Chapter 10: The Dangerous Chessboard

Suddenly woke up, and in a panic he turned on the emergency lights.

The policeman was lying near the door of the tent, blocked with a few black holes in his sleeping bag, soaked in blood.

Zhang Hui's sleeping bag was next to the police, and his handcuffed hands were stained with blood.

It suddenly occurred to me that there were two knives in the team, one in the pulp and one in Zhang Hui's hand!

I asked Zhang Hui, "What about your knife?" ”

Zhang Hui pointed at the dead policeman with his chin and said, "He has already searched for it." ”

I leaned in and probed the policeman's snort, and he was out of breath.

I slowly unzipped my sleeping bag and found that the policeman's blood had flowed inside, and a hot smell was coming out, and he was clutching the ***** tightly in his hand.

I felt in his pocket, and sure enough, I found the knife, which was covered in blood, and I couldn't tell if it was the murderer who killed him, or if the blood that had come out of the murder soaked it.

I put the knife in there too.

Four-eyes didn't scream, it sniffed vigorously at the smell of blood in the tent.

I asked Zhang Hui, "How did you find out?" ”

Zhang Hui said: "I felt as if someone was moving around in the tent, I opened my eyes and listened hard, and it was quiet again. I called out to the policeman, but he didn't answer. I reached out and touched him, and I felt my hand full of hot liquid......"

I looked at Ma Ran and Wu Min and asked, "Have you been asleep?" ”

Ma Ran said nervously: "I was also woken up by Zhang Hui......"

Wu Min said: "It has nothing to do with me, and I was also woken up by Zhang Hui......"

Several people were woken up and came over one after another.

I picked up my emergency light, looked around the police officer's sleeping bag, and again saw a flower carved out of sand.

It dawned on me.

We saw 11 coffins in the ancient tomb, with the names of 11 people written on them, and the order was-

The Tomb of the Cloth Dance. The Tomb of the Outside. The Tomb of Hurgo. The tomb of Zhang Hui. The tomb of Zhou Dedong. The Tomb of the Pulp. Tomb of Pavan. Tomb of Wei Zao. Bai Xinxin's tomb. Buboo's Tomb. Meng Xiaoshuai's tomb.

Yiwu, Wai, and Xu Ergo are all dead.

Next is Zhang Hui.

I always thought that Zhang Hui in this death list referred to Zhang Hui of our team, that is, the person whose real name was Zhang Hui that I later learned. And this policeman's name is Zhang Hui, I understand, Zhang Hui in the death list refers to this policeman!

I picked up the pistol, wiped it, and put it in my pocket.

Then, I found the key on his body, opened the handcuffs for Zhang Hui, and then put the handcuffs away.

I said, "Actually, the fourth person on the death list of that ancient tomb is Zhang Hui, not me, I am afraid that you will be afraid, so I lied." Unexpectedly, this Zhang Hui died tonight. ”

Zhang Hui frowned and thought about it, but he didn't seem to turn the corner.

I said, "If you are killed next, then it means that you killed this Zhang Hui." ”

Zhang Hui seems to be getting more and more confused.

I went on to say, "On the death list, my name is after Zhang Hui, and if I die next, instead of you, then you may never die because your name is not on the death list." ”

After a pause, I continued: "If you really get out of Lop Nur alive, I hope you will surrender yourself, and you will be worthy of this policeman." ”

Zhang Hui understood these words, and he nodded.

I looked at the sand flower again, and kicked it over, and it seemed to be quite strong, unlike the previous ones, and rolled forward, but it did not turn into loose sand.

I looked back and saw that everyone was coming.

Eight of us were mentally prepared for this kind of death, but the next 11 people met for the first time, and they were all stunned.

I was sad and said, "This policeman ...... Very dedicated, it's a pity. Let's dig a grave and bury him. ”

Wei Zao took a few people and buried the policemen 1 kilometer away from the camp, and placed several large stones on his grave as markers.

Zhang Hui didn't go, he walked around with a flashlight. I knew he was looking for the shoe prints of the copper coins on both sides.

Now, the prisoners have become police again.

I walked over to him and asked, "See?" ”

He shook his head.

