Chapter 20: Strange Instruments

The next morning, I was the first to get out of my tent.

The weather was excellent. The whole of Lop Nur presents a prehistoric dead silence, like a huge face, and there is no trace of expression in it. No one knows when this face will suddenly distort.

After a while, Zhang Hui came out of the tent, walked next to me, and whispered, "Boss Zhou, let me tell you something." ”

I looked at him, "Say it." ”

He said: "Last night Xu Ergo talked in his dreams all night......"

I said, "What's the fuss. ”

He said, "Do you know what he said? ”

At this time, Xu Erge also stepped out of the tent and looked at us. Zhang Hui quietly changed the subject: "However, I think what he said is very right, there is space, it is possible." ”

I didn't know what he was talking about, so I didn't answer.

Facing the rising sun, Xu Erge did chest expansion exercises, and did not mean to return to the tent.

Zhang Hui said: "There is another sentence, if there is time, it is possible. In this place, there is space and time. ”

One of Surggo's ears is facing us.

Zhang Hui continued: "Therefore, there are all kinds of possibilities in this place, it depends on whether we can meet them. ”

I was silent and listened to him.

I suddenly realized that Zhang Hui was a very powerful person.

Ordinary people, if they say something behind someone's back, and that person appears, and he wants to cover it up, it is often very unnatural, for example, he may say loudly, "Wow, you got up so early!" ”

With such a high tone, it has been revealed that he is urgently diverting from the original topic.

And this Zhang Hui is different, after Xu Erge walked out of the tent, he very calmly turned to another topic that did not exist, and this topic seemed to be in progress, and outsiders sounded like no beginning or end.

Moreover, his tone did not change in the slightest, and it was by no means deliberately given to anyone. The volume was not loud or small, and I guessed that Xu Ergo could hear just a little bit, but he couldn't hear it very clearly.

In addition, take the current scene as an example, as soon as Xu Erge walked out of the tent, he saw Zhang Hui and me standing together, then, Zhang Hui should never be lamenting that I got up early, that is obviously a lie, we should be in the middle of a conversation, he can't suddenly say a sentence that belongs to the beginning.

I became more and more aware that this Zhang Hui's camouflage technique was beyond my estimates.

When encountering this situation, the vast majority of people will instinctively panic, and even if they change the subject, they will be like a drowning person, grabbing whatever is nothing.

Zhang Hui didn't panic, he was very calm, the topic he temporarily grasped was self-contained, he was talking about Lop Nur, and the whole picture of this topic should be like this - it seems that someone told him that he was likely to encounter some kind of vision in Lop Nur, and gave a unique reason. He repeated these words to me and said that he agreed......

Hurgo finally returned to his tent.

Zhang Hui is still continuing this false topic: "I really hope to meet, really, how worthy of showing off...... ”

After about half a minute, Xu Ergo did not come out again, and he continued: "He cried a lot, it was different from the night before, it was vague and unclear, I only heard two sentences clearly, because he kept repeating it - love you, kill you, love you, kill you...... It creeps me out! ”

I said, "He didn't say who he loved and who he killed?" ”

Zhang Hui said, "No." ”

I said, "Let's see if there's any medicine, to calm the nerves, and give him some to eat." ”

Zhang Hui said: "Forget it, I'll bear with it a little longer, and then, maybe he will reveal some secrets in his dreams." ”

I looked at him, "What secrets can there be?" ”

Zhang Hui said: "I'll say it casually. Let's go. ”

And he was gone.

I don't think there is a problem with Xu Erge, I just think there is a problem with this Zhang Hui.

Everyone ate, unplugged the tents, buried the garbage, and moved on.

There was no wind outside, and the inside of the car began to heat up, and the four eyes stuck out their big tongues desperately.

I turned on the air conditioner, turned around and said, "Outside, why didn't you talk all the way?" ”

He said, "I—I'm afraid you'll get tired of listening." ”

The road was getting harder and harder, and it hurt my butt. I grabbed the steering wheel with all my might, trying to get as flat as I could.

The speed of the entire convoy was almost like a snail, with an average speed of 20 km/h.

