Sumu wood in the quadrangle welcomes spring

The foundation of the Nine-Story Demon Tower counts as one floor, and there are 13 steps.

From the steps down to the first floor hall, there were corpses and relics everywhere.

Sumu did not waste any of the old items.

We have to find a chance to bring them back to the light of day.

Otherwise, it would be a real pity to bury it here.

As for the fireflies...

Su Mu just picked up two palm-sized pieces of gravel.

If you crush it, it will become a small thumbtack of the finger magic.

Two fire beetles crawled out of the eye sockets of a skull, flapped their wings and flew to the leg bones of another hanging corpse.

Su Mu waved his arms gently.

The fire beetle flying in the air suddenly disappeared.

Fortunately, it happened silently and did not cause any unusual changes.

Su Mu explored the doorway space with his consciousness and felt that the fire beetle's life breath was still there. The thought that suddenly arose in his mind suddenly became stronger.

So, while Shirley Yang went around the pillar and continued searching in the hall, Su Mu made two silent leaps and reached the second floor.

The old objects included pendants, bracelets, and an unknown emerald green dagger. On a small platform on the sixth floor, Sumu also found a golden scepter that was at least 1.8 meters long.

It is not made entirely of gold, but is wrapped with finely crafted gold foil.

Click!

There was a crisp sound coming from outside.

The direction of the burial pit.

Su Mu rolled his eyes.

This group of scholars, still sticking to their nature of being troublemakers, made some noise.

Fortunately, everyone tacitly remained silent afterwards.

Su Mu waved his hands repeatedly.

Thousands of fire beetles attached to corpses and objects in the tower entered Su Mu's doorway.

On top of the crumbling tower, there is a bronze throne that symbolizes power.

There is an eyeball logo on the back of the chair, with four grooves on each side. There are two crystal balls in the shape of eyeballs on the left, and two bumpy things like walnut shells on the right.

Su Mu waved his hand and collected it along with the bronze chair.

Perhaps because the Nine-Story Demon Tower had fallen into disrepair over a long period of time, the bronze chair also played a certain role in maintaining balance.

As Su Mu took away the heavy bronze throne, the tower suddenly shook slightly.

at the same time.

In the direction of the burial pit, there was a shutter click and a flash of light.

Damn!

Su Mu rushed into the tower and ran downstairs.

Five leaps directly back to the first floor.

At the same time, Shirley Yang, who was pointing a gun at Wang Kaixuan, retracted her raised arm.

She pursed her lips and glared back at Su Mu with an aggrieved look.

It's like a little girl who was bullied and asked her family for help.

"Run!"

Su Mu pushed Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan, took the cowhide bag from the fat man, and ran towards the cave entrance while dragging Shirley Yang.

At this time, Satipeng was bending down and pulling Professor Chen from the edge of the pit, while Hao Aiguo was also supporting him, trying to push Professor Chen onto the pit.

Su Mu actually didn't want to care about these two professors.

But thinking that there was a mountain of gold waiting for him to save in the ancient city of Jingjue, he pulled them up.

"Chu Jian, run!"

At this time, dense swarms of fire beetles had already peeled off from the tower, gathered together and moved towards the cave entrance.

There was no need for Su Mu to lower his voice.

He planned to be the last one.

After all, Chu Jian and Satipeng were his former comrades-in-arms, and he promised Lao Han to take care of them.

"Let's go quickly."

Shirley Yang didn't run away, but turned back and pulled Su Mu's clothes.

"go!"

Su Mu protected Shirley Yang as he entered the cave, and when he entered the cave himself, he swung his wrist backwards.

The first advance party in pursuit disappeared without a trace.

Only a few dozen small tails continued to rush forward.

The wings flapped the air, making a buzzing sound.

It sounded like entering a toilet and attracting a swarm of green bean flies.

Rush into the river and let the fire beetles fly into the water and destroy themselves.

Everyone gasped for breath and sighed that they had escaped a disaster.

He walked ashore in a panic.

The big guy and Gawawa put away their guns, came forward, and supported the old professor and Hao Aiguo who had sprained his ankle.

This time, perhaps because he was worried about falling behind and being abandoned, Hao Aiguo ran away particularly quickly. He used too much force when diving and injured his ankle.

It’s not a big problem.

The big man supported Hao Aiguo and turned to leave.

A wailing sound suddenly came from behind.

A disgusting thing with a bright red flat head, about four or five meters in size, emerged from the river.

"Fuck! There really is a monster in the river!"

Wang Kaixuan was so frightened that he spoke without thinking.

"Salamander, this is a prehistoric salamander that has long been extinct!"

Even at this time, Professor Chen still remembers to popularize science.

"It must be because of the closed underground environment that this long-extinct creature can survive..."

