Teams of team members walked around the quicksand and gathered at the city gate. Then they divided their work and began to clean up the sand from yard to yard.
In order to prevent excessive accumulation of sand, someone pushed a cart to clear the sand outside the ancient city and pile it on top of the quicksand.
Small red flags were also placed around the quicksand as a warning.
In front of these people are the firepower team members arranged neatly.
What they held in their hands were flamethrowers or incendiary bombs.
There are also drones that have flown over the pyramid and begun reconnaissance. There are several large drones next to the small drones, carrying cans of pesticides underneath.
Drones, which are already very common in China, will play an unimaginable role here.
Over at the Scorpion Cave, dozens of team members were already operating drones to spray pesticides in the area.
Immediately, countless scorpions sensed the danger, emerged from the holes, and rushed towards the team members.
Then what greeted them were balls of flames - facing the flames, these scorpions had no resistance at all, and were immediately burned to charcoal.
There was a steady stream of scorpions, and the team members burned up the flame jet fuel they were carrying one by one.
Subsequently, cars continued to pull over spare cans.
Soon, the remains of the scorpions were piled high.
Some scorpions began to dig holes underground, trying to attack the team members from underground.
But when a small number of scorpions emerged from the holes, their tail needles could not penetrate the hard soles of these team members.
Immediately, team members carrying sprayers and gas masks began to spray pesticides on the ground.
The scorpions were no match at all. During the repeated killings, some scorpions began to flee away.
They do not have much intelligence and usually act under the command of their rulers.
But at this time, the threat of death has exceeded the pressure of the rulers on them, and the organizational structure has begun to collapse.
Seeing that the situation here had remained stable, Zhu Yu finally felt relieved.
"Sure enough, manpower and technology are more beneficial." Zhu Yu sighed, "If it's just the four of us, facing so many scorpions, the only option is to run away."
"It's a pity." Ran Jie looked at so many scorpions and said, "They can be eaten and used as medicine, but it's not easy to keep them."
"Haha." Cao Dalong sneered in response to Ran Jie's sigh.
They went to the city gate again.
There are dedicated people here responsible for registration, and from time to time someone will loudly report their harvest:
"A silver platter!"
"One golden cup!"
"Three gold rings!"
"Twelve gold coins!"
"Two silver forks!"
"One bite of the copper pot!"
"A set of bones..."
Okay, this last one was messed up.
All these gains will be recorded and the results will be tallied at the end.
Looking at most of the yard that had been cleared, Zhu Yu sighed:
"We are still the most powerful people..."
"It's normal now." Ran Jie said proudly, "In the past, civil engineering work in the grassroots companies was commonplace! Now when it comes to combat effectiveness, some things are not allowed to be done, and the younger ones are all rusty..."
Zhu Yu had never been a soldier, but he could tell from Ran Jie's words that the former soldiers were really good at soil work.
He suddenly remembered the Anti-Japanese War book he had read, the tactics of throwing grenades thirty meters in front of the enemy's position during soil work.
Well, you can.
Carloads of sand were hauled out and piled up, and small courtyards were cleared one by one.
The work of exterminating scorpions is also proceeding in an orderly manner, and the number of scorpions is really very large.
It's been almost an hour, and the scorpions are still coming out in a steady stream.
Fortunately, that space is almost the size of half a football field, otherwise, the scorpion corpses would be piled up into a hill.
On the road inside the city gate, large boxes were placed in a row, and two registrars were responsible for registering next to each box.
As soon as each box was full, someone immediately came over to close the seal, sealed it together with the two lists, and then used a trolley to push the box to the container truck outside the city gate.
Each task force is proceeding in an orderly manner.
After Zhu Yu's Ran Jie and the others saw the scorpion killing battlefield, they went directly to the city.
Because compared to scorpions, which are easier to attack directly on the surface, poisonous beetles are harder to find.
You also know that the poisonous snake comes out of the pyramid, so focus on defense.
Where did the poisonous beetles come from?
