Chapter 601: Strange Stone Statues
After a short day of rest in the desert oasis, Xu Haibao and his party continued their journey. Although this desert is barren and inhabited at the moment, Xu Haibao knows that this uninhabited area was very lively in ancient times, and it is also the famous ancient Silk Road.
Times have changed, and the once prosperous Silk Road has now become a forbidden area for human beings. Although archaeological teams enter from time to time, it is still difficult to find ancient ruins buried in yellow sand.
As a result, some ancient countries that disappeared soon became lost ancient cities in the eyes of others. Some people even wonder why those originally rich ancient silk kingdoms disappeared? All unsolved mysteries are waiting to be discovered by future generations.
This time, with Tang Xingyou and others to experience here, Xu Haibao also wanted to see what secrets were hidden in this mysterious place in the eyes of the world. Exploring the experience will also add more fun.
After persevering in the first three days, everyone has gradually adapted to the desert experience in the next few days. Looking at the dead skin on the body, many team members feel it. People will probably be frightened when they see them like this.
The players who participated in the training could feel that the skin that had undergone transformation and rebirth was significantly stronger than before. Resisting the blazing sun over the desert, it is no longer as uncomfortable as before.
When the group left the desert area, they walked into an area that was still covered with yellow sand, but there were many dead poplar poles. Tang Xingyou, who was following Xu Haibao, said with a little excitement: "It should be almost Guloulan here, right?"
Judging from these dead poplars, this was also an oasis in the early years. Unfortunately, without an adequate water supply, the area slowly became a dead land. Looks like we should have gone a long way. ”
Looking at these withered poplars standing in the yellow sand, still proudly and strongly, Xu Haibao could also sense through his spiritual power that the roots of the withered poplar trees were very deep, but they still couldn't absorb deeper groundwater.
Without water supply, these poplars, which were originally the most drought-resistant, still inevitably died. Over time, it has become what it is now. Perhaps in a few years, even the dead branches of these poplars may be buried by the yellow sand.
Knowing that it was not far from the legendary Loulan Ancient City, Xu Haibao also gave the order to rest in a timely manner. The people who were originally only wearing pants quickly changed into the costumes of the scientific expedition members. As for the special operators, they are also fully armed again.
Xu Haibao, who took out a pair of glasses and belted, looked a little more scholarly. Although such a scientific expedition team should be more weird. But this kind of dress will also save a lot of trouble, so as not to scare the explorers who may appear.
There are certainly no explorers like Xu Haibao who walk through the desert, and most of the people who come here to explore here are for the ancient city hidden in this mysterious area. Some people feel that the disappeared ancient city of Loulan should be buried by yellow sand.
If someone can dig it out, the wealth accumulated in the ancient city will make the explorer rich overnight. There are many such rumors in the local area, but there are very few people who really make a fortune from the expedition, but many people die because of the expedition.
It is difficult for ordinary people to survive in this area, even professional expedition members will die here if they are not careful. It is precisely because of the strange mystery of this area that it attracts more and more explorers to explore it.
Through his spiritual power, he sensed the ruins buried under the yellow sand, and Xu Haibao could also see some of the bones buried in the yellow sand. Judging from the bones, some of them died accidentally, while others were mausoleums where the dead were buried.
Before coming to the Loulan site, Xu Haibao also read a lot of information in the special office. In general, the archaeological community has not yet given a definite answer to why the ancient kingdom of Loulan suddenly disappeared. This kind of historical mystery is difficult to solve.
It's just that the female corpse excavated in the ruins of the ancient city of Loulan in the early years has also been recorded in detail in the secret archives of the Special Academy. Before the female corpse was excavated from the ground, it looked like a living person, and it had remained uncorrupted after thousands of years.
In addition, the staff involved in the excavation appear to have subsequently fallen ill and died. And the cause of death, without exception, is organ failure. As for what causes organ failure, there is still no explanation.
Arriving at the ruins of the ancient city of Loulan, looking at the ruins that still existed, Xu Haibao said very directly: "This should not be the real location of the ancient city of Loulan, the scale of this ruins seems too small." ”
"No, where might the real ruins of the ancient city be?"
"Judging from this ruins, the ancient city should not be far from this ruins. If I'm not mistaken, these ruins should be the location of a bustling commercial main street in the ancient city of Loulan. As for the main city, it should be around here. ”
"But it looks normal around here!"
If the ancient city of Loulan was really so easy to find, it wouldn't be a mystery. ”
Xu Haibao, who was chatting with everyone, looked into the distance, looking at the sand dunes buried by yellow sand. He felt that if the ancient city of Loulan really existed, the most likely place to exist was these towering sand dunes.
