At this moment, the sun has set and the moon is revealed.
And the starry sky is also filled with bright starlight.
Domat raised his head unconsciously, staring blankly at the stars in the sky, but he was muttering something.
Zhou Ke, who was beside him, couldn't hear what he was talking about.
Just like that, one sat on the sand and the other stood aside, both of them immersed in the desert night sky.
"Hey! Tell me, if we can't find this ancient city of Xiye, will Uncle Zhou Ke take us back directly?" Zhou Hai asked his companions while eating beef jerky and drinking hot tea.
"Haha! Don't think about it. If you can't find Xiye Ancient City, you will never turn around and go back directly." The companion replied.
"Why, if you can't find it, why don't you go back? It's not a problem to stay in the desert and eat sand every day?" Zhou Hai has a somewhat straightforward personality. Zhou Ke has been taking him with him, wanting him to exercise, but he didn't
I can't change it, I always go straight.
However, his companion looked at Zhou Ke in the distance, and then said to Zhou Hai: "You have to know how much supplies we carry, it is definitely enough for our group to stay in the desert for several months. If we are just looking for
How is it possible to turn around and go back before reaching Xiye Ancient City? At least, we have to stay here for ten and a half days and search for Xiye Ancient City carefully. If we still can't find it in the end, maybe we can go back."
Zhou Hai thought the same thing. With so many people and so many supplies, it would really be unjustifiable if he didn't put in the effort to look for Xiye Ancient City this time.
"But, you said, so many of us came here to find Xiye Ancient City just to help Zhou Mei advance to become an innate master?" Zhou Hai asked.
The companion shook his head and said: "I really don't know. However, if there is an innate master in the family, it will be good for you and me. But so many people come here, maybe they want us to participate and have a good exercise.
Not sure. Look at the sandstorm this afternoon and the coyotes. If Grandpa takes action, they will definitely be wiped out in an instant. But we are still allowed to deal with the coyotes, which shows that they want to train us.
.”
Zhou Hai thought so. Speaking of which, if he came to the desert this time, the family's senior officials might have known about this mission for a long time, which was very unusual.
The warriors and armed personnel of the Zhou family sit separately, with the warriors in the inner circle and the armed personnel in the outer circle.
The crowd was divided into several circles, and in each circle they were chatting around a fire. After spending the night in the desert, there was nothing else to do but sit and chat.
As for the fire, it actually carries some special fuel that can burn for a long time.
This time, the armed men followed the Zhou family warriors and kept a low profile.
At other times, they are quite majestic. But in front of Zhou family warriors, they are very low-key.
Its captain is also a child of the Zhou family, his name is Zhou Jingbo, but because his cultivation talent is too low, there is really no future, so he has become an armed member of the Zhou family's periphery, and has more than ten years of experience.
"Captain, what are we looking for here? In this big desert, we just eat sand all day long." A team member sitting next to Zhou Jingbo was grilling meat with a skewer and looking at it.
After looking around, he asked in a low voice.
But Zhou Jingbo whispered: "I don't know what I'm looking for. When I accepted the mission, I just said that I would follow him to the desert to perform the mission and follow Manager Zhou's arrangements."
Zhou Ke's identity is that he is a steward of the Zhou family, which is considered a high-ranking position in the Zhou family. Otherwise, he would not be responsible for leading the team this time.
"Hey! It's really awkward this time, I..." the team member said a little annoyed.
When you follow a team of warriors, you naturally have to obey these warriors in everything, and it's really uncomfortable to be a lowly person.
Moreover, many warriors from the Zhou family yelled at them and asked them to do some physical work, so many team members felt a little angry.
However, everyone is still very clear about warriors, and naturally they will not show it. Now this team member is complaining in a low voice, and he is just complaining to his own captain.
"Stop talking." Zhou Jingbo directly interrupted this guy's complaint, and then looked at the warriors in the inner circle to see if any of them were paying attention. When he saw that no one was paying attention, he whispered again: "You
Don’t you dare to say whatever you want when you’re looking for trouble? Don’t you know that their five senses are very sensitive, so they might hear it.”
In fact, when Zhou Jingbo accepted the task, he was unwilling in every possible way. The most important thing is that these warriors are very difficult to serve, and if they don't do well, or if they have objections, the armed personnel themselves will
Possibly losing your life.
But as an armed member of the Zhou family, I could only accept my fate and had no choice.
He actually wanted to take his team and go on missions abroad. He could break into dragons, ponds, tiger's dens, etc., which was better than following warriors. Unfortunately, this idea was just a thought.
The team members have opinions, and he is aware of them. In fact, everyone understands the conflict between the two circles.
Warriors look down on ordinary people, and they don't want to follow warriors.
