1

"Whoa—whoa!" The sound of water kept hitting Tang Feng's eardrums, Tang Feng slowly opened his eyes, and found that he was lying on the yellow sand on the shore of the water, where is this? Tang Feng wanted to sit up, but as soon as he moved, he felt a sharp pain, "Yuanyuan...... Yuan Yuan ......" Tang Feng called out to Liang Yuan weakly, but except for the sound of rushing water, there was no echo, and even the wind stopped.

Tang Feng wanted to try again, but he felt that he had no strength at all, he turned his face sideways, and saw that on his right side was the rumbling lake, and on the other side was the sand dunes with no mountain tops in sight, and the surroundings were completely shrouded in fog, and they were white.

Tang Feng lay flat on the shore of the water, staring, looking at the white sky, where is he? It seems that he is still in the sea that is shrouded in fog and has no edge in sight, but ...... But he has clearly left this Haizi with Liang Yuan, why did he come back here? Tang Feng tried his best to recall what happened just now, but his previous memory was blank, what about Yuanyuan? No, you have to find Yuanyuan, thinking of this, Tang Feng wanted to sit up with his right arm support, and shouted "Yuanyuan...... Yuanyuan ......"

However, Liang Yuan did not appear, but a dark shadow slowly came out of the thick fog, no! The shadow didn't come out, but ...... Floating! No, it's not floating, Tang Feng didn't know what words to use to describe the appearance of the black shadow moving, but in an instant, the black shadow came to Tang Feng's side, and there was no sound at all!

Tang Feng looked at this familiar and unfamiliar black shadow in surprise - a woman in a mask! When Tang Feng saw the mask again, he shuddered, and there seemed to be a mysterious ray in the empty eye sockets, and when Tang Feng's gaze met it, Tang Feng fell to the ground again exhausted.

As I had seen before, the woman in the mask was still the same—a gorgeous robe, a tall hat, a party noblewoman's dress, and a strange mask that shone with a metallic sheen!

"We meet again, my friend." The masked woman spoke first.

"Yes, you...... Why are you here again? ”

"Have you found Hanhai Mi City?" The woman in the mask did not answer Tang Feng's question.

"No, it's too ...... Too far away, too...... It's too mysterious, but I think we've ...... The warp is very close to it. Tang Feng said weakly.

"I have long persuaded you, Hanhai Mi City is a forbidden place for the party people, it is impossible for you to find it, and the hardships and dangers along the way are enough to take your life! Do you regret it now? ”

"No, I don't regret it."

"It's too late for you to regret it now."

"No...... As long as I'm not dead, I won't ...... Won't give up! Tang Feng gritted his teeth and said.

The woman wearing the mask was silent, and after a long time, Tang Feng supported herself and tried to stand up again, he found that the woman wearing the mask slowly raised her right hand again, this action made Tang Feng nervous, what was she going to do? Tang Feng was surprised, but he felt as if his body was being pulled by a powerful force, and he actually stood up easily.

"Yes...... Is that you? Tang Feng stood in front of the woman in a daze and asked a strange question.

The woman wearing the mask slowly lowered her arm, still silent, but Tang Feng felt that she seemed to nod, and the two stood face to face like this, and I don't know how long it took, Tang Feng just wanted to speak, but the woman wearing the mask preemptively said, "Is the thing I gave you still there?" ”

"You mean that...... That jade? Tang Feng suddenly felt that he was holding something in his hand, cold and hard, he instinctively unfolded it and saw that it was that jade huang!

"Remember what I said to you when I gave you this thing?"

"At that time...... At that time, it seems that you said so, if I can get to Hanhai Mi City, bring this thing there; If I don't make it to Hanhai Mi City and leave here safely, this thing will be left to me; If I don't make it to Hanhai Mi City, and I don't leave here safely, then this thing is my burial gift. Tang Feng felt much better at this time than just now.

"You remember well, you had three destinies, and you still have those three destinies, as for what is your ultimate fate? It's up to you. The masked woman said calmly.

"I know exactly what my options are."

"Alright then, you're good at doing it yourself."

As she spoke, the woman in the mask turned around and was about to leave, and Tang Feng didn't know where he got the courage, so he shouted at her: "Please wait, I still have questions?" ”

"Oh!" The woman in the mask seemed a little surprised by Tang Feng's move.

"You...... Can you tell me what this place is? ”

"Here? This place is called the Fountain of Rebirth. A strange voice came from behind the mask that shimmered with an eerie metallic sheen, and it seemed to be a little different from the woman's previous voice, as if it had come from an extremely distant place.

"Fountain of Death? How can such a large surface of water be a 'spring'? Tang Feng couldn't believe it.

"It's a name that's been handed down since ancient times!"

"Can you tell me how big this fountain is?"

"When the spring is big, it is small, the big one swallows the Hanhai Sea, boundless, and the small one is as quiet as a pearl, without a trace."

Tang Feng didn't understand what this meant? Just as Tang Feng was recalling these words, the woman in the mask slowly turned around and left the last sentence - "But you have to be careful, the fountain of death can get rid of the sins of this world; It can also make the other world unlucky! And he disappeared into the white mist.

2

Everything returned to tranquility, Tang Feng stood quietly on the shore of the Fountain of Death, he was still carefully chewing on the last two words left by the woman wearing the mask, "The Fountain of Rebirth is big and small, the big one swallows the Hanhai Sea, boundless, and the small one is as quiet as a pearl, without a trace." "What does this mean? It's easy to understand when it's big and sometimes it's small, but the next few sentences of Tang Feng really can't understand it, and the big one swallows the Hanhai Sea, boundless? How big can this be? Small is as quiet as a pearl, without a trace? Disappeared without a trace? What kind of spring is this, and what will change so much?

