The sound of dada was intermittent, like the footsteps of an old man at dusk. He had to stop and have a rest after a few steps.
Now even Su Huilan was in doubt.
Although we can't judge anything just by listening to the sound, this is a ship that has been dead for hundreds of years. It just came out of the static zone of time and space. There can't be any living creatures in it.
"I said I wasn't dreaming! It's him, it's them down there! They're not dead!" said Alice.
"Maybe something ran into the boat," said Mrs. Larry.
Suhuilan thinks it's unlikely. The boat stopped on the lake and had a panoramic view. Although the hull was old, it was well sealed. Even if there were any monsters in the water, there could be no movement in the boat. Besides, there seemed to be no large animals in the lake except fish.
"Ah, by the way, the helicopter cabin!" she suddenly remembered, "Ivan, since they can find new weapons and oil from there, maybe there will be something else hiding in it."
"You mean creatures from still space?" Mrs. Larry remembered that on the passage of the soldiers' dormitory on the ground floor, the crow said he had seen a shadow.
"It's hard to be sure," said Su Huilan.
Alice said suddenly, "it's ghosts, it's their ghosts! These people are dead and alive! They're all ghosts!"
She became a little talkative, like a madman, "Russians... There's a problem with the two Russians. They took down the captain's body. They have a problem... Otherwise, they lost a body. How could they find that the helicopter is new? They must be parasitized by ghosts! They're not them anymore. Yes, they must be!"
Suhuilan said, "madam, please accompany Alice and me to the deck. It will be better to bask in the sun. I have to go down and have a look. Things seem a little strange."
Mrs. Larry said, "do you want to wait until everyone comes back?"
After thinking about it, Su Huilan decided to go down and touch the situation first, and said, "they are negotiating with savages. If it goes well, it may be very bad. This ship has become our base camp now, and I have to ensure that there is no problem here. Madam, don't worry, there will be no danger."
Mrs. Larry said, "then I'll go with you."
"No, you don't, madam! Please!" Alice begged.
Suhuilan also said, "madam, you'd better accompany Alice. In addition, Aoki may be coming back soon. Things over there are more important. You are a language and archaeologist. They may need you."
Mrs. Larry nodded and said, "be careful yourself."
They returned to the deck.
Su Huilan took two rosin torches, lit them with the flint Ivan left for them, then pulled out a pistol and checked it.
The pistols were left by men for their self-defense. Su Huilan and Alice each had one, while Mrs. Larry resolutely refused.
Alice suddenly grabbed Su Huilan's arm holding the gun and said in a trembling voice, "don't go, they'll eat you!"
Suhuilan felt the power of Alice's fingers and almost buckled into her flesh. She suddenly felt whether Alice's reaction was a little too extreme. It is reasonable that people who have experienced so many things after entering ramra should not have such a fierce reaction no matter what they encounter.
What on earth made her so abnormal? Did she really see the resurrected Lieutenant Colonel Halsey?
"It's all right, Alice. Just stay on the deck and bask in the sun. Anderson and they'll be back in a minute."
Suhuilan took Alice's hand away and greeted the cat again, "soundly, let's go!"
With a meow, the cat followed Su Huilan to the lower cabin at her feet.
Mrs. Larry helped Alice to the side of the boat and leaned against the railing. The breeze blew and the lake glittered.
There was no movement on the far shore of the lake. I don't know how the negotiations are going.
Mrs. Larry felt that Alice's breath had calmed down and her face was much better. Then she asked, "Alice, are you better?"
Alice said, "I'm much better, madam, but I'm still afraid..."
The lady said, "Alice, tell me what happened to you just now? You can't really see Colonel Halsey. I'm right next to you. I'm not asleep. There's no Colonel Halsey at all!"
"I don't know, madam, I really don't know." Alice looked a little flustered. "Maybe as you said, I may have dreamed, but the dream was too real. I saw him. He sat there and looked at me. His eyes were empty and there was nothing in them. It was terrible!"
"It's just a dream. Don't think about it. It's okay."
"But you heard the voice below just now, didn't you?"
Mrs. Larry frowned and seemed to guess what made the sound.
"Professor Su has gone down and she will find it," she said.
Alice shook her head and said, "she's just a woman. She can't deal with them. They're ghosts of time and space and resurrected zombies..."
"Alice!" Mrs. Larry stopped her, "You have followed me in Archaeology for so many years and visited so many ancient tombs. How can you say such nonsense! The dead will not rise again, and there are no ghosts in the tombs. As a scientific worker, you must arm yourself with science. All evil things are only in your heart. If you let the sun shine into your heart, you won't have so much fear!"
"No! Ma'am, you don't have to lie to me!" said Alice, "You and Mr. yeg have done a special research on the resurrection of the dead long ago. I have read Mr. yeg's manuscript. No matter the Mayan civilization, ancient Egyptian civilization and Cuban Babylonian civilization believe that the dead can be resurrected. The Egyptian pharaohs also made their own mummies... You... You have also done experiments..."
"Shut up!" Mrs. Larry's face sank, "What are you talking about, Alice? It's just research. It's the belief of the ancients. We respect all beliefs and behaviors in the process of civilization, but we shouldn't abandon our beliefs and disturb our behaviors for this. Life and death are a temporary problem that mankind must face. If we want to understand the history of human civilization, we must face it directly."
Alice said, "madam, I don't mean anything else. I'm just afraid! We'll die here. We'll never go back..."
"Don't despair! Alice, there is still hope!" said Mrs. Larry. She glanced in the direction of the lake bank and sighed secretly. "Even if we can't go back, we already know so many secrets about the universe, spirit and mankind... Confucius, the ancient sage of China, said that we don't regret to hear the truth in the morning and die in the evening!"
Alice said, "let's go ashore and find them."
Mrs. Larry said, "well, you go ashore to find Anderson and I'll go down to accompany Professor Su."
"No, madam, I don't want to be alone. What if I can't find them?"
"Well, I'll send you first."
They got off the lifeboat and rowed to the shore.
The wave light on the lake flashed suddenly, just like the brightness increased due to the sudden increase of the current of the bulb, and then darkened immediately.
Mrs. Larry's eyes darkened and asked with concern:
"Alice, are you all right?"
"I'm fine, madam, but I can't see!"
"Don't be afraid. It's just temporary blindness after strong light irradiation. It'll be fine later."
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The light in front of me slowly returned to normal. The three suns in the sky were still hanging there as before, lukewarm and flameless, as if the strong light reflected from the water had nothing to do with them.
Their boat was about to swing to the shore of the lake. However, this shore was not the one they wanted to go to.
"No! How did we get to this side of the lake? Go back!"
There was a whistling sound from the shore, and a group of savages rushed out of the woods on the shore