Chapter 487: Eye
“Are you afraid?”
Having been so excited by Chang Ning standing behind him, Yun Yi took a deep breath and directly raised his feet to cross the threshold.
I took a flashlight and looked inside, and I immediately concluded, "This seems to be a restaurant."
The crowd also came in.
Under the flashlight, I saw that there were more than a dozen tables neatly arranged in the spacious lobby. Chairs and benches were also neatly placed on the table. There were even a few unopened wine jars on the innermost counter. .
Except for the thick dust falling on both the floor and the furniture, this is no different from those ancient inns in costume dramas that have just closed.
As people walked back and forth in the lobby, there were many messy footprints on the dusty ground.
Yun Yi walked to the counter and wanted to open the wine jar to see if there was any wine inside. Just as she was about to make a move, Chang Ning, who was not far away from her, slapped her on the back of her hand. "Do you know that you can sail a thousand-year ship with caution?" If there is something deadly in the jar, if you release it, we will all die. You can die if you want, but don't take me with you."
"What a strong hand!" Yun Yi covered his hand that was hot and red from being slapped, grinned, and decisively admitted his mistake, "I was wrong, and I won't dare to do it again."
Jiang Lingxi and Xu Zhao looked away.
“I’ll go behind the counter and have a look.”
“Then I’ll take people to the second floor.”
Jiang Lingxi went around behind the counter, opened the half-open drawer, and saw several thick account books inside. She was about to take it out carefully to see if she could tell the specific era of this ancient desert capital from the account books. There was a tiny sound from behind the screen on the other side.
Suddenly turned his head and looked over, "Who?"
no respond.
Then they are not from your side.
Changning was stunned for a moment, and then walked behind the screen cautiously and looked at it carefully, "Sister Xi, there is no one there."
“Perhaps I heard wrong.”
There was no more movement from behind the screen. Jiang Lingxi put her hand on the top account book. But before she picked it up, she felt the fragility of the paper. She was afraid that the account book would fall apart if she took it. Can give up.
When Xu Zhao and his people came down from exploring the guest rooms on the second floor, everyone went out.
Jiang Lingxi intentionally stayed at the end, and when she was about to close the door again, she suddenly looked inside with a flashlight.
A pair of glowing green eyes flashed past the counter screen so quickly that she thought it was her imagination.
Then I inspected a few more houses, some for self-occupation and some for business, and found nothing unusual except for the thick dust.
"what time is it?"
“It’s almost four o’clock in the morning.”
“Then don’t leave now, find a place to rest, summarize the previous findings, and then take turns to rest.”
Yun Yi raised his hand and suggested, "If you want to rest, the private house just now is nice and spacious. There is a bed in the corner. Sister Xi and Chang Ning, you girls are better off sleeping on the bed. Just put on sleeping bags."
This proposal was unanimously approved.
That place is not only spacious, but also very close. Everyone’s physical strength has dropped a lot after moving for such a long time, and they don’t want to travel far to find a place to rest.
It only took less than ten minutes for more than ten people to clean it. Basically, it was enough to sweep away the dust on the surface.
After cleaning up, everyone gathered in a circle.
“If you have any discoveries, just tell me, you don’t have to think about whether it is useful or not.”
Changning raised his hand and spoke first: "The houses in this ruins are all very orderly. Besides large pieces of furniture, there are no other items such as food or daily utensils. I speculate that the people who once lived here did not raise their hands. The city moved away?"
"That's my guess too." Xu Zhao waited for her to finish and nodded in agreement. "This site is in the desert. It's probably because the climate conditions are getting worse and worse, and people can't live anymore and choose to move away."
…”
By the time everyone finished speaking, only Jiang Lingxi was left speechless.
Jiang Lingxi met everyone's gaze, "It seems that everyone agrees with the conclusion that the ancient capital ruins were abandoned and the residents moved out in an orderly and prepared manner." Before everyone could nod, her tone changed, "But there is a detail I wonder if you have noticed that there are no traces of use in either the house or the furniture in the ruins. Even if a person takes good care of his or her house, it is impossible for there to be no signs of use at all, right? "
Yun Yi had already stood up and wiped a small long table beside the wall with his hands. I didn’t pay much attention to it before, but now I’m taking a closer look.
This table has been in use for a long time, and there is not a single scratch or bump on it.
This can also be explained as being newly replaced, but if we look at other furniture, there is really no trace of use.
“Then it’s possible that he just moved in...”
He couldn't continue speaking in the middle of the sentence.
The environment cannot deteriorate all of a sudden. It will take a lot of time just to build this city in the desert.
Who would put so much effort into building a city that can’t be lived in for a long time?
Have you eaten so much that you have nothing to do?
Yun Yi sat back with a suspicious look on his face, "How could this happen?"
Xu Zhao’s expression became more solemn, “In this case, all our previous guesses will be overturned.”
The room became quiet for a while.
With this puzzling discovery, everyone's mood became solemn.
Jiang Lingxi hesitated for a moment when she saw this, but she still didn't say anything about the pair of eyes she seemed to have seen before.
After all, even she herself wasn't sure. It might be that she was dazzled after a busy night.
“Let’s take turns to rest for a while, recuperate before looking for other clues.”
However, in such a weird place, it is impossible to fall asleep deeply, so you can only take a light sleep to relax your mind.
the other side.
Yin Chong hasn’t rested yet.
“How many people did Chongshi send out?”
“Five.”
"Five versus sixteen, he is really confident." Yin Chong said with a sneer, "Have the people I asked you to send out found any trace of Wujue and them?"
Luan Hua paused and shook his head, "Not yet."
"Jiang Lingxi and the others are not worried at the moment. The key is that they are unconscious and cannot successfully reunite. Furthermore," Yin Chong looked at the table in front of him that was wiped clean by his subordinates, "I always feel that this place is a little weird."
“Weird?”
“I can’t tell, but in short, don’t be careless at any time, it’s better to be careful.”
Luan Hua nodded seriously. Since the adults said something was strange, even if she didn't see anything, she didn't dare to take it lightly.
“It’s getting late, let’s go and rest first.”
Luan Hua went out as told.
Their current residence is in a large house, but to say it is a large house is only relative to the other houses in this site.
Nearly forty people live in a courtyard. Except for the adults and Chong Shi, everyone else lives in several rooms, which is a bit crowded.
Before going back to the room where he was going to stay tonight, Luan Hua thought of what Mr. Cai had just said and planned to personally patrol around the yard before going back.
When she walked to the door, she frowned and asked, "Why isn't the door closed properly?"
When the two doorkeepers saw the person coming, they quickly explained: "Is this door tight? The wood may have deformed due to age. Sister Luan, don't worry, we will guard here to ensure that no mosquitoes can fly in."
"There are no mosquitoes underground, so they can't fly in." Luan Hua said angrily and walked over, "I'll give it a try."
The door was opened, Luan Hua exerted her strength with her arms, and saw that the door was about to be tightly closed.
A big, round red eye suddenly appeared outside the crack of the door, blinked and disappeared, so fast it seemed like an illusion!