After returning to the tent at night, although I was exhausted, I couldn't sleep. During this period, I thought about it and felt that Xiangyu's strange behavior might be related to the soul-inducing flags all over the forest. I couldn't help but think
I asked myself whether the series of strange experiences that happened to me were caused by the action of something.
However, the education I have received in the past thirty years since I was born has made the influence of materialism deep-rooted in me. Therefore, it is quite difficult for me to suddenly accept that there is something other than myself that can control my thoughts and behaviors.
When he woke up the next day, Wang Zhishui was much better, but Xiangyu was confused about his scarred hands.
Chen Mo remained silent. I repeated her strange behavior last night several times to her, but she repeatedly said that this kind of thing had never happened since she was a child and she found it unbelievable. However, the scars on her hands made her have to
I believe this happened.
"Since everyone thinks there is no problem, let's set off quickly and don't waste time." The old man urged. He seemed to be indifferent to everything in the outside world. That feeling, at certain moments, seemed to be very similar to Chen Mo.
Xiangyu immediately rolled her eyes at the old man.
"Sir, what you said actually makes sense. We still have about three days of dry food reserves. In other words, we only have about two days left to find the ancient temple. If we can't find it again, we may have to return the same way we came.
Yes." Zhang Jisheng said.
After hearing what Zhang Jisheng said, we packed up the tent as quickly as possible and set off again.
Wang Zhishui's health has not yet fully recovered, and Xiangyu is probably still immersed in her sleepwalking disorder, so the two of them talked a lot less along the way, which also made the atmosphere in the entire team a bit strange.
I tried to talk to him several times, but in the end I felt bored and simply stopped talking.
After we walked in the willow forest for a while, we heard the sound of running water.
Xiangyu's eyes lit up, "Listen, there is the sound of water, and it doesn't sound like a small stream. Have we found the source of the river?"
Zhang Jisheng's expression also changed instantly, and his twisted face seemed to have been spread out by someone, "This sound sounds like a waterfall."
"If it is a waterfall, then we have found it. I remember that the ancient temple was surrounded by a waterfall. However, at that time, I was on the opposite side of the mountain and could only look at the ancient temple from a distance.
, very big, almost as big as a mountain." The old man also quickened his pace very excitedly.
Everyone rushed forward excitedly, but Chen Mo and I were left behind.
Chen Mo looked worried, so I pulled him and asked, "What's wrong? We might be about to find the ancient temple, why do you still look so glum?"
Chen Mo looked up at me, still looking cold. He seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said, "Zhou Cang, have you ever thought that the truth in the ancient temple may be cruel."
"Cruel?" I didn't quite understand what Chen Mo meant.
Chen Mo said nothing more and fell silent again.
I knew I couldn't ask anything from Chen Mo, so I patted him on the shoulder and said, "Even if it is cruel, escaping is always not an option. Facing it calmly may be painful for a while, but it can cure it."
As soon as these words came out, I seemed to suddenly understand what grandma meant. She wanted grandpa to face it instead of sacrificing me.
I was relieved all of a sudden.
At the same time, the attraction of the ancient temple to me has become stronger instantly, or black jade is more accurate. What kind of thing is this that can involve so many people and allow them to venture into the virgin forest?
Looking for it will keep the professor thinking about it even before he dies.
"Let's go," Chen Mo smiled bitterly at me.
I came to my senses and followed the main force.
We walked for more than half an hour and walked out of the willow forest.
What appeared in front of us was a large stream in the mountain. It looked like it was rushing down the mountain. On both sides of the stream, there was a gravel beach. The stones were a bit light and milky white. However, under the sunlight, these bright milky whites actually turned out.
The colorful light is reflected, illuminating the entire stream colorfully, like a rainbow.
"It's so beautiful, I feel like there are countless rainbows crisscrossing and hovering on the river." Xiangyu couldn't help but sigh.
Rainbow, I couldn't help but think of the four lines of poetry behind the group photo in the cover of the professor's notes. The last line was about the end of the rainbow in the mist, which coincided with what the old man said about the ancient temple being at the source of the river.
