At Xiao Ran's repeated request, the archaeological team prepared enough water in Xiye Ancient City, and everyone filled the water bottles they carried with them before leaving the ancient city in a grand manner.

The camel team headed south and finally entered the Black Desert of the Sea of ​​Death. The Populus euphratica forests that were often seen before, and the sand lizards that occasionally came out of the desert and left a series of footprints in the sand, have now disappeared.

Climbing over one sand dune, there is another sand dune, just like the waves composed of sand repeating over and over again, but there is no breath of life at all.

In such a boring environment, anxiety and exhaustion continued to spread. Everyone frowned and rode on the camel in silence. Even the fat man, who was always talkative, became mute.

Xiao Ran drove the camel to catch up with Hu Bayi and An Liman, who were chatting about the black desert.

Hu Bayi asked An Liman how many times he had been to the Black Desert, and An Liman smiled bitterly: "I've been here once, this time! But even Hu Da is not willing to come to the Black Desert. If Hu Da hadn't sent Bai

Camel messenger, bless the cadres and gentlemen in the team, I would not be willing to come here even if I die a hundred times!"

"This is your first time here too?!" Hu Bayi was a little surprised, "Then we won't be able to get out, right?"

An Liman shook his head: "I am called An Liman, and An Liman is a living map of the desert! As long as there are shuttleweeds and sagebrush, there are underground rivers underneath. These rivers had not hidden underground before.

, the old towns are all built along the river, as long as Hu Da gives instructions, we will go well!"

An Liman said, pointing to the sand nest not far away: "Look, Haloxylon ammodendron!"

Xiao Ran carefully identified the small cluster of shuttle grass from the shadow of the sand nest for a long time, and exclaimed: "Mr. An, you are so awesome, why can't I see it..."

An Liman said proudly: "I am An Liman, you are not!"

While he was talking, a gust of wind blew up, raising up yellow sand all over the sky, gradually dyeing the entire sky light yellow. The fat man hurriedly drove the camel over from behind, and asked An Liman nervously: "Is this going to have another sandstorm?

"

An Liman shook his head: "Hu Da didn't lose his temper. He just sneezed at most! It's a little wind and sand, it doesn't matter!"

When the fat man heard this, he turned around with confidence and went back, conveying An Liman's words to the people behind him.

Not long after the fat man left, Shirley Yang drove the camel over again, took out a notebook, and looked through it carefully.

Xiao Ran glanced at the notebook. It was all in English, and there were some very freehand pictures, including some palaces and temples, portraits of Buddhas, sand dunes and woods, etc., as well as some scrawled maps with a mixture of solid and dotted lines.

Shirley Yang was very curious when she saw Xiao Ran and explained to him: "This is the note of the British explorer Mr. Walter. He once saw a huge ancient city in the lower reaches of the Ziduan River. My father suspected that it was the ancient city of Jingjue, so he specially

I bought this notebook back from England. Unfortunately, the records of Walt's expedition only ended when he discovered the ancient city, and there was no further record. In the end, only a mentally disturbed person survived."

Xiao Ran knew in his heart that it was Queen Jingjue's corpse-scented konjac that was responsible.

Regarding the content and ins and outs of the notes, Hu Bayi already understood them all during the night conversation with Shirley Yang. He continued what Shirley Yang said and asked: "Did Mr. Walter tell us how we should go next?"

Shirley Yang answered: "He recorded in his notes that after leaving Xiye Ancient City, they found a place with many stone tombs nearby. They planned to dig it when they came back, so they drew a more detailed map."

Shirley Yang and An Liman discussed the approximate direction and distance. At this time, the wind and sand gradually subsided, and the big sun in the sky once again made the yellow sand dazzling.

In the desert without wind and sand, the sun greedily evaporates the water in the human body. Xiao Ran took a sip of water. At this time, he could only talk as little as possible and move as little as possible to maintain sufficient water in the body.

Suddenly there was a burst of cheers from the end of the team. He looked back and found Ye Yixin, Chu Jian, and Sati Peng pointing not far away and cheering.

Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang also turned their heads and saw them pointing to the left side of the team. Everyone looked in the direction they were pointing and saw a large oasis in the distance, with many lakes in the middle sparkling with waves.

People were busy going in and out of the gray and black stone houses.

In the endless desert, such a large oasis with people coming and going suddenly appeared, and Xiao Ran was very puzzled. An Liman next to him stared at the eagle eyes to identify it carefully, and shouted behind him: "That's the devil."

It’s a city! You can’t go there even if you’re dying of thirst and exhaustion! Hu Da bless you, hurry up and stay away!”

Xiao Ran immediately understood what An Liman meant, and shouted to the students behind him: "That's a mirage! It's not real! Look carefully, in what era are there still people dressed like that!"

Everyone looked carefully and found that a group of people appeared from nowhere, riding horses and driving cars slowly towards the city. They were all wearing robes and long boots, and their hairstyles were definitely not modern.

The mirage in this desert is really bizarre. It not only reflects the scenery of other places, but also records scenes from different time and space. It was the first time Xiao Ran saw a mirage with his own eyes and it was breathtaking.

But An Liman and Shirley Yang stopped drinking at this time, looked at the direction of the mirage, and studied the route seriously.

When An Liman looked at the mirage just now, he noticed a few wormwood plants on the ground. Logically speaking, this is the direction to go. However, An Liman was very repulsive to this "devil's city" and believed that if he went in that direction, he would be punished by Hu Da.

punishment.

But Shirley Yang believed that that direction happened to be within the general range of the route recorded in the notes, and with the sandgrass that An Liman saw, he couldn't go wrong in that direction.

The two fell into a stalemate for a while, and Hu Bayi was also blinded. There were no stars in the broad daylight, and he could not identify the location of the stone tomb through astrology.

Xiao Ran suddenly thought of an idea, and with the attitude of giving it a try, he secretly asked Suohun Dingling Pearl: "Suozi, do you know the way? Do you know how to get to the stone tombs?"

"Stone tombs? Never heard of them."

The soul-locking spirit bead answered simply, and Xiao Ran was immediately discouraged. It seemed that this broken bead was really suitable for throwing into the grave.

"But..." Soul Locking Lingzhu suddenly said something again.

Xiao Ran quickly asked: "But what?"

"I heard the voice of the soul and smelled the smell of the soul. The bullied soul is crying, far to your left..."

I didn't expect this bead to have such ability! No wonder, his job is related to souls. Xiao Ran looked to the left, which was indeed the location of the mirage. It seemed that whether it was An Liman or Shirley Yang, their positioning was correct.

.

He turned to An Liman and said: "The wormwood on the ground is Hu Da's will, just like the white camel before. If you don't follow Hu Da's will, you will be punished. Even if it is really a ghost town ahead, Hu Da will

Will keep us safe!"

An Liman was still hesitant, but in the next second, those mirages turned into phantoms and then dissipated like smoke.

An Liman then said with a pious look: "This is Hu Da's will! Let's go!"

The camel team, led by An Liman, headed towards the location of the mirage just now.
Chapter completed!