Chapter 17: The First Night
We walked about a few hundred meters, and the road ahead suddenly turned to the left, and Da Kui muttered something and walked to the left.
Only this time he only walked less than 100 meters, and he suddenly stopped, looked back at us, his face was full of horror, as if he wanted to say something, but he held it in his throat.
I knew that this Da Kui looked at the five big and three rough, but in fact he was very timid, so he hurriedly ran over to take a look, and there was a swamp in front of him, and at the edge of the swamp, about five or six meters away, there was a corpse of a suspected person lying there.
It is said to be suspicious, because the corpse has not only begun*, but has been mutilated, the whole body is the traces of something gnawed, the whole body is full of fine tooth marks, there is not much flesh left, and in some places Bai Sensen's bones are exposed. The corpse's belly was bulging high like a leather ball, and a trace of dark green liquid oozed from it, which made people nauseated.
Seeing this disgusting scene, my scalp suddenly went numb, and I felt a churning in my stomach, and I almost vomited the canned beef I had just eaten.
Zhang Ye leaned forward to check it expressionlessly, and said briefly and quickly: "The time of death is about two days, the cause of death is unknown, it seems that he was bitten to death by something, and the meat on his limbs has almost been gnawed away, but it looks like it should be enough to eat for two days." ”
I was even more disgusted when he said this, Pan Haigen frowned slightly: "Are you sure that this person has only been dead for two days?" ”
"Well, I'm sure, although he looks disgusting, I can guarantee that it won't take more than three days, or even less, because it's a swamp, and there's a lot of humidity, and there's a lot of microbes and bacteria, and it's easy to rot." Zhang Ye said very confidently.
I subconsciously glanced at Ah Sheng, a geologist just came out, and here is a microbiology and death scientist, this tomb robbery team dares to be intellectuals?
However, this dark swamp must have been an ambush and murder, and I moved my gaze from the dead man, where there was a dark pond, covered with a layer of wild grass, and a few blisters were faintly bubbling out of the wind.
But if I look closely, I can't see anything clearly, because the sky has gradually darkened at this time, I looked at the time, it was already more than four o'clock in the afternoon, it seems that this border area in the extreme northeast of China, the time and sunshine are different from other places after all.
Pan Haigen was silent for a while, and then suddenly said: "Don't worry about him, Ah Sheng, you lead the way, see if you can make a detour, and then immediately find a suitable place to camp, we must get out of here before dark." ”
After a pause, he added, "This is our first night here. ”
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Before dark, we finally found a slightly higher slope, surrounded by barren grass, but far away from the swamp, Ah Sheng pointed in one direction and said, after dawn, we will go that way.
I looked over there, and there was still a wasteland in that direction, and the evening fog was hazy, and I couldn't see anything clearly.
Da Kui and Zhang Ye pulled out the knife, cleared out a clearing, and took out a packet of light brown powder, I don't know what it was, sprinkled around the clearing, and after a while, it exuded a faint fragrance.
Ah Sheng told me that this is to prevent snakes and insects from infestation when camping, and it can also repel mosquitoes.
Zhang Ye then lit a bonfire again, and the long-lost warmth suddenly enveloped me, and I breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed on the ground. Compared with the fatigue of the day, now I have no strength at all, this damn ghost place, although during the day Ah Sheng they said that there are people living here, but for a whole day, there is no sign of any living beings, this is not only a barren land, but also an abandoned world, looking at the endless darkness around me, an inexplicable sense of fear began to spread in my heart.
Da Kui slapped me again, but I didn't even have the strength to grin, he grabbed my backpack with one hand, turned out the food from it, and distributed it to everyone.
In fact, our food was very simple, except for canned beef, compressed biscuits and water, and after he finished dividing it, he threw the backpack to me, stuffed my share into my hand and said, "What's the matter, after a long day's walking, are you tired of fart?" Hehe, you kid be content, you can only get lighter and lighter behind this bag, you try me this. ”
He threw the bag next to me, I took a few bites of biscuits, poured saliva, propped myself up, and tried to grab his backpack, but looking at the backpack he was carrying just now, it was dead, I didn't lift one hand, he smiled at me proudly: "Convincing, right?" ”
I didn't think much of it if I was not convinced, but I remembered something and asked him, "The food I brought in this bag, and the little stock you have, how many days can I eat?" ”
"If you save some food, you probably ...... About five days. He thought for a moment and replied.
"And what about five days from now?" I asked.
"Five days later......" He was stuck, and Zhang Ye next to him replied for him in a strange way: "Let's live these five days first." ”
I closed my mouth, he was right, five days later, no one knows, right now, I can only take one step at a time.
Pan Haigen sat there alone, looking into the distance, and suddenly asked, "Can you estimate how far it is, is the direction right?" ”
Ah Sheng, who was next to him, continued: "I can't figure it out yet, the direction should be about right, as long as there is a marker similar to that on the map, I will definitely be able to find it." ”
Pan Haigen nodded, thoughtfully, and the two of them stopped talking.
It's just that a piece of information popped up inadvertently got into my head, the map.
Could it be that Pan Haigen said that when he and his uncle were digging a pit, he found the map with Gu Yu?
I'm a little strange, since he has a map, why never see him take it out and look at it?
Just then, I stumbled upon Da Kui's backpack, which fell to the ground crookedly, and a black object rolled out of it.
