"Brother Peng, Xiaoyao, and Tianheng, I won't say much else, I will only say one thing..."
"Although I care about whether I can collect all the digital cards, I care about you even more. Remember, if you find that something cannot be done, you must abandon the mission and return immediately."
"Don't worry, Brother Peng and I are not on a supernatural mission for the first time. I still have that look in my eyes when it comes to judging situations. Oh, by the way, you, Cheng Ying, and Miss Xueling should also be as cautious as possible. , after all, staying on the farm only seems safe on the surface. Who knows if the curse will play tricks again? Hey, that sleepy pig, yes, you, that’s you, what about you! Do you think so?”
"snort!"
Faced with the bald man's never-changing boldness and ridicule, Cheng Ying, who was called a 'sleeping pig' by Peng Hu in public, unexpectedly did not retaliate this time. Instead, she snorted and returned to silence. She thought that something was wrong. It passed like this, but Cheng Ying walked up to Peng Hu after humming, and then said something to Peng Hu alone: "Bald man, be careful when you enter the forest."
"Tch, why are you talking nonsense? Okay, I won't talk nonsense to you two anymore, let's go."
Farewells were made with simple words. After a hurried greeting, under the gazes of He Fei, Cheng Ying and others, Zhao Ping, Peng Hu, Chen Xiaoyao, Kong Ling, Li Tianheng and Zhou Bingbing left the farm and rushed to the target. , walked straight towards the dense forest about a mile away from the farm, towards the black forest that was always shrouded in darkness.
As the six people left the farm and headed to the forest, the execution team was divided into two groups. One group was led by Zhao Ping and was responsible for going deep into the woods to collect cards. The other group was led by He Fei and stayed at the farm temporarily. Wait and see what happens.
Two major mission objectives, both carried out simultaneously.
Can I choose one of the two?
The answer is no. The executors who have experienced many mission traps have now figured out the curse routine and finally understand that all eggs cannot be put in one basket.
There must be someone to do everything. If you don't do it, I don't do it, and he doesn't do it, then the only thing waiting for everyone is destruction.
At this moment, watching the six people drifting away, He Fei remained silent and silent. He just stood there and looked into the distance, looking at the black forest without any reaction for a long time.
No one knows what the college student is currently thinking, and no one knows what the college student's current state of mind is. The only thing that is known is that during the gaze, He Fei's expression gradually changed, from being lost to being determined, just like when he followed Ye for the first time. When Wei performs supernatural tasks, his heart is full of perseverance!
No existence can destroy my team, no monster can extinguish my hope, because...
I, He Fei, will never admit defeat!
………
"What? Mr. Zhao took half of the people to do a vegetation survey in the southern forest!?"
This was Will's first reaction after getting the answer from He Fei. The man looked nervous and serious, as if he had lost his composure. If he hadn't been concerned about everyone's status as 'experts', the man with brown hair might even have cursed directly.
What happened was very simple. Since he had been single for a long time and was used to being lazy, Will slept until nearly 9:30 noon. He yawned and walked out of the bedroom. Without washing and brushing his teeth, he found that the agricultural experts who had woken up early were gathering in the living room and on the table. Then he left a breakfast for himself. There is no doubt that the experts have already eaten breakfast and left one for themselves. But breakfast is no longer the focus. The problem is that the number of experts is much smaller. If you look carefully, After counting, I found that the number of people was less than half!
The result was predictable. Out of curiosity, Will asked about the whereabouts of the missing person, and He Fei gave a mixed answer, explaining what Zhao Ping and others had done on the grounds that the institute was currently conducting a vegetation survey.
Then, Will was stunned for a few seconds, and then he became frightened and panicked. Will's various reactions were also seen by the executors headed by He Fei. Some people secretly sighed and sighed at the young man's extraordinary observation. Analytical ability, it turned out that He Fei was really right last night. The guy named Will in front of him actually knew something about the forest. Otherwise, why would he lose his temper on the spot after learning that half of the people were going to the forest?
"They can't go into the forest, so how can they go to the forest? Why didn't you inform me before leaving?"
Under the impact of the news, Will forgot to cover up, and his expression was no longer as calm and easy-going as last night. He was standing on the spot mumbling to himself, as if the forest was a place where no one should enter, causing his hair to explode. The man momentarily forgot that there was a group of people watching him.
"Mr. Will, please sit down."
After staring for a long time, maybe thinking that the time has come, He Fei finally moved, got up and walked closer, first pulled Will back to sit on the sofa, and then pretended to be curious and asked first: "You can't go to the forest. ?Why can't you go? Judging from Mr. Will's behavior and reaction just now, it seems that he is quite afraid of the forest? "
When He Fei asked, Cheng Ying, Qian Xueling, Chen Shuihong, Peng Yuxiang and Chen Guangyu sitting on both sides also pricked up their ears. It was obvious that although they had known about the abnormality in the forest for a long time, they did not know the specific details. , such as where the danger in the forest comes from, the specific location of the dangerous area, and what exactly does Will know?
