Reincarnation Train Restart [Unlimited]
Chapter 145 Lost in the Desert 02
Dr. Cao Jizhang's assistant, Xiaowei, was placed in another tent. In order to avoid the mental stimulation caused by the crowd, Wu Xia waited for a long time for the passengers, and Ah Ye walked into the tent next door.
This tent is connected to Xiaowei's tent, with a thick fabric in the middle, and a piece of transparent one-way fabric about the length of an arm and the width of a palm on top.
And there is a device in the tent where Wu Xiajiu and others are located, which can transmit the conversation between the captain Feng Gu and Xiaowei.
Feng Gu entered the tent where Xiaowei was staying alone.
Wu Xiajiu looked through the transparent fabric, Xiaowei's cheeks were sunken, his skin was sallow, obviously he had suffered a lot in the desert.
And there was indeed a problem with his mental state, his expression was in a trance, even if Feng Gu walked in, he didn't respond, he just stared at one place in a daze.
Until Feng Gu opened his mouth and said, "Xiaowei, can you hear me?"
Seeing that Xiaowei didn't respond to his words at all, he didn't pay any attention to him at all, he didn't even give him a look, but he was never discouraged, but continued to ask: "Xiaowei, you followed Dr. Cao Jizhang to the desert to find Gu Loulan country, and to explore the mystery of the disappearance of Lop Nur, what happened along the way?"
"Why are you the only one coming back now?"
"But Dr. Cao Jizhang and the subordinates I sent to protect them lost their news and communications. What happened? What happened to you? Quicksand, sandstorm..."
Feng Gu kept asking questions.
And as Feng Gu talked more and more, Xiaowei's expression also began to change, panic, panic, fear... the spirit gradually became volatile and unstable.
Finally, before Feng Gu finished speaking, he yelled, hugged his head and fell off the bed built in the tent, crawled to a corner, shrank in a corner of the tent, and shivered.
This kind of reaction can't help but surprise Feng Gu—what happened to Xiaowei, Dr. Cao Jizhang and others in the desert?
If it was just quicksand, sandstorms and other disasters, the expression would not be so frightening.
After all, Xiaowei has been to many places with Dr. Cao, many of which are dangerous places, and has the experience to deal with dangers in the wild. It is impossible for him to be frightened into such a state by desert disasters.
At this moment, Feng Gu couldn't help but think of the weird voice received by the radio not long ago, and his face became darker and uglier.
He paused, took a step forward with a relaxed expression, and comforted Xiaowei and said, "Don't be afraid, you have already walked out of the desert, and you are safe here."
"Tell me, what happened to you in the desert?"
"Where are Dr. Cao and the others? They may still be waiting for rescue."
"Xiaowei, think about your most beloved Dr. Cao, he is still waiting for us to save him."
Feng Gu's words had some effect, Xiaowei's eyes flickered, his expression changed, and he was finally willing to speak.
His voice trembled: "It's too dangerous, that desert is too dangerous... There are ghosts and monsters, people can't live in the desert, don't go..."
In Xiaowei's narration, he, Dr. Cao and a group of accompanying protection personnel have been searching for the ruins of the ancient Loulan Kingdom since they entered the desert.
At the beginning, everything went well. Although it was difficult to survive in the desert, they were well-prepared and did not get in the way. There was no shortage of water or food.
After experiencing a sandstorm, they were a little lost in the wind and sand, but fortunately no one was missing.
When everything calmed down, the scene in front of me changed, a deep hole sunken downwards appeared, and many exquisite ancient wooden carvings were swept away by sandstorms on the edge and surroundings of this deep hole...
It was self-evident that there was something under the deep cave, and they immediately decided to go down to find out, and sure enough, there were indeed the ruins of the ancient Loulan Kingdom below.
When Xiaowei said that they had found the ancient Loulan ruins, Feng Gu was a little excited.
But then, Xiaowei continued to talk - it is true that there is the ancient Loulan site, but it is also full of dangers that ordinary people can't imagine.
When Xiaowei mentioned this, his face became terrified again, and he trembled all over and said: "The mummy, the mummy in the ruins has been resurrected, and there are big bugs."
"We were running away in the ruins, panicking. It was at that time that I got separated from Dr. Cao and others and crawled out of the ruins..."
Xiaowei hugged his head, unwilling to think about it.
What he said was actually not as terrifying as one-tenth of what he encountered.
After finally escaping from the ruins, he wanted to leave the desert alone, almost relying on willpower to move forward.
The way back was not smooth, he had hallucinations from time to time, and saw a mummy chasing him, but when he came back to his senses, he found it was fake.
It kept repeating like this, tormenting his spirit.
Then, he was like a walking dead, walking completely instinctively, or crawling in the desert when he lost his strength. In short, he didn't faint until he came out of the desert and saw the base.
The desert is too scary. If possible, Xiaowei is 1 people who don't want to go in again.
But after Feng Gu asked what happened to them in the desert, he said that the ruins of the Loulan Kingdom had been buried under the desert for a long time, and there might be some miasma or hallucinogenic things, and what he said might just be hallucinations .
When Feng Gu went to the desert, besides saving people, the most important thing was to dig the ruins of ancient Loulan.
What's more, what Xiaowei didn't know was that the reason why Dr. Cao entered this desert was another task - to find mineral veins, which was very important to Feng Gu, or the people above, and it was impossible to give up.
Therefore, even if Feng Gu thinks that what Xiaowei said is likely to be true, he still has to be attracted to falsehoods and illusions, and Xiaowei must follow them into the desert again to lead the way.
And after Feng Gu finished speaking, Xiaowei turned pale, shook his head and said in a panic: "No, no! I don't want to go in again, I can't..."
"Also, maybe the doctor and the others are already in distress, and we can't save them even if we go into the desert again. It's futile to do these things..."
Feng Gu said expressionlessly: "Even if Dr. Cao and the others only have one corpse left, I will go in and bring him out."
Before Dr. Cao Jizhang lost contact, Feng Gu received a message from him that he already had some clues about where the ore veins are. If you continue to search, you will be able to find them.
