Chapter 13: Failure

Discussing these issues, everyone may have thought of their own thoughts, and one by one they stopped talking, and walked forward in a dull manner without a purpose. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 At this time, a few beams of light came from the opposite side, interrupting our train of thought, and when we stopped, it was Tan Jia, Professor Zhang and others, and next to them was the big bluestone that we were no longer familiar with.

Biaozi smiled bitterly and said: "This joke is too big, it seems that we are back to the starting point, this forest is really evil." Looking back at Wu Jian, he said in a tone of voice: "Little brother, you also saw that we and the tigress went in opposite directions, and now we have both returned to the original location, this is not a ghost hitting the wall, what do you say, did we all have a collective hallucination?" ā€

Wu Jian pondered for a moment, looked at the dark night sky, and said calmly: "I don't know what's going on, anyway, it won't be a ghost hitting the wall, if you don't believe it, I can't help it." ā€

Biaozi knew Wu Jian's character, smiled self-deprecatingly, and didn't say more, after all, Tan Jia was very close to us, if he was heard screaming a "tigress", Tan Jia would have to tear it up.

Seeing us coming, Tan Jia was not surprised at all, but said lightly: "Since you have also returned here, then, I believe that the others will also come back soon, and the trouble is really not small now." ā€

After waiting for a cigarette, sure enough, a few dog barks came from our right, and after a while, the group led by Junzi appeared in front, and Li Gao was among them.

Seeing that we were all clubbed on the big bluestone, Li Gaoge obviously thought of something, he ran over quickly, looked at a few of us in disbelief, and said to Tan Jia: "How can this be, our three groups of people are walking in different directions, how can we meet together, how is this possible?" ā€

"Don't get excited, calm down first, the facts are in front of us, and we can't be allowed not to believe it." Glancing at the others, they all looked listless, Tan Jia said: "To tell you a bad news, I originally planned to use the navigation system to locate and let us get out of this forest step by step, but unfortunately, the navigation system and walkie-talkie broke down at this time." In other words, if we get separated, we can only get out of this forest on our own. But now that everyone is back here, in order to prevent separation, it is better to act together in the future. ā€

"It's not a question of whether we can get out of this forest, it's a question of how we can get out of this forest, we can't afford it here." Li Gaoge obviously couldn't accept this fact, and he said with a pale face: "When is the navigation system not broken, but there is a problem when we get lost, is there really an unpredictable force in this forest?" ā€

When Tan Jia heard this, her brows furrowed slightly, and she said to Li Gao: "Oh? Why, even you, Captain Li, have begun to believe in those ethereal things? This was a surprise to me, but that's fine, maybe we'll encounter even more incredible things, and I hope you'll be prepared for that. ā€

Seeing Li Gao bowing his head and saying nothing, with an embarrassed look, I was really relieved, and my previous dissatisfaction with him was immediately reduced by half, and I said: Wasn't your guy very awesome before? How can you not be arrogant now? Jump one for the master to see.

Tan Jia looked at the position we were in now, and said to us helplessly: "So far, there is no better way, we can only shuttle through this forest again and again, I hope that one time, we can get out of this dense forest smoothly." ā€

Shunzi greeted him, and the big yellow dog immediately ran to him, according to Tan Jia's meaning, Shunzi led the way in front, because we walked in the other three directions once, so this time the direction was due north. The big yellow dog also seemed to sense that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and was no longer as active as before along the way, but just jogged forward silently.

At night, the forest was pitch black, and there was a thick fog in it, even with a strong flashlight, our vision was at most thirty meters away, and a little farther away, it was a foggy patch, and we could no longer see clearly. Fortunately, the beasts in the forest gave us a lot of face, and although we walked two more turns in a row, there was no attack by the beasts.

At this time, it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, and we set off from more than six o'clock in the morning, and calculated that this day had been rushing for more than ten hours in a row. Seeing that everyone was tired and hungry, and that there were still a few special police officers who were not very stable, Tan Jia had to let everyone spend the night next to Daqingshi and make plans early tomorrow morning.

We didn't dare to make a fire in front of the camp for fear of attracting the attention of the beasts, but the forest was so dark all the year round that there were so many mosquitoes that we could grab a handful with our hands, which was really flattering. The research team often carried out tasks in the mountains and forests, and had long expected this to happen, so they brought mosquito repellent medicines.

