to blame

Nan Jiang hadn't thought about this possibility at all, because the map sent to them by Mr. Hu clearly indicated that the location of Liangtai Ancient City was still to the northeast of Hedao Ancient City, nearly 200 kilometers away.

"Why do you think so?"

When Nan Jiang asked this question, he realized that he, including all members of the action team, had a deep-rooted trust in Mr. Hu, so naturally he would not have doubts about Mr. Hu's instructions.But Mr. Bi is different, he is not that familiar with Mr. Hu, and he is also a capable person.

This is true of capable people, they are more willing to believe in themselves.

Old Bi frowned and looked at the ruined wells of Hedao Ancient City, "We can try to see if we can leave here during the day, if we still can't, we have to find another way."

Nanjiang nodded.After the sun rises, perhaps the anomalous magnetic field will disappear. At that time, they must try again.

Looking at the direction in which they came in a circle, Mr. Bi felt a sense of disbelief, because they were indeed constantly adjusting their coordinates along the way.As a result, it drove back and forth or returned to the original place.

"Actually, I suspected Old Man Hu at first because of the Bronze Pass." Mr. Bi said, "Mingxia was the first to discover the mirror image problem of the Bronze Pass. But this point is not marked on the map."

Nan Jiang also doubted this, but what he thought was that maybe Mr. Hu didn't need to point it out if he followed the car seal.

"It's not that simple." Mr. Bi shook his head, "This is not a small problem. If we actually encountered it, Mr. Hu would not stop talking about it. I think that when Mr. Hu and the others came in, they probably didn't encounter this mirroring problem at all— ——The west area is a restricted area in the big formation, and outsiders don’t know the situation in this area. I was thinking, maybe every group of people come in, and the situation they encounter is different.”

Nan Jiang's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that such an idea might not be whimsical.In this way, the map they have been using as a basis needs to be viewed with a question mark.

"Try it and you'll know." Nanjiang hesitated a little in his heart, on the one hand, he felt that it was best to separate out a small team to complete such a pathfinding operation.But on the other hand, I feel that in such an environment, it is not a good idea to separate personnel.This is tantamount to weakening the fighting power of one's own side.

Mr. Bi made a final decision, "Let's go together."

Since it has been said that the situation in the restricted area is constantly changing, who knows what will happen to the two groups of people after they separate.

They said they were going together, but in order to save some gasoline, they still left two cars, and the second and sixth teams of personnel and supplies were divided into separate groups, barely squeezed.

As soon as they set off on the road, Ming Xia and Qing Qiu naturally went to the front to watch. The cars of the second team were relatively empty.Mr. Bi took Tu Qing, Tao Sheng and Xie Rong into the car of the second team.

Bring Xie Rong here, this is what Elder Bi meant.He always felt that Nanjiang had a sharper nature than Deputy Liu.Putting Xie Rong under his nose, Bi Lao also felt more at ease.

As usual, Ming Xia and Qing Qiu took the lead along the way.

In fact, Ming Xia himself doesn't have a good sense of direction, especially in this kind of place where the scenery is exactly the same in all directions. To distinguish the direction, first, rely on Qingqiu, and second, refer to the convoy on the ground.But let Qingqiu himself say that although Qingqiu also felt the magnetic field yesterday, it was more of a physical discomfort.

In other words, Qingqiu was just uncomfortable at the time, and didn't realize that there was a deviation in the direction of progress.So Mingxia discussed with Qingqiu and decided to take the direction of the team as the standard.

In broad daylight, the sun is the best locator.But after walking for a while, dust rose in the sky, fine dust was suspended in mid-air, it was gray, and the distant horizon soon became invisible.

The people sitting in the car may not feel it clearly, but Mingxia and Qingqiu soon discovered that after the dust rose, although the light was not completely blocked, the position of the sun could not be found.

There is hardly any feeling of fine sand on the face, but when I stretch out my hand to touch it, I can feel the dust all over my face.Ming Xia is a little thankful that she doesn't suffer from dust allergies, otherwise this situation would really be impossible.

The convoy below them was also constantly adjusting their direction, but Ming Xia also felt something was wrong in his heart.The scenery is the same in all directions, and there is a layer of dust in the air like a gray cloth. If there is any problem with the equipment, it is really up to fate wherever you go.

At noon, the convoy stopped to rest, and then went on the road again. At about three o'clock, two anti-riot vehicles appeared in the field of vision, with sand-colored camouflage on the body, which were the two vehicles they had parked in Hedao Ancient City before.

And behind the anti-riot vehicle is the ancient river city with broken walls.

This time, because it was daytime, everyone could see clearly that they drove back exactly the same route they set off.

Qingqiu took Ming Xia to fly around the ancient city, feeling that something was wrong.He continued to expand the scope, trying to find the source of what felt wrong to him.

A few minutes later, Qingqiu found a pile of fresh wolf dung behind a clump of camel grass.

"The wolf is coming." Qingqiu was a little angry.He is a nine-tailed fox, a big monster on Qingqiu Mountain, how could a group of wild wolves dare not to take him seriously? !

Ming Xia touched his hairy ears that were shaking with anger, "It's alone, is it here to scout the way?"

Qingqiu scolded angrily: "A group of bastards who don't have eyes...look over there!"

There was floating dust in the air, and Ming Xia couldn't see it clearly at a place a little further away, but this time, he felt the energy waves rippling like water waves, such a vivid feeling...

