Tomb Raiders I Can Hear Antique Talk

Chapter 85 An Liman's Oracle
Do you really need to listen to the oracle to enter the depths of the Black Desert?Along the way, although An Liman always had his own little calculations because he was greedy for money and afraid of death, he and Hu Da always had discussions. Why did he suddenly resolutely not enter the Black Desert this morning?
Could it be that he was fascinated by ghosts in the middle of the night because he camped on this stone tomb?
Xiao Ran asked Suohun Dinglingzhu: "Suozi, look at the old man on the top of the sand dune, is there any sound of soul around him?"

"Honorable Bayan, there is no soul around him..."

Hearing what Suo Hun Ding Lingzhu said, he knew in his heart that it seemed that this old gangster was once again using the banner of Hu Da to instigate escapism.

"But there was a divine voice beside him."

Suohun Dinglingzhu suddenly added a sentence, Xiao Ran's jaw almost fell to the ground, and he didn't know where to start complaining.

Looking at An Liman with a devout face, Xiao Ran felt in a daze that he really had such a trace of holiness. In just a few minutes, An Liman experienced a roller coaster in his heart from an old prophet to an old slicker and then to an old prophet.

Most of the previous experiences can be explained from a rational point of view, but not all of them can be explained. Otherwise, how would he understand the artifacts around him?
I can only say that there are some things that I would rather believe.

He thought for a while and asked again: "Then can you hear what that voice is saying to him?"

"Honorable Bayan, the divine sound can only be understood by those chosen by him."

Xiao Ran was helpless, it seemed that he could only hope that this time, An Liman's Hu Da would not give him the order to retreat.

When everyone packed up and carried the supplies to the camel, An Liman was still facing the sky devoutly, dripping with sweat on his forehead.

Seeing that Hu Bayi and the others were putting the supplies on the camel again, Xiao Ran walked carefully to An Liman's side and put his hand on his shoulder.

An Liman, who had a stern face, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and his frowning brows slowly relaxed.

He slowly opened his eyes, and his outstretched palms also dropped.Turning around and seeing Xiao Ran pressing his shoulder, he stared wide-eyed, as if he saw something incredible.

Hu Bayi came over and asked An Liman, "How is it? What did Hu Da say?"

While tidying up the carpet, An Liman said bitterly, "Hu Da didn't say anything...God said that the messenger will bless us, and we can go into the desert..."

Hearing this, Xiao Ran was a little puzzled, and asked, "Didn't you say that Hu Da didn't say anything? Why did you say that God told you to go into the desert? Don't you Hu Da..."

Hu Bayi quickly patted Xiao Ran on the shoulder, and pulled him aside: "He said he can get in, so don't ask him too much, lest he tell you that Hu changed his mind later."

That's right, it doesn't matter what Hu Da said anyway, as long as An Liman agrees to go to the desert, why bother with it?

He looked at An Liman over Hu Bayi's shoulder, and saw An Liman, who was looking at him, quickly looked away, pretending to be busy tidying up his camel.

His dodgy eyes made Xiao Ran very uncomfortable.Xiao Ran walked to the back of the line and saw that his second uncle had helped Professor Chen onto the camel, so he whispered to his second uncle: "That old guy An Liman is a bit weird, you should keep an eye on it on the way."

The second uncle glanced at him and said: "I can take care of one old man, but you have to give me two old men, don't you?"

Xiao Ran chuckled and said: "No, it's three old men, and you are also an old man..."

The camel team set off again, and within a few minutes, the sand wind rolled the fine sand until the sky was dim.But compared to yesterday, the wind and sand has been much lighter, at least talking in a scarf, don't have to worry about being blown full of sand.

Hu Bayi Xiao Ran: "Professor Chen didn't say anything to you today, did he?"

Xiao Ran replied: "No, I just said hello. What's the matter?"

Hu Bayi sighed, and said: "Early this morning, the old man suddenly became very emotional, and he pulled me to say that the stone tomb was stolen for no more than three or five days yesterday, which means that a group of tomb robbers entered the black hole earlier than us. Deep in the desert, I hope we can stop them as soon as possible. Seeing that Mr. Chen is in such an unstable mood, I agreed first. I guess, this is why An Liman suddenly backed down and didn't want to enter the Black Desert. "

Xiao Ran asked Hu Bayi: "Then what do you think? Do you really want to stop those tomb robbers?"

Hu Bayi shook his head helplessly: "I did it to appease Professor Chen. Since those people can get military explosives, they can get other military supplies. Even if we meet them, the air rifles in our hands It may not be an absolute disadvantage, but I am not responsible for the deaths and injuries of those intellectuals. After all, our background is not clean, and it is embarrassing to meet colleagues."

Xiao Ran nodded and said: "Brother Hu is right. But those people entered the Black Desert first, so they may not be the first to return with a full load, and maybe they will go through the thunder for us first."

Hu Bayi smiled and said: "Actually, we don't need to worry. In this vast desert, our two groups have different goals and different schedules. It is more difficult to meet than not to meet. Besides, we also had a meeting yesterday. It was partly by luck that I found that pile of stone tombs, and we might meet again in a few days, this is not in Panjiayuan, there are fixed stalls every day, those guys probably went back after stealing the mummy."

While the two of them were talking, An Liman in front was still looking back, and whenever he met Li Ran's eyes, he quickly turned his head away.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran said to Hu Bayi with some doubts: "I guess An Liman just wanted to delay the time and try to distance himself from those tomb robbers. But the way he looks at me today is a little strange..."

Hu Bayi thought about it, and explained a possibility to Xiao Ran.

In fact, this is not the first time that An Liman wants to turn around and go back in the past few days. Before arriving at Xiye Ancient City, he also went to find Hu Bayi in private.

The primary reason for his reluctance to enter the Black Desert is that there is no fresh water in the Black Desert.In fact, judging from the stubborn Haloxylon weeds, there must be a raging underground river in the desert, but with the manpower of these few people, it is impossible to dig so deep.

It would be no problem for Suo Suo to dig down three to five meters to find water, but it was all salt water that could not be directly drunk. Not only would it not quench his thirst, but he might be poisoned if drunk.

However, this method of water extraction is not completely unfeasible.Hu Bayi came to the desert with the army to practice, and also received some desert survival training, including fetching water in the desert.The water dug from the roots of desert plants contains a lot of mineral salts, but as long as it is simply filtered and exposed to the sun, even chewing the roots of food can be used as an emergency.

An Liman also understood this method.So at the beginning, the two agreed that as long as they went to a place where Susuo could not be seen, they would turn around and go back.

But when leaving Xiye Ancient City, Xiao Ran insisted on emptying unnecessary containers and brought nearly double the amount of water, which left An Liman with no good reason to turn around and go back.

Perhaps because of this, and because of Xiao Ran's second uncle, An Liman felt a little disgusted with Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran was noncommittal to this explanation, but An Liman was not worth his time thinking about it, the real danger was still waiting ahead.

(End of this chapter)