I glanced at the broken jade that shimmered reddish in the sun, frowned, and said, "Why can't I see the difference?" ”

Hu San lowered his eyelids and said, "The jade we are looking for can't be chopped at all." ”

I looked at him in surprise, Wang Zhen took a few steps forward and pulled up Shengzi, who was squatting on the ground with his head in his arms, and persuaded half-comfortingly and half-sympathetically: "People can't be resurrected after death, things have developed to this point, and it's useless to be sad." I'll help you find his head, put it together and bury it on the spot, and I'll burn paper for him on Qingming Day. ”

Although Katsuko's eyes were red and swollen, and her expression was a little blank, she didn't look completely broken. Perhaps it was because he had seen the headless corpse before, or perhaps he was somewhat immune to the bad news, he silently crouched down and rummaged in the sand.

Although I had a dislike for Katsuko, my heart trembled when I saw him almost numb with grief, and I patted him on the shoulder. Wang Zhen was sweating profusely, his face was reddened from the sun, and it took him a long time to raise his head, take out a cigarette and hand it to Shengzi, and sighed: "It stands to reason that such a big head should be easy to find, why haven't I seen it all the time?" ”

Katsuko gently pushed away his cigarette, sighed, moved the body aside, dug a pit more than half a meter deep, solemnly and solemnly put the body in, and without even looking at it, he began to fill the sand with all his might. Soon the sand plain was back to its original state, as flat as if nothing had happened. Katsuko wiped her sweat and said lightly, "Keep going." ”

I didn't know what to say, so I silently followed his ass. I don't know how many kilometers I walked, Zhang Siyuan suddenly turned his head and bowed to the almost invisible yellow sand with a serious face. My scalp was numb, and it seemed that there was a river full of tragic emotions stirring and surging in my heart, although it was noon when it was as hot as a fireball, but my mind automatically appeared under the autumn wind, we had our backs to the golden sunset and the yellow sand.

Zhang Siyuan seemed to have forgotten his suspicious face last night, and kept walking side by side with Katsuko and constantly looking for words to talk to him, trying to make him wake up from his grief and numbness. I also wanted to go up and talk to Katsuko about a few nonsense, but I didn't know what to say, and I was afraid that I would say the wrong thing and offend the minefield, so I simply shut up and walked silently.

Although it is already October, the day in the desert is still very hot. My sweat was pouring down my eyes and mouth, and my bare skin was tanned like a ripe shrimp. I glanced at those people with rough skin, full of wounds, and black who could fight with the African people, and I couldn't help but sigh and secretly worry: When we go back, the ticket inspectors won't refuse us to get on the bus on the basis of inconsistent witnesses, right?

Just as I was grinning at my own thoughts, I suddenly heard Zhang Siyuan scream. My heart sank, and I looked up suddenly, and saw him pointing in surprise to a wisp of black on the golden sand in front of me: "It seems that there is a person buried in the sand." ”

Uncle Lu squinted his eyes and looked closely, and lowered his face: "That seems to be a strand of hair...... There should be a dead man buried in the sand. Put the bright spots, take out the guns and daggers, let's go over and have a look. ”

The group approached the knotted strand of hair with trepidation. The hair is hard and curly, and just looking at the length, maybe it will be a woman under the sand. There was no trace of fear on Wang Zhen's face, and after carefully shoveling a few shovels through the shovel, a Xinjiang man I had never seen before stared at us with wide eyes.

Katsuko stepped out suddenly, and sat in front of the head with a weak body. He didn't have much expression on his face, just stared at the head in silence. Wang Zhen sighed, patted him on the shoulder unbearably, and closed the dead man's eyes.

I glanced at his severed neck, the black wound was covered by a large amount of dried and blackened blood, and the slightly rotten flesh had changed color and gave off a foul smell, and I felt terrified at the sight of it. I initially deduced that his head should have been cut off by some sharp weapon after death, but why was there no broken jade at the broken neck?

Everyone was reluctant to discuss it and take a closer look, so Uncle Lu asked Shengzi if he wanted to bury it deep first, and when he went back, he would take it back and bury it with his body. Katsuko glanced at the human head, his facial features were twisted together, shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Bury it on the spot, it's too infiltrating to walk." ”

I breathed a sigh of relief, I really didn't want to travel long distances with a hideous-looking human head on a hot day. Katsuko wanted to put the head back into the pit, so I decided to dig the hole deeper so that the wretched man would not be gnawed by a rattlesnake or something. But after a few shovels, I felt something was wrong.

