Chapter 48: The Tomb of Zi Che (Part 1)

  Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "You say this big and fluffy thing is Candle Jiuyin?"

  The little car looked at him and seemed speechless about his use of the word "fluffy".

  Wen Baiyu flipped the house card back and forth, saying: "Who sent me this kind of thing?"

  He said, Zi Che had already looked up at him and said faintly: "Boss, are you hiring or not?"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu looked him up and down and said: "Your skills are limited to carrying trays?"

  The little cart said: "I always have to eat."

  Wen Baiyu thought for a moment, feeling that anyway, it's better to find an acquaintance. Zi Che looked like he had good physical strength and could definitely handle carrying plates. If they didn't want him, who knows where this kid would go next to be a mercenary? Just thinking about Zi Che covered in blood and lying in a pool of blood made Wen Baiyu shudder.

  Wen Baiyu finally nodded, and Zi Che revealed a faint smile, looking like a child. This smile was completely incomparable to Wan Kuang Jing Hou's pretentious suave demeanor.

  Wen Baiyu arranged for Zi Che to stay in a small restaurant, as he had no place to live, so he vacated his studio and let him temporarily stay there while slowly finding a house.

  Wen Baiyu finished all these and then made a phone call to her uncle in Jinhua.

  The one who answered the phone was Xiao Shu Wen Jiu Mu.

  "Hey, little uncle, why are you sending me to Gansu again? Do you have another house there?"

  Wen Jiu Mu's voice paused for a moment, saying: "What Gansu?"

  Wen Baiyu said strangely: "Isn't the house card in Gansu sent by my uncle?"

  Wen Jiu Mu's voice stopped again, and then it was Wen Piao speaking. After a pause of about half a minute, he said: "Bai Yu, isn't that a hotel room card from Gansu Province with a photo of Rong Jiuyin inside?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "Yes."

  Wen Jiu Mu said: "Don't bother with this matter anymore, throw away the house card."

  Wen Baiyu was even more surprised and asked: "What's going on?"

  Wen Jiu Mu didn't say anything else, just said: "You listen to your younger uncle and it will be fine, throw away the house card, and run your small restaurant well. I'm telling you, don't go anywhere."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu was speechless for a moment. Ever since his younger uncle and older uncle had made up, he found that his younger uncle was becoming more and more arrogant...

  Wen Baiyu couldn't get an answer out of him, so he could only hang up the phone. It's just that this is his personality - the more you don't let him know something, the more he wants to know it.

  Wen Baiyu thought for a moment, her eyes rolled around, and she walked to the counter with a smile, fiddling with her computer, searching for the hotel's name.

  But this search made Wen Baiyu suddenly stunned, there was no such hotel on the internet, which hotel doesn't have online booking now?

  Wen Baiyu touched his chin, thinking that perhaps this hotel was too remote. He had always heard people say that Gansu had many deserts and remote areas, but Wen Baiyu had never been there and didn't understand.

  He was thinking, when suddenly Wan Qi Jing Hou pushed the door and walked in. Wen Bai Yu saw him and quickly went to support him, saying: "You're not at home taking care of yourself, what are you running out for?"

  Mo Xi Jing Hou said: "I can already see the outline, it's just very blurry."

  Wen Baiyu let him sit down, the phone suddenly rang, and thought it was Xiao Shu, ran over to answer, but it turned out to be Yu Wenyang, Yu Wenyang's voice was very anxious, saying that Tang Ziyu had fainted and had been sent to the hospital.

  Wen Baiyu was somewhat astonished, Tangzi had actually fainted?

  Tangzi's body is very good, and he is also a strong bird, how could he suddenly faint? And Tangzi just went out to purchase goods, this kind of thing he has done for many years.

  Wen Baiyu told Zi Che to watch the store and then went to the hospital with Wan Qi Jinghou.

  Yu Wei Yang was busy running back and forth, and had already completed the hospitalization procedures. Tang Zi lay on the bed, his face pale, his lips a faint purple color, with little blood flow.

  Wen Baiyu walked over and saw him like this, somewhat haggard, and said: "What's wrong with you?"

  Tang Zi shook his head and smiled: "Nothing big."

  Yu Wei Yang said: "What's the big deal, you don't even know what happened to yourself just now, you were in a coma and couldn't be woken up, the doctor has already issued a critical illness notice!"

  Tangzi was still smiling and said: "Boss Yu, why don't you sit down and take a rest?"

  Yu Wei Yang said, "Just in time you've arrived. Watch him for a bit, I'll go get some things he needs for his hospital stay."

  Wen Baiyu nodded slightly, allowing Yu Wei Yang to leave with a peace of mind.

  It was just as Yu Wei Yang had stepped out that the doctor came over and asked the family members to go talk, so Wen Bai Yu followed them out.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou casually closed the hospital room door and sat down, saying: "You didn't tell Yu Wei Yang what's going on?"

  Tang Tzu lay on his sickbed, staring at the ceiling and chuckled, saying: "I'm afraid he's heartbroken, anyway I won't die now."

  Wan Kuang didn't speak immediately, after a long while, he said: "Actually, when we were in Xiangxi, you already knew who Wen Baiyu was."

  Tang Zid nodded and said, "I really didn't expect it, what I've been looking for all along was by my side... However, Wen Baiyu's situation isn't great either, it seems like she can't save me either. Perhaps this is just fate."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said, "Actually, apart from the Phoenix Blood, there are many other legends in ancient times that can prolong life. Emperors of past dynasties have all been searching for the secret to eternal youth, perhaps there are other ways."

  Tang Zi laughed and said, "I didn't expect you'd be comforting others too?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou did not speak again, he simply stood up and pushed the door to walk out.

  Wen Baiyu stood at the door, although he hadn't heard everything, but he vaguely heard something about "extending one's life".

  Wen Baiyu wasn't stupid either. As soon as he thought of Tang Z suddenly fainting, and connected it to what Wan Kuang Jing Hou and Tang Z had said, he understood that it was definitely because Tang Z was about to turn thirty years old, and with the final deadline approaching, his body was slowly disintegrating.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou walked out and closed the door, saying: "Did you hear that?"

  Wen Baiyu nodded slightly and murmured "uh-huh".

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "You and Tang Zi are friends, I don't want to hide this from you either. Yu Wei Yang will also know about it sooner or later."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is there really a way to prolong one's life?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded and took out something from his pocket. Wen Bai Yu looked at it and found that it was a house card!

  Wen Baiyu noticed that the room number on this house card was next door to his own.

  Wen Baiyu said: "You also received a package? What's going on? My uncle and the others seem to have received it too, but they won't say what's going on."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "It shouldn't be just us, as long as someone has a bit of reputation on the Taoist path, I estimate they've all received invitations to go to Gansu. In the past few days, I heard some news that in Gansu there's an ancient tomb at the level of a marquis or above, and someone sent out a large number of invitations, so all sorts of pottery sons from various factions will gather in Gansu."

  Wen Baiyu said strangely: "So many people together?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said, "Because according to the information provided by Dao Shang, this is a sunken ship tomb buried in the desert, and it's very likely that there is an elixir of immortality inside the tomb."

  Wen Baiyu clicked his tongue and said, "This is strange. If one can really live forever, why bother building a tomb?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Throughout history, people have been searching for this kind of magical power, just like digging an ancient mine. It's not something that can be found by one generation or one dynasty. They will bring the most precious things into their graves, so later generations who want to find such things will first think of divination."

  Wen Baiyu nodded slightly, and Wan Kuang Jing Hou said lightly: "Moreover... Tangzi is like this, even if you know the probability is very small, don't you want to go take a look?"

  Wen Baiyu took a deep breath and said: "Then let's go take a look, and have Yu Wei Yang stay behind to take care of Tangzi."

  Wen Baiyu and Wan Kui Jinghou are both men of action, they immediately bought train tickets to Gansu, the place they are going is very remote, there is no desert in the urban area of Gansu, deserts are generally far away from the city, after arriving, they still need to take another car.

