Since there were too many missing people and the situation was strange and unexplainable, as the deputy team leader, Gorsky directly made the correct suggestion that any normal person would make, which was to run away. After learning that there was something in the snowy mountains that could cause people to mysteriously disappear. After seeing the strange phenomenon, he proposed to escape without hesitation, and Ivan, who had personally experienced the disappearance, also followed closely and agreed, and also gave a reason for escape. Yes, with so many people missing, they must call the police. Yes, but the problem is that there is no signal in the snowy mountains. If you want to find the missing people, you have to leave the mountains first. Only in this way can you contact the outside world and let the professional search and rescue team come to search. The two of them had only one idea, and that was to run away quickly. Whether it was for their own safety or the safety of the remaining more than a hundred students, this camping trip could not continue!
As for Chen Shuihong...
Faced with the two people's reasonable suggestions, Fatty didn't know how to answer. Although his status as the team leader made him the highest decision-maker in the camp, he knew that this situation was no longer something he could decide. Not to mention that Xueshan was already possessed by ghosts. The blockade cannot leave. This level of personnel transfer is not something he can have the final say. After all, he is not the real team leader. He is not qualified to agree whether the team escapes. Thinking of this, the fat man looked back at He Fei and saw Chen Shuihong coming for help. He Fei instantly understood the look in his eyes, but...
Maybe something just occurred to him, and after he calmed down, He Fei stepped out from the crowd, and then said to Gorsky and the other two who were eager to escape: "Director, and Lecturer Ivan, I have something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not. ?」
"Huh?" Seeing He Fei saying that he had something to say, Gorsky couldn't help but be startled. He looked at Ivan who was also confused. It wasn't until they looked at each other and couldn't figure out what they meant that Gorsky turned around again and looked at He Fei. Fei curiously asked, "What do you want to say, Professor He? If you have anything to say, you can just say it directly."
"Well, since you asked me to say it, director, I will speak out, although I also know that you may not believe it even if I say it."
In fact, when He Fei said this sentence, many executors who reacted quickly had already vaguely guessed He Fei's intention, and even guessed the subsequent content. As expected, wait for the next sentence to be finished in advance After saying something, He Fei’s expression changed and became serious, and then he said to the two of them in the same serious tone: "I don’t know, Director and Ivan Lecturer, do you believe in ghosts and gods? If so, then I have a truth to tell you..."
Having said this, He Fei walked up to Chen Xiaoyao, then pointed at him and said seriously: "Lecturer Chen worked as a Taoist priest in country Z for a period of time before coming to Russia. Well, he is what you Europeans call an exorcist. His nature is similar to that of a priest. Because he has practiced for a period of time, he can detect and even discover some unusual things."
As mentioned above, as the situation became more and more serious, He Fei, who had concealed the truth earlier, felt that the time had come. He no longer planned to keep the plot characters secret, but decided to announce the truth, so he decisively used Chen Xiaoyao as a cover. , the result was exactly as expected. As soon as He Fei said this, Gorsky and Ivan on the opposite side both showed expressions of surprise. The only difference was that under the current strange phenomenon, the two of them did not He retorted, seeing that the two of them were confused and confused, He Fei also acted extremely abnormally and did not continue, but just let the two of them be confused and confused.
As expected of an expert in the art of language, He Fei's ability to control people's hearts is just right. He Fei's attempts to speak but failed made the two people who were still confused just now more and more confused. Seeing that He Fei stopped mid-sentence, they finally felt confused for a moment. , perhaps the more he thought about it, the more something was wrong. Gorsky's eyebrows changed, and then he stretched out his neck and asked: "Did you find it? What did you find?"
"ghost!"
……………
Looking at the backs of Gorsky and the two walking out of the tent, He Fei's expression did not change, he just stood there thoughtfully.
