reincarnation train

Early the next morning, Tang Yunsi yawned and woke the two of them up, and after a brief tidying up, Wu Xiajiu took out a bag of sweet potato chips from his backpack for breakfast, and continued to set off while gnawing.

"I heard that there is a professor in the fourth carriage who specializes in the study of history and culture, and is particularly interested in that mysterious and unknown history and culture." Tang Yunsi said meaningfully.

"Where did you hear that?" Wu Xiajiu paused, then stuffed the sweet potato chips in his hand into his mouth, his cheeks puffed up immediately.

Shi Shangzuo's eyes were fixed on his rounder face, resisting the desire to pinch it with his hands, Tang Yunsi heard him chewing sweet potato chips, and couldn't help but take the sweet potato chips out of the bag. Took a few slices.

"This morning, I saw that it was almost dawn, so I went to other people's place for a walk. I heard, uh... these sweet potato chips are quite sweet." Tang Yunsi reached out to take a few more slices after eating, Wu Xiajiu Seeing this, he simply gave him the whole bag, since he was already full anyway.

"There are a lot of people around that professor, and they are very conspicuous when they gather together, and it's early in the morning, counting them making a fuss."

Wu Xiajiu: "So excited?"

Shi Shangzuo sneered: "It's nothing to do, it seems that everyone thinks this desert is safe."

Wu Xiajiu suddenly turned his head and asked him, "Mr. Shi, are you afraid of snakes?"

"Not afraid, what's the matter?" Shi Shang left shaking his head and said.

"That's good." Wu Xiajiu nodded, asked Tang Yunsi again, and got the same answer.

Just when the two were stunned by this question, they suddenly heard a miserable cry from the front. Someone walked quickly and reached the sand dune in front of them. At this time, they didn't know what they saw behind the sand dune. Suddenly screaming and falling from the sand dune, the shit slipped down.

"What's going on?" Someone asked blankly.

"Corpse... corpses, so many corpses!" The man pointed in the direction behind the sand dunes with a terrified expression.

"Corpse? It's not like I haven't seen it before. As for being so scared..." Someone muttered softly, thinking of the pile of bones that he saw before, he stretched his legs and climbed up the sand dune to take a look.

Wu Xiajiu clearly saw that after the man climbed the sand dune, his body became stiff, and his expression was exactly the same as that of the previous man, but he should have been mentally prepared in advance, so he didn't call out after all, but it seemed that he was Scared.

"It's a corpse, not a bone." Wu Xiajiu noticed what the man said before, but what kind of corpse did the man see to be so frightened?Although he was helped to comfort him, his expression was still terrified.

The three of them looked at each other and followed them up the sand dunes.

When he saw the situation behind the sand dunes, Wu Xiajiu heard Tang Yunsi beside him gasped. Even his back stood up, and his scalp became numb.

Because behind the sand dunes is not a corpse, but a piece of it!

I don't know how long those corpses have been dead, but it doesn't seem to be long. The corpses are still highly decomposed, and only bones are exposed in some places. This alone may not be a problem, but what is frightening is the movements of these corpses before they die.

Their lower bodies were all buried in the yellow sand, their upper bodies lay prone, their heads were raised, their faces were ferocious, and some hands scratched the sand, leaving traces, as if...they encountered some horrible sights or things before they were alive. He wanted to escape terribly, but it was too late, and he lost his life while escaping, and he was frozen here forever.

Wu Xiajiu noticed that the direction these corpses were facing was exactly the direction they came from. The strange thing was that they didn't smell any strange smell before they stepped on the sand dune, but once they stepped on the sand dune, The stench of the rotting corpse rushed away in an instant, making people sick. It was not obvious just now, but now it is more and more disgusting.

Tang Yunsi couldn't help vomiting, and covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, "It seems that if we want to move on, we have to go through this corpse."

However, the thought of passing among the corpses and seeing their horrific pre-death appearances is really creepy.

At this moment, someone broke down and shouted, "No, I don't want to leave! You have also seen the appearance of these corpses. Who knows what is waiting for us behind, they will die, they will definitely die!"

The three of Wu Xiajiu turned their heads and saw that there were two people arguing with each other. One person seemed to want to persuade him again, but was thrown away by the person who broke down and yelled just now, and went back the way he came. Okay, it looked a little lonely, but soon, someone came out of the crowd and followed behind that person.

Shi Shang said: "They wanted to get on the train without a ticket, and gave up looking for tickets in the world at the 13th station."

Wu Xia remained silent for a while before replying softly, "But at the next stop, they will have to find two tickets before they can get on the train. This time they are not used to it, and there will always be time to get used to it."

"It's all my own choice, and I have to bear the consequences..." Shi Shangzuo said with an unpredictable expression, "This is just the first site..."

Although some people left, most of them remained. Shi Shangzuo walked ahead and led the two of them down the sand dunes.

