After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 306: Savage Valley, Mandrill?

It was late at night, so Huang Daolin didn't run around. He had coffin mushrooms at home that needed his care and cultivation, and he couldn't be left alone.

It's just finding someone. With Hei Hu around, it would be basically an easy task, so Chen Yang only brought Huang Can with him.

Huang Can was also familiar with the area, so there was no need to ask villagers for directions.

Under the leadership of Heihu, the two came to Tuanjie Reservoir, walked up the mountain along the path beside the reservoir, and headed towards Emei.

"Are you sure? Why did Brother Fei come up the mountain?"

The road was getting further and further off the beaten track, and Huang Can became more and more confused. Based on his understanding of Huang Fei, even if he was fishing in the wild, he wouldn't go so far, right?
Chen Yang didn't say much. He just knew that Hei Hu would definitely not make a mistake, so he just had to follow him.

The two walked for about half an hour, came down a hillside, crossed a half-person-high wasteland, and came to a ditch.

The darkness of night has completely fallen.

The autumn cicadas have taken a rest, the crickets in the woods have started working, and the frogs and toads in the ditches are chirping wildly.

They rise and fall one after another and echo each other, forming an alternative piece of music.

As the fifteenth day approaches, the moon becomes rounder and brighter.

Huang Can walked behind, waving the flashlight in his hand around.

Chen Yang has excellent eyesight. With the help of a little moonlight, he can see the surrounding situation clearly.

The ditch is very shallow and is covered with rugged rocks. Many of the rocks are covered with moss. There is only a shallow layer of water flowing slowly.

"What is this place?"

Chen Yang looked around. On both sides of the ditch were dense forests with all kinds of trees, famous and unknown, many with strange shapes, giving people an inexplicable eerie feeling.

"Savage Ditch."

Huang Can was originally from Huangjia Village and was very familiar with the situation in the mountains. "I heard from the villagers that a few years ago, a wild man was found in this ditch. I don't know if it's true, but that's how the Wild Man Ditch came about."

Savage?

Chen Yang found it a little funny.

What era is this? Are we still savages?

Even if there is, Qishan is so small, how can it be hidden?
He didn't think much about it. The black tiger sniffed around, barked at them, and then walked along the edge of the ditch toward the upstream.

The road along the river is relatively flat, but there is too much moss, making it easy to slip.

After walking for about five or six minutes, Hei Hu stopped.

"Wang!"

It growled, as if it discovered something.

Chen Yang walked forward and about ten meters ahead, there was a pool of water about three to five meters in size.

The pool of water should be washed out by the ditch. The water is slightly turbid and you can't see the situation in the water.

A pair of Hook-brand sneakers was scattered by the pond.

Huang Can hurried over, picked up the shoes, put them in front of his nose and smelled them.

"It smells like Phineas."

He said this in a serious tone.

Chen Yang's face trembled. This guy really smells it.

Huang Can said, "Brother Fei has athlete's foot. People who are familiar with him will know it's his smell as soon as they smell it."

This sentence made Chen Yang speechless. "There's no need for me to bring Black Tiger out. I can just let you smell it."

"Uh……"

Huang Can paused, but he was not in the mood to joke. His eyes fell on the pool of water.

I quickly found things like fishing rods, buckets, portable chairs, etc.

Indeed, Huang Fei should have been here.

"Could he have fallen into the pool?" Huang Can's heart tightened.

The things are here, but the people are nowhere to be seen, so the pool of water in front of us is very suspicious.

Huang Fei had a weak constitution to begin with, and he might fall into the pool without paying attention.

If that's the case, then it's a big trouble and the person is definitely dead.

Chen Yang turned on the radar and searched the bottom of the water.

After a moment, he shook his head and said, "This pool is not deep. He is not in it."

This pool of water is at most three to five meters deep, but his radar can now detect 20 meters, so he can see the situation at the bottom of the water clearly.

There were only some stones and silt, as well as some fish and turtles at the bottom of the pond, but no one at all.

If there were someone, I'm afraid he would have floated away long ago.

Huang Can looked up at Chen Yang.

Although he didn't know why Chen Yang was so sure, but if Chen Yang said no, then there was definitely no.

"Could it be that he was attacked by some wild beast?"

