Chapter Fifty-Three: The Dragon-Shaped Mountains
We came back to our senses together, got up and looked in the direction Ansari had said, but above the vast wasteland, there was a dragon-shaped mountain range in front of us, winding and horizontal, and from our position, we could just see a huge black cave in the middle of a mist, and it was lying up to the sky.
The location and angle of this cave are very hidden, plus the fog, if we stand at the bottom of the mountain to see, I am afraid we can't see it at all, but at this time we are standing on this tree, not only the position is just right, but the fire disperses a large area of fog in the sky, so the mysterious cave is presented in front of our eyes.
"That's ...... Black Water Demon Cave ......"
Da Kui's eyes widened blankly, looking into the distance, as if he had been shocked by this scene.
Everyone, who was almost the same as Da Kui, looked at the cave in disbelief, their faces full of surprise.
Maybe this is providence, if it weren't for this night's desperate escape, we might not have been able to find it at all, or we would have to go through more twists and turns.
Lao Pan looked at it without a moment's notice, and asked Ansari in a low voice, "Is this the Black Water Demon Cave you saw before?" ”
Ansari shook his head silently: "I have never seen the Black Water Demon Cave...... I'm just, I've been here, two years ago, I only knew from that person's mouth that the Black Water Demon Cave was ahead, but I don't know what it looks like. ”
Old Pan gave him a strange look, and Ansari said, "But, most likely, that's it, because he once told me a word...... Wasteland Twin Trees, Black Water Demon Cave. ”
Lao Pan's face changed, and he hurriedly took out his map from his arms, spread it out in his hand, I leaned over to take a look, it was the map I had seen once last time, Lao Pan put his finger in a position, and saw that there were just two thick vertical lines drawn in it, and on the opposite side of these two vertical lines, a circle was drawn heavily with an ink pen.
"Wasteland Twin Trees, Black Water Demon Cave...... That's what it means, this land breeze ......"
Lao Pan muttered something, I looked at him suspiciously, Lao Pan smiled bitterly: "Your uncle has already walked ahead of us and solved the secret of this map, but he refuses to tell us clearly, this guy ......"
His tone was full of complaints, and helpless, Zhang Ye stepped forward and said, "Master Pan, I just looked, those ants have retreated, can we go down?" ”
Lao Pan turned his head at this time, looked under the tree, nodded and said, "Okay, let's go down, but pay attention to safety, don't be careless, Da Kui, you take Ah Sheng ......"
His voice suddenly paused, because Da Kui was already standing next to Ah Sheng, Lao Pan looked at Ah Sheng in surprise, and blurted out, "You, your injuries are healed?" ”
Ah Sheng stood there, his face full of doubts, but he nodded, exposed the wound under his armpit, and said to us: "I don't know what's going on, so I slept for a while, and I woke up when you talked just now, and then I felt that my injury was actually half healed, and it didn't hurt here, you see......"
As he spoke, he actually made a few big moves for us on the spot, and we were dumbfounded, Da Kui stuck out his tongue and said: "Pan Ye, I suspect that he is a monster, maybe in the middle of the night, as soon as we get distracted, Ah Sheng will be eaten by the old monster, and then ......"
Ah Sheng punched him and said, "You fucking monster change, no wonder Brother Ye always wants to scold you, your mouth is really cheap......"
Lao Pan stepped forward to look at Ah Sheng, then pulled his arm and shook it, and finally carefully opened the gauze of his wound, and saw that the wound had scabbed over and even begun to fall off, which showed that his injury was healing at an incredible speed.
We watched this scene, the shock in our hearts was no less than the discovery of the Black Water Demon Cave, it was a wound from a crossbow arrow, I clearly remember that when we fled in the middle of the night, his wounds were still drenched in blood, how could it be that most of the time this night?
Da Kui suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly checked a few injuries on his legs, and was stunned when he saw it: "I'll go, my injury is much better, but it's not as exaggerated as Ah Sheng......"
This reminds us that after two days of running all the way, several of us have more or less minor injuries on our bodies, but this time, the abrasions have disappeared, the bruises have returned to normal, the wounds bitten by the swamp lizard are gone, and even the wound where Zhang Ye and Ansari cut their wrists and bled last night has only a faint scar left.
