The Return of Cambrian Period
Chapter 14
As soon as Fei left, several people couldn't wait to take off their clothes and rush into the bathtub, taking a hot shower to their heart's content.
Cong Xia felt a little inferior when taking a shower.Zhuang Yao is still a child, so it can be ignored. The other four people are all slender and strong, with perfect and sexy muscle lines. Only he seems to be getting thinner and thinner.
Zhuang Yao caught sight of Cong Xia huddled in a corner, and said with a sneer, "Are you inferior?"
Cong Xia gave him a depressed look.
"Who told you not to exercise normally?"
Deng Xiao squeezed Cong Xia's arm, "Brother Cong, you are too thin, don't be so lazy, just exercise regularly."
Cong Xia was a little annoyed, "I know."
They cleaned up, put on neat clothes, and suddenly felt reborn.
Deng Xiao was still thinking about his skewers, "Brother Cong, let's go back quickly."
Cong Xia smiled and said, "No rush."
They went to the living room, and Meng Fei was sitting on the sofa waiting.
Cheng Tianbi asked: "What do you mean by morning, tell the truth."
Meng Fei sighed: "There is only one piece of puppet jade in Pin'an. It is impossible to get it out in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. I said that in the morning. I just want to cooperate with you to eradicate the fat man."
"Why? If you want to use us, you're not afraid of being retaliated by us after things are revealed?"
"Fatty has a lot of resources in his hands. Get rid of him, and I can give most of them to you. Compared with puppet jade, these things are more realistic."
"But we can't help you deal with him. He is preparing gasoline and other supplies for us."
Meng Fei said in a deep voice, "I know."
Zhuang Yao said: "We are not interested in your struggles, but we are interested in Fatty's relationship with Beijing, as well as the puppet jade in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. If you can answer some questions, we will cancel the fact that you lied to us. "
Meng Fei didn't dare not say, "Fatty is just a speed evolution man with ordinary strength, but he has an uncle who is in the army. A few months ago, when Beijing sent people to get the puppet jade in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda for the first time, Fatty He established contact with Beijing through the army, and suddenly he had more supplies in his hand, and more and more mutants were recruited, and he became the biggest force in Pin'an in just two or three months."
"What about the Big Wild Goose Pagoda? How much do you know?"
"I know some, but it sounds a little mysterious."
"Don't worry about the mystery, just say it."
"Three waves of people were sent to Beijing, but they failed every time. Later, the troops prepared explosives and waited for the order from their superiors to blow up the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. As a result, the people from above scolded them and said that if the bombing The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the entire Pin'an, and more than 20 people in the city will all be wiped out."
"why?"
"There are many rumors about this. Some people say that because the puppet jade cannot be bombed, it will cause an earthquake. Some people say that Pin'an was the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties, and many souls and resentments gathered here. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a pagoda descended from heaven, specially used to shake these Wronged souls, once the Big Wild Goose Pagoda collapses, Pin’an will be over. The common people even think that the things in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda are those wronged souls awakened by the appearance of puppet jade. Only when the pagoda is there, they will not come out to harm people , otherwise how to explain that the things inside never come out for food?"
Zhuang Yao chuckled and said, "This legend is quite interesting." However, they knew that what was "suppressed" in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda were not wronged souls, but countless soft bugs.
Meng Fei said: "I don't believe these rumors, but the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is indeed too evil, and the puppet jade is even more evil. We live next to it, and we are all ready to die at any time."
"When did it become like this?"
Meng Fei shook his head, "I don't really remember. In short, many people fled into the Big Wild Goose Pagoda to avoid the mutated animals, but no one ever came out. Gradually, no one dared to go in."
Seeing that Meng Fei couldn't ask any more questions, they left in clean clothes.
Back at the hotel, it was already dark, and Deng Xiao waited eagerly for Cong Xia to make him some skewers.
Cong Xia took a look at the worms and had no appetite at all, "It doesn't look very tasty."
Deng Xiao said: "Whether it tastes good or not, you will know if you try it."
Liu Fengyu looked disgusted, "You really want to eat it, it looks so disgusting."
"Eat it, or it will be wasted."
Cong Xia said: "Then let's try roasting it." The bug's blood smelled a bit foul, and Cong Xia was not very hopeful about its smell.
Deng Xiao watched him take a lot of seasonings from the car, his eyes lit up, "Your car is full of delicious food, right?"
Cong Xia smiled and said, "There are also weapons and other supplies."
"It's amazing, you actually brought so many things."
Cong Xia put the worms on a bamboo arrow and roasted them on the fire. He looked at Deng Xiao with a smile, "Our car can not only hold food and clothing, but also carry a person."
Deng Xiao blinked and looked at Rou, "Oh."
Zhuang Yao rolled his eyes, "Speak directly, he doesn't understand."
"Huh? What?"
Cong Xia said helplessly: "Xiao Deng, what I mean is that our car can still hold you. We are going to Beijing. You don't have a clear destination anyway. Would you like to go with us?"
Deng Xiao smiled and said, "Okay, I can go anywhere, will you cook delicious food every day?"
"As long as there are enough ingredients."
"No problem, leave the hunting to me, I am the best at hunting."
Cong Xia smiled and said: "Then it's settled, you follow us."
Liu Fengyu held his chin, smiled and rolled his peach eyes, "Okay, Xiao Xia, just a few pieces of meat will trick you into a strong laborer."
Cong Xia laughed triumphantly.
Everyone is very satisfied with Deng Xiao's joining. This kid is not only simple-minded and easy to satisfy, but also very strong. His evolutionary level is far above Zhao Jin. Although his brain is a bit lacking, he will definitely grow into a reliable teammate. With his joining, the strength of their team has reached a new level.
Cheng Tianbi sniffed, "Huh?"
"what happened?"
"The smell of this bug..."
They sniffed it carefully, and Cong Xiaqi said: "Why does this smell a bit like..."
Tang Yanqiu said: "Buddha incense."
Zhuang Yao said: "Well, it really smells like Buddha's incense."
After the worm was grilled, it actually exudes the smell of Buddhist incense burned in the temple, which is really amazing.
Deng Xiao wondered, "Is there any Buddha enshrined in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda?"
Zhuang Yao said: "For the Buddhist scriptures brought back by Master Xuanzang from India, there is also a legend that the Big Wild Goose Pagoda has an underground palace, which hides many rare treasures brought back by Xuanzang. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda was built with a Buddhist theme. There are many places to burn incense.”
Cheng Tianbi said: "Maybe these bugs rolled through the incense ash."
After the worms were roasted, Deng Xiao couldn't wait to take a bite, "Oh my god, it's so hot, it's so delicious, it's so crispy after roasting, everyone, eat it quickly."
Liu Fengyu watched him eat it, "It doesn't seem to be poisonous." He also took a bite, and it was really crispy and delicious.
Deng Xiao devoured a worm and said vaguely, "Not necessarily."
"what?"
Deng Xiao smiled and said, "I have toxins in my body, so I'm not afraid of poisons."
Liu Fengyu wanted to slap him.
Zhuang Yao said: "Eat it, it's fine, it's going to be poisoned, it was poisoned when the insects sucked our blood."
Cong Xia asked curiously, "Did you return to your ancestors and get poisoned?"
Deng Xiao shook his head, "I don't know, anyway, it wasn't poisonous at the beginning, but it was there later."
Zhuang Yao said: "It is not surprising that reptiles return to their ancestors to produce toxins. Many snakes and lizards carry neurotoxins, which are very toxic."
Cong Xia looked at the bug she had bitten halfway through, "Even if the bugs are not poisonous...they didn't suck your poison, did they?"
Zhuang Yao said: "I didn't even bite his skin."
Deng Xiao smiled smugly, "My skin is thick."
Tang Yanqiu was very envious, "By comparison, it seems that birds can't evolve any new abilities when returning to their ancestors." His tone was a little disappointed.
