strange village

, cool and damp, but his body is greasy and uncomfortable, why not wash it, he thought so, and saw that he came out with a bathrobe on his sleeves, took out a glass of beer from the refrigerator, and poured it into a cold glass In the cup, he sighed comfortably.

Dongyue brushed past him, wanting to see the tattoo on the back of the neck, but the bathrobe and the fluffy hair after washing had covered the back of the neck well, so she couldn't see anything.

He buried his head into the bathroom, turned on the faucet, and the hot water immediately poured on his body. It was very refreshing, and every pore was letting out a comfortable sigh. Suddenly, he has been here for more than two months, and he occasionally goes to the village occasionally, but the people who look up and look down every day are actually only two brothers, Huai Xiu and Zhu Yao. Zhu Yao is still taciturn and acts mysteriously. Regardless of his appearance, he seems like an otaku, elusive, and makes people feel difficult to get along with, but aside from these, he is actually very attractive, with deep-set eyes, handsome eyebrows, and a kind of fierce and indifferent handsomeness, It makes people feel unfathomable.It’s because this person talks so little that people can’t figure out what he’s thinking. When he talks occasionally, he also talks about some topics that are difficult to answer. The questions he dabbled in were too off-the-wall, making it difficult for the listener to get into the topic.

Speaking of the topic of chat, either the two parties in the conversation have a topic of common interest, or it is best to start with a daily topic that everyone has to touch, but Dongyue dare not talk about these things with Zhuyao, it always feels like offending him, Even if he didn't show disgust, Dongyue would still be uneasy.

Compared with Huaixiu, he is much more cordial. He is not only talkative, but also often asks him to accompany him to do various things. In fact, he is just instructing him to do this and that, and he also likes to joke. Sometimes he looks a little aggressive, which makes him Dongyue was at a loss, but this tension could be quickly and easily resolved, and the two got closer after a fight.And he is a good listener, but even so, he is not close enough to share each other's secrets, so they have a tacit understanding not to touch the red line.

With such a heavy rain, I have to do my own food for dinner. There is no one to deliver food here, and I can’t count on others to help. Dongyue quickly went to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables, and then made another meal with the stock in the refrigerator Simple dinner.On a stormy night, the trio dined on ham and potato salad, spaghetti with beef aubergine and fried pork meatballs with a sweet sauce.Someone at the dinner table started talking about the woman who died before.

Dongyue asked: "Is it buried here after death?"

Zhu Yao ate in silence, then raised her eyelids and glanced at him.

Still Huaixiu answered him: "That's not the case. The corpse will be processed and recovered in a special way. There will be a special person in charge, and it will be recorded in the file."

"Is there no one to pay homage?" Dongyue asked.

"There are no tombs for those who died here. If you want to remember, you can do it anytime, anywhere, as long as you have this heart."

Isn't this strange?Although burials are no longer popular outside, isn't there even a tombstone?

"But generally speaking, tombs are considered very important, right?" Dongyue said.

"Maybe, but we don't have such a custom here. When we go to the cemetery to pay homage, can we remember the appearance of relatives and friends? Maybe some people can, but many people can't. Instead, they revisit the old places and think about things when they see them." When she is a human being, she can recall the dead more. And there are no relatives here, and of course no one has set up a grave for her."

The reason why sacrifices can be handed down is because people believe that people have souls, and after death, the soul does not know where to go. The body is preserved under the tomb, and the tombstone is proof.

Huaixiu continued: "Those posthumous ceremonies are nothing but regrets entrusted to the hearts of the living. If you want, you can set up a clothes tomb, but probably no one will go to worship it."

Dongyue looked a little sad. If it wasn't for the burial, it seems that the body was destroyed in some way in that building.

"Didn't you say that it's better for people to think more about living things?"

……

Two weeks later, the first draft of Dongyue's new work was completed.

Early this morning, Dongyue got up with excitement, dressed quickly, and went downstairs to have breakfast, but there were no sleeves on the dining table.

"What about Huaixiu, haven't you gotten up yet?"

Zhu Yao showed two distinct black and white eyes from behind the coffee cup, and replied, "I haven't seen it, why don't you call him from his room?"

