I looked up at the gray snow that had never covered my uppers, and looked up at the bare, densely intertwined, thick branches covered with soft white snow, and suddenly understood why the snow here was so much lighter than in other places, and why there were so many animals here.

Wang Linshuo stretched his neck, looked at the branches above his head motionlessly, and said, "No wonder I always feel that this place is darker than outside, it turns out that we have walked into the depths of the dense forest." The trees here are twice as dense as outside, and the branches block the snow. It's no wonder there are so many footprints here, and the depths of the jungle are always a paradise for animals, even when it's cold. He bent down and stared at the mixed tracks, frowning, "I can't tell what's here, but I always feel like there's something big moving here, so let's go." ”

Zhang Siyuan snorted coldly, and said while bending down to look for the traces of our coming: "What Ershuo said is all nonsense, who doesn't want to leave here quickly?" The question is, can we find a way? ”

Wang Linshuo glanced at him, pouted and said, "When it comes to talking nonsense, you are the number one who should not give up." ”

I grabbed Zhang Siyuan, who wanted to fight back, and flicked him on the back of the head and shouted, "Stop discussing useless things." Chen Ni fell behind halfway and ran to the black bear, and now there are just four of us in the dense forest, so let's take advantage of this rare opportunity to discuss Lao Liu's matter. I recalled Chen Ni's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, knowing that she must know something, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "I suspected Biaozi at first, and I suspected the eighth child last night, but now I can't find any clues." ”

Wang Linshuo, who was burying his head to discern the direction, suddenly raised his head, there was no smile on his face, his eyes were full of seriousness, the corners of his mouth were lowered, and he stared at us tightly and said, "Are you sure that the inner ghost is not among the four of us?" ”

I was startled by his tense face, and subconsciously remembered what they had done along the way. A few of us cautiously exchanged glances with each other, and Zhang Siyuan frowned and said, "No matter what you do, Lao Tzu is not suspicious at all." I was squatting and in the snow, you can see it. ”

Wang Zhen and I also shook our heads, and said in unison: "I swear I really didn't do it." ”

Wang Linshuo raised his eyelids and laughed easily and naturally: "I just teased you, I didn't expect you to take it seriously." The four of us have no reason to kill Lao Liu, and the inner ghost can only be in the black bear's team. He became serious, "I think there are at least two people who killed Lao Liu, one of them and the other of them." If it was only one person who committed the crime, then he could not provide an alibi. I found three suspects, namely Brother Fan, Lao Ba and Xiao Zhao. I'm just relying on my gut feeling that the analysis isn't necessarily right. At the same time, I can't come up with their handles, but I can only remind you to be careful. ”

Wang Zhenmo rubbed his chin and said: "I think Xiao Zhao and Brother Fan are not so suspicious, they have been analyzing with a look of righteous indignation along the way, and proposed to randomly assign roommates." ”

Wang Linshuo shook his head: "No, I think that if a person does something wrong, he will be the first to stand up and clear the suspicion, and guide everyone's thinking, trying not to let others discover his loopholes." ”

Wang Zhen and I glanced at each other, and we both saw surprise and admiration in each other's eyes. Zhang Siyuan's eyes widened rather exaggeratedly, and he said in surprise: "I really didn't expect this, I really think that there are some loopholes in the language and actions of these two people when you say this, especially Brother Fan......"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a high-pitched, short scream. The abrupt cry came from beyond the forest, and its voice was full of fear, sounding like something had been choked by the neck. The most terrifying thing is that this high-pitched and thin voice comes from a woman I am familiar with, Chen Ni.

My blood rushed to the top of my head, and my whole body shook like an electric shock, and I couldn't think about anything, and the four of them clenched their guns and rushed towards the place where the sound came.

At first, I was just panicking, just running forward and not looking at anything else. But as my strength weakened, I ran slower and slower, and my breath became more and more rapid. The freshly bandaged wound on my leg was also cracked, and sweat dripped into it, mixed with blood and ran down my ankle into my shoe, and the pain was so severe that I had to limp forward with the trees around me. But the more I ran, the more I felt that something was wrong, the snow under my feet was not thickening but was becoming a little lighter, and the trees around me were getting thicker and taller, as if this was not the way out of the dense forest.

