Chapter 204 Weird
Li Ming, who has received higher education, never believed in the sayings of ghosts and gods. He is an atheist. Therefore, he has always scoffed at these nonsense. Therefore, when he just heard the "ghost inspiration" mentioned by the old shop owner, he did not believe in this matter except for feeling some instinctive fear.
However, the facts in front of him made him a little overwhelmed. The direction of the compass was absolutely correct. He believed this because it was the same as his feeling. It was impossible to suddenly make a big turn of 180 degrees in the construction of a road in the forest. Therefore, the current situation is really strange everywhere.
Li Ming jumped out of the carriage, turned around, and looked at it. Apart from the endless road, there were dark and gloomy dense forests on both sides, which were no different from when they first entered the forest. However, Li Ming felt that it was so strange in front of him?
Now, Li Ming was in a dilemma and wanted to continue moving forward, but unfortunately, the direction was obviously wrong now. How could he make up his mind? Stay there to wait for dawn? That would not make him feel at ease. What if Li Song's team of men rushed over overnight, wouldn't they block them? So for a moment, he looked at the vast forest sea and didn't know what to do.
Lin Long walked over at this time, asked the truth about the matter quietly, and said softly: "Brother, sometimes I think you have thought too much, so that you are often hesitating when doing things. Sometimes, you might as well do something based on your intuition? Not everything can be done after you are fully confident. Many times, we are doing things that you are not sure about, so you should make a decision as soon as possible. No matter what the decision is or what consequences it will cause, we will have no regrets. Brother, we believe in you, these people, including me, can do anything for you, including giving your life, so give orders quickly."
After listening to Lin Long's thoughtful encouragement and comfort, Li Ming's confused heart suddenly calmed down and began to carefully analyze what was happening in front of him.
Now it seems that continuing to move forward can only go further and further. Li Ming believes in his sense of direction and his compass, so they must be walking back now. As for why the road suddenly changed direction, Li Ming does not know that this mystery may never be revealed, so Li Ming will not let the troops continue to move forward. But in the same way, he will never turn around and walk back. Li Ming has always been very awake and has been leading the way, so he is sure that he has not led the troops back. Unless he falls asleep, it is impossible, so it is impossible to turn back. In this way, the only choice in front of him is to stay in place.
The resolution in his heart was decided, and looking at Lin Long's trusted gaze in the night vision device made him suddenly make him make up his mind and order: "Everyone obeys the order, approach the roadside on the right, rest on the spot, four squadrons take turns to serve the night, and the first one is the general arrangement."
Hearing Li Ming's order, the guards quickly dismounted, tied the horses to the big tree on the side of the road, then jumped onto the big tree and cut down the branches, quickly built small shacks with the carriage as the center, and surrounded the carriage tightly in the middle. Soon, snoring sounds came from the shack.
Li Ming followed Lin Long into the carriage, sat in front of the radar and couldn't sleep. The radar screen was blank, making him unable to see any abnormalities, but the strange reality made it difficult for him to calm down.
Suddenly, he remembered the Bermuda Delta. Wherever it was, planes and ships often disappeared inexplicably. Is the matter that the old man said tonight related to the Bermuda incident?
Thinking of this, Li Ming could no longer sit still. He comforted Lin Long, opened the car door and jumped down, looked at the dark forest, looked up at the stars on the road, and his mind was blank.
Suddenly, the scenery in his night vision became blurred. Looking down, it seemed that there was a thick layer of fog around him. Although it was illuminated by infrared lights, the area more than two meters ahead had become blurred.
Slowly, it became bigger and bigger, so that the two people who were facing each other could not see each other clearly. Li Ming suddenly became frightened at the sudden change. At the same time, the patrol guards also began to scream.
"What's the name? What's the matter? The news came up." Hearing the scream, Li Ming's panic became more and more severe, and he couldn't help but ask loudly.
"Report to Master, it's just that the fog is too strong and we can't see other team members, so some people shouted. Master, don't worry, there are no other abnormalities now. We will get closer, try to prevent it as strictly as possible, and celebrate people to rest early." As soon as the commander in charge of the first squad, he hurriedly replied when he heard Li Ming's inquiry.
Knowing that there was nothing else, Li Ming temporarily relieved his uneasy mood and looked around, and found that he could no longer see anything through the infrared light. In a helpless manner, he had to jump onto the carriage.
The sealing of the rear cabin of the carriage was still very good, so the inside of the car was not affected by the fog outside. Lin Long was still sitting there without sleeping. When she saw Li Ming walking in, she just stared at him with concern.
