Chapter 26: A Slap! Divine Arrangement!
“Clang clang clang!”
Suddenly.
A series of increasingly clear bell sounds, coming from the direction of the ruins' entrance, interrupted everyone's attention!
The sound of the bell, carried by the wind and sand, gradually approached from afar.
Everyone looked at each other, their faces filled with surprise—
Because these were the unique sounds of the bells hanging on An Li Man's camel!
“Ouch!”
“This sandstorm is terrifying!”
Loud shouts filled with local accents rang out.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sounds and saw An Li Man walking in, stumbling along.
Facing everyone's gaze.
An Li Man chuckled, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth: “Everyone's here, good, good, good…”
As he spoke, he walked inside!
“You thieving old man, you dare come back?!”
Wang Pang Zi pointed at An Li Man with his entrenching tool: “Where is he? Where is Han Xiao Ge?!”
“Ah Da Si, don't be anxious, we're all on the same side…
An Li Man waved his hands repeatedly…
“Slap!”
A crisp sound of a slap!
It rang out abruptly!
Everyone was dumbfounded!
An Li Man suddenly slapped Hao Ai Guo in the face, knocking his glasses askew!
“You… what are you doing?!”
Hao Ai Guo felt the burning pain on his cheek and shouted angrily.
“Don't be angry…”
An Li Man laughed dryly: “You were talking bad about Han Xiao Ge behind his back, it's normal for him to ask me to slap you…”
“Words can hurt, don't talk nonsense in the future!”
Hao Ai Guo was stunned when he heard this.
Others also froze upon hearing these words, then they all showed expressions of surprise!
Han Li asked An Li Man to slap Hao Ai Guo?
Didn't that mean… Han Li was still alive?!
At the entrance of the ruins.
A figure, accompanied by wind and sand, walked in!
“Han Xiao Ge!”
“Xiao Han!”
“Han Li!”
Seeing Han Li's safe return.
Except for Hao Ai Guo, everyone's face turned incredibly excited.
The previously lifeless atmosphere was instantly swept away!
Everyone's face showed excited smiles or expressions!
Ye Yi Xin stopped crying.
Chu Jian’s eyes also lit up.
“Hmm.”
Facing everyone's gaze, Han Li calmly nodded slightly.
His gaze swept past Hao Ai Guo, who was covering his face, without pausing, as if he didn't exist!
His spiritual sense had allowed him to hear Hao Ai Guo's gloating laughter from afar...
So.
After letting An Li Man in, he slapped Hao Ai Guo!
Because—
He now even disdained to take action against this guy, Hao Ai Guo!
“Here, Xiao Ge, have some water!”
Wang Pang Zi ran over and obsequiously handed him a water bottle.
The endless yellow sand outside was like a giant wave in the wind.
It howled!
In such a situation.
Han Li went out and brought An Li Man back safe and sound…
Even a fool could understand!
The black sandstorm was no problem for Han Li at all!
“Lao Hu was about to go out to look for you… his climbing rope was already wrapped around his waist!”
“Who would have known… we found a skeleton here.”
“He could only stay here, stabilize the situation and then make plans to find you!”
Pang Zi didn't forget his best friend, boasting about Lao Hu's ‘intention’.
Han Li raised an eyebrow and looked at Lao Hu…
Lao Hu saw this, smiled awkwardly, and finally nodded slightly.
“Han Xiao Ge, you rest for now.”
Lao Hu said: “Pang Zi, come and work!”
“Alright!”
Pang Zi took his entrenching tool and ran back.
Professor Chen came up to talk to Han Li, while Xue Li Yang also nodded slightly in greeting from the side…
Everyone got busy.
No one paid any attention to Hao Ai Guo, who had been slapped!
He sat alone, watching Han Li being surrounded by everyone, his heart filled with jealousy and bitterness.
His entire person became gloomy, his face extremely unsightly.
Suddenly.
He noticed an ant on the sand…
Hao Ai Guo squeezed it hard!
Looking at the flattened ant corpse, he felt a surge of pleasure.
…
“Hey, we've reached the bottom? Impossible… this room isn't that short!”
Here.
Wang Pang Zi dug with a few shovels, but he couldn't dig any further.
Lao Hu walked over and helped.
The two of them used all their strength, until a black, dark object appeared in the sand.
Bang!
The entrenching tool slammed down with a shovel!
It sounded quite crisp!
“A black stone egg?”
Pang Zi looked at the round black object, feeling amazed.
Everyone rushed over.
When the sand on the black stone was completely brushed away, revealing its true appearance, everyone discovered that it was a stone statue head with huge eyes!
“I've seen this kind of giant-eyed statue before, in that Thousand Coffin Wen Li…”
“The eyes are huge, different from ordinary people.”
“This should be the giant-eyed statue.”
Professor Chen pushed his glasses up and examined it carefully.
“Teacher, it's not just in one place.”
“In the Tianshan Mountains, Altay and the Tarim River basin.”
“There are also giant-eyed statues on our Mongolian grasslands.”
Hao Ai Guo spoke unexpectedly.
He was expressionless, feeling this was a chance to prove himself!
He was an indispensable part of the archaeological team!
However…
After he finished speaking.
No one paid him any attention, nor did they respond.
For a moment.
There was an awkward silence!
“Professor Chen, is there any origin for this statue?”
Xue Li Yang looked at the statue’s eyes.
The statue's eyes seemed to be specially polished, shining brightly.
“The archaeological community has different theories about its origin.”
“Some scholars have suggested that this is a deity worshipped by the Mongolian people.”
“Others say it's a relic of the ancient Turks, and there's no definitive answer even today.”
“It's an unsolved mystery.”
Professor Chen was in a good mood, facing the unknown archaeological value of the giant-eyed statue.
“Han Xiao Ge, you can't let them continue digging!”
Han Li sat on the ground, facing the campfire, without joining the excitement.
At this time.
An Li Man, nervous and respectful, came up and said mysteriously:
“This is an arrangement made by the gods, to disturb it is to be punished by God!”