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Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Revelation

We had to stop and look left and right. This is a crossroads, and the Arabian stone pile is in the very center, and we don't know what it means. I looked back, the suffocating "buzzing" sound in the distance, and the sneer-like sound in a mess-I don't know if it was their cry or other reasons-I still I feel my scalp tingling. While running panting, Aning, who was almost out of breath, asked me what was going on. She obviously knew the seriousness of the matter, but she hadn't reacted yet. I recounted what happened and the toxicity of King Cui, and when I heard that Wu Lao Si had been recruited, Aning's face turned pale.

As soon as I finished speaking, I heard the sound of "buzzing" approaching a lot. When I looked up, I saw these weeters spreading out in the distance, and more of them flew up, and a large red cloud appeared in the sky. The mist-like swarms, like wasps taking off in groups, all came towards us. When I saw it, I said fuck it, I didn't have time to think about it, so I pulled Aning up, stood up and ran. At that time, I ran desperately. I never thought that I could run like this. I didn’t care about any Arabian stone piles. I couldn't run anymore, so I slowed down. Looking back, the mid-air was full of bugs, and the red mist-like swarm followed us, covering the sky and covering the earth at a very fast speed, pressing directly behind us.

Damn it, I yelled, tried my best to suppress the dizziness and continued to run forward. Aning had better physical strength than me, so she ran faster than me at this time, and she yelled: "Don't just run, find a place to hide!" As soon as the words fell, a gentle slope appeared in front of us. I was unprepared, kicked something, and rolled down after a stagger. All the way to the bottom, Aning helped me up, I was already dizzy, she dragged me and continued to run wildly, and rushed several hundred meters in a row, when a large section of rocks like a city wall suddenly appeared in front of me blocking the way.We immediately turned around and ran along the rock, trying to go around, but when we got there, we saw that the other end of the rock was closed. This is a closed semicircle, a dead end.

When I saw this scene, I cursed loudly, and looked back, only to see the red mist hovering and coming, directly covering the sky and covering the sky from the top of the rock. As soon as I finished reading it, I couldn't escape. Looking at the behavior of these weed kings, they seemed to be hunting us! But I didn't want to sit still and just look around for a place to hide.However, there are stones here, and there is no way to hide people. When he was sighing, Ah Ning suddenly shouted, "Come here!" When I looked back, it turned out that there was a depression on the rocky mountain, and people couldn't hide in it at all, but that was the only place to hide, and it was only a matter of luck.

Immediately rushed over, and squatted down into the depression with Ah Ning, I took off my T-shirt to block in front of me. Then, through the clothes, I saw a large cloud of insects descending, a buzzing sound suddenly exploded in the air, and the acrid smell filled the nostrils. Soon, countless red tracks surrounded us.Many bugs hit the rocks on the edge of the depression, making creaking sounds, as if bullets were shooting at us. I felt suffocated for a while, and I couldn't help but retreat into the depression, but the depression is only so small, and I can't completely retract my body even if I retreat.

I almost waited to die with my eyes closed. There are so many bugs, as long as one of them happens to crash in, the consequences will be disastrous.In the back of my mind I didn't think we'd be that lucky, almost waiting for that moment to come. To my surprise, under that kind of tension, I didn't have a trace of fear, and my mind was almost blank. However, what I didn't expect was that gradually, the sound outside actually decreased, and little by little, the sound of insects hitting the rock became less and less, and soon, the outside calmed down. I gritted my teeth for a long time, and it wasn't until Aning patted me that I realized it. I poked my head out and saw that the group of weed kings had already flown away, and a few scattered weed kings outside hit the ground and fainted. They flew up one by one.

Aning and I looked at each other, not knowing what was going on, but we both breathed a sigh of relief.As soon as I leaned against the stone behind me, I started laughing strangely, this is so fucking exciting, I can't take it anymore. After laughing a few times, he covered his mouth for Aning, and said softly: "It seems that they are not chasing us, maybe they want to fly out, we happen to be in the same direction as them, don't get carried away, let them go again later. invite." I thought so, nodded quickly, and Aning let go, I stopped talking, stayed in the depression for a while, and then cautiously poked my head out.

The ghost city outside was silent, as if the thrilling event just now had never happened at all, it was just our imagination. I took a few deep breaths before finally calming down.At this time, the fatigue from running wildly just now appeared, and my legs cramped immediately, and I staggered a few times before standing up straight. Limping, we found a few stones and sat down after checking that there were no bugs. I touched the skin bag on my waist, wanting to drink water, and found that I didn't bring anything out. Then I remembered that I had just woke up when the accident happened, and I didn't even bring my coat. Fortunately, it was daytime, and I might freeze to death at night.

