Indiana Jones

Chapter 341

They approached Longshou Peak that night, and camped in a relatively secluded place. In order to prevent potential enemies from discovering, they did not dare to light a fire. Under this situation, they had to be careful and spend the night in the dark. This feeling is not good, it is cold and damp, you can’t see anything, wild animals howl in the woods, and there are strange sounds around you from time to time, so they don’t sleep well, and they feel extremely uneasy. It was difficult for them to rest with peace of mind to protect the wild beasts by the bonfire. In the middle of the night, they also encountered a sneak attack by wolves. Although they found it in time and did not cause too much damage, everyone was not sleepy all at once.

"Fortunately, no one was injured." After confirming that everyone was there and no one was injured, Si Xuanyi turned off the flashlight and told the family to go in. This is a depression on the hillside, about three meters deep. There are too many people, of course they cannot accommodate them. , but this place has been remodeled by them. The top is covered with branches, and the two sides are protected with thick branches. A group of people hide inside, and then use branches to block all the openings to form a hidden space. As long as there are no large beasts to attack There will be no big problems. In fact, at the beginning, they did this to make a fire in it, but later found that the place is not big enough, and the firewood here is very wet, which will emit strong smoke and smell bad. It is very large, and it is likely that the devils will notice that there are people in this area, so they can only give up in the end for safety, but what they didn't expect was that wolves came to make trouble in the middle of the night. These beasts tried to drag the branches outside and tried to get in. Fortunately, Lin Feng, who was on guard, was vigilant enough to find out in time that he killed a wolf that came in first, and at the same time woke up everyone, and worked together to drive these wolves away. They didn't dare to shoot in order not to startle the snake, so they also spent a lot of effort. I didn't dare to yell, it was not easy to deal with these beasts with stones, branches and knives, and it took me a long time to drive them away.

"If you have a gun, you can't use it. It's better to burn a fire stick." Zhao Chenggong was sweating profusely. It was not easy for everyone. They took great risks to deal with a dozen wolves. Fortunately, no one was injured. .

"It's worth taking a little risk now. If the devil first knows our existence, the battle behind us will definitely be a fierce battle, and the risk will definitely be much greater than it is now." Li Siming covered his spare clothes and prepared to sleep for a while. It's still early in the morning, staring is not an option, I'm already tired, I'd better use this time to rest fully, even if I can't fall asleep and close my eyes to refresh myself.

"It's a hard night. It's a disadvantage to spend the night in the mountains without a fire. The beasts will definitely come, and we can't see the surrounding situation clearly." Dakui's legs were already weak from fright, and it was the first time he slept in the mountains in such a dark place. He has nothing in his heart without the courage of a campfire.

"It will be dawn in a few hours, let's endure it!" Zhao Chenggong also knew that it was not the time to light the fire, and they would be in trouble if the devils found out. Although he was not happy, he also knew what was the priority.

"The closer we are to the destination, the more careful we have to be. No matter how fierce the beast is, it is not as scary as the devil. As long as we are careful, the beast can't do anything to us. If the devil comes, then we..." Li Siming hadn't finished speaking, Lin Feng covered his mouth, "Don't make a sound, there is movement."

Everyone immediately quieted down and listened intently. In the silent night, all sounds were amplified infinitely. They vaguely heard a rustling sound, sometimes distant and sometimes near, faintly, as if there was something moving, very It's so small that it's hard to tell the number, like many things are walking together, and it's like one thing is slowly dragging its feet.

"Ye Feng and Dachun are still outside." Si Xuanyi whispered, he was a little worried.

"Don't worry, Ye Feng handles this kind of thing better than anyone else. Even if he can't handle it, he can protect himself." Lin Feng said softly.

"I knew I would come over the tree tonight, it's much safer than this." Zhao Chenggong said regretfully.

"Shut up." Si Xuanyi cursed in a low voice. It was his decision to spend the night here last night. The trees around here are sparse and there is a lack of big trees. There are almost no big trees that can withstand many people. It is too scattered and unsafe to be distributed on seven or eight trees within a radius of tens of meters, so it is relatively safe here, at least no one will go missing alone, and another advantage here is that there are many people Gathering together can also be a little warmer. The night temperature in the mountains is low, and it is not so good without a fire.

It took a long time for Dachun to tell them in a low voice outside that a group of jackals passed by just now and were led to other places by Ye Feng.

Hearing what he said, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It was finally safe and sound. Although Shiba Gou is very fierce, but with Ye Feng around, there should be no problem. It is not sure how capable this kid is, but compared to Xia should be better than most of the people present. I don't know how he compares to Lin Feng. In short, he is definitely a good player. He shouldn't have too many problems attracting these jackals.

In the remaining few hours, everyone slept even more unsteadily. Almost half of them were awake. Only Zhao Chenggong, the woodcutter, and Ye Feng, who had returned from the changing of the guard, slept more comfortably. Woke up immediately when there was a disturbance, Si Xuanyi was basically in a state of half-asleep and half-awake, sleeping in a daze.

When the sky was just dawn, everyone got up and continued to walk along the mountain under the guidance of Dakui. In fact, after arriving here, both Lin Feng and the woodcutter could see the direction of the mountain, the direction to go, and how to get there. The location of the longan, they may need to go around for half a day. What they didn't expect was that the terrain here is much easier to walk than before. Although the vegetation is dense, the soil layer of this Longshou Peak is thicker than other places. The vegetation is also denser, and all kinds of rare plants and medicinal materials are densely covered. Perhaps this is exactly what the woodcutter said about the place where spiritual energy gathers. The soil is fertile and there are many rare treasures.

