Chapter 1636 - Mountain of the Lost (2/2)

Li Du waved his hands and said, “No worries, the sun is above our head and we have watches on us, so it’ll be easy for us to determine our direction, no?”

There were many methods to determine direction out in the wild and most of the people in his group were elite field soldiers who had received special training, so Li Du truly believed that direction was not an issue for them.

However, things were not as easy as he thought they were; otherwise, the expression on Brother Wolf’s face would not be this grave.

There was something wrong with their watches too — the time was off. It was obvious that the stones in the valleys were magnetic, affecting not just the compasses but also the mechanical watches.

Brother Wolf fished out his phone to look at the time. His phone was not affected by the magnetic field so time was still flowing normally.

After adjusting the time on their watches and taking into account the position of the sun, they very quickly confirmed the cardinal positions.

They discovered another problem when they were checking their phones — there was no signal. Not just the regular phones that were affected by this; even Li Du’s satellite phone was useless.

This was a situation they had not encountered even in the south and north poles. Evidently, the magnetism of this island was extremely strong, strong enough to interfere with satellite signals.

At the sight of this, Brother Wolf thought of the blurry satellite map and said, “It’s not the fog of the island that’s interfering with the satellite view, it’s because the island is too magnetic and that is interfering with the satellite’s search signal.”

The group fell silent. It was becoming obvious that this island was a lot more difficult to deal with than they had initially expected.

However, they had one eye up in the sky — Ah Fei — so things were not all that bad.

What was setting Li Du on edge was that these folds seem to have some sort of magic power; they would confuse all sense of direction after they walked around for a bit, and so they had to constantly rely on the sunlight and their watches to confirm their direction or they would be lost.

At night after the sun had set, the problem exacerbated. It was difficult for them to determine their direction without the help of sunlight.

To prevent accidents, Brother Wolf found a good camping spot the moment the sun had set and the bunch hurried off to rest.

Wandering around the mountain the whole day had sapped Li Du of all his energy, so much so that it was difficult for him to stand up again after sitting down.

Young Markelov was chewing gum. It was clear he was drained of energy as well. He said, “F*ck, why are we so tired? We weren’t even this tired back when we were in the army undergoing ironman training!”

Brother Wolf responded, “Close your eyes, everyone, and let your mind relax. We’re tired, not physically but mentally. There’s something going on with the folded mountains that is giving us extra mental stress!”

Li Du shut his eyes as Brother Wolf instructed, but his vision did not go blank completely. Instead, rings and rings of spiral patterns that resembled the folds on the mountain appeared in his vision, but they were much more tightly coiled. They were spinning simultaneously and it was making him dizzy.

Li Du could not take it anymore so he opened his eyes, but it turned out that he was better off keeping his eyes shut. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw the bit of the mountain rocks that were illuminated by the flame and stared straight into their folds.

This was more than he could bear. Not only did his eyes hurt, but his head was spinning as well. He quickly turned his head to the side and vomited.

Godzilla, who had been trying to start the fire, hurried over to pat his back. He asked in concern, “What’s wrong, boss?”

Li Du felt a lot better after throwing up and heaved a sigh. “It’s nothing, it’s probably because we’ve been staring at the folds too long.”

Brother Wolf handed a cup of warm wine over to him and said, “Drink some of this. The island is cursed, so we have to be careful. It’s like natural hypnosis — staring at the folds for too long will numb you mentally.”

According to their original plan, they should have been able to get close to the location of the teen in the video, but all they had been doing the entire day was getting confused and dizzy. They did not know for certain where they were, so whether or not they could find the boy was now a question of luck.

Big Quinn brought minced meat with him. After he thawed the meat, he dumped it into the pot along with some rosemary and celery to make meatball soup.

As the fragrant soup warmed their stomachs, the bunch of them felt a lot better. Their mind was finally at ease after taking a beating the entire day.