Chapter 24 The Ancient Temple Opposite
What I am facing now is nothing more than two choices, one is waiting for Shentu here, giving these evil relics to him, and then going back by himself. I don’t know what fate is going here, but at least after returning to the city, I can live a peaceful life for a while. Or, I follow the direction of the evil relics, but in fact, I feel that if I keep up, I will definitely not be able to live tonight. Because it is simply a fantasy to find anything in this canyon with these stones. Even if I can see somewhere in the canyon, I may not be able to arrive alive.
I was unwilling to give up, but the risk of the road ahead was too great, making me unable to take steps. At the same time, I thought of another thing, that is, Su still had a lot of cash behind my bookshelf. If I packed the money and ran away by myself after I went back, my life would be much better.
This feeling was so tempting at that moment that I had almost no resistance and chose the latter. I was a thief and was not a noble person. This choice was in line with my identity.
I didn't keep up. I like to spend time and do nothing. I watch movies, smoke and play games every day, and don't have to have any contact with the outside world, which makes me feel very at ease. Now torture myself in such a dangerous environment, it has no attraction to me.
I continued to roast the fire, waiting for Shentu to appear, and from noon to dusk, I collected firewood when I was bored, hoping to dry all my clothes. Shentu never appeared from beginning to end. I ate instant noodles for dinner, because there was no place to heat water, so I roasted it so I kept eating it.
I was really sleepy at night. I fell asleep for a long time after dozing off, and finally fell asleep by the bonfire.
When it was dawn and I was awakened by the cold, Shentu still did not show up. I suddenly realized whether Shentu gave up halfway.
A cold person like him may suddenly feel unhappy and leave directly. I am still waiting for him here, and I am still a good person. I comfort myself like this.
I packed up my parcel and ate something again. I didn't want to delay for a moment. After extinguishing the bonfire, I started walking back. After walking about a dozen steps, I looked at the forest surrounded by morning mist and suddenly realized that I didn't know the road at all. I walked on the slope all the way, and all my energy was to prevent myself from sliding down. There was no time to remember the road.
It is always right to go up and go up. I thought to myself, so I started climbing, and it became even more difficult. I climbed to the sunrise and looked at the entire canyon, and I could see the previous position of the bonfire. I didn’t even climb up to 50 meters.
I found something was wrong at this location, coupled with the sunrise and the thick fog dissipated, because I did not see the familiar mountains, but became even more unfamiliar, which means I had entered this deeper area.
I was sad because I climbed up a tree and looked further away. I actually saw a temple opposite the valley, hidden in the woods. Looking around, except for this location, the other mountains are all from one to another. The mountains here are not like the hills in the south. They are extremely vicious. They can stop the idea of climbing through them.
Because I was a thief and had a very good vision, I could actually see a bonfire flashing in the temple. It seemed that someone was there.
I was puzzled, but the mountain opposite the canyon meant that when I got there, I had to go down to the bottom of the valley first and then climb up the mountain. I am not a monkey, so I can't do it at all.
If the Luo family was entrenched in this abandoned temple, what was their purpose?
I rarely become curious about other people's affairs, but now I become curious because it is really strange that a group of people stay in such places. This is definitely not what Su said is stupid, but "strange". Judging from the skills and physical strength of the Luo family, they are trained like soldiers.
However, if you think about it carefully, many of the things that Su said may not be the truth. This person lives alone in the middle of an ancient house, and then takes me into the mountains and forests. Many of his behaviors are strange. I didn’t know if it was Gelsdermo syndrome before, but I didn’t even doubt it. Now after being alone, I suddenly realized many doubts and uneven places.
But it doesn't matter. Just five thousand yuan is real, just the money hidden behind my bookcase is real.
I climbed down the tree and continued to find the way back. I walked all the way. Soon it was night again. I found a relatively flat place and started to burn. I made do with it again. I woke up in the morning and continued to search. When I still couldn't find the direction at night, the fear in my heart rose to the greatest extent.
I realized I was lost myself, and, the two-day trek exceeded the time we had spent when we came, and if my direction was wrong, I might have reached this canyon where no one had ever been.
That night I didn't have the heart to sleep anymore, but anxiously wanted to follow my footprints when I came. Instead, I made a torch and walked back. I wanted to go back to the bonfire point where I first sheltered from the rain. In this way, I at least knew that I would not be more than a day away from the pass.
After walking back for three or four hours, I was confused, tired and sleepy. In the mist, I suddenly saw something hanging on a large tree in front of me.
I rubbed my eyes and leaned up with a torch, and saw a human-shaped shadow hanging under the branches, with its head drooping. What the flames could shine was a pair of legs that were completely frozen and hung.
I realized in an instant that I saw a dead person hanging from the branch of this tree. I was so scared that I stepped back and almost slid down the hillside.
Stabilized and pretended to be brave. I raised the torch and shone the body. Judging from the ethnic costumes on my body, it seemed that it was a local here. I had been dead for some days. In the cold environment, the body gradually dehydrated, all the skin turned black, the face shrank, like a skeleton. The mouth was wide open, and the neck became very unnatural due to its weight.
I didn't dare to look closely. I passed by here just now. The body was on my head. It felt terrible when I thought about it. I don't know why he couldn't think about it in such a deep mountain. If he had any worries, he would be determined enough to leave. He didn't even give others the chance to collect the corpse.
Just as I was about to leave as soon as possible, I suddenly saw someone carving a few lines of words on the tree where the corpse was hanging.
Is it a desperate poem? I have read too many online novels, and my first thoughts are very nonsensical. I went up and took a look and found that what I wrote was.
"I can't escape, they tricked me in, I can't find my way out, I know they've been watching me for fun, I won't let them succeed."
Chapter completed!