  From Beijing to Gansu, it takes almost nineteen hours by special express train. They bought two hard sleeper tickets and simply brought some luggage on board. Wan Qi Jing Hou said that these things can be bought in Gansu, otherwise they will all be confiscated on the train.

  Wen Baiyu and Yu Wei Yang exchanged a few words, then left with Wan Qi Jing Hou. The two of them walked hastily, Wen Baiyu said: "Fortunately, I hired an apprentice today, otherwise the small restaurant would have no one!"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou was very tall, putting his luggage on the hard berth's frame, then faintly said: "Who is the partner you're looking for?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "Ah, almost forgot to tell you, it's Zi Che."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly pointed to the passageway and said: "My eyes aren't seeing too clearly, but the outline looks very similar."

  Wen Baiyu looked up and her jaw almost dropped. She saw a young man wearing black clothes, carrying a simple backpack, walking towards her from the corridor.

  Wen Baiyu took a look and said, "If this kid isn't driving a car, his surname would be written in reverse!"

  The child walked over, still expressionless, and greeted them before shoving their luggage onto the rack opposite their beds.

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu glared at Zi Che and said, "What are you doing getting on the car?"

  The little car waved the house card in his hand, and he actually had one too!

  The child sat down on the lower bunk of their bed and said, "I also received one, let's go join in the fun."

  Wen Baiyu thought to herself, it seems this time is indeed lively.

  He had just finished thinking when he heard someone shouting: "Zhong Jian, hurry up!"

  Wen Baiyu raised his head and was surprised to see Xi Chi and Zhong Jian.

  Xi'er pulled Zhong Jian over from the train's passageway and walked over, looking at them in surprise, saying: "Huh? You guys are going to Gansu too?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "Yes..."

  Xie Chi smiled and said: "It seems that you have also received the invitation, that's good, more people will make it lively, our beds are next to each other."

  Zhong Jian still looked like a kind old man, carrying his luggage and smiling as he greeted them.

  Wen Baiyu watched the two people walk away and sighed, saying: "Alas, it seems that Zhong Jian's child-rearing is not easy either..."

  Wan Gui Jing Hou: "......"

  "Probably won't see any more familiar faces, right?"

  As he spoke, a large group of people passed by them, carrying a lot of luggage and speaking in a rough tone, looking like they didn't care about anything. A tall man stopped next to them and said to the group: "My seat is here, damn it, it's single."

  Several others laughed and said, "No big deal, come over and play cards later."

  Wen Baiyu surreptitiously glanced at these people, they all looked formidable and not easy to mess with, and their luggage was extremely numerous. Wen Baiyu couldn't help but think of what Wan Qi Jing Hou had said, that people with some reputation on the road would go to Gansu, and wondered if these people were among them.

  Soon Wen Baiyu proved it, and these people were indeed.

  The big man by the bed finished packing his luggage, looked down at the young man, who was staring at his phone with his head down, his skin very pale and slender, looking particularly vulnerable. The big man thought of switching places with him, wanting to take the lower bunk.

  The big Han Chinese with an unpleasant tone said: "Hey, kid..."

  As soon as he spoke, Zi Che raised his head, and the big man was suddenly startled, opened his eyes wide, and quickly sized up Zi Che.

  Because of his flustered movements, he took a step back and bumped into Mo Jie who was sitting on the edge of the bed. He was about to turn around and scold him for not watching where he was going when he saw Mo Jie again behind him!

  Dahan was even more shocked, took a glance at Wan Jieying Hou, then went to look at Zi Che, as if he couldn't believe his eyes, and looked again at Wan Jieying Hou, then at Zi Che.

  Dahan looked for half a day, and even Wen Baiyu couldn't help but laugh. He finally had a determined look on his face and said to Wan Jijing Hou in a trembling voice: "Is this... Master Jing?"

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but laugh at the title, why not just call him Master Hou directly?

  Wan Xi Jing Hou did not look at him and nodded slightly, actually because he couldn't see clearly what he looked like even if he looked.

  Da Han's face turned pale with fear, like a little white sheep seeing a big grey wolf. He fawned and said: "Really is Young Master Jing, I'm He Liu from the Chang family's shop. I didn't expect that Young Master Jing is also going to Gansu. Ah, this is great! We can follow Young Master Jing and learn from him."

  He finished speaking, but Wan Qi Jing Hou didn't show any reaction, as if he didn't want to exchange pleasantries with him. He directly lay down on the bed and fell asleep facing inward.

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou's face was quite big, but He Liu's expression was stiff, and he didn't dare to speak again. He turned his head to look at Zi Che, who was even more uncertain, not paying attention to him, lowering his head to stare at his phone, seemingly thinking about something, and soon lay down as well.

  The child lay on the lower bunk, with his hands clasped behind his neck and his eyes staring at the bed board of the upper bunk. He lay there for an entire afternoon, not speaking, not drinking water, and not going to the bathroom. It's really unclear whether he was trying to become a deity or not.

  Wen Baiyu was extremely bored, too lazy to climb up, so he squeezed beside Wan Jijinghou and patted him, saying: "Hey, hey, don't sleep, come and tell me about the deeds of Master Jing."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou turned his head and glanced at him, then immediately turned back to face Wen Bai Yu, saying: "What are you talking about?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "You seem very powerful."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou suddenly raised an eyebrow and curled up the corner of his mouth, saying: "What aspect are you referring to?"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu's heart suddenly went "wow", Wan Qi Jinghou's voice was light, but since He Liu knew who he was, he didn't dare to breathe loudly, and didn't speak to the bed's zi che either. The quiet space made his words extremely clear, Wen Baiyu's old face turned bright red, while Wan Qi Jinghou looked natural.

  Zi Che was lying on the bed in a daze when he heard the voice of Wan Kuang Jing Hou, and at first he was stunned for a moment before bursting out laughing with a "pu" sound.

  Wen Bai's face turned even redder, she glared at Wan Qi Jing Hou and said: "Speak seriously, what poverty are you talking about!"

  He Liu on the upper bunk was gazing at Wen Baiyu with a look of admiration, and Wen Baiyu's back was almost scorched by his gaze, but it was unclear what he was looking at.

  It was almost four thirty when people started boiling water to cook instant noodles. He Liu got out of bed early, fearing Wan Qi Jing Hou, and went to eat instant noodles, as if he were escaping.

  Wen Baiyu said strangely: "What kind of person is He Liu, and also a loser?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded and said: "I've seen them before, but they're more like a group of bandits, don't get close to them."

  Wen Bai Yu deeply agrees with him, looking at those people's attitude, it's really like a bandit.

  As soon as the sky turned dark, everyone went to sleep. He Liu ran to the next room to play cards. They must have thought that Wan Jie Jing Hou was asleep and whispered: "Wan Jie Jing Hou actually went to Gansu too, damn bad luck! It seems that there are not many people going to Gansu, can we still get something?"

  Another hoarse voice said: "Don't worry, we won't be too greedy, just picking up what they left behind, and we can also live a comfortable life for the rest of our lives."

  He Liu said: "This time's fight is so fierce?"

  A hoarse voice said, "Isn't that right, news from Master Chang? And I'll tell you... actually, this fight, apart from filling our bellies, if we're lucky, who knows, maybe we can even get ahold of some kind of spiritual medicine to eat!"

  He Liu said: "Is it that good? But even if there is a magic pill, it's not our turn, right? I'm telling you, next door has two Wan Qi Jing Hou, damn it! Can't even handle one!"

  A hoarse voice said: "What's two?"

  "What the hell! Two people look exactly alike, if not for one being a bit younger, I'd think my eyes are playing tricks on me! Could it be Wan Gui Jing Hou's son? Haha, his son is already so big, he's really something!"

  A hoarse voice said: "Be careful with that. Let's talk about romance."

  "He Liu said: 'Don't worry.'"

  Wen Baiyu listened to the sound of playing cards, which was like a lullaby, and slowly fell asleep. When he woke up, it was just dawn, but lying on the hard bed was very uncomfortable, and he couldn't sleep anymore. Moreover, he was actually very nervous in his heart, as this trip was for Tang Zicheng, and he didn't know if there would be any gains.

