In the morning, the rain had stopped.

The scorching sun in the desert evaporated the traces of last night's heavy rain within two hours of sunrise.

After sleeping for a few hours, Li Bai came to the first floor of the hotel to have something to eat, but when he came down, he found that only Fu Feichen was sitting at the dining table, and no one else was there.

"Mr. Cezelle, aren't they coming for breakfast?" When Li Bai came to the table and sat down, he casually asked Fu Feichen.

Fu Feichen also replied while eating: "Ah, they all went out early in the morning, saying that they were going to inquire about intelligence and recruit troops by the way." ”

"Oh......" Li Bai replied, and then asked tentatively, "Aren't you going with them?"

Unexpectedly, Fu Feichen's answer was, "It was Mr. Cesaire who asked me to stay here, and he said that if they hired new people, they would directly ask the other party to come here and report to me." ”

When Li Bai heard this, he hurriedly asked again: "So, you have decided to join their treasure hunting team?"

"Hmm. Fu Feichen nodded, "Li Bai, to be honest, in fact, I didn't really follow you to Yucheng to ask for debts, I just found an excuse to come here because I was worried about your safety, but after seeing your skills yesterday, I understood...... My worries are unfounded. "So, if you don't want to go with us, then I won't force you, but I've decided to go on a treasure hunt with Mr. Cezaire." ”

As soon as he said this, Li Bai understood that Fu Feichen had already made up his mind.

But Li Bai still wanted to persuade the other party a little: "But...... Flying Dust, if you go as Mr. Cezelle's helper, then in the end it is only Mr. Cezaire who can get the treasure and 'grant your wish', and all you can get is a commission, for this ...... Is it worth risking your life?"

"Ha!" Fu Feichen laughed dryly, a trace of bitterness appeared between his eyebrows, "That's why I said Li Bai, you are still naïve......" He shook his head and pointed at himself with his finger, "A scavenger in the clouds like me, what day is there when he is not risking his life?"

Fu Feichen said, picked up a glass of wine on the table, took a sip, and then continued: "Actually, when I was young, my family was not bad, but because of the war, I lost my home, and our family was forced to wander from the border of the Great Wall to the desert outside......

"My parents died in exile, and when I was 10 years old, I became an orphan and scavenged alone in the vast sea of sand.

"Sand bandits, exotic beasts, water shortages, and sometimes even plain bad weather...... Almost every day I came across something that would have killed me, but I survived.

"And my dream, or 'wish', has always been simple – I just want to save a lot of money so that I can find a place to settle down and live a stable life.

"So, as you said, even if the 'wish' of the treasure goes to Mr. Césaire, it doesn't matter, I just need that commission. ”

After listening to Fu Feichen's revelation, Li Bai finally understood what had happened before.

Before Fu Feichen said this, Li Bai didn't know that Fu Feichen had such a past, let alone what the other party's dream was, although Li Bai's original intention to dissuade Fu Feichen was good, but since the other party had come to his senses, he should indeed respect his friend's choice.

Therefore, Li Bai swallowed back the thing that he had originally planned to tell Fu Feichen about "the treasure may be fake at all".

"Okay, I see. After a few seconds of silence, Li Bai continued, "If that's the case, then I'll accompany you." ”

"Huh?" Fu Feichen was stunned when he heard this, "Why did you suddenly change your mind again?"

Li Bai smiled and replied with the set of words that Fu Feichen made up at the beginning: "Because I'm afraid that my 'creditor' will never return, which will cause me to become an old scoundrel invisibly, and my reputation is not very good." ”

"Hey...... If you're going to come with me, you're going to curse yourself into it. Fu Feichen complained.

"You can't even hear the sarcasm, forget it...... Seriously. Li Bai smiled and confidently continued, "Since you can come to Jade City for my friend, then I can also find treasures for you, a friend, besides...... I really haven't met an opponent that I can't solve with a broken sword so far. ”

Li Bai said this part, and Fu Feichen also understood: in fact, even if Xiaofu didn't say so much just now, Li Bai had already seen through that he didn't come to Yucheng for the reason of "collecting debts".