The sand and dust are so thick that the air filter of a certain car is stuffed; The ground is like a washboard, and the rubber sleeve of a certain car is damaged; The temperature was too high, and the water tank of a certain car was boiling......

It is said that for a car, crossing Lop Nur once is equivalent to the wear and tear of normal driving for one and a half years.

As I walked, I heard a snoring sound from the back seat, and when I looked back, I was already asleep outside the number, and saliva was running out of the corners of my mouth. Four-eyes was also tired, lying on his lap, dozing off.

As we go deeper, the smell of death grows stronger.

Pulp kept clutching the handrail, staring out the window, silent.

I want to have a chat and decompress my heart.

I said, "Pulp, do you like to study xenomorphic techniques?" ”

"I'm a person who dreams of miracles every day," she said. ”

I said, "What do you think illusion is all about?" ”

She said, "I guess it's some kind of grafting." It's like we've been locked up in a dark house, and the caster has opened the window for us, so we can see the sun, moon, stars, and flowers outside. ”

I said, "I don't think so." I don't think illusion is a matter of the object, but of the subject. ”

She said, "Great writer, can you be specific?" ”

I said, "Let's talk about the "Laoshan Taoist Priest" in "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" - the Taoist priest drank with two guests, cut the moon on paper and pasted it on the wall, and the moon became real and illuminated the whole room. The crowd drank a pot of wine, but it kept flowing. When you throw a chopstick at the moon, it becomes Chang'e and floats down, dancing a neon dance...... All of this is nothing but hypnosis. The Taoist priest surnamed Wang worshipped him, so the Taoist priest easily controlled his spirit. ”

"Theists and atheists can't talk," she said. ”

I said, "Don't shy away from it." ”

"Then have you ever heard of mountain moving?" ”

I said, "No." ”

Pulp said: "It's the five ghosts moving the mountain." The caster urges the five ghosts, occupying five directions in the southeast, north, west, and north, and then distorts the space, instantly removing the object. It is divided into small five ghosts and big five ghosts, also called small handling and large handling. The little five ghosts can only carry small items, keys, mobile phones, wallets, etc.; The Big Five Oni can carry large items, such as banks and gold shops. ”

I stifled a smile and said, "Why is it all related to stealing?" If there is such a spell, it should be recommended to the demolition department. ”

Juice glared at me and said, "Don't laugh! It's as if there's some superiority in IQ. ”

I won't laugh.

Pulp continued, "There's also the wall-piercing technique and the retreat technique. Even in science, from the perspective of quantum physics, this kind of teleportation is theoretically achievable – breaking down the human body, teleporting it to its destination, and then reassembling it according to all the information about the atomic structure of the human body. ”

I said, "I've heard that, but there are three hurdles that need to be overcome – first, if you break down the human body, it has to be hotter than the inside of the sun." Second, the information about the human body is 100 million times that of all books in the world. It would take thousands of times the age of the universe to transmit this data with a computer. Third, we can never describe the atomic structure of a human body with absolute precision. Therefore, I believe that the legendary wall-piercing technique and the escape technique are just tricks. ”

"Uncle, don't easily deny metaphysics, in ancient times, human beings thought that science was metaphysics, and in the future, human beings will find that metaphysics is actually science. Did I make it clear? ”

I said, "Understandable." ”

After a while, she said, "Do you believe in constellations?" ”

I said, "Faith." Let's talk about the season, different temperatures and humidity have different effects on the formation of a person's stomach. And the constellation is not only the seasons, it contains too many wonderful things in the universe - celestial phenomena, solar terms, and the angles of the sun, the earth, and the moon...... And so on and so forth. For example, I'm a Taurus, and I'm stubborn. What zodiac sign are you? ”

She said, "Cancer. ”

I looked at her, "Oh, a lot like you." ”

She said, "Why? ”

I said, "the outside, soft on the inside." ”

She said: "To tell you the truth, my heart is as hard as my appearance, and I am ruthless." ”

After a pause, I asked her, "Do you really think you're psychic?" ”

"At least, my instincts were accurate," she said. ”

I said, "Then why don't you predict if we will encounter any bad luck when we cross Lop Nur this time?" ”

She said: "It's strange that since I entered the Gobi Desert, I feel like I've lost my superpowers and can't sense anything......

