At noon the next day, when I was having lunch, Zhong's mother's mobile phone rang, and a heart-rending voice came from inside: "Auntie, save me!" ”

This voice was completely unfamiliar to Zhang Tianyu, but Zhong Mu recognized it and asked urgently, "Xiaorui, what's wrong with you?" What happened? ”

It's Jiang Xiaorui! Zhong Ling's cousin!

"Professor, professor......" Jiang Xiaorui's voice repeated like a mechanic: "Where is the professor?" Yes! ”

The earpiece made a "sizzling" sound, almost breaking the eardrum, Zhong Mu's face changed, and she quickly moved the phone away, and she could still hear the sound of stabbing and stabbing in the distance, as if there was an electric current passing through the earpiece, and there was a slight snapping sound in the stinging sound, Zhong Mu raised the volume: "Ruiyang, can you hear it?" Where are you now? What happened? ”

There was no response from the other side, and finally a terrible cry came: "Auntie! ”

The voice stopped abruptly, the phone was interrupted, Zhong Mu's scalp was numb, and she looked up in horror: "Things are not quite right, Xiaorui seems to be very dangerous, I heard more than one person's screams." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Zhong Ling took out his mobile phone and called, but the call was connected, but no one answered!

"Mom, don't worry." Zhong Ling comforted his mother and said: "Since Brother Xiaorui is going to archaeology this time, the whereabouts of the archaeological team are actually clear, let's ask clearly before setting off to find him." ”

Zhong Ling and Zhang Tianyu went to Jiang Xiaorui's university, but were surprised to learn that they did not go to the ancient tomb, but went to a place to investigate the folk custom of sky burial.

Tibetan Buddhists believe that celestial burials carry a desire to ascend to "heaven." Every region has a celestial burial site, that is, a celestial burial ground, and there are celestial burial masters engaged in this industry. After death, the body is curled up, the head is bent on the knees, the posture is sitting, wrapped in a white Tibetan quilt, placed on the earthen platform on the right side of the door, and the lama is asked to recite the Sutra of Transcendence.

On the auspicious day, the corpse is carried to the heavenly burial platform by the person who carries the corpse, and the vulture is caused by the "mulberry" smoke first, and the lama finishes chanting, and the corpse is disposed of by the celestial burial master. Then, the vultures flew in response to the sound and vied with each other to peck at the food, which was the most auspicious, indicating that the deceased was not guilty and that the soul had ascended to heaven in peace. If it is not eaten, the remaining part should be picked up and incinerated, and the sutra should be recited excessively.

Tibetans believe that the vultures on the mountains around the heavenly burial platform do not harm any small animals except for eating human corpses, and are "sacred birds". The celestial burial ceremony is generally held in the early morning, and the family of the deceased must send the body to the celestial burial platform before dawn, and the sun slowly rises and the celestial burial ceremony begins.

The professor took the students to a place in Qinghai, the address was clear, the next morning, Zhong Ling and Zhang Tianyu went directly to the airport, and after arriving at the place, they rented a car to go to Jiang Xiaorui's last stay, that place is a grassland that few people know, the grassland has been barren, only the skeleton of the yurt on the grassland is left, and there are faded colored flags falling on the skeleton all around.

Cattle and sheep are no longer active, lazily walking on the earthy yellow grass, water vapor rises from time to time on the car windows, along the way with the change of altitude, sometimes sunny and sometimes rainy, sometimes snowy, sometimes slippery on the road, sometimes dry, all the way over, it is inevitable to make people worry.

But the roads in this area are unexpectedly flat, there are few vehicles along the way, and occasionally herders stop and look at foreign vehicles curiously.

Zhong Ling came here and called his cousin's phone from time to time, at first he was able to get through, and then he turned off the phone directly, until now, a mechanical female voice came from the other end of the phone: "The phone you dialed has been turned off." ”

With a long exhale, Zhong Ling was a little upset, opened the window, and the cold wind outside blew in, Zhang Tianyu couldn't help but shiver and shrunk his shoulders: "It's so cold." ”

The temperature here is seven or eight degrees lower than that of the imperial capital, and before coming up, because the altitude is too high, the two of them took saffron in advance and also brought portable oxygen cylinders in case of emergency.

