Chapter 14: Checkers
Suddenly, I couldn't open my eyes due to a strong light, and I came to a trance at this time, it was the flashlight of Liangzi.
At this time, Liang Zi's flashlight shone on a stone jar not far away from me, then on a stone jar a little farther away, and then on a stone jar farther away.
Immediately I understood what he meant, and it was like playing checkers, quickly running into the next stone jar when the bugs didn't react, and using the stone jar to move forward.
After understanding Liangzi's strategy, I used a flashlight to draw a few circles in the direction of Liangzi, indicating that I understood!
I tried curling up my right leg to find that I had regained consciousness, quickly applied some hemostatic cream and bandages, then rearranged and checked the ropes and equipment on my body, took a long breath, and quickly jumped out of the stone jar like an athlete adjusting his breath before a race.
The rustle in my ears was loud and closer, but by this time I had rolled over and jumped into another stone jar nearby.
At this time, Liang Zi was the same, and he used this method to climb over into another stone jar.
In this way, the two of us walked forward one stone jar after another like a game of checkers.
I don't know how many stone jars I climbed over, the rustling sound around me began to disappear, and then I looked around carefully, and the mulberry trees around me were gone, which proved that we were out of the woods, but the stone jars were still arranged irregularly, extending somewhere ahead.
After such a distance of "100-meter hurdles", the two of us were already tired and out of breath, and after confirming that the neighborhood was temporarily safe, Liang Zi and I turned out the stone jar for a short rest.
We had a simple biscuit and then built a fire and baked wet clothes along the way.
I lit a cigarette and asked how Liang Zi was doing.
Liang Zi didn't pay attention to me, but looked at the fire thoughtfully in a daze, and then he turned his head and opened his mouth to say something, when there was a noisy sound in the distance.
At first, I thought it was my own auditory hallucination, but after seeing Liang Zi's reaction, I realized that there was really a sound.
"Hurry up into the stone jar", Liang Zi turned over and entered a stone jar after speaking.
I grabbed the kettle and doused the fire, then rolled over into the stone pot.
In a moment, darkness immediately returned to the surroundings, and an inexplicable sense of depression followed.
I hid in the stone jar and listened closely, the noise seemed to be rhythmic, and as the sound got closer, my body began to tremble involuntarily, to be exact, it was the sound of a low chant, and the voice of many people whispering and singing.
Is it a human or a ghost? If it's a ghost, it's good to say, I have black donkey hooves in my bag. What the would this be like if it were human?
So, sometimes, people are more terrible than ghosts!
I grabbed the jar with trembling hands, my head slowly peeking out of the rim of the jar, and my eyes widened to try to see it all, but it was dark and I couldn't see anything.
I felt the urge to turn on the flashlight. Suddenly, the sound of "hula" and "hula" flew over my head, and in the face of this sudden abnormal scene, I finally timidly burrowed into the stone jar.
I could hear that the chanting was like some kind of ritual, coming from a distance, passing in front of me, and then slowly disappearing into the woods, and the unidentified objects that followed behind were also in this way, but I was sure that the direction in which these things that did not know whether they were humans or ghosts were walking in the opposite direction of the stone jars!
After a few moments, silence returned to the surroundings, as if nothing had happened.
After making sure everything was safe, I turned out the stone jar and whispered a beam.
But there was still silence all around, and there was no response at all.
I hurriedly turned on the lamp and shone on the stone jar that Liang Zi had entered just now, which was empty and empty.
What about Liangzi? gone?
I stood there and called a few more times, but there was still no response.
At this moment, I have actually guessed seventy-seven-eighty-eight, but I just don't want to admit this reality - Liang Zi must have taken advantage of the chaos to leave ahead of schedule just now!
I grumbled and cursed the fuck, so I turned on my flashlight and walked down the stone jar alone.
I have always been passive when I am a child and Liang Zi are together, but I seem to have gotten used to this passivity.
In fact, how can I not understand that he is a way to explore the way in advance, if there is danger, I can support him later, if there is no danger, it can save time, maybe this is trust, also called friendship.