Chapter 3: Disappearance
The sound of the wind was heard in my ears, and the scenery on both sides of my eyes kept receding, and the pursuit of prey in the mountains and forests was not as simple as imagined, especially a mad beast. The group followed the traces left by the wild boar all the way, and gradually Cheng Linyuan was a little powerless. Although he entered the mountain with Lu Si and the others a few years ago, and his physique was much better than that of his peers, he was only sixteen years old after all, and his strength was far inferior to that of Lu Si and the others, not to mention the gravel under his feet, and tree branches and vines appeared above him from time to time to hinder his progress. The six people in front of them, including the young man who choked Lu Si earlier, if they hadn't taken a little care of the young man who threw them with a stone, I am afraid that they would have disappeared long ago. Fortunately, they have a lot of experience in hunting, and as long as there are traces left by wild boars, they are not in a hurry for a while, so they deliberately slow down a little.
But at this moment, Cheng Linyuan felt sad not only because he was a little struggling to run, but also because he was more sad about the herbs he saw on the way. Along the way, there were four or five herbs that I had accidentally seen, and if I could stop and search carefully, I was afraid that it would be worth a few days of harvest. After all, this is a trail deep into the mountains and forests, and it is too inaccessible to speak, but it is definitely rarely searched. Try not to go deep into the mountains and forests, it is the consensus of the hunters and medicine farmers in Linyin Village, as for the reason, Cheng Linyuan has never heard anyone mention it, but it seems that this is a taboo there, unless you feel that your life is big, it is better to try your luck in the periphery with peace of mind.
With his right hand touching his heart, Cheng Linyuan gritted his teeth and turned his gaze forward, but he was unwilling to look at the location just now, where there was a plant that looked very similar to a horse chestnut, I don't know if I wanted to take it away when I caught the wild boar and came back. Distracted slightly, he fell to the side of his body, fell into the haystack at the edge of the path, and rolled down the terrain. He just opened his mouth to shout something, but he felt a lot of sand and leaves stuffed into his mouth. When the words came to his mouth, he had to swallow them back, and suddenly a feeling of depression came to his heart, and he fainted in front of him.
Seeing that the footprints left by the wild boar were getting denser and deeper than before, it was obvious that the wild boar was exhausted. Although everyone was tired, they saw that they were finally going to harvest after a long day in the mountain, and their faces suddenly became a little excited. "Fourth, let's hurry up, I haven't been here many times, and if you get lost, you'll be in trouble. Lu Si stood up, patted the dirt on his hands, and said, "Yes, hurry up and solve it quickly, the big guys are probably tired, after getting that beast back, go to my house to drink tonight, how about it?" Lu Si also laughed, suddenly thought of something, and said while sorting out the things on his waist: "Cheng boy, you also follow closely, don't get lost here!"
There was silence, no one answered. Everyone turned back in amazement, but saw that there was only a path behind them, a piece of grass and trees, and nothing else.
The surrounding grass and leaves rattled after a gentle breeze, but the wind that should have been cool and pleasant brought a chill to everyone. The atmosphere froze, Lu Si's face became more and more ugly, and his already square face became even more stiff because of his clenched teeth. A person next to him stomped his feet again and again: "This... Where can this good person run?" Everyone was silent for a while, and the young man earlier looked at Lu Si, who was speechless, hesitated for a while, and still spoke: "Maybe you can't keep up and rest in the back..." It could also be been...""Enough, shut up!" Lu Si almost squeezed out four words from between his teeth. Everyone was silent, although they couldn't speak, but they had different guesses about Cheng Linyuan's whereabouts in their hearts, but they didn't end well. Lu Si's expression changed, and then he stomped his feet and said: "You continue to chase, I'll go to find it, and you will return to the village immediately after the beast is caught, don't delay." Without waiting for anyone else to speak, he drew his hunting knife from his waist, held it tightly in his hand, and ran in the direction he came. When Lu Si's figure disappeared from sight, the young man suddenly said: "Lu Lao Si is really good to Cheng Linyuan, but if he is really dragged away by a wild beast, he is only afraid of going now..." After the pig was caught, we will stay in the farm for a few days. The five of them were silent, and no one asked him what he was referring to, but they unexpectedly quickened their pace.
In the darkness, a faint glimmer of light slowly appeared, and the sound of footsteps came, and seventeen figures gradually emerged from that glimmer of light. The figures swayed in front of the glimmer, erratic. "Knock", as if a heart is beating, the wind in the ears is rising, and the darkness is like swelling, surging in an instant. The seventeen figures suddenly became blurred, as if they were running wildly, as if they were entangled, as if they were struggling, as if they were screaming silently in the darkness. But in the end, they disappeared into the darkness one by one, a feeling of losing something spread in their hearts, and then everything returned to peace, as if nothing had happened. Only the darkness in front of us, as always, is bottomless.
