Another night that should have been nightmare-free.
Lu Ning got up early, put on her backpack and walked out of the room. Today she plans to go for a walk in the mountains and take a look at the "man-eating cave" that is rumored to be magical.
This cave is located near a cliff deep in the mountain forest. There are few animals around. Some brave people once went in and looked at it, but they found a large number of animal and human bones just a few dozen meters away. They immediately dared not go deep. , this description was passed from ten to ten, and gradually turned into the legend of the "man-eating cave".
Of course, this is also one of the top ten strange events.
This time when I went downstairs, a group of people had gathered in the hall. Xiao Shifan was talking to Yuan Xi. From the corner of his eye, he saw Lu Ning coming over. He raised his hand and said hello: "Hi, didn't I scare you that day?"
"No." Lu Ning nodded in response. He glanced around and found that in addition to Xiao Shifan and Yuan Xi, there were also the three young men following the ghost, and a middle-aged man wearing camouflage uniforms.
"We plan to go up the mountain today. It would be even better if we have the opportunity to go hunting. Are you interested?"
Xiao Shifan saw Lu Ning sizing up several of his people, so he extended an invitation.
Lu Ning glanced at Yuan Xi and asked hesitantly, "Is it inconvenient?"
"We will share the cost of hiring a guide. If you join, you can pay less." One of the young people said immediately. Yuan Xi also nodded: "I heard recently that the mountains are not peaceful, so we are planning to go with a few more people."
"It's just that it's not peaceful, and I can't take so many people with me." The middle-aged man in camouflage clothes suddenly spoke with a thick accent, "I can't take care of many people, so you have to pay attention to your own safety."
"You don't have to worry about safety."
Yuan Xi patted her bag and said, "You just need to give us a warning."
Seeing her action, Lu Ning thought for a while and said, "Well, I plan to go up the mountain today too, so I won't disturb you all."
A girl joined, and several young men welcomed her warmly. They introduced themselves on the way.
The one who first tested her in the hotel was named Fei Yunwei, who was cynical and very out-of-touch. The tall and thin guy wearing glasses was named Gao Yunji. He had a vicious mouth, but he had a good attitude towards women. Look, The ones at the top belong to the calmer ones; the last one is always smiling and named Liu Changan. He speaks softly and is the most handsome among the three. He seems to have received a good education and has an outstanding temperament.
After getting to know each other, the group took a car to the foot of the mountain.
There are not many steep mountains in the mountainous area of Danma, but there are many forests, and the undulating mountains are connected to form a very special environment. The difficulty of climbing the mountain is no less than climbing a high mountain. When the sun was approaching noon, the seven of them entered what could be called a forest area. At the guide's suggestion, they stopped and started eating lunch.
"Director Zhong, there have been many people in Danma in recent years, right? Why haven't we seen a proper road on the mountain yet?" Fei Yunwei started talking to the guide as soon as he sat down.
"You're used to walking on mountain roads. The gentle slope is not dangerous."
Director Zhong looked very proud of his identity as a local. He was very happy when he talked about it: "You guys from out of town lack exercise. You will start to feel tired after climbing seven or eight hundred meters."
"Hey, Director Zhong, you also know that we don't usually go hiking around. This is our first time in this undeveloped deep mountain and old forest. You have to take us well."
"It's easy to say, there are no wild beasts here, it's safe!"
is it safe?
Lu Ning glanced at a few wisps of black energy not far away and remained silent.
Fei Yunwei's temperament was very suitable for chatting with others, and Liu Changan helped guide the conversation without leaving any trace, and soon it got involved in the strange things on the mountain. When it came to the rumors of the cannibal cave, Director Zhong looked disdainful: "It's just a beast cave. So many people are afraid of it, but I even went in it once!"
"Really? What's going on there?"
"There is a fishy stench inside, so there must be some wild beasts inside." Director Zhong waved his hand, "But no one has seen it for so many years. I'm afraid there is another exit."
Xiao Shifan and Yuan Xi looked at each other and nodded subtly.
At the same time, Lu Ning suddenly felt a thickening of black air around her, and immediately became more vigilant. At the same time, there was a rustle in the bushes, and the people present were all on alert. As soon as there was a noise, several people jumped up!
Bang!
An ax whirled in and hit the tree. Although it was still more than one meter away from its original target, Gao Yunji, this was enough to show that the attacker was evil.
"What are you doing!"
Director Zhong exclaimed, but no one paid attention to him now. A dozen people wearing gas masks and large hooded hiking clothes emerged from the trees in all directions, carrying axes, hatchets and the like. The weapons began to slowly approach them.
"Who are you!"
Fei Yunwei shouted but received no response. He was prepared before going out and had a saber in his hand, but who knew he would be surrounded by more than a dozen people? Then again, why are you surrounded by people with unknown origins when you go up a mountain?
"Stay away!"
Gao Yunji reached out and pulled down the ax, raised it and threatened loudly. As a man with a hammer approached, he struck with an axe.
when!
With a crisp sound, the opponent raised the hammer, and the metal handle just blocked the attack of the axe. Then he pushed it forward hard, pushed Gao Yunji back two steps, raised his hand and swung the hammer down!
They are out to kill people.
Lu Ning's eyes were slightly stern. This group of weirdos appeared unexpectedly, and they had the purpose of killing people when they first appeared. It was almost certain that they were related to the main line of the entire incident.
At this moment, a gunshot was fired.
