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When the fat man was digging the hole, he didn't expect to find a black stone that didn't look like it belonged here.

"Black stone egg?"

Hao Aiguo, who was still asleep, came over curiously after hearing this. He looked at the stone and said, "This house should be a government office or a meeting hall. It is half buried in sand. How big is this stone?"

Zhao Shucheng also came over to take a look and said, "Looking at the material, it should be black gold stone."

Wang Kaixuan said: "Whatever it is, dig it out first."

After digging for a while, the stone was slowly revealed, and it turned out to be a stone head.

"It's a head, and the shape is too ugly."

Hu Bayi said: "This seems to be a statue enshrined in a temple."

After hearing this, An Liman came over and saw the stone statue. He suddenly said in panic: "Oh, don't move, don't move." '

After saying that, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the statue to admit his mistake.

"Leave him alone, let's dig it out and take a look."

Hao Aiguo and Professor Chen were discussing the stone statue and said, "Professor, this is very similar to the stone statue we saw in Qiancoffen Tomb in Xinjiang Province. Both have huge eyes that are different from ordinary people. This should be the stone statue with giant pupils, right?"

"Not just that one place, such giant-eyed stone statues have been found in Tianshan Mountains, Altay, Hotan River Basin, and Mongolian grasslands..."

Zhao Shucheng was worried that the digging actions of these people would alert the desert army ants, but now that there was no trace of ants, he could not make it up out of thin air, so he could only allow these people to continue digging. Fortunately, Zhao Shucheng knew that as long as the black sand storm did not stop, these desert army ants would not come out, so he left it to them to dig.

In the middle of the night, when everyone else was asleep, Hu Bayi replaced Sa Dipeng to keep vigil. Shirley Yang couldn't sleep, so she came to Hu Bayi and kept vigil with Hu Bayi while drinking.

Hu Bayi asked Shirley Yang why she was obsessed with finding a legendary ancient city that existed only in legends, and asked her not to be too obsessed with it to avoid losing more than the gain.

Unexpectedly, Shirley Yang told Hu Bayi that after her father disappeared, he always dreamed of a big dark hole with a coffin engraved with ghost cave inscriptions. Therefore, she firmly believed that Jingjue Ancient City must exist, and she had been with her father since she was a child. She saw him studying the information of Jingjue Ancient City and even discovered the cultural relics of Jingjue Ancient City. She must follow the path her father took.

While the two people were chatting, Hu Bayi saw that the eyes of the giant-eyed stone statue seemed to move, as if they were blinking just now.

This shocked Hu Bayi. Is there really something mysterious here? Hu Bayi walked to the giant-eyed stone statue worriedly, only to find that it was not the stone statue blinking, but a huge red ant lying on the stone statue's eye.

"Such a big ant?"

Zhao Shucheng was already very alert when sleeping. When he heard Hu Bayi's words, he immediately came over and asked, "Old Hu, did you find anything?"

Hu Bayi said nonchalantly: "It's nothing, there's just a big ant on this stone statue."

Zhao Shucheng suddenly sat up and said, "What, ants? Are you sure you saw ants just now?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Hu Bayi asked a little strangely when he saw Zhao Shucheng like this.

Zhao Shucheng said: "Okay, let everyone stop sleeping, pack your things, and be ready to leave at any time."

Fatty Wang was actually not asleep. Hearing what Zhao Shucheng said, he said unhappily: "No, Mr. Zhao, this black sandstorm hasn't passed yet, how can we leave? Besides, aren't they just ants? Why are we so scared?" "

Zhao Shucheng glared at the fat man and said to Shirley Yang on the side: "Shirley, you should know what desert army ants look like. Tell me and let Lao Hu know if they are the same." '

Shirley Yang became a little nervous after hearing this and said: "Desert army ants come in two types: large and small. The large ones are 5 to 6 mm long and have brown or chestnut brown bodies. The abdomen is lighter in color than the chest; the small ones are 2.5 to 3 mm long. The body is dense and yellow, with no longitudinal groove in the center of the forehead. You wouldn't say there are desert army ants here, would you? This is impossible. There is no way this place can support so many desert army ants. '

Hu Bayi felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. After all, although the ant he saw just now didn't have a specific measurement, but just by looking at it, it was about one centimeter.