Just now, He Fei told the two of them part of the truth by making up a story, directly telling the other party that there was a ghost in the snow mountain, saying that Chen Xiaoyao had sensed a supernatural force when he first came to the snow mountain yesterday, and that the two students who disappeared this morning It is very likely to be related to ghosts. The 50 students who disappeared for no reason while climbing can basically be blamed on ghosts. Yes, he did not say that these people were dead throughout the whole process. He only repeatedly stated that there were ghosts in the snowy mountains and the disappearance of the students. It has something to do with ghosts. As for the reason? The reason can be summarized in language arts,
As an expert who understands people's hearts very well, he knows that some things cannot be explained too clearly. On the contrary, the more detailed the explanation, the more likely it is to cause counter-effects. After all, the other party is just a character in the plot. If the explanation is too detailed, the other party will not believe it. In fact, He Fei's purpose is to make the other party half-believing, just to plant seeds in the other's heart. As for whether he believes it or not? As the situation develops, sooner or later the other party will become convinced, not to mention...
Even if he doesn't make his words clear, the other party has some way of verification.
He Fei's guess came true. After walking out of the tent and entering the outside world, Gorsky saw a scene that was close to chaos. The camp was abuzz with people, and many people gathered together to talk privately, but no matter what these people talked about specifically, What did they say? Most people looked panicked. Upon seeing this, Gorsky frowned. Ivan who was following him also twitched the corner of his mouth after witnessing the chaos in the camp. He hurriedly said to Gorsky: "Director, this is Things are too strange. This is an uninhabited land with low temperatures all year round. There are no gangsters. To say the least, even if there are gangsters, it is actually impossible to kidnap dozens of people at once, and it is still halfway up the mountain where movement is difficult. Human beings can never do this kind of thing."
"What do you mean?"
Isn’t Ivan’s explanation not Gorsky’s inner thoughts? Seeing that Ivan was referring to something in his words, Gorsky looked at him, and Ivan immediately continued in an uncertain tone: "You can't believe what Professor He just said. After all, we have never seen anything like this before. However, as for the Taoist priest Chen Xiaoyao’s identity, we can’t figure out what he does. All in all, their words cannot be trusted, but..."
Having said this, Ivan's expression changed slightly, from nervousness to hesitation. After hesitating for a moment, he swallowed, and then carefully stated his meaning: "But a strange phenomenon has happened. A large group of students have disappeared. There really is no reasonable explanation, so I think we still need to be mentally prepared in advance.”
Realizing that there was something in Ivan's words, Gorsky, who was already full of doubts, became even more panicked. He never dreamed that one day he would encounter such an inexplicable mystery.
Strange phenomena, and now someone told him that the strange phenomena are related to ghosts. Although Westerners have a vague concept of ghosts, they still understand when it comes to devils and ghosts. When they were in the tent just now, in order to facilitate the two of them to understand , He Fei once compared ghosts to things similar to devils. As for what is a devil? They believe in God but they understand clearly, so...
"Lecturer Ivan, I remember that Professor He said something else just now. He said that yesterday's drive away was not actually looking for a place with mobile phone signal to call to report work, but running away, intending to leave the snowy mountains, but in the end he was A certain burst of snow and fog that appeared out of nowhere stopped the bus and brought it back to the campground. Finally, it was said that it was impossible for anyone to leave the snow-capped mountains."
As the doubts grew stronger, Gorsky brought up some of the details of He Fei's blunt confession, and Ivan nodded to indicate that the other party had said it. For a while, the two just stared at each other in silence for a long time, until...
Glancing at the panic-stricken camp, Gorsky suddenly lowered his voice for some reason, and then gave an order to Ivan: "Lecturer Ivan, you go to Dakarov now and ask him to bring a few students. After driving out of the snow-capped mountains, I told him to go to a place with signal to call the police, contact the outside world first, and then come back as soon as possible."
Human nature is always selfish. Once danger occurs, people will always give priority to their own safety, thereby pushing the dangerous work onto others. In order to obtain some kind of confirmation, Gorsky began to try.
