Hu Bayi entered the dilapidated house, looked around and found that there was no danger, and then said to the fat man,
"Fat man, take Sa Di Peng and Chu Jian to get our sleeping bags and food and drink. We will rest here tonight."
"Okay, glasses, big guy, let's go."
"Madman, let's go get some firewood. I just saw some dried tamarisk outside."
Lin Feng agreed, and went to get firewood with Hu Bayi. There were a lot of tamarisk trees, so the two of them chopped down five or six of them with an engineering shovel and dragged them into the house.
Lin Feng used some of the solid fuel they brought to light the tamarisk trees. The branches of the tamarisk trees contained oily substances and were very resistant to burning. These five or six trees should be enough to burn for one night.
There was light in the room, and it suddenly became less depressing. Everyone began to sit around the fire and talk. Professor Chen gradually became more energetic. Lin Feng took out a bottle of Erguotou from his backpack and handed it to him. , Professor Chen took it and took two sips.
"Oh, this is a good thing. We used to work in the field all year round, and then we were imprisoned in a cowshed, and we dug mountains and excavated rocks in a labor camp. We survived because of this thing. Thank you Xiao Lin. Also, today If it weren't for you, my old bones would have been buried in the sand, and maybe they would have been dried into a mummy in a few days. It's all thanks to you."
"Professor Chen, you are too polite. This is what we should do." Lin Feng said politely.
"Let me sing a song. How come everyone is hit hard after experiencing a small sandstorm? The great man also taught us that 'it is endless fun to fight against the sky, and there is endless fun to fight against the earth'. I grew up in Sand City Growing up, I didn’t know how many sandstorms I had to experience every year. I wasn’t afraid anymore when I was in elementary school. I even experienced a black sandstorm when I was in junior high school, which was scary.”
Lin Feng took a sip of wine and continued,
"The black sandstorm came overwhelmingly, and I understood what it meant to be invisible. No matter how dark the night was, there was no such terror. The wind picked up stones and hit my face with pain. If you want to call someone, you will get a mouthful of sand when you open your mouth, and the voice will shout You can't even hear yourself when you go out, and you feel like you have been abandoned by the whole world. I was still young at that time, so I thought it was nothing, so I followed the direction in my memory and went home by myself."
"So, this sandstorm is just like this. Besides, we still have a house to hide in. With so many people together, there is nothing to be afraid of. I will sing a song from our hometown now, called "Crescent Moon Spring". My Professor Chen and all you archaeologists in my hometown must know that Shacheng Mogao Grottoes is a holy place for archaeological research. Compared to Mogao Grottoes, we locals prefer to go to Crescent Moon Spring."
With that said, Lin Feng had already taken out his ukulele and started playing with it gently.
"On the other side of the sky, far, far away, there is the beautiful Crescent Moon Spring. She is the mirror of the sky, the eye of the desert, and the paradise where stars bathe..."
As a song was sung, the beautiful Crescent Moon Spring seemed to appear in front of everyone's eyes, as if they were right in front of them, and everyone clapped their hands.
"Ah!" Ye Yixin screamed.
It turned out that when he was applauding, he threw the thing he was holding on the ground. When he looked carefully, he saw that it was a human rib. He screamed in fear.
"What's wrong, Xiaoye?"
"It looks like human bones."
"Are we archaeologists afraid of bones? Really!" Hao Aiguo scolded from the sidelines.
"Oh, I'm sorry, teacher, I wasn't mentally prepared enough." Ye Yixin apologized quickly.
Hao Aiguo went over to dig where Ye Yixin had just been sitting, and sure enough, he dug out a human skeleton.
"It should be someone who was hiding from the sandstorm here like us, but I don't know how they died here."
"Look, there is no skin or flesh on his body. Logically speaking, people who died in the desert should have been dried into mummies. Was he eaten by some animal?" Hu Bayi analyzed.
Everyone agreed.
"Then let's bury him. It's a bit disturbing to leave him here." The fat man said.
"Okay, fat man, pack up this bone and let's bury it outside. I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep if I bury it in the house." Lin Feng interrupted. It wasn't that he really couldn't sleep, but he was afraid that they would bury it in advance. The army ants dug it out. It would be terrible if that happened. Now there is a sandstorm blowing outside, and there is no place to run if you want to.
Lin Feng and Fatty found a piece of land outside the house, dug a pit that was not too deep, buried the bones, and then returned to the house to continue drinking and chatting.
At night, everyone went to bed. Hu Bayi was afraid that the sand would fill the house where they were, so he suggested that the three of them take turns to keep watch to prevent emergencies.
It was already three o'clock in the middle of the night when it was Lin Feng's turn. He was woken up by Hu Bayi while rubbing his sleepy eyes. Lin Feng had no choice but to go to watch the night. He sat at the entrance of the hole and listened to the whistling wind outside. Lin Feng seemed to have returned to his childhood and liked this feeling. Listening to the wind outside, he hid in his room and felt so safe.
"Thank you for what happened today." Suddenly a voice came from the side.
Lin Feng was shocked.
"I said Miss Yang, can you make some noise when you walk? You want to scare me to death."
"How can a grown man be so timid?"
"I'm sure I'm not as brave as you, but you come to this desert of death during the windy season."
"I have no choice. Since my father disappeared, I dream every night that I am walking alone on the edge of a bottomless ghost cave. There is a huge coffin hanging above the ghost cave, and there is a huge thing lying on the coffin. , but I couldn’t see clearly what it was. Every time I tried to see clearly, I woke up from the dream. In the past six months, the same situation has been repeated in my dreams. I firmly believe that this is what my father entrusted to me. Meng, what’s in that coffin is Queen Jingjue.”
"My father has always been committed to finding the ancient city, so he organized a team to enter the desert until they disappeared in the Kunlun Glacier. He has been fascinated by the culture of the Western Regions his whole life, so I want to fulfill my father's last wish."
"Oh? Miss Yang, isn't your father looking for the Muchen Bead to save your mother?"
"How do you know?" Shirley Yang whispered.
"The grandson of Partridge Whistle, the descendant of Colonel Mojin, and a member of the Guidong tribe, am I right, Miss Yang."
"You...who are you?" Shirley was now speechless by Lin Feng.
"I am who I am, Miss Yang, don't worry, I will not interfere with your purpose at all, and the Muchen Bead is of no use to me, unless I am also cursed by the so-called ghost cave, then we are in the same boat. , I am here just to ensure the lives of my two brothers."
"Okay, now that you know everything about me, I have nothing to hide. People in our family will indeed suffer from iron deficiency when they are around fifty years old, and their blood will turn yellow and die in pain. This is ghost The Curse of the Hole.”
"I'm very sympathetic to your experience, but don't worry, although you won't gain much this time, the curse should be lifted in the near future. You go and rest. There are huge dangers in this underground area. We will have to wait and see tomorrow morning. Get up early, we still have to run for our lives.”
"ah?"
