I was stunned and the branch in my hand fell to the ground. Then I remembered that my reaction was a bit out of character. I quickly twitched the exorcism stick on my waist and turned to look at the place where I ran just now. Eleven said
I stepped on it, and when I remembered the soft feeling I had just stepped on, I suddenly got goosebumps.
I really didn't pay attention just now, but after taking a closer look, I finally understood why they were so surprised, even Mo Yibai looked so surprised.
There is no road anywhere in the place where I just came. The ground is bright red. If you don’t look carefully, you will intuitively think that one of them is fallen leaves. But when you think about it, there are no fallen leaves at all. Even if there are fallen leaves, there are only gray fallen leaves in twos and threes. The red ones on the ground
The ones are clearly not fallen leaves.
Looking carefully, it turned out to be a large snake. Isn't this the snake that Mo Yibai chopped off just now when he rescued me? It has a triangular head and a fiery red body. But now it's not one, but a large one, densely packed there.
It's like a red carpet has been laid on the ground.
When I thought about walking on this red carpet just now, I shivered in my fucking heart. It was so creepy. I was so lucky that they didn't wrap me in a pile of snakes.
Hua Bubai was still joking next to me, saying that I was such a god that I wouldn’t even dare to bite a snake.
I felt a chill and looked around, only to realize that the four of us were surrounded by snakes, and the ground next to us was full of red snakes.
The snakes gathered around four or five meters away from us, raising their tongues and making hissing sounds, but did not come any closer.
"What are they doing?" I held the exorcism stick and felt a little weird. Logically speaking, snakes should not attack people on their own initiative. Even if they could attack people, it would be impossible for such a large group to appear, and they seemed to be following them interestingly.
We were playing cat and mouse. He didn't pounce on us in a hurry. He was still watching us anxiously from the side.
"I don't know. After you went to pick up branches, they slowly gathered together. They haven't moved since they arrived at that location." Eleven said, "I noticed something was wrong when you left just now, and I couldn't figure it out.
, Now I understand, I said, this forest is strangely clean, there are no animals at all, not even a spider web, my emotions are scared away by this poisonous snake."
"There are so many snakes, no matter how quick we are, even if we really chop them all down, I'm afraid we will be injured, right?" I said.
"It's not snakes, it's people." Mo Yibai, who had never spoken, said, "These snakes are controlled by people."
"I said, it turns out they are controlled by people. Otherwise, why would snakes suddenly attack people? Snakes are animals that don't offend others unless they offend us. Even if we were alerted, we wouldn't be able to alert so many snakes at once.
Snake." I thought thoughtfully.
At this time, the sky was gradually getting dark. The trees in the forest were originally blocking the sky and the sun. As soon as night came, it became darker and the vision became blurred.
I looked around. Not to mention that it was dark at this time, even if it was broad daylight, the forest was a good place to hide people. We couldn't see them even if we hid behind a tree.
"How can there be anyone in such a deserted place?" Eleven said in a low voice, "And there are so many venomous snakes released. It's obvious that the visitor is evil, so be careful."
"What should we do?" Hua Bubai also lowered his voice, "There are so many snakes, no matter how fast we go, we won't be able to make it in time if they rush one after another!"
"Have you ever heard of the saying that to catch the thief first, catch the king?" As I spoke, I pricked up my ears to listen to what was going on around me. I have seen some snake charmers. Generally, most people like to use flutes to control snakes, like
My grandfather likes to use a flute to control birds. If I guessed correctly, this man should be nearby and playing the flute right now.
Hua Bubai looked at me suspiciously, "There are so many snakes, I can't even tell the male from the female. Can you tell which one is the snake king?"
Before Hua Bubai could say anything, Mo Yibai stretched out his hand to signal Hua Bubai to be quiet. He seemed to understand what I meant, and like me, he raised his ears and listened.
After a while, I turned my head and looked to the left. Mo Yibai was in the same posture as me.
"It's a bit strange." I whispered.
"It's a bit strange, why don't these snakes attack people?" Eleven responded.
"That's not what I'm talking about." At this time, Mo Yibai also turned around and looked at me. From his eyes, I knew that we both felt the same.
I'm not surprised that the snake doesn't move. If someone is controlling it and doesn't want to take our lives, it will naturally not attack us. What's strange to me is that the sound I heard carefully just now was beyond my expectation. I didn't hear anything.
There were no sounds of musical instruments or human voices. What I heard was something I had never heard before. It sounded a bit like the sound of an animal, but it was hard to guess what kind of animal it was.
"Getting closer." Mo Yibai said defensively, holding up the knife.
"What?" Hua Bubai and Eleven were both confused.
"There is movement, listen to the sound." I said in a low voice, and like Mo Yibai, I was alert to the direction of the sound coming from the left. The sound gave me a more terrifying feeling than the thousands of snakes underground.
It seemed like someone was laughing, but it just looked like, but not.
The sky is getting darker and darker, and the surrounding snakes have turned into red dots, and their shapes can no longer be seen clearly.
Swish—swish—
The sound is getting closer and closer.
I was able to stay calm even when I saw ghosts. At this moment, I felt as if my heart had been dropped into my throat. I had an inexplicable feeling of panic, and cold sweat gradually broke out in my palms.
The four of us subconsciously stepped back, and then stood closely back to back. None of them spoke. In the silence, we could only hear the hissing sound of the snake, and the strange and strange sounds in the woods.
The sound was indescribable. The atmosphere seemed very tense.
"Master Xiaolong, he's not causing trouble for you again, is he?" Hua Bubai said behind me.
"Even if it's looking for me, it's not a ghost." After dealing with ghosts for so many years, even if I can't see it, I'm pretty sure it's not something sent by the Lord of Hell. "It's easier to deal with it if it's a ghost. Don't forget
What kind of business do I do?"
"Ghost!" Hua Bubai suddenly shouted loudly.
"Sissy, calm down, I already told you that I'm not a ghost anymore." I said with my elbow as I nudged Hua Bubai after saying goodbye.
"Really, it's really a ghost." Hua Bubai's voice was a little nervous, and then he made a sound of chattering teeth. He was so nervous that he could no longer speak.
"My grandma! Mr. Xiao Long is really a ghost!" Although Eleven finished speaking, the tension in his voice was not much better than Hua Bubai's.
Sensing something was wrong between the two of them, I quickly turned around and saw an upside-down, pale face floating in the sky in front of Eleven and Hua Bubai. Without a body, I could only see a hazy white. At this time
The night was already very dark, and I couldn't help but be frightened. I thought to myself what kind of thing it was. It had no ghostly aura at all. It was clearly not a ghost, but it only had a face and no body.
Behind me, Shiyi and Hua Bubai kept trembling, and the tension made them both a little confused.
When I found that Mo Yibai had turned his head at this moment, I asked him what it was.
Mo Yibai seemed to have not heard me and looked at the white mass quietly without saying a word.
Cluck! Cluck——
The white face suddenly swayed from side to side, making a creepy sound like the collision of bones. Two huge and empty eyes stared at all of us. As the white face turned, I discovered
, the snake on the ground is also swaying from side to side.