Tan Jia ordered Liu Dapeng to sprinkle some insect repellent medicine around us, and the medicine that emitted a pungent smell really worked, and within a while, a large number of mosquitoes died on the ground. Some mosquitoes knew that it was terrible and immediately stayed away from here, but the smell made the big yellow dog very unaccustomed, always sneezing, and spinning in circles uneasily.

Perhaps because they were too tired, everyone simply ate some food, and no one gathered to chat, so they lay directly in the sleeping bag, and after a while, the sound of heavy breathing sounded. By the time I woke up, it was past six o'clock in the morning, and the sun was already showing its soft glow.

Everyone got up one after another, hurriedly cleaned up, and ate some dry food, Tan Jia gathered everyone together, she said with some concern: "We have delayed too much time in this forest, this is not the most important thing, I am worried about the problem of food, you also know now that the food we brought is only enough for five days, and now one day has passed, that is, the remaining food is only enough for us to use for four days." ā€

Seeing that everyone was silent, Tan Jia continued: "Therefore, we must get out of this forest in the shortest possible time, otherwise, there is only one way to go, the road of death. In this case, I hope you will brainstorm and give more opinions, whether it is useful or not, we can try it. ā€

More than a dozen people, you look at me, I look at you, all looking forward to the other party being able to speak, at this time the mark cleared his throat, and said very angrily: "This problem is really difficult to solve, everyone knows, we are following the direction of the compass, the compass has been pointing in the right direction, in this case, we have no reason to return to the original point, I think there must be other factors that affect us?" ā€

Biaozi was instilled with too many gods and ghosts by Old Man Sun, and when he encountered this situation, he immediately thought of factors such as ghosts hitting the wall. However, for some reason, after getting Wu Jian's affirmative answer, everyone else believed Wu Jian's point of view, except for Biaozi, who was still insisting on this point of view.

At this time, Professor Zhang seemed to have discovered something, he looked at the compass in his hand, and then looked at the sun above his head, and his brows were very serious. As if he had lost his mind, Professor Zhang went to look at the compass on the other people's arms again, and after reading it, his face was full of joy, and he suddenly said, "I understand, I know what's going on?" ā€

Tan Jia knew Professor Zhang's temper very well, and couldn't help asking, "Professor Zhang, have you thought of a way to get out of this forest?" ā€

Professor Zhang nodded again and again, pointed to the compass on his wrist and said, "That's right, I know why we got lost." I don't think we're lost, it's the compass that's doing the trick. Seeing that we didn't understand, Professor Zhang continued: "You should all know that no matter how the compass changes direction, its pointer always points to the south, but have you noticed that all of our compasses now point to the southeast, which is a problem. ā€

We compared the compasses with each other, reversed directions, and found that all the compasses were really facing southeast, deviating from the original direction due south. I can understand that only one compass is malfunctioning, but now it's strange that everyone's compass is off, which is very unusual.

Sankra didn't want to know the reason for the collective failure of the compass, but asked with some puzzlement: "Even if there is a small deviation in the compass, what does this mean?" As long as the direction of the compass remains the same, whether it is pointing to the southeast or the southwest, it is the south after all, and we have been following the direction of the compass, and there is no reason to go back to the same place? ā€

Professor Zhang explained: "You're right, as long as we walk in a straight line, no matter which direction we go, we won't go back to the same place, but the direction of the compass changes at any time, and it will guide us to the wrong route step by step, and even make us go around in circles. ā€

Sankra smiled a little mischievously: "Professor Zhang, do you think that our IQ is too low, as we all know, when a person's direction changes, the compass will definitely turn and aim at the south again, which is normal, if not, can it still be called a compass?" It's better to call it a rainstorm pear flower needle. ā€

"I thought so before, but I accidentally looked at the direction of the sun and found one of the biggest errors." Professor Zhang pointed to the sun above his head and said solemnly: "You see, the sun rises from the east, that is, to the right of the direction we are currently facing, but if you look at the compass in your hand, it is shown on the east side, and it actually reaches the south side. ā€

Not only Sankra, but we were also taken aback, and looked carefully at our compass, and sure enough, the direction of the compass and the direction of the sun happened to be opposite, that is, the compass was not only broken. If you think about it, even if the compass is broken, at most the pointer will not move, or the needle tail will not wobble, and there will be no random pointing direction. But now the compass in our hand does not appear in this case, we change the direction, it also changes the direction, this is normal, but it just reverses the direction, which is too strange.