Chapter Thirty-Seven: Turning in Circles

(There is something to do in the afternoon, and there is a chapter in the morning.) Continued on Monday)

I don't know how long I was unconscious, but when I woke up, I saw the fat man sitting on a pile of rocks with his back to me, his cheeks propped up, posing as a contemplative person, and my flashlight, which could be charged while jerking off, had him set aside.

I rubbed my eyes and realized that I was still in the graveyard, and right where I had met the big-faced corpse. It seems that after I passed out, the fat man did not intend to leave me alone, but chose to wait for me to wake up.

I got up from the ground, and when I stood up, I noticed what seemed to be a small hand sticking out from under the stone where the fat man was sitting. I was startled, looked closely, and suddenly remembered that this should be the big-faced corpse lying on my back. It should be that the fat man didn't have time to hide when he blasted the stone door, and was crushed to death by the stone. Of course, it is also possible that he escaped a catastrophe but was discovered by the fat man, so the fat man solved it. But no matter which one is possible, anyway, with the weight of the fat man and the large piece of gravel where the fat man is sitting, the probability of survival of this corpse is estimated to be smaller than that of a sow going up a tree.

I walked up behind the fat man and whispered to him. The fat man shook his body slightly, ignoring me. I thought he was joking with me again and just wanted to shoot him. But after thinking about it, he was afraid that something had really happened to him, so he retracted his hand and took a few steps back, picked up a piece of gravel on the ground and threw it at him.

The gravel hits the fat man's head with unerring accuracy. I only heard his strange cry of "oops", and his body tilted and fell directly to the ground, but almost instantly the fat man got up, turned around and looked at me vigilantly, and at the same time had an extra dagger in his hand.

The fat man was stunned when he saw that it was me, and said tentatively, "Are you awake?" ”

"Nonsense." I said. After saying that, I really wanted to see it, so I asked the fat man: "Feelings, you were dozing off just now?" ”

The fat man nodded, looking as if he had taken it for granted.

"Damn, you dare to doze off in such a dangerous place? Even if you are not afraid of death, then you can protect me. ”

The fat man blinked, then rubbed it again, and thrust the dagger back into its scabbard. Said: "Dangerous here? How I didn't see it. ”

I didn't answer him, and asked him again, "What about the big snake that chased you just now?" ”

"Just now?" The fat man said, "You didn't wake up, did you?" You've been in a coma for two days, and it's the same serpent that chased me the day before yesterday. ”

"I've been in a coma for two days?" I was stunned for a moment, and I thought about it a little, but I just remembered that I was stunned when the fat man blasted the stone door, and I didn't know what happened after that.

I shook my head, and said forget it, I was too lazy to dwell on this issue, so I asked the fat man: "Two days is two days, what about the snake?" ”

"I was killed by the fat man." The fat man said, looking proud. "That's a big snake, at least a hundred pounds up."

I shook my still dizzy head, found my backpack and opened it, trying to find water to drink. But before I could unscrew the lid, the kettle was taken by the fat man.

I frowned and looked at the fat man: "What are you doing?" ”

"We don't have much dry food and water, so we have to save some money."

"It's all here, I'll be able to go out soon, why are you saving so much, give it to me." I reached out to get the kettle back. The fat man lifted the kettle up, and I grabbed it.

"Going to get out right away?" The fat man said, "It might be a little difficult. ”

I was stunned: "What do you mean?" ”

The fat man pointed to the stone door that was blown open behind him: "I have been walking forward since I got rid of the big snake, and I know that I have encountered this stone door." ”

I didn't understand what the fat man meant, and I didn't understand. The fat man said, "That is to say, when we were separated, we actually walked the same cemetery road. So saying, the fat man squatted down, picked up a stone, drew a circle on the ground, and then cut another one with the stone in one part of the circle. Then he pointed to the road and said, "This road represents the stone gate, which is where we are now." ”

I seemed to understand: "You're saying we're actually in a circle?" ”

The fat man nodded and continued, "I have already walked through it several times when you were unconscious. It's a circle, about 300 to 400 meters long. ”

I was stunned when I heard it, and my heart said no, this is not logical. If this is a circular tomb, where is the coffin? The owner of the tomb can't dig a useless grave road here for no reason, right?

I told the fat man about this idea, and the fat man shook his head and said, "I have thought of this fat man a long time ago." There are two explanations. First, this tomb road is a trick used by the owner of the tomb to prevent theft. Second, the passage leading to the tomb is hidden somewhere in this tomb, and we have not found a mechanism or method to open it. ”

"Then why don't you look for it?" I asked the fat man.

The fat man glared at me: "Who knows how long you will be in a coma, what if I am not there and a corpse will lie on your back?" ”

I said "oh oh" perfunctorily, picked up the backpack and put it on my back: "Then let's find it quickly." If it really doesn't work, go out first and come back next time. ”

"Get out first?" The fat man snorted, "How do you get out?" ”

"Go back the way you came." I said.

"The entrance to the entrance has been blown down, how can you go back the way you came?"

"Then blow it up again."

The fat man looked at me with idiotic eyes: "You stupid, do you know how long this tomb has existed?" If one accidentally blows up the entire cemetery, then why don't we just bury it alive? ”

"What then? We're trapped here? ”

"Not really." The fat man walked to the edge of the tomb and touched the wall and said, "Didn't you say that your father also brought people down, if we were on the same route as theirs-"

"Then they must have walked through this grave road, and they must have walked out." I took the fat man's words and said. The fat man nodded.

"Wait a minute, how can you be sure that we are on the same path as theirs? The way we came in was still made with explosives, and if they were on the same route as ours, then why didn't we find any traces of explosives opening the way? I asked the fat man again.

"Quite simply, they found the right way to come in. We're not on the beaten path. The fat man said.

I saw the fat man's confident look, so I asked him, "I think you seem to be very confident in your own reasoning." ”

The fat man interrupted: "It's not a corollary, it's a fact." So saying, the fat man took something out of his pocket and showed it to me.

It's a cigarette butt.

I looked at the fat man suspiciously, and asked, "You want me to help you order it?" ”

"Don't make a fuss," the fat man interrupted me, "this cigarette butt was picked up by the fat man when you checked the tomb after you fell unconscious—don't tell me that there was a brand of cigarette under the heavens before." ”

I was stunned for a moment, and took it over to take a closer look. This is the most common type of cigarette we have here, and it is quite cheap, there are two yuan and five yuan packs, and there are also three yuan a pack. This kind of cigarette is mainly supplied to the low-end market, which is quite common in rural areas.

At first, I wondered if the fat man threw the cigarette butt himself, and then I forgot about it. Later, when I thought about it, it didn't feel right, this kind of cigarette is too cheap, I've seen fat people's cigarettes, and it's not the same brand as Jia Tianxia.

"Where did you pick it up?" I asked the fat man.

The fat man said "um", thought for a moment, and then said, "Let's go separately in the tomb on the other side." ”