"Go around this hillside and go to the east, and you can see the lake." Dakui pointed to the front and said softly, "If the little devil wants to find it along the body of the dragon, there are only two ways to get to the front. One is ours, and the other is from the west. The two routes are similar, and the length of the journey in the mountains depends entirely on the understanding and familiarity of the terrain, and it is possible to avoid wrong roads to the greatest extent."

"According to the time calculation, they should have arrived first." Si Xuanyi said, "There is a distance of six or seven days between us and them. Even if we save a lot of time, they should arrive before us."

"The Japanese should have arrived yesterday or the day before yesterday. Of course, it is not ruled out that they encountered some trouble and were delayed. After all, anything can happen in the mountains." Li Siming said panting.

"If that's the case, will they take the things and leave?" Zhao Chenggong asked worriedly.

"If the temple is so easy to find, it's impossible for it to remain undiscovered until today. Even if they can find the approximate location, it's impossible to find the remains of the temple in a short time. It will take time," said Fang Yuanshan. Sheng said, "The professor in my archeology class once mentioned that the archaeological homework of many ancient tombs is to determine the approximate location first, but it will take more time to find the tomb in the end."

"There is an essential difference between archeology and tomb robbery. Archeology is to protect the contents of the tomb and the structure of the tomb to the greatest extent, to explore the style of the tomb and to infer what happened that year from the contents inside, and to find records that describe the situation of the year. It is as close to the historical facts as possible, but the tomb robbers will never consider these things. They don’t care about destroying the things inside, so they don’t care so much. Besides, what the Japanese are looking for this time is a temple. Do you think they will protect this temple? Is the temple not destroyed? Or just take what you want and leave? Have you ever seen the Japanese protect our cultural relics and historic sites? After the Nanjing Defense War, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties was destroyed. Those who come to steal, in fact, they are no different from tomb robbers, and they can even be worse than worse." Ye Feng's words completely overturned Fang Yuanshan's reasoning, and he didn't save him at all, " But there is one thing you said too much. Even if you find it, you can’t get it so quickly. Otherwise, it will be taken away by other people in the hundreds of years since the temple disappeared. How can it be their turn? So they need time to confirm the temple. If the temple was buried by an earthquake as mentioned in the legend, then they will need time to dig, of course there are exceptions, and we should also be prepared for them to take things away."

"That's true." Si Xuanyi nodded, "So we can't take chances to consider the problem. If the Japanese have already got what they want, but they won't go too far in terms of time, we still have a chance to catch up. However, based on the time calculation, this possibility is unlikely. Even if they arrive two days before us, it is impossible to determine the location so quickly, so the excavation time is estimated to have just been completed, and it is more likely that they have not found it yet. The specific location of the temple."

The result of some discussions is that they still have a high hope of organizing the Japanese, but they will not know until later. Not long after, they saw a corner of the lake, and they could see the dark green lake water like a cup of clear green tea from a distance. .

"From this point of view, there is indeed a crouching dragon to fetch water." Lin Feng said, "It seems that our deduction is not wrong."

"Speed ​​up and move on." Si Xuanyi was a little excited.

After walking forward for a while, they found the ashes of the bonfire, surrounded by a large number of traces of human activities, footprints, tent marks, feces, trampled flat weeds, broken branches, and household garbage. All signs indicated that the Japanese army was here. I did camping.

"Judging from the wetness of the ashes, it should be more than two days, and judging from the dryness of the feces, it should be within three days." Ye Feng said while checking, "Some of them are not acclimatized and have diarrhea. The number of campers should be between 40 and [-] people."

"Two to three days more, that is to say, they arrived here at most three days ahead of us. It seems that our previous choice was right. We took this shortcut and we saved at least five days." Si Xuanyi looked at the footprints The direction of extension, "They are likely to be on the front of the peak, everyone be careful, keep going."

"From the layout of the camp and the positions of the sentries, they are only defending against wild animals. From this point of view, they don't know that we have come, at least they don't know that someone is following them." Lin Feng said, "This is very beneficial to us. "

"Very good! This effect is what we want, and the possibility of our successful sneak attack without being discovered by them is very high."

After these few days of tossing, they finally found the traces left by the Japanese. At least so far their decision was correct. Now they should be able to find these guys soon after following the traces of the Japanese.

At sunrise, they had advanced quite a distance. The Japanese passed by and opened a road. All the vines and branches blocking the road were cut off by machetes, so it was convenient for them to walk. A lot, at least save the effort to open the way.

From far away, through the lingering mist, they can already clearly see the jewel-like lake, where water birds swim on the calm water surface, and large reeds stand quietly on the shore, which is really like a fairyland under the sunlight. There are large areas of flowers, plants and bushes on the shore of the lake, which reminded Si Xuanyi of the weird monster lake in Savage Mountain, the lakeshore full of blood-sucking butterflies. At that moment, he even had the illusion that he had returned to that place again. Shi Shi couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, and since then he has felt somewhat fearful of any lake.

The rising sun shone through the thick fog on the front of Longshou Peak, forming strange and brilliant rays of light, as if they were about to escape from the mortal world and ascend to the fairy world.

After walking forward for about three hours, they found that the remaining stone road up the mountain was hidden in the grass. If they hadn't kicked the dirt and moss on it when they passed by, it would be difficult for them to find it even if they were nearby. The vegetation is too lush, we can see weeds taller than half a person and big thorns, shrubs, and bushes taller than a person everywhere, all kinds of small animals are running around, and there are hornet's nests among the bushes, wasps and butterflies are flying all over the sky, and the feet are covered by weeds at all The ground is invisible, and the treetops are adjacent to each other, but it is not enough to block out the sun. Under the mottled sunlight, countless light spots are formed in the forest. The thick fog and dew have already wetted their clothes, and they are all wet It's as if you just climbed out of the water, and the cold clothes stick to your body, it doesn't feel comfortable...

(End of this chapter)