Hearing Li Dabao's explanation, my heart tightened suddenly, and an inexplicable sense of panic swept over me.
Although everything will be in conflict with each other, what will cause this situation?
Even a prehistoric monster couldn't disappear for many miles around, right?
Could it be...a ghost?
That's impossible. What kind of ghost would dare to act so arrogantly under the clear sky and daylight? Not to mention that I still have the ancestral Taosha mark on my body.
The Taosha Seal has been used by generations of Taosha officials, specifically to deal with evil spirits.
I just felt that things were a little strange, and the inexplicable fear became more and more serious.
I patted Li Dabao on the shoulder and said, "Dabao, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time. Let's leave here quickly."
Li Dabao cheered and said nonchalantly: "Why are you panicking? So what, can human perception be as good as that of animals?"
"You see that the mule is not barking or impatient, so it is obviously not a problem."
"Sister, do you think what I said is correct...?"
"Huh……"
"Where are you, where did my eldest sister go...?"
Only then did I realize that Leng Yue, who was still here just now, had left the place where she was standing and went somewhere.
Seeing that Leng Yue was gone, I was shocked and thought, it’s broken!
Just as we were about to speak, we heard a sound breaking through the air in the distance. We turned our heads and looked in that direction, only to see Leng Yue's figure falling from above our heads.
"Dabao..."
I called out to Li Dabao and rushed over there.
When we arrived at the place, we saw an incredible scene.
Leng Yue stood in front of a thick tree, and one of the waning moon scimitars in her hand was stuck on the tree.
The most puzzling thing is that this tree is no ordinary tree. There is a human face on the tree.
The human face looks like it's growing on a tree, it's the image of an old man, it even has a beard, it looks lifelike.
And the sword of Leng Yue's Crescent Moon Scimitar was pierced between the eyebrows of the old man with a human face.
A stream of red liquid slowly flowed down from the tree, which was shocking to see.
Li Dabao, who came later, saw this scene and shouted and cursed.
"Damn it, who is so perverted that he buries a person in a big tree?"
"Nine days, do you think we have touched the edge of Twelve Cave?"
Leng Yue stepped forward, took back his Waning Moon Scimitar and said, "This is not a tree wrapper."
Li Dabao said: "Sister, why isn't this? You see, he not only has a face but also a body. I heard Old Bideng say that in some ethnic minority areas, there are tree burials, sky burials, and prone burials. Isn’t this surprising?"
"Oh... Of course, I've never seen a tree bleed before. Today is an eye-opener...!"
As he spoke, he wanted to step forward and touch it, but was grabbed by Leng Yue.
"Don't touch these things, they are poisonous..."
"These human face totems were carved on the tree when it was very young. As time goes by, wrinkles and scars will appear, and the face and body shape will become more and more three-dimensional. ."
"What?"
"Sculpture?"
Li Dabao said with some surprise: "Good guy, are the people in Twelve Cave so idle and still engage in these performance arts?"
I quickly interrupted Li Dabao and said, "Dabao, do you still remember what Granny Ka said?"
Li Dabao was stunned for a moment, narrowed his eyes and said, "What are you talking about?"
I then repeated to Li Dabao what Grandma Ka told us.
After hearing this, Li Dabao thought for a moment and said, "According to what you say, the human-faced tree sculpture in front of us is the so-called mountain god?"
"Okay, now the eldest sister has directly shot the mountain god in the head. Are we offending him?"
Leng Yue stared at the human face on the tree and said, "This should be a warning...!"
warn?
After thinking about it for a while, I realized that what Leng Yue said was very reasonable. It should be a warning, a warning from the mountain god to us.
In other words, it is the warning given to us by the people of Twelve Cave.
Judging from the traces, this human face must not have appeared for a short time, and the carving is so lifelike that it looks like a real person.
I think there should be no one other than the clansmen who live in Twelve Cave who can have this kind of craftsmanship and live in this deep mountain and old forest.
Unless there are savages?
But even if they are savages, I am afraid they are inseparable from Twelve Cave. After all, where can I find a tree that can have a human face and bleed?
Thinking of this, I suggested that Li Dabao stay and look at the equipment. Leng Yue and I checked in two directions to see if there were still these human-faced ghost trees nearby.
Regardless of whether it is the incarnation or representative of the mountain god.