Zhu Yu really doesn’t know!
These things are very deep underground, and Zhu Yu couldn't find them even after going around so long before.
When these team members are cleaning the courtyard, they may encounter them suddenly.
When Zhu Yu and the others walked into the city, they could still hear team members discussing in low voices:
"Is this a city in ancient Egypt? It doesn't feel much different from the small cities we dug over there, right?"
"The era is different, and the architectural style is different."
"Let's dig more carefully. We might even treat it as a cultural monument for people to visit in the future. Be careful not to damage it."
"These ancient people were so rich, and every family had good things."
"Who knows who I robbed, this feels a bit abnormal..."
"Never mind it! Do our job well. This day's salary is five times as much as one month's work in China, so stop talking so much!"
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In one morning, the city cleared out about twenty yards and more than two hundred pieces of gold, silver, copper and other metal artifacts.
There were also some clay pots and the like, which were temporarily placed aside and were not taken away.
The cooking class delivers meals, and the person in charge blows the whistle to let everyone rest and prepare to eat.
The scorpion cave has almost been cleaned up. Most of the people have withdrawn. Scorpions have basically stopped pouring out of the cave, so only a few people are left to guard and reduce the attack range.
"This cooking class has really retired from the military cooking class." The person in charge came over to report to Zhu Yu, "I didn't talk about cooking a big pot of rice. Someone in the catering industry asked him to be the chef for RMB 8,000 a month. Because he wanted to buy a house and get married, so So he joined our company."
"Then we should try it." Zhu Yu said with a smile, "Now we can be considered a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
Seeing that everyone was eating and there were still people on duty at Scorpion, Zhu Yu walked over.
A strong burnt smell mixed with a faint meaty aroma floated in the air.
Those burned scorpions were almost completely dead. Occasionally, a few were not completely burned to death and could only struggle in the pile of debris.
Now the range of movement of scorpions has been reduced to an extremely low level, but basically there are no live scorpions left. The one or two scorpions that occasionally appeared did not come out to actively attack people, but ran away hastily.
Zhu Yu Tianqi looked over there and found that there were almost no living scorpions in this cave.
He continued to look down with his heavenly eyes, and then he saw a strange scene!
Under the largest cave, five or six meters deep, a translucent yellow-brown giant scorpion that was as long as an adult's arm was digging its hole and digging desperately into the ground!
It is also surrounded by dozens of palm-sized black scorpions, which look like guards.
Following the traces of its crawling, Zhu Yu saw many tiny mung bean-sized scorpions hidden in holes.
It looks like he was just born.
Spreading out, there will occasionally be a few small scorpions about the size of bees in these caves. They should be underage, and they will hide in the caves.
This has really been burned down.
Zhu Yu said to the team members who were still guarding:
"The danger here has been lifted. Just stay with one or two of you, and the rest can go eat."
The team members were a little hesitant. It was true that Zhu Yu was the big boss, but their direct command was with the person in charge.
Zhu Yu also understood this truth and said to one of them:
"Go and report to your squad leader and tell me what I said."
After saying that, he didn't care about the team members, picked up the short shovel, and started digging under the sand.
He looked at the huge female scorpion with curiosity and wanted to dig it out.
After all, I have never seen such a big scorpion before.
And Zhu Yu has no intention of letting it go - who knows if she will come back again after escaping!
Soon, the team members found the squad leader who led the team, reported to the platoon leader, team leader, and finally went directly to the person in charge.
The person in charge was discussing the next plan with Ran Jie. After hearing this, he looked at Ran Jie.
"Listen to the boss." Ran Jie said with a smile, "Our boss, among other things, has the ability to distinguish good from bad. No one can compare with him. By the way, what is the boss doing?"
"Digging in the sand."
"Come on, let's go take a look."
When Ran Jie and the others walked over, Zhu Yu had already dug a big hole there.
Of course, those team members couldn't really watch Zhu Yu digging. They were also helping. There was already a pit one and a half meters deep and more than two meters in diameter.
