At about seven o'clock the next morning, a group of five of us set off early for the depths of the mountain. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoBecause of the map in Lao Bai's hand, we didn't make many detours and went straight through the jungle.

As soon as we got out of the jungle, we found that there were layers of mountains in front of us. The many mountains in front of us also made us feel unprecedented pressure.

There is a big mountain in front of us, but there are several mountains of the same size around it, probably because of the fog in the morning, I can only roughly see their outlines, the depths of those mountains in the morning fog look very hazy, but also plain to add some mysterious color.

I was a little dazzled by the sight of so many mountains in the distance, and then asked, "How can we find so many mountains?" ”

Lao Bai took out the map, then pointed to a location in the upper left corner and said, "This is this place, Wuzhang Mountain." ”

Lao Bai continued: "Because this place is the same as in the legend, there are nine mountains around, so some people have also named these mountains, all of which are sorted according to the distance, and now the mountain in front of us should be Yizhang Mountain. ”

I nodded, but now that there is too much morning fog, our vision is also a little blurry, I took out a thin rope from my backpack and handed it to the people behind me and said, "Tie this to yourself, and you can't get lost when the time comes." ”

After doing all this, because the map was in Lao Bai's hand, it was also started by him, followed by the little brother, and then down was me and the girl, and the two young men walked in the back.

According to the signs on the map, if we want to reach the Wuzhang Mountain above, then we must first cross the first mountain, the altitude of this mountain is not too high, only about 30 meters high, but most of this mountain is gravel, there is nothing to support it, we are very careful every step of the way, this girl's foot strength is far beyond my imagination, several times she stepped on the air, but the next second is very quickly adjusted her angle, and then continue to walk forward.

Our group climbed to the top of the mountain, and it was already past eight o'clock, and the morning fog had almost dispersed. I stretched hard and prepared to rest for a while before continuing on. But at this moment, the man who had been following me suddenly screamed loudly, and then looked around him in a panic.

I asked, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

The man pointed behind him and said, "Lin, Lin is gone!" "This Lin is one of the men in our group, according to Lao Bai, this Lin and this man named Lei are brothers. I don't have a very deep impression of him, because he was very silent along the way, and he was like a little brother, so I didn't pay too much attention to him.

I heard that someone was missing, and hurriedly ran behind me, the rope behind the man was holding on to the ground, but the last Lin was gone. I walked up to my brother and said in a deep voice, "Little brother, what the hell is going on?" ”

The little brother picked up the rope, and the break of the rope was very neat, as if it had been cut by a sharp blade at once. And we didn't hear any other sound behind us as we went. After looking at it for a while, the little brother stood up and said, "This rope seems to have been cut by himself with a knife." ”

Lao Bai didn't speak after listening to the little brother's analysis, but just explained to the remaining two people, and was about to go back. I grabbed him and asked him what he wanted to do. He looked obviously very flustered, and after breaking free of my hand, he said, "This person is the child of my relative's family, even if he cut it off himself, I will find him back." ”

Seeing that I couldn't stop him, the little brother immediately said: "I advise you not to go, although we didn't encounter danger when we came, but this mountain is a slope, and if you go, you will encounter danger." ”

Lao Bai hesitated for a while, and then sat back in place and was stunned alone, the little brother looked at the slope below and said, "Let's change positions, you two go to the middle, and Wei Qi and I go to the rear." ”

After rearranging the positions, we headed down the hill. This descent is not as good as going up the mountain, the uphill mainly relies on one's own physical strength, and the difficulty of going down the mountain is much greater than going up. The gravel caused us a lot of trouble on the road, and one of us was likely to fall because several of us were connected by ropes, and one fall could be life-threatening for all. But luckily, our movements were quite neat, and we were going down quickly.

At this time, the morning fog has completely dispersed, the little brother saw that there was no danger, and the rope was all cut, and there was a jungle in front of our eyes, and the jungle where we spent the night before, the area was very large, the little brother told us some things and then took the lead in walking over, and a few of us also hurried to follow.

Less than two minutes into the jungle, the girl was screaming loudly from behind. I sensed something was wrong and asked what was wrong. The girl she saw pointed behind her and said in a trembling voice: "He, he's gone!" ”

At this time, Lao Bai and Xiao Ge also sensed that something was wrong, and they also returned. Just like the disappearance just now, there was no movement at all, it was as if it had evaporated from the world behind us.

