Chapter 12: Entering the City

"Is this rouge box?" Lin Mo didn't know when he had quietly stood beside Fang Rui, and reached out to hand over a photo, which was a small blue carved round box. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Bai Jingjing glanced at it and shrugged her shoulders, and replied, "Xiaoguo said that the box is carved with flowers similar to lotus flowers, but I can't be sure of the specifics, I have to let Xiaoguo see it to confirm it." ”

Fang Rui took the photo and took a closer look, and sure enough, there were flowers similar to lotus flowers carved on the box and hurriedly said: "There are lotus, it is very likely." Where did you get that? ”

"Found it a year ago at a businessman's house. Interestingly, the story that happened at the time of discovery is very similar to what you just said. It was supposed to be the dowry of the merchant's original wife, and after her death, the merchant married another woman. This woman fell in love with this rouge box at a glance and took it for herself. When the daughter of the original wife found out, she strongly objected, but the merchant ignored his daughter because she favored his new wife. As a result, the newly married wife began to suffer from a strange illness after using the rouge box, which no doctor could treat. Finally, the merchant found us. And we, finally, found this rouge box. Lin Mo replied.

"What strange disease has the merchant's new wife had? Is the face rotten too? Xiaobao, who heard our conversation in the front row, asked curiously.

"It's not a bad face, you can take a look." As he spoke, Lin Mo took out another photo from the folder in his hand and handed it over.

Fang Rui and the others couldn't help but gasp when they saw it, the woman in the photo, no, it should be said that she was a monster who had long been unable to distinguish gender. It has pale brown skin, skinny skin, and no hair. The hands were lengthened to the ankles, but the legs were noticeably shorter, as if the calves had been amputated. The ** of female characteristics is completely gone, and even the sex characteristics of the lower body are gone, as if he is a sexless person.

"This... Can it still be considered a human? Fang Rui felt incredible, no matter how terrible the illness was, it would be impossible for people to become like this.

"It's basically not counted, not only the human form is out of shape. The loss of speech degenerates into a beast that only knows how to eat and attack. Lin Mo recalled the scene when he first encountered this kind of monster a year ago, and the non-human roar shook the eardrums of everyone present.

"Why, it's been more than a year, and even your Inhuman Publishing House hasn't investigated the origin of this rouge box?" Bai Jingjing asked.

"Do you know an old legend in Xinjiang?" Lin Mo didn't answer Bai Jingjing's question, but instead asked about the legend of Xinjiang, seeing Fang Rui and their confused looks, Yu Nana, who was on the side, suddenly spoke: "Are you talking about the legend of the Desert Death Bug?" ”

"What Death Bug? Come and hear it! Xiaobao was busy on the side.

"Legend has it that there is a death bug in the Lop Nur desert whose saliva corrupts everything. Its eyes emit electrical current. But it can also take people into a mirage, where the gods live. If you are able to enter, you will be rewarded with a blue gem from the immortals. "But it's just a legend, no one has ever seen any blue gems. ”

"Maybe the legendary blue gem is not the kind of sapphire we think of as we now, and the blue stone with magical functions can of course be called blue gemstones." Full Moon Road.

"For more than a year, I have been in charge of tracking and investigating the blue rouge box, and Yu Kun's blue stone is very similar to the rouge box in terms of material. What's more, Yu Kun's blue stone was given to him by Yu Zhenbang, and Yu Zhenbang was taken away by a group of people. A year ago, this group of people also tried to snatch this rouge box. Therefore, no matter what, we have to find Yu Zhenbang and ask about the origin of the blue stone. Lin Mo looked at his watch as he spoke, "There are still more than ten minutes to come, in order to save time, I hope you will cooperate." ”

After speaking, Lin Mo waved his hand, and several other entourages on the plane took out a large package from under their seats and distributed it to Fang Rui and the others.

"What is this?" Fang Rui asked.

"Parachute bag!" Lin Mo replied calmly.

"What? You're trying to make us jump? Fang Rui was so frightened that his hands shook and he almost threw the parachute out directly.

"Hurry up, please cooperate." Lin Mo said, and pointed to the entourage and said, "It's really not good, they can tie you up and jump down together." ”

"I'll jump on my own!" Bai Jingjing's face didn't matter.

"I don't need it either. Thank you! Full Moon also immediately rejected Lin Mo's proposal.

"You can not go!" Lin Mo said to Nana, the only ordinary person here is Yu Nana.

"No, I'll go!" Yu Nana shook her head and refused, she wanted to get Yu Zhenbang back in person.

"Okay, then get ready!" After Lin Mo finished speaking, he also carried a parachute bag on his back, and the rest of Fang Rui, Xiaobao and Yu Nana were all tied together by the accompanying employees of Inhuman Publishing House.

Fang Rui closed his eyes during the whole skydiving process, but the weightlessness of really taking off and falling still made Fang Rui dizzy after landing on the ground, lying on the ground and almost emptying his stomach.

When everyone finished cleaning up, they found that there was an ancient city shrouded in a hemisphere of red light in the distance. Lin Mo took a look at the watch with the GPS positioning function on his wrist, and it seemed that the position of the landing this time was very accurate.