When Li Bai mentioned the matter of "creditor" again just now, he only told him in the same way - the reason why I am willing to take risks is not for any treasure, let alone for reward, but for friends.

"Heh......" Fu Feichen was happy and moved, but there were some things that men would say directly would be more numb, so he also learned from Li Bai's calm tone at this time to open the topic, "Then for the sake of your reputation and your debts, why don't you calculate your commission this time to my account?"

Li Bai picked up the wine glass and replied with a smile: "Then please ...... Let's live well until the day of checkout. ”

............

At dusk, the Cezaire siblings and Li Xingwei returned.

It was undoubtedly a terrible day for the Cesaire siblings - not only did they not recruit any new blood, but even the few remaining mercenaries they brought out this morning were poached by other forces.

Of course, in Li Bai's view, this is not a particularly surprising development.

The vast majority of mercenaries have no loyalty to speak of, and only take money to do things, and judging from the current situation of treasure hunting in the city, it is obviously much better to join those teams with more numbers and strong soldiers than to stay in a team of only a few people like Cezaire.

However, after learning that Li Bai was willing to join the treasure hunt team with Fu Feichen, Sezer was still very happy, and this was also the best news he heard today.

And Li Xingwei didn't make any comments on Li Bai's sudden entry into the game, and he didn't know what he was planning now.

There was nothing to say that night, but the next morning a poem suddenly began to circulate in the city—

One wish to return to the embers,

The ancient city of desert burial.

The snake is on the verge of a thousand feet,

A hundred years is now a morning.

That translates to this: the treasure that can grant "any wish" exists in an ancient city-state that has disappeared, in the desert buried in the clouds, and only when the super black sandstorm that occurs once in a hundred years, that is, the "desert snake", comes, that city will appear for a short period of time.

Obviously, this news was released by the jade mage who was overheard by Li Bai last night, and this was his response to Li Bai's "scaring the snake".

Although there were enough people gathered in Jade City during this time, and there were constant frictions, it was all a small fight among the thugs, and it didn't endanger the real bigwigs at all...... As time dragged on, and no substantial new information about the treasure flowed out, the patience of the various forces was almost at the limit, and if it dragged on any longer, people might not continue to be consumed here.

Therefore, Li Bai's action last night could be regarded as giving the jade mage a reason to act.

The appearance of this "new information" undoubtedly made the information that Li Bai discovered last night meaningless, if there was no new information, then Li Bai went to tell others that "the treasure and the key are fake, and it is a conspiracy used by the top management of the Secret Jade Society to lead you to fight with the clam ", there may still be people who believe it, but now...... Treasure hunters across the city are once again in a state of frenzy.

At this time, if Li Bai went to tell others this, people would definitely think that he was deceiving people, and that he was deceiving others to give up treasure hunting, so as to increase his chances of getting treasures.

Even Li Xingwei, who is deeply scheming, has rekindled hope.

Although rationally speaking, Li Xingwei also understands that the inference made by Li Bai last night is very likely to be the truth, but the "things" that Li Xingwei is carrying make him have to hold on to the luck that the treasure really exists.

............

To make a long story short, three days later, according to the "historical text" released by the Secret Jade Society, the day of the once-in-a-century "Desert Snake" will come.

And the location where the snake appeared was fixed every time, on the edge of a canyon dozens of miles southeast of Yucheng.

So, in the early morning of this day, all the people and horses who had been waiting in the Jade City for many days, regardless of whether they had the "key" or did not have the "key", all poured out of the city in their own sand boats, camels, horses, machine beasts and other vehicles.

The scene was like a huge group migrating in the desert.

And the most eye-catching in this mighty procession is the "mobile fortress" that the viscount is riding.

