"Then I want to try it and see what's the difference between the food here and Xiangjiang." Looking at the food on the table, Ao Ming had a great appetite. He sat down without wearing any clothes and wrapped himself in a bath towel, picked up a small steamed bun and ate it.

"How does it taste?"

"It's very good. It tastes the same as the one in Causeway Bay. Brother Dong, you can eat it too!"

"I don't want to eat, you can just eat." Lei Weidong looked at Ao Ming holding the steamed dumplings and said with a smile, "I'll eat you when you're full."

"Eat me!" Ao Ming looked at himself, "You want to?"

"Yeah, can't you?" Lei Weidong stood up with a smile.

"No, I've had enough, I can't..." Ao Ming stuffed the steamed dumplings into his mouth and ran away quickly.

A few minutes passed!

Ao Ming, who was neatly dressed, returned to the living room, looked at Lei Weidong with a resentful look, sat down with his lips pouted and continued to eat.

"Who were those two people last night? They made it so big that the hotel was almost destroyed."

"It wasn't them who ruined the hotel, it was Yangma and the money-grubbing boss." Lei Weidong corrected.

"That's right!" Thinking of the scene yesterday when Dayangma held a heavy machine gun and fired, Ao Ming almost laughed, "Hundreds of bullets were fired indiscriminately, but no one was hit. He must be the originator of the stroke master, but the boss must regret it.

Dead."

"What I regret is not the boss but Chen Jiaju. I got up early in the morning. When I went out, Jiaju and the others were preparing to leave. In order to compensate for the damage to the hotel, they took out all the cash they had and borrowed a lot of money from me."

Thinking of Chen Jiaju and others' embarrassment when they went out, Lei Weidong wanted to laugh. He was lending money to them. He must have been even more embarrassed in the movie.

No wonder we have to camp in the wild at night.

In addition to being close to the desert, lack of money is also the main reason.

"Do those two people know what happened yesterday?" Ao Ming asked, holding the glass filled with soybean juice and gently shaking it to release the heat inside. Feeling that it was almost done, he took a sip and put down the glass.

"I don't know. It looks like they are either mercenaries or gangsters. They are murderous beings. However, they are not official forces. They are probably private groups attracted by the gold. They came here to find the keys yesterday."

Lei Weidong guessed.

"Brother Dong, do you think they will come here again today?" Ao Ming picked up an egg, peeled off the shell and handed it to Lei Weidong, asking.

"It's not that it's back, it's that it's already here." Lei Weidong, who took the egg, shrugged and looked out the window.

A dozen mercenaries driving three off-road vehicles had arrived outside the hotel.

Under the command of a young man, an old man who was nearly seventy years old was carried out of the car and came to the door of the hotel in a wheelchair.

"Welcome, God bless you!" Seeing the guests arriving, the hotel owner stepped forward and shouted, "How many rooms do you want?"

"Yesterday, a Chinese man lived here with a group of people. Where did they go?" The young man wearing sunglasses strode to the boss and asked coolly.

"Money, money, I can't think of anything without money." The money-obsessed boss rubbed his fingers, his eyes filled with greed.

"I want money, I'll give it to you!" The young man swiped the money and resisted the boss with his grab.

"I, I thought of it." Looking at the mercenary standing at the door, he swiped and all the knives were revealed. The boss was so frightened that he almost peed his pants and stammered:

"He, they left early in the morning, saying they were going to the desert. They were going to the desert."

"Ignore him, let's go!"

Knowing that they were late, the mercenary didn't waste any time. He threw the money-crazed boss aside and a group of people got in the car and headed straight for the desert.

"They're gone."

On the second floor of the hotel, through the windows, Lei Weidong and Ao Ming could see everything clearly. When they saw several cars preparing to leave, Ao Ming said.

"It's time for us to leave, follow them." Lei Weidong put his simple luggage on his shoulders and left the room with Ao Ming.

"Brother Dong, who are they? They look fierce, but there are also old men inside, old men in wheelchairs." After leaving the hotel and getting into the off-road vehicle, Ao Ming, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked at the yellow sand outside.

I asked very curiously.

I have to say that driving in the desert is a torture.

We haven't entered the desert yet, we're just driving on the outer Gobi, and there's a lot of sand and dust along the way.

Fortunately, Lei Weidong was rich, so the off-road vehicle was specially customized and was improved on the military Hummer used in the beautiful country to participate in the Cannonball Speeding Competition.

Not only does the safety sealing effect be very good, the sand and dust from outside can't get in, but it's also equipped with an air conditioner, so even if it's steaming outside, the car will be as cool as in autumn.

Unlike the car driven by Chen Jiaju and others, it has no air conditioning and only a broken fan.

When the windows are closed, the car is like a sauna. It is too hot. When the windows are opened, it is cooler. But the sand makes Chen Jiaju and others wearing gauze scarves and sunglasses look like Arabs.

