Chapter 6: Compass Failure
It was very dark at this time, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that I couldn't see my fingers, and I walked slowly with a flashlight, and I didn't know if I was born or something, I didn't have a trace of fear at this time, and I always felt as if I was born to stay here.
Slowly, my feet stepped on a layer of bluestone pavement, which was very quiet, but it didn't seem to be the kind of horror in the cemetery as described in movies and television, maybe my heart was bigger.
Occasionally there are a few screams of beasts that I don't know what they are, this place is not as complicated as I imagined, there is only one road, and there is not too much winding, the surrounding trees are very dense, the further you go, the more you feel that this place is like a natural tunnel, and the dense trees around it are like a natural barrier, covering everything here, the ancient and mysterious tomb.
As I continued walking, my heart became more and more nervous, the peace of mind just now was completely broken, it was so quiet here, the silence was a little excessive, even the occasional beast cry disappeared, and the road under my feet seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, as if something was waiting for me in front of me.
Subconsciously looking back, I instantly broke out in a cold sweat on my back, which ...... Is it just the path I've walked?
The huge stone on the side, and the darkness behind it, how can there be a straight road, I bit my lip and shook my head, I'm sure, this is definitely not the road I have walked, is it... Is it the legendary ghost hitting the wall?
I stabilized my mind, thinking, ghosts hit the wall, ghosts hit the wall, anyway, I didn't plan to go back properly when I came in, the old man Zhengming also said, I can't live for a few years, so what are you afraid of, a person who knows that he is dying and can't change people, will he still be afraid of death?
I continued to walk forward, not looking back, there was a posture of me walking forward, caring about the thousand waves behind him.
As I walked, I stopped and looked straight ahead, it was a pitch-black stone tablet with dense small characters written on it, but I didn't recognize it, it was a kind of ancient script.
There was nothing near the stele, it was a dead end, surrounded by dense trees, and the trees here were so tall that they had reached the point of obscuring the sky, and I estimated that they were thousands of years old.
What should I do now, I kept thinking in my heart, looking at the stele, I thought to myself, it is impossible for a stele to appear for no reason, and blame me, I should ask the old man who guards the tomb, I don't know the way, and I don't know how complicated it is, but now it's good, I got lost.
I searched nearby, and there is nothing special about it, in my impression, this should be like a place like the Ming Tombs in Beijing, there is a magnificent tomb, but this is not like this.
With the strength of my legs, I stepped on a nearby tree trunk, and with the strength of all my limbs at the same time, I jumped to the middle of the tree, the branches were very hard, and I could bear my weight completely, and it was not difficult to climb up, and in a few clicks I reached the top, and looked around, and there was a dense forest everywhere, and, as I thought, the path I had just walked had changed, that is, the path I had been walking had long since disappeared.
After a long time, I still didn't find anything, drank a few sips of water, and was about to go down, when I suddenly felt a chill behind me, this feeling made my sweat hair stand up, no, there was something behind me.
I didn't look back, but pulled out the black gold ancient knife I was carrying behind me, turned my body suddenly, and the short knife in my hand followed my body quickly slashed over, and the moment the knife paused, I could see everyone behind me clearly.
This look, almost made me frightened to fall from the tree, it was a behemoth-like giant snake, its body wrapped around a nearby tree, pitch black color, in this shade of the woods, if you don't look carefully, you can't see this big guy, its body tail is wrapped around the other end, a huge head is spitting silk towards me, very close to me, the eyes of the giant snake are glowing with cold purple light, very weird.
Obviously, what I just did didn't hurt it, but it didn't affect me that it seemed to provoke the other person, and it looked at me as if it wasn't like a prey, but like a ...... Like an intruder, yes, an enemy who has broken into its territory.
The huge tongue, as soon as I tilted my head, I knew it was not good, my legs exerted force, and I jumped to another nearby tree, and cursed in my heart, why was it the same last time I met that bear, did I come here to train light skills.
I scolded in my heart, I still hurry up, this giant snake is too big, God knows what it grew up eating, maybe it has lived for thousands of years, maybe it has become a sperm, let alone do it, I don't even have the strength to see it raise a knife, my short knife is pierced on it, whether it can be pierced into it is not certain.
