General Gorg could not sleep at night, he got up alone, put on a bearskin coat to protect against the cold, went to the stable and led out his old horse, slowly crossed the black Great Wall, came to the wooden bridge of the Black River, and looked into the depths of the cold canyon of the dead, the spirits in the canyon still sang sad songs, General Gurg had long been accustomed to it.

"O thousand-year-old undead, be patient, and soon someone will soothe you......" General Gorg whispered.

According to General Gorg's prediction, the expedition should have seen the ghost-faced skeletons of the undead at this point, and there, he believed they would find some clues.

Xia Ruobing drove everyone out of the cave and stayed with this heavy history, which may be the achievement pursued by his parents, but in front of these accumulated bones, Xia Ruobing did not feel joy.

What kind of hardships did these ancestors go through to get here? Xia Ruobing carefully studied the words on the stone wall again with reverence, there was a piece of higher text Xia Ruobing couldn't see clearly, she looked around, looking for something to step on, a square stone bar caught her attention.

Brushing off the dust on the stone bar, Xia Ruobing found that this was not an ordinary stone, but a white marble stone box, which was no different from the stone box found on the Poseidon.

"Are you waiting for me?" Xia Ruobing looked at the stone box, on which was depicted a bright-eyed Loulan beauty, leaning in front of the pillar of the palace, holding a flower in her hand, as if waiting for someone.

Xia Ruobing carefully picked up the stone box, found a small mechanism at the bottom of it, and twisted it gently, Xia Ruobing heard a "click" sound, the delicate mechanism is still extremely sensitive after 2000, Xia Ruobing gently pulled out the cover of the stone box, and saw that the yellowed sheepskin was neatly stacked inside.

Xia Ruobing finished reading the patterns and characters on the parchment, and the bright-eyed girl on the stone box seemed to be looking at her with a look of anticipation. Xia Ruobing stroked the pattern and said softly: "I will bring you back to your homeland, believe me......"

The handwriting and patterns on the parchment were a little blurry, but they were still very well preserved, Xia Ruobing carefully rolled them up, put them in her backpack, and sat on the edge of the cave wall, the mutton fat jade box was quietly placed beside her, Xia Ruobing felt a little tired, she closed her eyes and fell asleep groggy.

"You are Xia Ruobing......" Xia Ruobing saw a girl in a woolen dress standing in front of her.

"Hmm." Xia Ruobing felt very strange and responded.

"Follow me......" The girl smiled and hooked her fingers, Xia Ruobing saw that she was holding a small flower in her other hand.

Xia Ruobing looked down at the mutton fat jade stone box beside her, and the girl pattern on the stone box was gone.

"Follow me......" When she looked up again, the girl in front of her had already walked to the mouth of the cave.

"Where are we going...... Xia Ruobing got up and chased after him.

"Expedition...... The Great Expedition ......" The girl smiled coquettishly and deftly stepped over the bones and burrowed out of the cave......

"Wait for me......" Xia Ruobing didn't have time to put on his bag and chased out.

Xia Ruobing drilled out of the hole, the canyon was bustling with people, some temporary wooden houses, tents built with camel hair woven fabrics, people looked anxiously out of the canyon on their faces, and the sound of drums and horns in the distance came, as if a fierce war was going on outside the canyon.

Xia Ruobing saw a woman holding a baby in her arms, she muttered to herself, and looked up into the distance from time to time full of longing.

Xia Ruobing seemed to have seen her somewhere, the woman smiled at herself, Xia Ruobing walked to her side, reached out to touch the baby in her arms, but the hand passed through the baby's face, Xia Ruobing looked at her hand in a daze, and the woman didn't seem to notice that Xia Ruobing was standing in front of her, she shook the baby gently, and whispered a lullaby in her mouth.

"Hurry up, follow me......" As soon as she looked up, Xia Ruobing saw the girl waving at her, Xia Ruobing walked through the crowd and followed behind the dexterous girl: "Where are we going?" ”

"Above...... And the old country of the East......" The girl pointed to the Peak of the Dead in the distance, and the verdant voice echoed in the canyon.

Xia Ruobing was awakened, she looked down and saw that the mutton fat jade stone box was placed beside her, and the bright-eyed girl on the stone box was still leaning on the pillar and waiting, Xia Ruobing had a dream, and the girl in the dream was the girl on the stone box.

"Above...... The homeland of the East? Xia Ruobing remembered what the girl in her dream said, she realized something, hurriedly opened her backpack, and carefully opened a roll of parchment again.

Most of the ink on this parchment has been taken away by the years, and all that remains is some messy lines and patterns, some of the ink of the patterns are overlapped, and it is no longer possible to distinguish the original appearance, and the few recorded words cannot be formed into words, but Xia Ruobing suddenly realized that these messy lines and patterns are the most important of all the materials!

This is a map of the route of their expedition, and if you point the top of the parchment to the east, you can clearly see the places they have walked.

"There's the other half of the map, but where is it?" Xia Ruobing whispered, she repeatedly looked at the parchment in the stone box, but she couldn't find the part where they migrated from Loulan to the mountains.

