Chapter 18: The Spirit
Meng Yingjiu turned to look at me, I shook my head and said, "It's not me!" When he looked at me, my voice came from the darkness again: "Meng Yingjiu! ”
"It's really not me!" As soon as I said this, I covered my mouth.
At this time, my voice came from the darkness again: "It's not me! Suddenly I felt like I was being teased, so I said angrily in the direction from which the voice came, "Who are you?" Why learn from me? “
Sure enough, from there came my voice again: "Who are you?" Why learn from me? “
"It's really boring!"
"It's really boring!" Still in the same tone as me.
I'm so angry that I want to swear, but I can't do anything about it. I whispered to Meng Yingjiu, "What's going on?" After saying that, I looked ahead vigilantly, for fear that my voice would come from there again.
Meng Yingjiu didn't speak, but picked up a small stone from the ground and shook it. Suddenly, he threw the small stone to the left in the direction of the miner's lamp. I heard the sound of a stone hitting something, and a wail like that of an animal.
Meng Yingjiu immediately moved the miner's lamp over. I saw a black thing squatting behind the white stalactite, and when the light came, the thing immediately turned around and ran into the darkness.
Meng Yingjiu immediately caught up, and I followed suit. The thing looked like a human being, but it was very short, less than 1 meter tall, I don't know what kind of monster it was, and it ran extremely fast. Soon I was left behind by the two of them, and I could only see the light of the miner's lamp in Meng Yingjiu's hand in front of me.
I couldn't run anymore, so I stopped and wanted to rest for a while. Although those two have run far away, I may have fallen behind, but I always feel that no matter where I am, Meng Yingjiu will find me.
I placed the miner's lamp on a large rock and leaned against it, panting and looking around. Suddenly, about 10 meters behind me, I saw two bright red lights! It can't be a pair of eyes! Thinking of this, I only felt that my scalp was numb, and I didn't dare to take the miner's lamp to see what it was. I can only take the miner's lamp and run away.
Originally, I couldn't run anymore, but thinking of the pair of red eyes behind me, I didn't feel tired, I just wanted to get out of here quickly and find Meng Yingjiu.
Seeing Meng Yingjiu's lights in front of me, I was finally a little relieved. Suddenly, I heard a scream from the front, it was not Meng Yingjiu's voice, it should have come from the monster.
I hurriedly ran over and saw Meng Yingjiu standing there, shining a miner's lamp on the monster lying on the ground. I gasped and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Meng Yingjiu said in a calm tone: "It's dead." "I thought to myself, how can this person's physical fitness be so good? I kept running for so long, and I didn't even gasp for breath. Looks like I really need to exercise.
I looked at the monster shining on Meng Yingjiu's lamp, and the monster was indeed in the shape of a person, but it was very small. Its skin is black, but there is a hint of red in the black, which is very ugly. It was lying on the ground, and I couldn't see its face, only its hair and long ears.
This monster is an important discovery, I took out my mobile phone to take a picture, but was stopped by Meng Yingjiu.
"What do you do?"
"This monster is a discovery that shocked the world! I certainly can't let go of this news. "I was scared just now, but now I think it's big news." Sister Zhang asked you not to call the police, but she didn't want more people to know, if you exposed the matter here, someone would come to investigate, and Sister Zhang's last resort may be this. So, you still don't report it. ”
It's the same when you think about it, but I really feel like I'm about to suffocate when I lose such a news breaking point. I was a little hesitant, the news was too tempting for me, and I didn't expect to encounter such a thing at first.
"However, this monster won't have anything to do with Sister Zhang, right?"
"I don't know, maybe there will be more amazing discoveries here, we still have to find Zou Zhou first, ask what is going on, and then make plans."
I had no choice but to give up and put my phone back in. I don't know if anyone from Unknown magazine has encountered this monster, but if they report it, it won't matter to me.
I sighed and said, "And what is this monster?" Thinking of Lao Zhang talking about the strange things he encountered when he was a child, "Is it a ghost?" What Lao Zhang said about the child ghost? But how can a ghost die? ”
Meng Yingjiu looked at the monster's corpse and said, "Ghosts can also die, but this one is not a ghost, it's a cantle." ”
"What?"
"The grasshopper is commonly known as the dragon, which is the mountain spirit of the mountains and rivers, and likes to learn the voice of people to confuse humans, so that people gradually lose consciousness and go to strange sounds. It was the one who learned our voice just now, and it should be the same one who learned my voice to tell you to enter this cave. ”
Mountain spirits? Is there really a goblin in this world? I was surprised and asked, "You say it's a goblin?" How can there be goblins in this world? ”
Meng Yingjiu said calmly: "It's not a demon, it's a spirit." ”
"Is there a difference?"
Meng Yingjiu looked at me and said helplessly: "It's not a kind, it can't be mixed up." "What is the difference between a snake demon and a snake spirit?"
