Professor Chen was heartbroken when he saw the messy ancient tomb ruins and sighed regretfully.

Only then did everyone understand why he had such an old bone to come to such a dangerous place to archaeology. He was trying to protect cultural relics and prevent such things from happening.

Sadipeng and others were very curious. While walking, they asked Xueli about the marching ants just now, and asked about Chen Hao's blood.

Sydney told them that she had never seen marching ants with her own eyes, but had seen villages that were looted by marching ants. Wherever she passed, only bones were left in the human and animal world. For this reason, she also published this report specifically.

The reason why they are called marching ants is because these big ants have strong discipline and organization, forming a complete system, and all ants perform their own duties and have extremely strong survival ability.

After walking for a few more hours, it was almost evening and the terrain below suddenly became high and low.

An Liman told everyone that Xiye Ancient City was right in front of you, and you could reach it in more than ten minutes.

When everyone heard that the ancient city was approaching, they felt excited and quickly accelerated their pace and walked forward.

More than ten minutes later, everyone finally arrived at the gate of the ancient city. The ancient city was hidden into the darkness and could only see a rough outline.

The ruins of Xiye Ancient City are well preserved. According to historical records, this ancient city was destroyed during the wars in the late Tang Dynasty and has been abandoned to this day.

In the early 19th century, foreign explorers discovered this ancient city and looted all the ancient objects inside, leaving only an empty city.

However, the water supply system of this empty city can still be used and has become a supply station for many travelers passing through this place. There are many intact houses inside that can be temporarily lived in.

The fat man said, "It's considered to be a place to find a rest. This time we have to take a break for three or five days before leaving!"

Hu Bayi said: "Professor, Miss Yang, how about we rest in Xiye Ancient City for three or five days before leaving? The old man said that if we don't let the camel rest for three or five days, we can only drive 11th to Jingjue Ancient City."

Professor Chen asked with confusion: "What is Route 11? How to drive?"

The fat man waved his legs and said, "It means we can only walk over with two legs!"

When the archaeological team heard this, they were stunned and thought that the word "he" was too new.

Professor Chen smiled and said, "Okay, since the camel wants to rest, let's stay here for three or five days. I also want to take a good look at this ancient city to see if there are any new discoveries."

While everyone was talking, they had already arrived at the gate of the ancient city. They saw that the city walls were made of black stones, ten feet high. The city gate had long disappeared. It was probably destroyed by the siege army during the war.

After entering the city, I saw that it was very vast inside. Houses of all sizes on the streets were lined up on both sides. Many had weathered and collapsed, and a few were preserved intact.

From a distance, you can see a tall building, towering majestic in the center of the city, which is the main city of Xiye City.

Professor Chen told everyone that there are still many travelers, oil well workers, exploration teams, and geological teams who have passed by this abandoned ancient city to this day. They only need to block the door with stones, so they don’t have to worry about being attacked by wild beasts such as wolves.

Everyone walked along the street to the main city, found the most spacious and sturdy room, put down their equipment, and made a fire to cook.

Hu Bayi, Chen Hao, Fatty, and An Liman found an ancient well in the ancient city. This ancient well is said to have been in thousands of years and has never dried up.

When we arrived at the well, we saw someone throwing the leather bucket that had been used on it aside. Everyone picked up the leather bucket, tied a rope and threw it down. They found that the water was very deep, about twenty or thirty meters before reaching the end. There was indeed water below.

Everyone quickly brought a bucket of water, took out the kettle and filled it, and started drinking it. They only felt that the well water was cool and sweet. After a few sips, the heat all over their body was dispelled by half, and they felt indescribable comfort and refreshment.

After everyone was feasting and drinking, they hurriedly took a bucket back and gave it to everyone in the archaeological team.

An Liman led more than a dozen camels to the well, fed them all, and tied them directly to the well after eating.

The cool well water suddenly shook, and everyone's appetite was shocked. They quickly took out the food and ate it with the well water.

But they were exhausted throughout the journey. Some people were still biting half a biscuit in their mouths, and they fell asleep on the ground.

Chen Hao and others did not disturb them, so they came to a room next door, burned a large pot of hot water, took off their shoes and socks, and fell asleep as soon as they wanted to wash, but the whole room was filled with the smell of his sour feet, which made people choked and wanted to vomit.

After running around for so long, everyone felt exhausted. After taking off their shoes and socks, they found that there were a lot of blisters on the soles of their feet.

Chen Hao had a green dragon cover and had no blister in the soles of his feet. He wiped his body casually, spread the blanket and fell asleep.

Hu Bayi and the fat man had to soak their feet in hot water, then used needles to pick up all the water. Then they woke up the archaeological team members and let them also pick up the water on the soles of their feet, so as not to be unable to walk tomorrow.

This sleep continued until the next morning. When Chen Hao woke up, everyone around him was still asleep. He did not wake up anyone, and he took his mouthwash to the well to brush his teeth and wash his face.

A few hours later, Chen Hao cooked a pot of doughnut, jerky, and canned food, and he woke everyone up for lunch.

Everyone sat around the well for lunch. After a night of recovery, everyone was full of energy.

The fat man held the bowl and ate while bragging, telling everyone how rich the products in the old forest were when he went to the countryside. He ate delicacies every day in different ways. Unlike in this desert, there was nothing but sand.

Several of Professor Chen’s students have very little experience, but they didn’t know that the fat man was bragging. He was stunned by his jokes and believed it.

Sardipeng pushed his glasses and asked, "Brother Fat, what is a stick to beat a roe deer and scoop fish? The pheasant flies into the rice pot?"

The fat man said, "Glasses, seeing that you are so studious, I will tell you what it means. That is, you walk in the mountains with a stick and you can beat a roe deer with a wave. You can just scoop a spoon of fat fish in the river, which means you have rich resources."

Xueli knew that the fat man was bragging and was quite disdainful of his words, saying, "Hmph! Deserts also have the benefits of deserts. In fact, there are not fewer animals and plants in the desert than forests, but those animals and plants grow near the water source, which is rare to see."
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