Chapter 57: The Ghost Team
The black shadow that emerged from Ganlan's body fled quickly, like a whirlwind, and disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.
Vaguely, I saw the black shadow with long hair, the woman I had seen first.
The evil spirit left the body, and Ganlan's body immediately fell to the ground limply.
I hurriedly helped her up, and just wanted to ask her what had happened, but the latter rolled her eyes and passed out.
Reached out and probed her nose, breathing evenly, there was no danger to life, but I was hit in the shoulder with a mountain whip before, and at this time my clothes were stained red with blood, and I don't know if the injury was serious.
I picked up the flashlight, which was strange to say, when it came back on.
Unbutton her dress and examine the wound.
Most of the Tujia people's clothes were tied with buttons, and I saw that her fragrant shoulders were blurred with flesh and blood.
Although the wound was not large, the whip was mainly based on strength, and her bones must have been severely damaged.
When I saw the injuries I inflicted myself, I felt guilty in my heart.
But this is also a matter of no choice, the situation was critical just now, who would have expected Gan Lan to appear here? Still being caught by evil spirits?
At this time, there was still some distance from the Stone Mountain Tower, and Ganlan's injuries were serious and needed to be treated immediately, at least the bleeding had to be stopped first.
But this place is dangerous, not to mention the evil spirits, and those vicious lizards alone are enough for us.
I picked up Ganlan and walked into a stone house.
There was a stone bed in the room, and I placed her on the stone bed, and to be safe, I lifted the fallen wooden door to seal the doorway, so that even if the monitor lizard appeared, I could temporarily block them.
The stone house is dilapidated and ventilated on all sides. I set my flashlight aside and tore my clothes to bandage Kalan's wounds.
The medicines brought from Chen Liming were all in the backpack that Yan Xiaoying was carrying, and at this time, she could only simply bandage her wounds, and then deal with them when she joined Yan Xiaoying.
Fortunately, Ganlan's physical fitness is not ordinarily good, and after resting for about ten minutes, she finally woke up and turned around.
She opened her eyes, snorting and a look of pain.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you just now, I started hard, how do you feel?" I asked with concern.
"Brother Tianyan...... You...... Why is it here? ”
Seeing that it was me, Gan Lan's face was full of surprise and disbelief, hugging her injured shoulder, and asked in pain.
"It's a long story, Xiao Ying and I and one other person have all come here, let's talk about you, didn't you say that you hunted around the underground burial lake before? Why did you suddenly end up on this island in the middle of the lake? He was also taken up by evil spirits...... What about the rest of the hunting party? Why don't you stay with them? ”
"I don't know ......"
Gan Lan shook her head bitterly and said, "That day...... In the evening we ...... Set up camp by the lake...... In the middle of the night, a group of large lizards appeared and attacked us, and we killed many lizards, but there were so many of them that many people were dragged into the water by them, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead. ”
"My Abba was dragged into the water, and I wanted to save him, but there were too many lizards. And then I kept running and running and running and I didn't know where I went, but that place was still by the lake. I saw a long-haired woman crying there, and I thought it was a companion, but I didn't know she ......"
Speaking of this, Ganlan's face was full of horror, and she trembled: "That woman is so terrible, she only looked at me, and I passed out, and then I was in a daze...... I found myself with another person in my body......"
It turned out that Ganlan didn't know how she got to this place, but she thought that it must be because of the female ghost, she got into Ganlan's body, came here, and then met me......
According to what she said, I am afraid that the Tujia hunting party has been killed, and I can't imagine that those monitor lizards are not only moving around the island......
Gan Lan said that the last time she came here to hunt was ten years ago, when her elders had not encountered such strange things, and this time she did not know what happened.
Then, she asked again how I was here?
Maybe it was because of the injury that I wounded, I felt guilty in my heart, and I didn't continue to hide it, and told her about how I and Yan Xiaoying came here to look for ghost lanterns, and how I and others came to this island.
"So you went into the mountains for another purpose...... I guessed before that you couldn't be visiting relatives in Tianlong Village......" Gan Lan said weakly.
"We don't have the intention to hide it, after all, this kind of thing is not easy to say, I hope you don't mind." I apologized.
Gan Lan smiled bitterly, her mood was low, coupled with the pain and torture, her body was weak, and it was heart-wrenching to watch.
Anyone can do this when this happens.
I sighed lightly, not knowing how to comfort me, thinking that it would be nice if Yan Xiaoying was here.
I don't know how she and Lin Miao are now? After they were separated, there was no news of the two of them.
After resting for more than ten minutes again, I couldn't sit still, but I couldn't leave Ganlan here alone, so I had to ask her, "Are you...... Can you still walk now? We're going to go to the rocky hill behind Stone House. ”
"Yes ......"
