The dust accumulated in the space became thicker and heavier, and after a while, the surrounding vision was muddy and yellow, and it was not clear to see more than ten steps away.

The three men pulled down their masks and bowed forward.

The camel kept screaming in horror.

Suddenly asked, the wind was blowing.

The wind suddenly struck from all directions, headless and brainless, and the sand grains it carried hit the body like arrows, and it was still painful through the thick cloth.

Not only are the grains of sand flying wildly in the air, but the sand under their feet is also dancing and whirling.

The desert showed its violent and brutal side, sweeping them all into the sand of the stormy waves.

Ye Chongqing shouted wildly: "Stop! ”

However, they are like grass in a typhoon, and they are completely incapable of mastering.

Angliss cried wildly, "You can't stop, and as soon as you stop, the sand will bury you." ”

Grains of sand burrowed into their clothes, shoved into their necks, eyes and throats.

Ye Chongqing naturally did not want to die in the desert like this, he did not want his efforts to be in vain, and he did not want his dream to come to naught. The thought of this made him have a tenacious will.

They are like blind men, groping their way forward.

The wind and sand roared around them like beasts.

I don't know how much time passed, but the wind and sand gradually calmed down.

The sky was thick with dust.

The grains of sand gradually fall downwards and are scattered on the ground in layers.

The next morning, Ye Chongqing urged Angliss to continue the trip.

Walking alone on the bare sandy plains, a few clouds floating sparsely overhead.

The dryness and furnace-like temperatures made the earth lose all life, and the bright light was relentlessly shining directly at them.

At dusk, the sand gives way to the gravel, and when the gravel gradually turns to coarse grains, the sun hides below the horizon.

The cold is coming.

Ye Chongqing lost its sense of time and space, and only knew how to keep moving forward, leaving footprints one after another on the sand, and the brief traces of human contact with the desert. Fantastic unreal world.

The crescent moon shy in the dim afterglow of the sun, revealing a soft fairy posture.

Angliss excitedly and said, "It's here! It's here! ”

So, Ye Chongqing also involuntarily quickened his pace and led the camel forward.

As far as the eye can see, the monotonous horizon of the desert seems to be hidden in the twilight.

An hour later, they came to a dry river with a bed of blue-black slate.

Angliss followed the slate to the southwest.

Two hours later, it was completely dark, and under the guidance of the crescent moon, we reached the end of the slate.

Adri cried out for joy, and saw a green field in front of him, and the grass and shrubs were crowded with all kinds of creatures. Birds hover in the air, butterflies flutter in groups.

At the heart of this oasis, there is a puddle of water, the water level is low, but enough to delight those who travel long distances.

Ignoring the animal droppings that littered the waterhole, they threw themselves down and gulped down the water. Grasshoppers jumped around them.

That night, they were content to lie on a grass more than ten meters from the puddle, looking up at the starlight in the sky.

The universe is magnificent.

Camels graze leisurely.

"What's next?" Ye Chongqing was preoccupied, and whispered to Lin Wanru, "Let's rest here and bring enough water." ”

"You're going to get rid of Anglis?"

Ye Chongqing sighed, wrinkles folded into a heap, "No way, this matter can't be known to a third person, we have to act on our own." ”

Two pigeons sparled in the night sky, chirping and chirping.

"I understand, I listen to you." Lin Wanru's dependence and trust in Yeqing Chongqing has reached the point of losing her principles, and she has come to this point, and there is no turning back.

Ye Chongqing glanced at her approvingly, and said with a smile: "If we can get out of this desert alive and we can successfully complete the task, I promise, I will spend the rest of my life taking care of you, loving you, and making up for all my debts to you!" ”

Lin Wanru was silent, her eyes were gentle for a moment, and angry for a moment, "I don't want you to make up for it, as long as your love is enough!" ”

On a desert oasis, beside a precious puddle, under the cape of the stars and moon, it is so gentle.

As she spoke, Lin Wanru pillowed on Ye Chongqing's shoulder, listened to the chirping of insects, and fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, but the sound of sitting up came from Anglis.

In the clear light of the moon, Anglis's face was surprisingly solemn.

"What's the matter?"

There was calm all around, and there was no unusual sight or sound.

Angli jumped up, he lived in the desert, he had the special super-spiritual sense of desert people, "It's over, they surrounded us!" ”

"Let's go?"

"I can't escape, they are surrounded from all sides."

At this moment, there was a sound from the south.

After a while, voices rang out from all directions.

It's the sound of a camel's hoof.

Stirring in the oasis.

"It's strange, we've already taken refuge in the 'Salt Lake', why don't these bandits let us go!" Angliss was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

"How do I know!" Chongqing is even more urgent.

"Is it for us?" Lin Wanru suddenly had an assumption, "They came for the archaeological team." ”

"The archaeological team?"

"Yes, yes, yes, there is a possibility!" Angliss nodded repeatedly, "It must be like this, they must be eyeing the site you are looking for, maybe there is a priceless treasure buried there, and they will take the risk." ”

A large number of camel caravans surrounded them, and the bandits sitting on the camels showed fierce eyes and murderous spirits.

