Area 51 Forbidden Zone 0013 Hallucination

  Then the thin monkey told me something that I would never believe even if you killed me. Half a day later, I opened my mouth and cursed: "You dare to do it but not dare to admit it, you still have the nerve..."

  "I knew you wouldn't believe me." The thin monkey was so angry that he didn't want to speak anymore.

  Nonsense, who would believe that? How could I possibly commit suicide? I haven't even had a girlfriend before. Only an idiot would do something so stupid. Unless my brain has gone haywire, I wouldn't believe all the nonsense you're spouting.

  I narrowed my eyes and looked at them, only to see that each of their faces was very serious, without a hint of joking.

  For a moment, I panicked.

  "Xiao Jiu Ye, it's not just you who wants to commit suicide, Xiao Cheng and the others also committed suicide. They weren't as lucky as you, they're already dead." Zhang Lao sighed, his face filled with a sorrowful expression, looking genuinely distressed.

  Did that young man really die?

  For a moment, I was bewildered, and in my heart, I was even more certain that this time entering the mountain was a mistake, but now it can't be made up for.

  What's going on here, who is responsible for this?

  No one could have foreseen that Xiaocheng, who was always staring at me with curious eyes in the pawnshop, would end up buried in this place.

  For a moment, I felt as if the whole world had collapsed.

  "This is not the worst outcome." Zhang Lao raised his head, and the sorrow in his eyes could not be concealed.

  "Are we the only four left?" I croaked, barely able to speak, my eyes welling up with tears.

  There were almost fifteen people in total, how did it suddenly become just three?

  "Huh? I just heard Qi Xie's voice a moment ago, but now there's no one in sight."

  I struggled down, enduring the pain and sat up from the ground, looking around.

  Zhang Lao sat by the tree, and I was shocked. His originally somewhat handsome face had streaks of blood on it, and his clothes were also stained with blood. Upon closer inspection, Xiao Shou Hou was in a similar state.

  What exactly happened after fainting? Was it really like that?

  "They went to explore the road." The thin monkey wiped the sweat from his forehead.

  I moved my mouth and felt an unusual pain, at this time, I came back to my senses, opened my mouth wide, and asked in confusion: "Did you just say that all the wounds on me were self-inflicted?"

  Looking at the fingernail marks on his body, even his clothes were torn apart, as if they had been cut with a knife. The tiny bloodstains made these scars look particularly terrifying.

  "I told you, you're not focused enough, a small tree can confuse you like that. You probably thought it was ***, right? Luckily I turned back then, or you'd be lying on the ground already." Xiao Shou Hou let out a breath, his face still looking unpleasant, but with a hint of teasing in his words.

  "Damn it, you think everyone is as despicable as you?" I glared at the little monkey and cursed.

  Thinking back to yesterday's events, the car blew a tire, was surrounded by big bears, got lost, and every single thing was full of danger.

  As they said, I was a person who kept pinching myself, scratching hard into the flesh, as if it were not my own body, and didn't feel any pain at all.

  If it weren't for Xiaoshou's early discovery and stoppage, I'm afraid I would have ended up like them.

  Thinking of this, I felt a chill in my heart, fortunately that thing didn't happen.

  They say that small tree they were talking about is actually what kind of thing? It's actually so scary that it can make me become like that.

  "Little skinny monkey, where is that tree? I must burn it with a fire."

  "Xiao Jiu, your head wasn't stuck in the door, with your few pounds and ounces, you still want to burn that tree? I bet you'd pee your pants just seeing it." Xiao Shou Hou shook his head, looking a bit scared, "I'd rather die than go there. It's not that I'm afraid of death, but if this handsome face of mine gets ruined, how can I find a wife?"

  After finishing speaking, he even touched his own face with a self-satisfied expression.

  Really shameless, but I'm already used to it.

  "Xiao Jiu, that tree is no ordinary tree, try not to provoke it." Zhang Lao furrowed his brow, his face also showing some fear.

  Old Zhang said that the tree was not an ordinary thing, so it can be seen that something must have happened during my coma. I didn't insist on burning the tree anymore. So I subconsciously asked: "What kind of tree is that?"

  Zhang Lao shook his head, his old face showing little emotion, and said lightly: "In the ancient tomb that has been buried for thousands of years, there is a kind of flower called Corpse Xiang Mo Yu. Corpse Xiang Mo Yu is a strange flower that grows on the corpse in a coffin made of Kunlun sacred wood. It can confuse people's minds and produce hallucinations. This devilish flower uses its enchanting color and eerie fragrance to create one trap after another, composed of illusions, luring people towards death. Of course, this is just a legend."

  "So we've all run into the same type of plant." I changed color and opened my mouth wide.

  Xiao Cheng and his friends were not rescued by anyone, and the time of the attack was extremely short, just a blink of an eye. In short, they were not as lucky as I was.

  It is said that in the plant kingdom, there are some plants that, once mistakenly ingested, will produce behaviors that are not in line with their own kind.