Li Ming smiled hurriedly and covered up, "Nothing is happening, it's just foggy outside. It's really strange that such a big fog can still be raised at this time. Let's take a break. The power of nature is not something that we humans can resist, so it's useless to think too much. It's better to take a break early and wait until tomorrow morning to see the situation."
That night, Li Ming forced himself to fall asleep, but when he encountered this situation, how could he let him sleep? He had no choice but to get up and sit on the bed to meditate, so as to force himself to calm down.
The mental method of the Yijin Jing is indeed very magical. In a short while, Li Ming entered a state of selflessness.
When he woke up after the sacrificial work, Lin Long was already sitting in front of him and looked at him. Li Ming hurriedly jumped out of bed and asked hurriedly: "How is it? Is there anything unusual outside? Has the fog dissipated?" While saying that, he opened the camouflage plate outside the carriage and looked out through the window glass.
Outside the carriage, it was already sunny. On the wide road, there were mottled projections everywhere. The sunlight shone through the gaps in the dense forest and slanted to the road surface and everyone. There was nothing strange in front of you.
Li Ming was immediately surprised and turned around and looked at Lin Long and found that there was nothing unusual on her face.
It seems that Lin Long didn't realize what was going on last night. Thinking of this, he hurriedly took out his compass, but found that the direction of the compass has returned to normal, and the direction they are still in the north.
Li Ming almost didn't believe his eyes. Was he dreaming last night? Is everything that happened last night an illusion? It is unlikely that he has always been in a very good mental state, so how could he have hallucinations?
While wondering, Li Ming jumped out of the carriage. The shack around the carriage had disappeared without a trace. Jia Yi organized all the guards to build the trees that built the shack last night.
The branches were thrown into the depths of the dense forest, and the traces on the road were also erased. In front of me, it seemed as if the dense shacks did not exist at all last night.
Li Ming called Jiayi and asked him about what happened last night. Jiayihui reported: "Master, there was nothing unusual last night. Apart from the boundless fog, there was nothing else. This fog dissipated when the sun came out in the morning. This is the last report of C3."
Li Ming nodded, confirming that everything he saw at night was not dreaming. Therefore, he felt even more uneasy about the strangeness of this matter. It would be best if he could leave this strange forest as soon as possible. On the one hand, something unusual happened. It seems that what the father-in-law said last night really makes some sense. Based on Li Ming's experience last night, he believed that there were really some phenomena in this forest that people couldn't understand.
So Li Ming immediately sent an order to let the personal guards get on the horse quickly, Team A is the vanguard and Team B is the defender, and quickly surrounded Li Ming's carriage and galloped forward.
Li Ming was still sitting in the carriage and staring at the radar tightly, not daring to relax for a moment. Linzhou is Li Song's sphere of influence. During this night, I don't know if Li Song had used any method to convey messages to the lac city ahead. After all, their traces of entering the forest were too obvious, and this was the only way to enter the hinterland of Linzhou. So if Li Song had a way to deliver messages, he would definitely organize troops there to intercept himself. Therefore, when he arrived at the destination as soon as possible, he would greatly reduce the chance of being blocked by Li Song's troops.
However, things seemed to be very smooth. Along the way, there was no display on the radar screen, which showed that there were not many troops around them, which also made Li Mingan feel relieved.
In this way, they ran for an hour, rested for more than ten minutes, and then ran for another hour, without delay along the way, and ran for five hours. When it was almost noon, the horses could not bear the long-distance fast running, and the phenomenon of missed kick began to occur. Helplessly, A-Yi asked Li Ming to let the troops rest for an hour.
Considering that he had never encountered the enemy along the way, Li Ming agreed to Jia Yi's suggestion. With a command, the trapped guards hurriedly dismounted and rested. Li Ming also helped Lin Long out of the carriage and took a long breath of the fresh air in the forest.
Suddenly, he was stunned and in his ears, the words of his father-in-law from last night rang out: "On this road, there are more than a dozen inns like the old man. The reason is that the forest is too big. It takes four days to walk along this road from one end to another. Therefore, people entering this forest are facing the problem of rushing to the night, which has prompted the prosperity of our inns."
Thinking of these words, cold sweat began to appear on Li Ming's back. According to his father-in-law, this road should be more than 100 kilometers. If there were more than a dozen inns, then there should be one for every ten kilometers apart. However, for more than five hours, at their speed, they should have been one hundred kilometers away. However, along the way, they not only did not see an inn, but also did not see a single figure. If what the father-in-law said was true, it would be strange to take this matter.
Could it be that Li Song deliberately demolished and moved all the inns to prevent himself from getting supplements and rest? It is unlikely that they just entered the dense forest last night, and Li Song could not have been so fast. If he could do this, he might have been able to destroy himself last night. Therefore, this matter cannot be artificial. So, where have those inns gone?
