Wang Kaixuan was walking back and forth with Chen Jiuren and others holding a gun when he was suddenly showered all over by a puddle of sand, causing him to eat several mouthfuls of sand without any preparation.

"Bah, bah, bah!" He spit out the sand in his mouth while avoiding it.

"What's wrong, Brother Wang?" Chu Jian turned around and asked.

"I don't know why sand fell from the sky." Wang Kaixuan cleared the yellow sand on his head and looked up. The yellow sand emerged from the darkness and scattered irregularly.

"what happened?"

Two professors, Hao Aiguo and Chen Jiuren, who were studying the ghost cave inscriptions on the stone wall, also suffered the treatment of yellow sand falling from the sky.

"Is it possible that something happened to Brother Hu and the others up there?" Ye Yixin said worriedly.

The yellow sand fell more and more quickly, and in less than a minute, there were already several calf-high piles of sand on the ground.

When Wang Kaixuan saw something was wrong, he quickly said: "Professor Chen, let's go up quickly. The yellow sand keeps falling like this, and I'm afraid it will bury everyone here!"

At the top of the stone steps, the entire platform was completely submerged by quicksand. Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang looked at the rushing sand and wanted to lend a helping hand, but they didn't know what to do for a while.

Suddenly, a hand emerged from the quicksand and grabbed the stone steps, followed closely by another hand.

"Zhang Jin!" Hu Bayi was about to step forward to help.

Suddenly, a figure rolled out of the quicksand and almost collided with Hu Bayi.

"Are you OK!"

Seeing Zhang Jin get out of trouble, Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang asked quickly.

"It's okay." Zhang Jin took a big breath of fresh air, still feeling a little frightened.

The quicksand came with a fierce force. If he hadn't strengthened his physical fitness and clung to the stone door with both hands, he would have been swept away by the quicksand and fallen down immediately. Not to mention that he could escape from the quicksand, all relying on the support of his strong arms.

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"It's okay." Hu Bayi patted his shoulder to comfort him.

Shirley Yang looked at the pouring quicksand and said: "It seems that the outside of this door is indeed connected to the ground building, but judging from the condition of the quicksand, I don't know how deep it is buried under the desert."

The three of them sat and stood, looking at each other in silence on the stone steps.

I thought it was an opportunity to escape, but unexpectedly it opened the door to death.

Suddenly, a burst of footsteps came from below.

"Old Hu!? Thank God, Chairman! Fortunately, I met you, otherwise I would have thought that this stone staircase has no end!" Wang Kaixuan was pleasantly surprised and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why are you guys here too?" Hu Bayi asked.

"You are also saying that you keep pouring sand down, and we are afraid of being buried." Wang Kaixuan looked at the yellow sand pouring out from the stone gate, "What's going on?"

Hu Bayi explained the matter again, and everyone felt a little depressed after hearing it.

"Yes, originally we came here to do archaeology, but now we have turned into waiting for future generations to come to do archeology for us." Wang Kaixuan put down the gun and tucked it behind his back, took out the water bottle and took a swig.

Hao Aiguo asked without giving up: "Xiao Hu, is there no other way to escape?"

Personal life and death are not what he cares about the most. What matters is that he has collected so much precious archaeological data, and he is really unwilling to be unable to send it out.

Hu Bayi shook his head helplessly: "Professor Hao, this is the only way out we have found. You have also seen the situation. Now our only chance is to wait for the quicksand to stop, and at that time we have not been buried alive, maybe we can get out."

"Alas!" Hao Aiguo sighed.

Everyone was helpless and could only sit on the stone steps and wait for death or a miracle to happen.

I don’t know how long it took, but the yellow sand pouring down from the stone gate almost flooded the entire sacrificial place, covering the uppermost platform of the stone steps.

The archaeological team stood on the stone steps submerged by yellow sand. Just when they thought they were about to die, the quicksand at the stone gate suddenly became smaller and stopped completely after a while.

Everyone looked at each other.

"Are we considered saved?" Wang Kaixuan couldn't help but said.

"I gonna go see."

Hu Bayi and Zhang Jin approached the stone gate at the same time.

After careful inspection, Hu Bayi announced to everyone: "It should be fine. There is light above, and there should be an exit."

Zhang Jin tried the sloping sand slope behind the stone gate and found that there was something solid buried under the yellow sand. So he climbed up with all his strength and quickly passed through the narrow opening to the top.

This is a building half-buried under the yellow sand, and its original appearance cannot be seen. There are several exits around it, and the sun shines in from the outside, which makes it look a bit dazzling.

"Come up, no problem." Zhang Jin shouted down.

Ten minutes later, the archaeological team all went up to this room.

"Be careful, don't walk around, there may be holes where people can fall into." Shirley Yang reminded.

Hu Bayi opened the way in front, and Zhang Jin covered behind. Everyone followed suit and found a complete path, and climbed outside from a window not far away.

"This is……"

"Look, that's a stone tower. Our camp should be on the right."

After identifying the direction of travel, the archaeological team immediately rushed towards the camp. When they returned to the camp, the tents and things were still there, but An Liman and his camel team were missing.

"Damn old man! He really ran away!" Wang Kaixuan said angrily.

"Without An Liman and his camels, we would never have been able to get out of this desert." Hu Bayi was also very dissatisfied.

Shirley Yang checked the camp: "There is no water left."

Zhang Jin looked at the series of footprints left on the sand and said to everyone: "An Liman seems to be walking in a hurry. He may have encountered some trouble."

"What kind of trouble can he get into if he's on the ground?" Wang Kaixuan disagreed, still angry, "If I meet him again, I will make him look good!"

While he was talking, a sneaky figure suddenly appeared in front of him, wearing a felt hat, an old woolen coat, and a vermilion scarf. Who else could it be if it wasn't An Liman!

Chu Jian happened to be facing that direction, saw An Liman at a glance, and immediately shouted: "Isn't that An Liman!"

Everyone turned their heads to look.

As soon as Wang Kaixuan saw the old man, the rocket squad rushed in front of him, pointed his gun at him, and said sternly: "You damn old man, how dare you leave us and run away alone!"

An Liman was so frightened that he quickly waved his hand and explained: "Comrade Wang, listen to me, things are not what you think..."

"You still want to quibble? First ask Fatty if the gun in my hand will answer!"

"Stop! Do you want to kill everyone? If An Liman is killed, none of us will be able to get out of this desert!" Zhang Jin quickly rushed over, grabbed the gun barrel and pulled it aside.

Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang also rushed over.

"Fat man, don't be impulsive."

"Fat man, put down the gun!" Hu Bayi held down one of Fatty's arms, turned to An Liman and said seriously, "Uncle An Liman, you must give us a reasonable explanation!"

The three of them took An Liman back to the camp. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, An Liman told the reason for his escape.

It turned out that while An Liman was waiting in the camp, the camels that had been resting quietly suddenly became panicked. No matter how much he tried to comfort them, it was of no use. In the end, they fled out of the city. He had no choice but to ride on the camels and follow them away. Camel

They calmed down when they ran to Zagrama Mountain, and he comforted them for a long time before they were willing to go to the ancient city of Jingjue.
Chapter completed!