  Wen Baiyu went to queue up for washing, and when he came back, he saw several strong men next door still playing cards. He Liu saw him and said with a smile: "Young man, do you want to play cards?"

  Wen Baiyu shook his head, this guy was obviously trying to get a rise out of him.

  After another four or five hours, the train finally stopped at a station. Wan Xiang Jing Hou went to get their luggage, and they followed the crowd out of the train car. There were many people getting off the train, slowly squeezing out one by one.

  The child also carried luggage and followed them. Suddenly, his shoulder was bumped by someone. He looked up to see a man in a suit walking past him. The child saw the man, was stunned for a moment, and suddenly became tense, quickly lowering his head.

  After Wen Baiyu and others squeezed out, they turned back to take a look, only to see Zi Che walking slowly behind them, with his head down, not knowing what he was doing.

  Wen Baiyu called out to him and Zi Che finally lifted his head, still expressionless, quickly catching up.

  Xi Chi and Zhong Jian also squeezed out of the train and said: "Hey, let's walk together, have you rented a car?"

  Wen Baiyu shook his head and went to see Wan Jijinghou, Wan Jijinghou also shook his head, and Zi Che on the side also nodded slightly. Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a sense of helplessness, probably because he had rushed out too quickly, and everyone hadn't been able to catch up.

  "Then let's take the big bus?"

  Xi Chi smiled and said: "Look at you people who are completely unprepared, I've rented a car and the driver will be here soon."

  Xi Chi led them out of the train station and to the agreed meeting point with the driver, at which time they heard a "beep beep" sound. They looked up to see a luxury car stopped in front of them.

  Wen Baiyu was slightly surprised, thinking that Xi Qi was indeed something extraordinary, not ordinary at all. They even rented such a good car? However, weren't they going to enter the desert? Could this car enter the desert?

  Wen Bai Yu stared at Xi Chi in surprise, just as the car door opened. A driver wearing a suit and white gloves got out first, then opened the rear door. A woman wearing red high heels stepped out from inside, wearing sunglasses.

  Is Miss Chen...

  Miss Chen is really lucky, so many insect jade, actually also ran out.

  Miss Chen looked at Wan Qi Jing Hou and smiled: "I knew that such a grand occasion, Mr. Wan Qi would not be absent. If Mr. Wan Qi doesn't mind, he can take my car. I have already booked the best hotel. Let's rest in Lanzhou for a day first, and then drive there tomorrow."

  Still in the hotel, it's clear that they don't want to do a good job!

  Wen Baiyu's heart suddenly felt sour and astringent!

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was calm and collected, his eyes blurry, so he simply didn't even look directly at him, just saying: "No need."

  Miss Chen took a deep breath, seemingly suppressing her discontent, and smiled: "Since Mr. Wan has already thought out the route, I won't interfere too much... However, this time in Gansu, there are both northern and southern pottery masters, and I know that among them, Mr. Wan must be the most formidable. But there are many people from other factions, and they've even invited some Tibetan lamas. I won't question Mr. Wan's strength, but as for the others..."

  Miss Chen smiled and said: "I am sincere in cooperating with Mr. Wan, I have money, advanced equipment, what do you need, I can provide the best. How about it? This is more convenient than going to the black market to haggle over prices and pick out some inferior goods."

  Wen Baiyu was about to say something when Wan Jingshou paused for a moment and said, "Cooperation is possible."

  Miss Chen was delighted and said: "This is great, this is my business card. I'll have my people prepare the equipment and personnel. Mr. Wan can contact me at any time."

  Miss Chen finished speaking and got on the car very decisively, letting the driver drive away.

  Wen Baiyu glared at him and said, "How can you cooperate with her?"

  Wan Ji Jing Hou said: "Existing equipment and manpower, if not used, would be wasted. This time we're going to the desert, someone has to carry our luggage."

  Wen Baiyu thought for a moment and agreed. The desert was a place he had never been to before, and it wouldn't be okay if they didn't bring enough water and food.

  Wen Baiyu said: "However, if everyone around her is following Chen Xiaojie, won't it be a bit... incomplete?"

  "There is me here."

  Wen Baiyu nodded slightly.

  On the other side, Xi Chi couldn't help but laugh and looked at them with a sly gaze, saying: "Oh my, I've found that you two have been getting along better and better lately."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Xie Chi pulled at Zong Jian's sleeve and said, "Looks like we've missed something."

  They waited for a long time before the car came over. Everyone got in and it was a bad road, they had to drive all day to get there.

  Wen Baiyu was drowsy in the car, he was a person who didn't work with motion sickness medicine, so he had to fall asleep.

  Xie Chi saw Wen Baiyu lying on Wan Kuang Jing Hou's leg, and also pulled out a clock, laughing and lying on the clock's leg, stretching out her slender fingers to gently scratch the clock's pants line.

  Zhong Jian's body was a bit stiff, and finally, he couldn't help but reach out to grab Xi Chi's hand, saying: "Stop messing around."

  When the car arrived, Wen Baiyu had no idea how many times she had fallen asleep. She got out of the car and took a deep breath, feeling as if she had been reborn.

  However, he took a closer look and was immediately stunned. This wasn't even a hotel, let alone an inn, it was just a three-story dilapidated building that looked like it was about to collapse. The paint on the walls had all peeled off, some of the windows were broken, and when the wind blew, they creaked and groaned as if they might fall out at any moment.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the room card in her hand and found it hard to believe that such a hotel still had something as advanced as a room card.

  This is the latest hotel before entering the desert.

  As the crowd walked in, they suddenly smelled a sweaty smell. On the first floor of the hotel, many people were checking in, and many big men with luggage were squeezed together. Wen Baiyu had sharp eyes and saw He Liu from the train.

  This remote hotel is unexpectedly fully booked, and the rooms seem to be in short supply. It appears that everyone has come for the sunken ship ancient tomb.

  Wen Baiyu pulled the luggage into the house, next door lived Wan Qi Jinghou, but he naturally followed Wen Baiyu into the room, then pointed to his own eyes, indicating that he was a patient and needed someone to take care of him.

  Wen Baiyu had no choice but to resign herself to dragging in Wang Qi Jing Hou's luggage as well.

  "Wen Baiyu sat down and said, 'Are we going into the desert tomorrow? I see many people are going, if we go late, there will be nothing left, it would be a waste of time to come here.'"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded and threw a card at him, saying: "Go make a phone call."

  Wen Baiyu lowered her head and took a look, it was actually Chen Xiaojie's phone.

  "Why did I hit?" said Wen Baiyu with a flick of her tongue.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said: "You don't like me and her being in contact?"

  Wen Bai's face looked a bit uncomfortable, she resignedly picked up her business card and walked to the door to make a phone call.

  Miss Chen quickly picked up the phone and said: "Hello, is this Mr. Wan?

  "Wan Baiyu said: 'Sorry, I am Wan Baiyu.'"

  Miss Chen's voice was disappointed, but Wen Baiyu didn't have time to bother with her. He simply stated the departure time and the equipment and personnel required by General Wan Jinghou before hanging up the phone.

  There's a musty smell in the house, and the air is really bad. Wen Baiyu was on the phone when he opened the door to let in some fresh air. After hanging up the phone, he was about to close the door when he saw the back of Zi Che walking down the stairs. Who knows what this little guy is doing so late at night in an unfamiliar place?

  Wen Baiyu didn't think much and closed the door.

  The child put down the luggage, and the phone suddenly rang. It only rang once, and then there was a text message from an unfamiliar number with only two words - "come out".

  The child quickly put away his luggage and walked out of the room.

  The hotel was very old and didn't even have an elevator, so he walked down the stairs. Suddenly there was a noise behind him, and he stopped in his tracks, narrowing his eyes, but he couldn't see anyone.

  He took another step down, and there were still voices behind him. Just as he was about to stop, a force suddenly pushed him from behind, pinning him against the wall of the corridor, and twisting his arm back.

