Judgment Day [Unlimited]

Chapter 32 Choice

In the depths of the dense forest came the sound of birds chirping, and the branches and leaves were blown by the wind and rolled into waves.

When everyone was stunned, someone shouted happily: "Look! There is water!"

Xie Xingyin raised his head and looked into the distance.Between layers of green trees, a sparkling blue river is slowly flowing through this ancient land.

"Hey, it's finally here!" Lao Liang wiped the sweat off his forehead excitedly.

Everyone went down the stone steps and set foot on the ground. The road behind them was mostly covered by stratus clouds. When they looked back, clouds and mist curled up above the stone steps.

Xie Xingyin heaved a sigh of relief, and went to untie the knots around his waist, but the knots were very tight, he gritted his teeth with a little difficulty and pulled a few times, but he couldn't untie them.

The wind in the forest passed by from behind, shaking his clothes, and the waistline that was originally hidden under the shirt was drawn out a little by the rope.It's not that kind of thin and thin, it's just right and well-proportioned.

At this time, Lu Fen didn't know what to do, he pulled the rope, and led Xie Xingyin to him like a fishing reel.Clinging to his shoulder with one hand, he drew the knife out of its sheath with the other.

"Let me do it."

That knife is very sharp.Xie Xingyin felt that the rope broke as soon as his waist became loose.He glanced at Lu Fen subconsciously, just in time to meet his gaze.The latter held the rope in his hand and smiled at him: "Brother, your waist is quite thin."

Xie Xingyin moved his eyes away calmly.This young master Lu made fun of him again.

"Do you have jungle adventure experience?"

Li Tiefeng sat down on a big rock, took out the kettle and drank the last sip of water.

The most important thing now is to find the fairy medicine.To find the elixir, they must go deep into the canyon, deep into the jungle.

Everyone else here basically shook their heads.Hengcheng is a coastal metropolis, most of them are office workers or students, and they don't have time for jungle adventures.

Li Tiefeng told them: "I observed carefully just now, and most of the plants growing here are tropical plants. This is a tropical primitive jungle."

Xie Xingyin had watched many movies and documentaries about jungle adventures, but it was the first time that he entered the primeval jungle in person, and he was still under the condition of extremely simple equipment and extremely scarce supplies.

Li Tiefeng seemed to recall some not-so-good experience, and said with a pair of thick black eyebrows furrowed.

"There will be no shortage of water and food in the tropical jungle, but there are a lot of poisonous insects and snakes, and various acute infectious diseases will be transmitted."

Usually the expedition team will bring insect repellant when they enter the jungle, but unfortunately they don't have that condition now.

"You guys try to button up your clothes as much as possible, and if you wear short sleeves, take out the tarpaulin to cover your exposed parts."

Boss Hou was wearing the standard outfit of a successful person, with the hem of his shirt tucked into the belt of his black trousers.Just now, the movement of climbing the stairs was too big, and the bottom two buttons of his shirt fell apart. Hearing what Li Tiefeng said, Boss Hou tried hard to button them with a beer belly.

Seeing that he was struggling to buckle, Lan Hui wanted to go forward to help him, but suddenly she saw something and shouted to Boss Hou's back in a panic:

"Who is there!!"

The others suddenly became alert and looked back one after another——

Sure enough, there was a strangely smiling face hidden behind the bushes, peeping at them secretly.

Boss Hou was so frightened that he fell off the rock, and at the same time, his bodyguard shot almost instantly.

The MK23 in his hand was very powerful, and there was a "bang" sound after the bullet ejected from the chamber - it seemed that it didn't hit a living thing, but hit something hard.

The face behind the bushes suddenly disappeared.

"Why did this man shoot blindly?" Lao Liang complained in a low voice, "What if he is a living person..."

"Aside from us, how could there be any living people here?"

"What should I do, go and have a look?"

Everyone discussed, looked at each other, each held their weapons tightly in their hands, and the soldiers split into two groups and quietly walked behind the bush.

After they approached, they looked away from the bushes, and their hanging breath suddenly relaxed again.

There was no one behind the bushes, only a small stone statue fell on the ground, most of its head had been smashed by MK23.

"...Who put the stone man here, I'm scared." Boss Hou patted his chest with his fat hands to let him breathe.

There are so many stone statues in the canyon.

Xie Xingyin squatted down to inspect the stone statue, the shape was the same as the one he saw before, almost as tall as a person.

"There are more over there!" Someone said loudly.

I saw standing stone statues deep in the dense forest, all with strange smiles, hiding behind bushes at different distances and watching them quietly.

Others felt terrified when they saw it, and wanted to stay away from them.

But Xie Xingyin said: "Follow the stone statue, the stone statue may be used to guide the way."

They found the Tianjie according to the guidance of the stone statue, and maybe they can also follow the stone statue to find the elixir of life now.

In the canyon, there are the same ancient trees in all directions, and no one knows where they should go to find the elixir.After deliberation, everyone agreed to try following the stone statue.

This canyon is shrouded in clouds and mist all the year round, and no one disturbs it. It is full of towering ancient trees that block out the sun, and there are large and small spider webs hanging between the branches.

