I collect cultural relics in the human world

"listen!"

"It's a camel bell." Qin Jian said and pressed He Si's head forward. The two squatted down together, using the slightly undulating sand dunes in front of them to temporarily hide their bodies.

"Is this a new level?" He Si frowned. In front of her eyes was a vast expanse filled with blood and nothing could be seen.

"It's not like that." Qin Jian answered concisely and to the point, "I've been in Shaquan Village for most of the time and I haven't seen a camel."

"This is a fantasy, perhaps the setting of a game played by the original owner."

Qin Jian glanced sideways at He Si and sighed. Indeed, what He Si said made sense. This illusion was based on games. Once it came to the game field, he had no say. I had to plan ahead and asked first: "What levels are usually designed for camels in games?"

"This..." He Si, who was confident just now, was suddenly stumped. She thought carefully about the games she had played, such as Tanaris or Silithus in Warcraft, Xumi in Genshin Impact. , Lugoin in Darkness, including the desert areas in Zelda, the real dangers are sand beetles, elemental monsters or the debuffs that come with extreme weather. Camels have always been friendly, and they are even mounts that help on the way. It will not be a hindrance to players unless...

"It's an NPC." Qin Jian and He Si said in unison.

"How do you know?" He Si didn't expect Qin Jian to adapt to the idea of ​​​​the game so quickly. She was curious in her heart, but she saw Qin Jian pointing out the direction of the camel bell. In the wind and sand, a group of black figures staggered forward. They were so shadowy that they couldn't see clearly. There were actually a lot of them, and they were heading in their direction.

He Si rubbed her eyes and tried her best to look at the black shadow. She couldn't see any abnormal colors or lines. It was obvious that it was no longer the patrolling NPC.

"What should I do?" she asked, "Would you like to take a closer look?"

"No need," Qin Jian pulled He Si behind him and said, "If you don't go over, they will come over too, just wait."

After he finished speaking, he looked back again. If the situation changed, he would have to arrange an escape route. But it doesn’t matter if you don’t look at it, but you will be shocked when you look at it - the path we came from has disappeared, and the paths, alleys, earthen houses, scattered green plants and all traces of human life that we just walked through are actually in this wind and sand. Disappeared without a trace.

"What's going on?" Qin Jian's heart sank, but he didn't speak.

Behind him, He Si was staring at the figure in front of him and was deep in thought. Apparently, he didn't notice anything strange behind him. Qin Jian didn't want to interrupt He Si's thoughts, so he decided to keep quiet and wait and see.

It was difficult to walk in the wind and sand. The group of black figures seemed to have walked for a long time, staggering, walking hard and slowly. It took a long time before their original outlines emerged from the wind and sand.

"This is? What's going on here?"

He Si's eyes widened, and his words revealed incredible shock. Let alone He Si, even Qin Jian did not expect such a scene in front of him. He was frozen in place for a while, unable to advance or retreat.

The cold wind was biting and the full moon was like blood. As Qin Jian and He Si had expected, a team slowly walked out of the wind and sand, but this team seemed to have traveled through time and space.

"This is... a costume crew?"

"Not like."

The four people walking at the front were wearing tight-fitting armor, holding shields and spears. They were not modern tight-fitting clothes, but armor commonly seen in ancient costume films. They were badly worn, but they could not hide the coldness of the iron sheets, which reflected the blood-colored moonlight, killing them. The meaning is awe-inspiring, not like a prop. The few people following behind were dressed similarly, but looked more capable. In addition to armor, they also wore helmets. They had no weapons in their hands, but they all carried bows on their backs and had quivers hanging on their waists.

The camel whose bells were ringing was in the middle of the team. There was only one camel, and there was a man sitting on it. His clothes and look were completely different from the soldiers around him. He was wearing a yellow brocade robe. Although it was already shabby at the moment, the original exquisite patterns on the clothing could be vaguely seen. He must be a person accustomed to brocade clothing and fine food. Although the camel journey was bumpy, at least this man was the only one in the whole team who didn't have to use his feet. However, his face was haggard, his expression was painful, his face was full of despair and fear, and he seemed to be the most tired person in the whole team.

Beside him, a person was leading a camel to guide the direction. The man was tall and straight, with a long sword hanging on his waist. The armor was obviously more refined and stronger, and there was a red feather on the helmet. He thought he should be majestic when he set off. At this moment But because of the wind and sun, it lost its charm and became a burden.

