"Twenty or thirty years have passed, and the people who entered the Witch Kingdom have died or disappeared. It is difficult to find them no matter how hard you try to find them. In the end, only an old man like me is left alive. Do you think you are angry or not? I I will be ruined for the rest of my life by the one who kills Qianqian Tokin."
Yue Guanchao listened to what Old Man Mo said, looked at everyone and said, "Do you believe that Yu Dongjin is dead? If what this old man said is true, then Yu Dongjin's tomb is probably outside the walled city."
Umi Feng had originally wanted to settle this grudge. After listening to Old Man Mo's words, a trace of curiosity emerged in his heart about the grave of Yu Tokin. Furthermore, he couldn't fully understand it without seeing the body of U Tochin with his own eyes. Believe what this old man says.
"What I mean is that we go to the village of Yu's family to see in person, so that we can not only confirm whether what Old Man Mo said is true or false, but also find the grave of Yu Dongjin, confirm whether he is dead, and confirm that he is really dead. , which completely seals the coffin."
Wu Mifeng's suggestion was in line with the current situation. Yue and Song nodded to him and replied: "Okay, we also want to see where Ren Dongjin built the city wall so that the Wu Kingdom can find the second one." No trace could be found for thirty years.”
Afterwards, Yue Guanchao walked up to Old Man Mo. When he saw that the old man had eaten and drank enough, he picked up his pipe. He skillfully picked up the huozhe and gave him some choking tobacco: "Old man, we came to the forest to hunt. We were offended. Just now we were afraid that you were... Bad people are so wary of you, but I didn’t expect that you are also a righteous man who once killed the traitors of the Wei Kingdom for the Wu Kingdom, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
The first thing he talks to when he meets someone is to get close. Yue Guanchao thought about it, this old man is so obsessed and crazy, they really have nothing in common, forcing a relationship is a bit deliberate, thinking that old man Mo hates Yu Dongjin so much, He had also killed the remnants of the pregnant family, which could be regarded as having contributed to the great cause of slaying thieves in the Wu Kingdom, so he simply picked up the tiger skin to pull the banner.
Old Man Mo held his cigarette holder and took a few puffs. His cloudy old eyes were full of suspicion, and he didn't seem to accept this trick: "Boy, don't get close to me, old man. Although I killed a few remnants of Pregnancy's disease, that's not the case." Revenge for my relatives and friends is nothing to do with the great cause of the Wu Kingdom. Don’t rub gold paint on my ass, old man, I can’t afford it.”
These words have already drawn a clear line with the Wu Kingdom. It seems that this old man still does not regard himself as a citizen of the Wu Kingdom, and insists on being an unrestrained and free mountain man. Although his tone is indeed bad, at least he is aboveboard. Not fake, but genuine.
"You guys, let it go quickly. I'm still willing to have a few words with you while the old man is here, but I won't have this opportunity later."
It is rare for Yue Guanchao to see such an open-minded person. He cupped his hands and said, "Old man, do we want to visit the walled city near Yudong?"
"Go and see the canyon?"
The old man became curious and looked Yue Guanchao up and down: "You don't look like military guards. What are you doing in the walled city?"
"Old man, although Yu Dongjin is dead, after all, he was also the former leader of the Witch Kingdom. We also wanted to go to the walled city to gain a broader perspective and see what his walled city was like."
Since he didn't know much about the old man's background, Yue Guanchao didn't dare to speak too truthfully, so he just covered it up a little and said it out.
"Boy, do you think that the old man and I have really become a savage who can't understand human language after living in the canyon for thirty years? You can't fool me, but you have nothing to do with me if you want to go to Yi's Walled City. It doesn’t matter if I just tell you.”
Old Man Mo picked up the blackened firewood stick, drew a floor plan on the ground, pointed to the northernmost valley and said: "When the walled city near Yudong was built, I considered hiding it for decades and deliberately chose it. A boundary that no one can imagine is located under the river valley at the northern end."
"Under the river valley? How is it possible to build a walled city under the river valley?" Song Siyuan became curious and walked over to ask.
"Woman, when I was coerced to go there, I thought just like you. I also thought that we couldn't build a walled city under the river valley. However, Dongjin was quite smart. He actually carved out a flat surface on the cliff of the river valley and used the cave to build it. They dug a hole inside and built a city on the cliff, which you will see when you arrive."
What Old Man Mo said surprised everyone around him. They did not expect that the walled city near Yudong was actually built on the cliff of the river valley. If this was true, it would explain why he could not be found in the past thirty years. Traces of:
The river valley is located at the northernmost end of the canyon, far enough away from the watchtower that there is almost no trace. At the same time, the altar mound in the canyon is surrounded by the densest poisonous wild forest. Ordinary military guards rarely go there. With the blessing of both sides, it is This resulted in the Walled City not being discovered for thirty years.
"Thanks for the advice, old man."
Seeing that Yue Guanchao was about to leave, he quickly stopped him: "Hey, hey, don't thank me too much. Old man, I have to remind you a few words. If you want to go to the walled city, you have to go through the densest wild forest in the middle. Those places are very weird. , that’s all, you can take charge of it yourself.”
