Epilogue to Chapter 20

The experience that followed was a good one.

We gasped and looked at each other, feeling like we were in a dream. The fat man's face turned pale and told us to go quickly, not daring to stop for a moment. After that, I was basically in a trance, especially at the end, I can only give a general account of what happened.

We barely stopped at all, all the way back to the mouth of the waterway, chose a direction and began to look for another exit along the stone wall.

After six hours they entered a waterway, and after enduring hunger, the three of them simply walked with their heads bored and did not say anything, so as not to consume their physical strength.

"I can rely on fat for a week or two without eating, and the only thing that is uncomfortable is the first few days," said the fat man, "I have experienced this kind of time, and it is good to endure it." ”

At first, I doubted that we would be able to get out alive, but at the same time, I suddenly understood why the third uncle came in this time, why should it be called "the point of no return", because the journey was too long, and the food carried by one person could not meet the whole round and back, and he had already foreseen the hardships of the return journey.

Marching on an empty stomach in the channel, the fat man's plan was to go out in one day, but it was much more tiring to go up than down. After two days of starvation, we couldn't take it anymore and began to think of a solution. There is very little to eat here, there are dry tree beams, and there are many bugs in the crevices, and the expedition manual says that eating bugs is the safest thing when there is no food in the wild and you can't find what to eat. We started trying to catch some and eat them, but there were very few bugs here, and they were all very small, and they were almost the same as melon seeds.

The stuffy oil bottle has been in a trance, and then it has gotten better, but I still can't remember anything. We told him several times that he couldn't understand what had happened, but fortunately he didn't have to help him anymore, and he could go with us on his own.

After three more days of relying on the insects, we finally saw the living roots appear on the wall of the shaft, and the fat man judged that this place must be very close to the ground, and we wandered around, and finally found a few upward shaft mouths. The fat man climbed up and found that this was the same piece of Tallinn we had passed by when we entered the rainforest.

The hole was too small for us to get into, so the fat man smashed a small hole with a bullet and made a directional blast that blew the stones between the holes, and we barely managed to squeeze in. The ground was unrecognizable, and the water level of all the swamps had dropped to its lowest point, revealing the mud and hideous tree roots, and at this time the sun was shining and all the poisonous snakes were underground, it should be the safest time.

The sunshine in the rainforest, the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers, it is easy to give people the illusion of beauty, thinking that this is a fairyland on earth, but we know that this moment of tranquility is definitely an illusion. The more peaceful you are, the more you can't rest.

We calculated the time, we would never be able to get out of the canyon before dark, at most we could get to the middle of the canyon, and if we encountered any resistance, the three of us who were exhausted would definitely be attrition.

The three of us have survived a lot of hardships, and I don't want anyone to die at this juncture, but there is no better way but to do our best. Fortunately, there aren't many cockscomb snakes in the canyon, and we can apply bruises. This way, it can be said that it is completely fateful.

The next is a long journey, there is no need to repeat the process during the period, I really don't want to mention it, crawling and rolling in the mud, we are all injured, grass ticks crawling all over the body and there is no time to deal with it, after nightfall is even more nervous, as soon as there is a sound, I immediately speed up the pace.

It took us a day and a night to quickly cross the canyon and return to the Gobi, and sure enough, we saw the Dingzhu Zhuoma and them waiting outside, and it was a complete feeling of rebirth. As soon as the fat man came out of the canyon, he almost fainted, and the Lord Dolma saw us, and they could hardly believe their eyes.

Outside the canyon, we rested for three days, all of us in a state of confusion and exhaustion. I didn't think about anything for the past three days, I didn't worry about anything, but I felt that only sleep was the most important thing, and everything else was rubbish. And for the first time, I really felt relieved, as if all those mysteries, everything that has not yet been solved, has nothing to do with me.

The stuffy oil bottle still didn't get up, and he either shrank in the tent in a daze, or leaned against the rock to look at the sky. We all sighed, but there was nothing we could do, and no one thought that he would pursue it to the end, and it would be such a result.

Panzi was unexpectedly rescued by Tashi, lying in another tent, sometimes awake and sometimes unconscious, I didn't dare to tell him about the third uncle. Tashi said that Wen Jin had told them something, that they knew how to prevent snakes, and that when the signal smoke came out, they also went into the camp to search, and found the camp in the jungle, where they found Panzi.

I calculated the time, it should be the day after we went to arrest Wenjin, and thought that as long as I could survive that night, I could meet Tashi, and then things would be completely different. Unfortunately, that night was too variable.

After resting for another two days, Tashi told us that it was time to go, according to his memory, we are now in the middle of a Devil's City Ring, the Devil's City has set up strange mechanisms, we must have jīng to navigate, after going out, there may be roads on both sides of the east and west, as long as we get to the road, we can call for help. At this moment, I also want to know the whereabouts of the third uncle and the black glasses, but I have no strength. Tashi said they may have gone out through another entrance, or they may not have come out at all, but there was nothing we could do.