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When the first rays of sunlight shone through the mist into the canyon, the voices of those undead finally disappeared, Chen Badai opened his eyes, feeling that his body was very heavy, he was like a lizard that needed the warmth of the sun, and it took a long time to raise a hand under the sunlight and support himself with difficulty.

Chen Badai was tormented by a headache all night, and the whispers of those undead made Chen Badai unable to sleep at all, he wanted to stand up and burn those ghost-faced skeletons clean with a fire, but his body was so heavy that he couldn't move.

"Hey! It's time to get up, lazy pigs! Grandpa Pandey's broken voice shouted, waking everyone up from their sleep.

Wang Xingguo got up and went to the cave to see Xia Ruobing's situation first, and happened to meet Xia Ruobing who packed his backpack and walked out.

"Did you sleep well at night?" Wang Xingguo asked with concern.

"I dreamed of something strange......"

"Shall we stay here today or move on?" Tchaikov walked over and asked, here it seems that Xia Ruobing is already the boss.

"Going on, I found their map." Xia Ruobing said.

"I'll just say there's nothing wrong with taking you......" Tchaikov grinned.

When Mr. Min heard the word map, he couldn't help but slow down the work in his hand, he hesitated for a moment and leaned over: "Loulan's migration map?" ”

"Yes, only halfway, I found the route from the Peak of the Dead to here, but the route from Loulan is missing."

"That's a short distance." Mr. Min smiled, his expression relaxed.

"Mr. Min, you once approached the treasure of Loulan infinitely close to 20 years ago, does it have anything to do with this map?" Xia Ruobing asked very seriously.

"Uh...... Probably not. Mr. Min's smile froze.

"I want to announce something, Wang Xingguo, call everyone here." Xia Ruobing said.

"When did she become our leader?" Dick grumbled under his breath.

"Didn't you hear, did she have a map in her hand?" Chen Badai said.

"I have a map of the country of the cave from the Canyon of the Dead to the Peak of the Dead, well, it's the country of the caves." Xia Ruobing looked at everyone and said, "But we need to cooperate......"

"No problem...... Dick chuckled lightly, "I'm glad to take advantage of it." ”

"Tchaikov, what about you?" Xia Ruobing asked.

"No problem, once I get the scepter, I'll be the first to kick Dick down the cliff." Tchaikov grinned, "So, can you tell us how to work together now?" ”

Pan Dee's eyes widened as he listened to Xia Ruobing's narration, and finally Xia Ruobing finished speaking, Pan Dee shouted: "God, if I knew this, I should have bought a Black Hawk helicopter first......

The Canyon of the Dead is just the easiest part of the way, after climbing all the way, the expedition team has to cross two platforms, crossing the two ridgelines above the snow line at an altitude of 4,500 meters, Xia Ruobing roughly estimated the distance, if everyone cooperates sincerely, they can reach the Peak of the Dead in about 5 days.

Dick raised his hands in favor of cooperation unconditionally, and no one could overcome these obstacles alone anyway, Mr. Min seemed a little worried, but now he had no better choice.

"Chen Badai, you have to cooperate with Wang Xingguo, the two of you are the most professional in the expedition." Xia Ruobing said.

These two words sounded a little harsh to Chen Badai, but this was not the time for a dispute, so Chen Badai remained silent and acquiesced.

"The first platform will be relatively easy, but the second platform is likely to encounter avalanches...... Xia Ruobing reminded again.

The word "avalanche" hit Mr. Min heavily in his heart, and the scene 20 years ago can be seen vividly.

"But I want to know, if you find the scepter, who does it belong to?" Dick raised his hand and asked, after all, this was an important question.

"Borderlands, first served...... Aha, Dick, are you afraid of falling behind me again? Tchaikov laughed.

"This time, absolutely not!" Dick touched the pistol hidden in his pocket, rolled his eyes, and smiled.

"Wang Xingguo, come and help me mark the route." Xia Ruobing announced the dissolution and said to Wang Xingguo.

"Ruobing, do you have to take this route?" Wang Xingguo was a little worried after recalibrating the map according to the route on the ancient map.

"This is the nearest line, and considering the back and forth, our supplies are a little tight!" Xia Ruobing said.

After comparing the maps, Wang Xingguo found that the route map of Loulan went around several times in the mountains, and then entered here through a gap in the Valley of the Dead, but these roads could only be passed in the summer, and the snow on the high mountains had blocked the roads in early autumn.

Wang Xingguo felt that this was not the best time to go to the Peak of the Dead, as snowflakes had already fallen on the top of the mountain in early autumn, and the higher the temperature, the greater the impact, and the risk of avalanches would be higher and higher.

Xia Ruobing, on the other hand, chose the route that went directly to the Peak of the Dead, which was the shortest, but had to climb over two steep platforms along the way.

"It's a risky line." Wang Xingguo reminded.

"We are now standing at the secret door of Loulan, Wang Xingguo, you know what it means to me and to my parents...... I will definitely go! Xia Ruobing was a little anxious, she felt that what she wanted to do recently, Wang Xingguo would object.