Huang Can's heart tightened and the expression on his face changed slightly.

Judging from the scene, Huang Fei must have encountered some sudden misfortune. He didn't even collect his fishing gear and even lost one of his shoes.

No matter how you look at it, it seems like they were attacked suddenly by something.

Chen Yang had the same opinion, "Are there any powerful beasts in this mountain?"

Huang Can shook his head. "I've never heard of it. Could it be a wild boar or something? Or a wild man?"

He thought of the legend about the Wild Man Valley in the village. Although it was a bit unrealistic, he still said it out loud subconsciously.

Chen Yang sneered.

Savage? That's a bit of nonsense.

Wild boar?
If you encounter a wild boar, it might be a bit troublesome.

In the past two years, wild boars have been rampant in the mountains. In recent months, the county has organized wild boar hunting. Wild boars in many nearby mountains have been roaming around, and many wild boars have also run into Qishan.

Some time ago, Chen Yang also captured and killed many.

This thing is very ferocious, but it can eat people. Huang Fei has been missing for more than a day. If he encounters a wild boar, he will definitely be in great danger.

However, Chen Yang did not find any wild boar footprints near the ditch.

No footprints of other large animals were seen.

This is a bit confusing.

If it is not a beast, it cannot be ruled out that it was man-made.

It is not impossible that someone would lure you into the mountains under the pretext of fishing and rob you of your money.

It is also possible that he had a conflict with someone and was dealt with by someone.

"Wang..."

While Chen Yang was activating his brain cells and analyzing what happened, the black tiger circled the edge of the pond several times, as if it had discovered something again, and roared at the forest across the ditch.

The sound echoed in the ditch, deafening.

"go!"

The two men and the dog waded directly to the other side of the ditch and followed the black tiger into the dense forest opposite.

This forest is flat and very dark inside.

Only sporadic moonlight shone through the gaps between the trees.

The strangely shaped trees look like ghosts in transformation, baring their fangs and claws to welcome the unfortunate ones who enter here.

The dead leaves under my feet made a crunching sound when they were stepped on.

"Watch your step."

Chen Yang reminded.

Although the weather has turned cold now, there are still snakes active.

"Ah."

Huang Can nodded, looking ahead and behind, "Chen Yang, do you feel that this forest is gloomy?"

He followed Chen Yang closely. After experiencing some things recently, this guy seemed to have become a lot less courageous.

Chen Yang was about to say something when the black tiger walking in front suddenly stopped.

The chirping of crickets and croaking of frogs around suddenly stopped as if by agreement.

The woods were very quiet.

Chen Yang also suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

"Ho ho..."

The black tiger bared its teeth and looked into the depths of the dense forest on its left, as if it had discovered something, and immediately assumed a ferocious attacking posture.

At this time, Huang Can shone the flashlight in the direction where Hei Hu was looking.

"Grass!"

After seeing this light, Huang Can almost threw away the flashlight.

Chen Yang's scalp almost exploded as well.

More than 20 meters away, on a ridge more than ten meters high, a dark shadow was squatting.

The flashlight shone right on the figure.

It looked like a human figure, with long black hair hanging down in a messy manner, and its body was also covered with long black hair.

The face looked three parts human, three parts monkey, and four parts as pale as a ghost.

It's like someone is wearing a devil's mask. At first glance, it really challenges one's psychological endurance.

The thing was flashed by the flashlight and immediately turned its face away.

Huang Can was frightened and moved the flashlight away, then moved it back. In just a moment, the thing had disappeared from the high ridge.

"Fuck, what is that?"

Huang Can only felt his blood rushing up and his adrenaline soaring.

It's so late at night and this happened. It's really scary.

Chen Yang didn't answer him. You ask me, who should I ask?

He was also surprised.

"Wang!"

The black tiger roared wildly.

Chen Yang instantly felt a great danger approaching.

In the faint moonlight, he could see a dark shadow rushing towards him.

It was very fast, like a wolf hunting for prey. In the blink of an eye, it had come close to him. A big black hand covered with long hair grabbed Chen Yang directly.

"Humph!"

Chen Yang's expression changed slightly, but he was not panicked.

No matter whether you are a human or a ghost, I will just chop you with the butcher knife in my hand.

