Of Mountains and Rivers

This question slid through Chu Huan's mind like a thunderbolt, no matter how calm he was, he shuddered at that moment.

Yeah... so why?

If you were a big-hearted master, you might think of many reasons—for example, the world’s population cannot move at will due to some natural or administrative reasons, for example, people here are full of some kind of sacred and unbelievable The violation of the belief, or even the fall, came too fast, and it was too late for everyone to run away.

Unfortunately, however, Chu Huan himself belongs to the kind of person who thinks a lot—whether it's about big things or trivial things.Later, due to work needs, he tempered himself into a fake extrovert, but the fake appearance not only failed to improve his anxiety, but also added "conspiracy theory" and "persecution paranoia" to him.

He squatted next to the girl, he could see every eyelash of her clearly, and suddenly a terrible thought came to his mind.

Is there such a possibility that they were already in the cave a long time ago, and all his experiences and all kinds of struggles are actually all hallucinations?

As soon as this idea came up, Chu Huan stood up suddenly. I don't know if he stood too fast or what, his eyes suddenly went dark, and for a moment, Nanshan, Luge, Yuan Ping...all of them gone!

Chu Huan had never been so panicked in his life, as if someone had ripped open his chest, and stuffed a handful of dry ice upright.

The mental state he thought was stable was like a string of dominoes, which could collapse at the slightest sign of trouble and become unstoppable.

At the same time, a terrible voice in Chu Huan's heart questioned him, and at the end he almost became dazed: How could the person who died in front of him come back to life?

Why is there an old friend from three years ago born in the water?

And... He seemed destined to be alone all his life, how could there be a person like Nanshan who would love him regardless of the consequences?

At this moment, a bright light suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, and Chu Huan was suddenly lifted up and took a step aside. He subconsciously stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, and his back was already drenched in cold sweat during just such a breath. up.

Chu Huan woke up like a dream, with palpitations like thunder.

From the eyes of others, Chu Huan just bent down and looked at the person who was accidentally stepped on by Yuan Ping, and he didn't know what mystery he saw, his eyes suddenly went blank, and then he stood up like a corpse, Before anyone could ask what was wrong with him, the shadow surrounding them suddenly forcibly broke through the protection of the light circle of the scepter, rushing towards Chu Huan.

Nanshan pulled him past him, and the flames swept across, forcing the shadow back briefly.

"Chu Huan!"

Chu Huan shook his head violently, and his scattered eyes refocused. Nan Shan still had the ring that Chu Aiguo gave him. His hands were too strong, and the ring got stuck on Chu Huan through the thin shirt. Chu Huan felt a little flustered, but it was so real.

Chu Huan squeezed his brows fiercely, and came back to his senses.

Not to mention anything else, but how could Nanshan be an illusion?

For months since they entered the cave, the shadows surrounding them had been silent, peaceful with them outside the firelight, but at this moment they suddenly went mad.

Nanshan's hands are very steady, of course they won't tremble for no reason, but the dividing line between light and shadow shakes without wind, like layers of strange water waves, waiting for them to relax a little, and it will immediately sweep up.

For a while, the girl and aunt couldn't care less, the four of them just looked at the bottom of their feet, Nanshan was still overly protective, even though he was tied with a rope, he refused to let go of Chu Huan, but asked in a deep voice: "Why are you gone?"

Chu Huan: "It's nothing, I've been too nervous these days, and I was taken aback by that girl just now, and I had hallucinations."

Nanshan's hands tightened, obviously not accepting this statement - it's not that Chu Huan has never seen those veterans, how could he be frightened by a little girl?

Yuan Ping observed for a moment with a serious face, and couldn't help saying strangely: "Wait, you see, this shadow that is about to move seems to be mainly targeting Chu Huan."

Sure enough, the unnaturally swaying light and shadow boundary line protruded from time to time, although it would soon disappear under the firelight of the scepter, but repeated this several times, there was a certain directionality.

