Sumu wood in the quadrangle welcomes spring

Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan took the initiative to take on the task of burying the bones.

The intellectuals showed some superficial humility and then gave up.

They began to spread out their sleeping bags and prepare to sleep.

click.

As expected, Hu Bayi hit a hard stone object with his shovel.

"Is this the end?"

Fatty Wang asked in surprise.

"No, it seems like there is something underneath."

"Dig it up and see."

The two exchanged a few words and then began to dig quickly.

The fine sand was not solid, and after a few tries a stone head was dug out.

Bald head, big eyes, so cute.

Professor Chen, Professor Hao and others also climbed up.

Satipeng and Chu Jian came over to watch.

"At this distance, it's just a head. How big must the body be?"

Ye Shuxin exclaimed in admiration.

"Do you know what this stone statue is?"

Hu Bayi looked at the intellectuals.

"Our place looks like a government office or a meeting hall."

Satipeng analyzed.

"The eyes of this stone statue are abnormally large, and can also be classified as a stone statue with giant pupils. Similar stone statues seem to have appeared in the Thousand Coffin Tomb in Xinjiang."

Professor Hao Aiguo is worthy of the title of professor. He remembered the source after thinking about it for a while.

"It's not just the Thousand Coffin Tomb in Xinjiang. Stone statues with giant pupils have also been found in places like Tianshan, Altay, the Hotan River Basin, and the Mongolian grasslands."

Professor Chen's erudite lecture slowly unfolded, and his generosity towards ancient culture could not help but excite people.

"However, the origin of these giant-pupiled stone statues is still a mystery. Some say they are some kind of gods worshipped by the Mongols, while others say they were left behind by the ancient Turks. There is no strong evidence, so who left the giant-pupiled stone statues is still a mystery."

"After talking for so long, you just say you don't know. Why bother with so much trouble..."

Fatty Wang muttered.

"Comrade Xiao Hu, why don't we dig it out and study it in detail?"

"Okay. Let's dig now..."

Before Hu Bayi responded, Chu Jian and Satipeng rolled up their sleeves and prepared to get down to business.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?"

"Old man, we need to dig out this stone statue."

"Don't dig, don't dig. The gods have given us a place of protection, we should not break the rules and mess with the place given by the gods, it is impolite~"

Anliman became anxious. He had already gone to bed, but when he heard that they were going to dig up the statue, he quickly ran over to stop them.

Professor Hao secretly winked at Chu Jian, telling him to ignore the old man and continue.

Professor Chen was upset and had a headache because of the noise.

He was indeed tired from the journey today, so he simply agreed to what Anliman said.

"Okay, brother, we won't dig anymore."

Professor Chen turned around and whispered to the intellectuals, "Everyone is tired tonight. Go to bed early and get enough rest tomorrow. Let's clear the sand and soil under the houses and then study it carefully."

Hu Bayi wanted to say something but stopped himself, and Fatty Wang curled his lips.

"This group of intellectuals is worse than us. They say one thing in front of people and another behind their backs..."

Hu Bayi glared at the fat man.

Su Mu smiled.

"Fatty, what nonsense are you talking about? Go back to your night duty."

Wang Kaixuan ran for more than ten steps before he came to his senses. He turned around, grinned at Su Mu and gave him a thumbs up.

Hu Bayi twitched his lips a few times, and finally sighed and said nothing more.

Professor Chen, lying on the sleeping bag, glanced at Su Mu who was sitting next to Shirley Yang, and then looked at Hu Bayi on the other side, his eyes filled with an inexplicable gloom.

It's quiet at night.

Everybody fell asleep.

Among those on duty was Ye Shuxin, Professor Chen, and Professor Hao.

Shirley Yang offered to help share some of the burden.

Su Mu did not agree and asked her to have a good rest. However, when it was Su Mu's turn to be on duty, Shirley Yang woke up again.

Stubbornly wanted to replace Su Mu and take a rest for a while.

Night duty arrangement, Sumu is on duty at the beginning and end.

Others are worth once, he is worth twice.

Shirley Yang stubbornly believed that Su Mu's second time was worth it for her.

"Go and rest. I'm fine."

"No, I've rested enough. You should take a rest. You are the leader. You can't be listless during the day."

"And what about Lao Hu? I am just a leader in name only. Professor Chen and his team are only halfway through their journey. They must be regretting it now."

Su Mu joked indifferently.

"Uncle Chen and the others didn't mean it, it's just..."

