Chapter 413 - Chapter 413: Chapter 413: Ruins of the Ancient City (2/2)
Luo Sanpao was thrilled to the extreme, grabbing Chen Yu’s arm in excitement.
“Brother, you’re truly a godsend. How did you know the route just now? Have you been through here before?”
Chen Yu pointed to the map beside him.
“Doesn’t it mark all the routes? We just need to follow them step by step! And as for the quicksand, anyone with a bit of desert experience could spot it and simply walk around it.”
Luo Sanpao was stunned for a moment; that had sounded too easy.
The quicksand in the desert was not so easy to spot.
Dunes, Gobi, sinkholes—these things were intertwined with the yellow sand and extremely difficult to distinguish.
Even someone with decades of desert experience couldn’t have identified them so quickly, especially since they had just sped through the Sea of Death at full throttle.
Luo Sanpao did not continue to ask but instead looked at Chen Yu with admiration.
Initially, it was only out of respect for Jin Lingsu that he had handed over command to Chen Yu, but now he genuinely regarded Chen Yu as his leader.
The caravan drove for nearly another hour until they finally reached the ruins.
They had shaved a full four hours off the originally scheduled time.
This place was a small kingdom over two thousand years ago, thriving due to its location on the Silk Road.
Unfortunately, after the An Lushan Rebellion, it gradually declined and ultimately left only the ruins before them.
Chen Yu scanned the ruins with his system and quickly found several safe spots.
He called everyone over, divided them into several teams, and dispersed them to the locations he had marked.
“We are now deep in the desert, and no one can guarantee what dangers the night might bring. Everyone must stay alert, and we cannot skip the three-shifts sentry duty!”
These men were Luo Sanpao’s subordinates, some having lived in the desert since childhood, familiar with the rules of the desert.
Without Chen Yu’s reminder, they already knew what to do.
It wasn’t long before the camp was set up neatly by the group.
Chen Yu made his way to a cavern.
The ruins were constructed using a composite binding structure, which made them quite sturdy in some ways.
Even now, as ruins covered by yellow sand, they still remained habitable.
Chen Yu arranged his bedding and was about to settle down to sleep when suddenly he turned over.
At that moment, the system had transmitted the entire three-dimensional layout of the ruins into his mind, and he was surprised to discover an underground palace beneath the ruins.
“What’s wrong?” Jin Lingsu was also alert, thinking Chen Yu might have sensed something amiss.
“There’s something below!” Chen Yu responded and then grabbed a shovel from nearby, digging fiercely into a spot.
Soon enough, he uncovered a small hole just big enough for one person.
Jin Lingsu was also astonished; she had not expected such a secret to lie beneath a place abandoned for two thousand years.
Chen Yu said nothing more and went straight down.
The two slid down along the small opening and after a while reached a fairly spacious underground palace.
A dazzling golden light burst forth instantly; the place was actually filled with a tremendous amount of gold, and the murals on the walls were also painted with copious amounts of gold powder, making it look splendid and majestic.
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