Most of Hututu City is buried underground by sand, and only the taller buildings in the city are exposed. The endless undulations of yellow sand are everywhere, like a golden sea.
"I finally came in, Hu Tutu City," Yang Lin excitedly put her hands on her chest, her eyes flashing with enthusiasm, like a pilgrim entering the holy city, and she took a deep breath. , finally knelt on the ground, and then lay on his back, as if he wanted to blend into this piece of hot sand.
Ever since he met Yang Lin, Chen Zhe rarely saw violent mood swings on her face. Usually she just held an archeology book and watched quietly, or held her chin in deep thought or used a pen to draw or talk. It seems that I was doing archaeological research all the time.
And now Yang Lin is like an athlete who scored a hat-trick in the final game of the Football World Cup, with her face flushed and muttering something to herself.
Chen Zhe suddenly felt that among all the archeology students, she was probably the only one who truly loved this subject.
Hao Zhongwen looked at Yang Lin with a smile, as if he were looking at his biological sister. He looked back at Chen Zhe and said, "Well, she is very cute and pure, right?"
"Uh... I guess so," Chen Zhe grinned. Although Yang Lin had her innocent parts, she still couldn't say anything cute.
Kong Yishan, Kawen and others had different moods, but none of them were as exaggerated as Yang Lin's performance.
Yang Lin took out a book in her arms, opened a page with trembling hands and placed it on the sand: "It is recorded in the book that there is a Babel Tower in the city. The tower is 999 feet high and is used to communicate with the immortals. For this purpose, there is a temple in the city dedicated to the statue of Tianyan worshiped by the Saklar people, and...and..."
She flipped through the book quickly: "I have to visit these places, here, here, and here,"
"I want to go there and have a look," Yang Lin stood up and pointed into the distance, raising her feet to leave.
Hao Zhongwen immediately grabbed her: "Wait a minute Yang Lin, it's already dawn. We worked hard all night and only ate chocolate and biscuits. If we want to explore again, how can we do it without any supplies?"
"It doesn't matter, I brought a lot of compressed biscuits and chocolates here, but there is no water." Yang Lin carried a large mountaineering bag, which was full of supplies.
Hao Zhongwen shook his head and took out his bag. He was a soldier and liked to be prepared for everything. He always kept a knife, a piece of flint, a piece of chocolate, and a kettle in his bag, but these things were not enough. People here There are too many, and the water and food will have to be consumed in less than a day.
Water is the most precious thing when exploring outdoors, especially in the desert. Although Yang Lin is excited, she has not lost her mind and knows what it means to move forward recklessly without water.
"Well... there should be at least five wells in Hututu City. According to my estimation, most of them should be dry. We should find the well in the southeast corner of the city first. Maybe we can find water," Yang Lin pondered.
Hao Zhongwen nodded: "Okay, let's go find water first, and if possible, find some food, and then let's explore one by one, okay?"
Yang Lin was so excited that she replied a lot: "Okay, I can take you all to find water. Let's eat sparingly. We should be able to last for a day. Let's go find water first."
You can't tell how big Hututu City is from the outside, but inside the city, everything you can see is in the city.
Everyone followed the direction pointed by Yang Lin and walked step by step towards the well that Yang Lin mentioned. It was a miracle among miracles that this desert city could still produce water.
But the sand here is much thicker than the place where everyone walked that night. Many soft sand dunes would sink half a leg into the ground with just one step. The physical exertion is really great. Looking at it this way, Yang Lin and Hao Zhongwen brought We will probably only have enough food for one day. If we still can't find food by this time tomorrow, we will have no choice but to go back to the camp... But it doesn't seem to be easy.
"I've had enough, why do I have to come to this ghost place, why do I have to suffer this kind of pain, why don't I go to class at Jiangcheng University and sleep," Kavin complained loudly, and suddenly sat on the ground: "I'm not leaving. Whoever wants to go, let him go,"
Chen Zhe didn't even look at him and walked directly past him.
Yang Lin was next, walking past him.
Next came Kong Yishan, Li Lingwei, Ma Xiao... No one looked at him, no one paid attention to him.
Everyone was physically exhausted, and no one was too lazy to talk. Walking forward relied entirely on inertia, and every extra movement would take away a bit of people's strength.
Kavin got up: "Wait for me,"
While shouting, he chased in the direction of everyone.
Finally, when he came to the water Yang Lin was talking about, Chen Zhe looked down and saw that the black hole was bottomless. He really didn't know what people in that era used to dig such a deep well.
The sand brought by the feet fell down. Although it was in the middle of the desert, there was a coolness at the bottom of the well, which made me feel very comfortable.
"It seems that there is likely to be water in this well," Yang Lin smiled: "And there is a barrel here with a long enough rope. Let's try it."
She threw the barrel down the well, and the windlass on the well spun rapidly for more than ten or twenty seconds before a muffled thud was heard from below.
It's such a deep well, it's estimated to be nearly 100 meters long... It's finally bottomed out.
