Chapter 40: The Mystery of the Ancient City
Shortly after the middle-aged man died, the two tourists who had been suffering from high fever earlier recovered and were discharged from the hospital. However, when this situation occurred, the family of the deceased naturally did not give up, because Sadik had no choice but to go to court. Regardless of whose responsibility it was, Sadiq ultimately bore a portion of the reparations. Sadiq was depressed for a long time about this.
After Dawut finished speaking, we all had a chill in our backs. I looked at Kong Xue next to me and said, "Did you take a picture of us just now?" ”
Kong Xue glanced at me angrily, "Would you still want to take pictures in that situation?" ”
I sighed, "That's troublesome, I didn't even notice if there was anything near us." Will we be targeted by Lemo too? ”
There is an element of joking in my statement, although Dawut has a nose and an eye to say this, but Lemo is still somewhat illusory to us. Even so, listening to my statement made the other people's faces change.
Shi Tao smiled indifferently: "Don't think about it so much, anyway, if you come, you will already come." It's useless to think about it, as for whether something will happen? We'll see tomorrow morning, but," Shi Tao said, standing up as he stood up, "Everything is mutually reinforcing, there are rules, and I'm afraid it's not that simple for Lemo to do whatever he wants!" After speaking, Shi Tao took out a few blankets from our luggage and threw them over.
"Let's have a good rest first, now that the wind is so strong outside, we can only continue to set off when the wind stops."
I lay on the soft sand, covered with a thick blanket. The bonfire on the side crackled, and the red firelight reflected on Kong Xue's face next to her, which looked particularly soft.
As soon as Kong Xue opened her eyes, she saw that I was staring at her, and glared, "What are you looking at?" ”
I smiled slightly, "It's nothing, look at you!" ”
Kong Xue took a sip, "Neurotic!" She turned her head over, but the moment she turned her head, I seemed to see the corners of her mouth curl.
I couldn't help but smile, and my heart was happy. The cold of the day and the long run exhausted our physical strength, and after a while I felt a wave of sleepiness hit me, and soon fell asleep.
Many people have encountered this situation when they are sleeping, and they feel that they have fallen asleep, but they can still clearly feel the movement around them.
I feel like this now, I feel like I'm asleep, but I can hear the sound of the firewood burning, the sound of Shi Tao lighting a cigarette with a lighter, and the snoring of Dawut.
Gradually, I heard another sound, a "click" sound, as if walking on a stone slab with shoes on. The voice seemed to be right in my ears, sometimes far away and sometimes near. It's like there's a guy walking up and down. It's so weird! In my sleep, I thought like this.
Suddenly, I was a spirit! It's desert, and we're hiding in the ruins of a hall half-hidden by sand, so where did this sound come from?
I opened my eyes all of a sudden, just in time to see Shi Tao squatting beside me, I sat up all of a sudden, and just wanted to speak, my mouth was immediately covered by Shi Tao.
Shi Tao looked at me with a surprised face, then shook his head at me, and then pointed to his ear. I nodded knowingly.
Shi Tao slowly took away the hand that was covering my mouth. I didn't dare to move, and even tried to suppress the sound of my breathing, when the strange sound of footsteps sounded again, and this time I heard it very clearly, it was actually from above us!
I froze, we were now in the ruins of an abandoned hall, slightly above the top of the desert surface, and now there was something pacing back and forth on the roof above us!
Now the wind is still roaring outside, so in such a situation, in such an environment, the person who can still pace back and forth here is definitely not a person! But what the hell is it?
I reached for the two bags, and I touched them to make sure there was nothing in them, and I stood on my feet. I pressed my ear to the top above and listened carefully to the sounds above, trying to find some clues. But what made me strange was that as soon as I put my head on it, the sound immediately stopped. All I could hear was the whirring of the wind and the sound of the sand rubbing. Is this a strange natural phenomenon, not something moving around on it?
Shi Tao leaned into my ear and whispered, "I'll go up and have a look, you wait for me here." ”
I was a little worried, "No, it's very windy outside now, and the situation outside is unknown, it's too dangerous for you to go out alone." I'll go with you! ”
Shi Tao smiled and waved his hand: "No, I just went out to see the situation, and I just glanced at the roof at the exit, and it will be fine." ”
Hearing Shi Tao say that he just glanced at it, and this kind of unexplained fear made the torturer feel very uncomfortable. So I had to nod my head in agreement.