What made Tang Feng even more incomprehensible was the last sentence, "But you have to be careful, the fountain of the past life can get rid of the sins of this life; It can also make the other world unlucky! This sentence of Buddhist wisdom makes Tang Feng really incomprehensible, the spring of death? The name itself was so strange, Tang Feng thought that his head hurt, so he simply didn't think about it, he shook his head vigorously, and found that the fog was getting thicker and thicker, so that no one could be seen on the other side.

Tang Feng suddenly remembered Liang Yuan again, where did Liang Yuan go? And Makarov, Han Jiang, Yelena, where did they all go? Tang Feng began to look along the waterfront, and in the thick fog, Tang Feng struggled forward, and on the water's edge, except for the footprints he left behind, there was not a trace of life.

Half an hour passed, an hour passed, two hours passed, three hours passed, Tang Feng was exhausted, the fog was getting thicker and thicker, the boundless sea, and there was no sign of life in sight, Tang Feng began to wonder if he was still in this world?

Suddenly, a touch of yellow appeared on the shore of the water shrouded in thick fog, it was a reed bush, the fog was too big, Tang Feng couldn't judge the range of the reeds, he wanted to bypass the reeds, so he continued to walk along the periphery of the reeds, but after walking for a long time, he heard a strange sound, like a woman's cry, and like the wind, Tang Feng's heart tightened suddenly, and he heard that the sound seemed to come from the reeds.

Tang Feng blocked his ears, didn't listen to the sound, and continued to walk outside the reeds, but the strange sound still kept coming, walking and walking, Liang Yuan's face suddenly popped out of Tang Feng's mind, could it be that voice Liang Yuan? Thinking of this, Tang Feng stopped, and simply listened carefully to the voice, that voice did come from the reeds, Tang Feng's heart was tightened, and Liang Yuan's face kept appearing in his mind......

Unconsciously, Tang Feng had already taken a step forward and walked into the tall reeds, and after a few steps, Tang Feng felt that he had stepped on a hard thing under his feet, and when he looked down, in the silt, some white things were exposed, wipe off the silt, and when he picked it up, it was actually a bone - a human tibia, and then went down, more and more bones were exposed, all of which were human bones.

The reeds are also like the spring of the past, it seems to be boundless, and there is no end to it, Tang Feng stepped on the mud and bones all over the ground, and struggled to move forward, he suddenly found that the water under his feet was slowly receding, although he was constantly walking towards the water, but the water never flooded the upper of his shoes.

Finally, Tang Feng came to the end of the reeds, and the fog slowly dissipated, and he saw that the water surface had receded more than ten meters before he entered the reeds, and between the water surface and the dry yellow sand on the original shore, a mudflat with a width of more than ten meters was formed, and there were no creatures left on the mudflat except for the reeds, not even small fish and shrimp.

The water level continued to drop, and suddenly, a white skeleton emerged from under the water, followed by another, the fog had not completely dissipated, and Tang Feng could not see the full picture of the spring of the past life. At this moment, Tang Feng found that a snake swam out of the eye socket of the white skeleton, this snake was about two meters long, and its body was slightly smaller than the eye socket of the skeleton, just enough to enter and exit freely, Tang Feng didn't know what kind of snake it was, just when he was surprised, the snake was lying on the dried up mud, and suddenly jumped for life, and pounced on Tang Feng, Tang Feng was completely defenseless, only felt a sharp pain in his thigh, and lost consciousness......

3

Tang Feng's body shook violently, and he woke up, Liang Yuan's beautiful face appeared in front of Tang Feng, and then, there was a familiar face - Lao Ma.

"He's going to have another nightmare!" Makarov said to Liang Yuan, and then asked Tang Feng instead, "Boy, am I right?" ”

"Nightmares?" Tang Feng rubbed his temples vigorously, trying his best to recall everything that had just happened, the woman in the mask, the boundless Haizi, the skeleton, and the ferocious poisonous snake...... Tang Feng sat up abruptly and looked at his thighs, there was no severe pain, no injury, just felt a little sore, was it really another nightmare just now?

Tang Feng relieved himself and looked around, this was a yurt, he was lying on a wooden bed at the moment, Liang Yuan and Makarov were looking at him, "Old Ma, you ...... Why are you here? ”

"Why can't I be here, I'm here before you!" Makarov laughed.

"Really? Where am I? ”

Liang Yuan said: "You are not as good as me now, you fell off the sand dunes as soon as you saw the yurt." ”

Hearing Liang Yuan's words, Tang Feng remembered the yurt he saw last, "What's the matter, there are still people here?" ”

"Yes, this is a herdsman's yurt with a pair of uncles and aunts." Liang Yuan introduced.

"Oh, isn't Wolf Valley a no-man's land?" Tang Feng asked vigilantly.

"I also felt strange, so I asked my uncle and aunt, and the uncle said that this is outside the Wolf Valley."

"Outside Wolf Valley? We actually walked out of the Wild Wolf Valley again......" Tang Feng recalled what happened along the way.

"However, it's not ......" Liang Yuan seemed to stop talking.

"But what?"

"But the identity of this pair of uncles and aunts is a little special."

"Oh? What's so special? ”

"I thought they were Turks in the Badain Jaran desert, but they said they were party members." Liang Yuan said suspiciously.

"What? Party members? No, it's ...... That's impossible! Tang Feng couldn't believe it.

"I couldn't believe it at first, but the uncle told me his name in all seriousness."

"What's his name?" Tang Feng couldn't wait to ask.

"He said that his surname is Wei Ming, his name is Wei Ming Changzhi, and he also has a Han surname, surnamed Li ......" Liang Yuan said more and more quietly, because he found that Tang Feng's face became very complicated.

