The long fairy road is wonderful

Chapter 1227 Sand Bandits

It is natural to be more careful when going out, and Halcui's worries are not unreasonable.

Sand bandits are a group of bandits who specialize in activities in this desert. These people have a complex composition, and there are people from all over the world, and their main goal is to enter the desert archaeological expedition.

They know the climate and environment in the desert like the back of their hands, and they travel lightly like the wind. Most of the time they just grab and run, and even the officials of various countries can't do anything about them.

Don't look at Lin Tianci and others who need the knowledge of astrology to find this place. Bandits want to lock them, they only need to see if there is a fire nearby.

After all, the night in the desert is still quite cold, and it is difficult to survive without a fire. Besides, the non-stop excavation also requires the illumination of magic lights, which are as eye-catching and dazzling as flash bombs in a dark desert.

So Harcui was very worried that there would be sand bandits coming to him at night to smear him. After telling Lin Tianci not to leave Petra's side, he hurriedly ran to patrol among the guard posts outside.

In terms of formation formation, they are professional, but because [-] soldiers are really a little small, coupled with the continuous rush, and in order to be energetic the next day, it is impossible to arrange for all soldiers to stand up and patrol, so they can only be divided into several groups as much as possible. Guaranteed to be able to react quickly when an enemy strikes.

Lin Tianci came with Petra this time, mainly to be a bodyguard. After all, although Petra also knows some spells, but his job is an archaeologist, so he is not very good at fighting.

In the past, Petra was unscrupulous because every time she went out to dig the relics of the old empire, her mother was always watching invisibly, but now there is no such insurance, and Lin Tianci can only rely on Lin Tianci to pay more attention.

Tenths of a second passed, and Lin Tianci, who had reported the situation to Zhang Baixi in the tent, was practicing daily.

The lights in the tent next door have not been extinguished. It seems that Petra has not solved the mystery of the stone slab, and seems to be planning to stay up all night.

"According to Petra, it's normal for you to think that there are treasures in this ruin."

Sally chattered through the brooch:
"According to the records of our blue goblin, the place called Quan Wang Xing in the old empire used to be a research institute for star warlocks directly under the royal family, equivalent to the highest-level research institute in the country."

This is probably equivalent to the level of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the Celestial Dynasty, and the gold content is completely different from that of local research institutes.

"So it is very likely that we can find astronomical data related to Avis?"

"Well, even if it's not complete, there should be quite a few. At that time, research institutions all over the world would send backups of their data here for unified storage."

This is good news, but the premise is that such a long time has passed, and it is difficult to guarantee that the data will not be worn out by time.

"At the same time, King Quan should still be a magic research institute. Even our information is hard to tell, but if you have a chance to go in, remember to pay more attention to the traps. This is not the remains of the ancient elves. It is full of The agency prevents anyone from breaking in."

This problem shouldn't be too big, after all, thousands of years have passed, whether the mechanism can be used is another matter.

"In short, remember to contact me when you have a chance to go in. I don't have a lot of information about the old empire period. This is a good opportunity."

Just as Lin Tianci was about to answer, he felt his heart move, and there was a rush of buzzing in his ears.

——That was the alarm of the magic alarm.

Because Harcui was worried about sand bandits sneaking into the dark, Lin Tianci also sprinkled a lot of magic alarms left over from his adventures in the West before going to bed.

This kind of button-sized iron piece is very concealed, as long as there is a living thing approaching, it will call the alarm to the person who set the alarm.

"I have a situation here."

Said Lin Tianci quickly got out of the tent.

The surrounding area is still quiet. On the left hand side, you can see that the excavation site is still busy and tense. If you look far away, you can see the soldiers in charge of security scanning the darkness near the sand dunes.

Turning around and looking behind, except for Petra's tent, the other tents are basically dark, and everyone is taking the time to get a good sleep.

From the looks of it, there seems to be no problem.

The downside of magic alarms is that if you have them in multiple directions, there's no way to tell which direction the alarm is coming from.

After all, 1 silver coin of this thing can buy a box of [-] pieces. The price is listed here, so you can't ask for too much.

"Mr. Lin, don't you take a break?"

Harcui seemed to have just finished his patrol and planned to go back to sleep. He was a little surprised to see Lin Tianci suddenly come out of the tent.

"My magic alarm says something alive is approaching, but I don't know which direction it's in."

Brother Lin helped arrange the magic alarm, and Halcui also knew about it, and Lin Tianci specially chose the remote place where no one would pass by under normal circumstances to arrange the alarm.

Of course, the reaction of living creatures coming from such a place is not normal. When Harcui heard this, he immediately raised his eyes and glanced around.

