Zhu Yu walked out of the ruins of the city. There were also two huge statues at the gate here. Probably because on the upwind side, the upper body of the statue has completely disappeared, leaving only the lower body of a human figure. It is impossible to tell who the statue is.
But being able to use Anubis as a gatekeeper on both sides of another gate, the two statues here are certainly not simple.
This is what Zhu Yu thought.
After turning a corner, Zhu Yu discovered that not far from the gate, there was a fairly large area without sand. There are large and small caves on this land. Zhu Yu opened his eyes from a distance and looked over, and found that there were scorpions inside!
There are black and yellow ones. These scorpions seem to be sleeping, each one motionless.
Zhu Yu thought for a moment, picked up a stone, and threw it towards the area.
The moment the stone fell to the ground, all the scorpions moved at once, and then quickly rushed out and surrounded the stone!
Zhu Yu immediately turned around and ran away.
You can't mess with this!
These scorpions range from the size of a palm to the size of a fingernail. They do not fight with each other, but act in unison.
If people are surrounded, it will be really difficult to get out.
With the joy of returning home with a full load, Zhu Yu walked through the quicksand belt and walked back to the car.
The sun has reached noon, and Ran Jie and the others have already gotten up.
Seeing Zhu Yu coming back, Ran Jie stepped forward and asked:
"Boss, are you okay? How about over there? I see it is surrounded by sand, like the outline of a city!"
"It is indeed a city ruins." Zhu Yu took a sip from the water bottle handed over by Qin Fei and said, "I can roughly confirm that that is the destination pointed out to us by Crown Prince Abdullah."
"Really?" Cao Dalong came up and asked with bright eyes, "Is there something inside?"
"Yes." Zhu Yu nodded firmly, "This ancient city was probably destroyed by a strong sandstorm. No one inside escaped, so there are many places to dig.
I just went in to take a look and found a place similar to an ancient bank or a bank in this city. There should be a lot of good things in it! "
"That's great!" Cao Dalong became even more excited, "Finally I don't need to run around in the sand anymore!"
"When the sun goes down a little and it's not so hot, we'll go there." Zhu Yu put down the kettle and said, "But there's something evil here.
There were adventurers who came here, but they couldn't get out and turned into mummies. There are also many dangerous places outside the city. I saw quicksand and scorpions. "
"Eh--!" Ran Jie said in disgust when he heard about the scorpions, "Then we have to stay away. By the way, we have to bring pesticides later!"
Three hours later, as the sun set, Zhu Yu and the others packed their backpacks and drove to the city ruins.
Following Zhu Yu's instructions, they bypassed the quicksand and took the door through which Zhu Yu was most advanced.
He didn't want to lead everyone through the scorpions. If the swarms of scorpions were summoned, there would be no need to search for any treasures, so just run away.
"What a strange statue!" Cao Dalong sighed as he looked at the statue of Anubis.
"This is the statue of the God of Death in ancient Egypt." Qin Fei knew more and told him.
"Putting the statue of Death at the gate? What an evil thing!"
"Let's go." Zhu Yu carried his bag and walked inside, "We still have a lot of work to do."
This time he was in front, not walking along the main road, but diagonally passing through the remaining buildings, intending to go directly to the bank.
After walking two or three hundred meters, Cao Dalong's surprised voice came from behind:
"Hey, there's something good!"
Several people stopped, and Zhu Yu turned around and saw Cao Dalong bending down to pick up a dagger with an exquisite gold handle.
"You're lucky, kid!" Ran Jie said with a smile.
"That's it!" Cao Dalong wiped the dagger and saw that it was inlaid with gems. Knowing that it was worth a lot, he walked over and handed it to Zhu Yu.
"Boss, here you go!"
"No need. Whoever picks it up will get it." Zhu Yu waved his hand, "There should be a lot of similar things in this city. This is an ordinary house with such things. Think about what it would be like for those wealthy families... We have to take care of ourselves here. I’ve been working for a few days!”
