Chapter 45: Cutting Corners
I rested for more than three hours, and it was close to three o'clock in the afternoon, when I woke up hungry. I wanted to roll over and continue to sleep, but I found that my legs were heavy and I couldn't move.
Squinted his eyes and looked down, heh, Kong Xian, this guy is quite good at enjoying it, using my thighs as a meat pillow.
Seventeen had many wounds on his body, he couldn't sleep well, he wanted to turn over in a daze, but he couldn't move because of the pain.
Mo Ranchen didn't know if he was asleep, he opened his eyes and looked at me as soon as I woke up.
"Shall we go out now, or will we wait until tomorrow morning?" I sat up and asked Mo Zhanchen softly.
"What time is it?"
I said, "It's three o'clock in the afternoon, and if nothing else, I can spend the night at the fawn's hut before dark." However, there is a shortcut that you can skip the boardwalk. If you leave tomorrow morning, you can go out in the whole day. It's just that the road over there is more dangerous, and there can't be any mistakes, otherwise it will be easy to roll down the mountain. ”
Mo Ranchen nodded and said, "It's too unsafe outside now, and it's prone to emergencies, plus the injuries on Seventeen's body, so it's natural to take the plank road to be safe." But it's not much safer, and it's better if you can take a shortcut. Let's see what Jin Ye decides. ”
If we want to go to the other side of the boardwalk, we have to set off now, or we will have to wait until tomorrow morning. I pushed Kong Xian, woke him up, and asked him to make a decision.
Kong Xian sat up and rubbed his eyebrows, as if he was also entangled, after all, no one could say what situation he would encounter on the road.
After a moment of silence, he said, "Take a shortcut." It's not safe to go on the plank road, and there's no room to dodge when you encounter something. On the contrary, it is the shortcut road, although it is not easy to walk, but almost no one knows about this road, as long as you sneak out of the village smoothly, it should be safer than the plank road. ”
"Do you remember the road over there?" I asked.
Kong Xian nodded and said, "Remember is remember, but it's uncertain whether you can leave now." Otherwise, I will go down first and meet you at the bottom of the mountain. ”
"You're going to walk at night?" I asked worriedly.
Kong Xian smiled and asked rhetorically, "Is there a difference between day and night for me?" ”
I helplessly held my forehead, shook my head and sighed, "You, can you be a little more crazy." ”
"Heh, that's still going around." As he spoke, he reached out and rubbed my hair, then got up to shake the dust off my clothes.
I slapped his hand down and scolded: "Rub my hair less, you will compensate me if I am bald in the future?" ”
"People will only be bald if they have a lot of brains, and your little brain is not as big as a walnut, so I'm worried about a fart." After Kong Xian finished speaking, he planned to open the door and go out.
I glared at him, rushed up and pulled the corner of his coat, and said, "Are you really leaving?" ”
"So worried about me?" He turned his head and laughed.
I was afraid of stimulating him again, so I bowed my head and said: "Of course I have to worry, if our Jin Ye has three longs and two shorts, I haven't chosen whether to be martyred or widowed." ”
When the words fell, I didn't expect Kong Xian to suddenly turn around and hug me, and whispered in my ear: "I just want you to be good and live like a fool forever." With that, he let go of me and opened the exit mechanism.
I haven't come back to my senses yet, but I only heard him tell him before closing the mechanism: "Remember to lock it, you must listen to Mo Zhanchen when you leave tomorrow, don't make your own decisions." I would pick up at the foot of the mountain, and if the road could not be walked, I would turn back. ”
If I don't have to worry, it's all fake, and I can barely get a good rest for the rest of the day. I was really sleepy in the second half of the night, so I finally squinted for a while, and when I fell asleep, I dreamed that something had happened to Kong Xian, and I woke up in a cold sweat.
The next morning, before six o'clock, I was urging to set off. Mo Ranchen asked about Seventeen's situation, but fortunately, Seventeen's recovery ability was good, except for the severe pain of the wound, there were almost no major problems. Walking activities are not greatly affected.
We sneaked out of the cellar into the bright autumn evening, and now the whole sky was still gray, and in the morning the fog was thick, and the visibility outside was barely more than two meters.
"Why is the fog so thick?" Seventeen frowned, his tone cautious.
I don't know the bottom of my heart, I used to like fog in the mountains, especially in the morning, when the fog is thicker. However, this kind of fog, with such low visibility, is not common. This concentration of fog, in addition to the smog in Beijing, is estimated to only exist when the monsters in horror movies and Journey to the West come out.
"Be careful." Mo Ranchen reminded me, then tilted his head at me and motioned for me to lead the way.
I can't tell the difference between east, south, and west, so I can only move in the direction of the end of the village by feeling. At the end of the village, there used to be a path that Kong Xian and I stepped on, and along this path we would reach a rocky slope, and from the rocky slope we would enter the most dangerous section.
However, this path must have been covered by wild grass now, and if there is no fog, I can still know the general direction, this fog is big, in addition to the direction is difficult to identify, it is also a great test for my psychology. This is still a trivial matter, and after the rocky slope, how should that dangerous road be good?
"Look at this, we've escalated our difficulty today." I whispered a complaint.
