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[Candle in the Tomb]

[Episode 11]

Such a huge ant.

You had such a nice conversation.

You weren't sleeping?

Rascal. You were eavesdropping on us?

I'm scared that you'll fall into a trap because of a beautiful woman.

Go lie over there.

It's great that you aren't asleep.

Go take Shirley Yang's place.

Hurry, go.

Oh my.

What are you guys doing?

If you do this, God will punish you.

You're disturbing the spirits.

By God's grace, we were able to live.

But now you're biting the hand that feeds you!

There will be retribution if you do this!

Old Gentleman, don't worry.

Spirits, please bless us.

Don't worry.

Spirits, please bless us.

- Old Gentleman. - Spirits, please bless us.

Old Gentleman, don't worry.

- Spirits, please bless us. - Old Gentleman.

It's nothing.

What's going on?

When An Li Man went out to see his camels

they took the opportunity to dig out the stone.

When the old gentleman came back and saw it, he got nervous.

Archaeological research won't offend the spirits.

I don't understand your research.

I didn't even go out for that long, and you guys already dug so deep!

If I stayed out a little longer, you would've cleaned this place out!

We've already dug it out! Can you calm down?

- How can I be calm? - Old Gentleman.

Did I tell you that you could dig it out?

Old Gentleman, has the storm passed?

Why does it sound less windy?

Comrade Hu, you don't have to say anything.

This is a huge matter!

Old Gentleman, listen to me.

What I mean is, look at this stone statue.

This stone statue protects the spirits.

It must be really hard for it to stay underground like that.

Professor Chen and the others are capable professionals.

They're tidying up.

Wouldn't that make it easier for the stone statue to protect the spirits?

What do you think?

Yes, that's right. Mr. An Li Man.

Professor Chen is thanking the spirits in his own way for giving us refuge.

Well said.

Professor Hao!

You should have told Old Gentleman beforehand.

Why couldn't you tell him about your kind act?

Yes, that's right.

Comrade Hu is right.

Exactly.

You... just say whatever you want.

Just say whatever you want.

Let me remind you, the skies will clear soon.

Don't blame me for not warning you if you don't leave

and the wolves and leopards trap you in here.

Don't worry. We'll leave as soon as we pack up.

Professor Chen, did you find anything?

Yes, we have. Look.

There are a lot of characters carved here.

They are probably Vajrayana scriptures.

We wanted to get records of them and investigate them more when we get back.

Professor, would this statue

have anything to do with the ancient western regions worshiping aliens?

They must have seen aliens back then.

But because they were not as advanced they thought aliens were deities.

They made this statue to worship them.

Professor, look at these scriptures.

Maybe it's an alien language.

Xiao Sa, why are you talking about aliens again?

Professor, I'll go pack up.

- You guys have to pack soon too, okay? - Okay.

One has to be serious when with science and archaeology.

Young people have a more active imagination. It should be encouraged.

It's not contradictory to be harmonious, nervous, serious, and active.

When doing historical archaeological research

the most important principle is to make bold hypotheses

then prudently look for confirmation.

Let's take this large eyed stone statue for example.

Back then, people liked using astronomy to make decisions about their fortune.

Maybe they wanted their eyes to be bigger to see farther?

As they were making this, did they put that desire into it?

This is very likely.

Things like this were also found at Sanxingdui in Sichuan.

Their eyes extended out.

It's very likely that it was because of the ancient people's desire to explore.

All right, class dismissed. Let's make the most of our time.

Hu.

Did you sleep later at night?

After Wang Kai Xuan took over for me, I slept well.

That's good.

Hu, come here.

What's going on?

Do you like that American girl?

What nonsense are you saying?

I'm warning you. Don't let your guard down

just because you had a private chat.

I know.

- And-- - You! Are you done talking?

Pack up.

The skies are clear.

This is a blessing.

The sand almost got through the city walls.

If the storm lasted another two hours, we would be buried in here.

Comrades, this is good news.

Let's pack quickly and head out.

Why is there such a large ant?

There's another large ant.

Professor, they're over there too.

- There are some here too. - There as well. There are so many.

Why are there so many?

There are a lot here, too.

They're desert marching ants.

The can gnaw humans down to their bones.

They're that terrible?

Don't scare us.

I told you not to dig it out...

There are too many.

Hurry and run!

Hurry and run! Hurry and run! Hurry!

- Take the map! - Take everything and leave quickly!

Professor Chen, hurry!

Fatso, where's An Li Man?

- He left. - Get that old fox back here!

- Okay. - Professor, hurry!

Hurry and run!

Get the solid fuel!

Let's go!

Hurry and run.

Give me the solid fuel.

- Xiao Ye, let's go! - Here!

Brother Hu, Miss Yang, hurry!

Go!

Hurry!

Be careful. Here.

Over there!

Here.

Old Man, stop running!

Stop right there! Stop running!

If you keep running, I'll shoot!

Don't shoot! Don't hurt me!

I'm about to die! I don't care!