But now that Dr. Cao is dead or alive, the clues are broken, but according to Dr. Cao's habit, he will definitely record the clues he finds in his notes.
Carry that notebook with him, just like Feng Gu said, even if the body is dead, he will go into the desert to find it.
Feng Gu's forced decision made Xiaowei almost lose control of his emotions, but his refusal was useless. Feng Gu then sent someone to watch him, waiting to take him into the desert again.
Afterwards, Feng Gu left the tent, greeted Wu Xiajiu and others, and waited for them to listen to a strange recording.
This is a radio communication from Dr. Cao and others after they lost contact—there was a lot of noise, and it was noisy.
"...Save, save me, come and save me, I'm down there..."
The short words were divided into several paragraphs before finishing, and it made people shudder for no reason, and this voice was not Dr. Cao, nor did it sound like anyone under him.
Especially after these words were finished, several timbres were changed during the period.
"It seems that the voices of many people are spliced together." Tang Yunsi frowned.
Feng Gu: "That's right, but I had someone check it afterwards. The location of the communication is indeed from the direction of the desert, and the audio cannot be spliced."
"It can only be said that something unexpected happened in the desert. Be prepared, and we will set off in the afternoon."
Feng Gu didn't want to wait for a day. He had already prepared the things to go into the desert, and he just waited for the "rescue team" to come. Now, after asking Xiaowei about his experience in the desert, he can set off.
In the afternoon, Feng Gu prepared a cart and camels.
He still has a little manpower in the base, together with the "rescue team" composed of Wu Xiajiu and others, he forcibly took Xiaowei and left the base.
After a while, the edge of the desert was close in front of us. The car was in front and the camel was behind, and entered the desert.
Xiaowei and Feng Gu were in the same car. When he got into the car, he was tied up. He burst into tears, broke down and shouted. However, Feng Gu was cold-hearted and didn't give in to let him stay at the base.
The group walked all the way and entered the desert until they couldn't see the edge of the desert. Looking around, there seemed to be nothing but sand dunes.
Soon, the sun slanted westward and dusk appeared.
At sunset, Feng Gucai finally ordered the whole car to rest.
"I finally stopped to rest. If I don't stop, the bitterness in my stomach will be knocked out." As soon as the car stopped, the drunkard got out of the car and stretched his waist, all the bones in his body seemed to be ringing.
The old Xiao who was on the side heard it, snorted and said, "Bitter water, I think it's wine. I drank so much before I came here, but luckily I didn't spit it out in the car, otherwise I'll gag your mouth."
The drunkard also sneered at him, too lazy to answer.
It was rare for Nie Su to stay quietly by the side. If he only looked at his appearance, he might think he was a kind and docile person, but the saying "a person should not be judged by his appearance" applies everywhere.
At the very least, Lao Xiao and the alcoholic would not dare to speak to scientists like this.
When the tent was simply set up and ready to rest for the night, the passengers stayed in one place in twos and threes. Except for the team members, they were indifferent to each other and had nothing to say.
Wu Xiajiu withdrew his scrutinizing gaze, and turned to the fire that had ignited in the desert.
The daytime is hot and hot, the night is cold and cold, and the temperature difference between day and night is huge. Here, despite the unknown test and possible physical discomfort, if you get sick, the chance of survival will inevitably shrink.
Captain Feng Gu has assigned the task of vigil, but he has not assigned it to Wu Xiajiu, Shi Shangzuo and others for the time being. They should be able to sleep well in the tent tonight.
Before taking a break, Fang Zi walked around the camp and came back and asked, "Has any of you survived in the desert?"
Wu Xiajiu, Tang Yunsi, and Lu Nan shook their heads. Who would come to the desert if they had nothing to do? Of course, sandboarding, camel riding, etc. were excluded. Shi Shangzuo said that he had been to the desert before, and he had quite a wealth of experience abroad. experience in dealing with the dangers of the desert.
"In the desert, heatstroke and lack of water may kill people, but once you encounter dangers such as quicksand and sandstorms, if you can't escape, you will die." Shi Shangzuo said.
"Other than that, it's the animals and plants in the desert."
Lu Nan couldn't help asking: "What's there?"
"Snakes, lizards and scorpions are the most common. In the desert, animals generally do not come out during the day."
"In the evening, especially near dusk, during the period before the sun completely sets, or on the eve of dawn, some animals will come out in order to avoid the high temperature and drought."
"As for the plants in the desert, sometimes they are more deadly than animals."
"In the desert, if people are extremely thirsty and hungry, most of them will eat plants that grow in the desert, but some plants may cause irreversible damage to the body, and even threaten life."
"Such as medicine gourd, desert rose, tiger thorn plum..."
Shi Shangzuo listed several deadly desert plants and described their appearance.
Fang Zi smacked his lips when he heard this, and finally concluded that the desert is really dangerous.
Wu Xiajiu: "Ordinary deserts are so dangerous, it is difficult for ordinary people to challenge, let alone here."
"In the ancient Loulan ruins that Xiaowei mentioned, the danger will be even more terrifying, especially during the [-]-day period. Before finding Dr. Cao, don't use the props if you don't use them, and save your life at a critical moment."
Because of participating in the rescue and the dangers that may be encountered in the desert, Xiaowei disclosed in advance, so Captain Feng Gu gave each of them self-defense equipment, such as wooden cang sticks, which is enough to deal with some dangers.
And although they have props, the number of times the props can be used is limited, and it is best to use them at critical moments.
Although Xiaowei said that before he was separated from Dr. Cao and others, Dr. Cao and the others did not escape from the ancient Loulan ruins, they may have stayed inside or died.
However, there is a message from the world under the car, and Wu Xiajiu knows that Dr. Cao will not die.
But it is difficult to determine whether he is still in the Loulan ruins.
After all, the information prompt also mentioned the Lop Nur Quest. If they can easily find Dr. Cao and bring it back, this is not a high-risk level.
