Trafford’s Trading Club

Generally speaking, if symptoms of dehydration occur, it will take several days at most to recover from normal rest. But what surprised Claudia was that when the sun began to shine on the desert, she felt that she His body has almost recovered.

Perhaps it was the effect of the camel milk tea I drank last night - after all, it was made by these Bedouin people, and they have lived in the desert for generations, so they naturally know many useful things.

Claudia could only think in this direction. She couldn't say that it was because the camel milk tea was enchanted by her new classmate, so it had such magical effects, right?

When she opened the tent curtain and saw a gleam of gold in the distance on the dune horizon, Claudia stretched and wondered if she had been frightened yesterday. As an atheist, how could she have such thoughts.

"Um...you, have you been here all this time?"

She saw Boss Luo... Luo Qiu was sitting not far outside the tent, next to a campfire, holding a book and reading, seemingly fascinated.

Boss Luo said casually: "Mr. Adili's house can only spare this tent... Anyway, there is a bonfire here, and it's not cold."

"You..." Claudia's eyes suddenly became sore for some reason - this guy always does things very casually, which always makes people unprepared later, "How about you go inside and take a nap? It won’t matter for a while, you…have never rested.”

"I'm not tired for the time being." Boss Luo raised his head, smiled and said, "Don't worry, when I need to rest, I will rest and I won't drag you down."

"I...that's not what I meant." Claudia shook her head quickly. After hesitating for a moment, she slowly came to the bonfire and sat down on the spot half a meter away from Boss Luo.

She didn't speak, she just hugged her knees and looked at the burning flames in front of her... The smell around her didn't seem very good, and she couldn't help but frown.

"This is the smell of burning camel dung." Luo Qiu said casually at this time: "This kind of dung is one of the most important fuels for the Bedouin people... In fact, it also has a certain repellent effect. There will be more poisonous insects in the desert. "

Claudia listened and turned her head. The sky was actually getting slightly brighter, and the firelight shone on Luo Qiu's face. She looked a little fascinated and said softly: "Actually, you seem to know a lot of things... …Did you know that if you went this way, you would encounter Bedouin people, so you took this road?”

Boss Luo looked up at the fading North Star and smiled: "When I was a child, my father told me that if you get lost, you just need to look up at the North Star in the sky, and you will always be able to find your direction... and you can also find the person."

Claudia suddenly burst into laughter and said, "It's a good thing you're not in Antarctica, otherwise you would think your father was tricking you."

Boss Luo just smiled.

Claudia was vaguely aware that this topic seemed to make the atmosphere suddenly quieter, but her mind was spinning very quickly, and she quickly said: "Actually, my father also taught me a lot of knowledge, but I don't know why. In the current situation, it is of no use at all.”

Luo Qiu said calmly: "Maybe it's not that they are useless, but that I haven't had a chance to let you, Claudia, really use them."

"You really overestimate me." Claudia smiled bitterly: "I know myself. In fact, I am just a nerd. Inside, I am far more... weak than I look. What are you looking at? "

"Grimm's Fairy Tales."

"Grimm's fairy tales?" Claudia was stunned for a moment, then shook her head. It was obvious that she had no interest in this kind of fairy tale book, but she remembered one thing, "You...why did you bring a fairy tale with you to the desert?" story book?"

He didn't answer, but asked: "Classmate Claudia, do you like story books?"

"I liked it when I was a kid, but I don't like it now." Claudia added quite truthfully: "Only little girls like fairy tales, and women like diamonds."

Boss Luo smiled and said, "But the little girl in the fairy tale also likes diamonds."

"It's really..." Claudia was stunned, and then she felt helpless and sighed: "The truth is irrefutable."

"Mr. Adili made this last night. It's still hot. Do you want to eat it?" Luo Qiu used two branches to grab a bag from the campfire. After opening it, it contained some pasta such as pancakes.

"I'm really... a little hungry." Claudia nodded. She was naturally not polite when she felt hungry. Although it was just some extremely simple things, it tasted particularly delicious at this time - especially when the other party gave her Food is kept warm delicately.

It's really rare... The boys around me are never like this.

"It seems that we are about to reach the place where your father inspected before." Luo Qiu suddenly said at this time.

Claudia stopped immediately, looked at Luo Qiu in surprise, and said subconsciously: "You...what did you say?"

"While you were resting, Mr. Adili and I had a chat." Boss Luo said casually: "While chatting, we seemed to have determined the location of the historic site your father visited before he disappeared... Moreover, it is not very far away from here. Far."

"Really?!" Claudia stood up immediately.

Why did she come to this hellish place and almost lose her life? She was originally looking for clues about her father's disappearance!

"You...you are really, really..." Claudia said happily: "What a lucky guy!"

…

But Mr. Adili, a Bedouin, did not advise them to go to that place like this, and even showed a solemn look of warning.

"Why?" Claudia asked confused.

Since it was a clue about her father's disappearance, she naturally would not give up easily - especially since the clue was right in front of her, no one else would be willing to give up like this.

Mr. Adili, who was wearing bloomers, was smoking a cigarette, shaking his head and saying something.

Claudia couldn't understand, so Boss Luo translated it at this time: "Mr. Adili said that that is where the devil lives. If you go in casually, you will lose your life. Even they don't dare to live near there." , even if it is a very rich oasis."

"There are no devils in this world, and even if there were, there would only be people who are like devils!" Claudia shook her head... But she did not intend to continue arguing with such sectarian Bedouins over this - Originally, there was no way to argue because of the language barrier.