"That's you humans mixed up. Generally, plants are cultivated into essences, and animals are cultivated into demons. "
"Could it really be that animals can cultivate into essence?"
Meng Yingjiu looked at me and didn't speak.
"Forget it, whatever. How did it die? ”
Meng Yingjiu pointed to a bloody stone next to the corpse, which was no bigger than a fist.
"Killed with a stone?"
Meng Yingjiu nodded. I suddenly reacted, what are we talking about? Only Meng Yingjiu will talk to me about this, if others know, they will definitely laugh off their big teeth. But how did he know what this monster was?
I looked at the monster's corpse and asked, "What do you say it's two?" How do you know? ”
"It's written in many ancient books."
"Ancient books? What kind of book? ”
"Chinese Lu Language", "Shuowen".
My jaw dropped in amazement, I had never heard of any of the books he was talking about, and I couldn't tell that he was still studying ancient books.
I wanted to continue to ask him, but Meng Yingjiu suddenly turned around and looked vigilantly in the direction we were running from. I turned around and saw the bright red light that looked like an eye. This time, though, instead of two, one piece. There are countless red lights in the endless darkness.
I immediately hid behind Meng Yingjiu, "What are these?" When I ran over just now, I saw two behind me, why are there so many now? ”
Meng Yingjiu shone the miner's lamp over, and at this time, I saw it clearly. I didn't guess wrong, those were indeed eyes, the eyes of the sprites! About 7 or 8 meters away from us, I don't know when, it was already full of large and small sprites.
These monsters have blood-red eyes and no eyebrows. As the light shone through, they opened their mouths wide to reveal a mouth full of sharp fangs. The skin on his face was wrinkled, and his expression was fierce. It looks like we killed one of their kind, angering them.
Meng Yingjiu said, "How can there be so many dragons here?"
The sprites gradually leaned towards us, enveloping us inside, roaring like beasts. We retreated to the edge of the cave wall, and I grabbed Meng Yingjiu's clothes and asked, "What now?" “
"It's impossible to run, only a fight."
"But so many, we fight like this?" I looked around, "There aren't so many rocks?" “
"You just ducked behind me, turned around, crouched down and closed your eyes. Don't look back at whatever happens. “
"How's that going to work!"
Before I finished speaking, Meng Yingjiu turned around and said, "Obedient." Then he grabbed me by the shoulders and turned me around, facing the cave wall. The moment I turned around, I saw Meng Yingjiu's relaxed expression.
I did as he said, crouching down and closing my eyes. I don't know if I'm really too sensitive, Meng Yingjiu's relaxed expression makes me feel weird. Even if you're not afraid, you should be nervous, this is a fight with monsters! No, it's not a monster, it's a goblin! Mountain Spirit!
I had been thinking about other things on the road just now, and now I began to think about whether Meng Yingjiu and I really met by chance? Why did he suddenly have a long life and also get into the car I was in, is it really such a coincidence?
Thinking of this, I even felt that his relaxed expression at that time still had a strange smile, could it be that the person next to me now was not Meng Yingjiu at all? It's all an illusion created by the spirits! But this sprite was also told to me by Meng Yingjiu! Wouldn't that be a contradiction?
I heard the sounds of fighting and the screams of the spirits behind me. Suddenly, I feel that I am very inauthentic now, and I don't want to help if I dodge, and I am still suspicious of this person who is protecting me.
I was very curious about what was going on behind me, and I was also worried about Meng Yingjiu. Although I have always been curious and skeptical about his identity, it cannot be denied that he has occupied that place in my heart, and human feelings are so uncontrollable. But he said he couldn't turn around, so I asked aloud, "How are you?" Meng Yingjiu! ”
No one answered, and I was struggling with whether to look back or not, when suddenly something hit me and knocked me down, and I fell to the ground and felt a small raised rock. At this time, suddenly the stone under me was empty, and I fell down.
Before I could scream, I fell a slope and rolled down. I tried to grab something, but it was all smooth stones, and I couldn't hold anything, so I had to protect my head.
I don't know how many times I rolled, but I finally hit something and stopped. I just feel dizzy, and my whole body rolls in pain! I looked up and saw that my miner's lamp had also fallen and fallen not far away, but fortunately it was not broken and was still on.
Through the light, I realized that I was not the only one who had fallen, but two other sprites had fallen with me, and they also looked like they had fallen blind.
I didn't think much about it, endured the pain, took out my phone to take pictures, and fortunately the phone was not broken. After the flash, they spotted me and immediately turned into an attack-ready stance.
I got up, and suddenly I felt the emperor chess in my pants pocket, and immediately took it out and pointed it at the two dragons. But they weren't scared at all, wondering if Meng Yingjiu didn't say that this could ward off evil spirits and was very effective? Why aren't the spirits afraid?