The Ancient City of the Desert Chapter 44 The Ruins of the Ancient City

In fact, after listening to what Ah Shun said, I also think it makes sense. But the truth comes down to the truth, and I still feel sad to see two lives disappear in the blink of an eye.

The fourth master said: "Forget it, these two people have actually been sentenced to death from the moment they were tied up by me." It's just that the way to die is different. ”

Linglong walked over and patted me on the shoulder: "Brother Nan, these two people are also our enemies." What's more, the organization of the ghost clan is not a good thing when you hear the name, and there may be many lives buried in their hands. Let's do this for the sake of heaven. ”

Seeing that my face was still very ugly, the scholar also walked over and teased me: "Oh, Brother Nan, this title is kind enough." I remember that the delicate girl called you Brother Xia at the beginning, what's the matter, after experiencing a sandstorm, the relationship is a lot closer? Ahh ”

I nodded to the scholar as I received it, and didn't say anything more.

Seeing that everyone had regained their demeanor, the fourth master began to organize people and horses to go down the pit drilled in the center of the ghost camp.

To be honest, although I don't know anything about tomb robbing, the ghost clan is still very good at this pit. The hole is about a meter in diameter, and the inner walls below are stuck with something similar to glue to prevent the grit from sinking. Every meter or so, two recessed pits are drilled in the wall of the cave for pedaling.

The fourth master took the lead, Ah Shun and Ali were in front of Linglong, then me, the scholar and Lao Xu, and finally those guys, and everyone rushed in.

When I entered this robbery hole, I found that the hole was very deep, extending to more than ten meters underground before turning horizontally, and then turning vertical after a horizontal depth of more than ten meters, similar to the "zigzag" that turns 90 degrees. Lao Xu said that this is a hole made by Lianjiazi, and only those who are experienced in Gobi excavation will make a hole like this. In this way, the excavation can prevent the collapse of the hole in the soft soil.

After crawling about four or five zigzags, we reached a wall. Of course, the so-called wall was also punched with a hole to allow people to enter and exit. I guess that if this is the so-called ruins of the ancient city of Chieftain, it must be forty or fifty meters above the ground.

The fourth master was in front, and he stepped over the wall at once. We all followed.

I thought that this wall was like the King Kong Wall in the ancient tomb, and you could go into it and get to the tomb or something. Unexpectedly, through the hole in the wall, under the illumination of the flashlight, there was actually a passage that could accommodate two people walking side by side. After Lao Xu came in, he kept admiring, who was the person who made the hole in the ghost clan, how could he accurately find this wall in this underground that was more than ten meters deep, and ensure that he was facing this small passage after breaking through the wall.

The fourth master heard Lao Xu's admiration and said, "You don't have to be so experienced. Even if the scholar comes to make a hole, nine times out of ten, he can also correspond to the passage behind the wall. ”

"Oh?" This time the scholar was surprised.

"Because, as long as you find the right area, that is, near the ghost camp, and dig a hole in there, you will encounter this wall. Almost every short distance, there is a passage behind the wall. ”

"Ahh This time we were all amazed.

"Fourth brother, what do you mean?" Linglong asked.

Legend has it that the last leader of the chieftain tribe, Tsuki, ordered the people to change their way of life, from nomadic herding to a settled form of farming, hunting, and farming. Then a city was designed and built. The walls were made of animal skins, weeds, etc., mixed with earth. In order to prevent the infestation of wild beasts and other tribes, the city set up many corridors in the ancient city to connect the outermost city walls. In this way, when the enemy invades, as long as the real exit of the ancient city is tightly sealed, there are countless traps in every other corridor. The enemy can't be sure which is the real way out. If you go astray, you will inevitably die. ”

"Fuck, don't look at the name of the king of the chieftain, this heart is very bad. So is this the right path for us? The scholar asked the fourth master.

"I don't know." The fourth master's answer surprised everyone, "However, don't forget, there are people from the ghost clan in front of us, they set off half a day earlier than us, if there is danger, we should be able to detect it in time." ”

Continuing forward, everyone was cautious, and walked for about ten minutes, and did not find anything abnormal.

At the end of this aisle is a fan-shaped hall with more than a dozen doorways lined with curved walls. And we walked out of one of the doorways, it seems that the rumors told by the fourth master are really true, and there are indeed many passages leading here. On the other side of the fan-shaped hall was a stone doorβ€”the door was hidden, opening a little slit inward, enough for one person to enter and exit. The door bucket is huge, and there are many lines densely carved on it, which should be an ancient script.

Lao Xu's occupational disease came up again, so without saying a word, he ran over and kept looking at it with a flashlight. Everyone saw that Lao Xu was looking very seriously, and they didn't bother him. After waiting for a long time, I asked Lao Xu if he understood one or two. Unexpectedly, this girl was also simple, and the sentence "I don't understand" almost made me spray his face with blood.