Zhuang Yao said: "That's the advantage of you not understanding birds returning to their ancestors. First of all, your ability to fly is already superior to many abilities. If you can return all the characteristics of birds to their ancestors, nothing else, Just with your super vision and your archery skills, you can control the field during the battle. At the critical moment, your arrow can even turn the tide of the battle. In addition, what I most expect you to return to your ancestors is the biological radar , When birds fly at high speed, they rely on biological radar to detect obstacles to avoid them, not vision, if you can return this ability to your ancestors, all living things within your radar range will be invisible."
Tang Yanqiu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and the others were also attracted by the evolutionary ability described by Zhuang Yao. If Tang Yanqiu could really evolve these two abilities to the extreme, it would be an extremely terrifying long-range aerial killer, and the defense The ability is still very strong.
Tang Yanqiu clenched his fists happily, "I haven't felt the bio-radar yet, but my eyesight is indeed improving."
Deng Xiao excitedly said: "It's so cool, what about me? What else can I return to my ancestors?"
Zhuang Yao said: "You can return to your ancestors to develop a lot of abilities, such as photosensitive skin, manipulating camouflage like a chameleon, such as limb regeneration, many reptiles can heal themselves with severed limbs and tails, neurotoxins, and ignoring gravity. Climbing ability. After arriving in Beijing, I will sort out the materials for you, and when you practice, you must exercise these skills in a targeted manner."
Deng Xiao wondered, "What cultivation?"
Cong Xia said: "We know a way to increase energy, but we need you to keep it secret."
Deng Xiao nodded vigorously, "I will keep it secret."
Cheng Tianbi said: "I am responsible for teaching him."
Zhuang Yao has a strong emotion in his eyes, "The current configuration of our team is close to perfect. As long as we cooperate well and improve steadily, we will not be afraid even when we arrive in Beijing, but the premise is that we must get the crucial puppet jade. If others have it, we We must have it, and we must have what others don’t have.”
Cheng Tianbi wanted to remind Zhuang Yao not to try to use the team as his personal weapon, but he didn't say it.One is because they have been wary of Zhuang Yao since Chongqing, so there is no need to say a lot of things too clearly, and the other is that Zhuang Yao has performed relatively well recently and has made a lot of contributions to the improvement of the overall strength of the team.We need each other, so at least before arriving in Beijing, Zhuang Yao will not harm them, but will do everything to make them stronger, which is also crucial to them.
Cong Xia said: "By the way, I have something to tell you." He took out the energy-storing jade talisman he made during the day, and told him about the jade talisman.
Everyone was surprised and delighted, Zhuang Yao raised his voice unconsciously, "Isn't that similar to the nature of puppet jade?"
"Yes, it's like a puppet jade that has been shrunk thousands of times."
Cheng Tianbi stared at his palm, on the surface, it was just a very ordinary onyx fragment, "This is what you told me before, using Yuan energy to incarnate tools?"
Cong Xia nodded.
Zhuang Yao sighed, "How much knowledge does ancient jade have, maybe I can use it to create a brand new world."
Liu Fengyu said: "Gu Yu's information may be able to unravel the mystery of the second Cambrian period, but creating a new world would be too exaggerated."
Zhuang Yao said: "No, the information I have received about ancient jade so far gives me the feeling that there is a world hidden in it, and there is a way to save human beings and restore the world to normal. Cambrian consciousness Using puppet jade as a tool to check and balance human beings, it dealt a devastating blow to human beings. At the same time, ancient jade appeared, not sooner or later, at this time. I don’t know who, no, what kind of god , created it, in the dark, all of this is arranged, Cong Xia, maybe you are the one chosen...the so-called 'savior'."
Cong Xia was taken aback, "I just got ancient jade by accident. I can't be a savior. It's all a coincidence. Without you, I would have died long ago."
Zhuang Yao shook his head, "Do you believe in destiny? Destiny is not a myth or a superstition. Fate is a combination of the right time, place and people, history, present and future, and the laws of operation of all things in the world and the various events of the entire planet. An inevitable result of factors. Because the "cause" must exist, the "effect" is doomed long ago. Every decision we make now seems to be made by us, but in fact it is due to all internal and external factors. Under the influence of the world, it is inevitable, and the 'butterfly effect' is an interpretation of 'fate'."
Everyone was a little dizzy. Although Cong Xia followed Zhuang Yao's train of thought, he couldn't accept that he was a "savior". It would be nice if he could save himself and the people he cared about.He shook his head, "I've read some related research papers, but no one can prove that 'fate' really exists, and I can't shoulder the mission of 'salvation', I'm just a person who can't get out of this city alive without you ordinary people."
Zhuang Yao shrugged, "So we are also destined to be by your side. I believe in my own judgment. In fact, I wanted to remind you a long time ago, but at that time we were too weak, and it would scare you to say it, but sooner or later You have to accept this reality, because from the moment you get the ancient jade, you are destined to have a big event, at least you should be mentally prepared, right?"
Cong Xia's body trembled, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Yes." He is an ordinary person, but Gu Yu is not an ordinary thing, and extraordinary things are destined to happen, and he doesn't know whether it is a blessing or a curse.
Everyone was silent, the word "Savior" was too heavy, and they seemed to feel Cong Xia's tense heartstrings.
Zhuang Yao said: "I'm reminding you now, because our next stop is going to Luoyang, and it's not far from Beijing. This road will only become more and more dangerous, and Beijing will not be the end of our journey, let alone the end of our journey." It may be a beginning. Of all these people, you are the most special and important one, but you are also the one with the weakest mind. I hope you will always be mentally prepared to meet the unexpected 'fate'."
Cong Xia clenched her fists, her palms were covered with sweat.
Cheng Tianbi said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's discuss this later, we should rest."
Cheng Tianbi ended the topic in time, which relieved Cong Xia.
Too many things happened during the day, and everyone was very tired. After eating, they went to bed one after another.
After Cheng Tianbi and Cong Xia entered the room, Cong Xia said, "It's a good thing you interrupted him, he said this, to be honest, I'm quite scared."
"I know." Cheng Tianbi stroked his hair, "Don't be afraid."
Cong Xia lay down next to him, "Forget it, that kid talked too much scary, maybe I'll become numb if he talks too much."
"Ah."
Cong Xia smiled, "If our encounter is also 'fate', then 'fate' is not terrible, and there are good things."
Cheng Tianbi said softly: "This is indeed a good thing."
Cong Xia sighed: "Meeting you is the greatest blessing in the last days."
Cheng Tianbi's mouth curled into a faint smile.
Cong Xia asked in surprise, "Are you laughing?"
Cheng Tianbi was slightly startled.
"I seem to see you smiling. I've never seen you smiling. Smile again."
Cheng Tianbi scolded: "Sleep." After speaking, he turned around.
Cong Xia looked at his broad back with an uncontrollable smile in his eyes.
When he was in a drowsy sleep, Cong Xia was suddenly woken up by someone shaking him. He blinked hard and quickly became alert, "Tianbi? What's wrong?"
Cheng Tianbi said softly: "Get up."
Cong Xia got up quickly. They were attacked many times at night, and he quickly woke up. "What's the matter? I didn't feel the energy fluctuations."
"It's not a night attack, I want you to go with me to a place."
"Where are you going? Why don't you tell me before going to bed?"
"I told you that you won't be able to sleep, so you can only go now, because it's only the two of us." Cheng Tianbi jumped out of bed and prepared his weapon.
Cong Xia became nervous, "Tianbi, where are we going?"
"Big Wild Goose Pagoda." Cheng Tianbi said calmly.
Cong Xia was shocked, "Why?" He thought that everyone had given up on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda after what happened during the day.
Cheng Tianbi said: "Time is a bit tight, let's talk on the road."