"Keng..."

The knife hit the creature's claws, making a sound of metal colliding, and a burst of fire suddenly appeared.

A huge force caused Chen Yang's palm to hurt, and he took several steps back before he could steady himself.

The thing flipped backwards and grabbed onto a big tree. Then, with a few leaps, it climbed up to the treetops.

"Wow……"

A shrill voice came from the tree.

It sounded like a baby crying. Chen Yang only felt his ears buzzing and his head felt a little dizzy.

Psychic attack?

"Crack!"

The Dzi bead hidden in his pocket vibrated slightly and cracked again.

It was indeed a mental attack.

"Woof!"

The black tiger also roared wildly, causing the surrounding trees to tremble.

Huang Can couldn't bear it at all, his eyes rolled back and he fell down.

With the help of the Dzi beads to block the mental shock, Chen Yang was still sober. He took out the compound bow and shot an arrow at the black shadow on the tree.

"sieve!"

The black shadow sensed the danger, leaped up and jumped onto a nearby tree, avoiding Chen Yang's attack.

The next second, it pushed its feet on the branch and, using the elasticity of the branch, pounced towards Chen Yang again like a missile.

This thing has considerable power.

Just now, Chen Yang had fought with it and seemed to be at a disadvantage. At this time, Chen Yang didn't want to fight it head-on. The Mo Dao suddenly appeared in his hand and he chopped it in the air.

"Shh!"

The long sword slashed through the air, creating a sharp sound of wind.

The black shadow seemed to know how powerful he was, but he did not dodge and instead used his claws to strike directly at the hilt of Mo Dao.

"Oh!"

Chen Yang felt a huge force that pushed him back several steps. He stopped only when the handle of his knife hit the ground.

The black shadow also flew backwards, somersaulted a few times on the ground, and turned to pounce on the unconscious Huang Can.

"Wang!"

The black tiger pounced directly on it.

He bit the shadow's thigh.

The black shadow let out a strange cry and slapped the black tiger on the back.

The black tiger let out a roar, was knocked away, and rolled on the ground for several rounds.

The dark shadow ignored him, grabbed Huang Can's ankle, and dragged him deeper into the forest.

Chen Yang chased after it and slashed at it with a fierce knife.

The black shadow knew that Huang Can was powerful, so he had to let go of Huang Can and subconsciously stepped back to avoid the attack.

"Oh!"

Chen Yang's knife hit the ground directly, and the blade sank more than a foot into the soil. The air wave blew the surrounding dead leaves into the air.

"Ho!"

The black shadow was a little angry, and let out a low growl from his throat, then immediately pounced on Chen Yang again.

As soon as Chen Yang pulled out the knife, he felt a strong wind blowing in his face, and he immediately hit it with the handle of the knife.

"Oh!"

The huge force once again forced Chen Yang to retreat repeatedly.

The black shadow also took a few steps back, putting some distance between himself and Chen Yang.

Chen Yang slapped the insect seed bag, and countless hornets flew out and flew directly towards the black shadow.

buzzing...

In the darkness, the wasp was like a dark cloud, quickly surrounding the dark shadow.

Unfortunately, the hair on this thing is too thick, making it difficult for wasps to sting it.

"Ho..."

Although they couldn't sting the wasps, the black shadow was still annoyed and waved its arms violently, trying to drive the wasps away.

After finding it was useless, it let out an angry growl, turned unwillingly, jumped onto a nearby tree, leaped on the treetops, and quickly disappeared into the depths of the dense forest.

There was silence in the woods.

Chen Yang stood there holding the Mo Dao, panting, his heart pounding, and covered in cold sweat.

What was that just now?
Is it a human?
How can a person look like that?
Is it a monkey?
Not really. The black shadow was even taller than Chen Yang. It must have been two meters tall when standing upright.

A gust of wind came from nowhere and made Chen Yang shiver.

After coming to his senses, he hurriedly checked the injuries of Hei Hu and Huang Can.

The black tiger was slapped, but his skin was thick and rough, so his internal organs were not injured, just a minor injury.

Huang Can suffered a mental shock and just fell into a coma, he was not seriously injured.

Looking at the forest, Chen Yang felt a little scared, as if the thing just now seemed to be spying on him secretly.

