When there is no water in the desert, it is like the blood of a living person has been drained, and everyone is at a loss, and they sit in a daze.

Suddenly, I heard An Liman's "whoosh" shout: "Hu Da's messenger." "I saw a white shadow on the sandy slope not far from us, I thought I was thirsty and hungry, and my eyes were spent, so I quickly rubbed my eyes and looked carefully.

It turned out to be the white camel we had seen before we came to West Night City, and it was walking leisurely on the sand dunes, slowly walking towards the west.

The old man was so excited that he couldn't say anything, and the white camel appeared in the cursed black desert, which showed that the ancient curse had disappeared, and Hu Da had reclaimed this desert, and with Hu Da's messenger, he would definitely be able to find water.

I don't know if what he said is true or not, last time I said that the traveler who went into the desert saw the white camel, and he would have a safe and auspicious journey, and now he said that the curse in the desert has disappeared, but at this time it is better to believe that there is something than to believe that there is nothing, and that following the white camel may really be able to find water.

Immediately quickly put the whole group of camels and followed behind the white camels, the tall white camels, walking unhurriedly under the scorching sun, walked straight for three or four hours, turned a long sand beam, and sure enough, a very small puddle appeared.

There are some sand trees growing around the puddle, the water is not very clear, it may contain a small amount of minerals, and animals can drink it directly, but people cannot drink it directly.

The camels couldn't wait to drink the water, so Shirley Yang found some disinfectant tablets, first put the water into a filter and filtered it, and then added the disinfectant tablets before distributing them to everyone to drink.

This puddle may be a tributary of the Ziduyan River, and due to the movement of the desert at night, the water of the river closer to the surface seeps out partially.

An Liman said that this is the best proof of the disappearance of the curse, in the past, this desert did not have any water exposed on the surface at all, and this puddle was definitely a miracle of Hu Da.

I built a fire by the puddle and roasted a few naan to eat, I didn't tell them that when I finally climbed to the top of the mountain, my back seemed to let the ghost pull me, this thing seemed to be real and illusory, and I couldn't tell the truth from the fake with his mother's corpse incense konjac, not to mention the last thing, including the entire experience in the exquisite ancient city and the ghost cave, there was no obvious boundary between the real and the unreal.

When I talked to the fat man about what happened to him in Zagrama Mountain, it was like a breathless nightmare, and the fat man said, "This dog's tail flower is so amazing, maybe we haven't even entered the Exquisite Ancient City, and it's all an illusion created by that ghost flower." ”

Shirley Yang, who never spoke much, interjected: "No, now that we are out of danger, and then look back and think about it carefully, the characteristics of the corpse incense konjac illusion are still obvious, it can only use the memories that already exist in our minds, but it can't create things that we have never seen, the queen's coffin, the ghost cave, the prophet's tomb, the prophecy, these are all real, we have seen the black snake before, the prophecy stone painting that lured us to kill each other, the one on the first layer of the stone box is real, Because we have seen the prophecy of the first layer, the corpse incense konjac can create an illusion on the second layer of stone boxes. ”

I said to Shirley Young: "The real heroes see the same thing, I think the same way, but I'm not sure, so I haven't said it, let's discuss how to get out of the desert now?" ”

Shirley Yang said: "This is going to bother Grandpa Anliman, he is a living map in the desert, let's listen to his opinion first." ”

An Liman saw that the boss spoke, so he drew a few times on the sand with his hand, this piece is our approximate location now, to the south is the ruins of Niya, the distance is very far, all desert, we add enough water and may not be able to go to Niya, to the east is Lop Nur, in the middle is the desert and the other side is the boundless Gobi Desert, to the north is the direction we came from, that is, the direction of West Night City, but we go deep into the hinterland of the desert, it is not easy to walk back.

Now it seems that to the southeast, north and south, three directions, are not easy to walk, the only left west, all the way to the west is the Tarim River, that is the largest inland river in the desert, from our current location, if you go fast, it will take about ten days to reach the confluence of the Tarim River, the Yarkand River, and the Hotan River. When you get there, it's easy to do it, replenish the clear water again, and continue to walk west for another six or seven days, and you will not be far from Aksu, where there are troops nearby, and there are oil fields, and you can ask for their help.

We now have enough water to last about ten days, and some food, and water is more important than food in the desert, and we can eat camels if we don't have anything to eat.

It took a day to filter and store the water in the sand nest, and then set off as planned, with hunger and thirst along the way, wind and sun, and night travel, and finally reached the Tarim River on the twelfth day, and then continued westward, and on the third day met the oilfield workers who went into the desert to hunt yellow sheep, when Professor Chen only had one breath left.