"Is it possible that they are just ordinary ants, just slightly bigger?" Hu Bayi said.

"Impossible. The largest ants in the world include giant ants, red imported fire ants, bullet ants, army ants, Argentine ants, big-toothed raptors, etc. However, among the ants distributed in our country, except for the exotic red imported fire ants and army ants, there are four types of ants. There is no other ant with a similar size except the big-headed ant.”

As he spoke, Zhao Shucheng began to wake up the others and said, "When you wake up, the black sandstorm will pass. We are ready to leave." '

"No, it's just some ants. Are they making such a fuss?" the fat man said somewhat unhappily.

After others heard this, they also looked at Zhao Shucheng with some dissatisfaction, wondering if Zhao Shucheng was a little frightened. After all, there is nothing scary about ants.

Yang Xueli said with an ugly expression: "These are not ordinary ants, but desert army ants. If the desert army ants are alerted, all animals that block their path will be their prey. And the desert army ants are very large. "

At this point, Shirley Yang's face suddenly became even more ugly. She looked at Zhao Shucheng and said, "So at night, when you saw the bones that Ye Yixin took, you already guessed that they were desert army ants?"

Zhao Shucheng shook his head and said: "I am just guessing. After all, no one knows whether they are still here. But now it seems that we are a little unlucky and live directly in the nest of desert army ants."

An Liman had woken up at this time and heard the conversation between Zhao Shucheng and the others. After knowing that this place was dangerous, he immediately packed up his things and prepared to leave on a camel.

Others heard Zhao Shucheng and Yang Xueli describe desert army ants as dangerous, and they quickly packed up and left. Professor Chen said with some worry: "But there is still a black sandstorm outside. If we go out like this, even if we escape the desert marching ants, it will be difficult to move in the black sandstorm, right?"

Zhao Shucheng said: 'No, since desert army ants have begun to appear, it means that they have sensed in advance that the black sand storm is about to stop, and are ready to start going out for food. It's just the right time to leave now. After all, we humans and camels are heavier, and the black sandstorm cannot sweep us away. On the contrary, it is desert army ants. If they go outside now, they will be carried away by the wind. '

"But if we wait until the black sand storm really ends and all the desert army ants are out, it won't be so easy for us to escape."

As he spoke, Zhao Shucheng began to help others pack their things, and despite the strong wind that was still roaring outside, left the shelter and prepared to leave on a camel.

An Liman saw everyone coming out and said, "The black sandstorm will stop in a while. We can go on the road now, but the wind is still blowing, so the speed may not be very fast."

"Uncle An Liman, it doesn't matter whether we are fast or not. What is important is that we leave here safely. At least we must stay away from the ant nest so that they cannot catch up with us in a short time."

Others were somewhat hesitant. After all, the desert army ants were only based on Hu Bayi's words. Others had not seen them at all. Maybe Hu Bayi had made a mistake?

At this moment, the black sandstorm seemed to have been terminated, and the sky gradually began to light up.

Just when everyone was hesitant to leave, they saw that at the entrance of the shelter where they were before, the place where the yellow sand was originally was slowly covered with a layer of red, as if it was dyed red by blood.

And not only here, but also in other places, sandbags began to rise from the sand one after another, and then exploded, and countless ants emerged from the ground.

When An Liman saw this, he knew he couldn't leave without leaving, so he immediately rode a camel and prepared to escape.

Wang Kaixuan said: "Old man, you want to run away again. If you run away again, I will shoot."

An Liman looked at Wang Kaixuan and said, "If you don't run, you won't be able to escape. Look, they've all been eaten."

Everyone looked in the direction that An Liman pointed, and saw the animals that had been hidden in the ruins fleeing one after another. Hundreds of yellow sheep, camels, sand wolves, gerbils, etc. were running around in the ruins. Some animals that ran a little slower were directly covered by desert army ants. After a while, when the ant colony dispersed, only piles of bones were left.

