It is unusual for singing to suddenly appear in such a place.
However, the white fog was getting thicker and thicker, and retreating was impossible. They could only move forward, hoping that there might still be a glimmer of hope.
After following the song for about 500 meters, the white fog gradually dissipated.
"Look, the village is just ahead! We've made it out!"
Liu Junming, who was walking in the lead, shouted excitedly.
I looked in the direction he pointed and found that the village was a few hundred meters away from us, but I couldn't see the old lady's house.
Judging from the terrain, we must have unintentionally wandered around to the back gate of the village.
The village is now unusually lively, a stark contrast to its tranquil state yesterday.
Several cars were parked on the winding village road.
The village was bustling with people, with villagers and strangers coming and going, as if some kind of activity was taking place.
Even from this distance, the lively atmosphere could be clearly felt.
The singing we heard earlier was coming from the village's loudspeaker.
"etc!"
I stopped the excited crowd: "Didn't you guys notice something was wrong? We were on the mountain before, and logically we should have been going downhill to see the village, but we've been going uphill the whole time."
Su Meng's waving arm froze in mid-air: "Huh? Is it fake? No way, have we really encountered a ghost wall?"
"Have we been climbing uphill the whole time? I don't feel it."
"I still feel it? I'm already dizzy, I can't even tell which way is north, south, east, or west."
Before I could even speak, Gao Qian finally snapped and slammed her backpack to the ground.
"Hey Chen, when will you ever stop? First you said there was something wrong with the bell, then you said there was something wrong with the white mist. Now that we're finally about to get out of this hellhole, you're saying it's fake. What exactly are you trying to do?"
After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Liu Junming and the others.
"If any of you want to stay and go crazy with him, that's your business. I don't have time to waste here with this charlatan's nonsense. If you want to leave, come with me now!"
The one with long hair was the first to respond and silently followed.
Liu Junming looked troubled, his eyes shifting between me and Gao Qian, as if he were weighing the pros and cons.
After a while, he slowly spoke: "You see, as the captain, I have to take care of both sides, right? I'll go over and check the situation first. Don't take too many risks on your side."
After saying that, he patted my shoulder insincerely, then quickly bent down, picked up Gao Qian's backpack, and hurriedly chased after her without even turning his head back.
I used to think that the one with long hair was Gao Qian's lapdog, but I never expected that Liu Junming, who seems enthusiastic, generous and righteous, is the real king of lapdogs.
I turned to look at Luo Tianhe: "Aren't you leaving?"
Luo Tianhe lit a cigarette and took a deep drag: "Compared to that shrew, you're not a bad person. Besides, with someone helping to scout the way, why should I be in a hurry?"
As he spoke, he casually tossed away the cigarette butt he had just lit, muttering, "This cigarette must be fake, it has no flavor."
He then lit another one, but after taking two puffs, he threw it away, saying it had no flavor at all and that it must have gotten damp.
I looked at Attorney Zhou: "You believe me?"
Attorney Zhou shook his head: "I don't believe it!"
"and you……"
Attorney Zhou raised her slender finger and pointed to her temple, her eyes revealing confidence and certainty.
"I only trust the judgments I make based on reason and logic."
She raised her wrist, her gaze falling on the exquisite watch face, and spoke methodically.
"We set off at 10:00 a.m. sharp this morning. I have calculated that it will take a total of one hour and twenty minutes to get from the village to the place where the bronze artifacts were unearthed."
“Under normal circumstances, an adult can walk about 4 to 7 kilometers per hour on flat ground. But we are walking on mountain roads. We not only have to climb slopes, but also cut tree branches to clear the way, and we have to rest from time to time. Taking all factors into account, our average pace of going uphill is about 2.5 kilometers per hour.”
"Based on this pace, we've walked about 3.3 kilometers uphill."
"Generally speaking, the slope of a mountain road varies, and for every 100 meters of ascent, the horizontal distance will decrease by about 50 to 100 meters."
"Let's use the common method of reducing the horizontal distance by 80 meters for every 100 meters of ascent (√(3.32 - (3.3×0.8)2))) to calculate. We can get a result that the vertical height of our climb should be around 1.8 kilometers."
She paused for a moment, then continued.
"As everyone knows, it's easier to go up the mountain than to come down. We reached the summit at 11:20 a.m. and it's 2:30 p.m. now. Three hours and ten minutes have passed since we reached the summit."
"During this period, we deducted the more than two hours spent digging for things on the mountaintop, as well as the time spent wandering around in a 'ghost wall' after the white fog rose."
"Even if we assume that we were extremely lucky in our search for a way out and stumbled upon a shortcut, based on the previously calculated pace of the mountain road and the remaining time, it would be impossible to see the village so quickly."
"Therefore, there must be some illogical and inexplicable factors at play behind the scenes."
Holy crap! That's awesome!
The reason I can clearly distinguish that the scene before me is an illusion is because I do not have a [Earth Soul] and therefore do not experience fear.
This allows me to avoid being swayed by fear like most people when facing unusual situations, thus enabling me to maintain a calmer mind and clearer thinking.
In addition, I have studied the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams for a long time, and I am particularly sensitive to directions, so I knew that these were fake.
But what about Attorney Zhou?
When Luo Tianhe and his group encountered the [ghost wall], they were already dizzy from the unknown fear and fatigue, and only thought about finding a way out. But this woman was as calm as a machine.
Despite these factors, it is still possible to calculate the accurate time precisely.
It's absolutely terrifying.
Is she really just a lawyer? Or does she not even experience fear?
I was just about to ask, "Then why didn't you remind them?"
But then they saw Attorney Zhou clutching his stomach, a pained expression on his face.
"What’s wrong with you?"
I tried to help her up, but she pushed me away. Her face showed not only pain but also deep fear.
"No, no, it's all wrong, the timing is wrong!"
"What's wrong?"
Attorney Zhou frantically pulled a bottle of medicine from his backpack and handed it to me, his voice trembling.
"I have Duchenne ulcers, a bleeding disorder caused by a submucosal arteriovenous malformation in the stomach. So, the doctor recently inserted several clamps into my stomach. If I don't take my medication on time, I experience stomach pain every twelve hours. I took my medication at 2 PM, but... but..."
Attorney Zhou pointed a trembling finger at the sky: "But right now, it's still bright!"
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