Chapter 114: Scarlet Dawn
The bus that Zhang Taibai and the others took was arranged by the inviting party.
In addition to the driver, there is also a person in charge of the inviting party, as well as a local Egyptian tour guide who is responsible for handling some unexpected incidents.
Not long after the drive, the tour guide began to introduce me.
"Our destination is in Baiveti, it's about three hours from Cairo, and there are only two places along the way that you can stop a little bit, so if you need to go to the toilet or buy something, please be careful...... Trust me, you won't want to go to the toilet in the wild here. The tour guide said with a smile in not very standard English.
But this did not prevent Zhang Taibai from understanding what he meant.
Egypt is a desert country, and 95% of the land is desert or semi-desert.
Therefore, many 'little cuties' that are difficult to see in big cities in the United States are very widespread here, and the locals are naturally very accustomed to them, and even some people will enjoy these 'little cuties' as food, but the tour guide does not think that this group of American pride will be used to these.
In the car, except for Zhang Taibai, they were all high-achieving students, who would not understand the meaning of the tour guide, and a few of their faces became pale at that time, especially the three girls.
Hua Tianqing was a little better, and there was another girl in blue who was directly scared into a cold sweat.
I have to say that girls will be more afraid of these 'cuties'.
Zhang Taibai saw that Hua Tianqing's face was not very good-looking, and comforted with a smile, "Don't be afraid, we are passing through places that are full of people, these places are much safer than the real wilderness, after all, humans are the most dangerous creatures, and natural selection is ......"
"I see, thank you." Hua Tianqing nodded, but she could see that it was still not much better.
Zhang Taibai shook his head with a smile and didn't say anything.
The fear in his heart can't be erased in three or two sentences, even if it's him, there's no way.
Suddenly, Zhang Taibai's ears moved.
Out of the corner of his eye, he looked at the two positions on the right side of the front of the bus, where Professor Albert and the person in charge of the inviting party were sitting.
Due to the large space of the bus, there are about thirty or forty seats, and Zhang Taibai and his party have a total of only nine people, even if you add the tour guide and the person in charge, there are only eleven people.
So everyone didn't have to sit together, they all sat very open, and Hua Tianqing was also ready to communicate with Zhang Taibai before sitting next to him.
As for Professor Albert and the person in charge, they were actually sitting far away.
Even though Zhang Taibai and Hua Tianqing were already sitting in the front position, they were still at least three or four meters away from Professor Albert, and they couldn't normally hear their whispered conversation.
But Zhang Taibai's physique is not ordinary people, even if he is compared with an open player like Heimquis, his vision and hearing are many times higher than that of ordinary people, not to mention that it is only three or four meters apart, even if it is thirty or forty meters apart, he can hear it as long as he wants to.
Therefore, Professor Albert's conversation was like an ear to Zhang Taibai.
“…… What's going on over there now? Professor Albert asked.
"It's a bit complicated, this time this cemetery was discovered by two exploration teams at the same time, one of which is ours and the other belongs to the 'Violet Group', so the development rights should have been jointly owned by our two families......" The tone of the person in charge sounded a little annoyed.
"Originally? Did there be an accident? Professor Albert noticed his diction.
"Yes, I don't know how this matter leaked the news, a big man from the military here rushed over directly, talking about protecting our safety, in fact, everyone knows that he just wants to come over and get a piece of the pie." The person in charge said in disgust, "In addition to the military, the biggest gangster on the Egyptian side, 'Blood Dawn', will also forcibly intervene." ”
"Can't you even be a gangster?" Professor Albert sounded a little surprised.
Although he is a professor at Yale University and a master of archaeology, he is not the kind of nerd who does not listen to what is going on outside the window, and knows many things much more clearly than the average person.
Especially in the field of archaeology, how can it be possible not to deal with the underground world at all, even if he himself is not involved, it is impossible that he has not heard of anything.
The 'Randolph Group' that invited him to help this time is not a clean company itself, ostensibly doing cross-border trade, but secretly it is one of the world's largest underground antique middlemen, and the aforementioned 'Violet Group' is similar to it.
The reason why it is said to be an underground cultural relics and antique middleman is, of course, because there are a large number of shady things, most of which are illegally robbed and salvaged.
So in a company like this, the butt is not very clean in the first place.
If you want to ride on their necks and make a fortune, you must be prepared for their bloody revenge.
