From the standstill of time, across the heavens

"Yo~ Old Hu, are you having fun?" Hao Shuai asked with a smile as he stood opposite.

"God stick, help me! Old Hu is about to be eaten." Hearing Hao Shuai's voice, Fatty Wang was overjoyed and relaxed, and Hu Bayi was immediately dragged for more than one meter.

"Your uncle, Fatty, are you lazy?" Hu Bayi, who is 'fearless in the face of danger', still has the mood to accuse Fatty Wang. It's not that Hu Bayi is not afraid of death, but mainly because he knows that Hao Shuai is here, and they will be safe .

"Evil animal, don't hurt people." After shouting, Hao Shuai jumped up and directly crossed the ten-meter-wide river. He was in the air, and suddenly a long sword with a cold light appeared in his hand.

It is Hao Shuai's great sword - Yitian Sword.

"Pfft~~"

He jumped directly onto the flat head of the Overlord Salamander, and the Yitian Sword in his hand inserted into the head of the Overlord Salamander.

Although the Overlord Salamander has rough skin and thick flesh, and even the bullet can barely punch a small hole, it still can't resist the sharpness of the Yitian Sword. newt life.

As soon as the Overlord Salamander died, Fatty Wang hurriedly unwrapped Hu Bayi's waist, with a barbed tongue, helped Hu Bayi stand up, and asked with concern: "Old Hu, are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Hu Bayi let out a long sigh of relief, turned around and thanked Hao Shuai, "God, thank you very much, I owe another life."

"Why are you polite between us, what about the others?" Seeing that there were only Hu Bayi and four people present, Hao Shuai asked.

"Shirley Yang took Professor Chen and they escaped first." Hu Bayi pointed to the mouth and said.

Hao Shuai nodded, pulled out the Yitian Sword from the head of the dead Overlord Salamander, and said to Hu Bayi and the others: "Old Hu, Fatty, go and join Xue Liyang and the others. I'll stay and watch."

Hu Bayi knew that now was not the time to be wordy, so he immediately led Fatty Wang and the others towards the glacier.

After Hu Bayi and the others left, Hao Shuai sensed the situation in the underground river. Logically, there shouldn't be only one Overlord Salamander, otherwise it would have been extinct long ago.

It's a pity that no matter how Hao Shuai felt, he couldn't find other Tyrannosaurus salamanders. Hao Shuai even sprinkled some Tyrannosaurus salamanders' blood in the underground river, but still didn't get anything.

The desperate Hao Shuai cut off a hind leg of the Overlord Salamander with the Yitian Sword, and then released the two generals, Heng Ha, to let them suck the blood of the Overlord Salamander.

After all, it's a pity to just throw away such a majestic energy and blood.

……

When Hao Shuai came to the crevasse of the glacier with a bloody hind leg, he saw Hu Bayi and Xueli Yang who were still under the cliff. here."

Although he had confidence in Hao Shuai's strength, Hu Bayi's tense heart did not relax until he saw Hao Shuai came out intact. Take a look, what is this in your hand?"

"Oh, this one, the hind legs of the Overlord Salamander."

"Why are you carrying it? It's bloody." Hu Bayi asked.

Hao Shuai raised his hind legs and said, "Don't you want to taste the taste of prehistoric creatures?"

"After you say that, I'm looking forward to it." Hu Bayi swallowed, and even Xue Liyang swallowed unconsciously.

"Okay, let's go up first! When we get back to the military depot, we'll have a good taste."

After speaking, Hao Shuai took the lead and walked towards the rope.

Hu Bayi was a soldier and Xue Liyang received special training. Both of them climbed very fast, let alone Hao Shuai. If they didn't want to keep a low profile, they both planned to fly up.

After the three of them climbed up the crack and joined Professor Chen and the others, the group went back to the military depot along the original route.

With the help of Hao Shuai, the time spent by the group on the journey was greatly shortened, and they did not encounter a snowstorm like in the plot.

After successfully returning to the military depot, Hao Shuai asked them to borrow cooking utensils and cooked the hind legs of the overlord salamander.

