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Hearing that roar, I was momentarily stunned. I pointed the flashlight up and saw a delicate face that had turned slightly purple from the cold. At that moment, those pitch-black eyes, like bottomless pits, were glaring at me as if they were about to pounce and bite me!
"Hey, Xianxian?" I blinked in confusion, looking at him. How could it be him? What was he doing here?
"It’s not me; who do you think it is?" Xianxian rolled his eyes at me and rubbed his abdomen irritably. "Fortunately, I acted quickly and hit hard. Am I going to die here?"
I chuckled awkwardly and said innocently, "Who knew it was you? I thought I ran into some ghost!"
"Ghost?" Xianxian looked at me suspiciously, disbelief written all over his face. "You’re scared of ghosts now? That’s hilarious; aren’t there a whole bunch of ghosts in there with you?"
"I don’t know why, but I can’t feel them right now," I said helplessly.
Upon hearing this, Xianxian widened his eyes in surprise and stared at me, saying in a daze, "You mean you can’t feel them?"
"Yeah." I nodded. Seeing his exaggerated reaction, I couldn’t figure out what he was thinking.
Suddenly, Xianxian cursed under his breath, grabbed my arm, and shook it urgently. "Quick, check if we can get the food out!"
I was taken aback for a moment before realizing what he meant. A sense of foreboding flashed through my mind as I tried several times to retrieve the food but failed. Finally, I awkwardly looked at Xianxian and asked, "Um, don’t you have any food left?"
"I do! What do you think? Just tools!" Xianxian glared at me. "Who knew you’d be so useless at a critical moment? If I had known this would happen, I should have brought some food with me!" He said regretfully.
"Great," I said, looking at him speechlessly. "Since we can’t rely on The Dead now, let’s hurry up and find those two people."
Xianxian nodded and sighed. "I guess that’s all we can do."
Four people become one, and one person becomes two. As I said this, Xianxian and I quickly walked forward. Although we didn't know what lay ahead, standing still was definitely a waste of effort!
As we walked on… suddenly, we heard voices ahead. Xianxian and I immediately stopped in our tracks and exchanged glances without saying a word. I perked up my ears to listen carefully, and I heard a familiar voice coming from somewhere that seemed both far away and close: "What do you think that was just now? It felt so mysterious."
"Who cares what it is? Anyway, I have a bad feeling about this!"
"You're being paranoid. What could possibly go wrong? If there's anything unclean, This Lord will take care of it—one by one, or even two at a time!"
…
Hearing those two voices left me speechless because the voices were just too familiar! "Xianxian?" I called out softly.
Xianxian didn't respond. When I looked over, Xianxian was squinting, seemingly lost in thought.
At that moment, the voices ahead came again: "Did you see that? There's light ahead!"
"Could it be another trap?"
"Who knows? Let's go check it out; they might not even be alone!"
Then, accompanied by footsteps, two beams of light shot toward us. Xianxian and I stood still, neither of us moving or speaking again, quietly waiting for the two people ahead to approach.
…
A long silence ensued!
After we met the two who ran over, both sides stared at each other in shock, seemingly completely stunned by the sight before our eyes, unsure of what to say next.
Although I had already recognized the newcomers by their voices, the moment I truly saw them, I was still overwhelmingly shocked. Because the two people in front of me were me and Xianxian! To be precise, it was Another Me and another Xianxian! The four of us were now looking at each other; I gazed at the other "me" and saw surprise and confusion reflected in his eyes!
After a long pause, my Xianxian finally sighed, "You guys?"
"We?" The other Xianxian laughed in amazement after her initial shock. Her curious eyes looked at us for a while before she turned to Another Me and said, "Do you think we might be dreaming?"
"Dreaming about what!" Another Me rolled his eyes and replied helplessly, "It all feels so real." After saying that, he smiled at me and asked, "How did you end up here?"
Although I didn't understand what was happening and felt awkward asking myself this question, I still said, "I don't know. I just opened my eyes and found myself here! Then I saw Xianxian."
"This Lord feels the same way," Xianxian said proudly before looking at the other two versions of us and asking, "But you two, what exactly is going on?"
The other Xianxian immediately became displeased upon hearing this. "What do you mean 'what's going on'? You should be asking what principle applies to you two!"
"Alright, you two stop arguing!"
