Chapter 41: The Search for the Baby
Monsoon is really stupid.
She never imagined that Pulp would betray her!
She was stunned for a moment, bent down and groped in a panic, and finally touched a very heavy stone.
Pulp Juice is still shouting: "Linghu Mountain! Monsoon escaped! β
The exit of the tomb is about 80 meters from the side chambers on either side of the Backrooms, and the underground caverns have a sound-dampening effect, so that Fox Mountain and Baozhu are not even awakened.
Monsoon jerked up the stone in his hand and smashed it down on Pulp's head, and she collapsed to the ground, revealing the night sky again. Pulp didn't faint, but her voice became weaker: "Baozhu...... Catch her ......"
Monsoon didn't care about Pulp's injury, bypassed her, and rushed out quickly.
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And just like that, Monsoon fled back.
She and Berry Juice had followed Linghu Mountain and Baozhu to this lake, and they probably remembered the way.
I was puzzled: "Why did the juice hurt you?" β
Monsoon shook his head: "I didn't figure it out all the way back." β
I said, "She might want you to be her company." β
Ji Feng smiled: "Don't defend her, it's definitely not that simple." β
I said, "What do you think?" β
Monsoon said: "I want to come and go, there can only be one reason......"
I said, "What is the reason?" β
Monsoon said, "She likes you." β
I said, "She should like me, but what does that have to do with her stopping you?" β
Monsoon said, "Alas, girls have a careful eye. β
I thought about it and immediately understood what she meant, and I said, "That's right, you have to be careful, otherwise you wouldn't have guessed that." β
Monsoon said, "Forget it, don't mention these trivial matters, think about how to escape this catastrophe." β
I said, "We will set out at dawn to find the tomb of the sun, and that is the only way out for us." We were on the road overnight, everyone was in the car, and if they showed up, we knocked them into the air. β
"In the salt crust land, the speed of the car is not much faster than walking, and they will climb up," Monsoon said. β
I said, "Then it's just hand-to-hand combat......
After a pause, I asked Ji Feng, "Have you ever seen Linghu Mountain drill with your own eyes?" β
Monsoon said, "No." β
I said, "I couldn't figure it out, even if their hands were metal and they had motors, they couldn't drill so fast in the ground!" β
"I don't think that's the concept," Monsoon said. When they burrow into the ground, their bodies are likely to decompose and become molecules, moving quickly through the cracks of the sand, and when they come out, they reassemble into bodies. β
I said, "I get a headache when I hear this theory." β
"Judging from their words, they have almost zero defense when they burrow into the ground, and any little damage can kill them," Monsoon said. That form is only good for stealth, and it's faster. β
Suddenly, there was a snoring on the surface of the lake, and Monsoon and I both stopped to look. A dark shadow popped up on the surface of the lake and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
I said, "Do you see that?" β
Monsoon said, "It's black and slimy, I don't see it clearly." β
I said, "Kid! It's a child! β
Monsoon said, "I think they're water monsters. β
I said, "Why?" β
Monsoon said: "They are certainly not people, otherwise they don't breathe underwater?" Perhaps, they just look like people, but in fact they are some kind of amphibious water monsters. β
I suddenly said, "Humanoids can also not breathe." β
Monsoon looked at me and said, "Do you think this lake is where humanoids were born?" β
I shook my head and said, "They're not the same thing as humanoids." Humanoids are closer to humans, and these wandering children are more like some kind of ...... Genie. β
Monsoon said, "Elves...... Is this world a fairy tale? β
I said, "You think fairy tales come from the human imagination?" β
Monsoon said, "I don't understand what you mean. β
I said, "The world is what we didn't expect, but we've been living in it." β
Monsoon said, "Well, I'm most afraid of you talking about philosophy." β
I said, "Afraid? β
Monsoon said, "Because I don't understand." β
I said, "Then let me tell you something you can understand - I don't think these kids seem to be hostile to us." Naoer once appeared on our team, ate and lived with us, and then disappeared, did he harm us? β
Monsoon said: "He doesn't even make trouble. β
I said, "So, I've always wanted to meet them again and see if I can communicate with them." Perhaps, as Ling Hushan said, those passages were built by these children, and only they can guide us out. β
Monsoon said, "Where to find them?" Waiting by the lake? β
I looked at the lake and said, "It's been two days, and they haven't shown up......"
After a pause, I suddenly said, "I want to go down to them." β
Monsoon said, "You will be copied!" β
I said, "I have a way." β
Monsoon said, "What way? β
I said, "I have a celestial object, I don't know if I told you or not, it was when Pavan was alive, it guided me to find it, it should come from outside the sky, it is a substance that is not on earth. I gave it to Pulp, and Pulp gave it back to me. It has a feature - it cannot be copied ......"
Monsoon said, "You gave it to Pulp?" β
I said, "That's not the point, the point is, it's not going to be replicated." β
Monsoon said, "That's the point!" Why did you give it to Pulp? β
I looked at her and said, "When Juice died, I buried it as a companion." β
Monsoon said, "You're so good with the juice......"
I said, "Since it can't be copied, I dive with it in my hands, and I won't be copied either." β
Monsoon said, "I finally understand why Pulp is desperate to stop me." β
I said, "If I am copied, then the other one will definitely hold a celestial object in my hand, which is not logical." β
Monsoon said, "Maybe I really shouldn't have come back......"