"That old man was probably one of the soldiers who buried the gold." Lei Weidong drove his car far behind the mercenary convoy. There was no need to worry about getting lost here.

Because the route to the desert is very simple, just look at the camel caravans passing by on both sides of the road, the tall Arab brothers riding short black donkeys.

It can be determined that the end of this route should be a small oasis. If nothing unexpected happens, Chen Jiaju and the others will camp in the oasis at night.

"The soldier who buried the gold, Brother Dong, how did you know about it?"

"The other party is an old man, maybe more than 70 or more than 60. Judging from the age, he is lame and has difficulty moving. Such an old man will not come here without a special reason, even if it is for gold.

I won't come here in person.

Then there are his men, two of whom came last night to grab the keys but were frightened away by Ocean Horse with heavy machine guns.

Finally, this road leads to the base. There is a small oasis in front of it. I asked Chen Jiaju and found out that they planned to camp in the oasis at night and rush to the base tomorrow.

This group of people didn't ask any questions and went straight to the direction Chen Jiaju was walking. They obviously knew the location of the base.

So many clues add up.”

Lei Weidong shrugged, "That old man was most likely a surviving soldier from that time, but he didn't know the password or the key, so he took advantage of Chen Jiaju and others.

It's a pity that the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind, not to mention us. There are more than one or two countries eyeing this treasure. It will depend on whose method is wiser."

"We are going to the desert and find some honest people for us. Here is the money. I will give you the remaining half when it arrives."

Chen Jiaju and others, who had set off early, had already arrived at the edge of the desert, bargained with the Arab brothers, hired a guide and several camels, and prepared to move towards the desert.

In the desert, no matter how powerful a vehicle is, it cannot compare to a camel. Chen Jiaju and others are planning to set up camp in the oasis and ride camels to their destination.

After driving on the dry road for several kilometers, ahead, a figure wearing a gauze scarf and carrying luggage was walking hard. When he saw the convoy approaching, he turned around and waved, apparently wanting to hitchhike.

In order to save someone's life, it was better to build a seven-level pagoda. In addition, the figure looked like a woman, so Chen Jiaju stopped the car.

"Sir, can you give me a lift?" Seeing the car stop, the figure immediately ran over and said in English.

"It's you, what a coincidence." The figure was a stupid Japanese girl whom Chen Jiaju was familiar with. He immediately opened the door and got out of the car with a smile, letting the girl get in and rest.

"What do you call it?" Ada, who was wary when she saw the little girl joining temporarily, asked.

"I am Ikeda Masako, nicknamed Momo. You can just call me Momo." After getting in the car, Momo took off her sunglasses and gauze scarf on her head and introduced herself politely.

"Ikeda Masako, you are an idiot."

"Yes, my hometown is Kyoto." Taozi responded.

"Japanese idiot, how did you get here? This is a desert area, very dangerous. Aren't you a little girl afraid?" Taozi's self-introduction made Ada even more suspicious.

"Don't be afraid. The people here are very simple. I have many friends." Taozi said very humbly: "As for the danger, I came to the desert just to find the meaning of death. Everyone is going to die. I don't know why. Just think about it.

I won’t be afraid anymore.”

"You are so awesome."

Ada was speechless for these people who ventured into the desert to face death for so-called ideals.

"What's wrong?"

Noticing that Taozi was looking at the camel team outside with panic, Chen Jiaju asked with great concern.

"This camel caravan is a bit dangerous. Be careful when camping at night?" Taozi reminded.

"What kind of danger can there be? This camel team is no different from the one just now, that is, the clothes. They are wearing black clothes while the previous camel team was wearing white clothes."

Ada asked as she stretched out her head and looked out the window.

"Different clothes represent different beliefs. Although people in the desert all believe in the true God, there are different factions. White represents gentleness, and black represents murder.

They might rob us at night." Unlike Ada and others, Taozi is very clear about the customs in the desert.

"Robbing us, what do we have to rob? The gold has not been found yet. These cars are valuable outside, but they are not as valuable as camels in the desert. They are much richer than us."

Ada didn't believe Tao Zi's words at all.

"In addition to camels and gold, the most valuable things in the desert are women. Especially beauties like you, who can be worth dozens or even hundreds of camels."

Tao Zi nodded Ada and Yangma with her hand and reminded them.

"If it weren't for the help of my friends, I would have been almost auctioned off as a slave girl once."

"Speed ​​up." Chen Jiaju noticed through the rearview mirror that the camel team really wanted to follow him like Taozi said, and there was some obvious hostility, so he immediately asked the team to speed up.

As the team speeded up, the camel team behind also started running.

This made Chen Jiaju regret a little. If he had known earlier, he would have called Lei Weidong as well. It would have been much safer with him in the team.

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"The oasis has arrived, do you want to take a rest?"
To be continued...