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Chapter 458 Sand Scorpion
On that day, Suning made a big pot of mutton soup and grilled a lot of skewers. Paired with the baked naan brought from Urumqi and Erguotou brought from Beijing, the five people really enjoyed a delicious meal.

Even Anliman ate until his mouth was full of oil. Finally, he rubbed his stomach and complained, "You guys are not here to explore, you are here to enjoy yourself."

"Uncle Anliman, there's no need for us to ride camels in the sun when we come to the desert, right?"

"Humph! You can't experience real desert life like this."

After Anliman said this, he saw that it was already very late, so he ran to the desert RV to sleep, but he took two bottles of Erguotou with him before leaving.

"Hey! Why do I particularly look down on people like Anliman? Isn't this just taking advantage of others?" Wang Kaixuan complained angrily as he looked at Anliman's back as he returned to the RV.

"Fatty, Anliman is already over sixty years old. We should at least show some respect to him." Looking at Fatty Wang who always disliked Anliman, Suning couldn't help but remind him, "Maybe one day we really need to rely on him to save our lives!"

"Huh? Just this old man?" Fatty Wang obviously looked down on Anliman.

"Fatty, the name Anliman means 'City of the Living Map in the Desert' in Uyghur. This shows that he has a very detailed understanding of the Taklamakan Desert. If we want to find the Ancient City of Jingjue safely along the way, we really have to rely on him."

"Fatty, what Suning said makes sense. The four of us have to rely on Uncle Anliman for our adventure." Hu Bayi on the side was also persuading the irritable Fatty Wang.

"Forget it! I can't beat you guys, so I'll just hide aside." Wang Kaixuan had obviously eaten too much, so he wanted to run aside to relieve himself.

Wang Kaixuan ran to a place far away from the RV. He had just taken off his pants and squatted down when he felt something bite his butt. "Ah!"

After the severe pain subsided, Wang Kaixuan turned around and saw that his butt was covered with dense scorpions. The red scorpions made Wang Kaixuan's scalp tingle. "Ah? Hu Bayi, Suning, save me!"

In fact, Wang Kaixuan's first scream was heard by Suning, Hu Bayi and others, and the subsequent cries for help made everyone alert.

"Old Hu, Yingzi, here are some guns for you." Suning immediately gave Hu Bayi and Yingzi an AK47 each, and then headed towards the direction where Wang Kaixuan was calling for help.

Wang Kaixuan, holding up his pants, stumbled towards the three men. Upon seeing the three fully armed men, he shouted in fear, "Suning, Lao Hu, scorpions! So many scorpions!"

"Oh my god! So many scorpions." Suning and the other two looked behind Wang Kaixuan in shock, feeling like their claustrophobia was about to set in.

"bang bang bang"

Hu Bayi and Yingzi immediately opened fire at the swarm of scorpions behind Wang Kaixuan, but Suning turned back to the RV, which surprised Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan and the others, as it was inconsistent with their understanding of Suning.

"Suning, you're running away now? That's too disloyal!" Wang Kaixuan looked at Suning who "ran away" with a resentful expression.

Anliman heard the commotion outside and hurried out to check the situation. He was also shocked by the dense swarm of fiery red sand scorpions. "Oh my God! What have you provoked?"

Suning ignored the shocked Anliman and went straight to the storage room of the RV, took out the Type 93 flamethrower, and then returned to the scene to spray fierce flames at the dense group of scorpions.

Soon, the air was filled with the aroma of roasted scorpions. Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan and the other two were surprised to see Suning's amazing fighting ability. "Suning, you are really awesome!"

In fact, shooting a swarm of scorpions with a rifle does not cause much damage to them, and it is often futile. However, the flamethrower that Suning took out is completely different. It is really a disaster for the scorpion group.

Soon Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan, and Yingzi stopped shooting and stopped to admire Suning's violent aesthetics and breathe in the wonderful aroma of roasted scorpions in the air.

After the four of them escaped the scorpion crisis, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. When they returned to their desert RV, they saw Anliman take out a jar of homemade ointment and handed it to Wang Kaixuan.

"Deputy leader, were you bitten by a sand scorpion? Apply this ointment and you'll be fine."

Wang Kaixuan took the plaster in surprise, thinking about how he had been targeting Anliman, and then he lowered his head in shame and said, "Uncle Anliman, thank you."