Not to mention the panic in the camp at the moment, and not to mention Tierski's specific plan. At the same time, in Tent No. 1...
"Damn it, this snow ghost kills people very fast. It has only been two days and it has already killed more than 50 people. Even if it is an indiscriminate attack, if it continues, sooner or later it will be its turn. Our chances of surviving the full five days are very slim."
Gorsky had just left, maintaining an ugly expression, when Peng Hu pointed out the current situation directly, casually calling the mysterious ghost a snow ghost, which basically fits the characteristics of the ghost. Of course, the name is not the point, the point is What Peng Hu said was correct. It was almost a cruel portrayal of the current situation. After saying this, Peng Hu started to smoke to calm down his shock, but how could this kind of inner terror be? Can it be eliminated by simply smoking? See
Peng Hu's hand holding the cigarette trembled slightly, and he saw that the newcomer had been trembling until now. Li Tianheng, who felt the same way, couldn't sit still. He hurriedly looked at He Fei, only to see that He Fei had sat down without knowing when, sitting on a blazing fire Beside the fire, college students stared at the bonfire and meditated silently, seemingly thinking about something.
Everyone knew what He Fei was used to, so when he saw the young man lowering his head and thinking, Li Tianheng didn't dare to disturb him. Therefore, he glanced at Zhao Ping, who was also sitting in the corner silently for a long time, and then subconsciously turned back to look at Tang Meng.
"Sister Tang Meng, what should we do next?"
When the two wise men He Fei and Zhao Ping all lowered their heads to think, everyone who became frightened instinctively began to discuss on their own, and Tang Meng, whose analysis level was second only to He Fei, naturally became a key figure. Just like now, due to Not daring to disturb He Fei and the other two, Li Tianheng decisively asked Tang Meng. Cheng Ying, Peng Hu, Chen Xiaoyao, Chen Shuihong and the newcomers who were also present at the scene also looked at Tang Meng one by one. Fortunately, Tang Meng did not disappoint everyone. Li Tianheng asked himself tremblingly, and as everyone looked at him, the female doctor frowned and said frankly: "I don't think I need to tell everyone what to do, and that is to maintain the status quo."
"Maintain the status quo? It seems that this is the only way." As soon as Tang Meng finished speaking, Cheng Ying nodded and murmured in agreement, but it seemed that she still had different opinions. Although Cheng Ying understood Tang Meng's meaning, she soon The female killer changed the topic and offered her opinion: "But pure passive defense is not a good solution after all. Can't we do something?"
"Do something?"
Cheng Ying's slightly unwilling words seemed to remind everyone. As soon as these words came out, Peng Hu immediately became energetic. He threw away the cigarette butt and looked at Chen Xiaoyao. Not to mention, under Peng Hu's leadership, the others also They all locked their eyes on Chen Xiaoyao, while Peng Hu asked anxiously: "By the way, Chen Xiaoyao, haven't you been saying that you are very powerful all day long? Since you are very powerful, are you sure that you can defeat Snow Ghost?" Just kill him!?"
"What? I'm going to deal with the ghost? Are you kidding me?"
"I can't do it, absolutely not!"
As soon as Peng Hu said this, Chen Xiaoyao, who had been so calm just now, was so frightened that he peed his pants on the spot! He almost collapsed on the ground and immediately shook his head wildly to express no, while Peng Hu glared and asked sternly: "No? Why not? Didn't you even deal with the female ghost in the warehouse before? You can even deal with the female ghost. Why not take care of this snow ghost by the way?"
