Chapter 68 Preparation
"Earth Dragon! It's an earth dragon!" I shouted suddenly, "Behind Uncle Second!"
When the second uncle looked back, he was so scared that his face looked like a slight look. He hurriedly came to the ground and got out. Fortunately, the target of the earth dragon was not the second uncle. To be more precise, he sank into the sand without even looking at the second uncle.
The second uncle sat on the ground and couldn't recover for a long time.
We hurried over, and I reached out and helped my second uncle up, "Uncle II, are you okay?"
Uncle Second shook his head, "How come there is such a thing in this place? Is the legendary earth dragon, besides the one I saw in the tomb of the island last time, there is still a surviving person?"
Uncle Er's words reminded me of that trip to the sea. We found a ground dragon in a coffin in the ancient tomb, and a ground dragon that had undergone corpse transformation. This has been around for the first time in ancient times, this is probably the first time people have encountered animal dumplings in an ancient tomb!
I thought that the earth dragon was a masterpiece, but I didn’t expect that today I saw another living one, and maybe more than this one. An idea appeared in my mind. It seemed that the ancient tomb of the island really had some connection with this place.
The last official record of the ancient Shanhuan Kingdom was during the Han Dynasty. After the Han Dynasty, the country was gradually forgotten by people, and in the end there was no conclusion on how it died.
What we can be sure of at present is that the history of this country is much longer than we imagined. From the Zhou Dynasty more than 1,400 BC to the Han Dynasty in 200 BC, the ancient Shanhuan Kingdom existed for more than 1,000 years. What exactly supports such a country for thousands of years? But at the same time, what is the reason that it has changed from a powerful country that can fight against the Zhou Dynasty to a small country with only more than 200 people?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but become more interested in this ancient country hidden deep in the desert.
I looked at the second uncle who was still a little shocked, "Uncle II, your plan has been successful, we can enter the city!"
The second uncle sighed, "My bullshit plan is gone in two steps! Bless the ancestor!"
Kong Xue and Shi Tao did not participate in that island trip, so they had never seen the earth dragon. Kong Xue patted her chest, which was still undulating violently, "I'm so scared. I heard from Uncle II just now that I thought the thing under the sand was really similar to a dog. It feels quite cute, and now it doesn't look cute at all!"
I smiled, "In such a place, cute things are probably extremely lethal. Under strict conditions, you cannot survive by being cute and cute!"
Shi Tao asked, "You just called this kind of thing Earth Dragon?"
"Yes." Uncle Second nodded, then turned to Dawu and asked, "Brother Dawuti, have you seen this animal before?"
Dawuti shook his head, "I have heard of it before, but I have never seen it before."
The second uncle nodded, "Let's go! Since we have arrived here, let's continue to set off. In my experience, it's safer for us to enter the ancient city."
We continued to walk forward, and the ruins of the ancient city that were scattered not far away were lying on the yellow sand, like an old man with vicissitudes of life, thinking that we were telling the legend and glory of this place.
Not far from the entrance of the ancient city, the dead animal corpse lying down. This should be the camel that was bitten to death by the earth dragon when Ma Liangguo was attacked. The blood on its body had dried up, but the huge wound still looked shocking.
Dawuti had a special feeling for camels. When he saw the dead camels on the ground, he walked over and stroked the camel's head and said something softly.
Seeing that Dawuti finished all this, we followed Uncle Er into the ancient city. On the ground of the ancient city, there were indeed many marks made by Uncle Er with branches and grass sticks. It seemed that the situation at that time was indeed as Uncle Er said.
The second uncle waved to us, "Come on, help me re-made the marks on the ground, so that we can clearly know the movements of the two earth dragons."
We nodded and began to reposition the marks. I found Kong Xue beside me, walking step by step, gently whispering her feet, carefully, and I looked funny, "What did I say?"
Kong Xue waved her hand, "I'm afraid of disturbing the earth dragon below. You said that if it's in the sand under my feet now, oh," she said, chilling, "I think it's scary if I think about it!"
I smiled, "Silly girl, it won't bite you! If they would attack people on their own initiative, something happened to the second uncle long ago!"
Kong Xue looked disbelief, "How do you know, what if they were not hungry some time ago, but now they are hungry!"
"No!" I shook my head firmly, and then pointed to the camel corpses not far from the entrance of the ancient city. "If they have such a large piece of food at the door as you said, and it is quite fresh. Why don't they eat it? Since they are not interested in eating camels, they are not interested in you either!"