"Ming? Everyone knows that this is the surname of the Western Xia royal family, and the surname Li is the national surname given by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to the ancestors of Yuan Hao, but ...... But haven't the party members disappeared? Tang Feng kept shaking his head.

"Don't forget the Wuzang family we met in western Sichuan, and Heiyun ......" Liang Yuan reminded Tang Feng and muttered to himself, "Heiyun, I don't know what happened to her now?" She later told me that she was not used to life in the city, so she went back......"

"Black clouds? Could it be that in addition to the black clouds, there are also party members? And a descendant of the Western Xia royal family? Tang Feng fell into deep thought, for a long time, as if he had made up his mind, and whispered: "It seems that I will have a good talk with this famous uncle tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow?" Liang Yuan laughed when he heard this, "Fool, it's almost dawn, it should be today." ”

Tang Feng noticed that although it was still dark outside the small window of the yurt, there was already some white light, and he seemed to have slept all night, thinking of this, Tang Feng recalled that strange nightmare again.

4

When Tang Feng was recalling that strange nightmare, Makarov patted him, "Boy, tell me about your nightmare!" ”

"No, let's not talk about my nightmare first, let's care about our reality first, what about Han Jiang and Yelena?" Tang Feng looked at Makarov and then at Liang Yuan.

"I've lost contact with them since the jeep caught fire and the fog hit, but I think with their skills, they should be fine now, and they should be together." Makarov breathed down.

"yes, maybe they'll find it after dawn." Liang Yuan echoed.

"You're optimistic! Actually, I used to be an optimist, but since I entered this place, I have become a pessimist, and unexplainable things happen one after another. Tang Feng said with a frown.

"Oh, I think it's all good to explain, except for ......" Makarov hesitated, and then stopped.

"Except for what?"

"Except for that Haizi."

"What's the deal with the spontaneous combustion of a jeep?" Tang Feng asked.

"Tang Feng, in this incredible land, you can't explain everything, such as the spontaneous combustion of a jeep, I think it has something to do with the natural sulfur and asphalt we smell. You see, not only our jeep, but also the Humvee, and I'm sure the Humvee burned down in the same way we should. Makarov reasoned.

"But...... But this time the masked woman didn't show up, huh? Liang Yuan remembered the Grand Cherokee that burned down in Blackstone.

"Whether it's in Blackstone or in Wild Wolf Valley, natural sulfur and asphalt need some kind of means to make them burn, and the woman in the mask ......" Tang Feng felt a little dazed, "As for this time, the only explanation I can think of may be that we are in a downhill slope, the speed of the car is fast, and the wheels are traveling at high speed......"

"I guess that's it. I'm not more interested in the spontaneous combustion of the car, but the people on the Humvee! Makarov said.

"I also want to know the people on the Humvees, I think they should be the general's people, and even the general may be in the car." Tang Feng speculated.

"If so, then where have these people gone now?" Tang Feng noticed that Makarov was still holding a gun in his hand when he was talking to him, as if danger was about to come at any time.

"Maybe they've withdrawn from Wolf Valley, maybe something has happened to them, or maybe they'...... It's also possible that Han Jiang and Yelena ran into them. Tang Feng said several possibilities.

"I think the most incredible thing is the valley of the spray and the boundless sea." Liang Yuan said suddenly.

"I have already speculated about the cause of the fog in Haizi, and as for this Haizi, it is indeed strange." Tang Feng remembered the last two words of the masked woman in the dream, although it was a dream, but those two sentences were deeply imprinted in Tang Feng's mind.

"There is no boundless Haizi......" Makarov listened to Liang Yuan's words, and kept muttering to himself.

"By the way, old horse, the footprints we found by the sea are yours, right? And that cigarette case? Don asked Makarov.

Makarov touched his body, and then realized that he had lost his cigarette, "Yes, I was separated from you in the fog, and I didn't know how to go, so I came to the seaside." ”

"That's where my nightmare came from! This is really a strange sea, boundless, how can there be such a vast sea in the desert? ”

"Oh! What did you dream about? ”

"I dreamed of this strange Haizi, and there were poisonous snakes, skeletons, and masked women......" So, Tang Feng told everything that happened to him in his dream.

"So terrible? Could it be that there is something terrible under the water of this Haizi? ”

Liang Yuan was startled after hearing this, but Makarov fell into deep thought, Tang Feng pushed Makarov, and Makarov came to his senses from his contemplation, "I remembered an incredible past again, but...... But I've never been able to confirm whether that happened or not, so I've never told you about it. ”

"Oh? What is it? Tang Feng and Liang Yuan immediately became interested.

"That was the day after Buldenko and I went into the Valley of the Wolves in search of water...... Makarov's mind went back to the distant past.

5

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After Makarov and Burdenko went to the Wolf Valley to look for water, I don't know whether it was out of a strong sense of responsibility or great curiosity, Makarov entered the Wolf Valley again to look for water, and this time he came alone.

Makarov followed the route of the last time, and soon entered the wide valley, as he saw last time, the valley was full of green, and there were many green plants growing tenaciously on the barren land, but Makarov drove in this valley for a while, but he did not see the small blister that made him dizzy last time, Makarov was suspicious, he turned the car backwards, and saw some white bones on the sand, some animals and some people, could this be the blister last time?

Makarov jumped out of the car and carefully investigated, the surrounding terrain seemed to be very similar to last time, but Makarov still didn't dare to conclude that this was the blister he saw last time? If this is the last time I saw the blister, then just a day later, the cement inside the blister? Disappeared for no apparent reason? Although the water bubble is not large, according to Makarov's last estimate, it is enough for the water consumption of more than 100 people on the base for two months, how can it completely evaporate overnight?

