We first rode a tall horse, galloping on the endless prairie, and then changed to a big camel to travel between the vast lonely and uninhabited desert, Xiao Fei looked at the address on the parchment and whispered to me: "The next place is the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Loulan, but here is the vast desert, how easy is it to find such a place?" Oh my God, it's a bit difficult, it's inaccessible, there's not even a person to ask for directions, and these monuments haven't been discovered a thousand years ago, but luckily, we have a compass, and according to the location they say, I don't know if there is a deviation, try your luck. Quicksand also said with great fanfare: "Everyone, the next place we are going to is the ruins of the ancient country of Loulan, everyone prepare well." ”

Duan Gongzi also said with a heavy heart: "Everyone should be careful, we have to pass through the dangerous Lop Nur area, this is the Devil's Triangle, not to be underestimated, the terrain here is complicated, if you are not careful, you will get lost, and the water source is very scarce, everyone carefully check whether our water source is sufficient." "Everyone quickly checked it carefully, and after confirming it, we set off again.

Hu Jiaojiao was puzzled and said, "Is it that serious?" Xiao Fei gushed endlessly: "Of course, this Lop Nur is a lake in the southeast of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Because of its shape like a human ear, Lop Nur is known as the ear of the earth, also known as the sea of death, the pre-Qin period of the geographical masterpiece "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" called it "Youze", also known as Size, Yanze, Puchanghai and so on. Lobnauer is a Mongolian transliteration name, which means a lake of many waters. In the eastern part of the Tarim Basin, with an altitude of about 780 meters, it is located at the lowest point of the Tarim Basin, where the Tarim River, the Peacock River, the Cherchen River and the Shule River converge, making it the second largest saltwater lake in China. Before 330 A.D., there was a lot of lake water, and the city of Loulan in the northwest was the famous throat of the Silk Road, and then due to climate change and the impact of human water conservancy projects, the upstream water decreased until it dried up, and now it is only a large salt crust. Hu Jiaojiao said thoughtfully, so that's the case.

I asked Xiao Fei curiously: "I look horizontally, vertically, up, down, I can't see that it looks like an ear, how do you see it? Could it be that aliens made a work of art?"

Dumbo whispered to me, "That's right. In July 1972, the photo of Lop Nur taken by the Earth Resources Satellite launched by NASA showed that Lop Nur resembled one of the ears of a human being, with not only ear wheels, ear holes, and even earlobes. It is believed that this was mainly caused by floods from the southern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains in the late 50s. When the flood water flows into the lake basin, it passes through the desert and carries a large amount of sediment, impacting and dissolving the original dry lake basin, and forming a protruding ring band under the water according to the direction of the water flow. It is precisely because of the subtle geomorphological changes of the dry lake bed that the local composition changes, which will inevitably affect the spectral characteristics of the dry lake bed, thus forming large ears. But there are also people who disagree on this, and scientists have different opinions and debates, and perhaps the debate over Lop Nur will never end. ”

I asked Xiaofei in confusion: "By the way, why do you say that this is the Devil's Triangle?"

Xiao Fei began to say: "Lop Nur area is a devil's triangle on the Asian continent, the ancient Silk Road passed through it, legend has it that many lonely souls and wild ghosts have wandered here throughout the ages, you see the yellow sand here Momo, everywhere is the hideous dry bones of Bai Sensen, and in order to uncover the true face of Lop Nur, from ancient times to the present, countless explorers have sacrificed their lives and forgotten to go deep into it, there is no lack of tragic stories, and Lop Nur is covered with a mysterious veil. When the Eastern Jin Dynasty monk Fa Xian traveled west to learn scriptures and passed by here, he wrote that there were many evil ghosts in the Sand River, and those who met the hot wind died, and none of them were complete. It's unbelievable, it's incredible, it's hard to see how many people die of thirst not far from the spring, and it's hard to understand how many people die. Listen, I'll tell you about the strange events in Lop Nur. In 1950, a guard of the People's Liberation Army's anti-bandit unit disappeared, and after more than 30 years, the geological team found his body in Hongliugou, which was more than 100 kilometers away from the accident site. In 1949, a plane flying from Chongqing to Dihua (Urumqi) disappeared in the sky over Shanshan County. In 1958, however, it was discovered in the eastern part of Lop Nur, and all the people on board died; what is puzzling is that the plane was originally flying in the northwest direction, but why did it suddenly change its course and fly due south? In 1950, a guard of the People's Liberation Army's anti-bandit unit went missing, and after more than 30 years, the geological team actually found his body in Hongliugou on the south bank of Lop Nur, which was more than 100 kilometers away from the accident site. On June 17, 1980, the famous scientist Peng Jiamu disappeared during an expedition in Lop Nur, and the state dispatched planes, troops, police dogs, and spent a lot of manpower and material resources to conduct a carpet search, but found nothing. In 1990, seven people from Hami took a passenger and freight car to Lop Nur to look for crystal mines, and never returned. Two years later, three bodies were found lying down a steep slope. The car was 30 kilometers away from the deceased, and the whereabouts of the others are unknown. In the summer of 1995, three Milan farm workers went missing in a Beijing jeep to explore treasure in Lop Nur. Later explorers found the bodies of two of them 17 kilometers away from Loulan, the cause of death is unknown, and the whereabouts of the other are unknown. In June 1996, Chinese explorer Yu Chunshun disappeared during a solo trekking expedition to Lop Nur. When his body was found by helicopter, the forensic medical examiner determined that he had been dead for five days, because he had deviated more than 15 kilometers from his original trajectory and could not find a water source, and eventually died of thirst. After his death, people found that his head was ....... in the direction of Shanghai, by the way, these are not what I made up nonsense, and they are completely true, Baidu Encyclopedia got it, it is really scary, especially the case of Peng Jiamu's disappearance, which is even more incredible. ”

I was horrified when I heard this, and my back was cold, and I gasped and said, "Don't say it, it's too terrifying, and I don't want to step into this Lop Nur for half a step." ”

Wang Gongzi hurriedly said What are you two twittering, unconsciously falling behind the team, everyone must be cautious, to maintain a high degree of vigilance, everyone must look forward and backward, walk together much safer, don't fall behind. So the two of us stopped talking and continued to walk with the crowd into the lonely, mysterious, vast depths of Lop Nur.