With the cooperation of the strange people of the rivers and lakes, everyone rediscovered the dry ancient river channel and locked its flow direction.

Therefore, everyone continued to advance along the ancient river channel to the hinterland of the desert.

The scenery on both sides of the ancient river is very peculiar.

Dead poplar forests are everywhere, row after row, forming a very strange shape.

It's like the north wind blowing.

I'm a little unsure.

But it's spectacular.

Walked for a day and a half.

A large number of stolen tombs began to appear on both sides of the ancient waterway.

I also saw a lot of bones along the way, including the bones of ancient people and modern people.

But almost all of them were air-dried.

From a distance, it is extremely weird.

Outside the ancient tomb, you can also see broken pottery shards discarded at will, scattered copper arrowheads, etc.

Several archaeologists didn't feel tired at this time.

Together, they asked to stop and recuperate, and let them dig and study.

However, in this harsh environment, the minority obeys the majority.

Each time it was denied.

Later, Sun Xuewu withdrew from the application.

He wasn't even very interested in the tombs and wreckage at first.

Zhou Zimo's spirit is quite strong.

It's just that he was glared at by Wei Ping'an for the first time, and then wilted with his mentor.

There are too many tombs and remnants along the way.

After the successive applications have no effect, they can only be resigned.

Later, after seeing too much, I gradually became numb.

Another day or so passed.

In the bend of an ancient river channel.

The water source was found.

The whole team was a whole, and collectively gasped.

The breath that was pouring out of my heart poured out with the water source.

The spirit does not increase but decreases.

Truth be told, several researchers have been sent out by soldiers because they are unwell and have fallen into a coma.

There are also warlocks who want to follow suit.

But there are Chinese medicine doctors in the ranks, and there are also military doctors in the soldiers.

There is no room for a grain of sand in the eyes.

In just over the past day, more than a dozen ideological slacking elements who want to speculate have been identified one after another.

The result is naturally to make an example of the chickens.

The group set up camp near the water source.

Wei Ping'an came to Ai Mudi's tent.

Bring her some cold water and something to eat.

Ai Muqi tacitly took it and ate it.

In the past two days, others have lacked water and food, but Ai Mudi will definitely not be less.

With Wei Ping'an by his side, how could he suffer his own woman.

The Xuanjia of the space attribute is not only Wei Ping'an, but also An Zhiyong, who is accompanying him.

It's just that this kind of thing belongs to a small range of cognition, and a large range of secret existence.

"I feel like I'm looking for someone, it's more like looking for something."

Ai Muqi said casually.

Only by guarding his own man will Ai Mudi express his true thoughts without scruples.

"Don't talk about it, just do it."

Ai Mu's eyes wandered, and he took a deep look at Wei Ping'an.

She knew at this moment that Wei Ping'an must have known something.

But she didn't continue the topic either.

If he could, Wei Ping'an would naturally tell her.

Since the point stops, it can't be said, can't be said.

Anyway, between the two people, the trust is 100%.

With Wei Ping'an by his side, Ai Mudi doesn't have to make everything clear.

Following Wei Ping'an to do the task together, she was very relieved.

You must know that it has only been more than a year since she went to that "paradise".

If you have enough confidence, you will not be afraid of anything.

The night vigil was the duty of the warriors.

No matter how difficult the environment is, even if the scientific researchers and most of the strange people in the rivers and lakes are tired and lie down, the soldiers will not lack vigilance because of the desert hinterland.

Ai Mutong got up.

She always had a crisp click in her ears.

It made her heart uneasy.

"It's okay, don't worry."

Wei Ping'an said without raising his eyelids.

"Old Wei, didn't you hear any movement?"

"The temperature difference between day and night in Lop Nur is too large, and the amplitude of thermal expansion and cold contraction is so large that the branches cannot bear it, and the sound of the bark being stretched open ......"

Ai Mudi didn't believe Wei Ping'an's judgment.

But I saw that the time had also come to midnight.

I simply got up and went out to inspect it, and by the way, I deliberately watched the clicking sound of the branches up close.

And so it was.

Ai Mudi returned to the tent and continued to sleep.

Come late into the night.

It's nearly three o'clock.

