Chapter 186
At Fili's feet, a dried corpse wrapped in a white cloth lay buried in the sand, its upper body completely submerged, with only its chest and half of its head exposed. Fili took a few steps back in shock.
"Don't look."
"ah!"
Chu Huaiqin's voice and Lin Zhinan's scream sounded at the same time, and then Lin Zhinan pounced on Chu Huaiqin and hugged him tightly.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, just treat it as a fossil, it's a fossil." Chu Huaiqin patted Lin Zhinan's shoulder and turned his gaze to the town in front with a serious expression.
The little monk was so frightened that his face turned pale. He leaned against Chu Huaiqin tightly, his lips trembling as he muttered, "Amitabha, Amitabha, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the Buddha is here, don't be afraid, don't be afraid..."
Xia Entang: One in my arms, one on my left, only the right one left.
"Are you afraid?" Abadi from Ali's team spoke up. He was smiling at Chen Zigao, whose face was turning pale.
Chen Zigao immediately felt something was wrong and instinctively wanted to run to find his companions, but he found that Phili was standing next to the mummy. He didn't dare to go to Liman, and he was not familiar with Andre, and Chu Huaiqin was even less likely to go. He hesitated for a moment, and Abadi caught him.
"No, what are you going to do?" Chen Zigao was shocked.
"Guess?" Abadi was tall and big. He carried Chen Zigao, who was about 1.75 meters tall, like a chicken and dragged him towards the mummy. Chen Zigao was so scared that he screamed "Ahhh" and flailed his limbs, but he was no match for Abadi.
"ah!"
Chen Zigao and many viewers in the live broadcast room screamed. Everyone watched in horror as Abadi dragged Chen Zigao closer to the mummy and pushed him down, apparently trying to cover Chen Zigao's face...
"Abadi!"
Director Austin warned. This guy lived in a semi-desert area, and their ethnic tradition was to bury mummies in the desert, so the mummy wasn't afraid. But everyone else was different, including him.
"Haha, I was just kidding," Abadi threw the trembling Chen Zigao aside and clapped his hands. "Don't be afraid. Mummies are more harmless than living people."
After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the town ahead. Vasily from the Russian team looked at Chen Zigao, who was sitting on the ground shaking like a sieve, and smiled, as if he had found something interesting.
The Maozi team followed suit and the Gungun team looked at each other and followed suit. In the end, only Fili went to help Chen Zigao, but there was a hint of impatience on his face as he turned his back.
The corpse was not far from the town, and the group arrived quickly. I don't know if it was because of the discovery of the corpse, but the place always felt a bit eerie. As it was getting dark, the group set up camp outside to rest. The Rolling Team had even moved their tents further away because Lin Zhinan and the little monk were scared.
"Brother, I want to sleep with you." Lin Zhinan followed behind Chu Huaiqin, his little face wrinkled.
Chu Huaiqin paused and turned around. Previously, Lin Zhinan had been able to sleep in a single tent with the little monk because the two children were still minors, about fifteen or sixteen years old, and they could sleep separately with a quilt between them. But he was an adult man, and whether or not they could sleep separately was another matter. Chu Huaiqin felt that he might be in trouble after sleeping in the tent.
"No." Xia En suddenly appeared, stood beside Chu Huaiqin, and refused righteously.
"Why?" Lin Zhinan didn't understand.
"No, that's not possible," Xia En could say, because it was forbidden for men and women to touch each other. This was happening on camera, "but you can sleep with the little monk."
"Even the little monk is afraid," Lin Zhinan murmured, secretly glancing at Chu Huaiqin. Seeing that he hadn't changed his mind, he could only ask, "Is there anything different?"
Chu Huaiqin looked at Lin Zhinan pitifully and said with a smile: "Of course, you and the little monk can sleep together with a quilt in between. If I squeeze in with you, I won't be able to squeeze through."
Lin Zhinan blinked and wanted to say that she didn't mind. When she raised her head, she saw Xia En's serious expression. She finally understood something and had to nod.
"Don't worry, I'll be watching over you at night." Chu Huaiqin comforted.
The two children finally nodded with tears in their eyes.
Although the atmosphere was a bit off, they still had to eat and sleep. Even if one or two of them stayed up until the early hours of the morning and finally fell asleep from exhaustion, it was still a night's sleep. Aside from the wind, there were no other scary sounds. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt like something was missing. However, because of the mummy, no one slept well.
The food for today was not enough, so everyone took out the map to study it. The route actually passed through the small town, and the next food point was located there. It seemed that the director team had come here for an investigation.
After dinner, everyone packed up and set off. Chen Zigao was frightened by Abadi yesterday and developed a high fever. He alarmed the doctor in the middle of the night and fell asleep after taking medicine. When he woke up today, he felt very weak, but very smart. He stood far away from Abadi, but was afraid of death, so he followed Phili.
"Who goes first?" Abadi asked.
Everyone was stunned. That's right. This town is made up of mud houses nestled against each other. In the desert, houses can't be too far apart to protect them from the wind and sand. Therefore, the alleys are very small, and the largest is the main road, only about 1.5 meters wide. Previously, when they were crossing the rocky terrain, they had encountered snakes around corners, which showed that walking first was very dangerous.
