Chapter 12 Dispersion

I secretly scolded Du Xiaosheng for not being interesting enough, and I couldn't let Zhou Linli wipe his nose on my pants. Fortunately, although Fang Yuze was not loyal enough, he still had loyalty. With a kind face on his face, he said to Zhou Linli, whose face was full of tears: "We don't want to kill you. You will know when you get up and take a look."

"You've already gone under the knife and you still pretended that you didn't want to kill me. Don't be naive, okay? I won't get up. If I do, you will definitely kill me again." Zhou Linli said, imitating the accent in Korean dramas.

I suddenly felt that one head was bigger than the other. Did this fat man have a negative IQ? Perhaps because he had had enough fun, Du Xiaosheng ducked behind Zhou Linli at some point, picked up the 200-pound Fatty Zhou in his hands, and turned him 180 degrees so that he was facing the snake corpse.

Zhou Linli, who was still kicking his limbs wildly when he saw the snake, immediately stopped. After being stunned for a few seconds, he covered his ears and screamed: "Ahhhh... there is a snake!"

Soon, his voice stopped abruptly. He clasped his hands together and bowed to the snake corpse again and again, murmuring in his mouth. I leaned over and listened, and he said: "Snake Great Immortal... No, Snake Ancestor, don't be familiar with the little fat guy like me, I am just passing by. The one who killed you was the fair young man next to you, you If you want to take revenge, be sure not to find the wrong person. If you are unwilling, little fat man, I will buy you some paper and burn it after I come down from the mountain..."

No matter how strong Du Xiaosheng was, he couldn't bear Zhou Linli's weight of more than 200 kilograms. I saw that the muscles under his shirt were tense and his arms were trembling. I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold on for long.

Sure enough, before I could take my eyes off Du Xiaosheng's muscles, I heard Zhou Linli's "Ouch" in the next second, followed by the sound of falling to the ground. Zhou Linli fell down and gnawed on the mud, feeling very embarrassed. He climbed up, not caring about patting the dirt on his body, and stared directly at the snake corpse on the branch, as if he was afraid that it would jump up again and bite him.

I was too lazy to pay attention to him, just letting him reflect on his own IQ, it would be better if it could be longer. It was completely dark. I looked at my watch. It was seven o'clock. If I delayed any longer, I might not be able to enter the mountain.

Zhou Linli was still in shock, so I said impatiently: "Hurry up and pack up and continue on your way. Once the temperature drops, we will freeze to death here." Now in the mountains, I am not afraid of offending this young master. , he couldn’t leave me anyway, and it was too late for him to please me, let alone get angry because of my irritating words.

Our industry is like this. Outside, whoever has money is the boss. But in a place like this, deep in the mountains and forests where no one has been seen for 800 years, it is the turn of the truly powerful person to be the boss.

After hearing this, Zhou Linli immediately patted the dirt on his body, and the three of us set out on the road again.

There are many trees on the mountain, most of which are tall and straight poplars. There are no roads here, so we can only walk in the woods according to the direction. This is not easy, not to mention that the trees grew by themselves and are messy. , there is no pattern to be found at all, and you will go in the wrong direction if you are not careful. Fortunately, Du Xiaosheng is very thoughtful and brought a compass. As long as there is no problem with the magnetic field here, we will not get lost.

It is autumn now, and the ground is covered with fallen leaves, which rustle when you walk on them. Coupled with the wind blowing from time to time, it looks even more eerie.

After experiencing the scene just now, Zhou Linli began to get close to Du Xiaosheng and said: "Brother Du, your flying knife is really accurate. It hit the big green snake's mouth with a swish. You don't know." , my eyes were full of little stars at that time, and I admired you so much..."

Who didn't know that his starry eyes were caused by being scared? Du Xiaosheng ignored Zhou Linli's chatting mode, touched his chin and said, "Why are there snakes here?"

This sentence was obviously meant for me.

I really didn't notice this detail. Now I feel something is wrong after Du Xiaosheng reminded me. Not to mention that sometimes people come here. There is a residential building not far away. Wouldn't it be too dangerous if there are snakes? This place is no different from the mountains. In the villages on the mountains, every household has snakes. Sometimes the snakes will hide in the cracks of the walls, and no one knows they exist.

"Maybe they migrated here temporarily from other places." I said randomly.

When we were in the mountains, my adoptive father told me many stories about wild animals in the mountains, including the migration of snakes.

Snakes can also migrate. Groups of snakes will migrate during earthquakes and other disasters or before hibernation. In some places, a large group of snakes will even appear crawling on the road.

There was an incident in Jilin where "pheasant necks" migrated in groups on the road, scaring local residents. The scientific name of "Pheasant Neck" is tiger-necked groove snake, which is said to be poisonous. Jilin wildlife experts said that the migration of snakes is probably just looking for a place to spend the winter, so the matter was ignored.

I guessed that the snake that was shot to death by Du Xiaosheng probably got separated during migration. It had no appetite for biting, but we treated it as an enemy and killed it.

Du Xiaosheng nodded and stopped talking. On the contrary, Fang Yuze said: "I think these snakes should be raised by someone."

I wondered: "Why?"

"You'll know it once you see it." Fang Yuze said with a smile.

