Chapter 54 Section five

Ningxue's face immediately became ugly, her helpless eyes swept across my face, I patted her on the shoulder lightly as a gesture of comfort, and continued to ask: "Do you still remember what he looked like?" The old man recalled it for a while, stretched out his finger and started to draw on the sand. After a while, he drew a face of a person. That should indeed be Roque. Although I have only seen his photos, all the features of his face that I remember are shown in this extremely simple portrait. Ningxue lost control of her emotions and kept saying: "Yes. Rock, that's Rock..."

I comforted: "Do you still remember the 'Avi Keanu'? Rock will not die so easily." The old man frowned, his eyes full of confusion: "He knows the history of our nation very well, even the...characteristics of that place, I don't know where he knew this, and he also brought A big heavy iron box came, and it took four camels to carry it, and I don’t know what it contained... What a strange man!" "He brought the iron box there too?" Danny asked sharply. At this time, his voice has obviously increased a lot, and even his tone has become urgent.I looked back at him, and he forced a wry smile at me.

"Of course, it belongs to him, and of course he will take it with him. Although he is all alone with his luxurious demeanor, we Teda people are the descendants of God, and we will not do anything wrong with wealth that does not belong to us." If you think about it, even a golden mountain will not be tempted!" The old man's voice immediately became serious. "I don't mean that, I mean, have you seen what's in that iron box?" Danny quickly explained. The old man’s tone of voice was still stern, but the arrogance in his voice was obvious: “Once a person develops the curiosity to peep into other people’s privacy, he has already been possessed by the devil. Teda people are the descendants of God, and have never been captured by the devil. !"

Danny knew that if he continued to dwell on this question, he might annoy the dark-skinned, wise old man, so he shook his head and wisely withdrew the next question. "However," a trace of confusion flashed in the old man's eyes, and he continued in a hesitant tone, "There must be heavy things in that iron box, because when the iron box was about to be unloaded that evening, ten people from our clan were used to unload it." Two strong lads helped, and even though they all worked together, it still took a lot of time. The footprints of the four camels were deep in the sand the next day. And that night, he actually carried the iron box into the sand. His tent, his tent was stationed more than 100 meters away from us."

In my opinion, there is nothing strange about this. Obviously, this heavy iron box is very important to Rock. Facing a group of strangers, the mentality of guarding is unavoidable. "You mean he's acting weird?" Danny continued. The old man nodded: "Yes, his understanding of our nation is not literal. When he walked into my tent, he used the extremely skilled etiquette of our tribe, and every movement was well-measured. And as I said earlier, he knows even more about our family's history than I do, how could such a person do such an inappropriate thing?" This time I understood that a god-worshiping nation who regards keeping one's duty as the will of God is absolutely impossible to steal things that do not belong to oneself. Then I thought of the haughty look he had when he mentioned this kind of national tradition, Obviously, in his decades of life experience, this kind of thing has never happened.In other words, keeping one's duty here is not just a matter of morality, but has risen to an instinctive consciousness.And as a person who knows this nation so well, it is impossible for Roque not to know this tradition. Knowing this tradition, Roque still has a defensive mentality. Said it was important enough to be wary of anyone.What is hidden in the iron box?

It is definitely not gold or something that can be directly linked to wealth. A billionaire from a wealthy family, the attraction of money will not still be so magical, and in the desert, wealth is not the most precious thing.So is it water?That's even more impossible. I've never seen an iron box to hold water, and although this oasis is not big, the trickle less than two meters wide can still bring enough water.But what would that be? One thing is certain, the things in the iron box must be the purpose of Rock's trip. He abandoned his comfortable life of a rich man and risked his life to travel to the Sahara just to transport this iron box to a place that has long since disappeared. A place for thousands of years.

Thinking of this, I felt uncomfortable. This thought added another weird and incomprehensible weight to Rock's almost absurd whereabouts. After the old man finished speaking, he shook his head again, and when he raised his head again, the doubt in his eyes had disappeared, and the deepness hidden in the kindness appeared again: "I advise you not to go, the weather there is never affected by the whole desert." Due to the constraints of the environment, strong winds and sandstorms and thunderstorms will come without warning, and there will be dangers that you can't even imagine, that is the boundary of God, and anyone who wants to step there will suffer bad luck and be swallowed by the desert!"

I glanced at Danny and Ningxue, and the expression in their eyes was not fear, but unshakable firmness.If you just give up halfway, I don't think anyone will be reconciled.So I said: "Thank you for reminding me, but we have a deep relationship with the oriental man you once met. If we can't find him, we won't go back anyway. I just beg you to arrange a guide for us." , just take us there." The old man glanced at the faces of the three of us one by one. It may be because of our firmness that he gave up his intention to give further warnings. The corners of his mouth moved twice, but he didn't say anything.He stared at the pattern he drew in front of him for a while, finally nodded, and said: "Okay, I will send someone to take you there tomorrow morning, but he can only lead you to the edge, and the rest will be It's up to you."

