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[Candle In The Tomb]
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[Episode 6]
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Comrade Hu, since people in the past
located their burial grounds
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by reading constellations and nature
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it would be the simplest for us to
use Tianxing Feng Shui
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if we were to discover the mausoleums
on the ancient Silk Road.
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Am I right?
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Professor Chen.
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You're the expert in this field.
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Thank the gods.
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They have sent such a talented man to us.
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Professor, you're too kind.
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This is fate.
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We'll keep to scientific facts
and not the gods.
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Good.
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Comrades.
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I hereby announce...
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Comrade Hu.
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How should we address you?
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My name is Hu Ba Yi.
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Good.
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I hereby announce Comrade Hu Ba Yi is
officially part of our archaeology team.
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Congratulations.
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- Thank you.
- I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry, Comrade Hu.
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We scholars are such
stinking intellectuals.
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We've been too cooped up during
the Cultural Revolution.
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Don't take it to heart!
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It's all right. Professor Hao, you're
too kind.
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Well done, Hu.
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You're remarkable.
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That is everything I knew.
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It's difficult to spew nonsense
with a straight face.
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Comrade Hu, allow me
to introduce them to you.
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These three are my students.
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They are joining us.
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Sa Di Peng, he majors in archaeology
but his other interest is aliens.
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Brother Hu, are you interested
in E.T. (Extra-terrestrials)?
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- E.T...
- Yes, E.T.
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They seem all right by me.
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There, there.
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This is...
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I'm Chu Jian and my expertise is hiking.
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And...
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Your hairstyle is so cool.
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Thank you.
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We just recruited him.
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This is Xiao Ye, Ye Yi Xin.
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She's one of the rare female comrades
we have on an archaeology team.
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It's always been my dream
to study archaeology.
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Nice to meet you, Brother Hu.
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Nice to meet you.
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Nice to meet you all!
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Mr. Hu is very knowledgeable.
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Allow me to introduce you to her.
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This is Ms. Yang.
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She is the benefactor of research team.
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She will be joining us on the trip.
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She might be a young woman
but she's a photographer
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for the famous American magazine,
National Geographic.
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Hello, how are you?
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Mr. Hu, let's speak in Mandarin.
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You can call me Shirley Yang.
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Shirley... It sounds like
Sarira (a Buddhist relic) in Sanskrit.
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Mr. Wang came here with Mr. Hu?
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What does Mr. Wang specialize in?
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This expedition to the desert
is very important.
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We don't need anyone without
skills in our team.
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It's very dangerous in the desert.
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My friend is very skilled
in marksmanship.
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The desert is not a big deal!
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I was once sent to Xinjiang
to exterminate bandits!
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I sent those bandits scrambling
from Niya Oasis!
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I've even killed the leader
of the bandits myself.
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This is my trophy.
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The suppression of bandits in Xinjiang
occurred around the founding of China.
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Which year were you born in?
When did you render service?
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It was way back in the days.
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- Listen up, I...
- Comrade Wang.
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Could you show me that jade pendant?
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Sure, have a look!
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Don't spoil it.
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Ai Guo, lead them out to get ready.
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Sure.
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- We'll go and get ready.
- Okay.
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Let's go.
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Comrade Wang will join the team then?
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Comrade Wang.
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We believe in your abilities.
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You will each be paid $10,000
dollars for this expedition.
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If we manage to discover
Jingjue Kingdom in the desert
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the wages will be doubled.
What do you say?
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If we find it, we get paid $20,000
dollars each?
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Yes.
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Jingjue Kingdom?
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As for the details, we'll discuss
when we get the time.
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How about it?
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What do you say?
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All right, don't see us off.
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We won't walk you out then.
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Please head home
to get ready for the trip.
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I'll inform you when we need to set out.
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Sure.
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Xiao Chu!
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Walk Comrade Hu out.
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- Sure.
- Goodbye!
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The characters on the jade pendant
were that of Devil's Cave.
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Devil's Cave Dwellers wrote
with those characters.
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It's an ancient minority ethnic group
in the Western Regions.
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They are already extinct by now.
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We will still need to research
those characters on that jade.
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I think that jade pendant is very likely
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to be related to the secret
of Jingjue Kingdom.
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However, I can't confirm that yet.
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Only by finding that notebook
could we have an answer.
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Let's hope so.
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Here, let's discuss the route again.
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Sure.
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Sir!
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Two bowls of tea, please.
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Coming.
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They didn't even offer us any water.
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I'm parched!
