Chapter 32: The Little Girl Drinking Water by the River
Basically, everyone has a knife in their hands, except for a gun in Goatee's hand, I handed over another gun I found to Bai Bing's hand, and taught her how to use it, because among this group of people, she may be the weakest, and it is good to have a gun to defend herself, and it can also play a role in protecting her sister.
In the middle of the jungle we traveled all the way east, and spent an afternoon through one basin after another, large and small, and finally came out of the jungle near evening, and came to a relatively flat place.
The trees are not as dense as before, and the horizon is gradually broadening, and the towering Changbai Mountain is in front of our eyes, as if it is within reach, but a rough estimate is that it will take at least a few kilometers to reach it.
And before that, we have to cross a seemingly majestic canyon.
There is a river in the canyon, and its source seems to flow down from the direction of Changbai Mountain, but it is unknown where it is going, because looking down along the river, it is actually a cliff as high as dozens of zhang, and the water of the river pours down from it.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and there was already a patch of sunset on the horizon, and my advice was to wait until the next day before entering the canyon, because no one knew what unknown strange things were waiting for us in the canyon.
We've reached the open area, and if we're lucky, we'll have a good day, and the moonlight will be our best shield and weapon against the humanoid monster.
While it was still dark, we walked a little further, widened the distance from the jungle, and camped beside the river that flowed out of the gorge, so that the problem of drinking water was solved, for we did not have much water with us, and we had already drunk all the way.
The two tents were quickly erected, one of which was given to Bai Xue, who was still groggy and drowsy, and Bai Bing lived with her to take care of her.
The other tent didn't have to think about it, it must be a goatee, this old guy has reached this time, and he can enjoy it so much, not only I can't get used to it, but even the three bodyguards he hired will show displeasure on their faces.
In order to be on guard against the humanoid monster coming after us, we made two preparations to prevent the moonlight from being obscured by dark clouds, so we built seven or eight fires around the camp, and we had the last gasoline we could find, ready for any emergency.
The sun is fleeting, the bright moon hangs high in the night sky, there is no dense tree to cover, and the place where the fire is out of reach is also very clear, especially the towering Changbai Mountain, which seems to be covered with a layer of silver under the moonlight, like a fairyland.
The water in the river is crystal clear, and there are no impurities, this water does not need to be heated, it belongs to the natural mineral water quality, which is why the bottled water plant of the famous brand in the country will be built here, the water in the river can be sold in bottles, saving time and effort.
It is said that there are no fish when the water is clear, but there is no such thing here, although it is night at this time, but under the reflection of the bright moonlight, the river can still clearly see the bottom of the river, and you can see a wide variety of cold-water fish of all sizes swimming in it.
A few pieces of roast bear meat brought before have already been eaten, and they have been eating some unhealthy compressed food for the past two days, and there is no reason not to catch live fish when they see it, so everyone started together, and after a while, they caught a lot of fish.
The larger ones are grilled and eaten, while the smaller ones are used to stew a pot of delicious fish broth.
After Meimei's whole fish feast, many people began to get sleepy.
Since Bai Chi was injured, although he has been effectively treated, he has not had a good rest in the past few days, look at his tired appearance, let him rest first, if there is anything I will call him.
I only left a few people to accompany me to keep vigil, one was Brother Qiang, the other was the shawl man, and as for the short-haired woman, I forcibly asked her to accompany Bai Bing to take care of Bai Xue.
In fact, there is still a gap between the short-haired woman and Bai Bing, just because Bai Bing scolded the short-haired woman for being a cheap woman at that time, the short-haired woman has always held a grudge, or she is also afraid of Bai Bing's identity, otherwise Bai Bing's life would have been lost.
Originally, I was worried that these two people would fight each other because of this, or secretly stumble with each other, but I don't know when these two women actually talked and laughed, and I couldn't tell that they used to hate each other so much.
The night was surprisingly quiet, with birds chirping and insects chirping, which meant that we were safe and that the humanoid monster hadn't caught up.
mentioned the humanoid monster, or the goatee mentioned it on the road, and I realized that the humanoid monster was actually a thing of the ancient demon world, Xingtian.
Xingtian, also known as Xingxiao, recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas, Xingtian and the Yellow Emperor competed for the throne, and was beheaded by the Yellow Emperor, after losing the head, Xingtian did not die, but turned into eyes with double milk, and the navel was born for the mouth to continue to survive, and its weapon was a huge stone knife that collected the yin and evil qi of heaven and earth.
At that time, after listening to Goatee's words, I was very shocked, I didn't expect that the headless monster in the form of a human form turned out to be the legendary ancient monster.
The appearance of Xingtian may have shocked all other people, or it may have directly subverted their perception of the world.
But for me, I was only amazed, I was only surprised why this ancient monster was entrenched in this dry rice basin, and why it was so cruel to slaughter everyone who tried to enter, and as for its identity, I was not too surprised.
In the past two years, I have seen too many things that subvert my worldview, the four ancient fierce beasts in Xuejia Town, the colorful unicorns on Penglai Immortal Island, and even the dragon shapes that guard one side after another, each of which is superior to Xingtian.
It's just that this punishment heaven is really bloodthirsty, and it is more terrifying than any kind of strange beast.
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The night passed without incident, so that I was a little uncomfortable, and seeing that the sky had lit up with a touch of fish belly white, I stood up and yawned, and stretched my back that was sitting a little sore.
Now there is nothing to worry about, the sky is already bright, let alone the punishment day, I am afraid that even those wild beasts in the mountains and forests will not dare to make another time.
At this time, Bai Bing and the short-haired girl had already woken up and were taking care of Bai Xue, who had also just woken up.
After waking up, Bai Xue didn't think about it like before, and became surprisingly quiet, but it gave me the feeling that she had become a little stupid, but it was better than losing her life, and she could be cured if she was sick.
I was a little anxious at this time, and seeing that the women were awake, I simply planned to go farther to make it easier, so I walked downstream along the river.
When I felt that I was far away from the camp, I casually let the water go.
When the water was released, I heard the sound of a waterfall pouring in front of me, and realized that I was only a dozen meters away from the cliff with a drop of dozens of feet.
Out of curiosity, I reached the edge of the cliff and looked down, but I couldn't see anything but a white cloud.
My desire to see the great rivers and mountains of my motherland was shattered, so I simply turned around and planned to go back to the camp.
However, when I turned my head, I saw a little girl who seemed to be only seven or eight years old squatting next to the river more than ten meters away from me.
The little girl was wearing bright red clothes and pants, and two hair balls were tied with the same red silk on her head, which at first glance looked like Nezha in the Demon Boy who came into the world.
Hiss......
It's really weird, it wouldn't be surprising if it were somewhere else, but what kind of place is this, weird dry rice bowl, how could such a little girl be here?
Out of curiosity, I walked towards the little girl's location, until I narrowed the distance to less than five meters, and the little girl still did not notice my presence, and was concentrating on drinking the clear water of the river with her two little hands.