From that day onward
they became known as the Strongest Three (literally translates to iron triangle but that sounds terrible in english)
You see how skilled my boss is?
Of course, when he was younger he didn't look like this
Then what happened?
What happened to those two friends？
He still keeps in contact with the chubby man
The one that doesn't really like to speak...
I believe he is also still looking for him
So the reason you're going to the desert is to find his friend
No, no
I already told you, my boss is a very skilled antique merchant
But these years, the antique business isn't going well
He owes a lot of money,
so we want to use this opportunity to
find some ways to make money
no, wait
so you're going into the desert to avoid your high interest debts
You should have said that earlier
I have a really rich friend, he can help you pay your debts
How about this, go talk to your boss
How about we stop here?
Let's not go to such a dangerous place
What if-
Is he drunk?
Sit down! (and other background noise)
Episode 3
Look! To the left!
We've found Gutong City!
Ma Ri La! Look, is this it?
That's not Gutong City
But we shouldn't be far from it
A mirage?
(A mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky)
you're quite perceptive
Everyone drive behind me
follow me
Suspicious
Renovating, do not enter
Hao Ge!
Grab on!
Don't let go!
I- I'm trying to find the toilet
Wait, stop the car
It's here
What? But there's nothing here
Youngster, you won't understand
The lakes in the desert changes according to the movement of the water streams underneath the sand
Where the water goes, is where the lakes will appear
It's wet
The lake you're trying to find, appeared here 3 days ago
I'm not mistaken
Get in the car
Who are you?
What are you doing here?
Actually, I'm here to file a complaint
Your restaurant's dishes have problematic names
That's why I came here specifically to find you, the manager
I hope you can fix this and improve in the future
Actually.... to be honest
I actually also own a restaurant
I think that you have great potential, so why don't you work for me?
This is to show a little bit of my sincerity
Once you've thought about it contact me
Let's go!
Hao Ge, you said it so forcefully
Even I find it awkward
Actually, we're here to find someone
These two people
One of them is called Wu Xie and the other is Wang Meng
We have a friend who went missing
We think that they have something to do with it
We also heard that
They come to this restaurant often
So we just came here to ask about it
Treat this money as a fee for the information
please forgive us
Then
Can we go now?
Fu Mei
Look up! Look up!
Look, look
I think that it's highly likely for Gutong City to be up ahead
Hurry up! Hurry!
Faster
Speed up! Speed up!
Go faster! Sit tight!
See? I didn't lie to you did I?
It's so majestic
It really is so majestic!
Director
Take a look at this architecture
I believe this monument is
approximately at least 2000 years old
You won't be able to anything like this anywhere else
Yes! Of course not!
Hey director
Is this Gutong City?
Cai Tou!
Director! I'm here!
Bring your camera here, make sure you record all of this
Here! Come here! Director Wang! Hurry!
Coming! Coming!
Hurry hurry! This way!
Be careful! Have a look don't touch
What material do you think this is?
The architecture here
Should be a structure built during the Ancient Gui Shuang period
It's built using Ferricrete
Hey! Don't dig at it!
What are you yelling for? I'm just having a look
It's fine! It's not fine! (Background argument)
Da Ge please do your thing, we're just trying to do our job...
It's all just for work
Go collect the tools
It's going to get busy, let's start working
(Mumbles of agreement and people getting things)
What do you think?
Boss Ma, there's no issue
I had a look inside, it's safe to set up camp
What sort of creepy place is this?
Hey! Boss Ma!
Time for you to start working
After we look around inside, can we go home?
I'm still not sure if this is the place I'm searching for
If you're going to be an assistant then act like one
Take this
Start working
(background mumbles, camera crew is unpacking things)
(I swear I'm not being lazy with the translations :') )
More background convo: What do you think?
I think it's ok
Look, look! Look what they've dug up
What did you dig up?
What is it?
It looks like a camera
Boss
I was trying to set up tent here
And I found this thing
And it seems...
To have been burnt by fire
There should be more there right?
Cai Tou come over here
Our camera equipment is all there yeah?
yeah it's all with me
That's good, keep a close eye on it, they're really expensive
Yeah, got it. Don't worry
Make sure of it ok?
Hey Cai Tou come over here
Face the camera towards me
Fu mei come and record the scene
We are now in the unknown and unexplored land of the desert, Gutong City
We have uncovered an abandoned camera
Which is....
Do you think the cameras
saw and filmed something they shouldn't have?
Has any other group come here before?
I only know about the lakes, I have no idea about that
I'm not a tour guide
I know
I did some research before coming here
There should be two groups who have come here before us
One mainland group and one foreign group
Keep digging, see what else is down there
Manager
You're back, Doctor Liang
This is my letter of resignation
What's the meaning of this?
You were working so well
Manager...
Oh that's right, just then someone sent you a pennant
Are you sure that's for me?
Yes
There's also a thank you letter
I wanted to praise you for your hard work
You are a great role model for everyone
How's it going?
It's going alright
We dug out a total of forty something cameras
There's these SD cards
Do they still work?
6 of them can be read, and...
I've copied everything onto this
If they're useless just bury them here
ok
Please Buddha
Protect me
Let all my misfortunes hurry up and go away
I know that
thirsting for men is wrong
I promise you
I will never do it again in the future
every path taken will eventually lead back to home (ok I actually only have a vague idea of what this means so this is the best I can do)
Fo ye , mistress
I wish for a blessing to a year of safety
Are the two kids still there
I'll go back immediately
Why are you running around aimlessly instead of taking photos?
I don't want to take photos
This place is weird
How is it weird?
