I collect cultural relics in the human world

Yellow, endless yellow, undulating yellow like an ocean, vast and hot, the golden sun rising from the horizon, the gravel glowing under the rising sun, extending to the end of the sky.

It's a desert, He Si sighed. The sun rose quickly, the breeze blew, and the gravel rolled on the dunes, and it was like a layer of veil covering the dancing yellow ocean. He Si felt that she had seen such a scene before, but at that time , what she and Qin Jian saw together was the real sea shrouded in blue mist.Thinking of this, He Si suddenly realized that she had not heard Qin Jian's answer.

Looking back, the figure who was by my side just now has disappeared, leaving only the residual warmth from the last second's holding on the palms.

"Qin Jian!"

He Si looked around hurriedly, but there was nothing in the endless desert, only the scorching sun rising from the east, burning in front of her like a fireball.It was sunrise just now, but in the blink of an eye, it was already ninety o'clock.

How is this going?I am clearly awake, clearly in Jingxuan, and clearly standing next to Qin Jian, but where is this?Is this an illusion or a mirror realm?Everything in front of me originated from my fan?
"Little Nine!"

He Si felt uneasy in her heart. She changed her name and called out. Sure enough, Xiao Jiu did not let her down. A black shadow flew from a distance and landed steadily in her arms.

"Fortunately, I have you." He Si touched Xiao Jiu's wings, and Xiao Jiu let out a low cry, which was unusually hoarse, and He Si's own throat began to feel thirsty.

The sun spared no effort to climb upwards, spreading all its power to the earth. The temperature of the sand under her feet increased sharply. The sweat just emerged from her hair and was quickly dried by the sun, without even a chance to slip off.He Si looked up at the huge sun again. Her exposed skin was sore from the sun. She thought about it and simply took off her coat and put it on her head. Xiao Jiu also hid in the shadow of the clothes and stepped towards Walk in the opposite direction to the sun.The thirst in her throat was getting worse and her lips were chapped. She knew that the first priority was to find a source of water.

Just thinking about the greenery related to water sources, He Si saw a few cacti appearing not far away. Her throat was already smoking with thirst, and she hurriedly ran over.But the cactus looked not far away, but it couldn't run away. It always stood quietly about 100 meters away from He Si.

It was already noon, and the surrounding air was distorted by the scorching sun. He Si stopped and prepared to observe the surrounding situation again, but Xiao Jiu suddenly flew out of her arms.

"Xiaojiu, come back!" He Si shouted, dragging his heavy legs to catch up, but for the first time Xiaojiu ignored He Si's order and galloped towards the sand dunes where the cactus was.

"Wait!" Her throat was no longer able to make a sound, and the gravel under her feet was already hot. Just when He Si thought she was going to fall, the rising slope of the sand dune stopped abruptly, ushering in an almost vertical downhill slope. He Si Si Kankan stopped rushing forward and saw an oasis like jasper descending suddenly in the vast desert.

"What is this place?" He Si was still immersed in shock. She stopped, but Xiao Jiu had already rushed towards the greenery in front of her.She saw a clear spring flowing in the yellow sand among the undulating sand dunes, clearly reflecting the blue sky and white clouds.

The sun is no longer as hot as it was at noon, and the lake water glows like gold under the softened sunlight.There are clumps of reeds growing beside the lake, swaying with the water, and white waterbirds playing among them. Sometimes they dive into the water to look for food, and sometimes they dance in groups on the lake. They are leisurely and contented, and they have the flavor of a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Xiao Jiu also joined their team, waving her wings towards He Si, as if calling her to join.

When He Si looked up again, the sun had already set in the west. The breeze was swaying, bringing waves of cool water, which was intoxicating. She felt refreshed and her mind was filled with the clear spring water under the sand dunes.

Just two more steps would be enough, He Si comforted herself and tried to move forward.

The sun was setting quickly, and the wind blowing over the dunes was already bringing a chill.He Si found a place that seemed to be slightly flat and sat down on a downward slope, preparing to use this slope to rush down the hill.But just as he sat down, his heart suddenly skipped a beat for some reason.

"Chirp!" Xiao Jiu shouted again, as if urging her to go to the oasis together, but He Si's uneasiness became more intense. She suddenly noticed that Xiao Jiu's eyes were staring at her with black eyes - but this was an illusion. , Xiao Jiu's eyes should be golden in the illusion - this is not Xiao Jiu.

He Si felt a shiver in her heart, and just as she was about to stand up and retreat, the sand beneath her feet suddenly collapsed, trapping her feet. Then the sand flowed, and He Si inevitably slid down the sand slope, getting faster and faster.

