Secret Notes of a Mystery Investigator

Chapter 41 The Descendants of the Dragon Clan (3)
That night, the temperature in the desert was decent, it didn't drop too much, and the cool breeze kept blowing, which made people feel quite comfortable.Ashe and I sat on a small sand dune, with her Vulcan and Xiaomi crawling beside her, looking at the stars in the sky. I thought the scene was quite romantic.

A Xue sighed and said, "I don't know how the children are doing these days?"

I said, "You miss them. I told you not to follow, but you just didn't listen."

A Xue said: "It's okay, I also hope to help you a little bit, you are the ones who helped me up to now, thank you so much."

I said: "You are welcome, we all respect your father, and it is our wish to continue his last wish."

A Xue said: "Yes, there is so much lack of love in this world. Even my own parents can do such a cruel thing to their children. I really don't know what they think in their hearts."

While we were talking, suddenly we saw a very strange scene: the sky in the southeast was instantly covered by a thick layer of black clouds like ink, which could not even let out a ray of moonlight. The dark clouds are still rapidly approaching us.

And the Vulcan next to him also stood up and roared at the dark clouds in the sky. Ashe stroked its head affectionately and said, "Be quiet, it's not a big deal."

I said, "Can you really understand the language expressed by animals?"

A Xue said: "Yes, I have been like this since I was a child. Of course, it is impossible to hear people's language as clearly, but I can feel their emotions very clearly, and I can also clearly understand what they want to express. For example, fire God is telling us to be careful right now, and I think this cloud might be a little weird."

I didn't think so, but as I spoke, the clouds got closer and closer, and the desert instantly dimmed. The rest of the people also noticed the abnormal weather. Academician Qi said loudly: "Hurry up and get in the car, the sky may change."

We got into a jeep immediately, and sure enough, after a while, the desert began to blow strong winds, and the temperature dropped significantly.It was getting darker and darker, and it didn't take long before I couldn't see my fingers. Suddenly there was a bang, and then the noise around the car became more and more dense. Academician Qi said: "It's hail. Fortunately, our car is bulletproof, otherwise Judging by the sound, it is estimated that ordinary car glass can't stop it at all."

The sound became louder and louder, as dense as bursting beans. Vulcan and Xiaomi were in another car. Suddenly, Vulcan yelled maniacally. Ashe immediately sat up and said, "Something is wrong." Just about to open the door and get out of the car, Academician Qi grabbed her and said, "You'll have to get smashed up when you go down now. Let's talk about it later. There are no people around here, so nothing will happen." After listening for a while, Vulcan suddenly stopped crying.

We both fell asleep in a state of sleepiness shortly afterwards.The next morning I was awakened by the sound of Ma Tianxing cursing. I hurriedly got out of the car and saw that I was really surprised. It turned out that all eight tires of the two cars were punctured. No wonder the dog barked yesterday. Condition.But there is one thing that confuses us, because the tire is broken, the car must have a certain sense of sagging, but we don't feel anything wrong at all, so how did the other party do it?

Head Chen carefully looked at the damaged part of the tire and said, "It was scratched with a knife. It is obvious that someone approached us last night. He is not afraid of being crushed to death by such a big hailstone."

Academician Qi said: "What is their purpose in doing this?"

As soon as the words were finished, we only heard the clear sound of camel bells. Those people and camels from yesterday appeared in our sight again. Head Chen said: "I see, these grandsons must have made it."

After finishing speaking, he took out a pistol from his waist, Academician Qi said: "Don't be reckless, you also know the national policy, don't say you haven't got the evidence, even if you have ample evidence, you still have to rely on these broken tires. What can you do with them?"

6. Don't need help

I saw a few of them walking around in front of us again, the leader looked at the car and said, "It seems that you have encountered a lot of trouble, how is it, do you still insist that you don't need our help?"

Academician Qi winked at Head Chen, and said first, "Yeah, I didn't expect the terrain here to be so complicated. Both of our cars had a flat tire."

The leader smiled and said, "It's a pity that there is no repair shop here to repair tires. What should we do? Do you have any plans for the next step? If necessary, we can send you back."

Academician Qi said: "That's impossible. It's not easy for us to come here. We can't give up the big goal because of a small problem. Let's just do this. I'll hire you to go there."

I whispered to Head Chen: "Aren't they just letting us spend this unjustified money? If they are hired, it will be in their hands."

Head Chen said: "There is no other way. If others take such a big risk to promote their products, what else do you have to say? There is no other way but to cheer."

After some bargaining, we rented the other party's eight camels for 5000 yuan for ten days. However, we couldn't bring much more supplies. We had to try our best to get some usable things, mainly water and dry food.He Zhuang wrapped his knife with a thick layer and fixed it firmly on his back. The pair of poisoned arrows was hung on the left side of the camel. The leading Uighur said: "There are still some of you who know how to use bows and arrows." ?”