There seemed to be a thin layer of slab under the sand pile, and with my strong efforts, there seemed to be a hole in the board, and countless sands began to slowly leak downward.

I was shocked, the dark bottomless pit instantly appeared in front of me, and I looked at the long yellow sand that was constantly sliding down in horror, and jumped up and shouted: "There is also a bottomless pit down here!" ”

Zhang Siyuan's face changed instantly, he stepped forward and glared at him after only a glance, brushed the ground and pulled out the dagger, took a few steps back and exclaimed: "Could it be that there is a huge cavity underneath?" How come there are holes here! ”

Uncle Lu and Hu San both frowned and asked him what he was talking about with puzzled expressions. I roughly described the appearance of the bottomless black hole we saw when we fetched water that day, Hu San didn't think about it, grabbed the shovel and said: "If you dig a shovel, you will know everything, and you won't have to waste saliva here." ”

After the surrounding yellow sand was shoveled away, a black hole about three to five centimeters in the face of a slightly white gas was exposed. Hu San squinted his eyes and glanced inside, his face became very strange. There was a strange light in his eyes, and he turned his head and said, "There seems to be a building in here." ”

Wang Zhen's eyes widened, and he squeezed to the front with a loud sound. Hu San dug up more yellow sand, smashed the board covering the darkness, and turned on a flashlight to shine inside. Under the bright light of the wolf's eyes, I saw the strangest scene I had ever seen since I was born, in the hinterland of the desert, under the vast sea of sand, there was an area the size of four or five football fields, and in this dark ghost, there was a small three-story building.

Zhang Siyuan blurted out a foul word, Wang Linshuo wiped the sweat on his forehead, looked at Xiaolou with a pale face, and his lips trembled for a long time before he squeezed out a sentence: "This can't be a monster's home, right?" ”

Normally, this would have made me laugh, but now I was so nervous that I couldn't help but see those yellow eyes like light bulbs, and even began to think about whether to throw the only detonator in it. Just when I couldn't find a clue in my mind like a ball of yarn, I suddenly heard Zhang Siyuan's voice very strange.

He whispered, "Why can't I see the doors and windows?" ”

I glanced at the small gray and black building: "What do people want windows for?" As for the door, if you go around to the opposite side and take a look, you might find something new. ”

Zhang Siyuan shook his head: "I have already seen it just now, the same side as this side, it is all gray and black bricks, and there is no mouth for people to enter." The building was certainly not built for people, perhaps to hide something. ”

As soon as he mentioned what was hidden, Hu San and Uncle Lu's eyes lit up together, and Uncle Lu stepped forward, grabbed a flashlight and shot back and forth inside, grinning and scratching his head constantly, like a monkey.

I didn't even have to look at him to know that he was itching, and he was thinking about whether to go down. I grabbed him who was hesitant and said in a deep voice: "There is one more detonator, three more magazines, and there are still two and a half days to go, you can decide for yourself." ”

Uncle Lu gritted his teeth, stared at the building without blinking, and sighed for a long time, turned his head and picked up his bag to move forward. I couldn't help but secretly admire his courage, I met a place like this, I walked around, and it was absolutely impossible to go in and die. For various reasons, everyone gave up the idea of wanting to explore deeply, and accelerated their pace to move forward.

Shengzi's face was like gold paper, and he glanced at Uncle Lu and Hu San in confusion, and said with palpitations: "Are these two people crazy, why do you want to drill into dangerous places?" If you really want to climb down, then I'll definitely turn around and leave, and I'll give my sister the money to be a guide anyway. ”

I was amused by his petty citizen mentality, and Zhang Siyuan said: "If they are determined to go, I will turn around and leave with you." However, after meeting your sister, you have to return some of the money because you didn't complete the task. ”

Maybe it was the shock brought by the small underground building that washed away the grief, or maybe it was because he had accepted this fact, Katsuko's mental state began to recover somewhat, and he no longer always kept his face calm and didn't speak. I still don't know why he pretended to be unconscious and did something I couldn't understand, but I felt sympathy, and thought that this kid might change his personality after a trip with us.

We walked all the way in search of herbs, slowing down significantly, but we didn't see any sign of it. I remembered the incident of taking poisonous weeds by mistake before, and the boundless irritability permeated my heart, and my head hurt faintly, and I didn't dare to look at my chest, and I didn't dare to think of the pain at the time of the attack. Just when I was worried and irritable, I suddenly heard the sound of several brushes pulling the bolt of the gun in unison. When I looked up, I was so frightened that I forgot to breathe, my brain was blank, and I subconsciously turned my head and ran.