Chapter 127 Spore Memory (11) (1st + 2nd update) [VIP]

[Don't eat coriander] The first backlash reaction shown by Guan Hongyan was surprisingly severe.

For a whole day and a half, Guan Hongyan was in a state where she would spit out blood from time to time.

At first, her face was pale, and she lay in bed without sleeping all night. She covered her throat, unable to speak, and her expression looked as if she would be declared useless in the next second.

As a result, after one night, the panic on Guan Hongyan's face turned into something she was used to. Yun Guang asked her to rest more, but Guan Hongyan bought a pack of napkins from a roadside newsstand, spat out a mouthful of blood calmly on the spot, and then said in a hoarse voice: "It seems that there is nothing else except spitting blood."

To prove her words, she dropped the garbage in her hand and climbed over the wall in three steps to prove her agility.

Yun Guang: "...Come down quickly."

"Cough... cough cough," Guan Hongyan coughed and wiped the blood off her palm, "I'm really fine."

"Apart from vomiting blood and having a hoarse throat, there are no other reactions." She took out three jujubes from somewhere and put them in her mouth to chew. "At worst, I can vomit and take supplements at the same time."

Yun Guang: "...Okay."

Their mission today was not too heavy. They just had to meet the traffic policeman who had been on a mission with Oda before, and then meet the family of the car owner who had died mysteriously.

I didn't expect to find any crucial clues from it, but in project investigations, many times, when the information has not yet reached that level, all we do is collect clues.

Often only when all the clues come together can a corner of the truth be revealed.

After a day's work, they didn't gain much, but the four of them were prepared for this, so they didn't feel frustrated.

The colleague who was working with the deceased Oda on the police response said that he didn't know what Oda had argued with the other party about. At that time, he was checking the dashcam of another vehicle, and when he wasn't paying attention, Oda had an argument with the other party. It seemed that the car owner did not agree with his division of responsibilities.

The owner's family members were unwilling to say more about this, while the owner's colleagues said that the owner was a very serious person. He was very stubborn and rigid in dealing with things. It was normal for him to argue with the traffic police over the division of responsibilities, but he would never drive while tired and ride a bicycle into the river.

Bai Jinshu and the others didn't say anything about the cause of death.

After all, after personally experiencing those inexplicable turns without any memory, if the car owner himself encounters the same situation, it is possible that he rides his bike and thinks that the wall in front of him is actually a road.

What remained were some scattered visits to the neighbors, and the four of them finally got together and decided that the deaths of Oda and the car owner were most likely caused by that quarrel.

Something must have happened during the quarrel, which led to one of them dying in the dormitory and the other crashing his bike into the guardrail.

As for what they talked about, Bai Jinshu had some ideas: "Since this person is very serious... then assuming that he has encountered some events that ordinary people would just brush off as ghosts or misunderstandings, then it is entirely possible that he would keep pursuing the matter because of his seriousness, which led to this car accident..."

And the traffic policeman Oda was the one who was involved in this kind of thing.

Although this argument makes sense, the problem is that there is no evidence.

When a person dies, it is like a light going out. This clue ends here.

At this moment, the remaining two people from the organization [Fan Duo] who entered this space together found them.

The team leader of [Fan Duo] is a man with a pigtail and a feminine face. His name is also very delicate, Changlan.

Chang Lan came to them for no other reason but precisely for an investigative clue.

"It's like this," Chang Lan said in a roadside cafe, stirring the coffee in his hand. He paused for a moment and said, "Since we [Fan Duo] entered here, we have been active around that secluded tribe. You saw it when you came here before."

"This time we are here to send the person in our organization who has fallen into temporary madness to the Yunnan South Second Hospital." His voice was very soft, and it didn't sound like he was talking about something heavy like someone had fallen into madness, but rather like he was reciting some light-hearted poetry.

"We know," Bai Jinshu leaned back, his eyes drooping, and he drank the coffee in his hand in one gulp as if he couldn't taste how bitter it was. "Just tell us what you want to do. We are all members of the exploration team, and we are not against this alliance. There is no need to beat around the bush."

"Okay, then I'll just say this," Chang Lan paused, "Your investigation has run into trouble, and our investigation has a direction but is difficult to carry out. I came to you to investigate our part."

"It has been seven or eight days since we entered the space. During these seven or eight days, we have been staying at the entrance of the secluded tribe since we were rejected by the village chief of the secluded tribe on the first day."

The reason why it is called a secluded tribe is because the location of this village is very remote, to the extent of being isolated from the world. If it were not for the cadres from outside who forcibly pulled electric wires into their village and then built roads decades ago, I am afraid that this village would still be living a very retro life in the 21st century.

