Chapter 8: Strange Men
The sky was full of stars, shining a little light through the cracks in the dense woods. Jiang Qinling pushed Jiang Yunheng who was sleeping in a small arc, but covered his mouth with his hand the moment he just opened his eyes. Jiang Yunheng asked Jiang Qinling with his eyes:
"What's wrong?"
Jiang Qinling didn't speak, and gestured ahead with his eyes. Jiang Yunheng looked in the direction Jiang Qinling intended, and was instantly frightened by a giant ape's eyes.
"Hmm!"
"Shh Jiang Qinling stopped Jiang Yunheng from making a sound and tried to pull him to stand up, but the injury on his leg was even more soreness and numb after this night's sleep, Jiang Qinling squatted down and motioned to climb on his back. Jiang Qinling had been carrying Jiang Yun on his back for a long time before, and he couldn't bear to let him carry it anymore, so he insisted on walking with a limp, so he stepped on a dead branch on the ground between pulling.
Hearing this, the ape was quickly drawn attention from their side, "Come on." Jiang Qinling shouted, and he didn't care if Jiang Yunheng was in a hurry or not, so he ran away with the person on his back, and the ape chased them without accident.
"What's that? How do monkeys grow that big? Jiang Yun was on Jiang Qinling's back, and asked anxiously while looking back.
Jiang Qinling replied as he ran: "This island is full of weirdness, there are meat-eating birds, human-faced birds, what's so strange about one more giant monkey that eats people." ”
"Are we going to die?"
"Don't say stupid things."
"It's catching up."
As soon as Jiang Yunheng's words came out, Jiang Qinling even quickened the pace of running, but no matter how hard he tried, the distance between the ape and them was still getting closer and closer.
"What to do...... Ah......h
A question was accompanied by a scream, and Jiang Qinling disappeared on the ground with Jiang Yunheng on his back, just dodging the huge body that the ape pounced on.
"Drip, drip, drip......"
The water on the rock wall hit a stone below one by one, making a crisp sound of water droplets, and a relatively large drop fell down, splashing a splash and spraying around, just some hitting Jiang Yunheng's face who was lying next to him.
"Hmm!"
Jiang Yunheng, who was splashed by the water and was smashed, slowly woke up, opened his eyes and looked around, but he couldn't see anything.
"Brother?"
Jiang Yunheng called Jiang Qinling in the darkness, but no one responded to him after waiting for a long time. A strange and completely dark place, it is impossible for anyone not to be afraid when they find out that they are alone, not to mention Jiang Yunheng, who has only experienced a few life and death tests, so when he replaced Jiang Qinling again, his voice was already crying.
"Brother, where are you?"
"I'm here."
Jiang Qinling's slightly weak voice came from the corner, Jiang Yunheng listened to it and hurriedly touched the dark, first touched one of his legs, and then touched his face all the way up. "What's wrong with you, brother?"
"I'm fine!" Jiang Qinling comfortingly held Jiang Yunheng's hand. "I'll just take a break."
It was the first time to hear Jiang Qinling's weak voice, of course Jiang Yunheng knew that it was impossible to be fine. "And said you're fine, you don't have the strength to speak."
"I really ......" Jiang Qinling wanted to appease Jiang Yunheng and said that he was fine, but before he could say anything, the whole person fainted.
"Brother!" No matter how Jiang Yunheng called this time, he didn't hear Jiang Qinling's voice anymore, and groped to probe his snort, fortunately, he still had air, but it didn't seem to be good news for his current situation. In the dark place, there is no light, and they don't know how to get out, even if they go out, there is a giant ape waiting for them outside. Thinking of this, Jiang Yunheng really wanted to cry.
"Whoa!"
Just when Jiang Yunheng was six gods and had no owner, and his tears were already rolling in his eyes, a sound that seemed to be someone dripping water came, and he was shocked to immediately take back his tears and look towards that side vigilantly. However, nothing appeared, and the sound of the water continued to grow farther and farther until it disappeared.
"It's empty over there."
Jiang Yunheng muttered in a low voice, thinking about Jiang Qinling, who had fainted to death, and this desperate situation that called the earth and the earth should not be called every day, he gritted his teeth and tried his best to carry Jiang Qinling on his back, and then followed in the direction of the sound.
It was empty, and there was a tunnel where they were staying, and they just didn't know where it led. Thinking about the current predicament, instead of sitting back and waiting, it is better to try your luck over there. But Jiang Yunheng is a child who grew up in the city, and he has never done physical work since he was adopted by his mother, and he was out of breath before he had gone far with Jiang Qinling on his back, and he accidentally stepped on a puddle and fell directly to the ground.
"Brother!" Jiang Yunheng groped and grabbed Jiang Qinling, who was lying to the side, thinking that now he could not walk after carrying him for a while, but he had been carried by him for so long before. "I'm useless."
"Whoa!"
The sound of dripping water sounded again, but this time it was gradually approaching, Jiang Yunheng subconsciously touched Jiang Qinling's dagger, although he couldn't see it, he still looked at the direction of the sound of water defensively.
"You...... Guys...... Be...... Person! ”
In the dark, the dripping thing actually spoke, although it sounded awkward, but it was not difficult to judge that it was a person.
