Chapter Seventy-Three: A Trip to the Desert

If there is any desert in China, it is the Taklamakan Desert, located in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang.

The Taklamakan Desert covers a total area of 337,600 square kilometers, spanning more than 1,000 kilometers from east to west and more than 400 kilometers from north to south! It's the size of a province.

Taklamakan once had the historic Silk Road, where there were famous ruins of Niya.

On the desert land, where the wind and sand are upside down, the sky is full of yellow sand, and the infinite yellow desert land, four gray figures and two camels walk side by side, slowly moving slowly in this desert with difficulty, and it seems that every step is extremely difficult.

In order to find a quiet father, Li Ling took a military order and went to the school to take a half-year leave from Tian Shujing, but although Tian Shujing was surprised, he still reported to the school and got approval, after all, Li Ling has a military rank, and a soldier has to go out to perform some tasks from time to time.

Looking at the world world full of yellow sand, Li Ling smashed his thirsty mouth, took out the cowhide water bag in his hand, and poured two sips of water into his mouth, and suddenly felt a burst of coolness in his lungs, infinitely comfortable. This was the first time Li Ling had come to the Taklamakan Desert, and when he felt the magic of the creator of nature when he felt the magic of the creator of nature, he felt only the magic of the creator of nature.

"Quiet, how long will we have to walk before we can reach the ruins of Guloulan." Li Ling covered his eyes with his hands, raised his head, and saw that the clear sky here was indeed cloudless, holding a camel taller than himself in his hand, looking at the boundless desert sky.

"There are still about ten miles of road to the ruins of the ancient city of Loulan, but the place we are going to is not at the ruins of the ancient Loulan, but at a depth of three hundred miles in the Taklamakan Desert." After Tranquility came to Taklamakan, he felt a little sad, after all, Tranquility had lost his adoptive father here.

"Two hundred miles deep. At our pace, I doubt we have enough water. Li Ling watched the water bag in his hand gradually become lighter, and said distressedly, after all, he had three water bags tied to his body, and two camels carried more than a dozen water bags, on average, each person could only get four or five water bags.

But the desert is quite hot and dry, and there is simply not enough water.

"Don't worry about the water, Uncle Xiao Yuan is here, he is a famous wilderness survivor, and an archaeologist, with him, we don't have to worry about running out of water to drink and nothing to eat." With a hint of confidence in her eyes, she looked at a middle-aged man wearing a leather jacket, black boots, and a cowboy hat.

The middle-aged man's name is Xiao Yuan, and An Xiangyu are close friends, the two have crossed the Taklamakan and climbed Mount Everest, and have done many difficult trips in the wild together.

Xiao Yuan is a relatively thin middle-aged man, his face is thin as if he has been tempered by thousands of years, this middle-aged man looks like an ancient sculpture.

"Ahead is the ruins of Guloulan, when we get there, let's take a rest and eat something, near here, there is a small oasis, and when we get there, we can replenish a little drinking water."

"And don't give water to the camels, once the camels are thirsty, they will take the initiative to find other water sources for us, such as groundwater."

Xiao Yuan is indeed an experienced wilderness survivor.

"Makes sense." Li Ling patted the head of the camel next to him, and the camel stretched out its tongue and licked Li Ling's face, feeling wet.

"Commander, those people are still following us." The indifferent woman of the A04 number alien race was also called by Li Ling to follow.

However, since that time, Li Ling has given the indifferent woman a name called Mandala, which means a delicate flower that is highly poisonous and beautiful.

"Mandala! Let them follow, from the beginning of Yanjing to the present, they are happy to be a follower. I've been following them so far, and it's really a bit unaccustomed to not letting them follow. Li Ling patted the camel's face and said, "Is it Brother Camel?" ”

The camel just let out two breaths from its nose, and I don't know if it understands it.

The indifferent woman will blush slightly every time she hears Li Ling call herself a mandala, probably because she doesn't know how to express her happiness, and there is a kind of indirect happiness, after all, the indifferent woman is not an ordinary person.

"Who the hell are those people?" Xiao Yuan looked behind, although those people were very far away, but on the endless sand of the desert, two or three black spots could be seen.

"It's all a high-ranking foreign agent or a killer who came for Miss Quiet." The indifferent woman guessed.

Xiao Yuan obviously didn't know the important value of Miss Lu Dao Quiet to the whole world.

"Why are they staring at Miss Quiet?" Xiao Yuan's eyes were very surprised, and he said a little nervously. Originally, Xiao Yuan thought it was a tourist who was going to cross the desert or something, but he didn't expect it to be such a sharp character.

"Some things are long stories." It took three days for Li Ling to know what Lu Dao was doing, not to mention that this Xiao Yuan didn't know the situation of Lu Dao at all.

After the four of them walked for an hour, the shadow of the ancient city of Loulan was faintly visible, and the ancient city of Loulan was like a mysterious capital city sleeping in the barren desert, a city of the former kingdom, and the ruins that gradually disappeared in the polishing of the years.

"It's almost night, let's spend one night at the ruins of the ancient city of Loulan tonight, and then go on the road tomorrow, there are still three hundred miles left, and it is estimated that there will be no two months, and we won't be able to get to that ancient tomb!" Xiao Yuan's eyes were heavy and he looked at the real desert area behind him, where there were sand dunes and sandstorms.

"Two months!" Li Ling stretched out two fingers and said with a stunned look in his eyes.

"......" The indifferent woman was speechless.

Li Ling's eyes swept over these water bags and said, "Sure enough, if you rely on your own water, don't think about holding up to the ancient tomb area, Xiao Yuan, our drinking and eating and drinking are all up to you." Li Ling looked at Xiao Yuan and sighed slightly.

"Don't worry, I've been to that tomb many times in the past few years, but I haven't found anything." Xiao Yuan's eyes were gloomy, and he seemed to be blaming himself for leaving his brother An Xiangyu behind, and he was depressed.

"Uncle Xiao Yuan, you did your best." Quietly comforted Xiao Yuandao.

"Quiet, did you come this time to find news of your father?" Xiao Yuan never asked this question, and when he asked it at this moment, he also wanted to know the idea of being quiet.

"I suspect that my father is not dead, and even if he does, I will find my father's bones and take them back for burial." Quiet, with firm eyes.

"You're a good daughter." Xiao Yuan took out the water and poured two sips violently, but he was choked, coughed continuously, and dared him to treat the water as wine. Outside the ruins of the ancient city of Loulan, you can see from the appearance that this ruin, which is only 300 meters away, is the glory of the year! It is estimated that other urban areas have been buried under the sand.