Daomu Biji

Chapter 6 The Orientation of the Stone Statue

Suddenly my scalp became numb, my heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and I became nervous.

Pan Zi swallowed and said, "I didn't pay attention...but it's definitely not this side."

The fat man said: "Damn it, there is a ghost. Then it turned around on its own? Or did we trigger some mechanism?"

I said, "Impossible. I could see clearly when I got closer just now. It's obviously made of stone. And it's in one piece. It's unlikely that there is a trap."

Pan Zi stared at the stone sculpture and said, "I didn't look carefully just now. Maybe this statue has two sides."

"Two sides of your head. When I left just now, I looked back several times. There is absolutely no such face on the back of the stone statue." Fatty said, "Besides, there is something wrong with this face."

Indeed, compared with the front view, the face of the stone statue makes people feel weird. It is also expressionless, but the expression on the face is full of gloom and resentment, which makes people feel frightened when they see it.

"Damn it, it must have turned around on its own. Is this thing alive?" Pan Zi said, "We encountered a stone spirit."

I said: "We are not walking in a straight line, maybe it is a matter of angle. Don't scare yourself."

The fat man scolded: "What a bullshit perspective, there must be something wrong with this. You are deceiving yourself by thinking this way."

I was a little embarrassed, and the fat man said, "Would you like to go back and take a look?"

Pan Zi shook his head, suddenly took out his gun, loaded it, pointed it at the giant face, and wanted to shoot. We were startled by this move and almost had no time to react. The fat man immediately raised the gun, and the bullet whizzed past with a "bang" and hit the dipterocarp tree next to the stone statue, shaking the whole tree. We immediately went to see the stone statue, thinking that it was too outrageous, if it was really alive. If you don't directly mess with things.

The fat man was ready to fight, and his hands reached his waist. Several people looked at the stone sculpture, ready for any movement from it.

However, the statue didn't react at all. The strange face was still cold and expressionless. It didn't change at all. It seemed to be just an ordinary stone statue. After waiting for a long time, Pan Zi unloaded his gun and said to us: "Look. It's okay. It's made of stone. Maybe I saw it wrong. The road here has twists and turns. Let's go quickly and don't waste time."

I also breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, I was scaring myself. Being in a place like this made me so nervous that I lost the ability to make correct judgments.

The fat man frowned, still not believing it: "When I was on the side, I worked on a lathe, and my eyes are so poisonous. How could I be wrong about this?"

“A lathe is a lathe;

This is a forest. The reference is complicated, so it’s not surprising if you get it wrong. "I said.

Pan Zi urged him to leave quickly, but Fatty refused. He wanted to get past Pan Zi's gun and put down his equipment. He said to us: "Don't move. I'll go take a look, just for two minutes." Then he walked towards the statue. We know the temper of fat people. There was no choice but to let him go. I sat down to rest. Pan Zi cursed "trouble".

Just watch the fat man put the gun on his body and walk back carefully. Halfway there, he suddenly stopped and took a step back. He didn't know what he saw.

Pan Zi was very impatient and yelled and asked him: "What are you doing? Hurry up!"

Before he finished speaking, the fat man suddenly turned around, turned around and ran wildly, shouting to us: "It's a living place! Run!" At the same time, we saw the "face" of a strange bird with a human face in the distance. It changed unexpectedly, and its eyes were raised. , the corners of his mouth raised incredulously, from that expressionless expression to an extremely ferocious smile.

Chapter 7 Rupture

My scalp was numb, and I thought I had encountered a ghost. Is this thing really alive?

The fat man had already rushed in front of us and did not stop. He grabbed us and ran away, shouting: "What are you doing?"

We took the fat man out for several steps, but we still didn't react. We looked back and saw an even more bizarre scene. The face of the stone sculpture was broken, and the facial features were displaced, as if there was something wrapped in the stone. Come out of it.

"What a bastard!" I yelled, thinking that my hunch was indeed correct, and I immediately ran away.

We were in a large area of ​​ruins, with rocks and vines underneath. It was really difficult to speed up, so we had to follow the mountains of the ruins and run wherever was convenient. We fell several times and bruised our knees. We ran until we were exhausted and then turned back. Looking at it, I realized that I hadn't run very far, but the stone sculpture was still in place and was not chasing him. It was impossible to see clearly from this distance.

