"Hello Mr. Yuan. Lin Hainan greeted him neither humbly nor arrogantly, Feng Jianfei, Youmi, and Xu Jin also greeted politely, Yuan Zhanpeng nodded, and the four of them sat down in turn.

"Do you know that my surname is Yuan, and you know who I am?" Yuan Zhanpeng looked directly at Lin Hainan, his eyes were sharp, and he seemed to be censoring something.

"A little bit of it. Lin Hainan reserved the answer.

Yuan Zhanpeng snorted: "This kid from the Xu family is here, you should know a lot." ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be embarrassed, Yuan Zhanpeng's words were like the people of the Xu family must know their Yuan family and will definitely gossip, while feeling embarrassed, Xu Jin also muttered in his heart: Why is this Yuan Zhanpeng so small-minded?

Yuan Zhanpeng rolled out of his throat again, today he took double the medicine in order to make his spirit and appearance look good, now Yuan Zhanpeng did not cough, but his throat always habitually felt uncomfortable, as if something was blocked, Yuan Zhanpeng unconsciously kept humming.

Lin Hainan took out the brocade box and pushed it to Yuan Zhanpeng. Yuan Zhanpeng didn't make any other moves, Secretary Wang stepped forward and leaned down, and opened the brocade box with his gloved hand in advance, which contained a repaired document.

Secretary Wang took out the document and handed it to Yuan Zhanpeng, Yuan Zhanpeng's hands trembled, but he also took it, he roughly read the paperwork, but there was no expression, Lin Hainan took out the yellowed paper with a double fish ring mark, handed it to Yuan Zhanpeng, and said seriously: "Our restoration task has been completed, please Mr. Yuan for advice." ”

Yuan Zhanpeng glanced at Lin Hainan deeply and cleared his throat, "You should know, the outside world says that I became a monster and grew old in an instant, hehe, but," Now, Yuan Zhanpeng suddenly didn't know where to start, he thought for a while, and turned the document in his hand to the front, "I'll tell you about the paperwork first." ”

Yuan Zhanpeng didn't know when the Yuan family began to pass down this document, but Yuan Zhong told him that a hundred years ago, when the founder of the Yuan family settled in Beijing, he had already brought this document with him.

The way to interpret the document was given to him by Yuan Zhong, Professor Yuan Zhanpeng.

"This is actually a distress letter...... Yuan Zhanpeng started with the first word and translated them one by one:

"Dear friends, we are a tribe stationed in the depths of the oasis. We don't know where this oasis is, because with time, the space outside will change, we can't leave this land, we have guarded this place for generations, there is a change here, and soon there will be a big disaster, if you can, please come. We bless you, we wait for you, time does not know where to stand, we will keep waiting. ”

"This is the content of this document, the text in it is the tribe's own text, Xiao Wang," Yuan Zhanpeng still showed a tired look after concentrating, but Secretary Wang did not rush to take care of Yuan Zhanpeng, but took out a thick file bag that had been prepared for a long time and handed it to Lin Hainan.

Lin Hainan took it, and under the nod of Secretary Wang, he directly opened the file bag.

There was a thick stack of materials in the file bag, and Yuan Zhanpeng rolled out of his throat with a muffled snort, but the short paragraph had already made his voice a little hoarse, "The information in this is my life's research on these words. I've also put together a text comparison table that you might be able to use in the future. ”

Lin Hainan frowned when he heard this, and was about to speak but was stopped by Yuan Zhanpeng: "Let me say it." My body ......" Speaking of this, Yuan Zhanpeng gasped, and Secretary Wang hurriedly took out the spray and sprayed it into Yuan Zhanpeng's mouth.

“…… My body has not lasted long," Yuan Zhanpeng once again felt that death was not far away from him, he could still take medicine normally a few days earlier, but now he is completely dependent on sprays and infusions. It was not that the condition was aggravated, but that after entering the oasis, Yuan Zhanpeng's body accelerated its aging again.

“…… My body has started to age faster since I came here, and I don't live long, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow night. ”

"What does this mean?" Yuan Zhanpeng fell into the emotions of memories and emotion from time to time, and Lin Hainan couldn't help but ask aloud, pulling the topic back. Lin Hainan also saw that Yuan Zhanpeng was about to come to an end, and before that, Lin Hainan must know what he wanted to know.

For example, the whereabouts of his father Lin Feng.

Like an oasis in the desert.

What is the Pisces Ring and what is the secret of time?

These things made Lin Hainan feel more tormented than Shata watching them all the time.