I subconsciously looked down, but I was stunned, how does this thing look like it was written in a tomb robbery novel...... Black donkey hooves?
I looked up at them a few times, and remembered that the master once said that this Pan Haigen was digging a pit with his uncle back then, and the meaning of digging a pit was naturally to rob the tomb and turn it down.
When I saw this thing at this time, I remembered that this Pan Haigen and these guys were a group of tomb robbers.
Of course, to put it nicely, you can also ask them to touch the golden captain, the mountain movers, or something.
The black donkey's hooves just rolled down at my feet, and I said casually: "It turns out that you came out to do business, and you really brought the black donkey's hooves, in this case, are we going to some ancient tomb this time?" ”
"Black donkey hooves?" Pan Haigen and Ah Sheng looked at each other and laughed at the same time, I wondered in my heart, what is so ridiculous about this?
Ah Sheng leaned over and picked up the thing, weighed it in his hand, handed it to me and said, "Brother, you've read too many tomb robbery novels, do you really think that the black donkey's hooves can ward off evil spirits and deal with zombies?" ”
I took it in confusion, but the feeling in my hand was a little soft, and then I carefully identified it, where is this thing in my hand is a black donkey's hoof, but it is a bit like a ......
"This is a black glutinous rice dumpling." Ah Sheng explained.
"Black glutinous rice dumplings?" I was puzzled by the shape of this black glutinous rice dumpling that looked a bit like a black donkey's hooves, but it was definitely not a black donkey's hooves.
"Can this thing deal with zombies?" I asked Ah Sheng, but he asked me back, "Who said there are zombies in the tomb?" ”
"There are no zombies, so what are you doing with this?" I'm a little confused, isn't this a must-have for tomb robbing?
Ah Sheng smiled: "First, we shouldn't go down to the ancient tomb this time, and second, there are actually no zombies in the ancient tomb, you think, when people die, they rot into a pile of bones, even if there is a special corpse that does not rot, it is also a pile of stinky meat, zombies...... If there are so many zombies, who would dare to do this digging business? ”
Uh, I was speechless for a moment, and said to myself: "Could it be that the tomb robbery novels I read before were all nonsense?" So are you touching the golden captain or something? ”
This time, several people laughed at the same time, and Da Kui couldn't help but say: "You really read too many novels, our buddies are just digging holes, everyone shares the money when they find the treasure, and they leave without the goods to carry the shovel, and they also touch Captain Jin, laughing to death, that's all." ”
Ah Sheng said with a smile: "It can't be said that it's all nonsense, some things are still true, but they are just exaggerated." Or that people have that inheritance, but how many things are left that have inheritance? Most of them are not all wild roads. I'll give you an analogy and you'll understand, like, Chinese martial arts? ”
When he said this, I understood, and it did make sense when I thought about it, how could reality and fiction be the same? The so-called Shaolin seventy-two stunts, what kind of iron palm floating, that is, stepping on a wooden plank to cross the river.
It's just that I'm still entangled in the question just now, are there any zombies in this world?
I asked the question again, and Ah Sheng said, "There are some things, even if you haven't seen them, they may be real, and what you see with your own eyes may not be what you think, so I can't answer this question for you." I can only tell you that there may not be zombies in the ancient tomb, but there will be corpse poison, and the black glutinous rice dumplings just now are used to pull out corpse poison. ”
This conversation made me have a new understanding of the industry of tomb robbery and digging pits, but any legend in this world will not be groundless, he said that there are no zombies in the ancient tombs, I am afraid it is also because he has not encountered it, besides, around me, there have been many mysterious and strange things, I can't help but believe it.
Of course, there is another possibility, and that is that they are fooling me.
I looked down at the "black donkey's hoof", and a strange thought came to my mind, if I really encountered a zombie, it would be very difficult to put this thing in the zombie's mouth.
"Actually, you can call us, grave seekers." Pan Haigen suddenly said lightly.
"Grave seekers?" I was slightly stunned, why is it "probe", isn't it "thief"?
"Hey, what a grave visitor, according to me, it's a supernumerary archaeological team......"
"Supernumerary ......" I almost laughed out loud, they also call archaeology? However, I was about to ask what was going on, when Da Kui suddenly jumped up and ran out: "I'm going to pee......"
Zhang Ye shouted casually: "Don't run too far, be careful of being bitten *......"
"Fuck you, you just got bitten*......" Da Kui's scolding came from a distance, and several people laughed together, and I was curious: "What do you mean?" ”
Ah Sheng pointed to Da Kui's back and said: "The last time I went out to work, this guy peed in the wild and let a grass snake bite him, fortunately the snake was not poisonous, but it was still swollen for a month, hahahaha......"
Zhang Ye said on the side: "If I hadn't thrown the knife out in time, he would have been useless." ”
Pan Haigen also smiled: "It should be said that you lost the knife accurately, otherwise, he will also be a waste......"
I laughed too, and the tiredness on my body suddenly eased a lot, and Pan Haigen turned to me again, "Hold on, that place is a bit far away, but if it goes well, you should be able to find it tomorrow." ”
I nodded, and was about to say something, when suddenly, there was a muffled sound not far away, and it sounded like it was the direction of Da Kui!
I subconsciously jumped up and looked over there nervously, only to see that under the flickering firelight, Da Kui had fallen to the ground, constantly struggling.
It won't be...... There's a grass snake again, right?