Song Siyuan nodded: "Yue Guanchao is right, but I don't understand why a large number of fireflies gather here. Is it just to eat mayflies on the lake water plants? Is there another secret?"
With the premise of the human-faced stink bug, she did not believe that these fireflies would hover at the bottom of the lake for no reason. Even if they were looking for food, it would be too strange. The forest was so vast and vast. There was no need for them to just wander around the lake area. In other words, in There must be something strange behind the fireflies' foraging.
"No matter what, let's go to the lake area first to see if they eat grass or meat. We must first find out whether these fluorescent lights are fireflies."
Yue Guanchao was about to leave, and Song Siyuan quickly held him down: "Don't rush to take action first, let's continue to see. Don't be afraid of being late for a good meal. I always feel that these flying insects are a bit too obedient, as if...just like."
"Bees raised by beekeepers!" Xu Xiake noticed her meaning and twitched his eyebrows.
"Yes, bees raised by beekeepers."
Song Siyuan cast an approving look and continued: "Bees, no matter how far they move, will bring the collected honey back to the hive. The flying insects in front of us flew out from the bottom of the cave. It is very likely that They were deliberately raised by others. If we go out rashly at this time, we are likely to run into their owners, so let’s take another look.”
With Song Siyuan's suggestion, Yue Guanchao calmed down and continued to hibernate in the bamboo forest. After waiting for about an hour, Ban Nu's eyes suddenly became alert. She lowered her voice and looked at the people around her: "Be careful, I feel someone coming this way. .”
"Really a person?"
Yue Guanchao became curious. In an unpredictable environment like Shennongjia, it was impossible for ordinary people to figure out the exact route. People who could appear here would know what they were doing if they thought about it.
"Are you from Guifang?" Song Siyuan's eyes lit up.
Ban Nu nodded: "Well, I felt the same smell as Axi. If my perception is correct, the person who came is from Guifang."
As they spoke, the mysterious man was approaching the lake. They could see a figure in white clothes appearing halfway up the mountain under the moonlight.
The man stood on the cliff on the mountainside and played an unknown musical instrument towards these fluorescent lights. The fireflies that were hovering randomly began to approach the mysterious man's hand, and then quickly dispersed towards the outside world, quickly disappearing. Without a trace.
After the flying insects dispersed and the surrounding environment dimmed, the mysterious man also hid in the forest from the mountainside and disappeared. After the mysterious man left, everyone dared to breathe heavily. At the same time, they also became curious about the mysterious man's behavior.
Song Siyuan looked at the situation in front of her and realized that the mysterious ghost man was probably raising these flying insects. He could even directly summon these flying insects: "Senior Ben, what was that man doing just now?"
Ban Nu nodded, considered and said: "Induction, he gave induction to flying insects, just like these albino animals, to let them look for something, but I haven't come into contact with insects. I don't know what this Guifang man wants to do." What do bugs do?”
"Then let's catch up quickly!"
Oni Fang Zong can't wait any longer. Seeing the living Oni Fang people will help them understand the doubts they have been having, and even find the twelve ghost bones.
Ban Nu shook his head, grateful to prevent Guifang Zong from doing this: "No, Guifang people's ability to sense the outside world is only stronger than mine, but not weaker than mine. If we follow, they will soon be discovered. Just now, It's also because we're too far away from this ghost man that he can't sense us. It's too dangerous to get closer and follow him."
After that, she paused: "From the perspective of the Beifu soldiers, these Guifang people are very xenophobic. We don't know how they will react when they see us."
"Then, just give up this great opportunity?"
Oni Fang Zong understood that when they arrived at the tidal land, they were destined to find their way into the Oni Fang world. Now that there were people from Oni Fang appearing, they could follow the traces and find the entrance.
"It's not impossible."
Ban Nu looked at everyone: "The Guifang people can discover more information, which also means that they are also spreading more news. Wherever the Guifang people appear, there will be news left for decades. This is true in Axi You have also seen her body, she is already dead, but she is still exuding the aura belonging to the Guifang Clan."
"No matter who this mysterious person is, his remaining aura will still exist even if he leaves. You only need to wait until the next day to follow the aura and find it all the way."
Seeing Ban Nu win this guarantee, Gui Fangzong felt relieved for the time being and no longer wanted to chase after him.
Song Siyuan nodded and said: "I have already drawn a sketch of the mountainside where the mysterious man appeared just now. Our field of vision is limited at night and we cannot use our full strength. It is better to wait for the day to find the specific location than to have an accident in the dark. "
"Okay, let's do it."
Gui Fangzong also understood that it was already late at night, and after the flying insects left, the valley bottom fell into a dead darkness. It was really inconvenient for them to move, and Song Siyuan's proposal was the safest.
After a night in the bamboo forest, when the sky turned blue and white, the flying insects circled the valley again, and finally disappeared into the cave at the bottom of the lake. It was not until the lake returned to water that they emerged from the bamboo forest.