Maybe...... Maybe I remembered it wrong, but the blister was still ahead! Thinking of this, Makarov decided to continue his exploration, but after he drove forward for more than ten minutes, the surrounding terrain changed, the originally wide valley became narrower, and the mountains on both sides also rose, and Makarov felt as if he had entered another valley, which was certainly not the place where Buldenko had taken him last time.

Makarov did not dare to rush forward any further, so he turned around and tried to return from the same road, and after seven or eight minutes, Makarov drove out of the narrow valley, and the road became wider, and Makarov thought that he had returned to the valley from which he came, so he sped up, but after driving for a few minutes, Makarov noticed that something was wrong, as if something was wrong...... What's wrong? After a while, Makarov realized that it was full of sand, some of the green had disappeared, the road had become bumpy, and there were rolling sand dunes in front of him, and to Makarov's surprise, the sand here was all white!

How did you end up in this white sand dune? Makarov stopped the jeep and quietly remembered for a while, but he couldn't remember how he had managed to get into this sea of sand. Makarov was in a dilemma, and after much thought, Makarov decided to retreat again, although he was not sure that he would be able to return to the valley from which he came.

But as soon as Makarov reversed, he fell into the soft white sand, Makarov jumped out of the car to check, he was a little surprised by the white sand, the sand dunes under his feet were so soft, even if he stepped on it, he was sinking, let alone a jeep weighing more than ten tons?

Makarov tried to dig the sand next to the wheels with a shovel, but the more he dug and the deeper the car sank, Makarov panicked, and finally he gave up digging, disappointed, picked up the necessary equipment, and prepared to walk back to the base.

Makarov walked in the sand for almost half an hour, but instead of finding the valley from which he came, he was completely in a sea of white sand. Makarov began to panic, and he looked helplessly around, and in the distance he could see low red mountains, but beyond that, it was all white sand.

Makarov decided to move in the direction of the Red Mountains, just like that, Makarov traveled in the sea of sand for another half an hour, the Red Mountains seemed to be very close to him, but at this moment, a thick fog floated from nowhere, quickly surrounded him, Makarov was horrified in his heart, how could there be fog in this dry and rainless sea of sand? Makarov was puzzled, but to make matters worse, he completely lost his bearings.

6

Makarov continued to advance towards the Red Mountains from memory, but after he climbed dozens of sand dunes of all sizes, he still did not reach the Red Mountains, and the exhausted Makarov was desperate, and he recalled Buldenko's admonition - the Valley of the Wild Wolf is dangerous!

Just when Makarov was desperate, he found himself in front of him a tall sand dune, the top of which was shrouded in mist, perhaps...... Perhaps climbing to the top of this tall sand dune and seeing the surrounding environment, Makarov climbed the back of the sand dunes with the last glimmer of hope, but the fog did not disperse here, and Makarov was in a thick fog and could not distinguish the surrounding scenery at all.

Makarov had no choice but to walk to the other side of the dune, it was a downhill road, the fog was getting thicker and thicker, Makarov only cared about walking, and before he knew it, his military boots were actually wet with water, and Makarov noticed that he had walked into the water; He hurriedly stepped back and retreated to the shore, this is a sea child? Makarov squatted down suspiciously to check the water quality, the water quality is clear, you can directly see the fine white sand under the water surface, Makarov felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, he is here for the water source, maybe this is the arrangement of fate, even let himself find such a high-quality water source after getting lost, and it seems that this sea should be quite big, at least bigger than the water blister he saw last time, Makarov thought, excitedly walked along the shore of the lake, he stuck a reed in the ground on the shore where he first checked the water quality, he thought in his heart, It didn't take many steps to measure this Haizi, but he soon realized that he was wrong.

Makarov has walked a full thousand steps along the shore, and he has not even returned to the place where the reeds are inserted, it seems that this sea is far beyond his own estimates, this is a large sea, the water must be abundant, Makarov does not know whether to be excited, or to be surprised?

Makarov continued to walk forward, walking and walking, Makarov's excitement gradually subsided, and was replaced by inexplicable surprise, and then, the surprise turned into fear, deep fear! Makarov walked a thousand more steps along the shore, but still did not see the reed he had planted! Makarov finally stopped, stood on the shore in a daze, his eyes widened, hoping to see the world behind the fog, but he couldn't see anything, he couldn't see the size of this sea at all, what a strange sea child, how big was it?

Makarov stubbornly came up, he wanted to see how big this sea in the desert was, and he continued to walk a thousand, two thousand, three thousand steps along the water's edge! Still with no reed in sight, Makarov sat on the edge of the water in despair, gasping for breath, he couldn't believe that there was such a big sea in the desert, was it his dream, or was it just an illusion?

Seeing that it was about to get dark, Makarov was anxious, but helpless, the fog still did not disperse, and he decided not to entangle with this strange sea and leave here! Makarov took out the compass he had with him and walked north in the direction it pointed, which was supposed to be the direction of the base.

Makarov climbed the north side of the sand dunes in the fog, but the north side of the sand dunes seemed to be particularly tall, Makarov climbed in the fog for a long time, still failed to climb the back of the sand dunes, Makarov was surprised, his feet couldn't help but speed up his pace, he didn't eat or drink for a day, Makarov was already exhausted, when he finally climbed the back of the sand dunes, looked around in the thick fog, and couldn't help but feel sad, fog, fear, hunger, and despair hit him together, Makarov only felt dizzy, his legs were weak, and then he lost consciousness......

7

After listening to Makarov's narration, Tang Feng leaned against the wall in surprise, "I didn't expect you to have the same experience, and you went further than us. ”

"No...... I'm still not sure if what I just said actually happened...... Until...... Until yesterday in the fog met again...... It brings back my memories......" Makarov said hesitantly.

"Why would you wonder if that happened to you?" Liang Yuan asked puzzled.

