Chapter 19 The Corpse
It seems that none of the people in front of me has actually seen a corpse except me. Of course, the cat should have seen it too. A white and tender arm seems to be a little swollen. Who is this?
I had no time to take care of these problems. I wanted to pull this arm away first. It was more important to save Liu Yun. This was obviously a dead body and had nothing to do with us. No matter what I tried, I couldn't get this arm away, so I signaled to Peng
Brother, they continue to pull. Anyway, they have already pulled before, so we might as well wait until it is safe.
As the rope was slowly pulled, the body was pulled out bit by bit. I smelled a rotten stench, and obviously the cats and the others felt disgusted too.
"Don't worry about the body yet, pull us up first!" I commanded.
What happened next went smoothly. I and others returned to the sand smoothly and said goodbye to another journey of life and death.
After taking a breath, I walked over and patted Lao Ma to express my hard work. Lao Ma also nodded understandingly, indicating that the page had been turned.
After solving this problem, I walked over to Liu Yun. Brother Peng was worried about the corpse at the moment. Without saying anything, I pulled out a paratrooper knife and prepared to chop off the arm.
Brother Peng blocked me with his hand: "Don't worry, it will be bad if there is something in the body, we should find a way to break it open."
So I returned the parachute knife and pulled it hard, but its fingers were so stiff that I felt like I was going to break it, but it still didn't move. This person seemed to have been dead for a long time. Why on earth was he grabbing?
What about Liu Yun's ankle? There's a bad feeling.
"This corpse looks like a Chinese, not quite like a local," Brother Peng said.
"Where did you see it?" I asked.
"Iraqis are generally taller and have very high nose bones. They are white people. Do you see any difference between this corpse and ours?"
"It would be great if Liu Yun was awake. She studied biology and knew how to treat her. Now, she collapsed and no one can help." I sighed and said, "By the way, where is Hesha? Did any of you see it?"
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At this time, I remembered that annoying woman. If she were here, she would know who the body belonged to, and she could also help rescue Liu Yun.
But everyone hasn't paid attention to her since the quarrel just now. Now it's late at night and she still can't be found. Did this stinky bitch run away because she thought we were in the way?
"This bitch dared to leave us behind. If I had known this, I should have walked back on foot. No matter what, I had to rely on myself." Cat complained.
"Okay, don't mention what happened before. She ran away, but we are all living people. I don't believe that living people can choke to death with urine. We must go back alive and show them." I bit.
Teeth said.
"You said it simply, what do you think Liu Yun should do?" Mao'er said angrily.
I signaled Brother Peng with my eyes to stop thinking, saving people is more important. So I pulled out the knife, raised the knife with my hand, and cut off half of the arm. Then we nervously hid far away.
After watching for a while, nothing seemed to happen, so I pretended to be brave and walked over: "I'm going to check the wind first, so don't worry."
Walking next to Liu Yun, I found that the corpse had actually dried up a long time ago. It was just that there was enough moisture under the quicksand, so it looked a little swollen. I used two paratrooper knives to cut off the knuckles one by one like eating Western food.
After getting it done, I only saw a bright red fingerprint on Liu Yun's ankle. Damn it, is there a ghost?
I called Brother Peng and the others over and discussed with them how to burn the body first. No matter what, it would not be a good thing to keep it. I watched too many zombie movies when I was a kid. No matter how powerful the ghosts are, they are invulnerable to fire.
shape.
So everyone started looking around for something that could light a fire. This was the Gobi, and there were a lot of dry herbs and shrubs. It was easy to collect a bunch of them. Unfortunately, these things did not burn well and needed to be constantly replenished with firewood.
There was a stench from the burned corpse. When I read horror stories in the past, the corpse would sit up on its own during cremation. However, this was a mummy, and it was basically weathered. There was no reaction after being burned for a long time.
Liu Yun is still unconscious until now. I asked Nabuqi to watch her and feed her some water from time to time. Then I called everyone over to discuss the next road. Without Hesha, we are in the desert.
Like a headless fly, I don't know how Hesha determines the direction of travel, and I don't know where the water is. Yes, there was water in the quicksand just now, but who wants to drink it now?
I set my sights on Hulu. He is the one who knows the most about geography and the desert among these people. He needs to decide our next route.
Obviously, this arduous task put a lot of pressure on Hulu. After all, eight lives were in his hands. This was a battle that he absolutely could not afford to lose.
He gritted his teeth and looked at the map for a long time. Finally he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I really have no choice. I can't even tell where we are now."
