These two choices make me extremely confused.
Because if I make the wrong choice, I will probably miss them.
Or if I choose the wrong direction, the matter will be even more impossible to end.
But it won’t work if I stay here and don’t move!
It's already afternoon. According to yesterday's experience, it will definitely get dark here much earlier than outside.
Once it gets dark and I haven't reunited with the two of them, I will definitely die.
In the primeval forests of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, many times, death itself does not come from external beasts or other dangers.
But if I can't get out of this jungle like a ghost wall in a short period of time, I may be driven completely crazy by myself, and eventually trapped to death.
I thought hard for a long time, and finally felt that I should take the initiative.
Instead of waiting for them to come to me, this kind of waiting method is obviously not suitable for me at all.
I should choose a slightly upward slope to walk. After all, before we encountered the ghost tree with a human face, we were originally looking for a top to choose the route.
Theoretically, as long as I can walk from here to the top of the mountain, I can make a simple route map by myself based on the trends of the surrounding mountains.
Otherwise, I can still climb down the cliff through the rope in my backpack. Although the rope may not be long enough, it is still much better than staying here.
Thinking of this, I opened the backpack I had been carrying, took out the rope and put it across my shoulders.
Then, holding the paratrooper knife in his hand, he walked towards a slope that seemed to be going up. When he encountered an obstructive vine blocking the way, he used the paratrooper knife to clear the way.
This kind of traveling speed was very slow. After a while, I was out of breath and my legs began to cramp.
"Chen Xu, you can do it, hold on..."
I encouraged myself secretly and gritted my teeth and walked up.
After walking for another five or six minutes, there were some small slopes ahead.
I originally felt that the slope was too steep, so I could barely take a rest.
But as I walked, my footsteps stopped completely.
Because I suddenly discovered that the surrounding environment seemed to be the same. At the same time, my eyes were looking at the tree in front of me that was as thick as a thigh and covered with scars.
Although this tree is basically not much different from the surrounding trees, because there are many freckles on this tree, I still have some impressions of this tree in my mind.
What made me even more devastated was that when I passed by this freckle-like tree, I saw a scene that completely devastated me.
It was on the ground not far from the tree. There were some dead branches scattered on the ground, and someone had drawn some sketches on the ground.
The messy sketches in front of me were not made by anyone else. They were just drawn by me while I was sitting on the ground thinking.
It can be seen from this.
I used up so much strength to walk back.
I stood there stupidly, holding on to the freckle tree, completely stunned.
Let’s not talk about whether I can tell the direction, let’s talk about going uphill.
I am 100% sure that I walked online. Although there is occasionally a slight downhill slope, it is generally going up.
But now that I'm walking back again, there's no doubt that I'm going in circles.
There's just one thing I really can't figure out.
It's not like I haven't encountered this situation before. I encountered it more than once in the underground ruins of Shuyi.
But that is in a closed environment and a place with unclear sight. Through some mechanical elements, it is possible to achieve the effect of ghosts hitting the wall.
But the place I am now is a hundred thousand mountains in Raojiang. How could anyone set up a mechanism in such a big place?
And although the light is dim now, I can feel the presence of the sun above my head. I can see far away at a glance, so why can't I get out?
I started to analyze to myself.
At the same time, I kept reminding myself that I must not mess up my position. The underground ruins of Shuyi have come out, so why be afraid of a forest?
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath to calm my nervous heart.
Then he started observing the surrounding environment again.
It's okay if you don't look at it. The more you look at it, the more familiar it becomes. If I keep looking at it like this, I feel like I'm going crazy.
I rubbed my eyes, trying to stay awake.
Maybe I took a sidetrack unconsciously just now, so I went back again. This time I walked step by step and left marks.
I don’t believe it anymore, I can’t get out like this.
Although the paratrooper knife he was holding tightly was trembling slightly, he was comforting himself mentally.
But there are many physical manifestations that I have no way to control at all.
But he still kept his spirits up and continued to move forward.