"Alright, you two stop arguing!"
Both Another Me and I spoke simultaneously. Afterward, we exchanged glances.
The other Xianxian couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this. With sparkling eyes, she asked us, "Guess which one of us is the real deal?"
"Of course it's us!" My Xianxian replied without hesitation.
"That's nonsense, we are the real ones!" Xianxian insisted, seemingly amused by the situation, which left me somewhat speechless.
However, after seeing them, I couldn't help but wonder if I might actually be a fake. After all, The Dead was in my hands but couldn't be used! So, I gently tugged at Xianxian's sleeve and communicated with my eyes: we might really be fakes!
"Fengfeng, are you really that scared? How could we possibly be fakes?" Xianxian looked at me with disappointment.
"By the way, have you seen Lime and Pei Zi?" Looking at Another Me, I felt very strange. It was as if I was talking to myself; I wasn't used to it!
Another Me seemed to share the same thought and awkwardly smiled, "Not yet, we're looking for them."
"This place is truly bizarre!" both Xianxians said simultaneously. Then they glared at each other and shouted in unison, "Don't talk like This Lord!"
I and the other me couldn't help but laugh; it seemed like Xianxian was really amusing, showing no sense of urgency at all. However... honestly, whether it was the other Xianxian or "me," everything felt real. And even though The Dead couldn't be used, I still felt genuine; after all, no one thinks they are a fake person, right?
"Doesn't it feel like we've encountered another Pisces Jade Pendant Incident?"
"Pisces Pendant?" I looked at Xianxian in confusion. Just as that Xianxian was about to answer, my Xianxian rolled her eyes at me, "You don't even know this?"
I innocently glanced at Xianxian, and the other me clearly felt a bit awkward as well. The "me" said, "I only joined this line of work halfway through; how would I know about those strange incidents?"
I nodded heavily in agreement, "You're the professional here; tell us what happened with the Pisces Pendant."
Xianxian looked utterly speechless, "You should know that the Pisces Jade Pendant Incident is one of the most mysterious events since our country's founding!"
"Yes, but there is very little information available about it. Compared to the theory that information has been suppressed, the Pisces Pendant itself is an ancient mystery that remains unsolved. Therefore, the possibility of it being unsolvable is far greater than that of information being suppressed!" Another Xianxian interjected.
With the explanations from these two, I roughly understood the matter of the Pisces Pendant.
It turns out that long before the ten years of turmoil, between 1957 and 1962, a strange incident occurred in the northwest region of our country.
It is said that at that time, an ancient city ruin was discovered in Lop Nur. Some young people wanted to dig for antiques, but later, it was unclear what happened there. Those youths either died or went insane. Moreover, it was said that those who went mad appeared to be possessed by ghosts, but they were not. In short, those who lost their sanity behaved abnormally active and eventually all died from exhaustion. After autopsies were conducted, unknown toxins were found in their bodies, and their stomachs contained remnants of unknown plants. It was this food that drove the survivors insane.
"And then?" I asked, puzzled yet curious.
"These mad youths had worn-out feet, meaning they were completely numb. Even more shocking was that they brought back some rubbings and fragments of ancient decorations, as well as a jade sickle. At that time, some investigations had already begun, but they were insufficient. Then it erupted; the Guo Jia Administrative Agency was essentially paralyzed, so this matter was put on hold."
"I admit this is strange, but what does it have to do with our current situation?"
"Don't interrupt; listen carefully." Xianxian shot me an impatient glance. I shrugged and indicated for him to continue.
"Afterward, the military first proposed to continue the investigation. The team selected was the Peng Jiamu Expedition Team. The main task of the Lop Nur trip was to investigate the ancient city ruins, the source of the incident, and collect plant specimens." As Xianxian spoke, another person chimed in: "At that time, it was just a single-item investigation project; the state had no plans to establish a dedicated agency. However!" A glint flashed in Xianxian's eyes. "Surprisingly, the results of the investigation were astonishing; while the ancient city ruins were found, another incident occurred!"
They went there?
What did they encounter?
At that time, this was classified as top secret!
They set out with a large group but returned with very few people; among them was one who was seriously injured. The sudden disappearance of Peng Jiamu was just a minor case; it gained attention because a mysterious plant specimen also went missing along with him!
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