"Fuck, didn't you say we were in the middle of the desert before?" Cat shouted.
"That's what I said, and my previous calculations are indeed correct, but such a large Gobi desert will never appear in the middle of the desert. This must be the edge of the desert, but we don't know where to go." Hulu was wronged.
Said.
I pointed to the direction I came from and asked him: "We came from that direction and encountered the Gobi Desert when we walked here. Can I think that if we go in this direction, we will walk out of the desert?"
"You can think so, but the Gobi Desert is indeed not small. You don't know how far you have to go to find people, and who knows what is outside the Gobi Desert." Hulu said.
"It's impossible to think everything through. Now that we have a direction, let's go on. What do you think?" I asked.
The others had no objections. I patted Hulu on the shoulder and said, "Brother, from tomorrow on, you have to be more attentive. You will determine all our directions."
Gourd gritted his teeth and nodded, saying, "I hope our supplies are enough."
"The next question is, what should Liu Yun do?" I asked.
"We can't leave her alone, we must save her." Cat found the person, so he naturally has an unshirkable responsibility.
"Yes, I didn't say I don't care, but it's obvious that Liu Yun's current situation is not optimistic. Judging from our current situation, we don't have enough ability to treat him, so what we need is time to get out alive in a shorter time."
I explain.
"But didn't you say before that there was no direction?" Jin Dou'er asked.
"Yes, but there is always a direction that allows us to go out. The problem now is that Liu Yun has lost the ability to move and needs someone to take care of her. Do you understand?" I asked back.
"Oh!" Jin Dou'er seemed to understand.
"Starting from tomorrow, the men will work hard for me. Each man will carry it for an hour. If he can't hold on, he will be replaced. Remember the time, no one can be missing." I ordered.
Everyone unanimously approved. After all, we are still normal people of flesh and blood. We will never abandon our friends, unlike cold-blooded animals like Adaline and Hersha.
We discussed some other issues, but before we finished, we heard Nabuqi start shouting too.
"What's wrong?" We ran over in a hurry.
"There's a ghost!" Nabuqi said in a panic, pointing to the fire where the corpse had been burned.
Although we are supporters of proletarian atheism, the theory of gods and ghosts is originally a very mysterious thing. Besides, since I know the existence of ancient mythical beasts, don’t the ghosts and gods in legends also exist?
And there are several people and a corpse in this kind of desert, especially when you burned him just now...
We huddled up involuntarily and looked in the direction of the corpse.
"I heard something moving on the other side of the fire just now." Nabuqi stammered.
The flames kept crackling. Herbs burned too fast and it was difficult to maintain a sustained high temperature. Therefore, even if the corpse was burned for so long, only the outer layer was burnt, and the human shape was still there. Brother Peng explained
Let’s talk about this crackling sound. It is actually the reaction between the phosphorus in the corpse and the oxygen in the air. It is a normal phenomenon. In the past, this was the will-o’-the-wisp that was often mentioned in the village, so there is no need to be afraid.
"Don't be afraid? Brother Peng, go and add more fire and burn the body completely." Mao'er said sarcastically.
I thought to myself, what happened is that an extra corpse appeared out of thin air. How can I sleep tonight? Don’t close my eyes and never be able to open them again. I have to eradicate the root cause, so I stood up and said, "What the hell?"
Stop talking, hurry up and find more things that can burn, these things must be burned clean, otherwise you will not be able to sleep at night."
Everyone unanimously agreed, and then dispersed to collect things that were more resistant to burning. I stayed behind to accompany Nabuqi and Liu Yun. In fact, I didn’t have much confidence in my heart. What should I do if I fake a corpse at this time? I am not an experienced Taoist.
He knew how to stick charms or something, so he pulled out the Arabian machete on his back. Damn it, I'll chop off your head when I do it. Anyway, I've already chopped off one hand.
Maybe it was because the ghosts were afraid of the evildoers, or maybe it was because we were trying to scare ourselves. They had been collecting things for a long time, but this thing was still lying there motionless. At this time, I became bolder, and most likely it was something I didn’t understand.
Physical and chemical phenomena, hallucinations caused by this terrifying atmosphere.
So I added a lot of firewood and kept blowing it. This time the object was strong and the fire was roaring. It looked like it was almost ready to burn.
I turned to them and said, "Don't be afraid. All ghosts and ghosts these days are fake. If you don't believe me, you can come and have a look."
Chapter completed!