Although Li Binning was reprimanding his subordinates, he did not agree with me: "Brother Wang, I think there should be no problem. The sun is the nemesis of all negative things, and no ghosts can run rampant at noon when the yang energy is at its strongest. I Look, let’s evacuate quickly, right?”
Li Binning was reminding me that we don’t have much time.
Noon is the time when the Yang Qi is the heaviest in the whole day. After one o'clock in the afternoon, before noon crosses, the Yang Qi will weaken slightly. At the end of Shen Shi, that is, after five o'clock in the afternoon, the Yin and Yang will start to change again, and the tyrannical ghosts can already Move freely.
We are only one-third of the way to the swamp. We still have a long way to go to cross the swamp. We still don’t know what dangers we will encounter along the way. Who can guarantee that we can pass through the swamp before evening?
I looked at Li Bingning and said: "If it were replaced by Gu insects that rely entirely on instinct to eat, of course I wouldn't be afraid. However, those monkeys have very high IQs, aren't you afraid that they are ambushing them?"
"This..." Li Binning was also slightly surprised.
The person who just explored the road was dissatisfied and said: "How can you prove that they are ambushing? If you don't believe it, I will explore again."
I can understand that person's emotions. He may not be targeting me, he may simply be dissatisfied with this tone.
Whoever it was, risking his life, wandering in and out of the monkey group, and finally determined the route, suddenly another person jumped out and completely denied everything he had done before, he would fall out, this is human nature .
After the man finished speaking, he strode to the middle of the monkey group: "I am standing here now. If I take a step, you will take a step. I don't believe that anything can go wrong."
I ignored him, jumped directly from the altar, approached one of the puddles, and slowly put my ears close to the ground. Soon after, I heard a forced suppressed breathing coming from the puddle.
Whether they are humans or beasts, they will be in a state of mental tension when ambushing their opponents. The closer the prey is, the more nervous they become. This mental excitement will last until the battle is completely over.
Shortness of breath is one of the symptoms of mental excitement. People can forcibly suppress the sound of breathing, but they cannot eliminate the excitement. Listening to the other person's breathing is enough to judge whether they are dormant or ambushing.
I stood up gently and quietly retreated to Li Binning: "They are ambushing, retreat quickly."
Li Binning hesitated for a moment, then immediately waved her hand to the detective standing far away, meaning: Tell him not to make a sound and retreat quietly.
The man suddenly became anxious: "Commander, what time has it been? Why are you still hesitant? We can't wait any longer. Waiting will only lead to death!"
Li Binning immediately said angrily: "I order you to come back to me, immediately. Everyone should withdraw to the altar. Anyone who dares to disobey the order will be executed on the spot."
"Yes!" The man finally lowered his head and agreed. But as soon as he took two steps, the puddle surrounding him suddenly burst into mud. More than a dozen water tigers leaped up into the air and pounced ferociously at the man from all directions. go.
The man was so shocked that he raised his hand and slashed outward with a knife, cutting a water tiger into two pieces in the air. Before the cut body hit the ground, he was bitten by more than a dozen monsters at the same time, screaming and rolling to the ground. On the ground, the surrounding water tigers immediately swarmed up and buried the man among the monkeys. The sound of human body being torn apart by sharp claws suddenly came from the air.
When blood dripped from the corners of their mouths, the red water tigers dispersed again. Apart from a pool of blood mixed in the muddy water, not even a single white bone was left on the ground.
I looked at the water tiger licking the blood on its body and couldn't help but take a breath.
I have long seen the ferocity of water tigers, and I will not tremble because of the blood in front of me. What really shocked me was the intelligence of water tigers. They are by no means ordinary monsters.
They could obviously chew up any bone on the human body, but they left two human heads and threw them on the altar, just to provoke the detectives above to fight them.
They were clearly not afraid of the sun, but they pretended that they couldn't stand the scorching sun. They got into the mud one after another and refused to come out even if someone stepped on their heads. They just wanted to catch us all when we evacuated the altar.
Even ordinary beasts couldn't do this, but they almost succeeded in ambush.
I looked at Li Bingning with a solemn face and said, "Tell me, can those monsters understand human speech?"
Li Binning's expression suddenly changed.
Those monsters suddenly launched an offensive after Li Binning gave the order. Before they hid, Li Binning also stood on the edge of the altar and said that water tigers are afraid of the sun.
If they didn't understand what Li Binning was saying, how could they react in such a short period of time
When Li Binning looked at the water tiger on the ground in shock, the other party actually showed a sinister smile.
Li Binning turned pale and asked, "Brother Wang, what should we do now?"
