Like Dunhuang, Aksai County is under the jurisdiction of Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, located at the intersection of Gansu, Qinghai and Xinjiang provinces, and is one of the only three Kazakh Autonomous Counties in China.

Sugan Lake is located at the northwest end of Haizi Grassland in Aksai County, with two lakes, Da Sugan Lake and Xiao Sugan Lake.

Haizi grassland is a beautiful basin grassland, the big and small Sugan lakes are separated by more than 20 kilometers, and lie on this grassland.

The strange thing is that the Great Sugan Lake is a saltwater lake, while the Small Sugan Lake is a freshwater lake. Because of this difference, many beautiful legends were born.

The Kazakhs are nomadic and still retain their ancient way of life. Even the residents of Aksai County still live as nomads.

Therefore, Aksai County is not only remote, but also much smaller than Dunhuang, which seems to be like a small town.

Bai Yang and the others walked along the very uneven and dilapidated road, and arrived in Aksai County in the evening.

And two cars like this majestic and neat can be said to have never appeared in Aksai County from ancient times to the present, and the people in the entire county town were so alarmed that they all stood on the street and watched.

There is only one small hospital in the county, and a few people got out of the car at the gate of the small hospital, and the director of the hospital greeted them and hurriedly led them to the hospital.

The dean seemed to be a Han man, and as he walked, he chattered and made introductions.

"The herders found them three days ago by the Xiaosugan Lake and sent them to our hospital. I saw that one of them seemed to be a foreigner, which was a great thing, so I quickly reported it to the county leader. The county leaders also attached great importance to it and instructed us to do our best to treat these two comrades. It's a pity that these two comrades have been in a coma, and we have not been able to revive them even by our best efforts. Fortunately, one of the comrades had a work card on him, which let us know that he was a comrade who was an archaeologist. Therefore, the leaders of our county personally called and reported to the leaders at a higher level, and today is the fourth day, and we are finally looking forward to a few comrades rushing over!"

When the dean said this, he cautiously glanced at Bai Yang and the others, and then asked: "Look at the clothes of a few comrades, as well as those two super high-end cars, could it be ...... Those two comrades we rescued are really big shots?"

Bai Yang was anxious, and just wanted to quickly see if the two people were really Tie Niu and Max, but Ding Lingling responded casually, and the group of five people was led by the director to a room in the far corner of the hospital.

"We have a small place and poor conditions, and we only have three wards in total, and each ward can accommodate seven or eight patients when there are too many! However, our county leaders have repeatedly explained that we must try to provide the best facilities for these two comrades, so I vacated my own dormitory so that the two comrades can recuperate quietly and not be disturbed by other patients. It's a pity that after four days, they still haven't woken up. ”

The hospital was indeed very small, and the rooms were very disorganized, and it was obvious that all the surrounding usable houses had been converted into wards.

The room in the far corner is much quieter, the door is closed, unlike the other wards where patients and their families go in and out of noisy places.

Pushing open the door and entering, there was actually a little nurse guarding inside, which shows that the hospital does attach great importance to Tie Niu and Max.

The furniture in the room has obviously been changed, and the rest of the furniture has been moved out, except for two beds in the corners of the walls, one on the left and one on the right.

The bed in the corner on the right is a wooden bed that is commonly used in the house, and the bed on the left is much narrower, obviously a single hospital bed that has just moved in.

Seeing the dean leading Poplar and the others pouring in, the little nurse stood up solemnly.

Bai Yang and the others didn't bother to pay attention to the little nurse, and the five of them divided into two sides to look at the two beds.

Bai Yang and Ding Lingling first approached the single hospital bed, and suddenly found a dark face lying on the pillow, with a straight nose and good facial features.

Poplar couldn't help but tremble, and the tears that he had endured for a long time were now slipping down drop by drop because of ecstasy.

Ding Lingling couldn't help but have ruddy eyes, and hurriedly gently grabbed Bai Yang's arm with her hand.

Hongxing went to the other side first, and shouted out of her mouth: "Max! This is really Max!"

