Chapter 46
The rain came and went quickly, so we continued to search, but there was no clue until dark.
Zhang Song shot two wild rabbits, and we were sitting around the campfire, roasting the rabbits and discussing Erma.
"Is it possible that Erma's cell phone was lost in the mountains, but she is not actually there?" Mao Jianming said.
"If that's a possibility, then we have to look here first," I said.
After Zhang Song roasted the rabbit meat until it was fragrant, the three of us started eating it silently. However, because I was worried about Erma's safety, I didn't eat many bites.
"The most important thing in the wild is to get food. How can you find Erma if you don't have the strength?" said Zhang Song.
I knew he was right, but I still couldn't eat it.
"Crack", "crack", "crack".
A crisp, deep metallic clang echoed from the mountaintop, and then I saw the once clear night sky suddenly close in like a curtain. The moon above us also emitted a hint of blood.
"kill!"
The shouts of killing and the sounds of swords and horses came like a tide.
The three of us immediately stood up and looked towards the direction where the sound came from.
The originally rugged and precipitous mountain road suddenly turned into an ancient battlefield. Soldiers and bandits were locked in a fierce confrontation. Some were stabbed in the stomach, some had their arms chopped off, and some had their heads dropped to the ground. It was a scene of extreme cruelty.
At this moment, my blood was boiling and I couldn't suppress the murderous intent in my heart.
I immediately shouted loudly: "A clear mind is like water, and clear water is the mind. Even the slightest breeze will not stir, and no waves will disturb!"
This is the Taoist "Clear Heart Secret", which is specifically designed to eliminate negative emotions.
After hearing what I said, the two of them calmed down, especially Zhang Song, who was on the verge of exploding. If I had been a step later, he might have killed me and Mao Jianming first, and then committed suicide.
This ancient battlefield has a great impact on people. Zhang Song was already a retired soldier, so he was affected even more.
The two of them looked ahead in shock.
I also carefully observed this ancient battlefield. It looked like a battle that took place during the Qing Dynasty's suppression of bandits. I couldn't mistake the unmistakable Qing Dynasty uniforms and long braids of the officers and soldiers. Watching them fight each other, the atmosphere of death and resentment on the battlefield grew thicker and thicker.
"No," I said.
"What's wrong?" Mao Jianming asked.
"Back off." I stared at the ancient battlefield in front of me and backed off step by step.
Mao Jianming and Zhang Song knew that I was not attacking without purpose, so they retreated with me.
At this moment, the battlefield changed. The dead Qing Dynasty officers, soldiers, and bandits all stood up from the battlefield, dragging their mutilated bodies. The three of us were now insiders, and they all walked towards us.
"Fuck." Mao Jianming yelled.
Zhang Song took out his pistol and fired two shots at the corpses. The bullets passed through the heads of the corpses, but they were only ghosts, not entities, and the pistol could not cause any harm to them.
I didn't expect that the three of us would encounter such a tricky situation. These are not one or two ghosts, nor ten or twenty, but hundreds of ghosts.
"The golden fire bell illuminates the underworld. Wherever the flame reaches, all ghosts will be annihilated!" As I chanted the spell, a black fire bell appeared in my hand and burned at the ghosts of the officials and bandits in front of me.
As soon as those ghosts came into contact with my black flames, their entire bodies quickly burned, and finally turned into nothingness as they moved forward.
Seeing the great effect of the fire bell, Mao Jianming and Zhang Song relaxed.
"I'm afraid the energy in my body can't last long. We have to escape from here first." I retreated while attacking the ghosts with fire bells.
When they heard what I said, their faces turned pale and they became nervous.
If I have to deal with so many ghosts by myself, I will probably be exhausted. If I can recover to the state of self-energy, I can handle it, but I can be said to be "recovering from a serious illness", so running away is the best option for us.
Seeing we were trying to escape, they swarmed towards us like bees. No matter how quickly I slew them, I couldn't completely halt their advance. I immediately drew a line of fire on the ground ahead, hoping to stop them. However, they would rather die than rush forward. After burning several rows of ghosts, the flames I drew visibly dwindled and finally disappeared.
Because of the temporary obstruction of the flames, we had already run quite far, and those ghosts seemed to be trapped in that ancient battlefield and did not follow us. They stared at us with their fangs and claws at the edge of the battlefield, but could not go any further.
But we are not out of danger yet, because neither the scenery nor the road in front of us are the same as the Cymbals Mountain during the day, but I know that we are indeed on the Cymbals Mountain.
I looked at the blood moon in the sky and sighed, "I'm afraid we won't be able to escape tonight."
"What's going on?" Mao Jianming asked.
"I don't know the general situation. Look at the moon in the sky. Doesn't it look like it's stained with blood? According to the "Jingshi Yaozhan", 'the red moon represents war and war'. We also often say among the people that 'when a blood moon appears, evil spirits will appear'. Whenever there is a blood moon, there will be strange things happening." I said.
We are so unlucky that we even encountered the extremely rare blood moon phenomenon.
"I've heard of the blood moon before, but this is the first time I've encountered one," said Mao Jianming.
"My time in XJ was very similar to this," said Zhang Song.
"Let's go and see if there are any other discoveries," I said.
The once rugged mountain road had now transformed into a vast plain. There were no houses, otherwise I'd have thought I was in Tongbian Town. As we walked, a coffin suddenly appeared before us. Painted red and reeking of blood, it stood upright before us.
The three of us stopped. There was a blood moon in the sky and strange things were happening one after another. We didn't dare to be careless.
"Boom", "Boom", "Boom".
This was not the heartbeat of the three of us, but came from inside the coffin.
"Squeak."
The sound of an old wooden door opening.
Then we saw the coffin lid fall to the ground, revealing a corpse wearing Qing Dynasty official uniform, its fangs bared. The three of us cautiously backed away, but before we could even take two steps, several more coffins appeared out of nowhere around it. Each of these coffins also contained ancient corpses, which leaped out and formed a circle around the central coffin.
The ancient corpse in the center opened its eyes and leaped out with its joints stiff. Following its lead, the other corpses stiffly bowed toward the moon in the sky. As the zombies finished their bows, the moon cast a blood-red glow over them. Receiving this energy, they continued their worship.
Zombies worship the moon!
I broke out in a cold sweat and quietly signaled Zhang Song and Mao Jianming to retreat. However, it was too late. The leading zombie, after completing its moon worship, set its sights on us. Its zombies leaped towards us.
It's like escaping from the tiger's mouth and falling into the wolf's den.
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