"Kill, kill someone?" Ji Mingxia's eyes widened.
His impression of Li You was still that of an internet celebrity blogger, a girl who looked fragile and weak, and who was most likely to become a victim once she encountered danger.
But from what Yu Ning said, it seems that Li You is not only not a victim, but even the perpetrator
"Although Li You has a mysterious item in his hand, ordinary people can't use it at all." Ji Mingxia said.
Although mysterious objects contain special powers, for ordinary people, the powers can only be activated under specific circumstances, and it is completely unpredictable what effect the powers will have after being activated.
A typical example is Lin Siyun, who has stimulated power but has developed in a bad direction.
In the process, she only affected herself. Not only was the process of death too cruel, but after death she turned into a hideous ghost, committing crimes unconsciously, no different from a zombie.
Only a small number of people can fully master the mysterious objects.
There is a statistics of this type of people in the original book.
Yu Ning did not have this ability in the original novel, but he suddenly has it now. That’s because he is the protagonist and has the aura of the protagonist.
Li You, a person who doesn't even have a name... It's generally unlikely that she would suddenly be given a role and such a big golden finger.
"Could it be... Li You is already dead?" Ji Mingxia guessed.
For Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning, no matter whether Li You is dead or not, they must find him as soon as possible and get the other ring back.
According to the resort’s surveillance footage, Li You and his group drove an ordinary seven-seater commercial vehicle into the primeval forest that day.
The vegetation in the primeval forest is so dense that not only cars but also motorcycles cannot pass through. After driving for a while, these vehicles must stop when the road disappears.
In other words, although Li You and his group drove in, they could not go deeper. Once they entered the real forest, they had to get out of the car and walk.
"There are both men and women in their group, and there is no relevant professional adventure gear. Ordinary people will not go far if they rashly enter the primeval forest." Yu Ning said.
"Then... should we catch up with them?" Ji Mingxia asked.
Yu Ning looked at Ji Mingxia and nodded to him.
Yu Ning reasonably speculated on Li You's whereabouts through surveillance and clues from various parties, but the evidence could not be handed over to the police.
After all, he obtained the surveillance footage with the help of a bronze mirror, and the way he obtained the evidence was illegal.
They have no relatives or friends with Li You and others and have no connections at all. If they suddenly call the police, they might be regarded as the first suspect.
Secondly, the police cannot sense Li You's location. Once they start looking for someone, they will certainly conduct a large-scale search, which will not only take a long time, but even if they eventually find the person, the result will have nothing to do with Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning.
They had no reason to take the ring back, and they didn't know who would get it.
This thing is like a time bomb. For Ji Mingxia and Yu Ningyan, if they want to save their lives, they must personally retrieve the ring.
Ji Mingxia never thought that after getting a blood-red ring, there would be such a troublesome follow-up.
As soon as he came here, Yu Ning was possessed by a ghost. In other words, regardless of the influence of Ji Mingxia or not, the encounter between Yu Ning and Lin Siyun's ghost was inevitable.
I don’t know how Yu Ning in the original novel solved this troublesome matter without any worries. There is no trace of the pair of rings in the original text.
It is estimated that if Ji Mingxia had not influenced him, Yu Ning would have destroyed the ring on the spot and cut off all follow-up actions
If you lose the ring, you save yourself the trouble; if you get the ring, you have to run around for the second ring.
There are gains and losses, which is fair.
Ji Mingxia was thinking wildly in his mind, but now that things have come to this point, it is meaningless to think about the past. Ji Mingxia said to Yu Ning: "Then I will go too."
Without waiting for Yu Ning to refute, Ji Mingxia said: "We both received the ring, so I will definitely go and take a look... Although I may not be able to help, but each person can take care of each other. If we really can't resist, we can return home and call the police."
Ji Mingxia said, "The primeval forest is so big, finding a person is like finding a needle in a haystack, it all depends on your senses... It's useless if there are too few people, Zhao Zhuoyue and the others don't need to go."
According to Yu Ning's plan, he was the only one who would go. Ji Mingxia was indeed related to the ring, so he went, and Yu Ning could not refuse.
But forget about Zhao Zhuoyue and other roommates. There's no need to take them into risks.
After the two discussed it, they finally decided to make some arrangements today and launch it tomorrow.
This was when I first came to the resort. It was almost impossible to go into the primeval forest alone to look for someone.
But with the help of the bronze mirror, things become simple.
First of all, the bronze mirror has the function of modifying memory.
Today, the bronze mirror has lost its wisdom and can no longer function as perfectly as Tong Jing did back then. But this is after all the resort, the bronze mirror's lair. With the right timing and people, Yu Ning can still play half of its role.
The human brain is sometimes influenced by external factors, resulting in a wrong perception of time.
A minute at a certain moment seems as long as an hour;
Even if the comfortable and pleasant time lasted for a week, when you look back on it, it ended as quickly as a day.