There is no car but on foot, what we lack most is labor, because the water at that time was moved by the third uncle's brigade, and there was a lot left after they set off, and we couldn't move it all, and the time of the trek was long and long, and the water we could bring could not last until we found the road.

The fat man said, cut the food in half, discard the tent, and use all the extra space to bring water, it's okay to eat less, and you can't last a few days without water.

So he complied, carrying a large amount of water on his back, and crossed the Gobi, which was inevitably difficult at the beginning, but it was already two grades with the rainforest march. Four days later, we walked out of Devil's Town, walked for another week, and finally reached the highway. The traveler who stopped an SUV used the phone on the military vehicle to get in touch with Jude Kao's people, and about 30 hours later, the Aning company convoy arrived and rescued us.

Everyone collapsed, and some wept with joy, and only the person concerned knew what kind of journey it was. On the way back, the fat man leaned on the car and suddenly sang a song: "Climb the peak and look at your hometown, the yellow sand is thousands of miles long." Where did the camel bell sound, and the sound knocked on the heart. ”

The sound of a broken gong sounded good, I suddenly felt a burst of emotion and sadness, for a moment, I burst into tears, my vision was blurred, and everything in the past flashed in front of my eyes like a dream, as if I heard those forever lost voices, echoing in the vast Gobi.

After returning to Golmud, I weighed it again and again and wrote an email to my second uncle, explaining everything that had happened. Half an hour later, the second uncle called me and told me that he knew, don't tell anyone about this matter, tell me to leave it alone, he will deal with it, and let me go back to Hangzhou immediately.

Naturally, he couldn't go back immediately, and the fat man, the stuffy oil bottle, and Panzi had to stay in the hospital for a while.

The fat man was overtired, and he was relieved after hanging a few bottles of nutrient solution. Pan Zi's life is big, I told him about the third uncle's situation, and he beat his chest. I was exhausted and couldn't say anything to him, so he went back to Changsha before he fully recovered, saying that he would wait for news from the third uncle. I asked him to notify me as soon as he had news.

The most serious was the stuffy oil bottle, he had regained consciousness after being hospitalized, but we found that he could not remember anything, and the transitional stimulation made his mind very confused, and the doctor said to let him recuperate.

Originally, he couldn't remember much, but now he doesn't even know who I am, this feeling is really devastating, and I can't bear to look at him anymore.

I was the last person to get home, took a hot bath, and was bored looking at the accumulated letters, and suddenly found that one of them was actually sent by the third uncle.

My heart moved, I looked at the rì issue, and saw that there was no postmark, and immediately unfolded it, and found that it was a long letter.

"Great nephew:

By the time you read this letter, I may have been gone, or I may have died.

I don't know if you already know the truth at this point, but I do know that I owe you an account.

Now I'm about to do something, it's my destiny, and I can't escape it. I feel like this may be my last time, I have chosen to ruin my career for this matter, and if I don't find the answer this time, then I would rather die.

Things you want to know, I write below, you can read slowly. You've probably been very strange all the time as to why I've lied to you again and again, and you'll understand after reading it, it's because I'm a scam myself.

I'm so sorry, but no matter what you think of me, you'll always be my big nephew. You must believe me, everything your third uncle and I have done is actually to protect you, I have never thought of harming you, nor have I thought of any disadvantage to your Wu family.

Maybe I'm actually already Wu Sanxing, or maybe I can't take off this mask after wearing it for too long.

I'm also sorry that I can't go into all the details in this letter, but I want to say that in this case, everything that happens has a necessary reason. And I, in fact, was just an accident. At that time, all this had to happen, and by the time I was deeply involved, there was no way to undo it. In Xisha, there is actually a bigger secret hidden, and Wenjin's background is far from being so simple. When I investigated them, I found that several of them had no background at all, and I didn't know where they came from, and I didn't know what they used to do.

If you dig deeper, you will find that there must be something hidden behind this expedition, everything is unfathomable, so if you are still involved in this matter in the future, you must see what happened to me, and you will know what it costs to pursue this secret.

I hope this is the end of this matter. After you know the truth, your life can go on and don't get caught up in it again. I know you're going to find a lot of puzzles when you think back to the whole thing, but those don't concern you anymore.

Finally, as the last parting words, you have to remember, those are the words left by your grandfather:

Something more terrifying than ghosts and gods is the human heart.

-- Your third uncle is in Dunhuang

The following is a long description of what happened, almost the same as what Wen Jin said, I watched it silently, and after reading it, tears flowed uncontrollably.

"Notes on Tomb Robbery" season ends