"Have you heard any strange sounds?" Fang Xiangyue looked at everyone tentatively and asked.
"Voice?" When everyone heard this, they quickly held their breath and listened.
"Well, there really is!" Now, everyone heard it, "It's very weak, it seems to be some kind of knocking sound?"
"It came from here." Fang Xiangyue pointed at the stone statue in front of him and said with certainty.
"This..." Everyone looked at each other in confusion, but Nangong Mu Le spoke first, "Maybe there are some insects or the like that got into the stone statue. Why don't we dig it out and take a look to make sure?"
"Okay." Fang Xiangyue's curiosity has been aroused, and he would feel uncomfortable if he didn't see it more clearly.
So, several people started digging around the stone statue.
However, during the excavation, all the spiritual defense shields were opened. The desert is full of unknowns. No one knows what kind of existence is inside this stone statue.
"Ah, this...what on earth is going on!"
However, after everyone dug up the sand around the stone statue, they were shocked to see that the lower part of the stone statue was... human flesh and blood!
"Half stone statue and half real person, who is so cruel to do such a thing!" When several boys saw it, their eye circles turned red instantly.
On the contrary, Fang Xiangyue frowned after inspecting it carefully and said, "Look, the petrified part and the flesh and blood part are connected very smoothly, as if they had grown together originally."
Hearing this, everyone hurried forward to take a closer look. As expected, the connection between the upper body and lower body was actually very complete, with no trace of splicing visible.
"Perhaps, this stone statue should be a real person." At this time, Xianyunhe said lightly, "It's just that for some reason, the upper body has been petrified."
"That's right!" After hearing this, Fang Xiangyue thought of something and immediately put his ear on the chest of the stone statue.
"Dong dong dong..."
Sure enough, the vibrating sound became clearer, and she said excitedly, "The sound just now was not an insect, but the heartbeat of this person. It was really made by a living person!"
"Let me see."
When Xianyunhe heard this, his expression immediately changed slightly. He also stepped forward to listen, and then said with a smile on his face, "It seems that the rumors are true. The vitality of those who are petrified will not be cut off within a day."
"Oh my God, I'm actually still alive!"
Everyone exclaimed when they heard this and said anxiously, "Then, what should we do now? Senior, you are well-informed. Is there any way to save her?"
"I can't save her, but I have a way to save her, and I probably know why she became like this."
Xianyunhe shook his head and went on to answer everyone's questions, "It is rumored that there is a monster in the desert called the horned viper (kuí). It was highly poisonous before it mutated. After the mutation, it gained the ability to 'petrify'. I want to get rid of this monster."
The effect is that the hurtful snake must be killed within one day, otherwise there will be no way to save it."
"But, there should be more than one horned viper in the desert. How can we determine which one this person was injured by?"
"This is quite simple. Only the transformed horned viper has petrified eyes. It will be petrified after looking at it." After Xianyunhe finished speaking, he picked up the half-petrified person, "As long as you don't touch its eyes.
If you look at each other, that ability will be useless."
However, there was a doubt that Xianyunhe did not express.
That is, usually people who are petrified are completely petrified, but this person is only half petrified, which is really strange.