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Chapter 49
The darkness below the mountain is not purely invisible. It is more accurate to describe it. The place should be a cloudy, stagnant shadow. Chu Huan heard those whispering sounds again, and two strong thoughts suddenly surged in his heart. .
A person has experienced a lot of critical situations, and his intuition is much sharper than ordinary people. However, it is only limited to subconsciously avoiding when encountering danger. Chu Huan has never been so clear, but obviously not out of reason and logic Thoughts.
It seemed that there were two more voices in his heart. One was desperately urging him to go forward and walked into the sinking ground, and the other was hoarsely warning him to step back and how far he could run.
Chu Huan squeezed his eyebrows, and suddenly he was in a dilemma, so he firmly nailed his footsteps to the spot, and kept watching without moving.
Nan Shan didn't allow him to be so calm. He turned around and turned his head and grabbed Chu Huan, dragging him by the shoulder, "Go!"
Chu Huan was also dragged by him and staggered, and the whispers in his ear became louder and louder. He couldn't help but clasp Nan Shan's wrist: "I think that..."
Nan Shan cut off him: "Don't look, don't listen, don't think!"
Chu Huan: "What..."
His voice fell, and his spine fell suddenly, and Chu Huan turned his head back in shock, and saw that the huge shadow was like a nightmare, and he actually caught up!
Chu Huan shook his head suddenly-wait, how could the shadow "chase" the person? What if I catch up?
He didn't think about these questions clearly, but for just now, he had an unfounded sense of fear that was born in his bones.
The sense of fear overwhelmed the attraction to him, and the group fled in haste.
The boulder was covered with fine icy scum and hoar frost. The foot of Nan Shan slipped, Chu Huan grabbed him by the arm, but Nan Shan pulled him down. His hand was so powerful that Chu Huan followed Pulled from the top, pressed it in his arms.
Chu Huan: "Wait..."
However, Nan Shan didn't give him time to adjust his posture. He arched his back to protect Chu Huan in his arms, and directly used himself as a shield to roll down the mountain.
A large tree crossing over blocked the way, Nan Shan suddenly turned over to separate Chu Huan, and his back bumped into the waist without any buffer, Nan Shan groaned, holding Chu Huan's hand tighter. Almost sinking into his flesh.
When a few people climbed up the mountain like a tortoise, they almost flowed into the sea, rolling all the way back and forth. Fortunately, the staff were excellent and there were no old, weak, sick or disabled. Otherwise, they would break a few bones just like this Shelf.
No one knows why they ran, but what's so scary about the shadows?
However, they are like rabbits that have encountered a eagle, facing the huge shadow, instinctively creepy.
Chu Huan felt a violent void beneath him, and then there was a familiar feeling of falling. He and Nan Shan Siamese flew sideways from the protruding ice layer.
How high is this? What's below? Will you be disabled?
At the moment when Chu Huan felt so desperate, he suddenly heard a word in the chattering sound in his ear.
"fire!"
Chu Huan couldn't help asking, "Fire?"
His lighter has been thrown in the waste flower and exploded, where is the fire? Do you spray yourself?
But he made such a vague sound, as if he was thinking a certain mysterious secret, Chu Huan's ears roared, his eyes were almost white, and the violent white light made him unable to open his eyes.
...Isn't it the one who sprayed it yourself?
No one saw where the white light came from, and all eyes were involuntarily dodged.
In a trance, Chu Huan seemed to have touched some kind of secret connection, extending to an untouchable place.
However, this mysterious feeling was fleeting. In the next moment, several people fell heavily to the ground and fell into a slightly concave pit on the hillside. Chu Huan flexibly supported the ground, his shoulders touched the ground, and he turned sideways. Rolling to the side, unloading the impact of the fall, anyhow he didn't let Nan Shan directly become his pad.
