Chapter 178: The Guardian
An Beimo took off the sniper rifle on his back, swept it around with a thermal sensing sight, and said, "There is a thermal reaction, they are all alive!" ”
I wonder even more, where are all these people hiding? Why didn't we find out at all?
Although those people appeared, they all stood still and stood motionless, quietly surrounding us. Including the person who attacked Shen Hao just now, he didn't attack us again after he got up.
I said, "Seeing that they are in an abnormal state, lifeless and like a demon possessed, they must be controlled." ”
Shen Hao scolded: "This ghost place is simply not an ordinary evil sect! ”
Under the confrontation between the two sides, I was stared at by so many pairs of empty eyes, and I felt uncomfortable. The other party had no intention of rushing forward, and I didn't dare to shoot rashly.
Hugo, who had not spoken all this time, said in the headset at this time: "You can't spend time with them, you should quickly think of retreating, otherwise you won't be able to get out of the forest before dark!" ”
I replied: "There are too many people on the other side, and I am afraid that a forced breakthrough will cause death and injury." ”
Hugo said: "If someone dares to stop him, he will shoot, and I will bear it if something happens!" I can't stand the country! ”
This time Hugo was so hard, I didn't expect it, and my heart suddenly became hot.
My hesitation is not without reason, we are a cross-border covert operation, and it is completely different from a domestic mission.
If there is a conflict with personnel from other countries and there are casualties, the nature of the conflict will be very serious and it will inevitably cause an international sensation. Even if the other party threatens our personal safety, we are purely self-defense, but it is extremely difficult to solve the follow-up problems. What's more, our identities simply cannot be exposed.
The best thing to do is not hurt and get out safely. But in the current situation, I am afraid it is difficult. And Hugo was right, if it was going to be dark, it would be even worse for us.
I discerned the direction and whispered to the others, "Stay out of the way!" Slow down and try not to disturb them. ”
So the four of us stayed in formation, lightened our steps, and slowly moved forward.
As soon as we took a step, those guys who had been standing still followed at the same time, narrowing the encirclement.
We stopped, and the men stopped.
This phenomenon caught my attention, we moved, and the other person moved, and they all reacted at the same time, which was even more neat than the movements of someone commanded.
I immediately came to my senses and said to the others, "Could it be that the meteorite is at work, and these people are controlled by it?" ”
Shen Hao didn't believe it when he heard it, and said, "How is it possible? Can a stone still control people? Science fiction or stone? ”
Shen Hao said: "At this time, are you still in the mood to be poor?" ”
I explained, "I mean, meteorites don't directly control the behavior of these people, it may be that they have implanted a sense of guard directly in their heads. ”
After hearing this, Shen Hao felt even more incredible, and said to me: "The more you talk, the more mysterious it becomes!" These are all living people, how can stones implant ideas in people's minds? This is not the movie "Inception"! ”
I was speechless for a while, and what Shen Hao said also made sense, people have subjective consciousness, and their thoughts are not so controlled. But these weirdos in front of me, their actions are not at all out of personal will, and they do not conflict with my speculation.
I couldn't think of a more accurate explanation for a while.
"Maybe Black Hawk is right!" An Beimo said at this time: "When people are desperate, their willpower is the weakest, and their minds are the easiest to control. Some of these people have lost faith in life and are desperate to kill themselves. Some are lost and trapped, desperate and waiting for death. Although the encounters are different, they all give up their self in consciousness before they can be controlled. ”
After An Beimo's explanation, everyone understood a little, and I was also inspired at the same time.
I said, "I have a bold guess right now!" Look at these people, if we hold still, they will not come near. But as soon as we took a step, they forced them to come. Does this mean that our conscious actions and the actions of these people are linked by an invisible force? ”
I see that everyone is at a loss, so I simply use reality to verify this statement. I suddenly took a step forward, and the people immediately followed suit. After one step I stopped, and they came back to their stillness.
This made me even more convinced, and I said to everyone, "I suspect that the radiation shape of this meteorite is like a net, expanding outward around the meteorite. And the brains of all of us here have become a dot on this web. We use our brains to dominate our limbs, so when we have a sense of action, it will be transmitted to the consciousness of those people through this net, so as to generate their action responses. ”
I'm afraid that everyone still doesn't understand, so I gave an example of "suspensory filament diagnosis", and the "wire" hanging between the patient and the doctor is the "net" of meteorite radiation.
I know this is too bold and bizarre, but based on the situation at hand, I can only think of this possibility, which is a reasonable possibility.
Shen Hao said: "What can you do if you know that it is the ghost? We can't just stand still, can we? ”
I said, "I have a solution, but I'm afraid you won't agree." ”
As soon as I finished speaking, An Beimo, Qixing, and Shen Hao guessed what I was going to do at the same time, and said in unison: "Don't even think about it!" ”
They rarely rejected my opinion at the same time, I smiled and said, "I haven't said it yet, why did you veto it?" I'll go and lead them away, and when I'll take them away, you will go again." I'll take them around in a circle and then chase you, I think it's a good idea! ”
As soon as I finished speaking, I rushed out and ran in the opposite direction of our way out.
