Chapter 13: The Wind Rises
We were shocked, oops, and were discovered. We've been so careful that we've been discovered. Why is it so unlucky? We looked over, a big black man was lifting his pants, damn it, this guy, he actually met us by peeing. Gao Yanan raised his hand and shot it, and the big black man fell straight to the ground. I don't know if it's us or if he's unlucky? We were chased again, and he became a corpse.
We quickly got into the car, drove to the maximum horsepower, and the car sped away like an arrow off the string. Dense gunfire was heard from behind, but these were no longer on our radar. We knew that no one could catch up with us except sports cars and planes. But is it possible to run a sports car inside the Sahara? The answer, of course, is yes. Airplanes, however, are possible.
A helicopter flew out from behind that sand dune. Damn, how can there be a plane? The battle was so fierce just now, why didn't the plane break him? The level of these mercenaries is too low. What we don't know is that there are three partisan planes, and now only this one can fly. The mercenaries' cars were also damaged by the guerrillas, so no one came after us. Gao Yanan stretched out a sniper rifle in the car window, aimed at the helicopter is two shots, and two people fell down from the plane one after another, and the plane hurriedly pulled up. Dense bullets poured on our cars. At this altitude of the helicopter, although it was not easy for us to snipe him, the bullets he poured down were not very powerful. It didn't affect our car at all.
It went back and forth, and finally the helicopter reluctantly returned. The amount of fuel on a helicopter is limited, unlike us, a tank can hold a hundred liters of diesel, how can he afford it with us. Without the helicopters hovering overhead, we were a lot more relaxed. After discussing it in the high frequency, we changed direction again. Head due west. Just now it was running from northwest to southeast, and suddenly it became due west, they would never have thought of it.
Sure enough, there was no chase. I don't know if it's because the helicopter doesn't have enough fuel or if it's in the wrong direction, but we're safe for the time being. But we know that the news of our presence must have spread throughout the desert again, and the road ahead is still extremely dangerous. Imagining these people being led by our noses, there is an indescribable thrill in my heart.
We ran fast and tried to get out of the encirclement before the opponent got together. If we were surrounded, we would have ended badly. Death is not terrible, there are more terrible things than death. In this moment, we are all ready to die. In addition to stopping to refuel once, our meals were also eaten in turns in the car. At night, we also canceled the parking, and everyone took turns driving and sleeping. In a bumpy car, who can really fall asleep.
After three days of non-stop running, we finally arrived near the plateau of Enajl, we found a large cave, drove the car in, found some stones, branches, and vines to roughly cover it, and then took turns sleeping. The first shift is changed every hour, and the second round is a two-hour shift. Seventeen of us changed two rounds, and everyone finally relented. Everyone slept for more than twenty-four hours. Looking at the bloodshot in everyone's eyes, Gao Yanan said, "Okay, I slept enough this time, right?" Let's fill our stomachs first. I think it won't be long before this becomes the center of the storm. ”
After eating a full meal comfortably, everyone stretched comfortably, this is the life that everyone needs.
Gao Yanan said: "Okay, let's check the equipment, let's go around here." Since the petroglyphs here are so famous, there must be some historical relics here, although it is not known who left them, but we cannot rule out the possibility that the Mayans left them. Even if it is left by the Minotaur, some secrets of the Mayans may be able to find a circumstantial evidence. ”
With this inspection equipment, everyone's faces turned green. There weren't a lot of equipment left to use, and even the rope was turned into a section. Everyone carefully examined it, and there were still two searchlights, four waterproof flashlights, and seven flashlights that could be replaced with batteries. The spare machetes were also scrapped. Fortunately, the guns and ammunition were in the car, and the sabers were also carried with us, otherwise we would not have been able to move an inch.
Gao Yanan sighed and said, "That's it, throw away all the useless." Actually, there isn't much either. The most important things are in the car, and there is not much loss. As much as possible, the food and water hose were well stocked, and we went out to have a look. Wang Zongjun, remove the steering wheel of the car for me. Diesel hides for me. We had to prepare for the worst. ”
Wang Zongjun agreed, and Liu Qiang each carried two barrels of diesel fuel out of the cave. The car is here, and of course the diesel needs to find a new place to hide it. When Wang Zongjun and Liu Qiang come back, we will take the removed steering wheel with us. Only then did he get out of the cave again.
We slowly climbed up along the winding and rugged path, and just after a few steps, we heard Ye Manqing exclaim: "Look at it." Look where. Ye Manqing pointed in one direction and said, "See?" “
We nodded and said, "See, what's wrong?" "It's a hill. Because it's far away, it's small.