Dongyue trotted upstairs, knocked lightly on the door in front of Huaixiu House, but there was no response.

Pushing the door open and entering, only to find that the bed was neat and cold, as if someone had slept there before. Could it be that he wasn't there at all last night?Or did you go out early in the morning without saying hello to anyone?

He went downstairs again and told Zhu Yao the news. He was not very surprised and turned around to call Huaixiu, but he didn't get through.Then he called the villager Huaixiu who visited the clinic yesterday, and the answer he got was even more puzzling. The other party claimed that he was in good health and had never called, and Huaixiu had never come.

This is strange.

The last time Dongyue saw Huaixiu was at lunch yesterday. At that time, he only mentioned that he was going out, but he didn't ask much.He himself was busy revising the drawing during dinner time, so he didn't go downstairs for dinner on time, so he didn't see Huaixiu either.

"Actually, I didn't see him coming back last night. He called back in the evening and said that he would not come back for dinner until he was busy." Zhu Yao hung up the phone

"Then did he mention where he was?" Dongyue was a little uneasy.

"I didn't say, maybe he just stopped by someone's house, and the patient stayed overnight because of something." Zhu Yao was very calm.

Dongyue still vaguely felt that something was wrong. During dinner, there was still no sign of Huaixiu, and she called other villagers, but she didn't get any clues.

This is weird. Could it be that something happened in the mountains, the car broke down?Or met a beast?

"Won't there be any beasts here?" Dongyue asked. Except for edible animals, he really didn't notice any other animals here. It is said that there should be wild birds and beasts in the mountains and forests, but there may not be any here. It looks so primitive.

"Although no one has encountered a wild beast before, it is not certain that there is no such thing."

Dongyue panicked immediately: "Then it would be dangerous for him to be alone in the forest?" As she said that, she wanted to go out to find someone.

"You wait first!" Zhu Yao called him, and seeing Dongyue turned her head, she said again: "Don't worry, even if there is anything, he can handle it. He is much more powerful than you imagined, maybe it's just The phone is dead, don't worry so much, it will be fine."

"It's already this time, how can you not worry?"

"Don't be in a hurry," Zhu Yao said in a blunt tone, "It's so dark now, the terrain in the mountains is complicated, and you don't know the way, so it's not suitable to go in. I went out to look for it in the afternoon. Since I couldn't find it on the main road, I went in." The mountain is gone, tomorrow morning, I will look for it with you, go to bed early today, worrying is useless."

Dongyue actually knew in her heart that even if she rushed into the mountains impulsively, it would not help.

"Maybe he went out of the village to have some fun. Isn't that how you met him?" Zhu Yao said, not seeming very worried.

"But there was a mission that time, and didn't it say that there were rules against staying overnight?"

Zhu Yao just shrugged his shoulders, didn't say anything, turned around and went upstairs to his room.

Speaking of which, this rule is very strange, everyone is free to come and go, who can control that they can't spend the night outside?

At night, Dongyue tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.Because of the news of Huai Xiu's sudden disappearance, his nerves were in a state of high tension, and various strange conjectures popped up in his mind from time to time.

For example, did the villagers hide anything? He didn't believe that Huaixiu would tell silly lies. If Huaixiu wanted to leave the village, there was no need to hide anything, all he had to do was tell him.He left without saying a word?is it possible?for what?There is everything here, why did he leave?Never heard him mention it.Also, isn't there a place I haven't looked for?Since it is said that only Huaixiu and Dongyue can enter that white building, is it there?

Once I have these thoughts, I can no longer control them, my thoughts are like wild horses running wild, like lava erupting, and I can't stop at all.Dongyue felt that at this moment she was almost like a woman who suspected her husband of cheating, fell into boundless suspicion, and was about to be overwhelmed by curiosity.

Driven by this inexplicable mood, he got up from the bed, put on his clothes, and sneaked out the door. Afraid of waking Zhu Yao up, he didn't dare to use his car, so he just took the flashlight in the drawer and walked in. In the darkness.

☆, white building

The area where the white building is located is in two directions from where they usually live, and the distance is not close. Although it is not far from a height, it still takes a lot of time to walk to the front on two legs.

When she walked to the building, Dongyue was already out of breath, and there was a thin layer of sweat on her forehead.

