In the desert at night, the temperature plummeted to zero, and several of us squatted in the sand pit, hugging each other to keep warm. It was already a long journey, but because of laziness to personally gather people and horses out of the town to search, we had to take a longer detour, and unknowingly hid until late at night.

I looked up, and it was the first time I had gazed at the boundless starry sky, with a crescent moon hanging over the horizon, indifferently gazing at this desolate place, and countless stars shining on each other, outlining the outline of the night. I looked at the vast universe in front of me, it seemed to have a magical power, it fixed my gaze firmly, and the more I wanted to look away, the more I was fascinated, it was so spectacular!

But under such a beautiful starry sky, I was the only one looking at the night sky in a daze, Lao Xu, Mo Qingyan and Gu Chengzi each looked in one direction very tacitly, observing the movements of the lazy people. We were squatting in a relatively secret sand pit for about an hour, when a cold wind blew, and we shivered at the same time, but we didn't dare to sneeze, so we could only cover our mouths alive. I couldn't stand the cold anymore, so I asked Lao Xu if I could make a fire to warm up, and Lao Xu refused categorically, after all, this desolate desert was pitch black, and lighting a fire was equivalent to revealing his position. Gu Chengzi took off his coat and gave it to me, I was embarrassed to put it on, it was too cold, and the four of us hugged each other hand in hand in order to keep warm.

On several occasions, Lazy and his group came very close, and we quickly buried ourselves in the sand to avoid searching, and strangely enough, Lazy had so many advanced machines, but this time he did not bring out one, but took an ordinary torch. According to the worst plan of the few of them, if Lazy really moves out of his machine, we can find him even if we are far away. But why did he just take an ordinary torch out? This question also made the clever Mo Qingyan speechless for a while, he just shook his head and put down the dagger in his hand - just now, just a little bit, he was about to jump up and fight to the death with a group of lazy people. I don't know why every time we talk about laziness, Mo Qingyan's eyes are full of anger, even in this environment where I can't see my fingers, I can't see the specific expression on his face, but I can still feel his whole body exerting, feel his breathing getting heavier and heavier, and even hear his faint heartbeat with a little tearing feeling.

Time seemed to pass slowly in my ears, and the slower it went, the more nervous my heart became, but as the lazy group gradually moved away, we finally breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly swept the sand off our bodies with our hands, enduring the pain of being knocked by the sand in our shoes, and accelerated our pace towards the base.

The desert at night was so black that it seemed like time had eaten away, and we finally got back to base after walking for an unknown amount of time and how far we had walked. After coming back, Lao Xu and Mo Qingyan dismantled the device on my body as soon as possible, and with a burst of muscle soreness and burning, I finally changed back to my own appearance. Gu Chengzi's expression was very solemn along the way, and he didn't say a word, he followed us silently, lazily searching all the way, and we didn't have time to comfort him. However, when he saw me who had changed back to the way I was, he looked at me intently for a while, if it wasn't for Lao Xu pushing him, he hadn't woken up yet, and he stumbled and fell, and his face was about to be pasted. We were so close that we could feel each other's breathing, and his eyes blinked faster and faster, and it took a long time for a few words to come out of his mouth.

"You...... What's your name?"

"My name is Qiu Qiong. ”

"My name is Gu Chengzi. ”

"I'm sorry to frighten you before. ”

"I didn't ...... No, it's okay, I'm still wondering why Aunt Xue came here in person? It turned out that it wasn't really Aunt Xue, which made me so nervous. But if you think about it carefully, you and Aunt Xue are still a little different. ”

"Ah, what's different? ”

"Uh, I'm ...... I think ......"

Gu Chengzi's face became redder and redder the more he spoke, red as a persimmon, Lao Xu saw that the situation was not right, so he took out a stack of clothes from his backpack, which was my original clothes and the new clothes that Aunt Xue made for me, and then he called me to hurry back and change my clothes, Aunt Xue's clothes were relatively small, and I changed back to my original body, and the clothes looked very tight. I looked down and realized that something was wrong, so I immediately put my clothes on my chest and ran to my room. Lao Xu also took Gu Chengzi to familiarize himself with the environment in the base, and Mo Qingyan went to find Fuqu as soon as he came back, and he was long gone.

I went back to my room, and finally freshened up, and tried on the new clothes that Aunt Xue had made for me, they were so beautiful and exquisite, some were daily tops and pants, some underwear and loose pajamas, and not only that, but there was also a blue dress with gold thread, which I loved all over the bed, and I carefully folded them and put them in the box. I don't have anything here, these beautiful clothes are my most precious treasure. I sat on the bed, after all these days of torture, I can finally take a good rest, just when my mind is about to be empty, Lao Xu brought Gu Chengzi over, I can't help but feel a little anxious, it's the middle of the night, I really want to take a good rest, but don't have anything to do with me.

I opened the door, and saw that not only Lao Xu and Gu Chengzi were standing in front of the door, but Jiang Man was also there, and it was estimated that as soon as Lao Xu came back, she would stick to Lao Xu and not let him leave her for half a step. Lao Xu came over and asked me if I wanted to eat something, I haven't eaten well in the past two days. When I heard him ask, I realized that I hadn't eaten for a long time, and my stomach unconsciously "gurgled", Lao Xu smiled and said.

"Haha, it looks like you're hungry, come over and get something to eat. ”

"Yes, yes, Joan, you can come over and have something to eat. ”

Gu Chengzi started talking very unnaturally, scratching his head with his hands very unnaturally, and smirking once or twice from time to time. Seeing him like this is like, the feeling of seeing him for the first time at his doorstep, how this person doesn't seem to be serious. I put on my shoes and walked with them to the cafeteria, Jiang Man kept holding Lao Xu's arm as if the whole person was glued on, Gu Chengzi and I followed behind them, and the atmosphere became more and more embarrassing.