Don't worry about whether it survives or not. If you keep nagging about it, it will become a big problem whether you can survive yourself.

"Raise your gun and shoot."

Su Mu spoke, the big man let go of Hao Aiguo, and Gawa let go of Professor Chen, and the two turned around, pulled the bolts and started shooting.

Chu Chu Chu!

Chu Chu Chu!

chug!

There was a faint light coming from the other side of the river.

"Oh no, the fireflies are chasing us again, let's go."

Hu Bayi was very sharp-eyed. The moment he saw it, he shouted and pushed everyone to retreat quickly.

Everyone retreated quickly.

Gawawa was accidentally stuck by the salamander's big tongue and was almost dragged into the river.

Su Mu used his magical power to flick a stone and cut off the tongue of the salamander. Hu Bayi picked up Gawawa's Type 56 rifle and started shooting crazily.

The salamander eventually retreated.

The fire beetle has also revealed its true appearance from the other side.

They are so densely packed that there are at least hundreds or thousands of them at a glance.

Su Mudu secretly complained in his heart, wondering how many of these insects were raised in this nine-story demon tower. He had clearly collected tens of thousands of them, but there were still so many.

Su Mu explored the space of the nine-story demon tower at the back and saw that there was continuous movement, as if something was accumulating and then bursting out, with a large number of densely packed little gadgets pouring out.

If it's not a fire beetle, then what is it?

"Run."

The five people retreated much faster than the group of professors and scholars in front.

When they arrived at the rappelling point, Su Mu heard Hao Aiguo and Professor Chen were still "yielding" each other over who would go first, and he immediately became furious.

"Those who have better physical strength and can climb faster should go up first."

As soon as Su Mu finished speaking, he called on the big guy and Ga Wa to go up first.

"You go up first, and once you're up, secure the ground pins for a second time, and then help pull it up. We don't need you down there, and getting up is more important."

This time, Ga Wa must not be sacrificed.

If you have to sacrifice...

Su Mu glanced at the positions of the two professors.

Hao Aiguo started lifting again.

Perhaps Su Mu's words worked, as the two masters and apprentices were humble and in the end the master took the lead.

At the crossroads of life, it is much better to live a real life than to act.

It's not that when two people perform, others will give you an extra rope.

At least Su Mu, Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan wouldn't.

The big guy and Ga Wa, who were most likely to be held hostage by the moral stick, also took the lead because of Su Mu's reasonable arrangement and sufficient reasons...

As for Chu Jian and Sati Peng...

Hehe, their true identities and the value of their existence are much higher than those of the two professors.

A person's true character is revealed at critical moments.

Su Mu watched coldly, then turned around and looked at the corner.

A faint light appeared again.

"Big guy, leave the grenade to me. Shirley, give me the pistol!"

Pistols and grenades fell down in no particular order.

Su Mu quickly copied it in his hand.

The grenade was pulled by the rope, and after counting silently for twelve seconds, it was thrown into the air from bottom to top in the manner of a parabola.

Su Mu clasped his arms together, placed his right wrist under his left wrist as a fulcrum, and aimed the gun in his left hand towards the corner.

The aiming line swings slightly along the parabola of the grenade.

boom!

boom!

Boom~!

The grenade exploded in mid-air.

A wave of firefly crisis has passed.

It seems thrilling, but it is actually calm.

Su Mu swung the rope and began to put on his equipment in preparation for climbing.

He was the last one.

He wore the backpack containing the notebooks around his neck.

This is to avoid falling accidentally and having to go back again.

The rope began to be pulled upwards when Sumu was halfway along the line.

The higher we went, the stronger the wind howled and the weather changed.

There was another slight vibration behind me.

"Brother Su, hurry, hurry, this place is going to collapse."

Fatty Wang was pulling the rope from above, and there must be a lot of people behind him pulling together.

Su Mu took a deep breath and stepped rapidly, almost running horizontally on the glacier cliff, and climbed up in just a few breaths.

Looking back, I saw the glacier on the opposite side slowly breaking, sliding down and falling.

"Let's go! Leave here first..."

This time, no one died. The only injured were Hao Aiguo who sprained his ankle and Professor Chen who had skin abraded from climbing.

Both of them were intellectuals who were good at writing. Although they gritted their teeth and persevered in this kind of physical work, their skin and flesh had never experienced such intense and continuous torture, so they were not as tough as others.

On the way back, the atmosphere in the team was not very lively, but it was not very depressing either.

After all, no one died.

Just after two breaks, Ye Shuxin secretly came to find Su Mu and asked him if he had any prejudice against Professor Chen.

"As a team leader, I will only make the most correct choice at the critical moment. I will not abandon the elderly, the weak, women and children in times of crisis, provided that they are not seeking death themselves."

"It is not my responsibility to deal with those who refuse to listen to advice and seek death."