Fang Zi, Tang Yunsi and Lu Nan talked to Wu Xiajiu a few times, seeing that it was getting late, they went back to their tents to rest, Wu Xiajiu and Shi Shang went into the tent and fell asleep after a while.
But I don't know how long it has passed, Wu Xiajiu was woken up.
He opened his eyes in a daze, and for a moment he didn't know where he was, as if a voice was calling him, telling him to get out of the tent and leave the camp.
At this moment, Wu Xiajiu's ears warmed up, and he suddenly came to his senses, and looked up at the person who was leaning over him at the moment.
Shi Shangzuo silently "shushed" him, signaling him to be quiet, and at the same time, moved his palms slightly away.
Wu Xiajiu heard the voice from outside clearly now - it was the cry of a woman, mournful and miserable, which seemed extremely strange.
And this voice can confuse people's minds, making people want to go out involuntarily...
"Go and have a look." Wu Xiajiu said to Shi Shang in a low voice.
There were vigilant passengers outside, and they didn't know what the situation was.
Shi Shangzuo nodded, and let go of Wu Xiajiu's ear.
After being woken up, listening to this miserable cry is not very likely to be confused.
The two walked out of the tent very lightly, and it happened that someone also came out of the tent. Wu Xiajiu turned his head and saw that it was Ajin and Gesang.
The two lived in the same tent, so it was no accident that they came out together. The passengers on the night watch included Li Mao, Yi Rong and Britney, but at this moment, all three of them had disappeared.
After a while, Fang Zi also poked his head out from the tent, and after meeting Wu Xiajiu's eyes, he opened his mouth and silently said that the three of them were fine.
Wu Xiajiu walked over and said in a low voice: "Ah Zuo and I followed the voice and went to have a look. You stay here and pay attention to safety."
"Okay." Fang Zi said.
Wu Xiajiu and Shi Shangzuo left later, and Gesang followed. A Jin, that is, Mi Zheng, paused, walked over and followed behind.
After the four left, the rest of the passengers either had nothing to do with them, or temporarily held back and waited and watched.
The direction of the cry was clear, and when walking out of the camp surrounded by cars, camels and tents, a series of messy footprints appeared on the sand.
When he came out, Wu Xiajiu went to see the tent where Feng Gu and Xiaowei slept.
Before going to bed, Feng Gu handcuffed Xiaowei's hands with his handcuffs, fearing that Xiaowei would steal a car and run away in the middle of the night.
Now that he has just passed the edge of the desert, if Xiaowei wants to leave easily, Feng Gu thought of this way, so he won't be afraid that he won't be able to detect if he disappears.
But the strange thing is that they could hear this weird cry, but Feng Gu and Xiaowei were still sleeping soundly. Could it be that the cry was targeted?
After a while, Wu Xiajiu saw a woman sitting on the sand dunes in the distance, looking at her back, with long hair draped over her shoulders, wearing silk clothes. The night was so cold, but her clothes were thin and tight.
Wu Xiajiu looked around. There were only women on the sand dunes, but Li Mao, Yi Rong and Britney were not seen. Could it be that the three of them were not attracted?
But if he didn't come, where did he go?
Just when Wu Xiajiu wanted to take a closer look, Shi Shangzuo suddenly grabbed his hand.
At the same time, Gesang said in a low voice, "Don't go, the ghost is surrounded by quicksand."
Shi Shangzuo also nodded at Wu Xiajiu, meaning Gesang was right, there was indeed quicksand.
After Wu Xia heard the words for a long time, he frowned in his heart and looked - under the night, the sand in the desert was all the same, there was no wind, except for crying, this area was extremely silent, and the sand did not even raise a grain of sand.
In this situation, the existence of quicksand is generally not found at all. I am afraid that if you step on it unsuspectingly, you will be in danger immediately.
And as if aware that they didn't intend to come closer, the female ghost stopped crying and turned around slowly...
Wu Xiajiu couldn't help but opened his eyes.
How should I describe the appearance of this female ghost?
Her face, and some of her uncovered skin, looked as though it had been overexposed to the desert sun.
The eyes are blind, although they are open, but the skin around the eyes, including the skin of other facial features, is wrinkled and shrunk, like a wrinkled and tightened fabric that lacks moisture.
Or, like a paper towel soaked in water, wring it out and grab it into a ball again. After it dries completely, the paper towel is wrinkled and hard.
The skin of the female ghost's face and body is like this. After lack of water, the organs of the whole body will shrink, and the facial features are no exception.
Her eyes were reduced to two black holes about the size of fingernails, the surrounding skin was sunken inward, her nose was only bone-shaped, and her lips were shriveled and almost disappeared.
Especially the skin on the body is brownish red, peeling, scarred with bulging and broken blisters, black spots all over the place...
Such a terrifying appearance could not help but make Wu Xiajiu frown, feeling a little uncomfortable.
And Mi Zheng took a step back in disgust, not because he was afraid, but subconsciously. At this moment, the female ghost uttered a piercing scream at them, which was unbearable as if it wanted to pierce the eardrum.
While Wu Xiajiu covered his ears, he felt the sand on the bottom of his feet seem to be flowing. The next moment, Shi Shangzuo pulled his wrist tightly and stepped back.
"This female ghost seems to be able to control quicksand." Shi Shangzuo whispered.
"Don't let her approach you." Gesang also said.
Wu Xiajiu: "Go back to the camp."
But before they ran far, when Wu Xiajiu looked back again, the figure of the female ghost suddenly disappeared, and it was quiet and peaceful behind.
Wu Xiajiu immediately tugged Shi Shangzuo's hand, and said, "Disappeared."
Mi Zheng also stopped, frowned and asked puzzledly: "What's the matter, is this female ghost coming out to play?"
After standing still for a while, the female ghost did not appear, making them think that what they saw just now was a hallucination, but they knew each other clearly that it was not.
Let's just say it's kind of weird.
Wu Xiajiu and Shi Shangzuo could only go back with some confusion.
After returning, to Wu Xiajiu's surprise, Li Mao, Yi Rong and Britney also came back.