The two went downstairs in the dark, and when they passed the door, Abu woke up, looking at them quietly with purple pupils, not knowing what they were going to do, and trying to stand up.
Cong Xia touched its moist nose, and whispered: "Abu, good boy, go to sleep."
Abu lay back on his stomach again and just watched them until they left the hotel.
On the way, Cong Xia asked: "Tianbi, what's going on?"
Cheng Tianbi said: "During the day, I found something in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and I want to take it back."
"what?"
"The camera may be the one that Deng Xiao dropped."
"The camera should no longer work."
"No, when I was at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, I noticed a red dot blinking in the corner. You didn't notice it, but I saw it. It's a DSLR, and the camera is facing us. It's obviously powered on."
Cong Xia felt a chill down his spine.
Cheng Tianbi said in a deep voice: "I always feel that the camera is recording, I want to take it out and have a look."
"But it's too dangerous for the two of us to go in, why don't you tell others?" Cong Xia felt his calves throbbing when he thought of the overwhelming bugs.
"No, I'm the only one who goes in, and I'm sure I can leave with the camera. The reason why I don't tell other people is because I can see that Zhuang Yao is very interested in the puppet jade in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. If he knows about the camera He may re-deploy and take the opportunity to break in again, which is too dangerous. I brought you here because I can't bring the puppet jade into the tower, and I can't put it in the hotel, let alone hand it over to Anyone but you, so I want you to hide away with the puppet jade, and I will go to the tower to get the camera."
Cong Xia's voice was raised unconsciously, "No, that's too dangerous. We managed to escape last time by cooperating with each other. How can you get out of the bug pile all by yourself!"
Cheng Tianbi said: "Don't worry, I'm sure."
Cong Xia said anxiously: "I can be with you..."
Cheng Tianbi said firmly: "No, you will only drag me down if you go in."
Cong Xia's expression darkened, Cheng Tianbi was right, he followed in, probably a burden.
Cheng Tianbi paused, a little regretful, he whispered: "I didn't mean that."
Cong Xia said: "I know, you are doing it for my safety."
"Well, I go in alone, it's easier to get out."
"I understand."
The two stopped 300 meters away from the tower. Cheng Tianbi handed the gun and a few grenades to Cong Xia, and then put the puppet jade on the ground. He looked into Cong Xia's eyes seriously, "Promise me, Absolutely don't touch it, you have to control yourself, if you feel bewitched, enter the ancient jade."
"it is good."
Cheng Tianbi patted him on the shoulder, "Pay attention to your surroundings, shoot if you are in danger."
There may be mutated animals in the grass at night at any time, but Cong Xia is not afraid of them. His energy can strengthen himself, and ordinary mutated animals can't hurt him. He grabbed Cheng Tianbi's arm and said in a deep voice: "Go quickly back."
Cheng Tianbi shook his hand, and ran towards the Big Wild Goose Pagoda without looking back.
Cong Xia followed his back and strengthened her eyesight little by little until she saw Chengtianbi 300 meters away and disappeared into the dark doorway.He looked at the huge black shadow of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda under the dark night sky. The feeling of looking up at the huge object gave people a strong sense of oppression, and Cong Xia's heart beat uncomfortably.
Time passed by, and Cong Xia became more and more nervous.Although he had confidence in Cheng Tianbi's ability, when he thought of those densely packed bugs, he still felt dark before his eyes.He was very glad that Cheng Tianbi trusted him and brought him along, otherwise if he found that Cheng Tianbi was gone in the middle of the night, he would be even more nervous than he is now.The worst situation is that Tianbi can't get out all day, then he will rush in without hesitation. With the inexhaustible energy of the puppet jade, they will definitely be able to leave alive.
Cong Xia couldn't help but look down at the lambskin bag containing the puppet jade on the ground. The powerful energy made him unable to ignore its existence. It was as if a person standing next to Jinshan was tempted unprecedentedly.It’s so convenient, as long as it’s there, he doesn’t have to worry about running out of energy, what else does he practice, just absorb it…
Cong Xia woke up suddenly and pinched herself severely.The puppet jade has a bewitching effect, how can he relax his vigilance!The absorbed energy will be gone when it is exhausted. Only the energy obtained from his own cultivation can be regenerated in his body, making him truly powerful!
Suddenly there was a loud noise in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Cong Xia was startled, and instantly strengthened his eyesight. There was a mass of black stuff wriggling crazily in the dark door opening. In the next second, the mass of black erupted from the door like a torrent. Indistinct bugs are like rain scattered all over the sky.
Cheng Tianbi's tall figure rushed out of the door quickly, holding a camera in his arms, Cong Xia was overjoyed.
The bug stopped chasing after dozens of meters, and ran to the 300-meter distance from Chengtianbi in a few seconds. With the help of the wind, his speed was close to that of the Speed Evolver.He didn't dare to stay longer, grabbed the puppet jade with one hand, and Cong Xia's hand with the other, "Let's go!"
The two of them ran for more than a kilometer before slowing down.
There were a lot of bug corpses hanging on Cheng Tianbi's body, and he was in the same mess as during the day, but they didn't have the heart to pay attention to these, and all their attention was on the camera.
Cong Xia took the camera and looked at it. The fuselage was complete, and there was a spider web crack on the screen, but the lens did not appear to be damaged.He looked at the switch anxiously, and it was indeed on. He pressed a button at random, and the screen immediately lit up!He was surprised: "There is electricity."
"The screen seems to be unreadable." The cracks on the screen are so big that the picture is blurred.
"I'll try the lens." Cong Xia pressed the shutter, the lens rotated, the red dot on the camera flickered, and there were two beeps, "The lens can still be used, and it is now in camera mode."
Cheng Tianbi said in a deep voice, "This camera lens is facing the gate."
Cong Xia took a deep breath, "Could it be... someone in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda?"
Cheng Tianbi frowned and said, "It's hard to believe that there are people inside. Could it be that those people from Beijing put it in there to study bugs?"
"If it was them, they should have more advanced camera equipment. Moreover, the SLR needs to be charged repeatedly, and the battery will run out after a few hours of video recording. It is impossible to last until now. Is there really someone inside..."
This idea is too scary, no one can survive in the pile of bugs unless he is alienated.But if that's the case, why didn't he leave the Big Wild Goose Pagoda?What is the purpose of his camera?
Cheng Tianbi also thought of the possibility of alien species, but also felt that there were too many problems that could not be explained, "I always feel that there may be information related to puppet jade in this camera."
Cong Xia can understand why Cheng Tianbi took the risk to get this camera. The secret of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda may be in this camera. If they are lucky, they can also glimpse some secrets of puppet jade.
Cheng Tianbi said: "Although the screen is worn out, it can still display images. Let's see if we can see it."
Cong Xia's fingers trembled slightly and pressed the play button of a video.
The screen was pitch black at the beginning, and occasionally there was a rustling sound. After waiting for a long time, just when they thought the camera was broken, the screen suddenly shook and a gleam of light flashed, which was divided into several pieces by the torn apart screen. .Then, the picture began to shake violently, and there was a soft bang from the camera, as if the lens was rolling over the ground, the picture kept changing, most of the places were black, and it was dizzying to watch.
Suddenly, in the center of the cracked screen, an eye appeared without warning!
Cong Xia was startled, shook her hand violently, and held onto the camera all over Cheng Tianbi.
The two of them stared at the screen, and that eye seemed to be staring at them through the cracked screen, which made people shudder.That eye couldn't tell if it was human or not, the pupil was yellow, even the lightest brown pupil, it wouldn't be such a yellow, that yellow was very... like the color of the body fluids of those bugs!The emotion in that eye is very scary, a little scary, and a little hideous, which makes people get goosebumps all over.
The eyes rolled for a moment, and a low, suppressed gasp came from the camera.
