Woke up Ma Qiang, went over to see the two enemies tied up, and finally our eyes fell on the man in the middle of the stone platform. He was still lying in the same position as after giving Lu Dachuan night vision goggles, and it seemed that he had slept in one position until now, but his slightly shaking shoulders told us that he was awake.

Figuring out that it was him who was crying, Lu Dachuan and I were excited. Of course, it's not that we are happy to see others sad, but that part of that person who we analyzed before has degenerated, or is asleep, and now he will cry sadly, does it mean that the part he lost has returned to him? If this is the case, it is not only what we need, but that person who may need it more.

With such a mood, Lu Dachuan stretched out to push the tips of that person's fingers trembling with excitement.

Sure enough, under Lu Dachuan's shaking, the man turned over and sat up, his eyes were red, and two lines of tears flowed down his shriveled face that had lost its luster, moisture, and muscle support.

At such times, we thought that many secrets might be about to come out of his lipsless mouth, and we couldn't help but wonder that such a skeleton-like man could still have excess water flowing out of his tear ducts.

Lu Dachuan secretly asked Liu Changleg to get a pack of cigarettes, and after Changleg took it, he sat down opposite the person, opened his mouth, and handed it over: "Do you know how to smoke?" ”

The man glanced at Lu Dachuan and moved his hand but didn't lift it.

Lu Dachuan's purpose was to arouse his interest in talking, and his reaction was exactly what he wanted, so he couldn't help but stuff the cigarette in his hand: "You're welcome, have one!" ”

He grabbed the cigarette as if he didn't recognize it, and looked down for a few moments before raising his hand and putting it in his mouth.

Lu Dachuan saw that there was a scene, and hurriedly lit him with a lighter. It's a pity that the lighter was hot and I couldn't light a cigarette for him. Because he ignored a problem, the man's lips were almost gone, and he couldn't suck at all. It can be seen that he can't even smoke a cigarette, and that person is also very sad, Lu Dachuan still has to give up his efforts. What can be done? You can't put a cigarette in his nostrils.

Seeing such a situation, we felt unspeakably uncomfortable, and tears fell unconsciously. Lu Dachuan asked Liu Changleg to bring cigarettes, originally hoping that things would develop on the better side, everyone smoked cigarettes and chatted naturally, but they didn't expect to create an atmosphere of conversation, but it made it even more impossible to talk about.

Luckily, just when we didn't know how to break the deadlock, the man spoke first. He said, "Can you give me, some, wine?" ”

Although he still spoke word by word, it was much clearer.

What a surprise! I hurriedly went to get the wine, completely forgetting that the bottle had already been drunk by them, and I had no choice but to pour a little water into the bottle.

Seeing that person poured into his stomach in one go, and didn't seem to taste the water in the bottle, I let go of my hanging heart.

When his emotions calmed down, Lu Dachuan asked tentatively, "What are those things with long tentacles in the cave hall outside?" ”

The man wiped the water that flowed to his neck and said word by word, "None, roots, trees." ”

"Tree!?" We almost screamed.

We would never have dreamed that the thing that eats people without spitting out bones is actually a plant.

The man struggled to tell us that the tree could hide its form by a sap it secreted by itself, somewhat like a chameleon, but more perfect than a chameleon; Since there is no root system, it cannot absorb water and nutrients from the ground, and the animals that survive completely by absorbing the hollow soft tentacles decay and decompose the material in a special container at the roots of the tentacles; Because it has no roots, it can use the curvature of its tentacle-like leaves to change the position of its growth; The most amazing thing is that it can track prey based on temperature.

Hearing about these miraculous functions of the rootless tree, we realized that the person who did not let open the furnace lid and block the door with a flame was afraid that more rootless trees would sense the temperature in the stone room and gather outside.

Liu Fashan glanced at the stove blocking the door and said, "No wonder this stove is opened quite vigorously, and it is cold when sealed, it turns out to prevent these demon trees!" ”

The man nodded and said, "That glasses I gave you are also for protection against rootless trees." ”

I thought about the thing I saw in the unicorn python cave and was afraid of fire, and I wondered, isn't it the same thing as the one outside? Just as he was about to ask, Lu Dachuan asked about that person's life experience and his experience in the belly of this Bayan Kala Mountain, so he had to swallow back the words that came to his mouth.

Unexpectedly, Lu Dachuan's question completely opened the man's chatterbox, and he stumbled and talked for almost a day, making us anxious half to death before we fully understood Yang Hongqi (that person's name) and his scientific expedition team.

It didn't matter if we delayed, we had consumed a lot of food from little Wilson. Lu Keqin and Lin Xian'er have been sleeping and haven't gotten up to eat and drink.

Because there are a lot of compressed biscuits, we don't worry about going hungry, but the lack of water is a big problem. Even though the water stored in the metal container outside looks crystal clear, it is stagnant water after all, and I don't know how many years it has been released. We don't want to drink that thing. Therefore, as soon as Yang Hongqi finished speaking, we didn't care about the unclear logic of his speech, and the chaotic series of events before and after were sorted out into a complete event, and quickly woke up Lu Keqin and Lin Xian'er to eat and prepare to open the way.

Although I didn't find my father, I learned a lot from this trip. Especially from the mouth of the person named Yang Hongqi, after clearly knowing that many secrets about these caves were recorded in the few notebooks we found, he couldn't wait to go out and have a look and solve the many mysteries accumulated in his heart.

