Chapter 40: The Mysterious Village

  My words made the face in the iron cloth suddenly become very unsightly, he vigilantly sized me up, and the gentle smile from just now instantly disappeared: "What do you ask this for?"

  At this time, Yu Gang opened his mouth and said: "We got separated from my good brother in the desert, we followed his footprints to here and then lost contact."

  I really admire Yu Gang, although he doesn't look very well, but he is like a cunning rabbit, as soon as he sees something is not right, his ears immediately perk up.

  Jian Tiebu still looked suspicious, and Yu Gang said very sincerely: "We are good brothers, we grew up wearing the same pants. If something happens, I won't be able to explain it to his family."

  This trick was quite effective, and Tiebu immediately relaxed his vigilance, looking at us with sympathy, sighing repeatedly, and unknowingly telling the truth: "Alas... I'm afraid everyone is dead by now. How can we go back? Don't wait any longer, let them prepare themselves psychologically."

  "Dead? How is that possible?" Yu Gang was very surprised and intentionally shouted loudly: "How did he die?"

  "Almost no one who goes in there comes back alive." Tiebu Li scrunched up his face, found a corner by the wall to crouch down in, pulled out a cigarette and lit it, taking two puffs before opening his mouth to speak.

  According to Tori Tiberi's recollection, on the first day that person arrived here, he didn't say anything, only asked people how to get to that place and then hastily left the village.

  "That guy was a fugitive, he didn't even fear that place, at that time, I had already warned him, who knew he didn't listen at all, now I guess he's probably dead."

  When Tiebu said this, his logic was very clear and seemed to have a particularly deep impression.

  However, he did say one thing right, those people are indeed fugitives who don't fear death at all.

  But I don't believe what he said, all that nonsense about dying, they're probably still alive and having a better time than we are.

  "What does the person you're talking about look like? How old are they approximately? Are they wearing glasses?" I asked in surprise.

  "How did you know? He doesn't even look like this little brother's brother?" For a moment, Tiebu Li was again cautiously sizing me up, that feeling was a bit strange, as if I had been stripped naked and looked at, my whole body felt uncomfortable.

  The truth is out.

  Mentioning the old professor, I get furious and want to strangle him. He dared to play with my computer. People say that a computer is like a wife, and if someone else can play with your wife, how can you not speak out? Especially when he took our car away and left us wandering in the desert for so long.

  "That person is not his brother, you see how old he is, he can be someone's father, what brother? He is the old professor who followed us here, are you saying he went in alone?" I also admired myself a bit, as soon as I saw something was off, I quickly changed the subject, it's really unknown when this skill was developed.

  "That guy doesn't know what's wrong with him, if I see him, I'll teach him a good lesson." Tiebu Li said angrily, his eyes blazing like a fierce fire, as if he had a deep-seated grudge.

  "What did he do?" I asked curiously, the expression on Tiebu's face wasn't fake, and besides, people from villages like theirs aren't as cunning as those in the city.

  Tie Bu Li's face immediately fell as soon as he heard this, and he cursed: "Those who wear glasses are not good people, I was cheated by him, and he didn't even give me the money before running away."

  Tiebu Li got more and more agitated as he spoke, I hastily stopped him from continuing: "You said he was going where? That place isn't..."

  "Brother, I'm not kidding you, that place is a dead end, my dad told me before, even if someone manages to get out, they won't live for long. No one in our village dares to go in." Tiebu shook his head, he was certain we were also thinking of going there, it's a must, we definitely have to go.

  Not just find Tang Guangze and them, find Old Professor, beat him hard, let him play with my computer.

  "Didn't you say that Lian'er had gone in? Isn't she fine?" I asked.

  The face of Tiebu suddenly changed color, and he stammered: "A sister is different from us, she can go in at any time..."

  "What's different? Isn't she human too..."

  My words made the face in the iron cloth turn pale, he took a step back, shook his head violently and then said: "Sister is not a ghost... I mean she's human..."

  This expression makes me inevitably suspicious. I was just joking, but didn't expect such a big reaction from Tiebu.

  This guy shouldn't be hiding anything from us, right? Looking at his reaction, it doesn't seem like he's pretending at all. And when it comes to Xiang'er, there's a hint of reverence on her face, as if she's looking at a great person.

  Xu Er is a human being, which we naturally know. What puzzles me is what Tie Bu Li said - why can Xu Er go there at any time, but we can't?

  There is a type of person in this world who belongs to the more special kind. They don't feel fear towards unknown things like normal people do.