Unfortunately, there are too many of the sand dunes and there are even quicksand traps in some places. If you are not careful, you may be swallowed up by quicksand. This kind of trap is also the most feared existence of explorers who come here to adventure.
Once you get stuck in this quicksand pit, it will be extremely difficult to get out. Even some large quicksand pits will be swallowed up by people and carts or camels. In such a complex environment, it is not easy to find a buried ancient city!
Walking around the ruins of the ancient city through spiritual power, and finding that there was nothing valuable, Xu Haibao said: "Old Tang, it's not early, find a sheltered place, and let's rest nearby for a night at night." ”
"Good!"
Walking into this area, it is still barren. Compared with the desert hinterland that I walked in before, the conditions of the place where the ruins of the ancient city are located at this moment are still better than the desert. At least some of the ruins are able to shelter from the wind and sand.
While others were setting up tents and camping, Xu Haibao walked to the sand dunes next to the ruins and observed the situation buried under the yellow sand through his spiritual power. On the way here, Xu Haibao also found a lot of bones that had not been collected.
From those bones, Xu Haibao felt that there should be something unknown near the ruins. At least in the vicinity of this ruin, there must have been some unknown chaos going on. Is it the result of the war, or is it something else?
Even if you are a Jindan monk, Xu Haibao still feels that it is really not easy to find out the buried historical truth. It's just that when you get to this place, if you really have a secret, you will encounter it sooner or later.
Rest safely near the ruins for the night, although Xu Haibao has found some valuable metal objects. But Xu Haibao still didn't stop, but continued to move forward. Those gold products did not have much effect on Xu Haibao.
There are even many of them, which can obviously be seen to be the burial objects of the ancients in the early years. If it is excavated, Xu Haibao feels that it is completely unnecessary. Gold is not as strong as a meteorite for Xu Haibao.
Continuing along the ancient river buried by yellow sand, Xu Haibao and his party finally made a discovery just when Xu Haibao and his party were about to enter the mysterious Lop Nur area. Looking at the sand dunes under his feet, Xu Haibao suddenly ordered to stop advancing.
Seeing Xu Haibao, who stopped suddenly, Tang Xingyou, who understood him, immediately said, "Have you found something?"
"Something strange was discovered, and it was hidden beneath the dunes. Get out of the way, I'll clean things out, and it's never too late to study it. That's a bit of research value to me. ”
Through spiritual power, I observed that under the sand dunes, there was an ancient building that had been buried. What really made Xu Haibao curious was that the things placed in this ancient building could resist the detection of his spiritual power.
Xu Haibao and the others, who had paused their way forward, began to dig around the huge sand dunes. When the things placed in the ancient building were excavated and the huge stone statue was revealed, someone said, "This stone statue looks so weird!"
That's right, the huge stone figure buried in the sand dunes is very strangely carved. Even Wang Yuzhu and the others felt a little uncomfortable when they saw this stone statue. Only Xu Haibao seemed a little thoughtful.
After the final confirmation, Xu Haibao was also surprised in his heart: "Magic stone puppet! This thing should be a magic stone puppet worshiped by ancient demon cultivators, no wonder it can resist my spiritual power to spy on it." Could it be that there were demon cultivators here in the early years?"
A group of cultivators who are naturally opposed to cultivators, a group of crazy cultivators who will do anything to improve their cultivation. In the era of the existence of cultivators, once the demon cultivators and cultivators met, it was a never-ending struggle.
"Keep digging! Remember, don't touch these statues, they're weird!"
Seeing Xu Haibao confessing so cautiously, everyone didn't dare to ask anything, and continued to throw the yellow sand covering the stone statues and buildings to other places. Not long after, the heads of stone statues were exposed to the ground.
Just as the excavation was coming to an end, several magic stone golems revealed their bodies. Looking at the gradually darkening sky, Xu Haibao suddenly said: "Stop first!
"Dig tomorrow, what about that night?"
"Camp next to it! Cheer up at night, these stone statues are strange. I've always felt like I shouldn't let them reappear. Forget it, be careful!"
"Understood!"
Looking at these magic stone puppets that had excavated most of them, Xu Haibao could feel that there was very little magic power left on them. In fact, magic is also a type of spiritual power. It's just that magic is more difficult to control and easier to fantasize.
Digging during the day, there is a blazing sunlight to suppress, and the magic power of the magic stone puppet will be suppressed. Now that it was dark, Xu Haibao was worried that something would happen, so he decided to temporarily stop the excavation work and continue digging after dawn.
If something really happened, Xu Haibao would also find a way to move these magic stone puppets to the Chaos Bead space. Even if the puppet stone statue is weird, when it comes to the Chaos Bead, it will be ruthlessly suppressed!