As we ran wildly, our physical strength had already pulled us away from each other. Fatty and Panzi both ran further than me and were still running forward. I called them to stop. They rushed back and came to pull me. I grabbed them and asked them to hide first, and then look at the stone sculptures in the distance.

They were quite surprised to find that the stone sculptures did not come after them. We breathed heavily and looked at them for a while. The stone sculptures in the distance did not move at all.

Only then did we relax. The fat man was panting like bellows and said with difficulty: "What's going on? Xiao Wu, it doesn't move. Could it be a trap?"

"We didn't touch that thing at all, how could it be an agency? And the agency can't do that."

This is absolutely impossible to be a mechanism. It is carved from stone as a whole, and it is sandwiched between two giant trees. If it wants to turn its head, there will be huge movement, and the two trees may even be twisted, so Even if there is a mechanism, it cannot rotate. There is no doubt about this. But no matter what I thought, apparently it turned around and it was just weird.

I was actually mentally prepared for what I might encounter in the Kingdom of the Western Queen, but such a thing was still beyond my imagination.

At this time, Pan Zi took out the telescope from the equipment and looked in the direction of the statue. I quickly asked: "How is it? What is it?" But Pan Zi showed a very surprised expression and said: "! No! Got it!"

"What?" I immediately grabbed the telescope and looked there. Sure enough, the back of the stone sculpture appeared in front of us, but the ferocious face disappeared.

Before I put down the telescope, the fat man snatched it away. My mind was in confusion. Could it be that what we just saw was an illusion? impossible. The three of us were so scared that we almost peed our pants, so what was going on? What was it about the face we just saw? Could it be a ghost?

"Damn it, is someone playing tricks on us?" The fat man stood up.

We were afraid that he would be reckless, so we immediately pulled him down again. The stone here was unstable and the fat man stumbled, so we hurriedly pulled him back. I accidentally saw it on the boulder about ten meters away behind me. There is a huge relief of a human face. It was exactly the same as what I saw just now, looking at the front with the same expressionless expression, like a corpse.

When I ran just now, I ran all the way and didn't pay attention to the ruins around me, so I don't know if the relief was originally there.

Fatty and Panzi saw it. They immediately felt something was wrong and stood still. The fat man said: "Damn, this is not life."

"More than one!" Pan Zi said, pointing to one side. We looked around and found that there were reliefs of human faces on the surrounding boulders every now and then, some large and some small. But most of it is hidden by vines. If you don’t look carefully, you can’t see it clearly. If you look carefully, you will find that the scale is astonishing. Almost everywhere. Less than ten meters away from where we lay, there was a huge human face, which was strange. All the reliefs here are human faces. There is no bird body pattern.

The fat man couldn't help but panic when he saw so many dull stone eyes looking at him. Picking up Pan Zi's gun, I immediately held it down. Tell him not to act rashly. I already feel something is wrong around me. These don't seem to be reliefs.

But before I could figure out what these things were, suddenly, one of the reliefs cracked, and then I saw a strange scene. All the broken stones floated up.

I looked at it dumbfounded, thinking: Am I finally crazy? Have you started hallucinating in broad daylight? Then Pan Zi yelled: "Damn it, it's a moth!"

It dawned on me, and when I took a closer look, sure enough, the floating stones were all black moths. These human faces were arranged by these moths. No wonder they suddenly appeared and disappeared. Immediately, I saw the human face reliefs all around began to twist and crack, flying into the air in large numbers and scattering around.

These moths were obviously lying on the ruins here. After being disturbed by us, they arranged themselves like human faces for some reason.

Soon the sky was almost filled with black debris. We didn’t know whether these moths were poisonous or not. We all subconsciously covered our mouths and noses with clothes. However, the protective colors were generally non-toxic. Watching the moths gradually Flying away, like black petals all over the sky, it's quite impressive.

The fat man caught a few moths and said he wanted to take a closer look. He didn't know what species these moths were, but he caught a few but failed to catch them. We gradually let go, this was a false alarm. However, we can’t blame us, this situation is really appalling.

We stayed in place, not daring to move rashly for a while. The moths flew away one after another, leaving only a few scattered ones. At this time, we saw that the original ruins had changed. Where the moths had just covered, A large area of ​​white was exposed. If you look closely, you will find that they are all white snake sloughs. They are entangled in the vines of the plants. They look like the white intestines of some animal.

