desert abyss

In the next two days, we didn't find such appalling things as landmines or dead bodies. Instead, we discovered some strange animals, plants and geological phenomena one after another.The geological survey team finally looked like a geological survey team; Director Gu and Ma Zhonglin were very excited, they began to write and draw in their notebooks, and had a heated discussion with Liao Xiaodan.Xu Jin also chatted with me about popular science, but I couldn't understand it at all, and I wasn't interested. I only knew that she talked about the connection between time and space.

My relationship with Genia has grown closer.

She took good care of me, and sometimes our relationship was even ambiguous.After all, she looks very sweet, which is my favorite type.Because of this, Li Zhen decided to call us dog men and women, and called me "dog man" in front of everyone, and I gave him a good lesson.

In fact, Yenia already had a sweetheart.It is more appropriate to say that she is a sweetheart than a lover.This is what she told me herself.She said that she thought I was very similar to her concubine, so she liked to tease me if she had nothing to do.In addition, since there are only two people in the team who understand Russian, she took advantage of the opportunity of laughing and cursing with me to secretly exchange words and talk about everything.

I asked Genia how I looked like her Russian friend.Genia said that her concubine was Chinese and was the backstage boss of the whole investigation.She came to the team not to represent any foreign organization, but to simply follow the boss's instructions.The purpose of her trip made me speechless: she came to protect me.She said that I should know very well that there is a group of people who want to arrest me, and her boss wants to keep me, and specifically ordered that it must not be dead, at least [-]:[-]% new.Huang Kun and Li Zhen also mentioned this point.

I froze for a moment, then asked her what and what it was all about.In real danger, she might really want to help me, after all, her physical strength is comparable to that of a strong German, and I couldn't even beat my ex-girlfriend three months ago.But not only her, both Li Zhen and Huang Kun threatened to protect me. Do I really need so many people to protect me?Do I have some rare royal blood, or is it true that I am the emperor of the real dragon, and I am destined to have a noble person?I'm not the heroine of a romantic drama, and I don't need so many handsome men and beautiful women to fight for me.

Then Genia rolled her eyes and pinched me, not wanting to talk to me any more.She also said that although Li Zhen and Huang Kun had a good relationship with her boss, her boss reminded her not to trust them on this trip.However, when I asked her about the note, she flatly denied that it was her note.She said she had never seen Xu Jin in her life.

Things went from bad to worse and one head was bigger than three.Our conversation was scrapped.It was also the last time I talked to her.

When resting that night, Liao Xiaodan told us that there was only one day left.All the navigation equipment has failed, but she is not worried about it, but has expected it.Li Zhen and Liao Xiaodan kept silent about their destination.As usual, everyone was gearing up except me, and I was terribly tired of living a life of uncertainty, adventure, and deceit.I just wanted to go back to my small rented house, eat instant noodles and watch anime.

Although I received Xu Jin's reminder, I still became wary of Li Zhen, and began to rejoice that although we were roommates, we never slept together.I still have the mentality of a law-abiding petty citizen, so I don't care much about murderers.To be honest, at that time, I felt uncomfortable at the thought of being close to such a person.Because like I wrote earlier, I really hate violence.That's why I resisted Huang Kun at first.

God knows what they did to me to turn me into the ghost I became.

After entering the desert, I usually sleep like a pig as soon as I get into my sleeping bag, and I don’t dream all night, but that night, maybe because I was stimulated by the death pit before, I tossed and turned, fell asleep and woke up again several times.When it was daylight, I woke up again, only to see Huang Kun sitting beside me, sharpening a small knife.

I rubbed my temples and told myself I was dreaming because Huang Kun was supposed to be on the other side of the desert.I squeezed myself, but I didn't wake up, so I had to face this dream directly, hoping that there would be no more ghosts and ghosts.

Seeing that I was awake, Huang Kun stopped his hands.I just saw a look of extreme sadness and despair on his face.I've never seen him put on such an expression, and I'd say I've never seen anyone make such an expression.More than just sadness, he looked 20 years older, with gray hair and wrinkled face.At that moment, even though I knew I was in a dream, I couldn't help feeling great sympathy for him, and I spontaneously reached out and patted his shoulder.

Huang Kun stared at me intently, and I looked back at him purely.After looking at each other affectionately for more than ten seconds, he suddenly sighed deeply and put away the knife.

