Chapter 41: The truth that wants to be revealed (2) [Thanks to Jiutian Yu Shenjian Wan
[Thanks to the Nine Heavens Royal Sword Ten Thousand Rewards for the additional update]
What Chen Zhi and the others said here are actually strictly confidential. Logically speaking, they should not be known to outsiders like Yang Wumao.
But from the beginning, Professor Liao told Chen Zhi that Yang Wumao was born in poverty, had a clean foundation, simple and simple thinking, and had great respect for Professor Liao and could be trusted.
During the time they were talking, Xiaomi and the other two researchers had been staying in another cave. They were unaware of all the conversations that took place here.
Xiaomi had been there since just now, explaining the history of Dunhuang to the two scientific researchers. When he came back with a dry mouth from the lecture, he saw Yang Wumao's face was frighteningly pale, and he was a little confused:
"The bosses seem to be particularly interested in Xuanzang's Journey to the West!
After all, it is also a legend of you Han people.
Haha~~
Okay, I've seen enough after watching for so long. It's getting late and the museum will be closing soon. Let's go quickly. The Gobi Desert is no joke. Walking in the desert at night is more dangerous after all!
Let’s go back now, and I’ll take you to eat the most authentic mutton hotpot here! That’s..."
"We're not leaving!",
Chen Zhi suddenly said to Xiaomi,
“We are very interested in this place and are planning to spend the night here today!
You take our two scientific researchers and go back to the town together! Arrange a good place for them to stay, entertain them with food and drink, and don't wrong them!"
"What?",
When Xiaomi heard Chen Zhi's words, her brown eyes almost popped out of her eyes in surprise:
"Boss, are you talking in your sleep?
Where are you going to live in this vast desert outskirts?
Let me tell you, there is no hotel in this place. The old couple who are the doorkeepers have very weird tempers and will never let you stay here!
If something happens to you, I can't bear the responsibility..."
"Don't worry!" Chen Zhi waved to him, saying there was no need to say anything more.
"I've been running outside all year round and I know it well, and this is our own business and you don't need to be responsible!
You go now, I will meet you outside tomorrow morning!"
"This..." Xiaomi wanted to say something more, but looked at Chen Zhi's eyes and swallowed the second half of the sentence.
Xiaomi naturally didn't understand, but he was just a tour guide. He was paid to do things, so there was no need to do more useless work.
After a few chirping instructions, he took the two scientific researchers back to the town.
Four people, Chen Zhi, Fat Wei, Guidao and Yang Wumao, stayed behind.
In the following time, Yang Wumao stood in front of the mural, carefully studying the color spots on the mural, and thinking about what chemicals to use to imprint the superimposed colors without damaging the underlying color.
The final goal is to show the true face of this mural.
Not long after, a harsh roar was heard from the loudspeaker. The sound was like the roar of a dying old donkey.
It's the old man guarding the gate.
"Hey! Hey! It's closing time, everyone, please go out!
If you don’t go out after the time, we will lock the door and bear the consequences!”
The old man's tone was extremely rude and impatient.
After he spoke for a while, the old lady seemed anxious and picked up the phone and shouted into the air again.
"Go! Go!"
We are about to lock the door. We are locked in here and we are not responsible for freezing to death.
Let’s go!”
The old lady's voice has become even shriller these days, like a duck whose tail has been stepped on, which makes people feel uncomfortable all over.
There are not many tourists in the Thousand Buddha Cave, they are basically scholars with cameras.
After hearing these vicious roars, everyone quickly walked towards the door.
Chen Zhi also walked over there with them, watching from a distance the old couple standing at the door counting people.
The door there is very simple, just made of wood and iron sheets.
The old couple didn't know what was going on. Each one looked uglier than the other, and the wrinkles on their faces were as deep as the ravines on the wood.
They were seeing someone off at the door with dark old faces and a rude look, as if they wanted to push the person out at once.
Chen Zhi glanced at them from a distance, scanned the two old guys up and down, and then stretched out his arms to ask Fat Wei and the others to stop.
"Let's not go out tonight, just stay here, otherwise it will be difficult to come in again..."
"How about that?",
Yang Wumao immediately expressed his opposition,
"The temperature in this grotto is extremely low at night, and people will be frozen..."
"You don't have to worry about it anymore!",
Fat Wei forcefully pulled off Yang Wumao's sleeve to tell him to stop talking.
In this way, the four of them quickly stepped back a few steps, hid behind the tourists, and then took advantage of the darkness to hide back into the grotto.
Soon, the tourists in the grotto were cleared.
The already dark and damp grotto suddenly became even colder and colder. The stone Buddha statues around him seemed to have changed their appearance in the darkness, with strange cold faces, and their eyes seemed to be looking at him.
At this time, a snapping sound was heard, and the few lighting lamps in the grotto began to go out one by one.
Within a few seconds, the entire cave became pitch black.
In the desert grotto, this kind of extreme darkness can make people collapse. The boundless unknown terror makes people full of fantasies about everything in the darkness.
For Chen Zhi and the other three, the fear of the dark no longer existed. They all stood there, silently in the darkness, as if they had long been accustomed to blending into the darkness.
But Yang Wumao couldn't do it. After the lights went out, his legs kept shaking. In the end, he actually held on to Fat Wei's arm and refused to let go.
Fat Wei shook his arms in disgust and whispered.
"I said Dr. Yang, aren't you an outstanding young man? Why are you acting like a girl now?
Can you stop putting your face on my shoulder? You fat man, I am a straight man. If you do this again, you will make me bend!"
"Shhh!" Chen Zhi booed seriously,
"Don't make any noise, they have sharp ears!"
After a few people stood like this in the grotto for a while, they thought everything was fine, and just when they wanted to take action.
Suddenly, I heard the door slam open and the old woman's sharp voice sounded in the darkness.