Survival male god

Chapter 276 Old Notes

The stone gate in front of me is similar to the one that was blown up before.

The wide and tall city wall is made of stone blocks and is tightly connected. There is almost no point that can be climbed.

The tablet in Jennifer's hand had a picture similar to a city-state map, and it was marked on it that this was the gate of the inner city.

"Where did you get the map?"

Chen Jing was surprised. No wonder the other party was able to enter the mountain easily. The two women had much more information than he imagined.

"Also, I want to know the purpose of your coming here."

Jennifer glanced at him and sneered:
"You are quite curious. If you can help us explore this place and leave alive, we will consider telling you everything by then."

Chen Jing looked at Jennifer as if he were a fool.

"You seem to be a little confused about the situation. This place can't trap me. If Beijing and Mo hadn't asked for help, I would be hundreds of kilometers away now."

"Why should I help you?"

"Or to put it another way, before letting others contribute, should you show your sincerity? I need to know all the information here, and what benefits can I get after it is completed?"

"I don't like the feeling of being taken advantage of. Of course, I also believe that you really need my help and are not playing tricks on me!"

Exploring the secrets of the Adela Dynasty was a side mission given to him by the system, but Chen Jing never mentioned it and had no way to mention it. Of course, he had to find a way to dig out as much information as possible from Jennifer and the two.

Likewise, he must also take the initiative. He said the last words while staring into Gu Jingmo's eyes.

The latter has been working outside for many years. Although she is not a young girl who has no experience in the world, she still felt suffocated when she heard Chen Jing's meaningful words.

Gu Jingmo originally felt that it was inappropriate to call Chen Jing rashly. If Jennifer really kept Chen Jing in the dark as she said, what would the latter think of her?

"Jennifer..."

"There is nothing to hide about this kind of thing. Just like I believe in you, I can also believe in him without reservation."

"The fact that he can appear here speaks volumes."

Not everyone can risk their lives to go to unknown areas just because of a word, not just because Chen Jing fulfilled his promise.

More importantly, she saw her own weight in the other person's heart.

Jennifer's eyes roamed back and forth between the two of them, and after a moment she said quietly:
"But keeping secrets for our employer is our basic professional quality as treasure hunters. What's more, we have no benefits to offer him."

"Or, after completing the mission, you two can go to the most luxurious love hotel in the world to have a candlelight dinner?"

Chen Jing shook his head.

"I don't have such an idea. You can also tell me nothing. At worst, I can explore this place by myself. How about we split up?"

"I'm used to being alone anyway."

"Wish you guys good luck!"

Chen Jing regretted putting pressure on Gu Jingmo. Looking at it now, those words just sounded like coercion, although he did feel a little unhappy.

Didn't you say you were trapped?

As a result, he ran over with a squeak, and the two of them were fine. They still held the map in their hands. Fortunately, he was still confused by the maze.

In addition, the atmosphere seemed to be a little strange now. Jennifer looked at him and Gu Jingmo as if they were an adulterer and an adulterous couple.

Chen Jing promised that he had no wrong thoughts towards Gu Jingmo.

He just felt that the two of them were more like confidants of the opposite sex who could talk about anything on an adventure.

Seeing Chen Jing making a move to leave, Gu Jingmo couldn't hold herself any longer. She reached out and grabbed Chen Jing's arm, turned to Jennifer and said:

"I now hire him as my personal security consultant. He will keep the employer's secrets. As for the benefits, what do you want?"

"There are no treasures or anything like that here. What is there is just the truth about the demise of a lost civilization. Can I give you a reward? Can you give me a price?"

Gu Jingmo is a straight-tempered person and does not think that Chen Jing's efforts are justified. The other party's behavior of asking for benefits is exactly in line with the behavior of a treasure hunter.

"Is there anything to eat or drink? Take some out and consider it as payment, and then tell me everything about this place!"

Chen Jing stuck out his tongue and licked his dry lips.

"that's it?"

Jennifer had already acquiesced in Chen Jing's identity as security consultant. She originally thought that this guy would be so open-minded that he would let her best friend Gu Jingmo go for a trip.

