At first glance, these vehicles knew that the road was military, and they were parked among the rocks, which looked out of place. Dust covers them, making them look mottled and old. These cars must have been parked here for a long time, and I couldn't help but think of the legend that the Tajik driver told us.

Decades ago, a convoy of the People's Liberation Army drove into West Kunlun, and for some reason, the entire convoy disappeared into the vast snow-capped mountains, and no one knew where they had gone, nor what they had come for.

We slowly watched around the vehicle, but no matter how closely we searched, we couldn't see half a figure. The truck was loaded with a lot of supplies, and the fat man rummaged through the cargo box of a truck and found a lot of moldy food and tattered quilts and clothes from it. After picking for a while, the fat man took out a relatively intact armament coat from the pile of things that he didn't know how old he was, and handed it to Peanut.

Peanut took it and wrapped it directly around the deformed down jacket. Other than that, we didn't find anything useful in the car. Before passing a car, the peanuts would gently put their hands on the wagon, as if stroking.

Confused, surprised, thoughtful, silent. For the next ten minutes, none of us spoke. It wasn't until everyone had rummaged through each car that the fat man beckoned us to sit down next to him and said he was going to start cooking a meal.

It's already our last smokeless stove, and I was going to say just forget it and just eat some dry food to last up, but the thought of the hot noodles made me flinch.

When I looked at the fat man's noodles, my mind was thinking about how to ask peanuts. I didn't show him the old photos, but Peanut was the first to recognize the person who might be my uncle, Yuan Wuyang. And then, grandpa. and Liu Jinsun actually appeared, and even if all this is a phantom, I can't understand that Peanut will be with them.

Looking at Peanut's grim face hidden in his long hair, I suddenly remembered Daddy's words.

"He is the king. A ghostly 'king' who does not know the meaning of his own existence, has been hidden between our families for thousands of years, like a ghost. ”

King. Maybe it's a title that Daddy thinks of, but it doesn't necessarily mean anything. And I don't think peanuts have anything to do with Wang. In my eyes, he is a lonely seeker. A prophet who transcends us. At this moment, I don't know what he was thinking in his heart, but I could feel that Peanut was calm now.

He no longer had the aura he had at the Tomb of King Yoro, even though he was sitting next to me. But I somehow think that this person is moving away from himself little by little.

His so-called destination. What does that mean exactly?

"Thirty years ago," Peanut suddenly spoke. He slowly raised his head and looked at the blue flames in the smokeless stove. "There was a force numbered 13371 that entered the West Kunlun range. Externally, this unit claims to be doing environmental detection work for construction and development, but there is no environmental scientist in Unit 13371, and its establishment, tasks, direct leaders, etc., are all top secrets. ”

I know it. Generally speaking, our country's confidential archives and so on are divided into three levels. The first is secret, the second is confidential, and the third. That is, top secrets that must not be leaked. The red-headed top secret may be a super-secret matter that some national leaders may not know about. There are not many of these things, and they are basically in the hands of the troops. When we were in college, we often discussed these things, but I didn't expect that now, we would hear the words "red-headed top secret" in Peanut's mouth.

In this way, the true mission of Unit 13371 should be quite amazing.

After a pause, Peanut continued: "At that time, the head of your old Yuan family in eastern Sichuan was Yuan Wuyang. No one knows what a tomb robber would be able to enter such a high-level force. However, Yuan Wuyang not only entered that unit, but also was a senior staff officer of Unit 13371. At the same time, his elder brother Yuan Tong, who is also your grandfather, and another person named Liu Jinsun became part of the army.

Along the way, except for Yuan Wuyang, your grandfather Yuan Tong and Liu Jinsun were actually locked in the truck, and the people of Unit 13371 did not allow the two of them to come out at all, if it was not necessary. That unit set out from Beijing and arrived in Xinjiang almost without sleep. Regarding the true mission of Unit 13371, there are a total of three people who know the way. The first is the commander of this unit, Zhao Ting Zhao Platoon Commander. The second is Xiao Aiguo Xiao Political Commissar, and the rest is Yuan Wuyang.

At that time, Yuan Wuyang was very young, only thirty years old, but the direction of movement and the camping point of Unit 13371 were all decided by him alone. Along the way, this force avoided everyone's sight and entered West Kunlun silently. Originally, everything went very smoothly, but I don't know what the reason is. Platoon Commander Zhao suddenly gave the order and let the troops set up camp in a deserted mountain col.

At first, the people in the army thought that they were on standby, but no one expected that this stay would be half a year. In the past six months, Platoon Commander Zhao, Political Commissar Xiao and Yuan Wuyang have behaved very strangely.

They lived in a very large tent, and the three of them were in the tent almost every day, except when necessary. What's even stranger is that from the day after the camp was taken off, the three men never appeared at the same time. At first, others were just confused, but gradually, everyone found a pattern.

