We pulled out the crumpled red, green, and blue tickets that had been dug out of the pockets of our bottoms, put them together, and said a basket of kind things to the driver, and finally he reluctantly and impatiently agreed to give us forty yuan cheaper. About four or five hours later, we finally arrived at the Second People's Hospital of Korla. As I hurried through the door, I called Uncle Lu and asked him which ward he was in.

The group squeezed into the crowded elevator, enduring the pungent smell of medicine, disinfectant and smoke, and walked past the patient lying on the mobile bed, covered in tubes, and around the dirty corner, pushing open the door of the ward, and two mummy-like men covered in bandages turned their heads to look at me.

My heart trembled violently, my nose ached, and I turned my head and gritted my teeth, saying, "How did you make yourself so virtuous?" ”

Hu San laughed indifferently: "It's very good to lose your life in comparison." ”

I let out a long sigh, Zhang Siyuan walked over with a big grin, raised his hand and wanted to pat Uncle Lu but couldn't find a place to start. He had no choice but to stand in front of the bed and stare at their eyes and the corners of their mouths, scratch his head and say, "Although you are seriously injured, you are still in good spirits, it seems that this family's sick meal should be very nutritious." ”

Uncle Lu motioned for me to come to the hospital bed and asked, "Why do you think Hu San and I died in the desert?" ”

As soon as I thought about it, he felt sour, lowered his head and said, "What Katsuko said." He said you had run into a trap and then fell into a pit with green eyes hidden. He ran away, and after a long time he didn't hear the sound of struggle or any other voice, and then he deduced that you were dead. ”

Uncle Lu shook his head: "That kid...... Although I was a little annoyed by his behavior of running away at the time, it would have been a disadvantage to think that he had stayed. Where is he now, back to their home? ”

I bit my lip: "Dead, bitten by a rattlesnake." ”

Uncle Lu and Hu San weren't too surprised, they just closed their mouths and remained silent. As soon as I thought about it, his heart was sour, so I had to divert the topic and ask, "By the way, have you found the jade?" It won't be a loss to Mrs. and a soldier. ”

Uncle Lu raised his eyebrows, the muscles on his face stretched, and his eyes flashed at me with the corners of his mouth, if he wasn't able to move now, he would definitely put a cigarette between his fingers.

As soon as I saw his expression, I knew that he had gotten what he wanted, and I couldn't help but be a little surprised, I always thought that all the information he called was fooling him. Zhang Siyuan leaned in and said curiously: "Can you take it out and show it to me?" ”

Hu San immediately shook his head and said: "Strictly speaking, in fact, it was discovered by the two of us at the same time, and who should belong to it will be discussed again." I don't even know what to decide, so don't show it to attract attention, it's a bad thing to be remembered. ”

I said in my heart that the jade is just the two of you as treasures, and ordinary people will not pick it up if they are thrown on the side of the road. Wang Zhen said with a smile: "How do you two discuss, could it be that the two of you are like ancient warriors, pick up a sword and have a duel, whoever wins?" ”

Zhang Siyuan said in a low voice: "Duel, these two can't even move now." ”

Hu San glared at him and sighed: "You only know how to talk nonsense, Zhang Lu, if you don't talk about what you found in the small gray building, it will be dark." Are the four of them staying here tonight? ”

As soon as he reminded me, my doubts diluted by joy came to my heart, and I hurriedly asked: "Li Qingling called me, and as soon as she came up, she asked about the ancient scriptures in the small gray building, as well as the strange diseases of the children in the small village by Chenghai Lake in Yunnan, her words made me confused, do you have any opinions on this?" ”

Zhang Siyuan frowned and said: "I remember, I remember that someone told me at that time, saying that their children always talk nonsense when they get sick, and there is always a string of numbers repeating in the nonsense, 44400890." It is said that after research, it was verified that it was a phone number from a dangerous building, and they called it, and at first someone answered it, and then it became an empty number......"

Hu San interrupted: "There really is a phone in there. ”

My ears were buzzing, and I looked at him in amazement, and he motioned to Wang Linshuo, who was sitting next to him, to help him up, and with difficulty, he stood up and said: "After falling into the deep pit, a big black snake about the thickness of an arm pounced on it violently, opened its mouth and bit it. During the struggle, we were both bitten countless times, and I endured the pain and panic of the wound cracking and killed it with Zhang Lu and collapsed in the pit. I rummaged through my whole body and there was no detoxification, I thought I was going to confess here, but after a few hours, we showed no signs of poisoning, and our heads were not dizzy or numb, maybe it was a non-venomous snake.