"I really enjoy doing this kind of work!" Cao Dalong put away the dagger and said with a smile.
The four people came to the place that Zhu Yu regarded as a bank.
There are already preliminary traces of excavation here.
"Look here." Zhu Yu took out the folding engineering shovel, dug a few more times at the half-dug wall, and then took out a black wooden box.
I don’t know what kind of wood it is. It has been buried in the sand for so many years, and the wood is almost completely decayed.
Zhu Yu shoveled it twice with an engineering shovel, and the box suddenly cracked, and then a lot of silver coins flowed out of it like running water!
These silver coins have become black after oxidation, but the four people present are all veterans, and they can tell at a glance that these silver coins are of good quality.
Unlike the gold coins Zhu Yu had obtained previously, these silver coins actually had portraits on them.
Although it looks rough, at least it’s there!
"Boss, that's awesome!" Cao Dalong exclaimed, "Is there maybe five or six hundred coins in this box?"
"There should be a lot more down there." Zhu Yu said, "But the amount of work is larger, and we need to clean it carefully."
"You have money to make, but you are still afraid of working?" Ran Jie smiled, "Come on, brothers, let's get to work!"
The four people occupied the four corners and began to clean up the things inside.
Soon, Zhu Yu cleared out another box of silver coins over there.
But he only has these two boxes of silver coins down here.
Now Zhu Yu can be considered a veteran among them. Such a silver coin is worth about eighty to one hundred dollars in the silver coin market.
These two boxes of silver coins amounted to approximately one hundred thousand dollars.
Judging from Zhu Yu's current net worth, this is equivalent to an appetizer.
Zhu Yu gathered the two boxes of silver coins and put them into the packaging bag he carried with him, and then began to clean up the surrounding sand.
The four people were very energetic, and it took almost an hour to clean out all the sand in this large room.
“A total of one hundred and twenty-seven gold coins, one thousand and fifty-one silver coins, twenty-one gold bars, seventy-five pieces of silverware, and thirty-one gold items.
Based on the similar things we have found before and the corresponding items currently on the market, these things are worth about two million US dollars. "
Qin Fei calculated this.
"Not bad! We can become a multi-millionaire today!" Cao Dalong giggled.
"There are two small rooms in this building. Let's clean them out and take a look." Two million dollars is no longer a big temptation for Ran Jie and Qin Fei.
But it felt very good to feel that the labor was rewarded, so he felt that he should do more while the day was still bright.
What disappointed Ran Jie and the others was that after cleaning out the small rooms on both sides, they didn't find much.
"It's a bit strange. There are so many things in the outer room, but these two small rooms only have a few commonly used utensils." Cao Dalong waved the engineering shovel in his hand, tapped the ground and said:
"Is there a secret room underground?"
"It's very possible." Zhu Yu said, "Nodding, it's very possible that there is a secret room down here."
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's look for it!" Cao Dalong immediately took the engineering shovel and started to pry the stone slabs.
It's just that the stone slabs are glued together using something unknown, and they are very strong. Even with a sharp engineering shovel, there is no gap.
Ran Jie and Qin Fei took engineering shovels and began to knock on the stone slabs one by one.
Finally they heard a hollow sound under a stone slab near the wall.
"This is it!" Ran Jie said firmly, "If you can't pry it open, just smash it!"
"It really does exist!" After breaking open the two stone slabs with Ran Jie and the others, Cao Dalong immediately saw the hole under the stone slabs.
"Let's go down and have a look!" At this time, Cao Dalong was truly a master of art and bold, "There must be something good down here!"
"Stop!" Zhu Yu suddenly waved his hand and asked with a solemn expression:
"Did you hear anything?"
"No movement?" Cao Dalong stopped and listened carefully, "No!"
Ran Jie and Qin Fei also listened and shook their heads.
When Zhu Yu listened again, he found that the subtle movement he heard just now disappeared.
He lowered his head and looked into the hole, and found that it was really just a simple secret room. Although there are several major locks, there is really no danger.