"What's wrong?" I asked, "Is it because it's hard in the desert? I think it's hard too. You can tell me what's going on. I can't help you, but I'm always here. You take If I'm a friend, just tell me."

Huang Kun looked at me with sunken eyes, and his face was bleak.Then he slowly reached out to me, like Michelangelo's Adam reaching out to God.There was such desperation and longing in that action, I couldn't help but be infected by his emotions.But just as he held out his hand to me, I noticed a problem with the subtle light.

There was a long scar on the palm of his hand, extending from the base of the middle finger to near the wrist.The scars were white and looked like scars from long ago healed.I have been with Huang Kun for so long, and I have never seen such a scar on his hand.

I admit that the barrage of blows made me paranoid and nervous, but anyone under such circumstances would have great doubts.I immediately thought of the dream about the headless little girl in red, and broke out in a cold sweat.

Seeing my hesitation, Huang Kun immediately withdrew his hand.

He wiped his face.If the man could cry, he would be crying now, but I've never seen him cry, not then, and never since.

"I can't." He said softly, then got up and opened the tent and walked out.Strange to say, as soon as he went out, I felt extremely sleepy. I was already in a dream, but I dreamed that I was about to fall asleep.

At this time Li Zhen and Liao Xiaodan suddenly got into the tent, seeming very nervous.

"Yang An? Yang An!" Liao Xiaodan said softly and pushed me violently.

I snorted in displeasure.

"Where's Huang Kun? Has he finished sharpening his knife?"

"Did you see him? Where is he?!" Li Zhen said anxiously.

"Li Zhen...I don't think that's Huang Kun," I struggled to organize my sentences.I don't know why, but I think it is very necessary to convey this message to Li Zhen, it is very necessary, "He has a scar on his hand. Huang Kun has... no scar on his hand."

"Are you sure? Yang An? Yang An?" Li Zhen slapped my face, but I just felt that his voice was getting farther and farther away from me. "No, he's here, we must go back now."

"He was injured, look at the blood outside. He is no threat to us now." Liao Xiaodan said firmly. "Besides, if he could get the killer, he would have done it long ago."

"Yang An is different. Yang An doesn't know anything yet, so he can't do anything. But his mental state is unstable, how do you know he won't come back."

"That can't be helped, there is only one day's journey left, we can't go back now. This is because Mother Wang sold the mill—it can't be pushed."

"Damn!" Before I was in a trance, I only heard Li Zhen say angrily, "Is there anything your Liao family can't do for a few stinky money? Well, you take them down, and I'll go after him myself."

"Li Zhen! Don't rely on Yang An's power to mess around, it won't work with me."

Liao Xiaodan and Li Zhen pushed and argued to get out of the tent.

Soon I fell asleep.I don't remember what kind of dream I had at that time, I only know that I dreamed of some very beautiful people and things.That should be one of the sweetest dreams I have ever had in my life.

The next morning, Liao Xiaodan told us that Li Zhen had left the team.Apparently he walked away in the middle of the night talking to himself and no one saw him leave.Everyone whispered, and the two policemen who came to arrest him, Monk Erzhang, were even more confused.Leaving the team talking to oneself in the desert is suicidal even for a god.Even Xu Jin looked worried.But we can't go to Li Zhen collectively, so we can only bite the bullet and move on.

Genia, worried, kept following me, but never spoke to me.

At dusk, Liao Xiaodan told us that we had almost arrived at our destination and we could go to the field tomorrow.The team members cheered, but I couldn't see any difference in the surrounding sand.Liao Xiaodan looked at his watch, looked at the direction of the setting sun, smacked his lips, pulled Ma Zhonglin to discuss with him softly, and then took out a box of things from his backpack.

I took a closer look, and saw that it was a box of iron needles, about two to three hundred, as long as a finger, thin at both ends and thick at the middle.The box is round, like the salt or pepper container on the dinner table.The lid of the box has small holes that open when the lid is twisted.Liao Xiaodan put the round box on the sand and told us to stand far away, and then knocked the box down from a distance with a small stone.

It wasn't too dark around then.We stood in a circle around the box, like primitive people performing some kind of ritual.In the dim light, I saw that after the box fell down, the iron needles inside seemed to come alive, coming out of the hole in the cover, densely emerging on the sand, and forming a very weird pattern. shape.This is a bit like the experiment of simulating magnetic flux lines that our middle school teacher showed us.

