Because Mizusawa Village is located upstream, it was not difficult to row, but it took more than half an hour for us to finally arrive at the Black Bamboo Forest.

The moment I stepped on the shore, I felt a trace of uneasiness - wouldn't it be too risky to come rashly, we are not familiar with this bamboo forest at all, maybe say hello to the family in advance, they will have a better way, maybe Xiaobao and his father have returned, but he just missed the rendezvous, maybe it is all our speculation, there is something wrong with my Taoism, maybe......

There are always more reasons than explanations, and there are not so many possibilities, there is only one answer, we are here now, the answer is in front of us, and regret is just the psychological comfort of cowardly people, I don't need it, and neither does Junzi - I adjust my mentality and try to make myself a little more sophisticated.

"Second uncle, second uncle, are you there, are you there......" Runzi and I shouted loudly outside the bamboo forest, and no one responded half-loudly, so we had no choice but to enter the black bamboo forest.

In order to avoid getting lost, we made marks along the road after entering the bamboo forest, shouting twice from time to time. The black bamboo forest is more dense than we imagined, like a pair of chopsticks, standing straight and upright on this strange land, and the slender bamboo leaves are "rustling" by the wind, covering up the unknown secrets in the depths of the bamboo forest. The sun was blocked above us, and the faint visible light guided us forward.

After a while, we realized that there was no way out.

"Twelve, come here, look......" Junko, who was walking in front, beckoned me over.

"What's up......"

"There's no road ahead." Junko spread her hands.

Sure enough, the rows of bamboos in front of us were side by side, and there were no gaps at all, as if they formed a bamboo wall, and the black pressure was pressed everywhere we saw.

"It was as if we had reached a dead end, going back the way we came, and looking for any other way." I said.

This time I walked ahead, and Junko followed me, but after a few steps, a new problem arose - the mark was gone.

"Why don't you leave?" Junko urged me.

"Junko, what about the mark you carved?" I asked him back.

"Signs? Hey...... I remember it was engraved in this position! Runko groped up and down the bamboo body with her hands, but found nothing, and her brows were furrowed. It's impossible, there's a fork carved clearly, why is it missing this time, isn't it this one? ”

"No, this old bamboo is very thick, and it is different from the surrounding bamboo, strange, there must be a problem here." I say it categorically.

"Yes, I also have the impression that I carved the penultimate plant, and I still count, almost every five steps to carve it, a total of ...... It's forty-four. Junko nodded, indicating that she had not made a mistake.

"Wait, I'll take a look at the one I just carved." Junzi walked a few steps, and it took a while to come back, and her face was extremely pale, and I had already guessed seven or eight points.

Runko didn't speak, shook her head at me, smashed the stone chip that was used to make a mark, and kicked the bamboo root hard.

I thought about it for a while, and it was not too late, so I said to Junko: "Calm down, it's not too late, we have walked more than a hundred meters from the shore, and we are all in one direction, and it is not difficult to turn back." ”

Runzi raised the corners of her mouth and said with a wry smile: "You still understand, then you take the lead, and I will follow you." ”

I answered and immediately walked back.

