131, Teacher Ding tells a story

People living in modern society, especially in cities, rarely have this kind of "absolutely dark" experience. Because the environment always has various light sources, even if the light is very weak and you can't see the things around you clearly, it can still cause a subconscious visual reaction. It means that the eyes can focus in the corresponding position, so that the brain can gain a sense of space.

However, in an environment without any visible light source, it is difficult for the eyes to focus naturally. The portrait loses a certain sense, which will also cause the confusion of the sense of space. The absolute darkness cannot distinguish the distance between things, as if everything is bottomless and seems to be oppressed around the body. This is a very terrifying experience.

Absolute darkness may lead to the confusion of the sense of space, and the confusion of the sense of space will affect the judgment of the sense of movement. A certain phenomenon of "ghost hitting the wall" often occurs in this situation. For example, at night when the clouds are thick, in the wilderness, without a single reference light source around, people will not be able to walk out of a certain area no matter how they go.

The main reason is not only the difference in strides between the left and right feet, but mainly because the disorder of the sense of space leads to problems with the feeling of movement. In the absence of a distance reference object, if the terrain is more complicated, people will subconsciously follow the best place to walk. If there is a gentle road that surrounds a range and there are inclined slopes on both sides, it may be really difficult for people to walk out.

Of course, there may be more than this reason for ghosts to hit the wall, and an absolutely dark environment is just one of them. Some people may ask, can't light be used, such as hitting a flashlight or lighting a lantern.

Theory does do this, but the actual situation depends on how strong the light source you carry is, whether it can shine on the reference object in the distance and reflect it back, so as to give guidance on space judgment. In an absolutely dark environment, the light source you carry cannot shine far, and people can hardly see things in the distance.

If someone turns on a strong light in a very open and huge underground cave, shines the flashlight in the distance, but finds that nothing can be seen, and thinks that the flashlight is broken, and turns around and shines his face, and the strong light makes his eyes shine.

This is the experience of the night outside world. Although Ding Qi and others lit three bonfires and the dim light illuminated the grotto and the nearby hillsides, less than ten meters away was dark, like a dark curtain. Bi Xuecheng also took out a strong light flashlight and drew a few times outside. In addition to illuminating the nearby hillsides, he shone in another direction towards the mountains ahead, and the flashlight seemed to be completely broken.

This feeling is very depressing and uneasy. Fortunately, with these three bonfires, the fire illuminated Teacher Ding Qi's face, giving the three disciples a sense of security. Ding Qi said: "You should rest first, save your energy, and you will have to rush to go tomorrow. After graduation, I will call you two hours later, and then in two hours, you will call Ye Yanxing..."

Meng Huiyu glanced at the watch and said, "It's still early, it's only 8:30 now, and I can't sleep."

Ding Qi: "If you can't sleep and practice the qigong, hold Jingshi in your hand and practice the method of sitting in a calm way that I teach you, and feel it in a slight way and put your mind on it."

Before he finished speaking, he stood up with a stick, because the darkness was whispering, like countless birds flapping their wings.

Ding Qi's ears were very sharp. Not only did he hear the sound of empty space, but something seemed to be moving in the distance. Everyone couldn't help but feel nervous. Ding Qi waved his hand and told the three disciples to stay behind the fire. He walked out of the bonfire with a stick, standing where he could see a little ground nearby.

Kong's voice became even more obvious. Ding Qi suddenly waved his long stick and heard two bangs. He beat two things in the dark, then picked them with the tip of the stick and pulled them near the fire.

The three disciples exclaimed: "What kind of monster is this? It looks like a bat, such a big bat, is still white!"

Ding Qi quickly reminded: " Stay away, don't touch it, be careful of being bitten or infected with bacteria or viruses."

The thing that was shot was the size of a washbasin, and was flapping its wings beside the fire. It looked like two huge bats, spreading its membrane-shaped flesh wings, and its whole body was covered with white fluff. In fact, if you look closely, these fluffs seem to have no color, but because they are too small, they appear pure white due to the refraction of light.