Angliss was stunned and fell to the ground.

The encircled bandits parted at this time.

A man dressed in camouflage and wearing a cowboy hat rode a particularly tall and powerful and richly decorated male camel, calmly stepped into the circle, stopped in front of them, and looked down from above.

This man was about forty years old, full of spirit and strength, with a pair of fierce eyes, and a face much longer than ordinary people, blue and white, which made people feel that he killed people and would not be merciful.

His waist and spine were straight, as if formed by a mixture of cement and steel.

"I'm 'Nine Eagles', which of you is Ye Chongqing?" Jiuying's eyes shot a stern essence, looked at the three of them, and finally stopped at Ye Chongqing's face, and asked, "Are you Ye Chongqing?" ”

His voice was hoarse and high-pitched, unpleasant.

Ye Chongqing was just about to answer.

Angli replied, "I'm just his guide, and he said he'd give me a lot of money to take him to ......."

Nine Eagle burst out from between his teeth, and said coldly, "Shut up!" I haven't asked you yet, what the fuck are you? ”

A bandit behind him immediately rushed up and whipped him in the back.

Anglis's whole body shook violently in pain, and he didn't dare to leak half of his voice.

Jiuying looked at Ye Chongqing and said, "You! ”

Ye Chongqing took a deep breath and deliberately said loudly: "I am Ye Chongqing, you ...... Whatever you want, I can give you the money. ”

Nine eagles looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, howling like a wild wolf, and the momentum was terrifying.

"Okay, okay, hahaha, I finally found you, you really told me to find it!" At this moment, another whip from the bandit had already hit him.

Ye Chongqing howled, "What do you want? ”

"We want you to know in your heart, as long as you take me to the place you want to go, I promise, after the deed is done, I will let you go, and ensure that you can all leave intact."

"How did you know about this? Our archaeological operation is top secret, it is impossible to leak the news? ”

"Top secret? Hahahaha? Top secret fart, before you even entered this desert, the news has already spread, on the black market, as long as the price is right, you can't buy any information. Jiuying said proudly, "I heard Lao Yang from the Cultural Relics Bureau say that this time your actions are very weighty, it just so happens that our brothers have been fighting the autumn wind in the past few days, so we have found such a big deal, how about it?" Professor Ye, to cooperate or not to cooperate? ”

At this time, Ye Chongqing was in Lin Wanru's impression, no, to be precise, in her imagination, she was still a good professor with a sense of justice, so at this time, she stepped forward and scolded angrily: "Shameless, don't be delusional, we will not cooperate with you reactionaries." ”

Jiuying turned his head and walked around, and said in a deep voice: "Okay! Then don't blame me, come on, take these two with you. ”

Lin Wanru still wanted to protest, but the barrel of a gun was pressed against her back, and she shouted, "Let's go." ”

Lin Wanru and Ye Chongqing looked at each other.

The two leave the oasis under the tutelage of bandits. Walk into the endless desert.

The next few days of the journey were miserable.

The things on Lin Wanru and Ye Chongqing's bodies, from watches to paper strokes, were forcibly taken by greedy bandits. Not to mention the money, more than 5,000 cash on his body was taken away.

The two of them were strangely identified, and they didn't know whether they should be counted as prisoners or guests.

Every morning, the sand is always as cold as frost and snow, but two hours after the sun comes out, the sand is immediately hot and hot, and everyone who dares to trample on it like a steamer.

One is cold and the other is hot, which makes people exhausted. Beginning the next day, the brigade began to slow down as they climbed one unanimous undulating sand dune after another.

No matter which direction you look at, it is a sand dune that rises one after another like a peak, and it seems that the world has always been like this.

When the camp was set up on the third night, Ye Chongqing summoned him to the tabernacle of the Nine Eagles. The tabernacle was sewn with rectangular pieces of gray and white cloth, and was supported by eight columns and four beams. The inside is very spacious, enough for more than 10 people.

The ground was covered with a thick carpet that made one forget the weary grains of sand underneath.

Nine Eagle sat cross-legged in the middle of the tent alone, and one of his men squatted in a corner, making tea for him. Ye Chongqing walked through the piles of camel saddles, cloth bags, food, water bladders, and weapons on the carpet to the Nine Eagles.

Jiuying raised his hand and sat down.

Someone handed over a three-inch-high teacup, filled with fiery tea.

Jiuying raised the teacup, said one word: "Please", and then raised his head and drank it all.

Ye Chongqing was a little at a loss, and said tremblingly: "What are you asking me to do?" ”

"Hahaha, Professor, Professor, you should know who I am, we people live a life of licking blood at the tip of a knife, I hope you don't embarrass me, let alone challenge my patience." Nine Eagle glared at him, "This is a plan that is beneficial to everyone, I will get rich, you will become famous, kill two birds with one stone, how about taking what you need?" ”