"Smack!"

A crisp gunshot pierced the snowy night in the strange forest, and it also scared Wu Qi himself.

Those few clear little footprints in the snow made Wu Qi nervous and unintentionally pulled the trigger, and he was also hit by the recoil of the shot and fell to the ground, but when he thought of the strange things around him, Wu Qi quickly got up again, holding a gun and aiming everywhere, if something came out at this time, Wu Qi would definitely have to hit it in a few consecutive rounds, regardless of whether he was a human or an animal.

But it seems that Yiqiē is just his illusion, the quiet in the heavy snow is abnormal, it may be that the shot he just fired scared away the animals that were originally hiding and resting in the forest or the birds of prey that came out to forage at night, and the surroundings were quiet again, and the sound of snowflakes falling could be heard quietly, and the endless sound of sticky cotton made Wu Qi gradually calm down, and finally lowered the muzzle of the gun in his hand.

Wu Qi turned his head to look around the neighborhood, and with some caution leaned in front of the fire, grabbed a few half-burning branches and threw them into the distance, throwing one in each direction. The light produced by the burning branches of the tree could dispel the darkness in a small area around it, and it suddenly formed a circle of bright light, but it didn't take more than ten seconds for the snow to extinguish the flames, and the light shrank back to the fire beside Wu Qi again, and the distance was engulfed by darkness.

Wu Qi threw the branches with fire in the distance, the main purpose was to light up the neighborhood and pick up the bones under his nose to see what it was, but not only did he find nothing, but the fire was not burning enough after many branches were removed, and the fire was much more extinguished than just now. The gradual cold invaded Wu Qi from all around.

Human beings' fear of darkness is an instinct, some people claim to be bold and not afraid of the dark, but that is because they have not seen this kind of fear that is gradually shrouded in darkness, so naturally it is so natural. Wu Qi used to feel that he was bold, and it was trivial to walk at night or something, because he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, and he didn't let him believe in those things when he was driving the grave.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier around. But it wasn't windy, which was still good. Wu Qi once again hid back in the depression of the hillside, but the place was actually very small, and the body could sit in it, but even if the legs were crossed, the knees had to be exposed, so that the snow gradually covered it. The fire was almost burning. Gradually, it was about to go out. But Wu Qi really didn't dare to go to the dark forest to pick up branches again. And I'm even more afraid of the strange thing that picks up the bones and leaves footprints. At this time, he faintly felt that something was wrong, the situation at this time was a little strange, he seemed to be trapped in this place. It was still snowing at night, and it was almost impossible to tell the direction of the road, and it was almost impossible to climb forward, so I had to hide here and guard the fire that was about to be extinguished, waiting for myself to be swallowed up by the darkness.

Holding the cold rifle, Wu Qi didn't dare to move, staring at the black shadow of the towering forest in the distance, vigilantly looking at the vicinity, but there was no strange thing, it seemed that tonight was just a calm snowy night, just like in the wooden house of the Laoyeling outpost, but the small footprints not far away were real, and those who were reflected by the firelight could see the depth inside.

Suddenly, Wu Qi made some discoveries, he slowly moved over with the gun, squatted in front of a small footprint, followed the light of the fire, and looked down carefully. The shape left in the snow is indeed the small footprints of human children, not the footprints are small and very shallow, indicating that the footprints are not very large and very light, but the distance between each footprint is very far, it seems that the speed of movement is very fast, and it is very light and does not make any sound.

But when Wu Qi tilted his head to look inside the footprints, there were only three toes in the footprints, and the front section was very full, indicating that the thing only had three toes, if this was the case, then it should not be a child, but some kind of animal that would stand and run on two feet, but the key is that Wu Qi has never seen this kind of footprint, and he doesn't know if it will pose a threat to himself, unless that little thing can come out, let him see what it is, whether to drive it away or kill it with a gun, anyway, as long as he sees it, Even the beast that eats meat has to see it before he can calm his mind.

always felt that there was something strange hidden around him, and he might still be staring at himself, Wu Qi didn't dare to turn his back towards the dark place, so he could only hide in the cave, clinging tightly behind him, but his eyes were still looking at the gradually extinguishing fire in a daze. After eating a lot of meat just now, at this time, the blood in the brain was transferred to the stomach for digestion, Wu Qi only felt that the fire in front of him slowly began to become ghostly and blurry, and finally closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Not long after Wu Qi closed his eyes, the fire was gradually extinguished because the branches were burning, but at this time, several small black shadows came from a distance, and in the blink of an eye, they came to Wu Qi's side, surrounded him and shook his head and didn't know what he was doing.

