Daomu Biji

Chapter 11 The First Night: Approaching

We swallowed, and the fat man groaned: "When did she come over?"

I subconsciously moved my body in the opposite direction and lowered my voice: "No, listen to this sound, it's the same as what we heard just now. Damn it, we felt that we were getting closer to this sound just now. It might be an illusion." , it’s not that we are close to the sound, but that the sound is close to us.”

At this time, I found that my calf had been shivering for some time. If it were just a zongzi, I might not be so scared, but this is Aning. God, God knows that a person I know has become a different person now. What has become of her now that she is like this? I simply couldn't face it and wanted to run away.

However, the thing was so dark that we couldn’t see it clearly, and we weren’t sure whether it was Aning or not. I really resist this idea. The fat man lowered his body and wanted to shine a flashlight on the figure, but Pan Zi held his hand down: "Don't fucking act rashly, listen to your surroundings."

We listened attentively and found that there were faint sounds coming from the surrounding tree crowns, all around.

"Those snakes are on the canopy of the tree, and there are a lot of them. I'm afraid that the sound just now was made by these things, tempting us to get closer."

Our whole bodies stiffened, and the fat man turned his head and looked around. There were voices from all directions: "Damn, we seem to be being dumped?" He raised his machete at the same time.

Pan Zi shook his head at him, pushed us all down to hide, then took out the alcohol stove from his backpack and quickly unscrewed the lid: "You can use a knife for nothing, we really want to use you The Burning Man tactic."

"Didn't you say that this would burn you to death?" I whispered, "I would rather be bitten to death by a snake."

"Of course it's not about burning clothes." Pan Zi said, asking us to squat down and quickly pulled out the tarpaulin from our backpack. It was draped over our heads and all the alcohol was poured on it.

I immediately understood his intention and thought that it was indeed a good move. This experience was indeed worthy of it.

Pan Zi said: "Hold on firmly. Don't let go. You have to bear with the skin being burned. I'll give you a signal and we'll rush forward."

The sounds around him got closer. We nodded immediately. Pan Zi took out a lighter and lit it on fire immediately. The tarpaulin suddenly caught fire. He immediately got in and shouted to us: "Run!"

We immediately rushed in one direction with the tarpaulin burning in flames, and immediately heard the commotion of snakes from the surrounding tree trunks. We couldn't control anything anymore and ran as fast as we could for 20 to 30 meters. The alcohol burned out and the tarpaulin also burned. Panzi shouted "throw it away" and we immediately threw away the burning tarpaulin. Start running wildly.

It was a completely crazy run,

Don't care about anything. I didn't look at anything. I felt no pain when the sharp thorns scratched my skin. I gritted my teeth and ran for a mile or two before we stopped and immediately squatted in the grass. Panting, he listened to the sound behind him. Much to my surprise. No snake sounds could be heard from behind, not even the weird intercom sound.

I don't quite believe it. We just escaped, which was somewhat of a relief. Although the forest is as silent as death, it is not that normal. My hand was burned, but I didn’t bother to look at it. Now I rubbed it and found that it was just burned. At that time, I thought I was going to lose a finger.

"They don't seem to be chasing us. It seems that these snakes are afraid of us." The fat man said, "Da Pan, I have you and you know how to be flexible. I will remember this trick. How many tarpaulins do we have?"

Pan Zi gasped, his face turned black, and said: "There is a lot of tarpaulin, but there is only one can of damn alcohol left, so this trick cannot be used often. Leave quickly, this place is too evil, don't meddle in anything anymore Oh, I don’t have the life to play the game again, they might be nearby and didn’t make a sound." He said and looked at the compass.

I knew that Pan Zi was right, so I stood up while panting and gritting my teeth. Pan Zi determined the direction and immediately pushed us to move forward.

I looked at the darkness behind me and thought about the human-like snake-like shadow, which made my hair stand on end. We didn't dare to stop anymore, so we walked even more quickly and vigilantly, speeding up almost as soon as there was any disturbance. In this way, the physical exertion increased exponentially. Obviously, the previous high-intensity consumption could not be fully recovered in such a short period of time. The sense of relaxation after resting had already collapsed just now, and the walking was extremely hard. The fat man was panting like a bellows, and I almost followed the sound.

At this time, I was somewhat relieved, because along the way, every time there was any movement, something would happen. This time, I was able to get around it. Obviously my luck had improved. This had never happened before.

