Indiana Jones

Chapter 507 The Altar of Life and Death (08)

I really never expected that such a situation would appear. For a while, the three of them really couldn't react. Would the leopards hide and trick them to come out and then suddenly attack and eat them all?But thinking about it again, it seemed impossible. It was just a leopard and not a human being. How could it be possible to resort to such a trick?But there must be a reason for the beast to leave, right?Seeing that they were stalking and fighting to the end, why did they all run away all of a sudden? Could it be that there is some danger around here that scares the leopards away?
Thinking of this, the three of them looked around involuntarily. The ruins are still ruins and trees are still trees. The biggest difference from before is that the sun has shone through the gaps in the trees. Those leopards will not be afraid of the sun, right?It's even more impossible to be afraid of the heat, which really makes them unable to figure it out.

"This is the blessing of the ancestors, protecting us from these wild beasts." Xiaolu's face was devout, and in her opinion, this was the manifestation of the ancestors, which made her regain some of her admiration for this place.

"Why didn't they show up sooner? It made us so embarrassed." Zhao Chenggong asked sarcastically, obviously he thought this idea was too ridiculous.

"We have to go through the test of our ancestors, and we will bless us only after we are recognized." Xiaolu said very seriously, "The ancestors know that we are not a bunch of wimps."

"No matter what it is, just be careful, what if those leopards really ambushed them?" Si Xuanyi didn't have time to listen to the two people arguing there, he was eager to get away and look for other people, and this was a good opportunity.

Turning around a pile of ruins in front of them, they saw something lying on the ground. After a closer look, they found that the hedgehog-like thing was actually a leopard that Xiaolu had shot arrows all over. But what surprised them even more was that, The body of Huabao was covered with a layer of white "dense fog".

They are so familiar with this scene, that white thing is simply their nightmare, since entering the outskirts of the mountain forest, it has been entangled around them, lingering.

Seeing that the leopard's skin and flesh were all gone, revealing the thick ribs inside, the three of them broke out in cold sweat almost at the same time, turned around and ran back in a tacit understanding, and more white mist was coming from all directions. It was obvious that they were surrounded, and now they finally understood why the leopards had suddenly disappeared. People and beasts had to keep away from these things.

"My God, why did so many pop up all of a sudden? I thought it was out of the range of this thing's activities." Zhao Chenggong scolded as he ran. I didn't meet that thing because those things only move in the forest, not this place, but now it seems that's really not the case.

"Don't talk nonsense, run..." Si Xuanyi almost ran back, the target was the half-collapsed stone house where they hid before, there was still a large pile of burning ashes, they wanted to escape now They can repaint their body with a layer of gray as soon as possible, hoping to block that thing, but they don't know if it will work for the white ghost-like thing here, but apart from this, they really can't think of other ways.

"It's really killing me...I'd rather fight with the leopards." Zhao Chenggong roared while running wildly. In his opinion, this thing is ten thousand times more terrifying than those leopards.

Before, they thought that there would be no such things when they got here. After all, they haven’t encountered any since they entered this forest last night, but now it seems that he thought things too simply. They are not small, each one that appeared one after another is the size of a truck, and they are not like the illusory ones they saw before. These look more real, like clouds floating in the air, just close at hand.

"Let your ancestors be honest, can you let us go?" Zhao Chenggong shouted to Xiaolu while running.

The little girl was already overwhelmed with fright, and was dragged forward by Si Xuanyi.

Zhao Chenggong almost plunged into the half of the ruins, and the whole person threw himself on the mass of ashes, but the ashes had not been completely extinguished, and the residual temperature was still there. The heat made his whole body fly away, but after he did so The whole space was filled with choking ashes. At this time, the three of them could not care about so many, so they quickly grabbed the black ash and smeared it on their bodies. In an instant, grass ash was everywhere, and those white things like fog Losing their target, the three of them were choked to tears inside, but they didn't dare to come out at all. Compared with facing those things, they would rather eat some ashes, but the effect is not bad.

"Why did there suddenly appear so many...cough cough cough...I thought there were none." Zhao Chenggong's mouth was covered with ashes, and his body was scalded by the charcoal fire for several blisters, but at this time he really didn't care about it. Come on, this is really going out of the dragon pool and into the tiger's den. They are not allowed to idle at all. The leopards are gone. This thing is back. To be precise, it should be this thing that drove those leopards away, but they have to face competition greater danger before.

"What can I do? I was surrounded by this thing again, which is much more difficult to deal with than a leopard." Zhao Chenggong continued to paint his body with ash. After seeing this thing again, he felt that even wearing a gray armor on his body was not enough Practical.

"Anyway, we can't wait here... let's go!" Si Xuanyi held up the torch and stepped out of the hiding place. Zhao Chenggong and Xiaolu were startled, but there was no time to stop him.

Just as Si Xuanyi stepped out, those things leaned towards him, but he still stopped a little further away because he was afraid of the flames.

"It's useful..." Si Xuanyi wiped the cold sweat off his face, and he was just trying his luck. Although he had the experience of last night, would the more real-looking ones up until here have any effect on their previous ones? The method didn't work. They were all the same after seeing this thing, and they were all afraid of fire, but it seemed that the black ash on his body didn't have a good effect on that thing.

"You're crazy..." Zhao Chenggong was frightened by his actions, and it was a desperate attempt.

"As long as it's useful... Go... Hurry up..." Si Xuanyi greeted them, he really wanted to get out of this ghostly place as soon as possible, to be more precise, he should get rid of the entanglement of these things as soon as possible.

