"Number? No... How can any tombstone be numbered here? This... I really can't understand it." I was really puzzled. Even people from the Ming Dynasty couldn't use numbers after their death. This is not a joke.
Is it the same?
Jiao Ba smiled and said, "Brother Yi, didn't you say before that maybe all the people here died because of a battlefield, right?"
"Yeah, what's wrong? What does this have to do with anything?" I didn't understand what he said.
"Actually, if it weren't for your reminder, I wouldn't have been able to remember it. If the people buried here died in the war, then the numbers under this tombstone are 100% serial numbers..."
"I understand. I can't remember the names of the large numbers of deaths, so I can only number them according to numbers. And the most likely reason is that the mysterious old man, maybe due to time constraints, or maybe because
It was quite confusing at the time. They could just number the people buried according to the order of burial, so the names were replaced with numbers in traditional Chinese characters." Before Jiao Ba could finish his words, Chang Shan answered decisively.
"Yes, Brother Changshan is right. It should be like this. The graves here, whether it is the tombstones or the distance between them, all seem too hasty. They are right next to each other, and there is no distinction between seniority.
That's why I deduced it like this." Jiao Ba's tone was very calm, and he seemed to be fully confident.
"Listening to what you said, it seems to make sense." Jiao Ba's analysis is relatively reasonable, but there is not enough evidence to prove it.
"Then we can only wait until a coffin is opened to verify it."
After Jiao Ba finished speaking, he stood up and followed the place where I stepped on before. He stamped his feet back and forth, and then there was another 'crash' sound. The surrounding soil collapsed again, and Jiao Ba continued to walk along the edge.
I stamped hard and soon, all the soil in this circle collapsed and only the middle area was highlighted.
"That's almost it. Once you dig out the middle, you can basically see the coffin." Jiao Ba stopped and reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
"Then let me try it first." Chang Shan stepped over the cave-in, pulled out a sharp knife, and started digging hard with the knife and hands.
"Is this... can this be done? You can't dig so hard that we will be exhausted?" Chang Shan has been digging for a while, but there is still nothing obvious. There is only a small pit. If the coffin is buried deeper, we will be exhausted.
No.
"It's okay, Zhongyi. The soil is very loose. It doesn't take much effort to dig it out. I think it will be almost done in an hour." Chang Shan said while digging. His hands were very fast, and he looked very professional at first glance.
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"Come on, brother Yi, the three of us can go faster together." After Jiao Ba finished speaking, he went over to dig the grave.
I couldn't just stand by and watch. I pulled out my diving knife and was about to go over. Suddenly, there was lightning and thunder in the sky. The lightning struck one after another, and the huge thunder shook the whole town.
The island began to shake, as if the God of Thunder was angry.
"Damn it, it's going to rain, let's evacuate quickly." I shouted, this damn weather was going to rain at any time.
Jiao Ba looked up and said, "Don't touch Yige yet, something is wrong. Look at this lightning."
When Jiao Ba said this, I noticed that the lightning was striking back and forth all around us, and the lightning flashes were like golden snakes scurrying in the dark clouds. This flash of lightning and flint made no one look directly at it.
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Countless bolts of lightning flashed down across the sky, almost surrounding the entire island. The scene was extremely spectacular, and the most terrible thing was that most of these bolts of lightning struck this cemetery.
And the huge roar of thunder can scare people to death, as if the island is going to explode at any time, as if the sky is falling and the earth is falling. All of this happens in just a few seconds.
It came so quickly, without any warning.
The tombs around us were all dotted with sparks. A bolt of lightning struck and the tombs were split into two halves. Jiao Ba, Chang Shan, I, and I were all a little dumbfounded. There was no place to run.
The entire cemetery was covered in lightning, as if it were a super large magnetic field. There were crackling sounds inside, and the lightning was so bright that I couldn't see the people around me clearly. Everything around me was...
White, dazzling white.
"What the hell is going on? How can lightning strike like this? Oh my god, are you drunk too much?" This is the first time I have seen a scene where countless lightning bolts fall together. It is really shocking.
It’s so amazing. If we’re not careful, we might die on this.
"Something might be going on, brother Yi, we have to take shelter." Jiao Ba shouted loudly, because the thunder was so loud that it almost made his ears deafen.
"Where are you hiding? Look around here. Apart from lightning, you can't even see the damn road. It's over now. We're going to die." I yelled at the top of my throat. My mind was completely blank. I didn't know what to do.
How to deal with it.
"Zhongyi, Jiao Ba, come with me, hide first." Chang Shan shouted loudly to the two of us, and then reached out and grabbed us. Jiao Ba and I followed him and crawled over little by little on the ground.
We climbed to a nearby grave, and the three of us clung to each other. The lightning and thunder continued. I could only pray silently in my heart. I wonder how Mai Lao and Jenny are doing now.
Can they avoid this storm in time? I hope they can be safe.
After the lightning and thunder stopped, I thought everything was over, but who knew that the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the whole cemetery was flying with sand and rocks, like a hungry beast making a piercing scream.
This scene is endless, there is no sky, and there is no earth. There is only sand and dust around, and there is sand and dust everywhere. Nothing can be seen. The strong wind is sweeping away all life on the island.
The wind and sand made it difficult for us to open our eyes. Several times, Jiao Ba was almost rolling on the ground. The three of us grabbed each other and used all our strength to resist the attack of the strong wind.
The strong wind lasted for about a minute or two. In an instant, the strong wind and heavy rain began to pour down. The heavy rain was like ocean waves, one after another. I couldn't even lift my head. The rain fell down.
It was like a small stone on my body, causing pain.
When the rain fell to the ground, it was filled with white gas. The whole cemetery was filled with white gas. The heavy rain even knocked down the tombstones. The rainwater filled the cemetery and almost filled the river.
The three of us held our heads in our hands, just like shrimps, squatting on the ground and leaning on the grave behind us, "Oh my God, what the hell is this rain? It's killing people, why is it so heavy?"
"I don't know either. This is the first time I've encountered something like this. The rain and the waves are both terrible." Jiao Ba was so beaten by the rain that he opened his mouth and roared.
"I'm afraid there are going to be changes, we have to be more careful." Chang Shan grabbed my arm, pulled my neck and shouted...