There are quite a few things.
Could it be that I heard it wrong?
He nodded and said:
"Maybe I heard wrong. Come on down, let's hurry up."
"Boss, are you going to leave?" Qin Fei walked a few steps down and asked.
"I won't get down, I always feel a bit dangerous." Zhu Yu shook his head, "You guys should go down quickly, there is something evil here."
"Okay." Ran Jie was the last to walk down and said, "We will come up as soon as possible."
Zhu Yu saw them going down and starting to break the locks of the secret room below, so he simply ran to the top of the half wall and looked around.
However, no danger was seen.
So, what’s going on with your own intuition?
Zhu Yu jumped down and looked towards the city gate again, and found that the scorpion over there didn't seem to make any movement.
It must be an illusion, right?
Ten minutes later, Cao Dalong came out carrying a heavy box. He placed the box at Zhu Yu's feet and said excitedly:
"Boss, it's been distributed! There are more than a dozen boxes of gold and silver coins below!"
"That's really awesome! Move it quickly!" Zhu Yu said with a smile, "This time, we are finally here!"
Next, Ran Jie and Qin Fei both walked up carrying boxes.
Just when they moved twice, Zhu Yu's ears suddenly heard those weird sounds again, and the sounds were much louder!
Zhu Yu immediately jumped up half the wall again and looked around.
Zhu Yu was shocked when he saw this, and he immediately shouted:
"Come up quickly! It's dangerous! Leave quickly!"
Ran Jie, who had just come up, immediately asked:
"Boss, what's wrong?"
"Snakes! Beetles! And scorpions! Countless ones, they're all surrounding us!"
Ran Jie jumped up half the wall and looked over, also shocked!
A large number of black crows and crows came from the south gate, west gate and north gate of the city. If you look closely, they are all poisonous insects and snakes!
These things were extremely fast and numerous. They spread like a black tide and soon covered most of the ruins of the entire city!
"Let's go! Let's go!" Zhu Yu jumped down, carrying a box and ran out!
Qin Fei and Cao Dalong were confused. Although they didn't know what the situation was, they knew that it was definitely not a simple situation that could shock Zhu Yu and Ran Jie. They each held a box and ran!
The four of them were very fast, but those poisonous insects and snakes were also very fast!
Some of the snakes felt like they had flying wings, swooping over the sand and scurrying over. They really fit the phrase "as fast as the wind"!
"You go first, I'll burn them!"
Seeing that this was not going to work, Zhu Yu immediately threw down the box, took out the gasoline bottle that he had prepared long ago from his backpack (actually from the space), and then poured it on the road behind!
Several flying snakes had begun to approach, Zhu Yu lit a cigarette and threw it away!
"Teng!"
A circle of open fire immediately started burning, and those flying snakes rushed into the fire, landed directly on the ground, and started twitching!
Ran Jie and the others also stopped, took out insecticide and sprayed it on the nearby poisonous insects!
"Hurry up!" Zhu Yu shouted, "You are not as fast as me, don't let us surround you now, otherwise we will all be doomed!"
"Okay!" Ran Jie also made a prompt decision, threw the insecticide bottle into the pile of insects, then shot it, and then ran out of the city!
Qin Fei and Cao Dalong followed suit and also dropped the boxes and ran away.
They really knew that Zhu Yu would run faster than them - after all, Zhu Yu absorbed the most energy.
And Zhu Yu also felt that these poisonous insects and snakes were more interested in him, but less interested in Ran Jie and the others who ran away.
After Qin Fei and the others crossed the city wall covered with sand, Zhu Yu felt relieved and took out the flamethrower from his backpack. He turned on the switch while retreating and started spraying at the poisonous snakes and insects!
The sudden flames directly burned countless poisonous insects and snakes to ashes!
However, these latter things are still coming up in a steady stream, as if they are endless!
Zhu Yu knew that the burning would not be finished for the time being, so he had to burn it a few more times. Taking advantage of the fact that the poisonous snakes and insects could not get close, he put away the two boxes and ran quickly to the city wall carrying two more boxes.
