[Tomb Raiders Notes Sand Sea] Into the Red Dust

All that was left was an empty sleeping bag.

There was silence all around, although chasing Zhang Qiling and Chen Wenjin just now involved energy, but Gu Ran was 12 percent sure of his ears, it was definitely not just someone who came to remove Ah Ning's body, unless he was so skilled that the dumb Zhang At that level, otherwise Gu Ran would not be able to hear the voice.

Being able to make a very small noise in this environment and still remove Aning's body, Gu Ran immediately remembered the snake he found in the sleeping bags of Aning and Fatty.

Sure enough, Gu Ran opened the sleeping bag and checked, and found that there were mud marks where snakes had crawled all over it, which was very messy. Obviously, there were a lot of snakes that crawled over.

The fat man's face changed drastically, and he said in surprise, "Damn it, could it be that kind of snake that moved the corpse away?"

Pan Zi obviously didn't believe it, "It's impossible, how could the snake take away such a heavy corpse?" But his face changed, obviously the traces here showed that what the fat man said was right.

Gu Ran also agreed with Fatty's point of view: "It's true that the snake moved away. I saw this in the forests of Yunnan in the early years."

"But what do these snakes want the corpse for?" Pan Zi asked again.

After thinking for a long time, Gu Ran remembered a legend he heard in Yunnan, "It may be about revenge, but it is more likely about laying eggs. I heard an old man who lived in the rainforest say that snakes can lift corpses to incubate the next generation."

This is an unbelievable statement, but the words are said from Gu Ran's mouth, so they are naturally more credible.

Wu Xie's mood became depressed, a little out of control, and he thought how could he be bullied by a snake, so he picked up the miner's lamp and said, "It only takes a few minutes for us to go back and forth, the corpse must still be around, let's go find it."

"I can't go." Gu Ran held Wu Xie back, "There are hundreds of snakes, just to die."

"However, she can't be buried in the snake's nest and give the snake its eggs."

Pan Zi patted Wu Xie on the shoulder, "Little Sanye, you have to think about it. You are a human being when you live, and you are a thing when you die. It is just a stinky skin. It is impossible for us to take this woman back. This is also her." The destination I choose is not worth fighting for a dead body."

The fat man also said: "That's right, death is death, where death is not death, but if the fat man dies in the future, you will burn me, don't let these snakes get away, I don't want to die In the hands of others, they continue to nurture the next generation.”

Gu Ran patted the fat man, "You can't die, I'm here, how can I let you die! Okay, I don't think we should sleep today, the snake's movement is too small, it's hard to hear when I fall asleep Here. Be vigilant, get through tonight, wait for the dumb Zhang, and then we can make plans."

It didn't take long for the sky to dawn, and the oppressive feeling brought by the darkness and danger was much less. The four of them relaxed a little, but Zhang Qiling still didn't come back.

After eating something, Pan Zi waded into the water and returned to the mouth of the canyon, picked up some branches and returned to dry them, and lit a bonfire to make a charcoal fire.Pan Zi said, judging by the time, the third master and the others have already arrived at the mouth of the canyon, and they will make a signal smoke here. On the one hand, it can mark the location, and on the other hand, it can also warn the third master of the situation here, so that they can be more vigilant.

The smoke can burn for several hours at a time. After the first smoke ball was extinguished, there was no echo, and Zhang Qiling did not come back. In the afternoon, when the smoke ball was about half burned, Gu Ran suddenly saw a red streak rising in the distance. cigarette.

"Wu Sansheng and the others have already gone in?" Gu Ran's face was ugly, the direction of the smoke was not from outside the canyon, but from the root, the center of the basin, and the depths of the swamp.

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The fat man murmured: "Da Pan, it seems that your third master is much faster than you."

"Impossible. Could it be that the third master and the others went in from other canyons? But, according to the plan, they didn't come this way. They should wait for my signal, and they are too damn fast..." Pan Zi couldn't figure it out .

Gu Ran held up the binoculars, "Pan Zi, what do you agree that the red smoke means?" Gu Ran's heart jumped suddenly. Normal people don't regard the red signal smoke as a safety sign, which usually means danger, and often the degree of danger High rep.Just like Pan Zi just now, they encountered so many snakes along the way, and Aning died, they didn't set off red signal smoke, but yellow ones.

"No, something happened to them." Pan Zi took over the binoculars and looked at it, his expression frightened.

Pan Zi explained the meaning of the signal smoke. Yellow means that the road ahead is dangerous, so proceed carefully, orange means stop and wait for confirmation, and red means more serious, which means you must not approach.

Wu Xie thought with a ten-thousandth hope that the other party might have misremembered the meaning of the signal smoke, and asked Pan Zi to put another one and ask what happened.

Pan Zi shook his head, apparently in a hurry, "No, little third master, you stay here, I have to go over and see if anything happens to third master."