Chu Huan's pupil size slowly reset, and I saw the clear noon sky still in front of me, and the sun was evenly scattered on the top of the mountain where they rolled down just now. The fine halo on it seemed to be a layer. crystal.
Just now, the terrifying shadow and the inexplicable white light were all gone, as if it were just an illusion.
Nan Shan supported the ground with his hands, but he didn't even stand up and fell back again. It can be seen that the impact was not light, his head was covered with cold sweat, and there was a shocking bruise on his back.
If he was not a natural mountain guardian with copper skin and iron bones, he might have broken his spine.
But Nan Shan didn't say a word, his gasping sound became heavy, and the clenched teeth cracked a hard mark on his jaw.
Chu Huan's eyes twitched immediately: "Let me see."
However, I don't know if it was Chu Huan's illusion. When he reached out to pull Nan Shan, the other party actually hid.
"Don't look," Nan Shan climbed up with difficulty, staggering under his feet, almost unable to straighten his waist, "Go first."
"Slow down, wait," Chu Huan stopped him, "Why are you going? Come here, I'll carry you."
Nan Shan took a deep look at him, then lowered his gaze, avoiding his sight, and then almost resolutely straightened up, almost half-struck.
what's the situation?
Chu Huan frowned, but the situation was urgent and he didn't have time to say anything.
There is a saying that going up the mountain is easy and difficult to go down. They quickly walked through the short gentle slope, and reached the almost most dangerous section of the mountain. The rock went straight up and down without seeing the bottom. There was a layer of fine ice on it, Chu Huan. I felt my scalp exploded after a glance-how could this go down?
When they climbed up, they almost became a group of Spider-Man without a headgear, but if they had to go down the same way, it was absolutely impossible.
Little Fang hurriedly turned around to ask Nan Shan: "Patriarch, what should I do?"
Nan Shan did not answer, he bent down very painfully. At this moment, the large bruise on his back had turned purple, and a network of blood vessels could be seen under the skin. It was squatting there like a crack, and at first glance he thought he was at his waist. Surrounded by a big python.
Chu Huan held him involuntarily and carefully checked the bruise. He tentatively touched Nan Shan's swollen skin lightly, feeling that the oily skin was burning.
Nan Shan held back no answer, but trembled involuntarily.
"No," Chu Huan turned to Little Fang, "Brother, you first go nearby to see if there are any stronger rattans, cut down a few long ones, and tie everyone together."
There were many unknown vines growing on the cliffs. Little Fang had no objection, and immediately acted upon hearing this.
At the same time, Nan Shan avoided Chu Huan's gaze again, and calmly tried to pull his arm out.
This time, even if Chu Huan was dull, he realized that this was not his illusion, and Nan Shan was avoiding him with a clear attitude.
For no reason, why did he suddenly feel awkward?
Chu Huan didn't react for a while, and he didn't have time to think about it. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Nan Shan's wrist tightly. He lowered his face and said, "You can't go by yourself, or I will carry you on my back, or I will hold you and choose one. "
Nan Shan groaned for a moment, not knowing what psychological construction he had done, and quickly stabilized his eyes. His eyes slid around the scars on Chu Huan's body that had just been scabbed, and answered objectively and calmly, "You My wound is not completely healed, and I have already managed to go down here. If I carry another person, the wound will definitely open. I can recover at most one night, you can't."
This statement is justified and there is no way to refute it.
At this time, Little Fang had already cut back the cane quickly, Yuan Ping walked over, and threw one end of the cane to Chu Huan: "He is right, get out of the way, the crispy dog-the patriarch, you tie it up a little , I will carry you on this journey."
Yuan Ping loves to run Chu Huan when he is all right. The frequency is about the same as eating and drinking. Chu Huan has already been used to it, and he is basically a deaf ear. However, at this time, a nameless fire suddenly rises in his heart-despite his acquaintance. For many years, he knew that Yuan Ping was too straight to be straight, but he was unhappy that his own thing was coveted by others.
My hands are itchy.
