Chapter 6 Chapter 5 Strange Phone

There was a question-and-answer program on TV, and I didn’t have the time to watch it. I was about to take a break when the TV program was interrupted suddenly. A reporter appeared and said in a rapid voice: “Half an hour ago, a small plane exploded after taking off. None of the people on board survived, and the wreckage of the plane is scattered all over the desert." I looked at the TV and saw that there was a broken tail on the desert, and there was another wingtip far away. The reporter continued: "As far as we know, apart from the crew on board, there are a total of six passengers on this small plane. They are all senior personnel from the famous auction company, Lianfu Auction Company, and the plane is their special plane—— "

The six senior staff of Lianfu Auction Company! The six people I saw on the plane? I found it very unusual, because at least I knew that these six people were all staff members of the space agency. Why did the staff of the space agency pretend to be the staff of the auction company and buy the things that the tomb robbers got from the ancient tombs at a high price?However, six people died suddenly together, which is really unusual. Before I came to the phone, I called the embassy, ​​and after the call was connected, I asked to speak to the ambassador.The other party's answer was: the ambassador is busy, if you have anything to do, you can talk to his secretary.

The secretary came to answer the phone, and I said, "Tell the ambassador, I know very well the true identities of the people who died in the plane crash, and I don't want the secrets to be leaked. It's best to invite the ambassador to speak." Twenty minutes after I said this, I heard another voice: "Sorry, the ambassador can't listen to your call, and at the same time, he has no idea what you are talking about." I felt very annoyed: "The officials of your country's space agency pretended to be employees of the auction company. This is quite interesting."

The other party's answer came quickly: "We receive many calls from mentally ill patients every day, but your condition is the most serious." As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately hung up the phone. I held the phone receiver and was stunned for a moment, really unable to know what happened.I have extremely convincing evidence that the six people are not employees of an auction company, but officials of the space agency, but the embassy of the country categorically denies it. Originally, even if those six people died in a plane crash, it was none of my business at all. I already had enough troubles of my own. Shan Si died strangely, and Qi Bai's whereabouts were mysterious. space agency.

However, those six people once again proposed to me that they want to buy the "things" Qi Bai gave me with a huge sum of money. People and things that are completely irrelevant are connected because of their actions.What did Qi Bai find in the ancient tomb?How could it cause the personnel of the space agency to pretend to be my identity to buy it from me? No matter how imaginative I am, I can’t find the answer. In addition, meeting the virus has nothing to gain. I was extremely frustrated. I walked a few steps, removed a lot of books, and lay down on a deck chair. down. My thoughts were always active, and not long after I lay down, I thought: It should not be a coincidence that those six people met me on the plane.I took that flight and they happened to be on board; that's what they've been following me for.

When I thought of this, I jumped up. track!Someone has been following me! This is very similar to the situation when Shan Si said that someone was going to chase and kill him before he was about to jump off the building.So, are those six people the ones who want to chase and kill Shan Si? The staff of the space agency hunted down an expert tomb robber. Although this matter sounds ridiculous, it is not impossible.Then, if we make further inferences, Shan Si's mysterious death is also related to those six people?Something to do with the space agency? Pushing down layer by layer, I felt that I had mastered something, but it was still very vague. I remembered that the bullet that took Shan Si's life belonged to a type of gun that I had never seen before.It is not surprising that the space agency of a big country masters the cutting-edge of advanced science, and its staff have new weapons that are unknown to the world.

However, the strange thing is, why do people from the space agency deal with a grave robber? I seem to have captured something, but when I think about it, it's just a mess. Hu Ming hasn't come back yet, what should I do?Should I immediately go to Iber Xiwei to find Qi Bai?Or should I contact the embassy? I walked back and forth and came to the desk. At this moment, the phone rang suddenly. I let it ring for a long time, but I didn't want to answer it, because Hu Ming was not there, and it was useless for me to listen. The phone rang for two minutes before it stopped, and within ten seconds, it rang again.

