Chapter 9 Chapter 9: Night One: The Bracelet

The two of us immediately moved our hands and feet and started climbing the tree. The trees here are relatively easy to climb, and there are many footholds, but you need to be extra careful. The trunks are covered with plant mud such as moss, and your feet are easy to slip if you are not stable.Once you slide the first time, you may fall all the way down. We were careful, taking one step at a time, as if we were climbing a tree buried with landmines, and finally climbed to Pan Zi's side. The place where Pan Zi is located is under the top of the canopy, where the branches are relatively sparse, and the fog is lighter. This tree is very tall, and above the head is a furry moon shining through the fog. Probably because this is a plateau, the moon is particularly bright , so much light can be shone through the mist, but the fusion of moonlight and mist still gives people a hairy feeling.Under the obscure white light, he could see the surrounding trees, but he couldn't see them clearly. Everything was blurred in the mist.

We went up and asked Pan Zi what was going on softly, and he said in a very low voice: "There seems to be a person on the tree over there." "Which side?" Fatty asked softly.Pan Zi pointed in one direction and made a gesture: "About 20 meters, on the branch." "How can you see it in such a dark place? Is it that little brother?" "I couldn't see it at first, but I didn't realize it until he moved just now." Pan Zi frowned, and gestured for the fat man to keep his voice down. "There are leaves blocking it, so it doesn't look very clear, but it shouldn't be that little brother."

"You read that right, are you dizzy in a hurry to see your third master?" Pan Zi didn't have time to pay attention to the fat man's run, and waved: "I'm not sure, you can see for yourself!" As he spoke, he pushed aside the dense branches, and pointed to the canopy of the tree in the distance for us to see. I only saw a large dense canopy at first glance. My eyes are a little short-sighted, which is okay in normal times, but it is easy to be dazzled under such ambiguous light, so I can’t see anything after searching for a long time. Fatty’s With sharp eyes, he saw it immediately, and said softly: "Fuck, there is really someone."

Pan Zi handed me the binoculars, and I looked in the direction of the fat man, and sure enough, I saw a shape similar to a human figure in the gaps in the canopy. It seemed to be peeping at something. The body was shrunk inside the canopy, so I couldn’t see clearly, but I could clearly see the man's hands, covered with mud, which looked like animal paws under the misty moonlight. Who is it? I asked: "Could it be the 'Wenjin' we saw in the swamp last night, my brother didn't catch her yesterday?" Pan Zi nodded: "It's possible, that's why I asked you to keep your voices down. If it's really her, you'll run away when you hear the sound."

I handed the binoculars to the fat man who was clamoring for a look, and said to Pan Zi, "What should we do? If she is really Wen Jin, we have to catch her." Pan Zi looked at the surrounding terrain and nodded: "But it's a bit difficult. It's more than 20 meters from here to there. If she hears the sound and runs like last night, we can't catch up in this environment. She runs After a few moments, no one can be seen, the best way is to sneak under the tree and block her in the tree. Besides, we have to hurry—" He looked at the sea of ​​trees on one side. "Now that the fog is about to clear, we can't waste too much time. After catching her, we must hurry to the third master."

I thought about it and said yes, I had no time to hesitate, I had to do it first and then talk.Thinking about patting the fat man and trying to pull him down the tree. The fat man quickly waved his hands: "Wait, wait." "Don't watch, catch her and let you see enough." Pan Zi shouted softly. The fat man kept watching, and moved while watching. Pan Zi became impatient and went up to grab the fat man's binoculars, but was pushed away by him. "Wait a minute! Something is wrong!" We were stunned for a moment, we all know that the fat man has sharp eyes, but when he suddenly said that, we have to take it seriously.Pan Zi and I exchanged glances.At this time, the fat man gasped, put down the binoculars and cursed, and immediately handed the binoculars to me: "Sure enough, look carefully, look at that hand."

I hurriedly took it over and looked carefully, the fat man was beside him and said, "Look at the wrist, it's behind the leaves, look carefully." I squinted my eyes, looked at the man's wrist, exhausted my eyesight, and I saw something. The moment I saw it, I felt a thump in my heart, as if I realized something, and I understood it in a second. This is Ah Ning's copper coin bracelet! Because of my previous experience in Devil City and that strange dream, I was extremely impressed with the copper coin bracelet, so even in this light, I can be sure that I will never be wrong.

"Damn it." I also took a breath. In this way, the "person" on the tree in the distance turned out to be Ah Ning's corpse, and those snakes transported her corpse here? Seeing the change in my face, Pan Zi immediately took the binoculars over. He didn't have a deep impression of Aning. After I reminded him, he frowned and tilted his head thoughtfully. "Drag from the entrance through the dense forest and swamp, and then move it to such a high tree. This is a snake marathon. These snakes are really powerful." The fat man leaned on the branch next to him, chewed his mouth, He pondered: "Why do these snakes seem to be the same as ants? Do you think they are social animals like ants, and there is a snake queen hidden in their snake nest, and these corpses are transported to the snake queen to eat."