Shirley Yang wanted to explain something to Professor Chen, but she got stuck in the middle of her speech.

There is really nothing much to say.

There is no entry point.

So distressed.

"That's fine. They are just used to being high and mighty and enjoying vested interests. They are not used to being treated equally by me. They are intellectuals, so how could they have bad intentions? I understand."

Shirley Yang couldn't help but roll her eyes.

This statement is quite contradictory.

"Go ahead, go and have some rest. You can't wait for me to carry you over, right?"

Shirley Yang's cheeks turned slightly red. She lowered her head, stood up, walked back and went to sleep.

Early in the morning.

The wind and sand outside are gradually dying down.

The first person to get up was old man Anliman. After getting up, he first rolled up his bedding, then walked carefully to the cave entrance, greeted Sumu softly, and went outside.

The wind and sand can no longer blow people away, but they can still make people stagger.

Anliman staggered across the open space with difficulty, and in a sheltered place among the ruins on the opposite side, he checked the camel caravan kneeling on the ground in a circle.

After a careful inspection, he chatted with the hunchback Xiaohong for a long time, then staggered back into the wind.

At this time, Professor Chen had already directed Satipeng and Chu Jian to carry out the excavation work.

Professor Hao even went down to the pit himself after seeing some text carvings on the stone statue.

Professor Chen was probably awakened by the noise of Anliman getting up.

But he didn't move until Anliman went out, then he started to call for help.

Get all the intellectuals together and start digging immediately.

Probably because they had been holding back all night, everyone put in their best effort and soon dug out two-thirds of the statue.

Even so, a group of people were still chatting enthusiastically. They would definitely dig up the entire hall and do some thorough research later.

"What are you doing? What are you doing?"

Anliman came in and saw them digging the stone statue, and immediately rushed over and started shouting and making a fuss.

This time, Professor Chen had a good rest and sleep, and felt that he was back to normal.

"Brother, we are doing archaeological research. This is our job."

"What kind of job is this? This is the shelter given to us by the gods. These are the gods' guards. Don't dig them up. Be respectful and polite. We are just staying here, so don't mess with the owner's things..."

"Brother, we are not moving around. The god's guards are buried in the sand. We are helping him to clear them out. This is also a way to repay the god for giving us shelter..."

Professor Chen came up with an idea in a hurry. He himself was a little impressed by his sudden inspiration. It was fucking amazing.

"Is that so, Professor Hao?"

Hao Aiguo was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Yes, we are rescuing the god guards bound by the sand, not sabotaging. Besides, how can digging sand be considered sabotage?"

Anliman looked at this group of intellectuals, then at Hu Bayi and Wang Fatty who were watching the show on the side.

Seeing that none of them came forward to help, he immediately lost interest.

"Alas, I can't convince you. If you keep digging like this, you will be punished and blamed by the gods. Go ahead and dig. I don't care about you. I can't convince you. Anyway, I have already advised you..."

Old man Anliman muttered with disappointment on his face and began to move his luggage one by one.

When I came back for the second time.

Anliman said to Sumu and Hu Bayi: "The sandstorm outside is getting smaller and smaller. It will definitely stop today. We need to set off as soon as possible and leave here."

Hu Bayi subconsciously looked at the intellectuals who were busy digging holes.

Su Mu smiled and said, "I'll listen to you, Mr. Anliman."

"Shirley, Fatty, you should also put your luggage on the camels first..."

"Brother Su, I'll clean up too."

Ye Shuxin responded from a distance.

She respects the highly respected Professor Chen and Professor Hao, her elective course teacher, but love is also what she needs and wants.

The big pig's hoof she likes doesn't take the initiative to pay attention to her. This won't do. She must take the initiative.

Even if he didn't care in his heart, he would still express his obedience to Su Mu.

"Well, let's clean up quickly then."

Su Mu nodded in agreement.

Ye Shuxin smiled sweetly and ran to pack the sleeping bag.

Professor Chen and Satipeng looked back. Professor Chen looked at Su Mu who was sitting not far away and gave up the idea of ​​asking Xiao Ye to come back to his side.

Now it's physical excavation work, so Xiaoye is not needed, and her staying by the side won't be of much use.

It won’t be too late to call her over to observe and study it together after it is completely excavated.

As for packing…

Professor Chen has made up his mind and decided to stay today no matter what. It is necessary to study the giant-pupil stone statue, and the Tantric characters engraved on it may also be related to the Jingjue culture.

