War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 565 Selfish People Live Soon

When night fell, the members of the nomadic tribe, who had been busy for two full days but found nothing, returned to the camp behind the sand dunes dejectedly.

When the sun sets today, it is the deadline for Mr. Edward to increase his deal with the Berber patriarch.As the sun went down, the extra remuneration that Edward had originally promised was naturally too much to count.

In contrast, the old patriarch looked calm and indifferent. After dinner, he led the tribe members to the last worship of the day at around eight o'clock as usual.

On the edge of the camp, tens of meters away, Edward, who had been waiting for two days, approached Wei Ran with a bottle of whiskey and began to question him: "Victor, those tribal natives spent two days searching for you. range, but no wreckage of that plane was found at all."

"Mr. Edward, please sit down."

Wei Ran put the two little foxes who were napping on their stomachs under his feet, and waited for the former to sit on the folding chair beside him, then said slowly, "Look, there is still such a large desert around. If we can find the wreck of the plane so easily, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to come here to help you, will I?"

"If you can't help me find that plane as soon as possible, then what's the point of you coming here?" Edward asked dissatisfied.

"But at least I found a wing, didn't I?" Wei Ran spread his hands and said confidently, "Don't worry, Mr. Edward, there is still about half a month until the end of July, and we still have time."

"If it's the end of the month."

"If you haven't found your grandfather's colleagues by the end of the month, I won't be able to get the agreed salary, right?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

"It's good that you understand." Edward had already stood up before he finished speaking, and walked towards his tent with the wine bottle in his hand.

"Be as virtuous as your grandfather."

Wei Ran muttered to himself, picked up the two little foxes who were spinning around on the edge of the deck chair again and put them on his belly, then picked up the beer again, and touched Saleh and Soliman father and son who were sitting opposite to watch the fun bump.

"Victor, where should we find it next?" Saleh put down his beer and asked in a low voice, "We've been out for a week, and the filming on Karp's side is almost over."

"don't worry"

Wei Ran picked up a grilled, burnt lamb chop and gnawed a couple of mouthfuls, handed the unfinished part to the little fox lying on the blanket on his belly to fight for it, until the meat in his mouth was fed into his stomach with a sip of cold beer , and then he said unhurriedly, "Soliman, after they finish their worship, you go and invite the old patriarch over. In this way, please invite Mr. Edward over by the way."

"No problem." Soliman took a bite of the leg of lamb and agreed vaguely.

"Uncle Saleh, can those tribe members be trusted?" Wei Ran also lowered his voice and asked.

"Don't worry," Saleh replied nonchalantly, "They can be trusted."

Wei Ran smiled, half probing and half asking, "It seems that you have great confidence in them."

"I have more confidence in their children"

Saleh threw the can in his hand away, and said in a flat tone, "There are three tribes who came here this time. The Berbers in white robes, the Bedouins in gray robes, and the dark blue robes. There are Tuareg people. There is also the old patriarch, although he is Berber, but he has a high status in the religion that these three tribes believe in.”

Speaking of this, Saleh lit a cigarette unhurriedly, "There are also those who don't wear robes but carry weapons, they are all employees I called urgently from Cairo to help.

In addition, the children in these three tribes, I mean the children who are as old as the little guy who is sticking to you these two days, they are all going to school in Cairo, and they are now being taken care of by my employee Baja.You have met Baja, he was the one who picked you up at the airport. "

"Hold the emperor to order the princes?" Wei Ran muttered in Chinese, and the only trace of worry in his heart disappeared.

He had no intention of commenting on Saleh's actions, as long as he knew that if 450 kilograms of gold were found at the last coordinate point, it would not make those aborigines jealous.

Soon after, Soliman invited the old Berber patriarch and Mr. Edward, who was obviously drunk.Then a large kerosene lamp, which seemed to be produced by Huaxia, was lit and hung on the truck's side mirror for additional lighting.

After some brief pleasantries, Wei Ran said directly, "Tomorrow we will move 20 kilometers southwest to continue the search."

"Victor, you don't want to keep finding the end of the month, do you?"

Edward asked with a sullen expression, "Although your promise is to give me a satisfactory answer before the end of the month, I won't waste my time here forever."

"Trust me, we found it in no time."

Wei Ran didn't bother to explain too much, he was willing to put the second coordinate point into the search range, which was already worthy of his conscience.

"I hope so"

Edward snorted coldly, pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Saleh, please tell the patriarch that if they can find that plane from the area newly marked by Victor within the next two days, the relationship between us The agreement is still valid."