It seems that the original pair of terrifying shoe prints was just some kind of ***, and now, the murderer is no longer hidden.

After Wei Zao came back, he found me and offered to stand guard for everyone.

I said, "Aren't you afraid?" ”

Wei Zao said half-jokingly: "On that death list, you are in front of me, if you don't die, I will be fine." ”

I pulled the gun out of my pocket, flipped it around, and asked him, "Will it work?" ”

Wei Zao knew very well how important this gun was in this terrifying environment. He took it with a demeanor and said, "Boss Zhou, don't forget that we are comrades-in-arms." ”

I nodded and handed him the gun: "We're not sure what the killer is, I just want to say to you, don't move around as much as possible, it's better to have your back against an object, so that the danger space is cut in half, and as soon as you spot him in front of you, shoot immediately." ”

Wei Zao said: "Boss Zhou, don't worry. ”

Then, everyone did not dare to sleep, and in the tent they lit emergency lights and talked about it.

Death is all around us, but the desert is so dark that we don't know where it is.

When I returned to the tent with Pulp, I noticed at a glance that Nao'er's sleeping bag was deflated.

I said, "What about him?" ”

Pulp looked down and was stunned, she squatted down and touched Nao'er's sleeping bag and said, "He's gone!" ”

With that, she turned and ran outside.

I said, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Let's see if he ran out," she said. ”

After a while, she returned.

I said, "Did you find it?" ”

"Not in all the tents," she said! ”

I said, "That's how he disappeared last time, you can't find him." ”

She thought for a moment and said, "The police can't be killed by him, right?" ”

I shook my head and said, "I don't know. ”

After a pause, Juice said, "It's so weird, I won't dare approach him next time he shows up......

Then she fastened the curtain tightly.

After lying down, she said, "Isn't the fourth one you?" ”

I said, "It's Zhang Hui." ”

"What's next?" ”

I said, "Next is me." ”

Pulp suddenly said, "Let him kill us both together!" ”

I said, "Okay, I'll talk to him when he arrives." ”

"I'm serious!" ”

I said, "I'm serious too, anyway, it's you when I'm dead, so it's better to go together and sleep in a tent in that world." ”

"That's husband and wife!" ”

I said, "It's brother and sister." ”

Yes, next it will be my turn.

I suddenly felt less scared, even relaxed.

When I sleep, I have a flashlight in my hand instead of a knife.

I just want to see what he looks like before that thing kills me.

After the lights went out, it was pitch black, the wind rose again, and the sound of everyone talking was faintly heard.

I was reminded of what Pulp Juice called the "Pisces Jade Pendant" incident.

There are too many supernatural legends in Lop Nur, such as replicants, such as alien ruins, such as incredible underground black holes, such as underground ancient city undead zombies, such as *** explosions...... One of the most famous is the "Pisces Jade Pendant" incident, which made Lop Nur suspicious.

The incident first began with a post in which the author claimed to be a "veteran" stationed in Xinjiang, and was then reposted by the media, calling it the most mysterious top-secret incident since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Here's what the "veteran" said:

In the early days, a shepherd in Lop Nur reported that the sky suddenly anomalous, and the surface environment changed significantly, and then it would return to its original state.

He said that the scientist we know as he is not actually going to explore geology, but to investigate paranormal events, and as a result, a well-preserved base was found in Lop Nur, and there is a large number of unidentified equipment in the base. The expedition team selected individual pieces of equipment to bring back, and one of them was a Pisces jade pendant.

Pisces, alluding to the meaning of Tai Chi Pisces.

When researchers were identifying the object, it suddenly activated, turning one fish into two fish. So, what is the relationship between these two fish? The researchers determined that the two fish were actually the same fish, but there was a time lag between them.

The base in Lop Nur is likely to be a superhuman machine, or what can be understood as the function of Buddhism's divine foot, that is, it can freely transmit between multiple physical spaces. It is even believed that that base should be the intersection of two parallel universes.

The scientist is not missing, but because he has been copied into two (so-called mirror people) by Pisces Jade Pendant, he can only declare that he is missing.

In the 50s and 60s of the last century, there were many mirror people, or replicants, in Lop Nur.

So, on October 16, 1964, the first *** exploded over Lop Nur, just to destroy these replicants......

