Chapter 68: Knowing oneself but not the other
When he heard what Zhao Shucheng said, whether it was Hu Bayi, Shirley Yang, or even the others in the archaeological team, his face suddenly became unsightly.
Originally, when I saw the murals on the wall, everyone had a good impression of the prince. I felt that the prince assassinated the Queen of Jingjue for his own people, and he loved the people as much as his son.
But if it is really like what Zhao Shucheng said, then many things on the murals may be overthrown. After all, if a person can do this to his wife, who can believe that he will truly love the people as his son?
Next, when Professor Chen was looking at the mural, he saw a picture, and he excitedly held the notebook and started comparing it. He finally knew that the mountain above was Zagrama Mountain, not far from Jingjue Ancient City.
Zhao Shucheng saw that there was nothing to discover in the ancient tomb, so he came up directly with Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan, while the archaeological team printed murals below, took photos, etc.
When they arrived on the ground, Zhao Shucheng, Hu Bayi and others walked out of the remains of the well and saw An Liman taking a nap.
The three of them did not disturb An Liman and came to the side to speak in a low voice.
"You have heard of the experts just now, and you can't get anything this trip."
Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Fatty, your 10,000 US dollars is not enough?"
"That's different. This trip was a waste of time. Didn't you hear that foreign girl say that the ancient city of Jingjue is full of gold, silver and treasures, and we can't take them away. If I ask me, let's turn around and leave now, it's good to have a 10,000 US dollar per person."
Hu Bayi said: "Fatty, we found the Jingjue Ancient City, but it's not ten thousand dollars. Besides, I want to go and see what the secrets are there in the Jingjue Ancient City? Don't you want to go and see?"
The fat man said, "I don't want to go, don't forget that Queen Jingjue is a banshee."
"What if it's a vixen? What's more, there are 10,000 US dollars."
"That's right, otherwise I'll be interested first?"
Zhao Shucheng said: "It's a pity that I've come here, but it's a pity if I don't go and see it. But Lao Hu, Fatty, this Jingjue Ancient City is definitely not simple, so be careful then."
"I know, this queen is all monsters, so you must be careful."
Zhao Shucheng shook his head and said, "I am not talking about Queen Jingjue, but other things. The nine-story demon building in Kunlun Mountain can be said to be the continuation of the Kingdom of Jingjue. How dangerous the fire ladybugs and the overlord salamander inside are, you should be very clear. Since the graves of the remaining Jingjue people are so dangerous, do you think Queen Jingjue will have more dangerous protective measures when setting up a tomb for herself?'
"Didn't you say that as long as you take the items inside, there will be a sandstorm?" the fat man said strangely.
Zhao Shucheng shook his head and said, "This sandstorm is just a celestial phenomenon after all. As long as it is a celestial phenomenon, there are ways to hide. For example, we used to avoid black sandstorms in the ruins. This celestial phenomenon is like the mechanism of the ancient tomb, and it can be avoided. I don't believe that Queen Jingjue will not have living creatures to protect her tomb and not let outsiders disturb her. So in the next exploration, we must be careful and careful, and we cannot fall before victory."
"Okay, we will definitely be careful." Hu Bayi said to the fat man.
Zhao Shucheng said: "I say that, not only should we be careful, but we should also look at the people in the archaeological team. These people only know how to do archaeology and have no idea about the dangers in the ancient tomb. If the nine-story demon building was not lucky, the fire ladybug would have caused us to lose our staff and even be buried directly in the glacier."
"They have no experience in survival in the wild and are not very vigilant, but we can't do it. If we can't take everyone away, we might have a lot of trouble when we go back. Look at An Liman bringing foreigners in, will he bring a lot of trouble when he goes back?"
The fat man and Hu Bayi looked at each other, but they didn't expect this. Now that they heard Zhao Shucheng's words, they nodded and agreed.
Zhao Shucheng actually mainly reminded them to be careful in the next trip. After all, he always felt an unknown feeling when he came here this time, which was never seen before.
In the evening, the archaeological team finally came up, and the group sat in front of the campfire to have dinner and chat.
Professor Chen was excited about his discovery in the ancient tomb today and looked forward to his trip to Jingjue Ancient City, so he hoped that everyone would continue to move forward.
