Chapter 3: The Mysterious Stone Tower

The scorching sun had been scorching for a day, and by four o'clock in the afternoon, there was still a heat wave, and some girls and weaker boys began to stumble. Xu Qing walked next to Wu Shengfan, holding a bottle of water in his hand, it was the second bottle of water he drank this afternoon, and Bai Jing, who was deliberately walking behind, had already noticed that Wu Shengfan's so-called collection of food and water for unified distribution was just a scam, in order to ensure that he still had a few close people to have enough food and water.

Shirai didn't say it, because he knew that the only water and food must not be enough for everyone to get out of the desert, but he silently felt sad in his heart for those classmates who didn't know the situation.

The team did not begin to camp and set up tents until late at night, because the desert was not hot at night, but slightly cold, and everyone had to walk as much as possible while there was no hot water to disperse.

At this time, Wu Shengfan asked Liu Xiaoyue to send water and food again, this time each person only had half a bottle of water and a piece of bread, and everyone was silent, because no one had the extra physical strength to quarrel, and silently ate the food and fell asleep, each person only had four hours to sleep. Tomorrow has to be another cruel day.

Hu Hai, who was already asleep, was suddenly called up by Bai Jing and came to the side.

Bai Jing glanced around to make sure that there was no one, took out a bottle of mineral water from his bag, and handed half a compressed biscuit to Hu Hai.

"Where did you get the water and biscuits?" Hu Hai looked at the roundness of his eyes and said in a low voice.

"I brought it myself, I didn't bring much, just in case, you save some!" Shirai whispered.

"Enough brother! Hehe, brother, I'm about to drink to death! Wu Shengfan of Ya just gave me so much water, I sweated more than that!"

"After you finish eating, go back to sleep, I'll go around and go back." “

"You're not tired after walking for so long, turn a hairy man!" Hu Hai said hurriedly.

"What's the matter, what are you doing,, okay?" After speaking, Hu Hai, who was stunned, quietly disappeared into the night.

Four hours later, the class leader woke up each student on time to prepare for the road, and Hu Hai, who woke up, found that he didn't know when Shirai had slept on the side.

Although everyone was tired on the first day, they all persevered, and Shirai was worried that someone would turn their faces next because of food and water, or even worse.

When the day dawned, the vast desert was still so deep that it seemed that it would never go to the edge.

The students supported each other in twos and threes, and only the sound of breathing remained in the sweltering desert. Finally, when it was close to noon, after the last water was divided, Wu Shengfan announced that there was no water, and the students seemed to feel that the city wall they were relying on had completely collapsed.

Only Shirai knew that those people must still have food and water in their backpacks, but they didn't want to take it out and share it again, it was the dependence of getting out of this desert, and at this time, the selfishness of the heart and the desire for life overcame everything.

After walking for a few more hours, several classmates began to have prostration and heat stroke. And Wu Shengfan, including Xu Qing, seemed to be tired, but they still walked steadily, and slowly broke away from the main army and walked in front.

"Look! He's drinking water .... Wu Shengfan is drinking water!"

Most of the exhausted classmates are also covered under their coats, and they rarely care about other people's movements, but they didn't expect to be discovered.

"Okay! Wu Shengfan, didn't you say that there was no water, it turned out that a few of you kept it by yourself, and you wanted to drink us to death, it's really not a thing! Hurry up and take it out!" Zhao Gang, who was already exhausted, roared with red eyes. At this time, regardless of the friendship of classmates, some just survive.

"Nonsense, you read it wrong, I just wiped my sweat and didn't drink water!" Wu Shengfan said humbly.

"Did we know until we saw it, classmates, rummaging through their bags!" The hungry and thirsty classmates were already crazy at this time, eager to gnaw and bloodthirsty.

Wu Shengfan and the others ran away after hearing this, and the people behind them were like fierce beasts, starting a fierce competition. didn't run far, and the five people were pressed, and the food and water they searched out were instantly wiped out by several people, and the fierce drinking caused a choking sound. Only Shirai Hu Hai and a few weak girls who were almost suffering from heat stroke were still stumbling behind.

Suddenly, a girl shouted, "Look! there...... There's a tower there!" Apparently, the girl who spoke did not believe her eyes.

When everyone heard the sound, they were suddenly shocked, there was a grand dilapidated tower a few hundred meters away, erected alone, half of the tower was still buried in the sand, the tower was gray and white, it was difficult to find in the desert full of yellow sand, it should have been manifested after experiencing a huge wind and sand.

The old tower is tall and faintly majestic, as if this tower has been erected here for countless years.

Many people mentioned that they had the last strength and ran in the direction of the tower with difficulty, hoping where to find water.

Bai Jing and Hu Hai helped the two girls to walk forward slowly, and just when others were not paying attention, Bai Jing quietly gave the two girls some water to drink, and told them not to tell others.

This is the result of Shirai's repeated hesitation, at this juncture where water is life, he doesn't want to share a little more possibility of survival with anyone.

But he saw that the relationship between these two girls and other people was not very close, especially after the water ran out, and no one cared for them, and the two of them were so weak that they almost fainted, so he decided to share a little water.

When they got closer, everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them, and no one dared to step forward again. Shirai was also suppressed by this tower, and it took a long time to breathe a sigh of relief.

This tower has two floors, about 50 meters high, the base of the tower is square, about 40 meters long, what is shocking is that the whole tower seems to be carved out of a large stone, and it is a whole!