Zhong Ling closed the car door and said: "My cousin is different from me, he doesn't have any skills, to put it mildly, if he hadn't lived outdoors for a long time, his physical fitness had been slowly trained, and he would be a male version of Lin Daiyu." ”

"Huh? No way? My big cousin is so weak? ”

Zhong Ling glanced at him and said helplessly: "My cousin is the only boy in my grandmother's family, and he has been pampered since he was a child. ”

"His biggest struggle was to go to the Department of Archaeology instead of following his parents' instructions to study medicine." Zhong Ling added: "Archaeology is regarded as the unpopular among the unpopular, and my uncle and aunt think that this major is difficult to find a job, but my cousin, who has always been obedient since childhood, is really surprising and insists on studying archaeology abnormally. ”

Zhong Ling frowned, suddenly gasped, and the dusty past suddenly surfaced, she still remembered that it was a scorching afternoon, Jiang Xiaorui, who was facing the college entrance examination volunteer, ran to "the flowers blooming on the other side", sitting on the steps and waiting for herself to go out.

As soon as the cousin saw him, he raised his hand and touched her head, and said with a smile: "I've grown taller again." ”

"Brother, why are you here?"

"I want to apply for archaeology." Jiang Xiaorui grinned, because he was interested in studying, he had long been short-sighted, and he was wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, which looked quite dull: "Well......"

As soon as he dragged out the long tail note, it meant that he had something on his mind, and Zhong Ling smiled: "Brother, if you have something to say, just say it." ”

"I'm always dreaming." Jiang Xiaorui said: "In the past month, I've been having the same dream, oh, thirty-one days, a day is not a lot, Ling'er, do you think I'm evil?" ”

Zhong Linghu looked at Jiang Xiaorui suspiciously, her cousin is good at everything, but she is a little fragile and neurotic, she took a step back, looked at her brother carefully, and shook her head: "Brother, you don't have a ghost on you, you are not possessed." ”

"Huh......" Jiang Xiaorui patted his chest and grinned: "That's good, it's okay if you don't have it, but isn't it too evil to always have the same dream, and ah, that woman ......"

"Women?" Zhong Ling couldn't help laughing: "Brother, you haven't been in love yet, have you?" ”

"Nope." Jiang Xiaorui said: "My parents won't let me, let me take the university entrance examination." ”

The little Zhong Ling smiled slightly: "Oh, so you started dreaming about women." ”

"Isn't it too coincidental to dream of the same for thirty-one days?"

"Master, master!" Zhang Tianyu asked puzzledly, "What are you doing in a daze?" ”

"It's nothing, it suddenly occurred to me about my cousin, who once said that he dreamed of the same woman for thirty-one days." Zhong Ling said: "He has grown so big, it is smooth sailing, the only bizarre thing is this, I wonder if there is any connection." ”

Zhong Ling was infinitely annoyed: "I should have asked clearly. ”

"Master, don't worry, we're not sure what happened to my eldest cousin now." Zhang Tianyu comforted.

"We seem to be going around in circles." Zhong Ling said suddenly: "The street sign that came in just now clearly pointed here, but this street sign is in front of us again." ”

On the vast grassland on the left and right, there was only one low house, Zhang Tianyu pushed the door down: "I'll ask for directions." ”

"Can't go." Zhong Ling's chin nodded slightly: "See, there is a red paper pasted at the door of the house, which means that this family has just given birth to a woman, and outsiders are prohibited from entering, and we are not welcome guests." ”

Zhang Tianyu, who had already pushed the door open, pulled the door back shut: "Really, there are so many rules?" ”

"If it is in a tent, there are strict customs for the seating, seating, and sitting method in the tent, and the woman cannot sit above the man, and the man can sit cross-legged, and the woman must kneel half-way, not cross-legged; Men are not allowed to cross things that women and children use, but must go around. Zhong Ling said: "There are many rules here, the so-called local customs, let's be cautious." ”

Zhong Ling got out of the car and looked at the street sign that made them detour, and found that the sign on it was particularly slippery, so he played left and right, but he didn't expect that this sign could be turned!

Zhong Ling turned the sign, in addition to moving forward, the road sign also pointed to a trail on the right hand side that is only for cars to move forward, which is just paved with simple stones, stepping on it and making a noise, looking forward, the mountains in front of the clouds, and there is a small lake on the side, standing here can not see the size, but you can see a piece of blue "jewel".