Xu was afraid that everyone would really push him out to challenge a ghost. Seeing Peng Hu persisting in asking questions, Chen Xiaoyao was shocked again and hurriedly shook his head and continued to explain: "If I say no, I can't! I definitely can't fight that snow monster. Damn it, as for the female ghost in the warehouse... yes, I admit that I have killed a pretty powerful female ghost before, but the problem is that the female ghost is just a junior ghost, a junior ghost that has just advanced from a ghost. This kind of I can barely deal with ghosts of this level, but snow ghosts are different. Although we haven’t seen that snow ghost until now, we know from the blocking ability shown by the opponent that it is very difficult to mess with, and it can completely Blocking large areas of snowy mountains can even allow anyone to return...! This large-scale blockade with teleportation alone is beyond what ordinary ghosts can do. This snow ghost is very powerful. Even if it is not as good as the Earthbound Spirit, it is actually It is much stronger than ordinary ghosts, and its attack method that can instantly turn people into ice slag with just a touch is basically the same as an instant kill. In a word, this snow ghost is extremely weird and can no longer be classified as normal. It’s in the ghost system, and it’s almost like a strange monster!”
Chen Xiaoyao used a logical explanation to summarize the nature of the snow ghost in detail. By the way, he reminded everyone that the snow ghost is powerful. It is an unknown monster that is independent of the conventional ghost system, even if the overall performance of the snow ghost is weaker than the earthbound spirit. It is a little bit stronger, but the overall strength is completely beyond the scope of ghosts. It is conceivable that facing a terrifying ghost whose strength is second only to the earth-bound spirit, how can Chen Xiaoyao, who cannot even defeat a regular ghost, have the courage to challenge it in a duel? This is simply an old lady who is tired of hanging herself, not to mention...
Since it is a strange ghost that is independent from the conventional ghost system, God knows whether the other party can
Enough to be wiped out! ?
"Do you understand now? Now you finally understand why I don't dare to mess with that ghost thing, right? It's not that I'm a coward and afraid of death, but that thing is too powerful and we can't defeat it at all! Phew, Phew,
call! "
As mentioned above, in order to avoid being forced out by others to face the snow ghost directly, Chen Xiaoyao became more and more excited as he talked. At the end of the sentence, his eyes widened and he gasped for air. Now he didn't know when he grabbed Peng Hu's collar tightly. At the same time, he put his face on Peng Hu’s face! At this moment, staring at Chen Xiaoyao's excited face so close to him, Peng Hu was stunned. He was stunned by the young man. It took him a long time to come to his senses, push him away, and then stared at him and cursed loudly: "*** ! If it doesn’t work, it won’t work. Why are you so excited!?”
"Uh? Ah! Sorry, I did get a little excited just now. Haha, don't mind, Brother Peng."
Chen Xiaoyao's embarrassing apology did not affect the atmosphere of the scene. On the contrary, through his description and explanation of the snow ghost, everyone became more scared, and the fear in their hearts increased. Just when Chen Xiaoyao smiled and apologized to Peng Hu, Cheng Ying understood , so he frowned and said: "Since the snow ghost cannot compete, if we want to live, we can only find a way out now."
Cheng Ying's summary is basically correct. Facing a strange ghost that even Chen Xiaoyao is afraid of, the executor has no chance of winning. At least it cannot be forcibly eliminated. Failure to eliminate it means that everyone must always be enveloped by the threat of the snow ghost. If you are not careful, you will be killed. If you want to survive, the only way is to complete the mission and find the cursed hidden way out before the situation deteriorates beyond control.
only……
Following Cheng Ying's words, Chen Shuihong directly raised the difficulty: "We all know that the curse never releases missions that lead to death without a solution, but, it seems that there is no way to survive this mission? Since I came to the snow mountain, We only got a few clues, and apart from knowing that the snow ghost has the ability to block and instantly freeze people into ice slag, we know nothing else."
