After hearing what Zhao Shucheng said, whether it was Hu Bayi, Shirley Yang, or even the other members of the archaeological team, their expressions suddenly changed.

After seeing the mural on the wall, everyone had a good impression of the prince. They felt that the prince assassinated Queen Jingjue for his own people, which could be said to love his people like a son.

But if it is true as Zhao Shucheng said, then many things on the mural may be overturned. After all, if a man can do this to his wife, who can believe that he will truly love his people as his own children?

Next, when Professor Chen was looking at the murals, he saw a picture. He and Shirley Yang excitedly took their notebooks and started comparing them. Finally, they realized that the mountain above was Zagrama Mountain, which was not far from the ancient city of Jingjue.

Zhao Shucheng saw that there was nothing to be discovered in the ancient tomb, so he went directly up with King Hu Bayi in triumph, while the archaeological team was down there rubbing murals, taking pictures, etc.

When they came to the ground, Zhao Shucheng and Hu Bayi walked out of the ruins where the well was located and saw An Liman taking a nap.

The three people did not disturb An Liman and came to the side to talk quietly.

"You all heard what those experts said just now. They can't get anything from this trip."

Zhao Shucheng said with a smile: "Fat man, your ten thousand dollars is not enough?"

"That's different. This trip is in vain. Didn't you listen to that foreign girl? There are gold and silver treasures in this exquisite ancient city, and we can't take them away. If you ask me, let's turn around and leave now, alone. It’s good to have ten thousand dollars.”

Hu Bayi said: "Fat man, if we find Jingjue Ancient City, it won't cost us ten thousand dollars. Besides, after hearing the legends they told me, I want to see what secrets there are in this Jingjue Ancient City. Don't you want to Go and have a look?”

The fat man said: "I don't want to go, don't forget, Queen Jingjue is a banshee." '

"What if it's a vixen? Not to mention there are ten thousand dollars."

"That's right. Or should I be interested first?"

Zhao Shucheng said: "I've come here, it would be a pity not to go and see it. But Lao Hu, Fatty, this exquisite ancient city is definitely not simple, so be careful when the time comes."

"I know, this queen is a monster, so of course you have to be careful."

Zhao Shucheng shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about Queen Jingjue, but something else." The previous nine-story demon tower in Kunlun Mountain can be said to be the continuation of the Jingjue Kingdom. You should be well aware of how dangerous the fire ladybugs and overlord salamanders inside are. Since the grave of a remaining Jingjue citizen is so dangerous, do you think Queen Jingjue will have more dangerous protection methods when setting up a mausoleum for herself? '

"Didn't I say that as long as you take the items inside, there will be a sandstorm?" The fat man said a little strangely.

Zhao Shucheng shook his head and said, "This sandstorm is just a celestial phenomenon after all. As long as it is a celestial phenomenon, there are ways to avoid it, just like we avoided the black sandstorm in the ruins before. This celestial phenomenon is like the mechanism of the ancient tomb. They are all inanimate objects and can be avoided. I don't believe that the Queen of Jingjue will not have living things to guard her mausoleum to prevent outsiders from disturbing it. So in the next exploration, we must be very careful and careful, and we must not fall before victory."

"Okay, we will definitely be careful." Hu Bayi said to Fatty.

Zhao Shucheng said: "I say this not only because we have to be careful, but also to keep an eye on the archaeological team. These people only know archaeology and have no idea about the dangers inside the ancient tomb. If the nine-story demon building hadn't been lucky, , the fire ladybug can reduce our number, or even be buried directly in the glacier. "

"They don't have much experience in surviving in the wild, and they don't have much vigilance, but we can't. If we can't take everyone away when we come here, there may be a lot of trouble when we go back. Look at An Liman coming in with foreigners, If you go back by yourself, you will cause a lot of trouble."

Fatty and Hu Bayi looked at each other. They had not expected this. Now that they heard Zhao Shucheng's words, they nodded and agreed.

Zhao Shucheng's main purpose was to give them a reminder to be careful in their next trip. After all, he always had an unknown feeling when he came here this time, which he had never felt before.

In the evening, the archaeological team finally arrived, and the group sat around the campfire to eat and chat.

Professor Chen is excited about today’s discovery in the ancient tomb, and is even more looking forward to the trip to Jingjue Ancient City, so I hope everyone will continue to move forward.

