Escaped from the marching ant nest, the desert storm had subsided, and the archaeological team had only lost some fuel, so the rest of the journey was easy.

It took Luo Zihang and the others another half a day or so, and finally came to the transit station of this journey, which can also be said to be the outpost, the ruins of the ancient city of the West Night.

It is the remains of a castle that stands in a desert oasis, and the ruins are quite well preserved.

At the same time, it is also the terminus of the oldest ancient channel of the Peacock River, and there are underground water veins passing through it all year round, so it has become an important supply point for travelers in the desert.

The guide suggested that everyone should repair in the ancient city of West Night for two more days before entering the Black Desert, it is not easy to turn back after entering, and these days the camels are frightened, and they are carrying a large number of supplies, so they have to take good care of their feet before they can set off again.

There was no objection to this suggestion, after all, not only the camels, but also the members of the archaeological team also needed to take a good rest.

In addition, for archaeologists, the ancient city of Xiye is also very valuable for research, plus their materials are sufficient, there is no problem to stay for a few more days.

According to the original plot, "Zhou Shijie" should have suddenly remembered the knowledge on his ancient books when he was looking at the stars at night, and then deduced the tomb of a prince under the ancient city of the West Night, and then made Monica and the two professors more interested in the exquisite tomb or something.

But Luo Zihang didn't have that interest in finding any ancient tombs, he simply ate dinner, soaked his feet in hot water, and then ran to bed early......

Anyway, whether there was that tomb or not, this group of people would not give up looking for the tomb of the Absolute Queen, so why did he bother with that.

In the next few days, Luo Zihang was recuperating and did not participate in the investigation of the ancient city of Xiye by Professor Irita and others.

"Why don't you get involved? You must have graduated from the Department of Archaeology as well, right? ”

I don't know if Monica is curious by nature, or because the "plot" has a high initial impression of "Zhou Shijie", in short, after noticing Luo Zihang's "unsociable", she took the initiative to ask.

"Are you planning to return like this?" Luo Zihang did not answer her question, but asked in turn.

"Of course not." Monica frowned, "Why do you ask?" ”

"Because I have a bad premonition." Luo Zihang replied: "A once-in-a-century storm, an exaggerated number of marching ant colonies...... I've been in a similar situation before, and I'm not going to end it so easily, and I'm sure I'll run into other dangers that don't lose to these things in the future. ”

Monica bit her lower lip lightly and retorted unconvinced: "Archaeology will always encounter danger, do you archaeologists give up easily as long as you encounter something?" ”

"Sure enough...... Luo Zihang pursed his lips before answering her initial question, "So I'm going to adjust my state as much as possible now, in contrast, things like archaeological research can be put back." Besides, Arida teaches them, and they don't need me, a guy who has lost his professional skills. ”

"I see." Hearing that Luo Zihang was not afraid, Monica's mood was inexplicably brighter, but she still asked with some suspicion: "Are you too pessimistic, maybe everything will go well in the future?" ”

Luo Zihang glanced at her and said in a surging voice: "Before the marching ants appeared, you also thought so. ”

Monica was speechless, wrinkled her nose at Luo Zihang angrily, and then said firmly: "Anyway, I won't give up, I still have to look for my father, I want to see people in life, and I want to see corpses in death!" ”

"Oh."

“…… Don't you want to ask me why I'm so persistent? Seeing that Luo Zihang was so determined, Monica asked a little frantically.

Luo Zihang glanced at her strangely, "Isn't it normal for a child to want to find his father's bones?" ”

But soon he reacted, "Oh...... I see, you are educated abroad, and you don't pay that much attention to this aspect...... So, why? ”

In fact, Luo Zihang still knows the reason, he is just cooperating with Monica.

"Although I grew up abroad, I still know traditional filial piety!"

Monica retorted angrily, and then angrily stated the reason in the original book - she had been dreaming of the coffin of the Exquisite Queen, and she thought that her father was dreaming of her.

"Dream...... Luo Zihang nodded, noncommittal: "Maybe." ”

"You don't believe it?" Monica seemed to be on the same page with him, and continued to argue with Luo Zihang: "I know that China has been breaking feudal superstitions for many years, but some things are not superstitions, but today's science can't explain them for the time being. ”

"I didn't believe it......" Luo Zihang spread his hands helplessly.

