"What's wrong?" General Ji and I asked in a low voice.
"There is a man here," General Meng said, "he is a dead man, bah, bad luck!" I heard him wiping his hands on the grass on the roadside behind, "I have blood on my hands."
Why did I just feel that the things I touched were soft under my feet? How could there be dead people here?
We held our breath for a moment and listened in the dark. There was silence all around. "Bah!" The fire stick in General Ji's hand ignited with just one use. It stayed on for less than three seconds before he blew it out with a "pop".
The time cannot be too long, otherwise it will increase our chances of exposure. But in just three seconds, I saw everything going on underground.
Although I have seen many people die in various forms, but this time, it was even more horrifying!
This is a man, shirtless, face down, his head facing the direction we came in. He fell to the ground, wearing a pair of coarse blue trousers with the legs rolled up. He only had one straw sandal on his feet, and the other one was missing.
On his back, there was a deep bloody hole, near the left side, into which a fist could be inserted. Who could do such weird martial arts, and be able to take out the heart of a strong man in one go?
I also saw that his face was tilted to the right. From my position, I could only see his mouth wide open, as if he was still shouting in panic before he died. His eyes were wide open and full of fear.
General Meng just touched his face in the darkness, and the blood clots around his mouth had solidified. General Meng grabbed his hand, and three thick finger marks appeared on his face.
wiped out
Neither of us spoke. After a while, there was another "pop" behind me. The light flashed and went out instantly. General Ji whispered, "Five steps forward, there is another man."
"dead?"
"Nonsense, how can you live so honestly?"
"Looking at the clothes, they are from us." Because we have been in Luzon for so long, it is the first time we have seen the coarse blue cloth dyed after cotton weaving, and the way of making straw sandals is also very familiar to us.
"So, we are a step late." In the darkness, there was only a "click" sound, General Meng cut something behind, and after a while he began to chew "slimy" in his mouth.
"What are you doing?" General Ji asked. He was chewing and replying unclearly, "Sugar cane... I'm late anyway. Eat a piece of sugar cane to calm down your shock and go home." We couldn't laugh or cry.
In the dark night, on the mountain road, sitting next to a dead body and chewing sugar cane is an experience that I may never forget in my life.
General Meng said, "click" twice, and he handed one to each of us, "Eat it, see people alive, and see corpses after death, there is nothing to be afraid of. The most terrifying thing is that you can't see anything."
...Even if we continue to explore, we still have to eat something."
Everyone chewed a piece of sugar cane and felt a little better. Sweet things can calm people down. It's true. Now we can analyze it calmly.
The last positions of the two people were both facing outward, so it can be concluded that the danger came from behind them, and they were killed in the middle of escaping.
Judging from the blood stains on the two men, they died no more than two hours ago, so the murderer must still be on the island.
Because we arrived two hours ago and patrolled around the island, and found no trace of anyone leaving the island.
"It will be very detrimental to us if we continue like this," General Ji whispered. "There is no light at night. If something happens, we will be extremely passive."
"Find a place to rest where you are, and don't make too much noise. General Meng, you like to snore when you sleep, so keep a lookout for us first."
The three of us groped around and came across a few sugarcane trees on the side of the road, and passed by a small piece of abaca. We climbed up a big tree that two people hugged each other, and each chose a branch with complicated branches and leaves.
leaned closer
General Ji and I went to bed first, while General Meng stood guard for us. After a while, the almost ear-splitting sound of mosquitoes started to sound, but they were just patrolling around and did not dare to rush towards us. We all wiped down insect repellents.
drug
On the trail at the foot of the mountain are the two corpses we just discovered. I am really looking forward to something on the road ahead. Although it is still so quiet, I hope we can find the survivors.
Before dawn, we were awakened by that kind of movement again. Last time it was one person, but this time there were two people flying past each side of the big tree where we were hiding.
The word "fly" is very appropriate. I heard that the two masters this time had a slightly lower skill level and a slightly louder movement. However, it still surprised me that they came and left quickly. As soon as I noticed them, they were already gone.
, the surroundings returned to calm
I'm really a little worried about whether we can handle it with our modest skills.
As soon as it dawned, we quietly came down from the trees. Everyone had not slept well and their eyes were red.
At this time, the following situation became more clear to us. The trail we entered did not seem to be frequently walked by people. It was probably only used when leaving and entering the island. Moreover, this trail was also deliberately concealed.
He didn't want people outside the island to find out. This was something we didn't notice right away when we first landed on the island.
Originally, the entrance was facing the direction we came from, but we didn't notice it at first. It wasn't until we took a closer look around the island that we noticed the entrance.
The fork road we just discovered on the island is different. This fork road looks more like a road. It has been repaired, paved with gravel, and has several intermittent wheelbarrow ruts. It is not clear whether it is in or out.
"Then the road goes to black," I said, so I took the lead again.
This time, it was a woman, not far away from the two men in front. The difference was that she was leaning on the rocker of a large wooden frame, her head hanging down, her hair covering her face, so her appearance could not be seen clearly, but
She must be around forty years old. At the same age, a hole was also dug out in her left breast. Judging from the wound, it was also fatal.
The wooden frame pressing down on her body caught my attention. There were more than half a thumb-thick rope wrapped around the winch, and a rope was led from the top and stretched straight forward until it entered an open cave where the light was not yet bright.
It's bright. We can't see clearly what's going on inside when we stand outside the cave.
However, we also found a small cart, which seemed to be pushed out of the cave. When the danger approached, the person pushing the cart abandoned the cart and ran out of the cave. The cart stopped there in a hurry, diagonally.
The things on the car made our eyes gleam.
That, that is a cart, no, a whole wheelbarrow of gold, shining brightly at the slightly dark cave entrance