"moon?"
Everyone asked in unison.
"That's right, the moon."
Li Yi said very firmly, then stood up, patted the soil in his hands, and gave instructions.
"Still keep your distance later, and try your best to let the moonlight shine through." Having said this, he looked at the winding mountain road in front of him.
"Didn't you notice? After coming out of the stone house, the road became much easier to walk. Compared with the previous one, it was obviously wider."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and at the same time they were a little confused.
"But, why is this? We don't seem to feel this way. Normally, if the road is as narrow as in front of the stone house, once the road widens, we should find it quickly."
"This is what I call moonlight."
Li Yi looked up again and glanced at the moon above his head.
He didn't know when it started, but the half-curved moon seemed to have shrunk a bit, which made him realize something.
Then he stopped explaining and walked away, explaining as he walked.
"Come on, I guess this section of the road is counting down according to the moon. Have you noticed that compared to before, the moon is almost covered by clouds!"
When everyone heard this, they all involuntarily looked up at the moon above their heads. At this time, they finally discovered the meaning of what Li Yi said.
At the same time, they also understood why they didn't notice that the road had become wider.
Under the moonlight, there is always a section of this road that can be seen clearly, while the part close to the mountain wall is shadowed.
Because of this, without careful observation, it is easy to take for granted the established concept that the road is still so narrow and implant it in the mind, so no one will have doubts about this sudden widening of the road.
At this point, the secret of this section of the road has been explained clearly.
But people still don't quite understand.
What does this have to do with Liu Heizi's death? Even Laofang, who had just reminded Li Yi, couldn't figure out what the connection was.
At this time, there are also self-righteous people who think that since the secret has been cracked, there is obviously no need to walk along the side of the cliff.
Isn't it good to walk against the mountain wall? Anyway, the road is wider, so if you encounter any danger, you have more room to maneuver, right?
"Don't go there!"
Li Yi, who was walking in front, turned around and saw a soldier stepping into the shadow. Just as he shouted, a scream rang out, which also stunned the surrounding mercenaries. .
As soon as the soldier stepped into the shadow of the mountain wall, he felt a cold feeling at the base of his thigh.
Immediately afterwards, he felt that he had lost control of his thigh. When he looked down, he found that his entire thigh had been directly removed by something unknown, and it was running away into the shadows, but he did not feel it at all. to pain.
This made him feel bad, and he abruptly stopped his other plan to step into the shadows.
But just as he did this, he suddenly felt a huge pain, which came from the broken leg, and he screamed uncontrollably.
For some unknown reason, there was no bleeding from the broken leg just now. Now, a large amount of blood suddenly spurted out, covering the path in front of the mercenary.
This situation made everyone suddenly stay away from the shadows around them as if they were watching the plague. At the same time, they also roughly understood what Li Yi said about the moonlight.
Because they discovered that as the moonlight was being obscured by clouds and fog, the path that could have been illuminated by the moonlight became narrower.
This means that with the help of the division of moonlight and shadow, the illuminated position and the shadow become the dividing line between life and death.
And if this continues, when the moonlight is completely blocked, it will be the time for everyone to die.
I blanch!
Although most of the people present were ordinary people, they were not stupid. Once they understood this truth, they immediately started running without touching the ground, while not forgetting their teammates who were five meters ahead of them.
"Run quickly! Once the moon disappears, you will definitely die!"
"ah!"
Most people reacted quickly, and even a few people who didn't react were urged by the people behind them to start a rapid march unconsciously.
This time, everyone had an unexpected tacit understanding. Along the way, apart from the footsteps of rapid marching, there was only the sound of heavy breathing from strenuous exercise.
As for Li Yi, after seeing through this, he immediately arrived at a stone house at the corner.
Seeing this scene, Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
If I guessed correctly, this second stage should have passed.
However, he was still happy too early.
Just when he turned back and looked around, watching a group of people rushing over, a burst of lightning suddenly pierced the sky, and the originally bright night suddenly turned dark.
This process did not last long, at most it took a blink of an eye.
But in this period of darkness and light, when Li Yi looked to the rear again, he found that the original number of nineteen people behind him had been reduced by several.
The team that originally seemed a bit crowded on the narrow mountain road suddenly became much more open.
It was as if a pair of invisible hands had wiped away some of their existence, that is, the lives of those mercenaries!
It wasn't until everyone arrived at the stone house and started counting people that they discovered this.
Although from the first level, these mercenaries with their heads in their belts knew that this trip would not be easy, and they were even prepared to die.
But due to Li Yi's previous performance, the number of this mercenary team has been maintained at a good level.
But just in the blink of an eye, several brothers were lost, which still made the mercenary leader feel uncomfortable.
His emotions were a little out of control, and his attitude towards Li Yi was not as enthusiastic as before, and seemed much colder.
This was within Li Yi's expectation.
Who else would have lost his men, from one by one at the beginning to losing several in an instant. More importantly, he still didn't know how long this mountain road was.
Even the mercenary leader who was once a special forces instructor couldn't bear this kind of psychological gap.
Li Yi understood his mood and didn't intend to argue with him. He just gave instructions.
"Now that you've arrived at the rest area, let's take a good rest. By the way, you don't have to stand guard. There will be no danger here. There will only be danger if you step out of the rest area."
After saying this, Li Yizheng wanted to turn around and rest, but was stopped by a voice.
"Why do you know so much? I heard it's your first time here too?"
Look back.
Yang Tie.
It was the leader of this mercenary team.
At this time, he was looking at Li Yi with an unkind look, completely losing the respect he had before.
"This is indeed my first time here. Do you have any objections, Captain Yang? You might as well say it directly."
Seeing that the other party looked like he would not give up until he reached his goal, Li Yi simply made it clear.
Yang Tie shook his head when he heard this.
"I don't have any objections, I just have some doubts. Why do you know so much, and why do you know so well that this is a rest area and there will be no danger?"
Li Yi raised his hand.
"Didn't something happen to the rest area before?"
"But this doesn't mean that nothing will happen here, and..." After saying this, Yang Tie stared at Li Yi with a burning gaze, as if he wanted to see through him.
"I think you know too much, but you say you've never been here."
Zhao Deming on the side saw this and said quickly for fear of a conflict between the two.
"That Captain Yang, I can prove this, Mr. Li is indeed..."
"What is it? How do you know?"
Halfway through his words, he was interrupted by Yang Tie, and his tone became even colder.
"I heard that Mr. Li was also invited by you, so I would like to ask, have you ever known such a person before? If not, how do you know that you can trust him? What if you can't trust him? .”
Having said this, Li Yi suddenly found that the mercenaries from all directions stopped their original movements and slowly gathered around.
Some eyes were full of exploration, others were curious, and even more were filled with doubts.
After hearing Captain Yang's words, these mercenaries also became curious.
They want to know too.
They are also humans, maybe mutants are stronger than ordinary people.
But I have never heard of any mutants whose IQs also increase.
He is suspecting Li Yi's ulterior motives!
