Chapter 52: Nowhere to be Found
This person is Lao Zhong, and it is also my preconceived guess, because for now, he is the most likely person to send Chen Haidong out.
If it were him, he would definitely leave us a clue, even if it wasn't deliberately left by him, but there should be blood stains.
Taking the place where the shoe prints disappeared as a point, we scattered around, but after I searched for it for a while, I heard a voice from the east not far away.
Hearing this, we hurried over, and under the flashlight, we saw that Dongfang was holding a dagger in his hand, which was exactly what we brought with us when we came.
Looking at the dagger, I thought of the blood on the ground again, could it be that something happened to them here.
Thinking of this, I immediately looked around again, and the first thing that popped into my mind was the kind of mountain ghost we had met before.
With Lao Zhong's skills, no matter what, he will never lose his weapon, unless it is ......
I thought...... When they escaped from the ancient tomb, Chen Haidong was bewitched by the mountain ghosts, and here they attacked the old bell and forced it back into the tomb.
If that's the case, it can be said that it is in the past, but the old bell is in danger, and he is forced to return to the ancient tomb after being injured, and the situation must be very bad.
According to the place where the dagger was found, we could not find any trace of Lao Zhong, but we thought that since he had found the exit, it was only a matter of time before he left.
It's just that we can't find him, we can't be sure of his current condition, but we can only be relieved to know that he is still alive and has hope of coming out.
Dongfang minds that we will take Chen Haidong back first and find a hospital to treat him, for fear that if he sleeps too long, it may lead to brain trauma.
Knowing that Lao Zhong was fine, we were all relieved, so according to Dongfang's statement, we sent Chen Haidong back to the hospital first.
But it's easy to say, the way back is not so easy, although we are already halfway up the mountain, but there is still a long way to go outside.
I remember that before we came, we brought a satellite phone, originally thinking that there was no signal in the mountains, and if something happened to us, we could use it to call for help, but now when we really use it, we find that it is placed on the old clock.
We went through our own backpacks and Chen Haidong's, hoping that Lao Zhong would put the phone in Chen Haidong's backpack, but the result was a big disappointment for us.
In the hazy night, we walked on this mountain road, and we could only rely on flashlights and moonlight to identify the direction of the descent.
Under the moonlight, the three of us took turns carrying Chen Haidong on our backs, and asked someone to explore the way ahead, so that we could go in the wrong direction, and if we were on the mountain, it would be troublesome.
In the middle of the night, it was really unbearable to stay for too long, and when it was my turn to carry Chen Haidong, we had already walked out of this forest, but we came to a mass grave.
Gusts of wind blew from the front, and the fallen leaves were blown up by the wind and slapped on those stone tablets, like an invisible footstep.
Liu Ran walked in front, and when she walked to the mass grave, she suddenly stopped, and I thought she had found something, so I immediately followed.
"What's wrong?" I asked her.
Looking at those tombstones, Liu Ran shook his head thoughtfully, "It's nothing, maybe I'm wrong!" ”
After saying that, she was about to continue walking, but I grabbed her, and in such a place, listening to her say half a sentence, I was more curious about what she meant.
"What did you just see?!"
Liu Ran turned his head and glanced at me, before whispering, "I feel like someone is watching us here!" ”
When she said this, I immediately glanced around, but in my eyes, there were only three of us except for the tombstone.
"Nothing! You must have read it wrong! ”
Liu Ran didn't answer again, and walked forward first, and I hurried to follow her, but I don't know if it was because of the hint of her words, I also began to feel as if something was looking at us.
With a snort, I paused, and said in my heart that the ancient tombs have come out, are you still afraid that there are any ghosts in this group of lonely tombs?
With that in mind, I jerked my head back and instinctively looked back at somewhere in the tombstones.
Under the moonlight, the lonely tomb towered, and a gust of wind blew on the grave, and a faint blue light swept through the air, and disappeared quickly in an instant.
Seeing that burst of light, I almost didn't hit the front, Dongfang's body.
Dongfang turned around, saw that my face was pale, and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?" ”
"Nothing! I just saw a burst of phosphorus fire! ”
He sighed, feeling that I was making a little fuss, and continued, "Let's go, I feel wrong when I am so frightened by your startled appearance!" ”
The wind around me had no direction, and it was in the midst of this chaotic sound that I instinctively quickened my pace.
But the more anxious I was to leave, the stronger the feeling of being watched by someone became.
Eventually, we got out of here, and I was relieved when the trees blocked the tombstones.
After leaving this cemetery, the surrounding trees began to become sparse, and the road was much easier than before.
We counted the time, and walked for more than two hours, but when we saw the muddy path in front of us, it was still not the end.
As we walked briskly out of the shadows of the woods, we looked back and saw a continuous mountain, like a tall stone wall, blocking much of what we saw.
After one look, I looked back and said that the road ahead was slim, so it was better to hurry up.