My heart kept beating faster, as if someone had put a motor on it. I'm afraid a few more steps further and it will rush out of my mouth in a frenzy. I panted and stopped Wang Zhen, who was rushing to the front, and said breathlessly: "You, do you feel that we are lost?" ”

Wang Zhen stopped, his face flushed as if he had a fever: "I also feel wrong, but the sound is indeed coming from this direction, I remember hearing it very clearly." ”

Wang Linshuo shook his head, his face solemn: "No, I think we are on the wrong path." We were only separated for ten minutes, and in such a short time, it was impossible for her to run to the deepest part of the dense forest, not to mention that there were people overboard and bears on their side. Could it be that we are running in a wrong direction? Or is there something wrong with our ears' ability to recognize? ”

Zhang Siyuan hesitantly looked at the denser and denser trees in front of him, and then glanced back at the sea of trees that could not be seen, revealing a frightened expression, and goosebumps also stood out on his neck. He wondered, "So what do we do now, do we go forward or backward?" ”

I looked at the two distinctly cluttered rows of footprints in the snow and said, "I think I should step back." Ershuo was right, they couldn't have reached such a far place in a short time. We should go back to the river, maybe we can find them. ”

We turned around and followed the footsteps we had come, the rustling sound of our feet under our feet, the rustling of our clothes under our arms, and the faint rustling of our clothes in the depths of the woods, but when I looked back we could find nothing. When I caught a glimpse of the bear's corpse from afar, I breathed a sigh of relief, and thought to myself that if I got lost again this time, I would probably go crazy. I was about to make a few jokes to liven up the dull atmosphere, when I caught a glimpse of a mountain-shaggy, black crouch crouching beside the big bear lying next to me, and the monster was grabbing the bloody bear claws and putting them in its mouth.

My muscles tensed up, I stiffly pulled down the bolt, poked Zhang Siyuan, who was pale, and whispered, "You, can you see what this thing is?" ”

Before he could speak, the monster suddenly raised its head and stood up, dragged the two bears with each hand, and walked in our direction. Wang Zhen scolded in a low voice, jumped up on the ground, turned his head and rushed into the dense forest. I couldn't stop my heart palpitations while running wildly, just now the monster covered with black and hard hair, standing upright about 1.9 meters, actually had a human face! Whether it is facial features or skin, they are no different from people. But the wild, brutal light in his eyes and the blood on his mouth prove that he is very different from ours.

Zhang Siyuan's feet were like stepping on hot wheels, his legs were reversed quickly, and he shouted in a low voice while running: "It's over, I met a wild man today, hurry up, Lao Tzu doesn't want to kill each other." ”

I glanced back in a panic as I ran, and the wild man staggered, dragging the two bear carcasses slowly a few hundred meters away from us, seemingly unaware of us. I was happy and said that fortunately, this guy's eyes are not as bright as Zhang Siyuan's, otherwise it would be over. I looked around and happened to see two stout trees on my right, which were difficult for three people to hold.

Wang Linshuo and I hid behind a tree, held our breath, and made a shushing gesture with a wink at Zhang Siyuan and Wang Zhen, who didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere around us. Wang Zhen grabbed the tree with both hands, poked out half of his head, glanced at it and quickly retracted it, his back was tightly pressed against the tree, his body shrank as hard as he could, and his wide open eyes were mixed with nervousness and horror.

I heard the sound of heavy footsteps and grinding getting closer and closer, and my heart hung higher and higher. I curled up behind a tree, my hands pressed tightly to my chest, and I kept praying that I wouldn't be discovered, and even the sound of a heavy heartbeat and heavy breathing was loud to me. I closed my eyes, didn't dare to look at anything, didn't dare to think about anything, and my mind was blank but filled with boundless fear.

The footsteps got closer and farther away from me. I pricked up my ears, and gradually heard the sound far away, a heart hanging in my throat and eyes finally fell to the ground, and the heart was still useful to hold Buddha's feet temporarily, and the gods from all walks of life finally favored me once.

But before this extremely naïve idea was circling in my mind for five seconds, an abrupt and stiff female voice suddenly came from Zhang Siyuan's side: It's nine o'clock in the morning.

This sound is not loud at all at all, and it can even be called a little pleasant. But at this moment, the sound was like thunder, and it was like a noise of 5,000 decibels. The wild man shook in fright, threw down the bear corpse, glared at us, and pounced on us with bloody teeth like a fierce look. At this time, I had only one thought in my mind, to kill Zhang Siyuan.