Tomb Raiders I Can Hear Antique Talk

Chapter 75
In the endless sand sea, Xiye Ancient City looks very close, but in fact it is because there are no other reference objects around.In fact, the distance is far beyond everyone's expectations.

Everyone rode on camels, anxious to go to the ancient city to rest, so the camels were driven to a trot all the way, and everyone had a new round of bumps on the camels' backs.

Xiao Ran felt a slight call in his ear, he took out his pendant, and during this time, he twisted himself into a compass again, pointing unsteadily to the front of the camel team.

What exactly does Yaujiu want to express?
Xiao Ran raised his head and looked forward.He was in the middle of the camel caravan, looking over the ten-humped camels in front, and the backs of Shirley Yang, Hu Bayi, and An Liman, and further ahead was the gradually clear outer black city wall of Xiye Ancient City.

Could it be that what he was looking for was in Xiye Ancient City?

He concentrated on communicating with Yaujiu, but unfortunately his voice was not always clear.It seems that the unknown force not only does not want people to take a gold coin from here, but also does not want foreign things to leave their traces.

Hu Bayi turned his head and asked the team members behind to keep up with him, Xiao Ran quickly stuffed the Nine Dragons Pendant into his bosom.Anyway, I have to go to Xiye Ancient City to rest, let's talk about it later.

The camel caravan traveled all the way for three hours before finally reaching the edge of Xiye Ancient City.Seeing that the green color representing hope finally became an oasis that really surrounded him, there seemed to be a hint of moist freshness in the air, and everyone couldn't help cheering.

The walls and buildings of Xiye Ancient City are not black because of the contrast of light, but are really made of black stones.The closer you get to the outskirts of the city, the more weathered and damaged the buildings and walls become.

Right now, only the main city in the center can provide for everyone to rest and rectify.Walking in the main city, there are still traces of people staying in some of the fairly sturdy houses.Some abandoned felt cloths, helmets, old boots, and the remains of those fires and the broken bones around them are evidence of the connection between the ancient city of Xiye and the modern world.

Hu Bayi explained: "When we practiced in the desert, we also saw some deserted old cities in oases. Some passing oil well workers, expedition teams, and geological survey teams would all rest in such cities. Look at the Those stone piles are used to block the door to prevent wolves from attacking at night."

Hearing that there were wolves, several young students were a little frightened. They had seen those sharp-eared and sharp-mouthed sand wolves before.Although these sand wolves are small in size, their IQ and stamina are amazing due to the harsh living environment. They even dare to hunt larger wild camels in the desert.

If dozens of sand wolves attack on the same scale as when they were hiding from the wind and sand before, the situation may not be much better than encountering army ants.

Hearing the doubts of the students, An Liman shook his head again and again: "No, no, no, the wolves have all been wiped out. Those wolves just now were not in the same pack, they were enemies to each other."

Hu Bayi also explained to everyone that since the mid-70s, large-scale wolf hunting activities have been carried out, and now it is difficult to see such huge wolves with dozens of wolves in the three surrounding provinces. Even a dozen or so are rare.

Now most of them are small groups of three or five, or lone wolves acting alone, and everyone carries a pneumatic rifle specially aimed at wolves, so there is no need to worry at all.

Even so, everyone couldn't help but look at the houses passing by along the way, as if they wanted to see if there were human bones like before.

Xiao Ran listened carefully, except for the sounds of people, wind, and camels, he couldn't hear any ancient relics around him, and he couldn't hear any evil sounds like Kala Quman.

But still the same sentence, the environment in this desert is a bit evil, just like the statue of Karaqu, he only heard the sound after touching it with his hands.When I have time later, I still have to walk around and check.Although there should be no danger here, who knows.

As Professor Chen walked, he looked at the surrounding ruins and sighed: "West Night City was originally well preserved, but it was abandoned after it was destroyed by war at the end of the Tang Dynasty. But in the early [-]th century, some German explorers discovered this place, and it is here. Looted all the murals and statues of artistic value in the city, leaving only this empty city in the true sense."

Everyone walked to a location close to the city center and wanted to choose a suitable empty house as a camp.With the experience of last time, everyone no longer regards "big" as the first choice. Who knows if the big house is offering some weird gods.

Hu Bayi chose a relatively spacious house, and there were still several burnt fire remains inside, which showed that people had camped here many times, so it must be safe.

After everyone sat down to rest, An Liman took Hu Bayi to find water, and Xiao Ran volunteered to go with him.

An Liman was very familiar with this place, as if it was his own home, he led the two of them to an ancient well.He explained to the two that the well has not dried up for thousands of years, and it is a miracle bestowed by Hu Da on this desert.

While Hu Bayi and An Liman were fetching water, Xiao Ran heard some rustling sounds in the well, and he couldn't hear them clearly, but he knew it came from the tomb of Prince Gumo in the well.

Now is not a good time to go to the grave. Although he was not exhausted from the repeated battles with the marching ant colony today, it also made him a little physically and mentally exhausted. Let's rest first.

Besides, Hu Bayi will also use Tianxing Fengshui to find the tomb in the well at night, so let him have the opportunity to show off in front of Professor Chen and his party and Shirley Yang.

He helped to place the camels next to the well, and there was even an old water tank here, which seemed to be a place for drinking animals since ancient times.He poured buckets of water into the sink, and the running camels drank better one by one. After fetching more than [-] buckets of water, these desert boats did not intend to stop.

Xiao Ran roughly estimated that each camel drank an average of more than ten catties of water, and he was worried that the camel's lungs would explode.

Seeing this, Hu Bayi had no choice but to carry two buckets of water first, saying that he would go back and make tea for everyone, and then come back later to take care of Xiao Ran.An Liman unloaded the salt pills from the luggage and threw them into the water tank. The camels stretched out their long tongues and rolled the salt pills in the water into their mouths.

Seeing that An Liman went to get the bean cakes again, Xiao Ran wanted to help, but An Liman blocked him: "Hey, go and rest! Feed them and I can do it myself! Go, go!"

It seems that because of the second uncle, there is some estrangement between An Liman and him.Xiao Ran was also happy to go back, so he didn't shirk any further.

But when he turned around and walked back for less than a few steps, suddenly the Jiulong pendant became restless again.Xiao Ran took out the pendant, and saw that the soft compass was pointing behind him.

He looked back and saw that the compass was pointing exactly in the direction of the well.Xiao Ran's heart suddenly burst into ecstasy. Could it be that the next fragment is really in the tomb of Prince Gumo down the well?
Just as An Liman fetched another bucket of water from the well, he raised his head thinking that Xiao Ran was looking at him, so he waved his hand at him: "Don't look at me, I have Hu Da's protection here, where else can I go!"

Xiao Ran smiled at him, thinking that he had to find a way to persuade Professor Chen to open the coffin.

(End of this chapter)