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Hu, how much do you think
she would pay for this jade pendant?
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If we were to find that ancient kingdom
we get $20,000 dollars each.
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What a good offer!
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I've never even heard of
that ancient kingdom.
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Moreover, she is no fool.
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If it were that easy to discover
would she pay that much?
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You mean to say that
we won't be able to find it?
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Don't get your hopes up.
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Look at Professor Chen's age.
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He still intends to take a trip into
the second largest shifting sand dune.
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An academic scholar like him can't
withstand the journey through a desert.
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I deliberately made it seem highly
impossible for us to find the kingdom
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so they can't blame us if they wish
to return from a fruitless endeavor?
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It's to say that we're paid $10,000
dollars to go traveling?
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Gloat all you want in secret.
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Sir.
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- Another bowl of tea.
- Coming.
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- Take this?
- No!
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- Not even a nine?
- No!
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- Ten!
- Ai Guo.
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Professor, you're here.
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You're playing poker?
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Go ahead.
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Comrade Hu.
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Come. I need to talk to you.
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Sure.
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Continue with your game.
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Have a seat.
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- I'll dish my card out first?
- Go on.
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Three nines and an Ace.
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- You want it?
- Three Kings and a nine!
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I've done with my cards!
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Do you even play
Three nines and an Ace now?
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Isn't it just a card game?
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No, he's too silly. He knows...
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Xiao Ye, take my place.
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I need to use the bathroom.
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I'm not playing anymore.
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- This sucks.
- I'll take over.
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The glacier of Karakoram?
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Why didn't you mention
the new route earlier?
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We have been discussing
the route all this time.
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What is the matter?
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- Do you have a cigarette?
- Yes.
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Hu...
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What exactly happened?
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Tell me about it.
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Professor Chen said that
we're changing our route.
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They want us to head into
the glacier of Karakoram first.
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The glacier of Karakoram?
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It's so cold there.
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- What did you say?
- I said no.
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Hu, I do think that
it's fine with the new route.
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We'd go by one more location
and have them pay more, right?
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- We can't do more work for nothing.
- I said no!
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What's wrong?
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I did my military service there.
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I know how dangerous it is over there.
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In 1970... I had just started
my service in the army.
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The army sent us to the entrance
of Karakoram on Tibetan Plateau.
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The entire division was
replaced by engineering corps.
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Many weird events took place then.
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So much of that was what
I still refuse to bring to my mind.
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Or should I say that
I don't dare to remember?
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That still remained impossible
to explain or understand.
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One day...
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my partner and I went out
to deliver supplies.
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When we set out
the car was in a good shape.
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But on our way, something happened.
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Xiao Luan, drive slower.
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It's all right, Squad Leader.
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It's quite a smooth drive.
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We should get there before dusk.
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Squad Leader, what was that?
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Did you see it clearly?
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I didn't.
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It seems to be a ray of blue light.
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How could there any bug
be alive in the snow?
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Squad Leader, what is that?
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I have no idea.
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It doesn't look like a firefly.
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Give me a minute.
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Squad Leader, isn't it pretty?
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Let's go!
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We'll show this to our comrades.
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What's going on?
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I don't have a clue.
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Start the engine again.
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Hold on. Give me a minute.
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Xiao Luan!
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The high pressure fuel
injection pipe broke.
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That's impossible.
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I had it examined before we left.
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There's a military depot ahead.
I'll ask for assistance.
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Stay here and keep watch on the supplies.
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- Sure.
- Put your coat on. Don't get frostbite.
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Don't worry, Squad Leader.
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What exactly was that blue bug?
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I don't know.
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It was like some ladybug.
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But no one could say for sure.
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At dawn, I brought men
from the military depot with me.
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But what I saw then...
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I could never ever get it off my mind.
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Xiao Luan!
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Xiao Luan?
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Xiao Luan?
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Xiao Luan!
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He was burned to death?
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The troops came up to a conclusion...
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He came across criminals
while carrying out his mission.
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They gave Xiao Luan a memorial
service as a martyr.
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But I thought then that the bug
must have something to do with his death.
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What happened after his death
also proved that my theory was right.
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You came across that bug again?
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Mister Hu, Mister Wang.
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Could you come to my compartment?
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I'd like to talk to you.
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That American eavesdropped on us.
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Come in.
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Come in here.
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Please have a seat.
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Have a seat.
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Mr. Hu.
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Is this the bug you saw?
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Hu, is that the bug?
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Yes, that's the bug.
