"Fifty years ago, the German geographer Richthofen was my teacher and the person I respected most in my life, and he wrote a great book called China. Chinese geography and geology are based on his surveys. Richthofen discovered an ancient trade route from Luoyang to Samarkand, and was the first to propose the concept of the 'Silk Road'. ”

Qin Beiyang thoughtfully: "The underground of the Silk Road has the most preserved ancient tombs......"

"The Artisan Alliance believes that for countless centuries, the earth has buried many secrets, right under our feet, related to the fate of mankind, such as the Tomb Beast!" Sven Hedin stared at the nine-colored glass-colored eyes, "And China has a grand underground mausoleum, which is a window for human beings to penetrate into the underground world. The Silk Road, the meeting point of Eastern and Western civilizations, where the ancient tombs must have recorded unique civilizations, would be of great help to the Union of Artisans? ”

"Your archaeological data and reports will be presented to the Artisan Alliance?"

"It was a secret project of the Artisan Alliance, which they called - the Underworld."

Qin Beiyang remembered that he had fallen into the Arctic crater, and he had already swam in the underground world, and this secret must not be revealed to anyone.

"It is no wonder that Western civilization has come from behind, because of the adventurous spirit of the Craftsman Union - the courage to explore the mysteries of the world."

Sven Hedin said, "You don't know how rich the Craftsmen's Union is...... They have secretly manipulated many countries, such as the world wars of the past four years! ”

Looking at the moon on the beacon tower of the Great Wall of the Han Dynasty, Qin Beiyang thought in his heart-

Eight hundred years ago, a group of delinquent teenagers formed an alliance of assassins; Six hundred years ago, a group of techno-nerds formed an alliance of assassins.

The history of mankind in the last few hundred years is actually a history of the struggle between bad teenagers and technical otaku to grab turf.

There is a key connection point in this long struggle to the death, which is the Chinese tomb beast.

Qin Beiyang, as a junior member of the Craftsman Alliance, and at the same time the nominal leader of the Assassin Alliance, and the heir to the Assasin Gold Dagger, the identity of the two secret alliances is combined, and he is probably the first person in more than 600 years......

This is not a good thing, these two very different forces could tear him in half.

The next day, continue to face east.

Professor Wang Jiawei judged that this road is the ancient name of the "big sea road". It was opened in the Han Dynasty and was no longer used after the Tang Dynasty. From Dunhuang to Loulan and then to Turpan, it looks like a straight line on the map, which is much closer than the detour to Hami. Many caravans and monks have walked this way, such as Tang Xuanzang who studied scriptures in the west.

The old road of the Shule River, in the Han Dynasty, was a turbulent river, originating from the Qilian Mountains, from Dunhuang across the desert to Lop Nur.

But now, the river is just a dead body, no matter how Qin Beiyang and others dig three feet into the ground, they just can't get a drop of water.

If you want to go to Dunhuang, Gansu, there are at least a hundred miles away, there are no camels, the fresh water is exhausted, and they are about to turn into dried corpses after 2,000 years.

Suddenly, a camel bell sounded behind him, and Qin Beiyang looked back into the distance, and a huge camel team came from Lop Nur......

Inka also marveled on the back of the ghostly horse, the largest camel caravan she had ever seen in her life.

There are at least hundreds of camels as far as the eye can see, and each hump carries large boxes. There were also armed guards on horseback on either side. The first white horse knight, waving the banner of the Heavenly King of Bishamen, galloped towards the hungry Qin Beiyang.

The banner of the Heavenly King hunted and flew in the north, and the knight on the horse lifted the black veil, revealing the face of a seventeen-year-old girl.

Ahh

Three months ago, Ah You and Qin Beiyang parted on the shores of Issyk-Kul Lake.

Instead of leaving the mausoleum of Jerodashi, she decided to avenge Dehuan. Using hundreds of kilograms of explosives, the Assassins used the twentieth-century method to destroy the twelfth-century Skull Pyramid Town Tombbeast.

Under the guidance of Lao Jin, the Assassins took possession of the treasure of the dungeon, the gold reserves of the Russian Empire.

They brought out 500 tons of gold, and apart from that, they did not take a single treasure from the tomb. Assassins are not tomb robbers, it has been a tradition for many years.

