Paintings of Terror

Both old and new members nodded in response.

"We're ready to go in." Ke Xun ignored Tian Yang's silent gaze on him, turned around and joined Mu Yiran, and stepped into this gloomy and deep forest first.

Ke Xun opened the phone and clicked on the compass function, and found that the function was no longer available, so he said with Mu, "This function is blocked. I think we should be more careful in the forest. Obviously, the forest is a checkpoint. Come to use, if we lose our way, we will most likely meet the death condition."

Mu Yi nodded, without adding anything.

The current Ke Xun has grown to be quite keen and thoughtful, and he almost no longer needs his suggestion and guidance. The two of them are now supporting each other, complementing each other, fighting side by side and carrying on hand in hand.

"Attention, comrades, don't fall behind." Ke Xun turned his head and exhorted everyone.

"Since the mobile phone's compass function cannot be used, we'd better determine a direction first." Shao Ling said in the middle of the team.

"It's easy... the direction of dense branches and leaves is south, I have learned it in elementary school..." Xiao Kai said weakly.

"Then please help us to see which direction these trees have dense branches and leaves." Wei Dongdao.

Xiao Kai looked up for a while, but saw that the trees above his head were connected with trees, and the branches were densely packed. It was impossible to see which side of the branches were denser.

"Cough..." Xiao Kai scratched the back of his neck, "Then, find a tree stump. The side with sparse annual rings is south..."

"When we find the stump, we guess we will get lost." Wei Dongdao.

"Moreover, the trees in the south and the north are dense with annual rings, and they point in different directions." Shao Ling said.

"Unfortunately, it's noon again. I want to use the shadows from the sun to determine the direction. I'm afraid I can't." Wu You said, looking up, trying to find the sun from the branches.

"It's probably useless if it's not noon," He Tang shook his head next to him, "The whole sky is gray and the sun is not visible at all."

"This... in broad daylight, we can't find the Big Dipper to set the direction." Wei Dong said.

"Look at the ant hole," Luo Ling said suddenly, "the mouth of the ant hole is always southward."

"Is this statement accurate?" Wei Dong said, "all the ant holes I have seen open upward."

"Uh...Anyway, ants like sunlight, so if they can choose, their holes should all open southward." Luo Ge hesitated.

"Luo Wei is right," Shao Ling said, "We can try to find ant nests nearby, but it is best to have more ways to determine the direction, so as not to interfere with the judgment by unexpected situations. I will provide One way, we can look for some rocks to view, the dry or densely planted side is south, and the moss-prone side is north."

"Or observe the bark of some sturdy trees," Mu Yiran continued. "Under normal circumstances, the smooth side of the bark is south and the rougher side is north."

"That... if there are pine trees, the pine tree that secretes more pine resin is also in the south..." The girl named Gu Qingqing added weakly.

After observing more than a dozen thick and strong trees, ant nests and occasional rocks, everyone finally determined a general direction: the direction when they came was north, and all the way forward was south.

Ke Xun made a sign to mark the direction of a relatively obvious tree, turned his head and said to everyone: "Remember this tree, if you accidentally go away, try to find this tree and find With this tree, you can find the direction back to the residential area. Let’s move on now, and everyone pays attention to it. In addition to looking for water sources, we are also looking for clues about painting that might appear here."

Everyone responded and continued to move forward.

Ke Xun waved a branch and strode forward to open the way, Mu Yiran was a step behind him, alerting him to the surrounding situation.

The grass in this forest is extremely luxuriant. Some unknown plants are even as tall as a person. The trees covering the sky and the sun have shrouded the forest in a terrible and terrible way, and these human-high grasses have added to the gloom. A layer of enchanting air.

And when Ke Xun was waving branches to clear the way, the grass often made rustling noises. It was unknown whether it was a snake, a beast, or some other "thing" that had been watching them around.

Just walking through the forest without stopping, after more than an hour of walking, there is still a dense forest with almost no sky in front.

"Stop... first stop," the girl named Gu Qingqing suddenly said, "He seems to be very uncomfortable."

After hearing the sound, everyone looked at her and saw her pointing at Xiao Kai with some worry.

Xiao Kai's complexion was very bad, his lips were dry and white, his feet were vacant, and his breathing was heavy.

Qin Ci stepped forward and touched Xiao Kai's forehead, tested the temperature, and asked him, "Why do you feel uncomfortable?"

Xiao Kai said, "The head hurts, my eyes hurt, my throat hurts, my muscles hurt, and my body is weak."

"Your body temperature is a bit high, and the symptoms should be a fever caused by a cold." Qin Cidao, and then looked at Ke Xun and Mu Yiran, "He shouldn't go any further. If he tries to go on, he may cause dehydration or heat stroke."

"Everyone, stop and rest," Ke Xun made decisively, "but don't let your guard down, pay attention to the surrounding conditions, I climbed up the tree and looked far away."