That image is a bit like concentric circles, a bit like a vortex, but neither quite.Must say, kind of like a cartoon of the Milky Way, or a top view of a hurricane map.That pattern is not static, as the iron needle keeps moving, it keeps spinning like a hurricane.

I'm very new to all this.But then I heard Simon and Andreas seem to be whispering again what they had said when they first saw me.Not only are the words "underground", "ominous" and "white dragon" appearing repeatedly, but there are also words such as "Satan" and "abyss" mixed in. In short, it is an extremely unpleasant thing. It reminds me of " The whispers of the villagers around him before the hero in Dracula was captured by the vampire.

Liao Xiaodan took a magnet at this time, and was about to take back the iron needle, but Xu Jin stopped her.

"Sister Liao, wait!"

"Girl, it's getting dark, didn't you take a photo, just look at the photos later."

"Wait, look!"

Xu Jin pointed to the sand.

At first we didn't see anything unusual, and then we found that the iron needle was trembling slightly.Not only trembling, but the southern ends of most iron needles gradually lifted.

Soon all the iron needles stood on the sand, trembling slightly, as if some mysterious force drove them to stand still.Then all the iron needles began to sink slowly to the ground, as if something in the ground was attracting them.

Soon most of them were half submerged in the sand. After 5 minutes, all the iron needles got under the sand and disappeared.

I look at Liao Xiaodan.Her face was stern and her lips were tightly pressed together.It was almost completely dark at this time, and it was impossible for us to dig for needles under the sand.Liao Xiaodan ordered to disband on the spot.Everyone dispersed.Everyone didn't speak much, I don't know if it was because of excitement or nervousness.

After setting up the tent, I realized that this was the first time I had really left Li Town in three months.We never really bonded, but I always felt like if I just turned around, or yelled, he'd be there for me.Thinking that I am now in the vast desert, and this friend suddenly left me, I feel a deep and chilling loneliness.Although it is illogical to say so, it feels like being betrayed by Li Zhen.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help laughing at myself.After all, there is no relationship between me and Li Zhen who wants to keep whom, let alone betrayal?Li Zhen and Huang Kun are just fulfilling the tasks assigned by their employers, which is no different from other people. Even if I have the closest relationship with them during these three months of helplessness, it does not mean that they are It should have a special place in my heart.

Thinking of this, I fell asleep in anxiety.Although I was very anxious inside, this was actually my last moment of peace in the desert.

I woke up from the cold.

When I opened my eyes, I saw the stars in the sky.

I blinked and blinked, and I could only think of a joke circulating on the Internet: It was said that the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Watson were out and camping in a tent one night.Holmes woke up that night, woke up Watson, and asked him: Watson, what is in the sky?Watson said: A bright moon.Holmes asked again: What does this mean?Watson thought for a moment and said: The moonlight is good, there are no stars, and it should be cloudy tomorrow.Holmes said: Fool!Our tent was stolen!And Bao Zheng said: Don't be surprised, it's me.

I reached out and touched the sky, but I didn't find a big man with a dark complexion and stars on his face. Only the cold wind passed through my fingers.

It just means my tent was stolen.

I jump up.Not only was my tent gone, but my backpack and coat were gone too.Not only were my personal items gone, I found that Liao Xiaodan and the others were also missing.

I was alone, wearing thin clothes, standing on the vast desert.

The sky is like a huge dark blue semicircle, tightly covering the earth downward.The stars hang down, the sand dunes rise up, and the most incredible thing is that in the southerly direction, a huge silver whirlpool appears in the sky, slowly turning like a hurricane, emitting gentle but dazzling light.

The light came from nowhere, for the vortex was composed not of stars but like some kind of glowing cloud.At that moment, I felt like I saw the whole Milky Way going around my head, and it was one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen in my life.

I opened my mouth wide, completely forgetting the cold on my body, the danger of my situation, and all the weird and bizarre things that happened to me. I could only stare blankly at the silver nebula turning, until it gradually faded after a few minutes, until it disappears.

The moment the nebula disappeared, I felt a huge force fluctuating from its direction.My hair stood on end, my feet were taken off the ground, and I felt that every inch of my skin was squeezed and caressed by something warm. I couldn't see or hear, and my heart beat infinitely faster.Soon I lost consciousness.