Damn it, He Si thought as she looked for a place to hold her hand to stop the castration, but all she could see were yellow sand and stones, sliding down quickly with her.

Night was coming, and the temperature of the desert dropped sharply. Silk flew out of He Si's fingertips and pierced into the sand dunes, easily cutting through the already loose desert.Sharp, but also powerless.Those silk threads could not help He Si slow down her fall. She could only watch herself sliding down the oasis of unknown truth.

"Asi!"

"Chirp!"

A familiar voice sounded overhead, followed by the chirping of birds.A long whip came from behind. He Si grabbed the life-saving straw, turned her body over, and crawled on the sand dune.At this moment, a huge black shadow fell from the sky, lifting up gravel and supporting He Si's falling body.

He Si felt her body lighten, and a huge pull came from her hand. She finally returned to the top of the original sand dune with this pull and hold.

The night fell, and the sand grains hummed in the night wind, desolate and dry.Qin Jian quickly took off the clothes that were still warm and wrapped them around He Si. He was only wearing a plain single shirt, gently hugged He Si, and quickly stepped back several steps.

The sand and stone stopped moving and became as quiet as night. Looking further ahead, there was no oasis. It was clearly a huge quicksand pit.There were a few dots of white dotted among them, which seemed to be the bones of animals, and He Si almost became one of them just now.

"How is this going?"

"I don't know." Qin Jian hugged the frightened woman, shook his head, and pointed to the sky.Under this guidance, He Si looked up again, and saw the starry sky, the bright moon, and the Milky Way across the sky. Even though he almost lost his life just now, He Si still inevitably sank into the boundless splendor and vastness.

But this beauty comes suddenly and disappears quickly. The sun rises and the moon sets, and a new day is coming in the fantasy world.The strong wind carried sand and dust from the sky, blocking the sky and the sun, and the whole world became chaotic in the yellow mist.

"Go back." Qin Jian said and grabbed He Si's hand, while Xiao Jiu folded her wings and rested on He Si's shoulder.

The sandstorm was like glutton, swallowing up everything, including the illusion mirror itself.He Si opened her eyes again, and there was nothing yellow in the sky. Only the fan she made was gently swaying in the breeze under the eaves.

"What's going on?" He Si asked again, "Did you also see the formation of yellow sand?"

"I didn't see it at first, but then Ah Si held my hand and I saw it."

"Then where did you go?"

"I have been in Jingxuan, holding Ah Si's hand and watching the fine sand pouring out from the fan."

"Can……"

"But then Xiaojiu suddenly let out a shrill cry, and when I saw your eyes were lifeless, I knew something was wrong."

"Is all this... because of that fan?" He Si looked at the fan she made with eyes full of disbelief.

"The fan is just an introduction," Qin Jian looked at He Si with worry and reproach in his eyes, "Si has been too busy recently. I'm afraid her Charles Bonner Syndrome has become more serious."

"Is it just... just a physical illness?" He Si couldn't make up his mind. This vision was indeed different from the previous ones. He didn't encounter any clearly pointed people or events. It was just a day in the desert.But if it was just a hallucination, the scene was too real. He Si still remembered the stinging feeling of gravel rubbing her cheeks under the scorching sun.

"I want to know if it's a physical illness. I just need to go back and take a nap," Qin Jian answered briskly. "If everything disappears after a good rest, that's what I said. If you still encounter the same problem, An illusion, that’s what you think it is.”

Seeing Qin Jian's relaxed look, He Si's uneasiness gradually dissipated. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then I'll go back and rest first." "I'll see you off."

"I can just walk through the mirror corridor by myself." He Si said, having already taken out the metal key and stuck it on the mirror. She habitually thought about the spell. Suddenly she remembered that Qin Jian had lied to her about the spell. Her mood that had just calmed down came back to her. Bo Lan glanced at Qin Jian angrily, angrily stepped into the mirror and disappeared.

"Why do you still remember it?" Qin Jian sighed and didn't dare to send it away. He stood by the mirror to make sure that He Si had safely entered his room, then glanced outside the door and said angrily, "Come in."

"Hey, Uncle Qin, good evening." Fan Yu poked his head into the room, and when he saw Qin Jian's appearance, he became embarrassed again, "I said Uncle Qin, can we discuss how we can live together in the future? When the time comes, can you become what you were before? I always feel like you are...not majestic enough."

Qin Jian ignored him and sat down on the bamboo chair, but his appearance had changed into the wrinkled appearance of the old Chaofeng.

"Hey, this is great, much more comfortable." Fan Yu said, slumping down on the bamboo chair opposite Lao Chaofeng.

