Chapter 22 Phantom
After they settled down, everyone first calculated the lost things. Fortunately, the dry food was still in Jinhu's big backpack, and those important equipment were basically recovered, otherwise the days ahead might be difficult.
I lay limply on the ground. The golden tiger picked up some dead branches and leaves and fired to keep warm to everyone.
Today I was in a mess again. No one expected that the secret passage would collapse, which was a series of misfortunes.
Until dinner time passed, everyone was still lying down dejectedly, but the owner was walking around extremely excitedly.
Jin Hu scolded bluntly, "Old guy, can you calm down for a while? Isn't this day exciting enough?"
The ship owner took the conversation and said, "No, no, I think we seem to be missing one person."
"What nonsense? Don't everyone go here? If you want to talk nonsense, I will break your front teeth." Jin Hu rolled up his sleeves and pretended to take action.
The ship owner hurriedly explained: "No, no, boss, when I was helping you with things outside, I clearly saw the big brother with a flat head standing behind him and disappeared from the cave. How could I talk nonsense?"
My heart suddenly skipped a beat. Isn’t the flat head talking about the army?
Jin Hu probably didn't realize anything yet, so he raised his hand and wanted to beat the ship owner. I blocked him and asked, "Didn't you hear it yet? Think about who he said is the flat head!"
Jin Hu was stunned for a long time before he understood: "The only one who shaved his head among us is Dajun. Are you saying that he saw Dajun?"
I nodded and said, "Since the army's corpse was controlled by the Ghost Face Spider, I have been worried that he would cause trouble for us. Now his elusiveness really made me sweat. If I meet him again later, I must not be lenient."
Jinhu said knowingly: "You mean, when you meet again, you will be him?"
The shipowner looked at us with horror when he heard this, "Boss two, what are you talking about? What are the ghost-faced spiders and corpses? Are you planning to kill someone?"
Jinhu looked black and looked at him with a look of evil and said to him, "That's right, we are going to kill people, but we are just killing people. Do you want to ask me again? If you believe it or not, I will send you to see Mazu first?"
The shipowner immediately stopped and then went to find a place next to him to sleep honestly.
I guess everyone was exhausted and they didn't get up until eight o'clock in the evening to eat something, and then they lay down to sleep after eating.
After a while, snoring sounds rang throughout the cave, but I was still awake.
We are facing many problems at present. According to the current progress, we have seriously deviated from the plan we made at the beginning. In other words, we must hurry up and complete the task before we run out of supplies, otherwise the situation will only get worse and worse.
In the past two days, I found that both my physical and psychological qualities have improved greatly. If I had been in such an environment before, it would be hard to imagine how I would deal with the situation.
Seeing that the rain outside finally stopped, I ran out of the cave and lit a cigarette. After turning around, Qin Xuanling followed him out in a coat and said to me: "It's not good to smoke too much cigarettes at night."
I smiled and replied, "I'm used to it, it's boring not to take a few shots."
He pinched a pill and said to me, "Try this, you can quit smoking. I used to use it for the smoker."
I returned with a lot of laughter and cry: "Brother, you think I am an addict, just a cigarette."
Qin Xuanling said deeply: "As a man, you must block all bad habits so that you can accomplish great things."
I joked, "It seems that you were a person with a story before. Have you smoked big cigarettes or something?"
Qin Xuanling said expressionlessly: "I won't touch that kind of thing. We have rules in the dragon gate, and we are not allowed to touch any addictive things."
I was curious and said, "So you are similar to monks and Taoists, right? Can you be close to women?"
He said: "We just pay more attention to it, but we do not have the rules and regulations of the Buddhist and Taoist schools. Speaking of which, Longmen Taoism still has a certain origin with orthodox Taoism, but we are used to freedom. Apart from not getting involved in cigarettes, alcohol and poison, the others are no different from normal people, so it is not new to marry and have children."
I see that although he comes from Nanyang, his behavior and way of speaking are no different from ours, and he even has a bit of ancient style.
Compared to those overseas Chinese who always like to add a few English words, it is obviously more comfortable to get along with this person.
So I said to him: "According to the old Chinese tradition, friends should use font sizes to name each other, but now there is no need to pay attention to font sizes, so I used nicknames or nicknames instead.
Although we have only known each other for a long time, we can be considered friends, right? I will call you Qin Xuanling in the future. Your name is too difficult to pronounce, so it is a bit natural to call this."
He patted my shoulder and said lightly: "My friend is sure, it's okay for you to call me that. But this trip is over. I don't know if there is any chance to meet again in the future. The road to the world is far away, so take care of it."
I was a little puzzled. Is it too early to say this just now?
Seeing that Qin Xuanling had returned to his former deep appearance and stared at the bottom of the mountain in a daze, I quickly opened up the question and asked him what he thought about the army.
He came back to his senses and said, "Actually, I think this is quite strange. Logically speaking, the army is dead. Even if it is controlled by the Ghost Spider, it is impossible to move around like a normal person. Unless he has become a 'charm'.
I had encountered a similar situation in Malaysia. That time I was entrusted to go to Penang to deal with a corpse. It is said that the deceased died of a poisonous snake bite. As a result, three days later, he suddenly cheated at the funeral. When I rushed over, many people had already died.
Once this kind of thing becomes a climate, it will be difficult to deal with. It will continue to maintain its essence by absorbing the essence of living people.
But the army has been hiding in the dark since it disappeared, and it seems that it can survive without the energy of the human body.
If this is the case, then what we are going to face may be a big trouble.”
After hearing him say it, I couldn't help but shivering. I saw this thing "美" when I was reading "Shan Hai Jing". It is a kind of ghosts and monsters in legend. They usually absorb the essence of living people. Their movement can transform into static and changeable.
Although I have never heard of something like this before, it is obvious that Qin Xuanling will not make fun of me.
I asked him if he could find a way to pull the army out as soon as possible, even if he was our own person during his lifetime, it would be a disaster to keep him in the dark now, and sooner or later he would meet him.
Qin Xuanling shook his head and said, "It's not that simple. You must know that charm is also spiritual. It can trick living people into absorbing essence, so it is naturally not easy to deceive."
At this moment, the small gourd that had been tied to Qin Xuanling's waist suddenly began to whimper. I thought it was the water ghost he caught in was making noise inside, but he didn't expect that he said to me: "No, there is something happening nearby, I'm afraid the army is coming."
I said in surprise: "Can you still sense dirty things in your little gourd?"
Qin Xuanling replied: "This is also the amulet of our Longmen Taoist. When there is danger, it will remind me, but it is useless to ordinary lonely ghosts. It will only make a sound when it encounters something with strong evil. It seems that the army has completely become a climate. Be careful!"
After saying that, he turned back to the cave, and I rushed in to get the gun. As soon as we entered the cave, we smelled a very strange smell, which looked like a corpse smell and had a scent of sulfur.
Qin Xuanling's sharp eyes immediately discovered the problem. He pointed to the four eyes lying beside Lin Qian and said, "There is something wrong there, please dodge it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Qian suddenly stood up with a carp, and then let out a series of extremely strange smiles. Looking at his face, it had long since disappeared, as if it was covered with white gray, which was very terrifying.
Qin Xuanling pulled out another short sword from his waist without hesitation and threw it straight out. Unexpectedly, he was caught in the air. Dingqing saw that the army that had become a "charm" was hanging on the top of the cave...
Chapter completed!