However, as we walked, I suddenly heard vaguely that kind of sound coming from the woods in front of us, intermittent, like ghosts whispering.

We all froze there, and the fat man immediately squatted down to hide us. I was so exhausted that I almost collapsed. The fat man gasped and said, "How did you lead the way, Da Pan? Why did we go around again?" Already?"

Pan Zi looked around, his face gradually distorted, and said: "We didn't come back."

We looked around and saw no sign of our past. The surrounding woods are very unfamiliar. Pan Zi said: "Damn it, they are not chasing us, they are outflanking us."

Chapter 12 The First Night: Sneak Attack

"Outflank, these beasts can do this?" The fat man sneered, "Fat man, I finally have some experience."

Pan Zi said: "I have already said that these snakes are not normal. These are definitely snake demons. They are almost becoming sperm."

Hearing the movement in front, the snakes seemed to be getting closer, but the tree crowns were still as if solidified. The sound was like an invisible evil force approaching us. My hair stood on end, and I asked Pan Zi: " Does your hometown have any tricks to deal with the snake charm?"

Pan Zi said: "How can we deal with them? In the old days, these were all gods. My grandfather said that in ancient times, boys and girls were sacrificed."

The fat man asked: "Is there anyone more reliable? Where can we find boys and girls now?"

Pan Zi said: "I'm talking about the ancient times. You can't find such a thing in the city these days. I think it's absolutely impossible to fight head-on. You see, Aning died instantly. Let's retreat and fight guerrillas." I am the ancestor, so I will play hide-and-seek with them to see who can outflank whom." He pointed in a direction and asked us to follow him.

As I listened to what Pan Zi said, something suddenly struck me. After taking two steps, I remembered it. She grabbed him and said, "Wait. I don't feel right."

Pan Zi looked at me, and I said to them: "There is something fishy here. Think about it. When Aning was attacked, he had almost no defense ability and died instantly. In fact, it is too easy for these snakes to kill us. They There is no need to do so many tricks, just huddle in some bushes and bite us when we walk by, even if we have a few lives, we will be gone, why do we need to make it so complicated?"

"What do you mean? Be clear." The fat man asked.

"They had countless opportunities to kill us outside the canyon, but we were all safe. Snakes are different from humans. They don't make stupid mistakes. These snakes did not use assassination methods, but now they are engaging in this kind of bluffing trick. Maybe their purpose is not to kill us."

Pan Zi shook his head and said: "This doesn't make sense. They don't want our lives. Then why did they bite Aning to death? Maybe they are jealous of us now."

I said, "Think about how Aning is different from us?"

The two of them looked at each other. The fat man was surprised and said: "Is it because Aning is a woman?"

I nodded: "It's probably because of this that these snakes behave so weirdly. We can't use the behavior of ordinary animals to infer their intentions. I don't think this is an outflank at all. There are other more mysterious reasons behind their behavior. The purpose. If we act rashly, we may fall into an even more incomprehensible situation."

The fat man frowned and said, "What you said makes sense, but what should we do? Should we fight hard?"

I shook my head and said, "I think we should not act rashly and understand their intentions first, otherwise we will be too passive."

The fat man grinned and said, "You are so innocent. We are not snakes. How can we figure out the snake's intentions?"

I said: "We can analyze people's intentions, not to mention animals. People who lose at the hands of animals often underestimate the other party's IQ. We should treat these snakes as people. If it is a group of people, when we come in , killed the only woman among us, but did not kill us, but used this method to keep our nerves tense at all times, what do you think their purpose was?"

The three of them fell silent. The fat man frowned and said hesitantly: "So, are they all female snakes coveting our beauty?"

I thought to myself, when did you still have the intention to joke, but I found that the fat man was actually thinking about this problem seriously.

At this time, Pan Zi suddenly took a breath of air and said: "Oh, mistress, what you said this time makes so much sense. I seem to know what's going on - have you ever heard of a kind of forest? Go in You won’t be able to come out after that?”

The fat man said: "You mean the ghost forest in the northeast?"

"I don't know what it is called. It's called on in Vietnam. The forest itself is a place where it's very easy to get lost. But in this kind of forest, the growth of the trees will be affected by certain rules. I don't know if it's a coincidence or necessity, so it's very easy to get lost. And there is a strange saying about this kind of forest. You will be disturbed by various sounds inside, and the forest will trap you inside as if it is alive." Pan Zi was a little excited, cut a vine, and squeezed out the water inside. He came out and took a few sips and said, "Speaking locally, the forest has its own fucking ideas."