I picked up the phone: "Professor Hu Ming is not at home." After a moment of silence, there was a sharp and short voice that sounded very harsh.I must first describe that sound, although it is difficult to describe. This kind of sound sounds like a tape with a changed speed. The speed is increased, which makes it uncomfortable and unnatural.However, the speed of speech did not increase. As soon as I heard it, my first feeling was: it didn't sound like a human being, but rather like the sound of some kind of machine. However, this feeling was immediately replaced by the shock caused by what the voice said. After I said something, the voice came: "Mr. Wesley?"

I'm at Hu Ming's place, so far, only Bai Su knows about it.The virus may also know, but I never thought that the virus would call me after driving me out.And that voice was obviously not Bai Su's voice.I said "hmm" and asked back, "Yes, which one?" The voice was silent for a while. During that moment, I was thinking about who was calling. During this period of time, I turned to the phone and said "Hello" several times. About twenty seconds later, the voice rang again: "Mr. Wei, I am a stranger to you, but I really want to see you." I said, "Why?"

The voice said, "We'll talk about it later, okay?" I have to describe the voice again, it sounds very harsh, but the English used is very standard and elegant.Without a very high standard of education, generally speaking, such a language would not be used.My heart was full of doubts: "Okay, you know where I am, you can come and see me, I'll wait for you." The voice hurriedly said: "No, no, I'm really sorry, I can't come to see you, I want you to come to see me, of course it shouldn't be, but really, you can only come to see me." I snorted: "It's kind of funny! I don't know who you are at all, and you want to see me. Generally speaking, of course you have something to ask me, why can't you come to see me? There is another The question is, who are you? How did you know I was with Professor Hu Ming?"