The fourth master saw that Lao Xu really couldn't understand it, so he beckoned everyone to continue moving forward. I thought to myself, it seems that the people of the ghost clan pushed that door open, and I don't know where it leads.

After passing the door, there are steps all the way up. The steps spiral and lead into the distance. Since this journey, there has been no trouble, and Linglong said that it is likely that the people of the ghost clan have triggered or destroyed various traps. I don't agree, if it's really like Linglong said, at least we should encounter the corpses of the ghost clan, even if they are all masters, they will see some traces of mechanisms. But, so far, we haven't found anything.

The fourth master said: "The calmer it is, the greater the danger lurking. Everyone cheered up. ”

The scholar also interjected and said: "The Sprinkle family also feels that this place is very ominous, if you still want to build a great motherland with the Sprinkle family, you had better be careful." ”

The steps were made of stones, and they were not neat. Everyone walked up the stairs and walked for a long time, only to find that there was a bright light in the direction of the overhead in the distance!

I thought about it for a long time and couldn't figure it out, how could there be light? Did we climb the stairs and get back to the ground?

When everyone climbed to the light and went out, they realized that my idea was indeed right. It's fucking to the ground! But this isn't a ghost camp. The exit is located in a clearing, surrounded by old stone buildings. I looked into the distance, and there were mountains and trees! I couldn't understand it even more, I silently calculated in my heart, from the time we entered the thief hole in the ghost camp to the four or five zigzag caves, and then to cross the wall into the passageway, plus these steps after passing through the stone gate, it was not enough to get out of the Lop Nur area, and how could there be mountains and trees in the Lop Nur area? What's more, when we were in the ghost camp, I also looked around, out of the Gobi is the sand dunes, and I didn't see a single green plant at a glance, after all, it was the early spring of the desert at this time.

However, everything in front of us reminds us that the ruins of this ancient city are surrounded by rolling hills and lush greenery on all sides. The whole team was a little confused, and everyone obviously couldn't understand this phenomenon.

Lao Xu was the first to recover and said, "Don't be too surprised, there are many secrets in Lop Nur. There are many regions in the world where there are some phenomena that are difficult for ordinary people to understand. ”

"Yes, Lao Xu is right. The Sprinkle family still vaguely remembers that the goddess teacher who had a crush in middle school also told the Sprinkle family an article, which said that there was a fisherman rowing a boat in Wuling somewhere to find a 'Peach Blossom Spring', which was different from the outside, but then it was never found again. Maybe it's a paradise too. The scholar said.

Either way, it's important to take a look at your surroundings first. After all, we are here for the bronze box, and of course the Cao family is for antiques.

There are stone buildings all around, but there are no people from the Oni Clan. The fourth master squatted down and looked at the ground, pointed forward with his hand, and said, "They went over there." ”

I looked down, and there were indeed a lot of footprints on the ground, mottled and annoying, and it seemed that the people of the ghost clan had just come up and were stunned here.

Lao Xu insisted on going first to a nearby stone house to investigate, and the guys of the Cao family were also eager to try and want to go in to see if there were any valuable treasures. The fourth master didn't stop us, so we split up and looked for a building to explore.

I entered a stone house on the left hand with the scholar, Lao Xu, and Linglong. The stone house was so low that even Linglong had to bend slightly to get in. Lao Xu said that this shows that the ancients of the chieftain tribe were not particularly tall. The stone house was actually very simple, with only one door, not even a window. When I went in, I found that there was only one room in this stone house, and in the middle was a fire pit, and some grass ash could be seen in the pit. Inside was a stone couch about thirty centimeters high, with some tattered linen and what looked like wolf skin. Something shaped like a bow and arrow hung on the wall. The scholar reached for it, but when he touched the bow, the string turned into slag. The vicissitudes of history came to my face in an instant.

I felt a wave of sadness in my heart, as if I had crossed the curtain wall of time and came to the chieftain tribe more than 2,000 years ago. He was dressed in linen and animal skins, with a bow and arrows behind his back, and a sharp blade in his hand. The beautiful wife was smoking the fish, and the naughty son was running around the fire pit. Suddenly, there was a lot of noise in the tribe, and the tribesmen were shouting, and the enemy was coming. All the men came out, sharpening their knives and rushing towards the enemy. Blood, fireworks, swords, and shouts mingled into the eyes. Kill the enemy! Protect the tribe and the wife and children! The voice in my heart is getting louder and louder! I picked up the dagger in my hand and stabbed at the nearest foreign enemy...

When I was excited, my eyes suddenly went dark, and then I felt that my soul had left my body. The sounds of fighting and shouting faded into silence...