Volume 1 Chapter 27: The Corpse Chaser
I thought of the target that Dawu brought down the bucket before, which seemed to be a regular gun with no traces of modification, and this kind of bullet was also used.
In this way, it is very likely that Dawu and the second brother have come to the place where I am now, and the interval will not be too long.
When I came to this conclusion, I was faced with two problems at once.
It is impossible for the second brother and Dawu to not be able to discern the direction, so if they continue to move forward, they must go deep into the forest, and my opposite direction may be the way out of this forest.
If I keep going, I'll continue deep into the forest, but if I'm fast enough, I'll probably run into the second brother. But if I go back, if I go in the wrong direction, if I go the wrong way, if I don't touch the poachers, I'll probably be trapped in the woods.
With such a choice, I hesitated for a moment, but resolutely walked forward.
It's not a random choice for me, because once I go back, even if I do meet poachers on the way, can I guarantee that they will take me out?
They're poachers, and if I report them, they're not shooting myself in the foot, so they're probably going to kill me.
Besides, going back, there is not much time left before the sun goes down, and I must not be able to go out before the sun goes down, so it is better to try my luck by going forward. Because the second brother may stop to rest after dark, as long as I don't rest halfway, it is very likely that I can meet them.
I took the dagger in my hand and observed the surroundings, because since there were bullet casings left here, it means that there must be something here that made them have to shoot, and I naturally need to be extra careful.
I quickened my speed and walked forward, and the sun disappeared at the speed of the naked eye, but it was not that it went down, it could only be blocked by the mountain in front of me, and that mountain was also the final destination of Wang Degui and them.
My stomach was really angry, and I kept growling, and the few times I saw bright red fruits and mushrooms, I almost jumped on them and picked them to eat.
But if I had eaten those things, I probably wouldn't have been able to get out of the woods again.
After walking for a long time, the landscape began to change, the tall trees around it became scarce, the road became uneven, and a lot of stones began to be seen everywhere on the ground.
At this time, the sky is also getting darker, and there are only about two hours left before the sun really sets, and if I can't find the second brother and them, I must find a place to stop and continue walking tomorrow morning.
It is very dangerous to be alone in the mountains at night without any weapons, and many ferocious beasts like to haunt at night.
At this point I seemed to have reached the edge of the forest, and I could feel the wind blowing from the valley, which meant that I was not far from coming out of the forest.
I thought that it would be very cold at nightfall, because I hadn't been completely in the mountains last night, and I had been walking all the time, so I basically didn't feel particularly cold. But if I want to stop on this mountain tonight for the night, I will inevitably have to raise a fire, otherwise I will not be able to bear the sub-zero temperature in the middle of the night.
I sighed, thinking that if I could get out of this Wulong Mountain safely this time, I must buy a lighter of good enough quality and carry it with me in the future. Even if I encounter this desperate situation again, it is much more convenient to have a windproof lighter.
For example, I can make a torch and make a fire to keep warm.
I was wearing ordinary sneakers when I came, and after two days of walking on the mountain, the shoes were almost worn out, the toe of the shoes had worn out a hole, and the socks were already soaked, which was very uncomfortable.
Coincidentally, I felt water dripping on me, and at first I was standing on the tree. But the more you walk, the more wrong it becomes, as if it rains, and after a while, the water drops more and more.
"Grass, it's really raining?"
I cursed, but the rain began to fall heavier and heavier without warning, and I was drenched all over the body.
As soon as the rain rained, fog began to rise in the forest, and visibility became only a few meters, which forced me to slow down.
It didn't take long for me to get dark, and I could see even less, and I couldn't help but feel anxious. It all came together, the sun was setting, and the rain was so foggy that I could barely keep going.
I had not gone far when I suddenly heard the faint sound of a gong striking, and I wondered how there could be a gong in a place where birds don't.
Stopping, I listened carefully and found that it was indeed a gong, and each sound was regularly intervened. Since there is a sound of gongs, there must be someone, I am very happy, I didn't expect to meet someone here!
The sound of the gong was getting closer and closer to me, and I gradually smelled the rancid smell.
Finally, a few minutes later, the sound of the gong was no more than twenty meters away from me, and I saw a line of figures in the fog.
So many people?
I leaned forward, and when I could see the row of figures thoroughly, I sat down on the ground in fright.
What the hell are people, it's a bunch of zombies!
At the front was a man wearing a straw hat, a yellow robe inside, a cloak on the outside, straw sandals on his feet, and a gong in his hand, which he struck from time to time.
That's what I heard!
He was followed by more than a dozen jumping "people", they jumped and jumped, their heads were covered with a layer of black cloth, and there was a yellow charm on their chests, and they were only strung with ropes from time to time, which was extremely weird.
I reacted immediately, this is a corpse chaser in Xiangxi!
When my father was a child, he told me the story of the dried corpse man in Xiangxi.
According to legend, Xiangxi is the place with the most witchcraft, as the saying goes, there are three evils in Xiangxi: chasing corpses, Gu poison, and falling flower cave girls.
The so-called corpse chaser means that a person who chases the corpse must wear a Taoist robe, fill the mouth, nose and ears of the corpse with cinnabar, and then seal it with a specific rune. Legend has it that the mouth, nose and ears are the places where the three souls of people enter and exit, and their souls can be blocked in the body with cinnabar and runes.
The neck of the deceased should also be covered with cinnabar and pasted with runes, and tied tightly with strips of five-colored cloth; Then put a dumpling leaf hat on the deceased's face, and after doing this, the old man in red finished reciting the incantation and shouted, "Get up!" "The corpse will rise in response....
A corpse chaser, also known as a "corpse chaser", is then chosen, holding a gong called a yin gong in his hand, with a rune hanging from his waist, and he must strike the gong once after taking seven steps, otherwise these corpses will become wild corpses without receiving instructions, and will no longer obey the orders of the corpse chaser.
In addition to the Yin Gong, the corpse chaser will also carry a dementor bell with him, which needs to be shaken from time to time to deter the souls of these corpses from leaking, so as not to endanger the creatures in the places they pass by.
There is also a folk saying about the evaluation of the corpse chaser, knock the yin gong, shake the soul bell, and do not look back on the road to the corpse.
Corpse chasers are a very common profession in ancient times, and they have long been extinct in modern times, but I didn't expect that I would still be in the deep mountains of Wulong Mountain, witnessing corpse chasers chasing corpses....