The three of them held torches and ran in hastily. In fact, they didn't have any purpose. They just stayed away from here, away from the ghost-like things floating in the white clouds. It was just that the big white dense fog cars followed them all the time. This thing is more flexible than those leopards, and once it is attacked, there is basically no room for maneuver. After all, they still have the ability to fight to the death with the leopards. Even if they can't escape, they can kill one or two. There is no effective way to contend with it. Although torches can be used, it is by no means a long-term solution. These things can only be avoided but cannot be kept away. However, as time goes by, this kind of thing nearby There were more and more, and in the end, they covered the sky and the sun, as if the clouds in the sky fell on their heads, making them shudder, and there was a feeling that if they were swallowed by this thing, there would be no bones left.

After daybreak, the temperature became hotter and hotter, but the three of them were sweating and trembling when facing these things. It was not as simple as fear of death. Apart from Xiaolu, Si Xuanyi and Zhao Chenggong had also seen the world Well, they have seen through life and death a long time ago, but when faced with this situation, they really couldn't maintain their composure.

"Why does this thing always follow us..." Zhao Chenggong ran and looked back at more and more things gathering.

"We are the meat they want to eat but can't get their mouths... and they are not willing to give up." Si Xuanyi said, "I really don't know if they will directly pounce on us after the little food in our hands is burned. The ashes, it doesn't seem to work as well as when it's outside."

"The sweat from my body is washing away the ashes...we forgot to bring some here just now." Xiaolu said out of breath.

"If it doesn't work, find a place to add it... There are things that can be burned everywhere, and it's not a problem to get some ashes." Si Xuanyi looked at the nearby ruins, "But don't make too much noise, if it really burns we It's not going to get any better."

"This torch will burn out soon. We really have to find a place first." Zhao Chenggong was a little anxious. He knew what it meant to lose this torch. Looking at it, he wished he could set fire to the place, but Then they can't get away.

"This place has suddenly become quiet. Is it because of this thing? All the living things have run away..." Xiaolu couldn't hear anything nearby. Although there were occasional gunshots or two in the distance, it was definitely a It was quiet.

"Fools will stay here... Unless you can't run like us, otherwise you will run away if you don't hide." Zhao Chenggong tore a lot of branches from the passing trees and tied them up while running, forming a A small torch, but this thing is too wet, it is difficult to light.

"Go there..." Si Xuanyi pointed in a direction, and from a distance he could see some huge stone pillars hidden in the grass, which seemed to be a large building.

The three of them rushed over in a hurry and found that the building was really big enough, but basically it had collapsed and only the pillars were left. Sections of stone walls were submerged in the bushes and grass. The three of them chose a place where the vegetation was relatively close The corner of the wall is not where you can hide, but the weeds and shrubs here can be used to make torches. Zhao Chenggong immediately cut down a large piece of weeds, and then pushed them to the corner in front of them to light them, so as to avoid them as much as possible. It caused a bigger fire, and then began to cut down the nearby bushes, and mixed some withered grass to make torches. Those white mist-like things were around them, at most no more than tens of meters away, like a large ball of cotton floating in the air , As the bonfire was lit, clouds of smoke rose up, and those things were actually retreated by the smoke.

"Afraid of smoke?" Si Xuanyi felt very surprised, but they couldn't carry smoke around, they could only light fires everywhere, but this method was indeed more convenient without torches.

"The gunshots are far away from us... It's best for the little devil to stay away from us, but it seems that there are no one of his own nearby." Zhao Chenggong wiped the sweat from his face, only to find that the ashes he had painted before were gone. how much.

"Let's paint as much as possible on our bodies later." Si Xuanyi also noticed this problem. In fact, he was very anxious and had to find a way to escape, so he couldn't keep running around passively like this.

Xiaolu was wielding the straw rope swiftly, and Zhao Chenggong kept cutting back more bushes to use as materials for making torches. The three of them were so busy that they didn't even have a chance to stop to catch their breath. In fact, they were already tired and hungry. , smoke from their thirsty throats, since they left the little devil, they have never had a chance to stop and take a break, and they have been running for their lives almost all the time until now.

"Why is there not even a wild fruit tree here..." Zhao Chenggong tore off a lot of leaves and chewed them in his mouth, but this method was nonsense, the leaves were bitter and astringent, and there was no juice to chew, so he hurried Spit it out, and started yelling at the little devil for stealing their things.

Si Xuanyi knew very well that Zhao Chenggong's behavior was a sign of uncertainty.

"This can be eaten..." Xiaolu pulled out a large pile of small green leaves from the grass, which seemed to be some kind of wild vegetable. They had never seen it before, but at this moment, the two of them had nothing to choose and immediately stuffed it into it. In the mouth, the taste is cool with a hint of bitterness, but it is not unpalatable. Although there is not much of this food, it can relieve the hunger and thirst in their stomachs, but the quantity is too small. Basically, one person can only eat it Take a sip.

"Someone..." Xiaolu suddenly pointed in a direction and exclaimed in a low voice.

Si Xuanyi turned his head to look, but saw nothing except the ghostly white fog.

"Where is it?" Zhao Chenggong also looked around for a long time.

"It's over there...inside that thing." Xiaolu stared at the direction, with an expression that even he himself found inconceivable.

How can you have someone like that?If there are people who have been eaten with only bones left, Si Xuanyi looked carefully in that direction while fiddling with the torch in his hand, but this time he went to see a shadow that seemed to disappear in a flash , It really seems to be a person, he was stunned for a moment, put down the things in his hands and stared at the other side, there was indeed something appearing and disappearing in the floating ghost-like white fog, it seemed to be running, but he soon noticed It is indeed a thing that is very similar to a person. The reason why he said that is because he absolutely does not believe that anyone can walk through that "white mist". He is several times stronger than a human, and has a body shape that is completely different from ordinary people...

(End of this chapter)