Chapter 4: The First Sight of the Ruins
"Fortunately, there are these energy foods, otherwise everyone will finish playing~" Dantu led everyone to an abandoned house that could avoid a snowstorm, took out a projectile-sized energy food, and talked with relish.
"It's still delicious food, especially Sichuan-style hot pot, that taste~ I feel beautiful when I think about it~" An archaeologist with glasses said dissatisfiedly after swallowing the energy food.
"You will be content~ In such bad weather, it is good to eat some of them~"
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Everyone, as soon as you say a word, the originally tense atmosphere is quickly relieved. Before they knew it, the group had another extremely cold night.
"The sky is finally clear~" Early in the morning, Fang Xingchen pushed open the closed door, looked at the sunny weather outside the door, and sighed. Then he walked out of the abandoned house on his own, and after doing a survey of the surroundings, he found that a foot of snow had already accumulated around the house.
The sun rising in the east shines through the windows of abandoned houses to the people who have not yet woken up. Not long after Fang Xingchen went out, Dantu and Sun Tianxiang were the first to wake up. Sun Tianxiang stretched his waist, and after walking to the gate, his face was full of joy, and he spoke. "It's really a clear sky, and the canyon is tender~"
"Professor Sun, you really deserve to be a cultural person~" Dantu walked to the gate, and after hearing what Sun Tianxiang said, he was happy.
"Just by saying, in such good weather, the little brother Dantu knows how long it will take us to reach our destination. Faced with the strange weather before, Sun Tianxiang was already a little impatient and wanted to arrive at the Kunlun Mountain Ruins as soon as possible.
"With such fine weather, if the devil does not stop us, we will be able to reach our destination by this evening at the latest. "The devil blocking in Dantu's mouth is, as the name suggests, the previous weird lightning event.
"That's really good~" After hearing Dantu's good news, Sun Tianxiang finally breathed a sigh of relief, if he delayed for too long, he was afraid of a change.
Between the exchanges between Dantu and Sun Tianxiang, everyone also woke up one after another. And Fang Xingchen had already appeared next to the Death Valley Highway, which was seven or eight kilometers away from the abandoned house. At this time, looking into the distance along the road, more than a dozen military trucks appeared in Fang Xingchen's field of vision, which was the reason why Fang Xingchen came to the side of the road.
After a long time, the convoy drove in front of Fang Xingchen's eyes. The military truck at the front honked its stop horn and pulled over, followed by the vehicles behind it.
A middle-aged officer in his forties, wearing a green military uniform, looked heroic and sassy stepped out of the car.
"Little comrade, are you a local resident? Why are you standing here alone? What about your companion?" Zhang Hong looked at the young man in front of him in surprise after getting out of the car. Because in such a place, the appearance of a young man who looks weak and unruly seems a little unreasonable.
"Hello, sir~ Are you going to the ruins?" Fang Xingchen said calmly.
"Who are you?How do you know about the ruins~" After hearing the young man say the word ruins, Zhang Hong's attitude suddenly became much more rigorous.
"Let me introduce myself first, my name is Fang Xingchen, I am a scholar sent by the coalition government to study the archaeological relics of the ruins, we are a group of twenty-nine people, we have encountered extreme weather, trapped in an abandoned house not far away, I want you to help us~" Fang Xingchen introduced himself while looking at these military trucks, which seemed to be loaded with some extraordinary objects.
"Hello, Comrade Xiaochen. I'm Colonel Zhang Hong, and we've received orders for the archaeological team you mentioned, but can I see your ID first. "Zhang Hong is on a secret mission this time, so naturally he will not easily believe what a passer-by says.
For Colonel Zhang Hong's request, Fang Xingchen did not have the slightest reason, and handed all the documents on his body to Zhang Hong. After Zhang Hong's verification on the device, Fang Xingchen's words were confirmed.
Subsequently, the convoy carried Fang Xingchen and headed towards the abandoned house. And the people near the abandoned house were already anxious about Fang Xingchen's disappearance. Especially Sun Tianxiang, an old scholar with silver hair, almost fainted, because Fang Xingchen was recommended by him, and if something happened, he would have no way to explain it to his relatives.
Tick~tick~
Just as everyone was about to look for Fang Xingchen, the whistle of a truck sounded not far away, and it turned out to be three military trucks parked in the snow not far away. And Fang Xingchen stood in front of the truck in front of him, waving to everyone.