The corpse was right in front of my eyes, and there was a palm more than one meter away from Wu Xiajiu, with five fingers stuck in the yellow sand. I don't know whether it was trying to grab something desperately before death, or was covered by the yellow sand after death, but It could be seen that he was desperately trying to escape.

After staring at it for a long time, an illusion seems to have occurred in front of his eyes. Wu Xiajiu always felt that a finger was moving in that palm, but when he looked closely, it seemed to be an illusion of sight caused by the wind blowing on the sand.

"What are you thinking?" Shi Shangzuo waved his hand in front of Wu Xiajiu, bringing him back to his senses, "Isn't it because he was too scared to go over?"

Wu Xiajiu glanced at him quietly, "Yes, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that when I walk over, these corpses will suddenly come alive and drag me down."

Tang Yunsi licked his lips after hearing this, and said dryly, "No way, it won't be so scary? Can they still come back to life?"

"Is there anything impossible here?" He has seen the giant snake...

"Then what should we do?" Tang Yunsi began to think seriously about this possibility.

Wu Xiajiu said, "You... run faster?"

Tang Yunsi: "...Okay, I'll try."

People standing next to them and hearing them talking: Are you serious?brother!

However, no matter how horrific the idea was, they had to go. Fortunately, the distance between the corpses was close or far, and everyone picked a way to walk far away so as not to step on them.

Along the way, I know the cause of death of these corpses. Their mouths and noses are filled with yellow sand. Although it is also possible that they were blown by the wind after death, Shi Shangzuo pointed to one of the corpses and said, "Look His appearance."

The corpse fell not far from them, his body twisted, his expression painful, his hands on his neck still maintained the posture before death, his head was stretched back vigorously, as if he was out of breath, his mouth was wide open Then, the inside is full of yellow sand, even in the nostrils.

Wu Xia paused for a long time, then said, "He...couldn't have died of suffocation, could he? By the yellow sand?"

Shi Shangzuo nodded, and Tang Yunsi cried out, "How is this possible?!"

That's right, how is it possible... If he really died of suffocation due to yellow sand, why can't he spit out the sand before he dies, even if he keeps his mouth shut.

Shi Shang said, "Maybe it's because they encountered a black storm here and had nowhere to escape, so they could only be buried alive."

Once a black storm appears, it will cover the sky and block out the sun, and there will be strong winds in the desert. At this time, the sand will become a sharp weapon to kill people. It will continuously drill into your nose and mouth, and you will be buried alive in pain. die...

Wu Xiajiu's expression froze for a moment, looking at the corpse with his upper body exposed, he said, "So...these people are not going to be buried gradually, but after being buried, the sand was blown away by the wind, and then they were exposed. come out……"

Shi Shangzuo blinked and said, "Maybe, it's also possible that they were unwilling to die like this and climbed out by themselves."

"..."

Wu Xiajiu: "What do you want to do when you climb out? To breathe fresh air?"

Tang Yunsi was still flustered at first, but when he heard this, he burst out laughing. Shi Shangzuo couldn't laugh or cry, and finally pinched his face with his hands, "I didn't see it, Jiujiu, you still tell bad jokes Qualification."

Wu Xiajiu: No, I'm serious...

When he was about to go out, there was a little episode, a man suddenly yelled in fear, and when everyone looked over, he touched his head in embarrassment, saying that he thought the corpse grabbed his feet just now, It was later discovered that I had accidentally kicked it.

Seeing it was a misunderstanding, everyone turned around and continued walking. Staying in this place is a kind of torture, so we have to go out quickly.

Just as the figures of the people gradually disappeared on the horizontal line, the silent corpses suddenly started to move. At first, the sand flowed, and then the corpses that were still lying on their stomachs slowly raised their heads and moved their stiff bodies. , turning around in unison...

The direction they turned was the direction in which everyone disappeared, and their black eyes stared deeply, like a bottomless abyss...

But the people who continued to move forward finally saw a place with ruins near the evening.

"Could this be the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Loulan?" Wu Xiajiu frowned, groping the remnant wall that was no higher than his waist.

Desolation, at a glance, there are only a few buildings that resemble walls standing here, and they are all dilapidated. The place surrounded by walls is no different from the desert, except for sand.

Tang Yunsi was also puzzled, he looked at the ground and said, "Or are these just exposed parts, in fact... Loulan is buried under the yellow sand?"

Wu Xiajiu: "... If this is the case, it will be miserable."

Shi Shangzuo & Tang Yunsi: "???"

Wu Xiajiu: "Then how long do we have to dig!" He said sadly, "And there is no shovel yet!!"

"..."

Just kidding, Wu Xiajiu looked around again, and saw the professor Tang Yunsi mentioned earlier, as to why he knew it was a professor, because he looked like an old scholar, wearing glasses, and holding a Holding a pen and paper, he kept observing these remnants of the walls and recorded something.

Shi Shangzuo: "Seeing him, what do you think? Jiujiu."

Wu Xiajiu: "... grow stronger and stronger!"

Shi Shangzuo was a little silent, and said after a while, "I always feel like you drifted away after getting off the car... for a long time."