If you are in the police station, you can only invite an official person.

As soon as Huba went back and told him about the situation, Professor Chen immediately couldn't sit still.

"No, I have to go there myself, if that Anriman is really a living map of the desert, then we must invite him!"

Professor Chen's attitude is very resolute, and he has a steel stamp red book from the Cultural Relics Bureau in his hand, which is equivalent to Shang Fang's sword.

When the people from the police station saw that it was a professor from the capital, they were really polite and took them to see An Liman very happily.

It was a dormitory-like room, and a lean old man in a Uyhur fur hat, about fifty years old, sat by the window and smoked a dry cigarette.

Huba took the lead and asked, "You are the old man Anliman, right?" ”

The old man turned his head and said suspiciously: "I am, you guys, which one is it?" ”

"Old man, we are an archaeological team from the capital, we want to enter the desert to find the legendary exquisite ancient city, I heard that you know the desert very well, so I want to ask you to be a guide."

As soon as Hu Ba finished speaking, Xue Li Yang answered, "Don't worry, I can give you a very high price." ”

"Are you going to find someone from the Peerless Ancient Kingdom?"

As soon as An Liman heard the words of the Exquisite Ancient City, his face changed suddenly, and he shook his head again and again.

"No, no, that city is in the depths of the Black Desert, and it has long been abandoned to the devil by the true god Hu Da, and no one has ever entered it, so can it still come out."

The fat man raised his eyebrows, and said in a humble voice: "Old man, look at it, these two are archaeology professors from the capital, senior talents of the motherland, do you dare not cooperate, sentence you to ten years and eight years in minutes, and squat until you sit down and believe it or not?" ”

An Liman just shook his head and said, "No, no, the black desert abandoned by Hu Da, no one can go in, even if you kill my head, you can't go." ”

Seeing that the old man didn't eat oil and salt, Professor Chen couldn't sit still, so he moved a stool and sat next to An Liman, and persuaded him with kind words.

"Brother, I have been doing archaeological work for half my life, and I have been yearning for the culture of the Western Regions for a long time, and today I finally have the opportunity to really touch it, it is really... I... I'm so excited, I'm sorry. ”

Professor Chen paused, decided to change his approach, and said emotionally: "Old brother, do you know the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions? ”

An Liman nodded, and then said, "Of course I know this." ”

"Okay, then do you know how many tomb robbers and expeditions have looted the ruins of these ancient countries?"

"Well..."

Seeing An Liman's hesitation, Professor Chen hit the railway while it was hot: "According to the statistics of the Cultural Relics Bureau, after the founding of the People's Republic of China alone, there have been more than 100 well-documented expeditions and tomb robberies in the Western Regions!" ”

"Those people are simply bandits, they not only take away cultural relics, but also wantonly destroy ruins and ancient tombs!"

"And we archaeologists are fighting against these bandits, grabbing time with them, grabbing before looting, and guarding the treasures of our motherland!"

"So, old brother, I, I beg you..."

These words were awe-inspiring, compassionate, and Professor Chen's deep hatred for the theft and excavation of the Western Regions culture, and in the end, his voice was choked.

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel indignation and respect for the old professor.

An Liman was no exception, he hesitated for a moment, and sighed: "Okay, for the sake of this elder's sincerity, I promise you, but..."

"But what?" Huba asked.

An Liman said with a smile: "Didn't you say that the price is very high, you also know that entering the Black Desert is a fatal thing." ”

As soon as they heard that they were asking for money, everyone looked at Xue Li Yang.

Xue Li Yang pursed her lips and smiled, pointed to the dozens of camels in the yard, and said: "Old man, how much are these camels of yours worth, I will buy them all, and when I come back from the desert, the money is yours, and the camels are also yours, how about it?" ”

"Oh! That's totally fine! ”

Either way, the power of money is great.

Bad people want money, and good people want money; The poor need money, and the rich need money even more; Civilians want money, and high-ranking officials want money even more.

Money can lead people to goodness, but it can also make people crazy, and almost all wars in the history of the world are ultimately for money.

Even Yan Jun, Hu Bayi, Wang Fatzi, Xue Liyang, and even the people of the archaeological team, who were born and died in Kunlun and entered the desert, were more or less for money.

So, money is one of the biggest original sins in the world.

Under Professor Chen's guarantee, An Liman was released by the police station.

As for the question of his abandonment of foreign friends, people in this world are not stupid, for no reason, this old man will put his money and run back alone?

This can only show that An Liman's words are true, and those foreigners will not be at ease when they enter the desert.

