Jin Operator gestured for us to dismount from the camels, and then he said, "Look, the lowland ahead is a poplar forest, and the group of men and horses should camp there."

I squinted and saw that it was so far away that I couldn't see anything but the faint light of the fire, and it was dark everywhere.

Jin Operator said: "Let's camp here tonight, I can only send it here, and I will go back tomorrow, otherwise my wife will be powerful." The fat man pouted and said, "I have a wife and forget my brother, you just said, what kind of Kashida is in this desert, and what kind of ghost is Suosuo, our two brothers are weak, and you don't help the two, the surname Jin, you are not righteous." ”

Jin Operator was about to speak, when the fat man patted me on the shoulder and said, "When you set off, you also said that Wu Xie will cover it from now on, damn it, you will cover it like this?" Look at these little arms and legs, the way they fall when the wind blows, you are so fucking ruthless. ”

As soon as I heard it, what is this, and I talked about it again, damn it, which eye did you see my little arms and legs, the standard Chinese figure of the master, how did it become a third-level cripple as soon as it came to the mouth of this fat man, and if it continues to develop like this, should I be in a wheelchair next time?

Without waiting for me to speak, Jin Operator smiled bitterly: "I said fatty, I'm a lot older, don't you toss me, okay?" I saw that the fat man was going to persuade him, and the fat man's expression was also very difficult, I felt good about him, so I said to the fat man: "Okay, let's not go this way, don't be embarrassed for Brother Jin." ”

Immediately, the three of us set up camp in the dunes, and we could see the halo of light in the distance.

Jin Operator said that it is absolutely impossible to camp in the desert without fire, but in order not to expose our whereabouts, the three of us even played the flashlight carefully, let alone the fire, and then divided into three shifts to keep vigil, I guarded the middle one, the fat man first, and the golden operator last.

The night in the desert was cold and dry, but as soon as we went to the sand, we fell asleep, and our muscles relaxed and our whole body was numb.

I slept very deeply, and I fell asleep all at once, and I don't know how long, I felt a little cold, tossed and turned on the sand, and finally woke up from freezing. It's the autumn of September, it's the season when the cold air rises, the temperature difference between day and night in the desert is huge, how hot the day is, how cold it is at night, I was shivering and woke up, opened my eyes in a daze, the dark sky, flashing stars.

The ancestors said: There is heaven above, and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below. In fact, now Hangzhou, there is no longer the light rain written in the ancient book, the green willow green, the same high-rise buildings, the same exhaust gas in the air, the sky has long been difficult to see the starlight, I suddenly took a look, the Milky Way of the heavens came into my eyes, and I was stunned for a while.

When I was in the middle of nowhere, I suddenly felt a strange smell in the air, it stinks, and I don't know where it came from.

Strange, what taste? Where did it come from?

I propped myself up and looked around in the dark, only to notice a faint halo around the corner of the dune.

How can there be light at such a late hour?

I was startled, and tiptoed over, only to find out that it was the fat man squatting there.

I finally knew where the smell came from, so I immediately fanned my nose and scolded in a low voice: "Fatty, the pit won't be far away." The fat man was also startled by me, and quickly wiped his butt and lifted his pants, and at the end he didn't forget to bury it with sand, and then complained: "I said naïve, in the middle of the night, the fat man didn't let me live in peace, and I was so scared that I was almost constipated." ”

I said, "Come on, I've pulled such a big bunch, and I haven't finished pulling it yet?" What time is it? ”

The fat man lifted his pants, looked at his watch, and said, "It's really time for you to wake up at twelve o'clock." "The second shift was my watch, and the time was about the same, so I let the fat man go to sleep, and I came to keep vigil.

When the fat man walked past me, he suddenly whispered, "Innocent, why are you lifting the bar with me during the day?" ”

Raise the bar? When will I not raise the bar with him?

"What did you say?"

"The fat man let Jin Operator join the gang, how do you talk to him?"

I said: "Do not do to others what you do not want to do to yourself, I don't want to run into the desert myself, let alone others, besides, we are following this time, and it is not good if there are too many people." The fat man had a very iron-clad expression on his face, and said: "Fat man, it took me a lot of effort to deceive this surnamed Jin, you are good, let people go with a word." "I feel that something is wrong, listen to the fat man, he has premeditated it?

I immediately kicked him and said, "Damn, what kind of calculation are you making to recruit the young master." ”

The fat man rolled his eyes and said, "I can't make any calculations now." This gold operator, he has great ability, we have him to help along the way, just like that Tiger Tianyi, although the fat man had some friendship with him back then, but this kid is very slippery, it is a typical person who talks about people, and talks nonsense when he sees ghosts, you have a good image of him, right? ”

I nodded. The fat man followed up and said, "Naive, after so many years, why are you still so easily deceived." I can tell you, this gold operator is covered in oil, and what he is best at is to meet the source left and right, but no matter how slippery he is, he can't hide from the fat man's eyes, you kid, just do it on the surface, but don't dig out your heart with him, there will be no bones left to be eaten at that time. ”

I listened to the fat man's explanation, suddenly a little red-faced, I also suspected it at first, I thought this gold operator was too enthusiastic, and then along the way, this gold operator looked very bold, and my doubts were dispelled, but now I know that it is really not a good person.

