Chapter 007: Black Heart
Lao Zhao glared at me, and said contemptuously: "How many times have you said that you are not Beijingers, but you always like to speak Beijing's spoken language, and you pretend to be Beijingers." Who said you smoked, see for yourself. ”
As he spoke, he stuffed a small box in my hand, wooden.
I opened the box curiously, and immediately scolded: "You also said that I pretended, you can pretend more than me." What the isn't this smoke? You tell me what the word 'Zhonghua' means on this red box, could it be that this is a playing card? ”
Lao Zhao looked at my shining eyes and said with a smile: "You think too much, this is a cigarette case, let you see how to relieve your cravings!" ”
I slapped him on the back and said angrily, "You're making fun of me, aren't you?" ”
He also really laughed, "clicked" to unscrew a box of cans, and laughed while returning it to his mouth.
I was speechless by his anger, and took out the box of hard-turned "China" from the wooden box. When I held it in my hand, I immediately felt that something was wrong, this "Chinese" cigarette case was not paper, it was plastic.
I curiously glanced at Lao Zhao, who was still smiling, and opened the plastic Zhonghua, and there were ten cigarettes neatly stacked inside. I blurted out, "E-cigarettes!" ”
Lao Zhao asked rhetorically: "How about this?" Can you solve your urgent needs? ”
This brother really has nothing to say! Knowing that I am a big smoker, I specially prepared such a thing for me. I originally wanted to buy a set of these things, but after reading it on the Internet, it was too expensive, so I didn't want to give it up.
I took out one and held it in my hand, my heart was warm, looking at Lao Zhao who was smiling unsquarely, and I didn't know what to say!
Lao Zhao swallowed the can in his mouth and said to me: "I originally wanted to give it to you on your birthday in a few days, but I didn't expect to catch up with this mission." As soon as I thought about it, I couldn't smoke in the mountains, so I brought it to you by the way. ”
I said gratefully: "Lao Zhao, when you are so careful, you don't know what to say when you are a younger brother!" ”
Lao Zhao said: "Pull you down!" How can I have the heart to buy you a birthday present? It was your sister-in-law who asked me what to give as a gift for your birthday, and I happened to hear you say that day that you wanted to buy this thing, and it was too expensive. I'll tell your sister-in-law. No, we just sent it the day before yesterday, and we couldn't catch up with it no matter how late it was. ”
I know that what Lao Zhao deliberately said has nothing to do with him, but he is really sincere to me, my comrade-in-arms.
I put an e-cigarette in my mouth, looked like I didn't care, and said, "I said it! It turned out that my sister-in-law was thinking about my brother. I thought you loved your brother! I just want to thank you well, now it's okay, I'll thank my sister-in-law directly! ”
Seeing that I began to swallow the clouds and spitt out the fog, Lao Zhao smiled and continued to destroy his cans.
That night, I barely slept.
Of course, I was not moved by Lao Zhao, but it was really awkward to sleep on this slope, and I couldn't sleep after tossing and turning. Lao Zhao is good, he is estimated to be useless for half a minute when he lies down, and the snoring has already begun to shake the sky.
In this silent deep mountain and old forest, except for the occasional sound of the soldiers changing the guard outside the tent, only Lao Zhao's thunderous snoring remained.
I looked at Zhao Jinfu, who slept sweetly and chirped from time to time. I thought to myself: "What kind of post do you need to stand on for his movements?" The bear scared him away. At the same time, I really admire the two little soldiers in the same tent with us, no wonder they want to get into the sleeping bag before Lao Zhao goes to sleep, the feeling is to fall asleep first to save trouble.
In this way, I counted Lao Zhao's snoring and spent a long night.
The next day, it was slightly bright. Lao Zhao got up as soon as he was bone, saw me looking at him with his eyes open, and said in surprise: "Oops! You got up before me, huh? ”
A few minutes later, the team was packed. Although I didn't sleep all night, my spirit was not at all sluggish, and I was even a little energetic.
After confirming that the communication and positioning system was still paralyzed, Zhao Jinfu led the team to set off again. When I set off, I looked at the table below, and it was past 5 o'clock in the morning.
