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The Sea of Death, also known as "Lop Nur", stretches from the vicinity of Guyangguan in the east, to the ancient city of Niya in the west, to the Altun Mountain in the south, and to Hami in the north. www.biquge.info In 126 B.C., Zhang Qian returned from an envoy to the Western Regions and wrote to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Loulan, Shiyi has a city, and it is near Yanze." Since then, it has become the throat gateway of the southern branch of the Silk Road, which is famous both at home and abroad.

And Lop Nur "is vast for 300 miles, its water pavilion dwelling, winter and summer do not increase or decrease", its abundance, make people guess that it "sneaks underground, and the south also accumulates stones for the Huaxia River".

It was only later that with the intensification of people's activities, the water in Lop Nur gradually dried up, and even the underground water system was almost dried up.

After Lop Nur dried up, the surrounding ecological environment underwent great changes, all herbaceous plants died, the poplar trees of the sand control guards died in patches, and the desert advanced to Lop Nur at a speed of 3~5 meters per year, and soon merged with the vast Taklamakan Desert. Since then, Lop Nur has become a place where no grass grows, and it is known as the "Sea of Death".

At this time, Bai Yuchan began to carefully look at the fox, about forty years old, his skin was dry and black and yellow, especially that face, just like a baked cake, black and red, with deep wrinkles. Because the whole person looks black and thin, it gives people a feeling of sickness.

It's just that Bai Yuchan saw some abnormalities from him, people who can often move in the desert are still camel riders, the key is the wolf tooth, Bai Yuchan began to doubt it from the beginning.

Although Bai Yuchan found some abnormalities, he never found anything outstanding about him, there was no trace of true qi fluctuations or vitality fluctuations on his body, and there were no traces of fluctuations in his soul.

"Brother Bai, let's go to Tianshan, it's best to have a desert off-road vehicle after passing here, I know the nearest off-road vehicle rental location, I'll take you to see it." As he spoke, the fox led the camel and began to lead the way.

Soon, there was a small oasis in the middle of a desert not far from the poplar forest, which was only about a hundred square meters in size, surrounded by a circle of wooden houses built along the oasis, and in the middle of the oasis was a natural lake.

Soon, the fox found a person in charge of this oasis, and under his introduction, Bai Yuchan and others quickly agreed to lease an off-road vehicle, which is the most ordinary Great Wall in China, although this car looks average, but the performance is okay, and the rental fee is five hundred yuan a day.

This industry was originally not very popular in the desert, after all, many families raise camels, camels are still the most common use in the desert, but with the development of desert tourism, "sand washing" has begun to become popular on the edge of the desert. And then the off-road vehicle rental industry began to become popular.

And each car has an income of 500 yuan a day, which is definitely a very considerable wealth for the locals, and the fox is obviously well-known in this area, so the boss agreed very happily, and there is no need for a deposit, mortgage ID card and the like.

Bai Yuchan paid all the rent back and forth with one hand, after all, Bai Yuchan didn't know if he could return the same way, and it was not easy for this small businessman.

"Brother, go to the desert and bring this with you, I will lease it to you for nothing, and I will not charge money, but I must remember to bring it back." Just when Bai Yuchan and the others wanted to leave, the boss took out a shotgun from the house and handed it to Bai Yuchan, along with dozens of bullets.

"Thank you boss, I will definitely return it when the time comes!" When Bai Yuchan saw the guy handed over by the other party, he immediately understood in his heart that this boss was treating his group as some kind of adventure. In order not to cause unnecessary trouble, Bai Yuchan took it over happily.

At a glance, I realized that this was not a shotgun at all, but a modified 38 cover. I don't know where this boss got it.

The warhead launched by the "38 Big Cover" has a high rotational speed, good flight stability, and relatively small hit error. And because the muzzle velocity of the warhead is 762m/s, although it was also the smallest among all types of rifles at that time, after the warhead hits the target, it still has enough penetration force and is not easy to roll. Although it is a little old, because of its long range, it is often used as a sniper rifle, and it is a commonly used gun by many civil forces.

Of course, such firearms are strictly forbidden in China. It's just that in the northwest desert, many people have shotguns at home, and many of them are modified rifles such as 38 big covers.

"It's a must-have for a long walk into the desert, it's very good." When the fox saw Bai Yuchan playing with the three or eight big covers, he immediately introduced.

"Do you have it with you?" Bai Yuchan actually felt a sense of danger brought about by a modern weapon through his divine sense from his camel, and this feeling was still left when he was not worried, so Bai Yuchan has always remembered it vividly.