He thought the house would be completely dark, but when he took it nearby, he found that the second floor of the house was lit, would it be like this at night?He never noticed it, and he rarely hung out after dark.

The door was not locked, and it opened with a push.He walked into the building, closed the door and went up to the second floor.

The incandescent lights are a bit dazzling. The space on the second floor is very spacious, and almost all the rooms are connected. There are some box-shaped machines in the room, and the indicator lights on them are on and blinking.There is a row of large screens on the west wall of the room. Dongyue reached out and touched it lightly. The screen lit up. It was a touch screen.

He opened a folder casually.The content inside is:

【No. H22038121】

Name: Lin Changchang

Gender: Female

Age: 41 years old

Height: 167cm

Weight: XNUM X kg

hair color: black

Eye color: dark brown

Occupation: Architectural Designer

Cause of death: Drowning

Processing method: destroy

The cause of death was drowning?It seemed to be the woman who died a while ago.

He clicked on some other files, most of which were unintelligible codes, until he opened the bottom folder, which read:

【No. VRSN001】

Name: Huaxiu

Height: 180cm

Weight: XNUM X kg

Hair color: brown

Eye color: dark brown

Skin Tone: Toned Light Skin Tone

Occupation: Doctor

Service Log: Encrypted

What does maintenance mean?What the hell is reconciling light skin tone?After thinking about it, the sleeves were indeed quite white, and strange conjectures began to linger in his heart.

Going further into the room, one side of the wall is a whole row of glass cabinets, which seem to be locked with a code, and the glass sterile cover cannot be easily opened. Looking in through the transparent glass, Dongyue hurriedly retreated.Inside were many whole eyeballs, and they were connected to some unknown equipment. The other end of the equipment was connected to some half-closed boxes in the distance. His heart beat faster, and a layer of white sweat appeared on his arms and neck. .

Taking a closer look, the top of the box is made of transparent sapphire glass, and there is a human brain inside, all of these are actually there?

At this time, he noticed something glowing in the depths of the room. When he got closer, it was a box-shaped object, which seemed to be made of transparent crystal. It was as tall as a person, and there was a faint light from inside. He wanted to get closer, try to touch and see what material it was made of.

As a result, the box opened automatically like a sensor door.Dongyue was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to do.go in?It's not a trap, is it?

As for people, you should understand the truth that you will not die if you don’t do it, but you must know that when the temptation is in front of you, it is really difficult not to touch it.

He stood there hesitating for a while, and the door didn't show any signs of closing. He stepped in by a ghost, but the moment he fully stepped into the box, the door behind him closed instantly.

He broke out in a cold sweat immediately, scolding himself for being stupid, he didn't know what function it was, so he came in casually, if this was a machine for destroying corpses, wouldn't he be doomed soon!

After a while, he clearly felt the vibration under his feet, and the box-shaped object began to move. Is this an elevator?He felt that he was sinking with the box. Although there were glass-like crystals all around, he couldn't see the outside clearly, it was pitch black.He didn't know how deep it fell, and the box stopped. Unlike the darkness just now, he found that his surroundings were now surrounded by strange and soft colored lights.

Through the refraction of the crystals, the walls on all sides are emitting different colors of light, one side is white, the other side is red, the other side is yellow, and the other side is blue.Upon closer inspection, a crack gradually opened from the center of the plane, opening and closing slightly and still shaking slightly, like a huge eyeball.He just wanted to look up to see if there was light above his head and under his feet, but he found that the side that was emitting white light just now had become dim and dark again, and then the other sides also began to gradually dim. What does this mean?He reached out to touch the glowing wall and found that it was like a projection and could penetrate, while the black side was a cold and solid crystal.

So do you have to choose your own side to go out?

Seeing that the other three sides were getting darker and darker, and there was almost no choice, his heart swayed, and he walked towards the red eyeball. Sure enough, he didn't feel like hitting a wall. He passed through the red eye, and in front of him was actually A dark tunnel, the sweat on his body has gradually turned cold, Dongyue felt dizzy, there seemed to be light in front of his eyes, he propped up his body with all his strength, and walked forward reluctantly.The light in front of him was so close, but he walked so far away. He felt his head getting heavier and his steps slowed down. He had to go out quickly.But the tunnel seemed to be too long, or the machine just had some bad influence on his body, so he finally couldn't support it and fell to the ground.