This time I left triangular marks on a big tree every few steps I took.
This mark was also used by Jian Leng Yue.
As for whether you've been going in circles, you'll find out once you try it.
Even every time I leave a mark, I pay attention to many details under my feet to ensure that I don't catch any clues.
I kept walking all the way, and when my hands got sore, I would switch to another hand. I had already put the rope back into my backpack.
The food and water were all at Li Dabao's place. The only bottle of mineral water I had on me had already been drank by me while I was walking again.
This time I walked very carefully. Almost an hour and a half had passed, and the surrounding light was dimmer than before.
Just when I raised my hand to continue carving on the tree in front of me, I suddenly found a triangular symbol appearing on the tree.
When I saw this symbol, my heart suddenly dropped to the bottom of my heart.
The paratrooper knife in his hand could no longer be held and fell to the ground, and his body became limp beside the tree root.
"Your uncle, what on earth is going on...!"
I was extremely confused. Looking at the paratrooper knife that fell under my feet, I felt a sense of powerlessness that made me want to give up.
But at the same time that the thought of giving up just occurred, my body suddenly became smart.
Something's wrong!
I picked up the paratrooper knife on the ground and stood up again, looking at the triangular mark on the tree.
The triangular mark in front of me is flat and smooth, and it looks like it was carved in one go by a skilled knife player.
And because I rarely do this kind of thing, every time I carve triangular marks on such a hard tree, it always seems a little difficult.
It takes three strokes to completely carve it out. Although the Russian paratrooper knife is very sharp, some burrs will still come out of the book cover due to lack of skill.
And among the three of us, there is only one person with such ability!
That is Leng Yue!
Thinking of this, the panic and fatigue in my heart subsided slightly.
When I saw this triangle symbol, I had two guesses in my mind.
First: Leng Yue either went astray like me and went in circles, so she adopted the same method of leaving marks along the way.
Second; if Leng Yue is not lost, then her meaning in carving this triangle is obvious, lead me the way!
But regardless of Leng Yue’s reasons, one thing is certain.
That is, Leng Yue must have passed by here just now!
Thinking of this, I shouted again, but still no one responded to me.
At the same time, in order to verify my own conjecture, I shouted while looking for the same triangle mark on the surrounding trees.
If there is, then I only need to follow the mark left by Leng Yue to meet her. Even if I still can't go out, at least I have a partner by my side, and my mood will not be so broken.
Sure enough, less than five meters away from me, a triangular mark appeared again.
It's the same, smooth, neat, and cut with one stroke, it's Leng Yue's masterpiece.
After discovering the second one, I quickly discovered the third and fourth ones. Just as I was running towards these marks with some joy, a basin of cold water was poured on my head again.
Because when I passed the sixth and reached the seventh triangular mark, I found that there were actually two triangular marks on this tree.
And although the two triangles are about the same size, one is slightly rough, while the other is very smooth and clean.
The marks I carved myself are all too clear to me.
Leng Yue left his own mark on my mark. What does this mean?
It means I came back the hell again.
I looked around with some disbelief, and sure enough, diagonally in front of me, the big freckle-like tree stood quietly.
Similarly, there are two triangular marks on the tree. Because my first mark was carved on the freckle tree, the carving was relatively neat.
But compared with Leng Yue's mark, it can still be distinguished at a glance.
Then I walked a little further and saw two triangular marks on many big trees.
When I saw these marks, I started to wonder why.
The first thing that can be determined is that I went in circles again, and Leng Yue left a new mark above my mark, which shows that Leng Yue is walking the same path as me.
But I didn't see Leng Yue along the way, and the other party didn't even respond to me. This was obviously not very logical.
Because if it is a normal person, the first thought when seeing the mark is not to leave the mark, but to follow the mark and move forward.
Only in this way can the person who left the mark be traced, and this is the correct way to open it.
But the same problem also arises here, and it is also the point that I can't figure out the most.
Since Leng Yue saw the triangular mark I left, why did she continue to leave the same mark on my mark?