After speaking, Edward got up and walked towards his tent.

"It seems that Mr. Edward has been very disappointed in you." Saleh gloated at Chao Weiran, but he didn't translate Edward's "generosity" to the old patriarch at all.

In any case, although Saleh was in the smuggling business, he was also a businessman. How could he fail to see that the terms Mr. Edward offered were nothing more than carrots tied to the donkey's mouth.

Seduced by the petty profit, these aborigines who have never left the desert will definitely work hard, and even get involved in Saleh invisibly. In the future, he will want these aborigines to help him run the smuggling business. It is difficult to guarantee that they will not ask for a high price.

"I'm not the girl next to the steel pipe, so I can't please all the customers."

Wei Ran joked indifferently, and continued, "There is one more thing that needs to be told to the patriarch. If he wants to save some time, he can move the camp near the new search area tonight. I have a hunch that we will soon I can find what I'm looking for."

"It's better to find it sooner." Saleh lit a cigarette again, and told Wei Ran's proposal to the old patriarch sitting next to him.

I don't know if it was because of the face of his beloved grandson, but the old patriarch adopted Wei Ran's suggestion very straightforwardly, took the walkie-talkie handed over by Soliman, and started calling the clansmen to prepare to change camps.

On the contrary, Edward, who was already lying on the bed, mistakenly thought that the bargaining chips he offered had an effect, and he was extraordinarily active.

It took less than half an hour to pack up the camp, and three vehicles led a long camel team to set off under the moonlight, and the long team went to Wei Ran's newly designated search area.

Led by the old patriarch who rode a camel himself at the front, the crowd spent more than two hours and finally arrived at the southwest side of a piece of Gobi.

Under the cold moonlight, this piece of Gobi is densely covered with huge rocks that have weathered into mushroom shapes, and there are gravels with sharp edges and corners worn by sand and wind under your feet.

"Victor, and Soliman, the old patriarch just told me that this Gobi is not very safe, there are many poisonous snakes and scorpions inside, and there is also the danger of falling rocks, so it is best to pitch the tent away from the debris. on the sand of the rock."

While Saleh called and reminded on the radio channel, Wei Ran was staring at the satellite map with a look of astonishment, because according to the prompt on the screen, another coordinate point provided by the metal book was in this Gobi, even a straight line away from him. The distance is less than 500 meters!

"Saleh, let's focus on searching in this Gobi after dawn."

After waiting for Soliman's response, Wei Ran continued, "The wind is blowing from the northeast. This Gobi might stop something."

"I'll tell the patriarch." Saleh reminded again worriedly, "Victor, remember to pitch the tent farther away."

"Do not worry"

Before Wei Ran could finish his sentence, he had already pushed open the heavy car door, and carried the two little foxes who were curled up in the co-pilot position, and put them on the sand.

It's a pity that these two little guys may have eaten too much, and they didn't even bother to check if there were any scorpions or poisonous snakes around them. They just dug a few times on the sand and curled up together again.

"I don't know if these two broken things can be returned."

Wei Ran reluctantly carried them back to the warm compartment, and he didn't even have the idea of ​​setting up a tent again, so he simply got into the rear compartment, laid the comfortable air seat flat on it, and let the sunroof fly over his head. The moonlight fell on his face, but at the same time he was secretly thinking about what was hidden in the depths of the Gobi 500 meters away.

Tossing and turning all night, when the moonlight from overhead was replaced by sunlight, the door of the armored vehicle was also slammed by Soliman.

"What's the matter?" Wei Ranmi asked as he opened the car door in bewilderment.

"Victor, come down quickly, we found it!" Soliman shouted excitedly, pointing in the direction of the Gobi, "We found what we were looking for!"

"Where is it?" Wei Ran woke up instantly, lifted the blanket covering his body and jumped off the armored pickup.

“Right in the Col”

Soliman ran forward with Wei Ran and said, "When we arrived here last night, didn't you remind us to go to the Gobi to look for it? At dawn, Mutalib and I took a few people in to have a look. Look."

"Tell me what you found," Wei Ran asked.

"I only saw a small section of the tail of the plane so far! The rest of the people are rushing back to help dig together." Soliman said excitedly, "I discovered it first!"

After a few words, the two of them had already reached the foot of the mountain, and Wei Ran had a clear view of the whole Gobi by the way.

To put it simply, this is the gathering area of ​​many not too large stone mountains. Years of wind, sun, sand and sand grinding have caused serious weathering of these stone mountains, especially those boulders on the outermost periphery of the northeast. It has turned into a mushroom shape with a big head and a thin body.In the middle of these stone mountains, there is a winding canyon.

