Living Map

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Just then, Fatty appeared out of nowhere. He said to Yang Xueli, Professor Chen, and the others, "This time, you won't have our soldier brothers helping you. You'll all have to rely on yourselves."

Everyone nodded upon hearing this.

The next day at noon...

"It's truly an honor to have such a distinguished professor visit our small town! How about this, you can stay at the guesthouse first. If you need any help, we'll do our utmost."

The cadre in charge of receiving Professor Chen in Bosten Lake Town, Minfeng County, Section Chief Zhao, said with a smile, "If there's anything you need our cooperation with, we'll give you the green light all the way!"

"We urgently need a guide!" Hu Bayi stated his request directly.

"No, we want the most experienced one, and we need to depart immediately!" Yang Xueli added.

"And who are these two?" the cadre, known as Section Chief Zhao, asked Professor Chen.

"This is our team leader, Comrade Hu Bayi."

"And this is Miss Yang, our expedition's financier!"

Upon hearing that these two were significant figures, Section Chief Zhao immediately put on a smile and went to shake their hands.

"Does anyone in town have experience entering the desert?" Hu Bayi asked.

"The most experienced guide, that might be a bit..." Section Chief Zhao's expression turned troubled.

"There is! Section Chief Zhao, An Liman! He's known as the living map of the desert. Everyone in town knows him. This old man is incredibly capable and also skilled at raising camels!"

Section Chief Zhao didn't speak, but a young man next to him recommended, "Even the children in our town know that if you're going into the desert, you need to bring three things: water, a camel, and An Liman!"

Hu Bayi and Hu Ming exchanged a look upon hearing this and nodded.

"Isn't this the person we're looking for?!" Fatty exclaimed.

"This person is very difficult to find. We haven't seen him for over half a month."

"What's his name?" Hu Ming asked, frowning.

"We don't actually know his real name. We all call him An Liman, which means 'living map of the desert' in Uyghur."

"Is there a way to find him fastest?" Yang Xueli asked.

"Let's check at the police station!" Hu Bayi didn't want to waste any more time and directly asked the two to take them to the police station to find An Liman.

The group then proceeded to the town's only police station.

The group then proceeded to the town's only police station.

"The An Liman you're looking for is right here with us!" An Liman was quite famous in this small town. Upon hearing the name An Liman, the police chief immediately knew who it was.

Through introductions, they learned that this An Liman was quite sharp-witted.

With the recent reform and opening up, many foreigners had come to their town for tourism. An Liman had made quite a bit of money by acting as a guide for these foreigners.

Just a few days ago, An Liman had taken a group of foreigners on a desert tour. They had returned halfway, but the foreigners had gone missing.

So, the government had to intervene. However, the old man An Liman claimed to know nothing, so they had no choice but to detain him and his camels.

"Director Wang, is this old man reliable?" Fatty asked.

"He probably couldn't agree on a price and left them in the desert." Director Wang Bawan shrugged.

Hu Ming stood beside Director Wang and hadn't spoken, but he knew that these so-called foreigners hadn't been abandoned in the desert by An Liman; they had all died there. With that, Hu Ming and the others were led into a small room.

Inside, the old man An Liman was performing some kind of strange prayer.

"Brother, we are an archaeological team, and we hope you can guide us into the desert. We'd like to hire you as our guide," Professor Chen said politely to An Liman.

"Into the desert?" An Liman didn't pay much attention to the group after understanding the situation. In his eyes, only money mattered.

"As long as you help us, no amount of money is too much," Yang Xueli said directly.

An Liman's expression changed upon hearing this. He looked at Yang Xueli, and judging by her attire alone, An Liman could tell she wasn't someone who lacked money.

At this moment, Hu Bayi said to Hu Ming beside him, "Why are all those camels outside so skinny they look like skeletons!"

An Liman stood up and said to Director Wang Bawan, "Wang Bawan, what did you do to my camels?..."

Fatty didn't understand for a moment and asked, "Wang Baduan?"

"It's Wang Bawan!" Hu Ming glanced at Fatty.

Just as Wang Bawan and An Liman were about to finish their argument, An Liman looked at Yang Xueli and continued, "About this matter? Wang Bawan, if I take them into the desert, will you return all my camels?"

"Of course, I'll return them. Without camels, how will you take them into the desert?" Wang Bawan certainly wanted to actively cooperate with the country's call.

Director Wang immediately released him on the spot.