When the stone statue was broken, everyone's attention was on the strange chrysalis, and no one noticed that there were many fine holes at the bottom of the original location of the stone statue, and because it was pitch black below, it was impossible to find anything underneath. Now that the chrysalis has turned into mud, it has only been noticed, and just as Lao Zheng was about to step forward to check, the one who had become mud actually moved, could it be resurrected like this?

Everyone gathered in a group, carefully guarded, and the chrysalis blue slurry did not gather, but spread outward, and stopped at a distance of about a meter. I saw that the slurry was divided into several piles, as if it had come to life, crawling on the ground, making a slight mosuo sound. That is, for a minute, the cyan slurry no longer moved, but everyone was so frightened that they couldn't speak.

A line of numbers appears on the ground, two-two, two-eight, three-six, four-one, four-three, five-two, six-one, twenty-five. The numbers are clearly visible, and they look very upright, as if they were carefully written by people, which is by no means a coincidence, as if there is a destiny in the dark. At the first glance of the numbers, there was a tingling sensation in everyone's hearts, as if something in the body had been taken away, a peculiar sensation that made the body lose its strength. Before everyone could recover from the shock, the numbers vanished, and the cyan slurry on the ground disappeared as if none of this had happened, and the strength of everyone's bodies began to regain.

After waiting for a while, nothing else strange happened, although everyone's hearts were full of doubts, they only thought that the chrysalis thing was over, so they went to check the fine hole, and checked it with a flashlight, the bottom was empty, but the others were not careful. smashed open with a shovel, and the fine hole quickly turned into a large hole, which was actually a passage, bending and extending all the way, somewhat similar to the passage that came into this space. Everyone didn't want to stay in this strange place anymore, and without any hesitation, they entered the passage. There are many steps in the passage, all the way up, and there is a bluestone at the top. After searching around for a while, they couldn't see where the mechanism was, and after a few people discussed, they prepared to break it by force.

Except for shovels and knives, there were no sledgehammers or anything like that, and it was difficult to break the bluestone. Or Ahaiti reminded that with a gun directly, two spears fired at the same time, and at such a close distance, the bluestone slab shattered, and then collapsed, accompanied by a lot of yellow sand. The yellow sand covered half of everyone's body, and then they stopped, and now they could see the scorching sun when they looked up, and the scorching heat could see the smoke rising in the air, but everyone was overjoyed, and they had never felt that the scorching sun was very lovely like this time.

The hum caused by the gunfire in their ears subsided slightly, and everyone immediately climbed up, the stone wall of the passage was a little smooth, and it was difficult to borrow strength, and every step forward required a lot of strength. Half an hour later, everyone climbed out of the yellow sand with difficulty, lying on the desert, everyone didn't want to move, and it felt good to escape from death. Now the location of Lao Zheng and the others is only more than 20 meters away from the tent, the camels are still there, and there are few people in the desert, so they can be preserved. There is still water on the camel's body, even with the addition of the three of them, it is barely enough.

After recovering a little bit of physical strength, Lao Zheng and the others couldn't wait to hurry, and now they could go back to the city before dark. Maybe it was God's favor, without any accidents, and smoothly returned to Aksu City, Lao Zheng and Qiu Lao separated, Qiu Lao wanted to go to meet the archaeological team, Lao Zheng and Zheng Guan stayed in the city for a few days, mainly to accompany Ahaiti, afraid that he would not be able to think about it for a while. How do you know that Ahaiti is a real man, and there is no trend of decadence, Lao Zheng is relieved to leave, as for the matter of the desert relict city, it has come to an end, and no one cares too much.

However, to the surprise of Lao Zheng and the others, the matter is far from over. Three years later, Zheng Guan died suddenly, but he didn't wake up in his sleep, and afterwards Lao Zheng found the best hospital for examination, but he didn't find the cause. Lao Zheng and Zheng Guan were brothers and sisters, and Zheng Guan, who was only twenty-two years old, died suddenly, which hit him hard, and he had no intention of robbing tombs. I wanted to find a quiet place to live for a while, and when I thought of Ahti, I went to Xinjiang again.

With Ahaiti as his companion, Lao Zheng gradually recovered from Zheng Guan's death, but the good times did not last long, and Ahaiti also died mysteriously a year later, extremely similar to Zheng Guan's death, without any signs, without any convincing conclusions, and both of them were healthy people, how could they die easily? Lao Zheng always felt that something was wrong, and couldn't help but think of the desert relic, which was the only place where Ahaiti and Zheng Guan intersected, could it be that the death of the two had something to do with the relict city? With this thought in my heart, I can no longer linger on it.

Just when Ahaiti was buried, Lao Zheng knew that Ahaiti was just twenty-eight years old this year, and suddenly remembered the weird chrysalis, as well as the weird numbers condensed by the chrysalis slurry, twenty-two-year-old Zheng Guan and twenty-eight-year-old Ahaiti, are not exactly the two sets of numbers corresponding to twenty-two and twenty-eight. Could it be that one person corresponds to a set of numbers? But why are there only seven people, but there are eight sets of numbers?