I don't know where this basin is, but fortunately, there is Kun Tiandou, and after leaving the ancient tomb, Kun Tiandou's pointer has also returned to normal.
We walked for a long, long time in the direction we came, until the third time it was my turn to carry Chen Haidong, and we finally saw a big road.
On the main road, there is still a remnant of the rain from a few days ago, and it is very wet to walk, but it is much easier to walk than the previous dirt road.
Following the pointers, we couldn't fully walk on the winding road, occasionally crossing some mud and then returning to the road, our shoes were covered in mud.
After stomping my feet hard and shaking off the mud, I felt a lot more relaxed, and I explored the way forward with Liu Ran, and this time it was Dongfang's turn to carry Chen Haidong.
It was already the second day, and we dragged our tired bodies, opened our hazy eyes, looked at the road paved by the morning light, and continued to walk forward.
Chen Haidong still didn't wake up, I was so tired that I couldn't stand it, my legs were only weak, and in the end I could only take a temporary break before hurrying.
Liu Ran looked at the road in the distance and felt that it was already very close, so he simply let us take a rest on the side of the road and see if there was a hitchhike by the way.
After putting Chen Haidong down, I gasped and nibbled on biscuits, and the bright light shone obliquely from the mountains overhead, chasing along the surrounding road and the flowers and plants outside.
In this way, we rested in the morning light for a few minutes, but as soon as we stood up and were about to continue walking, we suddenly saw a car slowly driving in front of us.
When we saw the car, we were pleasantly surprised to wave in that direction, and when the car stopped on the side of the road, we found that there was a father and daughter sitting in the car, the father was sitting in the cab, and the little girl was sitting in the back.
"Excuse me, can you give us a ride?" I asked the man, and he looked at us a few times, then at the surrounding mountain roads, frowned, and asked, "Who are you and how did you end up here?" ”
I thought about it for a while, and then I replied, "We came out to play, and we didn't want to be left here halfway by the driver, so we ......."
The other party hesitated for a moment, and then looked back at the girl, but saw that the girl was only in her teens, wearing a white floral skirt and a pair of big watery eyes, and looked at us curiously.
"Dad, I see that they are pitiful, so let them come up!" The little girl's childish voice sounded before the man agreed to give us a ride.
Dongfang saw that the little child was very cute, and after getting in the car, he began to tease her without saying a word, but the little girl stared at Liu Ran, as if she wanted to find something from her.
She was a little uncomfortable looking at her, although it was just a child, Liu Ran still asked, "Little sister, what are you looking at?" ”
The little girl shook her head, "Someone behind my sister is following us!" ”
Hearing the little girl's words, Dongfang suddenly looked out of the car window, but soon, he came back to his senses and asked the little girl, "You must have seen it wrong!" ”
"No, I didn't!" The little girl seemed to be very concerned about this question, and continued, "The man I saw was very strange, his eyes were closed, his mouth was open and closed, as if he was talking something in my sister's ear, did he have any secret to tell my sister?" ”
The car was quiet all of a sudden, everyone didn't speak, Dongfang's eyes looked out the window, and my eyes looked through the rearview mirror to Chen Haidong.
He was sleeping beside Liu Ran, and it was somewhat similar to what the girl said, Chen Haidong's eyes were just closed, and his mouth was in Liu Ran's ear, but he didn't speak.
"Don't talk nonsense, kids!" Suddenly, the man in the cab broke the silence in the car with a word, but in the rearview mirror, I suddenly saw a fierce light erupt in his eyes.
"I'm sorry, children are ignorant and always talk nonsense, I didn't scare you!" The man's gaze remained motionless in the rearview mirror, not as if to comfort us, but more like to warn his daughter.
I waved my hand to show that it was nothing, and said with a smile, "Kid! It's good to have a lot of imagination! ”
The man didn't answer, but the girl in the back muttered something, glared at me again, and finally shrank back to the car door, saying no more.
I said in my heart that this father and daughter were really strange, but I didn't ask more, I just hoped to go back as soon as possible and send Chen Haidong to the hospital as soon as possible, for fear that it would be more dangerous a moment later.
I was really tired that night, and I didn't know how I survived, but now that I finally had time, I took advantage of this little effort to lean on the saddle and fell asleep in a daze.
As soon as I fell asleep, my nerves relaxed all over my body, and I don't know how long I slept, until the car stopped, I was woken up by Dongfang Huang.
I woke up in a daze, I slowly opened my eyelids, but I still felt very sleepy, and I got out of the car and sat on a bench by him.
But after a while, I fell asleep again, and lay down, not knowing if there was anyone around.
I slept for I don't know how long, and when I was in a daze, it seemed that someone called me again, but I was so tired that I didn't want to wake up, so I didn't pay attention to it.
When all the drowsiness was gone, I finally opened my eyelids, but when I opened my eyes, I saw a white expanse around me.
The moment I opened my eyes, I couldn't adapt to the white here, and subconsciously squinted my eyes, and I said in my heart what kind of place is this, why is it so white?!