I know this statement. Some people say that this is a manifestation of evolution. All forests are complex and mysterious, and the more they evolve, the more complex they become. This is because the forest hopes to trap everything that enters it and provide it with nutrients. , which is a kind of collective wisdom of the forest.

But I don't believe it. This statement is too mysterious. I believe in another statement, which is that this phenomenon is caused by certain animals driving their prey into a circle.

Pan Zi also said: "The current situation may be similar. I feel that these snakes are really forcing us to go somewhere, and they are correcting our direction."

I broke out in a cold sweat just listening to it, I thought it was so incredible.

We dare not go where there is sound, and it is impossible to turn back, so we will definitely choose to take a detour. So as long as we make a sound where we are moving forward, we will definitely reach a place after several detours. Thinking about it, this is actually very similar to the invisible wall in Devil's City.

Pan Zi pointed to the direction from which the sound came: "I know that there is a kind of wolf that will drive large prey to death like this. If the prey keeps avoiding the sound of the wolf, it will be driven into some desperate situation, such as the edge of a cliff, and then We were forced to fall by the wolf. So once we start to take a detour, we will be hit."

As he spoke, his eyes flashed fiercely, and he said to us: "Thanks to the mistrust of the mistress, otherwise we would be really in trouble."

I thought to myself, are you praising me or hurting me? The fat man asked, "What should we do now? Can we just go back?"

Pan Zi said: "I'm afraid there won't even be a way back. Since they've blocked the front, they will also block the back. This is called being forced to go to the end of the mountain. We can only go and meet them. Since they don't want to kill us, then we may be good to them. , let’s take a gamble and see if we can rush through.”

I originally thought I could avoid danger along the way. We had to find Uncle San, but it seemed impossible at this time, so Pan Zi suggested taking the initiative to attack. No matter who the opponent was, they could not be lured into a trap. By then, something worse than death may be waiting for us.

The fat man said he had wanted to do this for a long time. We still have to beat around the bush and waste time.

So the preparations began. However, in this environment, our weapons are almost useless for self-defense. Pan Zi's gun cannot fire continuously. If the first shot misses, it is not as effective as a dagger. In such visibility, hitting the target almost depends on luck.

The three people thought about it and made several torches, two with short handles and one with long handles. Animals in general are afraid of fire. Even large beasts such as bears would not dare to approach rashly after seeing three balls of fire.

And as long as we have this flame to help us deter the opponent, Pan Zi will have leisurely time to shoot and change ammunition. He should be able to deal with danger. Of course, the real situation will only be known by then.

Pan Zi said that if the other party was a human, he could touch it without anyone noticing. His ability to sneak attack in the woods in Vietnam was quite good, but if it was a snake, it would be equal to death. Besides, there was still one who didn’t know what was going on. What kind of monster is it. I don’t know if that thing is Aning, but since the sound comes from this thing, it must be in front, so we must try to avoid head-on conflicts and make passing as the main goal. If we can’t do it any more.

We were ready, lit the torch, and slowly moved towards the direction where the sound came from.

This is actually quite a contradiction. In the midnight rain forest, holding a torch is undoubtedly the biggest target, and it is more conspicuous than driving a tank. But the three of us were all there naked, as if we were going to sneak attack on others, which was a bit... It felt like breaking into the women's restroom with a sign saying "I'm a fool, I'm here to peep".

The sound was not far away from us, only two or three hundred meters away. All our attention was focused on the surroundings and the sound. The sound was getting closer and clearer, and it felt like radio noise. It became more and more obvious, and I couldn't help but swallow. But even so, we still couldn't hear clearly what the voice was saying.

Soon, the sound was so close that it was almost above our heads. Pan Zi raised his hand to stop us and looked up to see the ghost-like tree shadows above us. For a moment, we could not distinguish it.

Here, the moonlight cannot illuminate the ground under the tree crowns. Our torch is not long enough and the light cannot shine above. We can only see the darkness between the tree crowns. The sound comes from it, and it is impossible to describe the entire tree and ground. Anyway, the tree crowns here are almost all integrated into one, and it's impossible to tell which tree is which.

