Chapter Twenty-Three: Falling into the Lost Realm
After the two of them stopped when they heard the sound, they looked at Zhang Tianye behind them, and hurriedly learned to sit on the ground and gasp for breath like him.
After Zhang Tianye took off the backpack from his back, took out his shoes from them, and put them on his feet, he was completely relaxed, and Qi Xin and Dewey followed closely and changed into their shoes.
Looking at the Black Forest in front of them, which should not have been stepped into, the three of them were in trouble, and Qi Xin asked on the side: "Brother Du, do you still have an impression of this place?"
At this time, Zhang Tianye did not pay attention to what Qi Xin said, but calmed down and watched "Drama Explanation" on the side, as soon as Dewey opened his mouth, he was choked back by Qi Xin, and the two of them quarreled on the side.
Zhang Tianye soon found a record about the Black Forest in the book: "Those who are constant in the mountains, there is no exit, chaos is born, there is no peace, walking the four elephants, passing the three mountains, taking the three pearls, and getting a new life."
Seeing this, Zhang Tianye was a little puzzled, according to the current understanding, that is, entering this mountain with the Black Forest, there are strange forces everywhere, which makes people uneasy, if you want to live, you have to pass four levels in a row, climb three mountains, get three beads, and the drum sounds on the third watch, which represents a new life.
Although he could understand the meaning of this ancient saying, he still couldn't understand the mystery and what it meant.
Qi Xin was still arguing with Dewey on the side, which made Dewey's face red, and he couldn't say a word when he was choked, time passed little by little, and it was almost noon in a blink of an eye, Zhang Tianye put down the book, pulled the two people away, and jokingly gestured and said: "Shhh! Be quiet, and in a moment the spider and the ten-legged scorpion will find your voice."
Sure enough, the two of them stopped arguing, and Zhang Tianye asked calmly: "Brother Du, are you recalling, take a good look at the surrounding environment, and determine whether you have been here."
"Just now, I was chased by those poisonous insects and ran out of direction, and now it's really hard to say," Dewey said with his head down, very embarrassed.
Qi Xin, who had been sitting on the ground, slapped his thigh and stood up, "Master, I don't believe in this evil today, you all say that this Black Forest is strange, I'll ask you, are those spiders and scorpions outside scary?"
Dewey gritted his teeth, his face was gloomy, and he was about to refute Qi Xin, but he was stopped by Zhang Tianye and said, "Monkey, that's right, we can't scare ourselves here, it's full of poisonous insects outside, and now we can only go on."
Dewey, with a sigh, shook his head, walked under the big tree against his back, and slammed his fist on it, he was afraid that what he feared in his heart would happen.
Zhang Tianye followed closely behind him, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Du Shao, don't worry, we will definitely be able to go out."
Dewey, who had always been calm, seemed to be very irritable this time, shook off Zhang Tianye's hand, and yelled a little out of control: "Things have come to this point, don't hide from me, what are you doing"?
Zhang Tianambi understands better than anyone else that at this time, if you don't stabilize everyone, this small team will fall apart, and once it falls apart, it will affect everyone's momentum, and then there will be danger, so he had to tell Dewey what happened.
After listening to Zhang Tianye's story, Qi Xin came over and said to Dewey: "Brother, I lied to you, but I have to do it, and when I get out, I will apologize to you."
At this time, Dewey calmed down a little, didn't care about anything more, and said lightly: "Forget it, let's find a way to get out first."
Zhang Tianye nodded, relieved about the current situation, called the two people to him, and told the two people what he had just seen in the book.
Dewey, following Zhang Tianye's words, said: "Let's go, the older generation of us here say that there is a mountain near Mayin Mountain that can run by themselves, and it is said that it is a place where demons gather spirits."
Qi Xin, early on felt that Dewey was not simple, there must be something to hide from everyone, and the vigilance that had been gradually lowered began to be vigilant again, secretly thinking that Dewey must have many secrets.
After Zhang Tianye boosted the morale of the two people, everyone's mentality gradually calmed down, and the three of them didn't have time to eat lunch, they were all thinking about how to get out of here.
It was supposed to be a day when the sun was scorching, but this black forest was too weird, with big trees and lush branches and leaves, covering most of the sky, and the air around them was cold and made them chill from the bottom of their hearts.
The three of them, the primary purpose now is to get out of here, after discussing the countermeasures, they set off again, Dewey walked in the front, Qi Xin walked in the middle, Zhang Tianye walked in the end, after a simple discussion, they always thought that when they were experiencing the poisonous insect incident just now, the direction was due south, and the direction of turning back and running should be due north.
After having a general basis for reference, Zhang Tianye asked the two of them to take out the dagger they were carrying and use it as self-defense, but he didn't dare to tell them about "walking the four elephants".
