Chapter 59: Parting Ways
Soon everyone arrived at the place close to Loulan, and several locals appeared in front of them leading a group of more than a dozen camels, and the off-road vehicle with the lead stopped, and Alexander said to the people who got off the car, this is here, and we have to rely on camels for the rest of the journey. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
At that moment, everyone moved down the equipment, tents, food and water and replaced them with the camels. Leaving two locals to take care of the convoy, the others, led by the Mongolian shaman Timur, set out for the ancient city of Loulan.
By the time we arrived at the ruins of Deloulan, it was getting late, and at that moment the Mediterranean had chosen a good place to set up camp on his own initiative, but Alexander did not seem to hear it. Wu Zi held a telescope and looked around.
Only then did Mediterranean remember that this foreigner could not understand Chinese, and hurriedly gave instructions and ordered the interpreter to convey the instructions.
Su Rui conveyed the leader's instructions to Alexander, but Alexander shook his head without hesitation.
Although the Mediterranean is not very good at English, it still has some accomplishments in body language. At the moment, he was a little annoyed and said, "What? Do you still have to hurry? This foreigner does not understand the rules, the archaeological industry has always paid attention to not walking at night, the direction in this desert is difficult to distinguish at night, the climate is also changing rapidly, and maybe there are some quicksand, sandstorms and other dangers lurking, what if something happens? As the leader of the team, I have to take responsibility for everyone's safety. β
Mediterranean specially emphasized his identity as a leader, and after saying these righteous words, Mediterranean looked at Su Rui with his waist and chest protruding, meaning that you want to convey my instructions completely.
Su Rui muttered a few more words to Alexander, looked at the Mediterranean Sea with some apologies and said, "What Dr. Alexander means is that the direction where we are is is a place that has been surveyed by others many times, and it has no archaeological value, and they hope to go deeper before it gets dark." Survey areas that no one has done before. β
The Mediterranean Sea was thunderous, and the anger that had been held back for days finally broke out, jumping to his feet and shouting: "What does it mean to be worthless? What we are stepping on is the authentic Loulan ruins, not far away is the famous Sun Tomb, as well as the legendary Loulan female corpse, Xiaohe tombs, are all within the scope of our investigation, this foreigner does not know the height of the sky, want to find clues that others have not found, and do not want to think about the countless expeditionary archaeological teams here for more than 100 years, the discovery has already been discovered, who is kind enough to keep it for him? HeβHe's really thinking this archaeology is an expedition......"
In desperation, the professor could not take any more pretense, and spat splashed and poured fire on Alexander's back.
The pink-faced Dong Mei was also constantly accosting beside her, "That's it, that's it, it's ......."
Alexander didn't look at him squarely, and looked at the horizon in the distance as he always did.
James took out a scimitar with a black arm length from the equipment box, casually peeled the apple and ate it, with apple foam bubbling from the corner of his mouth, leaning on a camel, a pair of small slender eyes staring coldly at the Mediterranean and the others.
The old Wang next door stabbed Ziyang and said: "Nepalese dogleg scimitar, good guy!" β
Seeing that his anger did not suppress the other party, he squatted on the ground in frustration and said angrily, "If you want to go, you will go by yourself, we will not go!" β
After saying that, I regretted in my heart, the tents and other items necessary for this camp were purchased by Alexander and them, in case they really left, wouldn't a group of people be hanging here? But no matter how cruel this foreigner is, he won't be able to do things desperately, right?
Sure enough, Alexander whispered a few words to Su Rui. Su Rui said apologetically, "Dr. Alexander said, since everyone disagrees, let's go separately. The equipment they brought with them, in addition to the equipment, other tents, food, and water were left for you. β
"Alexander prepared water and food for everyone for more than a week, enough for everyone to complete their expeditions." Seeing that the Mediterranean Sea was still humming over there, Su Rui added.
