Chapter 2 The Horror of the Forest
Because Heizhugou is not a famous scenic spot in Sichuan, and it is also a tourist off-season, almost no car can be seen on the road, only some backpackers and local mountain people walk together.
We soon arrived at the gate of the scenic spot. The manager of the scenic spot had already received a notice from his superiors and put our three military vehicles in. The car drove all the way to the stone gate of Heizhugou, and further ahead was the legendary death zone.
There is a local proverb: "Stone gate close, stone gate close, the hunters enter without a trace, and the strong man will not look back." Many exploration teams and explorers who have entered Shimen Pass for many years have mysteriously disappeared. The most famous is that in 1950, more than 30 remnants of Hu Zongnan of the Kuomintang, relying on sophisticated weapons, wanted to cross the Black Bamboo Ditch, but all of them disappeared.
I'm not afraid of death. In fact, Daxiong and I can stay in the inn and wait for news after asking for assistance from the army, but we take the initiative to follow us. First, because I'm really not a patient person. Instead of making me wait anxiously, it's better to go to the scene to find out. Second, driven by curiosity, people always have a fluke mentality. I don't think the black bamboo ditch is as dangerous as the legend.
These days, I also heard from the innkeeper that in fact, many people who entered Heizhugou retreated. Local people often ventured to go deep into it in order to get musk, Ganoderma lucidum and other precious medicinal herbs. Isn't Liang Qian in front of me an example of success... We closed the car at the stone gate, and Lao Huang gave us Some military equipment and dry food have been prepared.
"It just rained heavily yesterday, and the fog in the mountain should not be so thick. It should not be too dangerous for us to enter the mountain..." Liang Qian spoke for the first time, and her voice was very pleasant.
Lao Huang walked to Feng Ze with a smile, handed over a cigarette and said, "Comrade scientist, do you remember the way?"
Feng Ze looked up at Lao Huang with a pale face and did not pick up the cigarette. He said cowardly, "From here, you can see a sea of pigeon flowers on the right side of the road. After crossing the sea of flowers, there is a small river. It takes about seven or eight hours downstream along the river. Maybe you will spend a night in the mountains... ..."
After saying that, Feng Ze lowered his head again. Lao Huang's hand holding the cigarette stopped in mid-air, which was a little embarrassed. Finally, he smiled and put the cigarette back into the cigarette box.
As a senior explorer, Liang Qian took the lead in walking at the front. I noticed that as soon as she entered the forest, she held a bronze stove in her hand. The stove was only the size of a palm and carved with a tiger-faced cow monster, which seemed to be an antique.
A faint white smoke came out of the stove, which smelled a faint fragrance and made people refreshed.
Daxiong obviously also saw this strange stove. He was thick-skinned than me, so he came forward and said, "Explorer Liang, what is this in your hand?"
Liang Qian seemed to be very talkative. She smiled and said, "This is a bronze furnace to ward off evil spirits. It was uploaded by my ancestors. It is said that it is an ancient object from the Warring States Period. It burns a unicorn bone, which can repel poisonous insects, exorcise demons and suppress evil..."
At a glance, I really found that many flying insects had avoided the place she had walked through far away. I said that this stove was really magical, but I didn't know whether the effect of exorcising demons and avoiding evil was true or false.
Daxiong touched the back of his head. As soon as he saw the beautiful woman, he was stupid and said, "Hey, what is that unicorn bone..."
Liang Qian looked at him, blinked, and said, "Secret..."
Daxiong has been pestering Liang Qian, but Liang Qian answered him everything, but she didn't tell him what the unicorn bone was.
I feel a little boring. Looking at the forests around me, it is like a whole screen, and the scenery along the way seems to have not changed.
In this way, we kept walking to the depths of the forest. Half an hour after departure, the road began to narrow, and the road became more and more difficult to walk. I think even local mountain people rarely come to this place.
We also met many animals along the way, but most of them were monkeys and wild boars. Although it was strange, we did not meet any poisonous insects and beasts in the legend.
