Fear Collection

Under the leadership of the translator, Xie Jinxi and his group climbed up the suspended house through the wooden scorpion. As soon as they entered the house, a strong and strange fragrance spread over the surface.

"What's the scent in this room?" A newcomer next to him seemed to be more sensitive to smells and couldn't help asking.

The translator heard it and said, "Don't worry, it is a kind of incense with the characteristics of snake witches. After burning, it can drive away mosquitoes and is harmless to the human body."

The leader of the room sat on a stool, wearing a patterned red loose robe, a crown resembling snake teeth on his head, and a necklace composed of snake spines hanging around his neck.

On the table in front of him covered with animal skins was a statue of a god carved from black stone.

"You can sit on the stools." The translator said, "But there are not so many stools for all of you to sit down. Do you mind standing?"

Xie Jinxi and the others shook their heads. In this situation, who would mind such a thing.

The leader in front of the statue has a strong physique and a slightly dark complexion. The exposed forearm is full of strong muscles, and his body feels oppressive.

Zhuang Zheng pulled a stool and sat down in front of the leader. The remaining stools Wang Hanchi, Zhao Wu and the two newcomers sat down. The others didn't sit down, and stood behind Zhuang Zheng to listen to what they had to say.

Xie Jinxi's attention was on the statue on the table. The statue carved out of black stone was a coiled snake. The symbol of , which is similar to two infinity symbols stacked on top of each other.

After sitting down, Zhuang Zheng spoke first: "Thank you and the people of the tribe for saving us, but we really want to know what happened to us? It is said that there is a curse on us?"

The leader spoke a series of words, and the translator standing behind him translated: "The outsiders broke into the deep forest without authorization and angered the snake god. The snake god made the rainy season earlier, and the surging river washed away the snake cave. The snakes are awakened. This is a disaster, a disaster from the snake god."

"Idols are the proof."

"There is a valley in the depths of the forest, which is the habitat of big snakes. I don't know who built the temple to worship the snake god. In the long time, our tribe and other tribes carved many statues to worship the snake god. But the statues put into the temple will appear in various parts of the forest along with the snakes, and those who touch the statues will be cursed by the snake god."

"Seven days, within seven days, you must take the idol and return it to the temple in the Snake Valley, otherwise...you will have a very miserable end."

"Not only you outsiders, but we also have to face the wrath of the Snake God. The flood will come out of the Snake Valley and destroy everything, so we will help you go to the Snake Valley."

Speaking of this, the little translator paused for a moment, showing a little surprise in his expression, and he continued: "The snake witch will be the guide himself and take you to the temple."

Zhuang Zheng asked, "Snake witch?"

Generally, the most authoritative in the tribe, besides the leader, is the shaman who has the function of communicating with the gods. In some tribes, the shaman also serves as the leader.

"The snake witch is recognized by the snake god and can communicate with the snake god. He is the only one who has entered the snake valley." The translator explained to them.

Oh?

Basically all mysterious figures like witches claim to be chosen by the gods and able to communicate with the gods, but they actually use dance, regular drumbeats, ritual hints, etc. to make people hallucinate.

I just don't know whether this snake witch is a magic stick pretending to be a ghost, or whether he can really communicate with the snake god.

"Then, I'm still more concerned about why the outsiders are no longer hunted. Can you ask the leader what the reason is?" Ji Chuanmo asked.

The interpreter brother conveyed her question to the leader, who was silent for a long time, until Xie Jinxi thought he would not answer, and then opened his mouth to explain the reason.

The translator brother conveyed: "Because the snake witch appeared."

"Before the Snake Witch appeared, only by offering sacrifices to foreigners to the Snake God, could the Snake God's anger be appeased and the Snake God no longer bring disasters."

Snake?

It seems that this snake witch is also a key figure.

The translator continued: "You can prepare now. The leader asked me to arrange a room for you to rest. You can start after noon. The leader will hand over the statue to the snake witch, and the snake witch will take the statue in the forest. The edge is waiting for you."

After Xie Jinxi and his party withdrew from the leader, they were taken to a relatively large empty house by the translator.

"This house was vacated by people from the tribe. Some of them went hunting, and you happened to rest here. You will go into the forest in the afternoon. I wish you a smooth journey."

After speaking, the translator brother was about to leave as if he had completed the task, but was stopped by Wang Hanchi: "Wait, aren't you going with us? The snake witch and I...shouldn't be able to communicate, right?"

"It's difficult for witches to communicate with people," said the little translator. "It's not just you, we also have difficulty communicating with snake witches. But don't worry, snake witches can understand your language."

The translator was ambiguous. After he left, Wang Hanchi looked at his back and murmured: "Interesting, half-breed? Is he a character set by 'He' to guide him, or is he a missionary and a member of this tribe?" A child born?"

