he killed three red pigs with his own hands, as if a mysterious door had been opened in his body, Xiao Ling felt that he had a stronger understanding of strength and body, including his own physical fitness and strength seemed to have been further strengthened, and his physical strength and spirit became more and more abundant.
When everyone was sleepy, he was still full of strength, and even had a feeling of unhappiness and unhappiness, and often had an urge to itch his hands, and it seemed that it was best to have a few more red pigs, so that they could be slaughtered to relieve their hunger and get over their addiction.
This feeling made Xiao Ling a little vigilant in his heart, wondering if he would become a bloodthirsty madman if he continued like this.
Every time Zhou Kesheng woke up, he would take out his pocket watch to look at the time, silently calculating the time spent on this ice floe.
"It's been three days......" Zhou Kesheng let out a long breath.
When the others heard this, their heads, which had become a little numb, came alive.
"We've been floating here for three days?" Hearing this, everyone was a little surprised.
Pang Yan muttered, "How long will you have to float next?" How long is this underground river? We don't have much food left, and I'm afraid we won't be able to last a few days. ”
Although everyone was well prepared for this trip, they still didn't expect to be trapped in this underground river for so many days, and looking at the beginning and end ahead, they still didn't know how long it would float, this unknown made everyone feel a kind of despair and panic.
"Venerable, what do you think?" Zhou Kesheng sighed and looked at Venerable Maza.
For the past three days, His Holiness Mazha has been sitting cross-legged on the ice, entering a meditative state, and does not seem to feel cold.
Hearing Zhou Kesheng's inquiry, Venerable Mazha opened his eyes, looked into the darkness in the distance, and suddenly said, "It's close." ”
"Huh?" Everyone was a little stunned when they heard Venerable Maza's brainless words, and looked at him.
"Venerable, what's close?" Hu Shengzhe was busy asking.
Venerable Maza's gaze became deep, and he said slowly: "I feel it, the heavenly kingdom I am looking for is just ahead, and we are approaching there. ”
Hearing this, everyone's hearts were shocked, and then they followed the eyes of Venerable Maza and looked into the dark depths ahead.
Sun Tao turned on the flashlight, and a beam of light shone into the darkness in the distance.
In the beam, something appeared in the darkness in front of them, it was a huge and dark shadow, because it was far away, everyone could not see the whole picture.