173. Bird cries
When I opened the zipper and looked inside, I saw that it was all dry food, and there were only two or three bottles of water, which took too much care of me. Leaned over to carry another bag, but he didn't lift it for a while, Zhou Tong hurriedly stopped and said, "Little sister, don't move that bag." This is our life-saver. When I heard this, my heart moved, and I crouched down to unzip it, and the black and dangling guns caught my eye, and I clicked on them, exactly four, and the rest were a long row of bullet clips, and a few that looked like grenades.
Is this going to war? As for such an exaggeration, no. I turned my head to look at the side, and saw that almost everyone's baggage was very heavy, obviously they had all been issued with these equipment, and counted the number of people, even there were fifteen of us, and the remaining few people were arranged to stay here to pick up and watch the car. After spending nearly an hour rectifying and eating, we set off on our way to jungle adventure. Even though I had a hunch that the road would be dangerous, I didn't expect it to end up like that......
Uba led two subordinates to lead the way, Zhuang Yu and Jian Ningyi followed, the four of us belonged to the third group, and the rest of the people were in groups of three or three, and the line was quite long. At first, there was not much vegetation on the outskirts of the jungle, and there was no room to settle in, but it should be mentioned here that the next morning at the farm where I stayed in Qinzhou, everyone was given a pair of high-top military boots, which were according to their own size.
Originally, I felt that I was not as comfortable as running shoes, but at this time, the effect of military boots was revealed. The top can block the weeds next to the feet, because some weeds are not only long, but also very sharp, and even the thickest pants can be cut over time. And the people on Zhuang Yu's side, except for Uba, the rest of the people all changed into coarse cloth camouflage uniforms. Even Jian Ningyi, I saw that she was also wearing a dark cyan suit, no longer the foreign suit before.
On the other hand, a few of us dress more casually, not so much exquisite, or old clothes. After walking for nearly two hours, my calves were a little sore, because the jungle was too difficult to walk, and it was obvious that the more I walked into the deep mountains and old forests, the more muddy the soil became, and the heels of my shoes were dragged with thick mud, which became more and more heavy. Finally, Zhuang Yu stopped in front and ordered a ten-minute rest, and everyone stopped, regardless of whether it was dirty or not, and sat down on the spot.
I quietly held my breath to prevent myself from panting too much, for fear that Sheng Shiyao would see the clues. After walking for more than an hour, I felt tired, but a group of people were in a hurry, and it was impossible to stay just for me, so I could only grit my teeth and endure it.
Ten minutes is too fast, and when Zhuang Yu got up, I felt that my legs were a little weak, and I barely stood up and fell forward, being dragged by a big hand from behind, and when I turned around, I looked at Sheng Shiyao sternly. I felt a little frightened, but I saw that he didn't say anything, just moved his palm from his wrist to the crook of my arm, and half-helped me to step forward. After that, he was basically half a position above me, and he dragged me forward with his hand when it was difficult to walk.
I am very pleased with Sheng Shiyao's approach, he not only showed concern for me, but also did not pamper me because I was unwell, and also hid the eyes of others from letting people know that I was physically exhausted. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the people on Zhuang Yu's side will have a whisper.
After walking for half a day, it was darker than usual in the mountains because of the large number of jungles, and at night, it was obviously foggy. Uba suggested camping and resting, rather than walking at night, for the beasts of the old woods might hide during the day and come out at night in search of food. Although a few of us have walked through the forest once, but after it belongs to the Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area, it is unlikely that the ferocious beasts will appear, but even so, we still encountered a group of snakes. And now we are in the real deep mountains and old forests, undeveloped, and there is no interpersonal relationship, so this time there is really going to be a vigil.
Everyone picked up some dry firewood nearby and set up a few fires, and I saw that Jian Ningyi was handing out sleeping bags to everyone, and it turned out that someone in the team was carrying this. Indeed, everyone walked in vain, and it was impossible for anyone to carry heavy tents. In the blink of an eye, I saw that Uba was holding something in his hand that looked like powder, and that was sprinkled with something like powder around our camp, so I pulled Lasheng Shiyao and asked softly, "Look, what is he doing?" Sheng Shiyao glanced at it and said, "Sprinkle realgar powder to prevent snakes and insects." ”
Before going to bed, I asked Jian Ning for a cold medicine to take, and it didn't take long for sleepiness to hit me and fall asleep. Slept until midnight, not to be frozen awake, but to be awakened by the terrible night cry of birds, opened his eyes for a moment, turned his head when he came back to his senses, and saw Sheng Shiyao sitting on the tree next to me, closing his eyes and pretending to sleep, before he arranged for three people to take turns on duty at night, although Zhuang Yu also arranged for people to keep vigil, but it is better to rely on others than on yourself, or to be a snack yourself.
The fire was close to me, but I still felt cold, and I knew that it was because of my constitution. Looking around, he saw Uba and two of his men sitting by the fire in another place. At this time, another bird's cry came, which was so terrible that I was extremely uncomfortable to hear, and I frowned and realized that something was wrong, as if it was ...... They can't hear it? Am I dreaming again?