At this time, there was a faint human voice behind him, and before Dongyue fell into a coma, she faintly heard hurried footsteps.

Who is it?Waixiu... are you here?Is it a dream?

Half asleep and half awake, Dongyue felt that she was leaning on someone, supported by a pair of strong arms. He no longer felt uncomfortable, but his head was still heavy, and the place where his body touched was dry and warm.

"Go to sleep for a while, it seems that you have a fever." Not with sleeves.

It was a familiar voice. He was being carried behind his back. This person walked slowly but steadily.Dongyue closed her eyes: "Is the sleeve all right?"

"fine."

"That's good."

"kindness."

"He's not human, is he?"

"kindness."

Afterwards, no one spoke again, only the man who was walking with a heavy load felt a trace of warm moisture from his neck.

In 1996, the cloned sheep Dolly was born at the Roslin Institute in Scotland, which is the cornerstone of the bionic artificial humans that are widely used in the world today.

The number of organic artificial humans has grown in the context of labor shortages caused by rapidly declining fertility rates.Their appearance is no different from that of humans, and their sleeves are probably one of them.

Dongyue had a dream, she kept climbing in a high tower, opened one door after another, until she was out of breath, praying all the time, this is the last door, but the journey seems to be endless .

The development of science and technology is like climbing a tower. Even if humans have climbed to such a high place, this is still not an ideal country. The surroundings are full of fragments of the dreams of the ancestors, and this tower is continuously piled up. It will probably be like this in the future Keep piling up.In this case, as long as we continue to develop, will we move a little further away from the endless and distant kingdom of heaven?Why is there such a vast and boundless loneliness? .

In deep sleep, Dongyue felt that some memories that did not belong to him had squeezed into his brain from the gap of consciousness, making him even more dizzy.

After an unknown amount of time, Dongyue opened her eyes, and found herself lying on a bed in a strange room, and there was someone next to her, who seemed to be sleeping soundly. Her short, curly hair was scattered on the pillow, her breathing was still steady, and she didn't seem to be awake.

He turned over and tried to sit up, but he didn't succeed, his head was still a little dizzy, and he had no strength at all.

At this time, Zhu Yao's hoarse voice came from beside him: "Are you awake?".

Dongyue was taken aback: "Ah, yes, where is this?"

"I came out to look for you, and found you fainted in the cave. After walking a long way, I found such a place where I can borrow. Do you want to sleep for a while?"

Zhu Yao turned around and lay on the bed, looking at him with narrowed eyes, not intending to get up immediately.

Dongyue had never seen this man with sleepy eyes before, his black hair was a little messy, which made him look a little fragile, Dongyue found it very novel, at this time he felt thirsty again, and caught a glimpse of a set of cherry blossoms on the low table beside him Tit figure tea set.

"Are you thirsty?" Zhu Yao rolled over and got out of bed, poured a cup, and handed it to Dongyue.

Dongyue stood up, drank the water in the cup, and felt that the dry internal organs instantly came to life.

"Another cup?" He took the cup in his hand and poured another cup, watched him drink it, and then touched his forehead, "It's okay, the fever is gone."

"Where is the sleeve?" Dongyue asked

"Where he should be. He's fine, you don't have to worry about him."

"Then shall we go back?"

"Where to go back?"

"Our home."

Zhu Yao stared at him with dark eyes, and the corner of her mouth raised slightly imperceptibly: "Really? It would be great if I could go back, but it seems that I can't go back now."

"Why can't you go back? Can't you go back the same way?" Dongyue asked.

"It's easy to get in, but hard to get out. After time, that place is a dead end."

"Then what should we do now?" Dongyue couldn't help feeling anxious.

"Let's figure out what's going on here first, look outside." Zhu Yao pointed to the oval window on the wall.

Dongyue got up from the bed swaying here and there, and walked to the window. It was a wide white room with a huge semi-circular window. Looking out from that window, there was only a vast expanse of sky in front of her, and the ground The ground is also undulating gray and white. At first glance, I thought it was snow, but there were some withered trees in the distance. From time to time, the wind blew by and brought up a piece of wind and sand. It was quite an unpleasant scene.

