Chapter 33: Omens
"Then why did you come out alive? And the fifth master has been in the tomb? ”
"I don't know. At that time, my fifth brother and I hid in the stone statue to avoid the hydra, and then I somehow fainted, and when I woke up, I was already in the village. The people here said that they saw me at the entrance of the village, and at first they saw me lying on the ground motionless, and thought I was dead, but they didn't expect that I still had breath. ”
"And you're going to stay in this village until now?"
The sixth nodded.
"Counting the fifth master, there are only six corpses in that tomb. Counting you and me, exactly eight...... That's not right! Didn't you have eight brothers? If only one of you lived, there should be seven corpses in the tomb, how could I see six? ”
"It's seven." The sixth said impatiently: "That tomb is outrageously big, and you definitely haven't touched another corpse." Anyway, it's not you who will die next! ”
"Since that's the case...."Da Lei squatted down and approached the sixth child and said, "Before you go in, will there be other intruders in the tomb who have died inside?" But you didn't run into it. Maybe eight of them have already .........."
The sixth waved his hand to interrupt him, and said with a wry smile: "Do you remember that I once told you that I worked hard for more than twenty years to get out of this place?" ”
Da Lei nodded.
"You can give it a try."
"What do you mean?"
The sixth stood up and said, "Let's go, go to the entrance of the village now, and you will understand when the time comes." ”
Another sleepless night. A huge dark night hung over the sky, not to mention the stars, not even the moon could be seen, and the darkness was so oppressive that it made people breathless.
Da Lei stood at the entrance of the village, looking at the dark outside, only a few looming sandbags, and it was terrifyingly quiet.
"Let's go." The sixth child stood behind him with an indescribable smile on his face.
Da Lei turned his head and looked at the sixth child suspiciously, and asked inexplicably: "Where are you letting me go?" ”
"You'll know when you get out."
Da Lei didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Lao Liu's gourd, he shrugged his shoulders and strode towards the entrance of the village.
Just get out there, right? What does this sixth man want to show me? I can't see anything in the dark of this big night, so don't let me touch anything unclean......
..... Hiss....!
Da Lei was stunned.
In front of yourself... There was actually the sixth child standing... He was looking at himself intriguingly......
He seemed to be pleased with his surprised expression.
How can it be?! The sixth should be behind him! And I'm obviously moving forward!
Da Lei turned his head, and behind him was the entrance of the village, and outside the entrance of the village was pitch black, with only a few looming sandbags.
Da Lei seems to understand what the sixth child lets him see. Still not convinced, he turned and walked towards the outside of the village, towards the dark desert, towards the few sandbags that were missing.
But after walking a few steps, he saw the sixth child standing in front of him, with that nasty smile on his face.
Turning his head, behind him was the world outside the village......
"You can't get out of this village."
After the sixth said this, Da Lei trembled.
"You will never be able to leave this village until the curse is gone."
"Could it be that it's dark?! What about during the day? Did you try it during the day?! ”
The sixth shook his head: "I've tried any time, otherwise what do you think I've been doing here for more than 20 years?!" ”
Da Lei sat on the ground, like a puddle of mud, and he couldn't tell what the expression on his face was.
The sixth man patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, don't talk about that tomb, just this desert is like being cursed." Even if you get out of the village, you can't get out of the desert. ”
"Do you think you'll be the next to die?"
"It depends on the tomb owner." The sixth laughed: "If I had the final say, I would have killed you a long time ago." ”
Da Lei also thinks the question he asked is funny, yes. If he had the final say, he would definitely kill the sixth child. It's just that... Unwilling... Again and again, I despair when I have hope, and I am really about to collapse....!
"Let's go." The sixth child pulled Da Lei up from the ground: "It should be dawn in a while." ”
"Since the cursed can't get out, then the people in this village can't get out, right?" Da Lei seemed to think of something and asked, "Have you tried to go out with other people?" ”
Lao Liu's face stiffened, and he said something that made Da Lei creepy.
