Adventure Code

Chapter 127 Frozen Bone Tree (4)

The white human bones were mixed with the thin white snow around them, as if they had merged into one, making it difficult to distinguish them for a while, but when you looked carefully, you found that there were so many bones, and the holes in the heads were clearly visible.

At this moment, I realized that something was wrong. I probably misunderstood Kurban, and the group quickly slid down the ramp.

Xiao Qi and Jian Weizhong immediately hugged Tian Sili who had fainted, and checked her condition. Xiao Qi anxiously said: "What's going on? Why did Sister Tian faint? Why is she only left with her underwear and clothes!" While speaking , she opened her coat and wrapped Tian Sili inside.Tian Sili has a gentle personality and gets along very well, so in the past few days, she and Xiao Qi have become a pair of girlfriends.

Xiao Qi hugged Tian Sili to keep warm, Jian Weizhong pushed his glasses, and asked Kurban for an explanation.

It was freezing cold, and everyone gathered together to talk, with white breath coming out of their mouths.

The rest of the XJ people cannot speak Chinese, so their spokesperson has always been Kurban. At this moment, when we asked this question, Kurban shook his head and said, "I don't know." He then pointed to Tian Sili , said: "Originally everyone was resting, and then we heard someone calling for help, so we came here."

Someone call for help?

It's freezing cold, how can there be anyone else in this place except us who have a special purpose?
Kurban continued.

At that time, when they heard the human voice, they also thought it was weird. A group of sleepless people, including Tian Sili, searched along the voice, and then found this ancient river channel.

The sound seemed to come from the left side of the ancient river channel.

Tian Sili shouted: "Who is it? Where are you?" The girl's heart was more soft-hearted, and she was very anxious when she heard someone calling for help, so she kept walking in front.

Kurban and the others also looked around, and after a while, when Kurban came back to his senses, they found that one person was missing from the team at some point.

Tian Sili was gone.

The voice calling for help disappeared.

Where have people gone?
The four people were shocked and searched around, finally found Tian Sili. They saw her squatting under a tree, holding the dead tree with both hands, wearing only underwear, trembling, hugging the dead tree. She stopped trembling, and her scattered clothes were all around her.

Taking a closer look, what was originally thought to be Bai Xue turned out to be a dense mass of human bones.

Kurban is well-informed, and immediately remembered the legend about the 'frozen bone tree' circulating in the desert.

It is said that in some places in the desert, there are "frozen bone trees". The frozen bone tree is not a tree species, but a common tree in the desert Gobi such as Populus euphratica.These trees were chosen by the 'Hu Da' of the desert as guardians of the desert.

Wherever there are frozen bone trees, there are miraculous treasures left by 'Hu Da', and these frozen bone trees are to protect the treasures.

This kind of tree can confuse people's minds. Even in the desert in summer, if people get close to it, they will have symptoms of freezing to death.

There are so many bones around this dead Populus euphratica tree, and Tian Sili took off her own clothes, hugged the tree and refused to let go, looking delirious, could it be that she encountered a frozen bone tree?
Thinking of this, Kurban immediately called out to Tian Sili, but the group did not dare to approach the frozen bone tree.

Tian Sili's consciousness had not completely disappeared at that time. After hearing the shout, she reacted and struggled to slowly climb out from the side of the frozen bone tree. She couldn't support herself until she climbed about ten meters away and fell down.

Kurban and others did not dare to approach the frozen bone tree, so they failed to retrieve Tian Sili's clothes and could only walk back with Tian Sili in their arms.

Unexpectedly, not far away, I heard the cry for help from before.

Only then did they realize that the cry for help came from around the frozen bone tree!
But in that place, apart from the dense white bones, there were no traces of other living people.

So, where did that sound come from?

Could it be the ghost who died in the frozen bone tree?

A few people were surprised, and the XJ guy found their tracks, so he blew the signal whistle, and the scene just now happened.

Xiao Qi wrapped Tian Sili in his coat, and Tian Sili was like Siamese twins. Hearing this, he looked at the dead Populus euphratica in surprise, and said, "Frozen bone tree? Why is there such a weird tree? 'Hu Da' is what?"

Jian Weizhong, who was born in archaeology, said: "It's Allah of Christianity. We Chinese Christians generally call it 'Allah' or 'Hu Da'." While speaking, he looked at the frozen bone tree, listened attentively, and said: "I didn't hear any cry for help, did you hear it wrong?"

Kurban breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and said: "I'm not sure, anyway, it's a little tricky, let's send her back first, let's see how she is." At this moment, Tian Sili was unconscious, wearing only unlined clothing, here Freezing is not an option, and we didn't care about the frozen bone tree anymore, so we hurried back to the tent with people.

The XJ person accompanying him is a doctor, and Kurban's team is relatively professional, and each has a division of labor.

The XJ person examined Tian Sili, and then spoke to Kurban in Uighur, and Kurban translated to us: "There is no major problem, just passed out, rest for a while, and keep warm."

After placing Tian Sili in the tent, it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon, and I consulted with Kurban about shift inspections.

After listening to my thoughts, Kurban groaned, tapped his knees with his thick fingers, thought for a moment, and said: "You can try it, but not tonight. Tonight we have to see the night situation here. If Conditions permit, three shifts of inspections will start tomorrow."

In winter in the desert, especially in extremely cold regions, the climate is changeable. Snow, storms, flying sand and rocks, high cold and low oxygen are all possible. Especially in recent decades, air pollution, environmental destruction, and the overall climate of the earth have changed. In the past few years, there have been extreme weather in the desert, and there have been hailstorms.

Therefore, although we have the climate data, the climate is changeable, especially the latitude, longitude and altitude, which makes the temperature difference here is very large, so no one can predict what will happen at night .

After dinner, Kurban ordered the tent to be inspected, took out all the anti-cold materials, and reinforced the tent. His cautious attitude made us worry a lot about the arrival of night.

As soon as the sun went down, the temperature dropped rapidly, and at around nine o'clock in the evening, the temperature dropped to minus 25 degrees.

All of us huddled in tents.

The situation is a bit bad, except for Kurban's group, those of us who have never spent winter in the desert, in this extremely cold weather, we all feel difficulty breathing.

This is the thinning of oxygen caused by the extreme cold and the irritation of the nasal cavity and lungs. Most people will have similar respiratory reactions, but only in severity.

Our current situation seems to be a bit heavy, and it is difficult to breathe, so we can't help but straighten our backs and take deep breaths.

Damn it, the few of us felt exhausted before it reached minus thirty degrees.

(End of this chapter)