"Because...... Because when I woke up, I was already lying on my bed at the base......"

"What does this mean?"

"Burdenko said they found me near that valley, and I was unconscious and fainted on the Gobi Desert, not far from my jeep, so they thought I had fainted somehow, and I could only clearly remember that I did drive into that valley and didn't see the blister I saw last time, and other than that, the rest of my memories were very vague, so I couldn't tell if it was a real encounter, or a hallucination after I passed out, or a nightmare!"

"So you're not sure?" Tang Feng asked rhetorically.

Makarov nodded, "Later, I never went to Wolf Valley again, and as time went by, this memory gradually became dusty, and even if I remembered it occasionally, I thought it was just a nightmare after I passed out!" ”

"And what happened to us yesterday was also a nightmare?" Tang Feng thought to himself and muttered in his mouth.

"Nope! It can't be a dream! Han Jiang and Yelena are gone, and there are ...... And this time, I must have really met that boundless Haizi......" Makarov cried.

"That's right! It will never be a dream! Liang Yuan also shouted.

"So...... So this time you don't have to worry about that strange Haizi anymore, and after walking around the Haizi for a while, you climb up the sand dunes next to it, and you have come all the way here! Tang Feng said.

Makarov nodded again, "Yes, when I was separated from you and walked to the sea, the vague memories in the depths of my mind immediately flooded back, everything was in line with what I had encountered decades ago, strange thick fog, boundless sea, disoriented, so when I realized this, I immediately changed my course." ”

After Tang Feng thought about it, he suddenly asked Makarov, "Did you mention that encounter to people decades ago?" ”

Makarov shook his head at first, then nodded, and said: "I mentioned it to a person - Bultenko, at that time he said that I must have hallucinated, and I later believed that all this was an illusion, how can there be fog in the desert?" How can there be no bounded sea? ”

"yes, I'm thinking about it too, but I can't figure it out......"

As soon as Tang Feng's words fell, suddenly a loud voice came from outside the door, "There are no strange things in the Wild Wolf Valley, there is nothing strange." ”

Tang Feng was startled, but Liang Yuan said: "It's Uncle Weiming!" ”

8

While speaking, a man with a beard and a medium stature and a woman in her thirties pushed open the door, Tang Feng noticed that it was already bright outside, and the man saw Tang Feng and smiled heartily: "Little brother, how is it?" Is it better? ”

"It's okay, thank you uncle for saving me!"

"You're welcome, we often help people in distress in the desert."

"Oh, has anyone else been here?" Tang Feng asked curiously.

"Yes, but not much, I don't meet a few a year, they are all foreigners who travel and explore!"

At this time, the woman poured milk tea for everyone, and the man introduced to Tang Feng: "This is my daughter-in-law." ”

Tang Feng greeted the woman, the couple looked very enthusiastic, but Tang Feng had to be suspicious, where did the herdsmen come from in the depths of the desert, and although their Chinese had some accents, they spoke fairly standardly, which also made Tang Feng suspicious, "Uncle's Chinese is good!" ”

"It's okay!"

"So is this in China or Mongolia?"

"I can't tell what is in China, Mongolia, we herdsmen have lived in water and grass since ancient times, and since I can remember, we have been herding sheep and camels in this area."

"Oh! But this area is all the Gobi Desert? ”

"This is the land of our ancestors, so we have lived here for generations, and although the environment here is getting worse and worse, everything we can move has been moved, but we still don't want to go."

"It's hard to leave your homeland, but how do you make a living by grazing in the desert here?"

"Little brother, do you know, in ancient times, this was a place with abundant water and grass, although it has now become a desert Gobi, but there are many large and small seas left in the desert, we are nomadic in this area, is looking for these seas to live."

Tang Feng wanted to hear some flaws from his uncle's answer, but he didn't have it yet. So, Tang Feng continued his famous words and asked, "Oh, that uncle should be very familiar with Haizi in this area?" ”

"I've walked hundreds of miles, but ......," Uncle Wei stopped talking.

"But what?" Tang Feng's heart pounded, and he had a premonition that this middle-aged man was going to say something important to him.

"Little brother, let's be honest, before I came in just now, I heard a few words from you outside the door, do you want to go to Wild Wolf Valley?"

Tang Feng was secretly taken aback, he quickly thought about how to answer, since Uncle Wei Ming had already heard it, there was no need to hide it anymore, thinking of this, Tang Feng nodded, "Yes, we are going to Wild Wolf Valley." Uncle, if you don't ask me, I still want to ask you for advice? Where is this? Is it in the Valley of the Wild Wolves? Or outside Wolf Valley? ”

Wei Ming smiled in the face of Tang Feng's series of questions, "Little brother, don't worry, I was about to tell you about this question." I mentioned that I've been to this area for hundreds of miles, but there's only one place I've never been......"

"Wolf Valley!" Tang Feng had already guessed the meaning of the name.

Uncle Wei nodded heavily, "Yes, for as long as I can remember, our elders have warned us not to enter that red valley, otherwise we will never return." ”

"Why?" Tang Feng and Liang Yuan asked at the same time.

"It is said that the climate in that valley is changeable, the terrain is complex, extremely dangerous, even birds and animals dare not enter that valley, I was a child to the valley mouth to see, there are mountains of white bones, scared that I never dared to approach there in my life!"

It seems that this place has come out of the Wolf Valley?! Tang Feng thought of this and said with a smile: "This legend is also half true and half false!" ”

"Oh!" Uncle Wei Ming's face showed surprise, "Why did the little brother say this?" ”

"To tell you the truth, we came out of the Wild Wolf Valley!" Tang Feng deliberately brought out a bit of smugness in his words.

Sure enough, Uncle Wei was shocked and blurted out, "That'...... Then you find the ......."