They hadn't been seen before, but now they seemed to have never left the camp, sitting by the fire with normal expressions.
Wu Xiajiu immediately squinted his eyes, with a harmless and natural expression on his face, walked over and asked in surprise, "Where did you go just now? Did you hear a burst of crying?"
"We came out to check, and we were a little worried when we didn't see your figure. We just went out to find you..."
Yi Rong and Britney are a team.
Britney is a gentle-looking woman with long curly hair, although she is not particularly beautiful, she has characteristics.
She heard the words and Yi Rong looked at each other, and said: "We also heard the cry of a woman, and we were almost attracted to leave the camp before, but fortunately, we suddenly woke up halfway, so we went to check with Yi Rong, what a pity Nothing was found."
Yi Rong nodded: "It's not long before I came back after going around outside."
Nothing was found...they didn't see the female ghost?
But, when he heard the crying, he was lured away by the female ghost, why didn't the female ghost appear?
Wu Xiajiu couldn't help turning his attention to Li Mao - he boarded the train alone, but after talking with the passenger code-named Bitter Gourd, it seemed that he had formed a temporary alliance.
Although Li Mao was impatient with Wu Xiajiu's question, he still opened his mouth and said, "I just fell asleep during the night watch and didn't hear anything."
"When I woke up from urinating, both of them were gone, so I went out to use the toilet."
Yi Rong said: "When Britney and I left, Li Mao was still dozing off."
This proves that what Li Mao said is true.
Gesang asked at this time: "Seeing that the two of them have disappeared, don't you feel puzzled?"
Gesang's Putonghua accent was a bit strange.
Li Mao sneered and said: "In the world under the car, it's best not to have any unnecessary curiosity, otherwise it will only kill yourself. The two of them are gone. Is it possible that I have to go out of the camp to look for them?"
It has nothing to do with him whether there is anything wrong with others.
Although Li Mao was surprised that he didn't hear the woman's cry, he didn't think it was a bad thing. He was the one who was unlucky when the female ghost came to his door.
Li Mao was too lazy to answer any questions.
Wu Xiajiu felt something was wrong, so he asked Yi Rong and Britney when they left the camp, and what time was it after they woke up, but unfortunately, they didn't check it at that time.
At this moment, Feng Gu was probably awakened by the sound of their conversation. He poked his head out of the tent and said, "What are you doing? Those who shouldn't be keeping vigil should go back to rest and recover their spirits. We will go deep into the desert tomorrow."
Wu Xiajiu, Gesang, Mi Zheng and others went back to their tents.
After getting into the sleeping bag, Wu Xiajiu said to Shi Shangzuo in a low voice: "Li Mao, Yi Rong and Britney left the camp before us, but we heard the cry later..."
"The time is staggered, the cries we heard should not be the same."
Shi Shangzuo said: "There may be more than one female ghost who lures people with crying."
Wu Xiajiu nodded.
Shi Shangzuo said: "Let's rest first."
Wu Xia thought for a long time that after the female ghost's cries, tonight would pass peacefully.
But not long after, he was awakened by a terrified cry. Fortunately, he was not asleep, and immediately rushed out of the tent with Shi Shangzuo.
The night watch was exchanged, and Li Mao, Yi Rong and Britney went back to rest in the middle of the night.
As the only two women in the team, Britney and Ji Yu slept in a tent.
Jiyu doesn't need to keep vigil tonight, he is sleeping drowsily, but at the same time he is still vigilant.
After Britney entered the tent, she opened her eyelids and took a look - Britney's back was facing her, she was wearing a sleeping bag, her long curly hair was originally tied up, but because she was going to sleep and rest, she had put it away The rope was taken off casually, and the hair was loose at the moment, and the face could not be seen clearly.
Then, Jiyu seemed to feel that there was no danger, so he closed his eyes and continued to sleep.
But her senses were still there. When she realized that Britney beside her had finished spreading the sleeping bag but did not lie down, she couldn't help feeling a little puzzled, but she didn't think much about it, but slowly, she began to feel something was wrong...
She seemed to be being watched, and the hairs all over her body stood up.
And the sleeping bag under her body became softer and softer, until a sense of panic welled up in her heart, when Yu suddenly opened her eyes, and saw that Britney, whose back was turned to her, had completely changed at this moment.
——Long-haired shawl, silk gauze skirt, brown-red skin covered with black spots and scars, and a particularly terrifying face.
Those two sunken eyes that were only the size of fingernails were staring at her, watching her wake up, and slowly grinning, and then, when Ji Yu yelled in horror, the female ghost pounced on her.
Fortunately, passengers who can muster up the courage to step on this train have at least the means to save their lives.
Jiyu broke free from the sleeping bag and kicked down hard when the female ghost grabbed her foot.
But at the same time, the entire tent was sinking. She gritted her teeth, grabbed the curtain of the tent, and then quickly crawled out. The female ghost dragged her legs and crawled out.
After Wu Xia got out of the tent for a long time, he saw that Jiyu was almost dragged back by the female ghost after climbing out of the tent, and half of the tent she lived in was already buried in quicksand.
Just when the female ghost was about to drag her into the quicksand and bury her deeply, Gesang appeared in time and grabbed Jiyu's hand. At the same time, the bead string on his wrist hit the female ghost, and the female ghost screamed After a cry, it turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared.
However, the female ghost disappeared, but the quicksand still existed, and it was still expanding.
"My leg..." At this time, Shiyu cried out, and seemed to be unable to bear the pain, and fell to the ground.
And her calf, which was grabbed by the female ghost, seemed to be scalded, torn, and the trouser legs were rolled up, and the skin had burns like palm prints.
Fortunately, Feng Gu and the other passengers woke up, and after they could pack their things away from the quicksand, the dawn dawned.
All they lost was a tent and some supplies, and... in the other direction, the real Britney body buried in a bunker.
——The whole body is dry, the skin is wrinkled, as if all the moisture has been drained from the body, and the eyes are as if they have been burned.