Xiao Shifan and Yuan Xi took out their pistols at some point. Xiao Shifan fired first and directly hit the man who attacked Gao Yunji in the head. A shower of blood spattered out, and the man fell down without saying a word. Then Yuan Xi pointed his gun at the other people who were surrounding him. When he found that they were unmoved, he immediately opened fire decisively!
The thermal weapon instantly reversed the strength advantage of both sides. After six people were shot and killed in a row, the crowd began to retreat as if they had received some order, leaving several corpses behind.
By this time the guide was frightened.
"check!"
Yuan Xi carefully moved the nearest corpse with her gun and shouted to the other people.
"Wait." Lu Ning raised her hand to stop Yuan Xi, picked up a thick branch and pulled it on the corpse's face, easily peeling off the gas mask.
No, it's not so much that Lu Ning pulled it off, it's better to say that the mask fell off on its own. The "person" inside has turned into a puddle of meat, with white and red tissues mixed together, exuding an unpleasant fishy smell, and there are not even bones in it.
"What is this!" Fei Yunwei was shocked when he saw this scene.
Lu Ning rubbed the branch with some fleshy paste on the grass twice. It was visible to the naked eye that the grass became brown and withered. She immediately threw the branch aside and shook her hand in disgust. Yuan Xi took a few steps away with lingering fear. Just when she was about to speak, a scream suddenly came from behind her!
Several people turned around quickly and saw Director Zhong being hugged by a hooded man. A large amount of fleshy paste flowed out from the gap between the hooded head and the mask, directly pouring on Director Zhong's head and face, accompanied by a terrifying "sizzling" sound. There was a sound, but within a moment Mrs. Gong fell to the ground, leaving only slow body twitching.
"Hey! This...is this guy not dead yet?" Fei Yunwei looked around at the corpses around him with a pale face, fearing that one of them might suddenly move.
"Check it and make up for it..." Before Xiao Shifan could finish his words, Director Zhong's body suddenly jumped up from the ground. A large amount of fleshy mud slowly gathered on the head that had been corroded into bones, and there was a sound coming from the hole in his throat. Even though he screamed extremely pitifully, he could still slowly walk towards the crowd in this way!
Even though everyone present had experienced many strange events, such a scene still made them feel horrified. Xiao Shifan immediately raised his gun, pointed it at the body that did not know whether it was dead or alive, and shot it. After it fell down in response, Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are they all...dead?"
Fei Yunwei asked. Lu Ning took the branches and poked them one by one to make sure they were still moving.
"I knew something was wrong with this damn place in Danma!" Gao Yunji snorted coldly, walked to Director Zhong's body with an ax in his hand, and picked off the hoodie with only some meat paste left inside, revealing the extremely miserable body underneath. 's corpse.
"People don't tell secrets, everyone is here from the distribution center." Yuan Xi lowered his gun hand, but his expression was still wary, "Originally, everyone didn't want to point out their own reasons, but now that we have confirmed what Things are targeting us, so let’s form an alliance, if we continue to be scattered like this, we might all die.”
"Ha, I was waiting for your words." Gao Yunji readily agreed, "We are pursuers. I wonder if we are in the same camp as you?"
"Even if it is a confrontation mission, the prerequisite is survival. Holding the prejudice of the camp can easily harm others and yourself. But we are also pursuers, and I believe we have no fundamental conflict of interest." After Yuan Xi finished speaking, she turned to look at Lu Ning .
"I'm a mystery seeker."
Lu Ning said something that shocked several people.
"Unfortunately, unlike your camp, I belong to the minority camp. However, this identity may not conflict with you. Temporary cooperation is also possible."
"We have another way." Gao Yunji suddenly changed his expression, raised his ax and pointed it at Lu Ning, "Killing you is also a good choice."
——It seems that people who have experienced several testing sites are more suspicious of others.
This thought flashed through Lu Ning's mind, but her expression did not change: "It makes sense, but compared to someone like me who reveals his identity, if there are people among you who hide their identities, it will be more troublesome, right?"
"What do you mean?" Xiao Shifan frowned.
"Although the pursuers are currently the largest faction, the probability that all five of you are pursuers...what is the probability? Do you really believe in this kind of coincidence?"
"But it is a fact that you are not in the same camp as us." Gao Yunji said.
"What did Yuan Xi just say? Survival first. Let me make an inference. As the majority camp, the amount of information each of you has in your hands is actually the smallest. On the contrary, I may have a lot of relevant information in my hands. …”
"possible?"
"It's not that I don't have teammates." Lu Ning smiled, "You think that when you infer that others are tourists in the distribution center, don't I infer your identity? If I fail to meet my teammates on time, do you think you can easily To avoid secret revenge?"
"It's empty talk." Xiao Shifan said, "You said you have no conflict with our mission, we can't believe it."
"It seems that the cooperation mentioned before was all a lie? What a pity..."
"That's not a lie." Yuan Xi said, "I hope to reach a temporary cooperation, but I don't want anyone to stab me in the back. I need a proof-"
"The weapons are in your hands." Lu Ning raised her hand, "I have nothing on me that can be used as a weapon. My advantage lies in information. I also tried to use this to trade with you, but some people are too suspicious."
Gao Yunji sneered and refused to refute. Liu Changan pressed his shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, didn't we all go up the mountain together without plotting against each other? The dangers now come from outside. I think there is no problem for us to unite first."
"I have no objection." Fei Yunwei shrugged.