After the meat was cooked, out of curiosity, everyone ate a few mouthfuls, leaving aside the cooking technique and simply discussing the taste of the meat.

It can only be said that it is very tough, woody and chewy!

I don't know how long this Overlord Salamander has lived!

### Chapter 387 Arrived in Desert Town###

On the dusty road, a large truck rolled up a yellow dragon and was running.

In the rear compartment, Shirley Yang was looking at the map, while Hao Shuai, who had nothing to do, leaned on the compartment and dozed off.

And Professor Chen and the others are studying the stones that Hao Shuai took out from the nine-story demon building with great interest.

Kunlun Glacier and his party, because of Hao Shuai, Professor Chen and the others were not as exhausted as in the plot, and no one sacrificed, so they packed their bags and set off again after resting at the military depot for a night.

……

"Mr. Hu, wake up!" At this time, Xue Liyang came to Hu Bayi with a map and woke up Hu Bayi who was sleeping. Hao Shuai and Fatty Wang also woke up.

Seeing that Hu Bayi was already awake, Shirley Yang continued: "Mr. Hu, according to the previous plan, we plan to start from Bosten Lake, go south to find the ancient Kongque River channel, follow the river channel into the depths of the desert, and search for the ancient city along the way. Ruins, what do you think?"

Hu Bayi took a look at the map and said, "I have no objection to the plan, but I hope to be fully prepared before entering the desert."

"Mr. Hu, according to the notes, the only way to find Jingjue Ancient City is during the windy season, which happens to be the windy season. If you don't hurry up, it will be too late." Shirley Yang explained.

"Comrade Hu, what's your opinion on this?" At this time, Professor Chen also stopped studying cultural relics and asked.

"I think no matter how we are in a hurry, we must find a guide who is familiar with the local conditions and has rich experience in entering and leaving the desert to guide us. Sometimes experience is more reliable than knowledge in books." Hu Bayi demanded.

"I agree with your point of view, but in terms of time~~~" Shirley Yang worried.

Before Shirley Yang finished speaking, Hu Bayi directly interrupted her, saying: "There is one more important point, I hope that everyone must follow the instructions in the following actions."

Speaking of this, Hu Bayi glanced at Sa Dipeng, who was a little blushing.

"You have all experienced how dangerous it is in the glacier this time. Although with the help of the magic stick, the danger was saved, but the magic stick is only one person after all, and he cannot protect everyone."

What Hu Bayi said made the members of the archaeological team look at each other, and the atmosphere became a little dull for a while.

At this time, Hao Shuai really wanted to say don't worry, even if you are trying to die, as long as I think about it, it will be no problem to protect you.

Of course, this is just Hao Shuai's thinking in his heart, he didn't say it so stupidly, otherwise Professor Chen really didn't know what he would do.

Although he takes people's money and eliminates disasters for others, Hao Shuai really doesn't intend to be an all-round nanny.

If Professor Chen and the others could enter the desert vertically and leave the desert vertically, Hao Shuai would have completed the task.

"Brother Hu, before we set off, Professor Chen told us about the dangers involved, but for the sake of archaeology, we don't film danger~~" Chu Jian said sincerely.

"Yeah, in order to explore the exquisite culture, we are ready to face the danger." The weak chicken Ye Yixin added.

"I'm just afraid that if you die yourself, you will hurt others!" Fatty Wang looked at the confident archaeological team, and stabbed him suddenly.

……

After bumping and tossing along the way, Hao Shuai and his party came to a small town closest to the desert, and then went on to the Taklamakan Desert, the second largest mobile desert in the world.

After showing their work permits and letters of introduction, Hao Shuai and his party lived in the hostel, and then they were divided into two teams. Hao Aiguo took the students to prepare supplies, and Hu Bayi took Shirley Yang and Fatty Wang to find them. Experienced guide.

As for Hao Shuai, he said he was in the town to inquire about the news, but in fact he was lazy and went for a stroll.

Hu Bayi and the others also knew about Hao Shuai's lazy behavior, but no one objected. After all, Hao Shuai was all the lifesavers present.

