In other words, since we entered the Luohe Circle, we have already entered the Immortal Gu's sphere of influence.

I said, "You mean, the wild Gu in the mountains are all controlled by the Immortal Gu?" ”

Dan Tuo still nodded: "Well, the king of Gu is nothing more than two kinds of golden silkworms and ice silkworms, although the immortal Gu is not the king of Gu, but after all, he has cultivated the immortal body, and it is not completely impossible to control the many wild Gu in the mountain." ”

After finishing it, he leaned towards me again, and then said: "Little Second Master, I have said so much, I just want to remind you that the current Luohe Circle is no longer the most dangerous part of the Savage Mountain, and the closer we get to the inner mountain, the more dangerous the situation will be." ”

I nodded silently and said no more.

Whether Dantuo's words are true or false, at least I couldn't tell at the time, but it was not only Dantuo himself who said that there were abnormalities in the forest, Boss Wen and Boss Jiang both found some problems, so even if he didn't remind him, I would be extra careful about the next journey.

At eleven o'clock, Li Huaishan and Boss Wen came to pick me up and Dantuo, three shifts were rotated, the last shift was Jin Xiangqian and Boss Yu, Boss Jiang, as the only woman in the team, was naturally more taken care of than others, she didn't have to keep vigil, she could sleep until dawn.

Before six o'clock the next morning, Boss Yu woke up the sleeping people, packed up their bags, and continued their trek.

The rainy season in Savage Mountain was unpredictable, sometimes two or three days in a row, sometimes it rained for three days in a row, and on the fifth day of our entry into the mountain, an unprecedented heavy rain suddenly came, and lasted for six whole days.

As we walked through the woods, we could hear the noise of landslides and the swelling of the river, and the rain curtain blocked the view in a large area, and everyone's hearts were a little more anxious.

From the day of this heavy rain, we could no longer rest normally, so we could only find a place with a thick canopy to take shelter, and sometimes, when we had just stopped to rectify, the water had not yet reached the roots of the trees, but by the time we started again, the water was already knee-high.

We didn't dare to take shelter from the rain on high ground, for fear that a flash would hit us and split right on the hill where we landed.

According to Danto, after the heavy rain, the weather will continue to clear for a long time, but the water that has been stirred up by the heavy rain will still last for five or six days, during which time we will have to walk around the river.

Fortunately, we also have Li Huaishan, a competent guide, by our side, so that we can avoid the river every time, and only when we need to get water, Jin Xiangqian and Boss Yu venture to go around the river.

On the last day of the downpour, we crossed a very large valley with the water level floating all the way down to the waist and chest, and the road was down to the limit of everyone's mental and physical strength.

As far as the eye can see, except for the large curtain woven by the rain, there is a patch of mud under the mountain, and there is no place to rest at all.

At the risk of being struck by lightning, Li Huaishan led his team to climb a relatively low mountain, and I originally thought that he was going to rectify it here.

Maybe Li Huaishan did have such an idea, but the next scene that appeared on the mountainside made him change his mind.

At that time, I had just climbed the hill when I heard Li Huaishan shouting at the front of the team: "There is a village on the mountainside!" ”

I immediately picked up my pace and went to the front of the line to find out.

When I arrived at Li Huaishan's side, Li Huaishan raised his hand and pointed hard twice on the mountainside, and I followed the direction of his finger to look diagonally downward, and saw that the spires of several houses had emerged about a kilometer away, and the walls could not be seen because the vegetation was too vigorous.

Li Huaishan and I were not far apart, but the rain was so loud that he could only shout at me: "Go into the village and take a rest, everyone can't stay up." ”

After I nodded, Li Huaishan waved to the others and walked down the mountain.

I stood there and watched my companions pass by me, each with a deep exhaustion on their faces.

When Dan Tuo walked past me, I grabbed him and motioned for Boss Jiang and Jin to move forward quickly.

Danto opened his voice and shouted at me, "What's wrong? ”

I asked aloud, "Who left those houses?" ”

Danto: "There are no villages in the mountains, and they are probably camps left behind by the exploration team. This place is right on the outskirts of the miasma, so even people who don't have the right to walk can come in! ”

When I saw those roofs just now, I felt that something was wrong, according to the local man-made houses, they should all be earth or wooden structures, but those pointed roofs looked like they were built with steel plates, and I was relieved to hear Dan Tuo say this, and I took him down the mountain with me.

The houses built here in the heart of the mountains may not be the work of the exploration team, but the work of a construction team, and when we got closer, we found that there were some excavation equipment scattered around the houses, and there was a small bulldozer, but it was rusted and rotted all year round, and it was already dilapidated.

It was not an easy task to bring in such a large locomotive from outside the mountain, and I don't know what the people who stayed here were going to do.