Chapter 13: The First Night: The Conflict Intensifies What is strange to us is that even when we get under the tree, the sound that comes from the tree is still the kind of electromagnetic noise-like sound, and there is no other sound, let alone movement. And when it sounds here, I always feel that there is more than one voice. Isn’t this the voice of a walkie-talkie?

After entering here, all judgments are uncertain, and I always feel that I have missed the key.

"Those long worms are so damn calm!" Fatty said with his lips.

The best scenario I envision is that the snakes are stunned by our actions and unable to react, and we can pass without any danger. But I feel like this is a bit too greedy, even though the crown of the tree doesn't move at all. But I have already felt an indescribable restlessness steaming around me. I don’t know if it is my psychological effect or if I can actually feel this dangerous smell.

We are already quite close. If these snakes are really so intelligent, but they are still not moving, it is obvious that these things are quite cautious.

This caution is something we can take advantage of since we have nothing if these snakes suddenly change their minds and want to kill us. Then we don’t even have the ability to resist at all. This strategy of taking advantage of the other person's cautious personality is called stealing chicken. I used to think that only humans could do this trick of stealing chickens, but I didn’t expect that this time we can also steal chickens from snakes. Weasels should be depressed this year.

We passed by quietly, lurking, not daring to speak. I didn't dare to make any earthly movements, let alone any pause. The sound was getting closer and closer, and sweat hung from my face like rain. The clearer the sound, the less able I was to concentrate.

This feeling made me panic. The fat man realized something was wrong with me and immediately pinched me to reassure me. I turned to look at him and found that he was also sweating.

But it was much better to be pinched by him. At this time, the sound was right above our heads. We looked up and looked up, fearing that those things would just pounce down. While moving forward.

It went a little faster unconsciously. We walked out about ten meters like puppets, and that's when hope surged in my heart. Suddenly, the sound coming from the tree crown stopped abruptly. Suddenly the forest became quiet, and we all shivered.

At that moment, all three of them froze, but the fat man reacted the fastest and pushed me to run. However, I couldn't recover and fell to the ground. Just as I got up and was about to run away, something happened that stunned me. .

I actually heard a tremor in the surrounding tree crowns, and then someone from above called out faintly: "Who is it?"

We were all stunned and looked at each other, what's going on? Why is anyone talking?

"Could it be Mr. San's?" Pan Zi suddenly became excited, "Damn, it's not a snake. Why is it okay? We are really scaring ourselves." He immediately shouted to the tree, "It's me, Da Pan, who are you?"

There was no sound in the tree. It was quiet for a long time. We looked at each other again, and Pan Zi called out again: "I'm asking you, who are you?" Then he raised the torch and miner's lamp to greet us.

As soon as the torch was put up, the tree crown trembled, and then the faint voice said again: "Who is it?" This time the tone changed, and it seemed to be in pain. And, it's a man's voice.

I felt something was wrong again, but it was no longer possible to just leave at this time. Pan Zi said, "I'll go up and have a look."

Saying that, he bit the torch and started to climb the tree. The fat man took cover with his gun. I used the knife to guard the surroundings and protect the fat man. Pan Zi's movements were very fast, and he climbed halfway up in a few clicks. At this time, the tree crown shook again. He immediately accelerated his speed without hesitation, and rushed into the tree crown in a few steps. I had no time to look around and turned my face. Go up.

I originally thought I would hear Pan Zi's cry immediately, but the movement suddenly disappeared. My nerves began to tighten. I watched Pan Zi's torch move among the leaves and found that there seemed to be no sign of a fight.

After being frozen for a moment, the fat man was also very confused, and turned to look at me. I said to myself that it is useless for you to look at me. I don't have X-ray eyes. After another moment of stalemate, Pan Zi still didn't move.

This was a bit abnormal, and I broke out in a cold sweat. I thought to myself that this was a snake trap, and Pan Zi must have been killed instantly.

The fat man shouted softly: "Da Pan!"

There was still no movement above. The fat man cursed secretly, handed me the gun, and was about to go up. Before I could take it, suddenly both my face and the fat man's face felt cold. Something dripped from the tree. When I touched it, At first glance, it turned out to be blood.

"Damn it!" The fat man suddenly lost his temper and stopped giving me the gun. He threw the torch in his hand upwards into the canopy of the tree and started shooting with the gun.

