The Nalenggele Canyon covers an area of 3,500 square kilometers. Without a specific destination, I don't think Shen Bing and I will ever find it even if we try our best.
So I whispered in Wei Ziling's ear: "We are in Death Valley, where is the thing?"
He closed his eyes tightly and did not respond.
Shen Bing rolled her eyes at me and said, "Were you scared out of your wits by Death Valley? The child is unconscious, how could he possibly hear what you said?"
I sighed and said, "I'm just trying it out. What if he can hear me?"
Suddenly, Wei Ziling's weak body moved slightly, his fingers slowly raised, and his eyes slowly opened a crack. Shen Bing and I were surprised and happy, and hurriedly asked him how to find the treasure.
"Found a red-haired ghost..." Wei Ziling opened his lips slightly and spoke in a voice so soft that it was almost inaudible. When he said this, he closed his eyes and there was no response.
Red-haired ghost? I have never heard of such a species among ghosts. Could it be a foreign ghost? Maybe there are European ghosts crossing over to play around. They hooked up with Wei Ziling many years ago. Hmm, I suspect this red-haired ghost is a female ghost.
Since we want to find ghosts, we can't do it during the day, so we have to wait until night to try to use the soul-binding method to call out all the nearby ghosts. I think there must be a lot of wrongly dead ghosts here. If someone dies unwillingly, their resentment will accumulate and they will become evil ghosts. I guess there are many evil ghosts here.
Looking up at the corpses and bones scattered all over the valley, I thought that not only would the dead turn into ghosts, but also the animals would linger. This place would become a vicious cycle of disasters. Natural disasters are unstoppable, but these ghosts would also become a deadly killer. I think the reason why I couldn't get out of the valley was mostly related to the ghosts here.
"Where do you think the red-haired ghost will be?" Shen Bing asked as she stood up holding Wei Ziling and looked forward.
I touched my nose and didn't answer for the time being. I thought that since Wei Ziling chose this place to hide the treasure, it meant that this treasure was very precious. I couldn't help but feel that it was related to the sky lantern. Such a precious treasure could not be buried at the edge of the valley entrance. It must be in the heart of the valley, which might be a very dangerous place.
Thinking of this, he stood up and said, "While it is still morning, we should hurry up and move forward. We will not be able to move forward until dark, so we must set up camp."
We walked a little further and found that there were more wild animals. At first, there were only wolves and Tibetan foxes, but now we saw leopards and yaks, as well as some animals that we couldn't recognize. They were quite big, with horns on their heads and very short tails. When the leopards saw these animals, they hid without a trace, which showed that they were quite ferocious beasts.
When we encountered wild animals ahead, we hid in the bushes in fear, holding the bayonets and coins we brought with us. After they disappeared, we continued to move forward carefully. This looked like an animal paradise. We encountered many snow rabbits, antelopes, elks, wild donkeys and other animals along the way, but for us, this was hell on earth. If we encountered gentle animals, we might be able to hunt them as delicacies, but if we encountered wild animals, we didn't know who would eat whom. It was a cannibal valley!
"Country bumpkin, look, there's a dead body ahead!" Shen Bing shouted.
I had actually seen it before. Corpses and skeletons are two different things. This means that they had just died and their bodies had not yet decayed. As expected, when I approached them, I found two corpses curled up in the bushes, with extremely hideous expressions on their faces. Judging from the appearance of the corpses, they should have died no more than three days ago. The corpses were kept very intact.
When we saw their faces clearly, we couldn't help but be shocked and shouted in unison: "How could it be them?!"