The two of us crawled out of the pit scarred, and after a short rest, we continued to walk. Needless to say, the passage there is like a man's intestines, long and winding and rolling, and when you reach the legs that don't seem to be your own, you still don't see the end. As we were parched and limp, debating whether or not to go around the last bend and return the way we came if nothing was available, he caught a glimpse of something unusual, a dusty telephone in the corner. ”

Wang Linshuo and Zhang Siyuan gasped at the same time and looked at Hu San with wide eyes. Hu San frowned and continued: "My heart was beating faster, and when I went up to look, I found that the dust on the earpiece and digital buttons was much thinner than the dust on the fuselage, which shows that someone has used it in recent times." ”

I was so shocked that I couldn't close my mouth as if my jaw was dislocating, and I thought to myself, how can this be exactly the same as the plot in a horror novel? The guy who doesn't know how to use the phone is still hiding somewhere and watching them, right? Wang Zhen asked, "Is there anything strange about the phone?" ”

Hu San shrank back: "Before I could get close to study, the phone rang." Its shrill ringing almost didn't scare me. And this, your Uncle Lu, was so scared that he almost peed his pants. ”

Uncle Lu glanced at him fiercely, raised his eyebrows and opened his mouth to argue, but Hu San pretended not to see it, and continued to speak to himself: "I hesitated, but I still picked up the phone. There was a ticking, rhythmic sound that I couldn't understand. Just as he was about to call Zhang Lu to listen carefully, the phone was suddenly hung up. ”

I frowned, could the sound of my heart ticking be the sound of water? Or is it trying to express something? Wang Linshuo, who had been listening carefully, pondered for a while, stretched out his finger and knocked out a series of discontinuous sounds on the table, looked at us with a blank face and said, "Is this similar to the voice on the phone?" ”

Hu San squinted his eyes and pondered for a long time, nodded and shook his head: "It seems to be a little ...... I can't remember, the sound was rhythmic and hard to remember, and there were plenty of pauses in between. ”

Wang Linshuo nodded and said, "When you talk about pause, I think it should be the same kind." He tilted his head to us, "Morse code, have you heard that?" Just now I was knocking on the international distress signal, SOS. ”

Zhang Siyuan exclaimed: "You still have this? I've heard about it and written about it in a novel, but I didn't know it was like that. He turned to Hu San, "Like it?" Do you remember the voice on the phone, not at all? ”

Hu San rubbed his temples and shook his head: "I forgot everything, I didn't remember it at all." ”

I sighed in disappointment, and my heart missed another clue. Wang Zhen went back to the topic: "And then? How did you discover jade? ”

Hu San continued: "The phone has never rang again since I hung up, and I haven't found any new continent after researching. I had to give up and move on. To tell you what I said, fortunately we parted ways at the time, otherwise your affairs would have been delayed. The underground of the small gray building is like a maze of complexities, and I can't find the end or where to go, I suspect that it was built by hollowing out the desert underground......"

I glanced at his wrist as he said this, but the thick gauze covered it all. I couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me, ...... you hurt your wrist?"

He smiled mysteriously: "If I have to delay the matter of taking back your matter now, because I suddenly remembered that following us is the safest way, you must not have imagined that I found the antidote in the room where the jade is hidden." ”

I grabbed his hand sharply and said hurriedly: "Don't sell it, just skip the things on the road and tell me how you found the antidote!" ”

Uncle Lu straightened up and said: "At that time, his illness was committed again, he convulsed and fell to the ground heavily, the floor was overweight and made a squeaky sound, before I could react, a huge crack suddenly appeared, and the whole floor collapsed like foam, knocking us to the ground." When I rubbed my stunned head and looked up, I was speechless by the magnificence, pompous and luxurious room in front of me, which could be called a palace. ”

My brow was twisted into a pimple, how could there be a gorgeous building like a palace under the tattered little gray building in my heart? Uncle Lu shouldn't have been stupid and hallucinated, right? Seeing our look of disbelief, Hu San said, "We are not lying, I later learned that there is an ancient civilization hidden in the desert that has long been extinct. ”