Chapter 52: A Painting
On a tree in front of He Xiaoqiang, there were two arrows drawn, pointing in different directions. There were some seemingly messy things drawn on the arrows, some of which looked like patterns. I didn’t know what they meant. I asked: "What should I do?"
Where to go?"
He Xiaoqiang seemed to be undecided. After looking at it for a while, he said: "Both of them are left by my father. The pattern left on them is the communication method left by our ancestors. You can understand it as a kind of communication method."
It's impossible for outsiders to know the password, but I can't figure out why there are two arrows pointing at it." He Jianqiang originally didn't teach He Xiaoqiang any of his ancestral skills, but now he sees that it's inevitable, so he passed them on to He Xiaoqiang.
Dongxi taught his son these passwords. He should have been told to He Xiaoqiang on the road these days.
Zhang Zuodi said: "Could it be that he followed in this direction first, then turned back and went in another direction, so he left such a mark?"
He Xiaoqiang shook his head and said, "No, then he will definitely lose a mark."
Even He Xiaoqiang didn't know where to go, and we had no choice. I thought about it and said, "How about we all split up?"
He Xiaoqiang shook his head: "No one knows what will happen ahead. If we separate, we are afraid that it will be bad if we don't have enough strength. Fengmen Village is not big, and my father has only left guide signs without making a sound.
We have only two possibilities. One is that the other party has too many people or is too powerful, and he does not dare to shout. The other is that the other party may have average strength, but my father does not want to be discovered and alerted, so he deliberately does not shout.
Otherwise, as long as he screams loudly, we should all be able to hear him. But no matter what the reason is, at least he is safe now, otherwise he would have screamed a long time ago. In this case, why don't we choose a direction and walk around to see if it is right?
If you find anything else, it won’t be too late to come back if you don’t.”
Yang Zijiang seemed to disagree with this suggestion, and his face was a little ugly, but seeing that everyone agreed, he didn't say anything more. He Xiaoqiang chose a path, and the four of them followed him toward the unknown.
We walked towards the place and gradually walked further and further away. We were already out of the confines of the village and heading towards the mountain. Not only did I feel a little worried, but if I kept walking like this, if He Jianqiang encountered an unexpected emergency call, we might not be able to hear it either.
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He Xiaoqiang was probably a little panicked, and his expression was a little unnatural, just because the sign that guided the way was not lost along the way. A spoof sign would appear every once in a while, and based on their experience, they all knew that this
Someone had indeed walked along the road not long ago, so although I felt a little panicked, I still kept walking.
After walking for about ten minutes, seeing that we were getting further and further away from the village, He Xiaoqiang suddenly stopped. I was following him without warning and almost bumped into him. I quickly stopped my steps and asked:
"What's wrong?"
He Xiaoqiang said solemnly: "There is no mark anymore."
I was shocked. Along the way, there would be a sign almost every five minutes. Now I have been walking for more than ten minutes without seeing any sign. Could it be that this road is in the wrong direction?
He Xiaoqiang didn't seem to know what to do next. He stood up straight and looked around, as if he wanted to see if there was any figure in He Xiaoqiang. I also looked around and found nothing. Instead, I noticed Yang Zijiang's expression.
It became more and more ugly. Perhaps this result made him feel that his previous interpretation was correct, so he felt a little uncomfortable.
Seeing nothing, I said, "Since I didn't find anything, why not go back and take a look over there?"
He Xiaoqiang nodded, and the group returned along the original path, walked to the fork, and walked in the direction indicated by another mark. As they walked, He Xiaoqiang muttered to himself from time to time, "Holy shit."
He was so close that he could hear clearly what he said. He still couldn't figure out why the mark suddenly disappeared when it reached that place. Could it be that there really was another person who knew the ancestral password of their He family?
I don’t understand, I don’t understand. Now that we have walked on a new road, we naturally have to carefully check if there are any signs left. After walking for about five minutes, He Xiaoqiang also found a sign, but this time we all felt very
Normally, since that road has no results, it must be this road. I just walked all the way and checked the signs. Gradually I walked farther and farther. And I don’t know if it was my imagination. I always felt that both routes seemed to be the same.
Almost, it seems to be going around in a curve.
This road also gradually walked outside the village. The more I walked, the more I felt that the route of this road was very similar to the previous one. Of course, I knew this was just an illusion of mine. After all, the roads we took were different, and everything on the road was different.
The scenery is also different, so it definitely cannot be the same road.
Just as he was about to leave, He Xiaoqiang's pace gradually accelerated. I don't know how long it took, but suddenly he stopped again. I asked: "What's wrong?"
He Xiaoqiang's face was horribly gloomy and he said, "There is no mark anymore."
