The Secret Art of Refining the Dead: The Walking Corpse File

Chapter 39 Oasis
Han Zitong probably knew her younger brother's virtue, so he didn't say anything, just nodded slightly at me, and said, "It's Xiaoxu who got you in trouble, but luckily everything is safe, thanks to Boss Zhou this time." Holding a water bottle to drink water, he broke into the ghost market alone to rescue us. He looked very tired, so he didn't respond to Han Zitong's words, and just drank water with his neck up.

I looked at the time, and sure enough, it was almost dawn, and the ancient city in front of us gradually became blurred in the increasingly bright desert, and finally disappeared like light smoke at dawn. In the sight of everyone.

At this moment, where is there any ghost market? What I see in front of my eyes is nothing but a piece of yellow sand.

When I recalled the experience of this night, I only felt weird and bizarre, as if I had a dream.How could such a strange sight appear in this vast desert?
At this time, Han Xu asked his sister: "Sister, are there really ghosts in the world?"

Han Zitong was silent for a moment, although his face was expressionless, his voice was exceptionally gentle: "I don't know, there are many things in this world that science can't yet detect, maybe there is, maybe there isn't."

Han Xu asked again: "Then what are those we saw just now? Why is the castle gone?"

Han Zitong couldn't answer for a while, she didn't want to preach these strange things to Han Xu, but she couldn't find an excuse for a while.At this moment, Zhou Xuanye twisted the water bottle and said, "It's not a ghost. It's probably because the magnetic field in this area is special, and some magnetic fields are stronger. It can record historical images of a certain period like a magnetic tape. At a certain time, when the magnetic force is activated, this image may be released. If it is a ghost city, we cannot escape so easily."

Judging by his appearance, what he said is serious. If I hadn't experienced it myself, I would probably believe it.Obviously, these are just comforting words from Zhou Xuanye. There are some things that ordinary people cannot accept. It is futile to explain too much, so it is better to use a seemingly reasonable reason to prevaricate.

After tossing the whole night, everyone was exhausted. Logically speaking, I feel that the time I stayed in the ghost town was actually not long, but as the old saying goes, it is only a few months in the cave, and it is like a thousand years in the world, and it has already dawned up.

According to the original plan, we should have reached the oasis by now, but now as far as the eye can see, there is still a vast expanse of yellow sand, tired and sleepy, not to mention how miserable it is.

Wang Zehai couldn't bear it first, he was fatter, and he was used to being pampered on weekdays. Can't open it at all.

I was similar too. I walked all day during the day yesterday and didn’t close my eyes at night. Now at dawn, the sky is getting dark and the weather is neither hot nor cold.

But saving people is like putting out a fire. Could it be that our group is sleeping here?

I originally wanted to grit my teeth and continue on my way, but when I opened my mouth, I just yawned. I was so sleepy that tears came out, and my brain was dizzy and swollen.Even a man like me is like this, let alone Tan Zitong and the others.

What to do now?
What that person said before he died flashed through my mind. His companion thought that the situation was already critical, no, now is not the time to rest, it is better to save people quickly, if you don’t sleep all day and night, you won’t die.I was about to open my mouth to ask everyone to work harder, but Tan Ren untied one of the three camels, changed the equipment on it, and said, "Lao Zhou and I will go to the oasis first, and you guys will go to the oasis for a while." Take a rest." When he said this, he looked at Han Zitong, after all, women are inherently weak in physical strength, we are all so embarrassed, let alone her.

I thought about it, shook my head severely, and said, "Boss, I'll go with you."

Zhou Xuanye smiled, showing his white teeth, and said: "It's fine, there are more people to take care of me." Just like that, we divided into two groups, and the three elders led the way first.

After traveling in the desert for more than three hours, before eight o'clock in the morning, an oasis appeared in front of us.

The area of ​​the oasis is not large, smaller than what Han Zitong described to us. It seems that the information of her geology expert is not so accurate.