"A mirage?" Although Fang Rui was still dizzy, he was still shocked by the scene in front of him. If this is a mirage, then the one in front of you is too real. If this is a real ancient city, then everything in front of you is too illusory.

After packing up their things, the group quickly set off towards the ancient city, and after walking for about ten minutes, they came to the ancient city. The ring where the knife and the bald man had been placed earlier had been extinguished three times.

"It looks like we're not the first to arrive." The full moon looked at the Circle.

"This is... Be... Xiao Bao, who had not spoken, suddenly trembled, as if something had hit his heart so hard that he felt breathless, even if he still didn't recall anything, but it was a familiar feeling that made Xiao Bao's eyes slightly hot.

"Do you remember anything?" Full Moon asked with concern.

"Nope!" Xiaobao shook his head regretfully, but he immediately said, "But I feel very familiar and very unfamiliar." I... I don't know! ”

"Just go in and see!" Bai Jingjing frowned slightly. Just now, when they were in the distance, everyone couldn't see the whole picture of the ancient city, but now they can see clearly at the foot of the city, there seems to be a lump of black crystals on the walls and eaves of these blue-black ancient cities, and something seems to be wrapped in them. This made Bai Jingjing, who had a slight phobia of denseness, a little uncomfortable, and always felt like something was covering the entire ancient city.

"Get in!" Under Lin Mo's order, all the staff began to take out a weapon that was somewhat similar to a submachine gun from their baggage.

After entering, Fang Rui found that this ancient city was very peculiar, it was actually a bit similar to the pyramid buildings in the Mayan culture, but at the top there were buildings similar to the ancient Chinese wooden architectural style. The buildings of the whole ancient city are basically blue-black, and there are many lumps of shiny crystals on the walls and eaves, and the crystals are wrapped in a kind of flower, double petals, and the petals are slender and curved towards the stamens at the top, and the stamens are about the size of a dollar coin, with small bulges on top of them. The stems and leaves are curly and more like ferns. Because the country is in a black crystal, it looks like it is all black.

Except for these crystals wrapped in strange flowers, there seemed to be no other animals and plants in the entire ancient city, and the death-like silence was only the sound of Fang Rui and the others' breathing. Here, it seems to be another space, and there is not even a trace of wind. The road of the ancient city is paved with palm-sized green bricks, perhaps because there are more people walking on it, and all the green bricks are shining.

While everyone was still observing the ancient city, suddenly a terrible scream was heard from a distance, followed by the sound of gunfire. Fang Rui and the others immediately gathered in formation, and the staff of the Inhuman Publishing House surrounded Fang Rui and the others to guard around.

Lin Mo led everyone forward, Fang Rui pulled Xiao Bao, who seemed to be a little confused, Xiao Bao had been in a trance since he entered, staring ahead with his eyes out of focus. If it weren't for Fang Rui pulling him, he would have almost fallen to the ground. Full Moon and Bai Jingjing walked side by side behind Fang Rui and Xiaobao, looking around as they walked. Bai Jingjing was very shocked in her heart, it was the first time she had seen such a large-scale ancient city. Full Moon frowned slightly, she had a sense of déjà vu but couldn't think of why. She reached out and touched the red mole under the corner of her eye, as if it was the memory of the mole in her heart that affected her. If that's the case, it's very likely that his grandmother knows about it.

After walking a short way, suddenly, Xiao Bao, who had been wandering in the void, shouted, and everyone looked at Xiao Bao's surprised gaze, and in a black crystal on the ancient wall, not only the unknown flower, but also the corpse of a person. The corpse was entangled in the stems and leaves of the flowers, and some of the flesh on the corpse was gone, revealing the internal organs and bones inside. What made everyone shudder even more was that the flesh and internal organs on the corpse were slowly disappearing at a speed that was already visible to the naked eye, as if they had been absorbed by the stems and leaves. If you look closely, the top of the corpse's head is covered with flowers, and the stamens of the flowers stick out like a straw and insert them into the center of the head. The stamens straw was still wriggling, as if it were sucking something.

"Don't touch those crystals!" Lin Mo was shocked even if he was well-informed, although he didn't know what was going on with these flowers and crystals, but it was definitely better not to touch them.

Fang Rui held Xiaobao, whose body trembled slightly, and couldn't help but ask him, "Did you remember something?" ”

"I... I... Xiaobao's eyes were full of tears but they didn't drop, but he kept muttering: "It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be, it shouldn't... ”

"How should that be?" Fang Rui was in a hurry, and shook Xiaobao vigorously, but Xiaobao kept shaking his head as if he was crazy, and his eyes were scattered.

"Don't shake him, he won't be able to ask anything if he shakes it again." The full moon stopped Fang Rui, stretched out Qianqianyu's hand and slapped it on Xiaobao's head, and Xiaobao suddenly fainted in Fang Rui's arms.

"He guessed that he was troubled, so I asked him to sleep for a while. You carry him on your back first. "Full Moon Road.

Fang Rui could only carry Xiaobao on his back, looking at his appearance, it was indeed possible to go crazy if he didn't shoot him unconscious.

As they spoke, the group walked forward a little further, and found more and more corpses in the crystals, and these corpses were almost dressed in the same group. It's just that everyone doesn't know how they got into the crystals and are entangled by these strange flowers, so they can't dare to breathe and carefully shuttle around more and more crystals.