However, if the Egyptian military forcibly intervened in shame, it is not surprising why the two groups would be powerless.
Who made this someone else's territory?
As the saying goes, a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, not to mention the armed forces of a country.
Although Egypt is not a superpower, it is one of the middle powers, and the military, which represents the armed forces of such a country, is indeed enough to make the two blocs back down.
But what Professor Albert doesn't understand is that a local gang here can make the two groups helpless again and continue to back down?
That's kind of ridiculous, isn't it?
When did the two groups become so 'amiable'?
"If it were an ordinary gangster, the security team we brought this time alone would have uprooted them, but this 'bloody dawn' is not simple...... We didn't take them too seriously, and directly wanted the military to intervene and get rid of them, but we didn't expect that the military was unwilling to take care of this matter at all, and vaguely expressed our fear of them, let us not provoke them easily, it is best to agree to their conditions, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. ”
Professor Albert was surprised, "How is it possible, even the local military does not dare to take care of it?" ”
It's no wonder that Professor Albert is so surprised, because this kind of thing can't happen in the United States, no matter how awesome the gangsters, if they really meet the army, they can only kneel down and call Dad.
Not only in the United States, it can be said that except for those small countries, this matter is very incredible for any power above the middle size!
Gangsters can make the army fearful, so what else can the army do to maintain social order?
Isn't the whole country in chaos?
So when the person in charge said this, Professor Albert didn't believe it.
"Could it be that they themselves are in collusion with the military, so the military wants to take two benefits in their name?" Professor Albert guessed.
"That's what we thought about at first, but after confirming it from various sources, we found out that this was not the case...... I don't know exactly what this 'Bloody Dawn' really has the power to make the military jealous, but there have been orders from above on both sides of us to give the 'Bloody Dawn' the same treatment as the military. ”
"Could it be—" Professor Albert's voice rose a little higher, as if suddenly he had thought of something.
"I know what you want to say, I also have this kind of guess, but after all, it's just a guess, I can't verify it, I can only listen to the meaning above." The person in charge said.
"Is that now equivalent to the four parties opening the tomb together?" Professor Albert asked, nodding.
"Not bad." The person in charge nodded, "After you arrive, it's almost time to officially start the tomb visit, and all parties are almost ready." ”
……
The conversation between the two people basically fell into Zhang Taibai's ears without missing a word.
"It's kind of funny, two transnational illegal groups, plus the Egyptian military and a mysterious gangster...... Hehe, it's so much more fun than watching a movie, tsk-tut-tut-"
After listening to the conversation between the two, Zhang Taibai had a clear idea of the situation this time.
Professor Albert must have had a long-term relationship with the group that invited him, and he also came to act as an appraiser, and brought students here just to train them.
But the reality should be a little more complicated than Professor Albert expected.
If he had only invited his group to develop a cemetery on its own, there would be far fewer variables, and even if he encountered trouble, he could take his time.
But now not only does another company of the same size also have the right to co-develop, but there are also two more forces for some reason, which suddenly complicates the situation.
If there is a huge conflict of interest, it is difficult to say whether there will be any surprises.
However, Zhang Taibai is not too worried about this, even if the parties really fight, with his strength, he can watch a good show. If anyone dares to provoke him without opening their eyes, then just kill him, it's not a good bird anyway.
What really intrigued him was the gangster named Scarlet Dawn.
What kind of gangsters can make the army afraid of three points?
Is it because they have more weapons at their disposal than the military?
I'm afraid this is not realistic, if that is the case, this so-called gang can completely overthrow the current regime and become the boss of the country himself
But if it weren't for that, Zhang Taibai thought about it and thought about it, and there was only one answer, that is, this gang is very likely to have another deterrent power - 'extraordinary power'!
In other words, this gang named 'Scarlet Dawn' has a high probability of having a 'transcendent', and it is definitely not as simple as one or two.
On this point, Professor Albert had stopped talking about it, and it is very likely that he had guessed it.
Professor Albert may not be a 'transcendent' himself, but for the elite of this world, especially those who have intersections with the underworld, they will definitely not be ignorant of the 'transcendent'.
The person in charge apparently shared the same thoughts as Professor Albert, but the two did not continue to talk about the subject because the topic was sensitive.
PS: After the twelfth o'clock of the second shift, a little later.