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Chapter 445 Populus euphratica

We were testing the depth of Caodianzi, when we were suddenly called out, we couldn't help but raise our heads and look in the direction of Ouyang Xuan's finger.But at the end of the meadow, there was a figure. Because of the distance, I couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman, but I could see him walking around, and he seemed to be trying to come to us.

Tofu was surprised: "There are other people in this place besides us. I don't know why?"

I stretched out my hand and said to Tofu, "Give me the telescope." Tofu was disobedient, so he took out the telescope and didn't hand it to me. Instead, he fell in love with it first, and said while looking at it, "I'm wearing black clothes, with long hair on my back. The one facing us should be a girl."

Ouyang Xuan blinked her big eyes, showing doubts, and said, "Wearing black clothes? With long hair?" This outfit is a bit strange in the desert, because the daytime temperature in the desert is high, so even if you have long hair, you will definitely tie it up , otherwise it will be very hot.Furthermore, anyone with a little common sense knows that black absorbs light and gathers heat, so wearing black clothes in summer will make you feel hotter.The person described by Tofu seems to be a woman, but this outfit is too weird in the desert.

When I squinted my eyes, I could only see a black figure that looked like a human being in the distance. Just as I was about to snatch the telescope from Tofu's hand, he suddenly let out a snort and said, "Hey, let's go." The already blurred outline got farther and farther away, and finally disappeared into the woods at the end of the meadow.

Zhang Wen hissed and said, "Is this woman alone? The head of the house looks weird. Let's catch up and find out."

Wan Shitong said: "The ecological conditions of this oasis are relatively mature. It is not ruled out that some expedition teams will come here to rest. It has nothing to do with me. I don't think there is any need to go there."

Ouyang Xuan said: "Even if it is an expedition team, it must have some professional qualities. Who would dress up like that and come to the desert. Hey, Dou, do you see clearly?" Tofu nodded immediately and said: "Look Clearly, Xuanxuan, you have to trust my judgment." While speaking, I squeezed between Zhuan Rui and Ouyang Xuan, moved my feet, and pushed Zhuan Rui out, I felt that my face would be covered by him. He lost it all, and was about to turn him around, when Zhuan Rui suddenly got into trouble, his shoulders stopped slightly, and he pushed forward suddenly, pushing the tofu staggeringly, a dog ate shit and fell into the meadow.

Ouyang Xuan laughed and applauded. I frowned and pulled Tofu up. Seeing that his body was covered in water, his hair was stained with grass, and his expression was hurt, I felt a little uncomfortable.Seeing that Tofu began to avoid Ouyang Xuan's mocking eyes, he understood Zhuan Rui's intention.Sometimes, if a man makes a fool of himself in front of a woman he likes, or is ridiculed by a woman he likes, it will be difficult for him to muster up the courage to appear in front of the other party.

Zhuanrui's move was somewhat damaging, but it was effective immediately. Normally, Tofu would have gone crazy, but now he just shrugged his head and shrunk his neck.I coughed dryly, changed the subject, and said: "Miss Ouyang is right. That woman is weird to appear here, and her dress is also suspicious. I think it's better to find out. Let's look for ancient ruins here, I'm afraid we have to wait For a few days, it might not be a good thing to have such a 'neighbor' who doesn't know where he came from.

After I finished speaking, the rest of the people did not object any more, and we stepped on the meadow and headed towards the forest at the end of the meadow.The meadow here is rich in water and grass, and the sand is soft. If you step on it, the muddy water will sink into your knees, and even deeper, it will reach your thighs. If you don't pay attention, you may sink.Therefore, while walking, everyone had to use iron rods to explore the way, lined up in a column, and took every step carefully.

Everyone was walking, when Ouyang Xuan in front suddenly let out a terrified scream, everyone looked up in shock, thinking that something had happened.Seeing that her face was pale, her big eyes glistened with water, she said: "Bug, there are a lot of bugs in the water."

After I listened, I didn't know what to say for a while.

How normal is it to have bugs?In this environment, it is a paradise for mosquitoes, grass ticks, and leeches.I'm used to drilling in the mountains, and the nausea is disgusting, but the elders are not afraid, but from time to time, insects will crawl up the legs, and the taste is really disgusting. Ouyang Xuan is the fifth lady of the Guo family, I guess He wanted to get closer to Zhuanrui, and he happened to know a minority language, so he just followed him. He used to live in the imperial capital and spent money and money. How could he have experienced such things, so he had this reaction now? In reason.

Zhuan Rui turned his head to look, frowned slightly, and said, "Be patient, just go out."

