Chapter 21: Desert Army Ants Shelter from the wind and sand

By mistake, perhaps because of the corrective power of the world plot, they have been hiding from the Black Storm in an abandoned temple for a long time according to the original plot.

Barely finding a place to hide from the Black Storm, the morale of the archaeological team is extremely low, and in the face of the sandstorm that stops at some point, there is no longer the interest of the first time in the desert, only worry and fear.

The mental quality of the three of them is okay, but Ye Yixin and a few other young people are pale, they bow their heads and are silent, if they continue like this, they may have a psychological breakdown and do stupid things.

He is too lazy to do the work of enlightening others, since he has decided to enter the desert, he must be prepared to die, how dangerous it is not that he has not told them, and it is too late to regret it now.

But he didn't care if Lao Hu couldn't care about it, who made him the team leader, and under the prompting of Shirley Yang, he began to tell stories to soothe people's hearts, and let everyone eat and sleep, don't think about anything, don't worry.

After some communication, the heavy mood was temporarily relaxed, and everyone began to find a place to put their sleeping bags.

"Ahh How are there human bones here! Ye Yixin exclaimed in surprise and pointed to the pile of white bones exposed in the sand.

"Xiao Ye, isn't it just a pile of white bones, what's so scary?" Hao Aiguo taught: "We are studying archaeology, how can we be afraid of human bones." ”

"That's what Mr. Hao said!" Ye Yixin bowed his head and did not dare to refute his teacher.

"Is Xiaoye a girl! It's not surprising that Meng was a little surprised when he saw it, so don't talk about her patriotically. Professor Chen smiled and waved his hand, lowered his head and picked up a human leg bone to observe it carefully, and said, "It is indeed a human left calf bone, looking for other parts." ”

Hu Bayi and Chu Jian rummaged through the yellow sand nearby, and an almost finished human skeleton was placed in front of them.

"I think he also encountered a sandstorm and took refuge here, but was attacked by animals and died here." Hu Bayi analyzed.

"But what about the flesh on the bones? Such a dry desert does not rot. Chu Jian asked.

"Hey! Eaten by animals! How else could it be? Wang Fatzi said with a big grin.

Everyone basically agrees with Wang Fatzi's statement that it must be carnivores that attack and kill humans, and it is reasonable to eat the corpses.

"Fatty, let's bury him, and we'll bury him." Hu Bayi said and wrapped the white bones into a bag, preparing to find a random place to bury them.

"Wait a minute!"

Qin Luo opened his mouth to stop it, picked up a piece of white bone casually, and said to Chu Jian: "Chu Jian, take out the magnifying glass and use it for me." ”

"Okay! Here you go! ”

The magnifying glass can be said to be an essential equipment for archaeology, and although Chu Jian didn't know what he was going to do, he still took it out of his backpack and gave it to him.

Qin Luo ignored the other people's group, carefully cared about the white rib with a magnifying glass for a while, handed the white bone and the magnifying glass to Professor Chen, and said, "Professor Chen, let's see what's so special about this white bone." ”

"Oh? Let me see! Professor Chen took the magnifying glass, brought his own eyes, and took advantage of the light to observe carefully, and his face quickly showed a puzzled expression.

"This ...... It shouldn't be! How can there be such traces? Professor Chen soon noticed the peculiarity of the white bones, and his brows tightened involuntarily.

"Teacher, what did you find?" Hao Aiguo asked.

"Take a look at it too!" Professor Chen handed the magnifying glass and the white bones to Hao Aiguo, and everyone except An Liman took turns to look at them.

"I mean, how does this look like something has been gnawed?" When it was the turn of the fat man Wang, he said directly subconsciously after looking at it.

"Fat man has good eyesight! It was indeed gnawed by some kind of creature. Although what Wang Fatzi said was unintentional, he just said it right.

"Comrade Xiao Qin, how do you say this? Tell everyone about it! Professor Chen asked very modestly

Qin Luo also stopped selling Guan Zi, and said directly: "If I guessed correctly, this white bone has been eaten by a very small, but extremely large creature, such as jackals, tigers and leopards, even if they eat human corpses, it is impossible to gnaw so cleanly." ”

"Small, large creatures, still ...... in the desert!" After Shirley Yang muttered to herself, as if she remembered something, her face suddenly turned pale.

"It seems that Miss Yang has thought of it." Under the puzzled gaze of Professor Chen and the others, he said, "If I guess correctly, this person was not killed by a large beast, and the real murderer is the desert marching ant. ”

"Desert marching ants? What is it? "This time, not only Professor Chen, but even Lao Hu has never heard of it.

"The desert marching ant is a kind of ant that lives in the desert, and it is a very dangerous ant." Shirley Yang talked about the horror of the marching ants, and finally said: "It is very likely that there is a nest of desert marching ants hidden down here, and once they come out, the consequences will be ......!"

And An Liman, who was next to him, had already knelt down and prayed, begging God to let them go.

There was a terrifying black sandstorm outside, and there might be man-eating ants below, and the atmosphere of despair once again enveloped everyone.

"Ahem! Don't worry too much, I don't think the desert marching ants will come out during the black sandstorm, they are not much heavier than the sand, and if they dare to come out during the sandstorm, they will die faster than us. Qin Luo said with a smile.

"Eh, what this little comrade said is reasonable, this is a shelter given by God, as long as you don't mess with God, there will be no danger." Anli Mandao.

Even if he was right, the thought of sleeping underneath the dense scary ants still made people's scalps tingle.

"Listen to me, everyone put their things in their backpacks, and once a marching ant appears, everyone will run away and throw away anything, understand?" Qin Luo just in case.

"And Old Man Anliman, if you encounter marching ants, please take the camel first, if the camel is eaten by the ants, we will all die." Qin Luo said again.

"Okay! If you don't say I'll do it too. "Anliman walks in the desert all year round, naturally knows what to do to save his life, if there is no camel, it is not realistic to walk out of the desert on his legs.

"But don't really leave us and run away!" This old man can be cunning and tight, and if he is in danger, it is not surprising that he really sells them.

"Alas! We're friends! How could I leave you and run on your own? An Liman seemed to be angry.

"Don't worry! If this old man dares to run, I'll shoot him in the head. Wang Fatzi raised the rifle in his hand and threatened with an unkind look.

Knowing that there might be marching ants below, they didn't dare to dig a pit to bury the bones, so they didn't dig up the giant pupil stone statue, intentionally or unintentionally allowing them to avoid a crisis.