Chapter Forty-Eight: Strange Areas

Either way, I decided to follow in their footsteps. After passing through the bushes, there is a dense jungle again. Standing in front of the dense forest, I still hesitated, after all, there is still thunder rolling in the sky, now into the trees between the trees, somewhat risky, these tall trees in such weather lightning strike probability is very high, I enter the dense forest, once the surrounding trees are struck by lightning, the extremely fast strong current will form a strong pulse, once the mountain will definitely suffer, if my physical condition is hit by lightning again, nine times out of ten I will not be able to bear it.

However, looking at the footprints on the ground that stretched deep into the dense forest, I thought twice and decided to go in, after all, the three of them dared to go in during the Lantern Festival, so I had no reason to retreat, especially since Anador was still a woman. Coupled with some of my own luck psychology, it shouldn't be so coincidental to be struck by lightning, and I'm confident that I haven't done anything lacking in virtue for so many years.

Thinking of this, I squatted down and looked at the footprints left by them during the Lantern Festival, determined a direction, and stepped into the jungle.

After entering the dense forest, I tried to keep going straight in one direction, otherwise it would be so dark and I didn't bring any other equipment, so it would be easy to get lost.

I walked forward like this for a while, and suddenly I had a strange feeling, surprisingly quiet all around! And it's weirdly quiet.

This kind of silence is not the kind of silence without sound, because the raindrops falling in the sky and the sound of falling on the trees can even be said to be a little noisy.

I walked some distance further, and suddenly realized why I felt still, and I seemed to be the only living creature in the whole forest. Except for the sound of the rain and the sound of me walking, I couldn't hear anything else.

In fact, in the jungle, there is no difference between the bustle of night and daytime, and people walking in it will encounter nocturnal animals and startle resting birds.

And here, it's unusual to be told that I don't have any animals, not even a bird.

I walked between the trees with a lot of doubt, and I couldn't help but be more vigilant.

After a few more steps, I felt myself starting to wheez, and I thought it was probably because my strength was still not fully recovered, so I leaned down on a tree to rest.

Just as I was stopping, suddenly a lightning bolt lit up in the sky, and I was stunned by the lightning.

This lightning bolt can be said to stand up to the sky, it seems to be right in front of my eyes, it is the first time I have seen lightning so close to me. The lightning bolt slashed down from above my head and went straight to the front of the trees. The biggest lightning bolt I had ever seen disappeared in the blink of an eye, but in this moment, it shocked me greatly, and I felt that there was an invisible sword that split the heavens and the earth!

Just when I was immersed in the shock just now and I didn't come back to my senses, the lightning lit up at the same time, and immediately a thunderbolt exploded in front of me, a huge sound, as if someone had detonated a large amount of explosives in front of me, and the ground under my feet felt a violent tremor.

I was completely startled and immediately crouched on the ground. It was the first time I had been frightened by lightning and thunder for the first time in my life, and this time, I also felt the power of nature deeply, and my own insignificance, if this lightning fell on me, I might be wiped out immediately.

I crouched on the ground, waited for everything to calm down, and then slowly stood up. I was hesitant to move on, or I went back to the camp tent and waited.

And just as I hesitated, there was another flash of lightning in the sky, no less than the one I had just had. With the experience just now, I directly covered my ears and squatted on the ground again, and this time I also made up my mind that I must go to the front to have a look.

Generally speaking, lightning comes before thunder because the speed of light is much faster than the speed of sound, and sometimes we can calculate how far away the lightning occurs from us by the time difference between lightning and thunder. And the two lightning and thunder, almost at the same time, almost the same time difference, made me think that the place where the thunder and lightning occurred was not too far away from me, and the lightning seemed to be not far in front of the woods.

The rain made the temperature drop a lot, and I felt a little cold, which made the wound on my shoulder hurt even more. Fortunately, I was still able to persevere, and I told myself that after passing through this section of woods, no matter whether there was a situation in front of me, whether I could find them or not, I would return to the tent.

This is probably a compromise of one's curiosity, just like a saying that many people often say when losing weight, oops, if there is something delicious today, eat this meal again, and tomorrow if you encounter anything delicious, you won't eat it, insist! But in reality? Who knows!

Holding on to my shoulder, which was starting to tingle, I continued on, and after a few more minutes, I came to the edge of the woods. And further on, it turned out to be a wasteland!

I can't imagine such an unusual place in such a wooded, shrubby, rainforest area.

