Chapter 481: The Wolf Travels a Thousand Miles
Lu Jianyang said: "She is a focused and crazy woman, her wealth and wisdom are far beyond Ming Huayang, and the threat she may bring is even greater. The incident in Ming Huayang has given the world a clear revelation that if we want to continue to survive, we must completely eliminate these supernatural beings, but unfortunately, the attitude of various countries on this point is not consistent, and it is impossible to reach a consensus. ”
Shen Pengfei said: "What do you need me to do?"
Lu Jianyang switched the picture, and a frontal portrait of a man appeared on the screen, he pointed to the man on the portrait and said: "His name is Shen Wangwu, he is one of Long Tianxin's team, and he is currently captured by us, I need you to disguise yourself as him to break into Long Tianxin's interior and find out what Long Tianxin is doing." ”
Shen Pengfei said: "Pretend to be him?"
Lu Jianyang said: "It's not impersonation, we will use biotechnology to completely transform your appearance, even the closest people can't recognize you." This is a very important task, and I must ask for your own opinion, and if you do not agree, I will not force it. ”
Shen Pengfei said without hesitation: "I promise!"
Lu Jianyang said: "Also, you may meet Luo Lie and Lin Geni in this operation, I hope you understand your duties and forget your original self." ”
Shen Pengfei stood up and saluted Lu Jianyang with a military salute.
Lu Jianyang said earnestly: "This operation is related to the survival of mankind, if we can't eradicate these supernatural beings, human beings will fall into an unpredictable and unprecedented crisis. ”
Ma Guoming and Lu Jianyang made an appointment to come together, but Lu Jianyang was half an hour later than the agreed time, and when Lu Jianyang arrived, he apologized again and again, Ma Guoming shook his head and said, "Don't tell me, tell the old lady." ”
Lu Jianyang put the bouquet of flowers he brought in front of the old lady's tombstone, looking at the old lady's kind smiling face, he suddenly felt a sense of guilt in his heart, he remembered the old lady's words when she was dying, the old lady's greatest wish before her death was to let herself take care of Luo Lie, but the reality did not allow him to do so.
Ma Guoming had already walked to the parking lot first, Lu Jianyang squatted down in front of the tombstone, looked at the old lady and said, "Grandma, I may have to let you down." It's not that I don't want to help him, it's that I have to fix the bugs that have happened. If I don't, it could affect the world......"
The sparrow's portrait still had a kind smile, but Lu Jianyang didn't dare to look her in the eye anymore.
Lu Jianyang came to the parking lot, and Ma Guoming leaned on the car and looked at him with his hands in his pockets.
Lu Jianyang said, "Why are you looking at me like this?"
Ma Guoming said: "I talked to my daughter, and she promised me to transfer out of your department. ”
Lu Jianyang was stunned for a moment, Ma Yan'er hadn't said anything to himself, he smiled bitterly: "Is it that I didn't do well in something?
Ma Guoming said: "Just because she wants to be your daughter-in-law, she doesn't want others to say that you take special care of her, and she is not suitable for your kind of work." ”
Lu Jianyang nodded and said, "It's okay!"
Ma Guoming said again: "Your son, can my future son-in-law be discharged from the army?"
Lu Jianyang said: "You shouldn't ask me about this, you should go directly to him, my son can't help my father, I can't be his master." ”
Ma Guoming said: "You say that your son can't help your father, and he won't listen to what I am a father-in-law, I am old, and I can't even have a successor." ”
Lu Jianyang said with a smile: "What era is it, you still want to use the old way of management? Although let it go and leave it to a capable young man to do it, I know that my son is not the material for business at all." ”
Ma Guoming said: "I'm really old, by the way, have you heard that Liefeng Technology has been relisted in North America, didn't I hear that Long Tianxin had a problem, why did she have been whitewashed so soon?"
Lu Jianyang said: "Now everything has to be proven, since she can be re-listed, it proves that she doesn't have too many problems, and I don't understand business things." ”
At this time, the snow mastiff came slowly from a distance, Lu Jianyang hadn't seen this snow mastiff for a few days, but this time he saw the snow mastiff again, and found that it not only had a slow stride, but also had serious hair loss, Lu Jianyang said: "How did you raise the snow mastiff to look like this?"
Ma Guoming sighed and said: "I specially hired two people to take care of it, and also hired a full-time doctor for it, but any disease can be treated, only aging is incurable, it is old, and the speed of aging is very amazing, for it I invited the best veterinarian in China, according to their judgment, this snow mastiff will not live more than three months." ”
Lu Jianyang understood, this snow mastiff was a creature that traveled through time and space with Luo Hunt to the present, he didn't expect the snow mastiff to appear old so quickly, I wonder if Luo Lie's body has also changed?
