Chapter 38: Into the Corpse Land
He said that I had heard this legend, and not only had I heard it, but I could also recite it backwards. This is the story that the old madman at the head of the village tells most often, but each time he tells only half of it, and the remaining half he refuses to tell until he dies. In order to ask for the second half of the story, Kong Xian often brought wine to him, and I don't know if this old madman told Kong Xian the ending.
I'm a little worried, who knows if the plague can be completely eradicated, and now that we're here, we've come into contact with corpses, and if this plague still exists, we're likely to be infected, and that's a big problem.
"The rope is gone." I whispered to Mo Ranchen: "Get some corpse oil to make a torch, and wet a piece of cloth for me." ”
Everyone looked at me in amazement, not understanding what I was going to do.
I said solemnly: "The rope is not that important, and I may untie the rope myself when I encounter problems, so don't waste time." ”
Mo Ranchen replied with an "um" and made the torch at a very fast speed. Let's go back to the black mud pool together to get water.
The fabric of those dead people's clothes must not be used, I took a look, and the most suitable fabric quality for making a gas mask should be Kong Xian's sweatshirt, which has a soft and dense texture.
Seeing me looking at him with straight eyes, Kong Xian felt a little flustered, and asked me with a glare, "What are you looking at?" It feels like you're plotting against me. ”
I laughed twice, and said with a greasy face: "Master Jin, contribute your shirt." ”
Hearing me say this, he didn't refuse, just frowned and asked me with a worried look: "Mu You, there is no rope, does it really matter?" ”
I didn't expect that he was still struggling with this question, so I smiled and pretended to answer easily: "It's okay, if I enter the illusion, the rope may become an obstacle in my eyes to prevent me from escaping, and I will definitely be desperate to untie the rope at that time, so it is actually of little use." ”
Kong Xian struggled for a moment before he nodded, took off his sweatshirt and began to cut with a Swiss army knife.
Since I became sensible, I have never seen him look like he doesn't wear a shirt, this guy is different from other men, he is very particular, and his clothes will be worn at any time, and he is spotless. He often said that clothes are expensive and clean, but not expensive, and the upper is divided into points, and the lower is called home. When we were children, the children in the whole village, he was the best disciple to memorize the rules, and he was the best to do it. It's just that as soon as I got in front of me, there were no rules, only all kinds of under-pumping and all kinds of pits.
What I didn't expect was that Kong Xian looked thin, but his body was very strong, and he couldn't find a trace of fat, which was the result of years of exercise. I wanted to laugh a little, blaming myself for being too surprised, Kong Xian's refined personality could not allow him to indulge his body and raise a warm body of fat.
"Hey!" Seeing me staring at him, Kong Xian was a little uncomfortable, slapped me on the forehead, and said with a smile: "Look again, I will hold you responsible." ”
I couldn't help but laugh and replied, "I thought you were going to charge for it." ”
"You're still using me as a panda?" He pretended to be angry and glared at me and said, "I think you won't fight for three days, and you will go to the house to uncover the tiles, right?" ”
I looked at him with disdain and said, "The giant panda is a national treasure, you can't compare, you are a living treasure at most." ”
Liu Yang couldn't stand it anymore, and held Kong Xian and said, "Why is our Jin Ye not a national treasure?" In any case, we Jin Ye are the embodiment of wisdom, the representative of courage, the messenger of love and peace, and the captain of Team Rocket who crosses the galaxy. You said no? Jin Ye. ”
Kong Xian and I saw that he was blowing boundlessly, so we ignored him.
Mo Ranchen and Lin Su had already distributed the fabric and dipped it in water. We returned to the clearing in front of the corpse as fast as we could.
When the torch was lit and handed to me, I couldn't describe the feeling. There is fear, there is nervousness, and there is an inexplicable sense of mission.
I covered my nose with the water-soaked fabric and took a few deep breaths to try to calm my nerves. Then he strode and began to walk towards the corpse field......
There was no road in this area where the corpses were piled up, so I could only step on the corpses, and many of the corpses were only bones, and my feet could easily sink into them, and I couldn't pull them out for a long time; Sometimes he was stepping on rotting flesh, and the soles of his feet slipped and almost fell on the corpse. Coupled with the various strange sounds stepping under my feet, the indescribable horror of the process was a great psychological test for me.
Whenever I feel that I can't hold on, I look back at the people behind me, they are standing in the halo of the night pearl and looking at me, and when they see me looking back, they wave their hands to me, as if they are wordlessly saying "Don't be afraid, we are here!" Lin Su even compared with me to cheer up. At this point, I would relax a little and turn around and continue walking.
After about seven or eight meters of walking, my heart began to be bottomless, and I didn't know how big this corpse accumulation ground was, and how long it would take to walk, anyway, I couldn't see the end at a glance. And the high level of tension has made me a bit dazed and distracted, always thinking about things that are irrelevant.
"Click!" The abnormal sound startled me suddenly, and I didn't have time to react, I only felt that my feet were empty, and the whole person fell to sit down. I didn't pay attention to my feet just now, but I didn't expect that the corpse here was overhead, and I stepped on it and collapsed into a small pit.