I think I should be able to find some clues from these places. The trees I saw along the way were relatively normal. If something like this suddenly appeared, there must be something fishy.
"Dabao, let me go a little further. While we are talking, I will see if there is anything here."
Because I was afraid of walking too far, and because the vegetation here was too dense and I couldn't go back, I called out to Li Dabao every few steps.
After shouting too much, Li Dabao became a little impatient.
"I said, Chen Jiuri, what about you? If you can't do it, come back quickly and let me see Master Bao's strength."
I retorted to Li Dabao and then continued to move forward, also because of what happened just now.
So as I walked, I paid special attention to my feet and the trees on both sides.
Although the trees here all look similar, they are actually different.
After walking a certain distance, I did not continue walking forward because I found that the surroundings were still quiet and there was nothing.
Not even a mouse droppings could be seen, so I called out to Li Dabao and walked back.
Seeing that Li Dabao didn't answer, I thought the other party was ignoring me on purpose.
Then he cursed angrily: "Li Dabao, stop playing around and speak to me quickly."
I kept going forward and didn't make too many turns, so I never thought that I couldn't go back.
But after I called Li Dabao several times, there was still no response from the other party.
Now I started to murmur in my heart.
It didn't take me long to walk along this way, and I searched very carefully, so the straight-line distance couldn't be more than 500 meters.
But now I have accelerated my pace and kept shouting Li Dabao's name.
More than ten minutes have passed, and not only have I not heard Li Dabao's reply, but I haven't seen Li Dabao or the mule either.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing was real.
Then he walked straight ahead again. After walking for a while, he still didn't see them.
I simply chose to stand where I was.
This unscientific?
I'm lost?
I tried hard to recall the journey I had just taken, and found nothing wrong with it.
Where was the ghost tree with a human face just now, there was a small open space.
Li Dabao was watching the mule next to the ghost tree. Leng Yue and I chose to check one thing at a time.
I am particularly optimistic about these two roads because they are easier to walk.
After reading this, go to the north and south to continue exploring.
But now I actually can't go back. Under this bright and sunny sky, the so-called ghost is trying to beat the wall, isn't it?
After I walked around in circles for a few times, I realized that the scenes around me seemed to be exactly the same, and I suddenly felt uneasy.
That inexplicable feeling of fear completely occupied my body and mind.
It wasn't until I realized I still had a compass that I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Damn it, I almost forgot about you."
I just slapped myself and called myself a fool.
Then he took out the compass from the carrying bag.
If there is no compass in a place like this, it is really possible to get lost in the forest due to the surrounding environment.
I opened the metal case of the compass and prepared to find the right direction to go back.
But the moment the shell opened, I was so dumbfounded.
The compass in his hand seemed to be affected by something at this moment, and the pointer started to spin crazily.
I stared at the compass for a long time. The compass was still spinning back and forth erratically, stopping from time to time and then spinning again in a short period of time.
Damn it!
what's the situation?
My head was full of question marks, and my heart, which had just been relieved, was hanging again.
"Li Dabao, Miss Lengyue, can you hear me?"
I put away the completely malfunctioning compass, made trumpet-like shapes with my hands and yelled wildly around me.
The sound carried far away, and there was even an echo.
But I waited for a while and didn't receive any feedback from the two of them.
Now the uneasiness in my heart became more and more serious.
"Snapped!"
I slapped myself hard and told myself that at this time, I should not panic.
Once you panic, you may not even have the best chance to get out.
No wonder those Miao people outside say that Shiwandashan can eat people.
Anyone who encounters this situation may not be able to calm down.
While comforting myself, I sat down on the ground and gasped for air.
But after thinking about it for a while, I found that I couldn't concentrate at all, because no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn't figure out why I didn't go far, but in a straight line, so why couldn't I go back?
This makes absolutely no sense.
In this primeval forest where vegetation growth is greatly affected by altitude, I can't remember what the trees, flowers, and shrubs I just passed looked like.
Even if I remember it, so what, the scenes in front of me don't have the details in my memory. I can't see them at all, not at all.
And at this time, the most damning question was placed in front of me.
Two choices appeared before me again.
First: I mark my way along a certain direction to find them.
Second: I will stay here, waiting for Leng Yue and Li Dabao to come to me.