"What does it mean?" Yuan Zhanpeng did fall into the whirlpool of memories and emotions from time to time, "The document says that this is a tribe deep in an oasis, and they have been there for generations, because they can't get out. ”

Yuan Zhanpeng looked at Lin Hainan and said:

"Your father, Mr. Lin Feng, is a very good and powerful person. I have a lot of respect for him. Seeing that Lin Hainan just pulled out a smile weakly, Yuan Zhanpeng didn't care, and continued: "At that time, the expedition team got lost outside the desert, obviously following the map, but always couldn't find a place, once like this, twice like this, gradually, there were people in the team muttering, ghosts hit the wall and something like that." But as the days passed, and more and more unwell people appeared in the procession, we had to plan to turn back the way we came, but where was the way we came? Even our guide, Rokasha, was at a loss, and he said, 'This is not the desert he has walked in at all, it is so strange, it is like coming to another place'. At that time, we just thought that Rokasha was panicking and blaming himself for not being able to find a way, and we comforted him, but the next day we ......"

The next day, the expedition saw the oasis.

The expedition departed from Beijing and encountered a sudden black sandstorm on the ninth day of the Sahara, when it was about to enter the depths of the Sahara hinterland. The black sandstorm came very suddenly, without warning in advance, even the guide Rokasha did not expect it, because of the lack of preparation in advance, the expedition team was caught off guard in front of the black sandstorm, and it took a full five hours before the sandstorm ended.

The expedition lost two camels, but fortunately there were no casualties. However, the situation was not as optimistic as expected, the two lost camels were carrying water bags, due to the loss of these two camels, the water resources of the expedition team were reduced by half, if the expedition team could not find a water source for replenishment within three days, they had to return the same way, rest and recuperate before setting off, which would undoubtedly be a waste of time, and it was very likely to collide with the subsequent wind season, so that the smooth progress of the expedition could not be guaranteed.

The expedition team immediately decided to set off on the original route after a short rest, and there was a place to replenish the water along the route. But worse things happened, and the expedition lost its way on the 10th day of continuing its advance into the heart of the Sahara.

Guided by the Black Sandstorm, Rokasha was unable to accurately determine the direction of the changed sand ridge. After some discussion, the expedition team made it clear that the urgency of the delay was to find a source of water, and in order to ensure the safety of personnel, the direction of progress was adjusted to the edge of the desert.

On the 13th day of the expedition, the expedition team had very little water left. But the worst, least desirable of all happened – the expedition got lost in the vast Sahara Desert.

They don't know where they're heading. The guide, Rokasha, relied on the position of the sun to discern the direction, but the more they went, the more confused the expedition became, they did not follow the established route, they were walking into the unknown distance, they did not know if the remaining water could hold on until the source of the water was found, they were not even sure if they could find the source of water.

But the only good thing is that the desert season didn't come as planned. But for this reason, Rokasha, who is familiar with the desert, is panicked.

On the 15th day of the expedition, the water in the expedition was completely exhausted.

On the night of the 16th day of the expedition, people with low-grade fever appeared in the expedition team one after another.

On the 17th day of the expedition, 2 members of the expedition team were dehydrated.

And the expedition team finally ushered in hope, when the expedition team was crumbling, on the 18th day of the expedition, the expedition team saw - an oasis.

It was a vast and vast oasis, the size of which should have exceeded the normal size of an oasis in the desert in the eyes of the expedition team, and it was more like they had come to a primeval forest than into a small oasis.

It doesn't take long to enter the oasis, and you can only see the woods and greenery, the air in the forest is fresh, and the layers of green are pleasing to the eye. The forest is so dense that no matter which way you look, you can't see how deep the forest is. This piece of wood, the forest is neat, the development is early, the tree body is tall, there are thousands of big trees with a diameter of more than 50 centimeters at breast height, and the tree ridges are hundreds of thousands of years. Among them, the tree is vigorous, the branches are low and stout, the branches and leaves are dense, forming a narrow and pure forest belt, the trunk is covered with moss and lichen, and the silk apple hangs elegantly with the wind, which is full of mystery and interest.

But this is definitely not normal.

The expedition team was so dizzy that Yuan Zhanpeng even forgot that the day before, he was still walking on the hot sand and suffering from the sun.

Nothing about the Sahara or what route was left behind, and the expedition team walked happily in the shade of the trees, as if walking in the park at the doorstep. The first time he came to this place, he thought it was God's "grace", and he kept saying words and praying from time to time.

An hour after entering the oasis, a wide, flowing river appeared in front of them. The river is turbulent, the width and flow speed are extraordinary, the diameter is more than ten meters, and it has the momentum of a big river. Yuan Zhanpeng noticed that the woods and soil were a little damp, and it seemed that it had just rained.

“...... Seeing the river, it was like seeing a mother, we all burst into tears, our hearts were excited, finally there was water, in fact, to see the oasis was to see hope, but I never expected that there would be such a wide river. We seized the time to fix it in place, some people were so excited that they threw their bags and threw themselves into the river to wash their faces, one person did this, everyone did this, and all of a sudden, the team that had been defeated for several days was full of life again. ”