Near noon, we saw a sea of pigeons.
Seeing that we were also tired, Lao Huang ordered the troops to rest here for a while, opened some canned beans and began to eat.
While eating, I glanced at Feng Ze next to me. Since he entered the forest, he became more and more restless. Now he doesn't eat, and his eyes are erratic.
Anyway, we are also colleagues. I want to persuade him to eat something. Just as he was about to open his mouth, he suddenly stood up, walked to Lao Huang, and said hesitantly, "Comm Company Huang, I... Can I stay here and wait for you to come back?"
Seeing that he took the initiative to speak, Lao Huang took the opportunity to ask, "It's easy to discuss, we won't force you, but can you tell us what scared you so much and what happened to the archaeological team?"
Feng Ze looked very entangled. He looked left and right and found that the soldiers were eating, and I also pretended not to look at him.
Then he leaned down to Lao Huang's ear and whispered a word.
I didn't hear what he said, but Lao Huang laughed and said, "You are also an academician of the Academy of Sciences. How can you believe that there are ghosts in the world? You must have read it wrong."
Now everyone looked over, and Feng Ze's face suddenly turned red. He sighed and said, "I know you don't believe it, so I have never dared to say it. There are really ghosts in this forest. Through this pigeon forest, you can meet that thing. Anyway, I won't go there again... Those people in the expedition are all crazy... This is not a place for people to stay at all..."
After saying that, he was about to turn around and walk back and was grabbed by Lao Huang's shoulder.
Lao Huang said with a smile, "Over the years, the army has also carried out many tasks and encountered many phenomena that cannot be explained by science, but in the end, they are all speculative and pretend to be ghosts. You must follow us. I want to use the glory of justice of the People's Liberation Army to make ghosts appear and dispel the shadow in your heart."
At this time, Liang Qian also came over and said to Feng Ze with a smile, "Lao Huang is right, but I also believe you. To be honest, the demon has also seen me, but there is nothing to be afraid of with so many people..."
Seeing Liang Qian coming, Feng Ze's face turned redder and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
At this time, a soldier next to him said, "Huh? Why is Dongzi missing? The people around looked around, and a short soldier said, "This child has a lot of things to do. He must have gone to the forest to irrigate crops." As soon as he said this, everyone present laughed.
Lao Huang also smiled and said to us, "Dongzi is the youngest soldier in the team. He just joined the army last year. Because he is relatively timid, everyone often jokes about him." As soon as he finished speaking, a cry of fear echoed in the valley.
When they heard this cry, everyone was shocked. Lao Huang reacted the fastest, pulled out his pistol and stood up. However, almost at the same time, the panicked Dongzi rushed out of the forest. Dongzi didn't even lift his trousers, so he ran out. His whole right hand was full of blood, and his face was pale and terrible. Obviously, he was extremely frightened. My first reaction was that some beast attacked him while he was irrigating crops, so I must follow him closely.
Lao Huang obviously thought so, so he picked up his gun and aimed at the forest behind Dongzi in a semi-squatting position.
Sure enough, there was a burst of ** in the woods, and something drilled out of the forest. I saw that the movement was very big, and I judged that it must be a bigger guy.
"Ghost...is a ghost!" At this time, Feng Ze shouted in horror and sat on the ground with his mouth wide open.
Almost at the same time, the gunshot sounded in my ear, and several people shot in the direction of the forest at the same time. The intensive shooting made the green juice fly all over the forest four or five meters away. I heard a sharp scream, like a night owl crying, which made people's hair stand up, and then something rushed to the depths of the forest.
What kind of huge animal would make such a unpleasant sound? Everyone was dumbfounded and no one dared to catch up. After a while, everyone came to their senses and left two people to guard the direction of Linzi, and the others went to check Dongzi's injury.
"Is it a savage? This is troublesome! I heard that the savages have a high IQ and are all group activities. Maybe they will go back to move rescuers. A soldier said.