Chapter Twenty-Four: The Second Night
Northeast? Isn't that the hinterland of the 64 tuns in Jiangdong?
I didn't speak, and sighed secretly, it seems that this adventure of saying death or death must continue.
But you have to take a break, otherwise with the current state of Da Kui and Ah Sheng, I'm afraid it won't work. Da Kui is tough on the lips, but he still limps when he walks, in fact, this is him, if it is replaced by me, I am afraid it is impossible to go to the ground.
Ah Sheng is more poisoned than him, but the recovery is faster than Da Kui, because he is only poisoned, but Da Kui is cutting meat, which is a bit like a computer, the virus on the software is easy to clean, and the hardware is faulty, but it is time-consuming, and you have to change a part or something.
There was no way, we could only rest in place, but Pan Haigen and Zhang Ye had eaten a little, and then got up to investigate the road conditions, while Da Kui and Ah Sheng and I stayed to rest, and it was not until noon that they both returned with excitement.
In fact, I really wanted to find another opportunity to ask Pan Haigen about the Black Water Demon Cave, but there was never a suitable time, so I had to endure and endure, thinking that he would not tell me all the inside story at all. Now I'm basically on the thief ship, and it's impossible to think about it, so I just don't think about it so much, I silently tell myself, be careful in everything, don't take your life on the line.
Pan Haigen said that it was not advisable to stay here for a long time, so it was better to set off immediately, but Da Kui's leg injury was not yet healed, so he had to find him a wooden stick to use as a crutch, but Ah Sheng was already fine, so at noon, we set off again.
This morning, Pan Haigen and Zhang Ye seemed to have a familiar understanding of the surrounding situation, and we set off from the side of the hut, walked along a wasteland, walked for about half an hour, waded through a barren grass, and climbed a small dirt slope, and a large road appeared.
Naturally, this road has been abandoned for a long time, but the mood is completely different from continuing to trek through the wilderness. Pan Haigen told us that if we go northeast from this road, we should be able to go deep into this land.
It seems that he and Zhang Ye have not tossed in vain, and have already touched the path, I looked at this not wide but winding road, and somehow blurted out a sentence.
"This road can't be a dead-end road, right?"
I didn't mean to say that the road would be broken as we walked, and there was still an endless wasteland ahead. But after I finished speaking, several of them all looked back at me, their eyes full of indescribable meaning.
Da Kui slapped him directly: "Bah, bad luck, is this said casually?!" ”
I subconsciously dodged, but I still didn't dodge, he slapped him firmly on the shoulder, Pan Haigen glanced at me and said: "Do the taboo of our line of business to say these two words, no matter where the road ahead, you have to move forward, don't think so much." ”
I smiled a little awkwardly, shrugged my shoulders, and didn't say anything more.
But in my heart, I secretly thought, I don't do what you do, after this incident, everyone still goes their own way, and it's better not to interact with each other.
We finally set foot on this so-called road, heading northeast, as Pan Haigen said.
The road under my feet is winding and long, looking from afar, like a big snake that has been dead for a hundred years in this reckless wasteland, stretching across the wilderness, without a head or tail.
I was worried in my heart, not knowing whether this road was a road of broken head or a point of no return.
Fortunately, there was no danger along the way, and the facts proved that the path that Pan Haigen and their exploration in the morning should be correct. On this road, we saw several villages that had long been deserted, and there were even some modern things scattered in the wilderness, such as a very dilapidated and very old car, which was now covered with dust and grass, and a black bird was parked on it alone, next to a lonely telephone pole, which looked more like a dead log from a distance.
This seems to be a journey with no end, the further we go, the more solemn Pan Haigen's face becomes, he began to take out a map from time to time, and looked at it silently during the break, each time, his brows were frowning.
Before nightfall, a deserted village appeared in the far reaches of the road.
We have also seen a few such villages along the way, Pan Haigen looked at the time, and said to us, speed up, and rest in that village tonight, this is also a lesson learned from the previous day, anyway, it is safer to live in a house than to camp, who knows what else will appear in the middle of the night?