"The village chief was very aggressive in his attitude towards our investigation and refused to allow us to enter. He even surrounded the village with very sharp thorns to prevent us from sneaking in at night."

As Changlan spoke, he took out his cell phone and showed everyone a few photos.

"You have been to our place, so you should know that this kind of thorn fence cannot be climbed by normal means. It is too high, and the thorns on it are extremely long and sharp. It seems like they were born to protect this village." The fence in the photo above the phone is indeed not something that a normal person can climb over.

"So at the beginning, our investigation goal was not actually to enter the village," Chang Lan put away his phone and nodded, "We found out through inquiries that although the area is very remote, there are still many small villages scattered on the nearby hills. They are not as big as this reclusive tribe, but several villages have united and hold a big market in the center of the villages on the first and fifteenth of every month."

"The village is remote and many things cannot be transported in from outside. At this time, most rural people choose to buy and sell goods from this big market, including rice, noodles, grain, oil, a lot of daily necessities and some livestock.

It can be said that in the 21st century with well-developed Internet, the existence of such a large market in the deep mountains is something that urban residents living in the city who send and receive express deliveries every day would never dare to imagine.

"According to the information we got from Yunling, although this reclusive tribe is secluded, they are not completely cut off from the outside world except for the Internet," Chang Lan continued while observing the expressions of the team members, "Although they live deep in the mountains, most of their daily necessities are purchased at this market. In addition, there is no arable land in this mountain forest, so their basic necessities of life need to be purchased from outside."

"So you decided at that time to wait until the fifteenth day of the big market to find out the situation from the villagers who came out to the market." Bai Jinshu said.

"Yes," Chang Lan nodded, "That was our original plan. It was almost the 15th of July, so we just waited outside the village."

"In the end, you didn't wait?" Bai Jinshu raised the corner of his lips sarcastically.

"No," Chang Lan shook his head and took a sip of the coffee in his hand. "The village chief's resistance to us has reached an incredible level. He neither allows us to enter the village nor allows the villagers to leave the village."

The thorn also blocked the villagers' way out.

The gate that was not fenced off was because Changlan and his friends parked two RVs there, so they were unable to pile up thorns around it.

The residents of this village just stayed in the village, and no one came out.

"It would be fine if you were from this world..." Yun Guang dragged out his thoughtful tone, "but we are not."

"Yes," Chang Lan nodded. "If you want to force them out, a small village like this, without water and electricity, would be unbearable for many modern people. Not to mention that they don't even have their own farmland, and all the food at home depends on buying at the market."

As time goes on, the villagers trapped in this village must survive and not starve to death.

But the problem is that this group of people are actually investigators invited by Yunling, an organization in this space. They will only stay here for fifteen days, and fifteen days are not enough to force them to this point.

After all, it can be seen from the fact that these people listen to the village chief so much and they won't go out if the village chief says so. If they only block the way for fifteen days, the boss will be out of rice. It would be enough for them to just walk around the village and grab a handful of rice per person.

It would take at least several months to trap the enemy to the point where they were forced to beg for mercy.

"So after we didn't see them come out in the first fifteen episodes, we decided to find some roundabout ways to save the situation, such as going to other villages and asking if there were any rumors about this place." Chang Lan nodded and continued.

"The nearest village to the secluded tribe is also surrounded by hills. If you drive, you need to go around the foot of the mountain, which takes at least several hours. And the need to drive for several hours is not the point. The point is that this tribe is very difficult to drive to."

The fact that they were able to come up from the bottom still relied on the driver's superb skills. If they really had to drive out and then back by themselves, they would most likely have to rest in the half.

Chang Lan stirs the coffee: "So we decided to walk through it. Fanduo is a country built on trees. We are born to live in the jungle. Although walking through several mountains sounds a bit far, it's actually nothing."

"What did you encounter when you arrived at that village?" Lu Changfeng leaned his head out and asked curiously.

“Not a village.”

“Not there.”

Two voices sounded at the same time. Bai Jinshu and Chang Lan looked at each other. Chang Lan continued, "Anyway, the four people in our organization are very good at hiking over mountains, so we immediately chose to cross the mountain."

"But I didn't expect... to encounter something unexpected in the mountains?" Bai Jinshu raised his eyes with a smile.

"Yes," Chang Lan nodded, "We met a few young men from that reclusive tribe."

"When we met them, they were holding very outdated cold weapons and hand-made crossbows, trying to hunt wild game. When we approached, our footsteps were mistaken for large wild beasts, and we were almost stabbed by their arrows."

No wonder this group of people stopped going to the market after [Fan Duo] stationed at the door.

