A large group of people entered the mountain in such a mighty way, and the village chief had to cooperate with Niu Gang and them to investigate, so they didn't come, and there were many elders of the uncles and uncles in the crowd, but they were not used to being in charge on weekdays, so the task of commanding was handed over to the two tigers who spoke the most effectively in our generation.

It is said that there are many people and great power, this is not true at all, hundreds of people into the mountain after the hula scattered, looking for clues around the forest, if it was only me, the Taoist priest and Sister Bailing, I really don't know to find the Year of the Monkey Ma Yue.

However, the strength of more people is greater, but there are also many problems, just after looking for more than an hour, the signal for help sounded in the forest.

It was a gunpowder keg similar to a cannonball, made of gunpowder and bamboo barrels prepared by the soil method, and when opened, it would make a very loud sound, but it was not lethal, and it was mainly a kind of gadget used by the mountain people to transmit information. The forest is very dense, the sound transmission effect is not very good, the sound of this powder keg can be transmitted at a distance of about 100 meters, and there are about 200 people in this forest at the moment, no matter how you go, there will always be people within 100 meters to hear the sound.

When we were separated, we had a rule that if we heard a signal coming from our surroundings, we had to take over the signal immediately so that people farther away would know about it. This is somewhat similar to the ancient beacon tower, but this method of transmitting signals is not very clever, because if there are many people in a forest, it is easy to cause a situation where many people send signals, so it is impossible to confirm the location of the signal source. But there is nothing to be done at the moment, there is no signal in the forest, and modern means of communication cannot be used, so this kind of local method can only be used.

Soon, the signal came to our side, and I, the Taoist priest, and Sister Bailing walked together, and after hearing the signal, I didn't know what was going on, so I hurriedly rushed in the direction where the signal was sent.

I met a lot of villagers along the way, and when I arrived at the scene of the incident, I realized that someone had fallen into a hole hidden by vines and weeds.

Falling caves are very common in the 100,000 mountains, especially in this place at the junction of Yunnan and Guangxi, where the underground of the mountains and forests under the karst landform are all criss-crossed underground cave systems. The abundant rain continues to wash the rocky mountains on the surface, and over the years, a large number of karst caves have been eroded, connecting the underground caves, and it is impossible to predict where it leads, and the bare cave entrance is very easy to be covered by the crazy vegetation around it, and it looks no different from the normal ground, but once you step on it, it is basically equivalent to a death sentence, even if you are lucky enough not to fall to your death, you will be lost in the complex and intertwined underground caves.

Fortunately, the person who stepped on the cave did not fall, and the dense vines entangled him at the entrance of the cave and hung him two or three meters below the hole. This scene scared me a lot, and if this kind of accident really happened, then I really didn't know how to deal with the villagers in the village.

When we arrived, the villagers who arrived first were already rescuing people. They cut off the sticks and put them on the noose, and they caught the feet of the man hanging in the middle of the hole, tightened the rope, and pulled him up together, and rescued him.

By the time he was rescued, the guy's face was bloodless. I couldn't help it, so I hurriedly stepped forward to comfort me, and then the Taoist priest poked me, pointed to the mouth of the cave that had been half exposed, and said to me, "That's not right! If you take a closer look, this hole is so big, even if it is covered by vines, it will inevitably collapse, you people here deal with the mountains and forests all year round, it is impossible not to even see such a superficial danger, right? ”

Hearing him say this, I looked at the cave again, the diameter was more than two meters long, the wall of the cave was slippery, covered with moss, under the camouflage of vines covered on it, it was indeed difficult to see that it was empty at first glance, but the Taoist priest was right. The villagers of Dingyan Village have all grown up in the mountains and forests, and they are extremely sensitive to the dangers hidden under their feet, not to mention a young man who lives in the village all the year round, even if I am a half-Dingyan villager who has only been in the village for twelve years, I can see the flaws under this disguise if I look closely, which is a little strange.

The man who had the accident was also one of my childhood playmates, and a relative of mine, whom I call my father my aunt and uncle. Seeing that he had eased up a bit, I asked him what was going on, how could you fall for such an easily recognizable trap?

Hearing me ask, his face, which had already recovered some blood, suddenly changed, and he grabbed my hand and exclaimed, "Iron Egg, I see Iron Egg." ”

I was shocked, Tie Dan and Miwa have been missing for almost a month, and the villagers have been looking for so long without any news, we all thought that the two of them had suffered, but we didn't expect to appear again now.

"Don't worry, you say slowly, what's going on? Does this have anything to do with you falling into a cave? I couldn't hide the excitement in my heart, but I knew that he had just been frightened and it was not appropriate to push him too hard, so I slowed down and asked him.

The Taoist priest put his hand on his shoulder, chanted a mantra in his mouth, and soon, his anxious and frightened mood suddenly calmed down, and told us what had just happened.

It turned out that after the crowd dispersed, he was looking farther and farther, and he was about to look in the direction of Liudaoliang, when he suddenly saw a man with a bare ass running past. It's all from the same village, and they've all played together since childhood, he recognized at a glance that the bare-ass guy was the iron egg, and hurriedly shouted, but didn't get a response, anxious, he chased after it, but he didn't expect to step on the hole.

"What about the Iron Egg?" I asked.

He widened his pupils, saying that he must have seen a ghost, he watched the second tiger run this way, but when he chased after him with a deep foot and a shallow foot, the iron egg disappeared at once, and when he ran to the place where the iron egg disappeared, he stepped on the air, and at that time he saw very clearly, this ground was full of stones, and there were no vines at all, let alone a hole.

As soon as these words came out, we all looked at each other, and many people who gathered around said that Tie Dan must have suffered, and what appeared just now was Tie Dan's ghost, and he was unwilling to be buried alone in this barren mountain, so he wanted to catch someone as a companion.

Such remarks sounded a bit sensational, but I didn't believe it, and when I looked at the Taoist priest, I saw that he was frowning, not knowing what he was thinking.

This happened, many of these people who entered the mountain retreated, they were willing to help because of their grandmother's kindness to them over the years, but now there is such a strange thing, everyone's enthusiasm has decreased a lot, and many people greeted me directly, saying that there is something at home and I have to go back. Others simply left quietly without even saying hello.

It's human, and I can't force them to stay, and I'm grateful that they're here to help. After this wave of people left, Erhu and I counted the people who remained, and found that there were less than fifty left, most of them were good friends from our childhood, and some were relatives who were relatively close.

Having learned the lessons of the previous era, this time we will not operate separately, about five people in a team, divided into ten teams, and search in several directions. In this way, even if one or two people are blinded, the rest of them can cope with the situation and save themselves at the same time. In addition, the Taoist priest took out a large handful of evil talismans that were made overnight last night, and each person gave one, which is also an extra layer of protection.

Erhu and our team, all morning, we went deep into the mountains for more than ten miles, and even found the wood cut by the villagers for the construction of the mountain ghost festival venue, but there was no news of grandma at all.

At twelve o'clock in the afternoon, when I returned to the meeting place at the entrance in a depressed mood, I learned that something had happened again.

Except for our team, the rest of the teams all encountered accidents, one fell into the water while crossing the ditch, and the ditch, which was less than a meter, fell and broke a leg; There is also a poisonous snake bitten, although the first aid measures were taken, but still fell into a coma and had to be sent out of the mountain for rescue; There were also people in the remaining teams who were injured to varying degrees, and the most bizarre thing was that the time when these people were injured was actually in the same time period.

Their faces were ugly, and it was obvious that they were all scared. The Taoist priest glanced at me and shook his head, and Sister Bailing also patted me and signaled to me. I sighed and let them go out with the wounded first.