Skullflower
I have seen many colors of flowers, but never black. If there was just one such flower, it might be inconspicuous, but what if it were a whole patch?
Below the position where we stand, within a dozen meters or so, and as far as the eye can see, are all those black flowers. They stand facing the wind, looking extremely charming, with large blossoms that seem to be opening their huge mouths like giant black skulls when viewed from top to bottom.
She couldn't help but shudder, how could there be such a strange flower in this world? Is this the secret of Heizhugou's "Valley of Death"? But what is the use of these flowers? Are they naturally born or artificially cultivated?
You can see that right below us, there is a rope ladder to go down. A depth of ten meters, almost three or four floors high, although I don't have acrophobia, I still doubt the stability of the rope ladder.
"Look over there." Luyu pointed to a certain place, and as I followed his direction, about 100 meters away, in the black flower cluster, it seemed like there were many figures. The reason why I didn't notice them at first was that those people were also wearing dark-colored clothes, seemingly picking something in the black flower cluster. My gaze fell on the strange black flowers again, and I vaguely understood why a batch of tourists got lost in Heizhu Gou.
Since we've all come here anyway.
If such a large black flower sea has some effect, then the labor force needed is absolutely numerous. When the labor force is insufficient, it can only take other routes, and even, desperate. Since Heizigou has the mysterious and eerie title of "Valley of Death", people naturally wouldn't think of other aspects.
I and Lu Xun did not hesitate, one after another supporting the rope ladder to climb down. Just now on top I observed that in this sea of flowers' rear half area, there were houses towering above, and people also concentrated in that place. So our goal is that place.
All the way to hide their tracks, they were all bent over and shuttling in the flower forest. When approaching that area, their waists were sore and almost couldn't straighten up. Squatting and hiding in the flower cluster, I found several men standing in front of the house, while the women working in the flower cluster were actually from ethnic minorities wearing cyan cloth and black shirts. The men wore normal Han costumes, but the women's skin was generally darkened by the sun, and it couldn't be said whether they were beautiful or ugly.
He pulled me along, gesturing for us to go around the back of the house. The geographical structure here is similar to that outpost outside the mountain, with houses built against the mountain body. However, the surrounding mountains are steep and straight, with no visible paths to climb. As a result, the houses are almost stuck to the mountain surface, leaving only a narrow gap, which can barely fit a person sideways. This terrain is strictly speaking like a closed canyon, and the exit may be just that one line of sky we came from.
It seems this is where their main base of operations is concentrated.
We went around to the side of the house, and the flowerbed was over ten meters away from there. If we wanted to hide behind the house, we would have to take a risk and run past those people under their noses. Although the men standing in front were smoking and talking, they didn't pay attention to this side, but it's hard to prevent the women sitting in the flowerbed from seeing us and reporting back.
The timing was right, after I and Lu Xun had been standing still for nearly half an hour, suddenly a cry of surprise and **sound came from the flower cluster, attracting the attention of several men who were chatting nearby, and they walked over quickly. It seemed that one of the women had suddenly fainted, and then the people around her shouted, and some people surrounded her.
An opportunity once lost will never come again. Lu Xiu suddenly shouted, "Go!" My companion and I darted out of the flower bushes, and in just a few seconds, we had already hidden ourselves in the gap between the house and the mountain. Looking back at the brief glimpse earlier, it seemed like I saw the face of a woman lying on the ground in the seam, which looked somewhat familiar.
Her mind spun around in a circle and her body suddenly stiffened. That woman was one of the couple brought by Old Wu! They were indeed here!
But how could she change so much? I remember that woman was fair-skinned and fashionably dressed when we first met, but it's only been a few days, there's no way she would have gotten this tanned. Or is it that these women deliberately smeared their faces black?