Lao Bai gritted his teeth and said, "Damn, this time it's really unbearable!" After that, he picked up the guy and prepared to go back. At this time, the little brother suddenly came to him and signaled him to calm down quickly, but because these two disappearances were too evil, Lao Bai's current mood was also very angry, and no one would listen to him.

I saw that he was about to quarrel with the little brother, so I hurriedly stepped forward and separated the two of them and said, "Now that the matter has not been investigated clearly, if we start to fight now, what should we do next?" ”

Lao Bai sat on the side angrily and lit a cigarette and smoked vigorously, and I hurriedly walked to the girl's side, and then placed her next to Lao Bai. Now that the four of them have become two people, if something happens to this girl, it is estimated that Lao Bai may really be mad.

"Damn, it's all that hateful task!" Lao Bai pinched off the cigarette butt in his hand and kicked the stone next to him vigorously. I watched his movements and didn't speak, and now that he was on fire, it was obviously irrational to go up and provoke him at this time.

The little brother held the sword in his hand and said, "From now on, a few of us will get closer, and if something happens, say it in time." ”

I nodded, then put on my luggage, and asked Lao Bai to protect the girl well. Because of the two disappearances, several of us were also a lot more careful in their movements, so the progress of the rush was also reduced. My brother was at the front of the way, and I was at the back to observe the situation.

The jungle was overgrown with weeds, some of which were even waist-down, and not only that, but there seemed to be a special fragrance wafting in the clearing, which was not there before.

"Did I smell it wrong?" I was just about to continue my journey when suddenly a rope came out from under my feet and tied me tightly, and I fell to the ground at once, and then the rope pulled me backwards with all its might.

As soon as I saw that things were not good, I hurriedly took out the knife in my hand and cut the rope, and then screamed. They weren't too far from me, so they ran back quickly after hearing my shouts. They were relieved to see that I was fine.

I picked up the rope I had just cut off, and when I looked closely, I realized that it was not actually a rope, but a vine, the whole body of this vine was purple, and there were small black dots all over the body, but the cut of the vine I had cut off was leaving a sticky white liquid, which still exuded the fragrance I had smelled before.

The little brother took it and looked at it and said, "This is not an ordinary vine, it is a vine on a cannibal tree. ”

Man-eating trees are carnivorous plants that are different from other creatures, large enough to kill or even devour a human or other large animal. Despite various uncertain reports, there is no concrete evidence of the existence of such a plant, so the existence of this plant is still a mystery for the time being.

I heard that this thing was actually the vine of the man-eating tree, so I quickly threw the half aside and said, "This cannibal tree still exists in China?" ”

Lao Bai said: "The distribution of this man-eating tree is not uncommon, and in many places in southern China - such as Baiyun Mountain in Guangzhou and Wutong Mountain in Shenzhen - it is easy to see a variety of carnivorous plants of the genus Maodew, and there have always been civet algae growing in Beijing. ”

The little brother picked up the vine I had just thrown away, fiddled with it for a while, and said, "This is what the horror just attacked them." ”

I was so frightened that I quickly sat on the ground, fortunately Lao Tzu's reaction was faster just now, otherwise I might have been dragged somewhere by this thing now, and then eaten.

At this time, Lao Bai's expression was a little incredulous, and then he asked, "You mean to say that those two people have now become the food of this man-eating tree?" ”

The little brother's movements paused, but in front of the facts, he had nothing to say, so he had to nod.

The girl next to her hurriedly cried when she heard that the two people were already more than lucky. Lao Bai's movements were also a little stiff, and then he sat aside and lowered his head.

The little brother didn't pay attention to these things, and then said: "Most of the places where this man-eating tree grows are in the tropical and cold temperate zones, but when there are swampy places, there are also man-eating trees, and it seems that there should be a large swamp in front of this." ”

I looked at the situation of the two men and felt a little pitiful. After all, the death of a companion is a fatal blow to anyone. I asked the little brother, "Will this man-eating tree still attack us?" ”

The little brother thought for a while and said: "It's possible, the general man-eating tree will only attack the living things that are close to you, but we have been walking for so long and we have been like this one after another, it is estimated that the body of this man-eating tree is very large." And, I found something else. ”

Seeing that the little brother suddenly stopped talking, I gradually felt that the matter was serious, and the little brother looked around and said: "I don't know if you have noticed, since we entered this mountain, we have not seen a living thing, which proves that the entire mountain may be the attack range of this man-eating tree." ”