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This bug is called the
"Beetle of Fire."
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Literally meaning the beetle
that sets things aflame.
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It's only documented in records
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of explorers and
archaeologists worldwide.
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These are just some random records.
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To many, the beetle is but a legend.
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Mr. Hu.
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Did you really see
the beetle of fire?
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Yes.
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Hu, could you tell us about
your encounter with the bug?
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One of our squads was assigned to
a highly confidential mission.
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They had to get deep into
the glacier of Karakoram.
264
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An incident occurred midway.
265
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One of our comrades by the surname
Zhou tripped and fell into the glacier.
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- Zhou!
- Zhou!
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- Zhou!
- Zhou!
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Zhou!
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Zhou!
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Watch out!
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Witnessing someone set on fire
and burned to death...
272
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It was way too cruel.
273
00:18:29,810 --> 00:18:32,701
The young soldiers couldn't help,
but fire a few shots.
274
00:18:34,142 --> 00:18:36,176
Numerous beetles of fire
turned into balls
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of blue flame and came charging at us.
276
00:18:40,351 --> 00:18:42,547
We could only shoot at the beetles
as we ran away.
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00:18:43,875 --> 00:18:45,825
That triggered an avalanche.
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Run!
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When I regained consciousness
280
00:19:07,653 --> 00:19:10,923
I was already lying in
the army hospital.
281
00:19:12,464 --> 00:19:14,707
Apart from me, all my other teammates...
282
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I don't understand why you have
to change and take that route.
283
00:19:25,403 --> 00:19:27,211
Didn't we agree to go to the desert?
284
00:19:27,211 --> 00:19:29,980
Didn't we say that we're just
searching for Jingjue Kingdom?
285
00:19:29,980 --> 00:19:31,115
Exactly.
286
00:19:31,115 --> 00:19:34,006
Do all Americans change
their minds as easily as you do?
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Comrade Hu.
288
00:19:36,403 --> 00:19:38,040
Here's what.
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The avalanche was triggered by
a very light earthquake.
290
00:19:44,968 --> 00:19:47,104
It wasn't because of your gunshots.
291
00:19:47,104 --> 00:19:50,337
I read about that in an internal report.
292
00:19:50,337 --> 00:19:54,493
It was also verified in a report
from National Bureau of Geology.
293
00:19:54,493 --> 00:19:59,393
That earthquake even caused a crack
in the foothill east of Karakoram.
294
00:19:59,393 --> 00:20:02,542
How is that related to our search
for Jingjue Kingdom?
295
00:20:05,451 --> 00:20:10,530
Years ago, a Chinese-foreign cooperation
research team went to Xinjiang.
296
00:20:10,530 --> 00:20:13,701
The team leader was
an old friend of mine.
297
00:20:13,701 --> 00:20:15,886
He was obsessed with
the culture of the Western Regions.
298
00:20:15,886 --> 00:20:20,303
However, on the way to search
for Jingjue Kingdom
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they changed the route for some
unknown reason
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and headed to the glacier of Karakoram.
301
00:20:26,750 --> 00:20:28,824
Then they went missing.
302
00:20:29,949 --> 00:20:31,999
None returned.
303
00:20:32,553 --> 00:20:35,344
How would you know
that they disappeared there?
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00:20:35,344 --> 00:20:41,135
The final distress signal came from
the foothill east of Karakoram.
305
00:20:41,135 --> 00:20:44,871
Therefore, we speculated that
their disappearance is related to
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the crack in the foothill
east of Karakoram.
307
00:20:50,310 --> 00:20:53,208
What are we going to
search in that crack?
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A notebook.
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00:20:55,884 --> 00:20:59,435
At the beginning of this century
there was a British explorer, Mr. Walter.
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It was his diary.
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00:21:00,997 --> 00:21:08,548
He had recorded how they discovered
Jingjue Kingdom step-by-step.
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It plays a crucial role in our search
for Jingjue Kingdom in the desert.
313
00:21:16,909 --> 00:21:20,666
The search for such a document isn't
my only reason for going to the glacier.
314
00:21:20,666 --> 00:21:23,912
I want to accomplish
what my father set out to do.
315
00:21:23,912 --> 00:21:26,903
I want to find out
what made them go to the glacier.
316
00:21:26,903 --> 00:21:28,981
I want to discover the secret
of Jingjue Kingdom.
317
00:21:28,981 --> 00:21:32,751
Your father was the team leader
of that research team?
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00:21:35,827 --> 00:21:38,724
This is a very rare opportunity.
