Liang Qiu encountered a similar situation, but because his body was facing forward, he just felt that there was something behind him, soft, and when he looked back, he found that there was a black thing behind him, Liang Qiu was scared for a while, so he kicked it with his foot, and as a result, he found that the thing was soft, and it was pasted over, at this moment, Liang Qiu was suddenly at a loss, and the pressure on his heart under the water was great, and he almost didn't hold his breath.

Liang Qiu panicked, and immediately began to swim towards me, but as soon as his body moved, the thing also moved, grabbed Liang Qiu's legs and moved forward, just like that, the front one dragged, the back one pushed, and we rushed out of the water hole.

"What about those two things?" I asked

Both of them shook their heads, and Anna told us that she was almost unconscious at the time, and she didn't pay attention to the monster at all, and Liang Qiu's answer was similar, because it was in the back, and his oxygen was almost exhausted, so he didn't pay attention to this.

Liang Qiu suddenly asked me at this time: "Brother Yun, do you think that thing will be a water monkey?" ”

"What is a water monkey?" Anna was a little puzzled

"It's a water ghost" Liang Qiu pushed his glasses and continued: "I've seen some legends, and it seems to be very similar to the thing we just met. ”

I know about the water monkey, which is a legendary creature that lives in the water, resembling an ape. Water monkeys are commonly known as "water ghosts" in folklore, and are also called "water lion ghosts", "water ghouls", "falling ghouls", etc., and their names vary from place to place. They generally live in the water, but sometimes they go ashore, and are mostly found in wild water sources such as mountain ponds and reservoirs. Water monkeys are very water-based, and their limbs are weak after ten minutes out of the water. In the water, the water monkey is several times more powerful than humans, so if it is held in the water, it is life-threatening. Folklore has it that the water monkey has a huge and mysterious power in the water, and can dig and shuttle through different ponds and rivers under the water, catch the person who falls into the water and drag it to the bottom of the water, and cover the seven orifices of the person with silt, causing it to suffocate to death, and even the legend says that the water monkey sucks human blood, eats human nails and eyeballs. Where there is water, almost everyone has been warned about water monkeys by their parents as children.

Anna was a little distracted by this, and couldn't help but be scared again, and I hurriedly told her that these were legends, and that they couldn't be true, and told her not to think about them.

Then, I asked the two of them to rest for a while, and for the time being, they didn't care what kind of monster that thing was, after all, those two things didn't seem to have any malice, and if they did, they would just suffocate us there.

During the break, I looked around with a flashlight, I guessed that this is likely to be a water source area, in ancient times, the foundation of the countries of the Western Regions was the water source, without the water source, the people who lived here at that time could not survive at all, so, where there is a water source, there will basically be a country, the larger the water source, the bigger the country will be established.

So, that is to say, this site should have been a country at that time, but looking at the size of this water source, it is estimated that this country is only a small country, could it be that the Guli Kingdom established a small country in the Western Regions at that time.

The walls around are carved patterns, and sure enough, they are almost the same as the ones I saw in the tomb of King Guli in Dalongshan, some of them are carved with a giant snake, I think, this is probably Candle Jiuyin, and some are carved with a kind of worm, I see, this should be that kind of Gu, and all kinds of animals and beasts, I feel that the ancient Li country is a bit like a zoo, how are there strange animals everywhere, and there is a mural on which it is painted with an animal similar to an ape, It's very similar to the one I killed.

It occurred to me again, could this be a water monkey? However, the legend of the water monkey will die once it comes out of the water, the one I saw was not in the water at the time, I asked Liang Qiu and Anna again, they said that they couldn't see clearly, and they couldn't say that it was not like the thing on the mural.

After we had rested, we packed up our gear and prepared to walk along the way, which seemed to be the entrance to the ruins, and there were sand subsidences in many places, and I think that the buildings that were supposed to be on the ground were later covered by the wind and sand and became the remains of the underground.

Many places because of the sand we can only detour, but still found a place to enter the ruins, there is a whistling wind, may be shuttling in the ruins, the sound with some rhythm and melody, this melody with a trace of desolation, like a kind of ancient music, listening to people produce an inexplicable sadness.