He won't leave without three or two days of research and preparation.

Su Mu was chewing beef jerky and looking at the group of intellectuals who were surrounding the stone statue and trying to commit suicide.

This time, let’s see how you deal with it.

Under his careful exploration, as the wind and sand outside gradually disappeared, the army ants huddled together in the ant nest buried deep under the sand had begun to show signs of recovery.

Because the inside of the stone statue had been completely hollowed out, it looked like part of an ant nest.

Now this group of people are constantly knocking on doors and knocking on households...

Don’t ants have any wisdom or temper?

Fellow ants in the distance have expressed their "anger" through strange signal transmission methods and have begun to gather their troops.

"Oh my, why do so many ants suddenly appear?"

"So big?"

"Oh no! These are army ants. They can devour an adult human being into bones in an instant."

Shirley Young is well-informed and worthy of being the editor of International Geographic magazine.

"Those bones last night, could it be...?"

Chu Jian's face turned pale.

Professor Hao Aiguo climbed out of the pit using his hands and feet, also trembling.

"Fatty, go outside and stop old man Anliman. Don't let him run away alone."

Hu Bayi always makes detailed analysis and decisions at critical moments.

Su Mu appreciated this very much.

"Yes."

Fatty strictly implements all of Hu Bayi's decisions and is a brother who can be trusted with life and death.

Su Mu was stunned for a moment.

As the saying goes, it’s lonely at the top.

Today, his personal abilities have reached a level that he himself doesn't even understand...

Who else can be worthy of your trust?
Suddenly, I lost interest.

In the sandy space where I slept last night, a dozen large lumps suddenly and inexplicably appeared.

A group of intellectuals looked on stupidly. It was already so late, but they still didn't know how to run away.

Su Mu's eyes glanced at the water bottles, sleeping bags and packages scattered in the middle of the hall...

There were compressed biscuits, packets of brown sugar and boxes of anti-inflammatory pills.

This group of intellectuals haven't had time to pack up their supplies yet.

Bang!
The bulge burst and countless thumb-sized red ants poured out.

Two-thirds of the hall space was instantly occupied.

Fortunately, there is no one with trypophobia among this group of people, otherwise they would definitely be annihilated and turned into a pile of bones just by rolling their eyes.

Being a meal for the army ants is also a blessing that the common people will enjoy.

"Run."

"Supplies, my water bottle..."

"Never mind, just run out first, the door is about to be blocked."

Several people were chattering and making a lot of noise, which wasted a lot of time.

Ye Shuxin was still sorting her luggage on the camel at this time. Anliman climbed onto Xiaohong and ran out, taking Ye Shuxin's camel with him.

Ye Shuxin was not careful enough to get on the camel, but she subconsciously followed the camel.

Run and look back.

The anxious expression was evident.

"Let's run out of this area quickly. Run out of here first, then stop and wait for them. If they are still alive, we can find them~"

The more Anliman shouted, the more anxious Ye Shuxin became.

The next moment, she gave up on escaping and dropped the reins from the camel's bit.

"Old man, don't run! Don't run!"

"Don't run, old man, or I'll shoot you!"

"Stop, old man, I'm really going to shoot!"

boom!
A gunshot rang out into the sky.

Anliman ran more than ten meters and stopped slowly only after he had completely left the ancient city ruins blown out by the wind and sand.

The fat man helped Ye Shuxin up, followed by Shirley Yang, and the three of them ran over.

Wang Kaixuan grabbed Xiaohong's reins under Anliman's seat.

"Why are you running? Didn't you hear me calling you?"

"They need to leave the city. They have angered the gods. It's not safe in the city~"

Fatty Wang looked down on Anliman and thought he was just an old liar.

But he also looked down on intellectuals.

To put it bluntly, this adventure with Hu Bayi was all for money.

In order to earn enough money to improve his own life, he could also help the old village branch of Ganggangyingzi and his village, and at the same time help Hu Bayi, who has always been helping the families of his comrades, to reduce his burden.

For the first time, Wang Kaixuan did not refute An Liman's complaint.

He thought so too.

Since we are looking for the Jingjue Ancient City, then we should go straight to the Jingjue Ancient City. If we see this, we should study it. If we see that, we should study it too...

When will this nagging stop?

Don’t they know that this behavior is like a bear trying to break a stick?
Wang Kaixuan had little education, but he felt that what Professor Chen and his group were doing was not right. They had deviated from their goal and wasted time, energy and materials. (End of this chapter)