"How long are you going to stay here and go back?"

"Hmm...... A week at the earliest. ”

"A week?" Cao Xi couldn't help but take a breath, "Is there anything in this village that needs to be kept for a week?" ”

Hearing Cao Xi's words, the few people who were originally walking stopped. Guo Enming replied to her with a smile: "We came to study by the way." ”

"Research?"

"Well, where no one has set foot for fifty years, will there be any change."

Cao Xi couldn't understand: "Then why don't you go to other places where no one is?" Rainforest or something, why should you come here? ”

"Didn't you say it before, this place has been abandoned for fifty years, and we want to come and explore." Guo Enming said with a smile, "And this place is also very close to us, so it is convenient to come." ”

Cao Xi lowered his head, very unhappy. It's not that I'm unhappy, it's just worried. Ever since she entered here, she had felt uneasy.

took out her mobile phone casually, the signal was cautious, and no one replied to her.

Shi Wei walked up to her and smiled slightly: "Do you miss your uncle?" ”

"Nope." Cao Xi put the phone back in his pocket, "I...... It's a bad feeling here...... I don't want to stay longer. ”

Shi Wei glanced at everyone and returned her gaze to Cao Xi: "I understand, the first time I came out was like this, strangeness will make you uneasy, and we have been like this before." However, you've come this far with us, isn't this your breakthrough? ”

Cao Xi slowly raised his head to look, looked at the gentleness in Shi Wei's eyes, and adjusted his breathing.

"Let's go, don't worry, we've only prepared dry food for a week." Shi Wei jokingly said, "If you don't leave, you can only gnaw on the mud." ”

Cao Xi's tense face was teased by her, and she sighed, but still walked with them, in this deserted village.

……

Towards noon, the originally gloomy sky suddenly had some rays of the sun, and the white sky began to turn yellow.

"Let's take a break."

Xiao Jing said and led everyone into a room. In this house, except for the broken bricks and tiles, it is broken wood, and except for the TV set under the corner of the wall, there is no trace of any previous inhabitants.

Guan Yang looked at the TV set that was only the size of a notebook, and pushed the eyes on the bridge of his nose: "Was the TV set so small before?" ”

"I don't know." Guo Enming replied, "I haven't seen it anyway." ”

Guan Yang wanted to pick it up and study it carefully, but suddenly found that there were some rustling sounds in the radiator behind the fuselage. He shook the TV gently, but there was no sound in it. Did you just hear it wrong? He tentatively shook his hand again, and the sound of rustling came back, and it got louder and louder, and then black bugs poured out of the heat vents, and quickly scurried into the turn of the head under the TV.

"Ahh Oh! Guan Yang screamed in fright and took a few steps back, afraid that the insect would not climb on him.

"What?" Shi Wei looked at him suspiciously.

"Bugs!" Guan Yang made a very disgusted expression and returned to them, "There are so many bugs!" ”

"Cut!" Shi Wei shook her head, "I've never seen a man who is still afraid of insects." ”

"I'm not afraid!" Guan Yang also explained, "There are so many insects, I am terrified when I see it. ”

"Alright, alright." Shi Wei told him not to say anything, "Let's eat something and let's leave quickly." ”

Everyone raised the bricks, sat on them, took out some dry food from their bags, and simply chewed two bites.

Momo was rummaging through his bag when he suddenly noticed something unusual about the water bottle that had just been filled with water.

"What's in this water?" She picked up the water bottle, "There seems to be something in the water." ”

Guo Enming took the bottle and looked carefully through the sunlight, there were indeed some tiny insects swimming inside, their bodies were close to transparent, but they showed black spots in their bodies in the still water.

The others leaned over to see what was inside. After looking closely for a long time, I noticed this thing inside.

"What is it?" Guan Yang was curious.

"I don't know." Guo Enming really can't be sure, "It's a bit like an egg, but I've never seen anything like this." ”

"Is it a mayfly egg?" Momo asked.

Guo Enming shook his head: "The egg is oval, this one is close to round, I can't see what it is, maybe I can take it back to study it." ”

He retrieved the bottle and put it back in his bag. There was also some water in the kettle, which was also simply poured out.

"So, this water can't be drunk?" Guan Yang asked.

"Just to be on the safe side, don't drink it for now."

"If we run out of water, won't we run out of water?"

