The mountain road is very rough, although it is only a little more than 300 kilometers, and it is fortunate that we can reach the village by 12 o'clock tonight at an average speed of 60 kilometers per hour.

Li Nuoyi, who was so weak that she was unconscious, was still lying limply in the back seat, and I looked back at her from time to time worriedly. Although from the realization to the present, she has shown her strong and gentle side. But no matter what, she is still a girl after all, and she will still be frightened and scared after constantly encountering attacks by mysterious forces again and again.

That kind of targeted, untraceable, mind-baffling power really breeds a sense of powerlessness in me. But everything has its own reason, and since she will be pulled into a strange space, it is likely that it is because of unsolved reasons. Could it be that something has happened in Liluo Village, and it is far more than just Li Nuoyi's grandfather who wants to braid?

As I drove, I simply sorted out the few clues in my head. The mountain road ahead distorted like a twist on the GPS screen, and I couldn't help but slow down again. The mountain roads here are so steep that even if I have good driving skills, I can't stop feeling my scalp tingling on some dangerous sections.

Due to the constant hauling of the special products of the village, the trucks are not too small. So in the second half of the road, the road conditions are not good. The road floor is sparse and sparsely potholes, which affects the speed of the vehicle again.

The sun had already set overhead to the ridge in the distance, and the fiery red sunset seemed to burn, casting through the leaves, as if a raging fire had been lit in the western sky. The view was spectacular.

Suddenly, I braked sharply, and the wheels of the SUV rubbed against the ground, making a loud noise, and finally came to a near halt.

Li Noyi's body was thrown up because of the brakes and hit the front seat. She sat up while clutching her nose and screaming in pain, finally sober.

"You've woken up, are you fine?" I turned my head and asked with concern.

"Well, except for a little bit of fear, it's fine." Li Nuoyi smiled at me reluctantly and asked, "Why did you brake suddenly, something happened?" ”

"There are some hiccups that do occur." I smiled wryly and pouted out the window.

She looked in the direction I signaled, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Five meters away on the road, a stout tree broke open and fell. Coincidentally, the fallen position just cut off the road. There's no way the car can get through.

"How so!" Li Nuoyi touched his head, which was still slightly painful, and opened the window to breathe in the fresh mountain air.

"Who knows, you can rest a little more and replenish some strength." I handed her a bite to eat, then opened the door and got out of the car, "I'll go take a look." ”

Walking up to the broken tree, I took a closer look. It was a lush cedar tree with fresh leaves, and it must have just fallen. Walking slowly to the broken place, I only glanced at it, and my brow furrowed.

The tree was clearly not blown down by the wind and did not break due to any natural cause. Judging from the traces at the fracture, there are elements of violent destruction everywhere. I reached out and touched it, and the break was very uneven, as if some animal had bitten the trunk of the tree with its sharp teeth.

The main trunk of the cedar tree in front of you is more than a meter in diameter, what animal can bite it off? I couldn't find a corresponding creature in my head, so I turned around and walked towards the car. It is completely impossible for a tree to move with the strength of only two people, and at least a 10-ton crane is needed to remove it. Let's ask Li Noyi if there are any other detours.

Li Nuo leaned on his chin, thought for a long time, and then looked outside the car again, and then said, "If you take a detour, I remember that there seems to be a small road." The buggy could barely drive through. ”

"That road is dangerous?" I looked at her, "Why don't you bother?" ”

"There's no danger, it's just some bad memories." Li Nuoyi shook his head, his expression a little lonely. She pointed to the ground not far away, "Drive back a kilometer or so, and you should be able to find the path." We move quickly, it is very dangerous to walk on mountain roads when it is dark. ”

I subconsciously looked at my watch, it was almost 6 o'clock, and there were only two hours left before the sky was dark. At the turn of the narrow road, the two of us drove back more than a thousand meters, and if it weren't for Li Noyi's guidance, I wouldn't have been able to find the path that had been clogged with wild grass and shrubs.

Reluctantly getting out of the car again, I took out a sapper shovel from my camping kit and cut down the weeds and low bushes that blocked the road, revealing a bumpy dirt road less than two and a half meters wide. As Li Nuoyi said, it really can only be passed by off-road vehicles.

It seems unlikely that she will be able to reach her hometown before 12 a.m. I thought pessimistically.