The current time is approaching two o'clock in the morning, and due to a large cloud floating from nowhere, the bright moon cannot be seen in the sky. Under the shroud of darkness, the visibility is very low.

Even if a monk has good eyesight, it is not dark vision that can see things in the dark. To see things in the distance clearly still needs the illumination of light.

After Lin Tianci finished speaking, he reached out and took out the mechanism bird from his arms and threw it into the sky, letting it fly as high as possible to expand the search radius.

It says "Birds can detect and show every detail" on the Shenmen mechanism.

This is indeed a bit bragging, but the detection effect is indeed better than Lin Tianci's eyes alone.

As the black horizon gradually sank in the field of vision, the mechanism bird also flew higher and higher, and soon reached the highest point.

Turning his field of vision and scanning the camp on his side, Lin Tianci suddenly saw some very inconspicuous figures passing through the gap between soldiers patrolling.

This feeling is very strange. It is obviously only ten meters away from the soldiers, but the soldiers just pretend that those shadows do not exist.

It's not that they didn't say anything after they discovered it, but that they really didn't see it.

Eyes are the most important means that people use to observe the world, but they are also the most unreliable means. There are more or less ways to deceive vision.

Those black shadows happened to be hiding in the blind spot of the soldier's field of vision, which was not something that a light-handed little thief could do.

"I saw a few shadows sneaking in near the second line of defense."

When Harcui heard this, he immediately took out a wooden cylinder and aimed it at the sky, and pulled the rope under the cylinder with his hand.

There was a bang, and a ball of light shining with white light rose into the sky, illuminating the surrounding area like daylight like a flare.

Lin Tianci also saw through the machine bird's vision that those black figures were actually unknown people dressed in khaki and wrapped in rags, but they were wearing short knives, and they must have sneaked into the camp. It is malicious.

The night gave the best cover for stealthy operations. Even though there were only a few people, once they broke into the tent at the core, they would not only set fire or assassinate them, but it would cause great chaos.

However, because of the timely discovery, the few people who were originally hiding in the blind spot of their vision immediately discovered that they were already fighting with the patrolling guards not far from them.

"What's going on? What's the situation?"

Petra got out of the tent with a dazed expression, and Lin Tianci hurriedly said:

"Don't stay too far away from me, someone is attacking the camp."

The flares that Harcui shot into the sky fell very slowly. There were many people who saw this scene and came out of the tents one after another.

"Look, Brigitte's camp seems to be on fire!"

Petra was right. Almost at the same time as the flash bomb went up into the sky, the camp on the side of the Brigitte Republic burst into flames, and at the same time, the sound of chaos could be heard. Special Confederate camp.

It seems that Lin Tianci was not the only one who was attacked, but they were lucky and found out quickly.

But the attackers definitely didn't run away just to cause some chaos.

This also means that the current chaos is just a prelude.

A gust of cold night wind blows away, seeming to blow away some of the dark clouds in the sky, and the cold moonlight sprinkles down the sand dunes, also illuminating the hills.

At some point, it was covered with cavalrymen riding camels. They drew out their bright scimitars, which were even a little dazzling under the reflection of the moonlight.

Create chaos, and then cavalry assault, very old-fashioned tactics.

But whether the tactics are still useful or not is not old-fashioned or new, but practical.

- Woo!

The low sound of the horn was like a signal, and the camel cavalry on the sand dunes rushed down one after another, shouting battle cries with unknown meanings, either for courage, or to scare the enemy's courage.

"Sure enough, the sand bandits are here. Mr. Lin protects Professor Petra."

After leaving these words, Harcui also took off the horn on his waist, and blew it while puffing his cheeks as he hurried forward.

The soldiers who heard the sound of the horn gathered quickly, as if they had honed their formation. Before the cavalry rushed down, they had already formed a solid square formation with shields and spears in front of the camp gate.

Since Kuranxue asked Petra to help lead the team, of course she also knew the danger in the desert. The [-] soldiers sent were all elites in the army. Ordinary soldiers did not have such a quick reaction speed.

As mentioned before, the excavation site where Lin Tianci and the others are located is just below two large sand dunes, similar to a structure in a basin.

Bandit cavalry rushed down from above, and this impact was more threatening than charging on the plain.

If it is on the territory of the empire, it is really not afraid of the camels. In order to move quickly in the desert, the soldiers did not wear the standard armor of the empire. There must be a disadvantage in head-to-head encounters with the camel cavalry who come and go like the wind.

The cavalry rushing down was like an ugly torrent. The sand and dust raised by the four hooves flooded the phalanx like a tide, which greatly reduced the effect of the spear.

Soon, there were screams and killing sounds in the dust, as well as the blunt sound of sharp weapons piercing flesh.

It seems that it has been close combat...

(End of this chapter)