The two were standing on the road not far from the hotel, surrounded by darkness, dilapidated houses and overgrown plants everywhere, a lifeless scene, they were looking at a yellow pupil eye through the camera screen in this environment , and listening to this inhuman sound, Cong Xia couldn't help feeling creepy, and even Cheng Tianbi felt very uncomfortable.
Cong Xia trembled and said, "Is this... a person?"
Cheng Tianbi shook his head, "I can't be sure."
"Save... me..." A hoarse voice suddenly came out from the camera!
Cong Xia was shocked, and Cheng Tianbi's face also changed.
The two of them listened carefully. It was really the sound from the camera. Although it was a human language, the voice was hoarse and weird, and even the vibrato had a "cluck, cluck, cluck" sound, which is not what humans can make at all. Cong Xia He had never heard such a terrifying sound before, and with that rolling eye, if he hadn't been through so many adventures, he would definitely be peeing his pants by now.
The picture was cut from the eyes suddenly, and a pale face flashed across the screen. The last picture captured by the vision of the two was that there were many tumor-like things wriggling under the pale skin!
"Ah—" Cong Xia yelled in horror, and took a big step back.
Then, the camera buzzed, the screen flashed a white light, and then went completely black.
"The screen is burned." Cheng Tianbi said disappointedly.
Cong Xia took a few deep breaths, "Oh my god, I was scared to death... There are indeed people in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, but it seems that they are not far from death."
Cheng Tianbi said: "Let's go back to the hotel first."
It was almost dawn, and the two hurried back to the hotel and sneaked into the room quietly.
Cheng Tianbi wrapped the camera layer by layer and stuffed it into his bag. They had a camera in their car, and he planned to look at it again when he had a chance.
After returning to the room, the two of them were sleepless.
Cheng Tianbi took off his dirty clothes and scrubbed his body with a towel dipped in ice water.Cong Xia was very worried when he saw his lips turned white from the cold but kept silent, so he sent energy into his body, and Cheng Tianbi stopped him, "Don't waste energy at any time."
"How can it be a waste to use it for you?"
"No, I'm not cold." He quickly wiped his body clean and changed into a suit of clothes.
Cong Xia said: "The clean clothes I just wore yesterday have been changed today, Zhuang Yao will be suspicious."
"Let him get up, anyway, after leaving Pin'an, I will tell him about the camera and let him analyze it."
"Okay." Cong Xia was still thinking about the weird eyes, the terrifying face, and the inhuman cry for help, and he repeated: "'Help me'... Could that person be the former? What about the mutants from Beijing that came in a few waves?"
"It's possible, but how did his pupils become that color?"
"If we read correctly, bugs are crawling under his skin." Cong Xia not only shuddered, "The bugs have completely eroded his body, causing some changes in him."
Cheng Tianbi said: "After dawn, the fat man will bring oil, we can ask him when the three waves of people entered the tower, if we can match the time when Deng Xiao dropped the camera, we can basically confirm the identity of this person. "
"it is good."
While eating breakfast, Zhuang Yao naturally noticed that Cheng Tianbi had changed his clothes, but he just glanced at him and didn't ask, Cheng Tianbi also looked normal.
After Deng Xiao finished his meal, he blatantly went to walk the cat and find something delicious for Abu.
Zhuang Yao thought that Abu hadn't eaten well these days and he was busy with other things, so he agreed.
But Abu was not familiar with Deng Xiao, so he refused to go with him, no matter how Deng Xiao jumped up and down on it, crawled back and forth, he would not move.Finally, Deng Xiao became paralyzed from exhaustion, crawled on top of it and wailed, "Brother, come with me, I just want to sit and run with you for a while, and I'll give you a big fat cow to eat."
Abu tilted his head, squinted his purple eyes, and slapped Deng Xiao's back with his big tail, seemingly impatient.
Deng Xiao couldn't move Abu, and refused to give up. After struggling for half an hour, which annoyed everyone else, Liu Fengyu said, "Okay, okay, I'll go with you."
After Liu Fengyu jumped up, Abu drove the two of them out.
Soon, their gasoline was delivered, and after filling up the tank, Zhuang Yao and Cheng Tianbi started maintenance for Road Hog.
Tang Yanqiu checked some of the arrows that were delivered together. Unfortunately, most of the arrows were of uneven weight, which would affect the shooting accuracy. He sighed in disappointment.
Cong Xia came over, "What's wrong? Unqualified?"
Tang Yanqiu shook his head, "No one is qualified."
Cong Xia took the arrowheads and looked at them. These arrowheads were all handmade, and they were really rough. However, in this apocalyptic world where both industry and manufacturing are paralyzed, it is not easy to get such handcrafted arrowheads, and there is no need to be picky about the quality. significance.
The person who sent the arrowheads was still waiting for Tang Yanqiu's reply. Tang Yanqiu reluctantly picked out a relatively good one, "Just follow this, try to make the arrowheads even and symmetrical."
The man seemed to understand, but he took the arrow back and returned to his life.
Cong Xia looked at the arrow and his heart skipped a beat.Gu Yuli mentioned using energy to incarnate weapons. He now has energy and a medium. Can he use energy to forge arrows?He took the arrow back into the room, let his consciousness enter Gu Yuli, and sought a way.
In the afternoon, Liu Fengyu and Deng Xiao came back. Abu seemed to have eaten enough and brought back a big goat. Zhuang Yao and Cheng Tianbi were still taking care of Luba. Cong Xia never left the room, trying hard to use energy Transform arrows.
Everyone is preparing to go to Luoyang.
In the evening, Cong Xia made roasted whole lamb.
The fat man brought them some seasonings, and when Cong Xia was happy, he couldn't help but spend some extravagance.
Since the end of the world, although Deng Xiao has never been hungry, he has never eaten good food, either raw or cooked but tasteless. Over time, he doesn't know what the seasoning tastes like. Ever since he met Cong Xia, He was living a life like heaven.After eating and drinking, he was so grateful to Cong Xia that he almost treated Cong Xia as his mother, making people dumbfounded.
Zhuang Yao explained the next itinerary to everyone, and finally told everyone to seize all the time to practice. With Puppet Jade beside them, they made rapid progress.The puppet jade will become the culprit of the dispute, which is really worthy of the name.
Three days later, Fatty personally delivered 67 arrowheads and embalmed food.Different from the beginning of the last days, the most worrying thing for the mutant group now is food, especially meat products, so he is very generous in terms of food.
Liu Fengyu specially asked for a bottle of perfume, sprayed some preciously, and closed his eyes to enjoy the long-lost fragrance.
The fat man got some weapons and bullets as promised. After the transaction, he asked, "What else do you need?"
Cheng Tianbi said: "I want to know the exact time when the three waves of people sent by Beijing entered the Big Wild Goose Pagoda."
The fat man frowned and said, "Why are you asking this?"
"You just answer."
"If I don't say it."
"You dare not." Cheng Tianbi looked down at him with a tough attitude.
The fat man grimaced, "The first batch was two and a half months ago, the second batch was a month ago, and the third batch was half a month ago."
"how many people?"
"Every time around 15 people."
Cheng Tianbi and Cong Xia looked at each other, and the last group of people to enter the tower, shortly after Deng Xiao dropped the camera, was indeed that group of people.
Zhuang Yao looked at them thoughtfully.
After the fat man left, they hit the road.Now that the snow was falling, their speed was even slower.
Several people were practicing with their eyes closed, when Zhuang Yao's voice sounded, "Why did you ask the fat man that question just now?"
Cheng Tianbi didn't open his eyes, "Curiosity."
"What are you curious about? The mutants from Beijing, or the Big Wild Goose Pagoda?"
Cheng Tianbi said: "Don't bother me."
Cong Xia lowered his head and said nothing. He thought that if Zhuang Yao came to question him, he would definitely give away his secrets.
