Chapter 9: Finding Your Way in the Night Forest
I have lived in the city for too long, everything can rely on navigation, and even if my phone is out of battery, I can meet one or two enthusiastic shopkeepers and ask for directions.
At the moment, these methods are a bit unrealistic.
Not to mention that there is no third person as far as they can see, and when they turn on their mobile phones, let alone navigation software, they don't even have a phone signal.
Chiaki was already very accustomed to the situation of not receiving mobile phone signal in the white mountains, and when she was about to send a few photos to a friend yesterday, she noticed that the interior of the scenic area was deeper, and she did not want to use their modern communication equipment.
"This ...... What to do? ”
"Find your way back?"
Although Yu Yin said this, he still looked back in the direction he came from a little confused.
As a child, there is no child who has not taken a lesson in the field to distinguish directions.
What seems to be a course called "Nature"?
At that time, I was very excited to learn, but when I was a little older, I didn't think it was useful.
Their generation basically grew up in the city and did not have much contact with nature since childhood.
The image of this noble and mysterious word may still be stuck in the parks in the city, or the small hills around the city when traveling.
Later, I gradually felt that it was useless, but it was just a dragon-slaying skill.
Once he fell into the deep mountains this time, Chiaki tried hard to recall it, and actually remembered a few.
"Do you remember the directions in elementary school?"
The two of them barely suppressed the panic in their hearts, but in fact, they didn't panic much, they always felt that after all, such a large scenic spot would not be really isolated from the world like the expedition team.
"I want to think about it...... Look at the moss side of the stone? ”
The two of them looked at the ground in amazement, the low trees were hanging low, but there were no stones or moss.
"And the sun and the moon...... When I didn't say. ”
Because Yu Yin soon found that with the current field of vision, he couldn't see those things at all.
"The leafy side faces south?"
"It seems that there is such a saying."
Finally they found one that worked, but they took a lot of effort in the darkness to find the slightest difference in the leaves, and followed a few more steps, and found that it was not very practical.
Just because the scenic road is winding, not straight, they walked and found that the south in their hearts was already outside the trail.
"It's okay, we'll just keep walking in the direction and we can always get out."
How does Chizu feel...... It's a bit unreliable.
"That's right, our forest is on the north side of the gate of the scenic spot, I saw the map when I came, as long as I keep walking south, I will definitely be able to return to the path extending from the gate of the scenic spot after a while."
"Uh......"
He Qiancheng saw Yu Yin and said, "Then why don't you find a way?" ”
She looked around, it was almost completely dark, and there were a few animal cries in the distance, Chiaki didn't have any research on zoology, just stunned, but she had already made up the endings of several horror stories.
"Let's go, it's okay, it's really not good, let's go back the same way."
So, He Qiancheng jumped over the fence in a daze and walked towards Lin Shen's unknown place.
By the faint light of the stars, they made their way to the imaginary south.
About half an hour later, He Qiancheng was hungry and panicked, and the person was a little out of state.
"Why haven't you seen the gate yet, and we weren't that far away when we came?"
Theoretically, if they had found the right direction, they would have gone back in a different way than the curve they had taken, and the natural straight line between the two points would be the shortest, and they should have reached the gate earlier.
But the truth is, no.
Qiancheng finally grabbed the trunk of the tree and said with difficulty: "Why don't we go back, walk all the paths along those paths, there should always be one right." ”
Yu Yin also realized that he had made a mistake, and he was embarrassed to say anything, so he quickly nodded.
It's a pity that God doesn't necessarily give you another chance to correct when you want to give up your wrong choice, after I don't know how many times I went back and turned back, He Qiancheng finally realized in despair.
There's no going back.
No matter how much you try to go back to more than an hour ago, the path with wooden planks scattered under your feet and a rough fence on both sides, the path that is still a little artificial, even if it doesn't look too high, is no longer to be found.
"How is it possible, we have come along this road."
This kind of getting lost, commonly known as ghosts hitting the wall, has long been scientifically explained, but it is just an illusion of movement, in the absence of a reference, people will unconsciously have a certain arc when walking, rather than an imaginary straight line.
But these explanations are useless no matter how scientific they are, and now He Qiancheng is completely panicked.
Coupled with the aftermath of a lack of success, it seems that there has been a little bit of drifting consciousness.
"It's over, we're going to spend the night in this mountain."
Although it is summer, it is still a little cold on the mountain, especially at night, and the second half of the year is so cold that it seems to be a change of season.
"No, maybe it could be worse......"
He Qiancheng didn't finish his words, for fear of scaring Yu Yin.
She remembered a group of travelers who went into the mountains to explore, but they got lost and did not have enough food, so they were frozen and hungry, and when they were finally found by the lifeguards, only one of them was still alive.
She didn't dare to say this to Yu Yin, for fear that people would be frightened, and she would not be able to withstand the test of this long night.
"By the way, see how much food is left in the bag?"
Both girls each carried their bags, but considering that the day's itinerary was walking and climbing, there were not many things in the bags.
There is only a pack of snacks and spicy strips with Yu Yin, and a white steamed bun with a slightly hard texture that Qian Cheng bought in the morning and thought it was not delicious and forgot in the corner of the backpack.
Bai Mantou originally wanted to find a trash can to throw it away, but then forgot about it.
Now it has become the only dry food in such a time of crisis.
The two of them silently leaned against a big tree and squatted on the ground, ignoring the image of urban white-collar workers in the past, and tearing off a little bit of the steamed bun miserably, holding it in their mouths, and not daring to eat more.
was silent for a long time, and He Qiancheng was about to say something to boost his morale, when he heard Yu Yin exclaim in a low voice.
"What's wrong?"
"Look...... Is there something moving over there......
Yu Yin's fingers trembled in a certain direction.
He Qiancheng was most afraid of this shock, but he really didn't dare to make a sound, just looked over.
But the light was so bad that I could only see the dark forest.
"No, right...... Don't scare yourself......"
In fact, He Qiancheng had already seen in his mind all the strange events that happened in the dark night in that novel, but she still forcibly suppressed the trembling heart and comforted others.
Before she could finish her sentence, she felt as if her tongue had been grabbed.
There's really something moving!
Qiancheng was completely sure, and she didn't dare to come out, just staring there.
There was a few rustling of the grass, and a not-so-small thing came out from behind.