"Shanshan~ What did Aunt Xue say?"

"Shanshan~ What about Qiuqiong?"

"Shanshan~ This is too dangerous, you can't go next time!"

"Mountains and Mountains ......"

Jiang Man asked Lao Xu what happened along the way, Lao Xu was also very patient, and told her everything that happened along the way, what we saw, when it came to the nervous place, she was nervous, and when it came to escaping, she was also relieved, she even asked Lao Xu what I thought, Lao Xu pointed to the back helplessly, why didn't the deity ask the deity directly, she smiled and said, I want to listen to Shanshan. I listened with goosebumps in one hand, and I saw Lao Xu touch Jiang Man's head and then talk to her. Seeing that they were suddenly envious, in this environment, there are still such strong feelings, and Jiang Man can still maintain a simple heart, it is really not easy.

It didn't take long for us to come to the cafeteria, and the place where we picked up the food had already placed four meals, three of which were eaten freshly and one was packed, I thought it was Jiang Man's, but Jiang Man said she didn't want to eat it. I thought of Lao Xu telling me that the meals here were all calculated in advance, so how could there be an extra one, so I asked him.

"Lao Xu, whose is this extra portion?"

"This is for Mo Qingyan, he, as soon as he comes back, he will go to Fuqu to report, and it is estimated that he will not be able to come out for a while. ”

"Oh, that's right. I didn't plan to come over to eat, you called me, I just came, your machinery is so good that I can even figure out whether I want to eat or not?"

"Haha, of course not, are you stupid, these meals were just orders given when I saw Gu Chengzi hungry when I just took him around. What about your meal, but I suddenly remembered that we still have a big girl who hasn't eaten! By the way, pay attention, I helped you by the way, I guessed that you would come over to eat. ”

"Hey, so that's the case, then thank you, uncle, I thought your machinery was so powerful, it scared me a lot. ”

"Haha, this is not necessarily, although our machinery is based on human will and behavior, but if you repeat an action a certain number of times, our machinery will calculate the probability that you will do it again, and operate in advance according to the size of this probability, in short, faster than you decide. ”

Jiang Man looked at Lao Xu with admiration to explain the operation of the base, but Gu Chengzi's face became solemn, he also stopped the chopsticks in his hand, looked around with a puzzled expression, and then looked at the door of the canteen with a puzzled face.

"Chengzi, what's wrong with you?

"Brother Xu, I'm fine. ”

"Do you remember something?"

"I don't think of anything, but, Brother Xu, I seem to have a very familiar feeling here. Have I been here before?"

"Familiar? Alas, Chengzi, you don't have to worry, you can go back and sleep well in the next few days, rest well, and we will help you in a few days." ”

"I ...... Brother Xu, have I really been here before? But I really don't remember coming here. ”

Gu Chengzi shook his head and stood up, walked to the door of the cafeteria, slowly stretched out his hand to a slightly flat rock block on the uneven wall, and when he was about to touch it, he suddenly squatted down and hugged his head, and screamed miserably, Lao Xu went straight over and helped him aside, and said to him.

"Chengzi, are you okay! I'll tell you, I'm in a hurry!"

"Brother Xu...... Brother Xu...... It's not that I'm in a hurry, it's those memories that are hitting my head. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, take a deep breath and calm down first!"

"I can't control it! There are so many images in my head!ah! It hurts!!"

"Little Joan, you come over and take him by the hand and lift him onto the table. One, two, three, up! You help him first, and I'll get the tranquilizer. ”

"Okay, you go and get back quickly. ”

I looked at Gu Chengzi struggling on the table, he was holding his head in one hand and pulling his clothes in the other, moaning in pain, sweating like rain, and his muscles were bursting out. I didn't know what to do, so I could only help him to turn over and over to prevent him from falling off the table, but he was too strong for a man, and I used all my strength to press him down on the table. Soon, Lao Xu ran back with the tranquilizer, and without saying a word, he slapped the tranquilizer close to Gu Chengzi's arm. After a while, Gu Chengzi's breathing stabilized, and the whole person relaxed, we helped him down, sat on the chair, his head rested on my shoulder, and looked at the door of the cafeteria weakly. I don't know when, Fuqu and Mo Qingyan were already standing at the door of the cafeteria, and at this time, Fuqu still looked expressionless. She and Mo Qingyan walked down and stopped in front of us, she looked at Gu Chengzi with a frown on her head for a few seconds, and then turned around and asked Lao Xu.

"How is he? Fuqu's speech was still very cold, and it made people's whole heart feel as if it was frozen.

"Captain, it should be fine. Lao Xu replied helplessly.

"It's not promising, I'll tell him when he's better. Xiaoman, come with me. ”

"Okay, Sister Fleur. ”

Fuqu looked at Gu Chengzi and then at me, didn't say a word to me, turned around and left. Jiang Man let go of Lao Xu's hand, followed Fuqu, and when he walked to the door, he didn't forget to wave his hand to Lao Xu, which was really affectionate.

The rest of the people disbanded on the spot and went about their own business, they may not be able to hear it, but I can hear it clearly. Gu Chengzi put his arm on my shoulder, and said a word very weakly, as if he was going to say it with his last breath, and then closed his eyes and fell asleep. Lao Xu and Mo Qingyan came over and carried Gu Chengzi on their shoulders, and one of them helped him back to his room, while I was still thinking about what Gu Chengzi just said, what he meant. He only said one sentence:

"Fuqu...... Sorry ......"