Stop right there!

- Stop running! - Don't shoot!

Stop right there! Stop running!

I stopped.

If you keep running, I'll kill you.

Don't shoot. Don't shoot.

Don't shoot.

I won't run. Really.

Look! They're devoured!

Over here. Hurry!

Hu!

Leave me! Hurry and go!

Hurry and run!

Leave me! Hurry and run!

She left me.

Hurry! Professor, hurry and get on the camel.

Make the camels get down!

Hurry! Hurry!

Hurry and get the professor on the camel!

Professor, be careful.

Be careful.

Where's Hu?

I'm asking you where Hu is!

You left him behind?

Where's Hu?

He's trapped. I'm going to save him now.

If we don't leave now, we'll die!

If someone has to go, I will.

Watch An Li Man. Without him, we'll all die.

Stop right there!

I'll go with you!

Find a safe place up ahead and wait for us.

Stop running, Old Man!

Just eat some wolves and gazelle!

Don't look at me!

Why do you keep coming out? Isn't this enough?

Just you wait.

Hey...

You split up to take me on.

I'll kill you all.

Scram! Scram!

Haven't you had enough?

Scram!

What is that?

Fatso, I'm here!

Fatso didn't come. It's me.

Why did you come here?

Don't say anything. Hold your nose and come with me.

Look! Why is there so much smoke over there?

Did the city collapse?

Shut your trap!

Comrade Wang, let's go further away.

I don't think this place is safe enough.

God, please protect them so they may come back safely.

Otherwise I won't get paid when I get back.

Old man, if you don't have anything nice to say then shut up!

- Look! Isn't that Brother Hu? - It's them.

It's them.

Watch the old man. Don't let him run off!

Hu!

Hu! Are you okay?

What's wrong? It's been such a short time since you last saw me

but you missed me so much that you're crying?

- He's crying from fear. - Nonsense! Who's crying from fear?

Let me tell you Fatso, she threw some... gas...

Not just me, but the ants are like this too.

- Miss Yang. - No need to thank me.

Did I say I wanted to thank you?

She used American imperialism against us.

Tear gas? How disloyal.

Brother Hu!

Professor, slowly.

Hu, what happened?

Sister Yang.

Brother Hu, what's wrong with your eyes?

Are you okay, Hu?

Nothing. He was hit with tear gas.

Here, be careful. Sit down.

- I'm fine. - Careful.

Here, Brother Hu. Rinse with some water.

I'm fine. It's not a big problem.

- It's not a big problem. - Rinse it. It must be insufferable.

It feels like a long time since I've seen the sky.

It's great.

It's great.

Let's hurry and leave.

- Let's go. - Go!

Here.

Professor, let's go.

Did you do it on purpose?

Old Gentleman, we've been traveling for so long.

Let's stop and rest for a bit.

All right.

Professor.

What's wrong, Hu?

See how much water we have left.

Here.

Xiao Sa, have some water.

Thank you.

That's all the water we have left.

We left a lot back there when we ran away.

We left so much water.

Yeah.

Hu, we don't have water.

Yeah. When we were fleeing, we left a lot behind.

Drink some.

I'll have everyone check the supplies later.

Look at what he's doing.

You go look.

I've been wanting to settle the score with him for running away.

Here, give it to me.

Old Man, you're so disloyal.

How am I disloyal?

You're disloyal.

I wanted to...

I wanted to stay away from the ants.

If those ants gnawed away my camels, none of us would be able to get away.

You were worried about your camels getting gnawed at?

- Hu. - We're inferior to your camels?

Did you want us all gnawed away at while you just ran off by yourself?

How are you any different from someone who murders for money?

What are you trying to do?

Old Man, you have an awful conscience!

I don't understand what you're saying.

Don't give me an unfair label!

I wouldn't do those kinds of things.

- Listen to me. - What did you say?

If I didn't shoot back then, would you still be here?

You would've ran off!

If you run off again, I'll kill all your camels!

Let me tell you something. Nothing is more important than my camels!

- My camels are really important! - Now you're worked up?

- Fatso! - Don't touch me.

I've been holding it in for too long!

- We almost died because of him! - Let go, Fatso!

Let go, Fatso!

What are you doing, Hu!

What are you doing to someone who's over 60?

He's over 60!

But we almost died because of him!

Respecting the old and cherishing the young is a traditional Chinese virtue.

Shut up. Are you Chinese?

Are you done?

Forget it, Brother Wang.

Yes. I'm done.

Old Gentleman, we have a problem right now. We're almost out of water.

We have to find water quickly to replenish our drinking water.

We... we seem to have gone in the opposite direction.

- This old man! - Brother Wang.

What? Opposite direction?

When we were hiding from the storm yesterday

we deviated from our path.

Today, we just ran off.

I think we've gone the wrong way and in the opposite direction.

- Do you have the map? - Yes, yes.

Old Gentleman, where are we right now?

The sandstorm came from the northwest.

After traveling the whole day, we were probably hiding here last night.