Looking back at Aning, I found that she was not even as good as me. She was wearing a short vest, just came out of a sleeping bag, and her hair was disheveled. Looking closer, it seemed that she didn't even wear a bra. I was a little embarrassed, thinking that I was too anxious to pull her away, so I had to look away. "What kind of bugs are these? How much do you know?" Aning asked me. I thought to myself, how can I tell you, although I have heard it many times, but this is the second time I actually saw it, it was in Lu Palace before, the worm crawled out of the blood corpse, there was only one at that time, It almost made us all die there.Today, so many appear together overwhelmingly, which is the first time I have seen them.

I told Aning what I knew, but Aning obviously couldn't understand it. It all happened so suddenly.She doubted my words. I also feel that this is a bit difficult to accept, and I don't have the heart to explain it to her in detail.In my heart, I think this should have something to do with the ancient country of Queen Mother of the West that we are looking for. These human head jars may be the containers for cultivating the king of weeds at that time.My third uncle also said that he saw such a human head in a tomb under the sea. It seems that this kind of weed must have reproduced in the human cranial cavity, and it can keep its vitality for a long time, which is very scary.I don't know why the ancient kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West wanted such a terrible bug?Is it a weapon?

If the Queen Mother of the West could really use such a terrifying biological weapon, then this might be the reason why this barbaric and backward ancient country was able to rule the Western Regions for so long. While thinking, I looked around. Where did we escape to? After looking around, the area inside this closed city wall was completely unfamiliar, and I had no impression at all. I didn’t know how many turns I made when I ran just now. We're totally messed up. We are running all the way to the north-northeast. According to Tashi, this area is more than 80 square kilometers wide. We don't know where we are now, but it will not be the edge of Devil City. We still can't see the vastness ahead. of the Gobi Desert. The "street" in the Devil City, that is, the distance between the wind-eroded rocks is very wide. Although these rocks have different shapes, as long as the angle changes, the things you see are completely different, and I can't remember them in such a short time. These, coupled with the wide field of vision, make the visual depth very far-reaching, which interferes with people's sense of direction.I believe it is impossible to go back. We can only look at one direction and go to the Gobi, then follow the edge of the Devil City, go around in a circle and return to the place where the car broke down, and have a round with Poker and the others. Those bugs don't know how to survive. Now the sky is full of accumulated clouds, and there is no sun on cloudy days. If they fly onto the road with the wind, the consequences will be disastrous.However, it is quite far away from the highway, and there is no water source. I think that as long as the sun comes out, these bugs will not survive for long. Talking about my plan, Aning also thinks it is feasible. Now we have nothing on us and we have to arrive before dark, but it is only noon now, there is still enough time, and there is no sun, which is lucky for us. After determining the way to go, we took a rest and started on the road.I looked around and remembered the appearance of a few rocks and mountains around them, all of which looked like castle towers. If we unfortunately turned back, we would be able to detect it if we walked back to this place. At that time, I thought it was a little more legwork at most.No one thought that this walk would be so painful, almost to the underworld. We are lost. Walking through the devil city, we didn't let our guard down. I don't know where those poisonous insects are flying now. If we encounter them again while walking, then the narrow escape just now would be a joke. So as he moved forward, he paid attention to the sounds around him. At some point, the wind picked up again, and all kinds of strange movements appeared in the Devil City.Fortunately, the wind is not very strong, so it sounds soft, faintly visible, so as not to disturb people's nerves. I didn't have much to say to Ah Ning, and she was disheveled, walking side by side with her, I couldn't help but look at her, so I just walked in front.Neither of them spoke, but occasionally stopped to exchange a few words. She didn't show any expression, and she was obviously exhausted, and she didn't have the mind to think about more things. To be honest, if you are traveling, walking in this weird devil city with a beautiful woman, watching the mysterious wind-eroded rock mountains, and listening to the devil's cry, although it is not a reliable thing, it is still a good thing. beautiful thing.But this world is so strange. Seeing the two of us simply walking here, in fact, just now we experienced a narrow escape. In this case, no matter how leisurely I am, I will not think this scene is beautiful. Just walking like this, for the first three and a half hours, it was really a bit like traveling. Looking at the strange-shaped rocks, I sometimes had illusions and wanted to touch the camera. After half an hour, the thirst started to torment us, the moisture was lost through the sweat, and both her lips and mine were dry and swollen.Speaking of which, I drank a