"What snake queen?" I didn't understand at once. The fat man said: "Have you never dug out the ant nest? The queen of the ants is responsible for laying eggs, and the ants are responsible for feeding the queen. I think it is right, it must be the case, the cockscomb snake here may have the same social life as the ants and bees." Structure. There must be a queen snake in this forest, and it gave birth to these little snakes." I became more and more puzzled: "It is true that the behavior of these snakes is incomprehensible, but it is definitely unreasonable for you to guess like this. Snakes and insects are completely different types, and this possibility is very small."

"I think this should be considered a good guess." The fat man said. I was noncommittal and didn't want to continue discussing this issue. Seeing Ah Ning's body again, it was such a scene again, which made people very uncomfortable.I can't even imagine what the part hidden in the canopy looks like now. Although the fat man has expressed his attitude towards life and death, what he said at this time still makes me feel a little depressed. The three of them were silent for a while, and the fat man said, "What the hell are they coming for? Obviously the corpses are here, and there must be many snakes nearby. We'd better get out of here immediately."

"Let's leave her alone?" I felt a little uncomfortable: "Since we found the body, or—" The fat man shook his head, I didn't think about it anymore, this is really not a good idea, we can't afford to mess with any snakes here, and maybe Ah Ning doesn't want us to see her now.So he sighed, stopped looking in that direction, and muttered softly: "Amitabha, yes, I shut up." At this time, I realized that Pan Zi hadn't put down the binoculars all the time. I thought it was strange that I hadn't seen clearly after so long.A closer look revealed that Pan Zi's hands were covered with sweat and his face was turning blue. Surprised, I leaned over and asked, "What's wrong?" Pan Zi put down the binoculars, feeling a little strange, shook his head and said to me, "It's nothing." But that expression is definitely not a "nothing" expression. I took the binoculars and looked there again, but found that there was really nothing unusual.I had some doubts in my heart, but the fat man had already started down the tree.I didn't have time to think about it any more, so I took a last glance at the distance and climbed down with the fat man. When Pan Zi went down to the tree, his expression had completely returned to normal. I didn't know what happened just now, but I found that Pan Zi always looked in that direction. He didn't say it, and I didn't want to ask. I guess he might not be sure, so it's better to just let it go than to make myself depressed by asking.The three immediately packed up their things and put on their backpacks. Pan Zi corrected his direction and was ready to leave immediately. Just about to start, Pan Zi looked in that direction again, and suddenly stopped. At this time, the fat man also noticed his strangeness, and asked him what was wrong. He raised his finger and pointed in that direction, making a silent gesture. We all stopped, and suddenly heard a slight human voice in the woods in a certain direction, rustling, as if someone was talking. Because the forest is very quiet, the sound of this sound is extremely abrupt, and the three of us are baffled.I was in a cold sweat. When I listened carefully, I felt that the intermittent voice seemed to be a woman talking in a low voice. We listened quietly, the voice fluctuated up and down, erratic, and it seemed to be the sound of wind blowing through the bushes, but the surrounding branches and leaves were fixed, there was no wind at all, and what made us feel cold was that the sound came The direction is the direction of Aning's body. The fat man scolded softly, "Damn it, what kind of show is this? Could it be that that stinky bitch really cheated on her body and haunted us here." I said it was impossible, but when I looked around, there was a mist of monsters and shadows, it would be a waste not to be haunted here. The fat man said, "It's not a ghost, so who is talking?" I thought of the "Wenjin" I saw last night, and I thought it might not be haunted, and it might be that this woman was nearby, but last night, she didn't make a sound, so I don't know if she is a man or a woman . There is another possibility, that is, the third uncle or his people are nearby, and that would be very lucky.But this situation is really weird, third uncle's should not make such a sound, I have encountered too many bizarre things before, at this juncture, I still naturally have an ominous premonition. I didn't like this kind of feeling, so I said to them: "The moonlight here is bleak, I think something must happen, let's go quickly, I'm afraid we will suffer disaster if we stay." After finishing speaking, he asked Pan Zi: "You have been calculating for so long just now, where should we go now?" With a livid face, Pan Zi pointed to the direction from which the voice came from: "The problem is, the direction we want to go is the direction of that tree." I was stunned for a moment, "Over there? Are you not mistaken?" Pan Zi pulled the bolt of the gun, nodded and said, "It was my grandson. Before the fog started, that was the last time I saw smoke." I was stunned after a while, and I didn't know what to say. At this time, the fat man stood up and scolded: "His grandma is a blessing or a disaster. It is a disaster that can't be avoided. They block our way and deliberately make it difficult for us, but We're not easy to mess with, let's go and find out what's going on." He stood up and was about to go over. I cursed secretly and nodded my back, Pan Zi immediately pulled him back, shook his head and said, "Don't go there, listen carefully to what she is saying?"