At first I didn't dare to go. A woman in white was floating there in the middle of the night, waving at you and saying, "Come here... Come here..." Damn, I was scared to death at that time.
But think about it, she's just a ghost slave. I dealt with more than ten ghost slaves at once. Why would I be afraid of her? I want to see what tricks this girl wants to play on me in the middle of the night.
So, I wrote a note saying, "I'll go down and explore the route first," and stuck it inside the tent. After packing my backpack, I headed towards the ghost slave in white. She looked surprised at my unassuming approach, paused for a moment, then hurriedly drifted back into the cave.
I thought to myself, you're just too young to try and scare me. Suddenly, I felt even bolder. I walked to the entrance of the black hole and looked ahead. Not far ahead, I saw an ancient beacon tower, almost completely eroded by the wind. According to what Zhang Haitao had said, this was where Xuanxuan disappeared.
Now things suddenly changed. Xuanxuan appeared in the Xiaohe Cemetery and was poisoned by the corpse of the King of Loulan. She turned into wind and sand and floated into this black hole. I always feel that this matter is becoming more and more complicated and unclear. It seems that for now, we can only take one step at a time.
I took a deep breath and, without hesitation, entered the cave. It was neither too big nor too small, just enough for one person to walk through. Most importantly, I didn't need a flashlight. My eyes could already see through the darkness. Even in this pitch-black hole, where I couldn't see my hand in front of my face, I could see clearly.
But I remained vigilant. The ghost slave had just drifted into the black hole, and there might be accomplices. If they suddenly rushed out to attack me, I'd be in big trouble. So, holding the golden talisman and yellow paper in my left hand and the Tianpeng ruler in my right, I walked forward cautiously.
The cave was not only dark, but also winding, uneven, and with potholes that were even more chilling. I walked cautiously for a while, and the passage ahead suddenly became narrower, forming an inverted triangle from front to back. Before me, a river appeared.
I stood by the river and took in its surroundings. The water was a deep green, and I couldn't see the bottom clearly. However, judging by the height of the water surface and the nearby walls, I could tell it was quite deep. What was even more strange was that there was a desert above, and yet there was such a river beneath the desert. It was truly unbelievable.
I was just wondering whether I should swim over when the ghost slave in white clothes appeared in the middle of the river again, waved at me, and said faintly: "Come... Come here quickly..."
Is this a provocation? Damn it, I know this slave girl. Don't let me catch her, or I'll tear her apart!
I thought to myself, glancing around. The river was calm, devoid of anything. I had no idea how deep it was. Who knows what would happen if I ventured into the water? With no watercraft, I was unsure what to do. Suddenly, I spotted two coffins on the riverbank, one large and one small, identical to the ones I'd seen at the Xiaohe cemetery.
I walked over and opened the coffin lids. Strangely, there was no body inside. Both coffins were empty.
This was fine. I carried one of the small coffins and placed it on the riverbed. The coffin was made of poplar wood and was extremely light, so it wouldn't sink. I then pulled two wooden blocks from the coffin, sat inside, and used the two blocks as oars, slowly sliding towards the ghost slave in white.
I was secretly impressed by how I had transformed the coffin into a boat. The ghost slave in white seemed startled again when she saw this scene, and quickly floated away into the depths of the river. In the blink of an eye, I could no longer see her.
Wow, it’s amazing that you can fly!
I was so angry that I vomited blood. If I had the ability to float in the air, I would have caught this ghost slave long ago.
It’s a pity that I don’t have it, so I still have to row this “coffin boat” slowly into the depths of the river.
The surroundings were silent and eerie, the only sound being the harsh sound of me paddling with a piece of wood in the water.
Along the way, I kept a constant vigilance, especially in the river, for fear that a shark would suddenly jump out and swallow me. However, I was really overthinking it. There were no sharks, but there were many ghost slaves rowing the "coffin boat" like me.
I stared with my eyes wide open at the horrifying scene in front of me.
Now, I have entered the deep interior of the river. The view in front of me suddenly became extremely wide, and the river became wider. Then I found that many coffin boats appeared on the river, and the people sitting on them and sliding the boats were all faceless ghost slaves!
But the difference is that these ghost slaves include male and female, old and young. Some coffin ships have only one ghost slave, while others carry two at the same time.
They paddled slowly back and forth in the river, occasionally shaking their hands and then pulling hard, with no idea what they were doing. Surprisingly, they only moved within this part of the river and would not paddle out.
But, this scene is already terrifying, okay? It's definitely scarier than a dozen ghost slaves appearing at the same time to kill me!
What makes me even more creepy is that from time to time, they would say, "Come here... come here quickly... there are so many fish over here~", "Don't go over there... there's a whirlpool over there... be careful of getting sucked in...", "What a good catch today..." and so on.
I was stunned by what I saw.
At this time, Su Xiaoniu said sleepily, "Why is it so noisy? - Huh?" She seemed to have noticed the strange scene before her and said in surprise, "Although these are very similar to ghost slaves, they are not ghost slaves, but fishing ghosts."
Fishing ghost? I was stunned.
Su Xiaoniu continued, "These fisher ghosts must have been villagers who made a living by fishing. Considering how Lop Nur transformed from my country's second-largest inland lake into its current desert state, these fisher ghosts must be thousands of years old."
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