Chapter 21: The Old Man
To say that along the way, with Lin Lin's joining, the atmosphere is really much more active. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhu Jue has just come to this world, and his understanding of it is like a blank piece of paper. Qiushui, although he grew up on this continent, has never been out of the city after all, and he doesn't understand many things. And Lin Lin is tantamount to an encyclopedia for them. I saw them walking all the way, chatting all the way, but they didn't have the same tired feeling as before.
"Look, it's red in front of you, isn't it a dragon's tooth!" As she walked, Lin Lin suddenly pointed her finger forward and shouted excitedly to Qiushui and Zhu Jue.
"yes, I didn't expect it to arrive so soon. Qiushui nodded.
Zhu Jue was very interested, although he had been to Xinjiang with his mother when he was a child, but he only walked around the Nalati grassland, and this Gobi was the first time he had seen it. From a distance, he saw red sand and gravel all over the Gobi, all kinds of strange-shaped rocks standing abruptly, and occasionally he could see a few tufts of green grass, but it was not as dead and silent as he originally thought.
"Let's go, this Gobi is not small, it will take at least five days to cross it, remember to be careful. Qiushui waved his hand and walked straight towards the red earth in front of him.
Later that day, they were walking on the dragon's teeth. I saw Zhu Jue holding his hands in front of his chest, trembling all over, and said inarticulately: "This, why is it so cold here." ”
Qiushui replied: "The terrain here is vast, and there is no vegetation to cover it, so it is naturally colder than outside. However, the most important reason is probably the lack of sunlight. ”
"Then how do these plants grow, don't they need photosynthesis?" Zhu Jue looked around, and saw all kinds of strange-shaped flowers and plants growing under the rock crevices, most of which he had never seen.
"I don't know much about photosynthesis, I just know that this plant is like an animal, it is also born in the sun and the moon. The plants are light-oriented, but when the sun disappears, they all become extinct. The rest are almost all lunar plants. Lin Lin replied on the side.
Qiushui saw that Zhu Jue was indeed cold, so he took off his coat and put it on him, and then said: "It's not early today, let's find a place to rest for the time being, and it's not too late to do it tomorrow." Zhu Jue and Lin Lin seemed to be a little tired, and when they heard Qiushui say that, they quickly nodded. So the three of them found a small hill, the center of which had been eroded by the wind into an irregularly shaped hole, and they stepped on the rocks into the cave, where they rested. After a while, only listening to the strong wind outside and the sound of a ghostly roar, it seemed that their decision was quite wise.
Zhu Jue complained: "What kind of strange weather, it will change when it is said, it is really embarrassing." ”
Qiushui lay down on the ground by himself, and said without looking back: "Hurry up and sleep." Then he ignored Zhu Jue. Lin Lin didn't fall asleep right away, she took out a mat from the package and spread it on the ground, so she lay down with peace of mind. Seeing this, Zhu Jue secretly thought in his heart: "No matter how powerful she is, she is really still a girl." After a long day's journey, he also felt a little tired, and after a while he fell asleep deeply.
In the middle of the night, Zhu Jue was awakened by a burst of urine. He rubbed his eyes, unwrapped the clothes on his body, and was about to find a corner to make it easier, when he suddenly noticed that something seemed to be wrong. He subconsciously turned his head and looked towards the place where Qiushui and Lin Lin were sleeping. It's okay not to look at it, but it woke him up completely from his sleep.
"Qiushui, Lin Lin, where are you?" Zhu Jue swallowed his saliva and shouted tentatively there, but there was no response. I saw that the place where they slept just now was now empty, and he was the only one left in the entire Nuoda cave.
"What's the matter, did they sneak away by themselves while I was asleep?" Zhu Jue suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, and all kinds of strange thoughts popped up in his mind. Thinking that not only did they not help along the way, but also added a lot of chaos, if they really abandoned themselves ruthlessly, it was not completely impossible. Zhu Jue patted his head with his hand, shook his head a few times, and said to himself: "No, they can't leave me, there must be some accident!" As soon as he finished speaking, his afterglow glanced at a corner of the cave, and in the darkness, there were two lantern-sized eyes, flashing red, staring at him closely.
"What, what's it, you come out for me!" Zhu Jue said in a trembling voice. I heard a rustling sound in my ears, and it seemed that something was crawling quickly. Zhu Jue's legs were weak, and he wanted to escape, but he stood in place, unable to move at all. The dark shadow slowly revealed, and it turned out to be a huge king cobra. This snake is more than five meters long, and its body is thicker than Zhu Jue's thighs. I saw this demon snake spitting out a letter, staring at Zhu Jue coldly, showing its sharp fangs from time to time, and making a hissing sound.
"It's over, Qiushui and Lin Lin must have been eaten by snakes, now it's my turn. Zhu Jue was sweating profusely, and he ran away if he wanted to. But reason told him that no matter how fast he was, he couldn't be as fast as the natural killer in front of him. He slowly closed his eyes, but many faces flashed in his head, including his parents, grandparents, his best brother, his girlfriend who loved him, and Qiushui and Lin Lin......
"Goodbye. Zhu Jue muttered. The next moment, only the sound of breaking wind was heard, and the demon snake poked out a huge outcrop and bit him fiercely.
"Zhu Jue, Zhu Jue, are you okay?" a familiar voice came from his ear. Zhu Jue slowly opened his eyes and found that Lin Lin and Qiu Shui were looking at him with worried expressions.
"I... Zhu Jue looked around and found that he was still lying in the same place, there were no demon snakes in the cave, and Qiushui and Lin Lin had not disappeared.
"Great!" Zhu Jue hugged Qiushui and Lin Lin directly, and his excited appearance scared the two of them a little. Qiushui patted Zhu Jue's back and said in a comforting tone: "Lin Lin and I woke up when we heard the movement, but when we saw you talking to yourself there, sweating profusely, it must have been a nightmare." Zhu Jue nodded, and there were some tears in his eyes for a while, after all, the feeling of being lost and recovering and escaping death is really amazing.
At this time, I heard a faint voice coming from under the hill. The three of them were stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting that there was anyone else here besides them. I saw Qiushui make a quiet gesture, and then tiptoe to the entrance of the cave, and gently poked his head out, looking for the source of this sound. Seeing this, Zhu Jue and Lin Lin also learned to lie at the entrance of the cave, only to see two bald men and a white-bearded old man, who were not far from the bottom of the hill at the moment, and didn't seem to notice the existence of Qiushui and the others.
"Stinky old man, be honest, hurry up and tell us the whereabouts of the dragon's beard grass, otherwise don't blame us for being polite!" I saw a big man grab the old man's collar with his hand and said viciously.
"I, I don't know where that dragon's beard is. The old man said tremblingly.
"It seems that you are toasting and not eating and drinking!" The big man lifted the old man up and threw him out with all his might. The old man rolled on the ground several times before he stabilized himself, and for a moment he lay on the ground and coughed.
"Big brother, since he doesn't want to say it, it's better to just do him, and we'll find another way. Another big man said. The man known as the eldest brother nodded, took out a knife and walked towards the old man.
"It seems to be a personal grudge, it's none of our business, let's not ......" Before Lin Lin finished speaking, he saw a flash of green light around him, and the next moment, he saw the strong man being blown out by Qiushui's punch.
"This autumn water. Lin Lin shook his head, and his figure flashed out of the cave. Zhu Jue was left alone, at a loss there, and finally gritted his teeth and crawled out of the hole.
"Don't you want to leave me behind!"