"This is the hinterland of the Taklamakan Desert, and it would be difficult for us to reach this location by car, so I have contacted a local camel team in advance and asked them to help us deliver supplies, do you have any comments?" Zhang Qichen asked.

Wu Ze looked at the map on the desktop and studied it carefully.

The location that Zhang Qichen marked just now is indeed not suitable for driving over, and if it is a camel team to transport supplies, it is the best.

So he shook his head at Zhang Qichen and said that he had no opinion, and others had no opinion on Zhang Qichen's decision, so this matter was decided.

"Okay, since everyone has no opinion on this question, then let's discuss the route of walking, from the text description on this parchment scroll, we can roughly confirm the whereabouts of this ancient city, it should be within this range, so we have to start from this town, and finally arrive at this area, this route on the map is planned by me in advance, you see if there is anything that needs to be added?" Zhang Qichen pointed at the map.

In this expedition group, Zhang Qichen is the head of the delegation, so most of the expedition plans have been determined by him in advance, including the walking route mentioned now.

Wu Ze looked at the route drawn on the map and felt that it was quite reasonable, it was obvious that Zhang Qichen had put a lot of thought into this investigation route, and Wu Ze had no objection to it.

At the meeting, they confirmed the inspection plan of the expedition group, and also made a plan for the investigation route.

After the meeting, because it was getting late, everyone hastily finished dinner and went to rest.

In the next period of time, everyone will spend time in the vast desert, so they take advantage of the time to rest and save their physical strength first, and they don't know what difficulties they will encounter in the desert at that time.

Early the next morning, several of them went separately to purchase supplies in this county town, and in the afternoon of the same day, the camel team that Zhang Qichen had contacted had already arrived in the town they had designated, so they drove to the town again.

The camel team that Zhang Qichen contacted consisted of 24 camels, and its owner was an old man named Temuli Amat, who was introduced by a friend of Zhang Qichen.

Temuli Amat is about 50 years old, and because he often leads tourist teams in and out of the desert, he still knows a lot about the desert here, so this time he is the leader and guide of the logistics supply team of the expedition.

After everyone met and greeted for a while, they gradually became acquainted, the old man's personality was bold, and he could talk to these people in the expedition team.

Located on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, this town has a small population, and there are very few tourists who come here on weekdays, so they couldn't find a decent hotel in this town, so they simply found a sheltered place and set up tents to live in.

Early the next morning, Wu Ze and a few young people moved all the supplies and various equipment from the off-road vehicle, and then loaded all these equipment and materials onto the hunchback.

Since they were planning to enter the depths of the Taklamakan Desert this time, this desert is a mobile desert, and in many places cars cannot drive, so they considered using camel teams to transport supplies.

The camel is an animal with the title of the ship of the desert, it is the main force of the Silk Road material transportation in ancient times, and when the transportation capacity was not developed in the past, the transportation of various materials around the desert depended on it.

The camel not only has a strong transportation capacity, but in the harsh environment of the desert, it can carry nearly 200 kilograms of supplies and can walk 40 or 50 kilometers a day.

And it is extremely hungry and thirsty, it can last for several days without eating or drinking after it has eaten and drunk enough, and in the most extreme case, it can go three weeks without drinking a drop of water, and it can survive without eating for a month.

In addition, the experienced old camels, they can even find water in the vast desert, and at night, they are very alert, if other beasts want to sneak up on the camel caravan, they will also alert their owners of danger.

"Lao Tie, whether we can reach our destination safely or not depends on you and your camels now." Wu Ze joked with Lao Tie while carrying supplies.

"To be honest, I haven't been to the place you want to go, it's too deep, I guess very few people have been there, I didn't want to take your business, but you were introduced by a friend, and I was embarrassed to shirk it, so I took a trip with you." Lao Tie replied helplessly.

Wu Ze could see that Lao Tie didn't have a plan for this trip in his heart, after all, he usually walked on the edge of the desert, and rarely went deep into the hinterland of the desert.

"It's okay, we have a lot of people, and we have enough supplies, as long as there are no accidents, we will definitely reach our destination." Wu Ze hurriedly comforted.

"The previous section, I am more familiar with it, I can be your guide, but I am not familiar with the rest of the trip, whether I can arrive as scheduled, I dare not guarantee, in that unknown desert, any accident can happen, now we can only pray secretly, I hope this trip can go smoothly." Lao Tie replied truthfully.

Li Jiahao, who was helping to carry the materials next to him, also came over and said: "It stands to reason that there will be less wind and sand in the desert this season, so I think our trip this time should be safer." ”

Lao Tie shook his head, "In the great desert, many situations are unreasonable, and when you think you are safe, you are likely to face danger, so it is better for us to be careful along the way." ”

"Okay, don't argue, what's the danger in this desert, let's make a decision when we encounter it, now we haven't set off yet, it's useless to talk so much, in short, we need to be cautious along the way, but we can't be scared by the desert before we go." Qian Wenxuan, as the deputy head of the delegation, ended the dispute between them.