Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

When I caught up, I walked very lightly.

He was afraid that stepping on dead branches and rotten leaves would make noise and disturb Wu Gengsheng.

So the speed is a little slow.

Fortunately, Wu Gengsheng also walked carefully and his speed was not much faster than mine.

He walked about twenty meters up the mountain and suddenly turned around to look back.

I quickly squatted in the grass.

After a while, I didn't hear any movement. I guess he didn't notice me.

I looked out through a gap in the half-man-high weeds.

Wu Gengsheng was running quickly towards the top of the mountain.

There must be something wrong with this kid!

I bent down and ran quickly to catch up with him.

As I watched Wu Gengsheng climb over the hill and his figure gradually disappear from my sight, I became anxious.

He didn't care about hiding himself, he stood up and ran forward quickly to chase after him.

When he was about to run to the top of the mountain, he tripped over something.

I lost my balance and fell forward.

Wow!

I fell into the grass.

The weeds swayed and the grass leaves made a rustling sound.

I looked down at my feet in annoyance.

His right foot was stuck in the fork of a black dead tree.

What bad luck.

With such a delay, Wu Gengsheng might just disappear.

When I was trying to get up by supporting myself with my hands, I suddenly felt an itchy sensation in my right ankle.

Something seems to be tickling me!

But it’s dark in the middle of the night and there’s no one around. Who would tickle me?

call!

The night wind blew.

rustle.

The grass leaves swayed left and right, making a sound.

As the night breeze blew, the feeling of tickling my ankles became more distinct.

It's the feeling of gently scratching your hair with the tip of your fingernail.

That is the most exciting way of tickling, and the itch can go straight into people's hearts.

Some girls with excellent skills often use this tickling method to tease men.

Usually just a couple of tickles is enough to make a man lose control of himself.

At that time, I thought that after being guided through the underworld by the soul-guiding flute in the cave, I might gain the ability to see ghosts and spirits and encounter some things from the underworld.

The one tickling my ankle might be a female ghost who wants to suck my yang energy!

The more I think about it, the more confused I become.

All kinds of strange ideas popped into my mind.

I don’t feel scared when I don’t think about it, but I get scared when I think too much.

I quickly shook my head and stopped thinking about it.

I used my legs to pull my right foot back.

But most of his foot was caught in the fork of a dead tree.

I tried twice but couldn't get it free from the fork.

In a hurry, I exerted force on my legs, trying to shake off the dead wood that was clamped on my feet.

Whoops!

The dead wood swayed with my feet.

Not only was he not thrown away, but he clamped even tighter.

At the same time, the itching sensation in the ankles is more obvious.

As it exerted force on my legs, the damn thing tickled my ankles even faster!

Fuck!

I got angry.

He dragged the dead tree in front of him to see what was inside.

Looking closely at my ankles, the hairs on my body stood up.

I saw five black and blue fingers sticking out from the cracks in the dead wood.

The knuckles are short and thick, arranged in a semicircle from the thumb to the little finger.

These are five toes!

The black toenails were shaking and tickling my ankles.

I was confused.

Why are there toes in the cracks of the dead tree?

Judging from the color of the toes, the necrosis has been going on for quite some time.

But there was no smell of decay.

I picked up some stones and used them to pull at the five toes.

The five toes were shaken by being pulled, showing good flexibility, and there was no rotten mucus on the stone.

This means that the five toes are not rotten!

It's a bit strange that it has turned black and blue but has not rotted.

Isn't this a toe?

I gritted my teeth and simply reached out to touch the five toes that were black and blue as if they had been poisoned.

It feels fleshy to the touch.

The touch is different from that of human toes, as the flesh feels like it has no bones.

rustle!

There was a sound coming from the grass not far away.

I suddenly looked up and saw Taoist Master Zhang walking towards me quickly.

"Lao Zhang, why are you here?"

"I'm worried when I see you following Wu Gengsheng up the mountain."

"You came at the right time. There are strange toes on this wood." I quickly called Taoist Zhang over.

He must have seen more than me and should know what the hell it is.

Taoist Priest Zhang walked over, squatted down, took a look, and directly pulled out the five toes.

"It's the dead man's finger." Taoist Zhang said lightly.

"It really is a dead man's finger!"

"But there's no body nearby, and no foul odor. Could it be dismembered? There are only fingers here."

"No, the finger is this color and not rotten. Plus, Wu Gengsheng is so sneaky. Could it be another trap set by the old man from Xiangxi?!"

I couldn't help but think of it.

Taoist Priest Zhang smiled and shook his head. "This is a mushroom. It's called Dead Man's Fingers because it looks like a dead man's finger."

"what?!"

I opened my mouth in surprise.

"How can there be mushrooms that look like this? Don't lie to me."

"If you don't believe it, see for yourself."

Taoist Priest Zhang handed me the mushroom that looked like five toes.

I took it in my hand and looked at it carefully.

It does look like a dead person's toe, but there is no bone at the broken end.

Pinch the mushroom and tear it in half, and you will see a fibrous porous structure inside, which is completely different from the structure of human toes.

Later I learned that the scientific name of this fungus is Xylaria polymorpha, a saprophytic fungus.

Grows in cracks of rotten wood and damaged trees.

People who don't recognize this fungus are often frightened and mistakenly think it is the fingers or toes of a dead person.

“It really is a mushroom.”

"This mushroom is growing too abnormally. It scared me just now."

I threw away the mushrooms in my hand.

He broke the fork of the dead wood and lifted his foot out.

"Old Zhang, Wu Gengsheng just ran over the hill. I don't know where he went."

"Let's catch up and see."

Taoist Master Zhang ran to the top of the mountain with me.

Climb to the top of the mountain and look to the other side.

The entire hillside is mainly covered with grass, with only sparse trees, and the view is very wide.

But in this wide view, there was no sign of Wu Gengsheng.

From the time I tripped over the dead tree to the time Taoist Master Zhang arrived, it took at most three or four minutes.

This amount of time is not enough to go down the mountain.

How come Wu Gengsheng disappeared?

"That's strange. Even if he ran as fast as a rabbit, he couldn't disappear."

I won't give up.

I want to search carefully in the vicinity.

"Lao Zhang, how about we split up and look around carefully."

"Who knows where he's hiding in the bushes."

Taoist Master Zhang didn't say anything.

He looked at the hillside to our right with a frown.

There is a small forest on the hillside, and there seems to be flashing light in the forest.

Orange light.

Like the light from a flashlight.

There is someone in the woods!

Did Wu Gengsheng run into that small woods to meet someone?

"Lao Zhang, let's go over and take a look."

After I said that, I ran towards the small forest without even having time to wait for Taoist Master Zhang.

When I was about thirty meters away from the small forest, I slowed down and crouched down as I slowly approached the edge of the forest.

When I got close to the edge of the woods, I found a big rock to hide under.

Look in the direction where the flashlight comes from.

I was stunned when I saw this.

I've actually seen those two people in Lin Zi before!