But they are different from ordinary bats. At least Ding Qi has never seen such things. His mouth is long and covered with tiny tines. He makes a squeaking sound when he struggles. This object has wings and claws, and his body looks like a bird. His front paws grow at the first joint of the membrane-shaped flesh wing, extending out three toes, two front one back.

Meng Huiyu suddenly said in surprise: "Master, this thing has no eyes!"

These two big white bats seem to have no eyes. They only have a small piece of hairless place on both sides of their heads, forming two small bulges, with a layer of flesh-colored film on the surface, which looks like eyes, but cannot be opened, or have degenerated.

Ding Qi thought: "They should be nocturnal animals here. There are no stars or moons in the sky here. The night is absolutely dark. It seems that their eyes have degenerated. I have never seen such things outside. They should be a unique species here."

Bi Xuecheng: "It looks very similar to the white pterodactyl in a science fiction film."

Ding Qi: "Then you can give it a name, called the White Winged Dragon. It seems that its sensory organ at night is similar to that of a bat. It may be positioned through ultrasound, or it may feel the temperature change."

Everyone just heard the sound of the sky flapping their wings. There should be a large group of white-winged dragons flying by, but they did not approach the fire. It seems that although this kind of thing is invisible, it can feel the temperature, or the degenerated eyes still retain a little light. The heat source radiation of the fire is something they don't want to approach.

Ding Qi walked out for a while, far away from the fire, two white wings flew over to launch an attack, but he beat them down with a stick. These two things were still alive, but they couldn't fly for a while, and they struggled to rush towards the darkness away from the fire. Ding Qi didn't care about them, and let the two white winged dragons slap away.

It seems that it is a wise decision to light up three bonfires to protect the camp. The darkness here is full of unknown dangers. At least this white pterosaur will attack people. I don’t know what the consequences will be if I get bitten or caught, but it must not be a good thing. If bats are taken, this creature often carries various bacteria, viruses and parasites, so it is best to avoid contact.

Two big white bats fled back to the darkness, and Ding Qi walked out with a stick. He not only heard the sound of the sky, but also the ground was moving. If he didn't understand the reason, he would be uneasy. This is also a master of art and courage. Moreover, with three disciples behind him, he had to take responsibility and make a difference.

This time he walked even further in the darkness. Three disciples looked at the background of his ignition. Ding Qi suddenly took out his stick and picked it up to the ground. A squeaking little thing was picked up by him to the side of the fire. The little animal was very flexible. After landing, she got up and was about to run back, but Ding Qi had already jumped back several times and stretched out the tip of the stick to press it to the ground and could not escape.

Ding Qi used his strength very well this time, but he did not hurt it, but captured it alive. The three disciples exclaimed: "This is a mouse... it seems that he has no eyes!"

This object looks a bit like a field mouse, with a chubby body, but it is smaller in size. The dark brown hair has cloud-like patterns. Anyway, the house mouse is much more beautiful and its tail is much shorter. However, its eyes are also raised with two pieces of flesh film, which seems to have deteriorated. If it has functions, it may only retain a little light and cannot see anything.

Ding Qi: "Blind rats? They should also be unique to nocturnal animals here, sneaking out to find food at night."

Ye Yanxing: "It should be called the blind rat with a pattern on his body."

Bi Xuecheng: "It has no eyes, so how can it rely on foraging?"

Meng Huiyu: "It should be based on hearing and smell. Look at its ears, its nose is big and thin, and its nose is pointed and long."

The little thing was pressed by the tip of the stick, unable to break free, and made a squeaking sound. The sound of flapping its wings in the sky suddenly became dense. The group of white-winged dragons that had just flew past seemed to be attracted to the vicinity again. They feared the radiation of the fire and did not dare to get too close. They circled not far away, and could even see many hazy shadows with flapping their wings, which made people feel a little numb.

Ding Qi loosened the stick,

The flower blind rat ran into the darkness, and the sound of the sky flapping its wings followed. It seemed that the flower blind rat should be the food of the white-winged dragon. I wonder if this little thing can escape.

