Even the fastest car has a limit on the desert.
“Buzz~~~”
Han Xiao Liu drove his ‘battle-damaged’ Cherokee across the vast and boundless desert.
“It’s really a pain to come into the desert alone. I’ve already repaired the car five times. It always breaks down in the same place. I’ll have to prepare more cars in the future, a dedicated one for desert driving, a high-speed one for traveling, and a bar-hopping chick-magnet, hehe!”
Han Xiao Liu drove for two whole days, stopping and going, and he took a much longer route than the archaeological team.
“According to the GPS, I’m not far from the entrance to the Magnetic Mountain now. Let’s park and gear up, just in case we get caught off guard later.”
Han Xiao Liu remembered that after crossing the Magnetic Mountain, he would face one of the most terrifying venomous snakes in the desert: the Jingjian Ahan, scientifically known as the Giant-Eyed Serpent. It was extremely venomous, and its venom was a fire poison that could kill instantly, leaving no cure. The snake venom serum he got might not even be effective against the Jingjian Ahan’s poison. Thankfully, this snake had a fatal weakness: it was afraid of strong light.
Time to change clothes. Han Xiao Liu was currently wearing ordinary clothes, and he had been wearing the same set for days, especially his underwear, which was unbearable for Han Xiao Liu, who had a bit of a cleanliness fetish.
The ‘Elegant Explorer’ set he obtained from the Kunlun Glacier had to be worn in full, but it wasn’t suitable for the desert. The shoes were a leather style.
After crossing the Magnetic Mountain, he had to go through a section of sand, so Han Xiao Liu wasn’t going to drive in. Plus, there was the danger of poisonous snakes, so this time Han Xiao Liu dressed extra warmly.
His pants were non-elastic but more durable, battlefield tactical long pants.
His shoes were extended anti-piercing military boots.
His top was a tight-fitting leather jacket with a hood, and he put on a tactical vest over it. He directly hung three grenades and three flashbangs on the vest, and wrapped a round of shotgun shells around his right arm.
He wore full-finger tactical gloves with leather wrist guards, and he had knee pads for protection.
Although he wasn’t afraid of curses, he was worried that he might be affected by illusions too early, so besides a mask, he put on a balaclava, added yellow goggles, and pulled up his hood.
He also had a gas mask in his system equipment inventory.
His current armament was the best you could buy on the market. Even professional grave robbers would have to kneel before Han Xiao Liu’s gear, this was the gold standard for grave robbing gear.
After thoroughly cleaning his car again, he directly stored it in his system equipment inventory. If the engine stalled and he was buried by a sandstorm while running, it wouldn’t be pretty.
Han Xiao Liu’s clothes were already sand yellow, so the archaeological team on the other side didn’t notice him.
“Look over there, there was nothing there just now.”
Ye Yixin, the little beauty, had cracked lips and a weak body, obviously suffering from heatstroke. Another one who didn’t listen.
Shirley and Hu Ba Yi immediately took out their binoculars to check.
They saw two black mountain ridges stretching across the desert, one on each side, with a small gap in the middle. Even though it was getting late, if the two looked more closely, they should be able to see a small dot moving in the distance, which was Han Xiao Liu.
Han Xiao Liu had already spotted the archaeological team, as they were riding camels, making them a more obvious target.
“They’re here too, I guess the timing is right. But I need to hide first.”
Han Xiao Liu sped up, running very fast. The archaeological team, moving up and down the desert, hadn’t noticed Han Xiao Liu at all, they even forgot he existed.
All the members of the archaeological team had their eyes on the gap in the middle of the Magnetic Mountain.
Shirley felt that her goal was about to be achieved.
Hu Ba Yi and Wang Pang Zi felt that their mission was about to be completed.
Professor Chen and the others were excited about the beautiful imagination of their life’s goal being realized.
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After passing through the Magnetic Mountain, Han Xiao Liu keenly felt that something was different here, making him feel uncomfortable. Perhaps this was the discomfort that came from a human body entering an area of chaotic magnetic fields from a normal magnetic field. It was very weak, and most people might not feel it, but Han Xiao Liu, with his enhanced senses, could.
Han Xiao Liu took out his system-awarded M1911 pistol, holding it in his right hand, and drew a short sword with his left hand. He carefully moved forward, reaching a gorge before he felt his hair stand on end. He’d had this feeling before, it was an instinctive reaction to danger.
Han Xiao Liu took a deep breath and continued forward. Not far away, he saw several human corpses. They had obviously died recently, and their equipment was scattered on the ground. There was no time to care about the equipment, he had to find a safe place to hide and follow behind the archaeological team.
“Swoosh~”
A black shadow burst out of the sand and headed straight for Han Xiao Liu’s neck.
Han Xiao Liu’s eyes were like blades, he looked at the black shadow charging at him, raised and slashed his left hand with the sword, splitting the shadow in two.
Han Xiao Liu looked down and saw it was a snake, still wriggling. It was less than half a meter long, with a body the thickness of his thumb, a fleshy head, a small tuft of black hair on its back, and two red lines extending from its eyes, becoming dimmer and brighter as they reached its seven inches, it was the Jingjian Ahan.
There were obviously still a lot of black snakes underground. After adapting to their attack style, Han Xiao Liu put away his pistol and drew another short sword with his right hand.
As he moved forward, he left behind a number of black corpses, at least thirty of them.
Han Xiao Liu found that there was nowhere to hide ahead, so he chose to retreat back, taking the time to bury the snake corpses with yellow sand.
It wasn’t until he retreated back to the area near the entrance of the Magnetic Mountain that Han Xiao Liu found a place that looked like a corner. If you didn’t look closely, you wouldn’t find it.
“They’re here.”
The members of the archaeological team were all excited, but suddenly the camels under their legs refused to move, even when An Li Man whipped them.
“Team Leader Hu, my camel has never acted like this before. It won’t move, I can’t do anything about it. I think the camel sensed danger, we should go back.”
“Old comrade, how can we do that, we’ve come all this way. We have to go through, even if we walk.”
Hao Ai Guo was the first to disagree with turning back.
An Li Man cherished his camel very much and didn’t want to keep hitting it.
Shirley saw the bodies lying on the ground in the distance.
“Look, it seems like there’s something there.”
Shirley threw a flare, revealing a corpse.
Hu Ba Yi and Wang Pang Zi, both holding Type 81 rifles, carefully approached the corpse.
“They died not long ago, and it looks like they died of poisoning. It should be the group of foreigners who entered the desert before. There were exactly four of them.”
Hu Ba Yi made an initial judgment immediately.
He observed the surroundings and found no abnormalities, so Hu Ba Yi felt there wasn’t a problem.
“No abnormalities found, we can proceed, but everyone still needs to be vigilant.”
The members of the archaeological team moved, but because the camels wouldn’t move, An Li Man chose to stay with the camels, leaving only Ye Yixin, the fragile one.
The archaeological team couldn’t care less now, they rushed forward in a hurry.
“Watch out!”
“Bang!”
Shirley reminded them while shooting, she saw a black snake emerge from the desert and attack Hu Ba Yi from behind.
There were still a lot of black snakes left, even though Han Xiao Liu had taken care of most of them.
Hu Ba Yi and Wang Pang Zi were good shots, and Shirley was there to cover them. Though things were a bit dangerous, thankfully no one had any accidents.
Han Xiao Liu hid behind them, watching silently.
“Could it be that Hao Ai Guo will survive? Did I kill too many snakes?”
Han Xiao Liu decided to continue hiding and watch, as the camels still hadn’t moved.