Lao Qi touched a large rock on the rock wall, grabbed it with his right hand, stepped on two strong fulcrums with his feet, and pushed his waist forward, so that his lower body was close to the rock wall. With his other hand, he opened the catheter of the water bladder on the side of his neck, took a small sip of water, and looked down to see that the coal lamps in the distance were still slowly squirming.

He sighed helplessly, thinking: Damn, at this rate, I'm afraid I'll have to hang on the cliff again to sleep today.

So, he pulled out shredded tobacco and cigarette leaves from the inside pocket of his jacket.

It wasn't until Lao Qi smoked the third cigarette that the four masters cautiously climbed to his side.

"Are you sure this is the best route to take?" spoke the red-haired Roy, the largest and strongest of the four, with strong shoulders and thick palms that made Lao Qi suspect that he was not a scholar, but a soldier.

"I'm getting cramps in my forearm. "Obviously, Cui Fat lacks skills when climbing, and of course his self-weight is also a big burden.

Lao Qi pouted and smiled: "Haven't you trained in rock climbing?"

"Archaeologists and scavengers have their own strengths, and if you can identify what the lord is looking for from the ruins, we won't have to suffer this crime. Frank, the eldest of the four, spoke with a steady breath and didn't seem to be struggling.

"Seventh Master, how far is it?" Ye Dao is the head of this archaeological team, he is very polite to Lao Qi, he does not complain, and he does not ask questions that are not related to the task.

"If your map is at the right scale, at your pace, it will take at least twenty hours. Lao Qi lit another cigarette, which was his quota for a week, but when he finished this trip, he didn't have to worry about money.

"Take a 10-minute break and hydrate. Everyone gritted their teeth, and then there was no rest. Ye Dao looks like he is in his early 30s, and his words carry a lot of weight in this team.

Everyone took out the safety rope one after another, fixed it on the cliff wall, and then put it on their legs and waist.

They are all dressed in special clothes for scavenging, the clothes are one-piece, divided into two layers, made of three layers of carbon nanomaterials: the inner layer can filter and decompose body excrement and filter water, there are storage sacs of different sizes in the interlayer to collect the filtered water, which can be drunk directly through the ducts on the neck, and can also achieve the effect of rapid cooling to reduce body temperature in special cases, and the outermost layer of material is relatively thick and has many hooks.

Cui Fatzi suddenly looked up at Lao Qi and asked seriously: "By the way, Lao Qi, how old are you." ”

Lao Qi frowned, feeling inexplicable, and said, "It's almost your father's age." ”

"You look a little old, at least among the scavengers, right? Cui Fatzi said as he climbed up a few steps and approached Lao Qi. "To tell you the truth, the reason why our Ye team is looking for you as a guide is because you have a handful of white hair and white beard, after all, what scavengers do is a life-and-death business, and the older you are, the more you know how to survive in danger. ”

Lao Qi smiled bitterly: "This kind of selection criteria is quite interesting. ”

Cui Fat looked stupid, but his words were not unfounded.

It's just that Ye Tao didn't just value Lao Qi's ability when he found Lao Qi, like Lao Qi, a scavenger who was lucky enough to not die, should have no worries about food and clothing, and he didn't have to do this business that would cost his life at any time, and Lao Qi did not retire, for some reason, he was still short of money. Therefore, Ye Tao expected that in front of the heavy money, Lao Qi had no possibility of refusing.

Cui Fatzi continued: "The question that bothers us now is how old are you? A few of us bet on this before we left, and if you don't mind, can you tell us your age." ”

Lao Qi nodded lightly and said, "Understood." I'm also a gambler, and I'm curious how much you play for such a boring thing. ”

Gambling is a natural disease in human beings, and Lao Qi has long been terminally ill, which is why he has to be a waste picker at his age.

"We gambled on two rounds, and so far the oldest recorded scavenger was 47 years old, so in the first round we bet on whether you broke the record and pressed five gold coins each. Team Ye and Frank bet that you didn't arrive, and Roy and I bet that you did. ”

Gambling on five gold coins is such a boring thing, Lao Qi can only sigh that the life of rich people is too boring.

He pretended to be mysterious and said, "Oh, so it seems that you and Roy have better luck." What about the second round?"

Cui Fatzi smiled proudly: "Each of us wrote a number, and whoever wrote the closest to your real age will be given priority to choose three random treasures found on this trip." ”

Lao Qi followed his words and asked, "As the city lord's private archaeological team, shouldn't all the things you find belong to the city lord?"

Cui Fatzi really didn't know how to turn his brain, and said stupidly: "The city lord only cares about one thing, and that thing... ”

Ye Tao on the side was an understanding person, and he immediately realized that Lao Qi was trying to trick them, so he pretended to clear his throat and coughed twice.

Cui Fatzi probably hadn't understood Ye Tao's intentions yet, and the older Frank had already changed his words and said, "Seventh Master, don't talk too far, I'm waiting for you to reveal the answer." ”

Lao Qi didn't care what secrets they had, and he didn't want to cause more trouble, he scratched his head and said: "I didn't give the dealer a cut, why are you in a hurry to open the cards." Seeing that you are not playing small, everyone has to reward the dealer with a gold coin first. ”

Roy was already a little impatient, and said angrily: "Don't you know what to do!"

"This gold coin should be given. Ye Tao squinted and said with a smile, "But in order to reduce the load, we all gave up non-essential items before leaving, and money is one of them." Four gold coins, waiting for us to return to Chiba City, we will not be without you. ”

"Mr. Ye's words, I naturally don't believe it. Lao Qi deliberately paused and said: "If my mother is my own mother, then according to her, I was born in the third year of the dead man's flower, so counting... ”

Cui Fatzi looked excited and rushed to say, "You should be 51 years old this year!!"

The matter of arithmetic was a little difficult for Lao Qi, he looked at Ye Tao and asked for help: "I can't count it a little." Mr. Ye, is he right?"

Ye Tao smiled and said, "That's right, then congratulations to Xiao Cui." ”

Losing the gamble made Roy even more upset, and he muttered, "What an old immortal thing." ”

Lao Qi didn't have the same knowledge as him, after all, he couldn't beat this red-haired strong man.

Cui Fatzi waved his left hand happily and laughed: "I guess it's 50 years and 7 months, whether it's allowed or not!! I asked for a sign before leaving, you still don't know whether to live or die... ”

Suddenly, his words stopped, not because he was overexcited, but because he had lost the organ to make a sound, or to be precise, his head was gone.

The eyes of Lao Qi and everyone present didn't catch what was happening, only a cool breeze flashed in his ears, and then he saw that Cui Fatzi's headless body was only hanging on the cliff wall, and bright red blood gushed out from his neck like a fountain.

The headless corpse was entangled by a safety rope under the action of gravity and hung upside down and overturned, and the group reacted and looked at Lao Qi in unison.

Roy asked in a panic, "Flying Ape!?"