Behind the camels were about eight soldiers, all of whom were protected by armor and held weapons in their hands, as if they had just returned from a battlefield.

He Si came back to her senses and remembered the information she had heard before: "Li Chong and Zhu Bin both said that they are descendants of a certain general. Could this be the scene before Shaquan Village was first developed?"

"Well, time retrieval is also your ability," Qin Jian nodded, but he didn't say anything, he just reminded, "Let's take a look before talking."

During the conversation, the team got closer.

The exhausted soldiers trudged across the undulating sand dunes. Because of the armor they wore, they sank deeply into the sand with every step, and then were pulled out exhausted. The cycle continued, and everyone's face was left with nothing but A confused and numb expression.

At midnight, the scorching midday sun disappeared, but they did not feel relaxed because of it. The night in the desert was extremely cold. The cold wind howled through the cold iron sheets, and the biting chill invaded their bone marrow and took away their lips. Add the last trace of moisture. His throat was dry, his lips were cracked, and every breath he took felt like he was inhaling the sand that buried him. The soldier walking at the front staggered and almost fell.

"Everyone takes a rest."

When they came to a sandy col, the general walking in the middle could no longer force the team to persist. He took off his cloak and spread it on the ground. Then he helped the man sitting on the camel's back down and respectfully helped the man sit down. Okay, then he waved his hand and motioned for everyone to rest where they were.

The soldiers sat down in twos and threes, seemingly casually, but they formed a team of two. They formed a rough circle, surrounding the general and the man who got off the camel, and quietly waited for the arrival of dawn. No one took out food to replenish their strength. It seemed that they were running out of ammunition and food. They could only endure the torment of hunger, thirst and fatigue. Many people still had wounds on their faces, which mixed with the sand and soil and condensed into brown scars. .

No one talked, there was silence, only suffocating silence spread among the wind and sand.

"This is no ordinary team." Qin Jian saw that the atmosphere was getting more and more depressing and spoke to break the silence around him.

"Well," He Si immediately agreed, "I have reached a desperate situation and still have orders and prohibitions. I am confused about the future, but there is no despair or fear on my face. This is definitely a psychological quality that ordinary people can have."

"More than that," Qin Jian saw the sadness on He Si's eyebrows and tried to divert her attention, "Have you ever seen wolves migrating."

"No." As expected, He Si temporarily turned her attention to this issue, and the sadness in her eyes was replaced by curiosity.

"When a wolf pack migrates, there are usually a few old and weak horses at the front of the team, followed by the elite division, followed by women and children in the middle, and the fourth step is the elite again, with the wolf king cutting off the queen."

"Except for the Wolf King, this team..."

"Yes, the Wolf King did not cut off the queen, but walked in the middle, which shows that the person on top of the camel is too important." "What we are looking for must be in him!"

What He Si said was their previous inference - since the spring water would dry up in reality, it meant that the appearance of the spring water back then was not normal, and it was most likely caused by cultural relics. They previously speculated that the team that sneaked into the desert buried the treasure underground when they were at the end of their rope, and the clear spring appeared by accident. Everyone can see that if the water source is not found, this team will disappear in the wind and sand, and the so-called end of the mountain is now.

It's just that this location is still some distance away from the real sand spring. Could it be that during these thousands of years, the buried objects moved with the sand layer and the spring also changed its position?
Just as He Si was thinking about it, he suddenly saw the orderly team commotion.

"what happened?"

"It's a camel."

Sure enough, when He Si took a closer look, he saw that the camel that had been bending down suddenly stood up and ran towards the outside of the circular encirclement formed by the soldiers. Several soldiers stood up quickly. Some held the rope, some pressed their heads, and some grabbed a handful of hair. I don't know whether these soldiers were too tired or the camel went crazy and couldn't control it for a moment. Qin Jian looked at this scene and frowned.

"Why did you suddenly go crazy? Is this a new mission?"

"It doesn't look like it," Qin Jian frowned deeper, "it's the source of water."

"Water source?"

"Camel olfactory cells are dense and sharp, and they can sense the moist smell in arid deserts to determine the location of water sources."

As Qin Jian said, the situation in the team also changed. The general seemed to be like Qin Jian, and thought of the possibility of water sources through the camel's abnormal behavior. He ordered everyone to get out of the way and stay where they were. He turned around and bowed to the man in yellow robe with a withered face. , jumped on the back of the camel, and soon disappeared into the yellow sand in the sky.

