Chapter 168 There Is Movement in the Mountains

After stepping onto the stone steps, Tang Hua was a bit paranoid and couldn't help looking into the dense forests on both sides.

"What are you looking at?" A young hiker dressed as a college student couldn't help his curiosity and asked Tang Hua.

"I just want to see if there are mushrooms after the rain," Tang Hua made up an excuse, "I liked to dig wild vegetables and pick mushrooms in the mountains when I was a child."

Wu Qiushan looked sideways, "You didn't poison yourself?"

He really didn't trust Tang Hua's mushroom picking skills.

"I only pick them and don't eat them," Tang Hua explained, "It's just fun."

Wu Qiushan was a little speechless, so he didn't continue the topic.

But the college student started chatting with them.

"My name is Huang Yufan, and I'm a second-year graduate student at the University of Technology." His equipment was very professional, and it seemed that he often went out for hiking. "Are you all Brother Qi's colleagues?"

After having a common acquaintance, it became much easier to open up a topic. Huang Yufan chatted with them for a while and started to exchange WeChat while there was still internet.

He was the same age as Yuan Chenxi, and he tried to talk to her more during the subsequent chat.

Cen Lian saw this and pulled Tang Hua, who had not yet reacted, to the side.

Qu Zihan was panting with exhaustion, but when she arrived at the first rest point, she found that she was not the last one to fall behind, and was even at the back of the team.

There was a man and two women behind her who were even more panting.

One of the older sisters waved her hand, "I was sick before the New Year and haven't exercised much. I didn't expect that my physical strength is so poor now."

They are now at the top of the steps and rest area that had been repaired that year, but they haven't actually started hiking yet.

There are some muddy mountain roads ahead, which are not very steep, but not easy to walk.

Qu Zihan sat down on the steps, drank a few sips of water, and suddenly looked to the left.

"Boss, do you see anything moving in the forest over there?" She was a little unsure if she saw it wrong.

After she said this, several people looked in the direction she said in unison.

"There was some movement, but no one was seen." Cen Lian did see some people or animals passing by, "Judging from the height, it shouldn't be a jackal or wolf."

The shaking in the forest lasted for a while and then ended. Cen Lian repeatedly confirmed that he felt relieved after confirming that he didn't see any text bubbles.

"There is a village nearby. Maybe a villager passed by on his way up the mountain," Qi Yan explained, "Maybe we can run into him later."

Tang Hua stared at the forest suspiciously for a while, "I'm really afraid that if we continue to go up, we will run into a corpse."

"Then I will do an on-site autopsy?" Lin Xiangqi came over to join in the fun, "Keep your voices down. If they hear us, they might think we are plotting some dismemberment case."

"Sister Lin, your imagination is actually no less than ours..." Qu Zihan was stunned.

After a short rest, the group continued to walk up.

Leaving the area with steps, the road became more and more difficult to walk, and the surrounding plants became more and more dense.

If the road ahead still looks like an abandoned scenic spot that has been neglected for a long time, it looks like a wild mountain here.

Of course, it's just a little bit like that.

Cen Lian and his friends had been to the real wild mountains before. It was a real primeval forest with all kinds of snakes, insects, rats, ants, spiders and poisonous insects that they had never seen before. Cen Lian himself had a few red and swollen bumps on his legs that were bitten by some unknown insects. Even though they had healed, some traces could still be seen.

"This mountain is not as steep as I imagined," Qu Zihan gradually adapted to the pace of climbing the mountain and seemed a little relaxed, "but how much have we walked now? I feel like I can't see where the top of the mountain is."

"About half." Qi Yan answered her question.

Qu Zihan touched her stomach. In fact, she was a little hungry.

But before she took out her stored dry food, she heard Liu Jiaming stop at a relatively flat place.

"It's noon, let's eat something first," he said as he put down his backpack. "We will spend the night on the top of the mountain tonight, and tomorrow we will go down from the top of the mountain to the valley behind the mountain. It's completely undeveloped and the road is not easy to walk, so try to save your energy today."

Cen Lian knew that he was talking to a few of them who had no hiking experience.

When Wu Qiushan took out the food, he suddenly looked back.

Cen Lian turned his head almost at the same time as him.

There was some rustling in the woods behind, and instinct made them subconsciously look back to confirm whether there was any danger.

A local old man with a medicine hoe in his hand and a backpack on his back walked out slowly.

"Do you want instant noodles with mineral water?" The old man sold it in unstandard Mandarin.

Several criminal police who were too nervous turned their heads back silently and began to reflect whether they were thinking too much.

Seeing that they were fully equipped and didn't look like they would buy anything, the old man walked along another mountain path with a disappointed look on his face.

"I feel like we are a little bit abnormal now," Tang Hua complained to himself while eating, "How can there be so many coincidences for us to meet?"

"If you say that, it might happen." Qi Yan said silently.

Wu Qiushan subconsciously glanced in the direction where the old man came from.

"There are too many footprints over there," he habitually analyzed, and immediately turned his head, "Forget it, I might go crazy if I look at it again."

Yuan Chenxi was talking to Huang Yufan, but did not participate in their discussion this time.

The older sister Tian Ya looked like a social phobia. After chatting with others, she came over and talked to Qi Yan for a few words before starting to chat with Cen Lian and the others.

"You guys are all single!" Cen Lian's eyes lit up when he saw this sister Tian, ​​"Add WeChat, I'll introduce you to a girlfriend in the future!"

Under the enthusiastic offensive of sister Tian, ​​Cen Lian took out his mobile phone and added her WeChat.

Tang Hua showed a look of despair after this sister left.

"I came out hiking to avoid blind dates," he covered his head, "How come I can't avoid this!"

Qi Yan showed a not very obvious smile.

Cen Lian happened to see it, and always felt that this guy was trying to divert the trouble.

After the old man left, the area became quiet again.

The group walked all the way to the top of the mountain before setting up camp on a huge rock surrounded by iron chains.

"What's in your bag?" When Cen Lian put down his bag, Tang Hua saw something of a strange shape.

Cen Lian opened his travel bag and took out a portable astronomical telescope.

"I saw the weather forecast that it would be clear tonight, so I brought a low-power telescope," he looked up at the thick clouds that were gradually dispersing, "Watching the stars on the top of a mountain with an altitude of more than 2,000 meters is a kind of happiness you can't understand."

Tang Hua really couldn't understand it, but it didn't affect his desire to join in the fun.

So when Cen Lian took out the telescope and didn't adjust the magnification, he raised the telescope and looked at the opposite mountain.

"Huh?" Tang Hua suddenly made a strange sound, "Am I seeing it wrong? Why is there a white thing on the top of the mountain over there?"