At this time, the door was knocked loudly: "Guest, are you awake?" It was a male voice that sounded very young.

"Ah? Who is it?" Dongyue froze beside the bed.

Zhu Yao got up and opened the door, and there was a boy standing at the door: "Are you awake?" Then he looked Dongyue up and down: "My guest, are you alright? When you came here yesterday, you had a bad fever. Friends are in a hurry."

After hearing this, Dongyue involuntarily glanced at Zhu Yao's expressionless face, the hazy look when she just woke up no longer existed.With such a face, can you tell that you are in a hurry?

"Well, I'm fine now, thank you for letting us live here, for causing you trouble." Dongyue said embarrassingly touching her head.

"You're welcome, my sister asked you to stay here. It's terrible for you to spend a night outside in this situation." The boy laughed.He was born with long hands and long legs, and he looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old.

"That's it, then we must thank her in person!" Dongyue said.

"But she has already gone out, and she may come back later, but she made some food, you can use some first." The boy said.

With that said, the young man led them downstairs briskly.

"Don't know your names yet?" the boy asked.

"I am Dongyue, and he is Zhu Yao."

The boy smiled: "I see, call me Axi, my sister's handicraft is very good, go and try it."

Hearing this, Dongyue really had some expectations, but when he sat at the dining table, he was dumbfounded. There were a few plates on the table, and there was something in them. If it was really food, it would be sold. The truth is very difficult to describe.

"What kind of animal meat do you think this is?" Dongyue looked at the things on the plate and whispered.

"You really want to know?"

In fact, Dongyue was already very hungry, but she didn't know what the food in front of her was made of, so she was really muttering in her heart.

"I think it should be the meat of snakes and lizards, and the side dishes are like cistanche, eat it, it's okay." Zhu Yao said, picking up a piece and tasting it.

Dongyue also tasted it, and it tasted delicious.

Seeing that he could eat, Zhu Yao also felt relieved.

Although his physical strength has recovered, there are other problems right now. Why would someone settle in this place?Drinking water and food must have been scarce.

At this time Axi came: "My sister is back."

They followed Axi through the building, and along the way they found that the doors and windows in the building were all arc-shaped. Soon they were brought to an empty room, where a person was waiting for them.

☆、Desert adventure

Standing in the light coming in from the window, the man was tall, even taller than Dongyue, his skin was a lustrous honey color, his black hair was cut short in the front, and the long hair in the back was braided into a tight ponytail. The graceful body is full of vitality, wrapped in neutral black clothes.

"I'm Mo Tan, welcome, my brother, one of you was unwell yesterday, is he feeling better now?"

Dongyue hurriedly said: "It's much better, I'm fine now."

She smiled and nodded at the two of them. Her voice was slightly lower than that of ordinary women. She was not pretentious, soft and moist, and it sounded reassuring. Rest here for a few days, and a doctor will come here tomorrow, so let him come for a check-up, so you can feel more at ease."

Dongyue just opened her mouth to say that she was fine, for fear of causing trouble to others.

Mo Tan added: "Don't think so much, just stay at ease."

The kindness is hard to refuse, and it is not easy to refuse, Dongyue glanced at Zhu Yao, nodded in agreement, "Then we will not be polite."

"Speaking of which, where did you come from?" Mo Tan asked.

Dongyue was startled, not knowing how to answer for a while.

It was Zhu Yao who continued the conversation, telling Mo Tan how they got here, half false, half true, half true.

Mo Tan showed a surprised look on his face, and said, "I haven't heard of such a thing for a long time, how did it happen?"

"That's a long story." Dongyue sneered.

"Then let's talk about it later, you stay here first, you can use the things in the house as you like, but there is a desert outside, it's best not to walk around alone, you will get lost." Mo Tan said.

Dongyue agreed, and asked again: "I don't think the wind and sand in this area are particularly strong. Where did such a large desert come from?"

"It's been like this since we were born. Although this piece of sand looks endless, the oasis is actually not far away. It is very fertile and has plenty of water. You can get what you want. My best friend also lives there. My family Here, rather than saying it is a desert, it is better to say that it is a relatively peculiar landscape of this generation, like a huge bonsai, isn’t it interesting?”