Because according to her previous experience of dealing with Orientals, especially Chinese people.

In addition to being stubborn, the people over there seem to be more greedy the more capable they are.

When she heard that Chen Jing only wanted to ask Gu Jingmo for some food and drink, she even thought she had heard wrong.

"So you can understand Chinese?"

Chen Jing looked at Jennifer in surprise.

"Of course, I know six languages, including ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. If you want to know everything about this place, don't piss me off."

"Otherwise, I cannot guarantee that what I tell you will not be mixed with any falsehoods!"

Jennifer raised her eyebrows at Chen Jing as if to demonstrate. Unfortunately, in Chen Jing's view, this threat was weak and it really prevented him from having the fun of bickering.

Gu Jingmo on the side had already opened his backpack and took out compressed biscuits and a water bottle.

"We all eat this outside, let's just make do with it!"

Jennifer's eyes widened.

"That's your last half bottle of water. You gave it to him. What did you drink? You can't go back to the car to get it, right?"

"Jennifer!"

Gu Jingmo called his companion dumbfounded and said:

"I know, you lost the bet with me and you felt very unhappy. You didn't think he could survive the sandstorm unharmed, and you didn't think he could enter this underground city."

"But he came faster than we thought!"

"There are many people and things in this world that we cannot understand. I must reiterate very seriously that he is much more powerful than you think."

"At least in this era, he is the well-deserved No. 1 adventurer!"

Chen Jing almost choked on the compressed biscuit and quickly waved his hand.

"You can't say that. I'm sure there are other masters in this world."

"I won't be polite to you about this water. When I came here, I saw an underground river. Water is not a problem. As long as I am here, you will never die of thirst."

"Stop wasting time, tell me quickly, what's going on here?" Gu Jingmo nodded and added.

"Actually, Jennifer admires you very much. She said she has never seen someone as brave as you, who dares to hike across the Sahara Desert without bringing anything."

"I said something whimsical about him, but you didn't say a word about it? How can I admire this guy?"

Jennifer held her hands in her arms, as arrogant as a little princess in the ivory tower of the castle.

She really doesn't look like a master treasure hunter with a mature mentality.

The world is so strange, but Chen Jing still doesn't care.

"There is no need to reconcile the two of us. Cultivation of the spirit of partnership takes time and experience. Let's get down to business!"

Gu Jingmo nodded helplessly, then took the tablet from Jennifer, and the three of them sat on the floor.

"The story begins more than 200 years ago."

"At that time, the predecessor of the Treasure Hunters Guild we were in was originally called the Rhine River Adventure Alliance."

"It contains elite adventurers from all over the world."

"By chance, Sir Scott, the vice-president of the Rhine Adventure League and Jennifer's grandfather's grandfather, traveled to North Africa."

"There he met an archaeologist who studied ancient Egyptian history."

"The two found an ancient hieroglyphic stone tablet in the now-famous Holy Mountain of the Dead."

……

Gu Jingmo's storytelling ability was average, but Chen Jing was still very engaged in listening.

In fact, it is not that complicated. The ancient Egyptian culture researcher deciphered the writing on the stone tablet.

The two of them dug up the tombs of ancient Egyptian nobles at the Mountain of the Dead, stole the cultural relics inside, and made a fortune.

As a result, Sir Scott's net worth skyrocketed, and he wanted to wash his hands of this golden basin. However, many years later, the descendant of the ancient Egypt scholar came to his door with a shabby manuscript.

Claiming that his grandfather made another shocking discovery after leaving the Mountain of the Dead.

On the same stone tablet, it is described that in the desert oasis, there once was a super civilization that was more brilliant and wealthy than ancient Egypt.

All the knowledge, technology, and culture of ancient Egypt were inherited from that ancient lost civilization.

For unknown reasons, that civilization was considered taboo by the ancient Egyptians at that time and could not be mentioned. Almost all information about the oasis civilization was erased and was not allowed to be circulated.

