The alien escaped quickly, and Jiang Liyou chased the smelly blood all the way forward.Halfway through the chase, the motorcycle ran out of gas, so he had to abandon the bike and walk.

When it was almost dawn, he came to a special place in the desert.The oncoming wind has a damp breath, and the sand under the feet feels firm and firm after being soaked in water.

After climbing up the sand dunes, a clear blue lake unfolds in front of you.

This is Haizi, a depression formed by the accumulation of water in the desert.

Unlike fixed oases, under the continuous blowing of the wind in the desert, the moving sand dunes will cover the old lakes, squeeze the water to other places, and form new lakes.This place may be close at hand, or it may be thousands of miles away.Haizi can move, his whereabouts are erratic like a ghost.

The probability of meeting Haizi in the desert is very low. Jiang Liyou was lost in the desert for nearly a week before, but he didn't meet any of them.But the alien's sense of smell is many times more sensitive than that of humans, it can capture the smell of wet sand in the air, it is very likely that it ran in this direction specially.

Vaguely, Jiang Liyou saw a figure standing beside Haizi.

"Qin Ying? Why are you here?" Jiang Liyou was surprised, and walked over, "Are you okay, your complexion is so bad."

In Qin Ying's imagination, Jiang Liyou who met him should be very panicked.But Jiang Liyou didn't, and walked towards him with a calm expression.

Could it be that Jiang Liyou didn't want to escape, but he misunderstood him?

Qin Ying's expression softened a little, and he was about to speak, but Jiang Liyou made a silent gesture, squatted down with a serious expression, picked up the sand on the ground, and sniffed it on the tip of his nose.

It's the smell of alien blood, there's nothing wrong with that.But miraculously, the bloodstains disappeared by the lake.Did the alien escape into Haizi?

Jiang Liyou stood up, staring fixedly at the calm lake.The respiratory system of aliens is different from that of human beings. They are originally aliens, and their demand for oxygen intake is very small. The longest breath holding limit is three hours.

The lake in front of me is not that big, it is shallow around, deep in the middle, and the deepest lake center is a piece of quiet blue. If you want to know whether the alien is really hidden in the lake, you have to go down and see for yourself.

Jiang Liyou pulled out the bow and arrow from behind and began to trek towards the center of the lake.Qin Ying was stunned for a moment, grabbed him just in time, and said coldly, "You want to commit suicide?"

Only then did Jiang Liyou notice him standing beside him, and explained dumbfoundingly: "No."

He told Qin Ying from last night's discovery to the all-night pursuit and the disappearance of the alien, and finally said: "I suspect that the alien is just a scout of the large army, I'm afraid it will go back and report the news, so we must catch it. "

It turned out that Jiang Liyou didn't want to leave.

Qin Ying heaved a sigh of relief, and a fish-belly dawn appeared at the end of the sand dune, and his expression softened, and when he spoke again, he returned to his usual gentle tone: "It turns out that this is the case, and the senior didn't make it clear, which hurt me. Misunderstood you."

Jiang Liyou hissed: "Well, can you let go of my hand now? It hurts a bit."

Jiang Liyou's skin is prone to leaving marks, and it is estimated that there are already finger marks on that piece of skin. He is confused and at the same time a little puzzled: Why is Qin Ying so angry?

Although Qin Ying has returned to his polite and gentlemanly appearance now, Jiang Liyou knows that he was really angry just now.

Qin Ying let go of her hand: "If the alien is really lurking in the water as the senior said, it would be too dangerous for you to go down. The Eye of God is an auxiliary ability, and it will be hindered in the water. It's better for me to go down."

Jiang Liyou flatly refused, "But I can't let you go down and take risks."

From before, Qin Ying's water skills were much better than his.Considering various objective factors, Jiang Liyou was finally persuaded by Qin Ying, with a hesitant and hesitant expression: "Then you must be careful."

Qin Ying took off the windbreaker, and inside was a sleeveless racerback vest. The muscles were smooth and stylish, just right but not too exaggerated, thin and powerful, like a young and vigorous black panther.He put on a pair of black fingerless gloves, and the dagger was sheathed at the side of his leg.

Jiang Liyou watched him slowly step into the water, and as he approached the center of the lake, the lake water spread to his waist.Qin Ying turned her head and gestured to him, then dived down and disappeared.

He dived into the water as if he disappeared without any waves.If he met an injured alien, the water would not be so calm.If nothing is found, it's time to come up now.

But Qin Ying neither fought the alien nor surfaced, which made Jiang Liyou a little uncertain.He called Qin Ying several times, but Hu Xin didn't give him any response.

Haizi was disappearing.

Jiang Liyou looked down and saw that the lake water at his feet retreated half a meter at some point, and the lake water disappeared faster and faster, as if there was a vortex in the middle of the lake, sucking Haizi away.

Jiang Liyou was stunned for a moment, thinking, isn't it, Haizi is going to run away now?What if Qin Ying also ran away with him?

He quickly chased after him, and the closer he got to the center of the lake, the softer the sand was, not like sand at all, but like stepping on a ball of fluffy cotton, which felt like it couldn't bear his weight at all.