Yuan Ping: "What's the situation?"

The illusion just now that "everyone does not exist, and everyone is made up by his own brain" was really a sledgehammer, which hit Chu Huan until now. The seven souls flew away, and they hadn't had time to drag them back one by one to their positions.

So Chu Huan smiled wryly, and dryly tried to divert his attention: "Could it be because I'm so handsome?"

When he uttered a word, Nanshan had already noticed the abnormality after only hearing the sound. When he touched Chu Huan's hand, he felt cold sweat as expected. He even felt that Chu Huan's hand was trembling slightly.

Nan Shan frowned, and stuffed the patriarch's scepter into Chu Huan's hand: "You come and get it."

For a moment, the flames blazed brightly, immediately illuminating the area around Chu Huan as if it were daylight, and the shadows around him that were about to move back helplessly.

Nanshan: "There's something wrong with this place, let's go first!"

As soon as he spoke, the others had no objection, and immediately evacuated the area efficiently.

The girl who was originally included in the range of the flames gradually withdrew with their footsteps, and in a blink of an eye, her entire body was about to be engulfed by the shadows again.

At this moment, Chu Huan heard her voice ringing in his ears: "Mu Hela! Mu Hela!"

The little girl's voice was already high-pitched, and she yelled every sentence like a shrill sentence, and every sentence sounded like a sentence. Chu Huan's head was dizzy from her quarrel, and he couldn't help blurting out: "Who the hell is Mu Hela?"

The screaming in his ears stopped abruptly, and before Chu Huan could breathe a sigh of relief, he was about to quicken his pace when he heard the little girl asking in a panic, "Who are you?"

Chu Huan stopped in his footsteps.

He first stunned at the female corpse like a shofar wind, then suddenly called an unfamiliar name while walking, and finally came to a sudden stop, and the whole person seemed to be in a daze.

Yuan Ping was almost driven crazy by his surprise, and shouted in a broken voice: "What's wrong with you?"

Chu Huan gave him a strange look: "Didn't you hear?"

Yuan Ping opened his eyes wide in horror, and asked tremblingly, "What should I hear?"

"She's asking who I am." Chu Huan said, looking at Nanshan hesitantly, "Leader, can we go back a little first?"

"Don't call me that," Nan Shan was rather annoyed towards him, holding onto Chu Huan's shirt with one hand. After thinking for a moment, Nan Shan nodded, "Be careful."

Just as Yuan Ping was going to say something, Ruge stopped him.

Luger said: "If he is really the person who is said in the holy book to 'can communicate the world and the end of the world', it is not surprising that he can hear something, try it."

Yuan Ping: "This is ridiculous. I've known him since I was wearing crotch pants. I've never heard of him having any supernatural powers—don't talk about communicating with others. He might not even be able to repair his phone when it's broken." , who can communicate with?"

Hearing this, Ruge frowned very seriously, looked Yuan Ping up and down, and then seriously missed the point: "Are you still wearing crotch pants?"

Yuan Ping: "..."

During the conversation, several people had already retreated, and the firelight shone on the girl's motionless face. Chu Huan handed the scepter back to Nanshan, and tried to say from a distance: "I came in from the outside, why don't you call?"

"Outside? Where is outside?"

Chu Huan listened to the other three people and conveyed what he heard. This situation was really weird. Chu Huan seemed to be talking to a realistic wax figure. come out.

Chu Huan couldn't help standing up straighter - he was afraid that he would look like a pervert.

Nanshan: "Ask where she is from."

Chu Huan did so.

The girl's facial expression was like a zombie, but her voice sounded out of nowhere, as if she had established a telepathic connection with Chu Huan.

She said the name of a mountain, but Chu Huan had never heard of it, so he had to convey the pronunciation to someone who could understand.

Nanshan and Luge looked at each other, Luge nodded, and lowered his voice: "Well, I have the impression that there are traces of their clan's activities in the past two or three hundred years. The direction to Shenxing Island is right, and it's almost the same after leaving One or two percent of the way."

