Chapter 20 Rope Bridges
Late at night, domed fishery, outside.
Zheng Nannan, who was originally following the convoy, suddenly stopped, and his face became ugly.
Tang Garlic, who was following him, noticed the boss's abnormality, and whispered with concern: "Are you uncomfortable? ”
"It's fine." Zheng Nannan frowned and shook his head: "Didn't I take medicine today?" ”
Hearing this, Tang Garlic took out the medicine bottle from his pocket, counted it with the help of a flashlight, and said, "I ate one in the morning." ”
Zheng Nannan pressed his temples vigorously, trying to suppress the increasingly severe headache, and said to himself, "It shouldn't be..."
Laili, who was walking at the front of the group, also stopped when she heard the movement behind her and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Zheng Nannan gave Tang Garlic a look, motioned for her to put away the medicine bottle, waved his hand, and said, "It's okay, keep going." Is this the end of the fishing grounds? ”
Laili raised her flashlight, and the snowy beam swept across the night sky, fixed on a huge stone top a hundred meters in front of everyone, and said: "This is the entrance, there is a rope bridge from here, and across the rope bridge is the fishing ground, under the rope bridge is the reservoir, and the fishing farm settlement is on the edge of the mountain cliff." ”
"What do we do now?" The uneasy feeling in Zheng Nannan's heart rose again, and he walked to Laili's side, squinted at the dark mountain pass with no light source, and hesitated: "Just walk in like this?" ”
Laili shrugged her shoulders and smiled lightly: "The Dome Fishing Farm is well-known in Xiacheng District, but it is not a Longtan Tiger's Den. We're not here to smash the field. ”
The dog-headed man and the pigtailed man couldn't hold it back for a long time, seeing Zheng Nannan hesitate, thinking that he was timid, they let out a disdainful snort and took the lead in walking towards the boulder dome.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly afraid? "The spirited Hu has regained the demeanor of a wild dead redemption, with disheveled hair and a scavenged weapon, like a walking ammunition depot.
Zheng Nannan closed his eyes and took a deep breath, calmed down, and whispered: "I can't say it either, but don't you really have any other feelings......
"Are you worried about Hong Coriander?" Hu asked him.
"Worry about us." Zheng Nannan Road.
As he spoke, his footsteps did not stop, and the dog-headed man and pigtailed man who took the lead had already led a group of people into the boulder dome. The flashlights of dozens of people formed a large net of light and shadow, adding a bit of strange color to this strange place.
The access road into the mountain pass is very smooth, hundreds of meters long, the top of the head is a black pressed boulder, in front of and behind the body is gusting wind, making people's hair stand on end.
Fortunately, there was nothing unusual in the march, except for the sound of the wind and the wind.
"Hey."
Shaman, who was walking behind, suddenly hurriedly came over, squeezed between Zheng Nannan and Hu Qi, and asked in a low voice, "Did you smell anything?" ”
The two of them were stunned for a moment, sniffed, and there was nothing else except the smell of smoke from the gunmen in the hospital in front of them. Shaman went to ask Tang Garlic and Shu Onion again, and the second daughter saw that her expression did not seem to be fake, so she sniffed seriously, but she didn't feel any different.
Shaman was very depressed and said in frustration: "I really didn't lie to you, I have a very smart nose. ”
"And what do you smell?" Zheng Nannan asked.
"Scent." Sharman didn't feel confident when she said this, and maybe she also felt that smelling the fragrance here was a bit too hallucinating.
The discussion of several people also attracted the attention of others, and the gunmen whispered, each of them inhaled the air sharply, some people said that he also smelled it, but most of them, like Zheng Nannan and them, did not feel anything.
A few hundred meters away is not far, and the two dog-headed men who took the lead have been waiting by the rope bridge for a long time. Zheng Nannan thought that the two of them wanted to wait for Laili to pass before continuing to move forward bravely, but when they came to it, they found that it didn't seem to be the case.
The crowd's flashlights were faint, and he seemed to be very frightened when he saw the braided man's face.
"Sister Li... This ......" The pigtailed man turned sideways, revealing the other side of the rope bridge, and Laili took a step forward and stood on the spot.
Zheng Nannan and Hu Qi glanced at each other, hurriedly leaned over to check, crossed the pigtailed man and the rope bridge, and their eyes fell into the boundless darkness together.
"There is a rope bridge from here, and across the rope bridge is the fishing ground, and under the rope bridge is the reservoir, and the fishing farm settlement is on the side of the cliff."
Laili's words about the fishing grounds were still lingering in her ears, but the scene in front of her was very different from what she said.
The rope bridge does have it, and it can accommodate three people in parallel, starting from the stone steps where everyone stands, falling in an arc in the air, while the other end is hidden in the darkness, and the end is not clear at all. As for the fishing grounds and reservoirs that Laili mentioned, there is no trace at all. Below the rope bridge, there was still endless darkness, only the howling yin wind rushed up from below.
"Light." Laili's face was not very good-looking, and she commanded in a deep voice, and everyone in the team opened their backpacks and took out all kinds of lighting tools. Head-mounted searchlights, spotlights, torches, cold fireworks, glow sticks...... All kinds and variety.
