Chapter 41 The Stone Man
The second uncle waved to the others, so everyone continued to move forward.
I turned around and looked at Wenmo and found that he was not moving. I deliberately walked at the end to see what he was going to do.
Wenmo stared at the skulls tightly and looked for a while.
Then I was surprised to see that he squatted down, bit his fingers with his mouth, and dripped a drop of blood on a skull. Then I found that the drop of blood suddenly penetrated from the surface of the skull, and the skull seemed to have a faint halo.
The halo flashed and when I looked over carefully, all the skulls looked ordinary and could not see any abnormalities.
After Wen Mo did all this, he turned around and followed us. I also hurriedly turned around and pretended that there was nothing.
I pretended to be calm on the surface, but my heart was ups and downs. I didn't understand why Wenmo did this, but it was certain that he had concealed something from us. He seemed to know a lot of things. Although I still believe that he would not harm us, I was even more curious about his life experience and purpose.
It was already noon when we found this place, and it had been four or five hours since we arrived on the island. In addition, the weather was not good, and the surroundings were dark at this time. We decided to find a place to camp first, hoping that the fog would dissipate in the evening or tomorrow.
The place where we camped was a flat open space closer to the depths of the island.
Everyone set up a tent and set up a bonfire. Zhou Cheng and Qi Feng started to cook a pack of instant noodles for everyone. Eating instant noodles and compressed biscuits made me miss the mixed fish hotpot I had eaten these two days. But after all, we were going to the ground to fight, and we had to avoid all unnecessary things, so we still had to endure the desire for food.
While dismantling a pack, Qi Feng counted the number of people present, "One, two, three, four... seven, eight." Then he said to Zhou Cheng: "Brother Cheng, it's enough to cook three packs."
Zhou Cheng was burning the fire. When he heard Qi Feng's words, he looked up at him, "You guys teach me math by the guard? How many packs will you cook three more packs? How many people are there in total!"
"Eight!" Qi Feng seemed a little innocent, "I just counted it! I don't believe it..."
Before Qi Feng finished speaking, he was stunned. Zhou Cheng cursed: "Damn!" He jumped up and raised the gun from his waist.
I was startled by his actions, "What are you two doing? What happened!"
Zhou Cheng looked around vigilantly without answering. Qi Feng said, "I just cooked noodles by the head of the person, but I didn't expect that eight people would be counted, but we only have seven people!"
We were all stunned when we heard his words, "You mean, we have one more person!"
Zhou Cheng nodded, then looked up and signaled that there seemed to be a black shadow squatting on the edge of the grass not far ahead.
As soon as we looked, we immediately pulled out the short knife around our waists, and then Yuanxiao, Wenmo, I surrounded me.
After we approached, we shone it with a flashlight and found that it was a false alarm. There was not a person squatting in this place, but a stone man half buried in the soil.
After seeing it clearly, we all breathed a sigh of relief. The second uncle who stayed in the camp next to us asked, "How is it? What?"
"It's okay," Lanxiao waved his hand, "It's just a stone statue, nothing!"
"No!" said Master An, "When I set up a tent just now, I turned around here, and there was no such stone man!"
A few of us returned to the camp and Lantern Festival said, "I said Uncle An, you are not young at this age, and the light is so bad, so it is inevitable that you can't see clearly. It's nothing!"
Master An snorted coldly, "Boy! In the eyes, don't look young, you are far from being too far away! When I saw it, there was absolutely no stone man here!"
Yuanxiao is a person who is a mean person and doesn't know how to stop, but he still refuses to give in. "Then do you always say what's going on? Could it be that it grew out of the ground by itself?"
"Hey, hey!" Although I don't like An Ye very much, now the action has just begun, so I will try my best to maintain unity and put the overall situation first. So I decided to smooth things out, "Forget it, stop talking about it, maybe that stone man was covered by sand and gravel. Our troubled tents, or other reasons, made the sand and gravel fall off, so the stone man leaked out."
I don’t know if the two of them followed me or what happened, neither Lanxiao nor Uncle An said anything.
At this time, Uncle II stood up, "Everyone is tired, and after eating breakfast, the sunrise here is earlier than on land. Let's set off early tomorrow, I hope tomorrow will be a good weather!" Uncle II walked towards the tent after saying that, taking two steps, looking back and said, "I must remember to arrange someone to watch the night, just in case, this place is unusual!"