Ye Manqing said with a smile: "What do you think it looks like?" ”
We looked at the hill carefully, and suddenly, a thought got into my head, and I blurted out, "Pyramids." Pyramids of Egypt. "The pointed peaks of that hill, with thousands of hertz walls, are typical of pyramids. Whether it was the work of nature or someone deliberately did it, we don't know, but he attracted us all at once. We didn't care to climb up to it, so we hurried back to the cave, put the steering wheel back on, and drove towards the mountain.
As the saying goes, looking at the mountain runs a dead horse. This is not false at all. We've been driving for half an hour and the hill hasn't gotten any bigger. Too far, still too far.
A man turned out of the front, and we hurriedly braked. The narrow path is tightly blocked, and it is the mercenary. We were surprised that the people behind him were none other than Qin Tai and his subordinate Sonny, as well as a few foreign big men. may also be Qin Tai's people, and they are all injured. It seems that after a fierce fight, he was unfortunately captured.
When Qin Tai saw me, he said with a sad face: "Professor Shui, I'm sorry, I have caused you a burden. They're going to kill us. I will say that there is a treasure and the map is in your hands, and I will persuade you to give it to them in exchange for our safety, because we are brothers in life and death, so they keep us. Later, I learned that it was my fault that you were chased and intercepted by people all over the desert. ”
We now understand why the guerrillas intercepted us and asked us for Rommel's treasure, which Qin Tai had deceived them to save their lives. We sighed, I pointed at Qin Tai and said, "Let him go, I'll tell you the address, oh no, let's go together." I also want to see what's in there? ”
The guerrilla leader smiled and said, "It's best if you can go, to be honest, we are afraid that you will lie to us if you only give me an address." You are so sincere, brothers, let them go. As he spoke, he waved his hand, and then Mian's people untied Qin Tai's rope, and each kicked Qin Tai and the others over. Li Meiting and Yu Qian hurriedly stepped forward to help them clean up their wounds and bandage them with medicine. The guerrillas teased a few women one by one, and Gao Yanan clenched his fists. I hurriedly grabbed her and said, "It's not time yet. ”
I pointed to Qin Tai and they said, "What about their car?" You can't let them run away. The guerrilla leader nodded and said, "Okay, give them a car." I'll cooperate with you, but will not bring treasure, hum, you know the consequences. We ignored him and called the people into the car, and the car continued to move forward. Along the way, we met many people, and everyone knew that the Chinese were leading the way to find treasures, and slowly more and more people gathered, and hundreds of people followed us.
Seeing this, the guerrillas hurriedly reported the news, and the people of the various scientific expeditions also called friends, and after a while, everyone knew about the situation here and rushed towards the N'Ajl Plateau. Knowing that Gao Yanan said it, this place has really become the center of the storm.
We came to the bottom of that hill. Looking at this hill now, it is no longer a hill. This mountain is more than 1,000 meters high, although it is shorter than the next mountain, but on the Enajel Plateau, it is also majestic and extraordinary.
"You mean, Rommel's treasure is here?" The guerrilla leader asked, and the people behind him quickly pricked up their ears and listened carefully. I shook my head and said, "I don't know. ”
"What?" The guerrilla leader was furious and said, "You actually say you don't know? You know the consequences, you know the consequences of lying to me. The guerrilla leader jumped to his feet, pointed at me and said, "You will bear my wrath." You ......"
I waved my hand and said slowly, "Rommel's treasure is not unknown to anyone?" Again, I don't know. As for the treasure he said, it's just this one. I pointed at Qin Tai and said, "This is what he said, and this is the treasure in front of him." ”
The guerrilla leader said contemptuously: "Are you a fool to me? It seems that those who don't move the real character are not giving up. The guerrilla leader waved his hand, "Come on, do it." "A few partisans rushed at us. Gao Yanan and the others immediately picked up their guns and chased after the guerrillas. The partisans also raised their guns and pointed them at us. The people behind hurriedly retreated, for fear that the bullet would hit them.
I pointed to the hill in front of me and said, "Can't you think of something when you look at this hill?" ”
The guerrilla leader was stunned for a moment and asked, "What did you say?" ”
I pointed to the hill in front of me and said, "Look at this hill, what does he look like?" ”
One of the guerrillas said: "Like a pyramid." ”
The guerrilla leader's eyes lit up and he said, "Are you sure?" ”
I nodded and said, "No, but it could be." You see, if such a big mountain is hollowed out, what will be inside? This is a super-large pyramid that is more than ten times taller than the Egyptian pyramids. Is this treasure small? Will it not be as good as Rommel's treasure? ”
The guerrilla leader smiled and said, "Not small, not small." What are you doing here, put your guns down. As I said earlier, Chinese are friends, don't you don't believe in friends? Put your gun away. Looking at the guerrilla captain who was in front of him, he suddenly sighed at the hypocrisy of human beings and the charm of money.
