The fat man came to his senses after a while, and with a disgusted look on his face, he used a dagger to pull the snake's head, and said, "Damn, this is really the hell." ”

I looked at the snake head, suddenly remembered a legend, and couldn't help but jump in my heart, and asked: "Fat man, are you sure, you really saw a human-headed snake with a little brother's face?" ”

The fat man said: "Nonsense, do you want the fat man to vouch for the head, the little brother has lived with me in Beijing for so long, I will still admit that face?" Hearing the fat man say this, my whole heart pounded, and a bold idea appeared in my mind, and I couldn't help but be excited at the thought of this possibility.

The fat man saw that my expression was wrong, and said suspiciously: "I said naïve comrade, what time is this, why do I think you are very happy?" I eased my nerves, suppressed the excitement in my heart, and said to the fat man, "You say, why is this snake on your face?" The fat man looked disgusted and said in disgust: "Can you stop mentioning this matter, I will panic when I mention it." ”

I ignored the fat man and began to talk about my thoughts, perhaps too excited, and I felt like I was a little incoherent.

"Fatty, have you ever heard of the legend of the snake demon?"

The fat man glanced at me with disdain and said, "The fat man is a materialist, don't use feudal superstition to harm me." ”

I ignored him and said to myself: "In Jiangxi, there is a saying that there is a snake with a human head, saying that there is a kind of snake, after living for a long time, the snake skull will gradually become the appearance of a human skull, and with the increase of age, the snake skin on the body can move freely, this kind of snake is the snake that is about to become a demon, as long as they see people, the snake skin on the head will move, imitating the appearance of people. ”

The fat man smashed his mouth, kicked the snake, and said, "You mean, this snake glanced at the fat man before, so the snake skin changed into the appearance of the fat man when it moved?" I nodded, my excitement gradually subdued, and then I added: "This is a more superstitious statement, but I went to the museum before, and I once saw a snake skull, and the snake's skull, which is basically 90% identical to a human, is said to have been excavated from India." Some archaeologists have conducted research and inference, they believe that this is a prehistoric snake, the skull is born similar to humans, the snake skin of the head is delicate like human skin, and the appearance of various people can be changed by moving the snake skin and muscles, so some scientists say that the long-standing snake demon superstition is likely to come from this Indian head snake. ”

The fat man was stunned for a moment, and suddenly, his face changed, and he said: "You mean, the skin of this snake's head can change freely, and then become a human appearance, because it has seen me, so it has become my appearance, and the human head snake that is the same as the little brother before, isn't it ......" The fat man finally understood what I meant, stared at me incredulously, and then shouted: "Damn, so to speak, this snake has seen the little brother before!" ”

I nodded, the excitement in my heart had calmed down, and I said slowly: "I can't be sure, but this possibility is very large, almost ninety percent, this snake must have seen the little brother before, otherwise, it is impossible to become the face of the little brother." ”

The fat man was excited at first, and then couldn't help but scold, and said: ", little brother is so unrighteous, he actually came out of the bronze gate, why don't you visit us, it's like I'm walking a 108,000-mile long march with you." ”

I didn't speak, the stuffy oil bottle came out of the bronze door, and he wouldn't come to me and the fat man for the first time, I wasn't surprised at all about this, there were too many secrets on his body, and the dragon couldn't see the end, so to speak, I was about to get used to it.

But what really makes me mind is why the stuffy oil bottle came back here, when he came out of the bronze door, and the factor that caused passers-by to disrupt their plans, is it because of him?

But in any case, I am relieved that it at least proves that the stuffy oil bottle is still alive. What I am most afraid of in the past two years is that he is actually dead, although it is difficult to touch him with the word death, but whenever I think of him alone, without any equipment and walked into Changbai Mountain, I feel that there is little hope of survival.

The fat man and I never mentioned this topic, and deceived ourselves into believing that the stuffy oil bottle was still obediently watching the door, in fact, we were all afraid that ten years from now, we would see a corpse, or even a corpse.

Now, I'm relieved, at least people are still alive.

Although the fat man was scolding, he was obviously quite excited, and immediately dragged me up after scolding, and said, "There is a little brother in this place to press the formation, what are we still rubbing, hurry up, the teacher will go." "My face is still ** spicy, especially the neck and ears have been licked, the pain is terrible, I don't know if this thing is poisonous, now I and the fat man although some guns and equipment, but food and medicine have nothing, just into the weathering zone to replenish some food and water, this time is already hungry and thirsty.

I was dragged up by the fat man, and the two of them continued to learn crabs against the wall, and after a short time they walked out of the snakeskin passage, and at this moment, a staircase that extended upwards appeared in front of us, and this staircase, without the slightest crack, was quite well preserved, which is really rare in the desert.

I lit my lighter and walked up the loess steps, which were very steep and almost straight at the end, and when I reached the top, I had a plank of wood on my head, and I reached out and patted it, and the dust fell down.

The fat man choked and said, "Ahem, phew, how many years has this plank been, why hasn't it rotten, isn't this embarrassing for the fat man." After speaking, let me dodge, take out the hammer found in the equipment bag from my body, and smashed it directly, the wooden board above my head suddenly broke a hole, and the wooden wedges continued to fall down, and when I was killed, I was smashed out of a one-person-wide hole by the fat man.