  "Hmm..."

  The child was pressed against the wall, a sharp pain came on, and his arm was almost twisted off, not a bit of strength could be used.

  A large hand reached out and covered his mouth, preventing him from making a sound.

  The child was startled, but feeling those hands, suddenly stopped struggling, and some hope appeared in his eyes.

  The person behind him chuckled and said, "Your guard is so lax, what are you thinking about?"

  Zi Che couldn't say a word, and the people behind him loosened their grip. Zi Che immediately turned around, took a glance at the man, and then said: "Father."

  The man nodded, stuffed something into his hand and said: "Tomorrow follow them into the desert, I will contact you, don't worry about anything else, got it?"

  The child nodded and said, "Understood."

  The man listened to him speaking and suddenly laughed, Zi Che was somewhat startled, and looked up at him in puzzlement.

  The man raised his hand and gently stroked his cheek. The action made the child in the car jump, but he didn't move.

  The man said: "What's wrong, are you still angry because your father beat you?"

  The little cart shook its head and said, "No."

  The man said: "If I don't hurt you, they will certainly not believe you."

  The little cart raised its head and said, "What's really inside the bronze box?"

  The man chuckled and said: "Do what you should do, don't ask questions that shouldn't be asked, got it?"

  The little car felt a bit suffocated in his heart, but he still nodded and stopped looking at the man.

  The man lifted up the chin of the child at this time, suddenly leaned down, and lightly kissed him on his lips.

  The young man's eyes widened suddenly, and he rubbed the back of his head, but behind him was a wall, with no room to retreat. He stared at the man in astonishment, his pale face surprisingly flushing red, his throat moving rapidly as if he were at a loss for what to do.

  The man looked at his reaction, smiled and said: "You think I don't see your thoughts about me?"

  The child's eyes were instantly filled with fear, and he trembled as he said: "I... I'm sorry, it won't happen again..."

  The man stared at him and said, "Why won't you make a move again? You like me, don't you? Anyone can tell from the way you look at me."

  He said softly, "Good child, you help me finish this matter with all your heart, and I won't let you go out again. You'll stay by my side and accompany me. Are you happy about that?"

  The child didn't say a word, just quivered his lips violently and finally nodded.

  The man patted his shoulder and went downstairs, saying: "I'll contact you again."

  He said, and then disappeared into the dark corridor.

  The child's expression was somewhat dazed, slowly walking up from the corridor, pushing open the stairwell door.

  He pushed open the door and his eyes widened instantly. Wan Qi Jing Hou was leaning against the window in the corridor, standing outside the door, a pair of slightly empty eyes staring at him.

  The child didn't say a word, wanting to walk straight back to the room, but Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly stood up and said: "Tomorrow at 9 o'clock in the morning, the equipment will arrive, and we'll set off after selecting our gear."

  The child responded with a sound, then turned around and entered the room, "click" closed the door, and immediately collapsed to the ground, taking deep breaths.

  The next day, before 9 o'clock, I heard a noise outside the hotel window. When I looked out, it was a fleet of cars that had arrived and were all parked at the hotel entrance.

  Miss Chen got out of the car in a bright red outfit.

  Wen Baiyu finally got out of bed, slowly went to wash up, and then went downstairs with Wan Qi Jinghou.

  The child has already gone, is choosing equipment and packing it into a backpack.

  The fleet is magnificent, and the equipment is all-inclusive, with nothing lacking. Chen Xiaojie smiled and said: "I've prepared everything I can, Mr. Wan needs to choose his own configuration."

  Wan Jie Jing Hou didn't say a word, he just stretched out his hand and gently touched those things. Chen Xiao seemed to think that his actions were very profound and mysterious, but in fact only Wen Bai Yu knew, because Wan Jie Jing Hou was now equivalent to being severely nearsighted without glasses, unable to see clearly...

  Miss Chen glanced at her watch and said, "The people Mr. Wan wants are also ready, all of them are experienced local men who will absolutely not drag their feet. These people will completely listen to Mr. Wan's arrangements, Mr. Wan just needs to use them, no need to be polite with me."

  She said, "In that case, I'll take my leave first and wait for Mr. Wan's good news."

  Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "You're not going?"

  Miss Chen smiled and said: "I still have an important meeting, since it's a cooperation with Mr. Wan, I completely trust Mr. Wan, whether I go in or not, it's the same."

  Wen Baiyu listened to her and thought it sounded good, but wasn't she actually afraid? After all, they were going to the desert, just like how much they liked Wang Jinghou, yet they were even afraid to enter the desert.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou mentioned a few pieces of equipment, and as he spoke, Wen Bai Yu pointed them out. Then the people sent by Chen Xiao Jie packed up everything Wen Bai Yu had pointed to. After that, Wan Jie Jing Hou packed two more backpacks, which he and Wen Bai Yu wore close to their bodies.

  Everyone is fully prepared and ready to depart. They have a total of three vehicles, accompanied by many porters carrying luggage. Wen Bai counted them and found that there were nearly twenty people! The food they carried was enough for self-service meals.

  Xi Qi and Zhong Jian were going to drive in themselves, but when they saw their convoy, they decided to go with them. With more people, it's less likely to be unexpected.

  Everyone got on the car, and there was a driver named Shen Lin, as well as a strongman called Peng Ye by others. He seemed to be afraid of Wan Kuang Jing Hou too, and didn't dare show off in front of him, so he just said his name was Peng Zi.

  Miss Chen also hired a local guide, but only told the guide that they were going into the desert to take a look and wanted to see more comprehensively, so they brought a lot of luggage. Since they paid a lot of money, the guide was suspicious but didn't say anything.

  They got on the car and drove very far. Wen Baiyu's motion sickness was about to occur when he saw the outside scene slowly change. It was indeed a desert, with endless yellow sand filling the sky, giving people a kind of desolate feeling that shook their hearts.

  The wind is very strong in the desert, and even with the windows closed, you can still hear the "whooshing" sound of the wind, as if it could shatter the glass at any moment. The sun is also intense, shining down on the endless dunes of sand, almost to the point of being blinding.

  Wen Baiyu was no longer dizzy from the carriage ride, and she stuck her head out of the window to look outside, seemingly very curious, with some excitement still in her heart. However, Wan Qi Jing Hou's expression was bland, as if all these things couldn't attract him, he had already seen it all before.

  "Wen Baiyu curiously said: 'Have you been to the desert?'"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded and said: "Twice."

  Wen Baiyu said: "What does it feel like?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said, "It feels like we're pushing our limits."

  Wen Baiyu clicked her tongue, this pressure was too great, even Wan Kuang Jing Hou said it was pushing the limits.

  Their convoy had been traveling all day, from morning till night, and they even ate lunch in the car. As soon as it started to get dark, the guide said: "We can't go any further, there's too much quicksand here, it's too dangerous to drive at night when you can't see clearly, we have to wait until dawn."

  Because they had prepared their dry rations very well and were just entering the desert, Wan Jiahao wasn't worried at all. He nodded his head, and Pengzi quickly stopped the three vehicles to let everyone prepare for rest.

  At this moment, there was a sudden flash of light outside, and in the midst of the raging wind, it seemed like a small boat, as if someone was holding up a lantern to signal for help.

  "Is he sinking into the quicksand?"

  Pengzi couldn't make a decision on his own, so he looked at Wan Kuangjing and said, "Lord Jing, are we going to help or not?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded slightly, and Peng Zi quickly got off the car, then beckoned to the people behind him to follow and rescue.

  As soon as the car door opened, a strong gust of wind mixed with sand blew in. Wen Baiyu also got out of the car and looked forward through the dusty wind, only to see that a car had become stuck in the sand. Many people were pushing the car, and Pengzi led some others over to push as well, shouting something, but the wind was too loud to hear anything clearly.

  Wen Bai saw Pengzi walking towards him, stumbling and staggering. The lamp in his hand was blown out by the wind and fell to the ground, and the light went out instantly.

