NOVEL WEB Chapter 212
Nia saw Chen Bin's vigilance and asked, "Did you find anything wrong?"
Chen Bin nodded and said, "The foggy mountain is not high, but in the thick fog, our speed is very slow."
"We have only walked about 200 meters. How much time do you think has passed?"
The cold will reduce people's thinking.
But they must remain rational. There is no timekeeping tool, and they can't always rely on national prompts to tell how much time has passed.
They must carefully feel the passage of time.
Nia thought: "About half an hour has passed."
Chen Bin said: "Well, about 20 to 30 minutes, including the time spent in the temple, the current time should be between 12:30 and 12:40."
"Between 12 and 2 o'clock, the fog decreases, and it is safe to climb. Only one-third of the time has passed, how could the fog start to get heavier?"
After listening to Chen Bin's analysis, Nia suddenly realized that something was wrong, and her expression froze, saying:
"From the naked eye, the fog has indeed become heavier, but... the concentration of the strange aura has hardly changed!"
Chen Bin and Nia continued to move forward, and they kept paying attention to the changes in the surrounding environment.
They moved forward a few hundred meters.
The biting cold wind was still there, but Chen Bin gradually adapted to the environment here.
At the same time, he also found that the energy stored in his body was being consumed rapidly, and his hunger was magnified several times.
He and Nia looked at each other, and both of them sensed this.
Chen Bin said: "This seems to be a special attribute of the ghost story. Cold and hungry are just the first test."
He was about to take out food from his backpack.
As an agent, Nia's tolerance is far beyond that of ordinary people. She observed the surroundings and said:
"Chen Bin, have you found something wrong around you?"
Chen Bin stopped and stepped on the tree stump next to him. He said: "Well, it's about one o'clock now, but the fog is getting thicker and thicker, almost the same as before twelve o'clock."
"But according to the rules, we still have one hour."
Chen Bin instantly thought that perhaps the second precaution was a wrong rule.
[Issue 2: Wushan is foggy all year round. The fog density will decrease only from noon to two o'clock every day.]
"Could it be that... the real safe time is only one hour from twelve to one o'clock?"
If you want to use the simplest and quickest method to judge whether the rules are correct, you can only rely on Li Shishuo.
No matter how powerful Chen Bin is, he has his own expertise. The different talents of the chosen ones create asymmetric advantages.
Nia shook her head and said, "No, it's not just that!"
"The fog has increased, but the concentration of the strange breath has not changed. Moreover, I sense that in addition to the slight strange pollution in the fog, there are... other forces!"
Nia's words instantly made Chen Bin more vigilant.
Through the previous ghost story copy - [Xiaochou Bar], Chen Bin knew that there are many kinds of strange powers.
What humans have come into contact with before, including what Nia can sense, are just the most common strange breaths.
There are also special ones, such as the strange power in Xiaochou Bar that does not belong to conventional mental pollution but can affect emotions.
Perhaps, similar powers also exist in the [Wushan] ghost story.
Wuwuwu——
A gust of strange wind blew, and the wind was so strong that it seemed like a mud truck coming in the face.
Chen Bin and others immediately bent down to resist, and finally had to crawl on the ground to prevent being blown away.
"Danger is approaching!" Delos shouted loudly.
The temperature dropped sharply as everyone was braving the strong wind. Their skin came into contact with the mist, condensing into a thin layer of water, which condensed into ice flakes at low temperatures.
But strangely, the strong wind did not stir up the thick fog at all.
Nia lay on the ground, her fingers clasped in the muddy land.
She raised her head with difficulty, squinted her eyes and watched the changes in the thick fog around her. Her eyes trembled wildly, and she shouted to Chen Bin beside her:
"Chen Bin, the thick fog has turned silver-gray!!!"
Chen Bin raised his head, and the fog in front of him not only increased in density, but also changed in color.
"Silver-gray!"
Chen Bin remembered silently that this color must indicate some kind of change.
The strong wind was howling, and everyone resisted the cold, and their skin began to numb.
The whole process lasted about three minutes before the strong wind gradually stopped.
And the silver-gray mist gradually faded and returned to normal.
Chen Bin exhaled a breath of mist, stood up and removed the ice debris on the surface of his body.
He clenched his fists tightly, trying to calm his body that was shaking from the cold.
Chen Bin said: "The color and density of the fog have returned to normal, which shows that the second precaution is correct. The increase in fog was due to some unexpected situation."
Nia also thought about this.At this point, she looked at Delos and Yamamoto Sennin in front of her, who were slapping Li Shishuo's face, who was unconscious from the cold, and said:
"What does this strange mist represent?"
Apart from the cold, it didn't seem to pose any threat to everyone, and the cold was caused by the strange wind.
Nia thought about it and took the white bread that looked like frozen ice from Chen Bin.
She bit it one bite at a time, thawed it with her saliva, and swallowed it into her stomach.
Chen Bin was also using the same method to replenish energy. While replenishing, he was thinking about the changes brought about by the thick fog.
Although the fog was reduced and returned to normal, the visibility was still very low. Apart from the muddy land and some abandoned woods around, almost nothing could be seen.
Wait.
Abandoned woods?
Chen Bin suddenly remembered something and looked around.
"Nia... I know!"
"Huh?!" Nia said.
Shan Benxianren and Delos were also attracted by Chen Bin's movements.
Chen Bin did not choose to hide this information and said: "We, the position has shifted!"
Nia blurted out: "How is it possible?"
Their goal is to climb mountains, and it is a foggy mountain.
They must race against time and safely reach the abandoned hut, which is similar to a supply station.
Time and direction are very important.
But now the position has changed, as if they were thrown into a maze.
Chen Bin said: "Here, it is this position, surrounded by a deserted forest, and there is a tree stump here, which is the one I stepped on before, but now the tree stump is gone, and there is no shadow of the forest around."
Delos has a keen sense of touch, and he also found that the position has changed.
Shan Benshengren asked with a heavy face: "What should we do now? Should we go back the same way?"
Delos shook his head and said: "If we go back the same way, we can't go back to that dilapidated temple. Now we can only gamble our lives and keep going forward!"
Li Shishuo woke up in a daze and heard everyone's discussion, but he didn't care about it. He said: "I'm so cold and hungry, Chen Bin... give me something to eat."