Three shots were fired in a row, and the huge sound was like thunder in the extremely silent forest. The entire tree crown suddenly shook. In the swaying firelight, I actually saw countless snake shadows commotion in the tree trunks.

I was shocked, but it was too late. I saw countless red lights swimming down from the tree like lightning, and hundreds of blood-red cockscomb snakes covered the entire tree body like blood. And tilted down, heading straight towards us.

"This is a snake nest!" Fatty roared and fired two more shots at the group of snakes, but this attack power was really nothing compared to so many snakes. He pulled me and yelled, "Run!"

At this time, I couldn't take care of Pan Zi at all. I felt sour in my heart. I knew that something was going to be very bad, so I had to run back immediately. I could only hear the sound coming from behind like a waterfall.

Follow the route you came from. We jumped out for more than ten meters. Looking back, in such a dense jungle, snakes couldn't move very fast. However, these cockscomb snakes were like lightning among the vines and grass. We were almost there as soon as we stopped. All of a sudden, they stood up straight and took an attack stance, ready to bite them.

It was indeed true that the Cockscomb Snake King was flying close to the ground. I thought to myself that I was definitely dead this time. When the fat man saw that I was still holding the torch, he immediately grabbed it and forced the nearest snakes back with a powerful wave. At the same time, he threw the gun to me. Shout: "Load."

I hurried to catch it, but I didn't catch it. The gun fell to the ground. I bent down to pick it up, and a cockscomb snake jumped near the gun. I was so frightened that I immediately retracted my hand.

The fat man almost vomited blood. He rushed over waving the torch and forced the snake back with a flick. Then he hooked the gun belt with his heel and threw it to me.

This time I caught it and immediately pulled the gun. Fill it with bullets. I had just filled two pills, and suddenly I felt a chill on my neck. Before I could see what it was, the fat man had already waved his torch, and the flames whizzed past my ears, and slapped the snake out.

At the same time, my hair was on fire, and it was so permed that I screamed. The fat man had already grabbed the gun, and fired twice at the approaching snakes with one hand, knocking the heads of two of them away. But then the snake from behind continued to approach, and soon the snake that was killed was covered up.

The fat man still wanted to shoot, but he pulled the trigger twice and ran out of bullets. He yelled, "You only loaded two damn rounds!"

I yelled back: "You grabbed it so quickly, two shots would have been good!"

At this time, we were already in front of a huge tree, and there was no room behind us to retreat to. The fat man held the torch and waved it in vain, which could only force the snakes to retreat temporarily, but I knew that as long as the fat man showed any flaw, we would be doomed. Just when the fire was imminent, a ball of sparks suddenly exploded from a tree on one side. A fireball roared through the woods and hit the group of snakes in front of us. Then it exploded and burned with a scorching bright light. I couldn't open my eyes. Fortunately, I reacted quickly, otherwise I would have been blinded.

"Flag flare!" I wondered. Before my eyes could recover, another one flew from a distance and hit our feet. I squinted my eyes and saw only a white light, and it was hot under my feet. When I touched it, it turned out that my and the fat man's pants were on fire, and we immediately slapped them because they were so hot.

The flare is not an offensive weapon, but the high temperature when it burns is used to ignite the fuel depot during a surprise attack. It is so powerful that if it hits us directly, we will immediately turn into half-cooked steaks.

The strong light burned for fifty seconds before dimming, and it took a long time to open my eyes. They were full of shadow spots. I wonder if the retinas were burned out. Looking at the group of cockscomb snakes in front of us, most of them have been burned to death. The high temperature has ignited the shrubs and vines under our feet, forming a sea of ​​​​fire in front of us, and the smell of burning is everywhere. The remaining cockscombs all retreated.

It all happened very quickly, and it was really a narrow escape. I almost collapsed looking at the situation in front of me.

The fat man put out the fire on his trousers and wondered who saved us. The bushes on one side shook. Pan Zi covered his shoulders and fell out. He held a flare in his hand and fired the gun. He fell to the ground when he saw us. .

I was overjoyed: "You're not dead!" I saw that Pan Zi was covered in blood and seemed to have been seriously injured.

I rushed over and helped him up. He struggled to get up and said to us as he was dying: "Run!"

I was stunned, why are you running?

Suddenly, a huge black shadow stood up from the bushes behind Pan Zi, grabbed Pan Zi's legs, and dragged him into the bushes like lightning amidst Pan Zi's screams.