It took five minutes for the old man to restart the car, and the conversation between me and Sanjiu in the car came to an end for the time being, although Asim spoke good English, he could only say 'hello' in Chinese.

Although we knew that he did not understand what we were saying, out of an abundance of caution, we cut us back and asked him to lead us directly to the place where the wreckage of the plane was found.

The northern part of the desert is an uninhabited area, and the place where the plane crashed is on the edge of that sparsely populated area, Asim's memory and ability to identify directions are admirable, but unfortunately, nothing of value is left in the sand sea.

There are only hints of people living in camp, and those who recovered the wreckage of the plane must have stayed here for at least 24 hours.

The desert is similar to a river, its location changes over time, I'm not sure how long ago the fire cloud hid things here, if it's been too long, the location must have changed.

Now, of course, the focus is on where is Jiaohe?

I said to Old Man Asim, "When you saw the wreckage of the plane, did you see something like expedition gear?" Backpacks, or food, water, or anything like that, anything that a visitor will definitely bring! ”

Asim thought seriously for a moment and said, "No, there are no such things, I'm sure!" ”

Sanjiu probably guessed what I was thinking when I asked the question, so when he heard Asim's answer, he said to me, "She's still alive." ”

That's right, Jiao and she must still be alive, otherwise the necessary items to survive in the desert should be in the plane, and they obviously took their things and continued their search.

Asim knows the desert. He told us not to be discouraged, for as long as people live, they will always be found.

Luckily, the season we came in was not a hot summer, the temperature in the desert at night was around 20 degrees, and after a day's walk, when the sun went down, Asim suggested that we set up camp first.

He had a tent in his car, and Sanjiu didn't use his help, so he set up the tent by himself, which Asim appreciated very much. Said that his craftsmanship was good. Like a nomadic young man.

When I started a fire kebab, I used my satellite phone to try to contact Jiaohe, but her phone was mostly damaged in the accident and was always turned off.

Asim side barbecue. Tell us stories about the desert. He also talked about the discovery of the legendary ancient city by a foreign expedition a few years ago.

He also went to see it. There are eight towers alone, which shows what a prosperous and magnificent city it must have been thousands of years ago. And under the endless sea of sand, there are also countless secrets hidden.

How long are the ancient ruins in the Rub al-Khali desert, when Asim takes tourists to sightsee, people often ask to visit those ruins, and he takes them there, but after a thousand years of baptism, the former glory is long gone, and all you can see is some ruins.

Old man Asim is very good at telling stories, and after listening to his stories, he falls asleep, and his dreams at night are full of psychedelic and magnificent fairy tale plots, and even Aladdin's magic lamp runs out to make a string.

Just as I dreamed that I was sitting on a flying carpet and walking through the glittering ancient city, a man suddenly waved and called my name on the top of the tower of the royal palace in the city!

She wore a gorgeous purple gown from the ancient Arab period, and wore a gold mask on her face, and I know that women in the Arab region wear a veil, but I have never seen anyone wearing a mask, and the mask is in the shape of a monster with wide eyes, a square nose, and sharp teeth!

"Come on... Come on...... Snow... Come on......" She beckoned to me, and the flying carpet kept approaching her, and at that moment, her long hair braids hanging down behind her suddenly moved, and from the back of her neck, a small black hand stretched out!

I woke up and sat up from my sleeping bag, and Sanjiu immediately felt my strangeness, and sat up, and he lit the lamp in the tent, and before he could ask questions, Asim's anxious voice came from outside.

"The storm is coming, pack your things and get out of here!"

As soon as Sanjiu and I heard this, we immediately got out of our sleeping bags, put everything away, and put them in the trunk of the car, and Asim kept saying something in Arabic.

Sanjiu told me that he was praying and prayed that Allah would bless us to leave safely, but things were far beyond Asim's imagination, and the storm came suddenly and strangely.

It was too late to return, and Asim was in a hurry to take refuge in a ruin with him and wait for the storm to pass.

Sanjiu asked strangely, "Didn't you say that the ruins in the desert are only ruins?" Those buildings simply can't stop such a big wind and sand. ”

"I forgot to tell you," said Asim, "that just a week ago, I discovered a new ruin, a small building exposed on the ground, but with an entrance, and a lot of space underneath!" ”

As he spoke, he sat in the driver's seat, and the sand was so overwhelming that people couldn't open their eyes, and if we didn't walk quickly, we would be buried, and now was not the time to ask questions, so we quickly got into the car, and Asim drove into the sand storm that was darker than the night.

It would be difficult to make out the direction in the desert under normal weather conditions, and at the moment when the sand and rocks are flying and the moon is dark, Asim will be able to rely on his amazing memory, superb driving skills, and, of course, a little luck, to finally bring us to the ruins he speaks of.

It is better to say that it is a ruin, rather a dark castle, a cylindrical windowless building, with a height of just over one meter.

Asim got out of the car with a shovel, and Sanjiu also helped, Asim directed Sanjiu to clean the sand on the back of the dark castle, and the two of them worked together to dig a one-meter-deep inclined pit, and a door was exposed.

We carried food and water, and the necessary tools, and pulled open the door to hide inside the bunker, but the structure inside the bunker was beyond my expectations, it was not an enclosed space, but a staircase leading to the underground!

"Uncle Asim, what is the place down there, have you been down?" I asked.

"No, after I found it, I only came in once, and walked down more than ten meters, but it still didn't reach the end, so I didn't go down again." Asim replied.

"There's air here, it's incredible, it should have an exit to the outside." I guessed.

"Let's go down and have a look." Sanjiu said.

Asim's expression was a little nervous, he seemed unwilling to go down with us, Sanjiu sensed his emotion, and said, "You stay and watch things, let's go see if there is another exit below." ”

Asim's expression was relieved when he said this, and he said yes, and we took only a few simple tools, some food, water, and a satellite phone and headed down the stairs.

The staircase is spiraling, and Sanjiu made marks on the wall as he walked, but soon he discovered one thing, there were marks left by others on the wall! (To be continued.) )