"Who are you?" Hearing someone's voice, Jiang Yunheng's heart ignited hope.
The people in the darkness seemed to be darkened, and the footsteps turned into a muffled sound of stepping on land, and disappeared not far from Jiang Yunheng and the two brothers. "You ...... Did it fall too? ”
"Yes." Hearing this, Jiang Yunheng was excited. "Are you too?"
The people in the dark were silent, and there was no movement for a long time, Jiang Yunheng couldn't help but ask again:
"Are you still there?"
"In!"
The people in the darkness return to them.
"Then you ......"
"Shh
Under the man's boos in the dark, Jiang Yunheng subconsciously closed his mouth.
"Knock, knock, knock......"
It was as if a very large monster stepped on them, making a loud footstep sound, and shook for a while, and then the sound slowly faded away.
"...... this?"
"Run!" Just when Jiang Yunheng thought that the monster on the ground had left, and was about to ask what the situation was with the person in the dark, the man let out an exclamation, and then heard a sound behind him that was much higher than the footsteps just now, and the amplitude of the ground movement was much higher than just now.
Although he couldn't see it, Jiang Yunheng knew that the thing that jumped down was definitely a very large thing, and he couldn't care about the wound on his foot, so he dragged Jiang Qinling to the depths of the tunnel in the dark. He hit the rock several times in the middle, and he almost fainted in pain, thinking about Jiang Qinling, who fainted and couldn't protect himself, so he endured the severe pain and continued to run forward.
"This way!"
Just when Jiang Yunheng thought that he had lost his way and didn't know what to do, the person in the dark appeared again, this time not only reminded them, but also came over to help him pull Jiang Qinling together, and after a while, he hid the two of them in a cave. The monster outside, who didn't know what it was, didn't seem to like walking in the tunnel, and only chased them a few steps before exiting. Tranquility was restored outside, but with the lesson of the previous time, Jiang Yunheng didn't dare to make a noise anymore, until a long time later, the man in the dark spoke again.
"It's gone."
Jiang Yun exhaled horizontally. "What the hell is that?"
"It's not a thing, it's a monster." In the dark, the man staggered out from Jiang Yunheng's side after speaking. "Follow me."
"Where are you going?"
"Go where I live."
The man walked away, and there was another muffled sound of footsteps in front of him. At this time, Jiang Yunheng had no other choice, so he had to carry Jiang Qinling with difficulty and keep up. Without the pursuit of the monster, he can figure it out before walking, walk more steadily, and avoid the pain of being hit by his head. But because the road under his feet was uneven, all his hard work was not much less, especially at this time, he found that he couldn't seem to hear the movement of the person just now.
"Hello? Where have you been? ”
"Are you still there?"
Jiang Yunheng's hope was extinguished again, especially now that the situation seemed to be even more embarrassing than before, and the collapse was only in an instant.
"You...... Not! ”
The sudden ignition of the fire made Jiang Yunheng subconsciously cover his eyes with his hands, and only looked in that direction again after slowly getting used to it. It was a stone chamber with a large stone in it, and a bonfire was being lit at one point next to it, and there was a person squatting next to the bonfire, and it was not difficult to guess that this was the man in the darkness just now. After the man finished lighting the fire, he turned back to greet Jiang Yunheng.
"Come here!"
Jiang Yunheng took Jiang Qinling over with difficulty, and after thinking about it, he placed the person on the big stone, and only then began to look at the person. His clothes were in tatters, and his dirty face was like the one he had seen under the overpass before, and he could only tell that it was a man. "Who are you?"
The man leaned over and pulled the fire, and did not answer the question. "How did you come to this island?"
"I ......"
"Forget it, leave something to say later, you won't have to say it after you finish it once."
Jiang Yunheng heard this strangely, and couldn't help asking, "How long have you been here?" ”
The man pondered. "How long? Four years? Five years? Maybe longer? I don't remember. ”
Jiang Yun's eyes widened. "You...... Been on this island for so long? ”
The man laughed. "It's not a long time, it's just the beginning compared to a lifetime."
Jiang Yun looked at the man and smiled, only feeling panicked, especially what he said, he was full of despair everywhere, so he didn't plan to communicate with him anymore. I went back to check Jiang Qinling's injuries by the light of the fire, and only then did I find that several wounds on Jiang Qinling's body were oozing blood, and I couldn't help but feel guilty when I thought that it was to protect him to do this.
"Who is he?"
The man interjected again, and came to the side to look at Jiang Qinling together. "The injury is very serious, maybe it's an internal injury."
"Internal injuries!" Jiang Yunheng's heart trembled. "Is there anything here that can heal the wounds?"
The man took a look and sat down by the fire again. "If you want to eat, I can find you some to heal your wounds, hehe!" The man smiled and raised his arm to Jiang Yun to look at him. "See, it's rotten."
Jiang Yunheng looked at the man's arm with a frightened face, there were only three of his five fingers left, and it seemed that a piece of meat had been cut off from his arm, and the boss had a nest.
"Good luck to him!" The man stood up. "Look at you like this, you haven't eaten for a long time, I'll go get you some food, don't end up dying of illness before you starve to death."