After a while, the sound of the wings flapping in the sky gradually became sparse and distant, and the sound in the grass in the distance was no longer heard. Ding Qi asked the three disciples to rest first, and if they couldn't sleep, they sat down to practice. He told them that it was a state of concentration to be able to maintain concentration in such an unknown environment, and the current experience is very good to train.

Although he spoke easily, Ding Qi himself was always alert, holding his long stick at his hand, and sat behind the fire as if he was not determined. Fortunately, there was no abnormal situation that night, and the fire had not been extinguished. The three disciples took turns to get up for the night. Ding Qi also slept for a while until the dawn was dawn.

In fact, sitting in a state of concentration is also a kind of practice. At least Ding Qi has mastered the method of nourishing qi and spirit. Although it cannot completely replace sleeping, Ding Qi's sleeping one or two hours a day is enough. When the sun rises, the sun shines brightly in the sky, and another scene of beautiful mountains and rivers. There are also pleasant birds singing in the forest in the distance, as if the dark experience of last night was just an illusion.

The four masters and apprentices sorted out their equipment, set off again with their bags, and walked along the stream.

There was no danger this day, but the road was hard to find. Fortunately, the three disciples were all good in physical condition, and Ding Qi deliberately controlled the speed and rhythm. They did not walk fast and their physical energy was consumed within a bearable range. Ding Qi also asked Meng Huiyu to pay attention to the changes in the height of the sun, record the watch time when the sun was roughly rising to the highest, and compare it again until tomorrow at the same time.

The seasons and time here are different from those in the outside world, and the length of day and night may be different. Ding Qi wanted to determine how many hours a day and night here are roughly equivalent to outside? Judging from experience, it seems to be similar to outside.

Walking along the stream is not as easy as it sounds, because the mountains do not always have easy river beaches. At noon, they encountered a little trouble. The water flowed through a place with cliffs on both sides, so they had to go around the mountain next to them. When they followed the sound of water, they found that the stream formed a waterfall after passing through the cliff.

When they reached a high place, they finally saw the large wild mammal here, which looked a bit like a deer. When they heard the movement in the distance, they quickly crawled into the bushes and ran away. The three disciples didn't have time to see clearly.

Bi Xuecheng: "Master, what is that? What a big one!"

Ding Qi: "That is a elk, commonly known as the Four Nobles, and he is very brave."

Meng Huiyu: "Master's eyes are so good. You can recognize it even if you flash so far away."

Ding Qi smiled and said, "You are indeed better with my eyesight. I have seen elks and eaten them. They taste very good! In fact, your eyesight is also quite good, and your hearing is also good. I have heard them just now and saw them. Ordinary people may not notice them at such a long distance."

Ye Yanxing: "Yes, I feel much more sensitive in the past because I have practiced the secret techniques taught by my master."

Ding Qi: "Then continue practicing."

When he spoke, Ding Qi also paid more attention to the movements around him. Since he discovered large herbivores, it means that there may be carnivorous beasts, so he needs to be more careful...

"Master, how long does it take to find the portal to go back, as well as Master, Uncle and others?" This was the question of several disciples when they were camping on the night of the third day, and their faces were already showing anxiety.

This is an inevitable situation. One day and night here is 24 hours, just like outside. So, today is January 2nd, the New Year's Day holiday has passed, and the school has started classes. Although it is not too serious to miss two days of classes in college, it would be not great if it continues to delay and even misses the final exam.

Ding Qi understands this anxiety very well. If he can't find other people or doors to go out in a short period of time, he must consider survival issues on the one hand and psychological issues on the other hand.

People often experience emotional collapse in extreme environments. Although under his leadership, the three disciples have been in a stable mood these days, they may become more and more anxious as time goes by. It is easy to get into trouble when walking in such an environment.

Ding Qi was very clear about the situation, and all of them were facing this problem. First, what should I do if I could never go out? Secondly, I could find a portal, but what should I do if I delay it for too long? If I don’t say it for a few months, the school will definitely call the police and say that the students are missing, and the students’ parents will be extremely anxious.