However, when Chu Huan reached this age, he didn't have the impulse to be young anymore. The fire in his heart came hidden, and the speed at which it was suppressed was fast. They were running away at this time. Huan didn't say anything at the time. He just stretched out his hand to test the firmness of the cane, and then bent down when Nan Shan was inconvenient to move, walked around his leg and tied a very strong buckle.
Then, Chu Huan pulled up the cane, crossed the mountain, patted the boy on the shoulder, told him to step back, and went to the front to find the way.
Chu Huan Shou Shan Ren never envy or gatekeepers that anti-beat body, Nan Shan mention a number of "shake-up", he basically is when love, then listen, and did not seriously considered to be acceptable.
Because in Chu Huan's view, this is not necessary at all.
What kind of race gave birth to what kind of body, he was born with this * mortal womb, nothing to mind, like birds are born to fly, fish are born to swim, when a person is just born, he is a shellless bastard-even I can't turn over.
Sometimes people are indeed limited by a certain aspect of talent, but so what? Isn't the so-called "strong man" a way of life that constantly surpasses the innate?
When faced with this problem, Chu Huan was still very open-minded until this moment.
For example, right now, he suddenly couldn't think about it.
Chu Huan's self-esteem that hadn't been touched for many years, just now was caught off guard by Yuan Ping's "crispy dog", which was intentionally or unintentionally poked, and it hurt him like a throat.
When they went up the mountain, they walked from early morning to noon, and when they descended, they climbed from noon to the early morning of the next day.
When there is light, Chu Huan explores the way. At night, his night vision can't be so accurate. The person who explores the way can only be replaced by Little Fang.
The atmosphere was dull and stiff, and no one dared to be distracted and chatting until dawn broke the next day. Several people just now defeated a cliff and reached a gentle slope that had no stone steps but could walk upright.
Nan Shan's injury really recovered quickly, but after one night, the swelling has almost disappeared, and the bruise has turned into a more terrible dark purple, but the bruise has spread a little, and it seems that it is serious, but it does not seem to affect Most of his movements are gone.
They cut off the vines, did not dare to rest, and rushed back the same way endlessly. They went back to the cave where they had rested halfway and stopped temporarily until the Golden Uxi fell again, and after another day of running in such a hurry.
And stopping is not entirely for rest. Several people understand in their hearts that if they go further, they will inevitably encounter the Eye eater beast occupying the dense forest and the resurgence of the Sound beast, so they have to temporarily recharge their energy and discuss how to deal with it. .
Nan Shan draws a detailed local map on the ground based on his memory—every time the mountain gate is turned to this end, the guardian will go through mountain patrols twice. He has been walking this road since he was 13 or 14 years old. It is not bad to draw with eyes closed.
"This time we walked the farthest here, and the forest of steles is here," Nan Shan drew the mountain they had climbed, and extended the route by about one-fifth of the length. "We walked 80% of the way, and the whole way was extended. The main river. There are several tributaries that have deep water. I have marked them all. Sound beasts may appear in these places."
"We are in this position. This side is the dense forest occupied by the Eye eater beast." Nan Shan clicked a point, then drew a circle, patted the dirt on his hands, and said, "Eye eater beasts are generally not They like to migrate, unless the original place makes them unable to live anymore. Most of their habitats need trees and water, so I can basically tell that they are from the south. This time we go back as far as possible to the north, follow the foot of the mountain, and go around. Walking along the mountains, I'd rather go around a little bit farther than bump into them."
Chu Huan lazily interjected: "The group of Eye eater beasts live in groups, and the smell is fragrant. It is impossible for other animals to smell it. The flat people and sound beasts should also try to get around them. Good not to get together."
"Pianists have a high IQ, so they should not actively provoke large-scale sound beasts. They are good at group fights. Even if they are catching, they should be able to pick a single one." Yuan Ping said, "So they should be able to get around Where there is a lot of open water, the possibility is greatest in the mountains, and it is the mountains where you can find clean and safe water sources at close range."