"The team with more people will go first!" Chen Zigao said righteously.
"I support that, too." Fili nodded in agreement.
The Maozi team, because Chu Huaiqin had saved Valeri twice, would not express their feelings even if they had them. Abadi remained silent, seemingly wanting to watch the show.
"That won't do. This is a competition, not an outing," Chu Huaiqin smiled, but his eyes were firm and cold. "So, each team will walk for an hour, and we'll rotate."
"How can this be?" Chen Zigao screamed and was the first to object. He was the only one in their team, so wouldn't he have to walk in front?
"I have no objection." Andre from the Russian team said.
"We're fine too," Sam Liman replied. Phili immediately became anxious and was about to speak, but seeing Liman's expression, he finally held back. He still needed Liman to win the championship! Finally, he turned his head reluctantly.
"That's fine with me, but you have to go first," Abadi said.
Chu Huaiqin had no objection. Their team was large, so they had to sacrifice something, otherwise they would stand out from the crowd. Abadi and Andrei seemed to have a good relationship with him, but at the end of the competition, it was hard to say what they were really thinking. Chu Huaiqin also had another thought: generally, the deeper you go into a large desert ruin like this, the more dangerous it is.
After the Rolling Team was chosen as the first team, the other four teams drew lots. Andrei and Vasily of the Maozi Team took the second rotation, Chen Zigao of the British Empire took the third, Limanfeli of the Sam Empire took the fourth, and Abadi of the Ali Team took the fifth. According to the map, after the first round, they would be able to leave.
After confirming everything, everyone set off. The rolling team led the way, with Chu Huaiqin in front, followed by the resilient little monk holding a chicken, looking around like a thief. Lin Zhinan was in the middle, with Xia Entang at the rear, and the rest of the team following behind, which was considered a safe zone.
The town wasn't as scary as everyone imagined. While the houses looked rather run-down from the outside, the interior was much better, perhaps because the wind and sand erosion were slower due to the protection provided by the houses outside. The ground was all sandy, with occasional rocks visible, and some desert vegetation growing in the corners, looking pleasant.
"Nothing!" Phili exclaimed. The houses here are low and there is plenty of sunshine. Walking inside without the wind and sand makes it more relaxing.
"Yes, there's nothing to be afraid of." Chen Zigao also echoed.
“Chuckle!”
As soon as Chen Zigao finished speaking, a rooster crowed, with a hint of hoarseness, sounding particularly like a deliberate mocking sound made by someone. Chen Zigao's face turned green in an instant.
The people in the live broadcast room were laughing silly.
"Haha, Chicken Strong is opposing, opposing."
"Wrong, Ji Jianqiang was mocking me. Who was so scared that he stuck to Fili?"
"Pfft, without Arnold, I'll just wait for him to be eliminated."
The people in the live broadcast room looked at the situation in the town, not too worried, and talked and laughed.
The weather was pretty good today, and the temperature inside wasn't too high, only around 30 degrees Celsius. But the chicken was incredibly stubborn, constantly clucking. It hadn't stopped since Chen Zigao started calling it, and it was struggling to get out of the cage. Even the monk's constant attempts to comfort it wouldn't quiet it.
"Can you please make it shut up? It's annoying." Fili said angrily.
The little monk didn't understand English and didn't take it seriously.
"Hey, Phil is annoyed. Can you tell that chicken to shut up?" Chen Zigao translated.
The little monk turned his head and shouted at Chen Zigao, "Go ahead and yell! You definitely know how to speak like a chicken! Go ahead and yell!"
Chen Zigao thought again of the chicken's mockery, "How come I can speak chicken language?"
"You just finished speaking and Jianqiang replied to you. It must have understood you. That means you can also understand what it says!" The little monk made a face at Chen Zigao as a matter of course.
"You, you called me a beast?" Chen Zigao was so angry that his face turned red.
"You admitted it yourself, but I didn't." The little monk's bald head shook.
Chen Zigao was furious and took a few steps forward, "You..."
"Okay, enough of the hassle." Fili interrupted the conversation he couldn't understand.
Chen Zigao's face turned red and white, he lowered his eyelids, a cold flash in his eyes. These people, these people treat me like this now, I will definitely, definitely...
"Cluck, cluck, cluck!"
The chicken was still crowing. Chu Huaiqin didn't know if he was annoyed by it, but he felt something was wrong.
"Little monk, pass the chicken to me," Chu Huaiqin, who was standing in front, suddenly said, "Everyone, don't stop."
No one thought the first sentence was a big deal, but the second sentence was strange. For a moment, the atmosphere became tense.
The little monk was also dumbfounded. As he walked, he took the chicken out of the cage and said, "Brother, here you go."
Chu Huaiqin took it. Ji Jianqiang was still struggling, but his grip loosened, and Ji Jianqiang flew out, swooping down to the corner of the collapsed wall behind Xia Entang. Ji Jianqiang's target was so obvious that everyone turned their gazes and gasped. Under the collapsed wall, a small red snake stretched out its head, hissing and spitting out its red tongue at the crowd.
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