The members of the archaeological team had witnessed the power of the desert army ants and knew that it was not advisable to stay there for long, so they quickly followed Anliman and fled on camels.

Thanks to Zhao Shucheng's early awakening, everyone left the temporary camp early. Finally, no one fell behind or was approached by desert army ants.

However, because they were running for their lives, everyone could not tell the direction at all for a while, so when they slowed down, they could no longer tell where they were now and how far they were from the Xiye Ancient City where they had planned to go.

Hu Bayi saw that everyone was a little tired and said to An Liman: "Old man, everyone is tired, let's stop and rest for a while!"

After everyone got off the camels, they rehydrated when they needed to, ate when they needed to, and had a good rest.

However, Zhao Shucheng saw that the water he had brought into the desert before had been consumed by everyone and evaporated by the scorching sun, and was now less than one-third of what it was before. If they still can't find a place to replenish the water source, they won't be able to go back, let alone go to Jingjue Ancient City.

Zhao Shucheng saw An Liman who was thoughtful and said, "Uncle An Liman, you saw it too. We don't have much drinking water brought. If we can't find a place to replenish the water source, we may not even be able to return the way we came." There’s not enough water, so we’ll have to kill camels to get water.”

After hearing this, An Liman shook his head, took out the map, pointed at it and said: "We have gone in the opposite direction. If we want to go to the original water collection point, it will take three days. But the water we have now is at most It can last for two days.”

Hu Bayi also came to Zhao Shucheng to discuss the next journey with An Liman. When he heard this, he asked: "Did you just say that you ran in the opposite direction?" '

"That's right. Yesterday when we were avoiding the black sandstorm, we had already deviated from the direction. Today we were running around again, and we were running in the opposite direction."

After hearing this, Hu Bayi hesitated and asked: "Uncle An Liman, we can still maintain water supply for two days. If we start from here and return to the place where we encountered a black sandstorm yesterday, how long will it take to find the water source?" ”

An Liman said: "It will take a day according to the original route, but now we can't determine the specific location, and I can't say how much time it will take."

As he spoke, An Liman drew a circle on the map and said: "We are in this area now, and I can't tell the specific location. If it is here, we can find the water source in two days, but if it is in Here, it takes three days, and if it’s elsewhere, I’m not sure how long it will take.”

Zhao Shucheng looked at the map and said, "Then this river is only one day away from where we are. What if we can find water there?"

"I can't say for sure, I have to go and take a look. After all, it's the windy season, and the sand dunes will change. Maybe there are, maybe they are buried by the sand, or even the river changes its course. It's a common thing. Well."

At this time, other members of the archaeological team also knew about the water shortage problem. When An Liman said this, they suddenly became worried. Some suggested going back the same way, others hoped to try the previous water point, and some even proposed to start saving water now, but some were worried that Professor Chen would not be able to hold on.

Professor Chen told others not to worry about him. Even if he didn't drink water for three days, he would be fine.

After hearing this, Hu Bayi said: "Professor Chen, you underestimate the danger of survival in the desert. In the desert, if you don't drink water for a day, your life will be in danger."

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said: "Yes, Professor Chen, this desert is different from other places. The temperature in the desert is high during the day, and the human body evaporates more than one liter of water every day. This does not include other excretions of the human body. If the amount of sweat If you fail to replenish water in time, you will eventually face the risk of dehydration, even body temperature imbalance, and eventually the human body's organs will stop working. "

"What's even more dangerous is that the temperature in the desert can even reach as high as 37 or 8 degrees Celsius at noon, which will undoubtedly cause heatstroke. If you don't replenish water in time, you may even become comatose."

After Zhao Shucheng finished speaking, he looked at An Liman and said: "Uncle An Liman, you are a living map of the desert. The water sources in the desert have long been in your mind. Our current situation is very dangerous. We must return along the original route. , we need you to help us find the nearest water source."

An Liman hesitated for a moment and agreed. While a group of people were riding on camels, An Liman looked at the surrounding terrain and became more and more familiar with it.

When everyone saw An Liman stopping, they couldn't help but wonder. Could it be that An Liman himself was also lost in the desert. Wouldn't that be very dangerous? (End of chapter)