Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Source of the Nightmare
After the mudslide completely crossed, it was the fat man who first noticed that about a thousand meters behind us, there was a huge collapse, and from a high place, you can clearly see that there is a building that looks like an underground room. Seeing this, everyone quickly slid down, and the strange thing was that as the mudslide gradually faded away, disappearing from our field of vision, the lightning and thunderous rainstorm also came to an abrupt end, and the bright moon revealed its supposed bright appearance, only the yellow mud all over the ground proved that what had just happened was not a dream.
Taro walked to Amu, who was standing beside the giant tree where Xiao Nan was swept away, in a daze, and comforted him with concern, taking medicine for his forehead, I quietly glanced at Pang Qinghe, her buddies died one by one, obviously hitting her hard. Although along the way, she pretended to be strong and thought that she was used to seeing life and death, but once death was really so close, she would inevitably be a little unbearable.
Xiu'er walked up to her, hugged her, and accompanied her silently.
The fat man was anxious to walk towards the sunken ground, but because of the embarrassing scene at the moment, his mouth opened and closed, and he finally endured it.
There are only five of the nine guys brought by Amu so far, and I saw that at this moment they all surrounded the giant tree and solemnly saluted three times, Pang Qinghe walked over, I don't know what to say to them, and the tears in the corners of his eyes are still clearly visible. Kuroko stood aside and watched all this, and there was no expression on his playing card-like face, probably among all of them, he was the only one who could see through death the most.
It took a long time for the group to pick themselves up, raise their heads and backpacks, and walk towards us.
The fat man impatiently asked the old ghost, "How is it, it's late at night, can we go over there." He pointed to the place where it had collapsed.
"Yes, the moonlight is also very bright, this area has been stirred by mudslides, most of the animals will not be out again in a short time, but you must pay attention to the forest snakes, now is the best time for them to hunt for food!"
"Python!" We saw it in the forests of northern Shaanxi, and it was a rather terrifying kind of snake: "There are also forest snakes in this forest?" ”
"Of course!" The old ghost looked at us as if he had heard some joke, "I said at the beginning, Shennongjia Forest Area, thousands of years of history, all kinds of strange things can be seen, and the night is their paradise, in short, be careful!" ”
The fat man grinned and said, "What is there to be afraid of, we have killed a forest worm before, and the meat is very delicious!" It's a bit hard though! ”
The old ghost shook his head helplessly, grabbed the hunting knife, and began to walk towards the collapsed place, "If everything is packed up, follow up!" ”
The smoker was carrying the monkey with a cigarette in his mouth and preparing to go, and the monkey whispered, "I can already walk, you can let me go by myself!" ”
"Hmm" After making sure that he could indeed move around freely, the smoker put him down, and the next ground was overgrown with weeds, and it was very troublesome to cross alone, and it was really difficult to walk with a person on his back.
The group lit up six or seven miner's lamps, the road ahead was illuminated transparently, and occasionally poisonous insects of different sizes could be seen, and the old ghost only picked up and threw them far away with the tip of a knife, and did not kill them. When I got back on the road, I remembered the nightmare I had in the tent at the same time as Xiu'er, and the picture was so real that even now I think about it, my hairs stand on end.
How can two people have nightmares at the same time?
Thinking of this, I asked the smoker and the monkey walking beside me, "Did you two have any nightmares before?" ”
"Before? When? The smoker asked in confusion as he took off the cigarette in his mouth.
"It's when I'm in the tent tonight."
"Yes." The monkey replied dryly, "I had a scary dream, it's weird, inexplicable!" ”
Forehead? He did, too, didn't he?
"Me too!" The smoker said.
It's strange that if one or two people having nightmares at the same time can be explained by coincidence, then it is definitely not normal for four people to have nightmares together. Thinking of this, I hurriedly asked one by one, and the answer I got after some inquiries was that except for the big head, the sunspot, the old ghost, and Amu, all the people who fell asleep had strange nightmares. The four of them probably didn't sleep because of the vigil, so they didn't have nightmares.
Wait, there's five people on the vigil, monkeys!
"Monkey, you said you had nightmares too, didn't you?" I asked him with a serious face.
"yes!"
Then there is only one possibility, "Did you secretly fall asleep during the vigil?" ”
"Hey," the monkey scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, "I couldn't hold it anymore and fell asleep unconsciously." ”
That can be explained, everyone who falls asleep has nightmares, this is definitely not accidental, there must be something manipulating everyone's dreams, although it sounds ridiculous, but since entering this forest, I have seen too many strange things, I have to think so.
Kuroko noticed that something was wrong with me, and came over and asked with concern, "What's wrong with you, is there anything wrong?" ”
So I didn't care if my guess was right or not, and I told him what I found, and it would be nice to say it if it was a visible enemy, but this kind of invisible existence is really a bit infiltrating.
After hearing this, Kuroko glanced at everyone in disbelief, and the people who had nightmares nodded their heads to indicate that this was indeed the case, and then he asked Xiang Datou, "Have you ever heard of such a creature that can make people have nightmares?" ”
The big head replied ambiguously, "This kind of thing has only been seen in mythological stories, but is it really possible?" ”
The team stopped, and when the old ghost in the lead saw that we were not leaving, he looked over in confusion, "What are you doing?" ”
I repeated the original version of the discussion that had just been discussed, and the old ghost seemed to remember something, "It's strange that so many people have nightmares at the same time, but if such a creature exists, then the illness of the hunter in the village has a very reasonable explanation." ”
When the big head heard this, there was a doorway, so he hurriedly asked the old ghost to explain it in detail.