He said...... :
"Don't you think that the people here are like dead people?"
After Da Lei went back, Xiao Hai had already slept soundly, and his breathing was even up and down. Da Lei stretched his waist and lay down beside Xiao Hai, looking at the sky that was gradually brightening up outside the window, and his heart was bored.
In fact, he wanted to ask the sixth child why he didn't tell him that he couldn't get close to the ancient tomb, but after thinking about it, he still didn't ask.
The reason is simple. As long as eight more people die, the curse will be lifted, and if he and Xiaohai both enter the tomb and encounter accidents, then the fifth master and the sixth will be rescued.
Even if the fifth master is not rescued, then his sixth child will definitely be able to escape this catastrophe.
It's just that the sixth didn't expect Xiaohai not to go in, and he didn't expect that he would come out alive.
If it really happens to you......
Then I hope that Xiaohai can leave here safely by then.
But it would be nice to be able to follow him away.
Alas...... Da Lei let out a long sigh.
It would have been better to die in Taklamakan in the first place! Now he is half-dead and hangs in one breath.
Da Lei closed his eyes, feeling that his life was interesting, he had experienced so many ghosts and strange things at a young age, how could ordinary people have such an experience?!
He smiled bitterly and comforted himself, and his drowsiness gradually set in, and his breathing sank......
Another dream.
It was as if he appeared in a dream from the perspective of a bystander, surrounded by gray fog, old houses, and dilapidated streets.
Da Lei didn't know where it was, but it seemed to be a long time ago, and it was a bleak scene.
He looked around and found a portrait of the same woman hanging in everyone's home, but her face was so blurry that she couldn't see her face at all.
There was a voice from one house, which seemed to be praying.
Da Lei looked for the voice.
There was a vague figure in the room, kneeling on the ground praying reverently to the portrait. The woman in the painting is dressed in blue and wears a red triangular jade pendant on her chest. Only that face, even if Da Lei looked closely, it was a blur.
The man knelt on the ground and muttered, Da Lei felt that it was not interesting, and just wanted to leave, but was frightened by the scene in the corner of the room.
——— there were three huge blood-red heads!!
There was no body, only three deformed heads lying on the ground! The facial features are already distorted......
Da Lei wanted to vomit in disgust, and suddenly, the man kneeling on the ground shouted loudly: "Great Gasaman Lord! I would like to follow you for the rest of my life! My beloved God! ”
I saw the man stand up, approach the painting, and reach out his hand to caress the portrait with great affection.
And at this moment, where the man's hand touched the portrait, there seemed to be a burning black fire, slowly penetrating into the man's body.
Da Lei clearly saw that the black fire was burning his internal organs!!
And the man didn't seem to know anything about it, and was still intoxicated by the portrait of God.
He gradually turned his face, and Da Lei was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
What kind of terrible face is that?! His skin was thin and almost transparent, making him even more scarlet as the black fire burned. As if it would bleed at the touch of it......
......
“...... Elder brother. The man said suddenly.
Da Lei opened his eyes suddenly....!
Xiao Hai looked at him with a puzzled expression.
“...... Brother, are you alright? I've been calling you for a long time before you wake up. ”
"It's okay, what's wrong?" Da Lei felt itchy on his face, and when he reached out to touch it, he found that it was wet.
"You seem to have a nightmare, crying all the time." Xiao Hai said cautiously.
"Ahh Da Lei smiled awkwardly: "Yes, it's been a long time since I had nightmares." It's okay, don't worry. ”
"That's good." Xiao Hai put on his shoes and said, "I'll go to the patriarch's house to get some rice dumplings." ”
Da Lei looked at the back of Xiao Hai leaving and fell silent.
I don't know why, in the dream, he was extremely sad.
This is the second time I've had such strange dreams.
Every time he knew he was in a dream, every time he woke up, he remembered it very clearly. It's going to be sad every time.
In the dark, is it the tomb that conveys something to himself?
Dreams seem to be a harbinger of the past.