"Ah!"
Xiang Qian, who was meditating, heard Ye Yixin's scream not far away.
Xiang Qian quickly ran in the direction of Ye Yixin's scream. After a short distance, he met Yang Xueli holding Ye Yixin and walking back.
"What happened?" Xiang Qian stopped in front of them and asked.
"Little Ye and I went to the toilet here. Little Ye saw two corpses that had just died. She was afraid of the dark, so she screamed.”Yang Xueli explained.
At this moment, Professor Chen, Old Hu, and the others also came over.
"Little Ye, how are you?"
"What happened, Little Ye?"
"Are you two alright?"
Everyone went up to greet her, but Yang Xueli interrupted them and explained to them.
"Aiya, stop talking here. Let's go over and see what's going on.”Fatty said.
Xiang Qian, Old Hu, and Fatty led the way with their guns. Under Yang Xueli's guidance, they arrived at the place where the dead people were.
On the side of a short wall, two corpses that looked like foreigners were sitting there. The color of the corpses was strange, and there were tools used for grave robbing on the ground. With the help of the flashlight, he could see that there were many bullet holes on the ground.
"This should be a group of foreign grave robbers. I don't know what happened, but two of them died and the rest ran away. Looking at the way these two people died, they should have died in their deep sleep.”
Old Hu went forward to check and turned to Xiang Qian and the others.
"Be careful!"
"Bang!"
Fatty shouted at Old Hu.
Xiang Qian fired a shot at Old Hu. Old Hu turned around and saw that a small black snake had been shot dead by Xiang Qian on the shoulder of the corpse.
It turned out that when Old Hu turned his head to speak, a black snake crawled out from behind the corpse's shoulder. It was about to bite Old Hu who turned his head to speak when Xiang Qian and Fatty happened to see it, so the scene just now appeared.
Xiang Qian walked to Old Hu's side, picked up the dead snake and Old Hu, and returned to Professor Chen's side. He asked Professor Chen,"Professor Chen, do you know this snake?”
"This kind of snake is called Jingjian Agan, also known as the Giant Eyed Snake. The snake's body is black and red, and there are horns on the snake's head, like a small flood dragon. It contains poison. Legend has it that this kind of snake is the guardian divine beast of Jingjue Ancient Country. I didn't expect the legend to be true. It seems that we have entered the territory of Jingjue Ancient Country.”
Professor Chen introduced the snake to everyone and concluded that they were already in Jingjue Ancient Nation.
"Alright, since there's nothing else, let's go back. We still have to travel tomorrow.”Fatty yawned and started walking back.
The night was silent.
The next morning, the group of people began their journey again and walked for a few more days.
When everyone was about to rest for lunch, Professor Hao suddenly said,"Aiya, why isn't my watch working? Look at the time.”
"Let me see. Aiya, my watch doesn't work either!”
"Let me take a look at mine. Mine is broken too. What happened?”
After Yang Xueli heard their words, she hurriedly took out the notebook in her backpack and sat on the ground to quickly flip through it. After reading it, she stood up and walked to Professor Chen, Xiang Qian, and the others." In my father's notes of the British explorer, there was such a record. The British explorer also lost track of the Zidu Underground River in the depths of the Black Desert. In this barren sea of death, two huge black magnetic mountains stood facing each other under the afterglow of the setting sun. They were like two ancient warriors in black armor, silently guarding an ancient secret. After passing through a valley that looked like a gate, a legendary city appeared in front of them. I think we must have arrived at the magnetic mountain mentioned in the notebook. That's why the watch is affected by the magnetic field and is not working well.”
Yang Xueli took a deep breath and continued,"If there really are two mountains like this in the desert, then the Zidu Underground River might have been blocked by the magnetic mountain. It's too far from the surface, so we can't find it. I don't think we should focus all our attention on finding traces of the underground river. If the legends and the explorers of Country Y are right, the magnetic mountain should be nearby. Mr. Hu, I'll have to use your Heavenly Star Feng Shui skill again tonight."”
"Are you talking about the Sacred Mountain of Zagramma? " I've heard from an old man that in the heart of the Black Desert, there are two sacred mountains, one red and one white. Legend has it that these two sacred mountains are the burial grounds of the previous sages.”At this moment, An Liman also recalled the legend he had heard before.
"Yes, it's the Zagramma mountain. Uncle Anliman, do you know how to get there?”Yang Xueli asked excitedly.
"I don't know. I already said that it's a legend. How do we know?”An Liman expressed that he had only heard about it and did not know.
At this moment, Ye Yixin, who was sweating profusely, said to them,""Do you still have water? I don't have any water. Who has some water for me? It's too hot today. I'm so thirsty!”
Hearing Ye Yixin's words, everyone took out their water bottles and shook them. They found that the water bottles were all empty.
"What should we do? A lack of water in the desert can be fatal. What should we do now?”Professor Chen had no idea.
"Old man An Liman, can you still find Hai Zi or the hidden well?”Xiang Qian asked An Liman.
"Can't you find it? I've never been here before!"
Hearing An Liman's words, everyone panicked. If they couldn't find a water source, they would be dried up by the desert sun in less than half a day, let alone archaeology.
"There are only two options now. One is to return by the long route, but if there is no water supply along the way, it will be very difficult for us to go back. The other is to continue searching for the Ancient Jingjue Kingdom. We have already arrived near Zaglama, so we should have a 60% chance of finding the Ancient Jingjue Kingdom. These ancient cities should have underground water veins, but it has been more than 2,000 years. Who doesn't know if the water veins have dried up and changed their course? Therefore, what should we do now? Everyone, please share your opinions.”Xiang Qian gave his analysis.
Everyone argued for a long time, but there was no unified opinion.
In the end, Xiang Qian had no choice but to vote. The minority obeyed the majority.
The result was five to four, and only An Liman had no choice.
"Old Master, you have to think carefully before you say anything. What do you think we should do?”Old Hu walked to An Liman's side and asked.
An Liman held a pipe in his mouth and narrowed his eyes at the sun in the sky."As for me, of course I'm listening to Hu Da's will. There's only one sun in the sky, and there's only one omnipotent true god in the world. Hu Da will guide us.”
Fatty looked up at the sky and said,"Then you should quickly ask them. What did Elder Hu say?”
An Liman removed the pipe from his mouth, knocked it, and put it back on his waist. He knelt down with a thud and began to pray devoutly. He placed his palms inward and faced his face as he chanted the scriptures. His expression was devout and solemn, and he did not have the usual cunning look on his face at all.
Fatty looked at An Liman for a long time and asked anxiously,"Old Master, is it over yet?”
An Liman opened his eyes and smiled."Big Hu has already given us a hint.”As he spoke, he took out a five-cent coin from his pocket and showed it to everyone."The literal meaning is to continue forward, and the image is to go back the way we came.”After saying that, he threw it into the sky.
Everyone looked up at the coin that flew into the sky. The coin fell from the sky and stuck into the sand.
“………………”
Everyone was speechless. What did this mean?
Just as everyone was about to ask An Liman what he meant, Yang Xueli suddenly pointed into the distance and shouted,""Oh my god, that's Mount Zagramma?!!!”
Everyone looked in the direction of Yang Xueli's finger. They saw that the direction she was pointing was in the direction where the coin had fallen. At the end of the world, there was a faint black line. However, it was far away. If one did not look carefully, they would not be able to see it clearly.
Everyone finally heaved a sigh of relief. As long as they found the mountain, they would be able to find the Ancient City of Jingjue. Once they reached the Ancient City of Jingjue, they would have water.
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