These poisonous insects and snakes were fearless, and some even broke through the remaining power of the flames and rushed towards him!
Very crazy!
"Boss, get in the car!"
At this time, with the roar of the car engine, Ran Jie and the others drove an off-road vehicle to pick up Zhu Yu!
The off-road vehicle made a big turn and stopped in front of Zhu Yu. The door was open. Zhu Yu ducked up and jumped up. Before the door was closed, the vehicle had already swerved and drove away, leaving behind those who were running from the city wall. The viper came down covered in sand!
Only then did Zhu Yu have time to close the door.
"What the hell, it's so crazy!" Cao Dalong was still frightened, "A scorpion as big as a fist! If you really want to sting me, even calling the old hen will be useless!"
"I heard that the sting of a scorpion is extremely painful!" Qin Fei nodded.
"It's true." Ran Jie testified while driving, "I was stung by a yellow scorpion in the desert during an exercise in southern Xinjiang. It really hurt! Although I ate the scorpion, the pain really made me uncomfortable. A few days!”
"Captain Ran, hurry up! We're catching up! Damn it, that snake can fly!" Cao Dalong suddenly said nervously, "Quick!"
Ran Jie was startled and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. The wheels rolled up a large amount of sand and hit the flying snake coming from behind. The off-road vehicle also took advantage of this momentum and drove forward quickly, and soon it was Disappeared in the wind and sand.
Those flying snakes rushed to the dirt bun where Zhu Yu and the others had rested before stopping their attack.
A two-meter-long flying snake swam up the earthbag, its upper body stood up high, looking at the car that was disappearing in the distance, its vertical pupils flashed, and then it swam down the earthbag and swam back.
The snakes and insects got out of the way, and the long snake with a small horn on its head and flying wings under its neck quickly swam back to the pyramid in the northeast corner of the ancient city.
At this time, a large hole appeared under the pyramid's platform, and the flying-winged snake swam into the large hole, and other snakes quickly followed.
Some snakes come back with beetles or scorpions in their mouths.
Obviously, they also need to eat.
The off-road vehicle ran for more than ten kilometers before stopping.
"Okay, I didn't catch up." Looking at the shadow of the poisonous insect behind him, Cao Dalong breathed a sigh of relief.
Although I wasn’t tired, I was really nervous.
Even Zhu Yu saw this overwhelming venomous snakes and insects for the first time.
Last time Aria and I saw so many scorpions in that small ruins, but those scorpions had no intention of attacking.
These are different!
The four people got out of the car and looked back.
"Where did so many poisonous snakes and insects come from?" Cao Dalong was a little surprised, "What do they eat alive?"
Zhu Yu suddenly said:
"I guess those things came out after they heard us smashing the stone slabs. The noise I heard before was probably them coming out of the hole."
"Then it should be underground and have its own ecosystem." Qin Fei guessed.
"Anyway, this trip is dangerous enough." Ran Jie was still frightened.
"Could the people in this city, as well as the adventurers you mentioned who died earlier, boss, have been killed by poisonous snakes and venomous insects?" Qin Fei suddenly asked.
"It's possible!" Zhu Yu nodded, convinced, "This is the only possibility..."
"Then let's..." Cao Dalong pointed to the city wall and said with some reluctance, "Should we go back or not? There are so many things!"
Ran Jie and Qin Fei looked at Zhu Yu.
Zhu Yu pondered for a moment and said:
"Let's find a place to rest here first. After this night is over, we can go over and take a look tomorrow during the day. Maybe those guys have retreated."
"Okay!" Several others agreed.
We found a sand dune nearby to park the car, set up the tent, and several people started eating self-heating food.
"Boss, you are good enough. Under such circumstances, you can still drag two boxes back." Cao Dalong said while eating.
Zhu Yu smiled and said nothing.
The golden statue in his own space flashed through his mind.
His intuition told him that the diamond ball inside should give him the answer to all the mysteries here!