From time to time, small scorpions were dug out and then put into glass bottles by one of the team members with chopsticks.
"This thing is delicious fried. It's also good soaked in wine!"
Well, that’s true.
"Boss, are you planning to visit Scorpion's lair?" Ran Jie asked jokingly.
"I think there should be a big guy down here, otherwise these scorpions won't be so obedient. They attack together when they say they want to attack, and retreat when they say they want to retreat."
Seeing so many people digging, Zhu Yu jumped up outside the pit and said.
"Don't say it yet, it's really possible." Ran Jie thought about it and felt that it was right.
When I first watched the movie "The Scorpion Empire", there was a king insect serving as the brain.
And whether it is an ant or a bee, there is a king.
Soon, the pit was dug to a depth of two or three meters, and the mouth of the pit also expanded a lot.
The team member also had two glass bottles filled with them, and the third one was already in use.
Zhu Yu could see that the big scorpion as thick as an arm was already aware of what was going on above and was digging in deep.
Unfortunately, the original scorpion's hole was only three or four meters deep. Now that we are digging down, the soil is very hard, so the progress is very slow.
Even if there are many scorpions helping together, it will not increase the speed much.
Seeing this, Zhu Yu was basically relieved.
This scorpion may be very poisonous, but as long as it can be dug out, there will be many ways to deal with it and prevent it, so you won't have to worry about being unable to handle it.
Half an hour later, the team members who were good at soil work had dug to a distance of less than 20 centimeters from the giant scorpion.
"Be careful, come up first." Zhu Yu suddenly said, "There should be a big guy down there. Look, the hole dug is very thick, and the soil is all fresh. Come up first and protect yourself!"
The reasons given by Zhu Yu were very good, and these team members did not dare to ignore them, and immediately climbed up the dug steps and climbed out of the pit.
The giant scorpion below has felt the vibration above, and no longer digs down, but turns its tail around, planning to fight to the death!
At this time, there was suddenly no movement above, and it was also very confused!
Then it moved, and the dozens of palm-sized scorpions around it immediately rushed out, and soon the bottom of the pit was covered!
"Ouch! What a big scorpion!"
Seeing the scorpion that suddenly jumped out, the team members were all shocked!
If you hadn't come up just now, wouldn't you be startled by this sudden appearance?
If you are stabbed, even if you can save it later, it will be very uncomfortable, right?
"Change into high-top boots!" the person in charge said immediately, "Be prepared for protection!"
He turned to look at Zhu Yu. He thought Zhu Yu wanted these scorpions, so he didn't tell them directly. It depends on whether Zhu Yu wanted them alive or dead.
"Burn it." Zhu Yu said, "The big guys haven't come out yet, these should be the guards!"
"Burn!" Upon hearing Zhu Yu's order to burn, the person in charge immediately gave the order.
There are so many of them, it’s not easy to catch them. It would be really uncomfortable to be pierced!
Although some team members thought it was a pity that those scorpions were burned, but the order was given, so don't say more.
A fire-breathing soldier came over, and as soon as the spray went on, all the scorpions were cooked.
After a while, after the pit became cold, Zhu Yu said:
"Come on, let's go down."
Ran Jie followed immediately, and Zhu Yu also changed into high-top boots, stab-proof gloves, and a large jar at this time.
The giant scorpion was almost dead - when the flamethrower sprayed downwards, he tried to avoid its position under Zhu Yu's instructions.
But this thing is military equipment after all, so if it burns for a while, the bottom will be burned dry!
If its carapace hadn't been hard enough and it had drilled down a short distance just now, it might have been able to peel off the carapace and dip it in vinegar and eat it.
Several other team members also jumped down.
Zhu Yu dug into the soil with a short shovel and revealed the tail of the giant scorpion.
"Ouch! This is so big!" One team member blurted out, "It's become a sperm!"
"No, I haven't become a spirit yet." Zhu Yu answered with a smile, "I don't know if you are not allowed to become a spirit after the founding of the People's Republic of China."
