Simple soul

Motai Mountain

Then a middle-aged man said, "This thing is related to a secret group. Don't let the news leak out. Do a good job. Come with me to the innermost part now. I'll show you the Motai people's documents. It's an ancient bamboo slip with seal script. Xiao Zhang can understand it."

The two of them listened intently. Hai signaled to Xiuxiu very seriously that she couldn't make any noise. "They're going to steal something," he said.

"You stay here. I'll go out first," he said in lip language.

Xiu Xiu was randomly searching on her mobile phone for information about "Motai Mountain". She felt rather uneasy, as there was nothing she could do at the moment but wait.

The information showed that in the Xia Sha Village of the Pineapple Town where Motai Mountain was located, there had been a small military factory during the distant war years. Temporary militias were assembled, and they used all the pots, bowls, and dishes to make some primitive cannons in a rather disorderly manner. That was because Motai Mountain was rich in saltpeter. However, due to the lack of advanced technology, the primitive cannons made by the primitive methods couldn't be put into use in time before the battle was lost. It didn't mention which specific war it was. "Could it be a battle against aliens?" Xiu Xiu wondered.

What was puzzling was that if they didn't even have time to make the primitive cannons, how could they have had time to build houses? The article also said, "But indeed, they found some remains of the primitive cannons. It's not clear whether there had been a war or not." This post was only visible to members, and there were no follow-up replies.

Xiu Xiu was about to continue searching for something when Miao Hai rushed in. Finally, he could speak loudly, gasping for breath, "I've locked them up." But his mouth and eyes weren't directed at Xiu Xiu. Instead, he was facing a button on his shirt, just like the actions of someone from an intelligence department. "Okay. It's on the top layer of the chest of drawers in the room on the left of the left wing-room. Okay, got it." While talking to the button on his shirt, he pulled Xiu Xiu's hand and walked in the direction he mentioned.

"Yes, there was another earthquake just now."

"Who are you talking to?" Xiu Xiu couldn't help asking. Hai glanced at her, ignored her, and continued talking to the button on his own. "Yeah, she's right beside me." When Xiu Xiu and Hai passed by that room, Hai pointed inside. They stood there and listened for a while. They heard people chatting one after another. "How beautiful! Any mural here is an ancient relic thousands of years old." "Impossible. Archaeologists have been here and said it's at most 50 years old." "Maybe it was the former residence of the nobility." "This place is filled with miasma. Few locals come here. If it weren't for the disappearance of foreign backpackers, this place wouldn't have been discovered." "Just like those floating islands. They can't be seen when the tide is high, but they appear when the tide ebbs."

Hai pulled Xiu Xiu and found a tiny remote control in the chest of drawers. Then he replied to the button, "Yes, change the form." He pressed the numbers on it with a beeping sound, muttering something like a spell under his breath. Then he led Xiu Xiu out, got into the car, and drove down the mountain. Xiu Xiu was really confused about what all these operations were for. She asked, "What about the people in that room?" "It's okay. They'll gradually feel the lack of oxygen." "What? Are you going to kill them?" "What are you thinking, silly girl?" "When there's not enough oxygen, they'll find a passage and then go back along the only underground passage."

Xiu Xiu looked at Hai in confusion, as if she were looking at a madman. She understood less and less what he was talking about. Hai didn't notice her reaction. He was concentrating on driving and just added, "Haven't you heard that there's often a lack of oxygen in ancient tombs?"

"Was the place we just went to an ancient tomb? Wasn't it a military factory?"

Hai didn't know how to explain it to her, so he simply remained silent. After getting down the mountain, Xiu Xiu took another look at the Motai Mountain that had filled her with doubts. Suddenly, she exclaimed, "Miao Hai, look!"

Right at that position, a huge deer king with a gloomy blue light appeared. It just stood still, more like a gigantic luminous sculpture.

In fact, Xiu Xiu had made an appointment with someone on her mobile phone. At 10:30, at the Royal Capital Grand Hotel. The screen of her mobile phone lit up for a moment. Xiu Xiu didn't tell Miao Hai about this little special hobby of hers.

"We're out of gas. I was thinking about refueling all the way, but I still forgot about it in the end." Hai seemed to be deliberately causing trouble for her. "How much is left?" "Anyway, it's definitely not enough to get back." "It's okay. Make a call and ask them to send some gas to us." "Who in the company would do this for us? We ran away right after the earthquake." "Then what should we do?"

The whole mountain range undulated with graceful curves. The mountain valleys were broad and vast. The moonlight was pouring down like a waterfall. But there were too many mosquitoes. Swarms of them attacked Xiu Xiu and Miao Hai who had just stopped the car due to running out of gas and were about to open the door to get some fresh air. Before Xiu Xiu could slap the mosquitoes on her thighs, strings of red bumps had already popped up. Miao Hai felt so sorry for her that he quickly took out the cooling ointment from the car and said, "Don't look down on this. It's cheap, but it works best for you!" Then he unscrewed the little green cap and poured it generously on the places with bumps. Xiu Xiu thought for a moment and asked him, "Miao Hai, did you know me before?"