The moment he followed Soliman into the canyon, the temperature instantly became cool, and even the light dimmed a lot.

Looking at the stacked rock formations on both sides, Wei Ran grinned involuntarily, fearing that a weathered stone would fall from above in the next moment.

"This place looks really dangerous." Wei Ran couldn't help sighing.

“Not really safe”

Soliman, who was walking in front, replied, "This kind of place is like an oasis of wild animals in the desert. A poisonous snake may emerge somewhere at any time, so you'd better be careful."

"I'm talking about the stone above the head," Wei Ran corrected.

"Don't worry, they're far stronger than you think."

Before Soliman finished speaking, Wei Ran saw Edward who was hurrying forward and Saleh who was beside him.Further forward, there were a dozen tribe members riding in on camels.

"I knew I should have brought the car in," Wei Ran couldn't help but said.

"Forehead"

Soliman stopped and patted his forehead in embarrassment, "Well, I originally planned to let you drive the car in."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier"

"I called you on the walkie-talkie several times, and I ran out to find you when you didn't respond." Soliman grinned, his face becoming more and more embarrassed, "I was so excited that I forgot about it."

"I'll go drive." Wei Ran turned around helplessly and ran back.

Although he was taken for a walk by Soliman, when Wei Ran drove the armored pickup truck in, the speed was much faster, and he even pulled up Edward, who couldn't run, and Saleh, who was like a normal person, along the way.

Finally, he picked up Soliman, who was still running in foolishly, into the car, Wei Ran slowed down the speed of the car a little, and followed the camels and continued to go deeper.

The short distance of less than 500 meters is just a kick of the accelerator on the road, but because of the camels blocking the road and the increasingly soft sand under the wheels, it took Wei Ran five minutes to drive the car. The deepest part of this canyon.

With just one glance, he saw the small half of the tail sticking out of the sand.For more than half a century, the strong wind and turbulence have torn off the tail of this Junkers 52 transport aircraft, leaving only the tail landing gear barely exposing the yellow sand buried in the fuselage, pointing obliquely to the sky, as if tenaciously outstripping Like a middle finger that refuses to admit defeat.

But what is even more joyful is that at this time there are more than a dozen big-eared foxes scratching and scratching around the plane and scratching the sand, and two of them are even cooperating with each other to fight with a fat poisonous snake.

"Mr. Edward, it seems that we have found it." Wei Ran reminded with a smile.

"Last night I was in a bad mood and drank some wine. I apologize for my rudeness." Edward said apologetically.

"It's okay." Wei Ran joked, "But you have to buy me a drink at night."

"Of course," Edward agreed immediately.

In a few words, the little unhappiness of last night was cleared up. Wei Ran also went around to the rear of the car and took off the long-handled shovel hanging on the side of the cargo bed, and aimed at the poisonous snake that was fighting with the little fox. By the way, the two little foxes bared their teeth at him, apparently considering him a competitor for food.

A shovel shoveled off the poisonous snake's head, and lifted it to the foot of the distant mountain. Wei Ran kicked the twisted headless snake to the little fox whose eyes were almost green from hunger, and leaned towards the tail of the aircraft. The location began to be excavated.

Going down with two shovels in a row, Wei Ran was secretly relieved by the soft and dry yellow sand. It seems that the place is dry enough. If so, maybe the things in the cabin can be preserved well.

After he dug around the tail of the plane, the tribe members took various tools from the camels and joined the excavation.

Soon, the main body of the transport plane was revealed.It is obvious that the perennial wind transport has torn off its only remaining wing, and even the unique metal corrugated skin on the fuselage has become more potholed and damaged.

As time went by, the tribe members who had just finished their first worship at dawn also rushed back. With the addition of these people, the excavation speed was further accelerated.Finally, around one noon, the main body of the Junkers 52 transport plane buried deep in the sand was completely dug out.

After a rough inspection, Wei Ran couldn't help sighing secretly. Not only was the plane lying on its back missing two wings and a tail, but the engine at the nose was also missing. Front passenger seat.As for the cabin behind him, it was completely filled with yellow sand.

"Victor, use your car to turn it over." Saleh, who had been watching the excitement just now, suggested.

"no problem"

Wei Ran happily agreed, and called Soliman for help. The winch hook of the front of the car went around the fuselage and hung on the remaining landing gear. By the way, some blankets were laid on the winch cable.