It took us an hour to finally reach the top of the mountain.
Zhao Jinfu needed to determine the direction again, and he and I went to the side to determine the direction. The warriors rested on the spot to eat something and accumulate strength.
When the direction was determined, Lao Zhao said to me: "Next, we will enter the core of the primeval forest. The road will be harder to walk, and the danger will be closer. Because the area we are about to go to is a place that no one has ever been to before, and what is inside, no one knows! ”
I looked into the area, a dark green jungle ocean, and I had a sense of tranquility before I got close.
Lao Zhao saw that I didn't speak, and asked me, "What?" Scared? ”
I "cut" and said, "On the contrary, I am excited, feeling the excitement of excitement!" ”
Zhao Jinfu patted me on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry about the excitement." Take care of yourself and take care of the warriors when you get inside. Remember! Safety first! ”
I looked at the primeval jungle again with my binoculars and said, "Don't worry! While the mission is important, life is even more important. "I know why Lao Zhao told me this, because the real test has only begun now.
We took one last break before going into the deepest part of the forest.
According to our contingency plan, if it goes well today, we will meet with the second team at our first meeting point, and then rush to the second meeting point to meet the first team.
This is a joint implementation of the three teams in the absence of contact at all.
The only thing that makes me feel a little relieved is that it is not an uphill road after walking, and the road is much smoother than yesterday. Although it is still so difficult to walk, at least you can save some effort to go uphill.
After the team set off, I knew what it means to see the mountains near and walk far. Looking at the forest not far away, we walked for two hours to arrive.
Originally, I thought several times that I had entered this most primitive forest area, but when I reached the real core area, I realized that this is the real hideous face of the primeval forest.
This forest is completely different from the one I've walked in before. Although there were many trees in the forest before, they were all upright and straight, and even if they were close to each other, they could be passed through the middle of the two trees.
But the trees in this forest are completely different, twisted and twisted, with different postures, and they can be said to be very ugly, and they look very awkward.
The canopy of these trees is several times more dense than the branches and foliage of ordinary trees, densely packed and layered, and there is not even a trace of light in the shadows. Standing outside the forest, I couldn't see the scene inside the woods, it was just pitch black.
While scanning around with his binoculars, Zhao Jinfu said to me, "Welcome to the legendary Black Heart!" ”
The first time I heard the term "black heart," I hurriedly asked, "What does this mean?" ”
Lao Zhao replied: "An old man who has lived here for a long time once told me a legend about the primeval forest of Gaoligong Mountain. He said that in the deepest part of the forest, there was a black forest area, and when he was a child his grandfather told him, it was the abode of the devil, known as the Black Heart. No one has ever been there! ”
I never expected Lao Zhao to tell a legend so seriously, I said to him: "I said Lao Zhao, you have been a Communist Party member for more than ten years, why do you still promote this superstitious legend?" ”
Lao Zhao smiled and said, "How can I propagate superstition!" It's the first time I've been here, but looking at the scene here, I believe it's the black heart that the old man said. ”
I was very puzzled and said to Lao Zhao: "I really can't believe that a team of missing travelers would run into such a place." Even if I get lost, even if I encounter any wild beasts, if I come here, I won't go in if I am killed. What's more, these long twisted and crooked strange trees make people's scalps tingle when they look at them! ”
Zhao Jinfu put down the binoculars and said, "Actually, before I came here, I thought the same, and I knew that this was not a good place, and those who dared to go in were not brained." But I'm a little skeptical now! ”
I was stunned and asked, "What do you mean?" ”
Lao Zhao pointed to the side and said, "Look for yourself, ten o'clock direction." ”
I immediately looked with my binoculars at where he was saying.
There were obviously fewer trees on the top of the mountain, and after carefully observing it for a long time, I suddenly saw a tiny reflection from a very small object not far away.
I was taken aback, looked at Lao Zhao and asked him, "What is that?" ”
Lao Zhao's face was solemn and said, "Just go and see if you want to know." ”
He ran there first, followed by me and the rest of the warriors. After walking a few hundred meters, we stopped, and everyone looked at their comrades in amazement at the moment.
Because on the ground, there is a metal trekking pole!