The cruel word "[-] to [-]%" really makes one's knees go limp, especially Ruger's expression is always so understated.

At this time, the girl's voice asked: "Who are you and why are you in my heart?"

Before Chu Huan could take back his wry smile, he was taken aback for a moment.

Nanshan hurriedly asked, "What did she say?"

Chu Huan: "...she said we are in her heart."

Saying "in a pretty girl's heart" would make any man feel good about himself--whether he's straight or curvy, but these four bums just don't get any elation from it right now, After looking at each other for a while, Nan Shan said, "You... well, you can ask her where she is now and what she is doing?"

The girl was quiet for a while, and after a while, she suddenly burst into tears: "I'm hiding in a cave, I don't know where it is, there are many monsters outside, my parents and Mu Hela Hiding me here, I don't know where I went, I'm afraid..."

Chu Huan conveyed it unchanged, and this little girl was obviously experiencing something from another world.

Yuan Ping asked: "Did we walk into this girl's consciousness, or is she trapped here, living in her own hallucination? To be honest, I... I'm a little confused now, are we real, or is she on the other side? real?"

It’s good that the shit-stirring stick didn’t open his mouth, but when he confuses the crowd with some demonic words, the wind suddenly rises, and several people are all slandered by him, even Ruge can’t listen anymore, he raised his hand to hold Yuan Ping’s head, and gently pushed down One press.

"Of course we're real," said the two patriarchs almost in unison.

Yuan Ping: "..."

He didn't know how these two had such strong determination, but in this environment, having such a firm companion was indeed a very reassuring thing.

Chu Huan thought for a while and said to the girl, "Please describe your environment carefully."

While the little girl was talking, Chu Huan conveyed the message to the others. Nanshan picked up a stone and drew on the ground. Halfway through the painting, he threw the stone down: "It's unreasonable. The place she mentioned is the Guanfengkou, and the sound beast has an abnormal sense of smell." , if it is true as she said, there are monsters walking in front of her all the time, it is impossible for her to hide here."

They were all people who had confronted the Sound Beast head-on, especially the thrilling time by the river. They paid so much attention to the direction of the wind and were spotted by the Sound Beast at such a long distance, which shows that the beast has a keen sense of smell.

"Besides, the sound attacks of the sound beasts are unconscious," Luge continued. "After hiding in the herd of sound beasts for ten and a half months, even a deaf person would have his ears pierced and die. No one can survive."

"Is she cheating?" Yuan Ping asked.

Chu Huan hesitated for a moment. Only he could hear the girl's words directly, and only he could feel the extreme panic in her voice. When the girl described the surrounding environment to him, there was a section where she screamed almost crazily, saying that there was a bird The sound beast poked its head into her cave and saw her.

A lonely little girl, with all her family and friends gone, is trapped in a small dark cave next to a group of monsters ready to tear her apart.

The perfect horror movie scene - because she has no chance to escape or fight, deadly danger is on the verge.

Chu Huan has seen this kind of treatment in some horror novels or movies. If the protagonist is smart and strong, no matter what happens, it may be a suspense adventure film in the eyes of the audience. It may be exciting, but not scary, only the protagonist is at a loss When they are at a loss and weak, the audience will feel fear because of cutting into the perspective.

The shadow of the Fallen Land traps her in a very horrific scene, why?

Chu Huan regained his composure, and carefully said to the girl: "If it almost passed close to your face, but didn't bite you, and didn't let out a growl, have you ever thought that it might not be able to hurt you?"

People who are going crazy with fright can't listen to such well-founded words. Chu Huan tried to comfort her a few words, but soon found that it was all in vain. The girl didn't know what was going on. The surrounding environment seemed to have suddenly broken through the critical point of her fear, and a hoarse scream exploded in Chu Huan's ears.