Human beings are creatures that care about image. The so-called caring about description generally refers to caring about identity. To put it bluntly, it means caring about face. Many times when people interact with each other, they often care about their respective identities. To give a simple example, if a person’s identity is If you are a scientist, then this person will never talk about the supernatural powers of hawksbills with others, because this is not in line with his identity. The results of forced talk will often make people question or even doubt themselves, which will make them lose face. Although the example is simple, the truth is the same. As early as last night, Will had told everyone about his degree status. Although he is not a scientist, he is a highly educated master's student after all, and the subjects he studies are the most sophisticated. Department of Physics, Principles of Reality, and you asked him to talk about supernatural phenomena? Putting aside his personal dignity, even if he didn't care, would the agricultural experts in front of him believe it?
First of all, you must understand that the group of people in front of you is no longer the same Tom. The gray wolf can easily fool and intimidate children with casual nonsense, thus scaring children into believing it. Since lying is ineffective, then you can only tell the truth.
Tell the truth? Are you sure you want to tell the truth?
You told a group of experts engaged in agricultural research that there are locusts in the forest? And then persuade them not to go to the forest?
Are you kidding me? If you really say that, you will most likely be regarded as mentally ill.
So, based on various concerns, Will chose to pretend not to know, and did not talk about the forest topic with the experts at first. He thought that the matter would be over, but when he woke up early, he found that half of the group had gone to the forest to study vegetation!
Recalling Tom's terrible experience, Will panicked and instinctively felt uneasy for the group of experts who were involved in the forest. It was not until He Feila sat on the sofa and asked curiously that the man suddenly realized that he had done something wrong. He should not have done anything to those close to him. If you choose to deliberately ignore the forest nearby, you should inform the experts in front of you of what you see and hear in advance. Even if the other party does not believe it at all, it is better to still go to the forest this morning, but it is better than having a bad conscience.
After all, it's your business to believe it or not, but it's my responsibility not to say it.
then……
After hearing He Fei's curious inquiry, after hesitating for a moment, Will finally spoke. He said he was speaking, but he did not answer immediately. Instead, he asked everyone including He Fei a question in a probing tone. A question that was enough to make most people laugh. Questions that ordinary people are stunned by:
"Before I answer the question, I would like to ask you a question first. Mr. He, and everyone sitting here, what are your views on supernatural phenomena?"
Will's tone was tactful and his voice was cautious. He was afraid that the other party would regard him as a madman. Will couldn't be more cautious and followed suit. As a result...
"You mean the wolf, right? That's what you Europeans and Americans call ghosts or evil spirits." Faced with Will's cautiousness, He Fei pointed out the essence directly and directly told the story that the man with rice dumplings was too scrupulous to mention. Sensitive words blurt out.
What!
Sure enough, as soon as He Fei said this, Will was stunned. The man's eyes were slightly opened and his expression was astonished, as if he was surprised. He had expected various reactions from the other party, but he did not expect that the other party would be listening. After finishing his remarks, he remained calm and calm as usual, as if he had already become accustomed to such topics.
Ignoring the man's shocked expression, He Fei nodded and explained: "Mr. Will, there is no need to be surprised. We are not the die-hards you imagine who tend to rely on scientific basis for doing things, because we are from country Z. Even if we are currently working in the United States, we can After all, we grew up in country Z, and country Z happens to be the country with the oldest history and culture in the world. There are many myths or supernatural legends there. Under the influence of our ears and eyes, we have long been accustomed to such topics, well, that is, you The so-called supernatural scene I just talked about.”
The college student was very eloquent and casually explained the reason for his calmness with a reasonable excuse. After hearing the explanation, Will, who had never been to country Z, believed most of it. Since he believed most of it, the rest of the matter would be fine. It was done, and sure enough, when he saw that the people in front of him not only did not regard him as a madman, but collectively showed interest, after a pause, Will had no worries at all, and immediately described what happened when he got up early, which was what he had done when he moved here. What I experienced:
"As for the forest in the south, I actually knew nothing about it at first. After all, I was just a migrant. I just moved to Dalusin from New York a week ago. As for why I knew it, it mainly came from my neighbor James. , it should be James’ son Tom, and the focus comes from a painting.”
"The thing is like this..."
………
Hooray, hooray.
The cold winter wind howled, sweeping across the entire Darosen Plain with a bone-chilling chill, and finally poured into the end, into the dark forest rustling with the cold wind.