Zhang Tianye secretly thought that it was obvious that the poisonous insect incident just now was the first elephant, so he didn't know what the next second elephant would be, so he had to let everyone stay vigilant at any time.
Dewey walked in the front, holding the woodcutter in his hand, staring intently ahead, this way forward seemed very quiet, just about to relax the three people, things became strange again.
If it is said that in the daily environment, smelling the fragrance of osmanthus must be a kind of refreshing and enjoyable thing for everyone to enjoy, but here, with the gust of wind blowing, the fragrance of osmanthus brought by it definitely makes them shiver in their hearts.
This fragrance of osmanthus is like falling from the sky, especially Qi Xin's natural sensitivity to smell, and he couldn't help but say to the two people: "Brother Du, Zhang Shao, have you smelled the fragrance of osmanthus"?
Zhang Tianye nodded and said, "Don't be careless, haven't you noticed that there isn't a single osmanthus tree near here?"
After listening to Zhang Tianye's speech, Qi Xin, who had been relaxed, hurriedly stepped forward to Dewey and whispered: "Brother Du, have you ever told the story of the osmanthus here in the legends of the older generation?"
Dewey said firmly: "Monkey, you don't believe me? If I knew how to get out, would I not tell you"?
This sentence woke up Zhang Tianye, stopped the two people who were arguing and said: "It's weird here, this osmanthus fragrance is wrong, try not to inhale this gas"!
Qi Xin, who looked confused, said in a bit of a panic: "Is there still poison?"
This time, Dewey hit the nail on the head and said: "Zhang Shao, that's right, monkey, we've been walking here for so long, haven't you noticed that we've been spinning in place"?
Originally, Zhang Tianye didn't want to say this matter, but he didn't expect Dowey to observe so carefully, Zhang Tianye had to take over the conversation and continue: "Things are not so simple, you take a look, the surrounding environment, the same as when we first came, we don't seem to have moved a single step, it's not as simple as spinning"?
The two of them stopped according to the train of thought provided by Zhang Tianye, and after looking around, they were completely dumbfounded!
Zhang Tianye took off the backpack directly from his shoulder, put it on the ground, sat on the grass, and said to the two people: "Don't waste your efforts, we may be lost."
The two people who didn't give up chose a direction each, but they didn't expect that after half an hour, they still went back to the same place, so they had to sit next to Zhang Tianye panting.
Dewey took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, unpacked them, threw them to Zhang Tianye and Qi Xin respectively, and then took out a lighter from his pocket and lit the cigarette.
After taking a hard sip, he said, "Zhang Shao, we may have encountered a ghost hitting the wall."
Qi Xin said with a look of disbelief: "Impossible, we have been in the process of walking, when did we enter the ghost wall?"
After Zhang Tianye took the lighter that Dewey lit the cigarette and threw over, he also lit one for himself, and said firmly: "We may have entered this ghost wall last night."
Qi Xin and Dewey looked at Zhang Tianye in disbelief, and said in unison: "Impossible"!
Qi Xin continued: "If, we entered the ghost wall last night, Brother Du, how to catch the rabbit, and what do we eat in the morning?" ”
Zhang Tianye sighed and said: "I don't know, think about it, last night, when I went to take over the night vigil for Brother Du, how could I be confused and didn't even know if you were in the tent?"
This incident woke up the two of them, and began to recall what happened from yesterday to now, Zhang Tianye said again: "We are carrying backpacks, tents, and some daily necessities, the total weight is about 30 pounds, we have run so far, do you feel the weight of the backpack?"
Speaking of which, the two of them opened their backpacks again, and when they found that it was almost empty, they were completely desperate, and a sense of fear that they had never felt before made the two of them a little afraid.
In the blink of an eye, the cigarette in Zhang Tianye's hand had burned to the end, and the ash fell to the back of his palm, which made him feel hot and threw away the cigarette butt in his hand.
Hurriedly stood up and said to the two people: "I'm afraid the danger in front of us is not only trapped here, it is very likely that the flower spider and the ten-legged scorpion are right next to us, but we didn't see them."
"Zhang Shao, what the hell is going on", Qi Xin hurriedly asked, Dewey was also looking forward to Zhang Tianye's answer, and followed Qi Xin to turn his gaze.
Zhang Tianye didn't detour and said: "It is very likely that last night, when the three of us found that pool of black blood, we had already entered this maze, and until now, we have all been in this illusion!"
Didn't you notice? Until now, we have been dealing with smells, at first it was a foul smell, now it is the fragrance of osmanthus flowers, and it is very likely that everyone is controlled by these gases, and everything we may see now will not be true.