Chapter 3: Miasma
When I looked back, the two Cantonese tourists disappeared at some point, and I was taken aback, could it be that the visibility was too low, and they were separated from me?
After thinking about it, I felt that it was wrong, and the three of us were very close to each other when we walked, and although the visibility in this forest was no more than two meters, we walked in a row, so as not to get separated. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info It may be that they are not in good health, and they have been poisoned by this miasma and fainted on the road. I panicked a little when I thought about it, although we only paid lip service to them, but I had an employment relationship with them, and if something happened, I would most likely be liable for civil liability.
In desperation, I quickly turned around and went back, shouting as I went, hoping that they were only in a semi-conscious state, and still had the strength to blow the distress whistle.
I'm sure they'd be a little away from me, even if they had fallen to the ground, because they had been following me just ten minutes ago. I searched all the way, but after twenty minutes of walking back, I still didn't see half a person. Now I was completely panicked, seeing that the sky was getting darker, and the miasma in the forest was getting stronger and stronger, and if I continued like this, not only could I not find them, but I might have an accident myself.
At this point, the matter was already very serious, and I had to make a decision right away. My first reaction was to go to my backpack and get my phone to call the police, although it was embarrassing, but I couldn't help but hesitate any longer. I immediately backhanded the bag where I put my phone, only to find that the bag was empty!
I hurriedly unloaded my backpack, and when I saw it, the whole person was blindfolded: the fat man just now thought the equipment was too heavy, so he temporarily changed his backpack with me. I'm carrying the fat man's backpack now, and I gathered my mind and said that his phone should also be in the backpack, right? I quickly turned it inside out, and sure enough, I found a square-shaped thing in a hidden pocket in my backpack, and when I took it out, it turned out to be a pistol!
I touched the handle of the gun, and wondered why the fat man's phone was so small, and I was startled when I saw that it was a gun. These two ghostly Cantonese guests, how can they go out with guns? But these are not the most important things, maybe they are too rich, rich people are generally very life-saving, and it makes sense to bring a gun to defend themselves. It was imperative that I find them as soon as possible, because if something goes wrong, it will be a big problem.
I slapped myself in the face a few times, washed my face with a kettle, changed two masks, and the whole person suddenly sobered up a lot, so I thought, I will look for two more hours, if I still can't find anyone, I will rush back overnight, the fat man's car keys are in the bag, I can drive to the town for support.
I made a decision, and began to search in the woods, and after an hour of searching, there was still no sign of them, by this time the sky had darkened, and the miasma in the forest became more and more intense, and I began to faint again. I took my flashlight out of my bag and told myself to hold on for another hour, and if I couldn't find anyone, I'd drive to town and call the police.
I was so anxious, and the visibility was so low that I forgot to pay attention to my step, and by the time I reacted, I had already walked out of the mountain road, completely lost in the woods, unable to find the north. I thought to myself that this was bad, and when I came I thought they knew the path, I forgot to mark it for a moment, and now the miasma is so heavy, and the visibility is so low, that I am completely blind when I walk in the woods.
I once read an article in a magazine about a German institute that had a few volunteers walking in the forest blindfolded, and several of them were walking in circles without realizing it, but they thought they were moving in a straight line. Later, it was found that when people walk without vision or reason, due to the loss of balance and the error of the motion sensor, they will unconsciously walk in circles.
I know that the biggest threat of getting lost in the forest is to get flustered, run around, and eventually run out of energy and kill yourself. I still know a lot about this knowledge, although the miasma here is strong, and the visibility is no more than one meter, but as long as I find a reference or the right direction, there is still a great possibility of going out. It is impossible to distinguish the direction by the sun, moon and stars, and it is not realistic to find a commanding height to observe the surrounding terrain, but in the woods, there is also a way to distinguish the direction, that is, by observing the growth of the leaves, the lush leaves must be the south, and we entered the jungle from the north before, as long as I follow the opposite direction, I will definitely be able to go out.
I calmed myself down, and then I found a small tree nearby, climbed on it, and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, I found that the growth of the leaves was obviously more lush, and I was sure that I began to walk in this way. I was very careful, every few minutes I had to look for a tree to observe, and I kept telling myself not to go by feeling, which in this case often kills people.
I followed this method for about half an hour, and I found the mountain road we had taken when we came, which was only half a meter wide, and it was easy to ignore it if you didn't look closely because of the accumulation of dead leaves in the forest. I breathed a sigh of relief, and when I thought about it, I felt afraid, if I was really lost here, this poisonous gas was so heavy, once I fainted, I would definitely die.
I was worried about the two Cantonese people, and I wanted to go out to call the police as soon as possible and shorten the rescue time as much as possible, if it was delayed for another night, they might not be able to bear it. I was about to speed up my pace, when suddenly there was a sharp whistle from not far away, and my whole body was like an enlightenment, and I said in my heart, little rabbit, I can be regarded as finding you!
Fearing that I would get lost again, I took out a bundle of rope and tied it around my waist, tied the end of the rope to a tree by the side of the mountain, and walked in the direction from which the sound came. After walking for two minutes, it doesn't feel right, why does the whistle suddenly change?
At the beginning, the whistle blew "three short, three long and three short", which is an international rescue signal and stands for "SOS"; But after a while, it became "three long and two short", this signal is not international, only circulated in China, mainly used in the imminent outbreak of flash floods or avalanches and other crisis situations, meaning: there is danger, do not approach!
At this time, for some unknown reason, the whistle stopped abruptly. I was stunned, could it be that there are wild beasts in this forest? In the early years, I heard that there were golden leopards in this area of Chongqing, but this was many years ago, there were many poachers over the years, and many animals have disappeared, and the golden leopard, a big cat, has never heard of it again. Even so, I couldn't rule out the possibility, and although I was scared, I had to save them. To be on the safe side, I took the pistol out of my backpack, I had only played with toy guns as a child, and they looked like pistols, and I tried to pull it up, and I actually pulled the bolt up.
I followed the example of the movie, holding the handle of the gun and walking in the direction of the whistle. After walking for about 50 meters, I saw traces of dragging animals on the ground, and my hair exploded, thinking that it was really a wild beast that dragged people away?
I kept telling myself to calm down and be vigilant, I had a gun in my hand, and even if it was a beast, my chances were still good. Besides, there is no blood on the ground, and people should still be alive, and if I go out to seek help now, they will surely die.
I followed the trace, but I felt that the smell was wrong, why did the further I went, the worse the rancid smell of the miasma grew? I took a few breaths through my mask, and I felt my throat tighten, as if I had eaten a stinky oyster, and I couldn't help but vomit it. I resisted the urge to vomit, and walked forward for more than 20 meters, when a large pit suddenly appeared in front of me, and the traces extended into the pit.
I couldn't see the bottom of the pit because of the extremely low visibility, but the pit was not very steep and I could walk down. I slid underneath, and the fishy smell suddenly hit my face, and I took a flashlight, and my legs suddenly went limp, and I almost fell to my knees, and faintly saw that the bottom of the pit was full of huge white bones, and there was a humanoid corpse, the flesh and skin had rotted, and the suffocating stench of rancid flesh came from this corpse!
Before I could recover my senses, I heard a heavy footstep behind me, and I turned around to see that my mind was completely clouded, and I saw a person slowly walking in the thick fog, that person was extremely tall, and there were two heads on his broad shoulders!