But one of the tomb owners in the Mountain of the Dead braved the disapproval of the world and ordered someone to secretly carve information about the Adela Dynasty on a stone slab and put it as his burial object. In the tomb.

By coincidence, thousands of years later, this stone slab was discovered by Scott and his companions, and everything about Adela was revealed again.

At the time, descendants of archaeologists claimed that anyone who revealed information about the Adela dynasty would be cursed.

At the end of the [-]th century and the beginning of the [-]th century, it was the time when witchcraft was prevalent. The other party did not dare to publicize the information in a big way. With no choice, they found Scott, who had already retired, and told him about Adelaide. Let me know what happened.

What happened next was even more dramatic.

After hearing the news, Scott had no intention of exploring. As he was dying, he just wanted to spend his remaining years in peace.

After Haosheng entertained the grandson of his old friend, he gave him a generous payment and sent him home.

However, Scott's grandson, Jennifer's grandfather, as a young man who was deeply influenced by his family and inherited his grandfather's adventurous factor, hit it off with the grandson of his old friend. Regardless of the objections of his newlywed wife, he left home privately and embarked on a journey. On the treasure hunt.

"and after?"

Chen Jing drank all the water and handed the kettle back to Gu Jingmo.

Jennifer on the side shook her head.

"Let me tell you, having such an irresponsible grandpa is really bad luck."

"The curse of the Adela Dynasty has really tied up our family for a long time."

"Learning that there was an even older and more advanced oasis civilization buried in the desert, my grandfather immediately set off and took a boat with the guy named Polis David to the coast of the Nile."

"They recruited a group of desperadoes at the port, rode camels, and headed westward under the leadership of the local indigenous people. Based on the information given in the handwriting, they determined the general direction and finally found the Holy Mountain of the Undead located in the south of Kusi Mountain. "

"Of course, in the process, they paid a heavy price, experienced crises such as sandstorms, water shortages, and food shortages, and experienced betrayals and rebellions."

"When we finally entered the underground palace, there were only four people left in the team of more than 30 people."

"Including my grandfather Nelson, Polis, a desert traveler named Tugo, and an Egyptian girl named Nafti, who seemed to be an adventurer and Polis's lover."

"It's a pity that Tugo died in the maze before entering the dungeon."

"And Nafti disappeared before entering the dungeon."

"As for my grandfather and Polis, they went through many hardships, entered the underground city, and used explosives to blow up the outer city gate before arriving at this place."

"But for some reason, they had a violent quarrel here, and Polis insisted on going back to find his lover."

"My grandfather, on the other hand, wanted to enter the inner city and solve the mystery of Adela's demise, or seize the treasure inside."

"He believes that everything discovered here can shock the whole world, and it may also explain why the ancient Egyptians were able to build such great buildings as the Pyramids of Egypt under conditions with such backward production technology."

"But obviously, their preliminary preparations were too poor, and everything did not support my grandfather's continued exploration."

"So he gave up and was ready to go home, regroup, and start over."

"As a result, the war broke out and my grandfather was ordered to be grounded until he died at home. He never had the chance to cross the ocean and come to this magical land."

"This is the end?"

The story ends abruptly here, and Chen Jing hasn’t had enough of it yet!
But he quickly figured out the cause of the matter.

"So there is no commissioned task or reward at all. It's just that you accidentally discovered the note left by your grandfather."

"Are you the same as he was before, a willful and rebellious gathering of friends, and just two of you came to the depths of the desert to unravel the secret of Adela?"

Chen Jing couldn't help but laugh. They were related and passed down from generation to generation. Speaking of which, weren't Jennifer and her despised elders the same kind of people?

"I'm not interested in the secrets here. I only like treasures and valuables. Of course, I also want to fulfill the old man's unfinished wish!"

"Jingmo is here to help me unconditionally, without any reward. Maybe we will die here. You'd better think carefully."

"Because we found a lot of weird things, and there might be a big scorpion in it!"

"Are you scared? If you are scared, leave quickly..."

Chen Jing grinned and stood up.

"I've always been very interested in big guys!"

(End of this chapter)