Zhuang Yao showed a smile of unknown meaning, "Interesting, and I have something to hide from me, what is it? I will spend a day with you
Cong Xia felt a little inferior when taking a shower.Zhuang Yao is still a child, so it can be ignored. The other four people are all slender and strong, with perfect and sexy muscle lines. Only he seems to be getting thinner and thinner.
Zhuang Yao caught sight of Cong Xia huddled in a corner, and said with a sneer, "Are you inferior?"
Cong Xia gave him a depressed look.
"Who told you not to exercise normally?"
Deng Xiao squeezed Cong Xia's arm, "Brother Cong, you are too thin, don't be so lazy, just exercise regularly."
Cong Xia was a little annoyed, "I know."
They cleaned up, put on neat clothes, and suddenly felt reborn.
Deng Xiao was still thinking about his skewers, "Brother Cong, let's go back quickly."
Cong Xia smiled and said, "No rush."
They went to the living room, and Meng Fei was sitting on the sofa waiting.
Cheng Tianbi asked: "What do you mean by morning, tell the truth."
Meng Fei sighed: "There is only one piece of puppet jade in Pin'an. It is impossible to get it out in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. I said that in the morning. I just want to cooperate with you to eradicate the fat man."
"Why? If you want to use us, you're not afraid of being retaliated by us after things are revealed?"
"Fatty has a lot of resources in his hands. Get rid of him, and I can give most of them to you. Compared with puppet jade, these things are more realistic."
"But we can't help you deal with him. He is preparing gasoline and other supplies for us."
Meng Fei said in a deep voice, "I know."
Zhuang Yao said: "We are not interested in your struggles, but we are interested in Fatty's relationship with Beijing, as well as the puppet jade in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. If you can answer some questions, we will cancel the fact that you lied to us. "
Meng Fei didn't dare not say, "Fatty is just a speed evolution man with ordinary strength, but he has an uncle who is in the army. A few months ago, when Beijing sent people to get the puppet jade in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda for the first time, Fatty He established contact with Beijing through the army, and suddenly he had more supplies in his hand, and more and more mutants were recruited, and he became the biggest force in Pin'an in just two or three months."
"What about the Big Wild Goose Pagoda? How much do you know?"
"I know some, but it sounds a little mysterious."
"Don't worry about the mystery, just say it."
"Three waves of people were sent to Beijing, but they failed every time. Later, the troops prepared explosives and waited for the order from their superiors to blow up the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. As a result, the people from above scolded them and said that if the bombing The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the entire Pin'an, and more than 20 people in the city will all be wiped out."
"why?"
"There are many rumors about this. Some people say that because the puppet jade cannot be bombed, it will cause an earthquake. Some people say that Pin'an was the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties, and many souls and resentments gathered here. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a pagoda descended from heaven, specially used to shake these Wronged souls, once the Big Wild Goose Pagoda collapses, Pin’an will be over. The common people even think that the things in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda are those wronged souls awakened by the appearance of puppet jade. Only when the pagoda is there, they will not come out to harm people , otherwise how to explain that the things inside never come out for food?"
Zhuang Yao chuckled and said, "This legend is quite interesting." However, they knew that what was "suppressed" in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda were not wronged souls, but countless soft bugs.
Meng Fei said: "I don't believe these rumors, but the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is indeed too evil, and the puppet jade is even more evil. We live next to it, and we are all ready to die at any time."
"When did it become like this?"
Meng Fei shook his head, "I don't really remember. In short, many people fled into the Big Wild Goose Pagoda to avoid the mutated animals, but no one ever came out. Gradually, no one dared to go in."
Seeing that Meng Fei couldn't ask any more questions, they left in clean clothes.
Back at the hotel, it was already dark, and Deng Xiao waited eagerly for Cong Xia to make him some skewers.
Cong Xia took a look at the worms and had no appetite at all, "It doesn't look very tasty."
Deng Xiao said: "Whether it tastes good or not, you will know if you try it."
Liu Fengyu looked disgusted, "You really want to eat it, it looks so disgusting."
"Eat it, or it will be wasted."
Cong Xia said: "Then let's try roasting it." The bug's blood smelled a bit foul, and Cong Xia was not very hopeful about its smell.
Deng Xiao watched him take a lot of seasonings from the car, his eyes lit up, "Your car is full of delicious food, right?"
Cong Xia smiled and said, "There are also weapons and other supplies."
"It's amazing, you actually brought so many things."
Cong Xia put the worms on a bamboo arrow and roasted them on the fire. He looked at Deng Xiao with a smile, "Our car can not only hold food and clothing, but also carry a person."
Deng Xiao blinked and looked at Rou, "Oh."
Zhuang Yao rolled his eyes, "Speak directly, he doesn't understand."
"Huh? What?"
Cong Xia said helplessly: "Xiao Deng, what I mean is that our car can still hold you. We are going to Beijing. You don't have a clear destination anyway. Would you like to go with us?"
Deng Xiao smiled and said, "Okay, I can go anywhere, will you cook delicious food every day?"
"As long as there are enough ingredients."
"No problem, leave the hunting to me, I am the best at hunting."
Cong Xia smiled and said: "Then it's settled, you follow us."
Liu Fengyu held his chin, smiled and rolled his peach eyes, "Okay, Xiao Xia, just a few pieces of meat will trick you into a strong laborer."
Cong Xia laughed triumphantly.
Everyone is very satisfied with Deng Xiao's joining. This kid is not only simple-minded and easy to satisfy, but also very strong. His evolutionary level is far above Zhao Jin. Although his brain is a bit lacking, he will definitely grow into a reliable teammate. With his joining, the strength of their team has reached a new level.
Cheng Tianbi sniffed, "Huh?"
"what happened?"
"The smell of this bug..."
They sniffed it carefully, and Cong Xiaqi said: "Why does this smell a bit like..."
Tang Yanqiu said: "Buddha incense."
Zhuang Yao said: "Well, it really smells like Buddha's incense."
After the worm was grilled, it actually exudes the smell of Buddhist incense burned in the temple, which is really amazing.
Deng Xiao wondered, "Is there any Buddha enshrined in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda?"
Zhuang Yao said: "For the Buddhist scriptures brought back by Master Xuanzang from India, there is also a legend that the Big Wild Goose Pagoda has an underground palace, which hides many rare treasures brought back by Xuanzang. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda was built with a Buddhist theme. There are many places to burn incense.”
Cheng Tianbi said: "Maybe these bugs rolled through the incense ash."
After the worms were roasted, Deng Xiao couldn't wait to take a bite, "Oh my god, it's so hot, it's so delicious, it's so crispy after roasting, everyone, eat it quickly."
Liu Fengyu watched him eat it, "It doesn't seem to be poisonous." He also took a bite, and it was really crispy and delicious.
Deng Xiao devoured a worm and said vaguely, "Not necessarily."
"what?"
Deng Xiao smiled and said, "I have toxins in my body, so I'm not afraid of poisons."
Liu Fengyu wanted to slap him.
Zhuang Yao said: "Eat it, it's fine, it's going to be poisoned, it was poisoned when the insects sucked our blood."
Cong Xia asked curiously, "Did you return to your ancestors and get poisoned?"
Deng Xiao shook his head, "I don't know, anyway, it wasn't poisonous at the beginning, but it was there later."
Zhuang Yao said: "It is not surprising that reptiles return to their ancestors to produce toxins. Many snakes and lizards carry neurotoxins, which are very toxic."
Cong Xia looked at the bug she had bitten halfway through, "Even if the bugs are not poisonous...they didn't suck your poison, did they?"
Zhuang Yao said: "I didn't even bite his skin."
Deng Xiao smiled smugly, "My skin is thick."
Tang Yanqiu was very envious, "By comparison, it seems that birds can't evolve any new abilities when returning to their ancestors." His tone was a little disappointed.
