Tomb Raiders start to enter the Lu Palace

Chen Hao is not the kind of owner who is unreasonable and unforgiving. Seeing that Sydney has already given in, and Fatty and the others also want to go, he can only turn around and say, "It's okay if you want us to join your archaeological team, but I have one condition. I will be Captain, you must obey our arrangements for everything on the road. If you disobey the arrangements and cause any accidental casualties, we will not care."

The desert is extremely dangerous. If these nerds don't obey the arrangement, how many people may die. They can't afford such a price, so naturally they have to tell them in advance.

The reason why I am the captain is that Hu Bayi is not experienced enough, and his ability is not that strong, and I can guarantee the minimum loss of the archaeological team with myself.

Seeing that they agreed to come down, Professor Chen quickly nodded and said: "No problem! Definitely, I must obey the arrangement. You are welcome to join!"

When something happened here, everyone discussed the route to the Taklamakan Desert, and finally decided that Chen Hao would be the leader of the team, Hu Bayi would be the vice-captain, and Fatty would be the third in command. . .

Three days later, everyone got on the train to the Taklamakan Desert.

Sydney was well prepared. As early as half a month ago, the equipment had been consigned to Bosten Lake. After passing there, he directly picked up the equipment, picked up a few interns, and then set off for the desert.

At this time, the three of Chen Hao were sleeping in a sleeper room, and Hao Aiguo pushed open the door and walked in.

Chapter 357 He's a Mysterious Man

The moment the door was pushed open, Chen Hao already knew that someone had come in, but he didn't bother to pay attention to it, and simply closed his eyes and continued to sleep.

Hao Aiguo squeezed out a smile uglier than crying, and woke Chen Hao up: "Captain, it's like this, we want to discuss the route with you, please come with me..."

Chen Hao opened his eyes and glanced at him. Without saying a word, he put on his clothes and followed Hao Aiguo to another private room.

Sydney and Professor Chen were looking at the map. When they saw Chen Hao coming, they quickly invited him to a seat. Sydney even poured him a cup of tea.

Professor Chen smiled and said: "Tomorrow we will go to Xi'an, we have to pick up some of my students, and all the staff will be there by then. In addition, this is the route we have planned to go to the desert. Xiao Chen, you are the captain. See if there is any problem?"

Sydney also smiled and said: "Yes, Captain. In addition, here is our equipment list. You can see if we need to add any equipment. Just tell me, I will call the people over there immediately to purchase."

Chen Hao looked at the map and found that it was exactly the same as what they made before, without any changes. He nodded to indicate that there was no problem.

He took over the equipment list from Sydney and looked at it. He found that the equipment was complete and there was nothing lacking. It was just that the camels had to be bought in a small town on the border of the desert, and then they needed to find a guide.

As for the black donkey's hooves and glutinous rice, it's better not to bring them, lest Professor Chen and the others doubt their identity and motives. There are relatively few zongzi in the desert, so just bring more drinking water.

"No problem, just follow this route. As for the camels and guides, we will decide when we get to the place." Chen Hao said.

Professor Chen and the others nodded, and after discussing other details, they went back to the carriage to rest.

A day later, everyone arrived at Xi'an Railway Station and picked up Professor Chen's students, two men and one woman, an ordinary-looking Sa Dipeng, a tall Chu Feng, and a girl named Ye Yixin.

Now all the members of the archaeological team have assembled, plus the previous 5 people, there are 9 people in total.

After arriving at the border of the desert, Hu Bayi contacted a comrade-in-arms here and led them to a local small town that rents camels and has desert guides.

The old man who rented camels was named "An Liman", which was his nickname, which meant a living map of the desert. No one knew his real name, but everyone called him that.

An Liman was holding a pipe in his mouth. When he heard that everyone was going to go deep into the desert, he immediately shook his head: "No, no, it's the wind season. If the wind season enters the desert, the old man Hu Da will blame him!"

When Chen Hao saw the old man's way of speaking and doing things, he knew that he was an old fritters. He knew that such a person would take hard things, so he gave Professor Chen a wink and asked him to show the red headed piece, so that An Liman knew that they were Officials.

And frightened him that if he did not cooperate, his donkey and camel would be confiscated and he would be prohibited from doing business in the future.

Sydney gave double the reward, not only bought 20 camels, but also promised to return the camels to him when he came back.

An Liman couldn't bear it any longer, so he nodded in agreement, agreeing to take everyone into the depths of the desert.

After negotiating the deal, everyone hurriedly moved the equipment and materials from Bosten Lake to this side, packed up the equipment, and set off on the same day.

