Tomb Raider: I Can Hear Antiques Talk

Chapter 92 The Silent City
After everyone packed their luggage and equipment, Shirley Yang also walked up to Hao Aiguo and picked up the photo taken by the British explorer for comparison.

Although the photo is a bit blurry, it is still a faded black and white photo, but judging from the content of the photo, it is completely consistent with the layout and even the angle and distance of the building in front of me.It seems that Walter was standing in this position back then, and even took this photo with the same mood.

The legendary Jingjue ancient city really exists, and it still stands here after thousands of years, witnessing a lost pinnacle of Western culture.

"From the scale of this city, it is enough to accommodate 6 to 3000 people. Even the famous Loulan ancient city, when the country was at its strongest, could only accommodate less than residents and a standing army of about people. A big country in the Western Regions that can surpass the surrounding countries."

Professor Chen has withdrawn from the sadness of those stolen ancient tombs, and explained to everyone with excitement, more passionate than the other young people.

Looking at the weathered and eroded ancient city in front of him, Xiao Ran felt a throbbing in his heart, imagining the splendor of the Jingjue ancient city at its peak.

"For this survey, we must make detailed records of the ancient city. Within tens of kilometers of the ancient city, there is a huge magnetic field, and it is difficult for planes to reach here. If there is any unexpected situation, the rest of the people must take the records out. ..."

When Professor Chen was excited, he suddenly made an arrangement like his last words.The faces of all the people present couldn't help but cast a layer of gloom, and An Liman was even more sour-faced, not knowing what to say.

Xiao Ran looked at the crowd and secretly made up his mind that he would do his best to let everyone go back safely.

I don't know if it was influenced by what the professor said, but Hu Bayi suddenly pulled Shirley Yang aside, and said quite solemnly: "You saved my life just now, I don't thank you for your kindness, and I will definitely pay it back in the future. But Now that we have arrived at the ancient city of Jingjue, it’s better to say something ugly, we will each have yuan, as agreed.”

The fat man nodded beside him: "One, two, three... Including the second uncle, the total is !"

A hint of disappointment flashed across Shirley Yang's eyes, but he quickly adjusted his expression and said, "According to the contract, I won't lose a penny, and I will give it to you when I go back. Of course, the premise is that you can get it with your own hands if you go back safely." This money."

Shirley Yang's tone was very hard, and there was a smell of gunpowder in his words. The friendship that he had established along the way before seemed to have disappeared at this moment, leaving only the smell of clanging copper.

Xiao Ran thought to himself, you old Hu just abuse your wife for a while, if Miss Yang really turns her face, you will cry in the future.After all, Xiao Ran has no idea what the fate of these people is now.

So he quickly smoothed things over: "Miss Yang, Lao Hu is not a person who only cares about money. He has his reasons..."

Shirley Yang turned his head and stared at Xiao Ran: "I thought we could be sympathetic to each other, but now even you only think about your salary? And your second uncle's share? Apart from money, is there nothing more important that is worthy of both of you?" Do you want to pay more attention?"

Xiao Ran knew that her words were more or less outrageous, and she even pointed at Sang and scolded Huai.He looked at Hu Bayi helplessly, and Hu Bayi's face turned red and white, it seemed that he also knew that his words were inappropriate.

The fat man on the side was already at odds with Shirley Yang, and when he heard Shirley Yang's high-profile singing, he immediately became angry: "Miss Yang, you were born in the United States and grew up on Wall Street. You never know what the food and clothing line is. You Do you think we are working so hard to earn this little money just for our own enjoyment? You have family members, and we also have relatives. Our concern is whether we can keep them alive. Lao Hu sacrificed so many comrades-in-arms, and left his whole family waiting for him to help. Anyway, I told you that you still don’t understand, this is already in the ancient city of Jingjue, if you have anything to do, you can just tell us brothers not to go to Brother Xiao.”

The fat man's words made Shirley Yang understand the information that he didn't know before, and he was convinced.

She looked at Hu Bayi, her eyes softened a little.Hu Bayi immediately said: "We will continue to cooperate sincerely. We will do our best to ensure your safety. Let's go back together. Everyone will be happy."

Shirley Yang nodded and looked at Xiao Ran apologetically.Xiao Ran smiled at her, and everyone stopped talking.

At this time, Hao Aiguo suddenly ran over: "Oh, stop arguing, this exquisite ancient city has been found, let's unite! It's not me who criticizes you, human life..."

Originally, everyone had understood and stopped the quarrel tacitly, but they were a little embarrassed by his untimely persuasion.

Xiao Ran hurriedly pushed him towards Professor Chen: "Oh, yes, yes, life is precious, you should live well..."

Seeing that everyone was resting, even Sa Dipeng became quiet at this time. Hu Bayi asked Shirley Yang if he was going. Shirley Yang just took out the cross, clasped it with both hands and began to pray.

Xiao Ran also wanted to explore the way, so while Shirley Yang was praying, he also secretly asked Suohun Dinglingzhu: "Suozi, in this exquisite ancient city ahead, are there any souls singing?"

The answer of Suohun Dinglingzhu was very vague: "No...underground... yes... I can't remember..."

His speech was intermittent, like a radio with a bad reception.Xiao Ran was confused when he heard this, and asked him: "Is there? Or not?"

In such a big city, it's impossible to not even have a dead body, right?

However, no matter how much he called, the Soul-locking Lingzhu didn't respond, just like the other artifacts.

Could it be that the magic power of Queen Jingjue finally controlled this bead?It shouldn't be, he himself said that he would not be affected by the Queen of Essence.

Xiao Ran was wondering, but there was another argument next to him. It turned out that An Liman knelt on the broken blanket and prayed again at some point, and then he refused to enter the city desperately.

Xiao Ran was not surprised by this situation, but the fat man was not used to him, so he walked up to him with a gun in his hand and asked, "What trick are you trying to play? If you don't go in, what if we enter the city and you run away with your things?"

An Liman said: "God won't let me go in! The black snake in the valley is the devil's messenger. This city is a cursed place abandoned by Hu Da. If I go in, I will be captured by the devil!"

No matter how everyone persuaded him, he was unwilling to step into the city. Even if Professor Chen personally persuaded him, the fat man would point a gun at his head. This time, he just refused to compromise.

In the end, everyone had no choice but to decide to enter the city by manpower.

The second uncle pulled Xiao Ran aside at this time, and said: "This old guy is not right, we need to leave someone to watch him. Besides, according to the previous inference, if the tomb robber didn't go far, but swayed nearby, Leaving him here alone is also prone to accidents."

It made sense for Xiao Ran to think about it. Finally, after discussing with Hu Bayi and the others, he decided to leave his second uncle to watch over An Liman. After all, the person he fears most is also his second uncle.

Everyone unloaded the materials from the camels and arranged the load-bearing tasks by category.

(End of this chapter)