She told Boss Luo and Mr. Adili that she had no plans to go to that place, but she hoped to buy camels, food and water so that she could easily get out of the desert - after buying the equipment, she didn’t just go when she wanted to. ?

Boss Luo felt that Claudia was quite clever, so he followed her words and started talking with Adili. In the end, they succeeded in using a necklace and the clothes in Claudia’s suitcase to In exchange for some food and drinking water.

But the other party had no intention of selling the camel - Claudia naturally had no idea. The camel was indeed the most important partner for the people in the desert.

…

"I don't know where that place is."

On the way, Claudia said with some curiosity: "There are so many strange things in this desert... Pyramids built underground, magical nomads, and fake magic lamps, haha!"

At this time, Luo Qiu suddenly remembered what happened when he and Claudia were discussing dreams.

She said that her ideal was to be a mathematician and win the Fields Medal... But when she talked about these mysterious things, she was like this... looking forward to it.

"Yeah, I'm looking forward to it."

…

…

Based on some fragmentary information left behind by Professor Xie Jiatu before his disappearance, and some fragments of words he once said, Claudia could only deduce that her father’s archaeological research before his disappearance involved an entire team, with a specific number of people. I don’t know, but they all seem to hide their identities and only use code names to communicate.

The only clue that Claudia could find about the members of her father's original archaeological team was the [Golden Eye]... But all the network IP addresses of this [Golden Eye] were false, and there was no way to find out this person. The person’s true address and true identity.

After Professor Xie Jiatu came back from this archaeological trip, he immersed himself in researching something. In the end, he only left behind some strange research notes - the theory of the "Trinity" of God.

"But, is it an oasis?" Claudia frowned at this time, "I don't seem to have heard my father mention that there is an oasis in the place where he did archaeology... Could it be that it is not the same place? ?”

Boss Luo said more optimistically that if it is true, you can actually find out by going to that place... If not, it is actually not a long journey back to Mr. Adili's camp.

"You are so optimistic." Claudia shook her head, "Wait a minute...guess what I saw? Oh my god!!"

She suddenly shouted, her voice filled with an unusually happy smile, as if she had breathed out bad breath!

Boss Luo looked in the direction she pointed, and saw four figures buried in the sand not far ahead - Aria and...Mr. Otto, and the camels they took away!

When Claudia quickly ran to Aria and Mr. Otto who were buried in the sand, she suddenly stopped.

…

"Guess what I encountered?" Claudia looked at Aria and Mr. Otto in the sand, with a happy smile on her face. "Hey, it's strange, why are there two people buried here?" Inside the sand? Is it a lost traveler? Or is it a tribe of people living underground? "

"Okay, okay, I'm your enemy, okay?" Aria glared at this moment and said angrily: "I have watched Journey to the Center of the Earth!"

"Hahaha, have you been punished?" Claudia felt so happy at this moment!

It was obvious that Aria and Mr. Otto fell into the quicksand area on their way, so they were trapped in this place. And looking at the way they were about to sink to their chests, you knew that they were trapped. Not long.

"Mr. Otto, Mr. Aria, we meet again." Boss Luo did not laugh, but simply said hello, which even made Claudia stunned and asked again: "Can I help you? Yes."

"They... they abandoned us and refused to save us... You, are you still planning to save people?" Claudia asked in disbelief: "Luo, are you... are you also dehydrated? Is it serious? ?”

"Hmm..." Boss Luo thought for a while and suddenly asked: "According to Claudia's wishes, you intend to pretend that you didn't see it, right?"

"I..." She frowned and was speechless as she looked at Aria and Otto, who were sinking little by little but did not dare to move.

"Otherwise, it's up to you to decide." Luo Qiu said calmly at this time: "If you ignore it, we will continue on our way. If you plan to save people, then we will take action... How about?"

"Why should I decide?" Claudia gritted her teeth at this time, "This kind of thing...me? You...you can't make up your own mind?"

Luo Qiu said calmly: "The other way around, if I decide to leave, will you follow me as if this never happened? If I decide to save people, will you willingly follow me to save people?"

"I..." Claudia opened her mouth again.

She suddenly realized a problem, whether the initiative was in her own hands or not - she was still facing a very difficult choice.

"Miss, I'm sorry, forgive me for what I did before, but considering that we saved your life..." Aria quickly begged at this time - he was not a tough person to begin with.

"Don't make any noise!" Claudia stared at Aria fiercely at this time, and also glanced at Mr. Otto.

I saw that Mr. Otto had his eyes closed at this time, as if he couldn't see the arrival of Claudia and Luo Qiu, and he didn't know what he was thinking - but their bodies were almost sinking past their chests and reaching their necks.

Why don't you look scared at all?

Finally, Claudia stamped her feet and gritted her teeth and said, "You can save people, but you must do what I say!"

"As you command, miss." Boss Luo smiled slightly at this time.

Claudia rolled her eyes, then looked at Aria and Mr. Otto, snorted coldly: "It's no problem to save you! But first you have to bring the bag and weapons! Especially you, Aria...you bad guy What a terrible old man!"

Aria...Aria is actually not older than a generation. It’s just that the desert area has plenty of sunshine and strong ultraviolet rays, which makes his skin rough from the sun—he is only twenty-nine years old this year!

But what else could he say?

How did he know that he would actually fall into the quicksand area? He grew up in the desert, and he has seen more quicksand than the sheets rolled by these pampered white men, okay?

The appearance of this quicksand was really weird, and she actually didn't feel it at all... Looking at Claudia who was so arrogant at this time, Aria couldn't help but feel a deep malice... It was as if she had sanctioned him inexplicably. !

"I will never do bad things again..."