"Pull up the bucket," Chen Zhe shook the bucket quickly. As he shook it, he looked at Yang Lin doubtfully: "It's heavy, but will there be water?"
"There must be," Yang Lin nodded affirmatively.
Hao Zhongwen extended a hand to help Chen Zhe, but most of the remaining people were too proud to help Chen Zhe.
When the barrel came up, Yang Lin and Chen Zhe put their heads over it immediately... The barrel was empty, not a drop of water.
Yang Lin shook her head in disappointment: "It's over. I thought that since the Saklar tribe could draw water here back then, we can do the same now, but the water level now is far worse than it was then. There is no water."
"Wait a minute," Chen Zhe grabbed the bucket and looked at the bottom of the bucket first: "Did you see it?"
Yang Lin asked doubtfully: "What's wrong...ah, that's it,"
I saw a few bits of sediment on the bottom of the barrel, including sand and mud. Chen Zhe smiled and said: "It seems that although there is no visible water at the bottom of the well, it is at least wet. If we can dig down, After a while, water will definitely come out,"
"How to dig it? The well is so deep that no one can go down unless there is machinery to dig the well," Kong Yishan retorted.
Hao Zhongwen squatted next to the well and looked at it for a while: "There is a rope here. Send me down. The sand below is very soft. I should be able to dig it down with my hands."
"Is the rope reliable?" Yang Lin carefully checked whether there was any sign that the rope was about to break. However, although this kind of rope was thin, it would be fine if it was pulled hard, so there should be no problem.
Chen Zhe glanced at Hao Zhongwen: "Brother Hao, you are injured. It's me who will go down this time."
Hao Zhongwen glanced at him doubtfully: "You...you can't do it. It's just one arm. This injury is nothing. I can use just one hand."
"Forget it, although the injury is inevitable, you'd better not use force randomly. If I say I'll do it, I'll do it. There's no reason to let the wounded take risks. Yang Lin, hold me here and put me down slowly."
As he said that, Chen Zhe was already standing on the wooden barrel and stepped down a few times. It was very firm. It seemed that the ancients were relatively honest and the quality of the things was very good. Even after hundreds of years of weathering, it was still the same. solid.
Hao Zhongwen couldn't resist him, so he held the handle of the wheel and glared at the others: "What are you doing? Didn't you see that Chen Zhe is looking for water? Can't you help someone?"
"Huh, I just want to stand out and be a hero..." Kavin muttered softly and reluctantly came over to help Hao Zhongwen.
Most of the others had the same idea as Cavin. They didn't want to take risks themselves, but they felt that those who were willing to take risks had ulterior motives. Everyone held on to the rope and slowly let go.
Kavin pretended to put his hand on it, praying secretly that the rope would suddenly break.
Chen Zhe took a flashlight and shined it on the well wall. The people above slowly lowered the rope. After it was lowered for more than ten meters, it was basically pitch black. Without the flashlight, you couldn't see anything at all.
"Hey, there are words on the wall of the well," Chen Zhe took a closer look and was shocked.
The characters on the wall of the well were not the characters of the Saklar tribe, but Chinese characters. The content was exactly the same as what Master Tianyan taught him. It was clearly the Nine Heavens Royal Dao Jue, the most precious treasure in the world of cultivation.
Who wrote this.
Once the things engraved on it are discovered by people in the cultivation world, they will definitely cause an uproar.
The speed at the top was slow. Chen Zhe was squatting on the barrel and had nothing to do, so he just watched it slowly.
There are words at the end: This is the upper part of the Nine Heavens Royal Dao Jue, the lower part has long been lost!
Only then did Chen Zhe realize that the Nine Heavens Royal Dao Jue he had practiced only had the upper part, and the lower part was incomplete. This Zhenyuan Mind Technique was really very useful. If he had practiced all the upper and lower parts, it would be extremely powerful. Otherwise, He Yan would not have even tried to find it in the first place. thoughts.
After going down to the bottom of the well, Chen Zhe climbed out of the big wooden barrel. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he suddenly sank into the sand.
"This is quicksand." Chen Zhe grabbed the wooden bucket and lifted himself out of the muddy water. He looked down and saw that he was stepping on a thin layer of floating sand, which was extremely soft.
He used his left hand to move his true energy, reached out and pressed down hard, and the sand was pressed down to create a very deep pit. The water in it accumulated bit by bit, and slowly filled most of the pit.
Chen Zhe remembered the Taoist method he had used against Shen Huazhen, and said with one hand: "Green Dragon comes out of the water,"
A transparent water dragon soared into the sky, and it was extremely cool. The heat in the whole person was immediately driven away, and a huge bucket was filled in an instant.
Chen Zhe took a rest before pulling the rope: "Not so fast, they will be suspicious,"
There was a whistling sound from above, and the entire rope fell to Chen Zhe's feet. Then a large amount of sand fell, and Chen Zhe hurriedly dodged...