Accompanied by the roar of the engine, the broken fuselage also made a creaking noise under the strong drag of the winch, while turning over with difficulty.

Accompanied by a muffled bang, gurgling yellow sand slanted out from the cabin door and portholes, and occasionally some bits and pieces mixed in it could be seen.

As it rolled, there was less and less sand in the cabin, and it became easier for the winch to tug it backwards.

"stop"

Saleh waved to Wei Ran, who immediately pressed the switch of the winch and reversed slightly to loosen the tight wire rope.

"Saleh, ask our friends to help, carefully search for the sand that has just tilted out of the cabin, and pick out all the things inside?" Edward was the first to rush to the nose while speaking. s position.

"sure"

Saleh responded happily, but he himself did not follow into the wreckage of the plane.

Wei Ran, on the other hand, had already circled around the side of the fuselage and got into the cabin where a layer of yellow sand remained.

He couldn't help sighing after just looking at it. It was slightly different from what he had experienced at the beginning. There was no corpse in the cabin, but when he carefully opened the door of the tail cabin, he found that there were a lot of dead bodies inside. The mummy was filled to the brim.

The clothes on the corpses, which had sucked all the water out of the sand, remained largely intact.

"Where is the pilot of the plane? Where is the dead body of the plane pilot! There is no aviation map!"

In the direction of the cockpit, Edward murmured nervously over and over again, and his tone became more and more manic as he repeated.

pilot?What to do with pilots and aerial maps?What the hell!

Wei Ran froze for a moment, followed by a dazed look.

All along, he thought that Mr. Edward was going for the 450 kilograms of gold, but obviously, his appetite was even bigger!This old thing is probably trying to find the location of the gold mine that produced the gold through the clues that the pilot may have left!

Glancing at Edward who was rummaging frantically in the cabin from the corner of his eye, Wei Ran pretended not to understand English, and walked slowly towards the cabin.

"Mr. Edward, are you okay?" Wei Ran asked while holding the door frame, "Do you need me to help you?"

"It's okay, I'm fine"

Edward took a deep breath, "I'm looking for the dead body of the navigator. He helped my grandfather a lot, but obviously, he doesn't seem to be in this plane."

"Maybe he's in the tail cabin, do you need me to find it for you?" Wei Ran asked politely.

"The tail cabin? Yes! The tail cabin!" Edward immediately pushed Wei Ran away and walked towards the tail cabin, "Victor, come and help me, help me lift them all out."

"Wait a mininute"

Wei Ran brushed off the shoulder that had just been pushed by the other party, and resumed the slow look he had pretended in the past. While killing the patience of Edward who was almost sitting on the ground scared by the mummy, he walked slowly to the armored pickup. He took out a pair of lambskin gloves from the glove box and put them on, and then found a disposable mask to cover his mouth and nose.

"Victor, your life is really exquisite." Edward, who had already hid outside the cabin, teased angrily.

"It's for health, but also out of respect for those who died."

As Wei Ran spoke, he asked Soliman to pull out a sunshade from the cargo bed of the truck and spread it on the sand, and then he moved out the light mummy bodies in the tail compartment by himself.

It's a pity that among these mummies with obvious bullet holes on their bodies, there are no transport pilots wearing one-piece flight suits, let alone navigators.But Wei Ran found a silver cigarette case on the cleaned tailgate floor.

Except for a few cigarettes in this cigarette case, the rest of the space had been filled with sand, but when he shook the sand and cigarettes clean, he found that there was a photo upside down at the bottom.

Carefully opening the photo, Wei Ran's mouth curled up into a smile. This photo is exactly the same as the group photo that was provided by Edward at the beginning, with the upper right corner burned, but it is much more complete. Everyone's appearance is also clearly visible.

Glancing at Edward, who was plucking up the courage to rummage through the dead body outside the cabin, Wei Ran finally buckled the cigarette case and put it back on the shelf in the cabin.

To expose his grandfather's true colors?It is not necessary at all, so what if it is exposed?The Nuremberg trials have been over for so long. The only survivor, Edward's grandfather Felix, has now been buried in the cemetery under the name of "Rouss Berger". How can he be dug out and flogged? no?
"Victor, is there any more?" Edward asked outside the cabin.

"No more." Wei Ran left the tail cabin and replied, "The rest are some outdated exploration equipment."

Hearing this, Edward went into the cabin to check it carefully, and finally sighed with disappointment, "Victor, your work has been completed, and I will pay the agreed commission as soon as possible. "

"I've never doubted Mr. Edward's credibility." Wei Ran said politely, turned around and left the cabin.