After seeing the corpse of her companion, Yi Rong grabbed her hair and collapsed.
Because he had no idea when Britney died. In his knowledge, Britney had been with him all the time, so how could she die? !
This tent is connected to Xiaowei's tent, with a thick fabric in the middle, and a piece of transparent one-way fabric about the length of an arm and the width of a palm on top.
And there is a device in the tent where Wu Xiajiu and others are located, which can transmit the conversation between the captain Feng Gu and Xiaowei.
Feng Gu entered the tent where Xiaowei was staying alone.
Wu Xiajiu looked through the transparent fabric, Xiaowei's cheeks were sunken, his skin was sallow, obviously he had suffered a lot in the desert.
And there was indeed a problem with his mental state, his expression was in a trance, even if Feng Gu walked in, he didn't respond, he just stared at one place in a daze.
Until Feng Gu opened his mouth and said, "Xiaowei, can you hear me?"
Seeing that Xiaowei didn't respond to his words at all, he didn't pay any attention to him at all, he didn't even give him a look, but he was never discouraged, but continued to ask: "Xiaowei, you followed Dr. Cao Jizhang to the desert to find Gu Loulan country, and to explore the mystery of the disappearance of Lop Nur, what happened along the way?"
"Why are you the only one coming back now?"
"But Dr. Cao Jizhang and the subordinates I sent to protect them lost their news and communications. What happened? What happened to you? Quicksand, sandstorm..."
Feng Gu kept asking questions.
And as Feng Gu talked more and more, Xiaowei's expression also began to change, panic, panic, fear... the spirit gradually became volatile and unstable.
Finally, before Feng Gu finished speaking, he yelled, hugged his head and fell off the bed built in the tent, crawled to a corner, shrank in a corner of the tent, and shivered.
This kind of reaction can't help but surprise Feng Gu—what happened to Xiaowei, Dr. Cao Jizhang and others in the desert?
If it was just quicksand, sandstorms and other disasters, the expression would not be so frightening.
After all, Xiaowei has been to many places with Dr. Cao, many of which are dangerous places, and has the experience to deal with dangers in the wild. It is impossible for him to be frightened into such a state by desert disasters.
At this moment, Feng Gu couldn't help but think of the weird voice received by the radio not long ago, and his face became darker and uglier.
He paused, took a step forward with a relaxed expression, and comforted Xiaowei and said, "Don't be afraid, you have already walked out of the desert, and you are safe here."
"Tell me, what happened to you in the desert?"
"Where are Dr. Cao and the others? They may still be waiting for rescue."
"Xiaowei, think about your most beloved Dr. Cao, he is still waiting for us to save him."
Feng Gu's words had some effect, Xiaowei's eyes flickered, his expression changed, and he was finally willing to speak.
His voice trembled: "It's too dangerous, that desert is too dangerous... There are ghosts and monsters, people can't live in the desert, don't go..."
In Xiaowei's narration, he, Dr. Cao and a group of accompanying protection personnel have been searching for the ruins of the ancient Loulan Kingdom since they entered the desert.
At the beginning, everything went well. Although it was difficult to survive in the desert, they were well-prepared and did not get in the way. There was no shortage of water or food.
After experiencing a sandstorm, they were a little lost in the wind and sand, but fortunately no one was missing.
When everything calmed down, the scene in front of me changed, a deep hole sunken downwards appeared, and many exquisite ancient wooden carvings were swept away by sandstorms on the edge and surroundings of this deep hole...
It was self-evident that there was something under the deep cave, and they immediately decided to go down to find out, and sure enough, there were indeed the ruins of the ancient Loulan Kingdom below.
When Xiaowei said that they had found the ancient Loulan ruins, Feng Gu was a little excited.
But then, Xiaowei continued to talk - it is true that there is the ancient Loulan site, but it is also full of dangers that ordinary people can't imagine.
When Xiaowei mentioned this, his face became terrified again, and he trembled all over and said: "The mummy, the mummy in the ruins has been resurrected, and there are big bugs."
"We were running away in the ruins, panicking. It was at that time that I got separated from Dr. Cao and others and crawled out of the ruins..."
Xiaowei hugged his head, unwilling to think about it.
What he said was actually not as terrifying as one-tenth of what he encountered.
After finally escaping from the ruins, he wanted to leave the desert alone, almost relying on willpower to move forward.
The way back was not smooth, he had hallucinations from time to time, and saw a mummy chasing him, but when he came back to his senses, he found it was fake.
It kept repeating like this, tormenting his spirit.
Then, he was like a walking dead, walking completely instinctively, or crawling in the desert when he lost his strength. In short, he didn't faint until he came out of the desert and saw the base.
The desert is too scary. If possible, Xiaowei is 1 people who don't want to go in again.
But after Feng Gu asked what happened to them in the desert, he said that the ruins of the Loulan Kingdom had been buried under the desert for a long time, and there might be some miasma or hallucinogenic things, and what he said might just be hallucinations .
When Feng Gu went to the desert, besides saving people, the most important thing was to dig the ruins of ancient Loulan.
What's more, what Xiaowei didn't know was that the reason why Dr. Cao entered this desert was another task - to find mineral veins, which was very important to Feng Gu, or the people above, and it was impossible to give up.
Therefore, even if Feng Gu thinks that what Xiaowei said is likely to be true, he still has to be attracted to falsehoods and illusions, and Xiaowei must follow them into the desert again to lead the way.
And after Feng Gu finished speaking, Xiaowei turned pale, shook his head and said in a panic: "No, no! I don't want to go in again, I can't..."
"Also, maybe the doctor and the others are already in distress, and we can't save them even if we go into the desert again. It's futile to do these things..."
Feng Gu said expressionlessly: "Even if Dr. Cao and the others only have one corpse left, I will go in and bring him out."
Before Dr. Cao Jizhang lost contact, Feng Gu received a message from him that he already had some clues about where the ore veins are. If you continue to search, you will be able to find them.
But now that Dr. Cao is dead or alive, the clues are broken, but according to Dr. Cao's habit, he will definitely record the clues he finds in his notes.