cup of butter tea in the morning, and Aning didn't drink anything, but in fact we both felt the same. This kind of thirst is very uncomfortable. We lick our lips and try not to think about it so that we can move on.Fortunately, there is no sun, otherwise, I might have suffered from heat stroke by this time. After walking for another hour, in my initial concept, I should have reached the edge of Devil City by this time. We stopped and took a breath, but looking around, we still saw the same scenery, all of which were tall wind-eroded rock mountains, without the shadow of the Gobi. I am a little bit surprised, this distance is a bit too long, assuming that Aning and I can only walk five kilometers per hour, it will be fifteen kilometers, this Devil City is definitely not that long, obviously we are taking a detour. However, along the way, I carefully memorized many rocky mountains with obvious characteristics, in case I went back, but I didn't see them. Obviously we are indeed still moving forward, and we haven't circled around. This somewhat reassured me, and I comforted myself, maybe our footsteps slowed down unknowingly, or the route we took was more tortuous, don’t worry, just follow one direction and we can go out. I can't rest at this time, because it's getting late. I figured that although this is not the Gobi, it's not far from the Gobi. It shouldn't take me long to go out. After going out, I have to spend some time to go back to the camp outside the Devil City. It also takes quite a long time. So, we continued on our way, and deliberately accelerated our pace.However, the further I walked, the more I gradually felt something was wrong. Hour after hour passed, and the surrounding scenery remained the same, as if the ghost city was following us. Bite the bullet and persist until the sky is dark, but there is still no shadow of the Gobi Desert.I have already realized the seriousness of the problem. This is definitely not something that can be explained by the slowness of the foot. If we walk like this, let alone 80 square kilometers, even if it is twice as large, we should reach the edge. A chill ran down my spine. It seemed that the situation in the Devil City was much more complicated than I imagined. Not only were there many rocky mountains, but we were completely lost. The sky was getting dark and the night was coming again. At this time, I felt the feeling that the Caucasian and the other two victims were lost here.As I was thinking about what to do, Ah Ning from behind had already called me to a halt. As soon as we stopped, the two of us were exhausted, and neither of us could move anymore. The temperature in the air dropped suddenly, and our sweat began to turn cold. The temperature difference between day and night here is too great. "I can't go anymore." Ah Ning sat down on the ground and said to me, "We definitely won't be able to get out before dark. We don't have a flashlight, and the place is full of stones, so we can't start a fire. Find a place to spend the night. There won't even be a moon tonight, and it must be pitch black." I also fell to the ground and looked up at the sky, only to see a black cloud in the sky, and the cloud was even lower, and the golden light of the setting sun pierced down from the gap in the cloud like a sword, forming a huge golden cross, which was very beautiful. Spectacular, such a thick cloud, if the wind does not blow up, it will not be blown away. That night we built a stone trough with stones and nestled in it all night.Aning and I only had single clothes on, and I was a little embarrassed, but Aning tucked into my arms directly, and the two hugged each other to keep each other warm.There is no light at all in the Devil City at night, you can hardly imagine the fear, you can’t see anything in the whole space, you can only hear various voices coming from all around, and you can even hear some voices Passing by you, it's like something is walking through the devil city. It was almost impossible to sleep at all in this situation, we had to chat to pass the time. During the period, we discussed why we couldn't go out, and thought about many possibilities, that is, the information Tashi gave us was wrong, and maybe the Devil City here is far more than 80 square kilometers.Aning said, if you can't go out tomorrow, you can find a higher cliff and climb up to have a look. It's strange to think about it, I'm not familiar with Aning, if it's such an intimate act, I might feel very embarrassed, but at this time I feel very natural. This can be regarded as Wenxiang nephrite, but I didn't have any idea at all, and suddenly thought of Liu Xiahui, and suddenly understood him very well.He also hugged a woman on a cold night back then, without any transgression, and neither did I.Think about it, if a man walks in the desert for a day, and then hugs a woman in the temperature below zero in the middle of the night, even if he is a peerless beauty, he may not make any deviant moves, because he really has no strength. I didn’t sleep almost all night, I only squinted a few times, and I woke up in ten minutes. I was thinking about messy things all night. The most I thought about was sleeping bags and tents, thinking about the snoring of those Tibetans, At that time, I couldn't sleep no matter how I slept, and I complained that sleeping in a tent was not good for my cervical spine. Now I obviously think of the sleeping bag and I feel yearning all over my body. As soon as it was daylight in the morning, we got up. The state was terrible. I had never been so tired. I felt that all the muscles in