At this time in the original book, Monica was not so "obsessed" with "Zhou Shijie".

Sure enough, my personal charm is too high, right?

Luo Zihang thought a little embarrassed, and then patiently explained: "I have been to the tomb several times, and I have encountered strange things, so I still believe in these phenomena that cannot be explained by science. ”

"Feng Shui Kanyu is actually not completely feudal superstition, there is still a lot of scientific basis in it." Monica defended Luo Zihang with a serious face, and then asked tentatively, "Could it be ...... Your ancestors were Feng Shui masters? Or is it ...... Touching the Golden Captain? ”

Luo Zihang, who knew the composition of the other party's family, did not hide it, and replied: "It should be a tomb robber, there are a lot of strange coping methods such as 'zongzi' in that book, as well as some customary habits of the captain who touched gold, such as lighting candles before opening the tomb." ”

Monica's face showed a hint of joy, and she said in a slightly raised tone: "Actually, my grandfather was also a captain of Captain Jin, but later he felt that it was too damaging to Yin Morality, so he didn't wash his hands. ”

As she spoke, she put her hand into the neckline, took off the gold talisman hanging around her neck and handed it to Luo Zihang.

Although the gold talisman that the big gold tooth handed over to Luo Zihang and Ah Cheng has been optimized in the movie version, Monica's gold talisman still looks much more advanced, not only the patterns on it are more complicated, but the tail is also wound with gold threads, and even a small green stone is inlaid on it, which doesn't look like jade or jadeite, it should be tourmaline.

"Brother Jie! Brother Jie is not good! ”

Just when Monica wanted to take advantage of this fate to continue a more in-depth communication with Luo Zihang, there was a sound of Ah Cheng shouting outside.

After rushing in and seeing Monica, he was stunned for a moment, but he quickly got down to business: "Senior Brother Zhang accidentally fell into the ancient well in the city when he was fetching water, and then when we pulled him up, he said that he saw a stone gate on the wall of the well, and now Professor Tian and they are discussing going in to investigate." ”

That's fine......

The corners of Luo Zihang's mouth twitched.

I didn't expect that I would be passive and slacking off, and others would still be able to discover the prince's tomb in such a funny way.

So he stood up, "Let's go, let's go and see." ”

Although he knew that there was no danger in this tomb, and even if he didn't go, there would be no problem, but he had just told Monica to keep everyone as safe as possible, and now if he was indifferent to the newly discovered tomb, wouldn't it seem a little different.

As a result, things returned to the original plot so dramatically, and the follow-up situation did not change, Luo Zihang went down first to pry the stone door open, and then went in with Professor Tian, Monica, and the junior surnamed Zhang to investigate, and after confirming that it was safe, the others came in with him.

And Luo Zihang also remembered through Professor Tian's analysis that the country where the owner of the tomb is located is called Gumo.

No way, he's been in this copy for several years, and he can't remember a lot of the details he saw before, and he mainly remembers the dangers that the protagonist will encounter, like the nouns mentioned in a small branch line that he encountered on the way, Luo Zihang really didn't put too much effort into remembering.

As for why don't you just record everything as soon as you enter the dungeon......

First of all, his mind was on the system. Secondly, he wanted to work hard and not participate in the plot at first. Also, in case the contents of his records are accidentally leaked, God knows what will happen......

And last but not least-

He's lazy.

Because he knew that there would be no danger here, Luo Zihang listened with rare interest to listen to them discuss the various discoveries in this tomb after teaching them to enter the tomb with Tian.

Then as he listened, he heard a more incongruous word pop out of Monica's mouth.

Psychic.

Well, it was she who mentioned a young boy in the United States with similar special abilities based on the abilities of the Absolute Queen in the mural.

Only then did Luo Zihang remember that in this "Yi Tiantu", which is full of gods and ghosts, there is also the setting of special functions, but it was mentioned here, and it was not said again in the follow-up, so Luo Zihang forgot about it......

Probably because Xu Wutu also felt that it was a little strange to mention any special functions in this kind of theme.

In fact, the "imaginary space" that runs through the whole text is also quite inconsistent, but in other words, it can also be considered a small cave with its own curse, or the underworld or something.

