In the depths of the desert at noon, the scorching sun shines on the rolling yellow sand, a width of less than 100 meters and a length of less than two kilometers, but the depth is close to 300 meters in the geological fault zone canyon, the desert plants and various small animal activities can not be seen at all, it is all some gravel and yellow sand blown down from a high place, the convective wind whining wind blowing from the canyon is non-stop, because the steep rocks rise, even at noon in the canyon, the temperature is obviously much lower than the desert outside, and the whole canyon seems a little weird and gloomy, The team's three off-road vehicles broke into the canyon, and the sound of brakes echoed through the silence of the canyon.

"Hurry up, everyone take off the equipment and hurry up to set up a tent on the stone slope!"

Before Isabel could stop the car, she lifted the door and jumped onto a large rock next to her, spoke Arabic at a bold pace, and instructed the team members to do what they were asked to do.

As soon as she finished speaking, she climbed onto the roof of the off-road vehicle, untied the ropes and tarpaulin, and handed all kinds of boxes containing precision instruments to the bottom of the car, and the movements were swift and fast.

As soon as the car turned off, all the members of the investigation team began to get busy, and they moved various materials and equipment from the three off-road vehicles to the stone slope covering an area of thousands of square meters on the side of the canyon, which is the only place in the entire canyon area that is not a steep rock, and the slope is not large and extends dozens of meters long before the steep rock wall.

Because everyone has already crossed the desert depression and stony terrace marked on the topographic map, and penetrated into the sunken canyon behind the platform, this canyon is really weird, if the intruder is not lucky at the right time, he will encounter a rainstorm caused by the regional climate in the Sahara Desert, which is rare in a century! The bottom of the canyon is flooded by the flood that gathers from all directions, and Uncle Issam once entered the canyon once as a young man trained in the tribe when he was young, and knows a lot of legends about this canyon.

Before entering the canyon, Uncle Issam, who was in the front car, sensed that something was wrong, and used the walkie-talkie to call all the cars to hurry up and the weather conditions changed, and the scientists who were able to participate in the expedition were aware of the rumors, so that no one objected to Isabelle's proposal to set up a tent on the slope.

It was already noon on the second day after the departure from Attar, during which everyone experienced various troublesome things such as a flat tire, an off-road vehicle that could not change gears, an accident driving into a deep ditch, the car being stuck and unable to advance or retreat, stopping to rest and eat and drink water halfway, and someone who was unlucky enough to be stung and poisoned by a scorpion.

Fortunately, there are all kinds of talents in the team, the car has a problem, Gordon's strong bodyguard got it done, the car fell into the ditch, everyone got on the pulley group and the rope of the thickness of the arm worked together to get it up, it was even simpler to be stung by a scorpion, just inject an antidote, even if there is no antidote, Uncle Issam also has a unique way to make the stung person die, but it will be very painful, after more than a day of running-in, the entire expedition team members have a preliminary tacit understanding, whether it is a guide or a scientist, can work in an orderly manner under the leadership of team leader Isabel, and even the Yankee Gordon and the blonde Daisy "consciously" accept Isabel's leadership, so that everyone gradually begins to accept the existence of the two.

When Song Xiaoshuang carried the alloy box on the slope, he saw several Berber guides using hand-held electric drills to drill holes in the stone first, and then drive in the expansion screws to fix the rope of the tent. The first time he saw the guide anchoring the alloy skeleton was a few days ago when the sandstorm was windy, and the procedure of setting up a tent on weekdays omitted it.

After the tent was set up and all kinds of equipment were put into the tent, the next thing the whole team of seventeen people did was to put a few solid anchor points on the slope according to Uncle Issam's suggestion, and start the off-road vehicle with its own self-rescue winch (the field investigation vehicle is standard, and the three off-road vehicles of the investigation team have been specially modified, and the front and tail of the winch locomotive are each one), and the front of the off-road vehicle is pulled up the slope towards the bottom of the canyon and lined up in turn, the position is only lower than a few tents, and there is at least ten meters from the bottom of the canyon. In addition to the cables on the winch, holes were made near the wheels and expansion screws were inserted, and lightweight alloy chains were inserted into the tire hubs to hold the car in place.

This kind of strange practice, if it is seen by other people, most of them will think that the people in the investigation team are crazy, stupid things to do stupidly, in fact, this is a last resort, when everyone sweats to get the off-road vehicle soon, the canyon has been thundering, lightning sparks continue to cut through the afternoon sky, began to rain bean-sized raindrops, raindrops hit the canyon everywhere stirred up smoke and unpleasant smell.

Isabel instructed everyone in Arabic to stay in their respective tents and not to go anywhere after the rain stopped, and beckoned to Song Xiaoshuang to follow her into a tent, Song Xiaoshuang's eyes shrank slightly, knowing that Isabel would shake out a lot of what she knew, and did not hesitate to follow Isabel into the tent.

Because it has begun to rain, the light in the tent is much dimmer than usual, there is no velvet blanket as usual, there are gray-brown rocks in the eyes, some waterproof instrument boxes are placed on the rocks, and the anchors are fixed with nylon nets, which can be seen as a table with an inclined angle, and other things that are not resistant to rain, such as folded velvet blankets, notebooks that are still in the boot state and some sensitive equipment for studying local weather conditions, Wu Dai and Emina sat on a special composite chair that could be adjusted in an adjustable angle, looking at various data in the notebook that experts couldn't understand at all, and didn't care about Song Xiaoshuang walking in.