Zhuang Yao said: "That's the advantage of you not understanding birds returning to their ancestors. First of all, your ability to fly is already superior to many abilities. If you can return all the characteristics of birds to their ancestors, nothing else, Just with your super vision and your archery skills, you can control the field during the battle. At the critical moment, your arrow can even turn the tide of the battle. In addition, what I most expect you to return to your ancestors is the biological radar , When birds fly at high speed, they rely on biological radar to detect obstacles to avoid them, not vision, if you can return this ability to your ancestors, all living things within your radar range will be invisible."
Tang Yanqiu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and the others were also attracted by the evolutionary ability described by Zhuang Yao. If Tang Yanqiu could really evolve these two abilities to the extreme, it would be an extremely terrifying long-range aerial killer, and the defense The ability is still very strong.
Tang Yanqiu clenched his fists happily, "I haven't felt the bio-radar yet, but my eyesight is indeed improving."
Deng Xiao excitedly said: "It's so cool, what about me? What else can I return to my ancestors?"
Zhuang Yao said: "You can return to your ancestors to develop a lot of abilities, such as photosensitive skin, manipulating camouflage like a chameleon, such as limb regeneration, many reptiles can heal themselves with severed limbs and tails, neurotoxins, and ignoring gravity. Climbing ability. After arriving in Beijing, I will sort out the materials for you, and when you practice, you must exercise these skills in a targeted manner."
Deng Xiao wondered, "What cultivation?"
Cong Xia said: "We know a way to increase energy, but we need you to keep it secret."
Deng Xiao nodded vigorously, "I will keep it secret."
Cheng Tianbi said: "I am responsible for teaching him."
Zhuang Yao has a strong emotion in his eyes, "The current configuration of our team is close to perfect. As long as we cooperate well and improve steadily, we will not be afraid even when we arrive in Beijing, but the premise is that we must get the crucial puppet jade. If others have it, we We must have it, and we must have what others don’t have.”
Cheng Tianbi wanted to remind Zhuang Yao not to try to use the team as his personal weapon, but he didn't say it.One is because they have been wary of Zhuang Yao since Chongqing, so there is no need to say a lot of things too clearly, and the other is that Zhuang Yao has performed relatively well recently and has made a lot of contributions to the improvement of the overall strength of the team.We need each other, so at least before arriving in Beijing, Zhuang Yao will not harm them, but will do everything to make them stronger, which is also crucial to them.
Cong Xia said: "By the way, I have something to tell you." He took out the energy-storing jade talisman he made during the day, and told him about the jade talisman.
Everyone was surprised and delighted, Zhuang Yao raised his voice unconsciously, "Isn't that similar to the nature of puppet jade?"
"Yes, it's like a puppet jade that has been shrunk thousands of times."
Cheng Tianbi stared at his palm, on the surface, it was just a very ordinary onyx fragment, "This is what you told me before, using Yuan energy to incarnate tools?"
Cong Xia nodded.
Zhuang Yao sighed, "How much knowledge does ancient jade have, maybe I can use it to create a brand new world."
Liu Fengyu said: "Gu Yu's information may be able to unravel the mystery of the second Cambrian period, but creating a new world would be too exaggerated."
Zhuang Yao said: "No, the information I have received about ancient jade so far gives me the feeling that there is a world hidden in it, and there is a way to save human beings and restore the world to normal. Cambrian consciousness Using puppet jade as a tool to check and balance human beings, it dealt a devastating blow to human beings. At the same time, ancient jade appeared, not sooner or later, at this time. I don’t know who, no, what kind of god , created it, in the dark, all of this is arranged, Cong Xia, maybe you are the one chosen...the so-called 'savior'."
Cong Xia was taken aback, "I just got ancient jade by accident. I can't be a savior. It's all a coincidence. Without you, I would have died long ago."
Zhuang Yao shook his head, "Do you believe in destiny? Destiny is not a myth or a superstition. Fate is a combination of the right time, place and people, history, present and future, and the laws of operation of all things in the world and the various events of the entire planet. An inevitable result of factors. Because the "cause" must exist, the "effect" is doomed long ago. Every decision we make now seems to be made by us, but in fact it is due to all internal and external factors. Under the influence of the world, it is inevitable, and the 'butterfly effect' is an interpretation of 'fate'."
Everyone was a little dizzy. Although Cong Xia followed Zhuang Yao's train of thought, he couldn't accept that he was a "savior". It would be nice if he could save himself and the people he cared about.He shook his head, "I've read some related research papers, but no one can prove that 'fate' really exists, and I can't shoulder the mission of 'salvation', I'm just a person who can't get out of this city alive without you ordinary people."
Zhuang Yao shrugged, "So we are also destined to be by your side. I believe in my own judgment. In fact, I wanted to remind you a long time ago, but at that time we were too weak, and it would scare you to say it, but sooner or later You have to accept this reality, because from the moment you get the ancient jade, you are destined to have a big event, at least you should be mentally prepared, right?"
Cong Xia's body trembled, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Yes." He is an ordinary person, but Gu Yu is not an ordinary thing, and extraordinary things are destined to happen, and he doesn't know whether it is a blessing or a curse.
Everyone was silent, the word "Savior" was too heavy, and they seemed to feel Cong Xia's tense heartstrings.
Zhuang Yao said: "I'm reminding you now, because our next stop is going to Luoyang, and it's not far from Beijing. This road will only become more and more dangerous, and Beijing will not be the end of our journey, let alone the end of our journey." It may be a beginning. Of all these people, you are the most special and important one, but you are also the one with the weakest mind. I hope you will always be mentally prepared to meet the unexpected 'fate'."
Cong Xia clenched her fists, her palms were covered with sweat.
Cheng Tianbi said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's discuss this later, we should rest."
Cheng Tianbi ended the topic in time, which relieved Cong Xia.
Too many things happened during the day, and everyone was very tired. After eating, they went to bed one after another.
After Cheng Tianbi and Cong Xia entered the room, Cong Xia said, "It's a good thing you interrupted him, he said this, to be honest, I'm quite scared."
"I know." Cheng Tianbi stroked his hair, "Don't be afraid."
Cong Xia lay down next to him, "Forget it, that kid talked too much scary, maybe I'll become numb if he talks too much."
"Ah."
Cong Xia smiled, "If our encounter is also 'fate', then 'fate' is not terrible, and there are good things."
Cheng Tianbi said softly: "This is indeed a good thing."
Cong Xia sighed: "Meeting you is the greatest blessing in the last days."
Cheng Tianbi's mouth curled into a faint smile.
Cong Xia asked in surprise, "Are you laughing?"
Cheng Tianbi was slightly startled.
"I seem to see you smiling. I've never seen you smiling. Smile again."
Cheng Tianbi scolded: "Sleep." After speaking, he turned around.
Cong Xia looked at his broad back with an uncontrollable smile in his eyes.
When he was in a drowsy sleep, Cong Xia was suddenly woken up by someone shaking him. He blinked hard and quickly became alert, "Tianbi? What's wrong?"
Cheng Tianbi said softly: "Get up."
Cong Xia got up quickly. They were attacked many times at night, and he quickly woke up. "What's the matter? I didn't feel the energy fluctuations."
"It's not a night attack, I want you to go with me to a place."
"Where are you going? Why don't you tell me before going to bed?"
"I told you that you won't be able to sleep, so you can only go now, because it's only the two of us." Cheng Tianbi jumped out of bed and prepared his weapon.
Cong Xia became nervous, "Tianbi, where are we going?"
"Big Wild Goose Pagoda." Cheng Tianbi said calmly.
Cong Xia was shocked, "Why?" He thought that everyone had given up on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda after what happened during the day.
Cheng Tianbi said: "Time is a bit tight, let's talk on the road."
The two went downstairs in the dark, and when they passed the door, Abu woke up, looking at them quietly with purple pupils, not knowing what they were going to do, and trying to stand up.