Carry that notebook with him, just like Feng Gu said, even if the body is dead, he will go into the desert to find it.
Feng Gu's forced decision made Xiaowei almost lose control of his emotions, but his refusal was useless. Feng Gu then sent someone to watch him, waiting to take him into the desert again.
Afterwards, Feng Gu left the tent, greeted Wu Xiajiu and others, and waited for them to listen to a strange recording.
This is a radio communication from Dr. Cao and others after they lost contact—there was a lot of noise, and it was noisy.
"...Save, save me, come and save me, I'm down there..."
The short words were divided into several paragraphs before finishing, and it made people shudder for no reason, and this voice was not Dr. Cao, nor did it sound like anyone under him.
Especially after these words were finished, several timbres were changed during the period.
"It seems that the voices of many people are spliced together." Tang Yunsi frowned.
Feng Gu: "That's right, but I had someone check it afterwards. The location of the communication is indeed from the direction of the desert, and the audio cannot be spliced."
"It can only be said that something unexpected happened in the desert. Be prepared, and we will set off in the afternoon."
Feng Gu didn't want to wait for a day. He had already prepared the things to go into the desert, and he just waited for the "rescue team" to come. Now, after asking Xiaowei about his experience in the desert, he can set off.
In the afternoon, Feng Gu prepared a cart and camels.
He still has a little manpower in the base, together with the "rescue team" composed of Wu Xiajiu and others, he forcibly took Xiaowei and left the base.
After a while, the edge of the desert was close in front of us. The car was in front and the camel was behind, and entered the desert.
Xiaowei and Feng Gu were in the same car. When he got into the car, he was tied up. He burst into tears, broke down and shouted. However, Feng Gu was cold-hearted and didn't give in to let him stay at the base.
The group walked all the way and entered the desert until they couldn't see the edge of the desert. Looking around, there seemed to be nothing but sand dunes.
Soon, the sun slanted westward and dusk appeared.
At sunset, Feng Gucai finally ordered the whole car to rest.
"I finally stopped to rest. If I don't stop, the bitterness in my stomach will be knocked out." As soon as the car stopped, the drunkard got out of the car and stretched his waist, all the bones in his body seemed to be ringing.
The old Xiao who was on the side heard it, snorted and said, "Bitter water, I think it's wine. I drank so much before I came here, but luckily I didn't spit it out in the car, otherwise I'll gag your mouth."
The drunkard also sneered at him, too lazy to answer.
It was rare for Nie Su to stay quietly by the side. If he only looked at his appearance, he might think he was a kind and docile person, but the saying "a person should not be judged by his appearance" applies everywhere.
At the very least, Lao Xiao and the alcoholic would not dare to speak to scientists like this.
When the tent was simply set up and ready to rest for the night, the passengers stayed in one place in twos and threes. Except for the team members, they were indifferent to each other and had nothing to say.
Wu Xiajiu withdrew his scrutinizing gaze, and turned to the fire that had ignited in the desert.
The daytime is hot and hot, the night is cold and cold, and the temperature difference between day and night is huge. Here, despite the unknown test and possible physical discomfort, if you get sick, the chance of survival will inevitably shrink.
Captain Feng Gu has assigned the task of vigil, but he has not assigned it to Wu Xiajiu, Shi Shangzuo and others for the time being. They should be able to sleep well in the tent tonight.
Before taking a break, Fang Zi walked around the camp and came back and asked, "Has any of you survived in the desert?"
Wu Xiajiu, Tang Yunsi, and Lu Nan shook their heads. Who would come to the desert if they had nothing to do? Of course, sandboarding, camel riding, etc. were excluded. Shi Shangzuo said that he had been to the desert before, and he had quite a wealth of experience abroad. experience in dealing with the dangers of the desert.
"In the desert, heatstroke and lack of water may kill people, but once you encounter dangers such as quicksand and sandstorms, if you can't escape, you will die." Shi Shangzuo said.
"Other than that, it's the animals and plants in the desert."
Lu Nan couldn't help asking: "What's there?"
"Snakes, lizards and scorpions are the most common. In the desert, animals generally do not come out during the day."
"In the evening, especially near dusk, during the period before the sun completely sets, or on the eve of dawn, some animals will come out in order to avoid the high temperature and drought."
"As for the plants in the desert, sometimes they are more deadly than animals."
"In the desert, if people are extremely thirsty and hungry, most of them will eat plants that grow in the desert, but some plants may cause irreversible damage to the body, and even threaten life."
"Such as medicine gourd, desert rose, tiger thorn plum..."
Shi Shangzuo listed several deadly desert plants and described their appearance.
Fang Zi smacked his lips when he heard this, and finally concluded that the desert is really dangerous.
Wu Xiajiu: "Ordinary deserts are so dangerous, it is difficult for ordinary people to challenge, let alone here."
"In the ancient Loulan ruins that Xiaowei mentioned, the danger will be even more terrifying, especially during the [-]-day period. Before finding Dr. Cao, don't use the props if you don't use them, and save your life at a critical moment."
Because of participating in the rescue and the dangers that may be encountered in the desert, Xiaowei disclosed in advance, so Captain Feng Gu gave each of them self-defense equipment, such as wooden cang sticks, which is enough to deal with some dangers.
And although they have props, the number of times the props can be used is limited, and it is best to use them at critical moments.
Although Xiaowei said that before he was separated from Dr. Cao and others, Dr. Cao and the others did not escape from the ancient Loulan ruins, they may have stayed inside or died.
However, there is a message from the world under the car, and Wu Xiajiu knows that Dr. Cao will not die.
But it is difficult to determine whether he is still in the Loulan ruins.
After all, the information prompt also mentioned the Lop Nur Quest. If they can easily find Dr. Cao and bring it back, this is not a high-risk level.
Fang Zi, Tang Yunsi and Lu Nan talked to Wu Xiajiu a few times, seeing that it was getting late, they went back to their tents to rest, Wu Xiajiu and Shi Shang went into the tent and fell asleep after a while.
