Three hundred and twentieth chapters of the barren land visions everywhere
Carrying Zhang Wei, we were finally ready to set off.
The lights in Uncle Wu's house have been turned off and he is probably asleep. Most of the villagers on the road, except Guan's house, which is still brightly lit, have also fallen asleep.
Hero's Ferry is not a ferry as the name suggests. As for the water surface, there is only a small body of water, more specifically called a pool, and this pool is very deep. I have never heard of anyone diving to the bottom of the water.
After leaving the village, going half way around the mountain, you turn into a trail diagonally opposite the main road. Not far away, you can see the increasingly dense wild woods and the road gradually disappearing beneath your feet.
The car stopped at the end of the road, and the three of us got out of the car with our backpacks on our backs. For safety reasons, I lent my dagger to Zhang Wei, although I was reluctant to part with it.
"Don't break it, or I'll beat you until you can't take care of yourself!"
It is essential to use harsh words and threats. Zhang Wei curled his neck and looked pitiful, "Although I know you are doing it for my own good, why do you feel that you are more dangerous than anything else?"
"If you think I'm in danger, just be obedient. First of all, you have to get used to calling me senior sister!"
I know that Zhang Wei will never be willing to call me senior sister, but I still like to see him looking like he is unlucky enough to not be able to find the toilet, so I deliberately squeeze him.
Sure enough, Zhang Wei started to have a flat face again, and the boss quickly followed Lang Hongyi in front of him unwillingly, and distanced himself from me.
Lang Hongyi's voice sounded faintly, "You are really in the mood."
Having been taught a lesson, Zhang Wei and I stopped playing around, carefully followed Lang Hongyi, and headed into the wild forest towards the Hero's Crossing.
The wild forests are very lively at this season. All kinds of insects and small animals will come out and be active at night. Of course, slender, fleshy snakes are also indispensable.
In order to avoid being kissed, we broke the branches and came to scare the snake, just to tell the guys hiding in the grass that someone was passing by, so they should quickly move aside to avoid hurting each other!
To be honest, although Zhang Wei and I are locals, we were born and raised in this area.
When I was a child, it was the kind of trouble-making stuff that gave me a lot of headaches...
But we have never been to the Heroic Crossing before. We are afraid that adults will find out and be skinned directly.
I have heard many legends about this place. Some palace maids come to take a bath and peek at them. If you scare them, you can make a request.
There was also an old man with a white face and no beard sitting on the top of the tree, blaming the children for being too noisy and accusing them of leaving quickly, otherwise they would be pressed into bed by ghosts at night.
The naughty child was so frightened that he peed his pants and ran home without a soul.
In short, I have heard rumors about this place from time to time over the years, which has also led to many adults giving repeated orders that their children must not go here to run wild!
But children are born with a strange characteristic, that is, the less they are told, the more they want to do it, and the more they cannot go, the more they want to go...
It also led to such an unfortunate incident between Guan Tao and the three of them today.
"How far is it from the Hero's Crossing?"
After walking for a while, Zhang Wei began to complain that this forest was inaccessible, so it was really not easy to walk.
The tangled tree roots have become a natural stumbling block, and this barrier is equally effective for people.
There are also various branches hanging in the air, which need to be manually opened to get through.
I shined the flashlight towards the position in front and shook the light source of the flashlight beam, "Look, it shouldn't be far away?"
"You're lying, right? You know this? It's not like there are wild woods ahead."
I rolled my eyes and didn't want to talk to this fool. The reason I waved the flashlight was to tell him to pay attention to the changes over there.
In the end, this guy didn't notice anything at all, but Lang Hongyi noticed the changes on the other side.
"It's indeed coming soon. Sanman didn't lie to you."
Zhang Wei actively asked for advice, "How did you tell?"
"Didn't Sanman say that Heroes' Crossing has turned into a shadowy place the day after tomorrow? The trees there only have branches and no leaves left. This is inconsistent with the current season."
Zhang Wei quickly focused on the flashlight light source and looked carefully, and finally discovered such an obvious point, and let out a long "Oh" in sudden realization.
This slow three-beat observation makes me really want to scratch my head.
"I just didn't notice it just now, but I understand it now. Don't worry, I will pay attention to this in the future."
The sight in front of me is indeed extremely strange. The branches that have lost their leaves look like dry ghost claws protruding from the ground, especially when the wind blows through the treetops and the branches tremble slightly.
Those ghost claws seemed to come alive and kept waving at us.
"This place is so scary. If we were filming a ghost movie, we wouldn't need props to decorate the scene!"
"Then the filming crew will probably be wiped out, and we have to think about how to pay the guest actors and actresses."
There are gradually more and more black shadows around us. They are all ghosts wandering in the wild woods. Although they have not approached us for the time being, they are not far away. They are following behind and are ready to do harm to us at any time.
The sound of water gradually appeared in my ears, and indeed the Hero's Crossing was not far away.
Walking out of the wild woods surrounding the last level, the sparkling waves under the moonlight in front of us have no sense of beauty at all.
This area of water is indeed not very large. The water is very turbid, overgrown with water and grass, and not peaceful.
Even in the dark night, you can clearly see through the dim moonlight that there are many creatures swimming in the water.
These are those ghostly fish.
In fact, I understand how it is possible that there are so many fishes transformed from souls. Most of them here are real fishes that have been nourished and grown by Yin Qi.
The reason why they are not suitable for human consumption is that there is too much Yin Qi accumulated in the water, so they can no longer be called live fish.
If people eat it, they will be in the same situation as Guan Tao and Cheng Qian.
"This place is really... unpleasant!"
Zhang Wei expressed his truest evaluation of the scenery around him. Not to mention that he didn’t like it, we didn’t like it either.
Like the underworld, no one can like it except ghosts.
There is almost no grass growing around, the trees are dry and leafless, the water is turbid, and there is a layer of dark yin on the surface that is rising all the time.
Under the moonlight it looked even colder and deader.
"Hehehehe... there are guests arriving tonight, hehehe..."
Waves of sharp laughter, neither male nor female, sounded above our heads, and we all looked up to find what was causing the noise.
In the wild forest that had emerged behind him, a dark shadow appeared on the tips of the branches that had died due to the influence of the Yin Qi here.
Under the moonlight, you can see his roughly human form, with a long braid hanging down behind him, and he is wearing a complicated and fat robe and long skirt.
Zhang Wei, who opened his eyes after being reminded by us on the way, said "Oh my God" and sat down on the ground, "Female... female ghost..."