Cong Xia touched its moist nose, and whispered: "Abu, good boy, go to sleep."
Abu lay back on his stomach again and just watched them until they left the hotel.
On the way, Cong Xia asked: "Tianbi, what's going on?"
Cheng Tianbi said: "During the day, I found something in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and I want to take it back."
"what?"
"The camera may be the one that Deng Xiao dropped."
"The camera should no longer work."
"No, when I was at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, I noticed a red dot blinking in the corner. You didn't notice it, but I saw it. It's a DSLR, and the camera is facing us. It's obviously powered on."
Cong Xia felt a chill down his spine.
Cheng Tianbi said in a deep voice: "I always feel that the camera is recording, I want to take it out and have a look."
"But it's too dangerous for the two of us to go in, why don't you tell others?" Cong Xia felt his calves throbbing when he thought of the overwhelming bugs.
"No, I'm the only one who goes in, and I'm sure I can leave with the camera. The reason why I don't tell other people is because I can see that Zhuang Yao is very interested in the puppet jade in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. If he knows about the camera He may re-deploy and take the opportunity to break in again, which is too dangerous. I brought you here because I can't bring the puppet jade into the tower, and I can't put it in the hotel, let alone hand it over to Anyone but you, so I want you to hide away with the puppet jade, and I will go to the tower to get the camera."
Cong Xia's voice was raised unconsciously, "No, that's too dangerous. We managed to escape last time by cooperating with each other. How can you get out of the bug pile all by yourself!"
Cheng Tianbi said: "Don't worry, I'm sure."
Cong Xia said anxiously: "I can be with you..."
Cheng Tianbi said firmly: "No, you will only drag me down if you go in."
Cong Xia's expression darkened, Cheng Tianbi was right, he followed in, probably a burden.
Cheng Tianbi paused, a little regretful, he whispered: "I didn't mean that."
Cong Xia said: "I know, you are doing it for my safety."
"Well, I go in alone, it's easier to get out."
"I understand."
The two stopped 300 meters away from the tower. Cheng Tianbi handed the gun and a few grenades to Cong Xia, and then put the puppet jade on the ground. He looked into Cong Xia's eyes seriously, "Promise me, Absolutely don't touch it, you have to control yourself, if you feel bewitched, enter the ancient jade."
"it is good."
Cheng Tianbi patted him on the shoulder, "Pay attention to your surroundings, shoot if you are in danger."
There may be mutated animals in the grass at night at any time, but Cong Xia is not afraid of them. His energy can strengthen himself, and ordinary mutated animals can't hurt him. He grabbed Cheng Tianbi's arm and said in a deep voice: "Go quickly back."
Cheng Tianbi shook his hand, and ran towards the Big Wild Goose Pagoda without looking back.
Cong Xia followed his back and strengthened her eyesight little by little until she saw Chengtianbi 300 meters away and disappeared into the dark doorway.He looked at the huge black shadow of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda under the dark night sky. The feeling of looking up at the huge object gave people a strong sense of oppression, and Cong Xia's heart beat uncomfortably.
Time passed by, and Cong Xia became more and more nervous.Although he had confidence in Cheng Tianbi's ability, when he thought of those densely packed bugs, he still felt dark before his eyes.He was very glad that Cheng Tianbi trusted him and brought him along, otherwise if he found that Cheng Tianbi was gone in the middle of the night, he would be even more nervous than he is now.The worst situation is that Tianbi can't get out all day, then he will rush in without hesitation. With the inexhaustible energy of the puppet jade, they will definitely be able to leave alive.
Cong Xia couldn't help but look down at the lambskin bag containing the puppet jade on the ground. The powerful energy made him unable to ignore its existence. It was as if a person standing next to Jinshan was tempted unprecedentedly.It’s so convenient, as long as it’s there, he doesn’t have to worry about running out of energy, what else does he practice, just absorb it…
Cong Xia woke up suddenly and pinched herself severely.The puppet jade has a bewitching effect, how can he relax his vigilance!The absorbed energy will be gone when it is exhausted. Only the energy obtained from his own cultivation can be regenerated in his body, making him truly powerful!
Suddenly there was a loud noise in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Cong Xia was startled, and instantly strengthened his eyesight. There was a mass of black stuff wriggling crazily in the dark door opening. In the next second, the mass of black erupted from the door like a torrent. Indistinct bugs are like rain scattered all over the sky.
Cheng Tianbi's tall figure rushed out of the door quickly, holding a camera in his arms, Cong Xia was overjoyed.
The bug stopped chasing after dozens of meters, and ran to the 300-meter distance from Chengtianbi in a few seconds. With the help of the wind, his speed was close to that of the Speed Evolver.He didn't dare to stay longer, grabbed the puppet jade with one hand, and Cong Xia's hand with the other, "Let's go!"
The two of them ran for more than a kilometer before slowing down.
There were a lot of bug corpses hanging on Cheng Tianbi's body, and he was in the same mess as during the day, but they didn't have the heart to pay attention to these, and all their attention was on the camera.
Cong Xia took the camera and looked at it. The fuselage was complete, and there was a spider web crack on the screen, but the lens did not appear to be damaged.He looked at the switch anxiously, and it was indeed on. He pressed a button at random, and the screen immediately lit up!He was surprised: "There is electricity."
"The screen seems to be unreadable." The cracks on the screen are so big that the picture is blurred.
"I'll try the lens." Cong Xia pressed the shutter, the lens rotated, the red dot on the camera flickered, and there were two beeps, "The lens can still be used, and it is now in camera mode."
Cheng Tianbi said in a deep voice, "This camera lens is facing the gate."
Cong Xia took a deep breath, "Could it be... someone in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda?"
Cheng Tianbi frowned and said, "It's hard to believe that there are people inside. Could it be that those people from Beijing put it in there to study bugs?"
"If it was them, they should have more advanced camera equipment. Moreover, the SLR needs to be charged repeatedly, and the battery will run out after a few hours of video recording. It is impossible to last until now. Is there really someone inside..."
This idea is too scary, no one can survive in the pile of bugs unless he is alienated.But if that's the case, why didn't he leave the Big Wild Goose Pagoda?What is the purpose of his camera?
Cheng Tianbi also thought of the possibility of alien species, but also felt that there were too many problems that could not be explained, "I always feel that there may be information related to puppet jade in this camera."
Cong Xia can understand why Cheng Tianbi took the risk to get this camera. The secret of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda may be in this camera. If they are lucky, they can also glimpse some secrets of puppet jade.
Cheng Tianbi said: "Although the screen is worn out, it can still display images. Let's see if we can see it."
Cong Xia's fingers trembled slightly and pressed the play button of a video.
The screen was pitch black at the beginning, and occasionally there was a rustling sound. After waiting for a long time, just when they thought the camera was broken, the screen suddenly shook and a gleam of light flashed, which was divided into several pieces by the torn apart screen. .Then, the picture began to shake violently, and there was a soft bang from the camera, as if the lens was rolling over the ground, the picture kept changing, most of the places were black, and it was dizzying to watch.
Suddenly, in the center of the cracked screen, an eye appeared without warning!
Cong Xia was startled, shook her hand violently, and held onto the camera all over Cheng Tianbi.
The two of them stared at the screen, and that eye seemed to be staring at them through the cracked screen, which made people shudder.That eye couldn't tell if it was human or not, the pupil was yellow, even the lightest brown pupil, it wouldn't be such a yellow, that yellow was very... like the color of the body fluids of those bugs!The emotion in that eye is very scary, a little scary, and a little hideous, which makes people get goosebumps all over.
The eyes rolled for a moment, and a low, suppressed gasp came from the camera.