"Be careful what you say in the future, and don't pry around. Just do your own thing. Remember, if you want to save your life, it's best to talk less and do more." Zhou Jingbo didn't want the people he brought out to offend the family members.
A warrior, so I gave him a warning.
The team member nodded and agreed honestly. He knew that the captain had good intentions.
The bonfire was jumping and burning, but Domat was sitting high on the sand dune, not at the edge of the bonfire, so he felt a little cold and wrapped his coat tightly.
"The temperature at night is really low, why don't you go and warm yourself up by the fire?" Zhou Ke said to Domat.
"It doesn't matter, I'm fine. I've been in the desert for a long time, and I'm used to this kind of temperature." Duomaiti replied.
"Well, the temperature in this desert is really high. There can be a difference of dozens of degrees between day and night. This is the first time I have experienced such a temperature difference." Zhou Ke said.
"Fortunately, you just get used to it. This kind of temperature difference may be huge in the mainland, but here we have to experience it every day. Especially in winter, the temperature difference is even greater," Duomaiti said.
"Tell me, where exactly is the Ancient City of Xiye, and why can't we find it? Is it possible that someone doesn't want us to see the Ancient City of Xiye?" Zhou Ke thought of the sandstorm he experienced today and what he had experienced in the past few days.
After experiencing the sandstorm, I had some doubts in my heart.
But Duomaiti shook his head and said: "I really don't know about this. But I judge that it shouldn't be the case."
"Why not?" Zhou Ke asked.
"If we didn't want people to see Xiye Ancient City, we wouldn't have seen Xiye Ancient City more than ten years ago. And if we want to find Xiye Ancient City now, we won't use any means to prevent us from finding Xiye Ancient City.
"Domaiti said.
Pointing to the dark place in the distance, he said again: "The last time we saw the ancient city, it was after a sandstorm. Maybe the sandstorm prevented us from seeing the ancient city. But this time, we also experienced a sandstorm, but
Why can’t we see the ancient city?”
He said it to Zhou Ke, but also to himself. In short, he just couldn't figure out why.
"Forget it, don't think so much. Let's discuss it tomorrow and see how to search. Now, let's go back." Looking at the fire not far away, I felt a little cold.
Although he is a warrior and is not sensitive to temperature, there is no fire that he does not want to roast himself in. He stays away from the fire like a fool.
In such a cold night, it is also a good experience to have a fire and take a good rest.
"No, you go ahead and I'll wait." Duomaiti said.
Zhou Ke retorted: "Let's go together. You are here, still some distance away from us. It's dark night, the moon is not very bright, and you can't see clearly from here. If something happens, there will be no time to rescue."
"
Domat is an indispensable person in the desert. If something happens to him, the subsequent search mission will be over, and this trip may be in vain.
Especially the upper class felt it deeply. Without high-tech means, even as a warrior, he still had a great respect for this desert.
Once you lose your direction in the desert, and there is no other way to determine the direction, and there is no water or food, ordinary people can only wait for death, but warriors can only wait a little longer.
Therefore, the guide in the team is indispensable.
It was also because of this that when he saw Domati running onto the sand dunes, he followed him, which was also a kind of protection.
Who could have predicted that the guy who was behind the attack would get a coyote and kill Domati directly in the dark?
It doesn't matter if the old man dies, but who will lead the way to Xiye Ancient City in the future?
Duomaiti didn't answer Zhou Ke, nor did he get up. Instead, after hearing Zhou Ke's words, he suddenly thought of something, but couldn't seem to grasp it. What was it?
"What did you just say?" Duomai asked.
"I said, you should go back with me. The moon is not very bright tonight, and we can't see clearly here. If something happens, we won't be able to rescue you in time." Zhou Ke saw Duomaiti asking and thought in his heart
Is the old man complaining because he can't find the ancient city of Xiye and is a little confused?
"Yes, the moon is not very bright!" After Duomaiti heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. He turned to Zhou Ke and laughed loudly and said, "I thought of it!"
Zhou Ke's head was full of black lines, and he asked with some confusion: "What did you think of? Did you think of how to find Xiye Ancient City?"
"Haha! Yes, yes! I have figured out how to find the ancient city of Xiye!" Duomaiti stood up and repeated to Zhou Ke excitedly.
Zhou Ke suddenly became happy and asked, "Tell me, how did you come up with this idea?"
"I can imagine that I found Xiye Ancient City because of your reminder." Duomaiti replied.
"My reminder, what is it?" Zhou Ke recalled what he said, but he was confused. Could it be that if we go back together, we can see the ancient city of Xiye?
If it were that simple, then everyone wouldn't be sitting here warming themselves by the fire this night, helpless!