The road is still the same difficult to walk, almost every bamboo close to the body, stepping on the fallen leaves "crunch" sound, with the impression of walking for about ten minutes, I suddenly realized that there is only his own footsteps, how can Runzi not say a word, this is not his style. I shuddered, I wouldn't have encountered the "ghost hitting the wall" like last time, I quickly turned around, and at the same time shouted Runko's name. Junko heard me calling him, and his voice came from the flickering bamboo forest. "I'm here, don't make a fuss." But I didn't see him completely, just a vague figure, as if half-crouched and didn't know what he was doing. "Follow, what are you doing again?" I said urgently. "Hell, Twelve, I found that the engraved marks are gone, you don't want to take a look." Runzi tsk is weird. "If you can't find it, forget it, maybe it's wrong, let's go quickly, don't grind." This time it was my turn to rush him. Junko ran over quickly, panting. We unconsciously quickened our pace, and the uneasy emotion stimulated every nerve in our body, and we only heard our own heavy panting in our ears. After more than ten minutes, we still didn't get out of this bamboo forest, and we all started to panic. I stopped and observed my surroundings, which seemed to be a fog, and everywhere I looked, there was a scene. Runko couldn't stop and almost knocked me over, but luckily there were bamboos in my way. "Why don't you go," Junko saw my focused expression, and seemed to realize that something was wrong, so she asked, "No, what the hell did I say?" I glanced at him and choked him: "Don't argue, when are you still trying to joke, let me think about it......" Runko stopped making a sound, and lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong. I'm looking at why. First, Runzi carved so many marks, it is impossible to find all of them, if someone deliberately erases it, it is impossible to have no traces at all, if you do that, it is equivalent to making more obvious marks, Runzi is engraved with stones, not with strokes, no one will be so stupid. The first possibility is ruled out. Second, this bamboo forest will change on its own, but I don't see any signs of how and when it will change. However, there has been a similar description in the "Thirty-six Techniques of Taoism" - the art of retreat - the Taoist technique specially used to crack the Xuanmen formation, but it is indispensable, but the sky is indispensable, and the explanation is that no matter how big and complex the formation is, it has its limitations, just saying that this bamboo forest is indeed very single, even if the formation changes for a while, it is difficult to find a flaw, but the limitations are relatively generated, no matter how complex the formation can not be extended to the ground, once you dig deep underground, you don't have to care about how the formation changes, all problems can be solved. And the retreat technique is very cumbersome, one or two people can't cope with it at all, if we are facing the Xuanmen formation, then it is not far from the time of death, everything is on the good side, I hope it is not so unlucky, and it will not cause us to die. I think this is very unlikely, and the best proof is that Xiaobao's father walked out safely, and more than once. The second possibility is ruled out. Third, as Runzi said, "Encountering a ghost, or some kind of strange power", Taoism has a special explanation for this kind of situation, that is, the magic barrier, which is similar to "ghost blinding", but it is more invisible, and unconsciously makes people enter a puzzle, and they can't detect it at all, and it is difficult to find it, because the reasons for the formation of magic barriers are varied, and from a scientific point of view, most of them are caused by special environmental factors, that is, the "masterpieces" of nature.

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You can only enter the black bamboo forest. In order to avoid getting lost, we made marks along the road after entering the bamboo forest, shouting twice from time to time. The black bamboo forest is more dense than we imagined, like a pair of chopsticks, standing straight and upright on this strange land, and the slender bamboo leaves are "rustling" by the wind, covering up the unknown secrets in the depths of the bamboo forest. The sun was blocked above us, and the faint visible light guided us forward. After a while, we realized that there was no way out. "Twelve, come here, look......" Junko, who walked ahead, beckoned me over. What's the matter......" "There's no road ahead. Runko spread her hands. Sure enough, the rows of bamboos in front of us were side by side, and there were no gaps at all, as if they formed a bamboo wall, and the black pressure was pressed everywhere we saw. "It was as if we had reached a dead end, going back the way we came, and looking for any other way." I said. This time I walked ahead, and Junko followed me, but after a few steps, a new problem arose - the mark was gone. "Why don't you leave?" Junko urged me. "Junko, what about the mark you carved?" I asked him back. "Signs? Hey...... I remember it was engraved in this position! Runko groped up and down the bamboo body with her hands, but found nothing, and her brows were furrowed. It's impossible, there's a fork carved clearly, why is it missing this time, isn't it this one? "No, this old bamboo is very thick, and it is different from the surrounding bamboo, strange, there must be a problem here." I say it categorically. "Yes, I also have the impression that I carved the penultimate plant, and I still count, almost every five steps to carve it, a total of ...... It's forty-four. Junko nodded, indicating that she had not miscounted. Wait, I'll take a look at the one I just carved. "Runko walked a few steps, and it took a while to come back, and her face was extremely pale, and I had already guessed seven or eight points. Runko didn't speak, shook her head at me, smashed the stone chip that was used to make a mark, and kicked the bamboo root hard. I thought about it for a while, and it was not too late, so I said to Junko: "Calm down, it's not too late, we have walked more than a hundred meters from the shore, and we are all in one direction, and it is not difficult to turn back." Runzi raised the corners of her mouth and said with a wry smile: "You still understand, then you take the lead, and I will follow you." I answered, and immediately walked back.

The road is still the same difficult to walk, almost every bamboo close to the body, stepping on the fallen leaves "crunch" sound, with the impression of walking for about ten minutes, I suddenly realized that there is only his own footsteps, how can Runzi not say a word, this is not his style.