The ground in the forest was covered with dead branches and leaves, and there was a broken "click" sound when the foot stepped on it, and the spiders hiding under the leaves scattered and fled.

Xie Xingyin hated bugs, so he found a waterproof cloth to cover his head.

In addition to all kinds of poisonous insects, there are also a large number of weeds and shrubs growing in the jungle, some of which are as high as knees, with thorns and barbs growing in them, and if you don't pay attention, your pants will be cut.

Li Tiefeng led the way, holding a knife as long as one arm in his hand, splitting the thorny branches along the road to clear a path for the people behind.

Following the guidance of the stone statue, all the people trekked through the jungle all the way.

After walking for about half an hour, Xie Xingyin heard the sound of water.

It is the river.

After walking for a while, the vegetation gradually thinned out, revealing a relatively flat land, and the slowly flowing river was bottomless.

Everyone drank dew water for many days in a row in the desert. Seeing a river appeared in front of them, their eyes became excited, and they all rushed to the river to drink happily.

"The water is so cold!"

Boss Hou and Lan Hui squatted by the river, pouring water on their faces with their hands.

Their bodyguard was very calm, standing not far away, just watching them drink.

In the afternoon, Xie Xingyin also felt dry mouth.He found an empty water bottle from his luggage, and was about to fill the water by the river, but was stopped by Lu Fen.

Lu Fen glanced at the people drinking water by the river, and stuffed his water bottle into Xie Xingyin's arms. "Brother, drink this first."

There was still a small half of the water in the kettle.After hearing what he said, Xie Xingyin drank the water in the pot to quench his thirst, and then found a place to sit down and rest.

After drinking the water, Xie Xingyin observed the river carefully.

The more you observe it, the more unusual it becomes.The water in the river is very deep, bottomless, and you can only see a chaotic darkness below, and you can't see what the river bed looks like at all.

Xie Xingyin thought to himself, no wonder Lu Fen was so cautious.

The animals and plants here are irrigated and nourished by this river. Although the river water may not be poisonous, but who knows what has been soaked in it, it is better to drink less or less.

Everyone drank the water and prepared to continue on their way.They followed the stone statue to the river, but the clue was broken here.

Li Tiefeng asked: "There are no more stone statues, where are we going next?"

This great rift valley runs from north to south. Everyone only knows that the elixir is at the bottom of the valley, but they don't know where it is at the bottom of the valley.

There are similar landscapes on both sides of the river bank. There is no choice but trees or trees.

"Otherwise, let's split up and choose which side to go, one side is always right." Li Tiefeng suggested.

But Boss Hou is a shrewd person. He was afraid that some people would know the answer but would not tell it on purpose, so he quickly objected: "No, no, we have to go together."

"Yes, yes, we want to go together." Lan Hui also echoed him.

"Then...is it possible not to choose either side, and the elixir is in this river?" Old Liang asked.

After listening to his thoughts, the others were silent for a moment.

It is indeed possible.But the river was bottomless, and they had no diving equipment.

"Why don't you go down and see if anyone can dive?" Boss Hou said.

"I can hold my breath for about 3 minutes, or I'll go down and have a look first." Li Tiefeng said, raising his arms and was about to take off his shirt.

"No need." Xie Xingyin interrupted him, "Go south. The river flows from the Garden of Eden, so let's go against the flow."

Go upstream.

After hearing his words, everyone became enlightened. "That's right, I've heard the legend too!"

—

Everyone re-determined the direction of travel and set off along the river bank.

While walking, Xie Xingyin whispered to Lu Fen: "I guessed that the Land of Sunset and the Garden of Eden are the same place, but now it seems...the Land of Sunset refers to the entire canyon, while the Garden of Eden is a smaller area. Hiding somewhere in the canyon."

Everyone walked against the current for a while, and the sky gradually darkened.

They picked a relatively flat and open place to camp on the bank of the river.

Everyone splits up, half of the people are responsible for pitching the tent, and the rest go to the forest to gather sticks to make a fire.

After Xie Xingyin and the others set up the tent, all the firewood collectors came back - except for the only novice.

"Is there another person?"

"I don't know. He was still there just now. He should be collecting firewood near here." Boss Hou said.

Thinking of the experience of killing each other on the first night, Xie Xingyin couldn't believe what other people said, and looked suspiciously into the woods.

Old Liang also thought of the same thing as him, and whispered, "That kid won't be..."

As he spoke, he made a gesture of wiping his neck.

"Go and have a look?" Xie Xingyin didn't turn his head, he didn't know whether he was asking Lao Liang or Lu Fen, the other two had no objection.

"Take it away." It was late, and the woods were dark, and Lao Liang picked out a torch from the campfire to light it.

Just as they were walking towards the dense forest, intending to go in to find someone, the birds in the forest seemed to be startled by something, and suddenly sang and flapped their wings and flew away.

It seemed that something was running towards them.

After a while, the bushes in front of him suddenly trembled, and the newcomer rushed out of the woods in a panic.

— that tense posture as if something was chasing him from behind.