I was shocked: "How is that possible?"
He Xiaoqiang stood up straight, looked around, then remained motionless and said, "Look what that is."
I looked along his fingers, and what I saw in front of me made me startled. It was just a very ordinary tree. Such a tree can be seen on any mountain, but it looked very strange when it appeared here.
It's not normal, because there is only such a tree nearby. What's more important is that I just saw this tree not long ago. Even the branches and twisted tree body on it can be clearly remembered. It is absolutely correct.
The last place I saw this tree was where the previous road ended.
The same two roads suddenly lost their markings halfway through. What's even weirder is that the two roads went around in a big circle in different directions and then both headed towards the same destination, but here they happened to be again.
Nothing was found.
Everyone's expressions changed. He Xiaoqiang was even more worried about He Jianqiang's safety, but now he didn't know what to do. After a moment of silence, Zhang Zuo said cautiously: "I'm wondering if all this will happen."
It will be because of the clone."
I was stunned for a moment and asked: "What clone?"
Zhang Zuidao: "You once told me that everyone who came here eleven years ago had found their own clones, and just now we were also guessing whether there were other people who knew the password of the He family. I just said
It suddenly occurred to me that if all this was due to the sudden appearance of a clone of He Jianqiang, it would be easy to explain."
Zhang Zuo's meaning is actually very simple. After we left, for some unknown reason, He Jianqiang suddenly had a clone. When He Jianqiang went to track down the family guardian he found, the clone also followed him secretly.
, and deliberately left a path completely opposite to that of He Xiaoqiang, because the clone itself will carry part of the memory of the original body, so from this perspective, the origin of the password can be explained.
It’s just why the clone did this, and if there is a mark on one road left by the clone, then the other one must be left by He Jianqiang himself, but we didn’t find anything there, and the final destination of the two is
The ground is the same. From this point of view, there is no need for the clone to do anything extra.
My question immediately stumped Zhang Zuo, and he didn't know how to answer. At this moment, he suddenly heard Yang Zijiang slowly say: "What if all these road signs were left by clones?"
We were all shocked, and He Xiaoqiang reacted fiercely, grabbing Yang Zijiang's hand: "What did you say?
Yang Zijiang's expression was very strange and he said: "I mean, if there is really a clone, there is another possibility that can explain the phenomenon we encountered, that is, your father has never been here at all. He should be
Going in another direction to track down something. Maybe he also had clues or markers left for you, but they were eliminated by the clone. Then he deliberately left so many clues to lead us here.
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Everyone was stunned and didn't know what to say. Putting aside how to create a clone, Yang Zijiang's analysis was the most reasonable based on the various phenomena we were exposed to. He Xiaoqiang was the first to couldn't help it.
He was about to return to the camp to look for new clues to see if he could find any traces of He Jianqiang, but Yang Zijiang quickly grabbed his clothes and said, "Don't you find it strange? Why does the clone spend so much effort to kill He Jianqiang?"
We brought it here and made so many circuits by dividing it into two roads?"
When Yang Zijiang said this, my heart suddenly tightened. I didn't think of it just now. Could it be that there is some conspiracy in this?
I looked at Yang Zijiang. After all, he was the one who first proposed this hypothesis and asked this question. I wanted to see if he had any other analysis. He Xiaoqiang also stared at Yang Zijiang closely, and Yang Zijiang pointed at the tree.
The tree said: "Climb up, climb to the highest place, and look down."
He Xiaoqiang glanced at Yang Zijiang doubtfully, but did not refuse. He climbed up as quickly as possible and looked down as Yang Zijiang said. However, he looked confused and obviously did not find anything special.
At that place, Yang Zijiang said loudly: "The road, the road we have walked."
He Xiaoqiang stretched his neck and looked around. Suddenly his body was shaken. I felt that his whole body stiffened, and he hurriedly shouted: "What did you see?"
He Xiaoqiang was still looking down blankly, not hearing my call at all. I was so anxious that I didn’t care so much and climbed up the tree as fast as I could. The tree was actually quite high.
It took a lot of effort to crawl to He Xiaoqiang's side. Without taking a breath, we immediately looked towards the two roads we took earlier.
The road that had been walked was completely invisible, but because a group of dead people walked back and forth and had completely trampled some grass, it was still obvious if you stood high. From a high place, it was a road.
The entire outline of the painting is a face of a person, without facial features, just a face.
I was also shocked by this discovery. It took me a long time to come back to my senses. I wanted to say something but didn't know what to say. I looked at Yang Zijiang and suddenly remembered his strange face. I couldn't help but feel something in my heart and shouted loudly.
Chapter completed!