After finishing speaking, he puffed out his pipe and returned to the cabin.
Now that they knew the exact location of Yushi's Walled City, Yue Guanchao and the others simply put aside the idea of going to the altar for the time being and decided to go to the Walled City to find out.
They bid farewell to the wild forest and continued to walk north along the river. The deeper they went into the canyon, the more dense the wild forest became, and even the place to stand was disappearing. If poisonous insects were flying around, it would be even worse. It makes people feel uneasy.
As mentioned earlier, the canyon is higher in the south and lower in the north, and the rivers flow from south to north. This also means that the farther north you go, the more turbulent the rivers are.
Sometimes, the wide river channel breaks down the embankment, forming a new river channel tidal flat. The vegetation is nourished by the river mud. Even the river channel is full of towering old trees. It has long been difficult to distinguish which is the river and which is the forest.
They walked for several hours, but they might not be able to take many more steps. On the contrary, because they walked along the river, they took many unnecessary detours. Song Siyuan picked up the pedometer, drank a sip of water from the kettle, and said, "Let's go to the old man's house." When we walked to the wooden building, we were about five kilometers away from the canyon. Now we have walked about a few thousand steps. Calculating the step distance to 1.5 meters, we have walked at least a few kilometers. If we keep walking like this, I don’t know when we will be able to walk again. arrive."
At present, the dense wild forests are connected to each other, and even the gaps in the tree tops are rarely seen. There are ancient trees everywhere that cannot be surrounded by people. The gaps between the ancient trees are often filled with shrubs, poisonous flowers and poisonous weeds. The canopy of the trees and the lush grass are abundant. This dense vegetation forms a multi-layered forest with staggered heights. Under this density of plants, even in the morning when the sun is at its peak, the forest is as dark and chaotic as the sunset in the evening.
"I guess we haven't gone very far. Some of the rivers have obvious twists and turns. If you want to get to the depths of the city as early as possible, you have to walk in a straight line. Otherwise, it's easy to get lost in the wild forest."
What Song Siyuan said is exactly the current situation. It is indeed safe to walk around the river, but it will take a lot of unnecessary steps. You can get there the fastest if you go in a straight line, but because you are far away from the water source, you cannot determine the direction, and the probability of getting lost will be high. Between increasing and choosing, it is difficult to find a completely suitable method.
Yue Guanchao took off his backpack and climbed up the old tree. When he climbed to the top of the tree, he could easily see the Fengqiu in the north that was higher than the forest. However, they were not close to Fengqiu, no matter how tall it was. , is just a hill protruding from the ground.
Thinking about it carefully, it was strange that they had walked for so long and arrived at the middle of the canyon. It was almost noon but they had only walked a quarter of the way.
After Yue Guanchao observed the terrain and the direction of the river, he was about to get down from the tree. When he turned around and saw something in the distance, he unconsciously took a breath of cold air and his pupils continued to expand.
In the distance, a mile away, Old Man Mo's wooden building built into the jungle, and smoke curled up from the kitchen.
It seems that they have never gone far at all?
Yue Guanchao stared at the wooden building and rubbed his eyes again, making sure that he was not hallucinating and realizing something was wrong. He looked at the ground and waved: "Guys, it seems that we haven't gone far at all, we have been lingering in the same place. "
These words made everyone look at each other in shock. Song Siyuan realized something was wrong, picked up the climbing hook and jumped up to the tree crown. After standing at a high place, she could easily see the wooden house a mile away, and even saw old man Mo plowing the tree. Field hoeing.
"How about it?"
After the two came down, facing Wu Mifeng's question, Song Siyuan nodded in agreement: "Our current location, if calculated based on the number of steps, is at least seven or eight kilometers. This distance plus the forest barrier makes it almost impossible to reach our destination." Found traces of the wooden building.”
"Now, I estimate that the wooden building is only one mile away from us, which is less than 500 meters. This is very strange. We have walked for such a long time and walked so far. How could we only go out 500 meters? ?If this is true, we are probably lost."
"Or maybe it's another situation. We encountered something strange, like a ghost hitting a wall. We walked for such a long time and couldn't get out of the vicinity of the wooden building."
This sentence made the scalps of people around me numb and goosebumps on their arms. If you can't get out of the wooden building, isn't there something wrong with the wooden building? To break it down a bit, it might even be Uncle Mo’s fault.
"Uncle, is this old man a ghost? Has he set up an illusion for us so that we can never get out of here?"
Wu Xuanyu finally realized his fear and tugged at his clothes a few times. It was not surprising that Old Man Mo was a jungle ghost. In fact, he was already an abandoned citizen who was neither human nor ghost. Where was he? There is no record of him anywhere.
Song Siyuan picked up the compass. The magnetic field around her was already chaotic and trembling, and even her pocket watch was affected. "Don't scare yourself first. It's easy to get lost in the forest, and with the change of the river course, we may be spared by the river course." , If you continue to move forward now, you will probably be doing useless work, why not go back to the wooden building and ask the old man for advice."
Some people died, but not completely...