After Hao Shuai returned to the hostel after wandering around the small town full of Western Region style, everyone came back, and Hu Bayi and the others also found An Liman's live map of the desert as a guide based on the information.

For An Liman as a guide, Hao Shuai is still very relieved. Although he is a little greedy for money and afraid of death, his experience in the desert is really nothing to say.

In a flash, it was the day of departure. Early in the morning, everyone was sorting out all the supplies and preparing for departure.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Comrade Hao Aiguo came up with a moth again. I don’t know where he heard the news, saying that An Liman has a problem with his morals, and he was worried that An Liman would kill him for money in the desert or kill them. Lost in the desert.

"Professor Hao, I know your worries, but do you think there is a magic stick, he can kill for money?" Hu Ba glanced at Hao Shuai, who was leisurely drinking soda.

Hao Aiguo also came to his senses at this time, remembering Hao Shuai’s deed of slaughtering the prehistoric overlord salamander alone, he knew that he was worried for nothing, but he still said: "Then what if he leaves us and runs back? I heard Yes, he has a criminal record."

"You're talking about the last time An Liman brought several foreigners into the desert, but he was the only one who came out?" Hao Shuai also came over at this moment.

"That's right, people in the town say that An Liman killed those foreigners." Professor Hao said.

"Professor Hao, we all know about this, Fatty and I will keep an eye on him," Hu Bayi promised.

"How can such a thing happen~~" Hao Jianguo wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Hao Shuai, he said: "This is easy, just let An Liman talk about the situation at that time."

After finishing speaking, Hao Shuai called An Liman and said, "An Liman, look into my eyes and tell me why you left those foreigners and ran out by yourself?"

An Liman, who was called over, didn't understand what was going on. After seeing Hao Shuai's eyes, he became confused for a while, and said in his mouth: "Those people are a group of tomb robbers. They dig graves as soon as they enter the desert. They forced me to find Jingjue Ancient City with a gun, so I took a chance to run back alone and left them in the desert."

"What? A tomb robber came here?" An Liman's words instantly made Professor Chen's eyes widen.

What do archaeologists hate most?

Tomb robbers who are blinded by interests and will only destroy cultural relics and will not protect cultural relics are the first.

Seeing Professor Chen's eagerness to go into the desert and fight the tomb robbers, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang looked at each other with a guilty conscience.

Only Hao Shuai looked calm, as if he hadn't heard anything.

In Hao Shuai's mind, he is not considered a tomb robber at all, but only a porter of wealth, moving things buried in the ground to help those who need it more.

This is simply a matter of boundless merit.

Hearing that foreign tomb robbers had gone ahead to find Jingjue Ancient City, Shirley Yang couldn't stay any longer, and couldn't care about An Liman's morality at this time, so she urged: "Everyone, get ready and set off immediately. "

"Yes~ yes~ yes, everyone, hurry up and start." Under the urging of Professor Chen, the staff of the archaeological team quickly took the materials onto the back of the camel.

"Huh~ what's wrong with me?" At this moment An Liman also came to his senses, looking at the hurried crowd, he asked curiously.

"It's okay, they are in a hurry to enter the desert, you go get ready! We'll set off right away." Hao Shuai patted him on the shoulder, turned and left.

After everything was ready, their team of ten people officially entered the desert.

### Chapter 388 Entering the Desert###

The first route of the itinerary is to start from Bosten Lake to the southwest, and walk west along the Kongque River until you find the ancient river channel going south.

Bosten can be translated as the meaning of standing. The origin of this name is because there are three lakes and mountains standing in the lake.In ancient times, this lake was also called Fish Sea. It is the largest inland freshwater lake in China. The Kongque River originated from here and flows deep into the Taklamakan.

When everyone passed by the lake, looking around, the vast and far-reaching blue lake was dazzling, and inadvertently, there was an illusion as if they had reached the end of the world.

In the first two days after the departure, Fatty Wang, Chu Jian, Sa Dipeng, and Ye Yixin entered the desert for the first time in their lives. They found it fresh and fun. For a while, they imitated the whistle of the old man An Liman directing the camels, and for a while they chased each other. Playing around and singing, it doesn't look like archeology at all, but like tourism.