I felt helpless and decided never to travel far away with Fang Yuze again.

Zhou Linli, who was talking happily to Du Xiaosheng just now, saw that we were ignoring him and huddled behind the team angrily. I shook my head secretly. In fact, Zhou Linli is quite pitiful. He has been spoiled since he was a child. I am afraid he has never been like this. Have been hit like this. First, he walked a long distance and finally found a way to divert his attention. Then he was frightened by venomous snakes. Although Zhou Linli talks a lot, he is still a nice person and has no evil intentions. But this is all my superficial impression of him. People have different skins. No one knows whether a good old man is just pretending.

I have to say that I am very guarded against everyone. I always feel that everyone has an unknown heart hidden behind their face. If I don’t take precautions, I might be betrayed by the people around me one day. .

We are on our way and we will not discuss these irrelevant issues any more. The trees here are relatively dense, and only one person can pass at a time. We discussed the order and decided that Du Xiaosheng would be the vanguard, Fang Yuze second, me in the middle, and Zhou Lin the rear.

Considering that it was not safe for Zhou Linli, a weak man, to walk behind, we reconsidered. Du Xiaosheng took the lead with a compass, and I stood behind, sandwiching the fat man and the scholar, so that I could take care of him if anything happened.

Because we were walking relatively close, each of the three of us had a flashlight that would dangle around and catch our eyes. Du Xiaosheng held one, and Zhou Linli and I followed closely behind. There were rustling fallen leaves under our feet, and the surroundings were extremely silent, as if the three of us were the only ones left in the world. The footsteps were like a lullaby. After walking for a long time, I felt faintly sleepy. I shook my head to wake myself up, but ended up bumping into Zhou Linli in front of me.

I have been with Zhou Linli for a long time these days, and I have been influenced by him. The first thing I said after being hit was: "Why are you trying to brake suddenly! Fortunately, fat man, you have a lot of meat. If you were a thin man, you wouldn't be able to hit me." Got a concussion."

After finally shaking off the stars in front of his eyes, he didn't hear Zhou Linli say anything back, and even Fang Yuze didn't make a sound. This wasn't quite right.

When I looked up, I was stunned immediately. I saw nothing in front of me. Where were the shadows of Du Xiaosheng, Zhou Linli, and Fang Yuze?

Zhou Linli was walking in front of me before. He was a strong man and blocked all the light of the flashlight. I have been used to walking in the mountains since I was a child. I am not afraid of the dark mountain roads, so I huddled behind the team alone. Now Du Xiaosheng and Zhou Linli are gone with their flashlights, but the surrounding light has not changed for me, so I didn't notice the disappearance of the three people immediately.

I frowned. If something had happened, these two people would have screamed twice no matter how incompetent they were, but I didn't hear any movement at all. Could it be that they encountered something difficult to deal with and knocked them unconscious. If that's the case, the situation is very bad for me.

I didn't know where the three of them were going, so I didn't dare call their names in the mountains for fear of attracting wild animals. Ever since I met a snake that might be migrating, I have been a little worried about the environment in the mountains, and even feared it. Since anything can happen, the best way is to be on guard at all times and never let down your guard.

I took out a flashlight from my equipment bag and lit it up, shining it on the ground in front of me. There is wet dirt in the woods, and you will definitely leave traces when you walk over it. Sure enough, I saw two sets of footprints extending from the back to where Du Xiaosheng and the others were standing before, and soon disappeared, followed by traces of something being dragged, extending into the darkness along the direction we were heading.

I immediately thought of snakes.

The trace was very wide. If it was really a snake, it would be no problem to drag Du Xiaosheng and the others away quietly. But are there really such big snakes in the mountains? It was already strange to meet a thick-armed bamboo leaf green before. If there really was a giant snake here, what would it eat and drink? Where to live.

I realized that now was not the time to think about these messy things, it was important to find someone.

Now it can be concluded that Du Xiaosheng and the others must have been dragged away by something. My skills are not very good. Although I have stayed in the mountains, I can only bully rabbits and birds. Once I meet the overlord, I can only run. The strange thing is why did that thing only attack Du Xiaosheng and the other three? Could it be that Zhou Linli was so big that he blocked me and the beast didn't see me hiding behind Zhou Linli? But most animals have a more sensitive sense of smell than humans, so how could they miss me?

Since Du Xiaosheng can throw knives, he should be pretty good, or at least very agile. Now that the enemy is in the dark and I am in the open, even Du Xiaosheng can be easily dragged away, wouldn't I be more dangerous?

I turned off the flashlight. Although I didn't know if the night vision function was available after dragging Du Xiaosheng's things away, doing so would at least give me some comfort.

I followed the direction of the traces written down in my mind. I kept my voice as soft as possible, raised my ears, and paid attention to the movements around me. I kind of regretted that I didn't follow Du Xiaosheng's example and bring two pieces of self-defense equipment when I came out. When I was young, I still carried a knife or a slingshot when I was hunting, so I had the confidence to escape. Now I am empty-handed, what if I encounter a wild beast? You can't throw a flashlight at them...

The traces of dragging were very obvious and could be seen faintly with the moonlight through the leaves. This was not a good thing. Since I could see the traces, it meant that other things could also see me. I subconsciously looked around. , for fear that something would suddenly come out.