Indiana Jones

Chapter 500 The Altar of Life and Death (01)

It can be said that Zhao Chenggong's sixth sense is indeed very accurate this time. There are indeed people nearby, but what he sees are not living people, but a few skeletons that have been eaten by the white ghost, laying bloody in disorder. In a patch of grass, Zhao Chenggong took a closer look. It was very fresh. It can be said with certainty that within an hour, the bones had turned black like charcoal, and all their movements were distorted. Obviously, the death was quite painful.

"The food is so clean, it can be seen that there are many such things here." Zhao Chenggong felt goosebumps all over his body when he saw it.

"It seems that the white smoke we saw before is that thing. Be careful. If you want to go to the ruins, you must pass through here. According to the time and distance, we should not be far from there, unless we go the wrong way." Si Xuanyi said.

"I corrected the direction twice. There shouldn't be any major problems. I only came back here twice. It may be that the road here is not easy to walk. We chose a relatively easy place to walk and turned a corner unconsciously. , went around in a circle, so it is possible to turn back in a daze." Xiaolu analyzed it carefully and said, "Let's try again."

"Wait a minute, don't rush away." Si Xuanyi said, "Let's rest and talk, it's not too late."

Si Xuanyi used his own torch to illuminate the surrounding area. Except for the tree or the tree, he could only see a few meters at most, and the place further away was completely wrapped in darkness, and it was difficult to even illuminate the fire. After traveling for this period of time , The three of them were indeed tired. They stopped to rest, eat, and slow down their legs and feet. In fact, they had basically never rested in the past two days. They were either fighting or running around. Their bodies were already exhausted and they had no time to rest. , They haven't slept for at least [-] hours. Under this kind of high-intensity exercise, they can't get enough rest, and the physical consumption is very huge. It is a frequent occurrence, it can be said that it is commonplace, and they have long been used to it, but being used to it does not mean that they are not tired, it is just that they can persist better than ordinary people. As for Xiaolu, she can continue to persist under high-intensity exercise. It's worthy of admiration. It's still the same sentence. After all, she is just a child. No matter how tall she is and how good her figure is, her age depends on her age. Si Xuanyi likes this child very much. She is sensible and capable, and even easier than adults. Heart.

In this kind of forest, the torch is not only easy to burn yourself to death, but also has the problem that the target is too large, it is easy to expose your position, but without a torch, it is easy to be attacked by ghosts like white mist, even though they are painted with ash, But judging from the performance of that thing, it is not safe, so they are very entangled in the issue of the torch. Holding it will expose you or you will be attacked by that thing. It is really difficult to choose, so when you are resting They put the torches on the ground and tried not to move them, and then hid in the dark place of the fire, trying not to expose themselves. In fact, they also knew that this was just to find comfort for themselves. easy to spot.

The gunshots in the woods are still sporadic and endless, and I don't know whether it is my own people fighting the enemy or both sides are fighting wild animals, but no matter what, this forest is destined to be quiet tonight, maybe somewhere Some people are no longer being attacked, or even dying. It is difficult to protect themselves in this kind of place, let alone save other people. Now their only chance to leave here alive is to gather more talents to have greater hope, so they To go to the man-made ruins that look quite large from a distance, and to prevent the little devil from completing his mission with other people, and then consider the issue of leaving, we must prevent the devil from destroying this place, and more importantly, prevent the little devil from taking what he wants. s things.Although they don't know what the little devils are going to take, the little devils don't want to take away anything here, not even a leaf. The only contribution these little devils can make is to stay here and do these big things. Fertilizer for trees.

After discussing in a low voice, they decided that Xiaolu should still correct the direction and continue to explore. After all, staying here is not an option, and they must reach the ruins as soon as possible.

The road is not good, the waist-deep wormwood is considered short, the wildly overgrown bushes stretch everywhere, and the vines are twisted and twisted between the trees, they can only get through the middle, There are even many places that need to be climbed. Many times, it seems that there is no way to go. After turning around, they find that it is not a dead end. Occasionally, some nocturnal animals will pop up to make them feel that this place is not a deadly enemy, and they will turn around. Behind a tree, you suddenly see that white fog-like thing in front of you. Sometimes you think these vines are annoying, and sometimes you think that this thing can borrow strength, but it may not be a tree. vines, but a snake crawling on it, swarms of mosquitoes danced in the air, buzzing like bombers and pounced on the body, the long mosquito mouth directly penetrated the clothes and nailed to the flesh, a slap can After killing seven or eight of them, their hands were dripping with blood, and then more rushed up... In short, it was very uncomfortable to walk in it, and it was very exhausting to not talk about fear, but they also knew how to be content.

Si Xuanyi couldn't help sighing that Li Siming had the foresight and knew how to store the things brought back from Savage Mountain carefully and save them for use. It is estimated that the kid will definitely not be harassed by mosquitoes now, and that kerosene is definitely the best insect repellent.

In short, they tossed in the woods for a few hours, but they still couldn't figure it out. Seeing that the time was approaching midnight, they were still wandering around in this place. Something happened, but it was safe and sound. It didn't cause them much loss, but Zhao Chenggong suffered some flesh wounds, and was bitten by a wild boar on his leg. Fortunately, he was fine.