Dongyue smiled and said: "The buildings here are really unique, like caves, why are they built like this?"

"By taking advantage of the convenience of the terrain, just find some sand dunes formed by the accumulation of sand, and then dig directly inside the sand dunes, you can create caves of different shapes according to your own ideas, open up according to your needs, and connect the caves. That’s it, the exposed hole is used as a door and window, and you can directly see the white desert and the sky outside.”

She went on to say: "The weather is fine today, let's go outside for tea!"

Speaking of this, Mo Tan seemed to get excited suddenly, his eyes lit up.

So they followed Mo Tan around in the cave, and after passing through a slightly narrow passage, they suddenly saw an oval-shaped cave entrance. Is it really good?

The outside is white, there is neither a courtyard nor a fence, but not far away there is a red-roofed hexagonal gazebo without even a veil. What is there to sit and watch?In the distance, a gust of wind stirred up a cloud of dust, and then gradually subsided.

They followed Mo Tan into the gazebo, Mo Tan let them sit for a while, then turned and went back to the house, and came out with a tea tray after a while.In addition to tea, there are also some unknown snacks.However, although there is no sandstorm here, the breeze will still bring some wind and sand. Do you want to sit here and eat sand?Unexpectedly, Mo Tan put down the tea tray and pressed a button on the side of the chair. A transparent barrier was lowered around the gazebo. It was difficult to detect its reality without looking carefully. It looked like a veil from a distance, with some fabric fluttering slightly. Dynamic.

"What kind of black technology is this?" Dongyue stared at the transparent barrier and asked curiously.

"This is a glass curtain, it's very common here! Come and see my courtyard!" Mo Tan tied a strand of hair behind him, poured tea for them, and said proudly.

"Garden? But there is nothing here." Dongyue smiled and looked around.

"Why not! Look over there is a sandstone bonsai that I have been making for two months." Mo Tan pointed to the outside and said.

Dongyue carefully looked in the direction of her finger. It was indeed covered with white gravel, occasionally decorated with some dry branches, and some gray stones were scattered here and there, forming the appearance of a rockery. The stones are placed in the lines of water ripples, which has the feeling of dry landscape in Japanese gardens.

There is indeed a small piece of colored sand in the white sand in the distance, which should be some green drought-tolerant plants.

"But there is no fence in your courtyard, so how can others know that this is your courtyard and not the desert outside?"

"Fence? You don't need that kind of thing. In this desert, as long as the things I have transformed belong to my courtyard."

Dongyue couldn't help thinking: Where did your domineering aura come from?

After thinking about it, she probably meant that there were no other houses here at all.

He silently glanced at Zhu Yao beside him, Zhu Yao didn't speak, but patted the back of his hand lightly under the table, and then drank tea silently.

The tea set and tableware that Mo Tan brought were all in the shape of snow-white shells, I don't think she would like this kind of thing, shells and deserts are really a strange match.

Dongyue took a sip of the tea soup and said, "Huh? This is not green tea, it has a very special taste."

"Well, this is tea made of sea buckthorn and cinnamon, what do you think, are you used to drinking it?"

Dongyue nodded.

"Axi, isn't he coming to eat?" Dongyue looked at the three sets of tea sets on the table.

"Compared to these, he prefers to play in his own room. He is still a child. He doesn't know how to appreciate the beauty of the courtyard, so don't worry about him."

"Is there no one else living in this place?" Dongyue asked.

"Yes, it's just that it's been a long time, and many people have disappeared." Mo Tan's expression softened, as if he remembered something.

"Missing?" Dongyue said.

"It's just that one by one disappeared, disappeared, some disappeared as a whole family, there was some reason in the beginning, some may have died somewhere and were buried in the sand, some were just tired of the boring and lacking here, and the whole family migrated to other places Where is it? At first, there were people who cared and said hello, but then more and more people left, and gradually there were fewer people, and they stopped asking. Now, except for me and Axi, no one is active in this area, but There are quite a few people at the oasis."

It is not incomprehensible to stay away from the barren land with harsh conditions in order to live better.

"Is the traveling doctor coming tomorrow from the oasis?" Zhu Yao asked.