But the village seemed to be very close, but we did not reach until the sky was nearly completely dark, and the village of the wilderness, like a mirage of sand in the desert, looked like it was real, but in fact it was unreal.
However, the appearance of a mirage in the wilderness is still a bit nonsense after all, Pan Haigen told us, it is like looking at the mountains and running a dead horse, because there are not many references in the wilderness, and it is a flat river, so you can see the village far away.
So, if we hurry up, we will definitely get there.
He laughed self-deprecatingly, "This is our second night here, and hopefully, we won't get into any more trouble." ”
So we hurried out in the darkness of the night, and strange to say, during the day the wilderness was very quiet, and there was no sound except the sound of the wind, and the occasional bird's song. But when it was dark, all kinds of strange sounds came out in the surrounding wilderness, and the grass chirped, as if strange insects were whispering and rustling, as if grass snakes were walking at night.
The night breeze is slightly cool, and as far as the eye can see, the surrounding grass is blowing, the sky is covered with dark clouds, and the stars are hidden, it is really a treacherous wilderness night.
We walked in this dark wilderness, I felt like I was walking in the belly of a giant beast, no one around me spoke, the atmosphere was depressing, if it weren't for our strong flashlight, which lit up a large area, I would have thought that I had been abandoned by this world.
At this moment, Da Kui suddenly pointed ahead and shouted, "Look, when you arrive, there is a light in front of you." ”
Not only did he see it, but several of us had already seen it, and in the wilderness not far ahead, a little red light appeared, and from a distance, it looked like a warm hut, with the light of returning home.
Da Kui was still excitedly shouting: "Great, there are people in front, this time we don't have to sleep in the wild, hey, you say, is this a Chinese or a foreigner?" ”
Zhang Ye glared at him and said, "I said that it is not a person who lives, you lack a heart, don't you, who the hell is here in this wilderness?" ”
Da Kui was stunned for a moment, scratched his head and stopped talking, Ah Sheng asked in a low voice next to him, "Pan Ye, look?" ”
Pan Haigen thought for a while and said, "Let's go over and take a look first, although this place is remote, maybe there will be people living there." ”
I leaned over and said, "yes, just like the guy we met before, isn't he just ......."
Pan Haigen glanced at me, frowned slightly, and said, "I hope that I don't meet that person again." ”
However, we still walked towards the light, after all, in this wilderness, there will be many unknown dangers, and the light, seeing that we are very close.
After about ten minutes, we finally came to a deserted village, and the lights were already in front of us, and we could only see about a hundred meters away.
This village is no different from what we have seen before, it is a number of thatched houses that have collapsed, covered with all kinds of plants, and look like graves in the dark.
Standing at the entrance of the village, Pan Haigen suddenly asked us to turn off all the flashlights, I was a little puzzled, Ah Sheng whispered to me that the flashlight was turned off to hide our tracks, so that we were in the dark, so as not to encounter the enemy, which would be unfavorable to us.
I couldn't help but look at the light again, but it was still in front of me, and now it was closer, and the light showed more and more a strange red glow, looking a bit like a red lantern in the wilderness, and like the one eye of a monster, hanging there, motionless.
"Strange, it doesn't seem like a light." Ah Sheng suddenly said, "This place has been deserted for many years, there is no power facility, and what can be lit is a candle and oil lamp, how can it be so bright?" ”
Da Kui said: "Could it be that the little brother from yesterday? He's very mysterious, and he left half a day before us, so maybe he lived here? ”
I thought for a moment and said, "Even if it's him, then why would he make such a bright light?" Did he know that we would come later, and besides, it wouldn't be so coincidental that he happened to be on the same path as us? ”
"Impossible, he said before, don't let us continue to move forward, how can you show us the way, I said don't guess, let's go over and see, let's just know, I've been talking here for a long time, isn't it ......"
Da Kui was talking, suddenly a strange wind rose in the dark, I subconsciously shivered, my heart was so cold wind, at this moment, Pan Haigen suddenly waved his hand, and shouted: "Everyone stop first, it seems that something is wrong in front......"
Before he could finish speaking, he saw the strange light in front of him, and suddenly, it went out.
Suddenly the surroundings were plunged into darkness again.