But I don't know how long it has passed, Wu Xiajiu was woken up.
He opened his eyes in a daze, and for a moment he didn't know where he was, as if a voice was calling him, telling him to get out of the tent and leave the camp.
At this moment, Wu Xiajiu's ears warmed up, and he suddenly came to his senses, and looked up at the person who was leaning over him at the moment.
Shi Shangzuo silently "shushed" him, signaling him to be quiet, and at the same time, moved his palms slightly away.
Wu Xiajiu heard the voice from outside clearly now - it was the cry of a woman, mournful and miserable, which seemed extremely strange.
And this voice can confuse people's minds, making people want to go out involuntarily...
"Go and have a look." Wu Xiajiu said to Shi Shang in a low voice.
There were vigilant passengers outside, and they didn't know what the situation was.
Shi Shangzuo nodded, and let go of Wu Xiajiu's ear.
After being woken up, listening to this miserable cry is not very likely to be confused.
The two walked out of the tent very lightly, and it happened that someone also came out of the tent. Wu Xiajiu turned his head and saw that it was Ajin and Gesang.
The two lived in the same tent, so it was no accident that they came out together. The passengers on the night watch included Li Mao, Yi Rong and Britney, but at this moment, all three of them had disappeared.
After a while, Fang Zi also poked his head out from the tent, and after meeting Wu Xiajiu's eyes, he opened his mouth and silently said that the three of them were fine.
Wu Xiajiu walked over and said in a low voice: "Ah Zuo and I followed the voice and went to have a look. You stay here and pay attention to safety."
"Okay." Fang Zi said.
Wu Xiajiu and Shi Shangzuo left later, and Gesang followed. A Jin, that is, Mi Zheng, paused, walked over and followed behind.
After the four left, the rest of the passengers either had nothing to do with them, or temporarily held back and waited and watched.
The direction of the cry was clear, and when walking out of the camp surrounded by cars, camels and tents, a series of messy footprints appeared on the sand.
When he came out, Wu Xiajiu went to see the tent where Feng Gu and Xiaowei slept.
Before going to bed, Feng Gu handcuffed Xiaowei's hands with his handcuffs, fearing that Xiaowei would steal a car and run away in the middle of the night.
Now that he has just passed the edge of the desert, if Xiaowei wants to leave easily, Feng Gu thought of this way, so he won't be afraid that he won't be able to detect if he disappears.
But the strange thing is that they could hear this weird cry, but Feng Gu and Xiaowei were still sleeping soundly. Could it be that the cry was targeted?
After a while, Wu Xiajiu saw a woman sitting on the sand dunes in the distance, looking at her back, with long hair draped over her shoulders, wearing silk clothes. The night was so cold, but her clothes were thin and tight.
Wu Xiajiu looked around. There were only women on the sand dunes, but Li Mao, Yi Rong and Britney were not seen. Could it be that the three of them were not attracted?
But if he didn't come, where did he go?
Just when Wu Xiajiu wanted to take a closer look, Shi Shangzuo suddenly grabbed his hand.
At the same time, Gesang said in a low voice, "Don't go, the ghost is surrounded by quicksand."
Shi Shangzuo also nodded at Wu Xiajiu, meaning Gesang was right, there was indeed quicksand.
After Wu Xia heard the words for a long time, he frowned in his heart and looked - under the night, the sand in the desert was all the same, there was no wind, except for crying, this area was extremely silent, and the sand did not even raise a grain of sand.
In this situation, the existence of quicksand is generally not found at all. I am afraid that if you step on it unsuspectingly, you will be in danger immediately.
And as if aware that they didn't intend to come closer, the female ghost stopped crying and turned around slowly...
Wu Xiajiu couldn't help but opened his eyes.
How should I describe the appearance of this female ghost?
Her face, and some of her uncovered skin, looked as though it had been overexposed to the desert sun.
The eyes are blind, although they are open, but the skin around the eyes, including the skin of other facial features, is wrinkled and shrunk, like a wrinkled and tightened fabric that lacks moisture.
Or, like a paper towel soaked in water, wring it out and grab it into a ball again. After it dries completely, the paper towel is wrinkled and hard.
The skin of the female ghost's face and body is like this. After lack of water, the organs of the whole body will shrink, and the facial features are no exception.
Her eyes were reduced to two black holes about the size of fingernails, the surrounding skin was sunken inward, her nose was only bone-shaped, and her lips were shriveled and almost disappeared.
Especially the skin on the body is brownish red, peeling, scarred with bulging and broken blisters, black spots all over the place...
Such a terrifying appearance could not help but make Wu Xiajiu frown, feeling a little uncomfortable.
And Mi Zheng took a step back in disgust, not because he was afraid, but subconsciously. At this moment, the female ghost uttered a piercing scream at them, which was unbearable as if it wanted to pierce the eardrum.
While Wu Xiajiu covered his ears, he felt the sand on the bottom of his feet seem to be flowing. The next moment, Shi Shangzuo pulled his wrist tightly and stepped back.
"This female ghost seems to be able to control quicksand." Shi Shangzuo whispered.
"Don't let her approach you." Gesang also said.
Wu Xiajiu: "Go back to the camp."
But before they ran far, when Wu Xiajiu looked back again, the figure of the female ghost suddenly disappeared, and it was quiet and peaceful behind.
Wu Xiajiu immediately tugged Shi Shangzuo's hand, and said, "Disappeared."
Mi Zheng also stopped, frowned and asked puzzledly: "What's the matter, is this female ghost coming out to play?"
After standing still for a while, the female ghost did not appear, making them think that what they saw just now was a hallucination, but they knew each other clearly that it was not.
Let's just say it's kind of weird.
Wu Xiajiu and Shi Shangzuo could only go back with some confusion.
After returning, to Wu Xiajiu's surprise, Li Mao, Yi Rong and Britney also came back.
They hadn't been seen before, but now they seemed to have never left the camp, sitting by the fire with normal expressions.