The feeling of escaping death step by step from the depths of the desert is not something that people living in a normal environment can easily understand, and since then I have developed a habit of drinking water at home, no matter how big the cup is, always drinking not a drop in one go.

Later, after returning to Beijing, I didn't see Shirley Yang for a while, she may be busy looking for a doctor to treat Professor Chen, maybe she is taking care of the aftermath of those who died, this time the archaeological team died a lot of people, of course the relevant departments are going to investigate, I am afraid that someone will find out that it is the captain of the school, so I try to avoid the important and light, what I said is not true, entering the desert to archaeology, itself has a great risk factor, but four people died at once, a teacher and three students, and a crazy professor, It was a major event at the time.

Talking nonsense, and said that one day the fat man found two sweet girls to dance, let me go with me, I had nightmares all night a few days ago, my head hurt, so I didn't go with them, lying alone in bed, suddenly there was a knock on the door, I promised to get up from the bed, scolded in my heart, grandma's, probably someone came to investigate the situation.

When I opened the door, it turned out to be Shirley Yang, who I hadn't seen for many days, I quickly invited her into the house and asked her how she found it, and Shirley Yang said that it was the address given by the big gold tooth.

I wondered, "Do you know the Great Golden Tooth?" ”

Shirley Yang said: "Even if you know it, I don't know it very well, my father used to like to collect antiques, and he did some business, Professor Chen and he are also acquaintances, today I came to you to give you and the fat man's money, in two days I am going to take Professor Chen abroad for treatment, during this period I have to check some things, we should not meet again for the time being." ”

I didn't expect it anymore, but now when I hear her say that she wants to give money, it is really a surprise, and I have to pretend to be polite on the surface: "I'm going back to China?" Is Mr. Chen getting better? I was going to see him. You see how inappropriate it is for you to withdraw money, we didn't help much, we just made a mess for you, you Americans are not rich, really, is it cash? ”

Shirley Yang put the money on the table: "The money is to be paid, it has been said in advance, but ...... I wish you could promise me one thing. ”

I thought to myself, I'm afraid that this girl is going to take revenge on me, maybe she wants to dig out my old bottom again, and she thinks of countermeasures in her heart, and says perfunctorily: "What can you ask me for?" It seems that rich people also have troubles, so you don't want me to help you spend money, do you? ”

Shirley Yang said: "You and the elders of my family, can be regarded as peers, at the beginning of my grandfather washed his hands in the golden basin, no longer do the business of fighting backwards, because the line of touching the golden captain is extremely damaging to the yin morality, no matter how hard the life is, it is inevitable that there will be accidents, I hope you will stop in the future, don't do the things of the inverted fight, you can come to the United States when you have the opportunity in the future, I will arrange for you to ......"

When I heard this, I felt that my heart was not very smooth, the American girl wanted me to throw myself under her door, and mix with her in the future, so that I could catch Lao Hu was also a company commander, what kind of interest can I have under the fence, not to mention begging for a woman, then in the future, wouldn't it be more to follow her everywhere, what is the meaning of being a man like that, so I interrupted her words: "Good intentions, I understand it, but you only know one thing, I don't know the other, it is not good to touch the Jin Lieutenant, but Chairman Mao taught us that everything has its two sides, and good things can become bad things, Bad things can also be turned into good things, and this is called dialectical materialism. Now that you know that I am doing inverted buckets, there are some things I will not hide from you, I have principles and positions, protected and discovered tombs, I will never touch, there are large tombs and ruins in the deep mountains and old forests that no one has found, there are countless treasures buried in them, these things can only be found by people who understand the secret art of feng shui, if you don't pour these buckets, they may always be sleeping underground, and there will never be a chance to see the light of day again, in addition to the erosion of changes in the natural environment, It also poses a great threat to those ancient tombs that no one has discovered, and I see it in my eyes and hurt in my heart......"

Shirley Yang saw that I was vibrating, and said helplessly: "Okay, I have a good intention to persuade you to turn back, I can't imagine that you are quite reasonable, and you have to be reasonable, I am afraid that there is no second person in the world who can quibble like you, since you are so backbone, I can't help but be impressed by you, I didn't say what I said just now, I guess you are unwilling to ask for this money......"

I hurriedly pressed my hand to the paper bag containing the money: "Wait, this money is what you lent me...... Interest is calculated at the interest rate of the People's Bank of China. ”

(Professor Chen, the Bottomless Ghost Cave, Shirley Yang and the mystery of her life experience, the whereabouts of the Xiansheng tribe, will continue to unfold gorgeously in the Yunnan chapter)