As soon as the words came out, Wei Ming immediately realized that he had missed his mouth, and swallowed the last two words back, but Tang Feng had already guessed those two words, and he hurriedly asked, "Do you want to ask us if we found that ancient city?" ”

Wei Ming was stunned, he picked up the teacup, took a sip of milk tea, then nodded, and asked rhetorically, "You broke into the Wild Wolf Valley for that ancient city, right?" ”

Tang Feng felt that Wei Ming seemed to know something, but he didn't want to tell them, he thought about it for a while, and decided not to go around in circles with Wei Ming anymore, because there was not much time left for them, "Uncle Wei Ming, let's put it bluntly, our group of five people entered the Wild Wolf Valley on the mission of finding the ancient city of Xixia, if you know anything, we hope you can tell us, because there is an evil force also trying to find the ancient city of Xixia, and there is not much time left for us, We must find Hanhai Mi City before they do. ”

When Tang Feng said the words "Hanhai Micheng" with a sincere face, Uncle Weiming's body moved slightly, and he was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Little brother, I don't look like a bad person, I don't hide it from you, the reason why I said that the Wild Wolf Valley is dangerous and abnormal just now is to deter you and prevent you from entering the Wild Wolf Valley, but what I said is not nonsense to deceive you." ”

Tang Feng nodded, "We have already understood the danger and weirdness of Wild Wolf Valley, and of course we know that you are not talking about it. ”

"The reason why I say that to you is only to faithfully perform my duty again." Uncle Wei said.

"Fulfill your duties?" Tang Feng, Liang Yuan and Makarov were all surprised.

"Yes!" Wei Ming looked around at the three of them before he slowly spoke: "This has to start with my surname." Yesterday I had already spoken to the old gentleman and the girl about my last name. ”

"I already know that your surname is the surname of the Western Xia royal family."

"Yes, I am a descendant of the Western Xia royal family, and our people have shouldered an important mission since their birth—that is, to prevent anyone from entering the Wild Wolf Valley; Later, in order to protect the secrets of the ancient city, my ancestors suffered great disasters, and the wild wolf valley was uninhabitable, so my ancestors compiled a series of terrible legends, so that outsiders were afraid of the wild wolf valley and did not dare to enter the wild wolf valley casually, but these legends are not groundless......

"That's why what I just said is half true, half false, and I'm right, and the Wolf Valley isn't like you said, and all the people who went in have never returned, haven't we come out of it again?" Tang Feng asked rhetorically.

Uncle Wei Ming shook his head, "Let me ask you, where did you enter the Wild Wolf Valley from and where did you go?" ”

"We entered the Wild Wolf Valley from the mouth of the valley full of corpses and bones you just mentioned, and walked to a devil city, that is, in the Yadan landform, and then our car suddenly caught fire, and encountered a strange fog, so we dispersed, and finally came to you!"

After listening to Tang Feng's narration, Uncle Wei Ming laughed dryly twice and said, "Little brother, with all due respect, you have only walked a short distance, and even strictly speaking, this section you have walked cannot be regarded as Wild Wolf Valley!" ”

"Ahh

"So where is Wolf Valley?" Tang Feng asked.

"Broadly speaking, dozens of large and small valleys within this red mountain range can be called Wild Wolf Valley, but the real Wild Wolf Valley, which is the most important, weird, and terrifying Wild Wolf Valley, will only be considered to have entered the Devil City, which is what you call the Yadan landform." Akira explained.

"So that's the case, it seems that we have only explored the way, and we haven't even entered the gate of Wolf Valley yet!" Liang Yuan said disappointedly.

Tang Feng and Makarov listened to Wei Ming's introduction just now, and realized the seriousness of the problem, they have not yet entered the important core area of the Wild Wolf Valley, just walking for a while, it is already dangerous and abnormal, if they enter the core area of the Wild Wolf Valley, what will be the terrifying encounter?

9

Tang Feng didn't dare to think about it anymore, and after thinking about it for a long time, he asked, "Hearing what Uncle said, you must have entered the Wild Wolf Valley?" ”

Wei Ming nodded, and shook his head again, "I've been in Wolf Valley, but it's almost the same as you, and I don't dare to continue moving forward when I only go to the area of Devil City, but it's just ......"

"What?"

"It's just that I've entered more than you, and I've gotten lost my way to the edge of the sea."

Uncle Weiming's words shocked everyone, "So, do you know that Haizi? ”

"Of course, not only do I know, but I've been there several times, and that's the farthest I've ever been in Wolf Valley."

"What's that?"

Wei Ming listened to this question and hesitated for a while before saying, "It's hard to explain that place because it's not a specific location. ”

Tang Feng and the others were confused by Wei Ming's words, and Wei Ming saw their doubts, so he explained slowly: "This is because that Haizi is erratic. ”

"Erratic?" Tang Feng was even more confused.

"Yes, this sea is sometimes big and small, erratic, sometimes it appears in one place, sometimes it appears in another place, sometimes the water surface will be very vast, sometimes it will disappear without a trace, but in general, this sea will not float out of the Wolf Valley." Akira explained.

"Disappeared without a trace?" Tang Feng couldn't believe it, "Did you turn into countless little seas?" ”

"You can think so. In short, this is the most incredible phenomenon in Wolf Valley. As for why this happens, I can't say for sure! ”

Wei Ming's words reminded Tang Feng of the previous nightmare, the woman wearing the mask had warned him - when the spring of death is big, it is small, the big one swallows the Hanhai, boundless, and the small one is as quiet as a pearl, without a trace. Thinking of this, Tang Feng asked Wei Ming again, "Then does this Haizi have a name?" ”

Wei Ming thought for a while and said, "I heard the elders say that this Haizi seems to be called - Death Spring!" ”

"Ahh ”

"Oh, you've heard of that name?" Akira asked.