After taking a short rest and eating and drinking, the sun had climbed above the clouds and the surroundings began to light up. Yue Guanchao picked up the sketch of the canyon drawn by Song Siyuan and compared it with the location she marked. He could tell at a glance where the mysterious man stood last night. Located halfway up the mountain to the north of the canyon.
As mentioned earlier, the valley is in the shape of a loop, and the surrounding peaks are of different heights. In addition, the mountain wall is quite steep, which is basically the same as going straight up and down. It is not until the mountainside several hundred meters high that it begins to slope gently, with many different heights appearing. slopes, cliffs, and rift valleys.
The mysterious man was standing on the cliff slope.
"Such a mountain wall doesn't look like it was formed naturally."
Song Siyuan had already discovered this when she first came to this valley. The mountain walls here were deliberately flattened by blasts to form an almost straight up and down underlying structure.
Xu Xiake said: "Well, I also feel that this place is too organized, as if the valley was used to make a huge pool, and the pool was used to raise these flying insects. Judging from the situation last night, it was made by ghosts. The territory is most likely used to confuse outsiders, or it may have other purposes."
"Hiss, even if we know the location, we can't get up there."
Yue Guanchao observed the mountain. At least a hundred meters down, the mountain was almost vertical to the ground. The shrubs covering it even smoothed the boundaries between the valleys, forming a green curtain gable. Coupled with the bottom of the giant lake, It looks like a huge basin.
Such a mountain wall has neither a trail for carriages nor a slope to climb, making it extremely difficult to climb up.
Sun Tianqi interjected: "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Let's first see how the stone quality of the mountain is. If it is hard enough, we can use the climbing claw to bring the rope up first, and then we can climb up along the rope."
Having said that, Yue Guanchao and the others had already started to take action. They drove the carriage to the lake in the north. At the same time, they also cut down all the shrubs on the mountain wall to expose the soil inside.
With a click, the engineer's shovel hit the mountain wall. Except for a chisel mark, there was no debris. They tried other places to make sure that the rock was still strong before restoring it to its original state, and informed Sun Tianqi of the specific situation.
Seeing this, Sun Tianqi took out the Mountain Climbing Divine Ape Claw stored in his backpack. When Gui Fangzong saw this thing, his expression was very subtle. Since it had been stolen by Sun Tianqi for so many years, he had no intention of returning it.
He opened the claws of the divine ape and closed them to clasp his waist and arms. He looked at everyone and said, "This claw of the mountain-climbing divine ape can grasp rock walls and shrubs. As long as the rocks are solid, you can climb them. When the time comes, I will Go up there with two climbing ropes and foot pegs, install foot pegs along the way, and then put the climbing rope down when you get up there.”
Yue Guanchao looked at the distance between the ground and the cliff and said, "If you need it, we will put straw or something for you at the bottom of the mountain for protection."
Sun Tianqi shook his head: "No, Divine Ape Claw generally doesn't make mistakes. If it does, there is no need to save it. If it falls from such a high place, it probably won't work."
"be safe."
Sun Tianqi bid farewell to everyone and picked up the climbing rope and foot nails prepared for him. As his fingers trembled, he could see the claws of the ape opening and closing as if alive, grabbing the bushes on the mountain wall.
The climbing process is indeed difficult. These mountain walls are all covered with shrubs. It is very difficult to grasp the stone wall. The only way is to fix the body by grabbing the shrubs attached to the stone wall. If the roots of the shrubs are loose, they must be separated from the stone wall.
No matter how careful Sun Tianqi was, he would inevitably make mistakes. He pulled up bushes several times. Fortunately, the other claws had a firm grip and prevented him from falling from the rock formation.
Even though the rock climbing process was hard, he managed to climb to the cliff after many twists and turns. When he stood on the cliff and waved to everyone, everyone let out a long breath.
"Hehe, after many twists and turns along the way, we finally turned danger into good fortune."
Amid Sun Daqiao's teasing laughter, two ropes were thrown from the cliff. Among them, the long rope fell to the ground, and the shorter rope was still two or three meters away from the ground, with a safety buckle hanging on it.
"I'll go up and take a look first!"
Yue Guanchao put on his backpack, grabbed the rope on the ground and climbed into the air. He knotted the slightly shorter rope around his waist and tightened it. He started to grab the rope and used the foot nails to climb up to the cliff.
Following his demonstration, everyone at the foot of the cliff carried their belongings, hid their carriages in the bamboo forest, and climbed up the mountain wall one by one to the top of the cliff.
Yue Guanchao looked carefully and found that the cliff they were on was indeed steep. It was located at the junction of two mountains. The mountains were staggered due to the squeeze, which also made this place a cliff. Behind this cliff, there was a huge crack caused by the squeeze of the two mountains, which looked like a picture of two mountains. The open and closed shells penetrate deep into the mountains and become fractured canyons.
The deeper you go, the road becomes narrower and steeper, with only narrow mountain roads appearing at the breaks.
