Chapter 18: The Cactus
I don't know if my guess was correct, but for the sake of now, I have to give it a try.
As I ran, I panted and said, "They're probably afraid of cacti, so let's run where there are cacti." "That being said, no one can predict where there will be cacti, and it can only be left to luck.
At this moment, Dr. Zhang suddenly stopped, looked at the surrounding environment very quickly, and then gasped: "Cactus likes the sun, and it is easiest to grow in the south, south, south...... This way. "She pulled me to the right, I don't know how she judged the direction, but I could only trust her once, she was a doctor, and she should be better at finding directions than me.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a rustling sound overhead, and when I looked up, I saw countless vines hanging from the banana leaves, and they were gradually descending, almost two meters above our heads.
Finished!
Years of experience struggling on the brink of life and death have taught me that as long as I haven't really died, there may be a turnaround, and I must not give up.
And the surnamed Zhang was obviously frightened by the battle overhead, and her steps paused, and as soon as she paused, I immediately pulled her to run wildly, shouting: "Run, don't look." Dr. Zhang reacted and quickly followed my footsteps, neither of us wanted to think about the vines that were getting closer and closer overhead, but kept telling ourselves in our hearts, forward, forward.
And at this moment, in front of us, a large group of cacti appeared.
I thought it was my own dazzle, so I rubbed my eyes violently, and the cactus group still did not disappear, and it grew densely.
The surrounding traveler's banana trees are full of vines, but the cactus is very clean.
This is simply a true portrayal of desperate life, and the two of us immediately spread our legs and ran wildly, and then stopped next to the cactus.
The vines seemed to be afraid, but they were slowly crawling over, and I found that even around the cactus, there were still vines growing, the only difference was that these vines did not dare to entangle themselves.
I gritted my teeth and said, "Let's hide in there." ”
The surnamed Zhang looked at the thorns on the cactus, her eyes widened, and after a moment, she nodded, and then took the lead in burrowing into the cactus bush. I was dumbfounded, and then followed.
As soon as I walked inside, I suddenly felt pain all over my body.
Can you imagine what it's like to walk into a cactus bush yourself? I've seen it myself, some of the thorns will go into your skin, and some of them will make a cut in your skin.
I covered my eyes with my hands, and drilled through my fingers, and though I had been careful, my whole body ached, and at last we stopped, standing motionless in the cactus.
These things are very dense, the thorns are almost next to our skin, and there is pain everywhere, I looked at Dr. Zhang, and found that her face was pale, and her snow-white arms were full of blood beads, and I couldn't bear it for a while, you said that you are a good big girl, why do you have to drill into the desert.
Finally, I thought about it for a moment and said, "Ahem, Dr. Zhang, if you don't mind, you can lean over a little." She glanced at me, not in the same way that she used to look at strangers, but nodded, "Okay." Then she was almost attached to me, and she stood in such a way that her body did not have to touch the cactus too much, and my back suffered, almost leaning against the cactus, but the fabric of the clothes was hard enough, otherwise I would have to die.
Although there are beautiful women in my arms, I don't have the heart to think about the mess at the moment, but I straighten my ears to listen to the movement around me, the sound of rustling still does not stop, but there is no intention of approaching, we stood in the cactus for twenty minutes, and no vines came in, it seems that we have escaped.
I just breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly I thought of the missing fat man, and I couldn't let go of that breath again, and my heart instantly tugged.
This dead fat man is usually very clever, this time, it won't be worse than me, right?
Although I think so, I still can't rest assured, the fat man suddenly disappeared when he got on the banana tree, could he have also been caught by those vines? Isn't the headless corpse that appeared later not a golden operator, but a fat one?
The more I thought about it, the more scared I felt, my heart was cold to the bottom, and I couldn't wait to rush out to find the fat man immediately, the muscles of my body were also jumping tightly, and my breathing was unconsciously aggravated, at this moment, the surname Zhang gently patted my shoulder and said, "Don't worry too much." ”
I didn't expect her to be comforting, nodded at her, and closed my eyes.
I didn't expect that there would be such a strange thing in this oasis, why did the golden operator run away with equipment on his back, and now he is dead without proof, but after all, he was involved for my business, and now the fat man is also missing, life and death are unknown, my heart is like an ant on a hot pot, anxious to grab my heart and lungs, but I can only shrink in this cactus pile, and I can't do anything.