"Ah?" One of the newcomers was surprised, "Isn't it? The tasker can still... still? Huh?"

"Why not?" The middle-aged man He Yingwei snorted, "Although the fragmented world is full of ghosts and monsters, some fragmented worlds have normal people. Some taskers will do some tasks that are not as good as animals. thing."

He Yingwei talked about this sullen face, as if he had experienced something particularly bad.

"Okay," Zhuang Zheng ended the topic, "Now go to the house to count our supplies, and at the same time change our clothes and check our attire. We will go into the virgin forest in the afternoon, and it will not be easy. Let's go."

After entering the house, Xie Jinxi and the others vacated a room for the women and asked them to change into dry clothes, followed by the men.

Then they began to sort out the supplies. Their supplies were only left by the "archaeological expedition team" after they entered this world. It is estimated that a large part of them was lost when they were in distress. The remaining food was probably enough for twelve of them for five days.

"It's troublesome." Zhuang Zheng frowned after counting the food.

Seeing this, Ji Chuanmo said: "Captain Zhuang, don't worry so much. Our task is to go to the temple of Snake Valley within seven days to lift the curse. That is to say, as long as we enter the temple to lift the curse, we have completed the task and can leave this world. It is not necessary to stay seven days."

Zhuang Zheng shook his head and said seriously: "We all know that what you said is only the best possibility, 'He' will not be so kind. The most likely thing is that we are forced to start the forest to survive after running out of food, As a result, the time was delayed and we did not go to the temple to die within seven days of the curse attack; or we would die a lot of people in the middle, and the food for five days was enough for the remaining survivors to live for seven days."

As soon as these words came out, the taskers who were sorting out their supplies fell silent.

"There must be a way for a car to reach the mountain." The middle-aged man He Yingwei comforted him.

In addition to limited food, their supplies also include knives, rock climbing equipment, compasses, flare guns, flashlights, sleeping bags and more.

After cleaning up, Zhuang Zheng took them to find an interpreter and asked where there was clean water in the tribe, and learned that the tribe had a special place to store clean rainwater.They took enough water, boiled and filtered it repeatedly, and filled everyone's kettles.

After finishing these tasks, it was afternoon.

Everyone gathered near the forest where the tribe was, and everyone carried heavy supplies on their backs.

Here, too, they meet their guide, the snake witch, for the first time.

Xie Jinxi was sure at a glance that it was the Snake Witch. The Snake Witch was wrapped in a black robe, with a black turban around his head and face, only his eyes were exposed.At first glance, it's almost impossible to tell his gender.

Xie Jinxi observed the appearance of the Snake Witch. Judging from his height, shoulder width and overall outline, the Snake Witch was probably a man.

But... the word witch in the real world generally refers to women...

"Snake witch?" Zhuang Zheng walked over and asked.

"Let's go." The snake witch's eyes were covered with a layer of gray-white cloudy substance, and his voice had a strange hoarseness, it felt as if someone was speaking with an air voice instead of the original voice.

"The snake god awaits you in the temple."

After speaking, regardless of their reaction, the snake witch walked into the forest first.

"Wait!" Zhuang Zheng followed up and asked, "Which direction are we going? Do you have a road map?"

The Snake Witch said in that weird and hoarse voice: "The river, along the snake-like river, go forward, Snake Valley, right there. Snake God, waiting, all of you."

After that, no matter how Zhuang Zheng asked him, he didn't answer any more words.

Xie Jinxi and the other missionaries followed the Snake Witch all the way to the river, and then began to trek with difficulty.

Xie Jinxi had been observing this so-called snake witch, and he found that the snake witch was really weird, but Xie Jinxi didn't clearly feel where he was weird for a while.

After walking for a while, Xie Jinxi finally realized...

It's the way the snake witch walks.

It's so weird, when a normal person walks, the center of gravity is in the middle, but when the snake witch walks, the center of gravity is constantly changing from side to side.

When he steps out the left leg, the center of gravity is placed on the left leg, and vice versa, the center of gravity shifts to the right leg again.

This?

Moreover, the Snake Witch didn't carry any supplies. Is he going to ask them to provide water, or does he not need these at all?It seems that we can only continue to observe.

Xie Jinxi's mind was filled with all kinds of weirdness and weirdness about the snake witch.

But soon he didn't have time to think about it. As he gradually moved away from the tribe and went deeper into the forest, the road became more and more difficult.

The rainy season in the forest has just begun, the land is wet and slippery, and there are still dead branches and fallen leaves piled up on the ground for an unknown number of years.The plants are even more dense to the extent that it is necessary to forcefully carve out a path with a machete in hand.

"Ah! Damn it! Damn it!" Over there, He Yingwei stepped into the dead leaf bubble, sinking his whole calf in it.