There was no answer. I "hello" a few more times before I heard the voice say: "When you come, you will understand, really, you will understand when the time comes." I thought quickly, "Okay, where are you?" The voice said: "Twenty-nine point forty-seven degrees, twenty-nine point forty-seven degrees." I cursed in a low voice: "What address is that?" The voice froze for a moment, as if he was wondering what I meant by such a rhetorical question, and then he said: "Sorry, I forgot to explain, it is 29.47 degrees north latitude, 29.47 degrees east longitude Spend." Just now, I didn't understand what "twenty-nine point forty-seven degrees" meant, but after the other party added the explanation of "east longitude" and "northern latitude", of course I understood. The intersection of east longitude and north latitude can indicate a location.However, who would use such a method to explain where they are?For a while, I thought about it, and wanted to ask something, but the voice said: "Mr. Wei, please come, come as soon as possible, please come." I hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, you-- "The voice ignored what I was saying, just kept repeating, saying: "Please come, come as soon as possible, please come." It sounded like a repeating sound, like a tape being played over and over again.After repeating about ten times, the call was hung up. I shouted "Hello" a few more times, but there was no response. After I put down the phone, I felt dizzy for a while. This call was extremely mysterious.I didn't stay there for long, and immediately found a map. Looking at the latitude and longitude, I found that the east longitude was 29.47 degrees, and the north latitude was 29.47 degrees, all within the territory of Egypt. I found another map of Egypt and looked it over quickly.The numbers of longitude and latitude are the same, which is not surprising. The map I found is not very detailed, but even an ordinary map can be found. The intersection point of latitude and longitude is in the southwest direction of Cairo, Egypt A desert.Using a straight line to calculate the distance, it is two hundred kilometers southwest of Cairo.I am not very familiar with the deserts in North Africa, but I can also know that a large desert is extremely desolate. If the person called me at "29:47" just now, it would be unbelievable. However, I did and did receive such a call and gave me such an "address". I also know that on the map, although it is only 200 kilometers, in fact, even if there is sufficient preparation and ideal means of transportation, the ever-changing desert is full of all kinds of unexpected dangers.Should I take such a risk for an inexplicable phone call?This may be a trick of the virus, because he was afraid that I would continue to get something from him in Cairo, so he had a reason to "exile" me to the desert two hundred kilometers away! The moment I put down the phone, I had already decided to go to "29.47 degrees", but after thinking about it for a while, I was a little shaken. I wanted to find more information about this "address", and I was looking for it. , Hu Ming opened the door and walked in, shouting: "God, what are you destroying?" I straightened up and said, "I want to find some geographic information." Hu Ming stared at me and opened his mouth wide, looking at his appearance, if his mouth was big enough, he would swallow me.However, even if his mouth wasn't big enough, he would rush over and bite me. I didn't want to take the risk, so I shook my hands quickly: "Don't be nervous, I received a very mysterious call, telling me to come to twenty-nine o'clock Forty-seven times to see him." After all, Hu Ming is an excellent archaeologist. Archaeologists need to excavate ancient tombs in various inexplicable places, and they are not unfamiliar with the method of using latitude and longitude to find out a location. After hearing my words, he was taken aback for a moment: "Northern latitude?" I nodded again and again: "The east longitude is also the same number. What do you think about that place?" Hu Ming looked at me for a while, and muttered: "Copy and search, mess up my things." As he spoke, he quickly opened a cabinet and took out a large folder: "That place is a desert, about two hundred kilometers southwest of Cairo—" He opened the folder, which contained maps one by one, which looked like military maps and were very detailed.He quickly looked at the map: "This is an expedition map, which is more detailed than a military map. Three or four years ago, I led an archaeological team to that place, and the virus told me—" When Hu Ming said this, he looked a little shy.He always thought that, in terms of his status, it was very dishonorable to associate with people like viruses, but his career made him have a connection with viruses. He paused, and laughed at himself again: "The virus told me that one of his apprentices found some silverware in that area, the origin is unknown, and there are very old patterns—" I was afraid that he would go on talking and discuss the origin of those silverware at length, so I interrupted him quickly: "Don't worry about this, you can find out the map of that place before we talk about it." Hu Ming glared at me again, muttering: "Twenty-nine point forty-seven, twenty-nine point forty-seven—" Not long after, he pulled out a map, and instead of looking at the map, he looked at me: "Do you know the meaning of using latitude and longitude to determine a location?" I said, "Of course I know." Hu Ming said "Hey": "Tell me about it." I was a little