Ye Shuxin's expression was a little complicated.

"Okay, you did the right thing this time. You knew your physical fitness and stamina wouldn't allow it, but you didn't force yourself to go down and become a burden."

"Brother Su, what if I was also down there and couldn't run anymore? You would have abandoned me too, right?"

"That's different. You're a girl, I'll carry you up there."

"But Professor Chen and Professor Hao..."

"I'm not good at carrying men."

puff~

Fatty Wang couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Brother Su, you are this."

Thumbs up high.

Return to camp.

After half a day of adjustment.

Professor Chen has regained his demeanor as the head of the scientific expedition team.

"Shirley, Captain Xiao Hu, Mr. Su, let's set off for the desert next."

"According to the notes, the Jingjue Ancient City can only be found by entering the desert during the windy season. Now it is the windy season. If we don't hurry up, we will miss the opportunity..."

Shirley Yang's tone was also anxious.

Everyone was urged to move to another place without stopping.

Fortunately, the stationed troops were very cooperative. They provided a military truck and sent three drivers to take turns.

"Why did Feng Ji have to find it? Could it be that this Jingjue Ancient City would move around on its own?"

Fatty Wang felt confused and unable to understand it.

"It is very likely that the ancient city of Jingjue is located in a special geographical location and is buried deep in the desert during the non-windy season. Only during the windy season will the remains be blown out."

Su Mu explained casually.

These are all superficial questions and are not worth mentioning.

"We need a desert guide, preferably one with extensive experience in going into the desert during the windy season."

Hu Bayi was unable to stop everyone's blindly rising momentum, and could only settle for the next best thing and try to improve the measures as much as possible.

"When we get to the county ahead, we'll seek assistance from the relevant local authorities."

"I suggest that Team Leaders Su and Xiao Hu take charge of finding guides, and I will lead the students to take care of the supplies..."

Hao Aiguo suggested.

"it is good."

Hu Ba nodded.

Arrived at the last stop into the desert.

The person in charge, Section Chief Zhao, expressed his full cooperation and gave the green light all the way.

Hu Bayi even found out after asking around that the Desert Living Map was being held in the County Public Security Bureau.

Next, after a round of threats, inducements, and gentle and tactful confrontation—

Old man Anliman made his debut smoothly.

The old man was weird. He was obviously a Han Chinese and could speak Jiaodong dialect fluently, but he insisted on dressing up as the local nomadic speaker.

Su Mu could sense that the only thing old man Anliman cared about and that caught his eye was his leading camel, whom he called "Xiao Hong".

When distributing supplies, Xiaohong always carried the least.

Three big words kept circling in Su Mu's mind: man and beast.

The kind that develops harmoniously.

Everyone, please don't get the wrong idea.

Everything is ready, the large army begins to get ready and head straight into the depths of the desert.

The outskirts of the desert are a Gobi desert with scattered ruins used as tourist attractions to earn money from outsiders and foreigners.

Professor Chen, Ye Shuxin and the others had never seen such desert scenery before, and they were surprisingly energetic even though they had just arrived.

After half a day, they even started singing and dancing.

I really don't know how terrifying the Black Desert is.

Take a break.

Professor Chen wants to eat something.

He was old and had been riding the camel for several hours, and he was hungry.

"Professor Chen, please wash your hands first."

Ye Shuxin took the kettle and washed Professor Chen's hands.

I guess it's because the wind and sand are too strong along the way, and the food is not absorbed well and tastes bad.

"Xiaoye, just use less. Water is too precious in the desert."

Su Mu pouted.

Knowing that drinking water is precious, you still need to wash your hands after eating. Just find a handkerchief and wipe them.

He was increasingly looking down upon these two-faced fellows.

I'm too lazy to watch them. The more I watch, the more annoying they become.

Not far away, Fatty Wang was also watching this scene with a frown on his face.

Shirley Yang is a bit of a lone ranger, especially after coming back from the glacier. Ye Shuxin approached Su Mu several times to chat with him. After she smiled like a flower, Shirley Yang's personality became more and more weird.

At this moment she was walking far away, wandering at the edge of the team.

"What are you doing?"

"Photograph."

Shirley Yang's mouth corners curled up subconsciously.

Su Mu cared about her and came over to be alone with her, which made her feel much better.

"Uncle Anliman said that there are weathered mushrooms on top of that one."

"Come, let's take another photo."

Su Mu waved.

Shirley Yang handed it over casually, then turned around and stood with Su Mu.

He subconsciously glanced towards the camp and saw Ye Shuxin who was sitting next to Professor Chen and listening to his teachings.

With the sound of clicking, the faces were pressed together, and the waist was hugged in more and more positions, and a smile gradually bloomed on Shirley Yang's cheeks.