As soon as Dan Tuo saw the bulldozer, he took two quick steps, ran to the frame and took a careful look, I followed closely, and saw him turn over the edge of the frame with great force, and then turned his head and said to me: "Japanese goods, there are scratches on the frame, it is estimated that it was brought in by air." ”

I said, "What are the Japanese doing here?" ”

Danto: "When the Japanese invaded Burma, a lot of people died in the savage mountains, and in the eighties, I heard that they also sent envoys to find the corpses, and these things may have been left behind at that time. ”

"The invading army died in the valley, and they are too embarrassed to come back to find the body? The face is so big. ”

"There were indeed such rumors in the eight years, and some people said that they saw the Japanese helicopter enter the mountain, but then there was no follow-up, I thought they met a wild Gu in the mountains, and they withdrew halfway through, and they didn't want to go so deep."

At this time, Li Huaishan had already led the team into a room, and it was raining heavily outside, so Dantuo and I didn't delay any longer, and followed quickly.

These houses have been in the mountains for more than 20 years, and the steel frames used to support the roofs are already very fragile, and the musty smell inside is already very strong, and with the continuous rain in the past few days, the smell is not to be mentioned at all.

A lot of water seeped into the ground pressed with hard soil, but fortunately, the water level was shallow and barely able to live.

Jin Xiangqian took out some tools from his backpack, and silently strengthened the bracket supporting the top, which no one else could help, so he could only rely on him to do the work alone.

Li Huaishan took out the map, looked at it carefully, and asked me without raising his head: "How long do you plan to live here?" ”

I said, "Let's stay up until the end of the flood season, there is nowhere else to go now, let's stay here for a few days." ”

Li Huaishan put away the map, sighed and said, "I don't know how long this rain will last, if it goes on like this, the rations we bring will not be enough." ”

I frowned helplessly, took out the cigarette case from my backpack, and asked Boss Jiang, "Do you mind?" ”

Boss Jiang glanced at me: "It's not like you haven't smoked in front of me before, so you are hypocritical." ”

I smiled, took out a cigarette and lit it, and Li Huaishan also ran over to ask for one.

I stepped forward and handed him the cigarette and the lighter, he lit the cigarette, spit out a puff of clouds, and said to himself: "The Japanese who entered the mountain at the beginning, could it be that none of them got out alive?" ”

Li Huaishan didn't hear clearly, so he asked with more mouths: "What did you say?" ”

Danto didn't respond to him, but just turned his head and said to me: "The news of the Japanese entering the mountain should be true, I remember that this matter was also published, but then there was no follow-up, why is there no follow-up?" ”

In the last half of the sentence, he seemed to be saying it to me, and it was like talking to himself.

I said, "Isn't this place on the outskirts of the miasma zone, and the lives of the people stationed here are probably not in danger?" ”

Dan Tuo shook his head: "Although their camp is built here, the corpse collection team may not enter the mountain, and even if they don't enter the mountain, they may not be able to get out alive." After all, wild Gu is not always so well-behaved, and from time to time they will also go outside the miasma area to take a stroll. In any case, this place is not necessarily peaceful, so it is better to be careful. ”

Just as Danto was speaking, the hammer twisted itself and came out of my arms.

The rain has not stopped for the past few days, and it has been shrinking in my jacket, and after a long time, I am used to doubting that it is pressing such a soft thing, and when it comes out, I still feel a little empty.

After the hammer was drilled, he climbed up the beams along the steel frame, and then sat there, tilting his head and staring at the northeast corner of the house.

I felt that the hammer's eyes were somewhat the same, so I leaned into the corner to look, but there was nothing on the ground but damp dirt.

I was a little confused, and I looked up at the hammer again.

I saw the hammer raise one of its claws and scratch it a few times on the beam, but I didn't understand what it was trying to say.

Seeing that I couldn't get my eyes on the hook immediately, the hammer immediately gave me a very disdainful look, and then scratched the beam of the house hard, and glanced at me from time to time, looking at its eyes, it was clearly saying, "If you can't understand this, then I really can't help you." ”

But it's like an unqualified pantomime, and the things it performs are really confusing.

Later, Hammer also gave up, stared at me helplessly, and said to me with a rich expression, "You stupid X." ”

Just then, there was a knocking sound from Jin Xiangqian's side, and the hammer immediately raised its claws and pointed at Jin Xiangqian.

I looked over to Kim and saw that he was holding a military shovel, knocking on the thick wire that had just been wrapped around the steel frame, as if to see if the wire was strong enough.

Seeing this armor shovel and thinking about the action that the hammer just made, I finally understood its meaning.

It was for me to dig up the dirt from the ground.

(End of chapter)