impatient: "Any middle school student can answer, a vertical line, a horizontal line, the point of intersection, that's the place." Hu Ming said: "Excuse me, how big is that place?" I was stunned for a moment, unable to answer.Hu Ming said again: "In plane geometry, a point only has a location, not an area. Therefore, the intersection of latitude and longitude is just a location on the map—" As soon as I stretched out my hand, I snatched the map he picked out from his hand: "As long as there is this point, I can see this person." As I said that, I looked at the map.I have also experienced a lot of expeditions, so I can understand the expedition map, and I see a red cross on the map.This symbol represents extreme danger. Under the red cross, there is a line of small characters: "Quick sand well, rotation, no time." I looked at the intersection again, and it happened to be twenty-nine point forty-seven degrees from the longitude marked on the map. I was stunned for a moment: "Liushajing means-" Hu Ming leaned over, took a look, and immediately "hummed": "Someone must be joking." I said "Oh": "How can I see it?" Hu Ming said: "The quicksand well is the most dangerous desert phenomenon. The sand in the desert is constantly flowing, like water, of course at a much slower speed. The quicksand well is caused by a special terrain and the wind in this area. Formation is a vortex of sand. Nothing can be seen on the surface, but the vortex of sand can almost pull anything into the sand tenaciously, and there will never be a chance to emerge again.” While listening to Hu Ming's explanation, I couldn't help sweating secretly.Hu Ming said it was a "joke", it was not a joke at all, it was murder.I said, "If I go—" Hu Ming spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders: "As soon as you enter the range of the quicksand well, you just keep sinking. God knows how deep you will sink." I frowned: "There should be danger warnings around the quicksand well?" Hu Ming laughed: "Put up a warning sign in the desert? You are so naive!" After a while, I said, "Only the virus knows that I am with you." Hu Ming was taken aback for a moment: "What do you mean?" I said, "The call is from here." Hu Ming's eyes widened: "What did the virus tell you to do there? Want to harm you? Don't think about it, he knows you are with me, and he knows that I am familiar with the terrain of the desert, so he won't use this stupid way to attack you." Harm you." What Hu Ming said sounds very reasonable.So who's calling again?Hu Ming said: "Of course you won't go?" I said, "I'm just going to die if I go, of course I won't go." Hu Ming said: "Go there, make sure you won't see anyone. On the quicksand well, only a special kind of lizard can survive. This kind of lizard doesn't even dare to stand on the quicksand with four feet at the same time, only dare to stand on the quicksand." Use two feet, stay alternately, and keep moving at an extremely fast speed, otherwise, you will be torn down by the vortex of sand." I don't know if Hu Ming's words are exaggerated.But his expression is serious, but it also has an unbelievable effect. Hu Ming smiled: "When are you going to Iber Xiwei?" I said: "Actually, I'm afraid it's useless to go to Iber Xiwei. I hope to have a good talk with the virus again!" When Hu Ming heard this, his face changed color: "Don't think about me helping you find a way. If you want to see him, go find a way by yourself." I ignored Hu Ming, sat down on the chair, closed my eyes and thought: Is it possible to sneak in? Judging from the impression of entering and exiting today, the gorgeous residence of the virus does not seem to have any special defenses.But the more advanced and strict the security system is, the harder it is to see on the surface that barbed wire fences are out of date. The question is, even if you break through the security net and see a virus, what's the use?It's not that I haven't seen him, and it's not that I haven't gained anything!After much deliberation, there seemed to be no way to go, so I had to let out a long sigh and opened my eyes. Hu Ming was staring at me, and I smiled bitterly: "As long as you know where the ancient tomb that Qi Bai has been to is, that would be great. And Qi Bai made it very clear that the virus told him to go. Shan Si may also go Yes, but he is already dead, and the only ones who know where the ancient tomb is are Virus and Qi Bai." No sooner had I finished speaking than there was a ringing of the doorbell, followed by the opening of the door and a series of hurried footsteps. The hurried footsteps did not stop until we reached the door of the room where we were, and Hu Ming went to open the door.A sweaty Egyptian, looking extremely anxious, held in his hand a cloth cap that had probably been used to mop up sweat, so wet that it could almost wring out water. As soon as Hu Ming saw the man, he called out, "Ada, what's the matter?" The Egyptian called "Ada" opened his mouth wide, panted, staggered, and knocked apart a pile of books that was quite high. He came to the desk and held down a corner of the desk with his hand. His face was gray and his body was trembling. With his trembling, sweat fell down and dripped on the desk surface, making a slight "pat" sound.Judging from this person's expression, the panic and fear in his heart has really reached the extreme.I hurriedly looked at Hu Ming and said, "This friend——" Hu Ming also came over: "His name is Ada, he is... is..." When Hu Ming introduced Ada's identity, he seemed to be very difficult to speak, and hesitated for a moment: "He is the apprentice of the virus. I have some contact with the virus, and Ada is the middleman. Ada was originally my student." I looked at Ada, and Ada was panting all the time. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief: "They are here again." This sentence, at first glance, is completely inexplicable.But because Ada's expression was so terrifying, and his voice was also full of shock, such an ordinary sentence was actually full of chills. Hu Ming hurriedly asked: "Who is here again?" Ada covered his face with his hands: "They! They!" I shouted: "What are they?" I didn't ask "who are they", but "what are they", because I was already in Ada's demeanor, and I felt that "they" must be a terrible thing, otherwise, Ada wouldn't be afraid like that . I was already asking harshly, but Ada didn't listen at all. He still said in a shocked voice, "Qi Bai must have failed, so they came again." As soon as I heard him say this, I couldn't sit still any longer and stood up suddenly: "What did you say?" Ada suddenly showed a look of wanting to cry, and I saw that his condition was abnormal, so I yelled at Hu Ming: "Wine!" At the same time, I "slapped" my finger and flicked it on Ada's temple. This bomb was really useful. Ada's whole body shook and he was on the verge of falling. I hurriedly helped him to sit down. At this time, Hu Ming had already handed him a glass of wine. I took the wine in my hand, the smell of the wine was unprecedented, extremely pungent, definitely not a good old wine.But at this time, the purpose of the wine is to calm Ada down, it doesn't matter whether the wine tastes good or not. As soon as I took the wine, I held Ada's cheek, making him open his mouth, and then poured wine into his mouth. Ada was forced to drink three sips before screaming strangely, the muscles on his entire face were twitching, and screaming strangely: "God! What is this?" I said coldly: "It won't be for soaking mummies—" I only spoke half a sentence, but Hu Ming gave me a sudden wink and touched me with his elbow. I was taken aback and didn't dare to say any more, so I quickly changed my words and said, "Are you much better now?" Ada took a few more breaths, and then, staring at the half of the remaining wine in the glass with extremely suspicious eyes, he muttered: "I bet the mummy will wake up after drinking something like this." I took a breath: "Just now you mentioned 'they are here again' and said 'Qi Bai must have failed', what exactly do you mean, please tell me from the beginning!" Ada immediately looked at me with the same degree of suspicion as he looked at the glass of wine, and then cast a questioning look at Hu Ming.I said, "My name is Wesley, and I am a good friend of Professor Hu." Ada said "Oh": "It's you! You saw the virus today, and not long after you left, they came again." He repeated the phrase "they're at it again".At this time, I already saw that Ada's narrative was not organized. It would be even worse if he told the story from the beginning. It would be better to ask him little by little and make his answers coherent. I have also felt that the "they" mentioned by Ada and "Qi Bai did not succeed" may have a great relationship with my exploration. I tried to sound as calm as I could. "They? What are they?" I still used the question I asked the first time. Ada looked straight at me and asked, "What do you think they are?" I held back my annoyance and said, "How do I know? I haven't seen them before. It's you who are so scared because they are here again?" Ada was startled, and muttered to himself: "I'm scared? Am I scared? I'm very scared." I snorted and said, "When you came in just now, you were as scared as if you were surrounded by ten hungry cats." dead mouse." Ada smiled wryly, and wiped the sweat on his face with his hand: "Actually, there is nothing to be afraid of." I was really annoyed by his attitude: "If you don't answer my questions honestly, then you will definitely be afraid !" Hu Ming shouted: "Wesley, it's despicable to intimidate people like this." I couldn't bear it anymore, so I punched hard and hit the table. The sound was so loud that I was surprised.The strength of this punch was indeed a little stronger when I was furious.But Hu Ming's antique table must be too old, and the wood has changed, so that after I hit it, after a loud noise, I pierced a hole in the table top. Ada's eyes were wide open, and he jumped up, pointed at me, and said in a trembling voice, "You...you...are they in the same group?" I snapped, "What are they?" This is the third time I have asked this question. Ada looked at Hu Ming in surprise, and Hu Ming was also startled and terrified, but also helpless: "You can answer whatever he asks. Don't make him angry again. When you get angry, you don't look like a human at all." Ada looked at me again: "Then...you...are in the same group." Still no questions asked at all.But I can know something.One, "they" were people, not monsters, because Ada thought I was "one of them." Second, most of the tempers of "they" are not very good. I stared at him: "Okay, they're here again, today?" Ada took two steps back before nodding again and again.I asked again: "So, when did they first come?" Ada said, "Three...three months ago...about...three months ago." I said, "They came to see the virus? What's the matter?" Ada looked at me for a long while, until he seemed sure that my fist piercing through the table would not greet him, then he calmed down a bit and began to answer my questions in a more orderly manner.