I said, "Then you should be a mortal." ”

She said: "Alas, there is no way, there are too many laypeople around me, and I have washed away my aura." ”

The walkie-talkie called, it was Wei Zao: "Boss Zhou, have lunch?" ”

I looked at my watch, and it was already afternoon. I said, "Okay." ”

As a result, Wei had already stopped at a relatively flat boundary.

The cars behind stopped one after another.

When I got out of the car with Juice, all eyes woke up, I opened the car door, let it out, and it immediately went to pee.

Outside the number slept very hard, snoring.

"Pig! Get up and eat! ”

I said, "Let him sleep a little longer." ”

Everyone got out of the car.

The world was so big, the people seemed small and scattered, and I couldn't help but count them, worried about losing them—1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Including myself and Four Eyes. Well, complete.

The sun is poisonous, and Lop Nur is unobstructed.

Meng Xiaoshuai put on a sunhat and sunglasses.

Bai Xinxin took out a small bottle and stuffed it into Meng Xiaoshuai's hand, it was sunscreen. Meng Xiaoshuai said: "Thank you, brother." Then he rubbed it on his neck.

Wei Zao and Zhang Hui set up the stove.

Pavan sat in the shadow of the car and smoked.

Bubu held the binoculars and looked around.

Still out of place, she sat on the pedals of the RV and teased the dog.

I said to her, "Yiwu, don't you like videography?" Why don't you shoot anything? ”

Yi Wu was a little nervous when she heard me talking to her, and she quickly shook her head at me. I don't know what she means.

Meng Xiaoshuai said with a smile: "There is nothing in this place, even if the whole process is recorded from beginning to end, it is no different from taking a photo." ”

Xu Erge walked over, he stopped next to Meng Xiaoshuai, and said a little unnaturally: "Meng Xiaoshuai, can I take your car?" ”

Meng Xiaoshuai looked at him and said, "Yes!" What's wrong? ”

"It's nothing, just a new passenger, a new topic, isn't it?" ”

Meng Xiaoshuai said: "Wow, wow, let Zhang Hui sit in Bubu's car, he always tells me yellow jokes!" ”

Zhang Hui looked at Meng Xiaoshuai and said, "Meng Xiaoshuai, you are not very interesting." ”

Meng Xiaoshuai said: "Hurry up and do your job!" ”

"Thank you," said Xurgo. ”

Then he went to Bou's car to get his things.

Wei Zao shouted, "Who holds the lighter?" ”

Everyone looked at each other.

I said, "In the backpack outside the number." Juice, you go get it. ”

And the juice went. After a while, she brought a windproof lighter and handed it to Wei Zao. Wei Zao began to light a fire and boil water.

Outside the number was woken up by everyone, and he came over sleepily.

Lunch is boiled dumplings, cooked food, pickles.

In Lop Nur, frozen dumplings are a luxury. Only the RV and my Land Rover Defender had an on-board refrigerator, but the freezer space was so small that most of it was used for ice. In addition, boiling dumplings costs water.

During the meal, I said, "Listen, everyone, we have 5 cars, there are 6 drivers in total, who is tired to say a word." ”

Meng Xiaoshuai asked, "Who can drive?" ”

I pointed to the pulp, "She." ”

"Who needs it?" ”

Meng Xiaoshuai said: "I! You take my place, I'll go to my brother's RV in the afternoon and sleep! ”

Pulp said: "Such a beautiful car, aren't you afraid that I will hit you?" ”

Meng Xiaoshuai said: "It's okay, I hit my sister and repair it myself." ”

Pulp asked Bubu, "Where's Aunt Bubu?" ”

Bubu said, "I'm not tired, thank you." ”

Bai Xinxin said: "Alas, no one can ...... for me"

Pulp said, "Why? ”

Bai Xinxin said: "Sister, my RV is A photo!" ”

Pulp smiled proudly: "I'm A-photo." ”

I looked at her stunned: "You are a girl, and you don't drive a truck, how can you learn A photos?" ”

She said, "The devil sent God to learn." ”

Bai Xinxin said with a hippie smile: "Pulp, why don't you drive my RV, I'll sleep with Meng Xiaoshuai." ”

Xu Erge was bored and ate dumplings, he looked up at Bai Xinxin, his eyes were full of disdain.