"Go there." Zhong Ling said, "Do you see the top of the mountain in front of you?" The top of the mountain is not pointed, but flat, and the burial ground is generally built on the mountain, which must be a flat place, so ......"

"Understood." Zhang Tianyu said and drove the car to that side, Zhong Ling's judgment was correct, he was about to reach the mountain, and found the camp, there were people in the camp, the fire was rising, the smoke was rising, and when he saw the oncoming vehicles, someone came out anxiously, and came out in a hurry and waved: "Here, here!" ”

The car leaned over, but the person who stepped out put down his hand in disappointment and turned back and said, "It's not the police." ”

Zhong Ling shouted loudly, "Is Jiang Xiaorui here?" ”

This name provoked the man to run over again, see the five people in the car, and say, "You are looking for Xiaorui?" ”

This person was about fifty years old, with a full beard, Zhong Ling was stunned: "You are Professor Shi?" ”

"You know me?" Professor Shi said, "You are Xiaorui? ”

"I'm his sister." Zhong Ling couldn't wait to get out of the car: "Professor, we received a call from my brother, he seems to be in danger, what is going on?" Also, my brother said you were missing. ”

Professor Shi stomped his feet again and again: "That stupid boy, I didn't disappear at all, I just got up early and went to the heavenly burial platform to guard the heavenly burial ceremony, that kid obviously arrived at the heavenly burial platform but didn't see me, and as a result, he lost contact, our whole group waited here for a day and a night, and the police have been called, but it doesn't seem to be useful." ”

Zhong Ling was speechless in surprise: "My brother is lost in the mountains? ”

Another team member walked over and said, "The possibility of getting lost is very small, there is only one way down the burial platform, and no matter what, it is impossible to deviate." ”

Zhong Ling's face sank, at this time, the sky was about to be dark, and Professor Shi's face was nervous: "Come in, hurry, let your companion get out of the car, hurry up and enter the tent." ”

Zhong Ling didn't know what to do, and was dragged into the square tent by the professor and the team member, and pulled the door tightly, Zhang Tianyu was puzzled when he saw this: "Why are you so nervous?" ”

"Shh The professor said, "Something strange comes at night, so we must be careful." ”

Zhong Ling suddenly thought that this was a Tibetan area, could it be, "Weak Lang?" ”

Professor Shi asked, "How do you know?" ”

"I am the Heavenly Master." Zhong Ling said: "These things are normal for us. ”

Looking around, this is not the only tent, but it is the largest one, and all the people are concentrated in it, including Professor Shi, a total of five people, and the other four people are all coming to collect wind, all of them are Jiang Xiaorui's classmates.

There was a brazier in the center of the tent, the fire inside was burning, everyone sat in the center of the brazier, Yan Nan took the time to bring in the remaining water and food in the car, even Professor Shi was not calm, their food was only enough for two days, and now these things are simply charcoal in the snow!

The brazier was burning brighter and louder, and the water in the kettle was gurgling and was about to open.

One student clutched his hair in pain: "Professor, when can we go?" ”

"After finding Xiaorui." Professor Shi said firmly: "If I don't find him for a day, I won't leave for a day." ”

Zhong Ling said: "Professor, you will leave first after dawn tomorrow, and leave the matter of finding my brother to us, is there a map of this place?" ”

The professor shook his head: "I'll leave it to you, we are familiar with this area, and we are helpless. ”

"But we're different." Zhang Tianyu said: "We all have the experience of field exploration, and we all have our own strengths...... It's hard to explain this to you. ”

I was still about to speak, but there was a sudden "bang" sound outside, the faces of the five people changed, and the professor said in a deep voice: "The weak man is here." ”

The Tibetan term "weak lang" refers to the fact that after some evil or hungry people die, the rest of their sins are not finished, and they have regrets, so they raise their bodies after death to complete the remnants of their evil lives or seek unobtained food. However, this can only be achieved in a state where its body is intact, until the corpse is formed, and the corpse will notice a change.

Zhong Ling prefers to have them raised corpses.

Those corpses that are about to rise, their faces are swollen, their skin is purple and black, their hair is standing on end, and their bodies are blistered, and then they slowly open their eyes and sit up, and then get up and run straight forward with their hands All corpses have a common characteristic: they can't speak, they can't bend over, they can't turn around, they can't even turn their eyes, they can only stare straight ahead, and their bodies run straight forward. If a living person is encountered, the corpse will be touched with a stiff hand, so that the living person will die immediately and become a corpse at the same time. This bizarre and terrifying effect is confined to the body of a living person, and has no effect on other animals.