After hearing this, An Liman objected. He felt that everyone had reached the depths of the Black Desert, and now it was the Feng Family. It was very dangerous to go further, so it was better to go back.

Shirley Yang took out Mr. Walter's notebook, pointed to the route above, and told An Liman that as long as he walked along the direction of the Ziduan River, he would soon reach the ancient city of Jingjue. As long as everyone explores the ancient city of Jingjue for a period of time, they can return the same way and it won't take too much time.

In the end, An Liman was persuaded by Shirley Yang and agreed to take the archaeological team to Zagrama Mountain.

The next day.

After getting up, the group packed up their things, mounted their camels, and prepared to embark on a journey to find the ancient city of Jingjue.

The sun is scorching in the sky, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the wind and sand are raging, making people feel a little suffocated.

Hu Bayi and An Liman walked together and talked about ways to survive in the desert and find water. An Liman was actually very reluctant to move forward. The main reason was that there was no fresh water in the depths of the black desert. Although there are underground rivers under the desert, it is not as deep as a few of them can dig.

Of course, Hu Bayi and An Liman both know how to survive in the desert. That is to dig down three to five meters deep at the roots of Haloxylon ammodendron. There will be wet sand and salt water. They can filter it through simple sunlight with plastic sheets. Get a small amount of fresh water.

This method can only barely sustain life, but with so many people in the archaeological team, this method is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket. Although the archaeological team did not lose any water bottles or buckets when they escaped from the desert army ants because of Zhao Shucheng's reminder, no one can guarantee what will happen next or whether they will suddenly encounter any danger.

So Hu Bayi and An Liman made an agreement that if they reach a place where there is no Haloxylon ammodendron and have not yet reached the Zagrama Mountain, then they will persuade the archaeological team to return the same way.

Zhao Shucheng naturally heard the conversation between Hu Bayi and An Liman, but he knew that the two of them had good intentions, but if they really wanted to go back, it would be impossible before they found the ancient city of Jingjue.

In fact, Zhao Shucheng still has some water and food in his personal space, which were left behind inadvertently when he was in various worlds. Of course, most of them are actually drinking water that he brought in when he was in the world of "Mountains and Seas". After all, at the beginning, there were very few wells in Zhao Shucheng's village, and most of the drinking water for everyone was water from cellars. Zhao Shucheng was not used to drinking at that time, so when he went to the county seat, he filled a lot of water from the tap water pipe into the space.

It's just that Zhao Shucheng basically never encountered such difficulty in using water, so he naturally forgot about it. Zhao Shucheng looked through the space now. When he saw the water, he had to thank that the contents of the portable space would not change over time, otherwise the water would definitely not be drinkable.

With the water in the space, Zhao Shucheng also has enough confidence, hoping that there will be no need to use the water. Of course, if there is really a shortage of water, Zhao Shucheng will not care whether anything will be exposed, and he will definitely not let the archaeological team have problems due to lack of water.

In fact, Zhao Shucheng wanted to test whether if he used the Taoist rain-seeking spell in this desert, it would really attract rain or give him a little water. At night, everyone stopped on a raised land and prepared to camp here.

Everyone dug a sand wall on the dune to let the camels settle down, and then lit a bonfire on the leeward side of the dune to keep warm.

Today's journey was very hard, notwithstanding the scorching sun, the wind and sand were extremely strong, which made people upset.

Fatty Wang asked: "When will this wind stop?"

"The windy season is like this. The scary place in the Black Desert is not the quicksand that traps people, nor the gold-eating ants that can eat you up, nor the black storm. Legend has it that there is a dreamy place deep in the desert , after people enter, they will see lakes, rivers, beautiful women and mythical beasts, but they will not be able to get out until they die of thirst and exhaustion, because they are all traps set by the devil to lure people to die in them."

Shirley Yang said: "He is talking about mirages in the desert. For people with dehydration, it is indeed easy to be confused."

"What is dehydration?"

"Although two-thirds of the human body is water, if you lose five percent, you will suffer from dehydration. In a word, lack of water in the desert is a dead end."

At this time, Ye Yixin walked up to Yang Shirley and whispered a few words quietly. Followed by Shirley Yang and said, "We have something to do behind the dunes."

