Daomu Biji

"Extinguish the flashlight?" I was confused when I heard this. There were already so many people missing and I still had to extinguish the flashlight. What if there were still fewer people? Isn't this looking for bad luck? - I looked at Monk Hua hurriedly, hoping that he would be more mature and see how he would react.

Monk Hua was also extremely nervous. When he saw me looking at him, he actually asked me: "Will it be destroyed or not?"

The fat man turned off the flashlight and said, "Listen to him, turn it off and take a look!"

I immediately turned off the flashlight, and Monk Hua and the others also turned it off one after another. Suddenly, the surroundings fell into absolute darkness. We quickly looked up at the roof. It was still dark at first and we couldn't see anything. The fat man was about to curse, and suddenly, above It lit up, and we immediately saw countless small green light spots densely gathering on the roof. At first glance, it seemed like we were seeing a sea of ​​stars in the sky.

"It's the Fifty Star Chart."

I heard the voice of Monk Hua next to me. I looked up and looked again. Sure enough, the shape composed of green light points above vaguely resembled a fifty star chart, but it was not very similar, because these green light points , is actually moving.

"Now I'm rich, there are so many luminous pearls!" the fat man said in surprise.

"No, how can the luminous pearl be so small?" I broke into a cold sweat: "It's moving, it's an insect!"

"Insect? What insect?" The fat man suddenly became nervous, probably thinking of corpse crickets: "Fireflies?"

"No, fireflies only flicker, I didn't -" Before I could finish my words, I suddenly felt itching in my neck, as if something had fallen into my collar, and I hurriedly touched it with my hand. I touched a lump of something and it was crushed to death when I squeezed it.

At that time, I felt something bad based on the feel of my hand. It was an arthropod insect, and it seemed to have a lot of legs.

I squeezed the thing out of my neck with my fingers. When I turned on the flashlight and took a look, I suddenly felt a pang in my heart and threw the thing on the ground.

It was a palm-long insect that looked very much like a centipede. The front and rear tentacles were very long. The body was slender and divided into nine sections. Each section had a green spot on its back. But it was obviously different from a centipede in that The insect's legs are very long, almost as long as its body, and there are many of them, like a lot of long hair on both sides of the body.

I know this kind of bug is called a 'centipede'. In some places, it is called "Qiangchuanzi" or "Oyster octopus". This thing is very evil. When I was a child, I dared to touch anything, but I just didn’t dare to touch it. I always felt that it was uncomfortable to look at. This is a legend in our hometown. As soon as this thing crawls over your body, everything it crawls over will rot. The most terrifying thing is that this thing will burrow into people's ears. Now that I see it, I feel numb all over.

‘Qiangchuanzi’ has been recorded in Liaozhai. It can grow up to three feet, and like centipedes and spiders, they are very demonic things.

When I saw this bug, my whole body became tense, and suddenly my head started to itch again. Every time I touched it, another bug appeared, one that fell from above.

I yelled immediately, hurriedly patted it off, then put on the hood of my hiking clothes, and looked at the ground. Damn it, I don’t know when, there were several of these bugs crawling on the ground, and there were more. Stop falling from above.

The people below were inevitably hit. Monk Hua didn't react as quickly as I did. He jumped up and kept slapping the thing out of his neck.

But it was of no use at all. The thing got through any cracks and soon got into his clothes. And the bugs on the ground didn't know what was going on. They all surrounded us and climbed up from our shoes.

The fat man took out the washbasin and put it on his head, and kept beating it with the engineer shovel with his other hand. I saw Ye Cheng hugging his head and quickly went to help him. I pulled his hand away and saw only his ears. Several have crawled in.

Some 'Qiangchuanzi' are as poisonous as centipedes, or even poisonous to centipedes. I would rather have scorpions crawling on my body than something like this. I asked him to turn his head sideways and lower his head, and slapped his head to knock out the bugs.

We were filming and running, but everywhere there were "wall strings" falling down like rain. Just when we were about to go crazy, there was a sudden bang, and a lamp in the distance turned on. I don't know who lit it. .

I was wondering who would have the energy to light a lamp at this time, when suddenly the "wall string" on the ground reacted and began to crawl towards the lamp slave.

Shunzi's voice came from a distance: "Bosses, light a fire! These bugs will lay eggs on warm things. Don't let your body become the warmest thing around."

It turns out to be this boy Shunzi, I thought to myself, it looks like he has woken up.