The time for Unit 13371 to patrol the camp is nine o'clock in the evening, that is, at this time, the people patrolling the camp will always see a person outside the tent of the three commanders, this person is either Platoon Commander Zhao, or Political Commissar Xiao, or Yuan Wuyang. As long as that person appeared outside the tent, then the next day, he must have been the one responsible for arranging the internal signals of the troops, and the other two never appeared.

At that time, I didn't want to startle the snake, but"

The fat man was stunned when he heard this, "Eh, little brother, wait a while, you, what did you say?" You're in that troop too? ”

I had expected something just now, but I still couldn't believe that Peanut really said such a thing. Thirty years ago, the mysterious troops, who looked only in their twenties, looked like Peanut was only in their twenties, and what Daddy said was true. Peanuts have been dormant with our Yuan family for a long, long time?

Peanut ignored our confusion and continued, "The discipline of that unit was very strict, and although everyone thought the movements of the three commanders were very strange at the time, no one dared to ask or inquire. Before leaving, each of us received a death order from our superiors, and no one dared to disobey it.

Because of this, no one expected that I would sneak into the tent of those three people. I had suspected that there was only one commander in the camp every day. Originally, I thought that there would be some underground work in the tent, but when I went inside, I realized that it was not like that.

In the tent, I saw a large open box. When I walked over, the first thing I saw was that there was nothing inside. But I soon realized that something was wrong. It's not that there's nothing in the alley. It's because it's filled with something black like gas. I didn't understand what it was, but soon I heard someone talking inside, in a strange voice, and although I was sure it was two people talking, I couldn't make out what they were saying.

It was at this time. Commissar Xiao walked in from outside the tent. It was night, and when he saw me, he was very surprised and hesitated for a few seconds. He pulled up the tent and pulled out his saber. Speaking of which, according to military regulations, he can indeed correct me on the spot. ”

I couldn't help but think to myself: I guess you were going to kill him at that time, right?

When the fat man heard this, he behaved very energetically. Since ancient times, tomb robbers have no ability to fight with officials and soldiers. The fat man also wanted to hear how Peanut dealt with the commissar at that time.

Political Commissar Xiao was just about to make a move, when suddenly, the box shook violently. Then I saw that Yuan Wuyang and Platoon Leader Zhao crawled out of it with scars. ”

I frowned, "Wait a minute, then, how big is that box?" Can fit two people? ”

Peanut was silent for a moment before saying, "It's not right to say that they crawled out of the box, they came out of the black mist." ”

"Damn, isn't that the Dafa of Shapeshifting?" The fat man exclaimed.

I glared back at the fat man, and said to myself, what nonsense are you talking about. The fat man grinned and winked at me in a nonsensical way.

"At that time, Commissar Xiao and I were a little surprised, but before we could say anything, something quickly ran out of the black fog in the alley, which seemed to be a kind of crawling out of the mud, and black slime kept falling out of its body, and it looked a little like a dog. Their teeth were very terrifying, and they bit off Commissar Xiao's neck with a single bite. Almost in the blink of an eye, hundreds of black mud vicious dogs poured out of the black mist. I've never seen such a ferocious dog, and soon the tented camp was completely torn to shreds. All the people had to use the vehicles as cover and shoot at those things. But if you kill one, ten will pour out of the dark room, even with mortars. I protected Yuan Wuyang all the way back, and later rescued Yuan Tong and Liu Jinsun. At that time, there was no other possibility than to save his life, but Yuan Wuyang was very stubborn to take away the box containing the black mist. At the same time, Platoon Commander Zhao also sent someone to take a detour to grab the box, but after the last, the box was still in our hands. ”

Peanut looked at the bullet-riddled vehicles. "We escaped from the crowd, and the rest of Unit 13371 drove to catch up, and in the dark, we had to run along the side of the road, and the headlights and the vicious dogs followed all the way. Originally, we couldn't run, Yuan Wuyang, your grandfather Yuan Tong and Liu Jinsun were all so tired that they couldn't do it, and the ground slipped, and Liu Jinsun fell on his heels. The box was thrown to the ground, rolled twice, and the lid opened. Yuan Wuyang originally thought it was over, but when we looked back, the car, the black mud vicious dog, Unit 13371, everything that followed us had disappeared. We were stunned for a long time, and then, Yuan Wuyang seemed to be crazy and began to laugh wildly. After a while, we were cold and hungry, and we had no choice but to go back to the camp. However, when we walked back to the col with the box, we saw that the camp of Unit 13371 had also disappeared. ”

I shuddered at the back, "What happened then?" Did you find out what the black mist in that box was? ”

Peanut shook his head, "Except for Yuan Wuyang, no one knows what the black mist in that box in Lu Dao is. ”

The fat man said: "I think it may be a 'space-time spiral nest', Yuan Wuyang and they should have gone somewhere else through there, and those who disappeared must have been sucked in because you inadvertently opened the box." ”

None of us commented on the fat man's opinion. Peanut continued: "Only Yuan Wuyang knows how to open that box, but since then, he has never opened the box again. ”

I couldn't help but be a little strange, "Then you didn't force my uncle to tell me everything?" "I said in my heart that you can't help him?

