The number of enemies exceeded the estimates of the two soldiers. There were more than ten people. Moreover, the enemy was riding horses instead of camels. They were galloping like the wind, and machine guns fired all the way. They had to roll to the side when they were halfway through the charge. They hid behind the dunes, and in the blink of an eye they were already surrounded.
Meng Fei's gangsters were also surprised by the appearance of a large crowd. The man in front of them was a man in his thirties or forties. He was strong and rough. He watched Xie Ting scream from behind. Rolling down the dunes into the crowd, they reined in their horses. "Who are you?"
Professor Xu and others were already shaking with fear, and no one dared to come out to answer the question. Jiang Xiu then went over to help Xie Ting, who had rolled down the sand dune, and said, "Are you okay?"
Xie Ting's face was pale and she just shook her head subconsciously, but suddenly her eyes widened with surprise: "It's you..."
Jiang Xiu asked: "Why are you here?"
Xie Ting said: "I..."
At this time, they were surrounded by more than a dozen horsemen. Although the two warriors still held guns in their hands, they were ignored by this group of ruthless bandits.
As far as they were concerned, it posed no threat at all.
The rugged man said: "If you don't want me to overwhelm this group of people, you'd better be honest and put down the gun..." As he spoke, he got off the horse and strode forward. His feet stepped on the sand with great force. , looking domineering.
His eyes swept across the group of people present who suddenly broke in. They were all old and young, and looked haggard. They didn't look like people who often traveled in the desert.
"Let me ask you, who are you?"
Professor Xu mustered up his courage. He was the person in charge here. He stood up with difficulty and said, "I am a professor at Imperial University. These are my students. We are here for archeology in the desert."
What Professor Xu said was consistent with his judgment. The man asked: "Archaeology, what kind of project?"
Professor Xu: "Ancient Desert City!"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of these gangsters and Li Ting changed. The gang leader said: "You said, you are here to archaeologically examine the ancient desert city?"
"Yes!"
The gangster said: "Do you know where the ancient desert city is?"
Professor Xu held up the information in his hand and said, "We are looking for it!"
"Hahaha… "
The gangster laughed and turned to look at Li Ting: "It seems that there are many people who are thinking about the ancient desert city, but only you know where it is?"
Hearing this, everyone looked at Li Ting. The girl pursed her lips and said nothing.
"You know?" Professor Xu was so surprised that he forgot to stare at Li Ting in fear. Such an academic old man would often forget about other things in pursuit of academics.
Jiang Xiu was no stranger to this. He had discovered clues in Xie Sanxian's home. Xie Sanxian's ancestors were said to be soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but his appearance betrayed him. Xie Sanxian's eyes were a bit different from those of traditional Han people, including Xie Sanxian. Ting is the same, a bit like mixed blood. Although the mixed blood of foreign races is very weak, Jiang Xiu can feel that Jiang Xiu is unusually sensitive to blood.
Xie Sanxian also has the Stone Talisman of Immortality in his hand, and the Xie family has a close connection with the ancient desert city.
"Does it really exist?"
Professor Xu asked.
The gangster said: "Of course it exists. If it didn't exist, how could our Miss Xie lead her servants into the hinterland of the desert? Isn't she afraid that her dark skin would make her look less beautiful?"
Xie Ting still didn't speak.
"Did not say?"
The gangster signaled his subordinates to arrest someone, and a nearby student was arrested. Jiang Xiu still doesn’t know his name. He seemed to be a junior. A gun was put on his head, and his legs were so scared that They were all trembling: "Don't kill me, don't kill me..."
The gangster said: "Miss Xie, how to get to the ancient desert city from here?"
Xie Ting's beautiful eyes flickered slightly, and she couldn't bear it, but she still kept silent.
Boom!
His head fell into a pool of blood.
"ah!!"
There was a cry of surprise from the crowd.
When the gangsters went to arrest people again, the two soldiers tried to move, but were held back by several guns. The members of the expedition team were so frightened that they shrank back. The nearest student was captured, and he suddenly howled. Crying loudly: "No, don't kill me. I'm just here to have fun. I don't want to do any archeology anymore. I won't do it anymore."