For example, Zhu Shanxian, the mayor of Yuling District disappeared for no reason, which may cause turmoil in the officialdom and various suspicions. If Zhu Shanxian finally returned, he still doesn't know how to review it, because he couldn't explain his whereabouts clearly, and his official position would definitely be lost. It's still possible that there would be any problems with the investigation and audit during his resignation.

There was no news after not working for a few months. Tan Hanchuan might have lost his job. In fact, Ding Qi's situation at Boci Medical is similar. As for Xian Hao, he should have delayed a lot of things outside.

This is the basis for them to go back in a few months. According to the current situation, this is already a very optimistic expectation. Ding Qi and others must be prepared to be trapped here for a long time, so they must adjust their mentality of staying here for a long time and must not be anxious because it will not help.

Everyone may understand this principle, but it is not something that can be done. Ding Qi thought while stewing chicken soup, smiled and looked up and said, "Don't worry, can I tell you a story?"

All three disciples nodded and said, "Okay, eat chicken while listening to the story!"

Where did they come from? The pheasant that Ding Qi caught in the forest today should be wild bamboo chickens, with black and white fur, which is a bit like domestic reeds. Ding Qi did not beat it with a stick, but used sharpened fine bamboo branches as shuttles.

The five-style stick attack technique that Ding Qi learned is not only practiced with long sticks, but also the first style "point", which has the skill of striking things with hands, which is actually equivalent to hidden weapons. Zhuang Mengzhou only taught a stunt at the beginning, but later, Tan Hanchuan gave the most tips to Ding Qi.

When Ding Qi practiced the "stick-tip cloud-kneading hand", he also began to practice these five-style stick-hitting techniques with other things, such as using chopsticks. They did not bring hunting rifles or bows and arrows, and it was difficult to hunt. As a result, Ding Qi used sharpened fine bamboo branches to use the technique of taking off the movement of the hand and shooting two bamboo chickens. But he only picked up one, and the other fell into the deep ravine.

Ding Qi brought with him salt and condiments. Of course, salt is a necessity for survival in the wilderness, but in fact, condiments are also. Many academic or film and television works, and it is actually unlikely to make prey in the wild and cooked and delicious. For example, many fish, if they are boiled in white water or roasted simply, it will be so fishy that it is difficult to swallow, let alone delicious.

The chicken may be the best delicious food. Just put some salt and stew the soup. The soup tastes very fresh. It takes fine branches and makes chopsticks on site. The three disciples were very satisfied with eating. While eating, they listened to Teacher Ding’s story. This is a folk legend in some Yunnan.

In a certain village, it is said that there is a mysterious worry-free village in the deep mountains outside the village, where people always live a carefree life. A young man yearns for the worry-free village very much. He feels that daily labor is too hard, and it is even more difficult to go to a town in the distance. He only likes to lie in the haystacks outside the village without doing anything every day, daydreaming.

One day he was lying on the haystack basking in the sun, and suddenly a particularly beautiful butterfly flew past him. He was attracted by the butterfly and jumped off the haystack and chased him. The butterfly flew and flew. The young man chased into the mountains outside the village and came to a valley that he had never seen before. There were verdant fields, beautiful flowers, and beautiful villages here. Looking at the butterfly, he also turned into a beautiful girl.

This is Wuyou Township, and the young man later married a girl to live here. People in Wuyou Township do not need to work, and delicious food will naturally grow in the fields, and flowers will not fade away all year round...

In this way, more than ten years have passed without realizing it. On that day, the young man was lying lazily on the grass outside the village basking in the sun, and suddenly remembered his hometown. For some reason, he wanted to go back and take a look, so he got up and walked out of the valley. He finally found the way he came and walked out of the deep mountain.

When he returned to his original village, he saw that nothing had changed. Even the haystacks outside the village were still the same. When he returned to the village, he found out that life was the same day he had just left! The children from the neighbor almost didn't recognize him because he had been more than ten years, his appearance had changed a little, and his outfit had completely changed.

The young man told the villagers about his experience, and none of the villagers believed him. In order to prove that he did not lie, the young man took the villagers to find Wuyou Township again, but he could not find it no matter how it was.
Chapter completed!