The car slowly drove into the dirt road, and Li Nuoyi didn't know what he was thinking, so he didn't talk to me, just kept staring at the scenery outside the car. The branches on both sides kept scraping against the body of the car, scraping out one radish after another from the exterior paint of the off-road vehicle. Fortunately, it was a rented car, and the compensation fee could still be counted on the old man's head. If it's your own car, I don't know what heartache will become!

The dirt road zigzagged forward, with no end in sight. After going over a few steep ramps, we started to walk down gradually. I don't know how long it took, but the road finally smoothed out a little.

Looking up at the sky, the sunset burned out, and the crescent crescent crescent crescent climbed up from the opposite ridge. It's the next Xuanyue. The dim moonlight sprinkled in the jungle, making people's hearts panic.

It's almost nine o'clock.

"How long will it take to get out?" I asked Li Nuoyi in the back seat, and under the headlights, all the trees in the jungle seemed to be hideous and aggressive with dry claws. It's as if you've entered a foreign land.

"It will take more than 4 hours, although this road is not easy to walk, but the side road is much closer." Li Nuoyi sighed, "Speaking of which, once I go back to my hometown, it's time to go back to my hometown." Time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye, it slipped away for more than five years. ”

"The tone is like an old woman, you are now." I shook my head and couldn't help but laugh.

"The word old woman is not good, and if someone ignores the word 'too' in between, Miss Ben will definitely be very happy." Li Nuo's spirit is obviously much better, and he has the strength to play poorly.

I choked on her words and didn't know how to answer. The human mind is often complex, especially when it comes to feelings. To be honest, I still don't understand what kind of emotions and thoughts I have in my heart for her or for my guardian daughter.

I can't figure out things to escape, and this is probably the first time in my life. Emotions can really make people in this world, whether smart or not, lose their original normative concepts.

Seeing that I was silent, Li Nuoyi sighed faintly.

For a moment, the silence in the car returned to what it had been before.

The exotic scene outside the car kept repeating itself, and I pretended to be attentive to the drive, but my mind was chaotic. I don't know how long this went on, but finally, I slammed on the brakes again.

Li Nuoyi almost hit her nose again, she stuck her head out of the back seat and asked, "The road ahead is blocked again?" ”

"The tire went out." I smiled wryly, opened the door, and walked down.

Hiking boots feel soft on the ground, and the pavement under your feet doesn't know how thick rotten leaves have accumulated. The right rear wheel of the off-road vehicle has been pulled down suddenly, fortunately the speed is not fast, otherwise just a flat tire will probably cause the car to be destroyed and killed.

I walked over to the deflated tire and checked it, and I saw the clue at a glance. The culprit behind the flat tire of the car turned out to be a few emerald green thorns, which were more than ten centimeters long, not man-made, but more like something grown from a plant.

The green thorn pierced deep into the outer layer of the tire, and the now popular hollow tire was cut with a thick wound before the anti-explosion mechanism was activated. The entire tire is estimated to be scrapped.

I grabbed a thorn with my fingers to pull it out of the tire, but no matter how hard I tried, I didn't succeed. So I had to take the pliers and use all my strength to get one. I brought the thorn in front of me to observe, and saw that the front of the thorn was actually densely covered with barbs, and under the illumination of the light, it was actually glowing with a cold and compelling light. It doesn't take much judgment to know exactly how sharp those barbs are.

Li Nuoyi poked his head out, looked at the thing in my hand, and suddenly said, "This thing seems to be a little familiar." ”

"You know?" I handed it over, and when I didn't pay attention, the thorn touched the body. Suddenly, a piercing friction sound sounded, and the metal body of the off-road vehicle immediately drew dense traces. The barbs not only scratched the paint, but also scratched the iron sheet. The hardness and sharpness of this is simply jaw-dropping.

Seeing this, Li Nuoyi immediately carefully took the emerald green thorn from my hand, looked at it for a long time, and finally shook his head, "At first glance, I thought it was a thorn from a hedge, but how can it be so long, it's impossible." I must be mistaken! ”

"Fence down? Is it a specialty of your village? I kindly asked, "Does that plant have thorns?" ”

"It was a shrub, less than a meter high, covered in small thorns. It's the same as the thorn in front of you, but it's small. That's probably the only thing. Li Nuoyi used her slender white fingers to draw a distance of about a centimeter.

And after thinking about it in my head, I couldn't figure it out. Among the plants I know, there are indeed many thorns that are much longer than those in front of me, but none of them have so many barbs and are still hard and sharp.

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