Seeing Chen Shuihong shaking his fat to point out the problem, everyone stopped talking for a while, and everyone fell into silence. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to talk, but that the fat man had already If they had finished speaking, and what they said were absolute facts, there would be no need for Cheng Ying or Chen Shuihong to remind them. Everyone would know that there must be a solution to this mission, and there would be a 100% way for Bai to survive, but the problem is that the way out is hidden too deeply. ! Although everyone had tried hard to find clues to the escape route during the period, unexpectedly, two days had passed and no clues were found. Not to mention that there were absolutely zero clues to the escape route. Not even the snow ghost that had started killing was seen. This reason The terror brought about by the unknown is simply more unsettling than facing danger.
"Yeah, I can't find a way out, and I don't have any valuable discoveries that can attract attention..." After being silent for a long time, and realizing that the way out seemed really impossible to find, Tang Meng muttered to himself, so he instinctively looked back behind him, and there was Cheng Ying, who had a similar feeling, also turned around and looked at He Fei and Zhao Ping who were thinking about each other.
Looking back, he saw He Fei still sitting in front of the fire with his head bowed and silent. Zhao Ping, who was leaning in the corner, had almost the same reaction. They were both immersed in their own thoughts, but...
After a long period of thinking, he finally took some kind of action. Just when Zhao Ping was still as silent as an old monk in trance, He Fei suddenly stood up and walked straight to the tent door.
"Everyone, come out with me to inspect the camp."
No one knew why He Fei took everyone out for a stroll and then shuttled back and forth in the camp, but these things had nothing to do with Dakaroff, nor did they have anything to do with the two students sitting in the car.
Accompanied by the roar of a locomotive, a bus was slowly moving forward, currently driving in the snow-covered mountains. The driver was a slightly burly white man, and there were two male students sitting in the back seat. A former truck driver, even though Dakalov has now switched careers and become a school janitor, he still retains his driving experience and can at least control a bus.
Because a large number of students were missing this morning, the entire camp was panicked. Sure enough, Director Gorsky, the deputy team leader, quickly issued the correct order and arranged for Dakalov, who had been a driver, to take the two students out of the snow-capped mountains. , went to a place with smooth signal to call the police and contacted the outside world for rescue as soon as possible. So Dakalov drove a camp bus and left the snow mountain as ordered.
Of course, considering that the road conditions in the mountains are extremely bad, Dakalov was very careful. He was tense and concentrated while driving. Although he concentrated on driving, the two students who did not need to drive were also relaxed.
Not going anywhere.
"To be honest, I still don't understand how Ors and the others disappeared. They obviously climbed up the mountain, but why didn't they come down? Everyone had been waiting all morning?"
Staring at the short and fat boy in front of him, the other blond boy kept wondering. There was no doubt that they were still discussing the missing persons in the morning. As one of the students who had participated in the mountaineering trip at that time, the blond boy had a good say. , not only that, but one of the missing people also had a good relationship with him. His friend named Ors was one of the first members to climb the mountain. At first, the blond boy was envious of him, but he suddenly After climbing up the mountain, the other party completely disappeared. Now that we talk about it again, the blond boy is no longer envious, but feels happy instead.
"It was such a close call. Fortunately, I was assigned to the second batch. Otherwise, I would have been missing!"
After saying that, the blond boy began to rejoice. He touched his chest to show his fear, and the short and fat boy who stayed in the camp at the beginning also nodded in agreement, thinking that the other party was lucky. Although he nodded, he didn't know what he thought of during the period. Or young people have active minds and like to have wild imaginations. As soon as they turned their heads, the short and fat boy looked mysterious and analyzed in a very uncertain tone: "But this thing is really weird. 50 people... It disappeared like this. This is an uninhabited mountainous area with low temperatures all year round. The possibility of gangsters is almost zero. If you are joking, those who go up the mountain cannot stay at the top of the mountain for so long anyway. After all, the temperature at the top of the mountain is higher than that at the bottom. It’s even colder and I can’t stay there for too long. If that’s the case, then…”
There was a slight pause here. Then, the short boy with a mysterious expression suddenly narrowed his eyes, and then made an outrageous guess that no one had ever thought of: "Then do you think it might be a ghost?"