After hearing this, An Liman spoke up and said objection, feeling that everyone had already arrived in the depths of the Black Desert, and now it was the Feng family, so it was very dangerous to move forward, so it was better to go back here.
Shirley Yang took out Mr. Watt's notebook, pointed to the route above, and told An Liman that he would soon reach Jingjue Ancient City as long as he walked along the direction of Zidu River. Everyone could return the same way after exploring Jingjue Ancient City for a period of time, and it would not take too much time.
In the end, An Liman was persuaded by Shirley Yang and agreed to take the archaeological team to Mount Zagrama.
The next day.
After the group got up, they packed up their things, rode on camels, and prepared to embark on a journey to find the ancient city of Jingjue.
The sun is scorching, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the wind and sand are raging, making people feel a little suffocated.
Hu Bayi and An Liman walked together, talking about how to survive in the desert and find water. An Liman was actually reluctant to continue walking forward. The main reason was that there was no fresh water in the depths of the Black Desert. Although there were underground rivers under the desert, it was not as deep as they could dig.
Of course, Hu Bayi and An Liman will have a little desert survival method. That is, dig three or five meters deep down at the root of the saxacum grass, and there will be wet sand and salt water. After filtering through simple sunlight with plastic cloth, you can get a small amount of fresh water.
This method can only barely sustain life, but with so many people in the archaeological team, this method can undoubtedly be regarded as a drop in the bucket. Although the archaeological team has not lost any kettle and buckets when escaping the desert marching ants because of Zhao Shucheng's reminder, no one can guarantee what will happen next and whether they will suddenly encounter any danger.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! So Hu Bayi and An Liman agreed that if they arrived at a place where there was no Halaxacum grass, they would persuade the archaeological team to return on the same route.
Zhao Shucheng naturally heard the conversation between Hu Bayi and An Liman, but knew that the two of them were thinking well, but if they really wanted to go back, it was impossible before they found Jingjue Ancient City.
In fact, Zhao Shucheng's own portable space also has some water and food, which were left unintentionally in various worlds before. Of course, more of the drinking water was loaded in the world of "Mountain and Sea Love". After all, at the beginning, there were very few wells in the village where Zhao Shucheng was located, and everyone's drinking water was more water in the cellar. Zhao Shucheng couldn't get used to drinking at that time, so when he went to the county town, he filled a lot of water into the space from the tap water pipe.
However, Zhao Shucheng basically did not encounter such difficulties in using water later, so he naturally threw it behind his mind. Zhao Shucheng looked through the space now and when he saw this water, he had to thank the things in the space that would not change with the passage of time, otherwise the water would definitely not be able to be drunk.
With the water in the space, Zhao Shucheng also has enough confidence. I hope he won’t encounter any need to use this water. Of course, if there is really a shortage of water, Zhao Shucheng doesn’t care whether he will expose anything, and he will definitely not cause problems in the archaeological team due to lack of water.
In fact, Zhao Shucheng wanted to try it out even more. If he used the Taoist talisman to seek rain, would it really bring rain in this desert, or would give himself a little water?
At night, everyone stopped in a bulge and prepared to camp here.
Everyone dug a sandproof wall on the dune to settle the camels, and then lit a bonfire on the dune to keep warm.
Today's journey is very hard, and it's not the scorching sun, but the wind and sand are very strong, which makes people feel upset.
Fatty Wang asked, "When will this wind stop?"
"Wind Season is like this. The terrible place in the Black Desert is not a quicksand that traps people, nor is it a gold-eating ants that can chew people with a pure light, nor is it a black storm. It is said that there is a dreamy place deep in the desert. After people enter, they will see beautiful goddess beasts in lakes and rivers, but they will not be able to walk until they die of thirst and exhaustion. Because they are traps arranged by the devil, seducing people to die inside."
Yang Xueli said: "He is talking about the mirage in the desert. For people with dehydration, it is indeed easy to be confused."
“What is dehydration?”
"Although two-thirds of the human body are water, if you lose five percent, you will suffer from dehydration. In a word, if you lack water in the desert, you will be dead."