When the fat man and I heard this, we quickly climbed up the lamp slave on the side. This thing was carved out of stone. It was shaped like a person carrying a basin on his back. There was a wick in the basin. The lamp slave was as tall as a person. I climbed up and took a look. , the eternal oil in the basin was frozen into soap, and it was crawling with bugs.

I picked up the lighter and burned the wick. The flame was small at first, but as the ten thousand years of oil inside melted, it gradually became stronger. As soon as the "wall stringers" in the oil basin saw the flames, they surrounded it without hesitation. Several "wall stringers" were entangled together and made a crackling sound when they were burned by the fire.

I turned on the flashlight again and looked at the roof. The colorful paintings on the beams had changed. It seemed that the pattern just now was made up of these insects. At this time, lanterns were also lit in other places. The firelight was very gray after passing through the darkness. I still couldn't see the people beside me, but I already knew their location. It seems that the darkness here is not that light cannot be used to cross, but that our light is not strong enough.

There were still sporadic bugs falling off our heads, but most of them fell in the direction of the lamp slave. We protected our heads and ran towards the light on one side. After running a few steps, we saw Lang Feng and others. Shunzi and Lang Feng fell to the ground, twitching constantly. Shunzi touched the back of his head and swatted the bugs off his body.

I ran up to him and asked him what was wrong. He said, "It's over. The bug has gone into my brain. It's too deep to dig out."

The fat man groaned, couldn't help but pick his ears, and said to himself: "Fortunately, I have a lot of earwax."

I asked Shunzi, "Are you still saved?"

Shunzi shook his head and said: "I don't know. In our village, once you are hit by this snow-caught child, your life or death is left to your fate."

I rolled Lang Feng's eyes and he was unconscious. It was really annoying, but this was actually a good thing. Because this guy is under Chen Pi Asi. If he and Chen Pi Asi fall out at that time - which is a matter of time - it will definitely be very difficult to deal with. Now that we have been tricked, we have an extra chance of winning. .

Pan Zi called out from a distance and asked us all to gather around. I said to Shun Zi, "Ignore it for now. Let's get everyone together and talk about it. Is your head okay?"

Shunzi nodded and wondered: "Why did I suddenly pass out? I remember - you are going to blow up the mountain! Where is this place?"

I couldn't react at the moment, and the fat man immediately said: "You are really confused. We just wanted to set off a salute. Unexpectedly, there was an avalanche, and a rock fell down and hit you on the head. You were knocked unconscious. We gave it to the snow." It seems to be a temple when it’s wrapped here, and we can’t figure out what’s going on.”

Shunzi thought for a while and said: "I have no memory, but how can you blow things up on the snowy mountain? It's so random. You have to pay me more when you go back. This business is not worthwhile."

The fat man still wanted to talk, but I was afraid that he would lose track of what he was talking about, so I patted him and said, "Don't talk about it, ji-ba-dan. We'll talk about this later. Hurry up."

With that said, the two of them lifted up Lang Feng and wanted to carry him to Pan Zi. Lang Feng was so big that the two of us almost used all our strength to push him to sit up.

Lang Feng was twitching, his head could no longer stand straight, and it was dragging there. I thought about how to lift him upright. At this time, the fat man suddenly frowned.

I followed his gaze and found that there was an obvious mark of being beaten on the back of Lang Feng's head. Although it was not very obvious, you could see it if you looked closely.

My heart skipped a beat, which meant that Lang Feng was not poisoned, but knocked unconscious. I glanced at Shunzi who was carrying Langfeng's backpack, and just when I was about to ask him what was going on, the fat man hissed and motioned for me to stop talking.

I looked at the fat man's eyes and didn't know what his intentions were, so I had to return the look. Then I lifted up Langfeng, struggled to put him on his shoulders, and helped me towards Pan Zi.

After a period of darkness, we arrived in front of Pan Zi's lamp slave. Chen Pi Asi and Pan Zi were waiting there, but the bottle of stuffy oil was missing. I asked Pan Zi: "What about the little brother?"

Pan Zidao: "Isn't he with you? I haven't seen him."

I looked around. Except for the lights of the lantern we lit and the lantern lit by Shunzi, no fourth lantern was lit. There were only two dim and lifeless lights in the distance. Stand there.

Logically speaking, in that kind of environment, when he heard Shunzi's cry, he would light the lamp slave next to him, otherwise he would definitely be surrounded by these strings on the wall. If he didn't light it, would he be in trouble? Before hearing Shunzi's cry, was he already unconscious like Lang Feng?

It's impossible. With a mosquito-repellent constitution like his, he should be afraid of all kinds of bugs.

