Chapter 11: The Town of Peace
Heping Town is located in the western part of northern Xinjiang, about 100 kilometers away from the border, and it is also close to foreign countries.
Thousands of years ago, it was also full of cattle and sheep, green grass, and people's laughter and laughter.
The years have changed, and now here, there is only yellow sand everywhere. Those former songs and laughter, once green grass, have long been buried in the chaotic years.
Only the last trace of greenery remains near the town.
The staggered trees clinged to the town's buildings, and the vegetation had long since lost its sparkle. The bare branches were casually resting on the trunk of the tree, and they had long lost their vitality.
Dozens of houses are scattered here, and the dilapidated houses can collapse at any moment.
This is now the town of peace.
The residents have already moved out and have their own brand new homes.
The yellow sand in a radius of more than 100 miles is constantly eroding here, and this is also the only pure land in the vicinity, but I don't know how long it can exist - in my ears, the countdown seems to have sounded.
This place, which has been abandoned for many years, is now welcoming its guests again.
In the distance, on the desert, several small black dots emerged from behind a small mountain-like desert, approaching in the direction of the peaceful town.
Yes, it was Yang Feng and his party of six.
Yang Feng, Ma Yajun, Han Lin, Liu'er, Shen Stick, Pilot.
Although the sun was scorching overhead, they were in good spirits, and there was no fatigue or dehydration under the scorching sun.
At this moment, the group is cautiously walking towards the peaceful town.
If it weren't for the Black Eagle, decades later, it would have disappeared forever from everyone's sight, disappearing from the map and becoming another legendary location.
Today, however, the old town has once again welcomed its guests.
"Hey, look, isn't that the way around?"
Han Lin put his right hand on his forehead to block the light of the scorching sun, and looked at a building in the distance and said.
From here, the building is nothing more than a few dozen dilapidated houses, with no artemisia grass around it, and a long stretch of yellow sand on the outside.
Hearing this, several other people stopped and looked into the distance.
"According to the map mark, our feet should be the scope of the peaceful town." Liu'er glanced at the distance, as if he remembered something.
Han Lin was stunned -
The golden sand under his feet clearly told him that this is the world of the desert, where did the town come from?
"Over time, the wind and sand intensified and eventually invaded the town. If expected, buried in the long yellow sand beneath our feet is a part of the peaceful town of those days. ”
The pilot didn't stop chirping all the way, and apparently he also understood that the most precious thing in the desert was water. It's like a different person.,Change the previous big grinning character.,Become cautious.。
Yang Feng saw it in his eyes and seemed to understand some of the reasons why the pilot was able to become a second lieutenant at such a young age.
At this moment, seeing Han Lin's puzzled face, he said his guess.
In fact, his guess was completely correct.
Forty years ago, it was sparsely populated, but it was still inhabited. With the great development of the economy, the environment here is getting worse and worse, and the wind and sand gradually erode this thousand-year-old town, and finally drowned it in the long yellow sand, leaving only a remnant of the corner.
"Maybe in another 10 years, this will be history. And we will also be the last witnesses here. ”
Shen Stick is rarely serious, looking at the declining buildings in the distance, he seems to see a corner of prosperity in the past, and said heavily.
History needs to be faced. They are also somewhat fortunate to be witnesses to history.
"After prosperity, there is decline, and thousands of years later, perhaps, this will be a pure land again. At that time, it will be necessary for posterity to bear witness. ”
Ma Yajun said with the same emotion.
"The decline at this time is not the foreshadowing of the prosperity of the future, as the so-called phoenix into the fire, broken and then standing! In the future, it will definitely be more prosperous than in the past! ”
Liu'er looked at the dilapidated ruins in the distance, but said firmly, and his strong self-confidence made several people also infected.
"Let's see the last glory of this vanishing town."
Yang Feng strode forward and ran towards the town that was about to disappear.
Peaceful Town.
The town, which had been silent for decades, welcomed its guests once again. A layer of pale yellow sand looms over the town, like a layer of golden light, and the dilapidated buildings seem to be revitalized.
Before entering the remnants of the building, just standing on the streets of the town, a sense of desolation came to everyone's hearts.
The group seemed to see the glorious past of this place: the bustling crowds of people on the streets, the taverns lined with different styles, the unique buildings, and the vendors passing by.
Outside the town is a continuous green field, surrounded by aspen trees, and the tall torso is like a loyal guard.
Call~~
A gust of wind blew, carrying a fine yellow sand, blowing everything away.
In front of me, there are still dilapidated and broken buildings, and there are still dead aspen trees all around, and everything has not changed.
The sound of sand crying in the wind, nostalgic for the dilapidated town, refuses to leave.
The glory of the past was finally buried under the long yellow sand, and the years passed, leaving only a dilapidated building telling the prosperity of the past.
"Alas"
Yang Feng sighed, I don't know why, just a little inexplicably sad.
Maybe it's because of the touch.
"Intelligence indicates that this is the last point of contact for Black Hawk. But -- that was five days ago. ”
Ma Yajun said worriedly.
Yes, Black Hawk has been missing news for five days, and the more time passes, the worse it will be for Black Shadow.
Surrounded by the vast desert, there is a radius of nearly 100 miles, not to mention the supply problem, a person is facing the scorching sun during the day, and has to resist the severe cold in the desert at night, just relying on two legs to get out of this small desert is not easy!
"If you look for it inch by inch, there will definitely be clues. There was a shootout that day, and there will certainly be some clues. ”
Yang Feng looked up at the scorching sun, the worry in his eyes grew, how he hoped that this damn scorching sun could be as mild as the mainland, so that the black eagle's chances of survival would be much greater.
Several men split up and began a search between the dilapidated buildings.
Walking through the dilapidated houses, carefully observing every trace of suspicion, especially some special symbols and the like.
In a short time, a few people will reconcile. Unfortunately, no one found that the Black Hawk had left even a single symbol.
Yang Feng suddenly frowned.
Could it be that Black Hawk didn't even have time to leave a code, and retreated in such a hurry?
If so, then something is not good.
Yang Feng thought in his heart.
"What's there?"
Just as he was thinking about it, Hanlin's loud voice shouted, and several people suddenly turned their heads to look over.