On July 11, 2027, under a sunny day, in a huge courtyard, a young man in white clothes sat on a stone bench, looking intently at a book, very serious, his name was Bai Ling. (Bai Ling, male, age 22 years old, identity: Intern member of the Tomb Breaking Alliance)

And opposite him, there was also a person, standing on a pillar on the side, wearing headphones, closing his eyes, listening to music quietly, and not disturbing the people who were reading, his name was Zilingfei. (Zi Lingfei, male, age 26 years old, identity: Tomb Breaking Alliance Fourth-Order Explorer)

When the two get together, there is no sense of disobedience.

After about a while, Bai Ling, who was reading the book, closed the book, looked up at the person listening to the music, and said, "I'm done." ”

"Oh, how's it going, any thoughts?" After Ziling Fei heard the sound, he took off his headphones and asked with a smile. And Bai Ling nodded with both hands and said, "Well, it's okay, but I still don't understand, would there be such advanced technology in ancient times?" ”

"Do you remember what your cousin often said to you, never underestimate the wisdom of the ancients." Zilingfei shrugged his shoulders with a smile.

"Okay, but I've been studying for so long, and I've finally reached the internship period, why don't you arrange for me to go on archaeological exploration." Bai Ling got up and said, while Zi Lingfei touched his chin and said, "You have entered the internship period, it should be soon." ”

What the two of them are talking about is actually about the organization they are in now.

Both of them belong to the same organization, which is called the Taibai Archaeological Association, which was established in 2020 and is directly under the state and is sponsored and maintained by the National Archaeological Association and the largest enterprise group in China.

The mission of this association is very simple and straightforward, to study and explore the history and culture of ancient times, such as ancient tombs, cultural relics, relics, history, culture, etc., as long as it is related to ancient times, they are involved.

Although the organization is very formal and professional, many of the people in this association who directly explore it have been grave robbers. These people were recruited by the first president, that is, the current president, Bai Kaifeng, with the reason and opportunity to reform and make amends.

When the association was first established, there were few exploration at all, and recruiting them was a last resort, after all, it was not easy for people in their line to stand on the bright side all at once. At that time, Bai Kaifeng did not talk to the country's high-level leaders.

The bonuses of these people, as well as the other members of the archaeological team, are very simple, the team gets the artifacts from the ancient tombs, and then gives them to the state. Although the money that the state will give is only 5% of the value of a cultural relic, at least, this money is used steadily, and it can be regarded as a new way out for people in this industry.

If there are too many things to take, the team's mission mode will become to investigate the details of the ancient tomb and eliminate the danger as much as possible. After the investigation is completed, leave the ancient tomb, and then notify the high-level of the Tomb Breaking Alliance or the state unit to lead more people back to the tomb for archaeological and cultural investigation.

Moreover, because Bai Kaifeng found trustworthy tomb robbers, and the association would conduct polygraphs on the archaeological team members before and after the mission every time, there has never been any such thing as embezzling cultural relics or maliciously destroying ancient tombs and historical culture.

Even if it is a professional and formal association, because of the recruitment of these people, the association is still not very formal in the eyes of the outside world, so the outside world also deliberately gave them another name, the Tomb Breaking Alliance.

As time passed, even the association's own people called their own association the Tomb Breaking Alliance.

In addition to recruiting archaeologists, archaeologists, and tomb robbers, some people from archaeological companies have also joined the alliance (renamed here) within a few years, and the scale of the tomb breaking alliance has become larger and larger, and gradually, they themselves have begun to train new people.

Bai Ling, the distant cousin of President Bai Kaifeng, is a newcomer who has just passed the training this year, and Zi Lingfei is a tomb visitor who has two years of exploration qualifications, and the relationship between the two is good.

"Oh, it's all here." At this time, there was a person who walked towards Bai Ling and Ziling Fei, with a flat head, he didn't look very old, he was very handsome, this person's name was Lin Yan, he was a good friend of Bai Ling and Zi Lingfei, and he was a tomb visitor of the association who had been qualified for three years. (Lin Xian, male, age 24 years old, identity: Tomb Breaking Alliance Fourth-Order Explorer)

When the two of them heard the sound, they both smiled when they saw that Lin Xian was coming, but Lin Xian's face did not have such a smile, he walked towards the two of them with a serious face, and said: "It's all here, I will inform you that there is a new task the day after tomorrow, and the two of you will set off together." ”

"I'll go too!?" Bai Ling pointed at himself in surprise.

"Well, there are a lot of people on this trip, so you should go with you." Lin instantly nodded.

