Chapter 36: The Discovery of Terror
The night was deep, the cold moon was hanging high, and I ran straight north from the entrance of the village, I ran very fast, and the fierce cold wind swished on my face and body, but I didn't care about these, the only thing I wanted was to go back quickly, although I was worried about what was strange around here, but I was also not at ease to leave the flower fairy alone. Based on past experience, I don't want to compromise on one over the other at this time.
As soon as I arrived at the north end of the village, I saw a dense field of grass and trees blocking the way, and the village was thriving with vegetation inside, and the outer area was covered by a chaotic tree. Even if you don't look closely at this Linjiang village, you will think that this is just a desolate wild forest.
I frowned and looked around, and although the moonlight could not penetrate the dense woods, there was still a faint light shining into it, but I couldn't see anything clearly.
After thinking about it, I couldn't help but walk slowly into the woods behind the village, and at first I saw a field of wild grass more than one person high, and those sharp ears of grass, which scraped my face and arms with burning pain, I endured a lot of discomfort, and looked inside little by little, and was always ready to retreat and flee for my life. Because many times I just blindly impulsive and reckless, this time I have to be more thoughtful, I can't just go in stupidly and not think about the way back.
In order to be able to turn around and escape in time, I made a narrow passage through the wild grass, and in this way, I walked in with a little peace of mind, where the grass and trees were very messy, and there were many dead branches and leaves on the ground. No one came here to collect firewood, and it's no wonder who wants to set foot in this seemingly cursed place? Apparently no one wanted to come, and even the abundance of firewood and straight trees did not attract a single nearby village to visit.
Perhaps today, decades later, I'm the only one who has set foot here.
"Jie Ji ......"
A trace of trivial friction sound, in the silent night, quietly came into my ears, I was full of excitement, and for some reason, every time I heard this sound in a very quiet environment, I was uncomfortable, as if in that dark corner, there was a pair of strange eyes, staring at me, ready to wait for the opportunity, ready to rush out at any time to kill me!
This may be a psychological barrier, but I know that my psychological barrier can never be cleared, because I can't live and rest like ordinary people, I am just a disciple of the Taoist sect, and I accompany the master all day long to wander through the tiger's den in Longtan, where ghosts are hidden and evil is rampant.
There was a crisp sound of "pop", and a wisp of cold air suddenly rose from my back, and I hurriedly lowered my head and touched the ground not far away, the ground was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything clearly, plus those dead branches and leaves were piled up, and it was even more difficult to find a subtle thing.
I smacked my lips, and though I was tempted to ignore the sudden noise, I could not erase the noise of curiosity, and after a glance around, I grabbed a dry stick, and took out a fire fold to lead the flame with soft hay, and after making a simple torch, I immediately held the torch and shook it in the place where the sound appeared.
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I don't know if I regret seeing this truth, but in the middle of the night, no matter who sees a dead mouse with blurred flesh and blood on the ground, I am afraid that my heart will not be very comfortable. I felt sick and retching in my heart at the moment, and I opened my mouth, but I still didn't vomit.
But then another question immediately came to my mind, how could this miserable rat fall from a tree?
To say that the mouse is a very spiritual small animal, whether it is on the beam of the house or burrowing in the ground, it is to get closer to the food, or to find food more conveniently, but the trees are straight and straight up, and the left and right do not hook the shoulders and back, what is the stem of the mouse on the tree?
There was nothing to eat in the trees, and I don't think the rats would climb the trees to find the worms to eat, because that's what the woodpeckers do, and the rats' teeth are so powerful that they don't spend an infinite amount of time gnawing a hole in the trunk of a tree for the sake of a small tree worm. It was a question, a question that I couldn't figure out for a while, but I soon found another very strange question.
I didn't look carefully just now, but now I look closely, and I find that there are two bloody holes on the fleshy mouse bones, which seem to have been pierced by sharp teeth.
One for the upper body and one for the lower body, which is measured according to the distance, which ...... I couldn't help but feel a little stunned, and unconsciously reached out and touched my teeth, how is this so like a human tooth biting out? Most people have a pair of tiger teeth, which are on both sides of the front teeth separated by several teeth, and this distance seems to be very consistent.
But I quickly put aside this seemingly ridiculous speculation, if a person bites a rat to death, where is that person?!
