The night beside the woods and wetlands was particularly cold. The militiamen in the Bailiguang Belt huddled tightly in a ball, shivering, and waited in agony until it got light.
Seeing that everyone had no motivation to go on, and their faces were full of doubts and puzzles, I felt homesick more and more. Bailiguang picked up the big knife and said: "Everyone, get up quickly. The Forgotten Cave is in front. When you get inside, get the money and goods and give half to everyone."
When they heard that they could share half of the money and goods, the crowd began to stand up one by one, cheered up, and followed Baili Guang forward.
When we were about to walk out of the wetland, the woods began to become dense again. The light was blocked by the branches, making it look particularly dark. The humidity was getting heavier and heavier. Some people had red swellings on their hands, which itched unbearably. When they scratched them with their hands, they turned red. After a while, red swellings appeared on the neck and face, and the crowd became panicked again. Some people with unbearable itching began to scream and rolled to the ground. The mass grew bigger and bigger, slowly swelling up like a balloon being inflated. Then when I grabbed it with my hand, a piece fell off, covered in blood and flesh, and screams were heard all over the place.
"Hurry up, the gas is poisonous." Seeing this, Baili Guang shouted and ran forward quickly.
Seeing Baili Guang running forward, the remaining people looked at each other and looked at the bloody crowd on the ground. Some had stopped struggling, leaving only blood flowing out, dyeing the leaves on the ground red.
"Follow me quickly." Bailiguang in front shouted again.
All the militiamen were extremely frightened. When Bailiguang shouted, they started running around in panic. Only a few people ran in Bailiguang's direction.
After running out of the dense woods and arriving at a spacious woodland, Baili Guang stopped, slumped on the ground, and breathed hard.
The crowd began to gather. Baili Guang saw that there were only more than a hundred people left. He was furious and had nowhere to vent. Then he saw that he had reached the foot of the mountain. He stuck his knife on the ground and stood up with the knife in his hand, "Everyone mentioned Spirit, the Cave of Oblivion is nearby, as long as we get the money and things from the Cave of Forgotten, we will have whatever we want in the future, let’s go.”
Having come this far, going back alone might be a dead end, and with Bailiguang's bewitchment, the rest of the crowd began to follow Bailiguang forward.
There are no roads in the forest, and the uneven ground is covered with thick leaves. The leaves underneath are rotten and exude a pungent smell.
A militiaman walked beside Bailiguang and asked: "Village chief, what is going on in the woods? So many of us died in vain."
Bailiguang Center was also thinking. It seemed that they were all poisoned, but some people were not poisoned. "Don't ask so many questions. Let's talk about it after we get the things and go out."
After walking for twenty minutes, Bailiguang arrived at the foot of the mountain. He touched the cold rocks with his hands and looked up at the peaks towering into the clouds. Bailiguang laughed and said, "Brothers, the Cave of Oblivion must be at the foot of this mountain. Everyone searched slowly along the mountain wall."
The crowd began to disperse, walking along the foot of the mountain and touching the mountain wall to find the cave of forgetfulness.
Outside the woods, Luo Feng deployed his team on both sides of a dense road, squatting on the ground, waiting for Baili Guang to appear.
After noon, a militiaman beside Luo Feng said: "Batalion Commander, there is someone."
Luo Feng looked along and saw more than a dozen people stumbling, with panicked faces and ragged clothes running out of the woods. They ran to the road before stopping and slumped on the ground.
Upon seeing this, Luo Feng observed carefully and did not find Baili Guang. He stood up and walked over with the people.
Seeing someone approaching, the dozen or so people calmed down. One of them asked, "Who are you?" His voice was soft and weak.
He originally wanted to stop Bailiguang and beat him up, but now seeing a dozen people in shock, Luo Feng took two steps forward and asked, "We are from the village in Hexi, where is your Bailiguang?"
When Bailiguang was mentioned, a militiaman who was slumped on the ground burst into tears: "Dead, all dead, so much blood."
It seemed that the fight was over. Luo Feng walked towards the other person and asked, "What happened in the woods?"
The man had recovered from the shock and fear, calmed down, and said slowly: "Bai Liguang took us into the woods to find the Cave of Oblivion. Before we arrived, half of our people were dead."
"How did you die?" Luo Feng asked doubtfully.
"We didn't know that the wound would turn green, that the wet ground would swallow people up, that the skin would swell and then burst, leaving blood all over the floor."
Seeing them like that, they couldn't figure out anything. Luo Feng stopped questioning, knowing that Baili Guang didn't have many people, so he collected the escaped Hedong village militiamen, and under their leadership, entered the Hedong village.
Bailiguang led his men to search for a long time, but could not find the Cave of Forgottenness. He felt annoyed and kicked the protruding rocks twice with his feet, "Where is the Cave of Forgottenness?"
Seeing that there are mountains all around, the Forgotten Cave is most likely a cave on the mountain. All the mountains here have been searched. Bailiguang stared at the distance and thought to himself, "If I can get it this time, With the resources in the cave, I don’t have to go back to the village in Hedong, and take the rest of the people to the top of the mountain to start killing the bandits.”
"Village Chief" a militiaman ran over and pointed in the direction he came from, "There is a big opening in the dense forest over there, and we don't dare to go in."
Hearing that there was an opening, Baili Guang's eyes lit up, "Let's go and have a look."
A group of people came to the place pointed by the man just now, cut down the giant trees blocking the road one by one, and arrived at the foot of a mountain pass.
This mountain pass is about 20 meters wide. The mountain walls on both sides rise straight up and converge in the middle at a height of about 35 meters. It looks like a huge cave. The dense forest extends outwards close to the mountain pass. Just enough to cover the mountain pass.
Under the dense forest, the light was extremely dim. Looking into the mountain pass, it was pitch black and it was impossible to see clearly.
"So dark."
"Why is there such a big hole?"
"Will there be ancient beasts here?"
"Pa" Bailiguang slapped the scalp of the militiaman who just spoke, "Since there is a mythical beast, then you can lead the team in and take a look."
"Me?" The militiaman said repeatedly with a look of horror on his face: "No, no, I'm afraid of the dark."
"Give him the torch." Bailiguang ordered the people to prepare the torch, selected a dozen people, and entered Shankouzi.
Luo Feng entered Hedong Village without robbing any villager. Under the doubtful eyes of the villagers, he entered the Hedong Village Office.
In the village chief's office, Luo Feng drafted a document and ordered someone to post it on the wall.
As soon as the document came out, the villagers exclaimed, and then rushed to tell each other: "Our village is managed by Hexi Village. Bailiguang deserves it for killing the old village chief."
Unexpectedly, they entered the village so smoothly and all the villagers did not resist. To Luo Feng's surprise, after questioning, he found out that the villagers in Hedong Village had long been dissatisfied with Baili Guang. In addition, the villagers had a lot of complaints about the killing of the old village chief. , but they were afraid of Bailiguang and didn't dare to cause trouble. Now that someone has taken over and they haven't looted anything, the villagers don't care.
