Chapter 1017 Death Forest

Yamanashi Prefecture.

In the vast forest belt around Mt. Fuji, there is a narrow, dark sea of ​​trees extending from the southwestern foot of the mountain, which looks like a sharp crescent moon from the air.

In the center of the sea of ​​trees, which is so quiet that even the chirping of birds and insects can't be heard, the same black trees stand alone, like a dark and deep ocean.

Thick white mist surrounds the forest, making it extremely difficult for people to see clearly five meters in front of them.

In the mist, thick hemp ropes of different lengths, new and old, passed densely between the black tree trunks.

Above the head, among the black branches and leaves that cover the sky and the sun, dead bodies wrapped in vines and covered with black cloths are hanging upside down quietly like bats.

"One, two, three, four, five..."

At this moment, a man in black robe is walking gracefully along the black volcanic rock path in this dead forest.

"Six, seven, eight, nine, ten..."

From the soft counting voice and slightly accented Japanese, it seems to be a foreign woman.

"Ah, what a pity, maybe as long as there are a few more people, my 'Force of Destiny' will be temporarily weakened..."

Wherever she passed along the way, a black-robed priest with a black cloth blindfold was lying scattered on the grass.

"Has Yinyang Liao's manpower weakened to this point over the years?"

Right now, some of these black-robed priests, who are known as the "highest combat power" of Yinyangliao, have some temples **** from being smashed by stones, some have their necks pierced by tree branches, and some have bruised faces due to suffocation. With a grim expression and a miserable state of death.

"The "Shouchen Ding" of Yinyangliao claims to be able to detect all laws in the world, swallow all grievances and spiritual power, and can move freely in the sea of ​​trees in Aokigahara, known as the "hell on earth". A solid wall to break through'. If it wasn't for His Excellency 'Fate Sacrifice' to personally act, how could the solution be so elegant..."

Not far behind her, another bloated man in black with a hoarse voice was squatting in front of one of Shou Chen Ding's corpses to investigate.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a powerful and invisible 'fate', no wonder even Ichiro Tokimoto, who supports half of Japan's spiritual world, has no power to resist in front of Your Excellency."

He carried a huge wooden box on his back, and a huge green scroll hung below it, which looked like an ancient traveler who had traveled long distances in the mountains and forests.

"Your Excellency 'Tianmen Explorer' is highly praised. He was blocked by the fog of death that even 'fate' could not set foot in. He has been wandering outside this sea of ​​trees for more than 20 years. Without your guidance, how could there be today?" Opportunity to go deep into it?"

Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees is a crescent-shaped forest belt located in the southwest of Mount Fuji. It is a quiet tourist attraction due to its proximity to Mount Fuji and the Fuji Five Lakes, forest trails, camping sites and other public facilities.

But the reason why this place is famous in Japan is not because of the beautiful scenery and natural forest oxygen bar, but because it is the most famous "suicide sanctuary" and "death forest" in Japan.

Since more than 20 years ago, the Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees, which was originally a "forest bathing" attraction, began to have tourists disappearing in the forest. Residents living nearby claimed that they often heard the sound of ropes rubbing against each other in the middle of the night and saw strange figures wandering in the forest.

Perhaps, the rich iron in the soil constitutes a disordered natural magnetic field. Whether it is electronic instruments, compass or communication equipment, they cannot work normally in the sea of ​​trees in Aokigahara.

And the single type of black trees is dense enough to block out the sun, making the whole forest seem to be immersed in the night all year round. There is no way to judge the direction with tree shadows, the sun or astrology, plus the topography of the entire sea of ​​trees There are no ups and downs, the black trees are the same, and the white fog lingers in the middle of the age. After walking for a long time, it is easy to visual fatigue and lose the sense of direction.

Due to the special environment formed by various factors in this sea of ​​trees, the search and rescue forces organized by the government not only failed to carry out the search and rescue as scheduled, but lost many search and rescue personnel.

In the end, the local police could only search and rescue in the most "earthly" way... That is to wrap a rope around the waist and enter the sea of ​​trees one by one. The end of the rope is tied to the car outside the forest to prevent people from getting in and out.

However, the police's slow search and rescue method not only makes it difficult to bring back the bodies of the victims, but also police officers still go missing from time to time.

The strangest thing is that the missing persons who were found were all covered with leaves and hung from the trees by hemp ropes made of tree vines, turning into cold corpses.

According to the on-site criminal investigation, these people seem to have woven tree vines into hemp ropes with their own hands, put them around their necks, covered their faces with leaves, and hung themselves on the treetops...

After repeated investigations to no avail, the authorities had to close this scenic spot due to pressure from public opinion. However, this did not prevent more people from losing their lives in this black sea of ​​trees...

Because, I don’t know when, the saying “using Aokigahara as a place to end life” began to be passed on in some Japanese literary works, so that the number of people who came to the sea of ​​trees to commit suicide with their suicide notes gradually increased...

Later, it even developed into "volunteers" who met on the Internet group, came to this place together with a suicide note, covered their faces and hung them on the treetops~lightnovelpub.net~ bid farewell to the miserable life .

In the past two decades, the number of people missing or committing suicide in the sea of ​​trees in Aokigahara has increased exponentially, making it a "world-class suicide sanctuary" second only to the Golden Gate Bridge in the United States.

In this regard, the only thing the authorities can do is to fill the sea of ​​trees with slogans saying "Think about your family", "Life is precious, please think twice before acting", "Bears will bite your body beyond recognition". sign, and then organize the police and volunteers to carry out a "dead body clean-up" operation every year.

Only the Japanese spirit eliminators know that, unlike public opinion, the original Aokigahara tree sea can only be regarded as an "ordinary gloomy forest" occasionally haunted by ghosts and spirits.

Since the black trees suddenly appeared more than 20 years ago, exuding a strange, gloomy white mist that exudes the breath of death, lingers all year round, and isolates spiritual power and sense of direction, this sea of ​​trees has only begun to be "scary" to the point of being extinct. Spiritualists dare not step in easily.

"The eyeballs of "Shou Chen Ding" were all poached... Was it to prevent him from seeing anything... Then, how did he manage to see things without hindrance in a place like the sea of ​​trees in Aokigahara? "

Several tentacles with octopus, snake, centipede and other biological characteristics protruded from the body of the man in black. He nimbly peeled off the guard's clothes, pierced into the other's body, and began to explore up and down.

(end of this chapter)