Dashan: "Patriarch, then the mountains and waterways are not safe, what shall we do?"
"I know there is a way." Little Fang interrupted suddenly, "It's a shortcut, a cold pool that passes through the mountain. The cave is very small and the Sound beast can't enter. Swim down below. The Pianist is not good at water and should not go into the mountain pool. Even if you encounter Mutai without the Pianist's command, it is easy to clean up."
When they came, no one knew that the Eye eater beast had lived in a group of neighbors in the good woods, so Little Fang didn't have time to come up with this idea, but it happened to come in handy when he returned.
Nan Shan passed decisively and nodded: "Well, everyone will take a break first. We will be on the road as soon as daybreak tomorrow."
His voice fell, Chu Huan had already stood up: "I'm watching the night."
After speaking, he walked to the entrance of the cave by himself without looking up.
Nan Shan looked at his back that had lost a lot of weight in the past few days, and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say a word and left with him.
Chu Huan sat alone next to the fire at the entrance of the cave, with his hands clasped together behind his head, lying on the ground face up to the sky, looking up at the starry river above his head.
Regarding the fall, Chu Huan was actually still confused. It was an existence he had never seen and could not understand, but he instinctively felt extremely dangerous.
After running away for two days and one night, Chu Huan also calmed down. He realized that Nan Shan suddenly alienated him, as if he had seen the fall.
Once this joint was connected, Chu Huan could almost understand what Nan Shan was thinking with his toes.
The changes in this world must have exceeded Nan Shan's expectations. If the enemy is a human, even an incredible monster, it is not invincible, but what if the "enemy" is the world itself?
Nan Shan probably realized that no matter what they said in their sacred holy book, he might not be able to find the gleam of life in it, so when the mountain gate is turned upside down again, with the temper of that person who doesn’t turn, maybe he will. Push yourself out without any explanation.
Let him leave this absurd world in a crack forever.
Chu Huan sighed and remembered the stories that some Ye Shiyan had seen in the past. Some of the stories about the borderlands in the stories were fragrant and poisonous. What would poison the little girl to keep a man? The decisive paranoia, it is also "I die and you have to die", and it is also "Dare to betray, just leave your bones and scum" and so on...
There are countless weird methods here, and it is the place of the mountain guards themselves. They can do whatever they want, lawless and unattended... It can be said to be a good time and place, but the person he met should not be more selfish and vicious. ?
Chu Huan uttered a daze for a while, realizing that he was a little bit in a hurry to beg for abuse. He couldn't help but spit on himself in an unbelievable way: "Bone."
But Nan Shan was silent and determined, and there was really nothing he could do with the cheap bones.
In the middle of the night, Nan Shan walked over and replaced Chu Huan. He looked at his nose and mouth with his eyes and mouth, ready to draw a line, and said to Chu Huan, "Go and sleep for a while."
Chu Huan moved his eyes, bet on him, said nothing, just looked at Nan Shan.
Nan Shan was stared at by his speechless gaze, and he almost flees from the wind. After a while, he squatted down, slowly took off the ring in his hand, and placed it beside Chu Huan.
Chu Huan turned over and sat up, picked up the platinum ring, threw it in his hand twice, and turned it upside down for a few times, feeling the eye pain from the flame reflected by the metal.
He suppressed his emotions and asked blankly, "What do you mean?"
"Give it back to you." Nan Shan seemed to be afraid of disturbing others, and his voice was low.
After a while, he seemed to harden his heart, took a deep breath, and said to Chu Huan in a flat tone of business affairs: "The holy book says that there will be someone who can communicate with the past and the future, the present and the last days. I I always thought that person was you-but now it seems unlikely, we have been surrounded by a fall, are you or not, it is too late-when this winter passes, the mountain gate turns upside down, I will send you away, Don't come back again."