Wu Xie was worried about his third uncle, but he also knew the seriousness, so he quickly grabbed Pan Zi, "How can this be done, the little brother has not come back, and there are only three people left when you go to our place. Besides, it is too much for you to go in alone. It's dangerous, let's wait for the little brother to come back."

Pan Zi shook his head and said, "Third Master and the others have more than 30 people. They are strong and strong. Normally, they don't emit red smoke. There must be something wrong there. His mother's black blind man is still too young. Don't worry, Young Master." , I drilled a lot in this kind of forest when I was in Vietnam, I can go through it, you wait here for the little brother to come back and then make plans."

Gu Ran also began to pack his equipment, and said while packing, "I know the blind man well. No one knows how much he weighs better than me. This man is no weaker than me. Even he and Wu Sansheng can't handle the situation, Pan Zi, you go!" It can only be sent to death. Let’s go together, multiple people can take care of multiple people. And there is only so little equipment left, we must go to meet Wu Sansheng, otherwise we will not be able to cross the Gobi at all.”

"But little brother, what should we do?" Wu Xie asked, "If we leave, he won't be able to find us soon after he returns, or I'll wait for you here."

Gu Ran rolled his eyes, "Don't talk nonsense, pack up your equipment quickly, the only thing you can't carry on your shoulders, and you'll be cold when you meet a snake. Mute Zhang probably won't come back, we'll leave him behind along the way Signal, let him come to us."

Not to mention anything else, Gu Ran still understands Zhang Qiling's tonality. If Gu Ran was not there, Zhang Qiling might be worried about Wu Xie's safety and come back, but with Gu Ran present, Zhang Qiling can do his own thing, although they The final endpoint is the same.

Pan Zi redistributed the equipment, he kept the one that belonged to Zhang Qiling, wrapped it in a waterproof cloth, and lit a smokeless stove beside it, so that Zhang Qiling could see it even if he came back at night.He took off the heavy equipment, Luoyang shovel, gas mask, etc., and went into battle lightly, and wanted to cross the rainforest at the fastest speed.

Gu Ran carried Wu Xie's equipment on his back, and Pan Zi wanted to help share it, but he didn't say anything when he thought that Gu Ran was so physically fit.

When we set off, the signal smoke was much darker. I don’t know what happened there. Pan Zi climbed up the tree, marked on the compass, and carved the positions of the two jagged rocks on the left and right sides of the signal smoke. Even if the smoke is extinguished, you can still reach your destination by walking along the central axis.

Going deep into the rainforest, the trees in this area are very dense. Gu Ran opened the way ahead, except for the sound of him cutting down vines, the whole forest was surprisingly quiet, not even a bird chirping.

I don't know how long I walked, but there were traces of an ancient building in front of me. Because of the age, there were only ruins left.The area of ​​this valley is small, the further you go in, the less the underwater silt, more and more ancient buildings are exposed, and the speed of the water flow under your feet has also changed. There is a steep downward slope in front of you, and the four of you are moving forward cautiously. , bypassing a big tree, and found a huge strange face in the dense forest, which is a stone sculpture of a bird with a human face.

The four of them walked a few steps forward, Gu Ran suddenly turned his head, stared at the stone sculpture of the human-faced bird and said, "The orientation of this thing has changed."

The fat man swallowed and spit: "Damn, there is a ghost, did it turn around by itself? Or did we touch some mechanism?"

Pan Zi stared at the stone sculpture: "Are you reading it wrong? Maybe this statue has two sides?"

"Your head on both sides. When I left just now, I looked back several times. There is absolutely no such face on the back of the stone statue." The fat man said, "Besides, there is something wrong with this face."

Compared with the front face, the face of this stone statue makes people feel weird and expressionless, but the expression on the face reveals a gloomy and resentful look, which is shocking.

Pan Zi wanted to shoot, but was stopped by Gu Ran, "I'll go over and have a look, please don't move."

Gu Ran walked back cautiously, stopped after only a few steps, then turned around and shouted: "It's a living thing, go!"

The next moment, the face of the human-faced bird suddenly changed, the corners of its mouth raised, from expressionless to grinning.

The face of the stone statue was cracked, and black moths floated inside. The human face just now was formed by moths. They flew into the air in large numbers and scattered around.

This situation is really frightening. The moths flew away one after another, and the original ruins also changed. Where the moths covered, a large group of white snake sloughs were exposed, entangled in the vines of the plants.

Gu Ran took a closer look, and immediately covered his nose, the smell of this thing was really fishy.He picked one up with a dagger, the head of the snake skin was swollen, and the shape of a cockscomb could be seen, which was the skin that fell off the neck of a pheasant.

Pan Zi touched the snake's skin and said, "This skin is still very tough, as if it has just shed. This is the place where they shed their skin. Snakes usually shed their skin in a place where they feel safe. If they encounter one or two here, they will lose their skin." will recognize