Shi Tao stretched out his hand and pulled out the dagger at his waist, and cautiously walked towards the side exit, and just as he was about to reach the exit, the camels that had been picked up there suddenly ran away as if they were frightened.
Shi Tao and I were taken aback by this sudden situation, because there was no camel on both sides to stop it, the wind from outside suddenly became much stronger, and even the fires that were originally used to warm the camels on both sides were blown out.
The others were also awakened, Kong Xue rubbed her eyes, and just wanted to speak. Immediately I hurriedly stopped her, and I made a silent gesture to her. Although I could see a blank look on her expression, Kong Xue still nodded hurriedly.
Both Dawut and Wenmo saw that the situation was wrong, and they both drew their daggers. Dawut asked softly, "What's wrong?" ”
Shi Tao didn't answer, stretched out two fingers, pointed to the roof, and then pointed to his eyes. Dawut understood and nodded slightly.
Shi Tao slowly walked towards the exit again, but this time just as he was about to get out, Wen Mo suddenly reached out and pulled Shi Tao back. I knew that Wen Mo's hand strength was amazing, and Shi Tao was also caught by him and frowned.
Shi Tao was just about to ask, Wen Mo hurriedly made a gesture not to speak, and then waved his hand quickly, asking us to quickly stand close to the wall.
We hurriedly did so, and just when we didn't know why, we were horrified to find that at the exit where Shi Tao was approaching just now, several things floated in.
Fortunately, Wenmo grabbed Shi Tao in time, otherwise, Shi Tao happened to collide with something outside as soon as he went out!
But for a moment I couldn't resemble the thing that floated in, because I didn't know what it was. It is said to be like a stick but very soft, and it is said to be like a rope but it is of different thicknesses before and after. It's like ...... I looked like it for a long time, and finally I had an idea, it was like a long skirt that was a little broken, and these were the corners of the skirt that were blown up by the wind, could it be that there was a woman standing outside now! If that's the case, then I'm sure she's not human, at least she's not a living person!
Startled by my own thoughts, I tilted my head slightly. At the moment, I was extremely conflicted, I wanted to see something clear, but I was afraid of seeing something terrible.
Not only me, but everyone stared at the things that floated in, and they didn't dare to gasp.
Suddenly, Kong Xue next to me gently touched me, and I turned my head to look at her. Kong Xue's eyes widened, and she anxiously pointed to another exit with her chin, and I looked over there with some confusion, and at this glance, my brain was buzzing, only to see the outside of the exit on the other side. There was a white figure.
Suddenly, my whole body stiffened, I turned my head to Shi Tao and Wen Mo, and squeezed out a few words from between my teeth: "It's dead!" Caught between two sides! ”
Shi Tao and Wen Mo also discovered their current form, and the faces of the two of them also became a little ugly.
We followed the root of the wall and carefully moved to the middle position, where we could see the situation outside the exits on both sides, and sure enough, at the exits on both sides, we saw two white figures.
It's all this time, and we don't have to be afraid of anything, I shouted loudly to both sides, "Hey, who are you?" ”
But the two white figures did not respond, only fluttering at the exit.
And because of this, I found a strange phenomenon in them. The white figures were just wandering around the exit, not intending to come in. Why is that? It was a relatively strong gust of wind blowing in, and the fire in the middle flickered suddenly, and the flames suddenly dimmed, and at this moment, the two white shadows immediately moved closer to the middle. And the gust of wind blew, the flames returned to normal, and the two white shadows quickly retreated, and now I could see that these two white shadows were afraid of the bonfire we had lit.
So theoretically, as long as we keep the fire, we can be safe, but we don't have much firewood in our hands, and these weathered sand branches and poplar trees burn very quickly, so this pile of wood does not last until dawn, and I dare not imagine what would happen to our group of people if there was no fire here!
But we can't sit still, we have to get out before the fire burns out. If you want to escape, you must drive away the two white figures at the exit. Since they were afraid of light and heat, I grabbed two burning coals and threw them at the two white figures. Unfortunately, once this charcoal enters the wind, it will soon be blown away by the cold wind, and it really has little effect on the two white shadows, so we have to find another way.
I couldn't help but complain to Shi Tao, "I didn't expect it to be so unsafe here, I knew that we should really bring some weapons here." ”
"If you're referring to a gun, I've got one here." Saying that, Shi Tao really took out a gun from his bag.