The vast Gobi is desolate, full of sand and gravel, and there is no trace of people.

As far as the eye can see, except for a few lonely bare rocks standing in sight, there is no longer a single landmark in sight.

Holding the map, comparing it carefully, and pondering it carefully, it is clearly recorded that there is a meandering saltwater river less than 500 meters away from the two stone sculptures.

But as far as the eye can see, there is no trace of water flow at all, except for the long yellow sand, the sand and gravel that moves with the wind, and the clusters of wild grasses with extremely vigorous vitality.

...... Well, even if this saltwater river has dried up and weathered over the past hundred years, the riverbed will never disappear all along with it, right?

I looked left and right, or put my hand on my forehead, and looked into the distance, but no matter how I looked, I couldn't find any trace of a riverbed.

Could it be that the riverbed was buried by a sandstorm?

That's an exaggeration, isn't it...... How big of a sandstorm does it take to fill an entire riverbed?

Anxious, I took a sip, picked up another bag, and poured a small sip of water.

In the process of precipitating emotions, I saw a white thing three or four meters away, white and pure, like a small white pebble.

Is it a pebble?!

I stood up, walked a few quick steps, came to the white lumpy object, looked closely, and felt ecstasy: if it was a pebble, it meant that the place I was in was a dry riverbed!

That's great!

It's really worth it!

I've finally found it!

Excited, I trembled my hands and dug up the mud and sand near the white lumpy object.

The mud and sand had been dug up, and the white lumpy object was revealed, and my eyes trembled with excitement, and I almost jumped out of my mouth - it was not a pebble at all, but a bone of a hand buried in the yellow sand!

Peat!

I angrily threw the bones of my hand to the ground, and with a snap, the dry bones were torn apart in an instant.

At the same time, in my ears, the ugly laughter of the big sword sounded.

Laugh, laugh, fuck up, empty rejoicing!

After laughing for ten minutes, Dataidao finally laughed enough, and finally remembered that I was its owner, so his tone changed and began to cheer me up.

It believes that the discovery of the hand bones is not a bad thing, but on the contrary, it may be a sign that the riverbed is about to be found, and it is necessary to muster up faith.

I said to myself, "Confidence in a fart, it is also an omen, who told you that the bones and the riverbed are inextricably linked?" ”

Da Taidao was not angry, he smiled, and said: "Anyway, the bones were dug up by you, and it is considered to be related to you, you just have a good heart, dig out all the skeletons of it, and then find a place to bury it, which can be regarded as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue." ”

I scoffed, "When did you become a Buddhist?" ”

Da Taidao said with a smile: "Accumulating virtue from goodness is not only a theory only in Buddhism, God has the virtue of good life, which is a ...... inheritance since ancient times."

Then, it babbled on a lot of so-called good and evil theories to me, and I was dizzy to hear it.

In desperation, I had no choice but to comply with its request, starting from the pit where the hand bones were dug, continuing to dig deeper, and then gradually expanding the range, and once I found a white object, I immediately gathered my strength and carefully peeled off the soil layer.

This process lasted for more than an hour, and I used a big knife and a pair of gauntlets to dig a two-meter-square pit.

After piecing together the scattered skeletons, I was shocked to find that this was not just one human skeleton, but also some other bones that did not belong to this skeleton.

Picking up a piece of patella, I looked confused and said to myself, "Why did you dig up so many bones?" ”

Da Taidao whispered on the side: "Good people do it to the end, send the Buddha to the Western ......"

"Okay, I know, I know, can't I dig it, you can be quiet for me for a while!"

It took nearly three hours to dig another digging pit, and finally dug a pit two meters deep and six meters long and wide.

Leaning against the pit wall, I took a breath and took out my wine bag and poured a few sips, the hot liquor irritating my throat and cheering me up.

Pieced together all the excavated corpses, six complete skeletons were finally assembled.

Judging from the shape of the bones, these six corpses are two women and four men, and judging from the bone density, they should be quite powerful adventurers.

Why did they bury their bones here?

Was it attacked by a rogue? Or are you attacked by monsters?

Well, the latter shouldn't be very likely, at least so far, I haven't seen a single living animal, let alone a monster.

However, it is more likely to be attacked by rogue bandits.

"These people, before they died, should have experienced a tragic battle," I said, picking up an arm bone, pointing to the unnatural crack on it, and said, "This is probably a hard blow, and here, here ......"

I pointed out more than a dozen breaking points in a row.

The Great Taidao deeply agreed with my judgment, and said earnestly, "When you stop being an adventurer in the future, you can try to become a forensic doctor." ”

I snorted, stood up, and said, "Okay, the bones have been found, it's time to get down to business." ”

"What's the matter?" The Great Taidao asked knowingly.

"Of course, it's to find the riverbed," I said, "Only by finding the riverbed can you find the mausoleum, but ......"

Looking up at the sky, the sun was already in the west, and it was dusk in a few hours, and I had to find a place to rest.

"Oh ~ River Plate, I said, haven't you found River Bed yet?"

"Did you ask that because you were too idle?" I asked rhetorically, "Don't you know if you have found the riverbed?" ”

"I know, that's why I asked you," Da Taidao said, "Haven't you found it yet?" ”

"Found what?"

"You're standing right now in the riverbed!"

"Huh?" I subconsciously looked at my feet and then at the four walls: "You said this is the riverbed?" Tease me! ”

"Tease you?" "I ask you, stinky boy, what is the most obvious sign of the riverbed?" ”

Without thinking, I said, "Water! ”

"That's right," Dataidao said, "Didn't you notice that there is a lot of humidity here?" ”

"Humidity?" I muttered, and at the same time took off my gauntlets, crouched down, and grabbed the dirt hard, and sure enough, it was wet!

"Although the riverbed may dry up or be buried by windblown sand, there must be water stored underneath it," explains Daitaidao, "so if you can make sure that the soil is moist a few meters below, you can tell that this is the riverbed site." ”

"So, did you ask me to dig up the bones because I realized that this might be a riverbed site?"

I said excitedly.

"No, you're thinking too much," Da Taidao said in a funny tone, "I'm just bored and want to see you dig a hole to pass the time." ”