"Don't think about it." Xiao Jing listened, "This side is close to the mountain, and when we go inside, there should be other water sources to be found." ”

"Ugh." Guan Yang shook his head, "Okay, since it's out, my life will be handed over to you." ”

"What nonsense." Shi Wei laughed, "You're depressed the next day?" ”

"Nope." Guan Yang wanted to say something, glanced at Cao Xi, and decided not to say anything.

Shi Wei looked at his little expression and comforted him, and said, "The most capable person here is you, you have to cheer up." ”

"Okay, okay." Guan Yang finally sat down, took out the dry bread from his bag and ate it, "It's really dry." "Look at the bottles of water in the bag, I am a little reluctant to drink, so let's swallow more saliva.

Shi Wei walked outside the house and looked at the other side of the mountain for a long time. Xiao Jing walked up to her and looked at it together, from this piece of ruins to that lush mountain forest, there was still a long distance, and they didn't get close.

"Do you think it's here?" Xiao Jing asked.

"It shouldn't have arrived yet." Shi Wei replied, her eyes still looking ahead, "But it's definitely not here." ”

"Why is the drawing in the notebook?"

"At least it's complete, not so crippled." Shi Wei thought for a while, "Let's go ahead and talk about it." ”

She glanced at her watch, and although she had only rested for half an hour, it was already afternoon.

"Have you finished eating? Let's hit the road. Shi Wei shouted inside, and everyone immediately packed up and left together.

Cao Xi didn't walk as fast as them, and she followed silently all the time, and Shi Wei would often look back at her. She knew that Shi Wei was paying attention to herself, but she couldn't lift her spirits. In a strange place, a mobile phone without a signal made her feel very insecure.

She let out a long sigh, wondering even why she had come.

As they rounded the back of the village, their eyes suddenly widened, for there was no road in front of them, but a large expanse of barren meadows. The weeds were more than a meter tall and growing in a raging manner. Opposite this weed, there is another towering wood.

Shi Wei took out a lookout glasses from her backpack and looked ahead. After a moment, she took off her binoculars and glanced at Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing took the binoculars and glanced at it: "It seems that there is still a little more to walk." ”

Everyone glanced at each other, only Cao Xi was a little dazed.

"Do you think we'll be there before dark?" Shi Wei asked.

"The grass here is too lush, I don't know what's going on down there." Xiao Jing was a little unsure, "If it's flat, it should be possible, but if there's a swamp, it's hard to say." ”

Guan Yang and Guo Enming both took the binoculars and looked at them one by one, and the village on the other side of the camera was very close to the village they entered.

"The entrances to these two villages are very similar." Guan Yang said.

"Yes." Shi Wei replied, "Maybe that is the real Shuixi Village." ”

"Then let's go." Guan Yang said, preparing to enter the grass.

"Wait a minute." Guo Enming stopped him, and then casually picked up a stone from his feet and threw it into the grass - a sound of water sounded. Immediately, he picked up another piece and threw it in the other direction, only the sound of falling into the grass, and then there was no sound.

"How?" Guan Yang looked at Guo Enming.

"There should be a pond here, or a stream, that comes down from the mountains." Guo Enming explained, "The grass is too high to see clearly. ”

Guan Yang finally returned to them, looking a little impatient: "These distances, you can get there quickly if you go faster, right?" ”

"No, it's not." Xiao Jing explained, "We don't know the following situation now, so we need to be safe." ”

"Are you afraid?" Guan Yang spread his hands, "Could it be that there are still some man-eating things in this meadow?" ”

Guan Yang's gaze swept over Cao Xi, and he suddenly realized that he had talked too much. Cao Xi just stood silently in place, looking at the barren meadow, and did not participate in their discussion.

"Alright, alright, I'm in a hurry." Guan Yang said to himself, "Xiao Jing, you decide." ”

"There's no hurry, we still have time."

At this moment, there was a loud sound of grass around him, and when everyone was still discussing whether to walk or not, Cao Xi had already walked into the grass and walked forward alone.

"Cao Xi?" Shi Wei shouted.

She looked back, "Let's go!" Don't grind! ”

Guan Yang suddenly laughed, he didn't expect Cao Xi to do what he wanted to do, he hurriedly followed into the grass together, and beckoned everyone: "Hurry up and follow." ”

"It seems that this is the only way to go." Xiao Jing said, and walked into the grass with everyone.