"That's right, the oasis has a large population, but the traveling doctor doesn't have a fixed residence, so he stays for a while when there is work."

"Today, you have a good rest. The doctor will arrive tomorrow morning. After seeing the illness, I will take you out to play!"

"Go out to play? Is there anything to play in the desert?" Dongyue asked curiously.

"There are some small animals!" Mo Tan's black eyes sparkled.

"Little animals... Could it be true?" Don't be hyenas and wolves, what if she said that cute thing?

"The Gila woodpecker, the hopping roadrunner, the iguana, and the desert fish." Mo Tan was familiar with everything.

"Are there any fish in the desert?" Dongyue asked.

"Of course there are, there are quite a few, and there are crucian carp, catfish and so on. If you find the sand lake, you can catch black fish in it, rub some salt and roast it, it will be tender and fragrant." Mo Tan said.

Having said that, Dongyue became somewhat interested.

"Isn't it said that a sandy lake like this would dry up every year? And it's an isolated stagnant water that cannot be connected to other waters. It is said that once the lake dries up, all the wild fish will die. Then why does it dry up every year? There is stagnant water, but there are still fish?" he asked.

"Some fish will make holes in the sand and hide in the ground to sleep, and they can survive for many years. And even if the fish dies, as long as there are fish eggs alive, as long as there is water and the temperature is right, new ones will soon reproduce. fish, nature has its own way."

"You do this for a living?" Zhu Yao asked.

"It's not exactly, actually, I'm planning to go to the oasis tomorrow, passing through the desert, just passing by." Mo Tan laughed.

"You guys take a good rest here today, I will deliver lunch to your room, and let Axi call you for dinner." Mo Tan said.

"Okay, I'll trouble you then." Dongyue said.

Back in the guest room, the surroundings seemed extremely quiet. There were two chairs in the room. Dongyue sat on it and said, "What do you think?"

Zhu Yao leaned on the bed as soon as he entered the room, lazily leaning against the pillow, and said, "You can stay here, no problem."

"Then what do you think of this family?" Dongyue asked.

"Mo Tan? You should get along well."

"You'd better go to bed and sleep for a while, you might be busy tomorrow, be careful that your health won't take it anymore." Zhu Yao half-closed her eyes, and patted the soft pillow beside her with her right hand.

"Lie down and close your eyes."

I don't know how long he walked behind his back that night to find this place, he must have been very tired.

For some unknown reason, Dongyue still felt her temples throbbing, so she folded her clothes and lay down, pressing her fingers lightly on her temples.

"Headache?" Zhu Yao's deep and magnetic voice came from a very close place, making the back of his ears slightly numb.

Dongyue hummed indiscriminately, but felt heat approaching from her side.

With a pair of big hands, he gently pushed away his fingers that were pressing on his temples, and replaced them with his own warm fingers, pressing up on the acupuncture points without haste.

"Is it heavy?"

"It's not heavy, it's so comfortable." Dongyue closed her eyes, and the heat came from the slightly callused fingertips, calming his beating nerves, making her whole body submissive. After a while, sleepiness gradually hit.

Half asleep and half awake, the image of Huaixiu appeared in Dongyue's mind again, and she couldn't help asking: "What happened to Huaixiu?"

Zhu Yao sighed, "It must be a malfunction."

"What happens if it fails?" Dongyue asked.

"It's the same as when a person is sick, someone will take care of him."

Dongyue felt relieved, and before falling asleep, she didn't know who she was talking to: "Since I woke up, I seem to have someone else's memory in my mind, or did I see you before?"

Zhu Yao's breathing was obviously stagnant, but he didn't answer.

☆、Pork, chicken, snowflake beef

Early the next morning, the doctor came. It was an older man. He examined Dongyue and asked some questions. He confirmed that there was nothing serious about it. It was just a common cold. Everyone was relieved. .

Dr. Mo Tan had breakfast with him, and the man said that he had to go to the next place, so it was inconvenient to stay for a long time.Dongyue asked the doctor if he knew how to leave the desert, but he shook his head. Although he said he was a traveling doctor, his travel range was only within the white desert.

Without thinking about it, Mo Tan urged the two of them to hurry up.