Ouyang Xuan was so frightened that she didn't dare to move, she was almost crying, she looked very pitiful, and said in a trembling voice: "Woo, I'm afraid of my chest, get it off quickly." She hardly dared to touch it herself. "Because she is turning her body sideways at this moment, I can see that a thick black leech crawled to her chest, covered with muddy water and grass residue, and a long leech crawled on it , squirming slightly, as if choosing where to speak from.

I'm still quite selfish. Although I was right next to her, I remembered what she had just clapped and laughed at, so I didn't make a move. On the contrary, Tofu didn't let up, stretched out his hand nervously and said, "I'll help you."

Immediately, I had a feeling that iron could not be made into steel. After I got rid of the leech, Ouyang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief, and smiled gratefully at Tofu, who was much more kind. Go in the direction envisaged.

Zhuan Rui and I looked at each other, Zhuan Rui raised his eyebrows, noncommittal.I was very depressed, and continued to walk forward with a cold face. The tofu won the beauty's smile, revived with blood, and was full of energy.The crowd was speechless all the way, with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and it took a lot of effort to finally walk out of the meadow.This is the birthplace of the river. We thought that we would find something if we found the source of the river, but we still didn't get anything when we went all the way down with the iron drill.

At this time, we have reached the position where the previous figure appeared. At this moment, in front of us is a large piece of low Populus euphratica forest. Due to the baptism of desert wind and sand all the year round, the tree shape of Populus euphratica is mostly curved. Straight up.Their canopies are relatively large, crowded next to each other, densely packed, covering the sky and the sun, and the branches are twisted at various random angles. Standing at the entrance of the Populus euphratica forest, I feel that there is no sunlight inside, and the branches are open. An eerie feeling. '

This is, we found a clear footprint on the ground covered with shallow sand, this footprint is relatively large, not like a woman's footprint, but a man's footprint, and the most peculiar thing is that these feet are not wearing shoes.

what 's wrong?
Ouyang Xuan said: "Is it a man or a woman?" She asked Tofu, tilting her head slightly, her expression was very cute.Tofu scratched his head and said: "Long hair, it must be a woman." After a pause, he continued: "There are also men with long hair these days. I just saw a figure from the back, so I'm not sure."

This series of footprints went all the way into the depths of Populus euphratica forest, and the distance between each footprint was about the same. It could be seen that the other party walked without hesitation, and the route was straight, as if very purposeful.Without hesitation, Zhuan Rui immediately said, "Follow."

We also knew that the man in black who appeared suddenly was weird, so we didn't say much. Everyone was worried that there would be something sudden in the woods, so they took out their guns and followed along along the footprints.

The light in this Populus euphratica forest is very dark, there is no wind at the moment, the leaves of the trees are motionless, and the forest is even more silent.We walked forward along the footprints, about [-] minutes, and we have already walked very deep, but this Populus euphratica forest is relatively large, distributed in the entire west of the oasis, and the shuttle-shaped oasis is relatively long, so in a while, it is estimated to be Can't get to the end.

The further I went in, the more I felt something was wrong.

Tofu lowered his voice and said, "This forest is too quiet, as if there are no animals." His words resonated with everyone, and Zhuan Rui put on his mask again, leaving only half of his face. After taking Tofu's words, he said: "It's not that there are no animals, but they are hiding."

As he spoke, he pointed to the trees next to him. Some of the trees had holes in them, which were obviously nests made by some small animals.Tofu has always been very curious, so he snorted, leaned his head towards one of the tree holes, and then pulled his head out suddenly, shouting: "Oh my god, there is a big colorful snake inside!"

Zhong Gong said: "Could it be that there is some danger in this forest? But it doesn't mean that all the animals are hiding?"

Tofu said: "Could it be that the weather is too hot and they hid themselves from the heat?"

Zhuan Rui always regarded the tofu as a transparent person, and only replied to Zhong Gong, "That person dared to come in, he must have been prepared. He probably didn't come alone. Keep going." It became clearer and clearer, and soon we discovered a very strange phenomenon, that is, this pair of footprints, from entering the forest to the present, has never turned a corner, but has always maintained a straight line.

After a while, the footprints stopped abruptly under a tree.Everyone stopped, followed the tree in front of them and looked up. The curved Populus euphratica was covered with luxuriant branches, blocking our sight.Everyone looked at each other, their guns pointed upwards.

Tofu shouted: "People on the tree, don't hide, we are not bad people, come down and make friends." This is like farting, we all compared it with guns, and then declared ourselves good people, idiot will believe.

So I took Tofu's words and said coldly: "Come down, or we will shoot."

(End of this chapter)