my body were out of control, and my eyes were blurred.Especially the thirst, which has reached a very unbearable level, and even the saliva in the mouth is gone. I knew my body myself, and I felt a little flustered, so I rubbed my arms with Ah Ning and started on my way. Continue to walk, this time it is Ah Ning who walks in front, because she slept a little at night and has more energy than me, we continue to follow the way yesterday, all the way down.Soon, it was another three hours. The endless ghost city made us more desperate than the endless Gobi at this time. I looked at the black shadows of the endless rocky mountains in the distance, and I really couldn't figure out what was going on. .It feels like we are like ants locked in a huge sand table, being manipulated by an inexplicable force. After hours and hours, it was noon soon. At this time, I began to feel hungry, but compared with thirst, it was negligible.My throat felt like it would burst open when I coughed. In the end, we couldn't help it anymore, and Aning started looking for rocks.But the rocky mountains were not easy to climb all the way. Finally, we found a relatively tall mound, gritted our teeth and climbed up. We stood on the top and looked around. However, it doesn't work. The rocks and mountains here are all about the same height. As far as we can see, there are all big and small stone mountains. We can't see the end at all, and we can't see it any further. But one thing is certain, we absolutely Not on the edge of Devil City. Aning and I stood there in a daze, wondering what the hell was going on, why did we seem to be in the center of this devil city no matter how we walked?Is there any power that doesn't want us to get out of this place? We climbed back to the bottom of the hill and found a cool place to rest. Aning and I discussed what to do. It seemed that we had reached a desperate situation.We couldn't go out, and we didn't have any food or water around us. After a while, we wouldn't even have the strength to walk.May die here. I thought about it in my heart, feeling chilly, already thinking about how many days a person can live without drinking water. In a cool and comfortable environment, it is said that it takes three days, but now we have walked all the way, and we have been walking for a whole day and night. The consumption of body fluids is very large. I guess it is the limit to last for three days. It is said that drinking urine can be more I live a day, but where did I pee in the dog days. Thinking about a moment of despair, that is to say, even if I don't move here, I can only live for two days at most, if no one comes to rescue us and we can't get out. A Ning obviously had the same intention, she lowered her head. What to do next, this is a very simple multiple-choice question, keep going, maybe you can go out, but if you fail, tomorrow may be our death day, we will die of dehydration here; if you don’t go, wait for someone else’s Rescue, the hope is very slim, and at most they can live for two days, or they will die. Aning is a very tough person. Although I have the idea of ​​giving up, I am not confused at the moment of life and death. In the end, she and I decided to continue walking until we die. But Ah Ning was calmer than me at this time. She started to make some stone marks, and removed the copper coins on her bracelet. She had a bracelet made of copper coins, which was pressed under the stone marks.She said that if someone was looking for us, it was a hope, at least, that they would find our bodies. These copper coins are quite valuable. Putting them here as a mark is equivalent to putting a gold brick here. I think this may be the most expensive mark in the world, but unfortunately, it guides our burial place. For the next two days, we continued to walk through this ghost city, and I didn't know how I spent this time. Three days and three nights without a drop of water, in the end, even the willpower is gone, like a walking dead. From the second night onwards, all my intuitions were no longer clear. All I saw were the gravel Gobi and the surrounding towering rock mountains. Sometimes these scenes even rotated. I didn’t know if I was spinning or The sky is really spinning, and I can no longer tell which things are possible and which are impossible.Sometimes I feel like I'm dead, I'm flying, and the next second, I see Aning staggering forward in front of me, and the torment is still going on. At this time, I was still looking forward to seeing the vast and boundless Gobi suddenly, or we could see the Gobi once the rocky mountains in front passed.However, in addition to the rocky mountain or the rocky mountain, it seems that there is no way to finish it. Finally, Ah Ning fell down first, and I saw her disappear from my field of vision. At that moment, I had a moment of sobriety, and then I tripped over something and rolled to the ground. I didn't know what I stumbled over, and I didn't know if I fell on a rock or on the sand. At that moment, I saw the sky. It wasn't a blue sky, but dark clouds. I smiled wryly in my heart, if it wasn't for the absence of the sun, I think I would have started to rot now, but even if I live a few more hours, the time has come. Looking at the dark clouds, I wanted to stand up, but I couldn't use any strength at all, and the eyelids became heavier and heavier. At the moment when they were completely closed, I suddenly saw a flash in the sky, like lightning, and then everything became quiet , everything is gone.I slowly sank into the abyss.
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