319
00:21:38,724 --> 00:21:44,760
If we were to find Jingjue Kingdom
and accomplish our archaeology research
320
00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:49,030
many mysteries in history
would then be unraveled.
321
00:21:49,030 --> 00:21:52,884
A new insight into the culture
of Western Regions could be attained.
322
00:22:02,231 --> 00:22:04,915
I understand what this is about.
323
00:22:04,915 --> 00:22:09,729
One of you is doing it for a relative,
while the other for the research.
324
00:22:10,797 --> 00:22:13,396
It doesn't really concern us.
325
00:22:16,719 --> 00:22:20,507
However... it isn't that easy
to turn you down.
326
00:22:22,230 --> 00:22:24,083
You also said it yourselves.
327
00:22:24,083 --> 00:22:26,346
This is quite dangerous.
328
00:22:26,346 --> 00:22:27,601
Am I right, Hu?
329
00:22:30,209 --> 00:22:33,441
How about this? Pay us a bit more?
330
00:22:33,441 --> 00:22:35,375
5000.
331
00:22:36,989 --> 00:22:38,353
How about that?
332
00:22:38,353 --> 00:22:42,354
If so, you could get off
at the next station.
333
00:22:42,354 --> 00:22:44,750
I also know that it's quite risky.
334
00:22:44,750 --> 00:22:47,772
Indeed, this matter doesn't
concern you either.
335
00:23:08,537 --> 00:23:10,085
I will go with you.
336
00:23:15,798 --> 00:23:18,830
Didn't you say that you're not going?
Why did you change your mind?
337
00:23:18,830 --> 00:23:20,710
What on earth are you thinking?
338
00:23:24,038 --> 00:23:26,406
After listening to what they said,
it struck me...
339
00:23:30,086 --> 00:23:32,750
I thought that after all these years
340
00:23:32,750 --> 00:23:35,413
I could face the suffering
of my comrades.
341
00:23:36,767 --> 00:23:38,525
In fact, I couldn't.
342
00:23:39,548 --> 00:23:40,819
Hu.
343
00:23:40,819 --> 00:23:44,662
It's their greatest joy that
you could still stay alive.
344
00:23:44,662 --> 00:23:46,843
I understand that.
345
00:23:46,843 --> 00:23:49,223
But I just felt that I had let them down.
346
00:23:54,125 --> 00:23:57,178
All of them had reasons to stay alive.
347
00:23:57,178 --> 00:23:59,957
But I was the only one who survived.
348
00:23:59,957 --> 00:24:03,761
My comrades sacrificed their lives
so that I could live.
349
00:24:03,761 --> 00:24:07,050
Yet I don't even have the courage
to visit them where they died.
350
00:24:08,865 --> 00:24:10,492
I can't just ignore them.
351
00:24:10,492 --> 00:24:12,308
That's why I think that I should go.
352
00:24:16,099 --> 00:24:17,362
I understand.
353
00:24:17,362 --> 00:24:20,702
Sure. If you're going, then we're going.
354
00:24:22,122 --> 00:24:25,396
But Fatso... Heed my advice.
355
00:24:25,396 --> 00:24:27,482
This matter doesn't concern you.
356
00:24:27,482 --> 00:24:28,613
You shouldn't come with us.
357
00:24:28,613 --> 00:24:29,884
Hu, what do you mean?
358
00:24:29,884 --> 00:24:32,148
It's nothing personal.
It's just too dangerous.
359
00:24:32,148 --> 00:24:34,286
I shouldn't drag you into this mess.
360
00:24:34,286 --> 00:24:36,263
- Do you look down on me?
- Of course not.
361
00:24:36,263 --> 00:24:39,221
I know that you're fearless.
But I still can't take you with me.
362
00:24:39,221 --> 00:24:41,193
Enough nonsense! We already came so far.
363
00:24:41,193 --> 00:24:43,121
However dangerous
we have to stick together!
364
00:24:46,747 --> 00:24:48,305
Listen up, Hu.
365
00:24:48,305 --> 00:24:50,541
In 1970, you joined the army and left.
366
00:24:50,541 --> 00:24:52,290
Do you know what scared me the most?
367
00:24:53,625 --> 00:24:56,246
I'm worried that a third
World War would occur
368
00:24:56,246 --> 00:24:58,634
and you'd be summoned to war.
Then we'd never meet again.
369
00:24:58,634 --> 00:25:01,393
We lost contact for a few years.