"It's okay! We're all friends!"

Seeing that Wang Kaixuan and Anliman began to reconcile, Suning and Hu Bayi felt very relieved. Then the task of helping Wang Kaixuan apply medicine on his buttocks could only be handed over to Wang Kaixuan's good friend Hu Bayi.

"Fatty, you're being too mean." Looking at Wang Kaixuan, who was humming in comfort after Hu Bayi smeared the ointment on him, Su Ning couldn't help but smile bitterly. "In Yerengou, you went to take a shit and got chased by wild boars. Luckily, Yingzi and the others saved you. This time when we came to the Taklamakan Desert, you encountered a group of scorpions again. Is your butt poisonous, Fatty?"

"Oh! I can't quite figure it out either!" Wang Kaixuan said with a wry smile.

"Snapped!"

"what!"

After Hu Bayi applied the ointment to Wang Kaixuan, he slapped the fat man's butt hard and said unhappily, "We are all tired today, let's all rest quickly!"

Su Ning had never expected to encounter such a great danger on the first day of arriving in the Taklamakan Desert. He once again took this treasure hunting adventure seriously.

The next morning, after getting up, everyone had a simple breakfast, and then, under Anliman's careful identification and guidance, set off again heading south.

At the same time, Shirley Yang and Professor Chen's archaeological team also came to Urumqi. Because they caused too much trouble on the Kunlun Glacier, the local archaeological department in Xinjiang had to step forward and personally recommend an experienced leader to them.

The team leader was a bearded middle-aged man. Looking at the archaeological team, young and old, he couldn't help but feel shocked. "Professor Chen, are you sure that all the members of your archaeological team are of this quality?"

"Comrade Zhou, is there something wrong?"

"Professor Chen, I now finally understand why you suffered heavy losses on the Kunlun Glacier. Your archaeological team simply does not have the qualifications to take risks." Team leader Zhou looked at the archaeological team in front of him with some disappointment.

"Team Leader Zhou, what happened to the Kunlun Glacier is something no one wants to see. I hope you can show some respect to the deceased." Shirley Yang looked at Team Leader Zhou in front of her angrily.

"Are you Miss Yang, the sponsor of the archaeological team?" Team leader Zhou looked at Shirley Yang in front of him with disdain.

"That's right! It's me." "I think you've never respected them. Since your archaeological team has decided to let me be the leader, please shut up!" Team Leader Zhou suddenly looked at the self-righteous woman with a cold expression and warned her bluntly, "If anyone in your archaeological team can't accept this, you can kick me out now."

"Ah?" Shirley Yang's face suddenly turned pale, and Professor Chen and others looked at Team Leader Zhou in shock.

"Professor Chen, would you like me to be the leader of your archaeological team?" Ignoring everyone's surprise, Team Leader Zhou looked at Professor Chen seriously.

"I"

"Team Leader Zhou, I, Hao Aiguo, support you." Hao Aiguo, standing by, suddenly spoke up, then began to explain earnestly, "None of us have any desert survival experience. We're just intellectuals with a few extra books, so we'll have to rely on you for the next few days."

"Captain Zhou, Aiguo is right. We will rely on you from now on." Professor Chen said with a look of shame.

"Okay then! From now on, you must obey my orders and report any actions to me in advance. You must forget your previous hygiene habits and not waste a drop of water in the desert."

"Ah? Then we can't wash our faces and hands either?" Ye Yixin couldn't help but question.

"In the desert, water is for drinking and saving lives, not for personal hygiene." Looking at the beautiful Ye Yixin in front of him, Team Leader Zhou showed no sympathy. "If you can't stand it, you can leave the archaeological team now."

"Ah?" Ye Yixin couldn't help crying when she saw the domineering leader Zhou.

"Professor Chen, is this the garbage you brought? I think you are all going to the Taklamakan Desert to die!" Hearing Ye Yixin's crying, Team Leader Zhou looked at Professor Chen with disgust.

"Xiao Zhou, we are going to do archaeology. How can you say we are going to die?" Professor Chen argued with a wry smile when he saw Team Leader Zhou being so "excessive".

"Hmph! You frail fellows, you dare say you're going on an archaeological expedition?" Team Leader Zhou said disdainfully, looking at Professor Chen, who was still stubborn and stubborn. "Professor Chen, you claim to have studied Western Region culture for many years, yet you don't even know the most basic desert survival knowledge. I wonder what you've been studying for these past few decades?"