Wu Xiajiu immediately squinted his eyes, with a harmless and natural expression on his face, walked over and asked in surprise, "Where did you go just now? Did you hear a burst of crying?"
"We came out to check, and we were a little worried when we didn't see your figure. We just went out to find you..."
Yi Rong and Britney are a team.
Britney is a gentle-looking woman with long curly hair, although she is not particularly beautiful, she has characteristics.
She heard the words and Yi Rong looked at each other, and said: "We also heard the cry of a woman, and we were almost attracted to leave the camp before, but fortunately, we suddenly woke up halfway, so we went to check with Yi Rong, what a pity Nothing was found."
Yi Rong nodded: "It's not long before I came back after going around outside."
Nothing was found...they didn't see the female ghost?
But, when he heard the crying, he was lured away by the female ghost, why didn't the female ghost appear?
Wu Xiajiu couldn't help turning his attention to Li Mao - he boarded the train alone, but after talking with the passenger code-named Bitter Gourd, it seemed that he had formed a temporary alliance.
Although Li Mao was impatient with Wu Xiajiu's question, he still opened his mouth and said, "I just fell asleep during the night watch and didn't hear anything."
"When I woke up from urinating, both of them were gone, so I went out to use the toilet."
Yi Rong said: "When Britney and I left, Li Mao was still dozing off."
This proves that what Li Mao said is true.
Gesang asked at this time: "Seeing that the two of them have disappeared, don't you feel puzzled?"
Gesang's Putonghua accent was a bit strange.
Li Mao sneered and said: "In the world under the car, it's best not to have any unnecessary curiosity, otherwise it will only kill yourself. The two of them are gone. Is it possible that I have to go out of the camp to look for them?"
It has nothing to do with him whether there is anything wrong with others.
Although Li Mao was surprised that he didn't hear the woman's cry, he didn't think it was a bad thing. He was the one who was unlucky when the female ghost came to his door.
Li Mao was too lazy to answer any questions.
Wu Xiajiu felt something was wrong, so he asked Yi Rong and Britney when they left the camp, and what time was it after they woke up, but unfortunately, they didn't check it at that time.
At this moment, Feng Gu was probably awakened by the sound of their conversation. He poked his head out of the tent and said, "What are you doing? Those who shouldn't be keeping vigil should go back to rest and recover their spirits. We will go deep into the desert tomorrow."
Wu Xiajiu, Gesang, Mi Zheng and others went back to their tents.
After getting into the sleeping bag, Wu Xiajiu said to Shi Shangzuo in a low voice: "Li Mao, Yi Rong and Britney left the camp before us, but we heard the cry later..."
"The time is staggered, the cries we heard should not be the same."
Shi Shangzuo said: "There may be more than one female ghost who lures people with crying."
Wu Xiajiu nodded.
Shi Shangzuo said: "Let's rest first."
Wu Xia thought for a long time that after the female ghost's cries, tonight would pass peacefully.
But not long after, he was awakened by a terrified cry. Fortunately, he was not asleep, and immediately rushed out of the tent with Shi Shangzuo.
The night watch was exchanged, and Li Mao, Yi Rong and Britney went back to rest in the middle of the night.
As the only two women in the team, Britney and Ji Yu slept in a tent.
Jiyu doesn't need to keep vigil tonight, he is sleeping drowsily, but at the same time he is still vigilant.
After Britney entered the tent, she opened her eyelids and took a look - Britney's back was facing her, she was wearing a sleeping bag, her long curly hair was originally tied up, but because she was going to sleep and rest, she had put it away The rope was taken off casually, and the hair was loose at the moment, and the face could not be seen clearly.
Then, Jiyu seemed to feel that there was no danger, so he closed his eyes and continued to sleep.
But her senses were still there. When she realized that Britney beside her had finished spreading the sleeping bag but did not lie down, she couldn't help feeling a little puzzled, but she didn't think much about it, but slowly, she began to feel something was wrong...
She seemed to be being watched, and the hairs all over her body stood up.
And the sleeping bag under her body became softer and softer, until a sense of panic welled up in her heart, when Yu suddenly opened her eyes, and saw that Britney, whose back was turned to her, had completely changed at this moment.
——Long-haired shawl, silk gauze skirt, brown-red skin covered with black spots and scars, and a particularly terrifying face.
Those two sunken eyes that were only the size of fingernails were staring at her, watching her wake up, and slowly grinning, and then, when Ji Yu yelled in horror, the female ghost pounced on her.
Fortunately, passengers who can muster up the courage to step on this train have at least the means to save their lives.
Jiyu broke free from the sleeping bag and kicked down hard when the female ghost grabbed her foot.
But at the same time, the entire tent was sinking. She gritted her teeth, grabbed the curtain of the tent, and then quickly crawled out. The female ghost dragged her legs and crawled out.
After Wu Xia got out of the tent for a long time, he saw that Jiyu was almost dragged back by the female ghost after climbing out of the tent, and half of the tent she lived in was already buried in quicksand.
Just when the female ghost was about to drag her into the quicksand and bury her deeply, Gesang appeared in time and grabbed Jiyu's hand. At the same time, the bead string on his wrist hit the female ghost, and the female ghost screamed After a cry, it turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared.
However, the female ghost disappeared, but the quicksand still existed, and it was still expanding.
"My leg..." At this time, Shiyu cried out, and seemed to be unable to bear the pain, and fell to the ground.
And her calf, which was grabbed by the female ghost, seemed to be scalded, torn, and the trouser legs were rolled up, and the skin had burns like palm prints.
Fortunately, Feng Gu and the other passengers woke up, and after they could pack their things away from the quicksand, the dawn dawned.
All they lost was a tent and some supplies, and... in the other direction, the real Britney body buried in a bunker.
——The whole body is dry, the skin is wrinkled, as if all the moisture has been drained from the body, and the eyes are as if they have been burned.
After seeing the corpse of her companion, Yi Rong grabbed her hair and collapsed.
Because he had no idea when Britney died. In his knowledge, Britney had been with him all the time, so how could she die? !
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