But when I turned over and got up, Sheng Shiyao immediately opened his eyes and looked over, frowned and asked, "Why did you wake up?" Do you feel cold? I looked at him in amazement, unable to discern whether it was a dream or reality, and suddenly heard the flutter of wings, as if it were right behind me, and turned my head in shock, but there was nothing. I heard Sheng Shiyao ask in his ear, "What's wrong?" I rolled my eyes and hesitated, "Can't you hear?" His eyes sank, and he quickly swept around before stopping on my face, "Tell me what you heard." ”
Whether it's a dream or not, Sheng Shiyao will definitely not harm me, so I didn't hesitate to say: "I told you before, I heard a terrible bird cry the night before, and just now I heard being woken up again, and just when I turned around, it seemed that I heard the sound of wings fluttering behind me. ”
Sheng Shiyao's face changed when he heard this, and he grabbed my hand, "What kind of bird call do you describe that bird's cry?" ”
Well, this is embarrassing for me, where is there any research on birds, I can only barely describe it: "It's just like a woman's cry, the voice is very high-pitched, monotonous repeating three or four times will stop, and after a while it will cry again." Sheng Shiyao asked again: "Is there any difference between what I heard last night and tonight?" I thought back, "It didn't seem so loud last night, but tonight it's like it's screaming in your ears, don't you hear it?" ”
He fell silent, his dark eyes contemplated for a while, and then he said to me, "Don't wander around here, wait for me." As I was about to get up and leave, I grabbed his hand, "Where are you going?" Don't keep me here, I'll go too. His eyes were fixed on my face for two seconds, and finally he compromised: "Put on your coat and come with me." "I immediately pulled open my sleeping bag and crawled out, I didn't take off my coat before going to bed last night, because I knew that it was cold at night, but despite this, my hands and feet were cold.
I thought he was going to investigate the surroundings, but he pulled me to the fire on Zhuang Yu's side, and Uba, who was on duty, and the two of them immediately looked at us, and Uba's eyes were particularly gloomy. But with Sheng Shiyao by his side, I was not afraid of him, and when we approached, Wuba asked in a dark voice: "What's the matter?" The attitude was arrogant and rude, but Sheng Shiyao did not dump him, and turned his eyes to speak in one place: "Yu, get up, I have something to discuss with you." ”
Only then did I understand that he had come to call Zhuang Yu. I saw someone sitting up in the dark, and when I looked at it, it was Zhuang Yu. In fact, Sheng Shiyao's call was very soft, and there was some distance between them, but Zhuang Yu heard it immediately, which showed that he was also a person who was shallow and sensitive.
Zhuang Yu walked over and glanced at us, frowned and asked, "What do you want to discuss?" Sheng Shiyao didn't move, only his eyes turned around, and the other party immediately understood, and turned back to the three of Wuba: "You go to the periphery to inspect a circle." "After the others left, we sat around the fire, and Sheng Shiyao did not drag the mud and water, but told me about the night cry.
"What do you mean...... Is she predicting the future? Zhuang Yu glanced at me after listening and asked suspiciously.
Sheng Shiyao replied lightly: "All I can think of is this possibility." Otherwise, with my and your acuity, she could not have been the only one who had heard of it, and none of us had ever heard of it. In particular, the two nights she had heard the same night cry, but with variations, and it was evident that it had just heard louder than the night before, and that there was more fluttering of wings, which probably meant that the bird was nearer to us. ”
"But," Zhuang Yu looked at me with suspicion, "didn't she rely on dreams to warn?" Is this a dream she dreams about now, or is she really hearing it in reality? "I felt a little at a loss, and to be honest, I didn't know if I was in a dream or in reality discussing this with them, because the dreams I had before and after were as real as reality, so I couldn't tell the difference at all.
And for now, I can only answer truthfully: "When I heard the sound of birds, I slept at that time, half-asleep and half-awake, and the sound of wings fluttering was just getting up and talking to him." Seeing that the two of them looked at each other, they turned their eyes to me at the same time, and only heard Zhuang Yu say: "Yao, it seems that her prophetic ability is improving, is it because the soul of the Heavenly Maiden is gradually awakening?" Sheng Shiyao was silent, and the blue light in his black eyes was faintly melancholy.
I actually feel something about this, I rarely dream about it lately, and some unexplained feelings will suddenly appear in the bottom of my heart, just like the human hand in front of the Poya tree, I have a kind of panic after seeing it. But I just can't make a specific image, and I can't describe what kind of bird the bird is now, I just feel sad and worried.
While I was thinking, I suddenly heard an exclamation not far away, and I suddenly looked up, only to feel that the two figures beside me rushed out like arrows. When I reacted and caught up, I had fallen more than ten meters away, but when I saw that they stopped in front of me, there seemed to be a person lying on the ground, and when I got closer, I found that it was one of the people who was called by Zhuang Yu to go to the periphery to investigate, but it was not Uba.