Anna started to whisper something and I asked her what she was reading, and she told me it was the Bible.

Every brick and tile here is very ancient, and, diametrically opposed to the culture of the Western Regions, revealing the style of the ancient Central Plains everywhere, Liang Qiu was a little excited, but he had no choice but to bring a camera, so he had to keep recording with a pen and a book, I took a flashlight and shone around, hoping to find clues about Gu poison, I came here, not for any scientific research spirit, nor for exploring the true meaning of any culture, my purpose is very simple, is to find clues about Gu poison.

According to what Li Ling said, the Guli Kingdom moved here after its decline, and there was no news after that, so it is inferred that this should be the place where the Guli culture finally ended.

I have never understood that at that time, according to historical records, the Guli State should have been the vassal state of the regime at that time, and later after the regime was overthrown, it lost its trace, but at that time, the relationship between the Guli State and Miaojiang was very close, why did not move there, besides, each of the vassal states at that time had strong strength, and why did not occupy the Shangdang and other places at that time, and had to move to the desert of the Western Regions.

There are too many secrets behind history, this may be the truth that we will never be able to know, I am observing, while searching, Anna and Liang Qiu have been making records, very serious, not at all the timidity when they first entered, at this moment, I really want to hear a trace of sound from the breeze in my ears, this sound is mixed with the wind, a bit like a whisper in my ears.

I thought I was hallucinating, but Liang Qiu was stunned and said that he heard it too, but Anna said that she didn't hear any sound, only the sound of the wind like music.

The environment here is too quiet, except for the sound of the wind, there is no other movement coming out, which gives me a feeling of restlessness, and I don't know if I am too careful, but, in this kind of underground ruins, there will always be a sense of depression, the sand layer above sometimes falls down some sand, but it looks very solid, here should be far from the ground, that is, this sand layer is very thick, after all, we are from the top down, It took me a while to reach this level.

It seems that this place has been buried for thousands of years, I touched one of the stones, this should be a private house, not like the simple stone house in the Western Regions culture, each house here is a small courtyard, with a very strong Chinese classical architectural style, I entered one of the rooms, and found that the facilities here still exist, but they are covered by layers of thick sand.

I always felt that something was wrong, but now I finally remembered, that is, where did the inhabitants here, did they migrate, but where did they move to the vast desert, and why there is no historical record after that?

War? No, there will be dead people in war, in the Western Regions at that time, war was everywhere, basically plundering resources, but what about the people who occupied the city later, I hardly saw a single wreck here, and these buildings don't look like they have experienced war.

It's as if the city was suddenly forgotten, and the people here disappeared all of a sudden.

It would be nice if Li Ling was here, it is estimated that she knows more than me, and knows more about Guli culture than me, we keep moving forward in one direction, saying that it is a small country, but when we really enter it, we find that it seems to be not small, the streets are straight, and the construction plan is very neat.

We walked along the road, almost every far, to the center, here seems to be a small palace, very small, or, should not be called a palace, should be a relatively large courtyard, up and down two floors, I used a flashlight to shine it, and found that this pavilion is almost not damaged except for a lot of sand covering, and it is very well preserved.

At this moment, Liang Qiu suddenly pulled the corner of his clothes, I frowned, thinking that he was scared again, but as a result, he pointed in one direction and said:

"Brother Yun, there was a bright light there just now!"

I thought he might be hallucinating, and he said something terrible, how could there be light in this place so dark, so quiet, so he said:

"Do you think it's been buried here for thousands of years, and there will still be people living here?"

Before I finished saying this, I suddenly heard a trace of human voice, yes, it was a human voice, although it was very small, I could hardly hear what was said, but it was a human voice, and, it seemed that there was more than one voice, suddenly, Liang Qiu and I were stunned, my back was a little cold, is it possible, thousands of years have passed here, and there are really people living here? How is this possible, this is too nonsense.

"I don't believe in anyone, and if there is, it's probably a ghost."

As soon as I finished saying this, I suddenly wanted to give myself a big mouth, which pot I really don't open and mention, I'm okay, Liang Qiu suddenly sat on the ground, and said tremblingly: "No... No way... Could it be... There really is... Ghosts? ”