I have always believed that the "veterans" are making up nonsense and grandstanding.

At present, I can't figure out why the "SOS" we dug up became "OSO" overnight - that is, the Tai Chi pattern.

The more I thought about it, the more puzzled I became.

Maybe there really is a "Pisces Jade Pendant", but it's not the same as what was written in that post.

Early the next morning, 6 men—me, Zhou Zhidan, Lu Sanguo, Wei Zao, Ma Ran, and Wu Min—had a brief breakfast, and then drove three cars with 7 sapper shovels and set off. We went to play chess with the gods.

I didn't know at the time that Zhou Zhidan had a sudden seizure yesterday, which was actually a warning from some kind of force.

Before dawn, we left in the dark.

Zhou Zhidan drove in front to lead the way, I drove in the middle, and Lu Sanguo drove behind.

The car in front of me turned, and I followed. Turn left, I turn on the left turn light; Turn right and I turn on the right turn light......

Every time I turn on the turn signal, I feel a wave of sadness in my heart. Now, we are in the middle of nowhere, there is no one but us, not a single car, there is no need to turn signals at all, my movements are completely habitual......

More than three hours later, the sky gradually brightened, and we finally saw the Yadan landform.

After getting out of the car, Lu Sanguo smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, are you making us laugh?" ”

I said, "I don't understand." ”

Lu Sanguo said: "When you turn left, you hit the right turn signal, and when you turn right, you hit the left turn signal." ”

I was stunned: "Do I have it?" ”

I suddenly thought of something, put my hand in the car, turned on the left turn signal, and then walked to the front of the car to look, the right turn signal was on, flashing and blinking.

This place is so bizarre, left and right upside down, yin and yang confused.

I smiled reluctantly and said, "Maybe it's the wrong wire." ”

I turned off my turn signal and looked at the earthen platforms, no more, no less, exactly 10 earthen platforms. Of course, there are a few small, scattered ones in the vicinity, which are not counted.

I looked at the five earthen platforms on the west side, which were like tall pillars that I couldn't climb at all.

I walked to the five earthen platforms on the east side and looked at them, and they could all climb up. I climbed up to the earthen platform in the middle, about three stories high.

I looked at the top of the 10 earthen platforms, just as Zhou Zhidan said, there were deep ditches on them, very much like those that had been cracked by the sun, 1 foot wide, and the depth was unknown. At this time, I was no longer afraid, but I thought it was a little cute, these deep ditches were just like the strokes that appeared on the sand when we were helping the puppet, you said it was like words, it was really words. If you say it's not a word, it's not a word. If there really is a mysterious spirit in the dark, I think it is very cute, and it wants to play chess with us......

On the opposite 5 earthen platforms, it can be seen as: gold, wood, earth, water and fire.

The five earthen platforms under my feet can be seen as: wood, earth, water, fire, and gold.

Now, we need to change our earthen platform to: fire, gold, wood, earth and water.

I came down from the middle of the earth platform and climbed the first earth platform with everyone, and then, I joked to Lu Sanguo: "Mr. Lu, how long has it been since you did physical work?" ”

Lu Sanguo smiled and said, "I have a piece of land, grow vegetables, grow grain, and often do it." ”

I said to everyone, "Let's change the 'wood' on this earthen platform to 'fire' and give it a try." Come, let's first flatten these deep trenches. ”

Wu Min said: "I don't think it's feasible. ”

I said, "Do you have a better way?" ”

He said confidently, "There must be, but I haven't figured it out yet." ”

I said, "Then do as I say." ”

So, everyone got to work.

The sun was hot, there was no wind, and the whole world was very calm except for the salt crust on the ground that was about to move and crack.

It took us more than 10 minutes to level those deep trenches and start digging again. Digging and digging, the word "fire" had just taken shape, and suddenly there was an earth-shattering whistling sound, everyone straightened up and looked to the west, the 5 earthen platforms stood silently, like 5 faceless people, on the horizon behind them, a huge black barrier was pushed, and they pounced on the sky!

In the blink of an eye, the sun was obscured, and there was a black rumbling between heaven and earth. We seem to have provoked something, and the sandstorm is coming!