Updated: 2012-12-29

(Uh, it's a little late tonight, everyone will forgive me. Today, the two chapters will be updated together.)

Amu also seemed to be getting more and more uneasy, and his mouth kept screaming, his body twisting constantly, and he seemed to feel a little scared.

Even under Amu's influence, Huohuo and Shauxiao became a little uneasy and anxious. He turned around and looked nervous.

This made Xie Lin beware of it, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried. Although he had never discovered any potential danger, and even said that there were any abnormalities around him, he always felt something was wrong, and he didn't know if he was also infected by Amu's emotions.

But when he asked Amu, Amu just shook his head and screamed a few times, as if he couldn't even explain it clearly.

Xie Lin couldn't help but feel helpless.

However, compared with Amu, Jiejie was always quiet, lying lazily on Ye Xia's shoulder without any abnormal reaction.

There is also Xiaobai, needless to say, it is very quiet from beginning to end.

This also made Xie Lin feel a little relieved and was able to remain calm all the time.

After walking for dozens of minutes, a poplar forest appeared in front of them.

Xie Lin and the others were surprised when they saw this poplar forest.

Originally, poplar euphratica was not a strange thing to appear in the desert or the Gobi. Populus euphratica is very drought-resistant and is one of the few large trees that can grow in very arid areas, such as the Gobi or the desert.

Populus euphratica is very tenacious in vitality. Even in extremely arid deserts, it can reproduce and grow into woods.

However, the poplar trees that appeared in front of Xie Lin and others were all naked with no leaves, and there were very few branches of these poplar trees. Many poplar trees only had one or two branches, and even had only one bare trunk. Some poplar trees were all tilted and seemed to be about to fall on the tree. All poplar trees looked like they had no signs of life, and there were no fallen leaves on the ground.

It seems that this is clearly a poplar forest that has been dead for a long time.

When I first saw this poplar forest, if Ye Xia hadn't said that these were poplar trees, Xie Lin would have almost thought it was a stone forest.

It is said that poplar trees have a very long life span and can live for more than a thousand years. Even after the poplar trees die, they can stand for a thousand years. Even if they fall, the poplar trees will not rot for a thousand years. Therefore, the poplar forest in front of Xie Lin and the others has existed for at least more than a thousand years.

Although this poplar forest is not big, after Xie Lin and the others approached, they roughly found that there were about 100 poplar trees, but this is very rare in this desert.

However, although these poplar trees have died for a long time, and may have been nearly a thousand years, judging from their appearance, they seem to have died at the same time. It is obviously not a normal phenomenon for these poplar trees to die in large numbers. It is probably because of the diversion of the riverbed below or around them, which caused the death of these poplar trees to be carried out together.

But these are not what really surprised Shelin. What stranger is that these poplar trees are not very tall, not the same as the poplar trees he had seen before. Generally speaking, poplar trees grow for a long time and die for many years, so they often grow very tall and thick. However, although these poplar trees in front of him are usually only three or four meters high, some are even only two or three meters high. With their sparse branches and bare trunks, at first glance, they look more like stumps.

Xie Lin originally wondered if these poplar trees had not yet grown up and died early, so they were only so tall. However, seeing the diameters of these poplar trees were mostly more than half a meter and looked quite thick, so Xie Lin also denied his guess.

But why these poplar trees in front of him are like this, Xie Lin can't understand it.

Moreover, the roots and tops of these poplar trees are almost the same thickness, but there is no trace of knives and other places in the tops of these poplar trees, and it seems that they naturally grow into this shape.

Xie Lin has never seen poplar trees before, including those who are alive and dead, and those who have fallen to the ground after a long time of death. However, this is the first time he has seen such a strange poplar forest.

However, the trees in front of us should undoubtedly be poplar trees, and even Ye Xia said with certainty that these are poplar trees.

But as for why these poplar trees grow so strangely, Ye Xia couldn't tell why.

Ye Xia looked around and guessed that it might be because of the abnormal climate and other conditions here that these strange poplar trees grew, and the cause of death of these poplar trees was also somewhat suspicious. I wonder if it was because of some emergencies that caused these poplar trees to look like this.

When they approached the poplar forest, after carefully looking at a few poplar trees, they found that there were scattered scorch marks on these poplar trees, and some even showed severe carbonization on the surface of some poplar trees, as if these poplar trees had been burned by fire.

After discovering this, the two of them felt relieved.

Now it seems that this poplar forest was hit by lightning or someone set fire to burn the poplar forest.

This is probably because of this reason why these poplar forests have so few branches and are so short.

Seeing that it was completely dark, Xie Lin and Ye Xia decided to rest next to the poplar forest.

The woman who called them had no news since then. Now the two of them have almost no goals and don’t know where to go. If they continue to move forward, to be honest, there is no need to be so, so it’s better to stop and wait for further news from the woman while resting.

In the past more than a day, Ye Xia also called Ba Xiaolan several times, but Ba Xiaolan's cell phone has been turned off and cannot be connected.

Although the two were a little worried, they were helpless.

Of course, what the two of them were worried about was not the woman who kidnapped Ba Xiaolan, but Ba Xiaolan.

Although Xie Lin wished that the woman had encountered any danger and unexpected problems, he was also a little worried that if he could not contact the woman, it would become more difficult to find Ba Xiaolan. Even Ba Xiaolan had no news since then and evaporated from the world.

So he would rather that woman than have anything to do and come out to see them earlier, so they would have more chances to save Ba Xiaolan.

The two of them found some dead branches and leaves around, started fire, drank some water and made some food.

As usual, Jie Jie still ate very little, even less than before. After eating a little, he lay down there and felt drowsy, looking in a bad mood.

