Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Strange Shadow of the Pond
He tilted his head and thought for a moment, then continued: "You should know that human emotions are not just psychological, but subtle reactions to changes in cells and molecules in the body. Among us, the first to be affected was Liu Yang, who was greatly frightened when he climbed out of the hole. And you are normal at first, if I guess correctly, after you looked back and saw Liu Yang's reaction, you had a huge psychological panic, which led to resonance with the fluctuations in the environment. The only explanation I can think of is this. ”
"It's a bit mysterious." I laughed dryly twice, I still can't fully accept Kong Xian's explanation, but I can't find a better explanation at the moment. He was not wrong, although I had a feeling of fear in my psychology before, I had been trying to suppress and overcome it, until I looked back and saw Liu Yang's abnormal reaction, and my heart suddenly tightened for a moment.
We were all wet, and although it was hot outside, it was still very cold underneath, and I couldn't help but shiver a little.
Kong Xian glanced at the hole we climbed out of and asked, "Do you want me to go in and bring some firewood out and dry the clothes on my body first?" ”
I quickly shook my head, glared at him out of the corner of my eye, and said solemnly: "I don't know how many roundworms you have in your stomach?" You don't want to pick up firewood at all, you just want to catch the people inside, right? I know that you don't believe in evil, but I didn't expect you to be arrogant to this point, you really think that you are the smartest person in the world, and you really feel that you are the protagonist of this world, and you will always be possessed by a halo, and no one can kill you? ”
Kong Xian was silent, and I knew that he was sulking nine times out of ten. I also know that I talk a little too much, but his style of doing things, always putting life last, makes me have unspeakable worries, but there is also a hint of jealousy.
After a while, he lay down next to Liu Yang, closed his eyes and whispered, "I'm a little sleepy." ”
I whispered back, "Sleep, I'll keep watch." ”
I don't know if it's safe here, but Kong Xian has worked really hard all the way, and he should take a rest, he sleeps shallower than me, what's the matter, call him, and he will get up.
The quiet atmosphere lasted for a long time, and I felt that the heat on my body was almost gone, and my whole body was swinging like Parkinson's. I found that my headlamp was almost out of power, and the light was much darker, and it seemed that I couldn't delay any longer, so I hurried to see Liu Yang's situation.
Liu Yang's condition is not very good, the marks on his legs that were scratched before have all turned black, and the surroundings are swollen, if he is infected, I am afraid it will be over.
I nudged Liu Yang twice, he seemed to be having some sweet dream, and muttered: "You are so fragrant, like a flower fairy." "My face is full of black lines, this guy is afraid that he didn't dream of Lin Su, and he laughed like a prostitute. I will have to remind Lin Su in the future, let her stay away from Liu Yang, and don't be abducted one day.
Kong Xian was woken up by our movement, sat up and looked around, and without talking to me, he began to twist the muddy water on his body.
As soon as Liu Yang woke up, he was startled by his legs, looked like he was about to cry, and asked, "Am I hopeless?" You're not going to have to have an amputation, are you? I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet? How can I find this after an amputation? ”
Seeing him like this, Kong Xian patted him on the back and comforted: "It's okay, it's just a skin injury, when we go out, we will go to the hospital quickly, and the doctor will release the dirty blood for you at most." ”
I also nodded and agreed: "Yes, this is a little bit of an injury, and it didn't hurt a bone, so what kind of limb is amputated." Hurry up and let's find a way out first, Mo Zhanchen and they didn't turn back, maybe they have found a way out, and now they are sitting outside eating roasted game, waiting for us to go up. ”
When Liu Yang heard this, he thought that he would really be able to go out immediately, and the whole person instantly came to his senses, and he jumped up and said that he wanted to leave quickly. Kong Xian and I didn't delay any longer, got up and helped him to walk in the direction where Mo Ranchen's footprints disappeared.
I hadn't taken two steps when I suddenly noticed that something was wrong, and when I looked at the pond, my heart almost jumped out of my throat, and my brain began to buzz a little again, I trembled and pulled the corner of Lakong Xian's clothes and asked softly: "I'm not good at math, we're three people, right?" ”
Liu Yang was anxious to go out, and said impatiently: "Little brother, why are you still playing math games, isn't it three people or four people?" ”
"Let's go, Mu You is having fun." After Kong Xian finished speaking, he pushed Liu Yang to the front and walked, and he retreated to me by himself, asking me what was going on with his eyes.
He should be afraid of the situation he encountered before, so he didn't want Liu Yang to be frightened again. I didn't say anything, just pointed to the pond and showed him.
When he saw this, he was also stunned. Unexpectedly, in the pond, there were four shadows, one of them stood between Kong Xian and Liu Yang, he was very tall, a head taller than Kong Xian's shadow, and he was there motionless.
This time, Kong Xian didn't have to find out, but urged us to leave quickly.
I was still a little worried, afraid that the shadow would follow us as soon as we moved, but no, no matter how fast or slow we walked, no matter how far away from him, he didn't react, just quietly clubbed in that place.