I grabbed her shoulder and shook it, "Let's not talk to ourselves, okay?" You wait by the lake, I'll go down now. β
Monsoon returned to the role of assistant and said, "It's all your wish, it's very unlikely." We're leaving tomorrow, so don't take the risk. β
I said, "It is precisely because tomorrow we are going to the tomb of the sun that I am taking this risk." β
Monsoon thought for a moment and said, "Then be careful." β
Thanks to the mountain, I don't know where he is now. He made 28 copies of gas cylinders for us.
I didn't want to disturb everyone, so I carefully moved a gas cylinder from the car, took off my clothes, only a pair of pants remained, and then carried the gas cylinder on my back, holding a waterproof flashlight, and I was going into the water.
Monsoon said, "Are you sure they're not in danger?" β
I said, "If there was danger, I wouldn't have come out alive last time." Rest assured. β
I slowly dived into the water, and it was pitch black all around. When the flashlight shines out, you can see that the water of the lake is extremely clear, and there is not a single aquatic weed or algae.
I was mostly naked, diving deeper and deeper, this underwater world was too wide and free, and I, like a naked baby, suddenly had a desire not to go up again, not to return to the land of salt crust full of death......
I dived more than ten meters deep, and suddenly something rubbed my arm, like a smooth fish, I turned around and saw three identical babies next to me!
They swim in a very neat manner, like the ghost of a baby. They all smiled at me, as if laughing at my clumsiness in carrying a gas cylinder. Underwater, in the beam of a flashlight, their smiling faces are somewhat terrifying.
It dawned on me that I couldn't communicate with them in the lake, and I had to gesture to them. I pointed to my own mouth, and then to theirs, and then to the top, and then I went upstream.
I looked down as I went up, and they didn't follow.
I went back to them, pointed to my mouth again, then to theirs, then to the top, then upstream.
Looking down, they still hadn't followed.
I returned to them for the third time, and the three babies pointed to their mouths, then mine, then down, and then they grinned and swam deeper into the darker depths.
I was really scared and didn't follow them.
They got deeper and deeper and soon disappeared without a trace.
I gave up and started to return to the lake.
A few minutes later, I came out of the lake with a "boom".
Monsoon had been standing by the lake, and she walked briskly.
As I climbed towards the shore, my body became extremely heavy, and the monsoon pulled me and helped me unload the cylinder.
She said, "See them? β
I said, "See." Maybe you're right, they're a kind of water monster......"
Monsoon said, "Give up? β
I said, "Give up." β
The temperature difference between day and night in Lop Nur was so large that I began to shiver as soon as I came up.
Monsoon said, "I'll bring you a towel." β
I said, "Don't alarm them. β
As he spoke, he put on his clothes directly.
Monsoon said, "How uncomfortable! Go back to sleep, and I'll stand guard for you. β
I looked at her and said, "If the humanoids knew that you were standing guard tonight, they would have advanced the time of the attack to now." β
Monsoon said, "I'll shout." β
I said, "You might as well use four eyes." β
Monsoon said: "Don't take such a contemptuous girl, Leo needs dignity the most." β
I said, "Go back to sleep." β
Monsoon said, "It's almost dawn, I'll accompany you." β
I turned my face to her and suddenly said, "We're leaving tomorrow, do you want to do something creepy with me tonight?" β
Monsoon said: "If you go down to the lake to find a water monster, it's a terrifying thing!" β
I said, "Not yet." β
Monsoon asked a little nervously, "Then what else do you want to do!" β
I said, "You just say, do you want to do it or not?" β
Monsoon said, "No. Let's honestly wait for dawn. β
I said, "Then I'll go alone." β
Monsoon said, "Tell me, what are you going to do?" β
I said, "You join me and I'll tell you." β
Monsoon said, "Okay, I'll join." β
I said, "Let's go, let's go get two sapper shovels." β
Monsoon said: "Sapper shovel? Dig a hole in the ground to escape from Lop Nur? β
I said, "Not that hard." β
I walked over to the buggy, took out two sapper shovels, handed one to Monsoon, and said, "Follow me." β
Monsoon stopped talking and followed me closely.
I led her to the plant, to the grave of the syrup and stopped.
I looked back at Monsoon, and she looked at me in great surprise: "You...... What do you mean? β
I said very solemnly: "Last time, when I was sleeping, the heavenly object returned to my hand inexplicably, I felt very strange, I once came to dig the grave of the slurry, but unexpectedly, I was digging, and the slurry suddenly appeared from the reeds......"
Monsoon said: "I don't understand ......"
I said, "I always felt like something was wrong with this, so I'm going to get to the bottom of it today." β
Monsoon suddenly said, "Don't dig!" β
I said, "Why?" β
Monsoon said: "I'm scared, in case ......"
I said, "So I said, it's a creepy thing!" β
As I spoke, I continued digging up the grave of the syrup.
Monsoon didn't help me, she stopped a few steps away and watched with bated breath.
I seemed to have guessed the result, and the movements were very light and light.
When I dug to a depth of 1.5 meters, I found something, which looked like clothing.
I threw away the sapper shovel and began to carefully pick it up with my hands, and I picked it up, and I suddenly stopped, picked up my flashlight, and shone it into the grave......
I saw the corpse of the pulp.
Her face was up, still buried in the sand, revealing only her forehead, cheekbones, and nose.
I'm 100% sure thoughβthat's the face of the pulp!