Ma Tianxing said: "It's not just bows and arrows, we also know fortune-telling, don't think we don't know what's going on with tires."

The man laughed loudly, but he didn't say anything, but to our surprise, after the arrangement, he just asked one of the very young teenagers to be our guide and manage the camel caravan, and the rest got off. The camel was heading east, and we reported the position of the car with the satellite phone, and then got on the camel and wobbled forward all the way.

Without the car, the speed slowed down a lot, and the camel was not in a hurry, wandering in the endless desert, Academician Qi said: "Young man, what's your name, how old are you this year?"

The young man's Chinese is not too fluent, and he said with a heavy accent: "My name is Xiaogu Renbaona, and I am 20 years old."

Academician Qi said: "You came out to be a guide at such a young age. As far as I know, this job is very dangerous. Don't your family worry about you?"

The young man smiled shyly and said, "It's nothing, it's mainly sandstorms here, just wait for the weather to change."

Academician Qi said: "That's true, but it depends on experience. How can you have such a wealth of experience at your age?"

Little Gu Renbao said: "I walked in the desert with my father when I was 11 years old. I have already seen a lot of things. Don't worry."

Academician Qi said: "I'm not worried about myself, I'm just worried about you young people. What can I be reluctant to do with my old bones?"

Xiaogu Renbao said with a smile: "Don't worry, we can all go out and won't stay here." But soon we felt a little strange, the satellite phone rang in the morning, and Academician Qi connected After only one sentence, the signal was suddenly interrupted.

He said "Hello" several times, but there was no response.Head Chen said: "It should not be like this, this is an authentic military product."

Academician Qi said: "Who says it's not! But it's a bit weird. The person over there just said a word: There are animal tooth marks on the damaged tire of the car."

We were all taken aback, Captain Chen said: "How is it possible, the teeth of animals cannot be so sharp."

Academician Qi said: "But it's the teeth of animals, because there is mucus on the inner wall of the tire, they must have analyzed it."

Ma Tianxing said, "Is it still raining in this desert?"

Academician Qi said: "Of course I do, but not as frequently as in the Mainland."

After finishing speaking, he looked at his watch, his complexion suddenly changed, he hurriedly took out the compass and glanced at it, nodded and said: "I understand what's going on, Xiao Chen, we have entered an area of ​​electromagnetic interference, fortunately there is no car coming, Otherwise, all the instruments will definitely fail."

We each looked at our watches, and sure enough it was out of order. Academician Qi asked Gu Renbao, "Young man, do you know the natural environment here? Do you have any explanation?"

Xiaogu Renbao said: "This is true. There is a kind of sand snake here, which is a strange snake that lives in the sand layer."

Academician Qi said: "It's not surprising, there are snakes in the desert."

Little Gu Renbao said: "The snake I am talking about is called an earth dragon by the locals, because it is so big that it can damage a car and swallow an adult alive."

Ma Tianxing said: "Don't scare me, I'm afraid of snakes."

Little Gu Renbao said: "I'm not talking nonsense."

Academician Qi said: "This is not in line with the laws of nature. The life resources in the desert are extremely scarce, and they are all small species because they don't eat much. They survive relatively well, like the earth dragon you mentioned. How to find enough food?"

Little Gu Renbao said: "I don't know about that. But I have seen this kind of snake. It is khaki-yellow and has a horn on its head. The scales on its body are very large, unlike ordinary snakes. "

While talking, there was another thunderstorm rolling in, this time the dark clouds seemed to be a little closer, and the light gradually dimmed.Little Gu Renbao said: "Everyone hurry up, there is an old inn ahead, which can shelter from the rain."

After that, he took us to speed up and walked for about half an hour, only to see an old-fashioned inn built with bricks and tiles appearing in front of us.Its signboard has long been eroded by wind and sand, and the surface of the wall is also full of potholes, but there is a pen for tying animals here, with food troughs and water troughs inside.As soon as we tethered the camels, the temperature began to drop, and the sky above our heads was already covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and the momentum was really scary.

Entering this dilapidated but not too small inn, the inside has long been covered with a thick layer of yellow sand.After we cleaned up, the wind was strong outside and the rain was pouring. We immediately set up bottles and cans to collect water.Although the inn was broken, it was not leaking. Everyone started cooking and cooking, and the dishes were fragrant after a while.Our last fresh vegetables and fruits are on the table.Suddenly, Vulcan, who was lying lazily in the corner of the room, stood up vigilantly, and started to bark outside the room.Because it did see the situation last night, its reaction this time has attracted everyone's attention. Captain Chen took out his pistol, walked carefully to the door, looked at the situation outside through the crack of the door, walked back after watching for a while, and said, "Mrs. Big, can't see anything."