Tang Feng didn't know how to answer, and after being stunned for a while, Tang Feng asked again: "Uncle, when we found that Haizi, the whole Haizi was shrouded in dense fog, so strange, so we couldn't block the true face of the entire Haizi, have you seen the whole picture of Haizi?" ”

"Yes, that Haizi is very peculiar, the elders once said that it is rare to see the true face once or twice out of ten times in the past, I have been to the spring of life several times and were shrouded in fog, only once when I was about to leave, the fog suddenly dispersed, and I had the opportunity to see the true face of the spring of death. The vast expanse of water was endless, except for the red mountains in the distance, and some green could be faintly seen on the other side of the vast water, and I wanted to walk over and walk to that green place, but it was getting late and ...... And I'm worried about that legend. ”

"Legends?"

"Yes. A terrible legend about the Fountain of the Dead, legend has it that in the Western Xia, the Wild Wolf Valley was the only land with abundant water and grass within a radius of hundreds of miles, and our ancestors were stationed in the valley on a secret mission. They built magnificent cities, multiplied for generations, and when the Dan dynasty declined, the idyllic life ended, our ancestors fought against Genghis Khan's army in the Valley of the Wild Wolves, they took advantage of the complex terrain in the valley, the changeable weather, defeated the Mongol cavalry again and again, and even caused Genghis Khan to fall off his horse in the valley and be injured, so that he later fell seriously ill and died! Our ancestors still held out here for decades after the fall of Western Xia. ”

When Tang Feng heard this, he was secretly surprised in his heart, this legend was highly consistent with the situation they had already mastered, Wei Ming paused, and continued: "Later, the Mongolian Khan was furious, and sent 100,000 troops all the way from the valley mouth, that is, you saw the valley mouth full of corpses and bones to kill into the Wild Wolf Valley, because of the war every year, most of the party members were killed and wounded, coupled with the blockade of the Mongolian army, the valley and the outside world were not connected, and the materials were scarce, and the disaster of the party people finally came, and the 100,000 Mongolian army learned the previous lessons and quickly attacked the edge of the spring of death. The last hope of the party people was pinned on the spring of death, which is the last barrier to the ancient city, the most terrible thing about the spring is the fog that shrouded it, the Mongolian army came to the spring of death in the fog, this time, their commander was a cautious and cautious man, he was afraid of being attacked by the people of the party in the fog, so he withdrew the army to the outside of the valley first, and then scattered many spies to stay at the spring of death, pay attention to the changes here, once the fog dissipated, he promptly notified the army to march; At the same time, they ambushed the soldiers and horses at the mouth of the valley, and the party people did not know what to do, thinking that the Mongolian army had withdrawn, so they sent the elite in the city to take advantage of the fog to send troops, and the soldiers were all killed, and the last elite of the party people was also lost! ”

"No wonder Taniguchi left so many bones!" Tang Feng sighed.

Wei Ming said: "But even so, the Mongol army still could not cross the Shengquan, the fog did not disperse for a long time, there were several times for a short time, but when the Mongol army arrived, the Shengquan was shrouded in fog again, the last time, when the Mongolian army was shrouded in the fog again, they were lost on the way to retreat outside the valley, 100,000 troops were dizzy in the valley of the wolf, how could not turn out of the valley, for three days and two nights, countless soldiers died of hunger and thirst, just when the military heart was about to collapse, a miracle appeared, this is the miracle of the Mongolian army, but it is the misfortune of the party members! The end of the party is coming, just when the Mongolian army is about to collapse, they came to the water's edge again, the hungry and thirsty soldiers ignored the commander's stop, drank the water in the spring of death, and the result of this water was not only fine, but saved the life of the Mongolian army, this is not counting, after the Mongolian army drank enough water, they wanted to withdraw from the wolf valley, but at this moment the fog that has been shrouded in the spring suddenly dispersed, this is really Changshengtian helped the Mongolian army, their commander was determined to fight the ancient city, so, ordered the troops to divide into three ways, The left and right roads marched along the waterfront, and the cavalry in the middle waded through the water! ”

"So the water in the spring isn't deep?" Tang Feng immediately captured valuable information.

"I don't know if the water of the spring is deep, the legend left by our ancestors is like this, the Mongolian army was divided into three ways, and finally attacked the last piece of land of the Dangxiang people, the Dangxiang people were finally slaughtered, only a small number of people escaped, it is said that the Mongolian army in order to prevent the Dangxiang people from entrenching in the Wild Wolf Valley again, with the bones of the Dangxiang people to build a terrible skeleton city."

"Skull City?!" Tang Feng exclaimed, he immediately thought of the Jingguan he had seen in Qianhu Town, but what would Skull City look like? The Jingguan of Qianhu Town is far from reaching the scale of the "city", is it ...... Could it be a giant Kyoto Temple? Or maybe it's all just a legend.

Wei Ming looked very calm, "Yes, that's what the old generation said, a huge Skull City, Skull City blocked the passage into the ancient city, and from then on, my ancestors could no longer enter that ancient city, and everything was lost in the yellow sand." ”

"So you moved out of Wolf Valley." Liang Yuan said.

Akina nodded heavily. Tang Feng suddenly thought of something, "Skull City blocked the passage, so ...... Then we won't be able to enter the ancient city! ”

Liang Yuan and Makarov were also aware of this problem, "Yes, then we can't go in anymore?" ”

Wei Ming shook his head, "I don't know, it's all just a legend left by the older generation. It is said that the Skull City is piled up like a huge labyrinth, and it is difficult for those who walk in to get out again, and even if someone walks out of Skull City and finds the ancient city, no one has ever come out. ”

"No, that Misha ......" Makarov thought of Misha.