  Wen Baiyu turned his head and said to Wan Qi Jinghou: "You don't move, I'll go help them."

  Wan Kuang's eyes were originally unclear, and under this strong wind and yellow sand, they became even more unclear.

  Wen Baiyu took a big step forward and fixed his eyes on the person Pengzi was supporting, who turned out to be a tall man, surprisingly it was He Liu from the train. He Liu's breathing was weak, and his whole body was covered in blood, looking like he had not just been trapped under the sand.

  Wen Baiyu was about to reach out when her foot suddenly tripped, thinking she had been caught by something. She shook her leg, but couldn't shake it off. When she looked down, it was a bloody hand without skin!

  He Liu's eyes widened in horror, and he didn't care about eating sand. He shouted in terror: "It's coming! It's coming!! It's coming again!!"

  Wen Baiyu was just startled by Xue's bloody hand and then completely stunned by He Liu's shout.

  He Liu's whole body was trembling, and with a quivering hand he pushed away his Pengzi. Just now he was still on the verge of collapse, but this moment he suddenly became spirited and turned to run. He hadn't run two steps when he suddenly let out an "ah" and fell into a big pit. He let out a mournful cry, and instantly disappeared from view.

  Wen Baiyu was pulled down by the bloody hand, and with a "thud", he fell to the ground, biting a mouthful of sand. Reflexively, he kicked his legs hard, but the bloody hand had an incredibly strong grip, tightly grasping Wen Baiyu's ankle, and actually dragged him towards the place where He Liu had fallen.

  Wen Baiyu's heart was racing, she immediately rummaged through her bag and grabbed the dagger. The sky was too dark and the wind was strong, Wen Baiyu could hardly see anything. She felt for the dagger and didn't care about anything else, directly stabbing downwards.

  Just then, a "hiss" sound was heard, and blood spurted out. Wen Baiyu suddenly felt his ankle relax, and the bloody hand immediately retracted into the sand, disappearing without a trace.

  Pengzi did not expect that as soon as he entered the desert, there would be such a situation, and was frightened for a moment, and hurried to help Wen Baiyu.

  They were about to run away when Wan Qi Jing Hou had already come over upon hearing the noise. He grasped Wen Bai Yu's arm and asked, "What's going on?"

  Wen Baiyu waved his hand and was already speechless. After brewing for a long time, he finally squeezed out a few words: "Get on the bus, hurry!"

  He had just finished speaking when he suddenly widened his eyes. A bloody hand suddenly emerged from the sand and grabbed Wang Jie's ankle.

  Bloody hands have no skin, bloody and shiny flesh exposed, pinching people's strength is extremely great.

  Pengzi saw it and suddenly shouted: "Damn it! There are zongzi here! What the hell, how can this place have zongzi?!"

  He shouted, but the wind was too loud and the people next to him couldn't hear clearly. Wan Zong Jing Hou didn't tense up, suddenly moved, his legs retreated backwards, and then heard a "Hoo—" sound, and a large hole appeared in the sand, a bloody zongzi was pulled out of the hole by him.

  The dumpling lay on the sand, making a "gurgling" sound in its mouth. Suddenly it was exposed to everyone, and the dumpling seemed very clever. It suddenly buried its head in the ground, and in an instant it had burrowed into the sand and disappeared.

  Wen Baiyu looked around in a panic, what was going on? There was a bloody zongzi hiding around them?!

  Wen Baiyu thought for a moment, and then suddenly heard a "kua" sound. The voice came from behind his back, and Wan Jinhou shouted "be careful". He stretched out his hand and pressed Wen Baiyu down.

  The dumpling suddenly rushed up, rubbed against Wen Baiyu's scalp and rushed out, just hearing a "bang!" Someone fired a shot, also rubbing against Wen Baiyu's scalp.

  Wen Baiyu was startled, and the blood-soaked bullet flew over, originally wanting to grab Wen Baiyu again, but was shot through the forehead by a bullet, "Ka Tong" sound fell to the sandy ground.

  Wen Baiyu turned her head and saw a faint black shadow standing in the yellow sand, and she let out a sigh of relief. It was Zi Che.

  Pengzi saw that the zongzi was dead, and in fear, he fired several more shots, cursing: "Damn it, what's going on? There are zongzi here?!"

  More and more people got on the bus, but the one in front was stuck in the sand and couldn't be used anymore. The people on that bus also squeezed onto this side, first it was He Liu's group, then a few men wearing high-end clothes also came up.

  The child saw someone getting on the bus, and just gave a faint glance, but when he saw a man in a suit, his eyes suddenly flickered, then lowered his head and stopped looking at him.

  They drove the car forward a bit, and then they saw the big pit that He Liu had fallen into. It was a straight pit with a diameter that wasn't very wide, but just enough for an adult to fall in. What's strange is that this pit didn't seem natural, it looked like it was man-made.

  Pengzi had someone hold a lamp to shine downwards, but all they could see was a black mass. They threw down a fluorescent stick, and the small green dot fell into the pit, eventually becoming another black mass with no end in sight.

  Wen Baiyu said: "It's all over now, it's so deep, how can He Liu still not be transparent?"

  "What exactly happened between you two?"

  Those people were all from Beijing, introduced by a man named Chang Ye. The ones wearing Western suits are the bosses this time, to put it bluntly, they're just antique dealers. The leader's name is Xue Bai, and the others are his bodyguards. The rest are thugs.

  A hoarse voice said: "We were driving fine, and as the sky darkened we wanted to stop, but at this moment something lifted our car from underneath. Our car, which had not only people but also equipment on it, was so heavy that it was actually lifted up, and then with a 'bang' it fell into a pit. We were surprised at the time, but didn't think it was a zombie. Several of us went down to check, preparing to push the car out, but this vast expanse of yellow sand... if we didn't have the car, we wouldn't be able to get out... Who knew... Who knew that He Liu would suddenly shout loudly at this moment, scaring us all stupid, and then we saw a bloody hand grabbing He Liu's leg. We took our guns to shoot it, but the hand burrowed into the sand and started a guerrilla war. He Liu was grabbed by that zombie three times and bitten once. What kind of ghost place is this? Is there an ancient tomb nearby?"

  The guide heard them say this and stammered: "Th...this seems to be a sacrificial pit."

  Wen Baiyu said strangely: "What is a sacrificial pit?"

  The guide said: "There are usually no people around here because it is said that this is a cursed place."

  Wen Baiyu felt it was particularly unconvincing as soon as she heard it...

  The guide continued to speak in a low voice, as if it was very mysterious, saying: "In this generation, it is said that long, long ago, there were rivers, high mountains and forests here, and they were very lush. The people who lived here were the descendants of gods, that is, the heavenly gods. The customs of these people were to dig a hole in the ground and throw offerings into it to worship the gods. Later, someone brought troops to invade this place, and the original inhabitants were taken as prisoners of war. Many prisoners of war died, there was no place to pile them up, and it was easy to cause plagues, so they were thrown directly into the deep pit. Over time, it became a hidden pit. Later, it is said that the people here were slaughtered to extinction, and when they died, they cursed those who invaded, saying that they would suffer from heavenly punishment, the river course would dry up, and the oasis would become a desert."

  Wen Baiyu listened more and felt more mysterious, saying: "Is this true or false?"

  The guide said: "It's a legend, mostly fabricated content, but indeed no one dares to come here. I thought you were here for sightseeing, but now it doesn't seem like it.

  Wen Baiyu said strangely: "Why are these pits dug so deep?"

  Everyone else also found it strange. Pengzi cursed, "No wonder there are zongzi (glutinous rice dumplings), with so many dead people, who knows when another zongzi will crawl out."

  Wen Baiyu curiously looked into the hidden pit again, but it was too deep and she couldn't see anything at all.

  He hesitated, stroking his chin and said: "Actually, I've heard that ancient tribes dug such deep pits for worship. The reason they dug so deeply is simple - the gods they worshipped lived at the bottom of the earth, in a very deep place."

  "What kind of god lives underground? Is it King Yan?"