"A lot of people? How many people are on this trip? Zi Lingfei's expression and tone also became serious, he still saw something wrong from He Qing's face, and He Qing waved his hand and said: "Counting the three of us, there are a total of 121 people, Uncle Chen, Lao Mu, He Qing also go." ”

"121 people!" Bai Ling exclaimed.

"Uncle Chen and He Qing are also going?" Zilingfei also exclaimed.

The Uncle Chen in their mouth, whose real name is Chen Nuo, is a close friend of Bai Kaifeng's father, who was also inverted back then, and is an experienced old master, since the establishment of the alliance, he rarely goes to the grave, this time, he actually went out in person.

And the other one is called Lao Mu, whose real name is Mu Hanjiang, is the most professional archaeologist and computer master in the current alliance, this person, Bai Ling, and the three of them have not dealt with him much.

As for He Qing, he is currently the best grave visitor, who has saved the day in the tomb and other dangers many times, and is currently the biggest celebrity in the entire alliance.

Lin Xian let out a long breath, and said with a serious and puzzled look: "Yes, so many people have been dispatched, and He Qing ....., Bai Dangjia said that we will be notified of the relevant content on the day of departure, okay, hurry up and go back and prepare." ”

"........" Bai Ling and Zi Lingfei were silent, and the two of them didn't know what to say now.

Two days later, the military transport plane was on board......

All the people of the alliance are already on the transport planes, which are flying in the air. In the middle of the transport plane, Chen Nuo stood in the front row of the plane, and all the people in the alliance looked at him, only to see Chen Nuo pointing to the screen next to him, and said: "Brothers, the content of this mission can be said, our destination is a desert in the Western Regions, but the target this time is not an ancient tomb." ”

"Not an ancient tomb?" Many people were puzzled and surprised.

"Well, it's a Loulan ruin in the Western Regions." Chen Nuo nodded, and then clicked the button next to it, and the screen switched to a task record, Chen Nuo pointed to the picture on the record and explained to the two: "Last week, our people found a bamboo slip in the ruins of an ancient city in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which recorded a story about Loulan after it was destroyed. ”

After hearing this, many people on the transport plane talked about it.

Looking at everyone, Chen Nuo replied with his hands folded and his arms: "This matter is about Loulan after the destruction of the country, they left a relic in Loulan, it is an underground ruin, we don't know what it is, but just five days ago, I sent an exploration team of twenty people to check, but as a result, they have no news, all of them are missing, and they have not even sent any news back." ”

"Missing?"

"How so?"

This time, everyone started talking about it, all the members of the expedition were missing? This is the first time that the Tomb Breaking Alliance has been established until now. Moreover, according to the regulations on tomb descent and expedition, every time you go down to the tomb or explore, you must leave a backup and communication team in a safe area, how can you lose contact with all of them?

Chen Nuo said: "Because the matter is too serious, and the country of Loulan has a history of more than 600 years, so this time so many people will be dispatched, our mission is two, first, to find the missing expedition team, and second, to find the remains of Loulan." ”

At this time, Xu Feng, who was sitting in the front row, raised his hand, looked at Chen Nuo, and asked, "Uncle Chen, can you ask questions?" ”

"Lao Xu, you say." Chen Nuodao.

"Can we now determine the exact location of the Loulan Ruins?" Xu Feng asked.

In this regard, Chen Nuo shook his head and replied: No, we can only be sure now that the ruins of Loulan are located in the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, and the climate there has not been quite right recently, so our transport plane can't fly in, and after arriving at the parking position, we can only take a car over. ”

"I'm fine." Xu Feng said.

"Okay." After Chen Nuo nodded, he looked at everyone and shouted, "Everyone, check the equipment again, we still have 1 hour to enter Xinjiang!" ”

After Chen Nuo finished speaking, everyone began to check the equipment they were carrying, because they had been notified in advance of the place where they were going to the desert generation, so many people had brought water and food, and the tools and weapons that had been used.

Bai Ling sat on the seat on one side, and after checking the equipment on one side, he looked out the window and looked at a white cloud outside the window, but at this time, Zi Lingfei's voice came from his side: "How do you feel?" ”

"What?" Bai Ling turned his head to look when he heard the sound.

"I ask you how you feel, nervous?" Zi Lingfei smiled and said, and Bai Ling raised his hands with a smile after hearing this, and asked self-deprecatingly, "I said that you don't believe it?" ”

"I don't believe it." Zilingfei smiled, and then, he let out a sigh and said, "Relax, you are still in the internship period, this relic mission, if you really encounter any danger, it should not let you be in front, I should be nervous." ”

"Yes, but I'm curious, where did Loulan leave behind after it perished?" Bai Ling leaned back in his seat and began to think about this question, so as to divert his attention and avoid being too nervous.