The Ancient City of Loulan (Lou Lan Gu Juan Zhi Sha Hai Mo Ku / 楼兰古卷之沙海魔窟)

One day in the 1930s.

When the Northwest Expedition carried out a survey along the Silk Road,

they encountered a golden ancient city by chance.

A Japanese archaeologist

led a Japanese army to sneak into the Da City

and sealed it.

People of insight in Da City decided to fight them to the end

by guarding the treasure under the yellow sand from the invaders

with their lives and blood.

What is this?

What's up?

It's gold.

Go ahead and give it to Taijun.

Okay.

Let's go.

Okay.

You're a good civilian.

Report.

Yes.

Let's get to work.

You stay here.

You coward.

Didn't I just tell you to knock them out by strangling them?

Yeah. You told me to get rid of him, didn't you?

What is it?

What's all this about?

Did you find anything?

I told you to wait for us outside, didn't I?

You scared the hell out of me.

Report.

We just dug out a gold ring.

The Japanese have had so much research on mirage.

It seems that my father was right.

The ancient Loulan people did build a city with gold.

What's this?

Help! Help!

Let's get out of here now.

Okay.

There are bugs!

Stop, don't move!

What are you doing there?

Let's go!

Kill them!

Let's go! Hurry up!

Go.

Damn it! Go after them!

Come on, use the dynamite. Quick.

Give that to me.

We're safe.

Look over there.

It's Ma Rulong's treasure team!

Charge!

Go!

What are we waiting for?

Run!

Run!

Fight!

Fight them back!

Slay them!

You...

Let these dwarfs

know the mightiness of our treasure team!

Roger that!

Guys! Retreat!

The Ancient City of Loulan

Come on.

Are you okay?

I'm alright.

I hope Ni Qiu can hang on a bit longer.

What do you mean by that?

He is nothing but a coward.

Spit it out, now!

Who sent you here?

I'm just an ordinary laborer.

Those two robbers,

I don't know them at all.

Tell the truth!

What is this?

I've never seen this stuff before.

You've never seen it before?

Beat him up.

Yes.

I don't know them at all.

Stop it!

You should interrogate me instead.

I never said I'm not going to tell the truth.

You step back.

Who is the leader?

What's his name?

His name is Chen Xiao, and he's my boss.

I'm good at sneaking around.

I know where they are.

I can take you there

as long as you don't kill me.

What is your name?

My name is Ni Qiu.

Mr. Ni.

You may call me Mr. Ni.

Mr. Ni. What an interesting name.

Didn't you say you won't kill me?

You're welcome.

He is really like a loach.

Mr. Ni Qiu. Whether you're going to make it out alive,

it's up to you.

Da City

Slowly.

Here.

What are you having there?

I found this scroll of sheepskin from my father's belongings.

He firmly believed that this is a treasure map of a lost secret place.

A treasure map?

What treasure map?

Where the mirage is located.

But the entrance is no longer recognizable.

What's in there?

Why do the Japanese insist on looking for the mirage?

It is said that the mirage does exist.

In order to meet the sun god, the ancient Loulan people

built a city with gold for the deities to live in.

When the sun god came, a tree was planted in the city.

The fruit of the divine tree could bring the dead back to life.

I really don't know what the Japanese think.

They actually believe all this nonsense.

But my father believed it.

However, it does make sense.

A legend is not totally unfounded.

My father was tying to treat my mother's illness.

He just went off upon receiving the clues.

But he never came back.

I have to find out what happened to Father.

I must make it to the mirage.

Do you have any clues?

A gold ring.

A gold ring?

Isn't it just like what the Japanese dug out this morning?

Let me take a look.

It's not with me. Isn't it with you?

This is bad. It's with Ni Qiu.

Mr. Hikaritori, it's been dealt with. We're waiting for your instructions.

Have a taste of your own medicine.

You little Japanese, you are not welcome here.

Get out of here! Go away!

What is this?

You won't let us step onto the desert.

Da City is now yours too, huh?

Don't think I have no idea what you're doing here.

You're here for nothing but the treasure of the mirage.

Right?

Everyone's here for that.

What right do you Japanese have to have it all?

What right do you have?

Believe it or not?

I'm going to kill you today.

You wench! I...

I dare you!

Xiaocang.

We came here with the intention of making friends.

We should treat people with courtesy.

Yes.

Kill them.

Yi Ran, I'll head to the city to find out the situation.

You pack up and wait for my news.

Did you find anything?

I figured that apples are not as sweet as you.

Seriously, how are you going to save Ni Qiu?

Don't worry. He's very smooth.

He will make it through it.

I don't think so.

He's acting like a fool when it comes to critical moments.

Get out of the way!

Mr. Ni Qiu,

we've been walking around here for some time now.

Where is the place?

I told you so.

Chen Xiao and Yi Ran are not husband and wife.

There's no way they're living together.

Mr. Saito.

Do you think Chen Xiao is not as good looking as I am?

Stop the nonsense! Find them quickly!

Okay, I'll look for them.

It's this one.

Oh, it's not.

This one.

I don't think so.

What? You idiot! Not this one?

You're fooling us!

Believe it or not? I'll shoot you!

Please don't!

Why?

Why are you trying to kill me again?

Mr. Saito. There they are.

Get them!

Be careful. I'm going to save Ni Qiu.

Okay.

Watch out.

He's upstairs!

Let's go!

Go after them!

Mr. Hikaritori, it's dangerous here.

Why don't we watch it from another spot?