Driven by these desires and conditions, we are eager to give birth to two wings and fly out at once.

packed everything and left, but there were two things that made us embarrassed: first, Yang Hongqi was unwilling to follow us out; What to do with one more Wilson and his accomplices.

Before talking, Lu Dachuan was tied up and wanted to tie Yang Hongqi out, but now he said that although it was painful for him to live alone here in such a situation, if he went out, he would be worse than dead, and besides, he didn't have many days to live, but it made us feel that it was difficult for a strong man to take him out. As for Wilson Jr. and Matthew, Lu Dachuan didn't want them to die because of us (even though he had hit them hard before, but it was a last resort.) I don't want to let them go back and come back to trouble us.

Just when we couldn't discuss a proper solution, Yang Hongqi said: "You can leave with confidence, these two people are handed over to me." ”

We didn't expect Yang Hongqi to say this, and looked at him in surprise.

"Why can't you trust me?" After a day's talk, Yang Hongqi's almost lost language function has recovered a lot.

Lu Dachuan hesitated: "No, it's not ......"

Yang Hongqi seemed to see through his thoughts: "Don't look at my age, my body is still like this, it's no problem to deal with a few people on my territory." ”

When Yang Hongqi said this, Lu Dachuan had nothing to say, put on night vision goggles, pulled out a big scimitar, and went to see the situation outside the stone room.

Yang Hongqi said: "In my experience, they have dispersed. ”

Lu Dachuan saw that those demon trees were indeed missing in the cave hall.

We opened the tattered door blockade, put the stove back in its place according to Yang Hongqi's instructions, and only after coming out did I point out to Lu Dachuan to see the dense words on the ground. However, by this time we already knew that the translation of those words was in the notebook, so we didn't linger and walked quickly towards the Yongdao intersection that led to the bottom.

Yang Hongqi sent us to a hole on the lowest floor, and told us to go as fast as possible, and not to burn rootless trees if they came across them, because fire could burn them, but the temperature of the fire would attract more trees.

Thanks to this old man named Yang Hongqi, who has been trapped in the cave for decades, we climbed the climbing rope and slid to the root of the mountain. On the open ground below, where the corpses were still standing, but knowing the cause of their death, they looked down again, and their hearts were less fearful and more sympathetic.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, Lu Dachuan wore night vision goggles and looked around, those rootless trees didn't know where they went, he didn't see half a shadow, but he didn't dare to be careless, leading us quickly through the open field, to the shaft-like cave with countless stone steps carved in the inner wall.

Entering the cave, looking up, there was still no shadow of a rootless tree in the swarthy cave leading to the fossil village above, Lu Dachuan breathed a sigh of relief, pushed the night vision goggles up on his head, turned on his flashlight, and took the lead to step on the stone steps.

Because we got enough rest in the stone room where Yang Hongqi lived, we were full of energy, and we didn't feel particularly difficult to climb up the stone steps.

Two beauties asked me to retell the story of the scientific expedition team, and one of them was a woman I liked, of course I was willing, sorted out my thoughts, and talked about it in a colorful voice:

"That man's name is Yang Hongqi, and he is a PLA soldier. On a fine morning in July 1954, he and nine of his company's comrades, who were particularly good in all aspects, were called to the company commander's office. The company commander simply said that he needed them to carry out a difficult and glorious task, and then handed them over to a man in his 40s who was sitting on the sofa in his office, saying that this was Comrade Huang, and that he would be under his command during the mission.

They saluted Comrade Huang. Comrade Huang stood up quite decently, looked at the watch on his wrist, and unceremoniously gave them an order: Time is pressing, I will give you fifteen minutes to go back and deal with your own affairs. Fifteen minutes later, they gathered at the company gate with a change of clothes and weapons.

Neither the company commander nor Comrade Huang said what specific tasks they were performing, and although Yang Hongqi and his comrades-in-arms were full of suspicions, it was their duty for soldiers to obey orders, and they were not good at asking questions. Ten men returned to their squads, took their clothes and weapons and went to the company gate.

A military truck covered with a yellow canvas canopy is parked outside the gate. Comrade Huang paced beside the car with his hands behind his back, and when he saw them coming out, he beckoned them to get into the car. When they got into the car, they saw that it was already loaded with something, and looked closely at the quilts, military coats, wooden boxes with ammunition, tents, and some food and water. Looking at these dazzling things, they are even more confused. Especially quilts and military coats, why do you bring this thing in the summer? Everyone drew a big question mark in their hearts.

'Sit down!' Comrade Huang said to them from the back window of the cab.

Only then did they see that it was Xiao Zhang of their company who was driving.

The destination was unknown, the mission was unknown, and the truck carried Yang Hongqi and them 'rumbled' away from the company. Holding back the boss's questions in their hearts, they were embarrassed to discuss it because Comrade Huang was sitting in front.

The sun is getting more and more poisonous. Yang Hongqi and the others sat on the impermeable truck on all sides, the stuffiness and bumps, and after a while, they were dizzy and entered a semi-sleepwalking state......

As I was talking energetically, Lu Keqin grabbed a piece of meat on the inside of my arm and twisted it around: "Can't be neat, is it interesting to sell such a big pass!" ”

I was hurt and helpless: "Okay, good, don't sell it...... Their mission was to protect the lives of the expedition team on the Tibetan Plateau. However, the scientific expedition team is not nominally called the scientific expedition team, but the investigation team. ”

"Investigative team?" Lin Xian'er frowned.

"Hmm!" I nodded and was about to talk about the reason for calling the investigation team, when Lu Dachuan, who was at the forefront, said, "Ouch! With a shout, he stumbled down the steps.