Chapter Eighty-Six: Out of the Desert
At this time, Dachun's desert experience was reflected, and the camels were no longer panicked, and when they were partially buried in the sand, Dachun whistled, and although the wind was loud, the camels heard it very clearly, and immediately shook their bodies and moved up a little. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Throughout the night, when we saw the sun again, it was already noon the next day. This night, the camels kept shaking their bodies to prevent them from being buried, and the five of us men were also digging in shifts, and we were already exhausted. Seeing the sun, our taut strings dared to relax, and we looked out through the gaps between the camels, surrounded by sand dunes, and the yellow sand was blown by the wind like waves.
Zero City, Sanse Mountain, Ancient Glass City, Pagoda, Temple, and the three mysterious coffins that we have never seen from beginning to end, together with the most mysterious cultural history in the Western Regions, have hidden secrets for thousands of years, and the second, third, and Li Mei have been buried in the depths of the desert forever.
Gu Tong stood beside me, looked up to the sky and laughed, and suddenly fell to the ground, unconscious. I hurriedly helped him up, and Tong Qin on the side hurriedly stepped forward to hold Gu Tong's left hand with one hand and put the other hand on his wrist.
After a while, Tong Qin frowned deeply: "The pulse is short, the real vitality is lost, the qi and blood are injured and the spirit is damaged, it should be caused by excessive fright for several days, plus fatigue all day." Take a good rest and you should be fine. ”
I felt a lot more relieved, after all, it was just overwork, and it didn't hurt my life, and it can be regarded as a great creation. Dachun knelt on the ground and bowed to the west, chanting sutras in his mouth, praying for the Buddha to bless us to go out safely. The fat man rummaged through all his bags, and at last there was only one water bag and half a jug of water left. Spread his hands at me.
I shook my head helplessly, I only cared about running for my life along the way, I didn't think about the water at all, we stayed in the city for ten whole days, and when we left, because we encountered a subsidence, even if the water was out, it was difficult for us to bring it out, if it wasn't for Li Guohua to find any treasure, we wouldn't have ended up in the field like this. The entire ruins of Zero City have been buried by the yellow sand, and it will definitely be unrealistic to encounter the dark river and walk for an hour, just a few of us want to dig here. Just such a pot of water, plus half a pot of wine on my body, can last two days in the desert, which is a miracle. Escaping from death, there is a dead end, it is simply spinning in place, we might as well not come out if we knew this.
There is no water in the desert, just like being naked in the ice and snow, you can only sit in nature, and so wait for death, although everyone doesn't want to, but there is no better way for a while, they all sit in place in a daze.
The fat man was rummaging around in his bag at this time, looking for something, I said, what are you looking for at this time? Could it be that you put the river in your pocket?
The fat man said: "It's nothing, what I found in the coffin of the saint when I came out, it was too dark in it just now, I didn't have time to look at it, anyway, I was waiting for death, I don't want to be a fool." ”
With that, the fat man took out a black object from his bag, which looked like a cage, just the size of an apple, but inside was an egg, almost exactly like the windy egg that we had disappeared before.