Then she cried out with a "wow", hurriedly ran here again, and saw the iron bull lying on her back, her feet were weak, and she sat directly at the foot of the bed and covered her face with her hands and whimpered and cried.

Ding Lingling hurriedly threw away Bai Yang's arm and squatted down to appease Hong Xing.

When Bai Yang heard the cry of the red apricot, he suddenly came to his senses, hurriedly wiped the tears on his face with his hand, took a breath and approached the hospital bed, and carefully probed Tie Niu's forehead.

Fortunately, although the forehead is cold, it is a normal coolness, and if you probe for a while, you can feel the temperature warm.

Looking at it again, the face is not particularly pale and gray, and when I look at it suddenly, it is like falling asleep.

Poplar was a little relieved, and turned back to ask the dean, "When will he wake up?"

"I'm really not sure about this!" the dean shook his head, a wry smile appeared on his face, "The conditions of our small hospital are limited, and to be honest, I haven't been able to find out what caused these two comrades to fall unconscious." In the past few days, we have given all the glucose in stock to these two comrades, and if you don't come again, we can only ask the county leaders to borrow a car from Dunhuang and send these two comrades to Dunhuang. ”

Listening to the dean, they don't even have a car in the whole county.

However, it is no wonder that in those days, the general county and town leaders relied on bicycles to travel, and there were very few public units that could be equipped with cars, let alone a remote and poor county like Aksai County.

Bai Yang hurriedly said: "Thank you so much, Dean! Tomorrow we will take them to Dunhuang, and the dean will calculate the expenses of these few days, and pay them all when we leave." Also, which herdsmen saved them both, we want to thank them all!"

He was really full of gratitude, and he didn't hesitate to see the living Iron Bull again, and let him go bankrupt.

The dean was naturally pleased, and while nodding his head again and again, he said, "These are all things we should do, but ...... Those herdsmen should really be thankful!"

Bai Yang nodded, saw that Hongxing was helped up by Ding Lingling, sat at the head of the bed and looked at Tie Niu, the tears in his eyes were still flowing, so he went to the other bed to take a look at Max.

Max's face was much paler than that of the Iron Bull, and he looked like a frail patient.

The dean also seemed to see that Bai Yang was a leader, so he kept following Bai Yang's side and said: "Except for the unconscious comrade over there, I basically can't find anything wrong, and even his heartbeat and breathing I feel stronger than that of ordinary healthy people! But this foreign comrade is obviously much weaker, and if I don't send him to a big hospital in another place quickly, I'm afraid he won't last long!"

Bai Yang nodded, and turned back to discuss with Chen Xiaopang Ding Lingling.

Several people unanimously decided to rest early tonight, and at dawn tomorrow, they would take Tie Niu and Max to Dunhuang.

After that, several people invited the dean to eat at the only guest house in the entire county, and Hongxing had to guard in the hospital, and Baiyang and the others naturally followed her.

During the meal, Poplar took out 500 yuan and handed it to the dean, asking him to help thank the herdsmen who rescued the Iron Ox Max.

After that, a few people brought food to Hongxing, and while there were only a few of them in the ward, Ma Bingxiao couldn't help but say, "Don't you think it's strange......? The space-time tunnels you are talking about exist, but ...... They were found four days ago, but it's been five days since you came back from the desert, so they won't be able to soak in the Little Sugan Lake for days before being rescued, right?"

"Impossible!" Poplar shook his head first, "can you survive soaking in the lake for a few days?" and the Iron Ox's work permit was only slightly soaked, as if it had just fallen into the water and was discovered by the herdsmen and got up!"

"That's why I think it's weird, even if they're ...... Why is there a few days missing in between the time and space tunnel that you are talking about when they are transferred from the Black Desert to Xiaosugan Lake? Isn't the legendary space-time tunnel capable of transporting people thousands of miles away in a blink of an eye? Where did they go in these few days? What did they go through? Why did they remain unconscious?" Ma Bingxiao said in a series of words.

(See Chapter 195, "Unsolved Puzzles")