We should be here.

We're right here.

That's such a large area.

Can you be more specific?

We just ran off suddenly.

Can anyone remember what direction we took?

Who remembers if we went east or west?

Who knows?

I remember when we had just left

we took a left and came here.

And then after we went down the sand dune, we went east.

That's not right.

I remember we turned south after the sand dune. South.

No, I can't even tell which direction is which.

Don't say anymore.

It doesn't matter which direction we're in.

The thing we know for certain is that we're in this area.

Mr. An Li Man.

Can you bring us back to the place where we were hiding from the storm?

If we keep going in the northwest direction of the storm

we can get back to our original path.

If we're lucky, it'll take us a day to find it.

What if we're not lucky?

- Then who knows. - Fatso, don't interrupt.

Everyone, look.

According to what Old Gentleman said if we're here, it would take a day.

If we're here, we'd be even farther, and it may take two days.

And getting to the place we originally planned to replenish water

will take another day.

Which means that it might take us three days to replenish our water supply.

The water we have now won't even last us a day.

An Li Man, don't scare us.

Yes, you can't joke about this stuff.

An Li Man, you have the most experience here.

Do you know where we can find water?

There are quite a few water sources in the desert.

But I can't guarantee that we can find any.

It depends on our luck.

Old Gentleman, come here.

Look. On the map, there's a river here and it's not too far from our region.

Can you be certain that there's water there?

I can't be certain.

We have to go and find out.

It's the windy season.

There are huge sandstorms and sandy hills move around quickly.

Unless it's a water supply that's stable all year long

it might not be here this year even if it was there last year.

Which means we might not be able to find water even if we travel for a whole day.

Yes.

To look for an unconfirmed water source when our water supply is short

is too risky.

We can go back to our original path.

If we use water conservatively, we can last three days.

Yes. Even if it's hard, we can make it.

Young people can, but Professor Chen's body might not be able to take it.

Don't worry about me.

I'm not at the point where I won't make it if I don't have water for three days.

Professor Chen, you probably didn't realize

but if you don't have water for one day in the desert, you put your life at risk.

Brother Hu, let's try to head back.

If Professor Chen and our female comrades can't take it anymore...

We have camels. We can kill camels.

This... If we kill the camels, we'll have to walk!

Without a means to transport the tools, we can't get anywhere!

Xiao Ye, we'd only kill one. We'd leave the rest alone.

All right, all right! Let's be more optimistic.

We might be able to find another source of water on our way.

Yes. I don't think we should panic.

We will only kill a camel under dire situations

where it's either a human's life or a camel's life.

I understand my own body.

As you get older, you use less.

Objectively speaking, it's safer to go back to our original path.

If we don't have enough water, it'll be a bit difficult.

But we might not get to the situation where we have to kill a camel.

It'll be difficult for us, but let's bear with it.

If we can persevere, we'll be victorious.

Okay. In that case let's hurry up, and be on our way.

Okay.

Let's all use our water conservatively.

Old Gentleman.

Don't worry. I won't kill the camels.

Let's go back to our original path.

Please guide us.

Xiao Hong, do you remember this place?

Old Gentleman, what's wrong? Is there a problem?

I think this place looks very familiar.

I remember it's the place where the white camel saved me.

There should be a water source nearby.

Nearby? How far away is it?

Do you see it?

If you keep going in this direction

after you pass the sand dune up ahead, there are city ruins.

There's a well in there.

Then why didn't you say so earlier?

I only remembered after seeing our surroundings.

How far do we have to go to get there?

We should get there by night time.

Are you sure?

I'm sure.

Xiao Hong told me it recognizes this place, too.

I just don't believe you.

Old man, if we go there and don't find any water

I'll be the first to kill your camel.

All right, all right. Stop talking about killing. I'll kill you.

Even if you kill me, that doesn't solve our dehydration problem.

All right, all right.

It's a good thing that Old Buddy An Li Man remembers the water source.

As we discuss our problems, let's be more civil.

Old Gentleman, just tell it as it is.

It's been many years since then.

My buddies and I also went through a sandstorm and got separated.

I don't know how long my camels and I were wandering the desert back then.

We were thirsty, hungry, and tired.

We thought we were done for, that we would die.

But when I was absentminded I suddenly saw a white camel.

It was on top of that sand dune before our eyes.

That was really a blessing from the spirits.

God's grace.

There he goes again.

That white camel was bigger than other camels.

It was shining brightly in white from head to toe.

I followed that mysterious camel.

I followed and followed.

I found water.

I lived.

I lived.

And then Xiao Hong carried me out from the desert.

Back then, it was only five years old.

So to me, camels are my buddies.

They're my guardian angels.

Nothing is more important than camels.

That's right. That's the place.

Then should we change our path?

Okay.

Let's head out quickly.

Okay.

Since we survived the sandstorm, God must really care for us.

I'm sure we'll be able to find water.

Old Gentleman, let's go now.

Fatso, grab your gun.

You take the back.

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