Chapter 42: Boiling Stones
The fog was getting thicker and thicker, and the air was filled with a fishy smell.
If it weren't for the big magpie leading the way, Li Chengfei wouldn't know where to go at all.
He could feel that he was going to a high place all the way.
Apparently, the big magpie did not take him down the mountain, but on his way up the mountain.
Babble!
Behind him, there were small sounds, as well as the flapping of wings and the chirping of large magpies.
Li Chengfei understood that on the way down the mountain, there were many big snakes, which cut off his way home, so the big magpie led him up the mountain and ran in the opposite direction.
This will allow you to temporarily avoid the pursuit of the big snake, but the deeper you go into the forest, the more dangerous it becomes. In addition, when night falls, the spirits and beasts will be more active......
Even if you can really successfully escape the chase of the big snake, whether you can get out alive after that depends on luck.
"Hiss!"
Behind him, the hissing sound of the big snake seemed to be in his ears, and the distance was getting closer and closer.
It is very difficult for the magpies to stop the big snake.
In the thick fog, the gray shadow is longing.
Li Chengfei carried a single rocket launcher on his shoulder, and every time the big snake approached, he fired a rocket, and he didn't look at the result, he took back the bazooka and continued to run.
On several occasions, he took out incendiary bombs.
In the end, I didn't dare to release it casually.
In this mountain forest, once a fire breaks out, he is afraid that he will burn himself to death.
Or if the movement is too loud to attract the attention of other dangerous spirits, he will die.
Until the last minute, he can't afford to gamble.
Running all the way, Li Chengfei didn't know how far he had run, he didn't know how long he had run, he only felt that he had climbed over a hill and another hill, he was panting like a cow, and his lungs were almost going to explode.
When the big snake approached, the big magpie who led the way went to lure the big snake away, and it never came back.
I don't know if it's because I'm getting separated, or if I'm in danger.
Li Chengfei didn't have time to grieve, let alone wait, so he could only grit his teeth and rush into the thick fog.
Suddenly, the fog in front of me became lighter, and not far away, rows of stoves were burning, and a group of people were burning the stoves.
Li Chengfei only glanced at it, turned around and was about to change directions.
In the middle of the night, in the depths of the mountains and forests, there should be no human beings, it should be the world of spirits and beasts.
There is a group of people burning the stove here, and they know with their heels that this is absolutely not normal.
The last time he met the woman in white, the reason why Li Chengfei was tricked should have been unknowingly tricks such as the other party's illusion.
Under normal circumstances, Li Chengfei is not stupid, how can he move forward?
He goes as far as he goes.
But as soon as he turned around, his steps froze.
Behind him, a slender old man was staring at him with big eyes.
The old man was very thin, his limbs were excessively long, his arms and legs were almost the same length, he was bald, his eyebrows were the same length as his beard, and he hung down like a wicker.
The bridge of the nose is high, and the body is very rickety, almost as if walking on his stomach.
In the middle of the night, when he turned around and saw such a person in the deep mountains and old forests, Li Chengfei's first reaction was not that he was a human, but that he was a spirit.
As soon as the muzzle of the gun was about to be raised, the old man grabbed him by the neck, picked him up, and snatched his gun away.
During the whole process, Li Chengfei didn't even have room to resist.
"What is this?"
The strange old man looked at the shotgun, didn't dare to be interested, and casually stuffed it back to Li Chengfei.
"It's good to be a burning stick!"
The corners of Li Chengfei's eyes twitched.
When a burning stick?
This is a powerful shotgun!
He was choked by the old man, and he had no strength, and the old man could kill him as long as he used a little force in his hands.
With the shotgun, he was hesitating to fight for it......
At this moment, in the direction of the row of stoves, another strange man beckoned:
"Dead old man! What are you doing? Keep them at work and you'll run around! ”
"It's coming! Here it comes! ”
The strange old man hurriedly agreed, carrying Li Chengfei with him, and took a step, looking like one step high and one step lower, but walking on the mountains was like walking on flat ground, and the speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, he had already arrived at the stove.