"Leave it alone." Kong Xian whispered, we walked from fast to trotting all the way, Liu Yang's legs looked scary, but they were as good as if they were not injured. I asked him if it hurt, and he shook his head and said he didn't feel anything.
We didn't stop until we reached the end of the footprint. I looked back at the shadow, only to find that my headlamp was no longer bright enough to reach that position. At this time, more things are better than less, and I silently prayed in my heart that the shadow was better just a lump of water weeds.
Where the footprints disappeared, there was a crack in the mountain about three people wide, and I held my headlamp to shine inside, and some of them could not be seen at a glance.
Liu Yang looked at this crack that was not big or small, frowned, and said with a smile: "Alas, these people, did they get into this crack?" How can there be an exit in this seam? ”
I didn't understand, looked at him with a puzzled face, and asked, "Why is there no way there can be an exit here?" ”
He put on a knowledgeable look again and asked rhetorically, "Have you ever cut a watermelon?" ”
"Cut it."
"A ripe watermelon will crack a hole when you touch it, but most of this hole will not crack to the end, and the same is true for this gap, it will gradually get narrower and narrower until we can't get through."
I didn't expect Liu Yang to have a lot of common sense, so I quickly gave a thumbs up and praised: "Our Dayang is not ordinary, we understand this kind of physical problem, which really impresses me." ”
Liu Yang said "hehe" proudly twice and said, "When Lao Tzu sold watermelons, you were still a egg." Lao Tzu knows a lot of things, so learn more from a teacher. ”
I think he's getting carried away, give him a gas canister and he'll be able to swell up to the sky. simply ignore him and leave him alone.
At this time, Kong Xian suddenly discovered something, pointed to an upward pointed mark on the stone wall, and said, "It was just carved up, it should have been left by them." ”
I figured that the footprints were gone here, and with the markings, they must have entered this crevice. However, this gap has no place to settle at all, you can only pedal the rough rocks on the stone walls on both sides, although the gap is not too wide, even if you fall down, you can't fall deep, but you may be stuck if you really fall, it is also a trouble, why did you choose such a road?
Now, when I see this kind of place to be supported with my hands and feet, I have a psychological shadow, and it is not easy to be down-to-earth. Although I rested for a while, it didn't do anything, and the wound on my hand still hurt badly, and my legs and stomach were shaking.
"How? Let's go? Liu Yang asked me.
I shook my head and sighed, "Otherwise." ”
Kong Xian nodded in front, and Liu Yang said that after he broke off, I hurriedly said, "No, no." "After the previous experience, I was really scared by Liu Yang. Such a narrow crack, if he has any accidents in the back like before, I can't handle it alone, and Kong Xian can't help, but how can it be.
As he spoke, he pushed Liu Yang and asked him to go in the middle, and I will break the back.
Kong Xian took the headlamp to open the way, the light I can receive here is very dim, and Liu Yang is big, so the whole light is tightly blocked. I could almost only see Liu Yang's back, and the mottled wounds on his back.
No matter how you say it, it's the most reassuring in the middle, and when you go to the back, you're really scared in your heart, and your brain is like not listening to the call, and you always want to think about something. Especially the black shadow just now, I don't know if it is still in place, whether it will follow us.
The stone wall where we settled was rough, and there were some horizontal rock faces, which was not too difficult to walk, but the gap was very deep, giving people a very strong psychological pressure.
After walking about three meters or so, I felt more and more strained, and the wounds on my hands were re-torn open by the stone wall, and the blood soaked the wrapped strips of cloth. At this time, Kong Xian, who was at the front, suddenly stopped, and said in a puzzled voice: "There is a fork in the road here." ”
I couldn't see it in the back, so I asked, "Did they leave a mark?" ”
"Yes, yes." Kong Xian hesitated a little, paused and said, "But...... There are both paths. ”
I was with Liu Yang at the same time, "Huh? It felt a little incredible, could it be that they could still be divided into two groups of people, and one group of people walked one way?
After half a minute, Kong Xian said again: "It seems that one of the marks is new, and the other feels that it is not recently engraved. ”
"Is it exactly the same?" I asked.
"Yes." Kong Xian replied.
Liu Yang seemed a little impatient, and complained: "When did this Mo Gongzi do things so unreliable, he didn't know how to leave a complicated mark." This also collided with our predecessors, don't you say embarrassing? ”
I said, "We may not understand it if it is complicated, and we may have to guess the meaning, this arrow is easy to understand, and it saves time and effort to engrave." ”
Kong Xian didn't argue with us, and asked, "Which way?" ”
I said, "Of course, it's the new one, let's meet Mo Ranchen and them first." ”
Liu Yang also agreed. With that, we began to make our way to the newly marked fork in the road.
The fork in the road was obviously much narrower, but Liu Yang didn't have a hard time walking, but his legs looked more and more scary, swollen like swimming rings.
We walked forward about three or four meters, Kong Xian stopped again, and I sighed and asked, "What?" Another fork in the road? ”