When I came back to my senses, I realized that in order to maintain the balance of my body, I had propped both hands on the bones, and the gas mask in my hand had accidentally left my mouth and nose.
My heart said, "Oh no! I quickly covered the fabric back. Then he hurriedly raised the torch and got up to look at Kong Xian and them behind.
They were all a little anxious when they saw the changes on my side, and I saw that Liu Yang seemed to want to rush over to help, but was stopped by Mo Ranchen. Lin Su whispered something, I didn't hear it too clearly, it should have been asking me if I was okay or something.
However...... Kong Xian was gone.
I squinted my eyes and searched for a long time, but I still didn't see him, and I couldn't help but be a little worried, I don't know if he will rush over on impulse. Or rather...... Have I entered a fantasy?
Although there is a way to distinguish the illusion, that is, the difference between the smell of blood, I am not sure if this is an illusion or not. If I rashly take off the gas mask and feel the strong smell of blood, I may send myself into a fantasy world, and I can't try it easily.
I shouted softly: "Where is Master Jin?" ”
I don't know if they heard it or not, because of the distance, I couldn't hear their voices clearly. I didn't even dare to make a loud noise, for fear of causing some trouble.
"What? You just squatted down to grow mushrooms? ”
Kong Xian's voice made me tremble, and I hurriedly turned around, only to find that he had arrived in front of me at some point, and although he was smiling on his face, he couldn't hide his worry.
"Why are you so impulsive?" I reproached, "Do you know it's dangerous? You didn't cover your mouth with a damp cloth or a torch, what's wrong? You're going to be martyred with me? ”
As I spoke, I wanted to give him half of the damp cloth covering my mouth. However, he shook his head and said, "Let's go, I'll help you clear the way." Then he turned and walked in front of him.
"You're not a tiger!" I cursed and hurried to follow him.
I still walked very hard, one pit at a time, and I almost fell several times, but with Kong Xian in front, at least I had a sense of security and a lot less psychological pressure.
Looking at the back of Kong Xian in front of me, I couldn't help but be a little puzzled. I can't figure out why he's so different. First, lighting tools have not been used; Second, at the lake outside the bullfrog pool, Liu Yang and I both fell for it, and he was fine; The third is that he didn't wear a damp cloth gas mask like me this time, but he was still very normal and was not attracted by the illusion. Thinking about it, I really doubt it even more that he ...... Isn't it still alive......
My mind diverted my attention, and when I came back to my senses, I realized that Kong Xian in front of me was getting farther and farther away from me, his steps were very steady, and every step was just right.
"Kong Xian! Do you want to go so fast! I shouted softly, and he ignored me.
I ran two steps and almost tripped over, but I decided to walk slower honestly, and said to myself: if he wants to go so fast, let him go, and I don't have to follow him.
Thinking so, he looked up and found that the Kong Immortal in front of him was gone. I stretched the torch a little farther away, looking for his back. However, I didn't find Kong Xian, but I saw something that shouldn't have appeared...... Thicket.
I was stunned, thinking to myself, how can the bushes grow to the ground? This thing is meant to be sunny, right? This can grow, I'm afraid it's not going to be fine, right?
I didn't see much from afar, but I moved closer and realized that it was really a bush.
"Kong Xian, can you do it?"
An immature voice came, calling Kong Xian's name. I was frightened and hurriedly followed the voice.
At this time, I suddenly saw a little girl standing in the grass not far away, with short hair, and a very familiar appearance. Wearing a black cloth shirt and a thick gray vest on the outside, he looked very aggressive. I barely recognized her as a girl, just a gut feeling.
"Don't talk nonsense, you still have the face to say, I haven't looked at you for ten minutes, and you can break through a minimum of IQ when you get into trouble." The sound was familiar, a bit like ...... Kong Xian when he was a child.
I suddenly understood, it turned out that I had entered the illusion world, and these two children were not Kong Xian and me ten years ago. I said, how could Kong Xian rush over to see my situation so irrationally.
Looking at the two little guys in front of me, I felt a little unable to take my eyes off it, all this is very familiar, after so many years, it is very strange.
The light of my torch shines on them, and they don't seem to feel it. If I'm not mistaken, this scene is when we went into the mountains to hunt, I accidentally provoked a wild boar, and when we ran for our lives, we got lost, and lost all the equipment on our bodies.
How did you see this scene? Although Mo Ranchen said that the illusion came from the bottom of my heart, but this scene, after so long, I can hardly remember it, I can only vaguely remember that there is such a thing.
Or is it that in fact, my physique is abnormal, and the aura of gathering heaven and earth has a precursor to crossing?
"Hey! Can you see me? I asked me and Kong Xian softly when I was a child, and after asking, I felt a little stupid.
"What now? By the time you get out of the spark, it's probably dawning. As a child, I obviously couldn't hear my voice, and she continued to talk to Kong Xian.
I just stood there, looking at me and Kong Xian at that time, as if I were watching a recorded CD. Either way, childhood is the most nostalgic.
When we were children, we could be said to be inseparable, we would wash together in the bath before we were sensible, and we would sleep in a quilt when we slept, until we began to develop and knew that we were shy, so we separated, and our parents also joked that they wanted to kiss us with a baby. However, we would rather die than obey, and we almost got into a fight, so the matter was put on hold.