Peanut smiled slightly, "Originally, it was okay, but after coming out of the black fog that time, Yuan Wuyang had a very strange thing on his right hand." It seemed to be a glove, I don't know if it was copper or iron, after having that thing, Yuan Wuyang seemed to be a different person. Not only am I not his opponent, but the most terrifying thing is that since then, I have found that Yuan Wuyang is getting younger and younger. ”

"What?" I thought back to that photo and suddenly thought. Although Yuan Wuyang in the photo is my grandfather's younger brother, he is indeed much younger. Judging by the photo. My grandfather and Liu Jinsun were about thirty or forty years old at the time. And Yuan Wuyang looks like a big and small man.

I then asked, "What happened to Yuan Wuyang?" Why did I never mention this person to me at home? ”

Peanut looked at me for a moment, then whispered, "He's dead." ”

"Dead?" I was stunned, "How did you die?" ”

He used the metal glove to break his neck.

"Suicide!" I was even more surprised.

Peanut nodded, "Before that, Yuan Wuyang disappeared for a while, and even I don't know where he went. Your Yuan family has searched everywhere, but there is no result. Suddenly, one day, Yuan Wuyang returned to the old house of the Yuan family, at that time. His whole person has changed, and in appearance, he seems to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, but his demeanor is very sluggish. After returning to the original price of the old house, he never slept again, and locked himself in a place where there was no light all day long, and kept repeating the same sentence 'Our Yuan family has no chance, we have no chance' No one knows what he means by this sentence, half a year later, on your father's seventh birthday, he said that thing again in front of all the Yuan family, and then twisted his neck in front of everyone. ”

After speaking, Peanut looked at my reaction, "Do you think that your father will let you know about such a thing?" ”

I imagined the scene in my heart, and I couldn't help but secretly say how could so many strange and bizarre things happen to our Yuan family? Is it really as Daddy said, are we all just pawns manipulated by Da Luo Feng Shui?

The fat man asked, "What happened to the last box?" ”

"Someone took it." Peanut said.

The fat man pursed his lips, "Little brother, can you not always talk halfway, who took it?" ”

But then, Peanut stopped talking. I suddenly felt that his reaction was abnormal, and when I looked up, I saw that Peanut was writing something on the ground with a stone.

I glanced at the fat man, wondering what he was doing.

Looking down again, Peanut was still slowly drawing that thing, it was two words, and there were so many strokes that I almost didn't even react. When Peanut finished writing and picked it up, I suddenly recognized the two people, and then read it out in disbelief:

"Dragon"

I, I'm stupid all at once. "Did the Sprite take the box?" I looked at the peanuts.

Peanut nodded, not knowing what Lu Dao was for, Peanut didn't seem to want these two words to come out of his mouth, so he chose to write on the ground.

But how did things come to this end? Spirits? Isn't that the capable person on the road that my father said? Daddy said that that monster is very terrifying, it can completely turn oneself and even others into another person's appearance. Daddy asked the dragon to get rid of the old man in the Northeast, but failed, so Daddy and grandpa turned around and looked for Sima to kill the old thief, but it turned out to be self-defeating, the dragon was not dead, and this time it is likely that he is still with us.

In this way, the foundation of the dragon is obvious. It is impossible for him to participate in the events of our Yuan family twenty or thirty years ago. He's supposed to be an outsider as I understand it.

But looking at Peanut's indifferent expression, I suddenly realized. In Daddy's description of the Dragon, he may have hidden something very important from me.

The fat man opened his mouth to help me with the question, "Who the hell is that ghost?" Didn't you say that Yuan Wuyang was already the best in the world at that time? How could he still let someone else take something so important? ”

"Yuan Jie." Peanut suddenly looked at me, and every time this guy looked at my face, I couldn't help but straighten my back, just like when I saw the head teacher when I was a child. Peanut said to me, "Show me the picture." ”

His tone seemed like he was asking me, but it didn't. But no matter what, I won't refuse. Taking out the envelope, I took out the photo inside. But after thinking about it, I handed it to Peanut along with the envelope.

Peanut smiled at me as he took it, and then he picked up the photo and looked at it blankly for a minute. Then Peanut put the picture in front of my eyes.

It's still the same scene, and the characters on it still maintain their expressions. At this time, Peanut stretched out a finger and slowly pointed to the little girl next to my grandfather in the photo.

I looked along, and at first I didn't understand what Peanut was referring to this girl. But on second thought, I reacted again. "No, you're saying, this, this little girl is a ghost!?" (To be continued......)