  In myths, there were mentions of such plants. At that time, I saw them as mere myths and didn't pay attention to them. Who would have thought that I'd encounter something even more terrifying? Without guessing what they're made of, just being touched by them is enough to send you to the afterlife. Who's brave enough to study them?

  For example, those drugs nowadays, once you get hooked, the hallucinations will haunt you. Although it won't be fatal in a short time, long-term use will lead to physical dysfunction. That tree and drugs are actually the same principle, only at a higher level.

  "Perhaps it's the same reason, or maybe Xiaocheng and the others were too close to that thing and didn't realize their abnormality, so they changed in an instant." Zhang nodded, expressing his thoughts.

  "It's getting late, find the thief first."

  Qī Xié, who had been silent all along, suddenly appeared out of nowhere and murmured a sentence with an expressionless face.

  Then we rested for a while on the spot, ate some dry food, and waited for Hei Shu and three others to come back. After seeing that I was fine and not saying anything, they just took a glance at me and continued on their way.

  On the road, Hei Shu and others took the lead, followed by Zhang Lao, I, and Xiao Shou Hou at the end.

  It wasn't until after a while that Xiao Shou Hou pulled my arm, pulling me to the side and lowering his voice to say, "Don't you really feel like something is off?"

  I couldn't help but glare at the thin monkey, and said in a bad tone: "Don't worry, I won't commit suicide. Even if you died, I wouldn't die. What kind of heart do you have to think that I would die?"

  This kid is definitely retaliating against me for not answering his question yesterday, so petty.

  However, the little monkey suddenly put on a silly-looking expression, staring at me for a while before reluctantly opening his mouth: "I really don't know how you've survived this long with your IQ. Are you really clueless or just pretending to be? Do you think it's a coincidence that you're here? What a ridiculous idea."

  I heard this and immediately fell face down: "What are you implying?"

  Started following them here, never thought there would be deaths, lost too many people along the way, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it.

  I just wanted to find some clues about Grandpa, but it seems like a bunch of mysteries are surrounding him, and I couldn't find the starting point no matter what.

  "You're indeed naive enough, without even observing your own strength, what abilities do you have that are worthy of their selection?" Xiao Shou HOU sneered with a cold smile, full of mockery.

  This remark made me frown, I raised my head and slapped the little monkey's head, scolding: "I'm much smarter than you, besides, I'm not done with you yet."

  Ever since he bumped into Xiao Shou Hou, he has been emphasizing this point, as if warning me to death. However, I feel that Xiao Shou Hou is actually sowing discord.

  "You're indeed naive enough, without even observing your own strength, what abilities do you have that are worth their selection?" Xiao Shou HOU sneered with a cold smile, full of mockery.

  "You'll know later, some things don't happen naturally, think about it carefully." Xiao Shou Hou glanced at me with a puzzled look in his eyes and threw out these words before walking forward.

  As I thought about it, I chased after him; who can really make sense of what happened here?

  "This kid's intuition is great." This sentence echoed in my mind, but I couldn't remember who said it. The voice and the memory seemed to be someone else's, as if I had seen it somewhere, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

  I remembered the method that grandpa had always taught me before, a ancient street, using the same method to walk and find his hiding place.

  But this method has nothing to do with this time's landing.

  After walking for half a day, I feel that the terrain around me is getting higher and higher, and it's also very strenuous to walk, just like climbing a broken staircase.

  At this time, Qi Xie slowly opened his mouth and said: "The thief cave still needs to go west, where there is a small stream in the mountains, shaped like an 'S', and on the bank of the stream, there is a huge stone with marks left by people. The thief cave is right there, now we just need to find that S-shaped stream."

  Is anyone leaving a mark?

  Isn't this a mark left by Old Man Zhou and his family?

  But shouldn't Zhang Lao have known this too? Why did Qi Xie say it?

  The thin monkey seemed to see my doubts, and hastily opened his mouth: "Qi Xie is a famous person in the Taoist community, as long as he takes a look at the terrain, he will know which direction the tomb is in."

  How magical is this? What kind of feeling can determine a good direction?

  All the way, what gave me the strangest feeling was that Qi Xie. When we stopped to rest, he kept wiping a dagger, even when I was talking to Xiao Shou Hou, he didn't lift his head, and from my observation, his age is about the same as mine.

  In short, these seven evils give people a particularly strange feeling.

  "That thief's den is above the stream, it's easy to find with a landmark. As long as you find that place, can you enter the tomb?" Xiao Shou Hou turned his head and asked with shining eyes.

  Look at that thin monkey with sparkling eyes, if I didn't know he was a wealthy master, I would have thought this kid was after the treasure in the tomb.

  Thinking of this, I couldn't help but be very curious about the purpose of Xiao Shou's visit here. He wasn't short of money, so could it be that his family's company went bankrupt within a month? That was impossible, his family was so wealthy, how could they possibly go bankrupt just like that?

  Look at Xiao Shou HOU, he understands more about this kind of thing than I do. Before, it's possible that this guy had been hiding and concealing himself all along.

  I reached out and tugged at Little Skinny Monkey's sleeve, asking half-believingly, "You little scamp, you didn't come here just for the money, did you?"