Chapter 7: Nightmares
Just when the monkey and I were guessing the whereabouts of Lao Zhao, suddenly, there was a sound of branches breaking from the grass behind us, the monkey and I were shocked, we immediately turned around, only to see a black shadow out of the jungle, and after a closer look, it was Lao Zhao.
Lao Zhao panted and walked quickly to the side of the backpack, picked up the kettle and took a few sips. The monkey and I immediately approached, only to find that Lao Zhao was sweating profusely, his face was a little pale, and his clothes were torn in several places.
I was about to ask Lao Zhao what was going on, but Lao Zhao suddenly waved his hand and motioned for us not to make a sound, and the monkey and I didn't know what was going on, and suddenly became a little nervous.
At this time, Lao Zhao said softly: "Here...... Ghosts! "As soon as I heard it, I felt my heart tremble, in my impression, Lao Zhao is an old fox with rich experience and no trouble, but at this moment, he said something like a ghost from his mouth, which really shocked me.
The monkey was even more infected by Lao Zhao, and became more and more nervous, and asked, "Old ...... Lao Zhao, what are you talking about...... What do you mean? Where is the ...... Ghosts! At this time, Lao Zhao was still nervous, and he kept looking around.
After a while, Lao Zhao lowered his voice and said: "Before, you were both asleep, I was studying the map by the light of the firewood by the fire, and then somehow, I felt an inexplicable discomfort, I actually felt as if something was watching me behind me, this feeling is not always there, but it will suddenly appear from time to time, like a sixth sense." Lao Zhao said and looked around again, and listened to him continue: "Later, when I felt this way again, I immediately looked back, and guess what I saw?" I saw a figure, I saw him standing not far behind me, and he was slowly waving to me, through the faint light of the fire, I vaguely saw that the figure's face was full of blood, it seemed that his facial features were bleeding, his face was twisted and hideous, and he seemed to be still talking, I listened carefully, he seemed to be saying the words 'save me', could it be that in the deep mountains of this primeval forest, there are other people besides the three of us? Lao Zhao took another sip of water and said: "The figure kept beckoning to me, I didn't dare to approach him even if I was bold, but guess what, my body moved towards the figure without my control, I wanted to wake you two up, but I couldn't scream at all, and gradually the figure began to move towards the jungle behind me, I was led forward by him, and slowly I got closer and closer to the figure, and when I was almost about to meet the figure, the figure suddenly disappeared somehow, Almost at the same time, my body became conscious, and I immediately turned around and ran, and on the way back I fell a few times, and when I came back, I saw you both sitting here. ”
Lao Zhao finished speaking, and kept wiping the sweat on his face. I and the monkey both felt the cold hair stand on end, the back is cold, I am a materialist, although I don't believe that there are ghosts and gods in this world, but what Lao Zhao just said seems to be a little different from my previous nightmare, it is a person with a hideous and distorted face and bleeding facial features talking to us, and they are all saying the words "save me", and the person in my dream I recognize as a monkey, but I don't know who the figure Lao Zhao saw is.
So I asked Lao Zhao: "Lao Zhao, have you seen what that figure looks like?" Lao Zhao pondered and recalled, and suddenly, Lao Zhao showed a very frightened expression on his face, he immediately stared at the monkey's face, and said in a trembling voice: "Yes...... Be...... It's a monkey! After hearing this, the monkey and I were both shocked, and the monkey even collapsed to the ground, "Damn, Lao Zhao, what you saw is very consistent with the nightmare I had before!" So I told Lao Zhao about the scene in my nightmare, and Lao Zhao was also surprised when he heard it, why was it such a coincidence.
I thought about it for a long time and couldn't figure out what was going on with Lao Zhao being taken away by that figure uncontrollably, I thought for a while, and suddenly asked Lao Zhao: "Hey, I said Lao Zhao, aren't you fucking dreaming!" Lao Zhao replied: "Impossible, I can see it really, you see that the clothes on my body are torn, and I fell on my head when I escaped!" Listening to Lao Zhao say this, I suddenly thought that Lao Zhao has the habit of sleepwalking since he was a child, should it not be that Lao Zhao dreamed that someone was waving to him, so he went by himself, but he suddenly woke up after walking for a while, so the figure suddenly disappeared, due to excessive fright in the dream, when he woke up, he didn't know that he was dreaming and sleepwalking, so he hurriedly ran back, and as a result, he fell and broke his clothes.
In this way, the analysis can be explained, otherwise it would be difficult for me to believe that there are ghosts and gods. Then I told Lao Zhao all my analysis, Lao Zhao thought about it again, and felt that my analysis made sense, and Lao Zhao would rather believe that he was sleepwalking than believe that there was really a ghost driving his body.
At this time, the monkey who was paralyzed on the ground said, "You two dreamed of me and saw me, and both of you had bloody faces, and your faces were hideous and terrifying, and I shouted to you for help, it seems that my life is not long in coming!" The monkey let out a long sigh and could hear his voice trembling.
The monkey said to me again: "Old Yang, I am giving you a dream!" Then he said to Lao Zhao: "Lao Zhao, that's my soul saying goodbye to you." When Lao Zhao heard this, he scolded: "Phew, what the hell are you talking about, if you really say goodbye to me, you still come out in the middle of the night to scare me?" ”
I saw that the monkey looked a little dazed, so I told the monkey again about my analysis just now, told him that Lao Zhao was just dreaming and sleepwalking, and asked him not to think nonsense. The monkey froze when he heard this, and as if my analysis had helped him, the monkey sighed and said, "Even if you are both dreaming, how can you explain that I am miserable in the dream?" ”
I really don't know how to answer this question, and I don't understand what's going on, because dreams are not under my control at all, and the content in the dreams is all imaginative, but if two people have dreams with similar content almost at the same time, whether it is a coincidence or really has some meaning, I can't say.
At this time, the monkey suddenly stood up and said: "Damn, whether he is fierce or auspicious, what is there to be afraid of, I have never been afraid of death, I am afraid that I will be looked down upon without money, and I will live a life of being angry, I have fucking squatted in prison, and the spring dreams of the two of you can still scare me?" The monkey was at ease, as if nothing had happened.
This night to toss, we also have no nature to go to sleep, simply not sleep, we studied the map together for a while, then ate some dry food, and then discussed the next action together, unconsciously, the sky has been hazy bright, taking advantage of the cool morning, we set off early in the morning. We followed the directions on the map and continued towards the Daba Mountains.
As soon as we walked, it was another day, and by the time it got dark, we were already in the Daba Mountains, and we only needed to walk for half a day tomorrow to reach the place where the spirit mirror was. We unloaded our equipment and ate something, still the same as yesterday, we cut a circular clearing in the jungle, lit a fire in the middle of the clearing, and fell asleep after eating, Lao Zhao was afraid that he would sleepwalk again, so before going to bed, he tied one of his hands to the root of a nearby tree with a rope, and we were still three people on duty in turn.
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