From despair to hope, no one can hold back the excitement, Lao Huang is even more crazy like a child, throwing his backpack and jumping into the lake, a fierce man plunged in, showed his head again, and shouted at us: "Come on!" ”

I really wanted to jump in like him, and suddenly realized that I was now "Professor Zhao", and then I saw that Professor Zhang just looked at the students with a smile, and his blood immediately became a little colder.

"You already knew there was an oasis here, didn't you?" I turned my head to look at Ah Chuan, there was not much excitement in his eyes, and he looked relaxed watching the show.

"Nonsense, don't we prepare before we act?" Ah Chuan lowered his voice and said a word, pushing me towards the lake, "Hurry up and set up camp, there are many wild things here, Xiao Qi and I will go hunting." ”

I smiled and began to get busy, the humid water vapor came to my face, although it was night to see the surrounding scenery clearly, but the vitality lingered around me, I just passed away from the ghost gate in the afternoon, who would have thought that the wheel of life and death would turn so fast.

Lao Huang went ashore after a madness, his whole body was soaked, and he was excited at the moment: "Why are you so boring, hurry up and go down to wash the sand, I'll come here." ”

I gave him a blank look: "Lao Tzu is now a professor." ”

"Poof, hahahaha, yes, yes, you're quite into the play!" Lao Huang laughed.

Seeing Professor Zhang's puzzled expression, I quickly raised my hand to cover his mouth, made a look, and let go when I saw Lao Huang's clear look.

"It's boring." Lao Huang shrugged and took over the work in my hands.

I looked at the lake in front of me in the end, I couldn't hold it, I walked for so many days, the sweat was wet and dry, dry and wet, the whole body was sticky, and a layer of sand, not to mention how uncomfortable it was, at this moment I took off my clothes and walked into the water, I only felt that my whole body was comfortable.

The lake is very shallow, not waist-deep, those students splashed water in the depths, I washed myself up and down at the shore, surrounded by trees, the wind is not too big, because of the influence of the oasis, the temperature drops much slower than the desert, blowing all the way to the cold wind, hands and feet into the water is still a little warm, I quickly adapted to this temperature, until the whole body is soaked, I feel cold again.

In the end, it is stagnant water, it can't be as clean as living water, I hurriedly washed and went ashore, found clean clothes to put on, and washed the next set of clothes, Lao Huang had already set up a bonfire, and at this moment inserted a few branches on the sand, roasting clothes.

I also put on the wet clothes casually, even if the oasis is full of moisture, the surrounding is also a desert, no fire can blow dry overnight, Professor Zhang can't help it, in the end, he is old, he doesn't dare to go into the water easily, so he took a towel and dipped it in the lake and wiped it, several students had fun, and at the moment they are out of the water, Ah Chuan and Xiao Qi also came back, and the sheepskin bag they brought back was a large piece of fresh meat cut neatly, I don't know what kind of animal it was.

Old Jute and I went to roast the meat neatly, and Ah Chuan casually threw the spice jar, and they were really well prepared, as if they had expected us to have an outdoor barbecue.

The atmosphere around the bonfire is very harmonious, and there will always be a little acquaintance after the tribulation, Professor Zhang began to talk about the archaeological anecdotes in the past, which has nothing to do with this trip, and I didn't listen to it much, but Ah Chuan listened to it with relish, and echoed a few words from time to time, I know better than anyone how much Ah Chuan knows, and Professor Zhang showed a surprised look several times.

It was supposed to be a perfect and harmonious night, but unfortunately there was still a sick number, Xiao Qi had been taking care of him, and I also went to see it a few times, he still looked listless, weaker than during the day, he only drank a few sips of water in a day, and he still couldn't eat anything, the pain should have been reduced, and his brows were stretched a little.

As long as there is a improvement, in the end, it is young, and it is not so easy to lose a small life, Xiao Qi said that she would keep vigil, and Lao Huang and I went to bed early.

I slept well this night, I got up earlier than everyone else, there was plenty of fuel here, the wind was light, the bonfire had not been extinguished, the sky was dark, Xiao Qi said that he wanted to keep vigil but was not outside, there was no trace of birds and beasts around, it was quiet.

The lake is really small, maybe it can't be called a lake at all, I can see the fine sand at the bottom of the lake, there are no aquatic plants in it, only a clump of clumps of poplar roots and large bushes near the shore, half of the shrubs grow in the water, and the green is particularly pleasant.

There were no shrubs on the edge of the lake we were directly across, and it seemed particularly abrupt, so my heart moved, and I stepped forward quickly, and sure enough, the sand here was very soft, and these shrubs must have been uprooted.

It must have been Uncle Yuan's doing, they also camped here, but I was a lot more relieved that the land of death did not hold them back.

I squatted down, the lake reflected my face and the brightening skylight, I haven't looked at my face seriously for a long time, now I only feel very strange when I see it, think about two years ago I was still a childish scholarly angry, but now it is a little more angular, and my eyes are as deep as water, like Achuan.