  Xī Chí let out a loud "Pffft" and laughed, saying: "It's Jiǔ Yīn."

  Wen Baiyu exclaimed in surprise: "Ruo Jiu Yin?!"

  Xie Chi nodded and said, "Jade Dragon is the god of , many ancient tribes worship Jade Dragon, this is not surprising at all. If I'm right, the ancient people living here should be worshiping Candle Nine Yin."

  Wen Baiyu said: "This pit, is it worth going down to take a look?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Pengzi trembled and said: "Master Wen, don't tease us. This pit is a hidden pit, it's full of dead people inside. If we're not careful, thousands of zongzi will rush out at once."

  Xie Chi shook his head and said, "It's not worth anything. After all, look at this pit, it's really too simple. At first glance, it doesn't seem to be a large-scale sacrifice. It seems we still need to go further in."

  The car drove further forward, away from the hidden pit. Everyone rested in the car and didn't dare to go out again with this situation outside.

  The three cars were originally spacious, but with a sudden influx of people, they became somewhat cramped. Everyone sitting together was good for warmth, while the new arrivals were mostly injured and were having their wounds cleaned.

  Wen Baiyu leaned against Wan Jingshou's body, and Wan Jingshou's hand rested on his shoulder. Wen Baiyu soon fell asleep. Xi Chi smiled and watched their movements, also leaning against Zhong Jian's body. However, Zhong Jian didn't have the same thick skin as Wan Jingshou, and it was only when Xi Chi pulled his hand that he reluctantly placed it on Xi Chi's shoulder.

  "Especially cold."

  Zhong Jian said: "I'll add a quilt for you?"

  Xie Chi shook his head and said, "Don't, you hold me."

  Zhong Jian had no choice but to stretch out his hand and hold him, only then did Xi Chi feel satisfied, leaning against him with closed eyes and starting to fall asleep.

  The first half of the night was very quiet, but in the second half of the night, Wen Baiyu suddenly heard a "creak... creak..." sound. Although it was very faint, under such an environment, Wen Baiyu couldn't fall asleep at all and woke up immediately with any movement.

  He opened his eyes to find that Wan Kuang Jing Hou had also woken up, and Xi Chi and Zhong Jian beside him had also opened their eyes. Zi Che quietly got up and sat up, and Xue Sheng beside him also sat up.

  Others were still fast asleep after the previous ordeal, when they heard the "thud... thud..." sound getting clearer and clearer, as if someone was knocking on the trunk of the car.

  Wen Bai's hair stood on end, her eyes wide with fear as she stared at the commotion outside. The strong wind howled and the black night was filled with sand and dust, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

  "Ah..."

  "Ka... ka..."

  This faint sound was getting clearer and clearer, Wen Baiyu clearly realized that this was not a hallucination at all, but something was indeed knocking on their car.

  Pengzi also seemed to have been woken up, but didn't know it was the noise outside the car. He got out of bed in a bad mood, grumbling: "Who the f**k is making so much noise..."

  His words were not yet finished, when Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly reached out and grabbed his shoulder, Peng Zi's remaining voice was stuck in his throat, and he woke up with a start, unable to shout, staring blankly.

  Just then, "Ka!" A clear sound rang out, Pengzi also heard it, and was frightened to the point of having goosebumps all over his body. He immediately pulled out a gun from the car and kicked awake the others.

  "Ka... ka..." The sound was very clear, as if it was coming from the car surrounding them. It wasn't known what kind of thing it was, but without looking, they knew it wasn't anything good. Maybe it was a blood clot, or maybe it was some other ferocious thing.

  Peng Zi held up his gun and loaded it. Suddenly, he heard a "click" sound, turned around and saw something that made him shout "Ahhhhh!"

  He's already considered an old hand, but he can't calm down. All that can be seen is a face covered in blood stuck to the glass, outside it's very dark and extremely dim, nothing can be made out clearly except for what's stuck on the glass.

  "Thud..." A sound, the blood-stained face slid down the glass, leaving behind a clear bloody handprint, and then another "thud", a pair of hands covered in fresh blood slapped against the glass.

  Wen Baiyu turned around and was so frightened that she almost died, subconsciously tightly grabbing Wan Qi Jinghou's hand.

  Pengzi shouted and immediately said: "Linzi! Lock the car! Lock the car! Don't let him in!"

  He shouted, and someone yelled loudly: "It's Tianya! It's He Liu! It's He Liu!!"

  "Bang!" The bloody face was stuck on again, this time it had circled around to the back window of Wen Baiyu's car and suddenly jumped up, with all its features pressed against the glass, staring at the people inside the car with a pair of bloodshot eyes.

  His hands were covered in blood, his eyes were dull and lifeless, his chin was gone, as if it had been torn off, his face was pockmarked, like it had been gnawed by insects, he reached out to grab the car door.

  "Crash!"

  "Clang clang!"

  "Crash!"

  He stretched out his hands to grab the cars, with a big mouth open, full of sand, and looked at them greedily, as if the people in the car were delicious canned goods.

  Wen Baiyu was so frightened that she breathed heavily and retreated several steps back.

  The car door couldn't be opened for a while, and He Liu became impatient again. His empty and godless eyes stared at them, turned into slamming the car door, "bang bang" fiercely slamming it, and even used his head to slam the glass.

  Pengzi looked like Wan Qi Jinghou and said: "Jingye, what to do!"

  Just as he was saying that, there was a loud "bang" sound. The front hood of the car suddenly caved in and then from underneath crawled out a blood-soaked zombie with a dull and lifeless stare at them.

  Then the car started tilting, as if something was under their vehicle.

  The little car cat stood up and said, "Get off the bus quickly!"

  He finished speaking, Pengzi was the first to react, he pulled open the car door and heard "bang bang bang" a few times. Pengzi fired more than a dozen shots in a row before rushing out of the car.

  The car was covered with sand and dust, and the strong wind was too great, so that it could not stand firm, and was immediately blown over.

  The child jumped out of the car, rolled on the ground and fired a shot, directly piercing the forehead of a zongzi, which fell to the ground with a "slap" sound, pressing down on Pengzi's body. Pengzi was frightened and cried out loudly. Ziche looked at him calmly and stood up to continue aiming at other zongzis.

  Wen Baiyu also jumped out of the car. As soon as he came out, a bloody face suddenly flashed beside him, it was He Liu!

  Wen Baiyu was startled, and He Liu grabbed his arm with a force that was frightening. The lamp in Wen Baiyu's hand fell to the ground, but fortunately it didn't break, only shaking slightly.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou squeezed out of the car and "swish" cut He Liu's arm, He Liu's arm suddenly had a big mouth, the flesh turned out, and he screamed in pain.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou grabbed Wen Bai Yu and retreated a few steps. Wen Bai Yu looked back, the car behind had actually overturned, someone crawled out of the window, covered in blood, looking quite miserable.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou said: "Take as much luggage as you can carry, these are all blood corpses, the yin energy is too strong, and we cannot fight hard."

  As soon as he spoke, others immediately followed suit, rushing over to open the trunk, pulling out luggage, throwing away large items, and keeping only food, water, and emergency supplies.

  Wen Baiyu had a bag on his back, and he was staring at Pengzi rushing over from behind. He ran past them and continued to run forward, shouting: "Run fast!! The blood corpses are coming again! There are too many of them!!"

  As he spoke, sure enough, the sound of "heh heh... heh heh" could be heard, and in the midst of the raging wind, countless blood shadows were flashing about, as if they were charging towards them.

  Wen Baiyu knew that Wan Jingshou's eyes were not clear now, and he absolutely couldn't fight hard. He brought things, carried a lamp, and followed forward. Before walking two steps, He Liu had already gotten up from the ground and was frantically chasing after him.

  "Bang!"

  A bullet came over and penetrated through the forehead again.

  He Liu's body suddenly fell down, staring with his eyes wide open.

  The little car put down his gun and retreated backwards, then handed a gun to Wen Baiyu, saying: "You guys go first, I'll cover the back."