After saying that, I realized that we had gradually entered the wilderness area where there were no houses. I didn't know the bottom of my heart, so I stopped and asked Mo Ranchen: "It's really not good, why don't we take the plank road." ”
Mo Ranchen pondered carefully for a moment before saying, "You played tricks on the boss, Jin Ye and I provoked Wang Zhe, plus the person who escaped from the cellar." Any one of them could be ambushed around the boardwalk, and we can't walk the boardwalk. While no one has discovered this path yet, let's hurry up. You don't have to worry about making mistakes, Jin Ye will definitely leave you instructions. ”
Hearing him say this, I really feel a little confident in my heart. Mo Ranchen was right, Kong Xian would definitely leave me instructions, he couldn't be so reassuring about my brain.
After a few more steps, I finally noticed the stampede on the ground. It should have been left by Kong Xian, and this grass was obviously deliberately put down by someone, and trampled on it hard, so that there would be such clear traces.
After about half an hour of walking along the trail, we arrived at the rocky slope. On this side of the rocky slope, Kong Xian would draw an arrow with a knife on the ground every three meters, so he also walked very smoothly.
But when we were about to get out of the rocky slope, I suddenly felt a little strange, and when I looked at Mo Ranchen and Seventeen, it was obvious that this feeling was not only me, but also the two of them.
"What's going on?" I asked softly.
Mo Ranchen frowned and replied, "Something is following us." ”
My heart tightened, and I hurriedly asked, "Is it the person who asked the boss?" ”
Mo Ranchen shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, it doesn't feel like a human being." ”
As soon as he said this, I only felt my scalp tingle. What is it that is not a person? Wolf? Wild boar? Soul Eater? Still is...... Ghost?
"We're in the most dangerous place, and if someone follows us, we can't continue to venture forward." I reminded.
Mo Ranchen nodded in understanding.
Seventeen somehow found two scalpels pinned in his hands, took my arm with one hand, and looked around vigilantly.
As the minutes ticked by, the surroundings were very quiet......
We thought it was a big problem, but we stayed here for at least five minutes, and we still didn't get anything, the strange feeling didn't go away, and we didn't get hurt and attacked, as if this feeling was just the fear in our hearts.
"Let's go a little further." Mo Ranchen said, "If he still follows us, he can only spend time with him." ”
After Mo Ranchen finished speaking, I was about to move forward, but Seventeen suddenly whispered, "Listen, there is a voice calling for help." ”
I calmed down and listened carefully, and the sound was not far from us, less than ten meters at most. "Let's go check it out." I say.
Seventeen and Mo Yanchen grabbed me at the same time.
Seventeen said softly: "Don't be impulsive, the Wang Zhe you said also likes to make this kind of cry for help to attract people's attention. ”
With his reminder, I suddenly remembered that the fawn had said the same thing. And that day, we also saw with our own eyes that Wang Zhe suddenly lay on the ground and pretended to be dead, attracting people to the boss, and then killing them all.
"However, since he knows that we are here, and sees that this method is useless to us, he will definitely rush over." As I spoke, I clenched the knife in my hand and prepared for battle.
As soon as I finished speaking, Seventeen immediately said, "That voice has stopped, pay attention!" ”
Seventeen reminded us at the right time, and almost at the same time, a dark shadow flashed behind us.
Now that the fog is thick, it is possible that if we move a little bigger, we may be separated, so Mo Yanchen didn't dare to act rashly, but just protected me and Seventeen behind him.
"What should I do?" I think that when I took over Bai Zechen's task and returned to Yichang, these are the three words I ask the most. Every time it happens, my brain doesn't run out.
Before Mo Ranchen and Seventeen could answer my question, the white mist behind us quickly turned black, almost obscuring the sky and the sun, and quickly approached us.
I was shocked, and immediately realized that the black ones must be those bugs.
"Leave it alone! Run! Mo Zhanchen shouted softly.
We hurriedly accelerated towards the arrow marks left by Kong Xian, and no matter how dangerous the road ahead was, it was better than standing here and waiting for death. Even if I am asked to jump off the mountain, it is better than feeding my mother worms and being made into chicken wing rice by Wang Zhe.
The road ahead is dangerous because the slope is very steep, so steep that it almost becomes vertical. People have to hold on to the grass next to them to control their position and not roll down. Once you roll down at a height of several hundred meters, you can directly fall into dumpling filling.
Kong Xian also left some traces here, but this trace did not need to be deliberately left by him, as long as he slid down from it, the grass on the ground would be crushed and completely attached to the ground.
I was the first to slide down, followed by seventeen, and then behind Mo Chen. In order to make Mo Yanchen behind me safe, I slid very fast, so fast that I could only control my position.
After an hour and a half of sliding, the stone in my heart fell slightly, and as it stands, it would take us another hour to get to the end.
I thought it would be a vicious battle, but I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. I couldn't fully see what was behind the fog, but I could feel that those black bugs were still following us, and Wang Zhe should be there. But they just keep the safest distance from us, and I don't know if it's because they can't catch up, or because distance produces beauty is their ultimate pursuit.
"Why didn't they catch up?" Before I could speak, Seventeen asked first.
Mo Ranchen didn't think about it, and replied directly: "I'm afraid they want to follow us out of the mountain." ”