In this case, if you go upstream along this mountain stream, you should be able to find the ancient temple.
I shared my thoughts with my teammates, and the old man agreed with my thoughts, so we started walking upstream on gravel.
"This stone is so strange. I wonder if it is jade, but it actually reflects sunlight," Zhang Jisheng said. "If it is jade, then the gravel beach of this stream will be valuable."
"I don't know if it's jade or not. I just know that the stone is getting thicker and thicker, and it makes my feet hurt." Xiangyu complained.
"The sound of the running water is getting louder and louder, which proves that we are getting closer to the waterfall, Xiao Xiangyu, hold on a little longer." Wang Zhishui finally had a trace of color on his face. He didn't know whether it was because the weather was too hot or because he was close to the ancient temple.
Caused by surging.
"But, this rock is really getting bigger and bigger. I'm not being pretentious. If it continues to grow at this speed, we will have to climb on the boulder later." Xiangyu said, stopping and rubbing his calf.
Just now we were all immersed in the joy of finding the ancient temple, so we ignored the detail of the stones getting bigger and bigger. Now we stop and take a look, the gravels are not only getting bigger and bigger, but also the color seems to be getting bigger and bigger.
It's getting darker and darker.
The others probably noticed it too, maybe because they were frightened by all the strange things in Wawu Mountain. At this moment, their faces were a little solemn.
"Everyone, please be careful and stop walking around randomly. We should follow the pattern we used in the mangroves and walk in a row," Zhang Jisheng said.
We all know what he means. In this case, if there is any accident ahead, the whole army will not be wiped out.
"I'm going to explore the way." Chen Mo said, and without waiting for any of us to react, he walked straight to the front.
The color of the stone is getting darker and darker, but the reflected light is getting more and more dazzling, and we are almost blinded by the light.
"Chen Mo, be careful, the light is too strong and can hurt your eyes," I said.
But Chen Mo turned around and had a pair of sunglasses on his face.
I thought to myself, this guy seems to be able to predict everything. There are big gloves in the mangroves, amulets in the willows, and black sunglasses on the gravel beach. Could it be possible that these are all things the professor told him, but...
Didn’t the professor also not find the ancient temple? Why do you know this?
Suddenly, at this moment when I was distracted, the big stone under my feet seemed to have no support, and with a bang, I fell into darkness.
After a period of free fall, I felt a tearing pain in my back.
"Zhou Cang, Zhou Cang,"
Everyone above me is calling me.
I was a little confused. I was stunned for a moment, and then I realized that I had fallen into a trap covered with stones.
This hole, by visual inspection, is about ten meters high, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. A ray of sunlight shines in from the hole above, illuminating a small circle of light at the bottom of the hole.
"Zhou Cang, can you hear me?"
It was Chen Mo's voice, which sounded very anxious.
"Chen Mo, I'm fine," I responded hastily.
"Don't worry down there, we'll find a vine and pull you up."
This is Zhang Jisheng's voice.
"Okay, Jisheng, I'm fine." My voice echoed in the empty cave.
I calmed down and looked around, only to realize that the walls of the cave were made of rocks, the kind of stones found on the gravel beaches on both sides of the creek, but the bottom of the cave was made of soft sand.
There was no reason for the death.
Who spent so much effort to dig caves in this stone? Moreover, these stone caves are hidden under the gravel beach. This is definitely not the only one. Is this another protective net for the ancient temple? But it must be in the rocks.
It's a bit incredible how much effort it takes to dig a cave like this, and it's in a deep mountain forest with insufficient manpower and material resources.
The teammates above would call me something from time to time, and I would chat with them all the time. The cave was filled with slippery mud and there was no place to sit. It was really boring and tiring.
Chen Mo was probably looking for something to pull me up, but I didn't hear his voice.
The temperature in the cave was much lower than on the ground. I kept pacing my feet to maintain body temperature. At this moment, my calves were already a little cold and numb.
Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my calf, as if someone had bitten me, a very small bite.