Xie Lin also felt that Jie Jie seemed to be getting more and more depressed now, which was completely different from the energetic Master Bajie before.

However, Ye Xia was not worried at all, and she was not in a hurry. She stopped eating and did not force her to eat. After eating a little, she sat there and rested.

Xie Lin didn't say much. After feeding Huohuo and Shauqian, he also ate something and sat next to Ye Xia to rest.

Huohuo and Shauqiu were two in his arms, while Amu became like a tree again and rooted in the soil.

What is strange is that after coming here, Amu, who had been a little excited and uneasy, gradually became quiet. He was not as noisy as before. It seemed that Xie Lin and the others had walked through dangerous places, so Amu finally returned to normal.

Schelling suspected that the woman had set up a trap somewhere, but they did not pass by there, but missed that place, so nothing happened.

Now that Amu has finally returned to quiet, Xie Lin is more at ease.

Of course, he would not relax his vigilance.

Even Tiaochao and Huohuo, although they were nestled in his arms, did not sleep. Instead, they kept their eyes open and watched the movements around them. The same was true for Xiaobai on Ye Xia's shoulder. Amu, apart from his sleepy look, is the quietest now.

Xie Lin and Ye Xia did not close their eyes, and were always on guard, paying attention to the movements around them carefully.

Time passed little by little, gradually getting late at night, the breeze blew, and the temperature was getting lower and lower, almost reaching the freezing point.

Shelin and the others were used to this coldness and had no discomfort at all.

Everything around is silent, and even the sound of insects is hard to hear.

By the middle of the night, the moon had gone down and the sky became darker.

There was a dead silence around.

Suddenly, Xie Lin heard a strange sound in his ears, like silks like bamboos, like crying like complaints, like insects, or like birds, or more like a short cry from the woman.

She Lin, who had already almost completely relaxed, felt a tightening in her heart, and immediately raised her ears to listen quietly to the movements around her.

But the sound only sounded and suddenly broke, and the surroundings returned to death.

Xie Lin couldn't help but wondered whether he had auditory hallucinations.

He turned to look at Ye Xia, but found that Ye Xia was still slightly closed and had no reaction. He seemed to have not heard the abnormal noise at all. When Xie Lin turned to look at him, he opened his eyes and looked at Xie Lin, with a hint of confusion on his face.

Xie Lin smiled slightly, shook his head slightly, then turned his head back, and felt even more confused, thinking that he really didn't hear it wrong just now.

And they didn't react at all just now, as if they didn't hear the sound at all. Only Amu moved the two big leaves slightly, but there was no big abnormality.

Xie Lin smiled self-deprecatingly, no longer cared about this matter, closed his eyes slightly, and continued to rest.

Time passed slowly, the night light was like water, and there was a quiet surroundings, and Xie Lin's mood soon calmed down.

But I don’t know how long it took, but he suddenly heard another strange sound. Although the sound was short, it became clearer. It seemed that someone stopped crying and still couldn’t stop sobbing.

The sound was so weird that Xie Lin couldn't help but be shocked. He immediately opened his eyes wide and observed the movements around him.

But the sound just rang and disappeared again. Shelin couldn't even hear where the sound came from.

But when he looked around, he could not see anything unusual. There was still silence around him, and the night was heavy, and only the dry poplar trees were still standing there quietly, like lonely stone pillars.

Shelin couldn't help but wonder. If it were just once, it might have been a hallucination, but now it's the second time. Shelin doesn't feel that the sound she heard just now is just an hallucination.

But where did the sound come from and what exactly did it come from? Shelin didn't hear it at all.

He turned to look at Ye Xia, but Ye Xia was also looking at him, but his face was a little confused and asked softly: "What's wrong?"

Judging from his reaction, he still didn't hear the sound.

Xie Lin couldn't help but become even more strange, but he was still a little suspicious, so he asked Ye Xia if he had heard the strange sound.

Ye Xia was stunned for a moment and said with a strange look on her face: "What sound?"

Xie Lin was shocked and didn't know what to say for a moment. Then he couldn't help scratching his head and said dryly: "Is it really that I heard it wrong?"

Ye Xia's face changed, she stood up and said, "What did you hear?"

Xie Lin told Ye Xia about the passing of the strange sound he heard twice.

After hearing Xie Lin's words, Ye Xia also showed a hint of confusion on her face and turned around and looked around.

But after looking for a long time, the confusion on his face became even stronger. He withdrew his gaze, shook his head, and said that there should be nothing abnormal around him.

Xie Lin was slightly disappointed, but even more strange in his heart.

However, Ye Xia suggested whether to go into the poplar forest to take a look.

Since they came to this poplar forest, they have not gone in to see the situation in the forest, because from the outside, they can almost see the poplar forest. All poplar trees look the same, and there is no special place. In addition, it is dark, so the two of them have not entered the poplar forest.

Ye Xia suggested, Xie Lin was also slightly moved, guessing that the sound just now would not be from the poplar forest. Is there something strange hidden in the poplar forest?

However, out of caution, even though Xie Lin was very curious and eager to know what the sound was just now, he still did not agree. After all, it was late at night, and it was somewhat unfavorable for them. Moreover, the sound was really strange. Maybe there was something strange, and it might even be intentionally trying to lead them into the poplar forest. It was not a wise move to rashly enter the poplar forest.

Ye Xia did not force herself, and without Xie Lin's explanation, he nodded and smiled, "Then let's wait until dawn before going in and checking in."

After saying that, he sat down and his face completely calmed down.

Although Xie Lin was not very calm, he couldn't help but feel a little happy. For him, he was eager for the fact that there was really a trap in the forest. Instead, he was afraid that there would be nothing. He and Ye Xia could only wait here and do it, and were anxious. He didn't know what was going on with Ba Xiaolan.
To be continued...