7. Odd phenomena
After a while, a black shadow outside the house shot in like an arrow.He Zhuang reacted very quickly, and immediately picked up a stool, and Captain Chen also raised his pistol, but when the black shadow entered the room, we could see clearly that it was Vulcan. "Swallowing low, he ran to the corner of the room and coiled in a circle, trembling all over.Tibetan Mastiff is a very vicious dog. Even if he encounters a pack of wolves alone on the grassland, he will go up and bite without hesitation, especially Axue, a mastiff who grew up on the snowy field. He has never experienced any scenes before. I didn't expect to be frightened like this, and our hearts couldn't help hanging.He Zhuang took out his bow and arrows. Head Chen raised his pistol and pointed it outside. After a while, nothing strange came in. Head Chen said: "Close the door." Holding the pistol, he slowly moved towards the door .Our hearts were in our throats. After waiting for a while, Captain Chen put the gun back into the holster, lifted the door, and pressed the door against the table. I said, "Axue, since you can understand the language of animals , can you hear what Vulcan encountered outside?"

Axue walked up to Vulcan, pressed its forehead with his hands, and said after a while, "It's impossible to fully communicate with it, but I can tell you clearly that there was indeed something outside just now."

After hearing these words, little Gu Renbao immediately prostrated himself on the ground regardless of the rain all over the ground, and began to worship with words in his mouth.After he got up, Chen Tuanzhang said: "Little Gu Renbao, who were you begging just now?"

Little Gu Renbao said: "I'm worshiping the devil. The residents of our desert all worship this kind of evil god. Otherwise, they will be swallowed by quicksand when they enter the desert."

Ma Tianxing said: "It's true, you still worship the evil gods, what kind of enlightenment is this?"

Academician Qi said: "Really, because their understanding of evil gods is different from ours. Their evil gods are relatively powerful gods, not evil or fierce gods as you think."

Head Chen said: "Then do you know what might appear outside?"

Academician Qi said: "It's hard to say, but I can be sure that it will definitely not be the evil god he worshiped, because from a scientific point of view, there will be no gods in this world. Of course, I am more inclined to be an unknown creature, although It is very difficult for large organisms to exist in the desert, but this theory is only based on our own understanding of our own conditions. What if there is a creature in this world that does not need to rely on solid nutrients to survive? It is really hard to say."

Head Chen said: "If there are such creatures, wouldn't it be terrible, and they can survive by basking in the sun, so if they can evolve into our world instead of sticking to the desert, how can we fight them? "

Academician Qi said: "I think your thinking is very strange. Why do you have to distinguish between superior and inferior? The world is so big, can only we humans survive in it?"

Head Chen said: "That's true. I remember that I seem to be an environmentalist too."

While talking, the rain gradually subsided, and we also started to eat, but our doubts grew more and more.The curiosity when I first entered the desert disappeared now, and I began to have an inexplicable fear of the unknown future.

Academician Qi said: "From now on, all of us must not be alone. No matter what we do, we must be together so that we can take care of each other."

After eating, Ma Tianxing assembled his sniper rifle, patted the body of the gun and said, "Brother, you must protect me comprehensively."

Head Chen said: "From tonight onwards, we will be on duty at night. Except for the woman and Academician Qi, everyone else will take turns for one night."

Academician Qi said: "Why do you exclude me, everyone is the same, I can't enjoy the special."

Head Chen said: "It's not that I enjoy being special, it's just that I don't want to tire you out, so it won't be worthwhile for us to distract you from taking care of you."

Academician Qi said with a chuckle, "It's okay, I'm in good health."

Head Chen said: "Then you still have to pay attention to your own health. Anyway, this has nothing to do with you, let's stop arguing." Rest upstairs, this night I took the initiative to ask Ying to be on duty with a gun.Sitting on the table, through the bright moonlight of the blue sky after the heavy rain, watching a quiet desert, nothing strange appeared.

The night passed without incident, and we were on our way the next morning.As I hadn't slept yesterday, I was groggy all the way and almost fell off the camel a few times.After finally staying up until night, after eating, and setting up a tent on the sandy ground, I immediately went to sleep. As soon as I closed my eyes, I heard Academician Qi say in a daze, "Young people are still sleepy."

Ma Tianxing said: "That's not necessarily the case, I don't get too sleepy."

Without any further hesitation, I fell asleep immediately, and slept until the next morning when they cooked breakfast and woke me up, and I got up groggy and out of the tent.I didn't even know who was on the night shift last night, so I ate some convenience food and went on the road with everyone.At noon we didn't walk much. When we were resting, Ma Tianxing sat beside me and whispered: "How is your relationship with Xiaoxue now?"

I rolled his eyes at him and said, "Are you a little bored?"

Ma Tianxing said: "Okay, count my good intentions as a donkey's liver and lungs, don't regret it."

I saw that his expression didn't look like he was joking, so I guess there was something real, so I said, "What exactly are you trying to tell me?"

(End of this chapter)