Wang Fatty and Hu Ba Yi were cleaning up the remains and preparing to lay out their sleeping bags when they accidentally discovered a hard object beneath the yellow sand.
Everything around them was sand, and they were curious about what this hard object could be.
So they continued digging. As they dug deeper and deeper, a stone statue with an unusual appearance appeared in the yellow sand.
“Xiao Sheng Ye! There’s something here.”
The two of them hurriedly called Lin Chang Sheng.
The archaeological team followed Lin Chang Sheng over.
“This is a giant eye statue. This place should be a temple, but now it’s been buried by the yellow sand and only a section remains.”
The group suggested that they dig up the giant eye statue.
An Li Man knelt down beside it and prayed devoutly.
“The statue cannot be moved. This is the will of the gods. To move it would be to incur the wrath of God!”
Lin Chang Sheng heard An Li Man’s words and smiled calmly. This statue might be dangerous, but it was definitely not the wrath of God.
“What gods? I tell you, the man standing here in front of you is the god, the divine being. You should pray to him for protection; it’s much better than praying to the gods!” Wang Fatty introduced Lin Chang Sheng to An Li Man.
An Li Man stared curiously at Lin Chang Sheng, “A divine being? How divine can you be? Is that effective? I’ll believe in that!”
Lin Chang Sheng immediately said loudly, “Everyone listen to An Li Man. The statue cannot be moved. Fatty, Lao Hu, fill the sand back in.”
“Understood!” Wang Fatty responded.
Professor Chen stepped forward, “Xiao Lin, this giant eye statue still has considerable archaeological value. Let us study it.”
Lin Chang Sheng said coldly, “Professor Chen, our ultimate goal on this trip is the ancient city of Jingjue. As for anything else, don’t worry about it, lest complications arise. Otherwise, I can’t guarantee that you’ll all make it to the ancient city of Jingjue alive.”
Professor Chen saw that Lin Chang Sheng mentioned the ancient city of Jingjue, so he had to let Professor Hao and the others stop their research.
After everyone lay down to rest, Shirley Yang went to Lin Chang Sheng’s side, “Professor Chen and the others are passionate about archaeology. Don’t mind them. Is there any danger from that statue?”
He knew that Lin Chang Sheng never said anything unnecessary.
Lin Chang Sheng said directly, “What do you think about the bones on the statue?”
Shirley Yang immediately felt a sense of dread.
So this was all part of the knowledge of exploration and survival.
She learned.
“Thank you.”
Zhang Hai Xing saw Shirley Yang and Lin Chang Sheng talking and immediately walked over. “Chang Sheng, go rest. Let me take over the watch.”
Lin Chang Sheng nodded. “Hai Xing, be careful. Call me if anything happens.”
Zhang Hai Xing sat beside Shirley Yang, “Why are you going to find the ancient city of Jingjue? As far as I know, several groups of people who searched for the ancient city of Jingjue have disappeared.”
Shirley Yang blinked, “What if I said it was a dream? Would you believe me?”
“A dream?” Zhang Hai Xing was confused. Could the Queen of Jingjue have sent her a dream?
Zhang Hai Xing looked at Shirley Yang, “Tell me more. I’m listening.”
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Daybreak arrived.
The black sandstorm finally subsided a little.
When Lin Chang Sheng and An Li Man went out to check the route, Professor Hao and the others had already dug up the giant eye statue again.
Wang Fatty and Hu Ba Yi whispered, “What do we do?”
Hu Ba Yi whispered, “What else can we do? After all, they invited us here, but didn’t Xiao Sheng Ye say? If there’s danger, don’t care about their lives.”
Wang Fatty looked up and saw that the giant eye statue’s eyeballs were moving.
He hurriedly patted Hu Ba Yi, “Lao Hu, did you see the statue’s eyeballs moving just now?”
Hu Ba Yi glanced over, “No, Fatty, don’t be so jumpy.”
Zhang Hai Xing, carrying food and water, walked out of the cave.
“They did move.”
Wang Fatty and Hu Ba Yi looked at each other and immediately had a bad feeling. They were ready to withdraw.
An Li Man was right.
“Lao Hu, let’s move the food and water out first. We won’t have to worry about it when we run later.”
The two of them had just moved the food and water out when they heard Sa Di Peng’s surprised cry, “What is that?”
Everyone saw that the giant eye statue’s eyes had opened, and sand was flowing out of them, like a god weeping blood.
Countless red ants, quite large, came crawling out of the statue’s eyes.
Shirley Yang, being the granddaughter of Partridge Whistle, had seen much in her life and immediately recognized them as desert army ants. They could chew a person to bones in an instant, just as dangerous as fireflies.
She immediately shouted loudly, “Run!”
Many bumps began to appear on the ground, and those bumps burst open with a bang, making everyone’s hearts pound with excitement.
Thinking of the bones they had seen earlier, they didn’t dare to try this thing’s strength. They all ran for their lives.
At this moment, Lin Chang Sheng and Zhang Hai Xing were already sitting on camels.
An Li Man was also ready to run away at this opportunity, but Lin Chang Sheng pressed him down.
He could only sit there obediently.
Wang Fatty and Hu Ba Yi, after putting away the food and water, also got on their camels.
“Xiao Sheng Ye, you really are divine. You had us move the food and water out first!”
“Do you want to guess what’s inside?”
Lin Chang Sheng smiled calmly, “Could it be desert army ants? Those things can chew a living person to bones in an instant, much scarier than the two big zombies we encountered in King Lu’s Palace. Corpse insects only bite and have venom, but these things really chew!”
Wang Fatty’s eyes lit up, “You guessed right. It’s desert army ants inside!”
“Is Miss Yang still out there?” Lin Chang Sheng asked, after all, she was his financial advisor.
He had promised to protect her life and he would not break his word.
The two of them looked at each other nervously.
Lin Chang Sheng immediately got off his camel. It seemed he would have to do it himself.
Meanwhile, Shirley Yang stayed behind to provide cover for the others.
Lin Chang Sheng said sternly, “Didn’t I tell you? Run when you encounter danger?”
Shirley Yang smiled, “Are you worried about me?”
“You’re my financial advisor. If you lose your life, who will I get money from?”
After saying that, Lin Chang Sheng took out a rope, poured oil on it, and lit it. He held the burning rope and whipped it at the army ants.
Shirley Yang grabbed Lin Chang Sheng’s hand, but Lin Chang Sheng pushed her behind him.
At this moment, Lin Chang Sheng was like the Fudō Myōō, slaughtering the army ants with a fierce look.
Seeing that the rope in his hand had burned out, Lin Chang Sheng stepped forward, jumped onto the camel, and directly dumbfounded An Li Man.
This noble person, his martial arts skills are so agile, his actions so calm, he really is a divine being!
At this moment, An Li Man also saw that Lin Chang Sheng’s words about protecting him were not false. He had the ability to do it.
An Li Man’s intention to escape gradually faded away.
As for the members of the archaeological team, if they still couldn’t see Lin Chang Sheng’s abilities, then they could only be said to be extremely stupid.
Of course, they could only say they were unlucky in this matter.
Even if they hadn’t dug up the giant eye statue, the army ants would have come out to search for food.
The group continued to advance towards the center of the Black Desert.
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