Cold War shouted: "Meng Fei, that's enough, if you want to kill, just kill me..."
"You know me? Yes, the defender on the border." Meng Fei glanced at him lightly, then withdrew his gaze and looked at Xie Ting: "How to get to the ancient desert city from here?"
Xie Ting still did not respond, and Professor Xu next to her shouted: "Miss Xie, just say it, antiquities are dead, but people are alive."
Boom!
Another shot and the second man was killed.
"ah!"
This time the crowd was even more turbulent. If they continued killing like this, all their people would be killed.
Xie Ting said softly: "Mr. Jiang, can't you deal with these gangsters?" That day at Bodhi Gene, Jiang Xiu could kill someone just by raising his hand at the door. Xie Sanxian told her that Jiang Xiu should be a demigod.
Jiang Xiu said: "They have guns. You don't want me to die, right?"
Cold War and Xiao Zhang looked at the two dead people with grief. As soldiers, seeing the people they protected die in front of them, this feeling was simply more uncomfortable than killing them.
The gun was pressed to the third man's head.
"How to get to the ancient desert city from here?"
Boom!
The third one was killed. Everyone in the crowd looked at the gangsters in horror, their eyes full of wailing, and several girls hugged each other in fear.
"Damn..."
Meng Fei became angry and killed three people in a row. Xie Tingleng didn't say anything. As soon as he raised his machine gun, he fired at them, beeping, beeping, and wailing.
"don't want… "
If the Cold War and others hadn't had their guns drawn, they would have fought tooth and nail with them.
"ah… "
The crowd screamed and six or seven people fell to the ground dead. One was shot in the thigh and another was injured in the arm.
"You won't say it, right?"
"I will kill you after I kill all these people..."
The group of people screamed in horror: "Miss Xie, please tell me, please, tell me..." The group of people knew that begging the gangsters was useless, so they all went to beg Xie Ting.
Xie Ting's face was uncertain, and she was very embarrassed. Even if she died in that place, she couldn't talk about it, but facing so many lives, she hesitated.
"I'll count to three..."
"three… "
"two… "
"one… "
Beep beep beep... The gangster pulled the trigger, and the bullet casings jumped out one by one. Xie Ting couldn't bear to look at the fallen people. She felt deeply guilty and finally couldn't help shouting: "Okay, I said!"
The gunfire stopped and several more people died.
"More than sixty miles south from here is the Julongsha Vein. Once there, I want to relocate..."
The gangster pointed the muzzle of his gun into the sky and raised a smile: "If you had said no, it would have been over. I have so many bullets for nothing. Don't waste time, we will set off immediately."
How could the surviving expedition members dare to continue? They could not escape the disaster. Of course, they had to quickly find a way to leave the desert.
"Hurry up..."
Professor Xu said: "We, we are not going..."
The gangster said: "You must go, if this Miss Xie plays any tricks with us on the way, who should we find to kill..."
One sentence made everyone who was still alive present turn pale.
I bet they have become like this now.
Being spurred by these tough gangsters, their movements will be much faster. If anyone dares to be slow, I'll treat you to lotus seed soup.
Half a day after they left, another group of people came here.
"Zula, there seems to be a situation ahead..."
The man in charge got off the camel and ran over to see the corpses on the ground. He touched the blood that had not drained out and said loudly: "They were all killed by force. Judging from their clothes, they should be students from Imperial University. The blood hasn’t even dried up yet, it should have happened not long ago.”
"Shooted?"
The clan elder said: "Brother Musen, what do you think?"
Musen said: "This is strange. Did he encounter a gangster? It makes no sense that Jiang Luoxia couldn't even deal with the gangsters, and all the students who died were Imperial Capital University students... "
"Don't worry, they shouldn't be far ahead. Let's speed up and catch up."
The clan elder nodded immediately. There were still footprints on the ground. If there was a sandstorm later, the traces would be wiped out and it would be even more difficult to trace Jiang Luoxuo's whereabouts.
Immediately, a group of people followed the footprints on the ground and chased him forward.