This place is very strange, very strange. The strangeness lies in the state, and the strangeness lies in the vision. Yes, although the sun has risen and the time is almost noon, the sunlight is difficult to illuminate here. No matter how high the sun shines, the forest below still maintains its overall integrity. It was dim and hazy, tending to dim like dusk. Even if you looked closely, your field of vision was still greatly restricted. It could extend to a distance of more than ten meters around it, and if it continued further, it would be completely dark.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Ping knitted his brows and sweated on his forehead, while five other executors stood behind him.
Everyone has different expressions and reactions.
Peng Hu had a solemn expression with his hands folded on his chest, looking around with ethereal curiosity. Li Tianheng swallowed his saliva as if facing a formidable enemy, while Chen Xiaoyao narrowed his eyes slightly and looked calm. As for Zhou Bingbing...
Without even thinking about it, she was currently clinging to Peng Hu's side and shivering. I don't know if it was caused by the cold weather or the inexplicable fear of the forest itself. During the trembling period, the woman closed the distance from time to time and moved closer to the bald man. Obviously, based on the external impression, Zhou Bingbing regarded this burly, bald man as her best support. After all, this was the only person at the scene who could bring her a sense of security. As for the others? Let's forget it. One is weak and frail in glasses, one is as timid as a rat, one is arrogant and frivolous, and the last one is simply an underage girl who is even weaker than herself. Faced with the current situation of everyone, Zhou Bingbing did what she did. In order to make a wise choice, he regarded Peng Hu, who was extremely powerful no matter how he looked at it, as his biggest support.
As for Peng Hu...
The bald man did not resist too much, but allowed the woman to stick to him. The reason was that he had changed a lot. In other words, since he experienced the castle mission, for some reason, Peng Hu had always felt a little guilty. Yes, When he and the new female newcomer named Zhang Li were trapped on the third floor of the castle, Zhang Li was very scared, but he completely regarded her as a burden and neglected to take care of her. In the end, due to a moment of negligence, Zhang Li was Li was killed, and although the incident disappeared over time, the traces of guilt hidden in his heart were still difficult to remove. Perhaps this was the main reason why he allowed Zhou Bingbing to get close to him now.
Let’s not talk about Zhou Bingbing’s actions for the moment. At this moment, looking around the forest in front of him, Zhao Ping remained silent, as if he had not moved for 10 minutes, and had not taken a step forward for a long time.
Yes, as mentioned above, 6 people are currently collectively at the edge of the forest. In other words, the crowd has reached the end point as early as an hour ago. Of course, reaching the end point does not mean entering immediately. For some reason, under the intentional instructions of the man in glasses, Everyone divided into two groups and began to measure. They walked in circles along the edge of the forest without setting foot in the forest, trying to measure the area of the forest. The logic is simple. As the saying goes, you can fight a hundred battles if you know yourself and the enemy. Since the forest is known to be strange, you must at least know the area of the forest before entering. It's a good idea to have a general understanding, which will facilitate quick evacuation in the future, and the measurement requirements are indeed in line with the cautious man with glasses, but...
Who would have thought that the two groups of people walked along the edge of the woods for a long time and walked in a circle for nearly half an hour, but in the end they could not meet!
According to the principles of geometry, things always have area boundaries regardless of their size, which means that there is no boundless thing in the world. The same is true for other things, and the same is true for forests. The best method used by humans to measure large-scale things such as forests is to rely on For high-altitude calculations with instruments, to say the least, even if there are no instruments or no lift-off, the distance can actually be calculated by relying on the most primitive walking method. The specific operation is to divide the statisticians into two groups, and one wave walks to the right along the edge of the forest. , one wave walks in the opposite direction, which seems to be completely opposite, but in fact it is just a circle. In the end, they will definitely meet again at a certain location. After meeting, the two parties report each other's step count, and then the forest area can be easily calculated.
As a result, Zhao Ping was dumbfounded.
After walking around for a long time, nearly half an hour passed, and the two sides never met.
As the two groups of people regrouped, the man with glasses stopped talking. He just stared at the forest for a long time in the cold wind without saying a word.
Time passed by seconds until it was almost noon.
Finally, Zhao Ping's hesitation caused dissatisfaction among others, among whom Peng Hu was a typical representative. Although the bald man had a deep understanding of Zhao Ping, he did not expect that the other party would be so timid. Is it just a forest? Even if the area is huge and difficult to count, what about the tasks? Then the task of collecting cards is not done? Are you guys just going to stand in a daze with you?
So...
Snapped.
Seeing that the bespectacled man's hesitation worsened and he hesitated for a long time, Peng Hu couldn't help it anymore. He stepped forward and patted his shoulder. Then he frowned and asked, "Hey, hey, hey, what's going on with you, Zhao Ping? 10 minutes have passed." , but you have been standing here like a piece of wood, are you still going in?"
