I didn't dare tell Sister Hong what happened at first.
I secretly shook my head in denial. This was impossible. Yao Yumen's words were probably just a joke at the time and had no other meaning. Maybe I was overthinking it.
A few people rested for a while. Researcher An Xu was so nervous that she fell asleep leaning against the wall. Regarding the outside world, I don't know whether it is day or night.
Drowsily, I also fell asleep leaning against the wall. It felt like I had been sleeping for a long time, when suddenly there was a sound of movement.
It turned out that the guard was afraid that we would die of thirst, so he used a rope to unload a bucket of water, with a wooden ladle floating in the bucket.
"Sister Hong, Researcher An, come here quickly, there is water! Let's drink some water!" I was very thirsty, so I didn't care, just scooped up a ladle of cold water and poured it down my throat.
I'm not afraid of those people poisoning me. If they want to kill me, they won't have to go to so much trouble. Since we're here to stay, it must be useful to them. Of course Sister Hong knows this.
Researcher An didn't think so. She looked at the clear water in the bucket with fear and shook her head desperately: "Don't drink it, you can't drink it, the water must be poisonous."
"It's okay. Look, I'm okay even after drinking so much. Look, your mouth is so dry that it's cracked. Researcher An, you really need to drink some water." I scooped up a ladle of water and brought it to her mouth.
"Don't drink!" I don't know where she got such strength, he just knocked the water ladle away. The water ladle hit the wall and all the water was spilled.
"You..." I was angry and anxious.
She immediately realized that it was her fault and buried her head between her legs, sobbing like a lost little girl.
"Hey," I sighed, and most of the anger I had just felt was gone. Putting myself in her shoes, she saw all her companions die with her own eyes, and now she was alone. After all, she was a timid girl.
"If you don't want to drink, just drink." I picked up the water scoop and looked at Sister Hong, "Sister Hong, do you want to drink some?"
"Is there something on the wall?" I saw Sister Hong staring at the stone wall intently.
It cannot be said to be a stone wall. The wall below is made of Sanhe soil. It is white, yellow and very hard. It should have been built at the same time as the cave. It is possible that this place used to be a small burial pit, but it was not destroyed due to some special reasons.
Can be used.
Sister Hong suddenly stood up. She walked to the wall and gently slid her hand over it. This area was just wet by water, which was the water from the water ladle just now.
I walked over doubtfully and took a closer look.
The Sanhe soil was rapidly absorbing water, and I saw the outlines of several human faces appearing faintly and vaguely! And the outlines of these faces all had their mouths open and their eyes closed!
I was startled and rubbed my eyes hard to look.
It’s not dazzling, the more you look at it, the more they look like each other.
Sanhe soil absorbs water very quickly, and once the water dries up, those facial contours will no longer be visible.
"What...what's going on," I swallowed and said tremblingly: "Sister Hong, what happened just now? Are we blinded?"
Sister Hong frowned and remained silent. She stood up, picked up the bucket, scooped water directly from the gourd, and poured it on the wall one by one.
The Sanhe earthen wall had absorbed enough water this time. Soon, the outlines of hundreds of faces appeared on the entire wall in front of me! They were so densely packed that it was hard to tell whether these faces were male or female. Their facial expressions were all the same, with their mouths open and closed.
Eyes, all pointed at us.
Researcher An was so frightened that he kept shouting.
"Useless thing! Shut up!" Sister Hong yelled. She turned around and kicked Researcher An several times. I quickly grabbed Sister Hong and begged for Researcher An's mercy.
Then, Sister Hong picked up a small pointed stone from the ground. She suddenly turned around and asked me if I could pee now.