There were no trees or grass on the ground, and large swaths of sand and gravel were exposed to the ground. Because of the cloudy day, the moon was already behind the dark clouds, and the surroundings were very dark, and with the help of the flashlight in my hand, I could faintly see several huge objects standing on top of this wasteland. Due to the distance between us, and the limited light of the flashlight, I couldn't tell what it was, so I could only roughly speculate that it seemed to be made of stone.

I didn't expect there to be such a place behind the woods, which made me very curious, and I slowly walked over to find out.

But as soon as I stepped into the wasteland, I suddenly heard a strange sound not far away, I hurriedly turned around, but saw a black shadow, which had rushed to me in an instant, grabbed my clothes, and pulled back hard, my center of gravity was unstable, and I almost fell to the ground, and the flashlight was thrown aside.

I was suddenly shocked in my heart, and before I could stabilize my body, I picked up the short knife in my hand and slashed at the black shadow with all my might. Unexpectedly, as soon as I was halfway through the cut, my wrist was suddenly gripped tightly.

My heart couldn't help but move, I could clearly feel on my wrist that it was a hand, and there was also body temperature, which made my heart settle down all of a sudden, this black shadow was a person, and it was very likely to be one of the three of them during the Lantern Festival.

I had difficulty with one arm, so I managed to get to my feet, and I almost fell into the mud on the ground. I didn't want to scold angrily, "Damn, who?" ”

At this time, the dark shadow in front of him said, "It's me." ”

I could tell at once that it was Wenmo's voice. I couldn't help but complain, "I said boss, can you make a lighter shot next time!" ”

At this time, two more people ran over, one of them was still holding a flashlight, two people came to the front, and one of them said, "Damn! Zhuo Ran, why did you come here! ”

I knew that these two people were Lantern Xiao and Anadot, so I immediately glared at Lantern Xiao who spoke, "You still have the face to say?" They're all gone, leaving me alone in the camp, and not saying a word to me! It's so unjust! ”

"Hey!" Lantern Xiao patted her head, "I thought you were sleeping in a tent in this state, but I didn't expect you to be so energetic that you could find here!" You're recovering well! As he spoke, he reached over and tried to touch my shoulder.

I raised my arm and knocked his hand aside, "Don't talk nonsense! Change the subject less! ”

Lantern Xiao nodded, reached out and picked up my flashlight, and handed it back to me, "Come on, it's up to me to do this, it's me who didn't think it through!" Don't get excited, you're already lacking in blood. ”

Lantern Festival, this kid spoke, and sure enough, the dog couldn't spit out ivory in his mouth, what qi and blood were insufficient, and what he said seemed to me to be a kidney deficit. I gave him the middle finger and ignored him.

Anador walked over and asked, "How are you feeling?" ”

I can speak unscrupulously about the Lantern Festival, even if it is for Wenmo, I can be more casual, but Anaduo has known each other for a short time, and she is a woman, so I still deliberately restrained myself, "Ah, it's much better, you see that I can walk such a long way myself." I don't know if this feeling will have something to do with the relationship between her and her second uncle.

I looked at them, "Why did you come back here?" ”

Listening to my words, Lantern Xiao smiled, "I don't know how to tell you about this, in this way, you wait here, and you will see it yourself." As he spoke, he pulled me back.

A few of us crouched under a tree at the edge of the jungle, and I looked at the dense foliage overhead, which had shielded us from the rain. Still, I was a little worried about the unnamed tree, and that its tall body would attract thunder.

I couldn't help but say, "This place is full of thunder and lightning, isn't it safe for us to stay here?" ”

Lantern Xiao shook his head, "You don't have to worry about this, thunder and lightning will definitely not split here." ”

"Huh?" Hearing Lantern Xiao say this, I was very puzzled, "Why?" ”

Lantern Xiao pointed ahead, "You'll know in a moment." ”

I had no choice but to shut up and turn my head to look at the wasteland in front of me, and as the thunder in the sky rolled in again, Lantern Xiao whispered with some excitement, "It's coming!" ”

I don't understand the meaning of the Lantern Festival at all, what is coming?

Just as I was thinking about it, a flash of lightning suddenly crossed the sky, followed by a loud "click", and a lightsaber-like lightning bolt fell straight from the sky and slashed into the wasteland in front of me. And it landed impartially, right on the tall black shadow in the wasteland.

By that very brief flash of light, I could see what was ahead, and in front of me there were three pillars of stone standing in a large clearing. Since the lightning was fleeting, I only had time to see it clearly.