"It's a big group." Qingqiu exclaimed in amazement, "No wonder they are so courageous, so there are so many people!"

Ming Xia still couldn't see anything, but this clear fluctuation made his heart beat, "Where did it come from?"

Qingqiu circled back and forth in mid-air with some anxiety.The dust became heavier, like a thick fog, covering the sun, and the light quietly fell through the dust, and it was impossible to see anything 30 meters away.

Qingqiu cursed a little irritably, "We are surrounded."

"We are surrounded." Nan Jiang looked up, looked at the expressions of Bi Lao and Liu Enzheng, and pointed to the point on the map that marked the ancient river city, "It's not impossible to fight, but I still suggest hiding for a while. "

Liu Enzheng looked at Elder Bi, "What do you think?"

Mr. Bi frowned and thought for a while and said, "It's better to hide. Wolves are very vengeful, and once they fight, they will never die. And with such a large wolf pack, even if we win, it will be a miserable victory."

Liu Enzheng nodded, "We haven't reached the end of the task yet, so we can't all fold it here."

With the same opinion, where to hide is not a problem.Because for them, this ancient city is counted inside and out, and there is no other choice except for the underground channel for water.

Nan Jiang and Liu Enzheng hurriedly split up to make arrangements.

I don't know how long they will hide. The equipment and supplies have to be moved down. Food, gasoline, weapons, these things are placed outside. If they are ruined by wolves, they will suffer the loss.

While busy, Qingqiu and Mingxia came back, their expressions were not right, but seeing the situation in the ancient city, they soon understood.

Ming Xia thinks this is good, the number of wolves is too large.Everyone knows the reason why ants kill elephants.

Ming Xia couldn't help but look at Xie Rong twice.He was still suspecting that the imprint Xie Rong left in the crevice was related to wolves, but Xie Rong's reaction didn't seem to be the case.

Xie Rong didn't notice that someone was looking at him. He was helping the team move things into the cave, and he knew the news that the wolves were coming.Except for encountering some dangers in the wild when he transformed into form in his early years, he has been living in human society since then, and there are not many opportunities to face dangers like this.

Ming Xia could see the panic on his face, which made him a little confused.If the wolves had nothing to do with him, then why did he leave that trace?

The personnel were all withdrawn, and the last anti-riot vehicle drove over and blocked the top of the cave.Nan Jiang closed the car door, rolled on the ground, and jumped into the cave.

The team members next to them hurriedly held the steel plate removed from the car to block the hole.

The steel plate was laid on the floor of the anti-riot vehicle, and it happened to be used to block the hole at this time.The steel plate is relatively heavy, and the wolf's claws may not be able to move it.What's more, there are anti-riot vehicles parked there, and the space under the vehicles is limited. As long as the wolves don't develop the wisdom to work together to move the cars and steel plates away, they will be safe in a short time.

Ming Xia stood next to the stairs, holding Nanjiang in fear, until everyone held the steel plate to block the hole before they breathed a sigh of relief.

Under the steel plate is the original iron gate at the entrance of the cave. Although some parts of the iron gate have decayed, they still managed to close the iron gate.One more door is always one more layer of security.

Below the hole is the water intake room.

The height of the water intake room is between five and six meters, and the area is less than twenty square meters. In the center is a well platform built of stones.There are stairs on one side of the well platform, which spiral downwards and lead to the river below.

Standing next to the well platform, Mingxia and Nanjiang could only see a section of dry riverbed covered with cobblestones. On the side of the riverbed near the water intake room, there were stone steps. Tang Xun was squatting on the steps to adjust his instruments by the light of the emergency lights. .

At this time, most people had already retreated into the river below the water intake room.There were not many people around the well platform, except for the teammate who held the steel plate to block the hole just now, it was Qingqiu who was lying on the well platform and flicking his big tail, looking into the well curiously.

Ming Xia hugged Nan Jiang quietly.

Just now he was waiting at the entrance of the cave, watching Nanjiang drive his car to this side.He looked through the ruins of the ancient city and saw the approaching black and gray, and his heart ached.

Nan Jiang felt that Ming Xia was nervous, he lowered his head and rubbed it between Ming Xia's hair, and said softly, "It's okay."

Ming Xia also quickly came to his senses, he let go of Nan Jiang, "Everyone is below."

The teammates who stayed in the water intake to block the entrance of the cave just now also went down one after another. Nan Jiang took the time to kiss Ming Xia on the lips, "Let's go down too."

Ming Xia's hand was held tightly by him, and the tension in his heart gradually calmed down.

"I don't know why," Ming Xia explained somewhat self-deprecatingly, "It's just a group of beasts, but it makes me very nervous. I've fought monsters before..."

"They are not ordinary beasts." Nan Jiang interrupted him, "You have to trust your instincts."

Ming Xia froze for a moment, "Isn't it?"

"If it's just ordinary beasts," Nanjiang reminded him, "think about the energy waves on them, would ordinary beasts have that? Even the snow wolves don't have that."

Ming Xia's heart rose again.

If it's just a wild beast, it might disperse if it can't find its prey.But if it's not an ordinary beast...

The difference between wild beasts and monsters lies in their wisdom.A mere car and a steel plate may be able to withstand wild beasts, but if it is replaced by monsters, Ming Xia suddenly has no confidence.

The two looked up at the hole together.

In just a short while, various sounds came from above the head: the sound of herds running, the sound of sharp fingers and claws scratching across the steel plate.There was also a mournful howl faintly coming from a farther place.