"Wait a second"

Edward, who was chasing after him, called Wei Ran, "Victor, can you find the crash site through the clues on this plane? Maybe the bodies of the two pilots and the navigator are there..."

"Mr Edward"

Wei Ran didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking, and spread his hands in confusion, "I really want to help you find the exact location where the plane crashed and the bodies of the two pilots and the navigator, but you should be clear that this is a desert, we can Finding the wreckage of the plane so quickly is considered God and Allah's blessing, and finding the crash site or even the left body is simply unrealistic."

"I can take out another 50 euros!" Edward offered a high price without giving up.

"Even if you offer a high price of 500 million, I really can't do it."

Wei Ran said truthfully, "Maybe you can talk to Saleh, maybe you can hire those tribal helpers for a long time and let them stay here for a long time."

"never mind."

Edward waved his hand without waiting for Wei Ran to finish speaking, and said with a tired face, "Victor, please help me collect those corpses, and I will send someone over to take them away as soon as possible."

"Mr. Edward, what to do with the wreckage of the plane?" Wei Ran asked.

"Leave the wreckage here." Before Edward could finish his sentence, he walked towards the direction he came from alone.

"The bad seed passed down from the ancestors" Wei Ran muttered in a Chinese that only he could understand.

"What is he looking for?" Saleh, who had been watching the excitement just now, came up and asked.

"Little tadpoles should find their mother"

Wei Ran gave an answer that didn't match the preamble, and looked around again, unable to help but wonder where the remaining nine boxes of gold were buried.

But soon, he took the initiative to suppress this unrealistic greed. After all, this is a desert, and no one knows how far the plane moved under the force of the wind before finally stopping here.

The 450 kilograms of gold that have not been found is tempting, but if you really waste your time and energy in this desert, looking for the hill where the gold may be buried like a needle in a haystack, then you will really be trapped forever In this desert.

After figuring out the key, Wei Ran asked Soliman who was helping to retract the winch, "Do you have extra canvas on your truck?"

"There are two big volumes, what's wrong?" Soliman asked puzzled.

"Go out in my car and get a roll back." Wei Ran glanced at the mummies lying on the sky, "We can't just let them sleep here like this."

"You're such a nice guy"

Soliman joked noncommittally, and simply got into Wei Ran's armored pickup truck and started the engine, and by the way pulled his father Saleh and Mr. Edward who was walking back.

As the car left, the tribal helpers, led by the old patriarch, left the canyon on camels in groups of three or four.

"Why did you leave me alone?"

Wei Ran looked around belatedly, finally shook his head helplessly, and sat cross-legged next to those mummies.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Soliman drove the armored pickup into the canyon again.

"Why are you here alone?" Soliman opened the car door and asked in surprise.

"Aren't there a few more?" Wei Ran pointed to the corpse beside him, then stood up and walked towards the rear of the car.

"You are so brave"

Soliman said in a low voice while helping Wei Ran remove the canvas roll, "I guess he definitely didn't come for these corpses and this plane."

"Whatever he came for"

Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he had already cut off a large enough canvas with a wallpaper knife, wrapped a mummy tightly in person, tied it tightly with a piece of rope, and then sent it back to the tail cabin of the wreckage of the plane.

Although it's just an extra layer of canvas for the victims of natural disasters and man-made disasters, this is already the limit of what Wei Ran can do.

With the help of Soliman, the last corpse was sent back to the tail compartment of the aircraft. Wei Ran dug out thick wires from the toolbox of the armored pickup truck, screwed the door of the tail compartment to death, and then said, "Okay, we should leave too."

"Victor, look what I found?" Soliman, who had gotten into the cockpit at some point, greeted.

Hearing this, Wei Ran curiously followed, and then found that the former was actually holding a British army's MK3 compass in his hand!
"Where did you find it?" Wei Ran asked in surprise, this thing was also rewarded with a metal book at the beginning, but it happened to be attached with a watch that he particularly disliked.

"right here"

Soliman first pointed to the navigator's position, then handed the compass to Wei Ran, and said triumphantly, "I found it in the crack under the seat, and there seems to be something inside."

"You are lucky, but the suspension in this thing has leaked. You can find a watch repairer to repair it, and it may still work."

While speaking, Wei Ran returned the compass to Soliman, and subconsciously turned his head to look behind the passenger seat, wanting to see if the extravagant Air Force survival shotgun was still there.What he didn't expect was that after pushing away the accumulated sand with his feet that day, there was really a dusty aluminum alloy box fixed there!

