When I woke up, I found my body was half hanging in the air, tied up with vines, but the binding technique was too poor. If I shook a few times, the knot would probably loosen, and I would fall face first, about four or five meters above the ground. It would be strange if my neck was not broken.

There was also a person hanging on a tree branch and swinging next to her. From the faint breathing and the soft and sad sobbing, one could guess without seeing her directly that it was Yunwen.

"Yunwen, where are we?" I asked.

The other party shuddered, and soon stopped crying. He said, "Are you awake? I don't know where this is. The gorillas brought us here. Anyway, it should be on a mountain. I remember walking along a very long mountain road, all uphill."

"Tell me the route you took and I should be able to guess it roughly," I said.

"Okay, they carried us out of the post station and kept moving forward towards the two o'clock direction. It took about two or three hours, and we passed through a large forest and arrived at the foot of a mountain. Then we kept climbing up the mountain road, and when we reached the top of a mountain, they tied us up with vines and hung us there." Yunwen said.

"Is there a section of the forest where you can see wild animals, and another section that is eerily quiet with nothing in it? Also, are there any special features at the foot of the mountain, such as any bronze statues?" I asked.

Yunwen thought for a moment and said, "I'm sorry, I was crying so hard at the time that I didn't have the energy to observe these things carefully. But I did notice that after passing a certain boundary near the forest, it was so quiet that there was not even the sound of birds. I only remember a lot of rocks at the foot of the mountain, and there was water flowing in the cracks between the rocks."

Yunwen's mind was in a mess, so she didn't pay close attention, but after listening to what she said, I had a bold guess that the place we are now must be where I have been. After passing through the dangerous woods and the monkey forest, the area we are in must be near Claw Dragon Mountain. The reason why it is different from the eight o'clock direction I went last time is that I think it is very likely to go up the mountain towards the back mountain of Claw Dragon Mountain, so the route is different from our last time.

This is for the convenience of directly crossing the forest diagonally, reaching the back mountain area and going around the mountain.

There are springs near Clawlong Mountain, so it is not uncommon to see springs and streams flowing through the cracks in the rocks. Judging from this, we are at the top of Clawlong Mountain. I just don't know why they brought us here at the trouble of taking, and even tied us up without killing us.

At this time, a gust of night wind blew, bringing a little chill, and I was shocked. Thinking about it carefully, I really felt the hair stand on end! After the Zhongyuan Festival, these days have passed, almost a month has passed. Zhongyuan Festival is the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. After another full month, wouldn’t it be the 15th day of the eighth lunar month? The 15th day of the eighth lunar month is the Mid-Autumn Festival.

That is the night of the full moon. It is rumored that when the moon is full, not only will the tides change abnormally, but it will also have a subtle influence on all living things in the world. When the yin energy is strong at this time, there will usually be special explanations in some kind of mystical theory, such as Western werewolves going crazy, witches appearing, etc. Regardless of whether these exist or not, there is one thing I think should be related to the full moon, and that is the sacrificial activities of the gorillas.

To confirm, I took a special look at the moon, and then asked Yunwen: "Yunwen, do you know what day it is recently?"

Yunwen paused for a moment, as if calculating, and then said, "It should be the fourteenth day of the eighth lunar month now."

"August 14th, does it mean that August 14th is after midnight, or not yet?" I asked.

"There should be more than an hour left before midnight," Yunwen said.

I was shocked!

In other words, today is August 14th, and in more than an hour it will be August 15th. Once the full moon arrives, it means the beginning of sacrificial activities.

Now I thought about why they brought us here from a long distance and tied us up, but didn't kill us. Wasn't it to use us as living sacrifices? In addition, I also understood the intentions of these gorillas. They had already known our situation and were not in a hurry to take action. They were afraid of alerting us and preventing us from escaping.

On the last day, August 14, they decisively came to capture us. Firstly, they had let down our guard, and we would be lax and easy to catch. Secondly, they had already completely determined where we lived, and when the necessary moment came, they would catch us in a trap. Wasn't it as easy as taking something out of a bag?

These guys treat us like pigs and animals, and when they need us, they just take us and kill us!

"Zhou Bo, what should we do now? It looks like they don't intend to treat us well." Yunwen said.

"Of course. If he can play with you and me like animals, how can he treat us as guests of honor? Alas! The vines are not tied firmly. I dare not shake them too much. If I fall down, I will die. But if I don't shake them, I can't get close to the trunk to take the next step. This really poses a problem for me." I said.

"It's okay, take it easy and pay attention to your own safety first." Yunwen hurriedly advised me.

I responded and immediately thought of a solution. My hands and feet were tied up and I couldn't struggle. Even if I broke free, there was still a height of five or six meters below me. I was weak and lacked energy. If I fell like that, it would be difficult for me to survive. However, there was no other way except to break free and shake to the opposite tree trunk to find a fixed point.

There is no other way. In order to avoid being a sacrifice, I'd better shake the vines and rush over.

So, I started shaking the rope, and at the same time, my body began to slowly separate from the vines, making me fall off. However, the vines could not be stopped once I moved, and I immediately felt a little helpless, thinking that I could not hold on to the vines that my body was tied to for much longer, and that I would soon fall off.

I thought to myself, it’s over! My life is gone.

I didn't expect that Zhou Bo, a former special forces soldier, would die of his own fault. This guy has brought shame to our battalion.

However, at this moment, I found that the height of my upside-down hanging was actually decreasing. I looked at Yunwen and saw that her height was also decreasing, five meters, four meters, three meters, two meters... Great, I was finally at a safe distance, so even if I fell on my face, I would not die.

Until we landed completely, I breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, I did not lose face because of my misjudgment. Several gorillas came over with fists and surrounded us from behind, and then untied the vines on us. I quickly turned around and pushed those gorillas away, protecting Yunwen. Those gorillas shouted at us and made angry sounds.

"What do you want to do? You want to take us to perform human sacrifices, right? You wish! Our ancestors have already used the tricks you use, and they are no longer popular now. To worship ancestors, one must be sincere, but you don't have to sacrifice people or living things. This is completely witchcraft, chaos, and evil, do you understand? If you want to use us as a target, I will overturn your altar!" I shouted.

However, at this moment, I heard the sound of the special metal touching the body. I knew without guessing that it was the gorilla wearing the jade dagger, that is, the leader of the five gorillas before the overlord gorilla led the "army" into the post station. It pushed away the two that blocked the view, took a few steps, and came to me.

The dragon-seeking axe, shaped like a tiny blade, hung prominently around his neck, its sharp edge shining under the moonlight.

The leader gorilla looked at me without any anger on his face. Instead, he opened his palm, banged it, and threw a metal object in front of me. He raised his chin to signal me. I was slightly stunned, not understanding what he meant.

Then I reached out and felt something in the darkness. I lifted it up and took a closer look. It was the other Mei Mi Dragon Tooth Axe that I found in the tunnel.