370
00:25:01,393 --> 00:25:04,246
I really had a hard time trying to
stay put in Niuxin Mountain.
371
00:25:04,246 --> 00:25:07,404
In 1979, you were sent
to the front lines.
372
00:25:07,404 --> 00:25:09,459
I didn't say much in the letter, did I?
373
00:25:09,459 --> 00:25:11,719
It wasn't that I didn't have
much to tell you.
374
00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,990
I had so much to say but
I don't know how to tell you.
375
00:25:15,990 --> 00:25:19,145
I was worried that it would jinx you
and you wouldn't make it home.
376
00:25:24,170 --> 00:25:30,451
You have no idea how glad I was
to see the army send you home.
377
00:25:30,451 --> 00:25:32,925
I was just as thrilled as your dad.
378
00:25:35,886 --> 00:25:37,519
- Fatso...
- Hu.
379
00:25:38,808 --> 00:25:40,932
Chairman Mao once said
380
00:25:40,932 --> 00:25:45,147
"There is infinite joy
in struggling with heaven and earth!"
381
00:25:45,147 --> 00:25:47,923
What's the big deal in a small
glacier of Karakoram?
382
00:25:49,579 --> 00:25:51,003
Listen up, Hu Ba Yi.
383
00:25:51,003 --> 00:25:53,297
You want to leave me behind?
In your dreams.
384
00:26:07,665 --> 00:26:08,665
Fatso...
385
00:26:11,547 --> 00:26:13,619
You're going to lose some money.
386
00:26:28,271 --> 00:26:30,323
Professor Chen, be careful.
387
00:26:30,323 --> 00:26:32,138
- I look forward to your return.
- Thank you.
388
00:26:32,138 --> 00:26:33,337
Be careful on the way.
389
00:26:33,337 --> 00:26:34,951
- Stay cautious.
- I will. Thank you.
390
00:26:36,453 --> 00:26:37,752
- Get the task done well.
- Yes!
391
00:26:37,752 --> 00:26:38,853
Goodbye.
392
00:26:38,853 --> 00:26:40,526
We're off!
393
00:26:40,526 --> 00:26:42,502
Stay safe! Come back soon!
394
00:26:57,106 --> 00:26:58,709
Keep up!
395
00:27:25,282 --> 00:27:28,162
Titan, let everyone get some rest.
396
00:27:29,781 --> 00:27:31,169
Everyone!
397
00:27:31,169 --> 00:27:32,963
Let's get some rest here.
398
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:40,035
Comrade Ga Wa, how far do you think
399
00:27:40,035 --> 00:27:44,630
we are from the ice cave
that we're looking for?
400
00:27:44,630 --> 00:27:47,451
Professor, don't put me in a spot.
401
00:27:47,451 --> 00:27:52,034
Three hours ago, we already moved past
our patrol grounds.
402
00:27:52,034 --> 00:27:55,730
But the guide said that
our seniors risked their lives
403
00:27:55,730 --> 00:27:59,428
to open up this route
to build a secret base.
404
00:27:59,428 --> 00:28:01,395
It's no longer in use now.
405
00:28:01,395 --> 00:28:02,476
Ga Wa!
406
00:28:02,476 --> 00:28:04,067
What are you talking about?
407
00:28:04,067 --> 00:28:06,628
Could you bring up
the secret base so casually?
408
00:28:09,549 --> 00:28:11,672
Comrade Titan, don't worry.
409
00:28:11,672 --> 00:28:13,256
We won't tell anyone.
410
00:28:13,256 --> 00:28:14,936
- We won't.
- Exactly.
411
00:28:14,936 --> 00:28:16,430
It isn't some top secret anyway.
412
00:28:16,430 --> 00:28:18,440
Moreover, Professor Chen is not
some outsider.
413
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:24,585
Does that mean you don't know
if that ice cave really exists?
414
00:28:24,585 --> 00:28:26,143
It isn't just me.
415
00:28:26,143 --> 00:28:28,876
Titan is a veteran and
he doesn't know either.
416
00:28:28,876 --> 00:28:30,776
He might not even have
come this far before.
417
00:28:30,776 --> 00:28:32,817
We're just following Brother Hu.
418
00:29:30,016 --> 00:29:32,327
That belonged to your comrade?
419
00:30:38,424 --> 00:30:40,160
Watch your step!
420
00:30:53,612 --> 00:30:54,817
Here.
421
00:31:01,641 --> 00:31:03,025
Look.
422
00:31:22,028 --> 00:31:27,028
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