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Luo Sanpao felt a wave of fear, realizing he had just narrowly escaped the jaws of death.

After catching his breath, he viciously kicked the team leader's body several times.

"Damn it, these guys were well hidden. On the surface, you couldn't tell they were from the Akato Family."

Chen Yu didn't say much more and began searching the bodies.

He indeed found many maps on them, all detailing the route to the small town.

"We can't stay here. We must keep moving through the night!"

Luo Sanpao was startled, "Brother, don't be rash. Walking in the desert at night is tantamount to seeking death."

Chen Yu, on the other hand, was unperturbed. He pieced together a few maps in his hand and spread them out on the ground.

"There's an ancient city ruin over there that should be habitable. We'll set up camp there."

Luo Sanpao frowned—he knew the ancient city ruins could serve as a temporary campsite, but it would take at least six hours by car to get there. Based on their current pace, they would probably arrive in the middle of the night.

"Brother, look, there's water and an oasis here. Can we..."

Before he could finish, Chen Yu was already heading back to the convoy.

"We can't stay here. It won't be long before the Lakato Family's men catch up. Let's keep moving forward."

Before leaving, Sanpao had ordered everyone to follow Chen Yu's commands. At this point, they didn't dare to disagree.

With no other choice, Luo Sanpao got into the vehicle.

This time he took the passenger seat next to Chen Yu, holding the map and compass to guide the way.

About half an hour later, Luo Sanpao suddenly realized something and hurriedly placed the map on the windshield.

"Brother, have we taken a wrong turn? According to the map, we should bypass this canyon to reach the ruins!"

Chen Yu drew a straight line on the map with his hand.

"We can't follow the old route anymore. Taking all those twists and turns is a waste of time. Let's go straight through here."

Luo Sanpao's eyes widened in shock.
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"Brother, it's not that I disagree with your plan, but I've been through this road before—it's quicksand. Trying to force our way through might bury our entire convoy."

A strange curve formed at the corner of Chen Yu's mouth.

"With me here, the convoy will definitely get through safely."

Luo Sanpao was immediately panicked. Even those who had traversed the desert for decades wouldn't dare take this route lightly.

While he was still in a daze, the car entered the quicksand area.

This place was known as the Sea of Death—many in the older generation had attempted to cross it but none succeeded.

Luo Sanpao's heart was in his throat. At this point, he didn't know whether to continue trusting Chen Yu.

After gasping for air, Luo Sanpao tightened his seatbelt and gripped the armrest with his other hand.

Chen Yu simply laughed and took out his walkie-talkie.

"From now on, all vehicles must follow directly behind me without the slightest deviation, understood?"

Only after receiving responses from all the vehicles did Chen Yu put down the walkie-talkie, then he floored the accelerator.

The place seemed very calm, but the slightest inattention would result in sinking into quicksand. Chen Yu seemed extremely familiar with it, turning the car this way and that, and actually managed to avoid all the quicksand steadily.

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After about half an hour of travel, they miraculously made it through the Sea of Death.

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.