Wei Ping'an suddenly opened his eyes, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

In the next second, Wei Ping'an's figure on the sleeping mat suddenly disappeared.

Almost at the same time, he appeared on a small sand dune more than fifty meters away.

At this time, he was fully armed, and his whole body was hidden in an all-black armor of the Make model.

On the mountain in the distance, there is a group of winding processions, estimated to be hundreds of people, holding torches, walking slowly along the mountain.

Wei Ping'an looked through the armor and saw that those people were abnormal, with solemn expressions, dressed in black clothes, and there was no sound during the march.

The figures in the distance were crowded, and Wei Ping'an didn't make any moves, just stood and watched, also silent.

After a while, the tail of the team was about to circle around the back of the mountain and disappear.

A faint light came.

Wei Ping'an's figure disappeared again, appearing on another sand dune about a hundred meters to the east.

He saw a scene that surprised him.

A golden disc slowly swirled over the team.

Wei Ping'an could even faintly hear the sound of buzzing.

It looks like a legendary UFO.

The procession without a shadow under the torches slowly disappeared behind the mountain along with the UFO object.

It didn't go far, and the UFO object didn't fly away, just like a mirage, it turned from physical to illusory, and finally disappeared.

But through the mecha detection, when the UFO object hovered in the sky, Wei Ping'an did detect the fluctuation of the air.

If not.

It doesn't make up the buzzing sound in the brain.

Yes.

The sound didn't really appear.

It's just the result of Wei Ping'an's brain supplement.

This scene, or it may be real, but those people have no shadows, which is very weird.

Or maybe it's a mirage.

Like the kind of experts who came out to 'refute rumors'.

There are magnets buried in the ground, the magnetic field is chaotic, and the lightning memory function is ......

Although Wei Ping'an knew that it was nonsense, he couldn't tell what kind of effect this was.

It's real, it's real.

He witnessed it all, but he didn't share it with anyone.

The next day.

The team started again.

After a night of rest and adjustment, everyone's original spirit seems to have returned.

When water and materials are sufficient, the will and behavior of the team's hard work can still be easily carried out.

It was almost day and night and the march was more than a week.

The crowd finally arrived at their destination.

A gray-haired archaeologist from the Chinese Academy of Sciences wept bitterly as he hugged an eroded, mottled and strange stone carving.

The meaning of the words is that if you can come here in your lifetime, you can also be blind to death.

Wei Ping'an was speechless.

Come to this place.

It's as if you've arrived at your destination.

It seems that this mission is not to find people, but to find places.

The so-called task of finding Deputy Director Peng is just a banner to cover people's eyes.

Wei Ping'an knew it.

But he didn't know what it meant to be here.

Let's just wait and see what happens.

On the other side, the tired team of charlatans immediately began to get busy.

Through their expertise, they will open a portal to the underground somewhere.

Researchers on the other side are starting to recuperate.

After the portal is dug through, it will be arranged for those who are full of physical strength and good spirit to go down to the inside for investigation and excavation.

Wei Ping'an called Zhou Zimo.

"The first batch, you can't go down. Your teacher is not in the right spirit today, and you are taking care of him above. Wait for the results below, and then go down with your mentor in the second batch......"

"Oh. Good. ”

Zhou Zimo is also hesitating to sign up actively.

He was also worried that it would not be appropriate to leave his mentor here alone and no one to take care of him.

As for himself, he actually really wanted to go down and find out.

After all, it's just a fledgling stunned young man.

But he had to listen to his brother-in-law's words.

It just happened to be a passive choice.

Wei Ping'an watched coldly, Sun Xuewu is a thief.

He has other important responsibilities, so naturally he will not rashly go to this strange underground.

So when I came to the place, I suddenly became mentally depressed and unwell, which makes sense.

After all, I'm old.

It's full of plenty of reasons.

Half a day later.

Underground passages were dug up.

The task that Ai Muqi and the others received was to guard the portal and prevent the spread.

So as soon as the portal was dug up, he took over the defense and guarding there.

More than a dozen heavily armed warriors dressed in swarthy mechs suddenly appeared, causing everyone around them to feel a deep sense of depression.

On weekdays, except for a few people who wear mechas, the rest are carried on their bodies as backpacks.

Now a dozen of them have popped up all of a sudden.