The scariest thing is not the wild beast, but the white ghost-like thing. They saw with their own eyes that the wild boar they had just killed was quickly eaten by the white thing, leaving only a pile of black bones at an extremely fast speed. In just a few minutes, a wild boar weighing more than 100 kilograms quickly disappeared, and they were terrified watching them.

After escaping from that place, they really couldn't walk anymore, so they found a place to rest. In fact, they didn't really want to rest. Who can rest in such a place? They just wanted to discuss it. What should I do one step at a time? It’s not the way to go here and there. It’s a waste of time and energy. I just discussed for a long time and finally didn’t come to a conclusion that satisfies them. In short, I can be sure that they have lost their way. They don't know how to get there. Judging from their situation, other people may be facing the same problem, so they even plan to wait until dawn before moving on, but it is too difficult to find a suitable place to rest in this kind of place. Difficult, they also ran into trouble just after having such an idea, they don’t know when they were surrounded by that white thing, this time it was not simply a few people surrounding them, but a very huge Forming something like a ring of fog traps them in the middle.

The only thing the three of them could do was to light all the torches immediately and use the flames to drive the thing out of the encirclement. Maybe they were lucky and escaped smoothly despite a little effort, but the thing kept following them , so they didn't even have a chance to breathe, so they could only run forward, and they didn't know how long it took to get away. The three of them were so tired that they could hardly get up, but they also knew that they must not run in this place. The place continues to linger, who knows when that thing will touch it again quietly, and who knows if it will be so lucky to get out next time?
This time they did not rush forward, but stopped and stopped from time to time to confirm the direction, and observed whether they turned back or went in the wrong direction, hoping to ensure that they could walk in a straight line as much as possible, not as before. Turning around blindly, they finally returned to the original place, but this was not a good way, after all, it was too dark, and they couldn't be sure whether they were walking in a straight line, and they still walked by feeling in the end.

But this time, unlike before, they did not go back. At least they can be sure that they have not found the place just now. Does this mean that they got lost in another place? It is hard to say, after all, they have no way to confirm where they are, let alone Determine where the ruins are, so they all climbed up the tree hoping to find out the general direction of that season in the dark. After all, they should not be too far away from there. If they are lucky, they may be able to see something. They climbed After going up, I realized that what I could see was too limited.The sky was dotted with stars, but the ground was completely dark. They couldn't even see the outline of the distant mountains. Everything was shrouded in huge darkness. They looked around, but they really couldn't see what they wanted to see. From this direction, they vaguely saw some white, like a layer of tulle covering the night sky, they knew what it was, although it seemed like nothing, in the dark, they could still see the faint white, it wasn't that thing Too big is just... too close to them.

There are those things everywhere here. They have observed these things carefully during the day, and they have been around the ruins all the time, which means that they are very close to their destination, but they can't judge how far they are in the darkness, nor can they. They couldn't correct the direction. After climbing down from the tree, they couldn't tell which direction they saw the white. Xiaolu could only distinguish a rough direction. It's much better to have no direction.

They could only try to move forward, and soon they found that the white thing seemed to decrease, and they couldn't figure out what was going on. Anyway, this is a good sign, at least they don't have to face the threat of that kind of thing anymore , but they dare not take it lightly, for fear that another group will suddenly appear from behind some tree.

Finding the ruins was much more difficult than they expected. Originally, they thought they would be able to reach that place at most an hour or two behind, but now they still haven't touched the edge of the ruins, and the short distance took a lot of time. For twice as long or even more, they wandered around like a few lost ants in this impenetrable forest without knowing what to do.

Although the ruins have not been found yet, the situation in this area is completely different from what they have seen before. The vegetation seems to be less dense than before, and it seems that it is not as difficult to walk as before. There are human bones and beast bones. The difference is that human bones are relatively new. Beast bones are indeed old and new. It can even be said that some of them have been at least tens or even hundreds of years old and have been swallowed up by weeds and vines. A small part is exposed outside, and even breaks when touched. The bones are black and emerald, and it looks like it was left by the white thing. Is this a lair for taking things?But apart from those skeletons, there was no white thing to be seen here, and there was a faint smell of blood in the air, which came from those fresh human bones.

"Did we go to the wrong place?" Zhao Chenggong said to himself, this place is too infiltrated.

The torch in Si Xuanyi District took a closer look at the surrounding environment: "The tree here is different from other places, it is not a kind of tree, if I remember correctly, this may be the edge of the ruins, that is, the huge white fog ring Next, we are very close to our destination."

"Are you sure?" Zhao Chenggong couldn't believe it.

"The tree species here are different from those outside. The area is relatively large, and with the white fog ring, I still have a deep impression." Si Xuanyi said with certainty, "It's just that I don't know where to go now. In which direction can we reach the ruins."

"It should be this way..." Xiaolu who hadn't spoken for a long time said softly, pointing in one direction.

"Why?" Si Xuanyi turned to look at her.

Xiaolu shook her head lightly and said hesitantly, "I...don't know, it's just a feeling, as if there is a voice calling me over."

"Damn... I..." Zhao Chenggong was about to say something when he saw a black shadow turning from a tree next to the path and pinned her to the ground. At the same time, he also felt the strong wind behind him. , followed by a heavy blow to the back of the head. Although the blow was heavy, he did not pass out, but he was also dizzy from the blow. It was cool, because he immediately recognized that it was actually a sentence in Japanese...

(End of this chapter)