Pulp said: "Who drives Meng Xiaoshuai's car?" ”

Bai Xinxin suddenly realized: "Oh, I forgot." ”

After eating, Yiwu asked Wei Zao: "When can we go to Yu Chunshun's tomb?" "She's talking about cemeteries.

Wei Zao said, "Far away." ”

Yi Wu is very serious: "How far is it?" ”

Wei Zao smiled evilly and said: "If we keep driving forward, there will be no fault halfway, and we will drive until the morning of April 25, and we will be there with a turn to the right." ”

Everyone could hear that Wei Zao wanted to be humorous, but Yiwu asked seriously: "What if it's changed earlier or later?" "She's talking about being early or late.

Wei was a little stuck, he thought for a while and said, "It's bare everywhere, you can see it." ”

In 1996, Yu Chunshun walked not far from the exit of the Tiepan River, lost his way, and died of thirst and exhaustion.

The rescuers took a helicopter and found his blue tent, a corner of which had collapsed and a foul smell came to his nose. A hidden knife was thrown at the door of the tent, and the scabbard was nowhere to be seen. Yu Chunshun was lying in the tent, his head was swollen, and his facial features had lost their proportions. His hair looked like it had been washed. The bare upper body is covered with blisters, the largest resembling a ping pong ball. He had a straw hat pressed under his arm. It's only 3 kilometers away from where he buried the water, which is very strange.

In accordance with the practice of the exploration community, as well as Yu Chunshun's last wish - "lie down wherever you go", the rescuers buried his body on the spot.

The traveler was buried in Lop Nur, the city of his dreams.

Initially, the rescuers temporarily erected a wooden tombstone that read "The place where Yu Chunshun was killed", and a woman painted the words red with lipstick. A simple mourning ceremony was held, and the plane flew away.

Yu Chunshun's cemetery and Pengamu's cemetery happen to be at the same latitude.

Unexpectedly, in 1997, a film crew went to Lop Nur and found that the cemetery of the strong man had been stolen and excavated, and the tents, metal poles, sleeping mats, and white T-shirts that were buried were dug up and scattered everywhere.

About two kilometers southwest of the cemetery, there is a broken down desert buggy, unmanned and without license plates. The wheels were half-sunk in the sand, and the paint had peeled off.

Later, someone used cement, red bricks, and wood to renovate the tomb of Yu Chunshun. In the middle of the marble tombstone is written "Yu Chunshun's Tomb" five big characters, inlaid with Yu Chunshun's bronze head, and a pair of travel shoes are carved in the lower left corner of the tombstone. Another marble monument is engraved with Yu Chunshun's epitaph.

Yu Chunshun's tombstone stood in a no-man's land, and in 2005, the stone tombstone was inexplicably smashed and the wooden tombstone was burned......

Everyone got on the bus one after another.

Pulp sat on the Hummer, Meng Xiaoshuai explained something to her, and then ran to the RV and boarded it in one step.

Xurgo still sat in the Humvee.

Zhang Hui got into Bubu's car.

I was about to get back to the car when Juice got out of the car and waved at me.

I stopped.

She ran up to me, glanced into my car, and whispered, "I found a problem." "There was something mysterious about his expression.

I also glanced at the car, and I was already sitting in with four eyes.

I said, "What's wrong?" ”

She said, "I went to get a lighter in my backpack just now, and guess what I saw?" ”

I said, "He's carrying the radio." ”

"I also saw a device, big one!" ”

I said, "Instruments? What instrument? ”

She said, "I don't know either, but there's a word on it, it says - metal detector......"

Metal detectors?

I was vigilant, what are you doing with that thing?