Song Xiaoshuang glanced at the two military flat kettles hanging on the alloy skeleton in the corner of the tent, learned from Isabel to unfold a composite chair, quickly dealt with the angle of the slope, and sat up, just sat down, the canvas door of the tent was opened, and the Yankee Gordon and Daisy wearing wide denim suits, as well as the fierce bodyguards in desert yellow training uniforms walked into the tent one after another. The last person to come in was Uncle Issam, who always covered his face with a scarf when he didn't have to (the only guide from the same tribe was dressed like Uncle Isamu, and the members of the expedition team all moved the scarf to their necks when they arrived at the ground).

Seeing that everyone was coming, after finding a folding chair and sitting down, Isabel looked around at a few people, and after giving Wu Dai a look, Wu Dai put down the work in her hand, carried the chair and sat down next to Song Xiaoshuang, and after a few gestures, Song Xiaoshuang understood in seconds, this is to hold a small briefing meeting, Isabel should explain in English, but considering that Song Xiaoshuang can't understand either, let Wu Dai translate quietly on the side.

As for why I use English, it's not because of Yankee Gordon, this guy can't speak Arabic at all, and he usually communicates with people in American English, for various reasons, Isabel has to take care of one head, that is, to Gordon, after all, the financial sponsor of this expedition team is Gordon's father in the United States, Isabel believes that Song Xiaoshuang will not care about these trivial things, she is now Song Xiaoshuang's "boss", and Song Xiaoshuang promised to accept her command before.

It's really hard to guess the changes in the meteorological environment in the canyon, just a while, through the tent thunder and rain, the sound of thunder and rain is getting louder and louder, and there is already a flow of water that has gathered from a high place along the rocks at the bottom of the tent to the slope, Song Xiaoshuang even used his feet in sandals to stop the water and stir up a splash, which provoked Isabel who was about to speak to glare at him fiercely, Song Xiaoshuang smiled back and ended the childish action, waiting for Isabel to shake out the old bottom about the difficulties of the task of this expedition team.

Isabel then said in English: "Calling you, I am telling you about this ancient ruins expedition, the danger is much greater than expected, if we hadn't encountered desert robbers, we wouldn't have encountered this rainstorm, and we would have already finished the expedition and left the canyon, but now we have to bite the bullet, Gordon, if you want to continue with the group, you have to listen to my orders, enter the ancient relics cave in the depths of the canyon, because after the rain there will be all kinds of things that you can't understand, and the danger is beyond your imagination, A few days ago I submitted an assessment of the increased risk of the expedition to the dedicated office, and the result was that Mr. (referring to Gordon's father, the sponsor of the UNESCO scientific expedition) insisted on giving you a better experience, and sent a competent bodyguard, but this was not enough."

Song Xiaoshuang heard the Chinese translation whispered by Wu Dai next to him, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, sure enough, this investigation activity is not a simple ancient religion and wizard culture investigation activity, Isabel must have hidden a lot of details that others do not know, just see if she will say it.

However, Song Xiaoshuang is an old fritter who has experienced a lot of strange events, and has been hovering on the edge of life and death many times, what Isabel knows and masters is exactly what Song Xiaoshuang wants to know, he has not forgotten that he is an exclusive analyst of the Institute of Human Sciences, and he is interested in all kinds of abnormal phenomena involving the intersection of the human body and the natural world, so it should be another experience!

Thinking of this, Song Xiaoshuang was very interested in the activities of the expedition team, but his face was expressionless and looked heartless, so that Wu Dai around him wondered if her own translation level was too bad, and Song Xiaoshuang didn't seem to understand what the team leader Isabel was saying?

"Smack!"

A thunderclap of a landing thunderbolt shook everyone's eardrums, the stone ground was shaking slightly, Isabel turned her head and signaled Emina, who was still studying the data, to turn off the power supply of the notebook and external equipment interfaces, although the necessary lightning protection measures were made, these sensitive research equipment were also specially configured for abnormal weather, but Isabel had a hazy premonition, if Emina didn't stop studying the data, maybe the next time the landing mine would hit the tent, the tent had external antennas and various sensors, Once damaged, the damage is great.

After seeing Emina's speed of turning off the notebook and various devices, Isabel let out a sigh of relief, and continued: "This is in the geomagnetic anomaly area, all kinds of strange phenomena may appear, according to the limited situation that is now known, it is inferred that the torrential rain will make some rare creatures appear in the ruins cave, because the situation in the depths of the ruins cave is more complex than people imagine, and no one has found out the specific situation so far, but it is known that the floods formed by the rainstorm will flow into the ruins cave along the low-lying area, As you all know, I have a hand-drawn topographic map with me, which was actually hand-drawn by French field archaeologists in the early thirties of the last century, and a journal of the expedition, locked in a special safe for UNESCO, which I only saw photocopies, which describe all kinds of strange things that may be encountered, and also mention Uncle Issam's tribe, which at that time was also a colony of excellent desert guides! ”

What Isabel said made several people, including Gordon, turn their attention to Uncle Issam, who has always been eccentric, and Song Xiaoshuang also turned his eyes to the uncle, but Song Xiaoshuang secretly made a gesture, and saw the light in Uncle Isam's eyes flashing, Song Xiaoshuang already knew in his heart that the uncle's previous experience was not simple!