The not-so-soft grass brushed their waists, and they swung their hands out of a way to step down to the wet and clay ground.

"Everybody follow me." Xiao Jing said, every step must be tested to see if it is safe.

"Ahh Guan Yang should not have paid attention, he had already guessed that his foot was in the water, lifted the wet instep and shook it.

"Go slower." Shi Wei reminded, "The grass is a little high, pay attention to whether there is a swamp." ”

Xiao Jing took out a trekking pole from his bag, stretched it out and stuck it in the ground in front of him, confirming that it was safe before moving forward.

"How do these grasses grow so tall?" Guan Yang muttered as he walked, "What are they?" ”

"Malignant weeds." Guo Enming replied to him.

"What?"

"It used to be farmland, so so there were so many vicious weeds growing after it was abandoned."

"Awesome." Guan Yang turned around and couldn't help but praise Guo Enming, "You know everything—ahhhhhh ”

Before he could finish speaking, he tripped over something and fell to the ground.

"Be careful!"

He was just about to prop himself up, when he suddenly noticed that the feeling of this land was a little different, there seemed to be something in the field in front of his right hand looking at him, he carefully broke some grass, and looked closely at the thing in the field, which frightened him to jump up immediately.

"What's wrong?" Guo Enming asked.

Guan Yang's face was pale, his heart was about to jump to his chest, his eyes widened and he adjusted his breathing, and then covered it up in a panic: "No...... It's nothing...... I didn't pay attention to the fall. ”

"Follow along." Guo Enming reminded him, "Don't look around. ”

"Oh...... Oh...... Good. Guan Yang hurried closer to everyone and followed everyone without saying a word.

His mind kept churning with the scene just now, it was a pair of eyes! A pair of eyes sunken in the ground, already pale, with rotting skin around them and grass stalks scurrying out indiscriminately......

He estimated that he would never forget this scene in his life.

Shi Wei noticed some of Guan Yang's changes, but she didn't expose him.

She deliberately pushed the grass away as she walked, looking at the ground under the grass, in addition to the black wet and sticky dirt underneath the weeds, there were some slightly white protrusions, which were a little hard to step on, and they should have tripped Guan Yang just now.

Further up, she soon spotted more white things, as well as particularly lush grass stalks around them.

"Shi Wei, I've gone astray." Xiao Jing called her.

She took a few steps back, seeing that Guan Yang was still a little distracted, and she already understood something in her heart.

After continuing to walk forward for a while, Xiao Jing stopped and probed ahead for a while.

Shi Wei looked at them and saw that they had reached the middle of this barren grassland, and originally thought that they could quickly walk to the opposite side, but in fact they walked more slowly than expected.

"How long have you been gone?" Mo Mo asked Guo Enming.

"Fifty minutes."

"So long?"

"Yes." Guo Enming glanced back, "The S-shape we walked." ”

Shi Wei took out the binoculars and continued to confirm the village in front of her, the white houses in the shadows, hoping that this time it would not be wrong again.

"Let's go." Guan Yang, who had been silent for a long time, couldn't help but say, "I don't want to stay in this pile of grass anymore." ”

Shi Wei glanced at Xiao Jing, and Xiao Jing glanced at his feet: "Everyone get ready, it's all water next." ”

Guo Enming looked forward: "This water is estimated to be ten centimeters." ”

"Nope." Xiao Jing stepped on it, and the soft soil under the water suddenly brought into his feet, and almost the whole foot went into the dirt, and the water spread to the middle of his calves.

"Everyone be careful, this section is estimated to go slower, and everyone had better hold hands to avoid accidentally falling." Xiao Jing reminded everyone, and then took Guan Yang's hand.

Guan Yang's hands were very cold, and he hadn't recovered from the strength just now, he held Guo Enming's hand, Guo Enming had been holding Momo, Shi Wei had pulled her, and by the way, he had pulled Cao Xi.

Cao Xi didn't talk much all the way, and his heart was beating fast. From the moment she suddenly jumped off, she regretted her impulsiveness. Of course, Shi Wei saw it in her eyes and should have guessed what she was thinking, but she didn't mention it for the time being, lest she think too much.

Take a few more steps, and the ground at the entrance of the village will be in front of you, and everyone wants to be able to reach it faster at this moment.