“This is a stone tomb from the Wei and Jin Dynasties.”
“Unfortunately, it has been destroyed.”
“What a shame.”
“……”
Professor Chen and the others were both angry and sighed.
“Lu Feng, there are leftover explosives here. I took a look, and they are Soviet goods.” Hu Ba Yi looked worried.
“If I meet them, I will deal with them.” Lu Feng said.
“With your words, I feel at ease.”
“There’s nothing left to see. I’m going out.”
This stone tomb had been destroyed. They couldn’t find any information about the tomb owner’s identity, and it had no connection to the Kingdom of Jingjue.
Exploring it yielded 30 points, equivalent to 10 days’ worth of points.
An hour later, Professor Chen and the others returned to the surface, blocked the entrance with stones, and covered the ancient tomb with yellow sand.
Finally, everyone felt relieved and sat down on a rock.
“Comrade Lu Feng, we owe you a big one for discovering this stone tomb.”
“It’s nothing.”
“This is not a small matter.”
Professor Chen waved his hand: “Although this tomb has been severely damaged, it is still worth studying. The photos we took are proof.”
Lu Feng smiled nonchalantly: “Since we found the stone tomb, it means we are not far from the ancient city of Jingjue. Everyone should rest well and save their energy.”
“Comrade Lu Feng is right.”
Professor Chen and the others nodded in agreement and went to sleep with excitement in their hearts.
The journey ahead was tedious.
The archaeological team no longer sang or joked. They were all parched, unwilling to even open their mouths, and slumped listlessly on the backs of their camels.
Only Lu Feng, Hu Ba Yi, and Wang Fatty were in high spirits, chatting about everything under the sun, forming a stark contrast with Xue Li and the others.
Xue Li was puzzled. She couldn’t understand why.
Ten days later.
An Li Man stopped again.
“Lu Feng, the traces of the Zi Du Dark River are almost invisible. If we go further, we will surely lose our way. We should turn back.” An Li Man said.
“No.” Xue Li Yang retorted.
“If we go further, I really won’t know the way.” An Li Man said.
“Uncle, the ancient city of Jingjue is very important to me. You must take me to find it.” Xue Li Yang said unwillingly, her emotions somewhat out of control.
“Xue Li!” Lu Feng raised his voice, “Calm down.”
Xue Li calmed down after being yelled at: “Uncle, I’m sorry. I, I just have to find the ancient city of Jingjue.”
“But the traces of the Zi Du Dark River are almost invisible.”
Lu Feng said: “An Li Man, go until there are absolutely no traces of the Zi Du Dark River.”
“Alright.” An Li Man thought for a moment and agreed.
Seeing the team set off again, Xue Li Yang said gratefully: “Lu Feng, thank you.”
“You’ve thanked me so many times, but I haven’t seen anything tangible.” Lu Feng joked.
Xue Li, however, was serious: “I’ll thank you properly when we get back.”
“Alright.”
Lu Feng didn’t mind.
They started paying attention to the compass and watches along the way.
“What are you looking at?” Xue Li Yang asked.
“Didn’t your notes say that two huge black magnetic mountains stand facing each other, forming a valley?”
“Passing through the valley that is like a gate, you can find the ancient city of Jingjue.”
“Such massive magnetic mountains would affect the magnetic field.”
Xue Li nodded: “You mean the compass will fail near the magnetic mountains?”
“Yes.”
“I see.”
Two more days passed.
Lu Feng noticed that the compass was starting to act up.
“Lu Feng, the compass?” Xue Li Yang’s face lit up with joy, “Are we near the magnetic mountains?”
“This is not good news.” Wang Fatty’s expression was serious, “The compass is affected, and we can’t determine our direction anymore.”
At this moment.
An Li Man came to Lu Feng’s side: “Brother Lu, there are no traces of the Zi Du Dark River ahead. This is as far as we can go.”
“Let me see.”
Lu Feng stood on the camel’s back, activated his Heavenly Eye Technique to observe the surroundings, and saw a faint black line at the edge of his vision, like a black dragon lying prostrate.
He took out his telescope and adjusted the focus.
The distant scenery became clearer, revealing two black mountain ranges standing silently in the afterglow. Between the two mountains was a valley.
Seeing this, Lu Feng smiled.
“Found it.”
“What?”
Xue Li Yang, Hu Ba Yi, and the others quickly picked up their telescopes and looked in the direction Lu Feng pointed. The next second, their breaths quickened, and their hands trembled.
“It’s it! It’s it!”
“It’s exactly the same as the divine mountains in Walter’s notes and the murals in the tomb of the Prince of Gu Mo!”
“Great, we found it!”
“……”
An Li Man looked into the distance, but saw nothing.
Lu Feng handed him the telescope, and An Li Man saw it too: “Those are truly the two divine mountains. I hope it’s not a mirage.”
“What’s a mirage?” Wang Fatty asked.
“It’s a kind of optical refraction phenomenon, a mirage…”
“No way? What if it’s fake?”
“The scenery of a mirage doesn’t last forever. Let’s set up camp here and rest. If it’s still there tomorrow, it’s real.”
“That’s it!”
Xue Li Yang immediately started digging a sand dune to set up camp.
The next day.
Everyone got up early and waited for dawn.
When the light of day dawned, the crowd erupted in cheers.
The Zaglamar Mountains had not disappeared.
Since it was a bit far, it took almost a day to get there. It was already dark by the time they reached the foot of the Zaglamar Mountains.
It was more like a giant rock with a diameter of several dozen kilometers than a mountain.
Perhaps under the yellow sand, the two giant rocks were originally connected, and the mountain pass was just a crack on the rock.
The moonlight didn’t reflect at all on the black stones. The mountain pass was pitch black inside, like a gaping mouth waiting for prey to enter.
“Go in.”
Lu Feng urged the camel forward.
They walked for more than half an hour, and the camel suddenly stopped.