Five hundred tons, even if not gold but cotton, could not be easily taken away.

Lao Jin first smashed open a box of gold, bought 2,000 camels, disguised as a caravan of Dungan people, and secretly sneaked back to the mainland.

Considering that bandits were rampant on the road, they hired 500 heavily armed guards in Kashgar, and placed them in the late Qing Dynasty as a dart master at the west exit. In this mighty camel caravan, Ah You's horse rode at the forefront, waving the banner of King Bishamen, and then Lao Jin, who was familiar with the terrain of the northwest. The sound of camel bells shook the sky, and the guards shouted in unison "I am Wu Weiyang" according to the old habit!

Not to mention the robbers, even the officers and soldiers had to avoid three points when they saw it, thinking that it was the private team of the Overseer. No one knew that they were carrying gold.

At the end of the Lop Nur desert, the old road of the dry Shule River, in front of which is the wind-eroded Yumen Pass.

Ah You, who was riding on a white horse, had a dark gaze shining under the veil, just like meeting him for the first time under the mausoleum. The north wind curled her long hair like a black flame, and with the banner of the King of Bishamen, it was clearly the style of the ancient desert queen.

"Brother......

She was still like a little girl, talking in a muttered voice, and stretched out her right hand to Qin Beiyang.

"Sister Ayou!"

He boldly grabbed Ah You's hand, stepped on the stirrups, and turned over on the horse's back. Sitting behind the girl Ah You, Qin Beiyang took a water bladder, but only took a small sip and threw it to the two girls who were sweating and bloody.

Everyone was saved.

Everyone was fed and drunk, and each was given a camel. After a few days of hard work, the ghost finally relaxed. Ah You smiled slightly and put his arms around the black horse's neck: "Brother, you really like it!" ”

"Thank you for the gift."

"You saved my life, Ah You can't repay it."

The huge camel caravan passed through the white frost-covered Yumen Pass and continued eastward. Jiu Se rushed to the front, Qin Beiyang rode on a sweaty and bloody horse, constantly looking behind, as if looking for a few faces.

Ah You had already seen through his thoughts: "Brother, are you looking for Ah Hai and Daddy?" ”

"Hmmm......"

"I have told them to retreat to the tail of the caravan, two thousand camels, lined up in a long line of snakes, and you will not see them."

Sure enough, the camel caravan could not see the end, as if it had lined up from Yumen Pass to the Tarim River.

"Sister Ayou, you know that they are my father-killer enemies, and I deliberately let them avoid me and Jiuse, so as not to have another conflict, you have a heart!"

"Success or failure turns empty, the green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times."

She actually read out Yang Shen's "Linjiang Immortal", which is also the first paragraph quoted by Mao Zonggang and his son in the opening chapter of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Qin Beiyang will not fail to understand, Ah You's words have their own deep meaning. But he shook his head and sighed, when he was nine years old, the Tianjin German Concession was wiped out, and there was a deep hatred in the sea of blood, how could he say that he would let it go?

When he returned to Katya's camel, he saw the White Russian beauty with a sickly face. Since trekking in the desert, she has suffered from hunger and lack of water, which has made her body weaker and weaker, and she is now suffering from a high fever.

For another three days, Qin Beiyang almost didn't say a word to Ah You, and always took care of Katya who was sick. And he never saw the tail of the caravan, leaving the last assassin Ah Hai and Daddy.

Holding the banner of the Heavenly King of Bishamen, Ah Yu ran up a tall hill. This mountain is formed by quicksand, and the sand is divided into red, yellow, green, white, and black colors. There was a spring under the golden sand dunes, like a crescent moon, facing the hillside with an open crescent moon.

Qin Beiyang jumped off the sweaty horse and rolled down the hillside with Jiuse, and the sand grains of the entire mountain made a roaring sound.

"Mingsha Mountain!"

After all, Professor Wang Jiawei knew the goods, and everyone got off the camel and ran down the sand dunes.

It was the twelfth month of the Western calendar, and the spring water was covered with a thin layer of ice. Sven Hedin wielded an iron pickaxe, smashed open the ice, scooped up the steaming spring water, and everyone drank it all in one gulp, clear and sweet. First people, then horses and camels, resting by the springs.

Mingsha Mountain, Crescent Spring, Dunhuang has arrived.