Chapter 12 Chapter Ten: The Story of Wu Xie (2)

Wu Xie told Li Cu that his philosophy teacher in college once said to him, "Nothing in the world will last forever, and the only thing that never changes is 'change'".At that time, Wu Xie didn't understand the practical significance of this sentence, but after he stepped into the society, he quickly discovered that it was extremely correct in the changes. Everything is changing, most of the things you can only guess but cannot predict, such as the situation where Wu Xie meets Lan Ting.He always thought that he and her would only be an ordinary cooperative relationship, but he didn't expect such a surprising situation to appear.

Wu Xie couldn't figure out what Lan Ting meant at first. They met by chance because of a project. Although this was not the first time they met, it should be regarded as the first official meeting.After the conversation and the meeting ended, she suddenly found him and told him that she had also been to the desert he had been to and encountered some strange things. This sounds a bit like the beginning of a suspense novel, is she testing the appeal of the beginning of her novel?Take away a good-natured joke? But Wu Xie looked at her expression and found that she was very serious. People who have studied photography have a special intuition for human expressions, because the photography technology has reached a certain level, and the things captured by the lens go deep into the interior.The immortal photographs often capture the soul of a person.So he could feel that there was no sarcasm in her eyes.

"What's the matter?" Wu Xie asked, "I'm a photographer, not a desert expert. I wonder if I can help you?" She went on: "That's why I came to you." "Oh?" He was taken aback for a moment, "Is it a photography problem?" She smiled a little reluctantly: "I hope it's just a matter of photography... Do you have time to take a look for me now? Let's find another place where we can talk." Wu Xie looked at his watch. Although he was very sleepy, he was quite conceited about his photography skills. When someone asked him, he was still a little vain and wanted to show off.

So he smiled and nodded. The other party also smiled: "Great, let's go, I remember there is a tea bar in front, let me tell you about the experience." They passed along the way, and the owner of the tea bar was a short, fat middle-aged man who seemed to know Lan Ting. When he handed them the tea list, he put a book called "The Collapsed Sea" between them. She skillfully Signed and gave a smile. Naturally, it can be seen that she is used to such kind interruptions. Wu Xie has met many awesome people, although he understands that a person who is awesome will experience all kinds of unbearable harassment, and in the end they will have a formulaic smile on any harassment.But Lan Ting's smile still made him stunned, because that kind of smile was very soft, without any sharp edges.

Then Wu Xie watched as she took out an envelope from her bag, and dumped the photos in the envelope on the table. There were so many photos, he picked them up to look, and found that they were taken with an entry-level SLR.Obviously the photographer of the photo is a novice, but the view is not bad, most of them are desert backgrounds. While he was flipping through the photos, Lan Ting briefly told him how she had entered the desert.The novelist's way of speaking is different from other people's. Even if she talks casually, it is very interesting. When she speaks, Wu Xie feels that the photos in her hand seem to come alive.

Unlike Wu Xie, Lan Ting's entry into the desert was purely an activity for donkey friends, and the attractions to be visited were pre-designed.Although the route seems to have entered the uninhabited wilderness, it is all within the controllable range of manpower, and it is ensured that the Land Rover rescue can arrive within four hours. The probability of accidents in such activities is very low, and most accidents are due to physical problems of the players.Some girls are too weak and are prone to dehydration during the long journey, and their internal organs fail before they reach the hospital.However, the current team leaders are becoming more and more professional, and most teams are equipped with medical staff, so this situation is now very rare.

Another situation is that the team leader "Gaseer" temporarily proposed to go to some unplanned places in the middle to earn extra money. Lan Ting encountered this situation that time. Her team of donkey friends was very high-profile. When Wu Xie saw their group photo, one of them was the host of Shandong Satellite TV, and the other was an illustrator.It can be seen that Lan Ting and the illustrator have a good relationship, and many photos are of the two of them posing together. "This is chatter, my best friend." She explained next to Wu Xie. Lan Ting said that they had a dinner together in the middle of the trip, in an abandoned village called "Donkey Shambhala", about 20 kilometers west of Badain Jaran. "Donkey Shambhala" means the Shangri-La of donkey friends. It is a place that basically every traveler will pass by and rest. Although it is far less mysterious and beautiful than Shambhala, it is still more lively than the lifeless desert.

They ran into a team there, and that team looked distraught. After asking, they found out that the team had just returned from Gutongjing.After talking about this, their guide asked them if they wanted to go to Gutongjing to have a look. This group of people is young, bold, and unrestrained, and because the journey is only in the middle, everyone is not tired, so they agreed unanimously.Gutongjing was only seven kilometers away from that place, and it took them only two hours to get there the next day, but they only stayed there for fifteen minutes.Because that place really feels bad. In Lan Ting's memories, she couldn't help feeling palpitations and nervousness when she was approaching Gutongjing.She couldn't explain the feeling, it was like some instinct in her body was afraid.When she reached the depths of Gutongjing, she felt a strong sense of discomfort. This feeling was like heatstroke, and she was in a trance, so in the end she just took some photos hastily and came back.

There is nothing wrong with those photos, just a few low rock mountains, blown out by the wind erosion effect of the desert in a spiral pattern, surrounded by continuous sand dunes, the lines are as soft as the back of Venus.Wu Xie had seen the photos of Gutongjing, and knew that it should be in the area of ​​Gutongjing, but he didn't expect that the rocks and mountains there were so sparsely distributed.From the photos given by Lan Ting, he couldn't see anything special about this place. Lan Ting told Wu Xie that she had a lot of messy nightmares that night, and later she made a lot of guesses, whether the scenery there gave people some bad hints, or because some local legends affected them, but it seemed It doesn't make sense.But what is certain is that this place is really evil, and she believes that she is not the only one who feels this way. She can clearly see that in Gutongjing, everyone's faces are strange.

The subsequent journey dilutes the uneasiness at that time, and gradually everyone did not take this strange feeling to heart. It was not until Lan Ting returned home and developed all the photos that they discovered the problem. When Lan Ting said this, he gave Wu Xie another stack of photos: "These are all photos I took after I came back from Gutongjing. You can compare them and see if there are any changes compared with the previous photos?" The light in the tea bar was dim, and Wu Xie looked against the light. To be honest, he really didn't see any problem with these photos at the beginning, because in terms of the principle of photography, there is no problem with these photos themselves. Maybe the shooting techniques and expressions are a bit naive, but that is not a "problem." ", but "disadvantages".

He compared the two sets of photos again and again, and finally found that the problem was not in the photos themselves, but in the content of the photos. In the photos they took after returning from Gutongjing, one person was missing.