According to the rotation of soldiers, there are at least two groups of mecha warriors to follow.

It makes scientific researchers and charlatans feel worried.

This mission is not easy.

This kind of mecha warrior, can people like us see it?

The portal was open, but no one was allowed to enter.

It's as if they're waiting for the next news.

The group also took advantage of this time to recuperate and adjust their state.

The night is like ink.

A team of five silently gathered with the sentinels.

Then, taking advantage of the darkness of the night, two of them showed their documents and became the first people to enter the underground base.

Wei Ping'an was in a tent not far away.

Through the ability of spatial refraction, I spied on the occurrence of this thing.

On his face, there was a solemn expression.

The one who quietly came over and entered the underground turned out to be Deputy Bureau Peng who was looking for under the banner.

Early morning.

The temperature in the desert is still hot, but it is within the range that everyone can bear.

Wei Ping'an walked out of the tent.

Academician Wu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who came over, greeted with a smile: "Mr. Wei, I will bother you for a while." ”

"Oh? What does this say? ”

"We can go inside, the first batch, we will discuss with you......"

Wei Ping'an thought slightly.

"That's really embarrassing, I wasn't feeling well last night, I may need some time to adjust, this time I won't go down first."

Academician Wu was stunned.

But he didn't care too much, and nodded: "Okay, then wait until you are rested and join us." The weather in the desert is too harsh, and it is inevitable that you will be unwell. ”

As he spoke, Academician Wu shook his head.

Maybe I was thinking in my heart that although Mr. Wei looked young, he was his own peer after all.

There is still a big gap between the appearance and the inside.

"You're not going down? Is there any danger in this? ”

Ai Muqi asked secretly.

"Be careful. I can't say, but it's certainly not easy. ”

"You're fine, aren't you? Or is it really uncomfortable? ”

Wei Ping'an shook his head.

"I'll go to the tent and take a rest, remember not to let people disturb me."

"Okay."

This time Wei Ping'an went to his tent.

He was in a tent with Academician Wu.

Both of them are considered to be convened by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, although Wei Ping'an did not rest much in this tent.

Academician Wu was also accompanied by a student, who also looked to be in his thirties, helping him sort out some codexes and pen and ink tools.

I think it's going to take notes when I go on an expedition.

After saying hello to them, Wei Ping'an pretended to have a headache and simply lay on his sleeping mat and closed his eyes to recuperate.

In fact, the spatial projection ability has been dispersed, and the position of the portal is always watched.

When he came here yesterday, Wei Ping'an launched a space projection, but he was very surprised.

He couldn't peek into the underground environment.

It was as if there was an energy that prevented him from prying eyes.

But the system perception clearly reminded him that he could teleport in.

I feel that this single shield is just a shielding of spatial ability, or a snooping of mental power.

In less than an hour, a huge procession of dozens of people gathered in front of the excavated underground hole.

More than 20 soldiers were also going to follow.

Keep everyone safe.

Among them, it does not include the mecha warriors led by Ai Mudi.

Their only role is to guard the portal and prevent accidental spread.

As for what is the spread......

Wei Ping'an had already vaguely guessed.

Ostensibly he won't go down because he wants to avoid suspicion.

After all, he didn't want to be in a situation where he was not very free for a few years, and he was likely to be studied.

However, he had a plan.

He must go down this trip to lie underground.

Because the riots of the system are once again constantly reminding him.

There will be good gains below.

It's a skill, or it's a point.

No matter what it was, Wei Ping'an didn't want to miss it.

Said that it was the first batch to go down.

But screening came and went, except for a dozen or so elderly researchers who were really unwell and 2 elderly strangers in the rivers and lakes.

The rest of the people showed a very positive attitude towards going down to explore this strange space.

It is estimated that in the entire base, that is, Sun Xuewu and Wei Ping'an are pretending to be sick.

A group of people walked in one after another.

The hole dug yesterday was like the jaws of a huge beast, bottomless.

Swallowed up dozens of figures.

After Ai Muqi and everyone entered, the mecha waved his left arm, and more than a dozen mecha warriors behind him immediately surrounded the cave.

Next, they will carry out the final mission instructions.

Without permission, all unstable factors and personnel are no longer allowed to come out.

(End of chapter)