As much as we don't want to believe, some diseases just suddenly fall from the sky and begin to recur in the world in some way.

Now, a new disease has emerged in the world, known as AIDS. There is no doubt that we will face a brutal war, many people will die, and we are helpless and helpless about it. I only hope that humanity will find a cure, and it won't take long.

—Dr. Martin-Fred, Khartoum, Sudan, 1982

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The scorching sun, scorching the African continent, makes the Sahara Desert feel like a melting pot, and it is one of the most inhospitable places on earth for living things.

But even the harshest soil can give birth to life, and this great desert is also home to countless creatures, as well as human beings.

"Look at this pottery, we're going to make a fortune this time......"

"Do you think it's just pottery worth a lot, I know some Citigroup rich people have been looking for this, and those heretics want to eat the powder of these corpses that have been dead for thousands of years, they think it will give them eternal life, they are crazy."

"Yes, those heretics think these mummies have any power, then we have to take them all."

"Of course you have to take them all away, don't leave any rags behind, it's all money."

"Ella, Baishir, calm down, you must not leak the news after you go back, otherwise we will not be able to save anything, and we will be robbed and killed."

"Are you fools to us? Elding, take care of your own mouth and your wife's one. ”

"Don't take it seriously, I'm thinking about our lives! Just this one animal statue is enough for us to die ten times. ”

"Wait, don't make a noise, there's a mummy down there, and another one!"

"Dig up, quick, see if there's any gold?"

The desert was deserted, and a dilapidated pickup truck was parked in the sand. Not far from the vehicle, three men were digging something with shovels in a large dirt pit, and a large pile of dirt had been dug up.

On the opposite side of the mound are several pieces of old pottery that have just been unearthed, as well as a few tattered fragments.

Even though it has been buried underground for an unknown number of generations, time has not caused much erosion to these pottery. They are mostly cans, and there is only one clay animal in them—probably the most valuable one, the figure of a ram head and a lion's body, the size of a bucket, and the workmanship is lifelike.

Next to these relics, there are also two nameless mummies, not in the burial chamber or in a coffin, the whole body is wrapped in corpse cloth and mud, like a dead old tree, but it can be seen that it is humanoid, and the facial features of the head and face are looming in the mud.

This place was first discovered by Baishel, who has been engaged in tomb robbing and has been searching for treasure.

But before that, the biggest gain was just a little leftovers from the big team that followed him.

After Baishl found that there was a suspected tomb in this place, he did not notify the big team, but found two good buddies who he could rely on.

Ella is strong and powerful, ruthless, and has good marksmanship, and she really wants to fight one by one, but she is easy to get hot-headed; Eldin had always been the wisest of them all, and he knew many people in all directions, so he was better able to sell the treasures he had dug up.

It's just that Baishel drove here with two people, and even when he dug the first spade, he didn't expect the harvest to be so rich.

There were mummies.

So it's also a bit weird...... Although Baishl is not an archaeologist, he has been doing this business for a long time and knows a little bit.

Although it borders Egypt, no mummies have been unearthed before, and the ancient Egyptians would only be mummified after their deaths, so mummies are usually in large tombs. Could it be that these are not Egyptian mummies, just ordinary dried corpses? That wouldn't be as valuable.

However, the ancient Egyptian-style pottery shows that this is a burial ground of ancient Egyptians.

These doubts in Baishel's mind were overshadowed by the ecstasy that surged up when he saw the third mummy.

Three mummies! How much is this worth, there may be a large mausoleum in the desolate land beneath your feet, with more treasures, more mummies......

"Baishil, calm down, dig slowly, if you destroy the body, the price will be dropped." Eldin persuaded from the side.

"Haha, so much, it doesn't matter if you drop a little price......"

In this large earthen pit, Baishl said with joy as he swung his shovel and went down again, and the upper body of the mummy was already revealed.

"You see, its shroud seems to be a little textured." Ella was also struggling to dig through the dirt, and she saw something, "Could this be an Egyptian princess?" ”

Baishel is the most knowledgeable about archaeology here, Wen Yan took a closer look, the soil covering this corpse is easy to loosen, some places of the shroud are not even stained with mud, the surface of the cloth is indeed not just broken and dry, blown by the wind and scattered, but seems to have a little color and elasticity, as well as some strange words or symbols, I don't know whether it is rusty or painted.

"Princess? It is impossible ......," Bishl muttered, "it is impossible to be a noble figure without even a coffin." ”

Ella was just joking, but when she heard her companion say this, she said, "Dig out its head and see what it looks like to find out." ”

At the same time, Erdin stopped, vaguely feeling that something was wrong......

But he couldn't tell why, and was shouted by the two companions, so he continued to dig together, but because of his uncertainty, the strength of his hand was too great, and the shovel dug too deep, and directly touched the mummy in the dirt, with a muffled click.

"Damn it!" Baishalton yelled, almost knocking Eldin down with a shovel, "Let's slow down, what are you doing yourself!" Its hand is broken, it must be broken,, Eldin, it's on your head, how much is lost from your share. ”

Ella's eyes lit up fiercely, "Eldin, it doesn't have to be your money, what if you die before you split it?" ”

"I seem to feel ......," Eldin muffled in confusion, "I touched a stone, and it didn't look like dirt or bones in it, it was a stone." ”

"What?" Bishl was surprised when he heard this, so he didn't pursue it for a while, and replaced it with a small shovel to gently and slowly shovel away the dirt on the mummy's right limb.

After a while, they saw that several sections of the shroud had been shoveled and torn, revealing its contents.

They had wondered if it was a dried corpse, it was too intact, and it looked like it was not just bones, but even muscles.

Now it seems that the answer is that inside the shroud is not a dried corpse, but a humanoid stone statue.

The "bones" inside are simply stones.

But the three of them looked at each other, not knowing what it meant, whether it was more valuable or less valuable.