The surname Zhang is also very tired, and finally simply tilted his head, leaning on my shoulder and sleeping, if it is usual, I must be heartbeat, thinking, I have left this shoulder for more than 20 years, or the first time a girl is willing to lean on it, but now, I can't mention anything, has been worried about the safety of the fat man, I don't know how long, so long that my body is in pain, numbness, the surname Zhang suddenly raised his head.
I was shocked by her actions, and was about to speak, when the surname Zhang made a gesture of silence, and then listened attentively, I was shocked, and subconsciously listened to the movement, only to find that the rustling sound had disappeared at some point.
I looked at my watch, and the hands were pointing to twelve.
Then, surnamed Zhang, he said: "When we came in, there was nothing abnormal, these things went crazy at 9 o'clock, if I guessed correctly, it should be related to time." ”
I calmed down and said, "In other words, the rest of the time is safe?" ”
Dr. Zhang nodded tiredly and said, "Maybe that's the case, but let's be careful." Then, as we began to grope our way out of the cacti, I walked in front of them, and used my hands to block the cacti and make way for Dr. Zhang on my body, and at that moment, my eyes seemed to catch a glimpse of a figure.
There are others in the cactus group!
Is it fat?
I immediately stopped and shouted, "Fatty? ”
No one responded.
Dr. Zhang frowned, as if he didn't understand my actions, and then, I pointed her in that direction, and she squinted at it, and then made a lip shape: "Someone." I nodded, continued to stare at the figure, and called out again.
The figure neither replied nor moved.
Suddenly, I felt that the figure was in a strange posture because he was sitting in a group of cacti.
The cacti here are very dense, so in order not to be pricked, we can only stand up straight, and try to minimize the contact with the cactus, but the person is sitting in a very strange posture.
Dr. Zhang and I looked at each other, and then, cautiously approaching the man, and as we walked in, we realized that it was a dried corpse, and it was a dried corpse of a foreigner.
I don't know how long this corpse has been here, after the sun and rain, the clothes on the body have long turned into rags, the dry purple face is facing the sky, the empty mouth is open into a circle, leaning on a cactus, next to the corpse, there are still many things scattered, I picked up one of the things, it is a pocket watch.
The exterior has been rusted, and when it is opened, there is still a black and white photo inside, and the person in the photo is a smiling foreign guy with a bachelor's hat, which seems to be a graduation photo or something, and it looks like it should be some year.
While I was looking at this photo, Dr. Zhang on the side picked up a black notebook, could it be a diary? Generally, this kind of thing is the most valuable, because it often records a lot of information, I immediately came over, but after the book was opened, the paper inside was moldy, only more than ten sheets in the back were well preserved, turned to the back, it was actually still German, maybe it was watered, and the handwriting on it was very blurry.
These words know me, but unfortunately I don't know them, but the surname Zhang looked at it, and the more she looked at it, the tighter her brows wrinkled, and when she saw the last page, her hands actually trembled.
I looked at her expression and couldn't help but wonder what was written on it?
I wanted to ask, but I didn't know if she would tell the truth. At this time, she raised her head and said, "Let's go." I didn't react for a moment, she sighed and said, "Let's go, we need to get out of here quickly." The notebook was taken directly into her arms.
I knew she wasn't going to say it, so the two of them came out of the cactus, and the vines had indeed returned to their original shape, growing quietly on the ground, and there was no sign of their previous madness.
This time, we lost two large bags of equipment at once, and all the people and horses were separated, and I don't know if other people had escaped from this crazy oasis before, we both cautiously walked back, while analyzing the current situation, and finally we all agreed that we must meet with other people, live to see people, dead to see corpses, in this regard, Dr. Zhang and I coincide.
All the way to the market surnamed Zhang is leading the way, before I didn't know how she looked for the direction, now I found out, she hung a compass on her chest, we followed the same way back, not long after, found the first lost package, and another, is dropped under the traveler's banana tree, we began to go in that direction again, in the desert of no one, every piece of equipment is extremely valuable, there can be no mistakes.
When we finished looking for the two pieces of equipment, Dr. Zhang and I had a disagreement.
In my opinion, the fat man disappeared here, and he should use this as a base to start a search. Dr. Zhang's view is that we should return to the camp where we are stationed, because the separated people will definitely meet up at the camp as long as they are alive.
Her words are not unreasonable, but the fat man's disappearance is too strange, I think of the bizarre death of the gold operator, a heart can not settle down, at first I was in line with the principle of pretending to be a grandson, very polite to the surname Zhang, but she was a team leader, must listen to my orders attitude, made me very angry, and finally said, actually quarreled in the forest.