Just touching the top can make people become corpses, more magical than zombies, zombies still need to bite to make the other party become the same kind, corpses just reach out and touch the top, the top naturally refers to the top of the person's head.

"In this area, wild burials and abandoned burials are widely practiced. Wild burial refers to the fact that after a person dies, his body is stripped naked and thrown in the wild, where he dies and where he is lost. Abandonment of burial means that after a person dies, the living family moves away and abandons the deceased on the old site. Whoever uses this method of burial generally undresses, and the clothes he covered before his death are untouched on the deceased's body, as if he were a living person sleeping. Because of this, there are a lot of corpses in this area. Professor Shi sighed and said, "About three days ago, they would come over every night. ”

As soon as he turned around, Zhong Ling saw the human head, his head was full of pus, and there was black liquid dripping under a pair of red eyes, looking inside, there were several shadows behind him, more than one corpse!

The tent had already been smashed several rounds, and the window was only a thin layer of nylon, which made the professor very worried, and motioned for the students to stand behind him, this action looked in Zhong Ling's eyes, and he respected the professor, and at the same time, he heard a stabbing sound, and the already weak window was cut open by the claws of the corpse, and a corpse broke through the tent and entered......

Zhong Ling jumped and came to the corpse, a static charm was pasted on the corpse's head, the corpse immediately couldn't move, Zhang Tianyu flew up and kicked it out, and then resealed the window with tape on one side!

Zhong Ling's speed made the professor dumbfounded, and what shocked them even more was the small rune paper.

After the corpse was kicked out, there was a "bang" sound, the body of the corpse sank, and the sound after falling was clear enough, Zhong Ling and Zhang Tianyu glanced at each other, the crisis has not been resolved, after all, there is more than one corpse!

Zhang Tianyu ran to the window, looked outside, and couldn't help but gasp, there was a dense group of corpses outside, they were fat and thin, tall and short, all wearing clothes that were rotten like strips of cloth, there were men and women, among them, there were a few children, they had completely surrounded this tent, and they had a great tendency to attack.

Professor Shi said: "It's strange, there were only one or two before, why are there so many today?" ”

"Looks like we've arrived at the right time." Zhong Ling said: "Eighty percent of the previous continuous attacks were blocked, and now there are so many people ready to concentrate on the attack, professor, how did you escape before?" ”

The professor said, "Because of one thing on me." ”

Zhong Ling's heart moved, and he was about to speak, the window that had just been sealed with duct tape was now torn open again, saying that it was too late, it was too fast, the scimitar in Zhong Ling's hand flew out and slashed at the neck of the corpse, and the remaining blood on the corpse spurted out, and many of them hit the tent, taking advantage of the sluggishness of the corpse action in front, Zhang Tianyu kicked it out again!

These students are usually just academics, where have they seen such a bloody scene, they screamed in fright, hugged each other and retreated, Professor Shi also opened his mouth slightly, and Zhang Tianyu protected them behind him: "Stand back, lean against the fire." ”

The five people reacted and quickly shrank by the fire, and Professor Shi comforted in a low voice: "It's okay, they are not ordinary people." ”

After driving the corpse out again, Zhang Tianyu was puzzled: "Master, don't you need your golden light spell?" ”

"It's useless." Zhong Ling said: "The corpses are not ordinary zombies, and the Golden Light Spell is useless against them. ”

Zhong Ling didn't bother to explain, took out a bronze mirror, placed it in front of the window, and then bit his finger and drew a lamp on it, with a few strokes, just a rough kerosene lamp, Zhong Ling muttered in his mouth: "Just give it a try." ”

The blood smeared on the unicorn mark on the forehead, the unicorn force refracted out, swept on the lamp, and for a while the whole tent was transparent, and as soon as the corpses touched these lights, they bounced away, and they were all far away......

Zhong Ling breathed a sigh of relief, and then made a bitter face, it was the first time that people had seen a corpse.

She didn't stop, took out the stone powder and laid it around the room, Zhang Tianyu wanted to speak, Zhong Ling's fingers stood up: "Shhh ”