Tomb Raiding: My Family's Last Clan Chief is Little Brother

Chapter 198 Entering the Devil City
"Wow." Wu Xiaoxie watched the whole thing and was completely impressed. "You really did a great job. You actually got the debt back. Fatty will be devastated if he finds out."

Zhang Wuxun smugly said, "What can we do? Fatty has a dark complexion."

The wind has completely stopped.

After a short rest, Ah Ning and her men brought back several drivable vehicles and kept testing the radios on them to try and contact the four missing people.

Aning's assistant, a Caucasian, was among the four missing people.

As the sun set, everyone who had been busy all day took a break, and those who had gone out to search returned, still empty-handed.

GPS doesn't work here either, and some people speculate that those people might have been buried in the sand.

Ah Ning shook her head and asked who had seen them in the last time.

Wu Xiaoxie suddenly remembered something, let out a soft "ah", and raised his hand, saying, "I remember now. When I was lost before, I saw a figure walking towards a very large group of black stone pillars, but the wind was too strong and I couldn't see anything in the blink of an eye. I don't know if it was just my imagination."

Upon hearing this, Aning immediately called Zaxi to inquire whether there were any large natural rock formations within a ten-kilometer radius.

Upon hearing this, Zaxi's face immediately changed, and he shouted repeatedly, "We can't go there! People will die there! We can't go!"

Aning was too lazy to waste words with him, so she told everyone to pack their things and prepare to load the car, and set off for the legendary Devil City that she had asked about from Dingzhu Zhuoma.

Once Dingzhu Zhuoma speaks, Zaxi has no choice but to obey, even if he is unwilling, because the grandmother of a Tibetan has a very high status in the family.

After the convoy had been traveling for more than twenty minutes, the air became murky again. Dingzhu Zhuoma said that this meant the trade winds were about to pick up again.

A vast expanse of Yardang landforms appeared ahead, with towering stone mountains rising abruptly from the ground, majestic and bizarre, just like the huge black stone castle that Wu Xiaoxie had vaguely seen before.

The Devil City, also known as the Wind City, is a unique landform sculpted by strong winds over many years. This area is dotted with a large number of strangely shaped rock formations, which look eerie and desolate.

Furthermore, due to the unique distribution of the rocks, when the wind blows over these rocks, it produces a mournful howling sound, which sounds like the wailing of ghosts and wolves, and is quite frightening, as if there are really ghosts and monsters baring their fangs and claws and doing evil deeds inside. Therefore, it is called the Devil City.

The large number of rocks here makes it a good place to build a long-term shelter from the wind.

Aning ordered the camp to be set up, and Zhang Wuxun served as the temporary team doctor, taking care of the wounded.

After dinner, the wind picked up, and the world outside the tent truly seemed to be inhabited by demons. The howling and wailing of ghosts and wolves echoed all night, making it impossible for anyone to sleep.

The next morning, Ah Ning got up early to cook breakfast. She hadn't slept all night, and her dark circles were so bad she looked like a panda. Hei Xiazi kindly offered to sell her a pair of sunglasses to cover them up, but Ah Ning rolled her eyes at him mercilessly.

Undeterred, Hei Xiazi tried to sell Wu Xiaoxie his sunglasses again, saying, "Buy three get one free, and they're good quality. It's a great deal."

Wu Xiaoxie's lips twitched, and he said speechlessly, "Aren't you tired of wearing sunglasses in broad daylight?"

Black Bear smiled mysteriously, "Me? The darker the place, the clearer I can see. So, how about it, want to buy it?"

Wu Xiaoxie thought this person was mentally unstable and was too lazy to talk to him. "I'm not buying it. The wooden fish was prepared for me. You can keep it for yourself."

Black Bear sighed regretfully.

Zhang Wuxun had just changed the dressing on one person's wound when he heard a commotion outside the tent.

The bearded foreigner flung open the tent flap, grabbed Zhang Wuxun, and ran outside, anxiously saying, "Quick, A-K and the team doctor have been found! Super Fish, please help us take a look!"

Zhang Wuxun carried the first-aid kit over and found that the bearded foreigner's "Ak" was lying in a large pit behind the mound.

When A Ning saw Zhang Wuxun approaching, she quickly made way for him. "He's still alive." Zhang Wuxun checked him over. "He fainted from exhaustion and dehydration. Let's carry him to the tent first. I'll give him an injection and an IV drip, and he'll recover."

"By the way, didn't you find your team doctor too? Where is he?" Zhang Wu asked.

Ah Ning paused for a moment, then pointed to a rocky hill behind the deep pit.

Zhang Wuxun went over and saw that the chubby team doctor was buried upright in the sand.

The憨憨 (simple and honest) smile on his chubby face was gone, replaced by a painful, ferocious expression on his deathbed.

Old Wu sighed, "He's unlucky; he's stuck in quicksand."

Even corpses couldn't be preserved here. Aning stepped on something to reach the team doctor and removed the nameplate from his neck. It was engraved with Aning's company logo, coral antlers, and a string of numbers. The back had the team doctor's name and number.

“Everyone in the company has their own unique number. If someone is killed, their teammates will take the nameplate back and seal the number away forever.” Aning’s expression was somewhat somber.

Zhang Wuxun didn't know what to say, so he could only remain silent.

Wu Laosi and his men grabbed their entrenching tools and used them to bury the part of the team doctor that was still sticking out.

Zhang Wuxun returned to the tent to give A-K an IV drip. Less than half an hour later, A-K woke up, but he was still exhausted and had difficulty moving.

When Ah Ning saw that he was awake, she came in and asked him if he had seen the remaining two people.

Ah K asked in confusion, "Didn't Lao Gao and Asan come back?"

Upon hearing this, Ah Ning hurriedly asked what had happened.

Ah K said that he got blinded by the wind and somehow ended up here. He found a group of tall rocks in front of him and thought he would go in to take shelter from the wind. When he got closer, he found the Caucasians and Asan in front of him. He quickly called out to them, but they didn't hear him because they were facing away from the wind and kept walking forward. He wanted to catch up, but he didn't expect there to be a big pit in front of him. He stepped into it and fell in, and was knocked unconscious.

"I don't know what happened after that," A-K said.

Ah Ning told him to rest well, then went out of the tent to discuss with Wu Laosi about going into the Devil City to find people.

A short while later, Wu Xiaoxie came in to find Zhang Wuxun, saying that he wanted to go into the Devil City with A Ning to find someone.

Zhang Wuxun frowned disapprovingly, "Why did you ask Tianzhen to go with you? In terms of skill and experience, aren't all your people better than him?"

Ah Ning chuckled softly, "Only if you bring him along will you come to us if something happens."

Wu Xiaoxie touched his nose, not daring to speak.

Zhang Wuxun then asked, "Where are Xiao Ge and Hei Xiazi?"

Ah Ning snorted coldly, "Who knows where he went? He hasn't come back since he left this morning."

Zhang Wuxun understood immediately; he guessed that Wu Sansheng had gone to contact him.

Ah Ning had made up her mind. Zhang Wuxun knew that Wu Xiaoxie was bound to suffer this time, so he thought for a moment and said, "You two come with me."

After bringing Wu Xiaoxie and A Ning to his tent, Zhang Wuxun packed some necessary items into his backpack and then handed Wu Xiaoxie a pistol in front of A Ning.

(End of this chapter)