"what's up?"

"Isn't this Director Deng's business? Otherwise, I wouldn't bother you so late."

"Why, he is not satisfied with saving Deng Chensha today?"

"It has nothing to do with that second-generation ancestor," Fan Yuyang raised his hand, "I asked someone to investigate the kidnapping of the second-generation ancestor. It was Chen Xiangyang's brother-in-law who asked someone to do it. He made an appointment with the person on the cruise ship. Now he is alive and dead. Since there was no body and dirty water was poured all over the body, the Chen family naturally thought it was a trap set by Second Young Master Deng..."

"Let's get down to business." After listening to Qin Jian for a while, he probably knew the ins and outs of the kidnapping case, and became impatient, urging him to calm down.

"The business is that Director Deng has an old friend who is in trouble and wants us to help him out."

"Director Deng, are you still friends with me?" Lao Chaofeng looked up from his entertainment room, with a rare look of curiosity on his face.

"You don't know yet, right?" Fan Yu also showed a gossipy look, "It's a female professor of geology named Jun Jiuzi."

"have you seen?"

"No." Fan Yu immediately shook his head.

Lao Chaofeng realized that Fan Yu was talking nonsense. He lowered his head and looked at the phone again. He was uninterested and obviously too lazy to pay attention to him anymore.

"Don't believe me," Fan Yu understood what Lao Chaofeng meant and explained, "Director Deng urged me very urgently and asked me to come to you overnight. I have never seen him behave like this even when his second son was in trouble."

"where?"

"Sand Springs Village."

"Oh?" Lao Chaofeng raised his eyebrows, "I've never heard of it."

"I haven't heard of it either," Fan Yu spread his hands, "but Director Deng has made it clear to me that it is an ancient village in the Kumtag Desert."

"desert?"

"Yes, otherwise she is a female professor of geology. She doesn't go to a place where ordinary people stay."

"That's not what I meant." Qin Jian looked unnaturally at the two lacquer fans under the eaves.

Fan Yu also followed his gaze and naturally couldn't see the reason. He thought Qin Jian was worried about the fan and asked suspiciously: "Why, it's going to rain tonight?"

"He Si just entered an illusion..."

"Let me guess," Fan Yu got a headache when he heard the combination of He Si and the illusion, and immediately answered before Qin Jian finished speaking, "He Si's illusion is of course an ancient village in the Kumtag Desert. "

"More or less, a desert oasis, a mirage." After Qin Jian finished speaking, he suddenly felt a little uneasy about letting He Si go back alone, but before he could think about it, Fan Yu clapped again: "How else can I say it? As for He Si, it’s true that the original desert oasis now seems to be turning into a mirage.”

"What on earth is going on?" Lao Chaofeng felt a wave of confusion in his heart.

"The road is still long, let's talk as we walk," Fan Yu said, throwing away the keys in his hand, "I'll drive, and Director Deng helped me draw up the route map."

"Road map?" Qin Jian frowned even more tightly. According to Fan Yu, it seemed that he couldn't take the mirror corridor this time.

"Director Deng also took care of me. Director Deng took care of me a lot along the way," Fan Yu blinked, with a look that said, "You understand, we can't go to the ancient village through the mirror corridor."

"Why?"

"Director Deng made a special explanation," Fan Yu emphasized the word "special," "First of all, it's night now, and we can't show up from the villagers' homes, as it will scare people. Secondly, there is a lack of water, and we all rely on sand. There is a clear spring in Quan Village that has been passed down from generation to generation. It is a spring of gods believed by the local people. It is guarded day and night, and it is difficult to leave."

"Do you know what you want to help me with?"

"How could Director Deng forget to mention such an important thing? It's because of the divine spring," Fan Yu said with an exaggerated expression, "because a young staff member of the geological survey team went to the spring to collect water without their consent, and had a problem with the local villagers. There was a conflict, and we were detained. It must have been quite serious, so Jun Jiuzi asked Director Deng to ask us to get people."

Lao Chaofeng nodded: "Let's go."

"Hey, I thought it was just that their team's working methods were wrong and they ignored the villagers' faith issues, which caused the conflict. Unexpectedly, He Si saw the illusion, and now the problem escalated. Hey, why are He Si's eyes so full? There’s no day off all year round.”

"Drive all the way to the Turpan Basin?" Lao Chaofeng couldn't listen anymore and interrupted Fan Yu impatiently.

"Uncle Qin, you are too protective of your own shortcomings," Fan Yu complained, "Of course we should take the mirror corridor to XJZS County first. The car has been prepared there."

(End of this chapter)