  Wen Baiyu looked at the gun in his hand and thought: "Damn it, I've never used this thing before!"

  In this flash of lightning, the armored vehicle had already fired three more shots, knocking down three blood corpses that were rushing up.

  Wan Kuang Jinghou took the gun from Wen Baiyu's hand, listened carefully with his ear to the side, and suddenly fired a shot. The bullet went through the hall and knocked down two blood clots at once.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou pulled on Wen Bai Yu's sleeve and said, "Let's go first."

  Wen Baiyu walked and said: "What about Zi Che?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "He can keep up."

  The guide led the way forward, because the wind was so strong that nothing could be heard of what the guide was saying. Soon, the vehicles behind were submerged in the strong wind and nothing could be seen at all.

  They ran all the way, no longer caring about quicksand, at this time they couldn't think of anything, and could only vaguely distinguish the guide, running forward.

  Luckily, everyone in the industry is physically capable, and if there's anyone who's slightly worse off, it would be Wen Baiyu. Since the start of the fight, Wen Baiyu's physical strength has also improved, especially at critical moments when his reflexes to protect himself are still present.

  They kept running forward and didn't know how long they had been running. Everyone didn't feel tired anymore, the sun had risen, and just saw the guide in front suddenly stop.

  Everyone thought it was just the strong wind and sandstorm making it hard to see, but unexpectedly, the tour guide really stopped.

  "What's wrong?!" Pengzi shouted loudly.

  The guide's hand trembled as he pointed ahead and said: "You... you see..."

  As he spoke, the crowd looked ahead and saw that in front of them was a stretch of ruins and broken spears. It turned out to be an abandoned ancient city, but judging from the situation, no one had lived there for a long time. The walls were all collapsed and buried in the sand and dust, faintly visible.

  In this vast and ancient city, there was actually a huge sunken ship buried in the sand!

  Pengzi looked at it in surprise and muttered: "A sunken ship? Is there really a sunken ship?"

  He said, first excitedly rushing towards the giant sunken ship, everyone was also excited, didn't expect to find this sunken ship so quickly, although encountered some danger, but also considered a lucky coincidence.

  The guide had never seen this ancient city before, nor had he ever seen such a large ship, and the ship was actually buried in the desert, which is also a wonder.

  Wen Baiyu supported Wan Jijinghou as he walked over and said: "How are your eyes? Can you see clearly?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou narrowed his eyes and said: "It's almost there, in two more days it will be completely clear. Now if you look hard, you can also see clearly."

  He said, and suddenly his feet stopped moving, no longer walking forward.

  "What's wrong?" said Wen Baiyu.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou shook his head and said, "It's not a sunken ship."

  Wen Bai Yu said in surprise: "Isn't it?"

  Xi Chi walked over from behind and said, "It's a mirage."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a wave of disappointment, it turned out that it was just a mirage.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, those people excitedly rushed over, then started to feel that something was off and sat on the ground dejectedly.

  "But since there's a mirage, it means this thing should exist, right?"

  Everyone was excited and finally found a flat place, sat under the broken wall to avoid the wind, the sky had already lit up, and everyone decided to eat something.

  Wen Baiyu sat down and began to look around, saying: "Will Ziche be okay?"

  He finished speaking, and Xi Chi suddenly patted his shoulder and said, "Look."

  Wen Baiyu quickly stood up to look, and indeed saw a young man running over from afar. His body was covered in blood, seemingly exhausted. Seeing them, he let out a sigh of relief, finally slowing down from a run to a walk, slowly entering the ancient city.

  The child's face was covered in sweat and blood, fortunately without serious injury. His arms and legs were scratched by the bloody corpse, but he didn't contract any poison, which was lucky.

  He sat down, took two deep breaths, threw his gun aside and began to rummage through the backpack for gauze and medicine.

  Wen Bai took out food from her backpack and handed it over to him. It seemed that Zi Che had consumed a lot of physical strength.

  After the young man sat down and began to bandage himself, it was very dark before, everyone didn't have time to look, now resting, they looked at each other, and found that this young man actually looked exactly like Mo Jie's Hou, and his movements were also very fierce.

  Zi Che bit the gauze, slowly wrapping it around his injured arm. Wen Baiyu was about to get up and help when he saw Mr. Xue walking over. He squatted down beside Zi Che, seemingly saying something, then reached out to help him wrap the gauze tightly around his arm.

  The child saw Xue Bai walking over and subconsciously looked at him, the other party seemingly not recognizing himself, only out of kindness, applying medicine for him and then wrapping a bandage.

  Everything was packed up, and the young master looked at him again, saying softly: "Thank you."

  Mr. Xue just smiled and seemed like a gentle and warm person, sitting next to him, watching Zi Che eat, then handed him water again.

  Everyone rested for half an hour and couldn't delay any longer, so they decided to continue their journey.

  Wen Baihe and they hurried to catch up with the team, walking forward, Zi Che got up, shook off the sand on his body, picked up the gun on the ground, and prepared to move forward.

  Mr. Xue didn't know when he fell behind, walking beside him, his eyes looking forward, saying: "Does it hurt?"

  The little cart hung its head and followed the team, saying, "It doesn't hurt."

  Mr. Xue suddenly lowered his head and said in a low voice, "But Father will be heartbroken."

  The little cart was stunned for a moment, and Mr. Xue had already quickened his pace, rushing towards the front team.

  The little cart panted heavily and followed along.

  "Water! Water!"

  "It's water!"

  "Water!"

  Several people suddenly shouted, they actually found water in the desert, and it was a large oasis. Although they still had enough water and food on them now, but after going through a fierce battle last night, finding a source of water today was inevitably exciting, and everyone rushed over.

  The warm white feathers were also excited, their bodies were all sandy, and a shake could drop a piece. If there was water, they could at least wash their faces.

  The crowd rushed over, and indeed it was a large expanse of lake water. This time it wasn't a mirage, the water was very clear, and there were grass and trees growing by the lake, looking like a lush green landscape that was completely different from the yellow sand behind them.

  Wen Bai Yu squatted down, reached out to scoop up some water, and since he had been frightened recently, he was more cautious. He first lifted it up to take a look, and saw that Chang Ye's men were already scooping up water to drink and wash with.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou also stretched his hand into the water, feeling cool and refreshing, and suddenly thought of Ke Ren's heart and spleen.

  Several people took out empty bottles and filled them with water. Just then, a big man who was scooping up water to drink suddenly let out a loud "Hiccup".

  Then suddenly dry heaving turned into real vomiting, a mouthful of yellow water directly spat into the lake.

  Pengzi slapped him and said: "What are you doing? Isn't that disgusting?"

  The big fellow pointed at the lake and stammered: "W-water... there's something in the water!"

  Pengzi didn't believe in evil spirits and said: "It's just a fish, no need to spit it out..."

  He had just finished speaking when he suddenly widened his eyes and found that there was indeed something in the water, and it was a person!

  To be exact, it was half a person. The body had been torn apart and only the upper half of the torso remained. The body had been soaked in water for an unknown amount of time and was floating on the surface, sometimes sinking and sometimes floating up again.

  Wen Baiyu was also startled, this corpse was too strange, it kept emerging from the water and then diving back down again, repeating this process several times. But this was clearly a dead person, and only half of his body remained, yet he couldn't help but move.

  Just then, a sticky sound suddenly came up, Wen Baiyu really couldn't say what the sound was, and saw the corpse "plop" into the water. In the moment it dived down, something rolled onto the face of the corpse, which looked like hair but was white and slightly transparent.

  Wen Baiyu shuddered and looked like a jellyfish...

  "Ah!!"

  The big Han who had just vomited suddenly shouted, pointing at the water surface. The corpse floated out again, and this time the thing wrapped around its face was clearly visible. It looked like a transparent tentacle with blood vessels inside. The tentacle slashed at the corpse's face, and with a "plop" sound, the eyeballs fell out. Then more tentacles appeared, and an umbrella-shaped head emerged, swallowing the eyeballs whole. The feeling was really too disgusting.