In fact, everyone guessed what they were going to do, so they didn't pay attention. They just asked them to bring flashlights and blow the whistle to contact others when something happened.

Not long after, Ye Yixin's cry for help was suddenly heard in the distance. When everyone heard the sound, they hurried over there and found Ye Yixin's lower body sunk in the sand, while Yang Xueli was holding Ye Yixin's hand tightly.

Others were about to rush to save the people, but Hu Bayi said: "Don't move, just follow the footprints!"

Zhao Shucheng looked at Ye Yixin who was still struggling and Yang Xueli who was pulling Ye Yixin hard, and said, "Don't worry, this is not quicksand. If it was really quicksand, with the intensity of their struggle, both of them would have been swallowed up long ago."

Even so, it was impossible for everyone to really watch like this, and they all pulled Ye Yixin up together.

"Xiaoye, think about it carefully, did you feel anything just now?"

Ye Yixin said in shock: "I remember I just walked behind the sand dune, stepped on the air, and then fell in. Sister Yang held me back."

"It's really like encountering quicksand. You are so close, and the two of you are holding hands. The suction of the quicksand is strong, and you will sink in. You won't be able to wait for our rescue. Moreover, there is no one standing near the quicksand, and there is no need to use force. ”

Zhao Shucheng said as he walked to the area where Ye Yixin had sunk just now, took out the engineering shovel from behind and started digging, and soon a place was cleared.

Sure enough, after a while the sand was almost completely cleaned, and there were even some gravels that could not exist here at all.

Wang Kaixuan looked at Shirley Yang and asked, "Ms. Yang, did you say before that foreign expeditions encountered stone tombs near here?"

"Yes, right around here."

"That's right, this should be a stone tomb. Now that we're here, we have to take a look at the situation and why it turned into quicksand."

Zhao Shucheng picked up a stone as he spoke, saw the marks on it, and said to Hu Bayi: "Old Hu, look at this stone, is there something wrong? The break is very new, it should have been broken not long ago. ”

Hu Bayi took the stone and took a look at it, and said: "This is not ordinary gravel, but it seems to have been blown up by explosives. And it is not ordinary explosives, it is military explosives, and the person who blasted it is not simple, precise and directional blasting, The stones are all falling apart.”

After hearing this, Professor Chen said excitedly: "Xiao Hu, Xiao Zhao, let's clean up and see the condition of this ancient tomb."

Hao Aiguo said with some distress: "If it is really a tomb, such a big hole must have been stolen."

Next, Zhao Shucheng, Hu Bayi and the others took turns and finally cleared the entrance of the cave.

Everyone entered the tomb and saw that a lot of sand had been poured into it. The area not far away that was not sandy was already in a mess. It was obvious that the tomb robbers had visited it long ago.

While searching the tomb, Hu Bayi found a pack of explosives next to the coffin, which he found to be Soviet goods. The archaeological team couldn't care less and quickly conducted rescue excavations on the ancient tomb, hoping to find some useful information.

The fat man looked at the empty tomb and said unhappily: "What kind of tomb is this? There is nothing."

Hao Aiguo said: "If you were a tomb robber, would you leave anything for the people behind you?"

Just as Fatty Wang was about to speak, Zhao Shucheng said: "Even the tomb robbers in our country shouldn't be so careless and take everything away. At least the body will be placed in the coffin, and some worthless things will be left behind. , but it’s so clean here, it’s like locusts passing through.”

Professor Chen looked at the ancient tomb and said: "This is a typical ancient tomb from the Wei and Jin Dynasties, or a family burial tomb. It was originally supposed to be buried under the desert. Maybe it was exposed because of the wind and sand in the past few days, so it was buried People saw the destruction.”

"So, the tomb must have been robbed not long ago?"

"good."

This ancient tomb has lost its value and no useful things can be obtained, so after a brief note, the group returned to the camp to rest and prepare to set off.

In the next few days, everyone followed the route in Shirley Yang's notebook and discovered several ancient tombs that had been stolen and excavated. Everyone began to feel heavy.

Especially Hao Aiguo and Professor Chen, they were heartbroken that these ancient tombs were destroyed and could not fully display the culture of the ancient Western Regions. Even valuable things were destroyed. (End of chapter)

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