Standing on the high sand dunes, I looked through the binoculars, and soon I saw traces of buildings in an area on the left side of the oasis.

Since there has been no human presence for a long time, the vegetation in the oasis is very dense. From the telescope, you can see dense and tall plants such as plantains. In the area on the left, the plants cover the buildings, and the trend is square and regular, so it is easy. It was discovered by us.

I said: "That area should be a residential area. If there is a well, it should be over there. Let's go and have a look." Maybe I was tired to a certain extent. The moment I first saw the oasis, the fatigue was relieved A lot, standing on the high place of the sand dunes, being blown by the desert wind, I immediately became more energetic.

Zhou Xuanye led the camel along the way and didn't say much.He is polite and easy-going. He has me as an employee, but he didn't ask me along the way. He basically does everything by himself.The first time I saw him leading the camel, I realized that I was too incompetent as an employee, so I hurried over to help him: "Brother Zhou, you're taking a break, I'll take it."

Zhou Xuanye smiled and said: "The camels are gentle and gentle, so it's not troublesome to lead them. My senior brother and I have practiced since we were young, and our physical strength is better than yours. Let's rest by ourselves." I have heard Tan Ren mention this, Taoism pays attention to health preservation Body training has a long history in martial arts, but anyone who comes from this field has some knowledge in martial arts.

Tan Ren listened at the side, raised his eyebrows, and said: "Zhou Xuanye, are you tired in front of his own people?" What he said was a bit strange, and I didn't understand what it meant for a while, of course, later I Got it, but it was too late by then.

When I heard Tan Ren's words, I didn't think much about it, and the three of them started heading towards the oasis.

Pieces of plantains block the scorching sun, and the large area of ​​vegetation consolidates the sand, which makes the ground hard and flat. From a piece of barren yellow sand into a lush green environment, people feel relieved immediately. .

According to the theory of evolution, the ancestors of human beings were apes and came from nature, so human eyes and brains are naturally close to green. It seems that there is some truth to this statement.

The residential area looks close, but it takes half an hour to walk. When I finally walk into it, the surrounding environment is not so comfortable.Because there are a lot of artificially polished stones on the ground, the road surface is high and low, and there are small puddles formed by accumulated water in many places. The puddles are a paradise for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes fly in the middle of the walk. If you don’t pay attention, they will fly to people’s mouths. It was really disgusting, and as a last resort, we could only cover our mouths and noses with anti-sand towels, and the three of them looked very strange.

Because the terrain here is high and low, it is not suitable for camels to advance, so when we entered the entrance of the residential area, we tied the camel under a plantain. After the three of us entered the residential area, due to the large area of ​​this area, we decided to divide the troops Search in three ways, and once you find something, you will blow the news whistle to notify each other.

This kind of message whistle is commonly used outdoors. It has a sharp sound and strong penetrating power. The sound can not only spread far, but also can be used to deter and frighten some small animals.

"You go there, I'll go to the north, Tian Gu, you go to the east." Zhou Xuanye divided the tasks, and the three separated.Before the three of them were together, they didn't think there was anything wrong with them, but once they were separated, it was really intrusive to travel alone in this place where the sky was covered by the sun, mosquitoes and flies were flying around, and there was no one.

The surrounding houses are all square meters of the XJ area in the past, with simple structure but large space. Due to the long time, the wooden gates of most of the houses have decayed, revealing the black door frame.The sunlight casts down from the banana tree and slantly shines into the door frame. You can see the sand and soil piled up in it, and there is no furniture left. It seems that they were taken away when they moved.

What I was looking for was a well. Naturally, I had no interest in these dilapidated houses, but soon, a discovery made my heart skip a beat, and my heart jumped.

There are footprints in the doorway of one of the houses.

Since there was no one there for a long time, a lot of sand and soil brought by the wind had accumulated in these houses with open doors, so the footprints were particularly obvious.

It was obviously the footprints of several pairs of people.

I immediately thought, could it be that person's companion?
Have they been in this room?
(End of this chapter)