"It's for self-defense, and of course it can also scare some desert wolves." The fox did not hide it, and reached out and patted the camel's rucksack.

"Let's go." Bai Yuchan patted the camel under his feet and said.

"We set off from here, and if it goes well, we may be able to reach the foot of the Tianshan Mountains in about three days." The fox took the direction and led the way northwest.

"Three days, it's okay, but don't run into some trouble along the way." Bai Yuchan said secretly in his heart. Although he didn't divinate this time, there has always been a mystery in his heart, and that kind of uneasy sign has been pestering him since he entered the desert, without the slightest intention of stopping, so Bai Yuchan has not relaxed at all along the way, and his nerves have been tense.

"Can your camel catch up with the speed of a car?" Bai Yuchan saw that the fox had directly tied the camel to the back of the off-road vehicle and asked hurriedly.

"Haha...... Brother Bai, you don't know, my camel is much faster than a horse, you will know in a while. Lao Luo got into the car and didn't have any worries about the casual camel behind the car.

Bai Yuchan still has some understanding of the fox with such a camel, and the camel rider's feelings for the camel are far greater than the trust in modern science and technology.

Camels are the ships of the desert, and their understanding of the desert is far beyond that of human beings, far beyond the level of modern human science and technology.

So, a camel rider can do without a compass, but he must bring a camel.

The four people of Bai Yuchan, plus the fox for a total of five people, did not seem crowded in the Great Wall off-road vehicle, but the fat venerable sat in the back and occupied the position of two people. The horizontal flesh of that body is spread out.

Driving all the way, there was not even a navigator on the car, I don't know if the navigator had no signal in the desert, or the locals didn't believe in it.

"Brother Fox, I said, why don't you even have a navigator in this car?" Bai Yuchan asked curiously, holding the steering wheel with one hand, and starting to turn on the radio with the other hand.

"That thing doesn't work with us, it's not as good as our own eyes." When the fox saw Bai Yuchan asking, he immediately shook his head and replied.

There are basically no words along the way, because driving in the desert, there are basically no roads. The small dunes may only be one or two meters high, while the taller ones are two or three hundred meters high, and the whole car is speeding over in a shaky way.

With the roar of the off-road vehicle, in the rearview mirror, Bai Yuchan could see a long line of yellow snakes set off behind the body, just like a yellow dragon, moving with the movement of the off-road vehicle.

At the same time, Bai Yuchan also saw the camel from the rearview mirror, and it was running all the way, following the car on the side, the mane on its neck fluttering in the wind, very chic and elegant.

Seeing how leisurely the camel was running, it was clear that this was not its limit speed at all.

"Brother Bai, you're driving too off-road, aren't you? It's much worse than a boat rocking. The Thin Venerable was sitting in the back seat at this time, and his whole head kept hitting the top of the car with the undulations of the vehicle.

"Haha, it's fun to drive a car, why don't you try it too?" Bai Yuchan felt the ups and downs, and Zheng had a feeling of soaring through the clouds.

"Forget it, it's better for you to drive, if I want to drive, the car will already fly." The Thin Venerable said half-jokingly, while his hands were gripping the armrest tightly.

The little oasis was soon left far behind the wine glasses, and the sparse poplars on both sides were rapidly retreating, like guards guarding the desert, standing tall and mighty. The poplar tree is one of the most common trees in the Northwest and is very tenacious and not only drought tolerant, but also cold-tolerant. Locals praise the poplar tree as a hero tree that "grows for thousands of years and does not die, does not fall down for a thousand years after death, and does not rot for a thousand years after falling to the ground".

After driving for almost an hour, the poplar trees on both sides were basically invisible, and there were only a few camel thorns on the barren beach, and the whole space was yellow sand as far as the eye could see. A sense of desolation arises.

The sky in the desert in the distance is very low, and the color of the sky is also dim, as if the sky is full of yellow sand, very oppressive, oppressive and breathless.

Continuing to drive forward, there is no trace of human activity at all, and the road can only be explored by itself......

At this time, the functions and special effects of the wild car were highlighted, and the car tires had been put into thin air by Bai Yuchan, in order to increase friction and also to be better shockproof.

"What's up ahead?" On the off-road vehicle that was moving forward at this time, Bai Yuchan suddenly saw a black dot in front of him.

"This is the ......" When the off-road vehicle came to the black spot, Bai Yuchan saw clearly that it was the taxi he was riding in, the taxi was already in tatters, the strong windshield was shattered, and the front and rear doors were all open, making a creaking sound in the wind.

"Don't look at it, this driver is probably killed......" The fox walked over to the taxi at this time, checked it, and shook his head.

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