Chapter 5? Rest in Peace
"Bang..." A light smoke floated across the muzzle of the Kanteus rifle. Lin Zhiyu, who had been holding his breath for a long time, developed a breath of turbid air in his chest, wiped a dense sweat from his forehead, and looked up. The Kuiqing Sand Snake, which was originally raised in the head, was now leaning on the sand.
"Hey!" Lin Zhiyu clenched his fists excitedly and exclaimed. Although he had been as close to Kwai Ting Sand Anaconda as possible, with his marksmanship and the antique-level Kanter rifle in his hand, he really didn't dare to expect more from his hit rate. Fortunately, after getting the Qiankun Pearl, his physical fitness was significantly enhanced, especially his vision, hearing and physical strength, which immediately made his marksmanship level reach a higher level. However, he was still very excited to be able to hit one shot in the first battle.
Lin Zhiyu got up and trotted to the Kwai Ting Sand Cynn. In order to ensure his hit, his shot was aimed at the fan-shaped body of the Kwai Ting Sand Cynnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Lin Zhiyu carefully avoided the head of the snare, picked up the still twisting body with the gun body, put it in the prepared leather bag, and walked backwards for more than ten meters. Then he turned his head without hesitation. It was already an unexpected surprise to be able to obtain a snare of a sunny-green sand-horned snare. As for the head of the snare, he had no time to wait here for it to completely lose his vitality. After all, he was separated from the team, the most important thing at the moment was to find his companion again.
"Ouch!" Lin Zhiyu almost fell down and chewed his hands and feet and walked a few steps on the ground. Only then did he stabilize his body. The leather bag containing the Kuiqing Sand Anaconda in his hand was also thrown aside.
"You immortal Banban!" Lin Zhiyu muttered and stood up. He noticed something was wrong as soon as his left foot landed. He looked down and scared him. He shivered. There was a dry and shriveled mummy head with a few strands of yellow hair on his left toe. The tip of his shoe was just stuffed between the upper and lower teeth of the mummy, and his two black eye sockets were just looking straight at him.
However, Lin Zhiyu is not a rookie who is just a newbie who has just left school. He followed several missions and has never seen mummies, but he has seen many animals and human bones that have fallen into the desert. It has been at least a hundred years since humans entered the New Kramakan Desert. Although there is no exact statistics on the number of missing and dead people every year, it is definitely not a small number. How many of these unfortunately missing and dead people can be taken out of the desert by their teammates? They are buried under the sand layer. Unless they dig through the entire sand layer and buried deep underground, they will blew one after another, and the dunes will continue to move. Who knows that one day they will be exposed again. So he was only startled and calmed down soon.
He looked along the place he had just walked, and indeed a corner of the strange color was revealed in the sand layer. He stripped away the sand around him, revealing a piece of clothing that had been torn into strips of cloth, with no moisture at all and no dry corpse that was originally like this.
"I'm really sorry, it's disturbing your peace." Lin Zhiyu solemnly put the mummy head on the toe of his shoe on the corpse and looked around. The mummy should have been buried in the sand layer. A sandstorm thinned the sand layer, which exposed him again.
He looked carefully at the mummy body and around it. It was not that he wanted to make money from death, but based on tradition. If an unknown corpse was found in the sand sea, if the conditions at that time allowed, the discoverer would try his best to find out if there were any items that could prove the identity of the corpse. On the one hand, it could be used to confirm whether it was missing persons over the years. On the other hand, it could be regarded as a souvenir for their families to bring them back. For this reason, there is another department in the yamen of Qingyundu that specializes in managing this matter.
The "search" work was completed quickly. Lin Zhiyu looked at a broken land that was completely out of shape. There were more than ten holes on it and the empty backpack inside it, and sighed helplessly. Maybe there was something in the backpack, but it was obvious that it had been eaten by rodents in the desert. Even if the things inside survived the mouths of those rodents, they had long leaked into the sand.
He also found nothing that could be called a weapon, perhaps he was taken away by his companions after his death, or perhaps scattered in the surrounding sand. Only a silver ring on his right index finger was preserved.
Lin Zhiyu carefully observed the silver ring in his hand. Although he had been buried in the sand for many years and had a lot of scratches on it, he could still barely see that there was a crossing pattern of three swords on the ring surface, and... these three swords did not seem to be the style of Mingzhou, but they looked like other states in the federal states.
Lin Zhiyu's heart moved and carefully observed it up and down. He suspected that the mummy might not be from Mingzhou, but there was no conclusive evidence.
"I took the ring away. I might find your family when I go back. Maybe not. I can only promise that I will do my best and inform them of your unfortunate death. Please continue to rest in peace!" Lin Zhiyu prayed and buried it again with sand. It won't take long, maybe after a strong wind, he was buried deep in the sand again.
Lin Zhiyu was in a depressed mood and started back on the road. The joy of hunting Kwai Tin Sand Anaconda was swept away. If he could not find the team in time, or walked out of the new Kramakan Desert before drinking water, he would end up like him, and even the flesh and blood would be eaten up by animals and birds, leaving only a bone...
The three suns slowly rose to the zenith, and the temperature on the surface was rising rapidly. Lin Zhiyu looked for a backlight place in the sand dune to rest, waiting for the hottest period of the day to pass.
He first loosened the horses' saddle belts, fed them water, and pulled out a dark brown "stick" that was half a meter long from a bag beside the saddle, and took out a lighter from his pocket to ignite it. The flames quickly jumped out of the top of the "stick", but after a while, the flames disappeared, and a bad smell came out with the thick black smoke.
Lin Zhiyu, who covered his mouth and nose, held it up the sand dune and inserted it into the sand. The three suns shone brightly and cloudlessly. A black smoke like ink condensed but did not disperse straight up, and it was thirty or forty meters high before slowly dispersing.
Chapter completed!