The fat man jumped down, saw the vines, picked up one and cursed. Most of the snake sloughs have been rotted and riddled with holes, which is extremely disgusting. A large number of vines are intertwined and entangled from them. Looking around, there are snake sloughs everywhere. There are hundreds or even thousands of them in the cracks of the ruins and between the tree roots. All these moths just stopped on the snake sloughs, maybe they were attracted by the fishy smell above. Here It may be a hiding place for these snakes when they shed their skins.

We felt chills all over just looking at it. This ruins is huge. How many snakes need to survive here to shed their skins to such a scale?

The fat man climbed up and showed us the snake skin he picked up. The head of the snake skin swelled and you could see the shape of a cockscomb. It was indeed the skin shed by a poisonous snake. The skin of this snake is as thick as a calf, which is thicker than the snakes we have seen before. It seems that we cannot estimate the size of the snakes here.

The fat man obviously felt disgusted and frowned, not even looking at it.

Snake slough is a very valuable traditional Chinese medicine. One kilogram can be sold for more than a hundred yuan. The scale of this place is at least several tons, and its value is astonishing. If the fat man knew about it, he probably wouldn't feel so disgusting. However, even knowing it gave me goosebumps all over my body.

Pan Zi touched the snake skin and said: "This skin is still very tough, as if it has just shed its skin. This is the place where they shed their skin. Snakes usually shed their skin in places they think are safe. If you encounter one or two here, , they will think that their territory has been invaded in the most serious way, and they will definitely attack us. I think it is not suitable to stay here for a long time."

I looked back. If I wanted to go back, I had to walk through these snake sloughing areas. That was a very unpleasant thing, but Pan Zi was right to worry. There may be those poisonous snakes in the hidden places here.

We set off immediately. It is urgent to get out of this area. I expected to encounter at least a snake or two, but the process went surprisingly smoothly and we found nothing. Come to think of it, it seems that snakes are rarely seen during the day, so it seems that these snakes are nocturnal. This also shows that this forest will definitely be very lively at night.

I went deep into it and smelled a disgusting fishy smell. The smell was very weird. When I walked out of the ruins and followed the terrain back to the forest, the contents of my stomach were already stuck in my throat.

After entering the rain forest again, the feeling of being blocked from the sky and the sun came to my face again. However, after experiencing the period just now, I felt that the air in the rainforest was simply enjoyable. The moist air with the smell of swamp was much better than the smell of snakes. Soon, my feeling of vomiting disappeared.

Delayed for some time in the ruins. Panzi walked extremely fast. However, our physical strength has reached its limit, and we stopped talking. We walked like this for four or five hours. We obviously felt that the terrain was lowered and the water in the swamp became more rapid. You can hear the sound of waterfalls everywhere, but you just don't know where you are.

Pan Zi took out dry food, and we continued to move forward while eating. Soon after, we finally encountered a waterfall, which was a fault that suddenly lowered the terrain. I don’t know what ancient ruins it was.

Along the way, I was almost certain that the valley had a concave bottom, and that the central part of the valley should be the lowest, so that all the water would flow there. I feel like the Palace of the Queen Mother of the West should be there, but it's not important at all at this point.

After we passed the waterfall, we were all soaked. When we reached the waterfall, there was another cave. The water seemed to seep into the ground, and the vegetation was denser. There was almost no gap for passage, and the sky was not visible at all. We were almost squeezed. After advancing for a certain distance, I lost my sense of direction.

The smoke from Uncle San and his companions thinned out very quickly. Even if we adjusted the compass, we were worried that we would go too far, so Pan Zi had to stop and climb a tree to identify the direction.

I was completely confused at this time. As soon as Panzi climbed up, Fatty and I leaned against the tree to take a breather. However, it didn’t take long for Pan Zi to point out the direction, saying that we were approaching Uncle San and the others, and urging us to move on.

At this time, I looked at my watch and saw that I had been walking non-stop for a day. I had never experienced such an intense trek in such an environment. Now that I can still stand, I think I am indeed much stronger. But now it has exceeded my physical limit, and I feel like I can fall asleep as soon as I sit down.

After the fat man and Pan Zi discussed it, the march started again. The fat man saw that my face was pale, and he knew that I was exhausted, but in the current situation, he couldn't help me. He could only keep talking to me to distract me.

The surrounding scenery was monotonous and there was nothing to talk about. The fat man looked at the things in the water and asked me: "Xiao Wu, do you think there are any visible objects in these dilapidated houses that are flooded with water?"

