Chapter 3: Reflections
Actually, the baby wasn't struggling, he was just scratching around in the net, trying to get it off.
He saw us through the grid and couldn't hold back his laughter, "Giggles! Giggles! ......" voice is crisp.
That kind of laughter...... How so? It's like he was playing hide and seek with an adult, and he got into a very funny place, like a suitcase, and the adult found him, and he laughed and got up from the suitcase......
All three of us stared at him dumbfoundedly.
He tossed in the broken net for a long time, finally crawled out, and then "stabbed" into the lake and disappeared.
I'm not going to attack him.
He, they, never hurt us.
And, at least outwardly, he's a kid.
I turned my head to look at the pulp: "Are you still caught?" ”
She looked at the lake and shook her head, saying, "I'm sick to death." ”
The weather soon warmed up.
We retreated from the lake to our tents, and Monsoon lay down to read an e-book. I sat at the door of the tent with Juice and looked at the lake.
Time is ticking.
We're waiting.
What to wait for? Rescue.
There was silence in Lop Nur, without any surprising sounds.
Pulp said, "Was that kid Nao'er just now?" ”
I said, "I can't tell." ”
"I'll take a picture of him." In case we leave this place, we can hand it over to anthropologists and let them study it. ”
I said, "Then you should take a picture with him." ”
After a pause, Pulp Juice suddenly said, "Boss Zhou, I want to tell you good news." ”
I said, "It's been a long time since I've heard good news. What is it? ”
Pulp's expression became a little mysterious: "I find that my feelings are coming back little by little!" ”
I said, "Feelings? ”
"The feeling of being connected to the gods." ”
Pulp suddenly turned around and asked, "Are you reading a historical novel?" ”
Monsoon was reading intently, and suddenly realized that Pulp was asking her, and quickly said, "Yes." ”
Someone said this about Leo on the Internet: gorgeous, atmospheric, biubiubiu! …… She really wasn't interested in the subject of God's babbling, so she automatically filtered out the juice and focused on the book in her hand.
Juice looked at me smugly and said, "How's it going?" ”
I said, "Coincidence! You know that Monsoon likes to read historical novels. ”
Pulp said, "What am I lying to you about? I don't want to set up a hexagram stall in Lop Nur! ”
I said, "Do you feel that we will be saved?" ”
Pulp meditated cross-legged and closed her eyes. I looked at her, and she didn't have any expression, just the occasional frown.
After a long time, she finally opened her eyes.
I said, "Conclusion? ”
"I don't see the sight of us leaving," she said. ”
My heart suddenly darkened.
She added, "I seem to see a woman......"
I hurriedly asked, "Woman?" Gray hair? ”
"It's vague, it's just the outline of a woman." She was approaching us little by little......"
Get closer!
If the trip to Lop Nur is like a horror movie, then this woman is the biggest boss! Is she going to show up?
Pulp's straight body suddenly turned into an "S" shape, and she said, "I'm so tired, you can play the guitar and sing for me." ”
When I left the Sun Tomb, I brought back my guitar. It has been kept in the car, and the car is like a steamer, and its strings are getting tighter and tighter, just like the nerves we have after entering Lop Nur. When I picked it up, the strings were on the verge of breaking, and I quickly loosened them.
I went to the car to get a guitar and sang to her.
We had to do something, or there was only one thing left - to die.
In the past, we ate three meals a day, but now it has changed to two.
A long day passed, and it was getting darker and darker.
It's windy again.
We got into our sleeping bags, lay down and turned off our emergency lights as early as possible. We want to save all the energy.
I slept with Monsoon on both sides, and Pulp slept in the middle. That is, she was next to me.
I put the shocker next to my pillow, just in case.
The humanoids seem to have let us go, but I'm still not worried about the two of them - Linghu Mountain and Baozhu.
Linghushan loved the monsoon, but the monsoon fled from him and returned to us; In a sense, Pulp has become the woman of the Orb, and she has escaped from the tomb and returned to us......
These two young humanoids are not far from us, and they are familiar with the road and can easily find the lake. God knows if they will suddenly appear and kill us.
In the darkness, Pulp said, "It's windy......"
It's really windy outside.
I ignored her.
I knew that as long as I responded, she didn't know how long it would take to fall asleep.
Monsoon didn't speak either.
I hope she falls asleep early, and I can go out and get her body away.
She added, "It's so windy, if anyone approached our tent, we wouldn't have heard it...... her voice was slimy and sleepy.
I still didn't speak, patiently waiting for her to fall asleep.
After a while, she said, "Did you hear that?" Those reeds, crackling, are there people walking......"
The reeds did ring, and they were blown by the wind.
I still didn't speak.
I could tell that Juice was about to fall asleep.
I tried to listen to her snort. Even if she fell asleep, I would wait for half an hour before sneaking out after she was fully asleep.
