After the first two experiences, when faced with such a sudden change, I was no longer panicked, but suddenly felt that there must be some mechanism set up on the stone figurines standing on our left.
.
Moreover, the face of the stone figurine just changed. Some mechanism must have been activated.
However, the road seems to be calm so far, and no dangerous factors have been found yet.
However, I still reminded Zhou Lan and the others: "Brother, Chen Mo, Xiang Yu, there is something wrong with these stone figurines, we must be careful."
Hearing what I said, Zhou Lan, who was walking at the front of the team, stopped, then turned around and looked at me.
The original sad and angry expression on his face has eased a lot, and has basically changed to his normal look.
"Zhou Cang, judging from what we just encountered, these stone figurines are filled with iron worms," Zhou Lan said slowly.
"Iron worms, are you saying that the iron worms on Zhang Jisheng just came out of these stone figurines?" I asked.
"Yes, all the facial features of these stone figurines have been dug away, except for their mouths, which are wide open, and these iron worms came out of the mouths of the stone figurines," Xiangyu said.
Hearing Xiangyu say this, I couldn't help but think that they had just walked out of the depths of the cave. They must have encountered something inside, and may have moved these stone figurines, so they released the stone figurines that were originally trapped inside.
of iron worms.
Thinking of coming here, I couldn't help but ask: "I saw you just walked out of the depths of the cave. Did you encounter something dangerous inside and then escape?"
"No, we walked around the cave, and not long before we found you, we met Zhang Jisheng who was covered in iron worms." Chen Mo said.
"So, you and Zhang Jisheng are not on the same team?" I said with my eyes wide open.
"Yes, so, Zhou Cang, the most dangerous thing now is not the iron worms in this stone figurine, but the team that Zhang Jisheng belongs to that is hidden in the dark." Chen Mo said.
When Chen Mo said this, I couldn't help but think of the four people I saw hanging on the cliff that night.
At that time, I was sure of the three people, Xiangyu, Chen Mo, and Zhou Lan, but there was another person who was a little further away from them. From my angle, I couldn't see his face clearly, and he was faster than Xiangyu and the others.
It was fast, so I didn’t know for sure who he was at that time.
Just seeing Zhang Jisheng, Xiang Yu and the others together, I subconsciously felt that the fourth person I was not sure about that night was Zhang Jisheng. Now it seems that there is someone else.
"Chen Mo, apart from the three of you, who was the other person who entered Shentang Bay with you last night?" I asked.
"Another person, what other person?" As soon as I finished my words, Xiangyu opened his eyes and asked in confusion.
"Xiao Cang, did you see something? This time we entered Shentang Bay in Zhangjiajie. From beginning to end, there were only the three of us and no one else." Zhou Lan came closer to me and looked at me and asked.
"Last night, when Andrew and I were resting on a small platform about a hundred meters down from the top of the valley, we saw another team quietly entering the cliff on the cliff opposite us.
"Tangwan, there were four people hanging on the cliff at that time, three of them were you, and there was another person I didn't see clearly who it was." I said.
"It's impossible. It's nearly a thousand meters from the top of the valley to the bottom of Shentang Bay. If there is another person who has been following us along the way without us noticing from the beginning to the end, then such a person would be too scary.
Unless he has bone-shrinking skills and can tuck himself into the crevices of rocks and hide at any time, it will be hard for me to believe whatever you say." Xiang Yu spoke first.
"If it is really like what Zhou Cang saw, then this person is probably still hiding around us, quietly watching us discuss him." Chen Mo said, not forgetting to look around.
lock up.
"Do you think this person is Zhang Jisheng?" Xiangyu said.
"Xiao Cang, think carefully. Is there anything special about the person other than the three of us you met last night, or anything that makes you feel strange?" Zhou Lan looked at me calmly.
said.
"There seems to be no special place, or strange place. It was already dark at that time, and the distance was relatively far, and the person flashed in front of me, and then moved toward me.
The light hung down where it couldn't be found, and it was basically like I saw a shadow." I said as I recalled.
However, when the shadow was mentioned, for some reason, my heart suddenly tightened.
If we put aside the specific form of that person and just look at it from an abstract shadow, I have really seen that shadow.
Thinking of this, I looked at Xiangyu and said, "Xiangyu, do you still remember the shadow of the woman we saw on the window sill in the nursing home at the foot of Sangpu Mountain?"
"Zhou Cang, are you saying that it was Wang Zhishui who followed us into Shentang Bay that night?" Xiangyu said, unable to help but cover her mouth, with unconcealable fear in her eyes.
"If you look at the shadow alone, I think it's him." I said, thinking for a while, "Also, after we entered the hut, we heard his laughter. Did you feel that it just came from the cocoon?
The few giggles he made were very similar to the sounds he made in the cabin that night."
"If you put it this way, it seems really similar. But isn't the one trapped in the cocoon Zhang Jisheng? When you say that, I'm a little confused. Is the insect man Zhang Jisheng or Wang Zhishui?" Xiangyu said.
"The insect man is Zhang Jisheng, and Wang Zhishui is hiding in another place next to us."
As I answered Xiangyu's question, I already thought of the smiling figurine in my mind.
There's just one more thing I don't understand: why can he get into the figurines and make them grin?
"Zhou Cang, didn't Wang Zhishui die in the line of duty at Wawu Mountain? Why did he suddenly appear in the sanatorium and Shentang Bay you mentioned?" Chen Mo, who was standing by, listened to the conversation between Xiang Yu and me.
, asked with a frown.
"Chen Mo, this matter is a long story. I can only tell you this simply. Wang Zhishui is not dead, but he has suffered a serious mutation. When Xiangyu and I saw him, he was at the foot of Sangpu Mountain.
Receive treatment in a mysterious sanatorium." I said.
"However, the treatment he received should only extend his life, not target the mutations in his body." Xiangyu added.
"Mutation?" Zhou Lan repeated these two words after listening to our words.
His repetition immediately reminded me of the strange and strange beasts I encountered at the prayer flag tower and giant Buddha at the bottom of Poyang Lake.
At that time, Zhou Lan once said that these things were the product of the failed biochemical experiments of the ancient witch doctor group. I don’t know why, but I didn’t feel anything when I heard it at the time. But now I feel that if the biochemical experiments of the ancient witch doctor group really existed
If so, then these mutations that appeared in Wang Zhishui must have an unclear relationship with it.
"Did you find anything?" Chen Mo walked to Zhou Lan and said to him.
"I had a flash of inspiration, but I didn't catch it. I had to wait until I calmed down before I could study it properly," Zhou Lan said.
"In that case, let's keep going forward. After walking inside the cave, I still feel that the square array is the core of the cave. We might be able to find something there." After Chen Mo finished speaking, he continued.
Went forward.
Zhou Lan also followed closely, leaving Xiang Yu and me at the back.
I turned around and used the xenon lamp to shine another light on the still grinning stone figurine, and the goosebumps on my body suddenly appeared again.
Fear made me hold Xiang Yu's hand and quickly keep up with Zhou Lan and Chen Mo.