After everyone finished eating, we decided that except for Mr. An and the second uncle who were older and did not participate in the vigil, the other five people took turns to be on duty. Yuanxiao quietly discussed with me and tried not to let Wenmo watch alone. I knew what he meant. Yuanxiao, given Wenmo's extremely mysterious identity, did not trust him very much.
So, it was finally decided that Qi Feng and Zhou Cheng would be one class, Lantern Festival would be one class, Wen Mo would be one class, and Zhou Cheng and others would start first.
I have a problem with this person. If I am thinking about things, I will not sleep well. Because I am thinking about getting up on duty for a while, I will wake up from time to time and I will not sleep well.
But in order to be energetic tomorrow, I had to be patient and lay down for a while in a daze. When I woke up again, I heard the coughing sound of Lantern Festival outside. It seemed that it was Lantern Festival's turn. I looked at the time and it was almost done, so I got up and walked out. Wen Mo saw me coming out and was a little surprised. He raised his hand and looked at the time and said, "You got up too early, go to bed for a while! I'll stare!"
I waved my hand and said, "Forget it, I can't sleep."
Lantern Festival lit a cigarette and looked at me deeply, "Zhuoran, do you believe in life?"
"Me?" I smiled, "I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it! I believe everything now! I see everything that should be seen, what should not be seen, what can be imagined, what can be imagined, what cannot be imagined!"
Yuanxiao nodded, "Many things are not transferred by our will, and even ourselves, sometimes we can't help ourselves. Perhaps our destiny has been determined since we were born."
The words of Lantern Festival surprised me. In my impression, he has always been a fearless master. Although Lantern Festival looks carefree and careless, I know he is a person who will not compromise easily. Such a person now talks to me about faith in life, which makes me a little confused.
I asked with a smile: "Lanxiao, have you been stimulated? Why are you like a young wife who is obedient now?"
Yuanxiao didn't laugh, "I felt this way since the Qilian Mountains. Now I know more clearly that we may have embarked on a road that can't be turned back. Once we start, we can't stop."
I don’t quite understand, “Why can’t I stop? After this time, no matter what I find, I won’t continue. I do whatever I like!”
Yuanxiao shook his head, "We are all in the net, we can't get rid of our identity and family. You should have understood the Tang family now. I believe you know the Zhuo family's original identity, right? It's impossible to get rid of it for thousands of years!"
When I heard the words of Lanxiao, I was shocked. It seemed that he had already known that the Zhuo family was a matter of Faqiu. I asked, "Lanxiao, do you know my affairs?"
Yuanxiao nodded, "I also came back from Qilian Mountain. I heard from my dad that you are a descendant of Faqiu's Sect! Then when did you know?"
"I'm later than you know!" I said, "I told me when I was in Weihai. No matter what my identity is, after this time, I will definitely not participate in the fight."
Yuanxiao raised her head and looked at me with some regret and resentment, "Zhuoran, you are the most special here. Anyone can withdraw, only you cannot! Unless..."
As soon as Lantern Festival said this, she suddenly stopped. I was listening to his second half with all my heart, but there was no further text. I quickly asked: "So keep talking, unless something!"
Yuanxiao did not speak, but looked straight at me. I looked at his eyes carefully and found that he was not looking at me, but looking over my shoulders and staring at me tightly behind me.
The sudden move of Lantern Festival made my back cool. I slowly turned my head and saw a black shadow standing outside the camp not far behind us.
I remember that location, where was the location where the stone man buried underground. But it looked very wrong. I asked Yuanxiao, "Is this the stone man we went to see just now!"
Yuanxiao waved his hand, signaled something wrong, and said, "The stone man just now doesn't seem to be that tall, right?"
I recalled the scene at supper, and I did remember that half of the stone people were buried underground, and only half were on the ground, so we mistakenly thought that someone was squatting there at that time.
Yuanxiao and I walked to the stone man with flashlights, intending to find out, but were surprised to find that almost all of the stone man had been exposed to the ground.
I thought about it and said, "Can this be it that Qi Feng and Zhou Cheng and the others dug up just now?"
Yuanxiao took photos around, "There are no traces of excavation here, and I didn't hear Zhou Cheng say anything at all." When he said this, Yuanxiao's face suddenly changed, "Isn't it that I got the answer?"
"What's the point?" I asked hurriedly.
Chapter completed!