I poked my head out of the lighter, and then the faint light of the lighter, I saw the surroundings clearly, it seemed to be a room, and it seemed that we were really in the underground storage room. Then, I climbed out of the tunnel and pulled the fat man again, and after the fat man came up, he gasped and looked around a few times, and then moved a big stone next to him, and directly blocked the exit.

I said, "What are you doing, itchy hands?" ”

The fat man said: "It's safer to plug it, who knows if there will be snakes coming out." I smiled and lit a lighter to observe my surroundings, which was a room made of loess and stones, with a large space, with passages on the left and right sides, and a wooden door facing each other.

The fat man also looked at it, his mouth was amazed, and he said: "The weapons below are all rotten, but the wood here is not rotten, don't you think it's strange?" I said, "It's strange, but the climate in the desert is diverse, and perhaps the difference between the surface and the underground temperature is too great." The fat man and I searched the two rooms next to it, and we could see that this was an ordinary house, and there were only some clay pots and jars left in which I couldn't see the color, and they were stacked in a mess, as if the owner of the house was in a hurry.

Immediately afterward, the fat man and I went outside the door with lighters, and when we looked up, we saw a sky full of stars.

The outside is not as dark as the inside, but now it is also night, and the surrounding scenery is not clear, only the left and right sides can be seen, there are all the kind of loess walls, the fat man walked around with a lighter, and said: "We seem to have walked into the house." ”

I nodded, was about to speak, but couldn't help but sneeze, the desert temperature difference between day and night is very large, at this moment I and the fat man are only wearing thin shirts, although there is no wind, but the cold still can't resist, standing outside for a while, there is a layer of goosebumps, the fat man saw this, so he pulled out the dagger, directly dismantled the door, three times five divided by two broken, and then a pile of fire.

As the bonfire lit and the range of light increased, I found that we were in a place similar to a square, but this square was not large, circular, only about forty meters in diameter, surrounded by tall loess houses, and in front of it, there was a set of straight passages, like a city road.

At this moment, it was already dark, I tossed with the fat man for a day, tired no, hastily wiped my face with sand, wiped the snake blood on my body, the skin was not so hot, the fat man was already lying on the sand, four corners and eight forks, sighing comfortably, I wanted to discuss the next thing with him, and when I saw the old fat man's tired face, he said: "You sleep first, I don't know if there is any danger in this place, I will stay in the middle of the night." ”

The fat man was really tired, and he didn't shirk it, he nodded and fell asleep, the ground here is also loess, but there is a thin layer of sand, and it is quite comfortable to sleep, and it didn't take long for the fat man to pull up his snoring, and the regular snoring sound was drowsy, and I pinched my calf in order to wake up, and then looked at the starry sky, thinking about the things over the years.

Originally, after the stuffy oil bottle went to the bronze gate, I thought everything was over, but I didn't expect to kill a passer-by halfway, and the old nine doors were involved again, according to the current situation, Xie Xiaojiu is likely to have taken refuge in it, or it was controlled, and now in the old nine gates, only I have not been involved, if I quit at this time, I can get out of the whole body, but the stuffy oil bottle thing, I can't ignore it, although the appearance of the human head snake may prove that the stuffy oil bottle has been here, but what time is it, Whether he's still here or not, I'm not sure, and now it seems that I can only plan by seeing him in person.

I also thought it through, about the things behind the bronze door, there are too many involved, and it is too complicated, if you want to satisfy my curiosity, God knows how much it will cost, the third uncle's generation has already paid enough, I don't have to, and I don't want to go to this troubled water again.

Last time, because of the Zansheng Sutra, I almost got involved in the fat man, and if I continue to investigate, I don't know how many more people will be involved

After thinking about it for a long time, I made up my mind, I can see the stuffy oil bottle, make sure that he is okay, brother, there is only so much I can do, as for what passerby A wants and his purpose, as long as it does not endanger the people around me, I don't want to pursue it anymore.

Thinking about it, the mind is getting clearer and clearer, plus I haven't drunk water for a day, I feel dry mouth, and I don't feel sleepy, I used to keep vigil, at least one or two people talked, and now I'm sitting alone, it's really boring, I kept watch alone for half the night, and nothing happened, quickly change the stall, I wanted to wake up the fat man, but looking at the way he slobed and fell asleep, I really couldn't bear it, this old fat man, it's hard for him to toss with me for so long, anyway, I'm young and strong, and it doesn't hurt to sleep for an hour.

After sitting for another hour, I felt a little urgent, so I got up and prepared to go far away to drain the water, but as soon as I turned my head, I found a vague figure standing there on the main road behind me, and I don't know how long I had been standing.

Because the distance was too far, I could only see an outline, and my little brother trembled suddenly, and before I could make a move, the figure suddenly turned around and rushed into the darkness.

Who is it? How long has this man been watching us in the dark?

I didn't care about the fat man, I didn't even have the urge to urinate, so I picked up a firewood stick and chased after him.

The flames on the sticks whirred as I ran, and I ran up the avenue after the black shadow in the distance, surrounded by those loess walls, and some of the gates were open, revealing the doorways of black holes, like the mouths of evil spirits.

I suddenly felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't react for a while, the figure ran fast, but my physical strength has improved a lot over the years, and I haven't fallen behind, I haven't been chasing for long, I've turned several corners, I don't have a good heart, and if I chase like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to find the way back later, so I can't help but shout: "Stop!" ”

As soon as the voice fell, the black shadow in front of him stopped suddenly.