"I missed it!"

Wei Ran walked over quickly, scraped through the sand and took down the metal box fixed on the bulkhead.

"Victor, what good things did you find?" Soliman was still busy in the navigator's position with his ass pouted while he asked, trying to get the things out of the cracks.

"I found a box, which happened to be used as a toolbox in my car." Wei Ran touched the tattoo on the tiger's mouth on his left hand, and urged with his usual expression, "Don't delay too long, I'll wait for you outside."

"I'll get it out soon." Soliman replied without looking back, as if there was really something valuable in the crack under the chair.

Seeing this, Wei Ran simply left the wreckage of the cabin with a heavy box, and went straight into the cab of the armored pickup.

Just now, when he took down the aluminum alloy box, the flashing hotness of the tattoo on the tiger's mouth also let him know that there might be some good things in the metal book.

After closing the car door, Wei Ran took out the metal book and opened it.Sure enough, under the red vortex with the compass and watch, there is also a blue vortex that rotates in the opposite direction. Under this vortex, there is also a short writing - "The most precious thing in the desert What is more precious than fresh water is fresh water, what is it?"

"Perhaps not to be carried away by greed."

Wei Ran murmured to himself and gave his own answer, and then found that there was an object slowly lifted up in the blue vortex.

"Isn't it for the shotgun?"

Wei Ran looked up at the wreckage of the plane outside the window, and seeing that Soliman hadn't come out, he immediately took out the things in the blue vortex as quickly as possible.

What he didn't expect was that the blue vortex was indeed filled with a World War II German pilot's survival shotgun. There was even a cowhide belt wrapped around the shotgun, and there were three groups of three on it. A round of bullets is fixed, but how is this different from before?Didn't you always stuff an empty blue vortex into it yourself?
Putting away the shotgun and metal notebook with doubts, Wei Ran reached out and opened the aluminum alloy box that was originally placed in the passenger seat.

In addition to the yellow sand that has accumulated over the years, this box also contains a shotgun that has been disassembled in half, the matching bullets, and the gun cleaning bag, except that the cowhide gun belt that has been cracked due to drying is not used to fix it. Bullet rings.

"Is there a bug in this broken book?"

Wei Ran muttered something to himself, then buckled the metal box, and stuffed it into the pile of tents scattered in the cargo bed at the rear of the car as quickly as possible.

Almost when he closed the canvas curtain of the cargo bed, Soliman came out of the cabin happily.

"Victor, I found another good thing!" Soliman shouted triumphantly.

"What good thing?" Wei Ran turned around and asked.

"A kerosene lighter!" Soliman threw the small object in his hand to Wei Ran, "I gave it to you."

Taking a look at the lighter thrown by the other party, Wei Ran couldn't help grinning. This is an IMCO brand 4700 kerosene lighter produced in Germany-occupied Austria during World War II. Grandpa's style of lighter.At the same time, it was also the most common lighter in the hands of German soldiers during World War II.

But compared to these, he remembers very clearly that this lighter was used by the pilot Morris to burn the aviation map after the emergency landing. At that time, it was placed on the instrument panel in front of the pilot's position together with the compass .

Try to press the lighter's cap. Although the kerosene in the lighter has evaporated long ago, the flint inside can still make a conspicuous spark.However, compared to the excellent quality of this lighter, it and the compass that Soliman was fiddling with were not lost after wandering in the desert with the wreckage of the plane for so long, which is quite a miracle.

"Victor, don't waste your time."

Soliman opened the co-pilot's door and urged, "Later, I'll get you some camel hair to replace that lighter, and then I'll get some gasoline, and it will be ready for use. Let's get out of here now."

"Don't you want this lighter?" Wei Ran came back to his senses and asked as he walked towards the driver's seat.

"I already have a compass." Soliman shook the object in his hand and said with satisfaction, "This thing looks better than the current product."

"Lighters too"

Wei Ran opened the car door and sat in, started the car and said, "This lighter that you don't like can be sold for two hundred dollars."

"So expensive?"

Soliman's eyes widened, and he followed closely but said indifferently, "If I say I'll send you off, I'll give you off. We found this place so far away, we must get some souvenirs."

"You are so generous." Wei Ran stepped on the gas pedal while speaking.

Soliman shrugged and responded naturally, "People who are too selfish will not live long, and they will definitely not be happy."

"Yes." Wei Ran nodded emotionally, "A person who is too selfish will not live long, and he will definitely not be happy."

　Counting the addition and updating together, I wish you a happy May Day.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)