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Chapter fifty-ninth: parting ways

Soon everyone arrived near Loulan, and several locals led a group of more than a dozen camels in front of them. The off-road vehicle led by the leader stopped. Alexander said to everyone who got off the bus, "That's it, we have to rely on camels for the next journey."

At that moment, everyone moved the instruments, tents, food and water down and replaced them with camels. Two locals were left to take care of the convoy, and the others drove towards the ancient city of Loulan under the leadership of the Mongolian Shaman Timur.

When we arrived at the Loulan ruins, it was getting late. At that time, the Mediterranean had chosen a good place and asked everyone to camp on their own initiative, but Alexander seemed to have not heard of it. He kept looking at it with his telescope.

The Mediterranean then remembered that this foreigner could not understand Chinese, so he quickly gave instructions and ordered the translator to convey the instructions.

Su Rui conveyed the leader's instructions to Alexander, but Alexander shook his head without hesitation.

Although the Mediterranean is not very good in English, there are still some attainments in body language. I said with some annoyance: "What? Do you still have to hurry up? Do these foreigners understand the rules? Archaeology has always focused on the road that cannot be walked at night, the direction of the desert is difficult to distinguish at night, the climate is changing rapidly, and there may be some dangers such as quicksand, sandstorms, etc. lurking. What if something happens? As the leader of the team, I must be responsible for everyone's safety."

Mediterranean specifically emphasized its leader's identity. After saying these righteous words, Mediterranean looked at Su Rui with her hips and her chest raised and her belly raised, meaning that you want to convey my instructions in full.

Su Rui and Alexander murmured a few more words, looking at the Mediterranean with some regret and said, "Dr. Alexander means that the location where we are is a place where others have surveyed many times, and there is no archaeological value. They hope to go deeper while it is not dark and explore some areas that our predecessors have not visited."

The Mediterranean was thunderous, and the anger that had been holding back for several days finally erupted. He jumped and shouted: "What does it mean to be worthless? What we are stepping on is the authentic Loulan ruins. Not far away is the famous sun tomb, and the legendary Loulan female corpse and the small river tomb group are all within the scope of our survey. This foreigner is ignorant of the sky and earth. He wants to find clues that others have not discovered. He doesn't think that countless adventure archaeological teams have surveyed here for more than a hundred years. What should be discovered have been discovered long ago. Who would have kept it for him? He really thinks this archaeological is an adventure..."

In desperation, the professor didn't bother to act like a gesture. He spitted and poured fire on Alexander's back with guns.

The pink-faced Dong Mei kept talking beside her, "That's right, that's right..."

Alexander didn't look at him directly, and still looked at the horizon in the distance.

James took out a sci-scimitar with all his black arms as if he was magical from the equipment box, and casually cut the apple and ate it. Apple foam appeared in the corner of his mouth, leaning against a camel, and his slender little eyes stared coldly at the Mediterranean and others.

Old Wang next door stabbed Zi Yang and said, "Nepalese dog-legged scimitar, good guy!"

Seeing that his anger was not suppressing the other party, the Mediterranean squatted on the ground in disgust and said angrily, "If you want to leave, you will go by yourself, we won't leave!"

After saying that, I regretted that the items necessary for camping were purchased by Alexander and others. What if they really left, wouldn’t they have to leave here? But no matter how cruel the foreigner is, he wouldn’t be able to do anything, right?

Sure enough, Alexander whispered a few words to Su Rui. Su Rui said to the Mediterranean with apologies, "Dr. Alexander said, since everyone disagrees, then act separately. The equipment they brought with them, except for the instruments, other tents, food and water, left a part of you."

"Alexander prepared water and food for everyone for more than a week, which was enough for everyone to complete their respective inspection tasks." Seeing that the Mediterranean was still humming there, Su Rui added.

The Mediterranean thought that along the way, foreigners were against them everywhere, and they saw peaceful coexistence, and the idea of ​​jointly research was impossible. They were not around, and they were not upset, and they were also calm. Although they also coveted the advanced instruments they brought, it seemed that the foreigner had no intention of sharing with him. He nodded and agreed immediately.

Su Rui looked at Zi Yang and the other two and said, "I will go with Dr. Alexander, where are you?"

Zi Yang thought to himself, do you still need to ask? I would rather walk at night than look at the face of the Mediterranean all day long.

Now he pretended to be musing, "Professor Wang has enough staff, and international friends are weak - let's follow you."

The Mediterranean hopes that these annoying laymen can stay away from him, and there is no intention of keeping them at the moment.

Then everyone began to allocate tents, food and tamsui. Brother Xiaosha seemed a little reluctant to leave Su Rui, and asked the two groups of people how to contact each other. Alexander said that he would meet at the convoy at the latest one week later.

Professor Wang spread his hands, "There is no cell phone signal here, so please leave me one satellite phone."

Alexander said there were only two satellite phones in total, and they brought one of them and the other one was left in the convoy in case of accidental notification of them to respond - anyway, your place is not far from the convoy, and if you want to go back, you can get there with a camel - there are still a lot of spare food, fresh water and other supplies left on the convoy.

Professor Wang saw that everyone had distributed the tents, food, fresh water, etc., and that his portion was not short of weight. He was satisfied at the moment, and then hypocritically told Alexander to be careful, that the desert would be cold at night, wear more clothes, and be careful of colds.

At that moment, Zi Yang, Lao Wang, Xiao Hei and Alexander, Su Rui, James, Timur and other seven people led ten camels to the depths of the desert.

A group of six people in the Mediterranean stayed in the local area with seven camels.

The two groups of people officially parted ways.

Zi Yang and others followed Alexander toward the depths of the desert. It was already late at this time, and the stars were rising, and the desert was boundless, showing desolation.

The temperature difference between day and night here is extremely large, and everyone put on outdoor jackets and drove on overnight. Zi Yang thought to himself that foreigners are considerate in their work. These jackets seem to be brought directly from abroad, which are very different from domestic products. They are strong, wear-resistant and heat-insulating, comfortable to wear, and the size is also appropriate - I don’t know if I should return them to them.

After breaking up with the Mediterranean, Su Rui didn't say anything. Zi Yang slowly drove the camel to Su Rui's side and whispered, "Has Alexander taken the wrong path?"

Su Rui opened his eyes wide and said, "No, the doctor has been using a satellite positioner to correct the route, so he will not go wrong."

Zi Yang wondered, "As soon as I got on the road, I paid attention to the observation. The doctor told the professor before that we were going to go west of Loulan, but after a while, I found that we might have gone against it..."

Su Rui looked up at him, his eyes shining, "There is no reference in this desert, can you accurately identify the direction?"

Zi Yang looked up and pointed to the sky: "You can identify the astrological signs. My ancestors knew it thousands of years ago, and it may not necessarily be necessary to use any instruments."

Su Rui nodded shyly: "I forgot that you are a person who is knowledgeable and well-versed in ancient and modern times!"

These two idioms were used on Zi Yang for the first time. No matter how thick the face was, she was a little embarrassed to praise her. She scratched her head and said, "Why do you ask? Is the doctor's instrument broken?"

Su Rui shook his head and said, "There is no mistake. Our target is not Loulan, it is Lop Nur."

Zi Yang was shocked and grabbed the camel and said, "Lop Nur? Lop Nur is a forbidden area. Why do you do this?"

At this time, Alexander, who was walking in front of the team, heard something behind him, turned around and asked, "ens (what's going on)?"

Su Rui said: "They have guessed it."

Lao Wang rushed up from behind and asked, "What did you guess? I almost fell asleep while I was rushing on the camel!"
Chapter completed!
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