But I saw another strange man, who looked about the same as this strange old man, but with long white hair and huge earrings, and was an old lady.
A strange old man, a strange old lady, are all rickety, both have extraordinarily long limbs, and their hands and feet are extraordinarily large.
Boom!
The strange old man threw Li Chengfei on the ground, smiled at the strange old lady, and said:
"This mortal came to the door by himself, and we happened to be short of manpower, so I arrested him."
"Mortal?"
The strange old lady's face suddenly approached Li Chengfei, almost face to face with Li Chengfei.
This strange old lady's face is wrinkled and piled up, her skin is like orange peel, there is only one tooth, and her mouth is open to show the gums, which is very scary.
Li Chengfei clenched the shotgun in his hand, and on impulse, he almost shot directly.
Still, reason triumphed over impulse.
He could see that the strange old man and the strange old lady were not simple, either immortals or spirits......
If he does it, he will definitely not take advantage.
"We just don't have a fireman, so go and make a fire! We're here to talk about the rules, as long as you cook the contents of the pot, we'll let you go. ”
The strange old lady grabbed Li Chengfei and threw him lightly to the stove.
In the stove, the fire was blazing, and the hot water was boiling.
And in the iron pot, it turned out to be a big round stone.
Li Chengfei couldn't believe his eyes.
How can this stone be cooked?
"Quick! Hurry up and add firewood! The fire burned brighter, and the grandparents said that as long as the stone was cooked, they could go home! My wife is pregnant and has a baby in a month, and I have to go back quickly! ”
In front of this stove, a young man is holding firewood and adding it to the stove.
Seeing the appearance of the young man clearly by the firelight, Li Chengfei was shocked again.
The young man was scrawny, with sunken eyes and dark circles, and a pair of large, godless eyes staring at the stones in the pot without blinking, full of pious longing.
Li Chengfei "saw", and with this longing, invisible silk threads floated from the middle of the young man's forehead to the stone in the pot.
Li Chengfei took a slight breath of cold air.
What kind of weird thing is this?
It seems that it is using the method of boiling stones to extract people's essence and spirit?
This young man doesn't know how long he's been here, and now it's obvious that he's going to be squeezed dry.
Li Chengfei immediately understood that he was thrown to this stove just to pick up this young man's class!
Thinking about this, he suddenly felt creepy.
"Quick! Why don't you add firewood? It's because of a lazy person like you that the stone can't be cooked, which disappoints the grandparents, how can they let us go? ”
Seeing Li Chengfei standing still, the young man next to him became irritable, with a pair of angry eyes, staring at Li Chengfei and complaining loudly.
As he shouted, all the wood-burning people around him stopped moving and turned their heads to look at him.
A pair of eyes, all the same as the young man next to him, full of irritability and resentment. It was as if Li Chengfei had done something wrong and harmed them.
Li Chengfei had no doubt that as long as he raised the slightest question, these people would rush up, tear him up and throw him into a pot to cook, or burn him as firewood.
These people all have thick dark circles under their eyes, their faces are pale, their bodies are thin, and they are full of ghost movies.
Not far away, the pair of strange old men and strange old ladies noticed the movement here and looked over.
The strange old man held a cigarette pouch in his mouth, full of smoke, and looked at Li Chengfei quietly.
"I just came, and I'm not sensible, so I'll add firewood!" Li Chengfei hurriedly said.
As he spoke, he picked up the firewood and added it to the stove.
In an instant, as if he pressed the play button, the people around him who were looking at him all turned their heads and continued to do their own things, adding firewood, lighting fire, fanning the wind, adding water, and collecting firewood......
"That's right! Let's work together to get the fire right! Cook the stones, and we'll be home! ”
Only then did the young man beside him relax and fan the wind while chattering.
This chatter, as if it has magical power, Li Chengfei was also infected, and couldn't help but have a thought, hurry up and cook this stone, and then you can leave this ghost place......
With this thought, an invisible thread of mist floated out of his forehead and floated into the stone.
The strange old man and the strange old lady looked at it, nodded in satisfaction, and a smile appeared on their faces.