……

After discovering the tomb of Prince Gumo, to be precise, after looking at the murals about the Exquisite Queen in the tomb, Professor Tian and his party were really more interested in the Exquisite Ancient City, if it weren't for Luo Zihang's forcible request for another day, they even planned to rush to the Black Desert as soon as they came out.

However, by the next day, everyone had regrouped and continued on their way.

After entering the Black Desert, the climate became even harsher, and thanks to the guide's superior ability, he was able to confirm the location by the tracks of plants such as sand grass and artemisia in the sand nests.

With the adventure diary in Monica's hand, although the journey was hard, she didn't lose her way.

In addition, as they advanced, they also found traces of "peers", and on the way, they had already found that several tombs had been blown up by precise small directional blasts, and all of them had only been blown up for a short time.

The methods of these "peers" were even more brutal than Luo Zihang's treatment of the Jin general, and he also stuffed a black donkey's hooves into the corpse's mouth at that time, and these tomb robbers not only looted the burial goods, but even the body of the tomb owner.

That is, they don't have Luo Zihang's "protagonist halo", otherwise how could they have robbed so many tombs, but they didn't encounter a big zongzi or snakes, insects, rats and ants.

Professor Tian looked at the destroyed tombs, and was very unaware and clamored to arrest those tomb robbers, but Luo Zihang had no intention of stopping them, because he knew that most of those people had died in the Exquisite Ancient City at this time.

The archaeological team has been in the black desert for half a month, even if Luo Zihang asked for some extra materials before, there is already a shortage at this time.

To make matters worse, they were far away from the Zduyin River, the only way to replenish the water, and had no other source of drinking water other than the water they carried.

In order to save drinking water, Luo Zihang and others dug a pit in the sand during the day, erected a rainproof canvas on it, and inhaled the cool air on the ground to keep their bodies hydrated.

But even then, there is not enough food and water, and if you don't turn back in a day or two, when you go back, you have to slaughter the camels and eat them.

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Do you really have to reach a desperate situation before the ancient city appears?

Luo Zihang reluctantly thought that in the original book, the protagonist and his entourage only discovered the exquisite ancient city when they ran out of ammunition and food, but he brought about a third more water and food on the basis of the original materials, but he still couldn't arrive in advance, and this "will of the world" is really a bit inauthentic.

Although he was depressed, he was not particularly anxious, but Professor Tian couldn't be so determined.

So when they were digging a pit again to rest, Professor Tian and Monica called everyone to discuss whether they would advance or retreat next.

Luo Zihang and Ah Cheng both wanted to return directly, after all, the two had experienced several near-death situations, so they tried not to risk if they could.

And Professor Miao and the female student also have the same idea, these two have the worst physique, if Luo Zihang hadn't brought some more supplies in advance, at this time, the female student would probably have the same symptoms of acute dehydration as in the original book.

However, her situation is not much better now, and Professor Miao's situation is similar, and she may fall at any time.

And Professor Tian and Monica are determined to continue to find the exquisite ancient city, Monica can understand that Luo Zihang chose Luo Zihang, Professor Tian is also a senior member of the archaeological community, there will be such an impulsive choice, no matter how you think about it, it is affected by the plot.

Also affected by the plot, there are two male students, I don't know if it's for face or academics, or for some other reason, anyway, both of them are on Professor Tian's side.

In a four-to-four situation, the final decision is on the guide's side.

Then the guide gave a very constructive suggestion - follow the guidance of the gods.

When it comes to practical operation, it's ......

Toss a coin.

One side of the word is to move forward, and the other side of the painting is to go back the way it came.

Then the coin was stuck in the sand.

Just when everyone didn't know whether to retreat or throw it all over again, Monica followed the direction where the coin was tossed and discovered the Ragzama Mountain recorded in her adventure diary, which was also the gateway to the exquisite ancient city.

At this point, the four Luo Zihang who wanted to retreat had nothing to say, so they could only move on.

Luo Zihang silently recalled in his heart the various dangers of the Exquisite Ancient City in the original book, and sighed helplessly again......

It's going to be hard to get everyone out without falling to the ground.

And there is another point he has overlooked before, that is, after entering the Exquisite Ancient City, they will all be burdened with the curse of the ghost cave, if they really bring everyone out, then when the curse is lifted later, do they have to continue to take them?

The key is that when Li Yemei said that the curse was lifted, should the cursed person be present......

……

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