He sighed, and simply sat by and waited, but 5 minutes passed, and 10 minutes passed, and the girl was still screaming terribly, neither being eaten by her so-called monster, nor hoarse.

Chu Huan pressed his cochlea, and said helplessly, "Still crying, what should I do?"

Nanshan pulled him up: "Let's go."

Chu Huan hesitated for a moment, and stood up along with his hand. At this moment, the walnut on his chest burned him. Suddenly, he remembered the middle-aged man he dreamed of when he was dozing next to the holy spring, and that man. "Tinder" from the lips.

Tinder?

"Wait, I'll try again, give me some time."

As Chu Huan said, he took a step forward, grabbed the girl's shoulder tentatively, and squeezed her palm hard—but it was useless, her facial features seemed to have been closed, and she couldn't feel him, so she just screamed hoarsely: "It's in! It's in!"

Chu Huan tried to change his tone. He lowered his voice, which sounded low and cold, and tried his best to imitate Ruge's disdainful sneer: "It's just a sound beast."

He learned it so vividly that even Luge was stunned for a moment, and the corners of his eyes twitched.

But it really worked, and the little girl's crying stopped involuntarily.

"It's just a sound beast." Chu Huan's gentle reasoning just now is gone, "The action is slow to death, and a weaker arrow can shoot through its eyes..."

Girl: "You...you..."

"I have opened countless heads of this thing," Chu Huan said brazenly, "lifting the heads is like chopping wood."

Girl: "Ah! It, it's coming! It's too fast, help!"

Chu Huan smiled bewitchingly: "Give me your body, don't back down, it's embarrassing."

Maybe there is no such thing as "ghost upper body" in the local myths and legends, or maybe the girl was so frightened that she rushed to the doctor. Anyway, after hearing what Chu Huan said, she said without any scruples: "No... don't back down. ... If you don't retreat, it will pick me up! Here you are! Here you are!"

Success or failure is here.

A layer of cold sweat broke out on the palms of Chu Huan, but it did not affect his verbal performance. He laughed arrogantly: "You let it bite, I see if it can bite!"

The girl's screams were pulled to the extreme, almost tearing apart.

Then her voice stopped abruptly, and there was silence in Chu Huan's ears.

What happened, did she die in "that world"?

Was his guess wrong?

Chu Huan's eyes rolled quickly, and his teeth clenched.

Nanshan held his arm, and Chu Huan shook his head with a solemn expression.

Finally, Chu Huan sighed helplessly, stood up, and said to the others, "Let's go."

Just when they were about to turn around and leave, Chu Huan suddenly heard the girl tremblingly speak: "It... why did it disappear?"

Chu Huan's pupils shrank, he turned his head abruptly, took two deep breaths, and tried to make his voice sound soft and calm: "I am on your body, these trash dare not, you can get out of that cave now."

The girl hesitated for a moment: "Have you been here all this time?"

Chu Huan chuckled lightly, but remained silent.

Several people couldn't help holding their breath, and saw that although the young girl was still motionless like a wax figure, the shadow that originally wrapped around her body suddenly receded to both sides. It's like lighting up the light.

Like a little spark that lights up in the boundless darkness.

Chu Huan was hysterically nervous following her, really exhausted, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the shadow that had just withdrawn from the girl suddenly hit him.

Before Chu Huan had time to stand still, Nanshan pushed him forward suddenly: "Go!"

The two small shadows seemed to be no longer afraid of the flames on the patriarch's scepter, and ran after them like tarsal maggots, and the four people who were tied together had no choice but to run wildly.

Yuan Ping shouted as he ran, "I'm really convinced by the four eyes, why are you soliciting hatred again!"

Chu Huan collapsed: "How do I know?"

Yuan Ping: "It's you who casually seduce underage girls and 'give me your body'. Where's your shame? Where's the lower limit?"

Chu Huan: "..."

He obviously felt Nanshan's hand tightening his wrist, although he didn't say a word, his mood was probably not very bright.

Chu Huan suddenly became dark.