Ma Guoming said: "I have brought it over when I worship recently, and it is still very affectionate to the old lady, I am thinking, when it is old, I will bury it next to the old lady." ”
Lu Jianyang originally wanted to propose to bring the snow mastiff back to the base, but after thinking about it, it would not be a better ending for it to let it age naturally. If all the adepts were cleared in the next operation, then they would not be able to spare the snow mastiff alone.
Ganbian in autumn is very beautiful, Luo Lie and Lin Geni drove a white off-road vehicle in the rolling desert, Luo Lie recalled the battle of Tianmiao that almost cost him his life, and it was also in that battle that he lost Yan Tianxin.
He had experienced too much loss in his life, and now Lingoni was leaving her.
Lin Genie's body became weaker day by day, and the onset of pain changed from once a day in the past few days to once a day, and now it is more than three times a day, if it weren't for the strong will she has, if it weren't for the fact that she still has Luo Hunt by her side, she would have chosen to give up.
Lin Geni was wrapped in a white scarf, leaned on Luo Lie's shoulder, looked at the beautiful scenery of Hanhai through her sunglasses, and said softly: "Is this the Heavenly Temple?"
Luo Lie stopped the off-road vehicle, and after getting out of the car, he went around to the other side and opened the door, and then hugged Lin Geni out of the car, he felt Lin Genie's delicate body trembling slightly, and knew that Lin Geni was silently struggling with pain.
Luo Lie went to get painkillers, but Lin Geni stopped him: "Don't ......" Even the pain is real, she doesn't want to anesthetize herself, she doesn't want her little life to spend in anesthesia. In Linganey's view, anesthetics are just a deception of one's own body.
Luo Lie hugged Lin Geni tightly and sat on the sand dune, his heart full of sadness.
Lin Geni said softly: "You are holding me...... It's so nice......"
Luo Lie said: "I will hold you forever." ”
Lingeney shook her head and said, "Don't promise, I never asked for ...... forever"
"Nini, you will definitely get better, and I will definitely find a cure for you. Luo Lie said loudly.
Lin Geni said: "I believe you, if you ...... If I'm all right, I'll be able to travel with you through the Gate of Time and Space to your time......"
Luo Lie nodded.
Lin Geni said, "Will your wife and children hate me?"
Luo Lie shook his head.
Lin Geni smiled: "Liar, but I can't go, promise me, if you can go back, never mention me in front of them, but I don't want you to forget me, I just beg ...... Annually...... Every year on my sacrifice day, you ...... Do you want me to do it once?"
Luo Lie burst into tears, his heart was full of guilt, why did he meet such a good woman, why did God cruelly take her away: "I'm sorry!"
Lin Geni said: "Fool, what are you sorry for me? I am sorry for you...... I'm so happy...... I have no regrets, I am sorry for you, and I left my thoughts and sorrows to you...... Luo Lie, do you know what I'm most afraid of?"
Luo Lie didn't speak, because he couldn't speak.
Lin Geni said: "I'm most afraid that Long Tianxin will lie to you, if you can't go back...... So who else is there for you......" Crystal tears welled up in her eyes.
Luo Lie shook his head vigorously: "I'm not leaving, I'm not going anywhere, I'm going to cure you!"
Lin Geni's cold hand caressed Luo Lie's face: "You are such a good person, you should be happy." ”
There was a melodious sound of camel bells in the distance, and in today's era, camels have lost the most basic function of transportation, and are more used for excursions and sightseeing.
Feeling better, Lingenne stood up and looked curiously at the caravan approaching them in the distance.
At the head of the caravan was an old man with a white beard, who sat on the camel at the front, followed by six camels with ropes, and the old man also saw them, and when he came to the side of the buggy, he greeted them in a friendly manner.
"Dear friends, where did you come from?
Lin Geni smiled: "Uncle, we are here to travel, we are not lost, there is navigation." ”
The old man patted the camel, and the camel knelt down, and he got off the camel's back, and said to Lingeney and Luo, "There is a sandstorm coming soon, and you will not be safe here." ”
Lingenie is still superstitious about the weather forecast: "But I've listened to the weather lately, and the last few days have been fine. ”
The old man laughed: "Little girl, my old man has lived in the desert all his life, and the weather forecast is not as good as my eyes. ”
Luo Lie said: "Old man, do you know if there is a place near here where you can hide from the wind and sand. ”
The old man said, "Young man, you have found the right person, follow me, it will be too late." ”
Luo Lie and Lin Geni got into the car, they drove behind the camel caravan, and traveled northwest for more than an hour, the sky began to darken, Lin Geni looked back at the rear, only to see that the heaven and earth behind had become blurred, the sky and the earth were chaotic, and they couldn't tell the boundaries between each other, took out their mobile phones and saw the weather above, which still showed that it was a windless and sunny day, Lin Genie couldn't help but shake her head, it seems that the weather forecast is not credible at all.
