Chapter 101: Summer in Java (Part II)

"To put it simply, the crown is with those pirate treasures, and the third party is called Sharjah Jean, and he is reluctant to share more specific information, so he must be taken with him." Mr. Min was also a little helpless about this, and turned on his laptop, which contained some information about the island, but the last hand-drawn drawing attracted everyone's attention.

This is a black-and-white sketch, this is a crown that is unforgettable at first glance, at the top of the crown is an eagle with wings outstretched, the eagle's sharp eyes make everyone feel the majesty of the royal family, the eagle's wings cleverly form an intricate pattern around the crown, the base is a pattern of hedges and constellations, dotted with some precious stones, but the most attractive is the gem in the center of the crown, which is right on the eagle's chest, protected by the eagle's wings - this is a gemstone carved into the shape of a skull.

"It is said that this gem is carved from ruby, and this crown is also called the Skeleton Crown, and countless people wanted to compete for it." Mr. Min gave a little introduction to the situation, "Sharjah Jean only revealed so much. ”

"How can you be sure that it must be Loulan's crown?" Wang Xingguo is a little strange, the crown shows the majesty of the royal family, which is a symbol of power, but the skeleton is a sense of intimidation, and no power has ever used a skeleton as a decoration for the crown.

"Under the skeleton, there is a line of Lu Wen, bestowed by the heavens, and the majesty of the king." Xia Ruobing pointed to the distorted text next to the skull gem and said, if you don't look carefully, you will think that this is part of the crown pattern.

Wang Xingguo looked at Xia Ruobing, knowing that no amount of questions would stop her trip.

"Jakarta is near the equator, and the temperature is not low now...... Wang Xingguo began to get into a working state, calculating the climate and other possible things.

"Anyway, let's go find it." Mr. Min breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Xia Ruobing gratefully.

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Boarding, departing, flying half of the northern hemisphere, the plane landed in Jakarta on a sunny afternoon, Chen Badai walked down the gangway when his mind was dizzy, the sun next to the equator and the northern hemisphere seem to be very different, the sun in the northern hemisphere is too familiar, and the sun here does not seem to be friendly to themselves, the sun seems to penetrate their braincase, roasting every brain cell inside.

A tall white man who called himself Crussell came to pick up the plane, this is the agent of Mr. Min's Dick, and he said that everything would be ready here, so the group waited for each person to have a backpack, and only brought some simple luggage.

Crussell's attitude was not too enthusiastic, and with a few polite greetings, he brought everyone to the hotel where they stayed.

"Right here?" Standing in front of the "hotel" on the outskirts of Canberra, Chen Badai felt a feeling of falling from heaven to hell. It's the kind in the ravines of the country...... B&B?! Well, the B&B is better than this, looking at the dilapidated three-story wooden building, the fence in front of the yard has broken a lot of big holes, there is a crumbling feeling, only a few pickup trucks and off-road vehicles can be parked in the yard and can get on the countertop, which makes Chen Badai feel that there is still some modern civilization here.

Chen Badai sensed the malice of the equator, and the people who could spend millions of dollars to hire the security team actually lived in such a dilapidated "hotel"? Entering the "hotel", Chen Badai was even more disappointed, there was no waiter, no front desk, everything was self-help, there were not many people who arrived first, Krussell introduced, one is Kerry, who studies geography and ancient writing, and the other is not tall, dark-skinned Indian rich man Sharjah Jean. Needless to say, this is the third party that holds the most important information.

"I really don't understand the world of rich people, running so far to bask in the sun." After introducing each other, Chen Badai whispered to Wang Xingguo in Chinese.

"Ideals are worth pursuing, so that my life will be complete." Kerry suddenly spoke in Chinese, quite fluent.

"Do you speak Chinese?" Chen Badai was a little embarrassed, but fortunately he didn't make the mistake of being cheap just now, and he didn't say anything more ugly.

"Of course, I like the culture of the East, Loulan, which disappeared 2,000 years ago as a bridge between East and West, and I prefer ......," Kerry said proudly.

"Okay......" Chen Badai felt a little inferior, everyone here was better than him in every aspect.

"Tomorrow we will depart, first to Indi, where the supply ships have set up their base, and then after a short rest, to Tignaanti." Crussell said simply and concisely, in an unmistakable tone.

Sharjah's eyes lit up with excitement, rubbing his hands, the smell of his body spreading as he rubbed his hands. Kerry wasn't excited, but his eyes lit up since he saw Xia Ruobing, and his eyes almost never took his eyes off her.

