The muddy mountain road is no better than the grassland just now, so our speed is much slower. Moreover, the land feels very strange when stepping on it. The water content in the soil is very high, so it is very soft, but when you step on it, people will not notice it.
It will sink, and it feels like a person's weight suddenly becomes smaller, as if it is floating on the soil.
"The soil is slippery, and the hardness seems to be wrong, so everyone must be extremely alert. In this environment, just the slightest mistake may put you or even the entire team into a dangerous situation.
"Andrew said as he tentatively stepped forward with his feet.
I don’t know why, but almost as soon as we stepped into the muddy mountainous area, the scorching sun was suddenly obscured by dark clouds, and the sky quickly darkened.
"Pedro, it looks like it's going to rain today. It's not a good thing to encounter a heavy rain at the bottom of the valley." Andrew said to Pedro who was walking at the front of the team.
Pedro stopped, raised his head and looked at the sky outside the top of the mountain, and I also raised my head.
However, what surprised me was that above our heads, there was a dense green, and it was almost impossible to see the sky outside the mountains.
However, as we walked from the top of the mountain to the valley, we found no trees anywhere that could cover the entire valley.
"Pedro, this valley doesn't seem normal!" I cautiously walked to Pedro's side and said.
But before I finished speaking, heavy rainwater began to fall from our heads like a pour.
Fortunately, the thermal clothes we were wearing were waterproof, so we didn't get wet for the time being.
"The rain is too heavy. There is no protection from vegetation on the hillside here, and the mountain may collapse at any time, so we can't go down there for the time being. Let's go back to the grass and wait for the rain to pass.
Let's go further down." Andrew said.
Our current location should be very close to the bottom of the valley, so the temperature is very low, almost close to zero. Coupled with the sudden heavy rain, the body temperature suddenly dropped a lot.
The teeth in my mouth have begun to chatter.
At this time, Geely started to say something to Andrew, and it was obvious that he was very excited.
But Andrew's attitude was very good, as if he was always comforting him.
"The environment in this mountain has deeply affected Geely's psychological defense. He is asking Andrew to retreat." Pedro stood aside and acted as a translator for me.
"If he desperately wants to go back, then don't force him. After all, the situation in Shentang Bay is complicated. If we are not willing, we cannot cooperate together." I looked at Geely as if he was very angry.
, roared at Andrew with a red face, and couldn't help but say.
"Zhou Cang, let me tell you this, if our team lacks a player like Geely, then we will not be able to reach the bottom safely."
The rain was very heavy, and Pedro's voice was not high-pitched, so I basically had to stretch my ears to hear what he was saying.
"Isn't Geely just a doctor in our team?" I said doubtfully.
"Oh, it's not that simple. Zhou Cang, everyone who can join the Astrolabe Project has special skills. How could Andrew lead him deep into Shentang Bay as an ordinary person?
?You know, the things we are doing now are basically at the core of the Astrolabe Plan, so don’t underestimate anyone." Pedro said slowly, still using the same hoarse and dungeon expression
His voice was strong, regardless of whether it was windy or rainy, or whether I could hear him.
"Did you already know that we would encounter something dangerous at the bottom of the valley and that someone would be injured? Otherwise, if we just want to deal with the miasma at the bottom of the valley, wouldn't we just bring those pills over?" I can still understand.
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"His actual identity is a witch doctor." Pedro said quietly.
"Witch doctor?" I couldn't help but repeat.
Pedro did not answer my words anymore, but gave me a weird smile, and then walked to Andrew, apparently joining his team, and began to murmur to persuade Geely.
I couldn't understand what they were saying, and it was very boring to stand aside, so I couldn't help but transfer my energy to the surrounding environment.
After wandering around with my eyes for a while, I really found something.
Those messy footprints on the muddy ground, for some reason, were not affected at all by the downpour and were still appearing on the ground.
The footprints left by the short distance we just walked have been washed away by the heavy rain.
Could it be that those footprints were engraved on it, so they would not be affected by the rain.
I was thinking in my mind, but my feet unconsciously walked towards the footprints in the mud, and then squatted down beside the rows of footprints.
The rainwater that fell on the ground had already turned into an ice-water compound at temperatures close to zero, but those footprints were not covered by the thin layer of ice on the ground. Instead, the rainwater seemed to follow the shape of the footprints.
It looks like ice cubes.
Ignoring that my body was shivering from the cold, I stretched out my hand and touched one of the rows of footprints.
Just when my fingertips touched the slightly frozen soil, my heart suddenly shook.
Because the touch from my fingertips is so familiar, but I can't remember where this familiar feeling comes from.
I wiped the water drops on my face with my hand and looked down at the rows of footprints.
Suddenly, I discovered these seemingly messy footprints. Although some were large and some were small, some of the large footprints had a small footprint inside.
The small footprints inside are the same size.
Moreover, the traces of these small footprints inside the large footprints are slowly melting away under the erosion of the heavy rain.
Is it possible that there are mechanisms hidden in these footprints?
I was puzzled, and then tried to step on one of the footprints with small footprints.
Just when I stepped on it, Pedro, who was some distance away from me, suddenly shouted something to me, but the rain was too heavy and I didn't hear what he was saying clearly.
Just like that, I followed the path of the small footprints, stepping on them and retreating down the valley step by step.
I don't know why, but Pedro's face turned pale. He ran towards me quickly, and he didn't know what he was saying, but he could tell he was very anxious.
However, my body didn't know why. It was like we were running downhill and couldn't stop under the influence of inertia. It went down towards the bottom of the valley one step at a time, without any control from me.
It was only then that I realized the seriousness of the problem. It seemed that I was out of control from the moment I set foot on this track.
This track of footprints seemed to have magical properties, sucking my whole body into it.