The wind had already begun to blow, and the old man pointed to the hill in front of him and said, "Here we are, there is my camp." ”
The old man's name is Shagazan, he is a herdsman, he does not live here, the small mountain in front of him used to be his childhood life, and then because of the erosion of wind and sand, he had to abandon this home, but Shagazan will come back almost once a year, mainly to worship his family.
There is a round stone house on the leeward side of the hill, the surrounding courtyard wall has collapsed, this stone house is his former home, and thanks to the maintenance he came here every year, otherwise it would have collapsed and buried in the dust like other buildings.
When Luo Hunt and Lingenie set up camp, Shagazan set up the camels, inspected the stone house, and went to build a bonfire inside.
Only then did Luo Lie find that these camels were carrying things, including dry firewood, water, dry food and live sheep.
As soon as the tent was set up, the sandstorm started, and the sky was full of yellow sand, and it was impossible to distinguish the direction, and walking against the wind felt that every step had to exhaust the strength of the whole body.
Shagazan invited them into the stone house, where he had slaughtered a sheep and was about to roast it on the fire.
Shagazan smiled and said, "Even if you have a good mouth, I will invite you to eat roast whole sheep tonight." ”
Lin Geni said, "Uncle, did you live here in the past?"
"I grew up around here when I was a child, and I remember that this small hill used to be green, surrounded by grasslands, and there were dozens of people in our village, all of whom lived by herding. ”
Luo Lie said: "Is it the environment that causes the soil to desertify?"
Shagazan shook his head and said: "It didn't turn out like this, but when I was seven years old, a mineral deposit was discovered nearby, and an exploration team came to investigate it, and then more and more people came, and finally decided to build a coal mine here, and it was rumored that we would become a city here, and we, the herdsmen, would become workers." He paused, looked thoughtfully at the bonfire, and after a while continued: "My father, my brothers all have jobs and make a lot of money, but suddenly one day there was an explosion in that coal mine...... Extremely amazing explosion. ”
Shagazan's face was pained, and even after all these years, he still remembered the horrific explosion that night, which not only destroyed the construction of the mine, but also claimed his loved ones.
Lin Geni whispered, "Is it a gas explosion?"
Shagazan shook his head: "I don't know, not long after the explosion, the troops came, and the area within a radius of hundreds of miles was designated as a forbidden area, and the survivors of our village were transferred, and I became the only male in the village." ”
Lin can understand the pain of losing a loved one, because she has also experienced it, Lin Genie said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring up your sadness. ”
Shagazan laughed: "What is there to be sorry for? I live a good life now, I have children and daughters, many children and grandchildren, a big family, I still have camels, cows, sheep and horses, but none of them want to come here, even if they don't come, I will come, as long as I can walk, I will come to visit my parents and brothers every year." ”
As he spoke, he skillfully turned the sheep on the fire, the skin of which had begun to turn yellow and oily, and the enticing aroma permeated the air.
Luo Lie took a breath and said, "It's so fragrant!"
Sha Ga praised: "It's not the old man who blows it, if you talk about the craft of roasting sheep, there is no one within a radius of hundreds of miles who can surpass me." ”
Luo Lie said: "You always invite us to eat roast whole sheep, and I invite you to drink." ”
Shaga praised: "I brought mare's milk wine. ”
Luo Lie said: "I brought Moutai!"
Shagazan laughed and said, "I have drunk it, and it is indeed a good wine." ”
Luo Lie went out to get wine in the car, at this time the wind was howling outside, the sand was full of dust, and the rough sand particles were hitting his body head-on, and the exposed skin was hot and painful, as if he had been rubbed with sandpaper.
Luo Lie took the wine from the car, and when he was about to go back, he found two green lights floating in the air not far away, Luo Lie looked at it and found that it should be a wolf, he quickly returned to the stone house and told Shagazan what he had found.
"Coyotes, it's okay, they never attack camels and humans, I've seen only one in this area. ”
Luo Lie said: "If the wolf travels thousands of miles to eat meat, can the nature of the animal also change?"
Sha Ga praised, "It can't be changed!" He pointed to the internal organs left aside in advance and said, "You help me take out these internal organs and give them to eat." ”
Luo Lie answered, picked up the pile of internal organs and walked out of the stone house, and Lin Geni reminded him to be careful.
Luo Lie walked some distance to put down the pile of internal organs, and then retreated, and after a while, he saw a skinny wolf walking over, this wolf was too thin, the brown and yellow hair seemed very long, and the most energetic thing was its eyes.
Probably because of long-term malnutrition, wolves are on the small side, not even as small as ordinary earth dogs.
It lowered its head and began to eat the internal organs, and while eating, it did not forget to raise its head and look at Luo Hunt vigilantly, Luo Hunt secretly sighed at the cruelty of nature, and with the proud temperament of a wolf, he would bow his head and accept alms.