"I didn't think much of it at the time. I thought that the young men in the village finally couldn't stand the loneliness and came out to hunt for some meat to eat. Otherwise, my mouth would be tasteless. I just wanted to ask them about the situation of their tribe," Chang Lan looked up at the people opposite. "But as soon as we opened our mouths, those guys acted like they saw a ghost. They quickly threw away the game they had just hunted and ran away."

It's deep in the mountains and old forests, a route that can be described as sparsely populated. It's so coincidental that this group of people actually ran into each other here.

"In the end, we couldn't find the three people that day."

"But..." At this point, Chang Lan's face showed a seriousness that was very inconsistent with his feminine appearance. "That morning, the two guides suddenly mutated together and killed one of our team members. We were forced to fight to the death. When I looked at the village through the gap in the fence..."

He paused and said, "I saw those people."

The rest of the village was surrounded by thorns, and even the exploration team members could not climb up without the help of props. The only exit was where Chang Lan and his men were, and there was absolutely no way they would let so many people enter the village under their noses.

But the young men who were seen in the mountains that day just appeared in the village.

This means that…

"This village has a secret passage leading to the outside." Guan Hongyan spat out the blood in his throat and said refreshed.

"You..." Chang Lan looked at her. She obviously didn't expect Guan Hongyan's current health condition to be so worrying. She said worriedly, "Why don't we go to the hospital first..."

"It's okay," Guan Hongyan wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, "You talk yours, I spit mine, I won't interfere."

"Yes," Chang Lan had no choice but to continue, "This shows that there is a secret passage in this village that can communicate with the outside world. Otherwise, it cannot explain why the people who were in the forest before entered the village without passing through the gate."

"As the saying goes, there must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary. This village won't let us in, so there must be something special inside," Chang Lan said. "We originally planned to find a secret passage in the mountains when we couldn't reach an agreement, but we didn't expect that the receptionist and guide sent by Yunling Banbian died a few days ago."

At the same time, the alienated receptionist and guide also took away a member of their [Fan Duo], and also drove another one crazy temporarily, causing the other person to fall into a crazy state from which he could not get out for a short time.

The efficiency of two people is definitely lower than that of four people, so Chang Lan, the team leader of [Fan Duo], thought about it and decided to find other groups to cooperate with.

The first group is investigating the archaeological site in full swing, the second group is busy finding those students who have been related to the dead biologist among the huge number of students. Only group 0106 is left. At present, they don't have any very clear investigation targets, and the line of investigation has also come to a standstill. They are simply God-given members.

Besides, these four people have been here before, so their understanding of the situation must be deeper than those who have never been here.

As long as they could enter the village that had been keeping them away, perhaps the problem would be solved.

Bai Jinshu, whose investigation had come to a standstill, agreed to this cooperation.

Including the four of them, there are now six people returning to the secluded tribe.

I didn't take a close look when I came here last time, but now it seems that this secluded tribe is really surrounded by mountains on all sides, all of which are lush and green trees. If you don't have a compass after entering, even an expert who often goes into the mountains will get lost when entering an unfamiliar forest.

"The six of us will be divided into two groups," Chang Lan said. "I don't know if any of you have relevant experience. We [Fanduo] are a country built on trees. Our race is naturally familiar with forests, so it is safer to divide into two groups with one person in charge of one group. The three people in each group can then search separately as appropriate."

Bai Jinshu didn't say anything, and neither did the other three people.

After hearing that Lu Changfeng was a healer, Chang Lan put this god-level nurse into another team on the grounds that his teammates were not very good at fighting.

Guan Hongyan had been vomiting blood. Although she seemed fine and her voice was no longer hoarse, she was still a little scary. She felt more at ease with Lu Changfeng, Yun Guang and Bai Jinshu by her side.

Then the remaining groups are very obvious, Bai Jinshu, Yun Guang and Chang Lan, the team leader of [Fan Duo].

Chang Lan lived up to the name of "Country on the Trees" that he said. After entering the woods, he really felt like a fish in water. His exploration speed was always far ahead of the two people behind him. After the three of them reached the place where they met the guys that day, they began to advance in a fan shape towards the direction of the village, trying to find a secret passage that could lead into the village.

Although the trees in the summer forest were lush and green, the air was still filled with a very obvious sense of dampness and moisture. They walked all the way to the edge of the woods and did not find any signs of secret passages.

The place where we found those guys that day was actually close to the edge of the forest. Since the secret passage doesn't lead to this road, the only way left is -

Search the mountain.

With the village as the center, it begins to radiate to the surrounding areas.

And this mountain is much larger than they imagined.

It would take at least several months to walk across the entire mountain. Even if the center of the village was determined, it would still be difficult to find.

The road conditions in the mountains are changeable, and even the weather is unpredictable. If it weren't for the experienced Chang Lan, Bai Jinshu and his friends might not have been able to have such an easy time these days.