Kong Xue gave me a white look and said, "Tsk, can I compete with camels?" So she felt relieved and no longer cautious when walking.
The second uncle in front heard our conversation, "Actually, Zhuoran's analysis is correct. I also think that animals such as earth dragons, as they think they may be a scavenger when they associate their habits of living underground."
As the second uncle said, he looked at the re-set marks on the ground, "But Xiaoxue's concerns make sense, so," Uncle Er reached out and threw his backpack on the roof of a stone house. The stone house was almost half buried by yellow sand. It seemed that Uncle Er should have spent the night here at that time.
The second uncle continued, "So, let's leave the ground and rest on the top to rest more peacefully."
Kong Xue immediately responded and threw her backpack on the room.
The second uncle said to us: "The reason why we go to the roof is to be condescending, so that we can touch the positions and movements of the two earth dragons, and also discuss the next move."
It was getting late at this time, and everyone was exhausted after walking for a day, so everyone camped on the roof to rest. Even if they took action, it would be tomorrow.
In the desert, when the sun rises and when the sun sets, the temperature is completely different. As the sun disappears on the west horizon, the temperature suddenly drops by several degrees. Dawu raises a fire, which raises the surrounding temperature a little.
I took out some food from my bag and distributed it to everyone. Kong Xue looked at the compressed biscuits I handed over, "I really want to vomit this kind of thing!" She raised her head and looked at me, "I really want to eat beer!"
I smiled, "When we go back, I'll treat you to enough food!"
Everyone sat around the fire, and the second uncle glanced around, "How is it? Do you have any ideas?" Seeing that everyone was not talking, he said to Dawuti, "Brother Dawuti, you are the guide, what do you have?"
Dawuti smiled bitterly, "Actually, my guide is really not very useful here. I don't know what you are doing, but I don't plan to accompany you on the road below."
As soon as Dawu mentioned, we were a little stunned, but when we thought about it, what he said was not unreasonable. In fact, when we arrived at the Blood Sand area, his guide work had been completed. It was really a bit difficult for him to follow us to the ground.
Kong Xue said with some concern: "Uncle Dawuti, then are you planning to go back by yourself?"
Dawuti shook his head, "There is plenty of water here, but the food is limited. I will wait for you here for five days at most. If you don't come back in five days, I have to go find the camel by myself and leave the desert. I hope you don't blame me!"
After hearing Dawu's words, we nodded in agreement.
Dawuti asked again: "You said there is a passage to the royal city of Shanhuan?"
The second uncle nodded, "According to star-gazing and maritime detergent, this is indeed the case, but if King Shan Huan does not play according to the routine, then we can only admit that we are unlucky."
"Accusing yourself of being unlucky?" I was a little worried and asked, "Uncle II, how confident are you?"
"Well," Uncle Er pondered for a moment, "From the information we found in the current price range, including the location, layout of Shan Huan Kingdom, etc., he follows certain Feng Shui rules, so I am quite sure."
"But," Kong Xue frowned and said, "We don't know where the entrance to the royal city is!"
Uncle Er said, "I have an idea. I think the passage under the black tower should be the entrance to the passage."
I think this statement from my second uncle should be correct. I still remember the scene I saw on the edge of the basin outside the royal city. There seemed to be a small black tower inside the royal city, which looked the same from the shape to the material of the black tower in the ancient ruins we are currently in. I think there would be a black tower in another acropolis. Three identical black towers may symbolize the unity of the three heads of the earth veins.
So we decided to find an opportunity to go in early tomorrow morning.
In order to nourish our spirits, everyone went to rest early. But we were sleeping very uncomfortable that night. Generally speaking, we would choose a leeward position to camp, but this time we put the tent on the roof, and the cold wind at night ruthlessly blew on our tent. Although we covered everything we could on our bodies, we still felt not warm. I was also awakened by the cold at night several times.
I was really worried about whether someone would catch a cold or get sick tomorrow morning. Fortunately, the next morning, except for not sleeping well and being a little unconscious, there was nothing wrong with everyone, which made me feel relieved.
So we began to prepare for the things we used to enter the Black Tower, and try to keep the equipment as simple as possible, bring only some essential things for the backfight, reduce the load and save energy well.
My second uncle and I planned to go to the house behind the Black Tower to fetch some water. Along the way, I found that my second uncle was a little restless. I was observing everywhere, so I asked him, "Uncle II, what are you doing? Are you looking for food?"
Chapter completed!