"That's what the calls being prepared." Hu forced Zheng Nannan in a whisper, and sneered: "Hong Xiangcai, that stupid girl, move an arsenal, what's the use." ”
While they were gossiping, the off-road team had already set up a simple lighthouse, gathered all kinds of light sources in one place, tied them with ropes, and slowly fell under the rope bridge.
The lighting effect of a large group of light sources is not bad, and Zheng Nannan can see the messy footprints on the rope bridge.
But the lower the ball sank, the more dim it became, and it couldn't reflect anything other than the light it emitted.
Laili didn't believe in evil, so she asked the kobold man and the others to continue to add ropes, and finally used the traction rope in the car, which was more than 300 meters long, and fell into the ball of light in one breath and sank rapidly, and in just a few seconds, in the blink of an eye, the huge ball of light suddenly disappeared.
Not only was Laili stunned, but everyone was dumbfounded.
In particular, the kobold man in charge of the rope thought that he had lost the ball of light by mistake, and hurriedly beckoned someone to help pull it up. As a result, this time everyone saw it very clearly, and when they pulled the rope up, there was a faint light under the pitch black, and then as the rope pulled back became longer and longer, the light source became larger and larger, until it appeared in front of everyone's eyes again.
"Holy shit, is this a black hole down there? Can't even penetrate the light? Someone in the crowd muttered.
Zheng Nannan and Hu Qi glanced at each other again, and the indescribable meaning in their eyes became more and more intense.
"Riley, have you been here before?" Zheng Nannan couldn't help but ask.
Laili nodded and shook her head, looked at Zheng Nannan, and replied, "I haven't been here, but I've seen it." ”
Everyone didn't know what to do, but Zheng Nannan understood what she meant. It is true that he has not been to Shangcheng and the roundabout, but through the eyes of Jin Ling and Luo Li, he has seen it.
"Could this be some kind of trick for the fishing grounds?" The hospital gunman asked.
"We've all arrived at the door, and we haven't seen a single living person, what's the use of doing this?" The kobold man shook his head, puzzled: "And what is this." ”
"That's... What about over there? Shaman timidly opened his mouth, drawing everyone's attention to the darkness on the other side of the rope bridge: "Shall we go over?" ”
"That's right." The pigtailed man suddenly realized and said excitedly: "What are we doing to compete with this?" It would be nice to walk over and take a look. ”
At this point, there was opposition in the crowd.
"It's already dark, and you can't see anything, why don't we wait until dawn?"
"Yes, yes, isn't it unpleasant to be blind in the dark?"
"I also think it's better to use the day."
“……”
Seeing that Laili didn't say anything, the pigtailed man blushed and said, "What are you shrinking when you're all here?" Fuck, I'll go. With that, he pulled a searchlight out of the ball of light and strode up to the rope bridge.
Laili lit a cigarette and said in a low voice: "Be careful, shoot if you have a situation." ”
The pigtailed man received the attention of his boss, and his confidence suddenly increased, and he threw off his arms and crossed the rope bridge, approaching the darkness on the opposite side.
Everyone on the side of the rope bridge was looking forward to it, but Zheng Nannan was absent-minded and muttered: "The light can't penetrate through, and the moonlight can't shine in, it's not like smoke, it's nothing." ”
Hu forced a confused face: "What do you say?" ”
The uneasiness in Zheng Nannan's heart was almost erupting, and he couldn't help shouting: "Come back!" Don't go in! ”
Everyone was startled by his sudden shout, but the pigtailed man who walked to the opposite side didn't seem to hear it, and resolutely stepped into the darkness. The light of the searchlight was instantly annihilated, and the pigtailed man disappeared in front of everyone's eyes as if he had never appeared. And there was no gunfire in the darkness, and it was calm, as if everything was a dream.
The air on this side of the rope bridge is almost condensed, and everyone is waiting, waiting for a gunshot, or the pigtailed man is excited to return from the darkness, telling everyone that this is all a trick, and the opposite side of the darkness is the destination of everyone's trip.
Time seems to freeze here.
Riley finished smoking a cigarette and lit another one......
Hu Qiu's eyes began to sour......
Tang Garlic and the others were nervous from the beginning, and slowly slacked off, and even became sleepy......
Sharman was still sniffing her "scent", as if she had lost hope for the darkness on the other side......
……
"Tie me the rope." The kobold man couldn't hold it anymore, untied the rope on the ball of light, wrapped it around his waist a few times, and said to everyone: "I haven't moved for more than two minutes, so you can pull me back." ”
"Don't go." Zheng Nannan shook his head and said, "Wait for dawn." ”
Laili glanced at Zheng Nannan and did not speak.
The kobold man gritted his teeth and said, "If you live to see people, you have to see corpses when you die." With that, he strode out, and in a moment he disappeared into darkness.
The rope was very long, and it kept slipping forward, and although everyone could not see the kobold or hear his footsteps, judging by the speed of the rope, the kobold on the other side of the darkness seemed to be running faster and faster.
"Pull." Zheng Nannan didn't abide by the two-minute time limit, and faintly felt that something was wrong, so he went down to pull the rope in person, and Hu Qiang hurried over to help when he saw this. There was not much resistance in the process of pulling the rope, as if the kobold man over there did not resist, but only symbolically delayed for a moment, and then the rope was pulled back by the two.
Everyone stared with bated breath, but Zheng Nannan and Hu Qiu, who were pulling the rope, were stunned.
After a few moments, the rope was pulled back, and the other end was empty.