The two were standing on the road not far from the hotel, surrounded by darkness, dilapidated houses and overgrown plants everywhere, a lifeless scene, they were looking at a yellow pupil eye through the camera screen in this environment , and listening to this inhuman sound, Cong Xia couldn't help feeling creepy, and even Cheng Tianbi felt very uncomfortable.
Cong Xia trembled and said, "Is this... a person?"
Cheng Tianbi shook his head, "I can't be sure."
"Save... me..." A hoarse voice suddenly came out from the camera!
Cong Xia was shocked, and Cheng Tianbi's face also changed.
The two of them listened carefully. It was really the sound from the camera. Although it was a human language, the voice was hoarse and weird, and even the vibrato had a "cluck, cluck, cluck" sound, which is not what humans can make at all. Cong Xia He had never heard such a terrifying sound before, and with that rolling eye, if he hadn't been through so many adventures, he would definitely be peeing his pants by now.
The picture was cut from the eyes suddenly, and a pale face flashed across the screen. The last picture captured by the vision of the two was that there were many tumor-like things wriggling under the pale skin!
"Ah—" Cong Xia yelled in horror, and took a big step back.
Then, the camera buzzed, the screen flashed a white light, and then went completely black.
"The screen is burned." Cheng Tianbi said disappointedly.
Cong Xia took a few deep breaths, "Oh my god, I was scared to death... There are indeed people in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, but it seems that they are not far from death."
Cheng Tianbi said: "Let's go back to the hotel first."
It was almost dawn, and the two hurried back to the hotel and sneaked into the room quietly.
Cheng Tianbi wrapped the camera layer by layer and stuffed it into his bag. They had a camera in their car, and he planned to look at it again when he had a chance.
After returning to the room, the two of them were sleepless.
Cheng Tianbi took off his dirty clothes and scrubbed his body with a towel dipped in ice water.Cong Xia was very worried when he saw his lips turned white from the cold but kept silent, so he sent energy into his body, and Cheng Tianbi stopped him, "Don't waste energy at any time."
"How can it be a waste to use it for you?"
"No, I'm not cold." He quickly wiped his body clean and changed into a suit of clothes.
Cong Xia said: "The clean clothes I just wore yesterday have been changed today, Zhuang Yao will be suspicious."
"Let him get up, anyway, after leaving Pin'an, I will tell him about the camera and let him analyze it."
"Okay." Cong Xia was still thinking about the weird eyes, the terrifying face, and the inhuman cry for help, and he repeated: "'Help me'... Could that person be the former? What about the mutants from Beijing that came in a few waves?"
"It's possible, but how did his pupils become that color?"
"If we read correctly, bugs are crawling under his skin." Cong Xia not only shuddered, "The bugs have completely eroded his body, causing some changes in him."
Cheng Tianbi said: "After dawn, the fat man will bring oil, we can ask him when the three waves of people entered the tower, if we can match the time when Deng Xiao dropped the camera, we can basically confirm the identity of this person. "
"it is good."
While eating breakfast, Zhuang Yao naturally noticed that Cheng Tianbi had changed his clothes, but he just glanced at him and didn't ask, Cheng Tianbi also looked normal.
After Deng Xiao finished his meal, he blatantly went to walk the cat and find something delicious for Abu.
Zhuang Yao thought that Abu hadn't eaten well these days and he was busy with other things, so he agreed.
But Abu was not familiar with Deng Xiao, so he refused to go with him, no matter how Deng Xiao jumped up and down on it, crawled back and forth, he would not move.Finally, Deng Xiao became paralyzed from exhaustion, crawled on top of it and wailed, "Brother, come with me, I just want to sit and run with you for a while, and I'll give you a big fat cow to eat."
Abu tilted his head, squinted his purple eyes, and slapped Deng Xiao's back with his big tail, seemingly impatient.
Deng Xiao couldn't move Abu, and refused to give up. After struggling for half an hour, which annoyed everyone else, Liu Fengyu said, "Okay, okay, I'll go with you."
After Liu Fengyu jumped up, Abu drove the two of them out.
Soon, their gasoline was delivered, and after filling up the tank, Zhuang Yao and Cheng Tianbi started maintenance for Road Hog.
Tang Yanqiu checked some of the arrows that were delivered together. Unfortunately, most of the arrows were of uneven weight, which would affect the shooting accuracy. He sighed in disappointment.
Cong Xia came over, "What's wrong? Unqualified?"
Tang Yanqiu shook his head, "No one is qualified."
Cong Xia took the arrowheads and looked at them. These arrowheads were all handmade, and they were really rough. However, in this apocalyptic world where both industry and manufacturing are paralyzed, it is not easy to get such handcrafted arrowheads, and there is no need to be picky about the quality. significance.
The person who sent the arrowheads was still waiting for Tang Yanqiu's reply. Tang Yanqiu reluctantly picked out a relatively good one, "Just follow this, try to make the arrowheads even and symmetrical."
The man seemed to understand, but he took the arrow back and returned to his life.
Cong Xia looked at the arrow and his heart skipped a beat.Gu Yuli mentioned using energy to incarnate weapons. He now has energy and a medium. Can he use energy to forge arrows?He took the arrow back into the room, let his consciousness enter Gu Yuli, and sought a way.
In the afternoon, Liu Fengyu and Deng Xiao came back. Abu seemed to have eaten enough and brought back a big goat. Zhuang Yao and Cheng Tianbi were still taking care of Luba. Cong Xia never left the room, trying hard to use energy Transform arrows.
Everyone is preparing to go to Luoyang.
In the evening, Cong Xia made roasted whole lamb.
The fat man brought them some seasonings, and when Cong Xia was happy, he couldn't help but spend some extravagance.
Since the end of the world, although Deng Xiao has never been hungry, he has never eaten good food, either raw or cooked but tasteless. Over time, he doesn't know what the seasoning tastes like. Ever since he met Cong Xia, He was living a life like heaven.After eating and drinking, he was so grateful to Cong Xia that he almost treated Cong Xia as his mother, making people dumbfounded.
Zhuang Yao explained the next itinerary to everyone, and finally told everyone to seize all the time to practice. With Puppet Jade beside them, they made rapid progress.The puppet jade will become the culprit of the dispute, which is really worthy of the name.
Three days later, Fatty personally delivered 67 arrowheads and embalmed food.Different from the beginning of the last days, the most worrying thing for the mutant group now is food, especially meat products, so he is very generous in terms of food.
Liu Fengyu specially asked for a bottle of perfume, sprayed some preciously, and closed his eyes to enjoy the long-lost fragrance.
The fat man got some weapons and bullets as promised. After the transaction, he asked, "What else do you need?"
Cheng Tianbi said: "I want to know the exact time when the three waves of people sent by Beijing entered the Big Wild Goose Pagoda."
The fat man frowned and said, "Why are you asking this?"
"You just answer."
"If I don't say it."
"You dare not." Cheng Tianbi looked down at him with a tough attitude.
The fat man grimaced, "The first batch was two and a half months ago, the second batch was a month ago, and the third batch was half a month ago."
"how many people?"
"Every time around 15 people."
Cheng Tianbi and Cong Xia looked at each other, and the last group of people to enter the tower, shortly after Deng Xiao dropped the camera, was indeed that group of people.
Zhuang Yao looked at them thoughtfully.
After the fat man left, they hit the road.Now that the snow was falling, their speed was even slower.
Several people were practicing with their eyes closed, when Zhuang Yao's voice sounded, "Why did you ask the fat man that question just now?"
Cheng Tianbi didn't open his eyes, "Curiosity."
"What are you curious about? The mutants from Beijing, or the Big Wild Goose Pagoda?"
Cheng Tianbi said: "Don't bother me."
Cong Xia lowered his head and said nothing. He thought that if Zhuang Yao came to question him, he would definitely give away his secrets.
Zhuang Yao showed a smile of unknown meaning, "Interesting, and I have something to hide from me, what is it? I will spend a day with you
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