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Seeing that Team Leader Zhou's words were very harsh, but every word made sense, Hao Aiguo was really scared by the willful Shirley Yang. He didn't want to lose the experienced Team Leader Zhou so easily, so he smiled and came to Professor Chen's rescue. "Team Leader Zhou, it's because we don't know anything that we have to rely on you. We will cause you trouble in the future."

"Well, now everyone, split up and go buy supplies. Bring plenty of water, food, and essential medicines." Having already vented his disdain, Team Leader Zhou didn't continue to push back. He then instructed the six people, "Ms. Yang, since you're so wealthy, why not go to the livestock market and buy twenty to thirty camels?"

"Ah? Why buy so many?" Shirley Yang looked at Team Leader Zhou in surprise, feeling that buying so many camels was totally unnecessary.

"You just need to follow my instructions. I don't need to explain anything to you."

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Seeing such a domineering leader Zhou, Shirley Yang really found it difficult to adapt, but for the sake of her trip to the Jingjue Ancient City, she could only endure it temporarily.

Shirley Yang also thought about kicking out Team Leader Zhou, but Team Leader Zhou was the leader designated by the archaeological department in Xinjiang, which did not give Shirley Yang and Professor Chen the right to refuse.

At this time, Shirley Yang had already forgotten about Suning, Hu Bayi and others. After all, they were just passers-by who had interacted with her for a few days. There was no need for her to spend too much time missing them.

Because of the sand scorpion incident on the first day, Anliman took out his treasured homemade plaster, which made Wang Kaixuan, who always had a bad temper, accept Anliman. The five of them got along more and more harmoniously in the next few days.

The RV traveled for a distance early in the morning, and then had to stop because Anliman needed to get off the car to carefully identify the path and direction. Anliman looked up at the morning glow in the sky, and suddenly his face changed drastically.

Anliman immediately turned around and went back to the RV, took out his special carpet, threw himself directly into the desert, and prayed to the God in the distance.

"Suning, what's wrong with Anliman?" Looking at the weird Anliman, Wang Kaixuan looked at Suning and Hu Bayi in surprise.

"Fatty, Lao Hu, we might be in trouble." Seeing Anliman's unusual behavior, Suning remembered the black sandstorm in the original drama, and then nervously explained to everyone, "Everyone, quickly prepare to leave. We might need to escape."

"Ah? It can't be that amazing!"

"Sometimes human power is really insignificant in front of nature. We have to respect nature." Suning shook his head with a wry smile.

The result was not beyond Suning's expectations. Anliman quickly turned around and ran back to the RV, shouting in fear all the way, "Run! Hyacinth is coming!"

As soon as Anliman boarded the desert RV, Suning closed the door and started the RV without a word, running south. "Uncle Anliman, come to the front and lead the way for me."

"Lead the way? Just run forward!"

At this time, Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan, and Yingzi were also infected by Suning and Anliman's nervousness. Looking out through the transparent glass of the RV, they saw that the wind and sand outside were getting stronger and stronger.

The five of them were desperately trying to escape in the desert RV. Soon, Su Ning was overwhelmed by the low visibility. "Uncle Anliman, now is the time for you to play a key role."

"Hmm? I don't have any other ideas now!"

Suning was driving while looking ahead carefully. Suddenly, he saw a white camel not far away. He turned to look at Anliman in surprise and said, "Uncle Anliman, do you see a wild camel over there?"

"Ah? A white camel?" Anliman followed the direction Suning pointed and saw a white figure. "Quick! Follow the direction of the white camel."

Without Anliman's instructions, Suning followed the direction of the white camel. Soon the white camel suddenly disappeared from the sight of Suning and Anliman. Suning knew that this was the ruins where they could take shelter from the wind.

"Everyone, get out of the car quickly, we have arrived at a ruin." Suning stopped the car and said loudly to everyone.

In fact, hiding in the desert RV can be temporarily safe, but it is still unknown how long this black sandstorm will last. The five people can only find a ruin to avoid the wind and sand to be safer.

The four people from Suning wore goggles, wrapped themselves in scarves, and took food and luggage with them. They walked directly into the ruins and began to avoid the black sandstorm.

(End of this chapter)