Chapter 22: Reappearance (I)
"Chen Badai?!" Xia Ruobing, who was two or three meters away behind Chen Badai, saw Chen Badai burrowing into the grass, the speed was quite fast, and he was just about to walk along the grass he had separated, when he heard him scream, and the figure that was shaking just now disappeared all of a sudden, and he didn't know what was going on, so he shouted in a hurry.
"I'm fine...... Stay back...... It's a big hole! Chen Badai wanted to chase the corpse quickly, but without looking at his feet, he stepped into the air and fell into the pit, fortunately, the pit was not deep, Chen Badai got up and patted the blades of grass and soil on his body indiscriminately.
"Why did you get old in the pit?" The last Wang Xingguo heard Chen Badai say this and asked, "Are you injured?" ”
As soon as someone gets hurt, the activity should be terminated immediately, no matter how close to success! Chen Badai stroked up and down on his body, but he was not injured.
"I'm fine...... I'm fine...... Looking at the pit ......" Xia Ruobing stood on the edge of the pit at this time, looking at Chen Badai's appearance a little funny, his hat was leaning on half of his skull, a blade of grass was hanging just right under his mouth, and his neck was scratched by a blade of grass, but he was sure that he didn't hurt his muscles and bones.
It is also a good thing to have Chen Badai's exploration, everyone bypassed the pit and continued to pursue, the distance of 200 meters is not far in normal times, but this distance is not easy to walk when there is tall grass to cover it, the dense blades of grass not only block the way, but also block the line of sight, making it extremely difficult for people to move, Wang Xingguo leaned down and finally found the grass in the ground.
"Do you know why corpses crawl instead of walking?" Wang Xingguo asked suddenly, at this time, everyone was panting and fighting against the blades of grass, as soon as the soft blades of grass reached out and pushed them away, they bounced back as soon as they let go, and they bounced into their faces accidentally, this kind of attack was impossible to prevent, everyone had to half-bow their heads, lean over, look at the line with their eyes, and use their hands and hats to block the crazy attack of the blades of grass, but in this way, the speed of progress became very slow.
"I'll ...... Bah...... Wang Xingguo: What good way do you have it? Sherpa is tall, not flexible at all in this small space, when he was about to speak, a flexible grass stem happened to be slapped on his mouth, and his lips were numb, usually this kind of terrain is detoured, but now in order to chase the corpse, take the straight line is the closest, and the detour has to be a big circle, but at this time Sherpa regretted entering this grass, this is the densest grass he has encountered since entering the ghost gate.
"Because you can't get by walking, you can get through when you crawl" Wang Xingguo said, Sherpa saw Wang Xingguo's figure disappearing in the grass like this, and then saw the grass shaking, according to the rhythm of the shaking, Sherpa could judge that Wang Xingguo was crawling on the ground, and the speed was really much faster.
The grass here is close to the ground part of the part really has a big gap, perhaps in order to compete for more space and nutrients, in order to survive, the grass grows to the thickness of a thumb, three or five roots are a cluster, after growing up, the leaves desperately expand outward, pouring into the neighbor's space, I don't know how many years of struggle and dumping, finally reached the current balance, between each cluster of grass there is a space for a person to climb through.
Hearing Wang Xingguo say this, everyone had to bend down and grovel, crawling against the ground like a four-legged beast, although it was more tired than walking on two legs, and they should always pay attention to the backpack on their bodies being hooked by grass stems, but the speed has increased a lot.
Wang Xingguo was already sweating profusely when he climbed out of the grass, the grass here was much shorter, only waist-high, Wang Xingguo saw at a glance that the stone was squatting quietly less than 50 meters in front of him, and the blue shroud was hanging on the stone.
"I'm bah, I'm bah...... Lao Tzu hates lignified herbaceous plants the most...... "Chen Badai got out of the grass, the whole person was no longer human-shaped, the hat was hung on the back of the neck, the hands were covered with dirt, the knee part of the pants was rotten with a hole, and the backpack was crooked to the side, which was not bad, but the neck was not well protected, and a lot of fine dried grass blades got into the neck, Chen Badai turned around and pulled it into the neck with his hands, but he couldn't clean it.
After Xia Ruobing got out of the grass, she didn't care about the dirt on her body, and ran towards the stone while patting, this stone was not too high, she climbed up all of a sudden, standing by the blue shroud and was stunned.