I said: "Based on the experience of exploring the ancient city of Loulan, there are certainly some things, but because this ancient city was buried by water, you don't have to think about things like silk and bamboo slips. There may be some pots and pans left. What do you want to do? Are your hands itchy again?"

The fat man said hurriedly: "It's not itchy, how can you look at me and you, Fatty, with the eyes of non-development? Our goal this time is to get a big one. I will retire when I get the things. How much are these bottles and cans worth?" For the money, no matter what we do, we have to find something that can be put up for auction at the Beijing Hotel."

I sighed as I listened, thinking that with so many annoying things, you still have the heart to worry about this.

Talking while walking, it worked a little at first, but then I felt more and more blurred in front of my eyes, things in the distance gradually became blurry, and the trees became blurry. I thought I was going to faint, this was really embarrassing. But the fat man said: "Damn, why is it foggy?"

I tried my best to calm myself down, rubbed my eyes and looked around, and found that it was indeed fog, not my eyes that were blurry. I don't know when this fog came up. It was so gray that the forest in the distance was completely invisible. The trees a few meters away in front of me also turned into strange shadows. A cold aura began to envelope the surrounding forest.

I don’t know if it’s due to excessive fatigue or a drop in temperature. I began to have extremely uneasy palpitations, which were tangled and oppressed in my heart like a nightmare.

Last night we were outside the sea of ​​trees. We didn't know whether there was fog in the sea of ​​trees, or whether the fog was toxic, but we couldn't care less and didn't bring any gas masks.

We pulled off some clothes, got them wet, covered our mouths and noses, and walked some distance. I didn't feel any discomfort. Just put it down. But at this time, we discovered that the fog was so thick that we couldn't see anything.

Chapter 8 The First Night: Heavy Fog

Originally, according to Pan Zi's estimation, if we traveled overnight. If we walk for another five or six hours and no major accidents happen, we can reach the signal smoke location before midnight today. But what we didn’t expect was that the temperature would change before sunset, and fog would form in the sea of ​​trees after heavy rain.

As a result, we cannot move forward at all. We kept walking in the forest for another 20 minutes relying on the compass. Although Pan Zi was anxious and frustrated. But I didn’t dare to go any further.

Although we can maintain the correct direction, we cannot travel in a straight line in the forest, and the visibility is even lower now. It is possible that we passed by Uncle San's camp without even noticing it, and we may even have been taking an S-shaped route.

After adding reduced visibility. Traveling in such a rainforest is extremely physically demanding. It has reached an unbearable level and cannot walk more than a few meters. I had to stop to catch my breath, and the gray surroundings made me extremely uneasy.

The fog is getting thicker and thicker. By the time we stopped, the visibility had dropped to almost zero, and we could only see a black shadow one meter away. It was already ridiculously dark under the canopy, but now it was almost like night. We had to turn on the miner's lamp for lighting. We felt that we were not in a jungle, but in a cave full of trees.

Pan Zi said that it was no longer possible to reach Uncle San according to the original plan. Now he could only find a safe place to rest temporarily and wait until the fog subsided a little before starting to move. Generally speaking, this kind of fog would disappear at night. Then it gradually dissipated. As quickly as it comes, it goes as quickly as it comes.

Pan Zi has experience in the jungle, and his words cannot be refuted. I am really relieved. I feel like I have come back from the door of hell. If I go on, I may die of overwork and exhaustion.

We found a withered and rotten tree that had collapsed in the mud. When this huge tree collapsed, it crushed the nearby trees. The surrounding space was slightly larger, and we rested on it. At first Pan Zi said he couldn't light a fire, but in the end he felt so uncomfortable that he collected some dry branches and dead vines nearby, poured oil on them and made a bonfire.

These dry branches and dead vines were said to be igniting fire, but in fact they were all wet. They started to smoke black smoke at first. After drying, the bonfire started to flourish. The fat man lost no time in putting more dead vines aside to bake, and dried one strip. Throw it in.

We were so tired that even the most restless fat man fell silent, and we all rested separately.

I took off my shoes and found that my socks were completely worn out and looked like fishnets, and the soles of my feet were covered in blisters. After returning from Changbai Mountain, I developed a thick layer of blisters on the soles of my feet. At that time, I thought I would never get blisters again. I didn’t expect that there was no hardest part of the road, only the harder part.

