"This is a professional expedition team from Macao. There are seventy members in total. They are all famous internationally. The leader of this expedition team is also a son of a big family in Macao."
"It is said that this expedition encountered geological changes, that is, small earthquakes, which caused landslides, so they were all buried. No one survived."
Master Ma said.
Chu Ye nodded. The members of these domestic professional expedition teams are almost all children from wealthy families with superior family conditions. After all, ordinary people have to work hard for three meals a day. Where do they get the funds and energy to go on adventures?
The cost of a professional expedition team member is hundreds of thousands a year, and a piece of equipment starts at 100,000.
Those ordinary adventure enthusiasts cannot be called an expedition team at all, they can only be regarded as "travel friends".
Due to the lack of equipment and logistical support, travelers are most likely to have accidents during expeditions. As for professional expedition teams, safety is generally guaranteed.
So this time an entire expedition team disappeared mysteriously, which is indeed strange.
It can't be explained by just saying "landslide".
Master Ma continued: "So, the Bai family, the financial backers of Aocheng behind this expedition, paid a lot of money to hire the Shudu Archaeological Institute to conduct an investigation of the prince's tomb. They suspected that there was something wrong with the prince's tomb!"
"hehe."
Chu Ye chuckled lightly, there were no fools in these capital circles, and the words "landslide accident" would not convince them.
"If the archaeological institute wants to investigate the prince's tomb, it will be inconvenient for us to intervene."
"That's not necessarily the case," Master Ma smiled mysteriously, "Many rich people like to hang out in cultural circles. Zhu Wanlin also followed suit and donated a large sum of money to the Institute of Archeology, and gained the title of honorary director of the Institute of Archeology.
"
Chu Ye narrowed his eyes: "I understand."
Early the next morning.
After Chu Ye got up, he put on a white shirt, put a pen in his breast pocket, and put on a pair of black-rimmed glasses.
This outfit looks very much like the secretary next to the company director.
He called Zhu Wanlin last night and asked him to find a way to make an appointment with the Archaeological Institute to participate in today's exploration of the prince's tomb.
As a local snake in the capital of Shu, Zhu Wanlin was no stranger to the prince's tomb. He was frightened by the news. After all, he had been hearing all kinds of terrible rumors about the prince's tomb since he was a child.
However, he was still more afraid of Chu Ye than the illusory ghosts.
After all, Chu Ye is a living Yama.
As soon as he walked out of the hotel room, Chu Ye saw Zhu Wanlin waiting respectfully aside.
"Mr. Chu, you are awake."
"You are quite capable, you can actually find out my room number."
Chu Ye said casually.
"This, this, this... I absolutely wouldn't dare! I absolutely wouldn't dare! It was only with Miss Sun's help that I could get here."
"Um."
Chu Ye glanced at Zhu Wanlin, who was trembling with fear, and walked directly to the hotel elevator.
Zhu Wanlin followed with his head lowered.
Outside the hotel, a Rolls-Royce Phantom was parked. Two big men in black wearing sunglasses stood aside. When the boss appeared, they immediately bowed.
This scene attracted the attention of passers-by around him.
"Why are you so arrogant?
Tell them to get lost."
Chu Ye said neither salty nor bland.
"Go, go, go, hurry up and get out!"
Zhu Wanlin shouted angrily, then took the initiative to open the rear door of the car and said respectfully: "Mr. Chu, please get in the car."
But Chu Ye sat directly into the driver's seat, put on his seat belt, and said: "Don't forget, I will act as your driver today."
"Pay attention to your identity. You are the boss now and I am the driver. If the performance fails, Zhu Wanlin will no longer exist in this world."
"Yes, yes, I understand!"
Zhu Wanlin was startled and hurriedly sat in the back row, wiping his sweat in fear.
He took a deep breath and tried to adjust his mood.
Last night, he called the director of the Archaeological Institute and said that he was very interested in the investigation of the prince's tomb, so he wanted to go to the tomb with him as the honorary director.
The Institute of Archeology did not dare to offend this big financier, so they had no choice but to agree.
However, the Institute of Archeology also put forward its own conditions, that is, Zhu Wanlin can only bring one subordinate to follow him at most, and during the survey activities, all actions must be obeyed and must not be taken lightly.
About half an hour after leaving the city, the vehicle came to a deserted area.
The scenery on both sides gradually became desolate.
Chu Ye took a look at the satellite map. Further ahead was a mountainous forest area, with only an abandoned national highway for cars to drive on.
During the violently bumpy driving, Zhu Wanlin even started to get motion sickness and almost vomited.
If he hadn't been afraid of vomiting in the car and making Chu Ye dissatisfied, he would have really lost control.
Finally, the vehicle arrived at the agreed meeting point.
"Mr. Chu, this is where Wu and I made an appointment."
Chu Ye stopped the car and scanned the surrounding scenery.
This is a wild jungle, with a dilapidated road full of gravel at your feet, towering mountains in the distance, and you can even see the white snow on the top of the mountain dozens of kilometers away.
This is already the outer area of Shu capital.
There was something indescribably strange about the whole forest.
In other words, it was too quiet, surprisingly quiet.
There was no movement of any beasts, birds or insects.
Zhu Wanlin also noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere here. He swallowed and said nervously: "Many people have died around here. When a Japanese soldier parachuted into this place, they all turned into bones!"
"Zhang Xianzhong once entered Shu and sent a group of elite soldiers to search for food and grass, and then he was trapped here and died alive!"
"Not long ago, there was an expedition team, and all of them disappeared near here. It is said that there were a total of seventy people!"
"Shut up."
Chu Ye said neither salty nor bland.
Zhu Wanlin quickly covered his mouth with his hands.
It is precisely because there are so many strange things here that Chu Ye comes here.
If there was peace here, why would he come here to waste time?
Are you full?
"After the expedition team disappeared, did anyone come to search and rescue them?"
Chu Ye asked.
"Yes! Of course there is! This expedition team is all from Aocheng, so the higher ups attach great importance to it. Just 24 hours after the disappearance, a rescue team was sent to search the mountain, and even helicopters were dispatched to conduct aerial surveys, but all results were in vain.
return."
"In the end, it can only be said that it was a geological change, a sudden small earthquake, and the expedition team died in a landslide."
This reason seems to be tenable. After all, Shu is located in an earthquake zone, and there are countless small earthquakes every year. However, a total of 70 people did not survive. This is too exaggerated.
"I heard that the rescue team only went to one place at that time, and that was the prince's tomb.
The prince's tomb is a protected unit and the door of the tomb cannot be destroyed, so we were unable to conduct an in-depth investigation at all."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a roar at the end of the road, and two off-road vehicles drove towards here one after the other.