The fat man yelled at the surrounding darkness, and his voice circled all the way around the empty spiritual palace for a long time, but no one answered, as if Menyouping had never come in at all. When I calmed down and listened, there was no sound of breathing or footsteps.

I knew in my heart that with this guy's skill, nothing should be able to restrain him without making a sound. If he disappeared like this silently, he must have had some special reason or discovered something. He left the team. Even if we kneel down and kowtow to him now, he will not show up.

Pan Zi and Fatty called a few more times, and after confirming that there was no response, they turned on the flashlight and started to look for them. I stopped them and said, "Don't get separated at this time. Let's take care of the wounded first. Then we go together." "

Everyone thought it right and immediately gathered around Lang Feng. Chen Pi Asi checked Lang Feng's injury. With his old fox character, I saw that he discovered the wound on the back of Lang Feng's head almost immediately, but he He didn't show any surprise at all, but looked at me, not knowing what he was thinking.

I suddenly felt something was wrong. No, the people who came back with Lang Feng just now were Fatty and me. According to the general logical relationship, it is impossible for Chen Pi Asi to suspect Shunzi who was temporarily found in the mountain village. Then he It is very likely that it was one of me or the fat man who injured Lang Feng, or both.

It's hard to say what strategy he will adopt for us in the future. This is really pulling the muzzle of the gun on yourself.

Having said that, Shunzi is a veteran, and he is also a regular soldier on the front line of border defense. It shouldn't be difficult for him to knock a man unconscious. He may be jealous of us. After all, our identities are unknown and we are obviously not good people, so he temporarily pretended to be stupid to confuse us. I can't expose this. He, the environment here is so complicated, one more friend is better than one more enemy.

I shouldn't have hired a soldier to be my guide at that time, I muttered to myself. I feel in my heart that the relationship is in chaos. Don't know how to deal with it.

Shunzi on one side put Lang Feng down, then took out two toothpicks from his pocket, opened his ears, picked out the 'wall string' inside, slapped it to the ground, and the fat man immediately stepped on it to death.

Shunzi told us that this kind of insect is called "Xuemao" and it is a very rare traditional Chinese medicine. Insects usually move under the snow line, but I have never seen them above the snow line. I don’t know why there are so many here. Lang Feng has planted bugs in his head, and he probably won’t be able to hold on for much longer.

Generally speaking, entering the brain through the ears is nonsense. I touched Lang Feng's jaw and found it red and swollen. It must have been poisoned by the 'Qiang Chuanzi' biting inside his ear. It was not as serious as Shunzi said. But where these bugs come from is really confusing.

The fat man looked above his head and said: "It must have been hidden in the tiles on the roof. After being smoked by that insect-scented jade, he woke up. This move is really damn cruel. But does Lao Wang know that we will Burn the magnetic turtle?"

I thought that was for sure. Since the magnetic turtle was buried at the bottom of the tomb stone, I must hope that the tomb robbers would find it and destroy it. Whether it was burned or smashed, it would probably cause the insect-scented jade to volatilize and fume. Wake up the centipede hiding on the tiled roof of the palace, but if those who respect the spiritual palace do not destroy it, then the magnetic turtle will be here to protect the safety of Yunding Heavenly Palace forever.

Monk Hua brought some medicine and injected one into Lang Feng, saying it could save his life for the time being. After the injection, we took off Lang Feng's coat, patted away the insects curled up inside the clothes, and cleaned him up. Pan Zi said to Chen Pi Ah Si: "Grandpa Si, this bug is very poisonous. We'd better get out of here quickly. If someone stings us again, the medicine won't be enough."

Chen Pi Asi looked around and frowned. Ye Cheng sighed and told Pan Zi what happened when we found ourselves trapped just now. Pan Zi was extremely confused when he heard this: "Are you sure we didn't go astray?"

Just as Ye Cheng was about to speak, Shunzi said "hmm" and said, "Weird." I looked back and saw that the fire of the first lamp slave he had just lit disappeared in the darkness in the distance.

The lamp oil in the lamp slave has not been used for hundreds of years. Thank God it can be lit now. I told him that there was nothing strange about it, but Shunzi still frowned, patted me again, and asked me to look again. .

I was getting a little impatient, but at this time, I saw the second flame of the lamp slave I lit started to tremble, as if someone was walking beside him, causing the wind to blow the flame.

There was absolutely no wind in the hall. If nothing passed by, this would never happen.

I thought it was Menyouping who came back, and wanted to scream, but the fat man covered my mouth. I saw the light and shadow of the flames vaguely illuminated the outline of a person. It was definitely not Menyouping, because the shadow was too tall.