An Liman brought a lot of bean cakes and salt, and the fat man asked, "Master, are we going to eat these things along the way? Doesn't it make you thirstier the more you eat?"

An Liman smiled and said: "Oh, my friend Wu Lianjiang is strong. Well, you can eat it if you want, but Hu Da thinks that these things should be given to camels."

An Liman told everyone that it is the windy season in the desert, and it is very dangerous to enter the desert at this time. The road ahead is easy to walk, and you can still proceed according to the ruins of the Kongque River, so you don't have to worry about getting lost or encountering any danger.

But in the depths of the desert, the Kongque River was completely buried by the yellow sand, without any traces, and there will be sandstorms at that time. Whether it can survive or not depends on the arrangements of the old man Hu Da.

Moreover, the food and water that their medium-sized camel team can carry can sustain them to live in the desert for a month at most. If they don't come out for a month, they may die of thirst inside.

Chen Hao understands that An Liman is not sensational, but that the environment is really so harsh. He has been to the desert before and understands how dangerous it is. He can survive for a few days without food, and he may not be able to survive for two days without water. .

In the afternoon, the camel team set off for the Taklamakan Desert. The first section of the road started from the southwest of Bosten Lake and entered the Gobi in two hours.

The grand style of the vast Gobi makes people linger and forget to return. Everyone seems to be very interested. They think the desert scenery is so beautiful. While chasing each other while driving camels, imitating the accent of An Liman's old man, it feels very fun.

Hu Bayi and others also want to blend into the atmosphere of the archaeological team, but as the captain and vice-captain of the team, they naturally have to maintain a serious and serious style, try to straighten their backs as much as possible, and maintain their stalwart perseverance figure. . .

According to An Liman, this section of the road is only the outer edge of the desert, and there are a few villages and a large number of wild animals around it, so it is not a desert at all.

After walking southwest along the Kongque River for two days, even if you have entered the real interior of the desert, people with strong winds will not be able to open their eyes, and the sky will be covered by sandstorms, and some of them will suffer.

After walking around the desert for a day, they found a place with a lot of Populus euphratica growing around them, set up camp, and rested all night.

After all, people and camels have limited energy. If you don't take a break after walking for a day, you will have no place to rest when you enter the depths of the desert.

For dinner, I bought barbecued meat buns from a small town. After putting them in the pot and burning them for a while, the aroma of meat and pasta wafted out. This is a special snack on the border of the desert.

Everyone was not used to eating this kind of food, and they couldn't tell whether it was delicious or not. After wolfing down one, they felt full, and then they went back to their tents to rest.

Silent all night.

At 7:00 the next morning, Chen Hao got up and woke everyone up. After eating noodles, he set off in a hurry.

In order to tell the direction of the Kongque River and lead the way for everyone, Chen Hao flew the golden eagle in mid-air to lead the camel caravan below at a much faster speed than before.

His domestication of raptors as a means of transportation immediately amazed all the members of the archaeological team, and even Sydney couldn't help but look at him differently, feeling that this man was becoming more and more mysterious.

Chapter 358 Sandstorm

Two days later, the camel team entered the "Black Desert" deep in the desert. An Liman said that the Black Desert was formed by Hu Da to punish those greedy heretics, and countless ancient cities and gold and silver treasures were buried in it.

But no one can bring these gold and silver treasures out of the desert. Even if you only carry a gold coin, you will lose your way in the huge black desert, be buried in the yellow sand, and stay here forever.

This is a desert with strong fluidity. After the strong wind blows, the desert changes its appearance every day, and there are no traces to follow. At this time, the Kongque River has long since disappeared.

Thanks to An Liman leading the way for everyone, this old guy is indeed a living map of this desert. He can determine the direction by the growth of Populus euphratica, the growth of Haloxylon grass, and the direction of the sun. There are still two brushes.

An Liman told everyone that the Kongque River passed through here, but the yellow sand buried the river course, and the Kongque River passed through an underground undercurrent, and at the end was the legendary Jingjue ancient city abandoned by Hu Da.

Surprisingly, even though this place is deep in the desert, you can still see some thousand-year-old Populus euphratica from time to time, and every tree grows crookedly, like a flying dragon.

These trees grow almost close to the ground, but they never fall down. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, who would believe that there are still trees in the depths of the desert?

The warm sun rose from the eastern horizon in the morning, reflecting the clouds in the sky red, and the sand dunes in the desert were covered with a layer of sunlight, like pieces of golden sea waves, forming a magnificent picture.

Seeing this beautiful scenery, everyone couldn't help but feel refreshed.

Sydney said with emotion: "The desert in the morning is so beautiful! God, look at that Populus euphratica in the distance, it is simply a golden dragon!"