I didn't expect that after spending all night in this tree, there would be such a big change, and we were all surprised and looked at each other, but none of us could understand what was going on.
Ansari suddenly said: "Maybe this is the power of the Black Water Demon Cave, you see, the creatures living here have obviously mutated, from the ghost ants in front, to the two big earthworms, and these two huge trees......"
Zhang Ye interjected: "You want to tell us that the Black Water Demon Cave is terrifying?" ”
"No, I want to say to you, if you turn back now, it's still too late." Ansari glanced at us with his eyes and said, Zhang Ye sneered and said, "You are underestimating us too much, I understand what you mean, you don't have to test us." Now that we're here, we've already made all the plans. And, to tell you the truth, the dangerous process of the places we have been to over the years is not much worse than here. ”
I also understood what Ansari meant, he wanted to see our determination at the last moment, and if there were any hesitant people to retreat, then simply don't go in now, lest there be time to delay.
Several people looked at Ansari with a smile, there was no fear in their eyes, Lao Pan stretched out his hand and patted him and said: "Actually, each of us has a glorious bullet, just like Da Kui, at the last moment, none of my brothers will make a mistake, let alone a bad seed." ”
Ansari looked at us and nodded slowly, but Lao Pan smiled again: "I just want to know now, what kind of task is in the letter left by your ancestors, now, you should sue us, right?" ”
Ansari finally showed a smile, but it was a wry smile, and he said to us: "That task, in fact, I didn't understand it, I was afraid of being discovered, so most of the characters I wrote were in Manchu, mixed with Chinese, but her old man didn't know many Manchu characters, so there were still a lot of typos......"
We suddenly realized that this was the case, Lao Pan said speechlessly: "Manchu is not easy to remember, and there are typos...... No wonder. ”
"However, the general meaning of it, I still figured it out, the task seems to be to ask my ancestors to come to this Black Water Demon Cave and escort a person away, but I don't know who that person is."
Ansari finally told us the truth, which should be a way for him to identify with us, and I have a feeling that from now on, we can really be considered a team.
This is naturally the trust that comes after common suffering, but for us, what he said is actually the same as what he didn't say. Because we still don't know what the mission he came here to carry out.
There was a hint of confusion on Ansari's face, and I sighed slightly, maybe he also had his own troubles, maybe even he didn't understand what was going on. Sometimes, people are like this, they always have to be driven by fate, and they are still inexplicable.
It's like, I'm the same as I am now.
I glanced at Ansari and a sense of sympathy came over me.
"Anyway, it's a good thing for us, brothers, let's go."
Lao Pan beckoned, and when I came back to my senses, I began to climb down the branches with a few people.
The so-called going up the mountain is easy and difficult to go down, and the same is true for the tree, but after a night of life and death tests, this is nothing, a few of us hugged the big tree until the ground, and found that the ghost ants around have disappeared.
Not far from us, a large black tree that had been burned by the fire still stood there, curling black smoke, and the corpses of many ghost ants that had not had time to escape were densely covered with the trunk and the surrounding area.
Luckily, a few of our backpacks were still on the ground and were not affected by the fire, so we went over and checked and found that things were in good condition and nothing was missing.
We put our backpacks back on our backs and looked up in the direction of the Black Water Demon Cave just now, and sure enough, we couldn't see anything anymore. We continued on our way, out of this terrible valley, and stepped onto a small mound in front of us, and Ansari pointed to the distance and said, "You see, it is not far from us. ”
I looked up and saw a high mountain looming there, and a hazy mist shrouded half of the cliff, but the Black Water Demon Cave I had seen before was no longer visible.
But with a goal, this is the biggest motivation, I tightened my backpack, and subconsciously looked back, not far behind me, in an eternal wasteland, in the middle of two hills, two towering giant trees rose from the ground, like two guardian giants, silently watching this mysterious land.
The current team, after several thrilling baptisms, has regained its original state on that magical tree, and even the seriously injured Ah Sheng has put on his backpack again and walked in the middle of the team.
This is not only a miracle, perhaps, but also a sign that we will be very smooth this time, right?
I thought to myself, but at this moment, Da Kui suddenly said something brainless.
"Where have those who have gone ahead of us gone?"