I wondered, "Why is this thing in here?" Doesn't it mean that there is only one of the same? Why is there another one in this? Could it be that our egg with long legs ran into it on its own? ”
The fat man scolded with a smile: "It's too nonsense, the egg has long legs, and he walks by himself, it's a strange thing in the world." He turned his head and asked Emma, "Miss Duan, aren't you proficient in the culture of the Western Regions?" This thing is out of the realm of the Western Regions, you explain it, what's the matter with eggs and long legs? ”
Emma knew the origin of the egg between the two of us, and when she saw the egg at this moment, she frowned and looked at the things in the fat man's hand: "Most of the things I know are recorded, and I don't know much about the myths and religions of the nine chicks of phoenix breeding, but it's a pity that Gu Tong is dizzy at this moment, otherwise you can ask him." ”
No one explained, and the fat man didn't care, so he took out the sapper shovel from his bag and said, "Then let's split this black cage and liberate our eggs first." ”
Speaking, I didn't have time to stop it, and the fat man cut it down with a shovel with lightning speed, and with a bang, the fat man said "oops". The black cage containing the egg was not broken, but the German sapper shovel was missing a small opening, and I looked at the small cage in surprise: "My God, what is this thing made of, the German sapper shovel can make a gap." ”
It wasn't just me who was surprised, but Li Guohua and Emma were also surprised. The fat man shook the numb jaw: "Do we still have explosives?" Just give it a moment. ”
I said, "I've probably thought about making a cage, and if you want to blow it up, the eggs will be gone." ”
The fat man spread his hands helplessly: "Then what do you say, if you don't let it be fried, the sapper shovel can see the gap." Ay... Why don't you try your sword? ”
Emma and Li Guohua also chimed in: "Yes, yes... Your sword is inextricably linked to this place, maybe it's carved into something, and if this egg is released, maybe we'll have a way to live. ”
I don't want to say more, the fat man reached out and snatched the sword of my waist, changed his hand, and this time he didn't dare to exert so much strength, and the sword slashed down, and with the clattering sound, a crack was seen in the black cage. The fat man was afraid of accidentally injuring the egg inside, so he changed direction, raised his sword and looked at the sword again, and the egg inside rolled out along the gap that was seen.
Everyone looked at the sword in the fat man's hand in amazement, Li Guohua's eyes were about to shine, I was afraid that this old boy would hit his idea again, so he quickly snatched it back from the fat man's hand and put it on his waist.
Before he could be shocked, the egg that had fallen to the ground suddenly disappeared and turned into a bird and flew south.
We were all thrilled to see this bird, and Dachun hurriedly beckoned everyone to ride on the back of a camel and chased after it, it was because of this bird that we found the water source, and this time we hope to be so lucky. No one was in the mood to think about how the bird had come to be.
We ran all the way for two or three hours after the eggs turned into birds, and under the scorching sun, we who sat on the backs of the camels were almost exhausted and collapsed, and the camels under us were only panting, and after several towering sand dunes, the bird disappeared, and a very small puddle appeared in front of us, and two white camels were drinking water next to the puddle.
Da Chun was excited, and said to us a little unneatly: "Bai... White.. White camel, we have been saved, we have been saved, Amitabha, Buddha blessed. ”
When the camels saw the water, they rushed up and drank their heads. There are some sea buckthorns around the puddle, which is very turbid, and animals can drink it directly, and the human stomach can not digest the impurities inside, and drinking it directly will leave a lot of hidden dangers.
Fortunately, Emma came with some small water filtration equipment, and after a simple treatment, it was distributed to everyone.
The puddle on the ground may be due to the black sandstorm last night, coupled with the collapse of Zero City, which has changed a lot of the entire underground dark river, and a small part of it has been squeezed out of the ground.
There was a fire on the edge of the puddle, and the fat man wanted to take a gun to kill a white camel, saying that he was trapped in the underground palace these days, and he killed one to open the meat, but was stopped by Dachun, who said that these white camels are wild camels in the desert, much taller than ordinary domestic camels, and the probability of encountering wild camels in the desert is similar to the probability of being struck by lightning, and people who often walk in the desert say that the white camel is the messenger of the Buddha and will bless us with a safe journey, if we kill the white camel, the Buddha will blame it, That's going to be a walk around without eating.
Although he was not happy in his heart, the fat man gave up the idea of shooting the white camel. Obediently sitting on the ground eating dried fruits and roasting naan. I didn't tell them about someone pulling on my ankle on the broken staircase, I encountered too many such things along the way, that weird extraterrestrial boulder, so I couldn't tell the truth from the fake at all, in the Zero City Dungeon, I would always unconsciously fall into all kinds of hallucinations, and I don't know if they would be the same.