All the cameras were destroyed
They definitely didn't film anything good
You've taken so many photos
did you not take photos of anything useful?
I don't want to talk about this with you
Say, there are all these cameras here
where do you think the people went?
Maybe they already left
or maybe...
they're still in there
Isn't that the Spider hieroglyphic from before?
Hey that person- that person looks like-
Master Guan, drink some water
Thanks, but i'm not thirsty
Did you find anything?
This is a group consisting of mainland and foreign people
approximately 20-30 of them
They found a total of 45 cameras
Would one person bring two cameras along with them?
No. Not only do none of them carry two cameras
some don't even carry a camera
So...
There should be one more group of people
Who brought along at least 15 cameras with them
It's just that there isn't a trace of them in these photos
These people must have had an accident
But that doesn't warrant burning all their cameras
It is because they needed to destroy all the cameras
that means the photos in the cameras is something they do not wish for us to see
As for these people
These people should have arrived at Gutong City by now
Isn't that Gutong City?
So you're telling me you've been wasting all this time for nothing?
No
Master Guan
It's already been 5 minutes
Have you or have you not found anything?
Right here
Lao Mai, Dig it
Wait
Don't move
There's no problem, there is plenty of airflow
The air quality is also way better than in the city
Master Guan, what year is it?
Who still uses matches?
Call the boss over
Kai Zi call the boss
Hao Ge... the door is locked
They haven't forgotten about us have they?
How do you still not understand?
We've come into the thieves territory
Wu Xie and Wang Meng
Must be working with these guys
Then- then what should we do?
You're just too naive and have 0 experience in society
Of course our only option now is to escape
Hao Ge, there's a sword
Why is it so heavy?
Oh, I'll help, I'll help you
It's fake
(Hard to explain these details unless you've read the books, but the drama should explain in the future)
This place...
What kind of person lives here?
Doesn't matter who lived here, they haven't come back in a very long time
If it were me, I wouldn't come back to a shady place like this either
They wouldn't trap us here until we die right?
Then would Li Cu be trapped here as well?
Ya Li! (Li Cu's nickname)
Are you here?
Answer me!
According to the style of architecture
This should be a sacrificial temple
Get out of the way
The inside of this should be very spacious
It should be this place
I want to go down there myself
How's the status inside?
Boss, there's no issue, you can come down
Very good
Let's go
Move
Come
Boss Ma you must be careful
Be careful
Slowly, come one
Slow down, slow down
Careful! Careful
I'm scared! people don't fall
They're all going, let's go down too
Of course we must go down too
wait
Follow behind me
Careful
Watch out
What wrong?
It's ok, it's ok
What is that?
Don't be scared, maybe it's animal remains (is that meant to be less creepy?)
Animals shouldn't be able to make it inside here
That's terrifying
This place sure is creepy
Cai Tou! Take out the cameras quickly
The content in here is amazing
I'm sure there will be even greater things further in
Let me tell you guys, just this content
will guarantee us the next golden strawberry award
Boss... Isn't this?
Seventh finger
The thing on my back?
It looks very similar doesn't it?
Is it a coincidence?
No, not a coincidence. The thing on your back is exactly the same as this one
The order and structure is exactly the same
Why?
I want to know that too
If we keep going we'll find out
Help me!
Give it back!
My- my Box!
Look there
That piece of clothing
the person who carved into my back wore the same thi-
From the amount of bones, you can make out around 10 people
They all wore similar clothes
Probably of the same group
The owners of the other 15 cameras
Looks like
None of them made it out
You're wrong
One of them did
If noone left this place
Then who was the one who destroyed the cameras?
Wait, don't move yet
Under these bones...
There's something under here
Looks like an engraving of some sort
Lao Mai. Get rid of the bones
What exactly does it say?
This is Yue Zhi script (A form of ancient writing)
It depicts
the life of one ruler of Gutong City
He was the... ... 28th ruler of Gutong city
Then this is the rulers tomb?
No
This is an underground palace
Why was this palace built underground?
This is a desert
There's so many sandstorms up above
Why would you built it up there? To eat sand?
That sounds logical
If it is a palace then there should be entrances
I want to go in and have a look
We don't know what exactly is in this underground palace
If you go in recklessly
it would be very dangerous
Master Guan
We came here
to find a specific thing for our boss
Moreover, this place is so unique
Don't you want to photograph something amazing?
So why don't you hurry up and find the entrance?
I already know where the entrance is
There are 8 symbols on this
On the left and the right, the symbols are all on one perfect piece
Only the two in the centre has a crack down the middle
If we force it open here
It should be fine
Hey wait wait!
We
Shouldn't destroy artifacts
This doesn't really count as destroying the artifact does it?
Moreover
Don't you want to see how the palace looks like inside?
Don't you want to appreciate something amazing from 1000 years ago?
The amazing accomplishments of man?
one, two, three, push
It's here
Move away, move
This is great!
Su Nan. Don't forget the thing that I want
My brothers, victory is in our sight
You guys prepare to go down with me
ok
Come down with me
Hey, I can't do it. Did you forget I have claustrophobia?
Did you forget?
You have the seventh finger on your back
It's fine, come down
Pack the machines and the camera
Xu Lei, Ceng Ye, Cai Tou, you guys come down with me
Dan Jie, stay up here and look after the people stay above
Everyone be careful
It's fine down here, come on down
Don't come down with me
Stay up here
If something happens you know what to do
I know. I'll go find that person
Be careful
There's no water in the desert, so why is there so many plants?
I feel like someone is watching me
You're just paranoid
Are you ok? What happened?
What is this?