After jumping a few trees in a row, when I was about to look back, I suddenly felt a cold air mixed with a fishy smell around me, and my heart was suddenly cold, randomly, the whole body was in a huge tremor, and it fell, I saw that the trunk that supported my body was broken, but fortunately it didn't hit me, I hurriedly grabbed another trunk with one hand at the moment of falling, and then, quickly climbed down.
The black giant snake seemed to feel a little annoyed that it didn't eat me, and swept the trees around it frantically, the guy's body was extremely huge, and the strength was really huge, and the surroundings were like a violent wind, and when I was about two meters above the ground, I fell down violently, and before I stood up, I saw a darkness falling down above.
Subconsciously rolled up, and the thick fishy smell rushed into my nostrils, making me almost throw up, but fortunately, it didn't hit me, it just smashed a big tree, what a lot of power.
I didn't care about the discomfort of my body, I quickly stood up and ran in one direction, the cold wind seemed to be behind me, as if it would fall on me at any time, damn, isn't this snake too boring, why has it been chasing me, your territory seems to be too big.
After running like this for a while, I found that I was really lost, everywhere here seems to look the same, the flashlight doesn't know where it was lost, fortunately I have a spare, open it and see, it's pitch black all around and there is no moonlight, the flashlight shines around, I don't know the direction at all, even the compass is out of order.
Just when I didn't know what to do, there was a loud sound behind me, the snake chased after me, and before I could curse, a huge force fell beside me, I was swept out by this huge force, and hit a tree at once, and suddenly felt that all my internal organs were displaced, and my chest was stuffy for a while, and then, the whole body seemed to lose gravity, I held the short knife tightly with one hand, and the flashlight with the other, and began to roll, and after a while, the body stopped.
Many places on the body have been scratched, many places are broken, the whole body can not use the strength, slow down for a long time, fortunately, the snake seems to have no sound, insert the short knife into the waist, pick up the flashlight, with a strong force to raise the arm to look around, it seems to be very cool, there is a small river around, I tried to sit up, began to rest, this toss, let me slow down for a long time before it seems to be relieved.
I stood up and checked myself, and found that it was all some skin trauma, but I was lucky to be strong just now, otherwise I would have fallen apart.
I didn't know the direction, so I could only walk along the river, and I didn't know how to find the ancient tomb, I felt aggrieved for a while, and I kept walking along the river, it seemed that the temperature began to get lower, and the cool feeling gradually became cold, I frowned and looked around, but I still couldn't see anything.
Suddenly, the soles of my feet slipped, and I stepped into the water, and suddenly I felt as if my whole body was going to freeze, and the river water was too cold, no, it couldn't be said to be cold, it was just extremely cold, but all of a sudden I felt that my whole leg was numb, and I quickly pulled my foot out with all my might.
But something even more terrible happened, I seemed to feel something on my bare feet, making me completely unable to exert my strength, and the cold in the river made my whole body almost freeze.
At this time, I didn't care about anything, the thing that grabbed my bare feet, it seemed, it seemed to be a hand, I pulled out a short knife and stabbed it into the water, as if I had pierced something, and suddenly my bare feet were loosened, and I quickly pulled out my feet.
The whole body also relaxed, sat on the ground, and quickly rubbed his legs to let the blood circulate in his legs, and it took a long time to regain consciousness.
At this time, I looked at the cold river, there was nothing on the water, but I didn't know why, why the river was so cold, the current season was not winter, how could it be, and what was that strange thing.
Looking at the bare part of the foot, there were clearly traces of five fingers, the place where he was scratched was purple, and it was still a little painful to move, and he didn't know if the thing was poisonous.
Standing up, looking at the river, it was calm, the flashlight shone through the pitch black, I couldn't see anything in the river, at this temperature, there should be no fish, and the finger marks on the bare part of my feet, and the feeling just now, I am sure it is a hand, and it is a very strong hand.
Kelpie? I suddenly had such a word in my heart, and a cold sweat broke out in an instant, and I quickly shook my head to stop guessing, tightened the backpack on my body, and continued to walk in the direction just now.
This time, I was far away from the river, for fear of accidentally falling down, and I don't know how long I walked, in short, I had a feeling that I was back in the position I had just now, and looking at the sky, it seemed that it was a little brighter.