Ancient natural disaster: The whole family went to escape together

"Look, these are the traces left by the second brother when he tied the horse, and here, these are the wood ash fragments left by the fire made by the eldest brother and I."

Listening to Su Bujing's words, the Su family couldn't help but come closer to take a look. After seeing it clearly, they all sighed, the sadness on their faces was too strong to dissipate.

In fact, they already had the answer in their minds when they saw the two dead trees with strange shapes. However, they found it difficult to accept the reality and still had a sense of luck.

No one wants to get lost.

But now, the facts are right in front of them, and they can't deceive themselves.

Su Buwei frowned in confusion, "It shouldn't be. We have been moving forward, how could we go back while walking?"

Have they been going in circles?

But every fork in the road they took was heading forward, with no turning at all.

Even if it deviates a little, it won’t deviate so much!

"Actually... we have no reference at all along the way, so we can't be sure whether we are moving forward or not." Su Yuanshan thought for a while and expressed his thoughts.

Moving forward is just their subjective feeling.

Without any reference, they would not notice it even if they kept running around the tree.

If the Su family hadn't been lucky enough to see these two arched dead trees, they would have continued to circle in circles.

"Then what should we do now?" Su Buyou looked at the almost identical dead trees around him, and for a moment, his head felt a little dizzy.

These dead trees have smooth bark, gray leaves, strong roots, and towering scales.

"Well, I still have some red cloth in my space. We start from here and tie a red cloth to a taller dead tree every time we walk. This way, if we get lost again, we can immediately detect it."

Mrs. Zhao had bought a lot of cloth before, originally intending to use it to make clothes, but she was afraid of breaking her eyes on the way to escape, so she didn't use it.

Although this method is very stupid, in order not to get lost, this is the only way for now.

The family just did what they said. They took out six pieces of red cloth and cut them into red ropes two fingers wide with daggers. Each person had a heavy one tied around his waist.

After the preparations were completed, Mrs. Zhao took out a basin of warm meat buns and three pots of scalding hot tea from the space.

The meat buns are for filling the stomach, while the hot tea is for refreshing.

Everyone was exhausted physically and mentally after walking for such a long time, coupled with the shock of getting lost.

They leaned against the tree trunk and finished their food with a sip of hot tea and a bite of meat buns.

After eating, they set off in a completely different direction than last time.

This time, every time the Su family walked a dozen steps, they would find the tallest tree near the roadside, tie a red cloth on the trunk, and tie the knot in the direction they planned to move forward.

The reason why red cloth is used is because it stands out in the gray and white tone of the woods.

The Su family walked for a long time, but they didn't see any dead trees tied with red ropes along the way.

They felt a little more confident, and the flame of hope rekindled in their hearts.

If this continues, they will be able to leave here smoothly soon.

The torches in their hands were burned out and relit. Just when they thought they had reached the hinterland of the forest and were heading towards the edge of the forest, Su Bujing suddenly saw a flash of red with his sharp eyes.

"Dad, Aniang, we seem to be lost again." Su Bujing pursed his lips tightly and looked straight at the red rope tied to the dead tree on the left.

After hearing this, other people in the Su family followed Su Bujing's gaze.

With the faint gray light of the leaves, they also saw the bright red rope on the dead tree.

That strange bright red color seemed to be the eyes of the God of Death, fixing its gaze intently on the Su family, making people feel chills on their feet.how so?
The red rope on the tree appeared in front of them, which meant that they had returned to the path they had taken.

They no longer know where they are, they only know that they are lost again!
Su Yuanshan's face turned pale and he stammered: "I, how do I feel, no matter how we go, we will always... go around in circles?"

When they didn't see the red rope, the Su family felt good about themselves and thought they had not taken any detours. But as soon as they saw the red rope, they understood that they had been treading water.

"Actually, I have always wanted to say that we have never entered the hinterland of the forest. Now that we see this red rope... I think we should still be wandering around the periphery of the forest." Su Bujing added.

When she probed the depths of the forest with her spiritual energy, she found that something was wrong here.

There seemed to be a mysterious force in the hinterland of the forest that blocked all outside explorations, even spiritual energy, which made her attempt to find out the direction come to nothing.

They are now in the woods and cannot use anything to get out. What should they do?
Just as the Su family was watching the red rope and was unable to do anything, ice began to fall from the sky again.

The dusty ice cubes hit the mud, making a dull popping sound, which sounded faster and faster every time.

The Su family ignored the hesitation in their hearts and hurriedly covered their heads and hid under the dead tree.

But those sky ices were coming fiercely, more fiercely than the last time, and even the fluffy leaves could not slow down the falling force of the sky ice.

With no other choice, Ms. Zhao had to take the carriage out of the space and hide in the carriage one by one as a family.

Before that, Mrs. Zhao also brought a new carriage and asked Su Buwei to forcefully remove the door so that the horses could shrink in and escape.

Su Bujing quickly drew a simple defensive formation on the carriage where the horses were hiding from Tian Bing.

In the carriage

The sky ice crackled against the carriage. If it were not for the protection of the formation, no matter how hard the wooden boards of the carriage were, they would be beaten to pieces.

A solemn atmosphere spread in the car, and the sound of the car board being smashed by ice cubes was like everyone's rapid heartbeat.

None of them spoke, everyone was in a state of confusion, and filled with sadness, a condensed and quiet atmosphere slowly spread in the carriage.

I don’t know how long I waited. It might have been the time it took for one torch to burn out, or it might have been the time it took for two torches to burn out. Tianbing finally stopped.

Su Bujing was the closest to the car door. She jumped out of the car first, avoiding the scattered small holes and ice cubes, and walked towards the dead tree tied with a red rope.

The knot of this tree is facing forward, which proves that when they tied the red rope, they tied it from where they are now, and the goal of progress is in front of the dead tree.

"Dad, let's try walking to the right this time!" Su Bujing took off a red rope from his waist and tied another knot on the dead tree.

However, this knot is different from the previous knot, indicating that they have come here for the second time as a distinction.

Next, the Su family hurried to the right side of the dead tree with a feeling of uneasiness.

Along the way, they didn't meet any new red ropes. Just when they were about to breathe a sigh of relief, the red rope appeared again.

But this dead tree is not the one with two red ropes tied before.

Su Bujing and others did not believe in evil. After marking this place, they set off again.

After repeating this five times, they met the red rope every time.

And in the end, even they couldn't tell when the red ropes were tied or when the road was walked.

They were finally tired, not only physically but also mentally, and even felt like they would never be able to get out of the woods.

Everything is messed up.

(End of this chapter)