  The big fellow let out another "whoosh" and vomited again.

  As the umbrella-shaped head was exposed more and more, the big man could no longer spit it out, because this creature resembling a jellyfish with countless tentacles was incredibly huge!

  Wen Baiyu was startled and jumped up, the huge monster seemed to have discovered them, its tentacles "swished" out with a loud noise, immediately going to grab the people on the shore.

  "Wen Baiyu shouted loudly: 'Run quickly!'"

  He said, pulling Wan Jie Jing Hou back and running, but just as they hadn't run two steps, a cool thing suddenly wrapped around his waist. "Whoosh!" followed by the sound of water splashing, Wen Bai Yu was instantly dragged down.

  Wen Baiyu was completely unprepared, didn't even hold his breath, and immediately sank into the water, bubbling up a few bubbles. He held his breath and saw the monster reveal its true form in the water. It had a huge umbrella-shaped head, two eyes like an octopus, many tentacles stretching out from under the umbrella-shaped head, its entire body was transparent, you could see the blood vessels inside its body, as well as the eyeballs it had just swallowed...

  The tentacles wrapped around Wen Baiyu's waist tightened, and Wen Baiyu's hands rummaged through his body, pulling out the Phoenix Bone Dagger and stabbing it into the monster's tentacles.

  The monster let out an indescribable howl that became terrifying underwater, like a furious roar, and immediately loosened its grip.

  Wen Baiyu immediately kicked his legs and splashed onto the water's surface. He couldn't swim, but he could dog paddle.

  As soon as the white feathered head emerged from the water's surface, it took a big gulp of air, and instantly its waist was tightened again. Before it could even curse, it was dragged back into the water by the monster once more.

  The water surface suddenly became "gurgling" with bubbles again.

  Everyone was frightened by this sudden change. Wan Qi Jing Hou's face turned gloomy, and he didn't say a word. With one swift motion, he jumped into the water and dove down immediately.

  That monster was very clever, and after being stung by Wen Baiyu once, it used its other tentacles to wrap around his hand. The tentacles were sticky, covered in a viscous liquid that wrapped around Wen Baiyu's wrist, making him feel a slight stinging sensation on his wrist, but it didn't hurt. A numbness spread, and the itching stopped.

  Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat as she thought to herself, "This is bad! Is it poison? Generally, things in the water are poisonous and have strong toxicity."

  Just then, Wan Xi Jing Hou swam over from behind, Wen Bai Yu seemed to have seen a loved one, and struggled hard, swimming towards him.

  The monster's tentacles wrapped tighter, Wen Baiyu's hands went numb, couldn't hold the dagger, and it suddenly fell down, sinking to the bottom of the water.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou came from behind, the dragon scales flashed with a swish, the monster let out a strange roar again, its tentacles loosened, and a large amount of red blood suddenly gushed out in the water, dispersing instantly.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou traveled back in time, grabbed Wen Bai Yu, and wanted to head upstream. However, the monster's umbrella-shaped head suddenly opened up, like a wall, blocking the path of the two people.

  Wen Baiyu was about to suffocate, looked down and saw Feng Gu's body lying quietly below, not far away there was actually a hole.

  Wen Baiyu pointed downwards, and Wan Qi Jinghou pulled Wen Baiyu down again. He grabbed the Fenggu bone knife and Wen Baiyu, fearing he couldn't see the entrance clearly, drew a few strokes on his palm.

  It's unclear whether Wen Baiyu had drawn it too well or if Wan Jingshou's eyes had recovered enough, but Wan Jingshou understood what Wen Baiyu meant and took him down to dive deeper, ducking into the cave.

  As soon as Wen Baiyu entered the cave, he suddenly felt a sense of despair. There was actually water inside the cave. Wasn't this the rhythm of suffocation? However, it's like this now, and all he could do was steel himself and dive in.

  Swam inside, that cave was like a pipe, initially flat, then upwards, and soon the water was gone.

  The white bird swiftly skimmed past, stretching its head out of the water and taking two deep breaths.

  Following the cave upwards and walking for a while, I quickly drilled out. In front of me was actually a green oasis wetland.

  Wen Baiyu crawled out, fell to the ground with a thud, and all her energy was almost exhausted.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou rushed over, patted his cheek and said: "How is it?"

  Wen Baiyu shook her head and then stretched out her hand, saying: "It's nothing, it's nothing... but... my wrist seems to have been pricked, it's a bit itchy... is it poisonous?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's eyes seemed to see more clearly now, but he narrowed his eyes and grasped Wen Bai Yu's hand, only to look away with a slightly unpleasant expression.

  Wen Baiyu looked at him with a gloomy face and said: "What... what's wrong? It can't be the deadly poison, can it?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head, and Wen Bai Yu let out a sigh of relief, saying: "You scared me! I almost got eaten by that monster, it was too terrifying..."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou sat down and said: "The thing just now was a water corpse, it doesn't eat living things, nor does it have sharp teeth, so it's impossible for it to tear a person in two."

  Wen Baiyu's whole body was weak and he said in surprise: "Then is there something else in the water?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Maybe there's something else in the water, or maybe it was torn in half and thrown into the water. Water corpses only eat corpses and will appear in places with a strong corpse aura."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Then what's wrong with my arm? I...I feel a bit off..."

  He spoke with increasing difficulty, his body numb all over.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at him with a bad expression and said, "Water corpses only have males, no females. They generally find other aquatic organisms to mate and reproduce. Their tentacles have something similar to anesthetics."

  Wen Baiyu cursed and said: "This ugly thing takes me for what, let me meet it again and I will chop it!"

  He said, his eyelids gradually became heavy, and his breathing also became longer. Wen Baiyu said: "I'm having an attack, I'm especially sleepy."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou rubbed his forehead and said: "You sleep, I'll watch you, let's talk when you wake up."

  Wen Baiyu muttered to herself, using all her strength to lean towards Wan Jingshou and said: "Really unlucky... I hope there won't be any aftereffects..."

  He said, really can't hold on, and there is Wan Gui Jinghou by his side, so he fell asleep.

  Wen Baiyu didn't know how long she had slept, anyway, she was in a daze, and several times she wanted to open her eyes, but she was too tired to do so, her eyelids were heavy, and she felt like she would sleep until the sky grew dark.

  My throat is a bit sore, I think it's because I slept with wet clothes on and must have caught a cold. It's hard to open my eyes, everything in front of me is going black, don't know if it's the aftermath of water poisoning.

  The sky had already darkened, and Wen Baiyu looked around, suddenly breaking out in a cold sweat.

  He lay in a place that was not the hole he had climbed up before, surrounded by forests, all trees, grass on the ground, just now in the desert, a mouthful of yellow sand, and now a mouthful of insects.

  "Squeak..."

  "Squeak—squeak—"

  Wen Baiyu didn't know what kind of insect was making the noise, but in the dark night, it sounded extremely eerie. And by his side, there wasn't even a trace of Wan Kuangjinghou!

  Wen Baiyu closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then opened them again. She was still in the forest, with damp mud on the ground and dense big trees all around. There was no sign of Wan Xiang Jing Hou.

  Wen Baiyu's heart was racing as he quickly scrambled to his feet, but as soon as he did, his hands went limp and he fell back down with a thud. There were bandages on his wrists, indicating that Wan Jinhong had tended to him, but why had Wan Jinhong suddenly vanished?

  Wen Baiyu struggled to climb up, standing in place and looking around, but there was no one, a silence, only him, and it was impossible for Wan Jinhou to quietly abandon him and leave.

  Wen Baiyu's heart suddenly rose with a wave of fear, had something unexpected happened? A bad feeling surged up.

  He had nothing by his side, with a dagger in his pocket, except for that, there was no dry food, no water, no flashlight, and no emergency medicine.

  Wen Baiyu took two deep breaths, trying to calm herself down, and then looked around frantically, having no idea where to start.

  Just then, a "squeak-squeak" sound suddenly rang out, and Wen Baiyu's eyes narrowed, only to see a black shadow flash by in the darkness...