Looking at this huge stone tower, it seems that it has gone through many years, the edges and corners of the tower body have been worn, and the carvings on the tower are also mottled and vicissitudes.

Suddenly, the wind and sand suddenly rose, everyone raised their sleeves to cover their eyes, and Shirai also took advantage of the situation to pull up the coat on his body and cover his head, at that moment, Shirai saw a small black box exposed in the sand by the tower gate, and the box was entwined with gold lines, simple and mysterious.

"It's going to be windy and sandy, let's go into the tower and hide!" After speaking, without waiting for everyone to react, Bai Jing rushed to the tower first, grabbed the black box and walked into the tower.

Everyone entered the tower one after another, at this time the weather outside was suddenly gloomy, the wind was fierce, the strange thing was that the tower was shining with a faint and soft light, it turned out that there was a stone table in the middle of the tower, and there was a lit copper lamp on the stone table! The fire of the copper lamp was only a slight wisp, as if it was going to be extinguished at any time! The copper lamp stood quietly on the stone table, as if it had been there for countless years!

With the help of the light, you can barely see the situation inside the tower. The tower is full of yellow sand, everywhere is in disarray, there is a spacious old stone staircase on the right side of the tower door, straight leads to the second floor of the tower, the stone staircase is covered with dust, at a glance it is known that no one has climbed for a long time.

To everyone's regret, there is not a drop of water here, everyone in a state of anxiety seems to ignore the strange phenomenon here, walking around, looking at the gray stone tower that seems to have gone through the vicissitudes of time. Bai Jing quietly put the stone box he had just picked up into his backpack, and he felt that this black slightly heavy stone box was not simple!

"Well, there's a book here. "The discoverer is Liang Kuo, one of Wu Shengfan's partners.

Everyone gathered around, Wu Shengfan opened the page of the book, and threw it back.

"I can't read a word. At this time, Wu Shengfan had lost his bearing, and he was thirsty and on fire, and began to try his best to find a water source.

"There's something in the sand!" Xu Qing shouted in surprise, she dug out a strange thing in the sand, it was a small wooden hammer, like the kind that knocks on wooden fish, the small hammer looks like wood, but it is actually extremely hard, and it is covered with inexplicable and profound lines. The head of the hammer handle was engraved with an ancient and vigorous character, which was a "town" character, a font that Shirai had never seen before, but he was sure that it was a town character.

Suddenly, the flame of the bronze lamp in the tower was a little smaller, and the stone tower became dim, and the empty tower seemed to echo with a howl, terrible, full of despair and anger. The voice flickered far and near, and the sound of crying was accompanied by the sound of monks chanting, revealing majesty and peace.

The timid girl was already sobbing quietly and cowering helplessly in the corner.

A gust of wind blew, and the copper lamp flashed and almost went out.

"Ah!! There are ghosts! "Help ......." I don't know when there was a cry for help from the dim corner, it was the squad leader Liao Peng's, a burst of tearing sound came, when everyone ran over together, there was a sound as if something was flying, a gust of wind lifted, sand and dust everywhere, screaming again and again.

Through the faint light of the mobile phone, I saw the squad leader lying on the ground, he had already lost his breath, one arm was missing, and his chest seemed to be cut open by a sharp weapon.

"Ahh After shouting, one of the classmates ran outside, and as soon as he left the door, he heard terrible screams and the terrible sound of tearing flesh. The long and terrifying cries became clearer and clearer, but the sound of the Buddha became smaller and smaller, almost unheard.

"Ah..." This time the voice is Xu Qing's!

Although Xu Qing has changed her mind, the three-year relationship still makes Bai Jing rush over desperately.

"Xu Qing, how are you, are you injured?" Bai Jing asked worriedly, at this moment Wu Shengfan was hiding in a corner, trembling, not caring about Xu Qing's life or death at all.

"No.... I blocked it with this little wooden hammer and it was gone. Xu Qing spoke slightly, obviously frightened.

"Shirai, thank you. Xu Qing, who came back to her senses, said gratefully, seemingly with a hint of shame and remorse.

"It's okay, you're fine, do you see what it is?" Shirai asked as he reassured.

"I didn't see it clearly, I only saw a pair of gray and shiny eyes, which were terrifying..."Xu Qing said and grabbed the wooden hammer in his hand.

Everyone suddenly realized that the artifacts in this stone tower could resist the evil spirit, and they all dug up in the sand.

At this moment, several screams were heard at the same time, several more classmates were killed, and the elusive evil monster seemed to know something and began to appear frequently. Seeing that the classmates who were still laughing in their ears in the past suddenly died so tragically, everyone was terrified and almost collapsed. Suddenly, a classmate ran to the bronze lamp! If you want to talk about the most mysterious artifact in the stone tower at present, it must be the bronze lamp.

Just as the classmate was about to catch him, the faint light that seemed to be about to go out suddenly rose and spread all over his body along the classmate's hand in an instant.

The flames illuminated the entire stone tower, and screams filled everyone's eardrums. In just a moment, the classmate was reduced to ashes and scattered in front of the stone table. Everyone stared at all this blankly, and didn't react at all. The bronze lamp flickered one last time and then went out completely, and the stone tower was pitch black. The first to react were the two girls, screaming and running up the stone stairs towards the second floor, with a scream, screaming and tearing, the two corpses rolled down, dripping with blood and broken limbs.

In almost a few breaths, three more classmates died, and the rest were all gathered together. At this time, two more classmates found something, a broken iron bowl, and a robe with holes everywhere, I don't know if I can resist this unknown monster, but it is better to feel at ease than nothing.