Ganlan struggled to get out of bed.
I carried the whip on my back, removed the wooden plank blocking the door, and helped Gan Lan to leave.
At this moment, Gan Lan suddenly pointed in a certain direction and said tremblingly, "Brother Tianyan...... Look there...... Someone seems to be coming. ”
I was stunned and looked in the direction she was pointing.
In the distance, a row of strange red lights appeared between the collapsed stone houses. When I looked closely, I found that the red light was actually emitted by red lanterns.
After each lantern, there was a person who followed, because the distance was too far to see who they were, but it was estimated that there must have been at least a dozen people.
"Why are there so many people on this island all of a sudden?"
I was surprised, at first I thought it was Yan Xiaoying and the two of them, but I didn't expect such a group of strange people to suddenly appear.
They were carrying red lanterns and were coming in the direction we were.
No, to be exact, it should be towards that rocky mountain.
And where we are is is exactly what they have to pass through.
Soon, they came near, walking silently and like ghosts.
"Ghost Lantern...... That's a real ghost lantern! ”
At this time, Gan Lan suddenly exclaimed, and her face became even more frightened.
I pulled her aside, hid in the stone house, and asked in a low voice, "What the hell is going on?" Isn't a ghost lantern a plant? ”
Gan Lan looked at me, shook her head and said, "No! There are really ghost lanterns in this world, and I have heard the older generation say that there is a team of ghosts in the mountains, and they carry red lanterns in their hands, and they will come out to parade in the dead of night. ”
Ghost lanterns come out, and a hundred ghosts walk at night, this is a legend that has been passed down for a long time in the depths of the mountains.
The name of the so-called ghost lantern plant is also based on this legend, because the flowers that bloom are shaped like lanterns and can still glow at night, which is very similar to the ghost lanterns in circulation.
What we see now is a real ghost lantern, not a plant.
"It can't be such a coincidence, right? We actually ran into the legendary Deep Mountain Ghost Team? I swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and my voice trembled a little.
That team is getting closer.
I made a silent gesture to Ganlan, turned off the flashlight, and the two of them hid in the dark stone house, quietly poked their heads out, and held their breath to peek at the strange procession that passed silently in front of the stone house.
To be honest, I don't believe there are any ghost teams here, and I'm afraid there's something else going on here.
The red light reflected the surroundings as red as blood, and under the strange red light, we finally saw clearly. They weren't ghosts at all, they were living people.
The reason why they are so sure is because they all have shadows behind them, and besides, they do not walk silently, but because they have no shoes, the sound they make is very soft.
What is puzzling is that they are all wet at this time, and there is water dripping down their clothes, as if they have just been soaked in water.
And they're in a very strange state.
One by one, expressionless, more than a dozen people lined up, holding a glowing ghost lantern in their left hand and resting their right hand on the former's shoulder, without talking to each other, like walking corpses towards the stone mountain.
It's not really a ghost, but I'm afraid it......
"Abba......
At this moment, Gan Lan suddenly exclaimed.
Unexpectedly, Gan Lan suddenly spoke, I was so frightened that I quickly reached out to cover her mouth, and when I looked over, I found that they were carrying ghost lanterns far away.
Seeing them walk away, I dared to let go of the hand covering Ganlan's mouth, patted my chest and asked the latter, "What's the matter?" ”
"It's them...... It's the people of our hunting party! ”
Ganlan's voice trembled, and when I turned on the flashlight, I found her face covered in tears and her eyes were red.
"Someone from the hunting party?"
I was stunned when I heard this, because I didn't have much contact with the Tujia people, and I was most familiar with a few young people such as Gan Lan, but I didn't have any impression of other people, and I always felt that they all looked similar.
"I read that right...... The guy at the back of the line, he's my Abba, they're not dead......"
Gan Lan said that she was about to rush out of the stone house and catch up.
Seeing this, I quickly stopped her and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, their state just now is obviously wrong." Now rush forward recklessly, I'm afraid something will happen, it's better to follow them far away, find out what happened, and then make plans. ”
"But ......"
"I can understand your feelings, but if something goes wrong, it will be a demon, this place is full of weirdness, and you can't be careless." I shook my head at Ganlan and persuaded her.
"Okay...... I listen to you. Gan Lan looked lonely and nodded.
"Let's go, let's go up and have a look."
At that moment, I held Ganlan by my arms, and the two of them followed the Ghost Team closely.
As I had guessed, they headed for the glowing tower on the stone mountain.
The stone mountain is not high, and there is a winding stone staircase that leads to it.
We climbed the stone steps, and when we were halfway there, a dark shadow suddenly and silently emerged from the thick grass beside us, blocking our path......