Puzzles ( BoZhan : Completed )

Forty8th-Puzzle

Time has shown the number of 9 when the blue Ford Ranger passed by the remote area, where both sides of the road were the forest. Xiao Zhan sipped the coffee they bought from the cafe near the remote area earlier. Wang Yibo was asleep beside him.

Xiao Zhan rummaged into his leather jacket's pocket, fishing out the box of cigar and the lighter. He flipped out one of the cigars and slipped it in between his lips. When he was about to lit the cigar, he glanced at Wang Yibo who slept peacefully. He undid his intention to smoke inside the car.

So he tried to find a comfortable spot for him to pull over. A few meters later he pulled over at the roadside. He got down the truck and closed the door softly, to not wakes the other male up. He walked about two meters away, so the smoke from the cigar won't disturb the younger male if it happens crept into the car.

He sucked the cigar deeply to fight the cold that attacks him, ripples into his leather jacket. He hissed between his clenched teeth when the breeze swooshes on his face. He quickly sucked the tar of the nicotine again deeper.

Suddenly his hearing caught the voices from inside the forest. It was like people shouting something, but he couldn't hear it clearly. Then there was the sound of a lot of people chanted of something. Xiao Zhan furrowed his brows. He was wondered, how come there are people deep inside the forest and they sounded like chanted over something he didn't understand. And it's in the night. He looked around the area, there were no houses at all. It was only the remote area surrounded by the jungles.

The sound of the fire eating up something could be heard. Being pushed by his curiosity, Xiao Zhan stepped into the wood. The fire cracking on something clearly could be heard. And there was a voice of female screaming, followed by the people chanted over again. 

Xiao Zhan felt his bone froze. The eerie feeling wrapped up around his head. He dropped the cigarette butt on the ground carpeted with the dried leaves and he stepped on it to kill the fire. His curiosity killed his fear. He kept stepping into the wood further. Every step he made was very heavy which made him walked very slow to approach where the sound came from.

The cold sweat ran through his spine. He grabbed a trunk of the tree to steady himself which suddenly became frail. He stood there with eyes averted into the deep forest. He didn't even realize that he was holding his breath which made him panting when he took one. He searched for support on the tree and he holding his knee with the other hand.

When he was trying to compose himself,  from behind him there was a hand came closer to his bent back. And when it grabbed his shoulder, he jumped up and turned around while slapped it away.

"Hah! Ah! Ah! You... You... Scared me!" Xiao Zhan was shuttered between his panting breath.

"What are you doing here? Why do you entering the wood?" it was Wang Yibo who was awake because he felt no movements in his truck while he was sleeping, and when he opened his eyes, the agent wasn't beside him driving.

"I heard... I heard something from inside...!" said Xiao Zhan, pointed at the deeper forest.

"What did you hear from there?" asked Wang Yibo.

"People shouting and chanting. And a woman screaming..." answered Xiao Zhan.

The sound of something broken by the fire cracking in the forest.

"See? Do you hear that?' Xiao Zhan stared at Wang Yibo who stunned on his spot.

"I think there was a sect of the believers doing the ritual..." said Wang Yibo.

"Sect of believers? What believers? What ritual?" asked Xiao Zhan.

"Let's get back to the car. I'll tell you about this sect on the way...!" said Wang Yibo, pulled Xiao Zhan to exit the wood.