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"Into the desert?" An Liman held a cigarette pouch in his mouth and shook his head non-stop: "No, no, it's the wind season, go into the desert, Hu Da and his old man, that's to blame." ”

Shirley Yang also launched a money offensive, and said arrogantly: "As long as you are willing to take us into the desert, it doesn't matter how much money you have. ”

"Well... Wang Bawan (head of the police station), if I take them into the desert, can you give me back my camels? ”

"Okay, no problem."

Hearing the director's relief, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Who knew that the old man got his camel and immediately prevaricated, bluntly saying that entering the desert in the wind season would kill people, and that he would have to wait for two months to say anything until the wind season passed.

But Shirley Yang and the archaeological team were willing to wait, because the exquisite ancient city only appeared from under the yellow sand during the wind season.

After some hard work, he finally showed a document, explaining to him that several people were cadres sent by the state to work, and that the local comrades must cooperate, and if An Liman did not cooperate, he would find the police, and then confiscate all his camels, so that he could not do business.

On the other hand, Shirley Young once again launched a money offensive:

"As long as you come and be our guide, I will buy all your cattle for double the price, and when you come back from the desert, these animals will still be yours, and the money will be yours."

On the one hand, there was the threat of imprisonment, and on the other hand, there was the temptation of heavy profits, and the old man An Liman had no choice but to agree, but he also put forward a request: "Don't drive the car, Hu Da doesn't like machines, camels have a lot of areas, Hu Da likes camels." ”

At this point, the archaeological team and the old man of Anlimon agreed that camels are much more reliable than cars in the desert.

On the day of departure, the equipment and materials of the group were loaded on the camel's back, and then a large number of bean cakes and salt were brought with him, and the fat man asked while helping him carry things: "Old man, let's eat bean cakes and salt in the desert?" Doesn't this make you thirstier the more you eat? ”

An Liman laughed: "Oh, my little comrade, it's okay if you want to eat this, but Hu Da thinks that these should be left for the camels to eat." ”

The crowd laughed.

Before leaving, the old man An Liman once again emphasized that the current season is the most dangerous time in the desert, from Bosten Lake to the ruins of the West Night City, this previous section of the road, there are deserts and Gobi Desert, fortunately there is the ancient channel of the Peacock River connected, it is not difficult to identify, but if you want to go deeper, whether you can find the Zidu Dark River, it depends on Hu Da's will.

Their team of ten people is not so much an archaeological team as an ancient camel team, and the amount of food they carry is less than a month, and the clean water is enough to be used for more than ten days. In addition, there are several large leather pockets of yogurt soup, when you are thirsty in the desert, you can drink a sip to quench your thirst, which can withstand ten mouthfuls of water.

Coupled with the various equipment and equipment of the expedition team, the weight of each camel is very large, and when traveling, the personnel can only rely on two legs, walk half the way, and ride half of the camel.

The first leg of the route starts southwest from Bosten Lake and follows the Peacock River west until you find an ancient channel to the south.

Along the way, Professor Chen started his great cause of science popularization again:

Bosten can be translated as standing, and the origin of the name is due to the fact that there are three mountains in the middle of the lake. In ancient times, this lake was also called the Sea of Fish, and it is the largest inland freshwater lake in China, from which the Peacock River originates and flows to the depths of the Taklamakan River.

In the first two days after leaving, the professor's three students were in high spirits, all of them young, and they felt that entering the desert for the first time in their lives was both fresh and fun.

"The desert is so beautiful!" As he spoke, Xiao Ye sang, "We are a good place in Xinjiang~"

She started together, and the remaining two students also sang along: "Good pastures in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains ~ Gobi Beach becomes fertile land ~~"

Listening to their singing, Chu Nan suddenly had the illusion of an outing. As for Professor Chen, he shook his head and laughed and let them make trouble. Only An Liman is an old man, who has always had a solemn face, as if he was on the execution ground.

But after another day, the student had completely withered. Reluctantly marched for a while, everyone stopped to rest, there was no way, the temperature at noon was too high.

。。。。。

"Professor, wash your hands and eat." Ye Yixin was about to pour water out of the kettle.

"I don't need to."

"Let's wash it up."

As a result, although Professor Chen said no, his body was very honest, and he stretched out his hands stained with yellow sand, "Water is too expensive, less and less." ”

But the little girl poured half a pot at once, and giggled while washing her hands for Professor Chen.

Chu Nan suddenly found that she couldn't understand this girl, and dared to waste fresh water in the desert like this, first, she was simple-minded (with a pit in her head), and she didn't have the slightest sense of crisis; The second is, you know.

Looking at the flow of white flowers in the sun, Hu Bayi frowned, this is simply murder!

But one is a core old professor, the other is a little girl, Hu Bayi really doesn't know how to face it, don't turn his head directly, come out of sight and out of mind, but listening to the sound of the water, he is still distressed.

Chu Nan shook his head and pulled him to An Liman's side.

At this time, An Liman was sitting cross-legged next to a camel, drinking his own horse ** wine, and when he saw the two of them coming, he said without raising his head:

"How? It's too late to go back. ”

Hu Bayi also sat down directly and asked, "Old man, how many times have you taken people back halfway before?" ”

Old man An Liman licked his dry lips, "Let me tell you the truth, you are already the ones who have persisted the longest, go back, don't give your life in vain." ”

Although this old man is not of good character and is greedy for money, Chu Nan did hear a little sincerity from his words.

Hu Bayi took off his sunhat and fanned it in his hand, "Let's be honest, we didn't expect the water to be consumed so quickly before we came." Speaking of this, he remembered the half pot of water wasted, "Old man, you must know where there is a water source near here, take us to replenish some water." ”

An Li couldn't persuade Lao Hu with his eyes, and he also directly showdowned his cards.

"I know you're going to the Exquisite Ancient City, and I know what you're going to do."

This sentence revealed too much information, and Lao Hu didn't react at once. However, Chu Nan knew very well that someone must have hired him to find the Exquisite Ancient City, and there were more than one.

Chu Nan stretched out his hand and motioned for him to continue.

"I know you want to look for gold and silver treasures, but no one has ever really found them." Speaking of this, An Liman sighed, "What have we been walking for the past two days~ It's not a desert at all." After this river bay, that is the black desert, that is the real desert. ”

"Old man, what is the Black Desert?"

An Liman's eyes were blank, and he stared straight ahead, as if he had fallen into a deep memory.

"There are countless cities and treasures buried in the Black Desert, but no one has ever been able to bring them out of the Black Desert, even if they only bring a gold coin, they will be lost in the Black Desert, buried forever by the wind and sand."

"Well, that's too evil." The old beard's tongue is knotted.

However, An Liman was convinced of this, and his voice immediately raised an octave: "Hu Da uses this way to punish those greedy guys." ”

At last he muttered to himself, as if to exhort, as if to plead;

"Let's go back~Let's go back~"