Lin Geni was worried about Luo Lie, and also came out of the stone house, and wanted to speak, but she was speechless due to a gust of wind.
The wolf quickly finished eating the internal organs, the original shriveled stomach swelled round, it actually bowed its head to Luo Hunt, and then turned around and walked slowly into the distance, until watching the wolf disappear into the wind and sand, Luo Hunt went back, still recalling the scene of the wolf bowing to him, it seems that animals are spiritual.
Shagazan had already roasted the whole sheep, broke it down with a knife, and handed Lin Geni a leg of mutton, who smiled and said, "Uncle, I can't eat that much." ”
Shaga praised: "You must eat, how can you be so thin, women must be strong to give birth." Lingourne blushed as she spoke.
Luo Lie unscrewed the wine bottle, and Lin Geni took it and poured it into the enamel tea jar for Sha Gazan first, and this jar had to go down half a catty, and then poured it into Luo Lie's stainless steel cup.
Shagazan picked up the teapot and touched it with Luo Lie, took a sip of wine, and then cut a large piece of meat with a knife and stuffed it into his mouth. The old man really didn't exaggerate, his roasted mutton was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and it was delicious. Lingeney praised: "It's delicious!"
Sha Ga praised: "This sheep grew up eating Cordyceps sinensis from Qilian Mountain and drinking the ice spring of Snow Mountain, and only this sheep can roast the best taste." He cut off a leg of lamb and handed it to Luo Lie: "Young man, this is the first time you have come here, right?"
Luo Lie shook his head and said, "It's not the first time, I've been here in the past, and I've also been to the Tomb of the Western Xia King." ”
Sha Ga praised: "The tomb of the Xixia King is not here, you are going in the wrong direction, there are scenic spots over there, and there are tourists everywhere, which is not interesting." It's almost no man's land, and it's rare to see a single person a year. ”
Luo Lie said: "I remember that there was a heavenly temple nearby in the past, right?"
Sha Ga praised: "It is also near the royal tomb, rebuilt, reinforced concrete, it is not the one in the past at all, it is all to deceive tourists." ”
Luo Lie and Lin Geni glanced at each other and couldn't help but wonder.
Lin Ge Ni said: "Uncle, didn't you say that this place was classified as a forbidden area after the explosion?"
Shagazan nodded and said, "Yes, but things in this world can't always be static, right?" It has been a forbidden area for about 20 years, and then the troops withdrew, and this side has become even more barren, anyway, no one comes, everyone says that there may be radiation here, plus this is a barren land, who will be bored to come here, until 20 years ago, I dreamed of my father, in the dream he complained that I didn't come to see him for so long, so I came, I have been here almost every year for the past 20 years, speaking of which, you are still the first tourists I have met. ”
Luo Lie smiled: "We didn't want to come, but we went the wrong way." ”
Sha Ga praised: "This sand sea climate is changeable, often can be repeated many times a day, we encountered today the sandstorm is not small, in such weather is lost, heavy into quicksand, once caught in quicksand, no matter how good the car is not want to get out of trouble." ”
Luo Lie said: "I remember that there was a warlord leader named Yan Tuojiang here more than a hundred years ago, right?"
Sha Ga praised: "Yan Tuojiang! Yes, when I was a child, I heard my grandfather say that we locals called him Lord Yama, and it was before the liberation, and he had a lot of soldiers under him, and he was stationed in Xinman Camp. "Shagazan is very familiar with the story of this area, and he is very good at talking about it.
Lin Geni had heard Luo Lie talk about his adventures in the area, but Sha Gazan obviously didn't know about these things. Don't look at Shagazan, who is seventy-one years old, but the ups and downs he has experienced still can't be compared with Luo Lie.
Shagazan's alcohol consumption is very good, and he has a good relationship with the two young people tonight, he and Luo Lie drank the two bottles of wine cleanly, and it was already eleven o'clock in the evening when Luo Hunt and Lin Ge Ni left the stone house.
The sandstorm lasted for a long time, and there was no sign of subsiding until now, the wind had reached level 10 or more, and the yellow sand in the sky mixed with the night, reducing the visibility to a minimum, Luo Lie and Lin Geni walked hand in hand along the stone house to the sheltered side, where their tent was set up.
The two entered the tent, Luo Lie turned on the light, saw Lin Ge Niqiao's face flushed, reached out and touched Nuan Nuan, worried that she was sick, and said with concern: "Why is your face so hot?"
Lin Geni said: "Because of the wine. She only took a few sips, which added up to a little more than a tael.
The two of them got into their sleeping bags, and Lin Geni shrank into Luo Lie's arms, and Luo Hunt turned off the light. The wind was howling outside, but inside the tent was extremely warm. Lin Geni whispered, "Was the Heavenly Temple in this place in the past?"
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