At this time, when we talk about what happened in the ruins of the underground palace, it was like a nightmare, and it still made people palpitate, and the fat man said strangely: "Hey... I said, why are you always fascinated? Did you have anything to do with this dungeon in your last life? ”
Emma, who never spoke much, interjected: "Maybe it has something to do with the egg you picked up, the first to find this egg was Zou Yi, the reason why we didn't fall into a hallucination, maybe it was because we didn't touch this egg, and the third child was because he drank water from that cup, but anyway, everything in it is leading us to develop in the direction they thought in advance, the most appearing is the phoenix, and occasionally there will be one or two owls full of evil energy, the less they appear, The more we go in that direction, the more we go, once the stones do their job, most of the things that come to our minds, because it can't create things that we haven't seen. ”
The fat man shook his head: "No, no, according to what you say, I didn't take that egg less, why didn't I hallucinate?" ”
Emma spread her hands: "I'm just guessing, as for you, maybe it's the same as that holy woman." ”
When the fat man heard this, he thought that Emma was praising him for his strong mind, and nodded with a smile on his face. I pestle him next to him and said, "What do you want?" Since that woman is a saint, she will definitely not be able to marry for the rest of her life, is it possible that you want to not be able to marry a daughter-in-law for the rest of your life? ”
The fat man was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Then you are wrong, this man and woman are different, don't you see that the two of them are not hallucinating, Miss Duan is so close to the coffin, there is nothing to do at all, I think she is a saint." ”
Emma was about to speak back, but Li Guohua stretched out his hand to stop her and said, "Okay, okay, it's okay for each of you to say a word, let's discuss how to get out of the desert is the top priority." ”
Emma said, "Don't ask me about this, but ask old Mr. Dachun, who is a living map of the desert and a camel who can speak human language." ”
Da Chun saw that the boss had spoken, and while pointing to the distance, he drew a few times on the ground with his hand, to the north is where we came, although our number of people is less now, it is not easy to walk back; To the east is Lop Nur, you can go to Dunhuang in the past, but there is a desert in the middle, next door, even to Lop Nur there is also an indescribable danger; To the west is the legendary ancient kingdom of Jingjue and West Night, and now it is also a desert, so it is not easy to go out.
In this way, it is difficult to go out in the east, west, and north directions, and the only thing left is the south, all the way to the south to the territory of Jimo County, although there are ancient ruins of the end of the country, but there are still many people living there, according to all the equipment we have now, as long as we bring enough fresh water, it should not be a problem to walk to the territory of Jimo County within ten days. Everything is easy to do when you get there, as long as Li Guohua, the old rich man, says a word, it is not a problem to find someone to help.
The water we are most lacking now has been almost replenished after being simply filtered by Emma's water filter, and we have almost eaten enough food, but walking in the desert, what we eat is relatively simple, and we can't kill camels to satisfy our hunger.
Emma's water filter work efficiency is really anxious, fill all the kettles, it took us a whole day, until the next night we were ready, according to the scheduled itinerary set off, along the way inevitably hungry and thirsty, inevitably wind and sun, Xiaoxing overnight, everyone's mouth is cracked, the skin on the face is slightly rubbed, like bean dregs down, rubbed off the dry skin, exposed the new skin inside, the sun is shining, hot and painful. After walking for half a month, we finally arrived at Jimo County the day after we ran out of drinking water.
Li Guohua bled again under the flicker of the fat man, although Gu Tong was sober along the way, he fell into a coma every time he was full of food and drink, and the fat man kept scolding him for pretending to be dead. Tong Qin was taking care of Gu Tong all the way, and for a while, there was no explanation or way for him to do this.
With the help of the residents of Jimo County, we finally escaped death. Counting the days of drinking water in the desert is not something that normal people can understand. Since then, I've also developed a habit of always counting when I drink water.
(Why do good eggs become birds?) Where did the bird fly again, and what happened to Gutong? What Emma said is true or false. Where did the bronze sword in Zou Yi's hand come from, what kind of secret is contained in the jade slip left by his grandfather, where is Zou Yi's mother and grandfather now, and then Zou Yi and the fat man's new adventures will continue to be wonderfully interpreted in "The Ancient Seal of Qimen" and "The Phoenix in the Mountains". (To be continued.) )