  Isn't he just that kind of person?

  It can be seen from Tiebu's expression that he seems to be a little afraid of Tongtong.

  "You're so excited, aren't you hiding some secret?" I pressed him tightly, staring at his eyes intensely.

  As expected, he panicked.

  For an instant, a flicker of fear flashed in his eyes, but it quickly vanished.

  When a person is facing fear, the neural sensation secreted by the body's cells cannot be concealed in any way.

  Although Tie Bu Li concealed his fear, he shook his head and said mysteriously: "Don't tell others, I'm telling you this, Ah Jie is not what you see, in our village, everyone respects her very much, she's like the oldest elder in our clan, even more dignified than the elder, to put it in your words, she's the boss of our village, equivalent to the emperor you used to say, do you understand what I'm saying?"

  I never expected that a lovely girl like Xiang'er would have such an important status in their eyes. A twenty-year-old girl, why would she be admired by all of them? Is it just because she can go out to that place casually?

  That place was where Huang Daxian spent so much time searching for but couldn't find, yet Huier could come and go with ease?

  "Can Xiaor really go in there casually?" Yu Gang's reaction was the greatest, he looked like a person who had been abandoned, with an incredulous expression on his face, urgently seeking confirmation.

  Yu Gang was somewhat terrified of what had happened to the previous reconnaissance team, he believed that place was eerie and mysterious, like a shapeless killer.

  Of course, I don't believe what they said, no matter which version it is. I've seen the death insect and those invisible animals that can kill people, maybe their deaths are related to these things. Besides, in the desert, something unexpected can happen at any minute, and there's a great possibility of death.

  Tiebu nodded like a garlic shoot, and he explained, "Every ethnic village has someone in charge, and Sister Ah is the one who leads us to avoid the troubles of that place. If it weren't for Sister Ah, our villagers would have died long ago."

  Tiebu Li took out another cigarette and lit it before speaking seriously.

  Two years ago, a group of tourists arrived in Langmu Village, and the local guide, Harip Nur, was so enthusiastic that he made this place sound incredibly mysterious, making every tourist eager to come here.

  As for Hei Chui Bu, he was notorious for being greedy and often sold out many people for his own benefit. Tie Bu Li had been taken advantage of by him several times before.

  For the sake of money, Ha Chup brought that batch of tourists into our village and after collecting the money, he didn't do his job properly.

  A few are tourists from North China, they are not like the previous ones who can be easily fooled. On the first day of their arrival in the village, the tourists seemed quite satisfied, and so did on the second day.

  Before he knew it, three days had passed.

  Some tourists started to complain, a man scolded Hachup: "There's nothing fun here, it's almost the same as when we went to Urumqi before. You said there was a mysterious place here with something inside, but now after so many days, you've taken our money and we're suffering, we haven't been able to play or have any fun..."

  At that time, Tie Bu Li was also there. As soon as he heard the man say this, he glared at Ha Er Pu and asked, "How much money did you take from him?"

  Tiebu Li always knew that he often did such sneaky things, but didn't expect that in order to swindle tourists, he would say that there were mysterious places in the village.

  He muttered in a low voice, "It's just an extra thousand yuan."

  The sturdy man next to him heard this and became displeased. With a face full of anger, he pointed at Hachap and scolded: "You've overcharged by 10,000 yuan! Normally, going on a trip to the desert wouldn't even cost less than 100,000 yuan. When I went to Egypt last year, I only spent 200,000 yuan. Now, after being here with you for less than a week, we've already spent more than 200,000 yuan. Tell me, what have you brought me? Absolutely nothing!"

  As soon as Tiebu Li heard that they had collected so much money, he immediately pulled Hei Chupu to a corner and hurriedly asked him to return the money to the people. However, Hei Chupu was unwilling and scowled, saying: "Why should we return it to them? This is my hard-earned money..."

  Tiebu was so angry that he almost wanted to beat him up: "You cheated others, you also made money from it, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"

  Hei Chu Pu said disdainfully, "I'm not doing this for the first time, I can handle it myself. Besides, they're willing to give me money, I didn't force them with a knife."

  "The problem is you didn't meet their requirements at all."

  Hei Chu Pu frowned and said, "Who says that? Our village originally had a mysterious place. Don't you want to go there too? You dare say you haven't secretly looked at it since childhood, how many times I've seen you wanting to rush in."

  Tiebu Li's face turned somewhat unsightly, he shouted: "You're crazy..."