"Hahahaha!" Everyone laughed.
Pressing the scorpion's tail, Ran Jie immediately followed, and after a few more pulls, the true form of the giant scorpion was revealed.
Zhu Yu pressed the scorpion's tail while grabbing its body and stuffed it directly into the large glass jar.
"How can this be half a meter long?" The team members looked at the wilted scorpion in the jar and sighed in amazement.
"Almost. Even the head and the tail." Zhu Yu didn't think about how to use this scorpion specifically.
Anyway, something like this must be rare.
After returning to the camp with the big can, the people here also withdrew.
Killing the poisonous scorpion, one of the major poisonous insects, so easily gave everyone a great encouragement.
"Sure enough, there is still strength in numbers! The poisonous scorpion that chased us so embarrassingly before was nothing more than that!" Cao Dalong said with a smile while holding the jar.
"Don't take it lightly. I think the biggest threat is the snake." Qin Fei reminded.
"Don't worry, no matter how powerful you are, you can't beat a flamethrower!"
The afternoon went on as planned. Without the threat of scorpions here, more team members joined in the process of clearing the ruins.
More sand was piled into the quicksand.
"Boss, tell me how big a hole there is under this quicksand! How come it hasn't been filled yet after so many trucks of sand have been sent in?"
"I don't know either." Zhu Yu shook his head and said, "Anyway, there is still a lot of sand in the city. Just fill it in. It will be filled one day."
The area where the quicksand is located is smaller than the space occupied by the scorpion, but when the cartloads of sand are piled up, it quickly sinks in, and the position remains level.
If a few cars and dozens of cars pile up, forget it. Now hundreds of carts of sand have been piled up, but the situation there has not changed. This is a bit strange.
Under Zhu Yu's eyes, the sand fell into an invisible gap.
The animal and human bones that were originally trapped in the quicksand have all sunk down with the sand.
Zhu Yu recalled that one of the important reasons why those people built the city here was that there was quicksand for protection, which trapped many people.
In the city, nearly one-third of the team members were armed with flamethrowers and other equipment to guard against poisonous snakes and poisonous insects.
But when the sun went down in the evening and the team members called it a day, the poisonous insects and snakes didn't come out.
This made Zhu Yu and the others very surprised, but also very happy.
"About one-tenth of the rooms in the city were cleaned out today. 591 pieces of gold, 1,347 pieces of silver, 993 pieces of bronze, and thousands of pieces of pottery and other items were found.
In addition, eleven suspected underground secret rooms were found in the cleared rooms. Because I was worried that it might attract poisonous insects, I didn't open it. Now that the markings have been made, the plan is to open them one by one after the surfaces have been cleaned. "
Zhu Yu was still very satisfied with such a report.
Approximately one percent of these gains is sufficient for this day's expenditure.
Make a lot of money!
And this is only one tenth of the entire city’s harvest!
No, far less than one tenth!
Those things in the underground secret room may be the big deal!
"We will add a meal in the evening so that everyone can replenish their nutrition. Each person is worth a bottle of beer! When we finish these tasks, everyone will have a big red envelope!"
If Zhu Yu is happy, then he will naturally be generous.
"The sentry still needs to be well prepared." Ran Jie reminded, "We need to be on guard against anything happening at night."
The camp was only a few hundred meters away from the ruins of the ancient city. Here, a bonfire was set up using the broken wooden boards of the houses. The team members were eating and drinking happily, and were very happy.
In the middle of the night, Zhu Yu suddenly opened his eyes.
He felt a little uneasy, so he got up and left the tent.
He raised his eyes and looked into the city, but couldn't see anything clearly because of the barrier of the city wall.
But Zhu Yu always felt like something was moving over there.
He walked towards the ancient city.
A few dozen meters away from the camp, several sentries were patrolling.
In Zhu Yu's ears, the sound of the movement became louder.
But the sentry didn't respond.
Did you hear wrongly? (End of chapter)