Lao Zheng was puzzled in his heart, and he was more frightened, if this was the case, wouldn't everyone's fate have been doomed. Lao Zheng hurriedly contacted Qiu Lao, since the separation, this is the first contact, Lao Zheng is a tomb robber, Qiu Lao is an archaeological expert, and his identity is different, so Lao Zheng has been reluctant to contact. Lao Zheng asked Qiu Lao about the age of Fu Guodong who died in the relict city, Qiu Lao checked the file, and Fu Guodong was exactly thirty-six years old when he died.

corresponds to another person, if the three of them are just coincidences, Lao Zheng will never believe it. Finally, Lao Zheng and Qiu Lao said their guesses, and Qiu Lao was also shocked when he heard that Zheng Guan and Ahaiti had died mysteriously, but he didn't believe much in curse words, Qiu Lao was an atheist and never believed in ghosts and gods. Although Qiu Lao didn't believe it, he still took out the mysterious compass in the name of archaeological research, and it was by relying on the memory of this compass that he found the exit of the labyrinth.

The compass is made of a stone with a diameter of 40 centimeters, and there seems to be no trace of artificial excavation, and there are edges and corners in a few places. The first time Lao Zheng saw the compass, his heart kept beating faster, as if something was calling. This reminded Lao Zheng of the call he felt when he was contaminated with cyan substances in the relict city, and the feelings of the two were very similar. Based on this feeling, Lao Zheng believed that the compass and the relict city were connected, but Qiu Lao did not have this feeling, he only thought that Lao Zheng was cranky, after all, the brother who was as close as a brother died, and his friend Ahaiti died, which hit Lao Zheng very hard, and it was normal to have cranky thoughts.

Regardless of whether Qiu Lao believed it or not, at Lao Zheng's insistence, the two began to study the compass seriously. Lao Zheng and Qiu Lao studied the compass for two years, but they did not find a trace of useful clues, and inquired about the ancient civilization in Aksu City, Xinjiang. Qiu Lao's authority is very large, and the information consulted is not complicated, and there is no mention of the compass, nor is there any record of the mysterious cyan substance. Lao Zheng wanted to go to the desert relict city again, but was rejected by Qiu Lao and had to give up, so the two quarreled fiercely.

Since Qiu Lao rejected Lao Zheng, the two no longer contacted, and Lao Zheng went to Aksu City alone, wanting to find an opportunity to enter the desert relict city again, but not many people were willing to go, and Lao Zheng's plan ran aground. Time passed in a hurry, and two years later, Qiu Lao came to find Lao Zheng in person, his expression was very solemn, it turned out that another person who had entered the relict city had died, no more, no less, exactly forty-one years old. There are so many coincidences, I can't help but believe it, the two of them looked around for clues to the compass, and they didn't know how many places they ran all over the country, but in exchange for disappointment. Several times I wanted to go to the Desert Relic City again, but they were terminated due to various emergencies, as if it was destined by God, and they didn't want Lao Zheng and Qiu Lao to set foot in the Relic City again, so the two had to give up temporarily.

Only a year later, another member of the archaeological team died, in a car accident, although not as bizarre as Zheng Guan and Ahaiti died, but when he died, he was exactly forty-three years old, which once again confirmed a set of figures. This is definitely a curse, now there are only two left, Lao Zheng and Qiu Lao, but there are still three sets of numbers, and the two want to crack the mystery of numbers, but they can't start.

Going to the Desert Relic City was once again on the agenda, this time it was determined to go, Lao Zheng and Qiu Lao spent a lot of money to find team members, and the two of them were no longer able to go. Due to the inexplicable curse in the desert ruins, the people who go are likely to be more auspicious, Lao Zheng and Qiu Lao are very cautious, and those who are not bold and careful should not. It took a year to choose someone, but suddenly the news came that Ahaiti's only son had died, just twenty-five years old. Lao Zheng and Qiu Lao suddenly thought, could it be that twenty-five is the next generation corresponding to the eight of them? Frightened, he immediately set off for the Taklamakan Desert. I just didn't expect that the local area had been blocked, and no one could disobey the military's actions.

Lao Zheng and Qiu Lao stayed in Aksu City to wait for the blockade to be lifted, but a year passed, and there was still no sign of the withdrawal of the army, and in this year, the daughter and son of the other two team members died, both at the age of 25.

Can't wait any longer, Lao Zheng and Qiu Lao are ready to sneak into the desert, and they will be caught before they get close to the desert, if it weren't for Qiu Lao's identity as a top archaeological expert, I am afraid that they would have been shot long ago. Qiu Lao and his entourage were forcibly sent back to Beijing, at this time Qiu Lao's only daughter died of illness, Qiu Lao lost his beloved daughter, and he aged ten years old overnight. Qiu Lao's wife died early, it can be said that his daughter is the real one, how can he bear it.

At the beginning, Lao Zheng and the eight people, the next generation were all dead, and only Qiu Lao and Lao Zheng were left two lonely old people, their hearts were dead, and no one proposed to go to the desert relict city. Qiu Lao's desperate work paralyzed himself, Lao Zheng also completely gave up the life of tomb robbery, sold some of the antiques he had gotten before, and settled in Beijing.

Now that Qiu Lao is gone, only Lao Zheng is left, and he has no fear of life and death, and he will be fifty-two years old in a few months. Lao Zheng's only wish is to find out the secret of the curse before he dies, otherwise he will not be at ease when he dies.