But no matter how relaxed they were, it was true that they found nothing after searching the mountain, and it was also true that the water and food they carried with them were being consumed bit by bit.

Finally, after finishing a whole morning of searching, Chang Lan, who was leading the way, couldn't stand it anymore and sat down: "Huh..."

Yun Guang dusted off his clothes and sat down. He exchanged some dry food from the foundation's mall and said, "It's almost there. According to the current progress, we will find it in a little while."

Because the length of the starting point and the end point of the secret passage is limited.

Because no matter what, this road is always just a road dug by humans, and its purpose is to create a route that can enter and exit the village without being seen by others. So in order to save effort during digging and facilitate subsequent passage, the ideal state of this road is to pass through the mountains and set the end point at a distant location that would take a long time to walk under normal circumstances, so as to achieve the shortest straight line effect between the two points.

There are not many locations that can meet this requirement, and they are all located on the same horizontal belt. We searched for several days, mainly because this horizontal belt is too large in the deep mountains.

In other words, if the diameter is too long, the length of the circle will naturally be too long.

Chang Lan nodded, took the water from Yun Guang, took a bite of the dry food with the water, and finally stood up as if she couldn't bear it anymore.

"Oh my god," he twitched his lips, "the dry food in the Foundation is just for filling your stomach. It has no taste at all. It feels like chewing rubber."

"Add some vinegar?" Yun Guang thought for a moment and asked.

"There are also salt and pepper in the mall. Although they have their own uses, they can also be used simply as seasonings?" He said seriously.

"Now that we have the seasonings..." Chang Lan complained, "What about the pot?"

Yun Guang: "Frying pan? Cooking pan? I have both. They can also block bullets and hit people."

Chang Lan didn't expect that her casual complaints would actually lead to something. She suddenly perked up and said, "Then what kind of dry food should we eat?"

Where are they now? They are in the mountains of Yunnan Province!

What is the most abundant thing in the mountains? Isn’t it the game everywhere?

"Come on, set up the stove," he suddenly became interested, "I'll go find something and we can cook it here."

Chang Lan stuffed the dry food in his hand into the bag with disgust, and went to the mountains to hunt with great interest, taking a crossbow.

After a while, he came over with several rabbits in his hands, and the basket in his hands was full of wild vegetables.

"These are also edible," he gestured, "They are all wild vegetables from the mountains. We also have this kind of vegetables in [Fan Duo]. They taste great when added to soup."

As he spoke, he dug out a bunch of food, including quite a few mushrooms of various shapes.

"What are you looking at?" Chang Lan raised his head and said confidently after noticing Bai Jinshu's strange gaze, "Where is this? Yunnan Province! Aren't mushrooms the most abundant in the mountains of Yunnan Province? Don't worry, She Mochu. This poison won't kill you."

"No," Bai Jinshu said lightly, crossing his arms, "I won't die even if you are all poisoned to death."

Mythical creatures are naturally resistant to poison.

But there is no need to say such things.

Seeing Chang Lan excitedly setting up the pot, adding a handful of mushrooms and fish that he had forked from a river somewhere, the audience on the barrage thought for a moment that they were watching a food show.

[Fuck, I’m hungry.]

【I also. 】

【Let’s order some takeout. 】

[Is this how you guys use the Foundation's exploding peppers? Huh? What kind of explosive use is this?]

【Is there anything wrong with spicy rabbit head? 】

[Of course, rabbits are so cute and they have to eat spicy food. 】

[Damn, you are really good at using simulated snowflakes as salt, Yun Guang. ]

【Just tell me if it is true or not.】

…

For a moment, the barrage was filled with complaints, but on the screen, the three of them had eaten and drunk their fill, and finally cleaned up and prepared to get going again.

But this time, the investigation, which had made no progress for several days, seemed to have been suddenly pushed back a lot.

In the evening, fog began to rise in the mountains.

The fog was getting thicker and thicker. Suddenly, in the thick fog, Bai Jinshu seemed to see something in front of him.

After clearing away the fog, he suddenly froze in place.

A few days ago, everyone had been walking in a forest. This forest was probably deserted most of the time. There was not even any plastic garbage left by humans. There was only a thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground that had fallen for who knows how many years and had not yet been completely decomposed.

But now it’s different.

Bai Jinshu frowned and took a few steps forward as if to confirm, only to find that it was not an illusion - at the end of the thick fog, in this mountain forest without any modern facilities, he seemed to see a city.

A city hidden in the mountains?

The author has something to say:

The miracle of the strange shopping mall that uses simulated snowflakes as salt: [Salting the air is almost like salt] (What a lousy joke)

The update is a little late, but the first 20 comments will get a random 20 red envelope. I have finally finished the defense, and there should be nothing that requires me to fly back and forth from now on.