At this time, Ye Yixin walked to Yang Xueli and whispered a few words. He followed Yang Xueli and said, "We have something to do behind the sand dunes."
In fact, everyone guessed what they were doing, so they didn't care. They just asked them to carry flashlights and then blew the whistle when they encountered something.
Not long after, suddenly, Ye Yixin's cry for help came from a distance. When everyone heard the sound, they rushed towards the other side and found that Ye Yixin's lower body was trapped in the sand, while Yang Xueli was holding Ye Yixin's hand tightly.
The others were about to rush up to save the person, Hu Bayi said, "Don't move, follow the footprints!"
Zhao Shucheng looked at Ye Yixin who was still struggling and Yang Xueli who was pulling Ye Yixin hard, and said, "Don't worry, this is not quicksand. If it were really quicksand, just as their struggle was too strong, both of them would have been swallowed up long ago."
Having said that, it was impossible for everyone to really just watch it, and they pulled Ye Yixin up with all their strength.
"Xiao Ye, think about it carefully, what did you feel just now?"
Ye Yi said in a terrified state: "I remember that I just walked behind the sand dune, stepped on the air, and then fell into it. Sister Yang grabbed me."
"I really encountered quicksand. You were so close to you, and the two of you held hands and the quicksand was suctioning strongly, so you would fall into it and couldn't wait for us to rescue you. Moreover, people could not stand near the quicksand and could not use force."
Zhao Shucheng said as he walked to the vicinity where Ye Yixin had just been trapped, took out an engineer shovel from behind and started digging. After a while, a place was cleared out.
Sure enough, the sand was almost cleaned up in a while, and some gravel that was impossible to exist here appeared.
Wang Kaixuan looked at Shirley Yang and asked, "Miss Yang, have you said before that a foreign expedition team encountered a stone grave nearby?"
"Yes, it's nearby."
"That's right, this is a stone tomb. Since it's here, we must always see the situation and why it turns into quicksand."
Zhao Shucheng said as he picked up a stone, saw the traces on it, and said to Hu Bayi: "Old Hu, look at this stone, is there something wrong with it? The fracture is very new, it should have broken not long ago."
Hu Bayi took the stone and glanced at it, saying, "This is not ordinary gravel, but it seems to be blown up by explosives. And it is not ordinary explosives, but military explosives. Moreover, the people who blasted this blast are not simple, with precise directional blasting, and all the stones collapsed outwards."
Professor Chen said excitedly after hearing this: "Xiao Hu, Xiao Zhao, let's clean up and see what's going on in this ancient tomb."
Hao Aiguo said with some grief: "If it were really a tomb, such a big hole would have been stolen."
Next, Zhao Shucheng and Hu Bayi took turns to work and finally cleaned the hole.
Everyone entered the tomb and saw a lot of sand pouring into it. The place where there was no sand and dust not far away was already messy, and it was obviously visited by tomb robbers.
While searching for this tomb, Hu Bayi found a pack of explosives next to the coffin, and it was found that it was Soviet goods. The archaeological team did not care about so much and quickly conducted rescue excavations of the tomb, hoping to find some useful information.
The fat man looked at the empty tomb chamber and said unhappily: "What kind of tomb is this? There is nothing."
Hao Aiguo said: "If you were a tomb robber, would you leave something for the people behind?"
Fatty Wang was about to speak, Zhao Shucheng said: "Even the tomb robbers in our country, they should not be so unpretentious. They will take away everything. At least the corpse will be placed in the coffin, and some valuable things will be left behind. However, they are cleaned up here too clean, just like locusts crossing the border."
Professor Chen looked at the ancient tomb and said, "This is a typical ancient tomb from the Wei and Jin Dynasties, or a family tomb. It should have been buried under the desert. Perhaps it was because the wind and sand a few days ago made it exposed, so it was seen and destroyed."
"So, it should be that the tomb robbed not long ago?"
"good."
This ancient tomb has lost its value and cannot get useful things, so the group of people briefly recorded it and returned to the camp to rest and prepare to set off.
In the next few days, everyone followed the route on Shirley Yang's notebook and found several ancient tombs that had been stolen. Everyone's mood began to become heavier.
Chapter completed!