Massaging the muscles on the soles of the feet and calves, Pan Zi recalled the route we had taken just now, saying that there was no smoke at night, and the smoke would definitely be extinguished tomorrow morning. We can basically still clearly understand our position now, and we need to mark it. The fat man redistributed the equipment and continued to move the things in my backpack into their backpacks.

I was a little embarrassed, but it was impossible to save face at this time, and my physical strength could not keep up. The fat man asked me to sleep for a while, saying that if I rest tight like this, the more I rest, the more tired I will be. I didn't want to be brave and closed my eyes.

However, I was already too tired at this time, and the surrounding environment was really difficult to calm me down. I squinted for a few minutes and couldn't sleep, so I closed my eyes to rest.

Just when he was a little sleepy, he heard the fat man ask Pan Zi softly: "Da Pan, to be honest, if we get to that place and your third master is not there, what are your plans?"

Pan Zidao: "If you want to see the person alive, if you want to see the corpse if you are dead, of course I have to look for it. Why are you thinking about all this?"

The fat man said: "I'm here to make a fortune, not to wipe your ass. Your third master didn't act according to the plan and ruined everything. When Xiao Wu was awake, Fatty didn't say how I felt about taking care of him. , but it’s okay not to say it now. I have to say the ugly things first. If your third master is gone, I will take my share of equipment and do my business alone. This forest is so big, I will not follow you. Looking for them."

Pan Zi sneered and said: "Disband? This forest is very mysterious and weird. We haven't encountered a situation yet. If we encounter a situation, can you handle it alone? Besides, the desert is hundreds of kilometers outside. Even if you touch something and get out alive, you can't do it alone." Walking out of the Gobi?"

The fat man laughed, did not answer, and said: "What kind of person am I, you fat man? These guys all have their own plans. I'll tell you in advance so you don't have to worry." However, listening to his tone, he seemed to be interested. This matter is well understood.

Pan Zi shook his head and sighed: "I won't force you to do this. Once you get the equipment, you have to do whatever you want. However, don't expect us to rescue you when you are in trouble. Don't expect to get a share of the things we touch." ."

"You're still bluffing me, and you're not asking me to tell you that I'm an ancestor, Fatty." Fatty said, "I've figured it out a long time ago, Fatty. Your Third Master didn't come in here to touch the light. If I find something good, I can only do it alone, and I have to be like that little brother and get lost in the fun. The little brother dumped us the first two times, maybe he got a lot of fat, and we don't even know."

I couldn't help laughing when I heard this, and I thought to myself that I am sure that Men You Ping did not dump us for money.

When the fat man saw that I wasn't sleeping, he stopped talking and just said: "What do adults say and children listen? Go, go, go to sleep."

I felt in my heart that the fat man knew that I was faking my sleep, and there was something behind his words. He should be telling me, but I didn’t know what he wanted to express. It seemed like he was reminding me that the stuffy oil bottle disappeared every time. Could it be that he noticed it? What, do you want to talk to me alone?

However, in this situation, it was impossible for me to avoid Pan Zi. I could only wait for the opportunity without making any expression. Moreover, I was too tired to think about these complicated things.

After that, everyone fell into silence again. I leaned on a branch nearby, gradually calmed down, and fell asleep. I don’t even know how I fell asleep.

I should have had some dreams during this period, but I slept so deeply that my dreams were all blurry. I don’t know how long I slept. When I woke up, I found that the fog around me was much lighter. I looked at my watch and saw that I had slept for less than three hours.

I slept quite well, and my energy suddenly recovered a lot. However, my body was sore like rust, and it looked worse than before. I also thought that this kind of muscle soreness would never happen again in the future, but I didn't expect it. Still can't escape.

I moved a bit, relaxed my muscles, and felt better. Then I saw the fat man sitting there, looking up at a tree. Pan Zi was not seen around.

I felt strange and asked him, "Where is Pan Zi?"

The fat man immediately made a silent gesture towards me and pointed to the tree.

I pressed my waist and stood up despite the pain all over my body. I walked to his side and looked up. I could see the blurry shadow of the moon in the mist. There seemed to be someone on the tree. Pan Zi seemed to have climbed into the tree.

I asked what was going on. This kid was now imitating monkeys and liked to rest in trees. The fat man whispered: "There was some movement just now. He climbed up to take a look."

Before we finished speaking, there was a hiss from the tree, telling us not to talk.

We quickly calmed down and looked at him. After waiting for a while, we saw Pan Zi making a gesture to us, asking us to climb up the tree immediately.