By the way, the rat fell from the tree, could it be that there is still a ...... on the tree I shuddered, and looked up sharply, but just as my eyes looked over, a black shadow suddenly sprang out from between the dense branches of the trees, and ran towards the eastern part of the village, near the desolate hills, as fast as a bat flew at night.
It's just that this black shadow obviously jumped out, and as soon as it landed, it rushed forward, and suddenly rushed into the dark inner woods.
I was stunned, what the hell is that?! My body trembled, and now my mind was full of thoughts about seeing the black shadow, and although it was fast, I could still conclude that it was a human figure, definitely a human figure!
If so, isn't my speculation correct? My eyes are wide open, now what? If I go back to the original entrance of the village and go into the village to find the master now, and then the master rushes over again, I'm afraid the time will be delayed, but if I chase it in alone, what if it's a ferocious monster again? Will I be able to handle it?!
To chase, or not to chase?
This question haunted me and made me entangled, just when I was hesitating, the torch suddenly crackled and exploded, and a spark popped into my hand, and suddenly it hurt so much that I threw down the torch and jumped on the spot.
Covering my hand is to pat and knead, fortunately I react quickly, otherwise my hand will be injured, but at this moment, at the same time as the torch landed, it actually provoked those dry branches on the ground to follow, I can't see it, the situation of this black shadow has not been explored, in case of another fire is not good, I will be scolded by the master, I hurriedly threw off my coat and beat the flame vigorously until it was extinguished.
After a while, I stood in place with a disgraced face, looking at a hole in my coat, so angry that I wanted to run away, but I hesitated for a moment, and actually caused me a disaster, alas, it seems that I am still inexperienced, I can take care of this and ignore that, I reluctantly put on my coat, and picked up the torch that was still smoking, and blew a few breaths, the torch was lit again, and it was bright, I gritted my teeth angrily, and said angrily: "Mother's! I almost lost my clothes to catch you, and now I'm determined to find you and see what the hell you are! ”
Having made up my mind, I no longer hesitated, and chased straight into it with my torch......
In order not to get lost in this dim and chaotic place, I tried to walk in a straight line, and once I retreated, I only needed to turn around and walk straight to get out, but the black shadow just now did not go in a straight line, and it jumped left and right for a while and disappeared into the darkness nearby. I looked at the torch in my hand and felt a little comforted, because as soon as the monster came at me from the darkness, I would wait for it with the torch!
I didn't know how far I had walked all the way just now, and even if it took me a few hours in this kind of place, I am afraid that I would not be able to walk more than ten zhang, because this place is too desolate and too difficult to walk, but I soon found something.
It's bloodstains!
I opened my eyes wide, and when I saw this thing, it meant that the ghost thing must be hiding not far away, and since the ghost thing was running away now, it meant that it was only thinking about self-preservation, and there was no sign of active attack. If that's the case, the confidence in my heart can increase a few points, at least compared to the corpse in the woods outside the Tongming Inn, the situation is completely different, that thing's intelligence is simply perverted to the extreme, not only can it lure me into its range, but it is also so brutal and brutal that I don't have any ability to resist at all.
Can...... But if this ghost thing I encounter now is also playing tricks with me, then wouldn't I have fallen into a trap again?!
How did I not think of this just now? Suddenly realizing this, I couldn't help but be a little scared, and turned my head to look at the path when I came, it was already deep and boundless, if I wanted to get out, I was afraid that I would have to walk for an hour, but at the speed of that ghost, I obviously didn't have time to escape, and I would end up like that dead mouse with a bloody end.
The thought of retreating in my mind immediately gave me the urge to turn around and leave, I didn't dare to stay any longer, if it was really as I thought, then I must be going around in that's nest now, and if it suddenly appeared, I really wouldn't be able to deal with it.
After thinking about it, I decided to go back to Master to check it out, but when I turned around, I couldn't help but glance at the place in front of the bloodstain, where there was also a dead mouse with blurred flesh and blood!
I hurried over to the dead rat and looked ahead, and there was still ...... ahead Following the traces of these dead rats step by step, I actually came to a deep mountain col, stretched out my head to see, I hurriedly closed my eyes and retreated a few big steps, and in the col, there was a mountain of animal bones, some of which had rotted and smelled, and some of them seemed to have been thrown into it recently, and it looked like it was a hundred times more disgusting and terrifying than those dead mice!