"It turned out to be Xingchen, this kid, it turned out that he went to find a rescue~" Sun Tianxiang recognized Fang Xingchen at a glance.
Because the abandoned house was surrounded by frozen swamps and a foot of snow, the truck could not move forward, so it could only wait for Sun Tianxiang and Dantu and his party in place.
After everyone was ordered by Colonel Zhang Hong to check their documents, Dantu, who was silent on the side, actually stepped forward to give Colonel Zhang Hong a warm hug.
"Dantu, am I on a mission? be serious~" Colonel Zhang Hong patted Dantu on the shoulder and said with a solemn expression.
Under the explanation of Dantu and Colonel Zhang Hong, everyone learned that Dantu and Colonel Zhang Hong had known each other in their early years, and the two had established a deep friendship a few years ago.
At the beginning, Dantu and Colonel Zhang Hong also met through the identity of the guide, and the two had a lifelong friendship. And Dantu carried out the task of leading the way in Death Valley, which was also introduced by Colonel Zhang Hong.
After seeing Sun Tianxiang, Zhang Hong took the initiative to shake hands with him and greeted him in an official way to show respect.
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"You kid leads the way, how did you lead to a dead end, those burnt vehicles are yours~" Zhang Hong joked.
"It's really hard to put into words, it's just too evil...... Dantu sat behind Colonel Zhang Hong and began to catch up with Zhang Hong.
This kind of military truck has four seats in the cab, Fang Xingchen and Dantu sit side by side in the back, while Colonel Zhang Hong and the driver sit in the driver's seat. As for Sun Tianxiang's more than 20 people, they were all sitting in the cab and trunk of two empty trucks.
After the three military trucks converged with a dozen other trucks, they increased their horsepower and headed for the same destination. In addition to the unimpeded passage along the way, the most strange thing for everyone is that all the beasts will take the initiative to avoid the convoy when they see it, and show awe.
"Extraordinary things, extraordinary feelings, there seems to be an indescribable familiarity~" While these beasts avoided the convoy, Fang Xingchen felt the subtle fluctuations with his heart.
After about an hour of driving along the Death Valley Highway, the road began to become winding, and after about half an hour, the vehicle left the Death Valley Highway and headed towards the main peak of Kunlun Mountain, which reached into the sky. The section of the road is seemingly improvised and is entirely paved with sand.
"The road below is a little bumpy, everyone sit firm~" Comrade Xiao Liu, who was driving, said to a few people present.
"Comrade Xiaochen looks very young~ I observed that the researchers in your fellow countries are all in their thirties. Zhang Hong has read the information, the archaeologists sent this time are all graduate students, and Fang Xingchen looks to be in his early twenties, which makes Zhang Hong a little curious.
"To hide from what Colonel Zhang Hong said, I have not graduated from university yet, and Professor Sun Tianxiang recommended me to come to this archaeological mission. It may be that I am good at ancient culture, so I have this precious opportunity. Regarding Colonel Zhang Hong's questioning, Fang Xingchen calmly explained the reason.
"So that's the case, Professor Sun Tianxiang is a world-renowned expert on ancient culture, and being recommended by him shows that this kid of yours must have extraordinary skills. After dispelling the doubts in his heart, Zhang Hong stopped asking. After all, his main task is not to investigate suspicious elements, but only the sensitive nerves in his head.
"Brother Zhang, I cherish talents very much! If you need anything, Brother Zhang and I will try our best to help you~" Seeing this, Dantu immediately played a round, for fear that there would be some misunderstanding between the two~
"Then thank you Brother Dantu and Colonel Zhang Hong~" Judging from Fang Xingchen's thinking mode, Dantu and Zhang Hong are both good people, and he naturally will not misunderstand in words.
The convoy drove slowly on bumpy sandy roads for over an hour later. A little fog began to appear on the road ahead, and many strange stones of different sizes gradually appeared in the distance of the road twice.
The further you go, the thicker the fog becomes, and the odd rocks not far from the roadside become denser. There were even some broken tiles, as well as some huge broken stone pillars that were half-cut out of the ground, on which some carved lines could be faintly seen.
"Are the colored tiles? No, it should be glazed tiles~" Although the fog on the side of the road was so thick that it obscured the vision, in Fang Xingchen's field of vision, those colored tiles and giant stone pillars were in full view.
Just as Fang Xingchen was deep in thought, someone suddenly shouted loudly in front of him. "Stop the car immediately and stay where you are. ”