Chapter XXIII: The Massacre
After walking around the maze for a long time, I finally came to the exit of the maze, which is located at the top of a foothill in the Gobi and has a large platform, which is enough for only more than 100 people to stand in a long row. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoThere is no wind in the quiet night, the only full moon hangs in the sky, and the white moonlight shines on the vast Gobi.
"This is the Sun Tomb?" Ah Shen couldn't see what tombs were there on the vast Gobi. "The surrounding area here is empty, not by the mountains or by the water, the top of the sky, the bottom of the loess, no water and no source, no soil and no peace. How could such a desolate place be considered a tomb? Ah Shen shook his head as he said to himself. Those who are buried here must be uneasy in the ground. ”
"This is not really a tomb of the sun." Poker Face's voice was muffled.
"Then how can they say this is the Sun Tomb?"
Before Poker Face could reply, the high priest with the three feathers of geese on his head stood on the edge of the cliff and raised his scepter. "Tonight, people, is our last chance." In the moonlight, the high priest's face was unusually pale, and his eyes glistened with tears. After a long time, he finally turned to Mayisha, "Princess." ”
Maisha stood barefoot and took the torch from the hands of others. Walk all the way down the hill. Each of the attendants held a torch in his hand and followed Maisha.
At the foot of the mountain, Maisha stood still in the distance, and the crowd dispersed, forming seven circles around Maisha. Poker Face and Ah Shen were also among them, Poker Face looked at Ah Shen who was standing dozens of meters away, and nodded to him.
It turns out that the so-called Sun Tomb is nothing more than a fence surrounded by people holding torches. It is not the remnants of Lop Nur, the Sun Tomb. But the two are so similar in shape.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa......" The High Priest danced wildly on the platform. Yu Yue and Batur were trapped together, with their backs to the mountain wall. Yu Yue watched as the countless red fires under the mountain began to dance with the high priest's wild dance, like the sun bursting out with scorching light. The high priest's dancing posture was especially strange in the cold moonlight.
"What is this doing?" Ah Shen danced along with him, glancing at the poker face next to him, I really didn't know what he would be like at this dance. I saw a poker face dozens of meters away, dancing skillfully, wearing a mask. "It's decent. This poker face is so boring that I can't even grab a ridiculous handle. After muttering, Ah Shen had to continue dancing with a torch.
Poker Face looked at the center of the sun, where Maisha was standing motionless from the beginning. As the dance became more and more powerful, the retinue began to sing unknown songs.
Maisha knelt down with her hands crossed in front of her chest, and she gradually spread her hands and raised her head to hold up her outstretched hands, as if receiving something like the moon in the sky.
"It's coming! Here it comes! Batur's face distorted with excitement next to Yu Yue.
"What's coming?" Before Yu Yue finished speaking, she saw the lights not far away, and she thought it was her illusion for a moment, however, she would not mishear the manic sound of the locomotive. Instinctively sensing the danger, she wanted to scream only to find her mouth gagged.
The High Priest had also knelt down at this moment, tremblingly putting down the scepter in his hand, clasping his hands together on his chest, trembling and chanting something.
The dirt at Ah Shen's feet bounced up, and Ah Shen jumped up in shock.
"Get down." Before Shen could hit the ground, Pokerface had already knocked him to the ground.
In the chaos, the neat dancing and singing turned into hasty flight and screaming. Ah Shen and Poker Face lay on the ground, and through the yellow sand and swaying firelight, they saw that Mayisha was still in that posture, singing quietly. The others also seemed to forget about Mayisha's existence and fled in all directions.
"Don't move while you're lying on your stomach." The poker face prostrate forward, and the rain of bullets came from all directions. One by one, they hit Ah Shen's side.
"Damn, who the hell is it?" He stretched out his foot and tripped over the person who appeared next to him, and a familiar feeling welled up, "It turned out to be you." "A few days ago, in Moonlight Village, he was attacked, and this group of people did it. The same sophisticated equipment, the same silenced weapons. Shen snatched his gun and knocked him unconscious.
In the panicked crowd, Pokerface went straight to Maisha with a clear goal. A white robe and a white mask, ghostly and conspicuous in the beacon fire.
"Damn, this poker face is dead." Ah Shen shot hard, hitting several people who were about to shoot poker in the face. Poker Face rushed to Mayisha's side. "Yu Yue asked me to take you away."
Mayisha had heard everything around her, but she still didn't move. The hands were trembling, and the singing was trembling. But it didn't stop.
"Let's go." Poker Face went to pull her arm, only to find that reflecting the fire around her, Maisha burst into tears.
"Why did you carry her?" Shen glanced at Maisha who was lying on the poker face's shoulder.
"I've knocked me out, let's go." The two of them went up the mountain road to the top of the mountain. On the top of the mountain, Yu Yue and Batur were still tied to the edge of the stone wall, and the high priest sat on the edge of the cliff with a frightened expression, watching the people at his feet fall to the ground.
Ah Shen helped Yu Yue untie the rope and tie Batur as fast as he could, Yu Yue walked to the high priest's side, "High priest, hurry up." ”
"Retribution...... Retribution......" muttered the High Priest.
"This old guy, when is he still not leaving, let's just knock him out and drag him away." Ah Shen saw that the group was about to catch up.