It was obvious that Peng Hu was annoyed and had completely lost his patience with Zhao Ping's inaction. At this moment, he was indeed asking the other party with a dissatisfied tone. The implication was extremely obvious. If you are really scared, just go back and forget it. The worst is up to me. It is better for the man named Peng to lead everyone to implement the plan than to waste time by staying where he is.
"Chen Xiaoyao."
There was no reason, no reason, and he ignored Peng Hu's anxious urging. Just when the bald man raised his hand and patted his shoulder to try to speak again, Zhao Ping moved, turned around quietly for no reason, and then called out the name of a young Taoist priest.
"Here! Please give me your orders, sir!"
Sure enough, if Peng Hu was the only person present who dared to speak rudely and irritably to the man with glasses, then the others did not have the qualifications and courage at all. During the waiting period, not only Peng Hu was anxious, but the others were also the same? However, watching the man's frozen back, feeling his deep aura, and thinking of what the bespectacled man had done in the past, every time he thought of this, the crowd would instantly become silent, and then patiently continue to wait, until the other man turned around, Hearing the other party call his name again, Taoist Chen was stunned for a moment, then raised his legs and walked out of the queue, and hurriedly agreed with his words and deeds similar to those of new recruits reporting for duty.
There is nothing wrong with being funny, but it depends on who you are using it on. Seeing that Chen Xiaoyao responded promptly and respectfully, and kept his face expressionless, Zhao Ping asked a question: "Do you have any marking methods?"
"Huh? What Senior Zhao means is..."
"I mean, do you have any means or techniques to prevent everyone from getting lost?"
As mentioned in the above conversation, in order to be as foolproof as possible, Zhao Ping has been thinking and analyzing a certain problem, and the problem is undoubtedly lost!
The forest is so big that the actual area has exceeded the pre-estimated area. Faced with such a huge forest and the dark interior environment, it is easy to imagine that it is easy to enter, but what if you get lost? How will you come out then?
Of course, there are solutions. For example, the most common communicator or auxiliary tools such as compasses can help everyone get out of trouble, but! The above is only applicable to ordinary situations. This is different here. This is a world of supernatural missions, a dangerous world where beetles are 100% present. In addition, the forest in front of you is too weird. Unless you are a newcomer, senior people with certain experience will always subconsciously Think of signal blocking and supernatural interference.
Therefore, in order to prevent communication failure after entering, it is impossible for the man with glasses not to prepare early. This is true, but it is also true. After confirming that the forest is huge and impossible to count, the man has been thinking about how to deal with it. However, after thinking for a long time, he finally With no results and nothing to do, Zhao Ping had no choice but to ask Chen Xiaoyao, hoping that the Maoshan Taoist priest in front of him, who always claimed to be an 'expert', could have a solution.
Then……
Chen Xiaoyao smiled, and after understanding the meaning of the glasses man's words, he immediately put on the air of an 'outside the world', then shook his sleeves and nodded in agreement: "Ah, it turns out that Senior Zhao is worried about this, and why?" Don’t tell me, you really asked the right person. Although I am a poor Taoist with limited Taoism and low abilities, we Maoshan Taoists do have a skill and method that can deal with getting lost in the wild."
After that, without waiting for Zhao Ping to ask, the next moment, Chen Xiaoyao took off his backpack and squatted down to rummage through it. Finally, he took out a linen bag. When he opened it, he saw that it was filled with glutinous rice. No, it was not ordinary glutinous rice. But a bag of red glutinous rice.
Bloody black rice!
Yes, it is blood black rice. Maybe Kong Ling and others who boarded the train late did not recognize the red glutinous rice, but Zhao Ping and Peng Hu were quite impressed by it. It was the rice that Chen Xiaoyao first used when he performed his first supernatural mission. The Maoshan props successfully expelled the following lonely souls in the mission called 'The Road of Yin and Yang'. Due to their small power and limitations, Chen Xiaoyao has not used them since. Unexpectedly, it has been so long. Today Taoist Chen actually took out his bag of old rice again!
Is it possible...
"Hey, don't underestimate this bag of rice. Expelling ghosts is just a side function of this thing. Its main ability is to point out the direction and prevent getting lost. The specific method of use is..."
"Huh? Wait, what is that?"
Many times, accidents happen suddenly. As with accidents, so do surprises.
At the edge of the woods, just as Taoist Chen was pointing his finger at the rice bag to explain its use, a sound erupted in the crowd. For some reason, Li Tianheng, who had just been looking around in boredom, suddenly changed his expression and his eyes widened. Then he shouted decisively in front of his finger, his words clearly filled with joy, His expression was quite excited.
reason? The reason is simple, that's because...
He just saw something, discovered something, and accidentally saw something white when his eyes were scanning the forest ahead.
After taking a closer look, I discovered that it was a white card, a card with the Arabic numeral 1 printed on it.
At this moment, card No. 1 is attached to the surface of a big tree near the edge of the woods!