Li Ming's uneasiness began to rise again. He walked back and forth a few steps in a state of uncertainty, and then asked, "Ayi, have you noticed anything unusual along the way?"
Ayi hurriedly replied, "Go back to the master, there is no abnormal thing, but the road is a little deserted. It's almost a day and I haven't seen a single figure, so it's not right."
When Li Ming heard that A confirmed his doubts, he became even more uneasy. This was the first time he encountered this situation after he came to this world. There was no enemy around him, but it still made him feel unsafe. Could it be that there are really ghosts and gods in this world? Why did he not believe it so much?
After walking around for a few times, Li Ming suddenly turned his head and said to Jia Yi: "Ji, work harder, take some brothers to search the woods on both sides to see if you can find anything unusual. Be careful, try to act in groups of twenty-seven people, don't get separated, don't be reckless when encountering something too dangerous or something, come back and report immediately."
"Yes!" Jia Yi stood up, clasped his fists at Li Mingyi, and then organized a group of people in the personal guards and quickly disappeared into the dense forest.
Li Ming looked at their disappearing backs and couldn't help but feel worried. The weirdness was everywhere in this primeval forest, which made him feel unsure. He didn't have much hope for whether Jia Yi and the others could find something. Now he just wanted the horses to rest as soon as possible, and then the group of them rushed to leave here as soon as possible and return to Biquan Island to consider a new strategic direction. Therefore, he was not going to investigate the reasons for all kinds of unreasonable things in front of the team members, which was really unnecessary.
Suddenly, a strange scream came from the dense forest. Li Ming's heart tightened and he pulled out his pistol and was about to rush in. However, before he could take action, there was a sound of running in the woods in front of him. Then, Jia ran out in a panic with a large pile of branches in one hand.
"Master is so strange. This branch was used by us last night. I obviously threw people into the dense forest in the morning. Why did we get here now? That's right, this is what we used yesterday. There are no knife marks on the branches, and they are unique to our sword marks. Also, the groove marks on the branches are exactly what we did when we set up camp. Every branch is the same. It's definitely not left by others. This is a hell, it's a hell. We have been running for so long. Will the branches grow legs?" At this point, Jia, who has always been calm and bold, couldn't help but look pale all night.
Li Ming was shocked when he heard this amazing news. He did not expect that such a bizarre thing would happen to him. If others said it, he would not believe it. However, now this matter is placed in front of him, making him wonder if he is still in a dream.
In fact, it is not only Li Ming, but even Lin Long, who has always been calm, couldn't help but turn pale. If someone hears this kind of thing, it can only be regarded as a strange conversation, but once it falls on his head, it will be extremely terrifying.
Li Ming stayed for a long time before he forced himself to cheer up, picked up the branches in front of Jia and observed them carefully. Jia Yi was right, these branches were indeed used by them last night. The method of cutting on them and the ditches carved on the branches when building the camp were all taught to them by Li Ming. Others could never imitate this point, but the question now is, how could these branches more than a hundred kilometers away appear here? Will the branches grow wings? Or did they just stand still in place for the past five hours?
Thinking of the last possibility, the cold sweat on Li Ming's head began to emerge again. It is not scary to have branches and legs or wings. After all, he just wanted to get out of this forest and did not want to find out the secret. However, it would be an extremely terrifying thing to keep them standing there. But is this possible? After all, they have been running wildly for more than five hours just now, which is a fact.
Li Ming could no longer hold back his anger at this time. He hurriedly ordered: "Everyone obeyed the order, the rest plan was temporarily cancelled. Now get on the horse immediately and walk out of this forest to rest. If it is normal, we are not far from the edge of the woods. Everyone is sticking to it!" After saying that, he ran to the side of the road, pulled out the Yitian sword at his waist, sat on some marks on several big trees, then ran back to the carriage, and ordered a loud order to set off.
So, the team of more than 2,000 people ran again on the wide forest avenue. Looking through the car window, the dense trees ran back quickly, forming a green barrier in Li Ming's eyes. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, Li Ming didn't believe it. They were all standing there just now. It seemed that these branches really had wings? This completely confused Li Ming.
Soon, more than an hour passed again. According to Li Ming's estimate, they should have walked nearly 180 kilometers from the beginning of the morning to now, but the road in front of them was still winding and winding, and they could not see at first sight.
Finally, the fast-moving horse began to be unable to bear it. In desperation, Li Ming ordered the horse to stop and rest again.
Pushing open the car door, Li Ming jumped out of the carriage, then looked to the side with his eyes. Suddenly, he looked at the roadside as if he was nailed, and he was stunned and motionless.
Chapter completed!