It's not advisable to stay here for long, leave quickly!

Why are you still looking for someone? Save your life first.

He quickly carried Huang Can on his shoulder, called Hei Hu, and without saying a word, turned around and ran.

Along the way, the radar detection was fully turned on and the surrounding 20-meter range was monitored in real time, for fear of being attacked by the mysterious and unknown thing.

……

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Huang Daolin's home.

Chen Yang got a basin of hot water and washed his face, and his emotions calmed down a little.

Huang Daolin sat next to him, tapping the table lightly with his fingers.

He said nothing, frowned, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Chen Yang has already told him in detail about his experience.

"That thing is tall, with long black hair all over its body, white hair on its face, fangs, and its hands look more like claws. In my opinion, it doesn't look like a human..."

Chen Yang described the appearance of the thing and gave his own guess.

When fighting with that thing just now, Chen Yang could clearly feel that although that thing looked somewhat like a human, it was definitely not a human.

The savage theory does not hold water.

"Uncle, it's not that the villagers said it was the Bear family lady, right?"

Huang Can woke up on the way. When he remembered what had just happened, his face turned pale.

"Mrs. Xiong?"

Chen Yang frowned when he heard this, and was slightly stunned, with a strange look on his face.

The story of Mrs. Xiong is most widely spread among the people in the southwest. I think everyone born in the 1980s and 1990s has heard a similar story when they were a child.

Different regions call it differently. Some places call it Grandma Wolf, and some places call it Old Bian Po...

The content of the story is similar, probably about a monster in the mountains who disguises himself as a human and comes down the mountain to capture people and eat children.

When we were young, we were disobedient and cried a lot, so the adults would tell us stories to scare us. Among them, the story of Grandma Bear was used most frequently.

"That thing doesn't look like a bear!"

Chen Yang shook his head. It’s not that he hasn’t seen a bear before. He had even had a close encounter with one some time ago.

The bear has a stocky and fat body, but the thing just now was obviously slender, and the two are not similar.

Huang Can said, "I'm not saying that the Bear Lady must be a bear. It's just a story to scare children. Don't take it seriously. I've watched some videos of popular science bloggers. They said that the Bear Lady might be a creature called a mandrill..."

Mandrill?

There are many legends about this kind of thing in the countryside and mountains, but if you ask me who has actually seen it, I'm afraid there are not many people who can be found.

Some people say that the so-called mandrill is a kind of baboon-like creature; others say that it is something artificially fabricated and does not exist in reality at all.

Chen Yang looked towards Huang Daolin.

They kept guessing, but Huang Daolin hadn't expressed his opinion yet!
Huang Daolin said, "Can Wazi's words are quite reliable. Although you haven't read many books, it's not bad that you know about mandrills..."

Huang Can's face twitched. Is this considered a compliment to me?
You're probably praising me, right?
"Uncle, is it really a mandrill?" Chen Yang asked hurriedly.

He was no longer surprised. Even if Huang Daolin told him that the thing was a zombie, he would believe it.

There are too many unknown things in the mountains. There are so many species in the world, and there are very few things that humans can truly explore and figure out.

Huang Daolin said, "I didn't see it with my own eyes, so I can't say for sure, but from your description, it should be nine out of ten."

"How about we go take another look?"

When Huang Can said this, he felt a little uneasy.

But since it concerns Huang Fei's safety, no matter how scared he is, he has to bite the bullet and go again.

This kid has this good quality. He is willing to go through thick and thin for his friends.

Huang Daolin waved his hand and said, "It's dark, it's not easy to catch this thing, let's wait until tomorrow!"

Huang Can paused, "But I'm afraid Brother Fei can't wait, what if..."

"The poison in his body has not been completely cleared yet. If he is caught by a mandrill, the mandrill is not stupid and will not eat him. However, when a mandrill eats a human, it likes to cut the human into pieces first. Not eating him does not mean not killing him..."

"If that thing doesn't kill him, he'll be safe. If it kills him, it will be too late for us to go now..."

……

What Huang Daolin said made some sense.

In other words, there is no need to rush, and there is no use in rushing.

Going now is the same as going tomorrow morning. It is even safer to go into the mountains during the day.

(End of this chapter)