Chapter 197 Lost
The next day, Wei Bohou woke up with the sequelae of a hangover and his head felt a little heavy.
He grabbed the wine jar and drank all the remaining wine.
There is also a saying for this move: leftover wine from the night can cure a hangover and make you feel refreshed after a sip.
"You can't drink it. There were insects last night and it's not clean."
Zhong Sheng kicked the wine jar to pieces, and the remaining wine seeped into the soil.
Wei Bohou shrugged, freshened up hastily, and continued on his way with Zhong Sheng.
Many people have personally witnessed the strange phenomena in Daping Township and left clues.
Those who entered too deeply have disappeared long ago and their whereabouts are unknown. There are also those who have only tried it briefly and still come back alive to describe their experiences.
Daping Township is like being separated by an invisible cover, completely disconnected from the outside world.
If outsiders want to get in, they can only circle around the edge of the cover. No matter which direction you walk, you will eventually return to the starting point.
The common people are ignorant and call it a ghost beating a wall.
As time went by, this statement spread quickly and was verified by people one after another.
In fact, there are no ghosts in Daping Township, and ordinary ghosts do not have such abilities.
The person behind the scenes is ultimately a human being, someone with powerful magic.
"Brother, it won't work on the ground. I'll ask Ya'er to take a look at it from high altitude."
With two croaks, the crow turned into a black dot in the sky and disappeared from sight.
Wei Bohou nodded towards Zhong Sheng, "Brother, please wait here for a moment. I'll be back soon."
He held a slingshot in hand, pushed aside the grass, and plunged into the wilderness in front of him.
As a bandit, survival in the wilderness is instinctive, and he can carve a way even in the wilderness.
After a while, Wei Bohou looked tired and separated the haystack with his hands. When he saw Zhong Sheng, he was stunned on the spot.
"Brother, are you kidding?"
His face was full of shock, and then he looked around, and the surrounding scenery became more and more familiar.
Wei Bohou finally determined that it was not Zhong Sheng who ran ahead of him, but that he made a big circle and returned to the same place.
How could such a serious mistake happen?
"I'll take another shower."
After a while, Wei Bohou returned to Zhong Sheng with several broken arrows in his hands.
"This..."
Sure enough, even if he deliberately avoided the last path, he still made a big circle.
He showed the harvest to Zhong Sheng, "Brother, these are the arrows shot by Tang Jun and Xia Jun a few times ago."
According to the news obtained from the black market, the armies of both sides have encountered a wall here.
During this period, the Tang Army and the Zheng Army bent their bows and fired thousands of arrows in an attempt to break the illusion and kill the monster.
Countless fangs and sharp arrows pierced the air, and finally sank into the sea like stone, never to echo again.
The strange phenomenon of ghosts beating on the wall still envelopes Daping Township, with no way out.
The arrows picked up by Wei Bohou during this trip were either made by the Tang Army or made by the Xia Army.
"Brother, this place is so strange. The scenery is different every time, but I always return to the same place."
"If it weren't for you, I would be confused and don't know where I am."
Wei Bohou shook his head and suddenly heard the cry of a crow.
A black spot on the top of his head quickly enlarged. The strong wind fell, and the crow folded its wings and slowly landed on his shoulder.
"Yao'er, what did you see?"
The crow stared at the big black bean eyes, turned a few times, and showed a confused look.
Well, look at this, you can’t see anything.
Wei Bohou stroked the crow's neck feathers and said, "Crow, tell me what's wrong."
He was very patient in front of the crows and spoke softly and softly.
"Quack!"
The crow flapped its wings, suddenly bulged its eyes, opened its mouth suddenly, and spit out a ball of mucus
The mucus fell to the ground, and there was something floating and rolling inside, which looked like an eyeball with blood stains.
"Brother, Ya'er met a living person in front. Sure enough, there is a living person. It's not some evil spirit."
Wei Bohou was very excited.
However, if a person walks on the ground, he can only go back five or six miles, making it difficult to get in again.
Crows can fly from the sky, but they cannot carry people
Zhong Sheng looked at the little donkey behind him. Donkeys can fly but cannot fly far. They can only sprint and glide over short distances, which is not feasible either.
"That's all, I'll try it myself."
Zhong Sheng stepped forward and was about to step forward, but was stopped by Wei Bohou, "Brother, you cannot take risks yourself."
"I'll go with you."
The two of them made a plan, with crows circling in the sky to alert the surroundings, and apes and donkeys hiding in the grass on both sides followed closely.
Wei Bohou was in front and Zhong Sheng was behind, and they entered Daping Township together.
After walking for three or four miles, arrows began to appear sporadically on the ground, sticking diagonally on the ground like withered grass
The arrows that Wei Bohou brought back just now were randomly pulled out from here.
"Brother, we're here. If you go forward, you just have to go backwards."
Wei Bohou has experience. This arrow-branched area is the outer edge of Daping Township and is the limit for outsiders.
A stone's throw is as far as a person can go with his feet.
"Hmm!"
After a while, Zhong Sheng and Wei Bohou saw familiar footprints left by themselves.
Wei Bohou frowned, "Brother, the situation is not good!"
He began to explain that before, one person stayed where he was and the other explored the path and was able to determine the direction.
Now the two of them set off together, calculated the time, and almost returned to where they came from.
However, the unfamiliar scenery around us is by no means the starting point for departure.
In other words, they were completely lost, neither entering Daping Township nor returning to their original location.
"What a sinister intention."
Wei Bohou broke into a cold sweat. He finally understood the intention of the mastermind behind the scenes.
If you break in alone and cannot tell the difference between east, west and north, you will easily lose your whereabouts.
But if there are many people traveling together, and they work steadily, and the people sent out to explore the road never come back, they will definitely change their strategies in the end, taking advantage of the large number of people, trying to break through the illusion in front of them.
Once this happens, you will fall into a trap.
Without the original reference starting point, no matter how many people there are, they will keep getting lost and going in circles. In the end, they can't even tell the direction and are completely lost. "Brother, we can't get out now."
Wei Bohou lamented, the further he walked, the stranger the environment became.
There is no water or food around, and the further they go, the more desolate they become. If this continues, the two of them will be trapped to death.
"Get out of the way."
Zhong Sheng waved back Wei Bohou, opened his mouth and hesitated a few times, and a line of fire came out of his throat.
The fire soared into the sky and turned into a giant snake dozens of feet tall, shrouding the surrounding area in a sea of fire.
The crackling, weeds and dead trees are all ready-made fuel, burning out of control in the blink of an eye
Wei Bohou covered his face with his sleeves to block the heat wave that hit his face.
Behind him, the crow, monkey and little donkey were all frightened.
"Brush!"
A few water drops fell on my body, and when I looked up, I saw that it was raindrops falling from the sky, connected in series, changing from sparse to dense.
Rain falls from the sky, fog rises from the ground, the sea of fire is attacked from two sides, and the air becomes cooler.
What a coincidence, it started raining right after setting the fire.
And it’s not a light rain either. Judging from the scale of the rain, it’s enough to wipe out the wildfire unleashed by Zhong Sheng.
"This is too deliberate!"
Zhong Sheng shook his head and pointed at the rain curtain in front of him, "Wei Bohou, there must be someone in front of you."
Chapter completed!