As soon as I moved, the men immediately chased after me. They move very strangely when they run, barely moving their upper bodies, their arms hanging down at their sides, and holding rope nooses in their hands. And the two legs of the lower body strode forward, how weird and weird it looked.
The three teammates didn't expect me to come with such a hand, Shen Hao blurted out and scolded: "Black Eagle! You're a hero again! "An Beimo and Qixing's faces were also very ugly, and they glared at me angrily.
I shouted as I ran: "Do as I say, I'll apologize and write a check when I go back!" ”
At this time, Hugo's voice came from the headset: "Doctor, do as Black Hawk says, believe him!" Qixing replied helplessly "yes".
I took a big stride, saw a breakthrough and rushed over. Just as I was passing by the meteorite, my heart suddenly moved. He pulled out the shovel behind his back, rounded it and slashed it against the meteorite.
With a "clang", the shovel made a crisp sound, and the meteorite was much harder than I had imagined. Fortunately, however, several fragments of the chopped meteorite flew up. I spotted a crushed meteorite the size of a fingernail, reached out and grabbed it, and stuffed it into my pocket.
I didn't get the shovel back, and if you were in close combat with the other party, it would be a handy weapon.
The oncoming people were already very close, and I took the time to look back, and everyone was attracted to me, and there were no more surrounders around the Seven Stars.
I am relieved that the plan has succeeded. As for these noose wisps, I didn't take them very seriously, and judging by the speed at which they ran, I was confident that I could get rid of them.
Soon, two of the oncoming strangers came up to me, and two of them lifted their nooses and put them on my head.
I turned my head down and dodged it, and at the same time backhanded a shovel. I'm shooting horizontally, not vertically. The knot hit a guy next to him on the head, and he suddenly fell down. Taking advantage of this gap, I took a leap of stride and jumped out of the encirclement.
The men ignored their downed companions and beckoned to me with their nooses. I dodged left and right, and with my quick movements, I got out of the crowd.
I didn't expect to get out of trouble so easily, and I was happy in my heart. After running some distance with these people, I checked the other people's signs on the electronic map, and they were already moving in the direction of the forest.
I saw that the distance was almost over, and I started to run the arc, changing direction to chase An Beimo and them, and it is estimated that when I catch up with my teammates, I will have reached the forest safely. I don't believe these people can chase them out of the woods.
I had just adjusted the direction of the plan, when suddenly my feet tightened, and I almost tripped over a heel.
I stumbled a few times and was glad that I didn't fall, and when I looked down, I saw that it was actually a rope tied to my ankle, and the rope at the other end of the rope was held in the hands of a person lying on the ground. I brought the upper half of his body out of the soil, and the lower half of his body extended into the soil and was buried under a tree.
I was shocked, I didn't expect there to be a trap on the ground. But when I looked at it again, it was an immovable corpse, and the arms were rotten and almost all the bones were left.
Look at the bones on the ground, and look at the people chasing after them. I immediately understood that this was also a guardian of meteorites.
In a flash of inspiration, I suddenly figured it out. It seems that not all of the people who went to the Suicide Forest to seek death succeeded in committing suicide, but some of them were turned into guardians of meteorites.
In the news I have read about the suicide forest, it has been mentioned that there are many suicide people whose bodies have not been found, and even many people who are not self-killed have disappeared in the forest for some reason. I guess most of them were controlled by meteorites and became meteorite guards.
Meteorites have a powerful spiritual influence on the hopeless, turning them into unconscious living dead. And the radiation of meteorites will also instill in their brains a subconscious of hanging themselves.
However, this consciousness has a vague limitation, and when these people weave themselves a dead buckle, they will stop the next move.
I think this qualification depends on the intensity of the consciousness of the suicidal person.
Some people can't resist the traction of suicidal consciousness and hang themselves. The rest of the people gathered around the meteorite and stayed nearby and went into hibernation.
Over time, these controlled people died due to lack of water and food. Then the corpse began to decompose, and when the brain turned into a pile of rotten flesh, it was also out of the control of the meteorite, and slowly turned into a pile of white bones.
I'm afraid that's the case with the body I brought out from under the tree.
There are people dying all the time, and people are walking into the forest of suicide. It's like planting leeks, one stubble after another.
Our arrival here today has broken the rules here. I'm afraid we're the only ones so far who haven't been affected by meteorite radiation. But our anomalous brain waves invisibly activated these guardians, causing them to transfer the idea of hanging with a noose to us.
It seems that the meteorite is the initiator of the formation of the Suicide Forest, and this may be the real mystery of the Aokigahara Jukai.