In case I just dug up her grave and she suddenly woke up and ran out, it would be troublesome. If I didn't dig it, she wouldn't necessarily think of digging it up. But as soon as she saw me digging, she would be suspicious, and she would have to see what was going on inside.
Suddenly, Pulp was refreshed, she got up and said, "I want to go to the toilet......"
I was deflated and said helplessly, "Are you going?" ”
"I don't dare," said Pulp. ”
I said, "Call Monsoon to come with you." ”
Pulp didn't speak, just watched me in the dark.
Monsoon fell asleep. I understand that she is a girl with a very regular life, and she has to go to bed at 22:30 every day, basically without exception.
Pulp definitely didn't dare to go to the toilet alone.
There are so many corpses buried in the lake, and there are babies in the lake who don't know their nature......
I got up, put on a long sleeve, lowered my voice and said, "Let's go......"
It wasn't until we got out of the tent that I turned on my flashlight. The flashlight looked so weak in the endless darkness, and I was reminded of that famous game, Silent Hill.
I said, "Big or small?" ”
Pulp whispered, "Small." ”
I said, "Then you can solve it behind the tent." ”
"No! ”
I had no choice but to lead her towards the reeds.
There was a makeshift toilet we had set up next to the reeds, about 50 meters from the tent, and in the middle of it was the mound that had to be slurred.
As we walked past the abandoned vehicles, she stopped abruptly and stared not far away, which was her grave bag.
I whispered, "What are you looking at?" ”
She said, "The grave." ”
I said, "Look what it's for!" Hurry up, the toilet will be occupied in a while. ”
Then I pulled her and strode towards the toilet.
She slowed down and asked me, "Did you bury me at that time?" ”
I said, "I'm one of them." ”
She asked, "Was my face particularly ugly?" ”
I said, "No, it's still beautiful, like a sleeping beauty." It's just that the eyes are closed, and your eyes look the best, the black ones are so black, and the white ones are so white. ”
She asked again, "Did you put me in?" ”
I said, "It's definitely me." ”
"My body is definitely stiff," she said. ”
I said, "No, it's like falling asleep." ”
She said, "You threw the first shovel of sand into it?" ”
I said, "Yes." ”
She asked again, "Is it on me, or is it on my face?" ”
I said, "What are you talking about?" ”
She said, "I want to know! Is it on the body or on the face? ”
I said, "Body." ”
She said, "Why? ”
I said, "What why?" ”
She said, "Why don't you put it on my face?" ”
I stopped, looked at her, and said, "I'll bury your body with a spade and bury your face at the end, because I want to see you more." ”
Pulp hugged me.
She cried.
I pushed her away: "Did you come out to pee, or did you come out to talk to me?" ”
She looked up at me and said, "When you threw the first shovel of sand in my face...... Crying? ”
I said, "I didn't cry." ”
She shook her head, "I don't believe it. ”
I said, "I just didn't cry." You don't go to the toilet, I'll go back. ”
With that, I turned around and left.
She hurriedly ran over and grabbed me: "Okay, I'll go now!" ”
I turned around and walked with her past her grave to the toilet. I said, "Go ahead." ”
She said, "Stand closer." ”
I took a few steps forward.
She finally ran over.
She was very fast, and it didn't take much effort for her to run, tying her trousers as she ran.
She said, "Come with me to the lake and wash your hands." ”
I said, "No, don't wash it." ”
"I feel uncomfortable," she said. ”
I said, "What if you touch a little hand when you wash your hands?" ”
She was startled and said, "Go back." ”
We walked past her grave again, and she stopped again.
I said, "That's a pile of sand, what do you always see it for?" Let's go and go back to sleep! ”
She didn't move, but snatched my flashlight: "I'm going to see it." ”
Then, she slowly lifted her flashlight, shone it on her grave, and walked slowly over it.
When we buried the juice, we piled up the sand very high, almost spired. The last time I dug it up and reburied it, it was also piled up with high sand. Maybe there has been a strong wind recently, and when we saw it this time, it became shorter, round, like a steamed bun. Maybe in a few days, this grave will be razed.
Pulp walked to the grave, lowered her head, and looked quietly, as if she was thinking about something.
I'm getting a little nervous. This girl wants to come out of it, and she won't suddenly say that she wants to dig it up!
I said, "Are you going to come back?" It's cold! ”
Pulp turned her back to me and didn't speak, as if she had instantly turned into a wooden man.
I walked around in front of her, and by the light of the flashlight, I saw that she had her eyes closed, as if she was feeling something.
I have to interrupt her immediately! I exclaimed, "Hey, I'm leaving, you meditate here!" ”
She suddenly took a step back, as if something had come out of the grave, startling me too: "What's wrong......
She said, "I saw a strange picture just now! ”
I said, "What? ”
"It's as if I'm standing on the edge of a lake, with my reflection below," she said......