Is this really me?

I couldn't help but stretch out my hand, the calm lake rippled layer by layer, the face reflected in it was also broken, and someone suddenly patted me on the shoulder, I was startled, almost planted in the water, and when I looked back, I only saw Achuan's enlarged face.

"What are you looking at, so distracted?" He laughed as he stretched out his head to look into the water, his pupils immediately shrank, and he scolded, "! ”

I followed his gaze, and saw a mess of poplar roots by the lake not far away, and a skeleton of white flowers curled up below, which looked like an animal, and the skeleton was obviously very fresh, with wisps of sinews on it, which had been blistered white by water, and floated in the water like cotton wool.

The feeling of nausea hit instantly, and I scolded Ah Chuan in my heart, fortunately, I ate barbecue yesterday, and I brought the water I drank, but when I thought that I had soaked in the water for so long, I felt that my whole body was full of blood.

The lake is very clean, there are no fish, if it is bitten to death by a wild beast, the skeleton cannot fall in that kind of dead end, it is thrown by people at a glance, I looked up and saw Ah Chuan with a look of disgust: "The old man of the dead abyss, he is deliberately disgusting master." ”

"They are all about to wake up, and when they see it, they will definitely know that someone threw it, let's ......" I wanted to speak and stopped, only to see that Ah Chuan's face was even more stinky.

Ah Chuan didn't answer, got up and walked to the bones, and sent it deeper, hiding it in the dense bushes, if you don't look closely, you will definitely not find it.

This guy is not the same damage, I looked at him in a daze, but he smiled: "Out of sight is clean, after all, I soaked it yesterday, and it is also corpse water when I fish it out." ”

I really didn't want to touch it, and I didn't have the heart to wash my face, so I walked to the camp, and just halfway through the walk, I saw Lao Huang come out, and I went to the lake with sleepy eyes.

Forget it, anyway, he had already washed it yesterday, and he might have drunk a lot of it that time, telling him that it was even more disgusting, so it was better not to know.

I turned my head to pack my bags, and saw Xiao Qi come out of the woods in the distance, bringing back a lot of long branches, leaving a few thinner ones, and the rest were tied together and fixed on the camel.

In the morning, the fire was opened, and the archaeological team took out the noodles to cook, Professor Zhang asked us to eat them too, Achuan Lao Huang was not polite at all, I hesitated and also served a bowl, and I ate meat every day with a dry mouth, and it was good to change the taste.

Wang Ze is obviously much better, he took medicine and a small half bowl of noodles, Professor Zhang's face is also much better, I am also relieved, if he is really dead, we will not be able to explain.

"We're already very close to the ruins, there's a quicksand in front of us, and I've never been there, so follow me and don't wander." Before going on the road, Ah Chuan explained.

Everyone nodded solemnly, they had seen how dangerous the desert was, and they didn't dare not listen, we passed through the oasis and set off to the west, the morning sun rising, dragging a long shadow in front of us.

Xiao Qi and Ah Chuan took a slender branch and walked in front of the head camel, the branch was divided into many branches, like a big broom, they walked very carefully, and the desert turned into a yellow color again, reflecting dazzling light in the sun.

The rolling sand dunes were indistinguishable from what I had seen the other day, the quicksand was there because of the underground undercurrents, and the groundwater resources here must be abundant, and I couldn't help but glance back at the oasis that was fading away, where the terrain was low, and the formation of the lake must be related to the undercurrent.

Water means life, and that relic must have been born because of water, but unfortunately the desert is ruthless, covering up one glorious civilization after another, and I don't know what secrets these ancient countries will hide.

The desert and the west have a natural mystery to me, and the ancient legends of Middle-earth have given them a veil of treachery, and it seems that in every mysterious country there is a queen with the appearance of a fallen city and endless wealth, but in the end they are buried under the yellow sand, and only one legend has been passed down for thousands of years.

"Be careful! Back off! ”

Ah Chuan suddenly shouted, I hurriedly retreated, only to see that the yellow sand in front of him was sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, the sea of sand was endless, and the sand dunes in the high places poured the yellow sand into it endlessly, as if something was rolling under the sand, it was really like the waves.

The flow of sand gradually stopped, but I was shocked into a cold sweat, the sand in front of me was no different from the one we had walked, and if I hadn't seen it flow with my own eyes, who would have believed that it would swallow life.

Ah Chuan turned the direction and kept probing with the branches in his hands, and we turned a few dozen meters to the side, bypassing the quicksand.

The sand is very thick, and when you step on it, there is a sand nest, I have been walking on such sand for several days, but I have never been so awkward as it is now, and I feel the yellow sand flowing under my feet to both sides, and there is always a feeling that it will be swallowed up.

Lao Huang originally walked with a big grin, but at this moment he was also careful, everyone was close to the camel, after all, quicksand was not everywhere, we walked for a few hours, and we saw that it was in the middle of the sky, but we never encountered it again.