Jiang Liyou discovered that it wasn't that the sand was too soft, but that something was sucking it underneath.The quicksand was like a waterfall, burying him suddenly.

Just before being submerged, Jiang Liyou held her breath.The attraction from below continued, and he continued to fall, the process lasted for five to six seconds, and then suddenly disappeared, falling into an embrace.

Jiang Liyou wiped the sand off his face: "Qin Ying?"

Qin Ying hummed, and Jiang Liyou knew it was him, so she relaxed and looked at the mysterious space hidden under Haizi.

This is an empty and quiet corridor. A lot of dust has accumulated on the ground. It should be that no one has visited it for many years. Apart from the sand that fell with him just now, the ground is just scattered documents.

Qin Ying asked: "Senior, what is this place?"

Only then did Jiang Liyou realize that he couldn't see.Qin Ying should have fallen into the center of the lake not long after he arrived, that's why he seemed to have disappeared in the lake.

Jiang Liyou said: "This is a very empty underground corridor, and I don't know where it is... Wait a minute, I'll see if I can find any lighting."

He wrestled from Qin Ying's arms, searched for a while, and found an old flashlight, but it was no longer usable.

Jiang Liyou groaned, and picked up something from the ground with a gasp.

"Senior, what did you find?" Qin Ying asked standing behind him when he heard his surprised voice.

Jiang Liyou looked at the small metal piece in the palm of his hand: "This should be the arrowhead of the arrow I shot at the alien, and it fell here, which means that the alien also dived from the center of the lake and came here just like us. " A few drops of green blood scattered around, made Jiang Liyou confirm his opinion even more.

He turned his head and saw that Qin Ying was still standing there.Jiang Liyou suddenly realized that he was already so far away from him, Qin Ying couldn't see in the dark, and his expression was a bit dazed.

He dived into the water before, causing his half-dry hair to stick down limply, without that mask-like smile, although his face was expressionless, but Jiang Liyou saw in his eyes that he was hallucinating a bird that was caught in the water. Rain wet dog.Wronged and innocent.

Jiang Liyou walked over to hold his hand, and said softly, "I didn't find anything to illuminate, so let me lead you away."

Qin Ying lowered her head, her eyes fell on the hands held by the two in the dark, without saying a word.Jiang Liyou dragged him for a while, and he suddenly said, "It seems like holding hands like this is a lifetime ago."

Jiang Liyou paused for a moment.Recalling the last time they held hands, it was on the beach in the seaside city, the wind was sunny and the coconut tree leaves above their heads were shaking slightly.Comparing it to today, it really feels like a world away.

As the pace moved forward, the information on both sides of the corridor gradually increased: "There seems to be something carved on the wall."

Qin Ying reached out and touched some numbers like the year: "There used to be a rumor that during the war of the last century, Tianxia built many important military sites under the desert to study weapons. I always thought it was a rumor, but I didn't expect it is true."

"Where we are now should be the arsenal base built in the last century."

After turning a corner, there are some more rooms on both sides of the corridor in front of you.Some rooms are locked and some are not.The unlocked room looked empty after being ransacked, while the locked room was violently opened by Jiang Liyou.

His eyes can see clearly in the dark, standing at the door and looking around the room, a neat table, a lamp that looks brand new.

Fortunately, the lamp worked. After lighting it with a match, the dark room was illuminated by dim candlelight.

Qin Ying blinked, adapting to the sudden light.The two searched the room separately, hoping to find some useful clues.Jiang Liyou found a compass, and what Qin Ying held was a map.

With a map, getting out of here is much easier.Qin Ying spread out the map on the table, smoothed out the folds, and pressed the kerosene lamp on the raised corner.He pointed to the position on the lower left: "According to the terrain we walked just now, we should be here now."

The entire underground project is like a huge and astonishing maze, and everyone who is in it will become an insignificant ant. If they don't find a map, they may be trapped here for a lifetime.

Jiang Liyou came closer to study, his clothes were soaked in water, sticking to his body wetly, and his body was covered with sand, he was a little embarrassed, but it didn't damage his beauty.In the dark room, illuminated by the dim candlelight, it looks like a seductive ghost.

"So, we're going to pass here." Jiang Liyou's fingers walked along the shortest path on the map, and finally stopped in an open place.The site is the largest place on the map. It is not specifically marked, but a big cross is drawn with a red pen.

Qin Ying said: "This place should be very dangerous, all the safe passages on the map go around it."

Jiang Liyou thought for a moment: "No matter how dangerous a place is, it should have been almost corroded in the past 100 years. And if we don't go from here, it will take us three to four days to take the shortest route."

The long distance is not the key. The key is that neither of them brought food with them. The only living thing that can be eaten in the entire underground facility is rats, and it is still doubtful whether there are rats.

"You're right." Qin Ying closed the map, "Then let's go this way."

With the seized supplies, the two left the room.When leaving, Jiang Liyou subconsciously wanted to hold his hand, but suddenly realized that now that there was already a kerosene lamp lighting it, it was not appropriate to hold hands.

He stretched out his hand halfway, then retracted it hesitantly.Qin Ying suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the hand he withdrew.

"Let's go together, senior."

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