We gradually went deeper into the forest area, and various ancient and strange trees began to come into view. The towering trees, trunks, and aerial roots from the branches penetrated into the ground from mid-air. A single tree became a forest, and some aerial roots
It wraps around other trees and strangles the attached trees. The roots on the ground are criss-crossed and attached to ferns, lichens, mosses, orchids and other organisms.
The trees blocked most of the sunlight, and only sparse light shone through the branches and leaves of the trees. The forest was unusually quiet. It seemed that even the summer insects were silent, as if no living creature had ever set foot in this place, making the forest more and more mysterious.
Mysterious and weird.
Under the damp leaves on the ground were slippery, soft mud and rotten wood. Tangled vines and messy creeping plants made walking more difficult. In addition, it was extremely hot and muggy in the forest, and almost all of us were sweating profusely.
"Look, the long-tailed silkworm moth!" Xiangyu suddenly ran a few steps forward and stopped in front of a vine.
We walked forward and found a mint-green butterfly. Its body was several times larger than an ordinary butterfly. It looked like a peony parrot with its wings spread out. Its antennae were yellow and its feet were brown.
The biggest difference from ordinary butterflies is that the tails of the two wings are particularly long.
"It's incredible. The long-tailed Cecropia moth can actually be so big." Xiangyu An couldn't help but like it. She took out her mobile phone and took pictures from all angles.
"Come on, it looks like it's going to be foggy today." The old man began to urge.
But Xiangyu is a little reluctant to leave, girls always like these.
"Xiangyu, let's go. When the fog comes, we will really get lost in this ecstasy." Jisheng also said.
Xiangyu had no choice but to say goodbye to the butterfly reluctantly.
Not long after walking, the old man suddenly stopped.
In the jungle, I saw two big chickens, one male and one female, and six chicks looking for food in the forest.
This group of chicks are blue-gray all over, with white tufts of ear feathers and crimson head sides. They look like they are wearing a gentleman's hat. The central tail feathers are extra long and raised, and their posture is proud and dignified. The whole family of them walked calmly in front of us.
Xiangyu wanted to pick up her phone to take pictures again, but the old man held her wrist down and shook his head at her.
Just as we were watching the Blue Chicken family grow up, fog began to form in the jungle.
The mist seemed to be ejected from the earth's crust, rising from the bottom of the valley with great momentum. The surrounding dense crown trees blocked most of the sunlight. I felt that my whole body was instantly embedded in small suspended water droplets.
The sticky stains make people feel particularly uncomfortable.
"Why is there such a heavy fog all of a sudden? Sir, what should I do?" Zhang Jisheng frowned and looked at the old man.
"We have arrived at the Ecstasy area." The old man said, looking ahead expressionlessly.
"Then we will wait for the fog to dissipate before moving forward. With such a heavy fog, it is difficult for us to judge the direction," Wang Zhishui said.
The old man sighed softly, "Everyone, there is a situation here that I want to explain to you. A few years ago, I accompanied Professor Chen into Ecstasy. I also used the same method just now. I waited until the fog cleared before entering, but I didn't find it.
Ancient temple. I had a chance to see an ancient temple in the past. It was because at that time, in order to go into the mountains to dig up precious medicinal materials, I braved the heavy fog to enter the Wawu Mountain Concubine Temple and got lost inside. Later, I entered by mistake.
Went to the depths of Wawu Mountain and took a look at the ancient temple from a distance."
"Then you mean that there will be a greater chance of entering in the heavy fog?" Zhang Jisheng asked a little puzzled.
"You can discuss it among yourselves. Anyway, I am paid to work. If you want to enter, I will lead the way. If you want to wait for the fog to clear, it is your freedom. But then, just don't blame my old man for telling you nonsense," the old man said.
Now, push the question back to us.
Zhang Jisheng looked at us with a troubled face.
Xiangyu looked at me without speaking.
Wang Zhishui seemed to be thinking for a moment, and then said: "How about this? Let's use a knife to leave marks on the trees as we walk. This way, if we really get lost, we can find the trace and return to this place, and we won't wander further and further away."
Far."
"This is a good method." Zhang Jisheng nodded.
After everyone agreed, we entered the Ecstasy Dangwu area while making marks as we walked.
The fog was so thick that we could only see a blurry outline of things ten meters away. The jungle was already sultry, and the gases produced by the decay of a large number of plants on the ground were mixed in the fog. The air quality was very bad. After walking for a long time,
I've been feeling slightly dizzy for a while.
In the depths of Mihuntang, in addition to the primeval forest that blocks the sky and the sun, there are also tangled arrow bamboos. This journey was extremely difficult for us.
After walking for about an hour, Xiangyu suddenly stopped. We all thought she was too tired and wanted to take a rest, but we didn't know that her eyes were looking straight ahead, with an abnormal expression.
"Xiangyu," I patted her arm with my hand, "What's wrong?"
"Zhou Cang, look, that long-tailed silkworm moth just now." Her eyes were still staring ahead, and she just showed us with her fingers.
We took a step forward, and the angelic long-tailed silkworm moth seemed to be frightened and flew away with fluttering wings.
Are we going back to where we started?
Xiangyu took out her mobile phone and opened the photo she had just taken with trembling hands. Comparing it with the surrounding scenery, this idea was indeed verified.
"This is impossible. We have been walking towards the west and we have marked all the way. Why did we come back to this place?" Wang Zhishui took Xiangyu's mobile phone with some disbelief and compared it carefully.
"The fog has spread, and the places where there was no fog just now are also covered by the fog." The old man said.
"Then the marks we made along the way are useless." Zhang Jisheng said a little frustrated.
"Zhou Cang, Jisheng, come and see why I feel like there is an eye in this photo."
Xiangyu's words suddenly made the atmosphere around him tense.
"Xiangyu, don't scare people, there are only a few of us on this road, where are the eyes?"
Zhang Jisheng said, took Xiang Yu's cell phone, took a look at it, enlarged the photo, and then stood there blankly.
I hurriedly took a look, and saw that behind the criss-crossing vines, there was really an eye staring directly at us through the screen of my mobile phone.
Wang Zhishui's face looked a little strange, "Could these be the eyes of one of us, and where were we standing just now?"
The set of photos Xiangyu just took were close-up photos of the long-tailed cerebellum moth, so the shooting range was actually very small, and it was unlikely that we would be photographed inside.
Despite this, we still held on to a glimmer of hope and began to recall where we originally stood. As a result, no one, including the old man, was within Xiangyu's shooting range.
Therefore, the eyes in this photo belong to the sixth person besides the five of us.
Who else will appear in this jungle? Is it still watching our every move from a corner we can’t see?
"Do you think this eye could be that of some animal? There may be many creatures in the primeval forest that are beyond our knowledge." Xiang Yu's voice was a little trembling.
"These should be human eyes." Wang Zhishui's tone was a little low, telling the truth that no one wanted to hear.
"Could it be a savage?" Xiangyu asked.
"There have never been any academic reports or news about savages in this area. We are not the first people to enter the Ecstasy. If there are savages, we will definitely not be the only ones to encounter them." Wang Zhishui said, looking around.
around.
"Okay, stop studying your eyes. Whether it's a person or a ghost, if he doesn't dare to appear in the open, it proves that he is still afraid of us. Now take a rest and then study how to get out of this fog." The old man stopped us.