Mediterranean thinks that along the way, foreigners are against themselves everywhere, and the idea of peaceful coexistence and joint research is impossible, they are not around, they are out of sight and out of mind, and they are also clean, although they also covet the advanced equipment they bring, but it seems that this foreigner has no meaning to share with himself. He nodded in agreement.
Su Rui looked at Zi Yang and the three of them, "I'll go with Dr. Alexander, what about you?" β
Zi Yang said in his heart, do you still need to ask? I'd rather walk at night than look at the face of the Mediterranean all day.
At the moment, he pretended to mutter, "Professor Wang's side has enough manpower, and international friends are weak - let's go with you." β
The Mediterranean wishes that these unsightly laymen would stay away from him, and he has no intention of keeping them at the moment.
Then the people began to distribute tents, food, and fresh water. Brother Chic seemed to be a little reluctant to Su Rui, and asked how the two groups of people would contact each other in the future, and Alexander said that they would meet at the place of the convoy in a week at the latest.
Professor Wang spread his hands, "There is no mobile phone signal here, you can leave me a satellite phone." β
Alexander said that there were only two satellite phones, one of which they had brought with them, and the other one was left with the convoy in case of an accident to inform them that they would be picked up - your place was not far from the convoy anyway, and if you wanted to go back, you could get there by camel - and there were a lot of spare food and fresh water fuel on the side of the convoy.
Professor Wang saw that everyone had already distributed the tents, food, fresh water, etc., and that he was not short of catties or two, and he was satisfied at the moment, and then pretended to tell Alexander to be careful, it was cold in the desert at night, wear more clothes, and be careful of catching a cold.
At that moment, Ziyang, Lao Wang, Xiao Hei, Alexander, Su Rui, James, Timur and a group of seven people marched to the depths of the desert with ten camels.
A group of six people from the Mediterranean stayed with seven camels.
The two groups officially parted ways.
Ziyang and the others followed Alexander to the depths of the desert, at this time it was late, the stars were rising, and the desert was boundless and desolate.
The temperature difference between day and night here is very large, everyone changed into outdoor jackets and hurried overnight, Ziyang thought to himself, foreigners are thoughtful, these jackets seem to be brought directly from abroad, and there is a big difference from domestic goods, strong and wear-resistant and insulated, comfortable to wear, and the size is also appropriate - I don't know if I want to return it to him.
After breaking up with Mediterranean, Su Rui didn't speak, Zi Yang slowly drove the camel to Su Rui's side, and said in a low voice, "Is this Alexander on the wrong path?" β
Su Rui's eyes widened and said, "No, the doctor has been using the satellite locator to correct the route, and he won't make a mistake." β
Zi Yang wondered, "As soon as I got on the road, I paid attention to it, and the doctor told the professor before that we were going to the west of Loulan, but after going around for a while, I found that we might go the other way......
Su Rui looked up at him, his eyes shining, "There is no reference in this desert, can you accurately identify the direction?" β
Zi Yang raised his head and pointed to the sky: "Identifying the stars, the ancestors knew it thousands of years ago, and they don't necessarily need any instruments." β
Su Rui nodded shyly: "I forgot, you are a very knowledgeable person who knows the past and the present!" β
These two idioms were used on Ziyang for the first time, and no matter how thick-skinned she was, she was a little embarrassed to praise her, scratching her head and saying, "Why don't you ask?" Is the doctor's instrument broken? β
Su Rui shook his head and said, "There is no mistake, our target is not in Loulan, it is - Lop Nur." β
Zi Yang was shocked, grabbed the camel and said, "Lop Nur? Lop Nur is forbidden land, you, why do you do this? β
At this time, Alexander, who was walking at the front of the group, heard movement behind him, turned his head and asked, "Whathappens?" β
Su Rui said: "They have already guessed. β
Lao Wang caught up from behind and asked, "What did you guess?" I almost fell asleep on my camel just now! β
Alexander said in a stiff Chinese: "Mr. Li, you are a smart person, we will not hide it from you, our goal is indeed not Loulan, the direction we are moving forward is Lop Nur." β