After settling down, Chen Badai looked at his bed, which could collapse at any time if he went up, and comforted himself: "I'm here to make money, as long as I have money, I can sleep on the floor." ”

The situation here is also a little different from Xia Ruobing's imagination, Indonesia is known as the country of a thousand islands, in fact, there are more than 11,000 islands of all sizes, many of which are still forbidden lands. Jakarta is located on the island of Java, which is the fourth largest island in Indonesia, the legendary country of Java is here, but Java is not as backward as imagined, there is not much difference between it and the cities in China, the same high-rise buildings are shining, which makes Xia Ruobing, who has a great interest in the lost civilization, a little disappointed, but the blue sky here is a little blue, I am used to seeing the gray sky in the country, at first glance I am still a little unaccustomed, and the night sky constellation at night is completely different from the north, fortunately, Wang Xingguo has done his homework, I prepared a map of the southern hemisphere starry sky, but this starry sky has never been seen, and it is still a little difficult to find constellations in the sky.

The starry sky near the equator is completely different from the Northern Hemisphere, the North Star is not visible at all, and instead of the starry sky are some constellations in the Southern Hemisphere, Wang Xingguo and Xia Ruobing tried to find the calibration constellation called the Southern Cross constellation, but this Southern Cross constellation is not bright, Wang Xingguo and Xia Ruobing tried several times, but they couldn't do it.

"That's right, the Southern Cross constellation is not near due south." Kerry didn't know when he was standing behind them, and he was reminded to see that they hadn't been found.

"How?" Xia Ruobing asked.

"First find the constellation Crow, well, it is an approximate quadrilateral body composed of four bright stars, although I always thought it was not like a crow, and then, looking down from the constellation Raven, there is a cross shape composed of four stars, that is the constellation of the Southern Cross, the stars above are called the Southern Cross One, and the lower one is called the Southern Cross Two, which indicates the approximate north and south, extending 4.5 times the distance from the Southern Cross 2 downward, that is the south." "But it's right at the equator, so the Southern Cross is at the edge of the sky, and in the second half of the night, it's going to rise a little higher......."

"Hmm...... I see, in fact, the method is similar to what we find in the Northern Hemisphere. After listening to this, Wang Xingguo quickly found the south and compared it with the instrument, which was quite accurate.

"Hello, my name is Kerry, you are Xia Ruobing? Min told me that you were a very powerful beauty explorer, and the only expert in the world, and I was also studying ancient characters...... Loulan's Lu Wen is so beautiful, but it's a pity that it's already a dead text......" Kerry stretched out his hand towards Xia Ruobing and said enthusiastically.

"Is this the routine of foreigners picking up girls?" Wang Xingguo was left out in the cold, and muttered secretly in his heart.

Kerry successfully found an opportunity to have a heated discussion with Xia Ruobing, and it was not until Crussell reminded him that he reluctantly said BYEBYE to Xia Ruobing.

Early the next morning, Chen Badai was woken up from his sleep by the heat wave, he opened his eyes and felt that his whole body seemed to be fished out of the water, this room did not even have air conditioning, and it was slightly better at night, and the sun just appeared to give all living beings a dismount, and he couldn't wait to release all the energy.

Chen Badai carried his confused head, staggered into the bathroom, turned on the faucet to cool off, but the faucet was twisted to the maximum, and not a drop of water flowed out.

"What the hell...... Is there such a lack of water in this place? After some inquiry, Chen Badai learned that there was a serious shortage of water here, and only four hours of tap water were provided every day.

Chen Badai thought that if he came here to do water trading, he might be able to make a lot of money...... I had no choice but to wait for the water to come at noon and wash off the sweat stains on my body.

Chen Badai's little abacus crackled very smoothly, and the principle he has always adhered to is that as long as he can be comfortable, he will never be tired, and he will not stand up if he can do things while lying down.

The equatorial sun still seems to have a little smell, Chen Badai feels that his body is so exposed to the sun, like the smell of old salted fish that has been marinated for ten years, as for Sharjah, he can smell the special curry smell from ten meters away......

"Okay everyone, let's go......" Chen Badai was still thinking about waiting for the water to come, first go grab the best bathroom and take a good wash, Crussell saw that everyone got up, and didn't care whether everyone had breakfast or not, carrying a horn, standing in the yard, and shouting with full anger.

β€œHAT?! Let's go?! Chen Badai was dumbfounded, there was no need to be in such a hurry this time.

"We're going to the port, there's still a day of travel waiting for us today, welcome everyone to the paradise of exploration on earth, and in ten minutes, everyone will get in the car and set off." Crussell didn't seem to care if others would be upset, so he put the horn away and got into a Dodge pickup truck, and the posture was: I'm already waiting, you better hurry.

Chen Badai looked up to the sky and roared, looking at the equatorial sun that had just gotten up but was already full of energy, and sighed: "I'll go, it's only in the morning, and I won't dry the dried Jakarta salted fish by noon?!" ”