"Yes, Misha should have found the ancient city, as well as Ma Changguo." Liang Yuan also muttered in a low voice.

Hearing this, Tang Feng fell into deep thought, and after a long time, Tang Feng slowly raised his head and asked Wei Ming: "So the passage to the ancient city is not completely blocked, or can someone get out of Skull City?" ”

"I'm not sure, because I've never been there, and I can only tell the legends that have been passed down orally by the elders." Wei Ming said calmly, "So I advise you not to go to the Wild Wolf Valley again, otherwise it will be more than lucky." ”

"As long as there is a glimmer of life, I will not give up, not for treasure, not for anything else, just for so many people who have died!" Tang Feng's voice was not loud, but it was extremely firm.

10

After Wei Ming finished talking about the ancient and terrible legend, he told Tang Feng to rest well, and was about to leave, Tang Feng suddenly called out to Wei Ming, "Uncle, I still want to ask you, besides us, who else has been here recently, and has anyone asked you about Wild Wolf Valley?" ”

"No, in the last two months, you are the only stranger I have ever met!" After Wei Ming finished speaking, he walked out of the tent with his eldest mother, Tang Feng looked at the distant backs of the two, and whispered: "What a strange two people, not only saved us, but also told us such an interesting legend." ”

"Interesting legends? I think it's a terrible legend! Liang Yuan said.

"The legend is scary, but it's also funny!"

"What do you mean?" Liang Yuan was puzzled.

"First of all, this famous uncle is very interesting......"

"What? Do you doubt his identity? Makarov interrupted Tang Feng and asked.

Tang Feng was silent for a moment, "I don't know, but in the depths of this desert...... He told us about this old legend. ”

"But I really didn't hear what they meant to harm us, I think you're suspicious again!" Liang Yuan said.

"Maybe, maybe......"

"Maybe what?"

"Maybe they're trying to help us ......"

"Don't think about it!" Liang Yuan persuaded.

"In addition to the fact that this famous uncle is interesting, the legend he told us is terrifying, but it is also very interesting." Tang Feng said instead.

"Oh?" Makarov and Liang Yuan both wanted to hear Tang Feng's high opinions.

"In particular, the sea of death he said is exactly the same as the woman in the mask in my dream, do you remember what she said? The spring of death is sometimes big and sometimes small, the big one swallows the Hanhai Sea, boundless, and the small one is as quiet as a pearl, without a trace. Don't you think it's strange that Uncle Wei said that the legend also says about the spring of rebirth, and the two even have the same name? ”

Listening to Tang Feng's words, Makarov nodded thoughtfully, "It's very interesting to hear you say that!" ”

"Not only that, Uncle Wei Ming told another story, that is, the story of the Mongolian army fighting against the party here, and the beginning part is completely consistent with what we have already grasped on the southern front!"

"yes, I was taken aback when I heard it." Liang Yuan recalled.

"What's more interesting is still to come, the next paragraph that the uncle said is something we didn't know before, if the latter paragraph is really history, then it can also explain how the party members of Hanhai Mi City finally fell."

"Yes! We speculated in Qianhu Town that the Mongol army must have retaliated against the Dangxiang people for the massacre of Qianhu Town, which is the reason for the eventual demise of Hanhai Mi City, if the legend is true, then it is right! Liang Yuan became a little excited.

Tang Feng nodded, "That's why I said this legend is interesting." And the legend of Skull City, when Uncle Wei Ming said it just now, I was wondering if it would be another Jingguan! ”

"Kyokan! However, the Jingguan we saw in Qianhu Town is not very large, and it is far from the scale of Skull City! Liang Yuan was puzzled.

"Yes, I'm also thinking about this question, if the Mongolian army piles up the bones of the dead party members, then it must be a huge Jingguan! I can't imagine it! Tang Feng couldn't stop shaking his head.

"But Uncle Wei Ming said that the Skull City built by the Mongol army has blocked the passage to Hanhai Mi City, so can we still go in?" Liang Yuan asked with some concern.

That's the most interesting part of the whole legend! When most of the Shengquan is shrouded in fog, but there are also times when the clouds open and the fog disperses, which Uncle Wei has proved that in the legend, the Mongolian army attacked Hanhai Mi City after the fog suddenly dissipated, so the fog is very important! If we want to enter Hanhai Mi City, I'm afraid we will have to wait for the fog to dissipate! There is also the problem of the passage being blocked, I think Misha and Ma Changguo should have entered Hanhai Mi City before, so there must be a passage, it's just ...... It's just that if we really want to think about the legend, then we won't find this passage so smoothly. Tang Feng speculated, and then added: "Of course, everything I said here is based on that legend, and if that legend does not exist, it will be difficult for my speculation to be established."

"If that's the case, then it's not a good thing for us!" Makarov listened to Tang Feng's words and said suddenly.

"Oh, old horse, what do you mean?"

"I don't think our old opponent will find the passage to Hanhai Mi City so smoothly!" Makarov affirmed it.

Tang Feng nodded, "Yes, opportunities are fair to everyone. ”

The three of them summed up in the yurt, and decided to continue the journey tomorrow, Tang Feng saw that Wei Ming's family had a few camels, so he wanted to rent camels from Uncle Wei Ming, Wei Ming began to persuade them not to enter the wild wolf valley again, but seeing that the three of them were resolute, they agreed to rent camels to the three people.

Tang Feng and Makarov quickly adapted to the bumps on the camel, but Liang Yuan rode a camel for the first time, frightened and frightened, shouting, Tang Feng and Makarov spent an afternoon, finally let Liang Yuan learn to ride a camel, soon, night fell, after dinner, the three of them returned to the yurt, and fell asleep early, waiting for them will be a new journey.