That night we didn't set up a tent to rest, but slept in the circular hut arranged for us by the old man. Ningxue didn't dare to be alone in the room and insisted on being with us, even though the old man said that the descendants of gods would not Peeking at things that don't belong to me, but I don't know if I will stick to those who don't belong to wealth. Not long after lying down, Ningxue stopped moving. After three days of long-distance trek, as a little girl, it is very rare to be able to persevere like this. It is very rare for her to maintain the same body shape as us two strong and strong men. The physical state is difficult.

I didn't fall asleep immediately after I lay down, and I was still thinking about what the old man said just now.My intuition tells me that he kept some secrets from us, especially when it comes to how to identify that place, clothing is obviously not the most fundamental sign, there must be other obvious signs that can distinguish it from other places at a glance.Perhaps because of the national secrets involved, he concealed it from us.But there is nothing we can do, whether it is pleading or inducement, even if we use impossible intimidation methods, for a wise old man who believes in gods, he still will not say a word.

And Danny, whose great interest in the iron box also caught my attention.As I mentioned many times before, Danny must have something to hide from me, and I feel more and more that Danny cares more about the iron box than Rock himself, maybe he knows what is in the iron box, But why should he hide it from me? For our itinerary tomorrow, I also have worries.Will we find some useful information there?If so, what kind of answer will it give us?There is also danger. Being in the desert will face the danger of life at any time. How can we escape the cruelty of nature?Apart from natural factors, will we encounter deadly threats from animals?In Washington, we encountered a black shadow with a pair of bright eyes at a distance. It was obviously an animal. It was its appearance that caused the interruption of our remote control information.And in the deep Atlantic Ocean, what awaits us is a long-extinct pliosaur. Its power and power are simply unmatched by manpower. So what will we encounter in this desert? An idea has gradually formed in my mind, that is, these eight places have been carefully selected by Rock.On the other hand, he had already foreseen that someone would follow the traces he left behind, so he chose eight places that are almost impossible for humans to reach, and whether those terrifying monsters were deliberately arranged by him to protect his secrets guard?If this is the case, Rock's own energy cannot be simply described as weird, it is simply terrifying. So far, I have never heard of anyone being able to control large creatures. Danny was also turning over constantly, his breathing was not very steady, and he would occasionally let out a low sigh, it seemed that he was not asleep either. "Danny, are you up yet?" I whispered. "Hmm!" Danny agreed in a low voice, "You can't sleep either?" "When I think about tomorrow's action, how can I sleep." "What are you afraid of?" "There's so much to worry about, and each one keeps you up at night, don't you think?" I replied. "Oh, yes, this little oriental man, I don't know what the hell he is doing. We have been thrown around in hell along the way, and now we are getting more and more confused. You said, what did he want? What are you doing?" I shook my head and realized that it was impossible for Danny to see it in the dark night, so I said, "Even you don't know, so how could I guess it... Hey! I've always wanted to ask you, come on Did you find anything the last time you came?" "It's a barren desert there, except that the wind and sand are stronger, and it's no different from other places." "Are there any special signs on the ground?" "There are no signs, but there are no ruins of the city. I don't believe there was an ancient city there. Some peoples often weave some mysterious origins to show how different they are. I didn't have any last time." I have been in contact with them and went directly to that place, except for the wind and sand, there is nothing special about it!" Danny said with a slight sneer. I shook my head habitually: "I don't think the chief is making up a story. It is very likely that after more than a thousand years of wind and sand, that oasis was indeed covered by the desert, and their ancestors did escape from there. Yes, and the words about the territory of the gods may be fabricated. After all, it is the burial place of their ancestors, and they naturally don't want others to disturb the peace of their ancestors." "You have a point, but Rock obviously found it there, because he didn't disappear there, it was just the third place he left on the earth, and after that he went to Antarctica and Europe !" I pondered for a while, and said: "The key is the iron box. Rock traveled thousands of miles to the Sahara to deliver the contents of this iron box there. If he can know the contents of that box, it may be helpful Opening up the mystery helps." "Not necessarily!" Danny replied in a deep voice, "I can't see it, even if I know what's in the iron box, it's impossible to figure out everything, at least why I brought this thing here and other things. place, it's nerve-wracking." "Other places?" I found the loophole in Danny's words, and hurriedly asked: "You mean, Rock also put the same thing in other places?" "Who knows." Danny replied calmly. "Even if it's not the same thing, I think it's pretty much the same. Otherwise, how could he wander around the world looking for these wastelands that don't shit. Is he crazy?" "Oh—" I sighed, maybe I was a little nervous.Thinking about it carefully, Danny's analysis is indeed very reasonable. Apart from this possibility, what else can Rock do? "Okay, okay!" Danny roared irritably in a low voice, "Hurry up and go to sleep, there is still a long way to go tomorrow, I don't want to be buried in yellow sand in my sleep!" I laughed softly: "Then good night!" "It's late enough, but it's not necessarily safe!" Danny laughed at himself and stopped talking. In fact, Danny didn't sleep. Half an hour later, when I was about to fall asleep in a daze, I could still hear Danny tossing and turning.