In the middle of the fire, there was a thick branch that was pressed and couldn't bear the weight after burning, and it broke with a "click", but it rekindled the fire like a small fire, illuminating Wu Qihe and the things around him clearly, but he couldn't see the appearance of those things clearly when he fell asleep.

The first rays of sunlight in the winter shone through the cracks in the trees, and they just dangled on Wu Qi's closed eyelids. The body trembled a few times, Wu Qi reflexively raised his hand to block the dazzling light, but then he realized that it was dawn, he suddenly wanted to get up from the ground, but he hit the top of the cave, and the snow fell like a waterfall, not only hit his head but also the clothes were filled with cold snow, the cool Wu Qi ran out screaming, took off the cotton military uniform, pulled the clothes out of his pants, and shook the snow in his clothes vigorously, but because of body temperature, Almost instantly, the snow turned into ice water and went into his pants downstream, making Wu Qi uncomfortable, and after tossing for a while, a lot of things all over his body were wet, and they were gradually frozen.

As the fire was lit again, his pants were taken off and dried next to the fire with a wooden stick, and Wu Qi shivered with cold all over his military coat. I don't know when the snow stopped, and the primeval forest was once again covered with white snow, and that purity made people not want to trample on it. Suddenly, Wu Qi thought about what happened last night, but when he looked down and looked around, there was nothing left, even the footprints he left last night were covered by a layer of new snow, and all of them were hidden in this white snow, as if it was a dream because of exhaustion, and he couldn't think of anything at this time.

The meat he ate last night brought a feeling of fullness, which made Wu Qihui feel refreshed, put his dried pants back on and tidy up his appearance, packed up his backpack and put it on his back again, and looked around with the gun belt on his back, he planned to go north, find a good way to walk and continue to climb the mountain.

After the big ribs were lost in the bag, it looked a lot lighter, plus Wu Qi had food in his stomach, and after walking for a while, his whole body was warm, full of energy, when he came out from the back of the hillside, he couldn't help but be stunned when he looked ahead, he saw the main peak of Changbai Mountain covered with snow.

Wu Qi remembered a poem that Liu Xuemin once recited, what is it called, "The thousand-year-old snow is a pine for the year, and it goes straight to the first peak in the world." At that time, he had never seen Changbai Mountain, and naturally could not understand the magnificence and beauty of Changbai Mountain from this poem, but when he saw it with his own eyes now, he was shocked by the scenery in front of him beyond words, the perfect combination of mountain and snow, but in the calm it makes people feel an irrepressible excitement and shocking mood, often at this time to understand why there are pilgrims worship the mountain as a god.

Although the scenery is magnificent, Wu Qi is a little difficult at this time, there is still no road in front of him, it feels like two mountains looking at each other, although it is not a ravine, vertical and horizontal deep mountains and valleys, but it is a few towering cliffs, among which there may be waterfalls, the cliffs have condensed a lot of glaciers from top to bottom, especially thick and huge, but the color is a little yellowish, which may also be mixed with sand and gravel and other substances, but it is like a pillar standing in this ice and snow, which really makes Wu Qi helpless.

The communication squad leader told him that his road was obvious, Wu Qi also walked through the primeval forest along what the squad leader said, and now you can see the main peak of Changbai Mountain, that direction should be right, he didn't go wrong, but there is no road in front of him, but it's a little wrong, do you have to climb up the cliff dozens of meters high, but unfortunately he can't climb up if he is not a monkey. But he didn't have time to think about it, because this letter seemed to be in a hurry, and he should send it over as much as possible, if he delayed it and something went wrong, Wu Qi couldn't afford it.

So Wu Qi planned to walk along the side of the cliff, he was not trying to find the way, it was impossible to have a road that should make people light in this kind of place, it was nothing more than to find a hillside that was not too steep, and after climbing up and climbing over this cliff, it should basically not be too far from the Tianchi of the mountain pass.

It's all very good, but it's far away when you actually walk. Wu Qi carried a gun and a bag, wearing thick cotton clothes and pants, the burden on the whole body was not small, and he felt that it was a little difficult to gasp, and finally he couldn't stand it anymore, so he tore off the scarf that surrounded the lower half of his face, and pushed the dogskin hat up, revealing his face, and suddenly felt a lot refreshed, but the flesh on his face was stiff after a few seconds. After breathing for the climate, Wu Qizheng raised his hand to wrap the scarf around his face, but as soon as his hand was wrapped around him, before he could wrap it, he suddenly heard a sound not far ahead, as if it was the movement of heavy metal rubbing against each other, which was even more clear and harsh in this quiet mountain forest. (To be continued......)