"Ruobing, what do you see?" Sherpa asked anxiously, he saw Xia Ruobing stunned, thinking that something had scared her.
"Nothing......" Xia Ruobing said dejectedly.
Xia Ruobing was a little annoyed, it was she who decided to chase the corpse, but there was nothing here, and when she looked back at the bushes, she had now deviated from the direction, and time was passing, which was not a human will to change.
Wang Xingguo climbed on the stone and stood beside Xia Ruobing, there was a corner here on this stone, and the corpse climbed over from this side and disappeared behind the stone, but Wang Xingguo still saw that in the low grass here, the traces of the corpse crawling were very clear, and the traces that had just climbed neatly crossed a straight line on the grass, and then disappeared into a tall grass.
Wang Xingguo squatted down and touched the stone with his hand, different from the roughness of the natural stone, Wang Xingguo felt a smoothness similar to grease. He scraped his fingernails, and saw something familiar with a faint amber color, and put it under his nose to smell it, but there was still no smell.
"What the hell is this?" Chen Badai also did the same, scraped a little to see and smell, and almost couldn't help but put it in his mouth to taste.
"I don't know, Sherpas, collect some samples." Wang Xingguo was also puzzled, he was a little undecided now, whether to continue chasing the corpse, or to turn around and go to the small grove to find the expedition team? I've been chasing this corpse for most of the day, but it seems to be close at hand, but it's always one step slower than him, as if he has a sense, like a ghost who is seducing people into a trap, always making you feel like you can reach out but can't really catch him.
"Corpse oil?" Chen Badai finally couldn't help it, licked it with his tongue and tasted it, there was a little bit of rotten taste, he muttered, and spat on it.
"Chen Badai, do you want to be so disgusting?" Xia Ruobing saw it and felt something tumbling in her stomach, although she hadn't eaten for a long time.
"Hmm...... I'm sacrificing for the sake of scientific exploration. Chen Badai replied with a hippie smile.
Mr. Min was a little confused, and the corpse disappeared again, and disappeared into the grass not far behind the stones, but at this time, should you continue to chase? I want to see the corpse walking, is this considered to be seen, and the mausoleum of the Loulan wizard, is it really in the coffin mountain? If these corpses really went to Coffin Mountain, where was the entrance?
Mr. Min sensed that his brain was a little insufficient, so he untied the kettle from his waist and took a big sip, forcing himself to calm down.
"Ruobing?" Sherpa tentatively called Xia Ruobing, it was her decision just now, and her decision was equally important at this time.
Xia Ruobing looked at the Sherpa , in order to keep up with the team, he didn't have time to put on his coat, wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt and drilling in the grass with everyone, at this time, his thick arms were scratched by blades of grass everywhere, and blood was still oozing in some places.
"At this point, it should be too late to turn back." Wang Xingguo looked at the weather again, the weather was not bad, but the sun had already crossed the zenith, and he was slowly pacing towards the west, and it had taken more than half an hour to track the short distance of 200 meters.
"Let's go!" Xia Ruobing looked at the traces of the corpse crawling and gritted his teeth, the two purposes cannot be achieved by one, and at this time, it is undoubtedly easier to find the remains of the expedition than to track down a moving corpse.
Now that Xia Ruobing has decided, Wang Xingguo's implementation will be much easier, Sherpa collected the collected samples, Wang Xingguo used the coffin mountain to set the direction and location, and pointed in a direction: "It is most convenient to insert it diagonally from here." ”
Wang Xingguo led the way, and in order to be in a hurry, the group no longer took the formation of a horizontal search, but turned into a column again, and still put Xia Ruobing and Mr. Min in the middle of the team, and the Sherpa was broken.
An hour later, Wang Xingguo led everyone through a patch of grass dotted with a colorful shroud and arrived at the edge of the small bush.
"This is it." Wang Xingguo said, pointing to a small tree, where there was a small orange-red tent covered in muddy water, which stood out here.
Seeing that she was about to reach her destination, Xia Ruobing suddenly hesitated, although she had been preparing for this for ten years, but just as they appeared in front of her, Xia Ruobing found that her most important psychological preparation was not ready.
Xia Ruobing stood dumbfounded, Chen Badai didn't know why, stepped forward, looked around, and said with certainty: "This is it, we found the oil drum next to that tent, huh...... That bad generator is still here......"