Back at Anliman's pasture, the archaeological team tied all the supplies and equipment to the camel's back.

With the addition of naan, jerky, water, bean cake and salt, it was loaded with twenty camels.

Add to that the mounts that everyone wants to ride, and you have to add nine camels.

While moving things, the fat man asked stupidly: "I said old man, why did you bring so many bean cakes and salty and salt lumps?" When a staple and side dish? ”

"Hehe, my Ulian River."

Anriman broke off a piece of bean cake and fed it to his tall and majestic camel.

"If you want to eat, you can, but Hu Da thinks that these should still be eaten by camels."

"Hey? You old man, you have a grudge against the fat man, right? ”

The fat man was bored, and ran away while loading the goods.

That night, An Liman recognized the people of the archaeological team.

When he knew that Hu Bayi, Professor Chen, and Xue Li Yang were the leaders with the right to speak, he warned the three of them.

He said that camels are the best companions for long treks in the desert, so everyone should spend a day getting acquainted with their camels.

This can be done tomorrow.

Secondly, in the desert during the wind season, the temperature is thirty or forty degrees during the day, more than ten degrees below zero at night, and the temperature difference between day and night reaches more than 50 degrees.

Therefore, the caravan can only travel day and night, and it is necessary to bring more lighting equipment, as well as tents for sun protection, mats for moisture, warm clothes and sleeping bags.

Hu Ba wrote down all of them one by one, and then relayed them to Yan Jun and the fat man and others.

The next day, Anriman gave everyone a camel and asked everyone to feed them and ride them around the pasture.

After dinner, the temperature began to cool, and the archaeological team, under the leadership of An Liman, set off from the town into the desert, along the ancient channel of the Peacock River, all the way to the southwest.

People who have never been to the desert will never be able to appreciate the boundless yellow sand, rolling golden sand dunes and rubble mottled Gobi as far as the eye can see.

The setting sun slanted in the west, pouring the afterglow on the sea of sand, looking at it, like a golden-red ocean, sparkling, and people in trance were dizzy.

Being in it, I feel like a boat drifting on the sea, with no hope in sight, no hope in front of or behind, and an indescribable loneliness and desolation.

Yan Jun's camel walked last, Xue Liyang and Ye Yixin stayed on the left and right, and the three of them chatted with each other.

"Yan Jun, did you practice martial arts before you studied archaeology?"

Xue Liyang is a very curious woman, and she has never forgotten Yan Jun's skills when she saw Yan Jun's skills in Kunlun Mountain.

"Pretty much."

Yan Jun smiled slightly and said: "I was born in a military family, I have been exposed to it since I was a child, plus I like to climb and swim, and after long-term exercise, my body is indeed better than ordinary people. ”

Ye Yixin was not to be outdone, and then said: "Yan Jun, I heard from the professor that you met a prehistoric monster, and you also saved Gava, can you tell me what happened, and in the end, how did you get out?" ”

"Uh... There is such a thing, the situation was urgent at that time, and I can't remember the details at all, but thanks to the man-eating salamander, I blocked the flying fireworm for a long time, otherwise I am afraid that I am not a ghost when you see me now~"

"Oops! It's getting dark, and it's scary to say what the hell is not a ghost. ”

"Hehe, Xiaoye, you are studying archaeology, why are you still afraid of those things?"

Xue Liyang seems to be able to see through Ye Yixin's thoughts, but she doesn't expose it, but treats her like a sister.

"Sister Yang, studying archaeology is not studying forensics, I'm just a contradiction, I'm afraid of those things, but also curious..."

Yan Jun's face twitched when he heard this, and his heart said What kind of contradiction are you, this is called sullenness.

The typical kind of mouth saying no, the body is very honest, just chatting like this, the red sun finally sank completely into the West Valley, and the heaven and earth fell into darkness.

"Phew—"

The caravan had been on the march for nearly three hours, and An Liman stopped the camel and looked back.

Hu Ba and the fat man were right behind him, and when they saw this, they asked, "What's the matter, old man?" Isn't this leaving? ”

"Team Leader Hu, we may not be tired, but the camel is carrying hundreds of pounds of things, so it's almost time to rest."

This old man's voice is not loud, but his voice is full of breath and penetrating power, just so that everyone can hear it.

Professor Chen was indeed tired, so he followed his meaning and said, "Then everyone should take a rest, drink some water, and recover their strength." ”

At that moment, everyone rolled over their hunchbacks and stretched their waists to stretch their muscles.