I stared at one of the water tigers and said slowly: "Wait and see. Often where poisonous insects gather, there are ways to restrain them. The same goes for ghosts. I don't believe they have any weaknesses. At least, they don't dare to attack. This altar. Let’s guard the altar first.”
I never let go of Shuihu's eyes as I spoke. I clearly saw a trace of fear flashing in Shuihu's eyes, but I didn't know which words I had touched the other person's nerves
Perhaps the thing that can restrain the water tiger is in the altar at our feet.
This altar made of accumulated bluestones only covers an area of about 100 square meters. Apart from moss and stone cracks, there is nothing strange or valuable on it. Li Binning and I searched on the ground for a long time before we found it in a corner of the altar. See a moon-shaped logo
I looked at Li Binning and said, "Do the Miao people worship the moon?"
"I've never heard of it!" Li Binning shook her head and said, "I only heard that the Miao people worship their ancestors."
Li Binning said: "Is this altar related to the moonlight? Yesterday was the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, and today is the sixteenth day. If I guard the altar, I might have clues, but..."
Li Binning couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Forget it, even if something happens, we can't break out now. Let's just leave it to fate!"
Li Binning kept silent, and the altar became quiet again. The wet swamp was filled with water vapor under the fierce sunlight. The air for hundreds of meters around seemed to tremble slightly under the high temperature. The entire swamp seemed to be surging. Gradually distorted in the heat wave.
In between falling asleep several times, I suddenly felt something slowly approaching my feet. I suddenly woke up from my drowsiness and looked at my feet. But there was nothing in front of my feet.
I was about to reach out to wipe my sweat, but out of the corner of my eye I saw a handprint on my leg - it wasn't that there was no one in front of my feet just now, but he walked past me before I opened my eyes.
I tilted my head slightly, and Li Binning, who was leaning behind me, also turned her head at the same time. The moment my eyes met with the other person's, a flash of blood suddenly flashed through Li Binning's pupils. His two eyes were like a pair of ripples made of blood, spreading outward in circles with a red color. In a moment, he occupied most of the other person's face.
The moment the blood flowed in Li Binning's eyes, I reached out and grabbed the dagger beside me. When the other person's eye sockets spread outward, I had already pressed the tip of the knife against the other person's throat.
Li Binning seemed to be completely unaware that the crisis was coming. Her eyes were staring at me, and her pupils immersed in the blood seemed to have turned into two vortexes spinning in time, pulling my gaze towards me. His eyes fell.
I became dizzy in an instant. Although my hands could still move like a drunk person, I couldn't use the strength. The dagger that had suppressed the opponent slipped to the ground along my fingertips after a moment. .
But I was like a person trapped in a nightmare. I knew clearly in my heart that the crisis was coming, and the ghost was beside me, but I couldn't move my limbs. I could only watch the evil ghost in the dream strangle me by the throat.
Just when my whole body was becoming weak, I suddenly felt a layer of warm water being sprayed on my face, and I suddenly woke up.
While I was watching, Li Binning was still sitting opposite me, with a knife on his thigh. Blood was dripping from the corner of his mouth, and his whole face was extremely pale: "Brother Wang, go away quickly, the miasma... is on me." The detoxifying pill…”
Li Binning fell to the ground before he finished speaking, but I understood what he meant. He meant that there was miasma in the swamp.
Miasma is a poisonous gas produced by the decay of dead animals and plants in tropical virgin forests that have not been cleaned for many years. Swamps, on the other hand, do not produce miasma. Swamps are usually flat and flat. Even if poisonous miasma arises, it will be blown away by the wind and accumulate somewhere.
But the Five Poison Sources are different. This place is in the hinterland of Leigong Mountain, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and with the gathering of poisonous insects, once a miasma occurs, it will be extremely violent.
It was already early in the morning when we approached Wuduyuan Swamp. The temperature was not high in the morning, and the miasma hidden under the stagnant water in the swamp did not evaporate. At noon, the temperature gradually increased, and the underwater miasma rose up, and naturally changed within a radius of several hundred meters. It became a poisonous lake.
I quickly turned my head and looked around. I don’t know when the entire swamp rose up with rose-colored smoke, and the misty rain of roses floated in the air. It was beautiful and dazzling, but it concealed murderous intent. The detective hand guarding the edge of the altar was already foaming at the mouth. Fall to the ground.
But Li Binning and I had hallucinations at the same time for some reason. Li Binning was a little better than me. At least at the critical moment, he stabbed himself in the thigh with a knife, forced himself out of the illusion, and bit him again. He broke his tongue and spurted a mouthful of blood on my face, waking me up from the poisonous miasma.
Li Binning was about to lose consciousness, but she still kept saying repeatedly as if she was dreaming: "Brother Wang, go quickly... go quickly... don't forget the promise..."