What Yu Ning did was to modify Zhao Zhuoyue and others' perception of time.
Shorten two or three days into one day in terms of perception.
In this way, when Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning left the resort, for Zhao Zhuoyue and the others, it was just a short day without seeing Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning.
However, the prerequisite for the successful implementation of this operation is that Zhao Zhuoyue and others have no doubts and are completely relaxed.
In order to avoid exposing his flaws, Ji Mingxia even made an excuse, saying that he and Yu Ning should just take a good rest in the room for a day.
"Three days will be shortened to one day. Three days later, our vacation will end. If we haven't returned by then, it means we may be trapped in the primeval forest. At this time, Zhao Zhuoyue and the others will regain their senses. If they find that we are not here, they can call the police in time..."
Ji Mingxia sorted out Yu Ning's arrangements in his mind, and as he was talking, he suddenly realized that Yu Ning's arrangements were simply amazing.
Not only did it settle Zhao Zhuoyue and others and prevent unrelated people from falling into danger, but it also served as a logistical safeguard, becoming their last line of defense.
In addition, all the equipment and arrangements for entering the primeval forest were handled by Yu Ning.
After all, it is a huge resort with complete facilities, and it can even be said that it has everything.
Using the bronze mirror, I searched for the complete equipment to purchase, then contacted the driver of an off-road vehicle, and then made a plan and arranged the route...
Ji Mingxia originally thought that he would be responsible for renting the car and purchasing the equipment, but he did not expect that Yu Ning had arranged everything perfectly.
For Yu Ning who obtained the bronze mirror, it was like releasing a seal, and he could fully display his abilities one by one.
Yu Ning made proper arrangements, and Ji Mingxia immediately became relaxed. Considering that they would be going to the primeval forest for the next few days and life would be difficult, Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning washed up and rested early that night. They had a full meal the next day before leaving the resort.
The person responsible for taking them this time was an off-road vehicle driver whom Yu Ning had booked through the resort.
When the master saw Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning carrying a lot of bags, he thought they were going to the forest to camp. He couldn't help laughing and said, "Young people are still energetic. For an old man like me, I can only walk in the wilderness during the day and never at night."
Ji Mingxia admitted on the surface that he was a young man full of energy, but he smiled bitterly in his heart.
If possible, he also wants to lie down in the resort and do nothing. He has no interest in the wild forest or anything like that o(╥﹏╥)o.
Although the resort is built next to the primeval forest, you can only see the distant forest from within the resort.
As the saying goes, "You'll never run away unless you see the mountain before you run." The scenery that seems to be right in front of you is actually quite far away.
The sun is at its brightest at noon, and the hot summer is the peak of growth for all things.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, the branches on the roadside are spread out, and the drooping leaves are emerald green.
The sunlight shines through the gaps in the leaves, which is a beautiful sight.
Ji Mingxia grew up in a small village. He was raised by his grandmother for a while when he was young. He was very tough and ran all over the village, going up mountains and down rivers.
However, ordinary mountain forest trees are completely different from those in primeval forests.
Seemingly ordinary plants growing in the rainforest, once they are too dense, their size will be magnified several times, which will bring people a completely different sensory impact.
The further we traveled into the forest, the more lush the branches and leaves became.
Away from the hustle and bustle of the world, it feels like arriving in another land. To the quiet forest, the humans driving the cars are the intruders.
Two hours passed in a blink of an eye.
At the beginning, the sun was shining brightly, and countless small animals were hiding under the branches and leaves. Insects were chirping and birds were singing, which really brought out the harmony of nature.
But as time passed, the surroundings became quieter and quieter for some reason.
The sunlight was unknowingly obscured by clouds, and under the branches that blocked out the sun, it was clearly only two o'clock in the afternoon, but judging by the light, it seemed as if it was approaching dusk.
The deeper we went, the more rugged and narrow the road became, and the temperature began to drop little by little.
When Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning first got in the car and started, they had to turn on the air conditioner to cool down the car; when they were halfway through the journey and entered the primeval forest, the temperature outside was just right, so the driver turned off the air conditioner and opened the windows to let in the natural breeze.
But at this moment, as the temperature was getting lower and lower, the driver unconsciously closed the car window. He even turned his head to look at Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning and said, "Why don't you turn on the heater?"
Yu Ning was looking around. In a place that the driver couldn't see, the ring on his hand was glowing slightly. The driver looked at them through the rearview mirror. Yu Ning said, "No need."
The driver looked at his watch and said to Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning, "With this road condition, we won't be able to get in in another ten minutes. You have to get off the bus and walk. If you don't turn on the heater to warm up your bodies, you'll be cold when you get off the bus later."
"Thank you, we brought cold-weather clothes." Yu Ning said, and suddenly said, "Let's get off here."
"Here?" The driver was stunned, looked around, looked at Yu Ning in confusion, and kindly advised, "We agreed to drive to a place where other cars can't drive in. I think we can go a little further. You two can carry the things and go as far as you can."