The partisan leader looked at us and said, "Look...... Yes...... This ......" I quickly waved my hand and said, "What are you waiting for?" Go ahead, we're not in a hurry. We'll just do it later. I just wanted to take a few pictures. ”
The guerrilla leader did not wait for me to finish, waved his hand and ran towards the pyramid-shaped hill of his people. The people behind looked at us and followed. Qin Tai looked at me and said, "Professor Shui, aren't we going over?" ”
I smiled and said, "Of course I'm going, but don't worry, it's not too late to go when they open the door." However, then again, it is not certain whether there is a hollow pyramid there, what are you doing in a hurry to go up? ”
Qin Tai asked in surprise, "Professor Shui, did you lie to them?" ”
I shook my head and said, "It's not a lie, how can someone as pure as me deceive people?" Just coaxing him. Besides, do you know that it's not a pyramid? What if? He's not going to get rich. He will only be grateful to us.
Bai Ling pursed his lips and said, "Just you, are you still pure?" People who know you are nothing else pure, and you are embarrassed to say that you are pure. Where is your purity? Even Zhang Qiang and Gao Yanan, you don't let go, you big sero. Pure fart. ”
Gao Yanan blushed and said, "Little girl, what are you talking nonsense? What's wrong with us, we're pure teammates, how can you slander me. Fortunately, Leng Feng is here, otherwise it would really be unclear. Bai Ling pursed his lips and said, "You have been seen by him, how pure can you be." Gao Yanan opened his mouth and was speechless. This little girl, it's still like this, and the words are so direct. It doesn't matter if others can stand it or not.
There was a roar, and the men couldn't hold back and started using the explosives. If you really hollowed out the belly of the mountain, you may not be able to blow up the right explosives. When the time comes, the mountain will fall, and you will weep. Don't know how to look carefully? How can it not be an accident if you are so brutal? What a bunch of fools.
There was a burst of cheers, and I couldn't help but be stunned, is this really a pyramid? No, we're just guessing, is it true? Looking at our stunned appearance, Li Zhiming asked in surprise: "Why, you don't know?" "We all know that Li Zhiming is just a translator, so there are some secrets that he doesn't know. I shook my head and said with a wry smile, "I'm just talking about it, but who knows if he's true." ”
Li Zhiming looked at me with a strange expression and said, "The way you just said it, I thought it was a real treasure." It turns out, alas, I don't know when what you said is true? Leng Feng said unhappily: "Xinyue didn't lie, what he said is true, it depends on how you understand it." You see, will the partisan leader know that he is lying to them? Now, we also know that Xinyue didn't lie to them, nor did he lie. Was this originally a pyramid? ”
Qin Tai looked at me and asked, "Professor Shui, shall we go over?" They all went in. ”
I nodded and said, "Go ahead, but wait until they're all in." ”
Gao Yanan also said: "Yes, let's wait." If there is a treasure, they will fight for the treasure, and it is not worth it for us to mix it. Usually where there is treasure, there are deadly traps. Let them look for it first. There's not necessarily a treasure in there. Thousands of years have passed, and who knows what's inside? We're not in a hurry. "Treasure is valuable, is there a life? After so much, we have all seen it, and we will not fight hard for a little gold, silver and jewelry.
We walked slowly towards the pyramid, and looking at the dark and gloomy hole in front of us, everyone had a feeling of depression. There aren't so many lighting equipment left, and we're not in a hurry, there will definitely be a lot of ownerless lighting equipment below. I looked at the sky, and it was getting dark. We lit a bonfire with confidence, comfortably roasted the fire, ate canned beef, and waited quietly for dawn. We're really, if there's a danger, after a dark night, the mechanism should be pretty much broken.
When we woke up, we were surrounded by people. We looked at the person in front of us in surprise and said, "What's wrong with you?" The entrance to the cave is there, and if you need to find treasure, just go in. We just didn't have the lighting and didn't dare to go in, so we waited here. If any of you have extra lighting equipment, lend us a few, and we will surely reward you with the treasures inside. ”
We don't dare to say that we are waiting for the people inside to go to the thunder. Looking at our innocent looks, the leader asked, "You found this here?" I nodded honestly and said, "We found out." It was only the hole opened by the guerrilla leader, and the mercenaries went down first. Three or four hundred people had already gone in, and if it weren't for the fact that we didn't have the lighting, we would have gone in. The pyramid from thousands of years ago, and no one has ever entered it, there must be a lot of things in it, but I don't know what it is? ”
The leader said, "I know what you're talking about. Seeing that you are not lying, I will give you some lighting equipment, and you can go inside. "Say, bring us the flashlight of the dance bar, and the five of us will have just one. We nodded silently and headed towards the entrance of the cave. It's been the night anyway, and there's no way back. It's time for us to go in too.
We turned on the flashlight and walked inside. It was silent, not a single sound. The feeling of silence is very oppressive. With so many people coming in, how could there be no movement? It's not going to be all dead, is it? (To be continued.) )