This is a "super vehicle" with Haidu characteristics, its width and length are more than 100 meters, and the height is more than 20 meters, the bottom of the vehicle is provided by "black crystal sand" to provide a strong suspension force, built-in Chaoge mechanism variant engine transformed by Haidu technology, a large number of rough style weapons are installed on the body of the huge vehicle made of metal, and there are more than a dozen large chimneys that are emitting black smoke at the very top.

Don't look at it as a behemoth, but it is reliable and definitely not slow, if a slow vehicle or animal dares to stand in front of it, it will definitely be crushed and crushed mercilessly......

Of course, there could not have been any obstacles in front of the viscount's mobile fortress, because his vehicle was surrounded by mercenaries under his command, and after he had gathered all the men and horses from all over the world, his team was full of thousands of people, and the others did not dare to approach them.

In addition to the Viscount's "army", the scavengers of the Children of the Sand Sea and the mercenaries led by the giants of the South China Sea Chamber of Commerce formed two other larger forces.

Originally, these centaurs were also divided into small and medium-sized forces, but in order to fight against the viscount's huge "legion", they could only temporarily form an alliance to strengthen their momentum.

Of course, everyone knows that such "allies" can indeed only be strong, no one really trusts each other, all small teams, even individuals, all have their own ghosts, and when it comes to the treasure, who cares about any ally? Employer? That is an opportunity to "make any wish come true", and in front of this temptation, betrayal of each other is the normal reaction.

As for the last party of this treasure hunting team, they are the guys who are disliked even for "forming an alliance......

For example, the sand bandits of the Sand Boat Brotherhood, they naturally want to come to grab the treasure, but no matter which force will not form an alliance with their vulture-like guys, even within themselves, they are all divided into small groups of more than a dozen people, just like the sand bandit team led by the "jade-faced gecko" before, fighting separately.

And what else...... It's like our poor young master Cezelle, a team of only a few people to grab the treasure.

Because their numbers are so small, no one takes them seriously at all, and Cezaire has never disclosed his identity as a Haidu noble, let alone the bosses of other forces who treat Cezaire as an ally on an equal footing with him.

One might think that it has come to this point, is it necessary for Césaire to fight for that treasure again? He himself is not short of wealth and status, why would he risk his life with his sister to do such a thing? Even if they give up here, they can still return to Haidu and continue to be their nobles, right?

But in fact...... Like Li Xingwei, Sasail and the others have a reason to have to go and grab the treasure.

There are some things in this world that cannot be solved by money or force.

Since the "Second Age" of Haidu, Cezaire's family of executioners has gained unprecedented power through the combination of crystallization pollution and mechanism, which has allowed them to gradually rise from the heavily polluted areas that outsiders can't avoid, but along with this power, the "crystallization disease" has also tormented their family like a curse for generations.

In Cezaire's generation, the deterioration of the condition has a tendency to become younger and younger, and if this continues, in a few generations, I am afraid that the children of their family will die of crystallization disease before they reach adulthood.

In order to save his sister, who is no longer optimistic, and for the future of the family, Cezaire pinned his hopes on this seemingly ethereal treasure, and Kelly also came here with her brother for the same purpose.

It's just that they didn't talk about these things to Li Bai, Fu Feichen and Li Xingwei, let alone to the bodyguards they hired before, because this is their family's own business, and it is somewhat of a sympathy or moral kidnapping to the people they hire.

Besides...... Others who are not related to you may not be moved by your reason and will really help you win the treasure.

Therefore, Césaire's trip was very low-key from beginning to end, he never showed his identity, and he didn't even use his full name when introducing himself to others, and wherever he went, he just spent money and did his best.

If Li Bai hadn't overheard the conversation between the jade mage and his subordinates in the Secret Jade Society, he wouldn't have known the true identities of the Cesaire brothers and sisters, of course...... Li Bai is not the kind of person who does not understand the amorous feelings, as long as Cecair himself does not talk about it, Li Bai will not say this.

However, it was Césaire's principles, or rather his demeanor and persistence, that put him in the predicament in front of him.

The five of them had to fight against the thousands of people in front of them, which was really a bit desperate.

Even before they could reach the edge of the canyon, danger struck......