"It's the direction of Shaquan." Qin Jian looked at the direction where the camel disappeared and said silently.

"But this is a scene going back in time. At that time, the treasure had not been buried yet. Where did the water come from?"

"That's just a guess on our part."

He Si was silent, but she also frowned.

"Don't worry, we will know what the situation is in a moment."

Time passed minute by minute, and every moment was stretched out extremely long and anxious in this eternal night. The sound of the whistling wind faded in her ears, and He Si heard her breathing getting heavier and heavier. It seemed like a century had passed, and finally a sound came from the desert again.

This time, it was not the sound of camel bells, but a strong and hoarse voice shouting: "Brothers, there is water ahead!"

The figure was still submerged in the wind and sand, but the sound did advance in waves from far to near. He Si was shocked and looked at Qin Jian, but Qin Jian did not look at her, but continued to look into the distance.

The crowd that had been silent just now began to boil, and the pain disappeared. The hunger, coldness, leaving home, parting from life and death, the unknown fate and the breath of death were disintegrated in an instant. Even this excellent team, which had been preparing for it, could not help but be in chaos at this moment. formed a formation and cheered.

After cheering, everyone cheered and hugged the man in yellow robe and ran towards the direction of the sound. The fleeing soldiers embarked on the journey again, and this time, their steps were much lighter, because life was ahead.

"Follow up." After Qin Jian finished speaking, he lowered his body first and followed. He Si did not hesitate and followed closely behind.

The desert was vast, with only undulating sand dunes and almost no shelter. However, with the help of the sand blown up by the strong wind, Qin Jian and He Si followed closely, and there was no danger of being discovered for the time being.

After walking like this for about 5 minutes, cheers came again.

"Water! It's really water! We are saved!"

Survived from a desperate situation, the soldiers could no longer hold back the joy in their hearts and rushed forward. While their minds were relaxing, their feet lost balance. Several soldiers fell to the ground with their legs weak and did not stand up. First, they knelt down and bowed suddenly in the direction of the spring, and then rolled around again. Go forward.

Qin Jian saw the scenery he had only seen during the day, and his eyes were clear, but He Si was stunned on the spot. It was a large green area that she had never imagined, standing in a clear spring covered with blood-red moonlight. Beside, several waterbirds had been hiding in the reed beach to rest during the night, but they were frightened by the noise of running and raised their wings.

The night wind had not stopped yet, and the flexible branches of the aloe vera were swaying in the strong wind, being slapped to the ground by the gravel, but they stood up straight again without giving in, raising their heads, just like the team in front of her.

"It's spring water. There was already spring water at that time..."

He Si couldn't believe what she was seeing. As she murmured to herself, the crowd coming to the spring stopped. She seemed to hear a desolate and distant voice shouting: "God bless the Ming Dynasty, God bless Jianwen."

It was just vague at first, but gradually, the voice became louder and louder, more and more passionate. When He Si looked again, except for the man in yellow robe who was still standing in the wind, the others were kneeling on the ground, bowing to the ground, and chanting piously along with the original voice.

"God bless the Ming Dynasty, God bless Jianwen."

"Da Ming... Jianwen?" He Si captured the familiar information from the voice. Regardless of the danger of being discovered, she stumbled forward a few steps, stared at the face of the man in yellow robe, and said what was in her heart. Name, "Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen?"

And the man happened to turn his head at this moment, his eyes of unknown meaning penetrated the wind and sand, and met her directly without evading it. For a moment, the image in front of her eyes flickered. In the interplay of light and dark, He Si saw the man gently caressing the camel's head, taking out a metallic object from the package, raising it towards the moon, and actually raising a glass. Inviting the bright moon.

"What is that?" He Si no longer cared about the generals beside the man and ran towards the sand spring. However, the sand spring dried up quickly at this moment. The greenery withered, the branches and leaves withered, the sand was sunken, and the bones of animals appeared in front of her eyes. .

"Is this... the quicksand pit I saw before?"

He Si paused and felt Qin Jian holding her hand.

The sweeping wind also surged upward at this moment, turning into a tornado in an instant, raising dust all over the sky. Whether it was ancient soldiers or animal bones, all illusions were shrouded in darkness and gradually disappeared, including All her vision.

She knew that the game was over, and this last illusion was the reward the game gave her.