I blackened my face and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier." ”

The fat man smiled and said: "It's not that there is no chance, you have to be interested, if you have a chance, I will tell you about the eighteen generations of his ancestors." I waved my hand irritably and said, "Come on, go to sleep, we have to hurry tomorrow." ”

At the moment, the fat man fell asleep in the sand, I turned on the flashlight, the visual range in front of me was very small, and I kept vigil in the dark, but in fact, the ears took on a greater responsibility, and I needed to pay attention to the sound at all times.

The fat man soon snored, I took out a cigarette from my bag, and smoked one after another, thinking about the Zansheng Sutra and Wenjin on the other, in fact, things have developed so far, there have been too many mysteries, and most of the people who know these mysteries have disappeared from this world, and then to pursue the truth, not only difficult, but also a little unrealistic.

More than that, if the oil bottle is what I care about the most. There is also Wen Jin, I believe that she must still be alive somewhere in the world now, she has been to the Tianyuan coffin, it is impossible to disappear for no reason, the only possibility is that she found what she wants, that thing may be the third ghost seal, or something else, but that thing must be related to the ultimate.

There are only two clues in front of me, one is Yabuda, which Dr. Zhang is looking for, and the other is Wenjin.

Wen Jin's clue, Shenlong can't see the end, if she is unwilling to appear, I have almost no way to contact her, and Yabuda is where I can work hard.

I've given up on the stuffy bottle once, and I can't give up a second time.

This time, no matter what, I want to know the truth, no matter what stands in my way.

I smoked half a box of cigarettes, the desert under the starry sky, dark and deep, smoking, I subconsciously looked at the poplar forest, where the fire had been extinguished, and the location of the poplar forest was pitch black.

I glanced at it, and was about to continue smoking to sort my thoughts, when I suddenly chuckled in my heart.

I felt that something was wrong.

The dark night of the desert is very dangerous, and fire is the greatest guarantee, but their fire is extinguished.

Dr. Zhang and his entourage, unlike me and the fat man, who are no longer doing shady stalking, why would they put out the fire?

Jin Operator said, among their group, led by the most experienced Apanda guide, how could the team led by an old guide make such a mistake?

Did something happen or did it happen on purpose?

I turned on the flashlight, ready to wake up the fat man, but I saw that he was sleeping on his back, snoring very fragrantly, and the first time I looked so closely, I found that the fat man's sideburns already had a few silver threads.

The fat man didn't tell me his age, but he should be more than ten years older than me, he has a good mentality, he doesn't look old, I was a brother with him, I hardly paid attention to his age, and now I look at those few white hairs that pop up at some point, and suddenly feel a little emotional.

Forget it, let the old fat man sleep.

I took a dagger, looked in the direction, and walked in the dark to the place where the poplar forest was, and I was careful along the way, some places the sand was very tight, and stepping on it was like walking on the ground, while in other places the sand was very loose, and I don't know why, my feet sank down when I stepped on it.

I immediately remembered the two sheep that Jin Operator said, when he died, the four hooves were straight into the sand, and I was a little nervous for a while, but I thought about it immediately, and felt that I was not angry, and a story could scare me, maybe it was Jin Operator's blind breaking, and immediately patted my cheeks and groped my way to the poplar forest.

Although there were no people in the desert, because the stars in the night sky were very bright, so it was not completely blind, and I could still vaguely distinguish something, I tiptoed for a while, and then faintly saw a huge black shadow in front of me, the black shadow opened its teeth and claws, like a ghost.

I knew that it should be Populus euphratica, and after approaching, I groped for a while, and sure enough, I had reached the edge of the poplar forest, and according to the direction in my memory, the place where Dr. Zhang and the others camped should have to walk a few hundred meters ahead.

I fumbled my way through a few steps before I hit a tree, and with a bang, it was so clear in the silence of the desert that I was startled, and I didn't dare to touch my blindness, so I turned on my flashlight, took off my coat and wrapped it in it, and the light shrank to a minimum, so that it was not easy to be spotted, but I could barely see the objects in front of me.

I knew that I was about to approach the place where they were encamped, so I was more cautious, and at some point the night wind blew in the desert, and the cold and dry wind blew the people shivering, and the poplars were rustling in the wind, and there was a strange sound mixed in the wind, if it was the cry of some animal.

At this moment, I suddenly noticed that a pile of ashes appeared in front of me.

The firewood inside has been burned, and only the sparks are still twinkling.

This is where they set up camp, but where did the people go?