Yu Yue pointed to Mayisha on the poker face's shoulder, "Your princess is safe, let's go quickly, it's too late." ”
When the high priest heard Yu Yue mention the princess, he came back to his senses, glanced at the unconscious Maisha sadly, picked up the scepter at his feet, "Let's go, enter the labyrinth." ”
"Old man, do you know who they are, why did they suddenly come out and kill so many of you?"
Po Ashen held the torch to open the way in front, Yu Yue helped the high priest to walk in the middle, Poker Face carried Mayisha to walk at the end, and after a while, Poker Face stopped and put out the light on the wall.
"I don't know."
"Kill so many of you, call the police directly."
The high priest shook his head again, as if he had spoken of suffering.
"High Priestess, how could Maisha be your princess? Who the hell are you? After Yu Yue woke up, when she heard the news, she was very curious, but she hated that she didn't have a chance to ask what was going on.
The high priest glanced at Yu Yue painfully, sighed and shook his head, as if he was not about to answer.
"Old man, I said that we were kind enough to help you, but in the end, you didn't even explain why we helped you?" Ah Shen was anxious.
"I can't say without the permission of the princess."
Pokerface put Maisha down and extinguished another light.
They walked very slowly, "Let's rest for a while." With that, as if exhausted, Poker sat down against the wall and immediately fell asleep.
Yu Yue heard the sound and looked at Ah Shen, "How long have you not rested?" ”
"Since I entered this labyrinth, I haven't even had time to drink saliva." Shen took the water that Poker Face was about to put on and drank it in a big gulp.
"What were you doing?"
"Hmm......" Mayisha slowly woke up, she looked at a few people around her, suddenly sat up straight, staring at the high priest, "Grandpa......"
The high priest burst into tears and stroked Maisha's cheek, "Princess, do you know all these people?" ”
"Yu Yue!" Mayisa's eyes widened and blinked in disbelief, her long eyelashes casting a sparse shadow on her face. Mayisha hugged Yu Yue, "Why are you here?" ”
Yu Yue smiled bitterly, "It's a long story. This is my friends, Shen and Pokerface. ”
"Ah Shen? Is that the Dr. Shen you often talk about? Mayisha looked at Ah Shen, "Grandpa, don't you think it's ......?"
The high priest looked at Ah Shen carefully, his wrinkled cheeks stretched, and his blank gaze also brightened, "Are you from ......?"
"Grandpa." Maisha interrupted the High Priest and shook her head slightly.
The high priest was shocked that there were too many people around him, and he swallowed the words that came to his mouth, but he still stared at Ah Shen tightly, held Ah Shen's hand, and kept shaking with excitement.
"Old man, I'm really embarrassed that you are so enthusiastic." Ah Shen touched the back of his head and blushed a little.
The attention of Mayisha and the High Priest was focused on Ah Shen, and naturally they didn't care about the poker face who was sleeping in the corner. Poker Face rested enough, touched his face, "Let's keep going." ”
"Grandpa, who did that just now?" Ma Yisha and Yu Yue alone supported the high priest and turned left and right in the labyrinth.
"I heard your second uncle say that they are a foreign organization, and they have been investigating our whereabouts all these years, but because the Western Regions are vast, and our scope of activities is limited, our location is extremely hidden, no one has ever found us, I don't know why...... It's ...... that such a tragic thing happened," the high priest patted Mayisha's hand with tears in his eyes. "Maybe this is retribution......"
"Old man, don't say it, I don't think it's those people who are in a hurry, it must be this guy!" After saying that, he threw Batur to the ground, and Batur was tied hand and foot, and was thrown into the mud. He glared at Ah Shen resentfully. "You remember it for me."
"Remember, remember. I have a good memory. Ah Shen walked over and stepped on Batur's face, "I've seen you for a long time, but I didn't expect you to have this ability." "Ah Shen's feet are hard and merciless, and Batur's face is almost worn out on the ground." Say! ”
"Dr. Shen, Batur is not such a person." Mayisha wanted to stop it, but was stopped by Yu Yue, who shook her head and signaled Mayisha not to stop Ashen.
Mayisha looked at the scene in front of her suspiciously.
"Who are those people or not?" Ah Shen's feet were even harder, and Batur's face was frayed and he screamed in pain.
"Let you scream, let you not speak, let you scream!" Ah Shen showed no mercy.
Even Yu Yue couldn't stand it anymore, "Ah Shen, it seems that this Batur won't say it." ”
"Okay, since he doesn't say it, then let's leave him here, anyway, that group of people can't get out of the maze after following up, since they are in a group, let him bury them together." After Ah Shen finished speaking, he clapped his hands and let go of his feet.
Poker Face passed by Batur first. Everyone began to get ready, Batur was anxious, "You ......"
"What are you, do you say it or not, Lao Tzu has been hungry for several days, and the fire is big." Ah Shen was already impatient.
Batur glared at Shen and turned his face away.
"Let's go, since we don't talk about it, we don't need to spend it with him." Yu Yue comforted Ah Shen, and after speaking, she shook Mayisha's hand and led Mayisha and the high priest away.
Walking far enough, Pokerface extinguished the light behind him, and although he held the torch, when he turned around, there was already an abyssal darkness behind him.
"Don't go...... I said, I said ......"