Hao Shuai followed the team, holding a bottle of iced Sprite in his hand, drinking slowly, while looking at the young people who were in high spirits, he thought that there would be a lot of trouble for them in the future, the journey just started now, and what they would realize later It's a real desert.

According to the words of the old man An Liman, it is not considered a desert at all. This section of the ancient channel of the Kongque River existed before the river was diverted. In lakes and lakes, a small flock of red-billed gulls and pochards occasionally swim on the surface of the water. Along the bend of the Kongque River, there are small oases with sandy dates, Populus euphratica and some shrubs growing.

After crossing the Kongque River and changing the route, the conditions became more and more difficult. Only then did everyone truly enter the desert. The hot climate and the wind and sand everywhere made the smiles of the archaeological team gradually disappear.

At dusk the next day, a group of people walked to the ground called the Holy Sepulchre Hill. From here onwards, it was the so-called Black Desert. They decided to set up camp here, rest for one night, and move on tomorrow.

At this time, An Liman began to tell Hu Bayi and the others about the horror of the Black Desert, hoping to dispel the idea of ​​continuing to go deeper, so that he had completed the task.

It's a pity that everyone is busy with their own things, no one cares about what An Liman said, and Hao Shuai, the only one who knows the danger, doesn't care.

"Ye Yixin, what are you doing?" Suddenly, a shout rang out in the camp.

Everyone followed the sound and saw Hao Shuai standing in front of Ye Yixin and Professor Chen, looking at them seriously.

"I~ I just saw that the professor's hands are dirty, so I want to pour some water for him to wash his hands." Ye Yixin was at a loss for what to do with the kettle in his hand.

"Washing your hands with water in the desert? Are you really capable? Why don't you take a bath for yourself?" Hao Shuai scolded mercilessly.

After finishing speaking, he didn't pay attention to Ye Yixin who was red-eyed. He turned to Professor Chen and said, "Professor Chen, Ye Yixin has never been in the desert and doesn't know the preciousness of water. As an archaeologist, don't you understand?"

"Daoist Hao, I was negligent. I apologize to you. I won't do it next time." Professor Chen also realized his mistake and apologized sincerely.

"I hope you understand that in the desert, water is the most precious resource, especially tomorrow we will go deep into the black desert, no one knows what will happen then, so you should save some water .” Hao Shuai looked around at the crowd, especially at Chu Jian, Sa Dipeng and a few others.

Being educated by Hao Shuai, the atmosphere of the whole camp seemed a bit dull. Everyone lost interest in chatting, and after eating dry food, they all stayed in their places to rest.

Hao Shuai found Hu Bayi, who was also about to rest, and said, "Old Hu, you are the leader of the team. As a company commander, you should know how to lead a team. If you have something to say in the future, I will support you." of."

"God stick, I was negligent this time, thank you for reminding me." Hu Ba nodded his head to express his understanding.

Hao Shuai patted Hu Bayi on the shoulder and returned to his seat.

……

The temperature difference between day and night in the desert area is quite large, especially during the day, when the surface temperature can reach [-] to [-] degrees. Hao Shuai and his party avoid direct sunlight during the day and choose to travel between evening and noon.

So after a short rest for an hour, the group continued on their way under the stars.

After the Holy Sepulchre Mountain passed, it really entered the boundary of the Black Desert. This is a large fluid desert. The sand dunes are blown by strong winds. The landform changes every day without any features.

Fortunately, there is An Liman's live map of the desert, those ancient castles, houses, and towers that are mostly buried in the yellow sand, with only half of the roof exposed; The few small Haloxylon plants in the desert can't escape the eyes of the old man An Liman.

According to him, at the end of this disappearing ancient river is the legendary Jingjue ancient city abandoned by Hu Da.

This day and night journey lasted for several days. On the third morning after entering the black desert, a ray of sunlight rose from the eastern horizon, reflecting the clouds in the sky red. With a layer of sunlight, the dry Populus euphratica and the corrugated yellow sand are all reflected in golden red. The thick colors form a magnificent picture scroll between the heaven and the earth.