Wait a minute. I frowned. "What's going on?"
I walked step by step towards the end of the firelight, my movements a bit stiff. When I saw that thing, I froze completely.
It wasn't because I was overly timid. Well, being timid was part of it, but it was just too unbelievable.
"What's that?" I hesitated and asked a question I didn't want to ask.
Fatty also shook his head dryly. "How would I know what it is? But after all these years, why are these corpses still so well - preserved?"
Behind the mural was actually a large open space. Hanging upside - down on this open space were countless swaying figures. These figures seemed like living people hanging upside - down there.
They were dressed in ancient costumes. I couldn't tell which era they belonged to for a moment, which was rather spine - chilling.
It was originally just an ordinary mural, but being unable to recognize the era was really frustrating.
You know, although I'm quite useless, I'm still reliable in some things.
For example, influenced by the business environment at home, I have a certain understanding of the history of each dynasty, as well as the contemporary clothing and culture. So there are few things I can't recognize.
But now, even the most capable person might be stumped.
I whispered, "Don't you think something's strange?"
Fatty gave me a disdainful look and also whispered, "Of course it's strange. It's not just a little bit strange. Come on, tell me which dynasty these people are from."
I shook my head. "I don't recognize them."
Fatty gave me another disdainful look. "Oh, so there's something you don't know?"
I nodded. "Okay, laugh at me to your heart's content."
Fatty laughed loudly. "What's this? Don't worry. I won't laugh at you. I'll just smile a bit."
I gave him a disdainful look and stared at the thing in front of me, my eyes filled with a hint of hesitation.
Actually, I understood what Fatty said. But in a way, I just didn't want to face the reality.
Fatty knew me well. Seeing my expression, he knew what I was thinking.
He sighed and shook his head. "Actually, I know what you're hesitating about. But now's not the time for us to worry about this. What do you think?"
This guy's eyes were surprisingly interesting to me for the first time. I shook my head. Just as I was about to leave, I stopped.
There, standing on the stone bench in the middle, was a figure in a white luxurious robe. We hadn't seen it just now because there were so many hanging figures here.
But we never expected that there would be someone we knew very well up there.
Fatty's voice rang out. "Am I seeing things? No, I think I'm a bit dizzy. Brother, did you see that thing?"
The reason Fatty was so shocked was not because of anything else, but because the dim light on that person's face made it hard for us to see clearly.
But at this moment, we could clearly see that the person was none other than Yan Yan.
"I don't know if this is really Yan Yan, but I know this place might really have something to do with you," I said.
Fatty murmured beside me. "Otherwise, why are all these coincidences happening? Damn it, it scared the hell out of me."
At this moment, I didn't care if Fatty was swearing. If I wasn't at a loss for words and my throat wasn't hoarse, I might also swear.
I gave him a disdainful look and silently uttered a few words. "It's really strange."
Neither of us was the overly sentimental type. Even after so many scares, thanks to what happened with Teng Man just now, we were probably quite sober.
We had seen scarier things, so how about this situation? We walked to one side, wanting to go up and take a look at the real face of that corpse.
Suddenly, my movements froze. Fatty pulled me down, and he squatted on the ground in an extremely lewd posture.
I didn't know what he was up to. I looked back at him helplessly. Just as I was about to say something, Fatty winked at me and shook his head desperately.
We both realized something and quickly hid behind the stone pillar.
I secretly asked Fatty, "What's going on? What happened?"
Fatty whispered, "Someone's chasing us."
In this harsh place, the ones who could chase us here were probably either Hualian'er or the leader and people of this strange ethnic group.
But no matter who it was, it wasn't good news for us.
I frowned painfully and waited for that person to come.
Ding ding ding, dong dong dong. A strange ringing sound came. We had heard this bell sound before.
I looked at Fatty, and Fatty looked at me. Both of our expressions relaxed.
Hualian'er had a string of bells on her. We didn't know who gave them to her, but we had heard this sound quite a lot on this journey.
Of course, we couldn't rule out the possibility that it was those perverts, but we could recognize this bell sound.
Hualian'er once showed off to us that this was a treasure given to her by her master, Master Xuanfu.
It was said to be unearthed from a tomb of a certain dynasty and had the effect of exorcising evil spirits. We didn't know if it was true.
Speaking of which, why would something unearthed from a tomb have the effect of exorcising evil spirits?
It didn't really matter that Hualian'er was coming. But if we had to choose, Hualian'er was better than those perverts.
Fatty let out a sigh of relief, and so did I. We both shamelessly thought that bullying a little girl was better than dealing with a group of big guys.
Whoever was so shameless would have to pay the price, especially a shameless man.
When we saw Hualian'er appear in front of us, we just stared fixedly at this suddenly - appearing girl.
The girl's body was already covered with green branches and leaves. She just walked straight over, as if she couldn't see anyone in front of her.
I took two steps back and looked at Fatty in confusion. "Explain this to me. What's going on?"
Of course, I knew what had happened to Hualian'er. The question was who was behind this?
But even though we were both affected, Fatty was like this, and Hualian'er was covered like this. This kind of vine could really turn people into something unrecognizable.
But compared to Hualian'er's exaggerated state, Fatty's current state was actually not that bad.
Fatty was also confused. "Strange. Although I was bitten by those things just now, I'm not that scary. Could it be that because I'm so handsome, invincible, brave and wise, it was overwhelmed by my talent?"