Professor Zhang looked at the expedition equipment in front of him, and a smile appeared on his face. He said to Curator Jin: "Old Jin, don't feel sorry for your things. It's not like I didn't give you the money. Besides, if the ruins can be discovered this time, then you have also made an important contribution to historical research! ”

Curator Jin pursed his lips and said disdainfully, "Come on." What are you doing with all that little money? Besides, I have a lot of these things that are hard to buy with money. ”

Professor Zhang smiled and said: "Yes, yes, you see these Soviet-era sapper shovels and camp tents, they are real treasures, especially durable, but they are a little bulky." Hey, you're not coming from the right way, are you? I'll give you an allocation, you'll have to give me an invoice! ”

Qi Yuancheng was also looking at the equipment in the room at this time. He had also followed Professor Hua to the mountains and fields to investigate, and he had also used similar equipment, but the materials here still surprised him a lot. He didn't expect such a small mountain town to have such good equipment.

At this time, Director Jin was a little annoyed by Professor Zhang's run. He casually turned off the lights, pushed Professor Zhang and the others out, and said, "Okay, okay, you can go into the mountain by yourself tomorrow, and don't use my things." ”

Professor Zhang hurriedly smiled and said, "Lao Jin, look at how you still have a small face." Am I kidding you around? Without you tomorrow, we won't be able to move an inch! I don't want to repeat the mistakes of that old man. ”

Curator Jin stiffened, looked at Professor Zhang with an annoyed face and said, "You! Don't joke about that! As he spoke, he turned his head and was silent.

Qi Yuancheng stood a little far away from the two, and only vaguely heard his teacher mentioned, but he didn't hear what the two said clearly.

Professor Zhang also put away his laughter and said, "Okay, I won't mess with you." Lao Jin, tomorrow will be carried out as originally planned. Xiao Liu, Xiao Zhao and Yuan Cheng, I will be here first today. Let's hurry back to the guest house. ”

Before Qi Yuancheng could ask why Professor Hua was mentioned just now, Professor Zhang walked straight away. He hurriedly said goodbye to Director Jin with Liu and Zhao, and hurriedly followed Professor Zhang to catch up.

Professor Zhang took the three of them back to the guest house, briefly explained the time of tomorrow's meeting, and then went back to the room by himself. When Qi Yuancheng saw him come back, he looked serious, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to go back to the room with a head full of doubts.

Lying on the bed, Qi Yuancheng couldn't sleep for a long time, and there was a strange feeling in his heart that he couldn't shake away. He always felt that this Curator Jin and Professor Zhang seemed to have a deep relationship with his teacher. Some time ago, Wang Zhifei sent news back from the Wa Kingdom that he had found another identical fish intestine sword in Hokkaido, and it was Professor Hua's old friend many years ago who assisted them. Qi Yuancheng felt more and more that his teacher was not a pedant who seemed gentle and elegant on the surface, and his image became more and more unfathomable.

Another reason why Qi Yuancheng couldn't sleep was that he found that after coming to this Longhe Town, his source field power didn't seem to be as handy as before. As usual, he kept quietly exercising the source field power in his spare time, but the amount of red mist released was always not well controlled, either squeezing out a little bit with great effort, or releasing a large ball by mistake, often making himself embarrassed.

"Maybe it's too tiring to keep walking." Qi Yuancheng comforted himself and stopped trying to exercise, so he simply relaxed completely, and fell asleep after a while.

Early the next morning, Qi Yuancheng got up early. When he tidied up and came to the door of the guest house, he found that Director Jin and Professor Zhang were already there. They were getting together smoking cigarettes and chatting.

Qi Yuancheng walked over to say hello. Seeing Qi Yuancheng coming, Professor Zhang said, "Yuancheng, it's very cold at night in Northeast Province, right?" How did you sleep? ”

Qi Yuancheng said: "I like the cool climate in the north and sleep soundly. ”

Curator Jin rarely took the initiative to speak, but his tone was a little cold: "Xiao Qi, right?" I heard Lao Zhang say, are you a student of Hua Yuanwu? I also have some ...... with your teacher Some friendship. Speaking of the word "friendship", Director Jin was a little hesitant, he said: "After a while, we will probably have to travel for two days in a row to reach our destination." This is still on the premise of not getting lost. There are no major roads along the way, and it will be very hard to climb the mountains and forests. If you don't rest well and your physical condition is not good, I'm afraid you won't be able to persevere. ”

Qi Yuancheng expressed his gratitude to Director Jin for his reminder and said: "We study history, and sleeping in the open is also commonplace. Don't worry, I won't hold our team back. ”

Professor Zhang looked at Qi Yuancheng appreciatively and said, "Yuancheng, Professor Hua said that I have arranged a task for you, although I don't know what the specific matter is, I suggest that you go into the mountain with us, the exploration of this ruin is a very rare opportunity." ”

To be honest, Qi Yuancheng didn't have any specific goals when he came to Northeast Province this time. Originally, the plan was to follow Professor Zhang's team first, and leave the team at any time if there were clues. I simply didn't have a clue at the moment, so I simply followed Professor Zhang to explore.

Qi Yuancheng thought for a while and said, "Professor Zhang, what the teacher arranged for me is all trivial, and I mainly follow you to learn this time." ”

Professor Zhang shook his head, and said with a pale face: "Yuancheng." This exploration is no ordinary research work. I just talked to Director Jin again, and I also think that this trip is indeed a bit difficult. You must consider whether to join or not, because once you enter the forest area, you can only march with the team, and you can't leave the team alone. ”

Qi Yuancheng also saw that Professor Zhang genuinely cared about himself, and he said, "Thank you, Professor." I came here after thinking about it. Rest assured. ”

Curator Jin also nodded slightly. At this time, Liu and Zhao also came over. Professor Zhang and the others followed Curator Jin to the place where the equipment was stored yesterday, and each of them allocated a number of materials and equipment, and after the preparation was completed, Curator Jin drove everyone to the forest area.

The car drove slowly on a bumpy dirt road for more than an hour, and another half hour in a barren meadow that was not very high, before it came to a stop next to a river.

Everyone got out of the car, and Director Jin pointed to the mountains and forests on the other side of the river and said, "Let's park the car here." Now we have to cross the river, and the target is in the mountain ahead. ”

Qi Yuancheng looked into the distance pointed by Curator Jin, and saw a dense forest stretching across the wide river. Although the mountain is gentle, the far end is already towering into the sky. He was secretly speechless, thinking that the primeval forests of Northeast Province really lived up to their reputation.

Professor Zhang said: "Lao Jin, is there no bridge on this river? Are we going to swim through? ”

Director Jin said: "This deep mountain and old forest has never been inaccessible, who would come here to build a bridge." ”