Hearing the words, Wei Dong said hurriedly: "I rely on it, you can be careful, there are poisonous insects everywhere in the forest of this scale, there may be something on this tree."

"I'll thicken the protection." Ke Xun said, unwrapping the clothes on his back, wearing a down jacket, a sweater covering his head, **** around his face, only a pair of eyes exposed outside. It was not good after thinking about it. With one piece, he asked Weidong's long trousers to come over, he just pulled it in half from the middle, and wrapped his hands tighter with two trouser legs.

"...Your uncle, my North Pole!" Wei Dong said, "You will pay for my good when you go out!"

"Don't you say that the crotch of your long trousers broke prematurely, otherwise I would tear it so easily," Ke Xun moved his hands and feet, "I have never seen anyone touch porcelain with long trousers."

After saying hello to Tong Mu, he flexibly climbed the tree trunk and climbed up.

Mu Yiran raised his head and stared at the top for him, while the others stared around to prevent unexpected situations.

Ke Xun climbed to the highest place that he could climb, looked around for a while, then came down from the tree, stuck a whole body of spider silk, wiped the spider silk clean with Weidong's long trousers, and then threw it aside. Taking off the clothes, I was already sweating.

"There is no water source where my vision can reach," Ke Xun frowned slightly. "I'm afraid we won't be able to find living water when we walk in the forest until dark. We have to think of other ways."

"This kind of forest, which is similar to the tropical rain forest, will definitely not lack water," Shao Ling said. "The problem is that its area is too wide, and the source of the living water may not be somewhere. At least we don't have time to look for it today, unless If I can survive tonight, I will head towards the forest tomorrow morning and spend the whole day looking for water."

"But we must now solve the bottom-line drinking water problem," Zhu Haowen glanced at Xiao Kai, "If he becomes dehydrated, it will be more dangerous."

"That..." Gu Qingqing raised her hand, like an honest student who wanted to answer questions in class, "If there is no running water, you can find some plants with more water..."

"The key is how do we tell which plants are poisonous, which are not poisonous, and which have more water?" Wei Dongdao.

"General moss is not poisonous," Gu Qingqing said. "Moreover, the water is still very large. The squeezed sap can be consumed directly."

"Are there any sisters?" Wei Dong asked, "There are many institutions in this painting. If we are not careful, we will die."

Gu Qingqing hesitated and said: "Unless the power behind the painting you said deliberately makes moss become poisonous plants against the laws of nature, otherwise ordinary moss is really not toxic."

"I know that there is a rattan plant that is also rich in water. After cutting it off, you can drink the juice from it." Luo Ling followed the example of Gu Qingqing and raised his hand. "I don't know that. What is the name of the rattan, but if I see it, I can recognize it."

"Is there any radish? Have you ever had it?" Wei Dong asked.

"Have you drunk it," Luo Yu said affirmatively, "I often play blindly in the wild with a few friends. I have drunk it several times, and if it doesn't work, I just drink my own urine."

"Shut up, don't you think I believe you?" Wei Dong raised his hand and knocked on his head.

"In this case," Shao Ling said, "Let's not waste time anymore. It's better to split up and take this place as the center, and spread out to look for moss and the moisture-rich vines mentioned by Luo Er. If we can find Of course it’s even better with running water."

So Xiao Kai was left in place. At the same time, Qin Ci, who was responsible for taking care of him, and He Tang, who was about to reach the limit of physical strength, were left behind. The rest were divided into three groups, looking for moss and vines in different directions. .

After more than an hour, several groups of people came back one after another. Not only did they dug up the moss, but also found the long vines mentioned by Luo Er, Ke Xun also dig out several nests of bird eggs.

However, Xiao Kai’s cold and fever symptoms seem to be more serious, and he appears weak when sitting under a big tree. Qin Ci's expression is also a bit solemn: "I don’t know if it’s because of the power in the painting, Xiao Kai. His illness came quickly and violently. His current condition is not very good and he must be treated with drugs."

"Isn't there a clinic in the residential area over there?" Luo Wei said, "Is there any medicine in there?"

"We can't determine the production time of those medicines," Qin Ci shook his head slightly, "Medicines are not the same as food. There must be no mistakes and random use."

"Doctor Qin..." the one who spoke was Tian Yang, who had never spoken much, "please do your best to find a way. Xiao Kai's physique has always been good, and he rarely gets weak enough because of a cold and fever."

Qin Ci raised his eyes and looked into the depths of the dense forest, and said: "There is an emergency method, but I am afraid it depends on luck. I wonder if you have found willow or poplar species in the forest just now?"

Everyone shook their heads, "At that time, I was only looking for moss and this long vine, even if I might see willow trees, I didn't pay attention." Wei Dongdao.

"What are you looking for a willow?" Ke Xun asked.

"There is a component in willow bark called salicin, which is equivalent to natural aspirin," Qin Ci said. "It can be used to treat fever, colds, headaches, and pain caused by inflammation. If you can find willow, you can Relieve Xiao Kai’s symptoms."