"We are almost at our destination, let's stop here." Yu Ning said.
Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia were customers, and since they had made their decision, the driver naturally couldn't say anything.
The car slowly stopped, and Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning got out with their equipment.
The temperature outside was a little cooler than inside the car. Fortunately, Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia had made preparations early in the morning, and both wore long sleeves and long pants.
Seeing the driver drive away, Ji Mingxia looked at Yu Ning: "Did you find anything?"
"The ring is nearby." Yu Ning said.
"Nearby?" Ji Mingxia looked around curiously.
He and Yu Ning were both prepared to go deeper into the forest after getting off the car, but they didn't expect that the route Li You and the others were taking was a little closer than they had imagined.
We haven't even reached the place where we need to walk, but we've already entered the sensing range of the ring
Looking around carefully, there is indeed something unusual.
Such a place with few people and lush vegetation must be home to countless insects and small animals.
The off-road vehicle was still there and the noise of the car was loud. Ji Mingxia's attention was on the temperature and he didn't feel anything obvious.
But at this moment, as the off-road vehicle disappeared from sight, the entire forest returned to silence.
Not to mention the small animals living in the forest, even the most common insect sounds are missing.
The entire area was dead silent, as if Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning were the only living people. Ji Mingxia even had the illusion that the sound of their voices could echo the next moment.
The two men carried their equipment and walked along the road for about ten minutes.
The ring in Yu Ning's hand only emitted a faint light at first.
But as the surroundings became increasingly colder, the ring in his hand seemed to absorb waves of negative energy, and the red light became increasingly brighter.
When it reached a certain critical point, suddenly, red light burst out from the ring and flew into the air.
It was like a fiery red bird crashing into a huge net lying across the air.
In the silent collision, red light splashed, and the next moment, red light shone, and a strange outline vaguely emerged in the air.
It was like an invisible barrier, suspended in the air, dividing the space in front and behind with a translucent red light.
The red light was like a curtain of water, floating in the air and flowing faintly.
Because the red light is faint, the scene on the other side can be vaguely seen through the barrier.
Because they are in the forest now, no matter which direction they are in, there are nothing but rugged paths and lush plants. At first glance, there is no difference between the scenery inside and outside the barrier.
"Is this... the energy of another ring?" Ji Mingxia asked in surprise.
When Yu Ning subdued the bronze mirror, Ji Mingxia was still hiding from the ghost, so he did not see the bronze mirror floating up from the lake with his own eyes.
For him, it was the first time that he clearly saw the mysterious object's energy materialize, and he seemed to be a little surprised, with his eyes wide open.
"Starting from here is the coverage area of another ring. They should be inside." Yu Ning said.
Ji Mingxia observed for a moment, picked up a branch and probed towards the location of the barrier.
This barrier was like a translucent water curtain. Ji Mingxia had thought that probing through the branches would encounter some obstacles, but he did not expect that he could pass through it easily.
There is no barrier or obstacle when waving the sword.
In other words, this barrier has no existence other than what can be seen by the naked eye.
If the red light had not been emitted, exposing the barrier, Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning would have passed through it without realizing it.
No wonder Yu Ning asked the driver to stop the car in advance.
The two of them came for the ring, and the driver went in accidentally, which was a big injustice.
Although the barrier looked strange, Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning came for the second ring. It was a pleasant surprise for them to discover the area where Li You and others were in advance.
The two of them did not delay and walked in quickly.
The barrier seemed strange, but when the two of them passed through it, they actually felt nothing.
And when he walked over, Ji Mingxia unexpectedly discovered that the scene around him had returned to normal.
The temperature in the forest warmed up, the sunlight returned to its original brightness in the afternoon, and even the sounds of various insects could be heard faintly all around. The entire forest returned to its normal state.
Ji Mingxia couldn't help but turned around and looked in the direction of the barrier.
After the two of them passed through, they looked back and found that the barrier had disappeared.
A strange feeling arose in Ji Mingxia's heart.
Normally, after entering a certain supernatural area, the surrounding scenery will change strangely.
But today in the forest, things are turned upside down.
Before entering, the outside was full of spooky atmosphere, but after entering, the forest seemed to regain its vitality.
It looked as if they were deliberately trying to scare people outside to prevent unrelated people from accidentally entering the area.
With this guess in mind, Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning continued to move forward.
On the surface, tire marks gradually appeared.
The two walked along the marks for about half an hour, watching the dirt road gradually become smaller and form a winding forest trail.
At the end of the path, there was a commercial vehicle covered in scratches.
A burly man with a disheveled look on his face was standing by the car window, wiping his face in front of the mirror.
Through the reflection, the man felt someone approaching. He turned around quickly and looked in the direction of Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia with a fierce look.
But when he saw the appearance of Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia clearly, the man stopped and was stunned.