Cheng Linyuan snorted bitterly, he reluctantly opened his eyes, and his eyes were green, although the scene was unfamiliar, there was no feeling of helplessness in his dream. He gritted his teeth and sat up, looking around at a small open field lined with gravel and flowers and plants. On the left side is a small dirt slope, and the flowers and plants on it have obviously been rolled over by something, but I am afraid that it is the way from which I rolled in. Cheng Linyuan smiled bitterly, suddenly felt something in his mouth, touched it slightly with his tongue, and found that it was full of sandy leaves, and hurriedly lowered his head and spit out several times, and occasionally retched a few times during the period. After a wheeze and a few more coughs, I finally felt a little more comfortable. After hunching over and resting for a while, Cheng Linyuan found that the pain in various parts of his body had weakened a lot, and he didn't think it hurt his muscles and bones. He supported his waist with his hands, and was just about to shout in the direction of the dirt slope, when suddenly his mind flashed the wild boar and the two black shadows with strange paths not long ago, and his spine was inexplicably cold, and he closed his mouth tightly. He looked a little at the height of the dirt slope, then at himself, sighed, and gave up the idea of climbing up. At that moment, he stood up and walked around slowly. Except for the occasional sound of the wind, there is no other sound in the surrounding mountains and forests, and the silence makes people feel a little unreal. When Cheng Linyuan walked to the side of the dirt slope, he let out a low sigh, only to see a hole-like thing exposed in a large vine. He subconsciously took a few steps back, and touched his hand to the firewood knife on his waist, but unexpectedly touched it empty. Cheng Linyuan was stunned, frowned, and looked forward, although there was a little bit of sunlight penetrating, he couldn't see it really after all. After a moment's thought, he bent down and picked up a stone and threw it at the vine, and the moment the two touched, the stone paused slightly, and then sank into it, making a muffled sound. Cheng Linyuan waited for a while, and when he saw that he didn't rush out of the beast, he immediately relieved himself. Walking forward, he stretched out his hand and pushed away the vines with a slight force, and several pieces of sand fell, bringing up a cloud of dust. "Ahem," Cheng Linyuan covered his mouth and nose lightly and took a step forward into the cave. With just one step, a sigh suddenly came from his ears, Cheng Linyuan's body was shocked, and he hurriedly looked around, but he didn't see anything. "I guess I heard it wrong, right?" thought to himself, paused, and took a few more steps inside. Cheng Linyuan stretched out his hand and touched the stone wall in front of him, and a rough and cold feeling came from his fingers. He turned around and looked around, and saw that there was nothing in the whole cave, and the only surprise was that the ground was so flat that no one would think that the cave was a natural formation. Cheng Linyuan just stood like this, and he suddenly felt that this mountain forest, which should have been extremely familiar, was so unfamiliar. He looked at the calm mountain forest outside the cave entrance and slowly closed his eyes. After a moment, his eyes opened, and a strange sensation haunted him from the time he entered the mountain, and just now he suddenly understood what it was to give him this feeling-sound. The time to enter the mountain is about the end of the day, which is exactly the time when the birds that come out early to forage for food return to their nests, but whether it is in the woods outside the village or on the slopes of the mountain, I have not seen a single bird returning to the nest, and I have not even made a bird's cry. The expression on his face changed, and he thought of the wild boar again, but he was afraid that this was no coincidence. What is it that shocks the birds and beasts of the entire mountain forest, are they those two black shadows? The heartbeat beats in the darkness with the breath, but the thoughts are difficult to advance in the slightest. Cheng Linyuan exhaled a turbid breath, unwilling to stay here any longer, and walked towards the entrance of the cave with his feet raised. When he took the second step, he felt a bulge under his feet, he looked down and saw a small spherical stone set in the ground, he leaned down and pinched it with his fingers, but no matter how hard he tried, it was difficult to move the slightest. An inexplicable anger surged from his heart, and Cheng Linyuan clenched his right hand into a fist and slammed it down despite the pain. There was a soft sound, he stood up and opened his right hand, and a stone bead the size of an eyeball was lying in the palm of his hand, all blue-gray, not like this mountain rock. After staring silently for a moment, suddenly there was a burst of shouts of "Cheng Linyuan" from outside the cave, and he shouted loudly: "I'm here!
When Cheng Linyuan's figure disappeared, a cyan light rose from the small pit in the cave where the stone beads were taken, and then transformed into strange faces. After being stunned for a while, several strange faces rushed towards the entrance of the cave with excitement on their faces. The moment he touched the vine, a purple curtain of light stopped at the entrance of the cave, stopping the strange face like a line between life and death. Seeing that the way was blocked, dozens of strange faces opened their mouths and roared, but more of them rushed towards the entrance of the cave desperately, but no matter how the strange faces impacted, it was difficult to shake the light curtain in the slightest. With a "hum", the top wall of the cave shook slightly, and the brilliance flowed, and the top stone wall was immediately covered with a layer of misty blue light. After seeing the blue light on the strange faces flying out of the pit, they all trembled unconsciously, and their eyes were full of horror. In the midst of an angry roar, rows of ancient characters slowly emerged from the top, and suddenly a sense of simplicity spread in this small cave. Among them, an ancient seal character opposite the small pit trembled slightly, suddenly changed from small to large, swooped down, and the strange faces that met it all the way were cracked in an instant, turning into a little streamer and dissipating. And the strange faces that kept flying out of the small pit rushed towards the ancient characters, just when the two were at a stalemate. The top wall trembled again, and all the blue light gradually converged on the ancient character, and the strange faces around it dispersed like crazy, refusing to approach it again. The ancient characters kept falling, and countless strange faces opened their mouths and roared at it, in a crazy state, but they could only watch it be printed on the small pit so lightly. A red light flashed, and a clear light emanated. The vines at the entrance of the cave slowly fell, and the cave suddenly rose green, and the strange face that stood still disappeared in an instant like ice meets fire.
The green light swayed for a moment and then gradually dispersed, and everything in the cave returned to calm. Only the stone that Cheng Linyuan threw in earlier was still lying on the ground, and with a pop, it turned into pieces.