Chapter 30: Lost

I jumped out of the car and asked aloud, "What's going on?" ”

Everyone gathered around, and everyone's faces were covered with gloom, and they began to talk nonsense.

Pawan squatted in the distance and smoked, his back was very thin.

I quickly understood—just now, they noticed that the various instruments on the car were suddenly abnormal and swaying wildly, and they found that Bubu's satellite phone would not turn on anyway; All navigators have gone black; The power working status indicators of the on-board GPS tracker are all off......

Pulp juice and Wei Zao got out of the car and listened in a daze.

I said, "What about walkie-talkies?" ”

Bubu said: "We only found out that the walkie-talkie was out of order at the earliest, and you left for more than two hours, and you didn't contact us, so we started calling you, but you didn't respond at all!" ”

I asked, "What about the radio station outside the number?" ”

Bubu said, "No one will do it." It can be turned on, there is no signal, it is all noise. ”

It dawned on me that Lop Nur was not a dead sea, but a living sea! The undulating wave-shaped crust of salt is drowning me, drowning the whole team, leaving not a single bone behind. I had a feeling of suffocation from drowning, and in an instant, I thought of a life-saving straw, and immediately turned my face to Meng Xiaoshuai: "Meng Xiaoshuai, where is your compass?" ”

Meng Xiaoshuai was about to cry: "No guide!" ”

I said, "What do you mean by not being a guide?" ”

She took out the little compass and said, "Look at you! ”

I walked up to her and stared at the compass, and I found that no matter which way she turned, the compass was always stubbornly pointing at her.

I took the compass and tried it, and it was the same, no matter how I turned, the compass kept pointing at my heart.

Finished.

It is highly likely that those of us will die of starvation here, die of thirst here, like those who were devoured by Lop Nur, and soon turn into bones, and years later, become a terrifying legend about Lop Nur.

I went back to the car and wiped the sand off the dashboard, and sure enough, the ignition was not turned off, but all the gauges were back to zero.

It occurred to me right away that before driving again, I would have to use a tree branch to determine the amount of fuel in the tank.

I got out of the car, and Bubu whispered to me, "Didn't you see the number?" ”

I said, "No." ”

Boo thumped his head in pain.

I suddenly asked, "You just said how long we were gone?" ”

Bubu said, "It's been more than two hours. ”

I said, "No way, we left at 8:55 and returned around 10." What time is it? ”

Bubu took out his phone and looked at it and said, "It's 11:15." ”

"How could it be so late!" As I spoke, I took out my phone and looked at it, it showed that it was 10:15, and I said, "The time on your phone is wrong." ”

Bubu said, "It's 11:15!" ”

I suddenly thought of something and said to the people left behind in the camp, "Look, is it 11:15 or 10:15?" ”

Everyone took out their mobile phones and looked at it, and Bai Xinxin said, "Mine is 11:15." ”

Yi Wu said: "Mine is 11:13. ”

"Mine is 11:16. ”

Zhang Hui said: "Mine is also 11:16. ”

Meng Xiaoshuai said: "Boss Zhou, your time is wrong!" ”

Wei Zao and Pulp walked up to me, and Wei Zao whispered, "Boss Zhou, both of us are ...... at 10:15 on our phones."

I'm speechless.

Could it be that we are stuck in another time on our way to find the other side?

After thinking for a while, I said, "There may be some kind of magnetic field in this ghost place, after we left the camp, the magnetic field affected the quartz crystal in the mobile phone to vibrate, and time stopped." Otherwise, why are all the communication and positioning instruments out of order? ”

Bubu said, "What then? ”

I said, "Get out of here." ”

Bubu said, "Where are you going?" ”

I said, "Now, I have to listen to the guide." Then I turned to Wei Zao and said, "You communicate with Pawan." ”

Wei Zao said: "Good ......"

Bubu said, "What about the other one?" ”

I said, "Get out of here until the magnetic field is gone, and we contact the outside world and ask for help." ”

Bubu's head suddenly tilted, and his eyes widened and asked, "What's that in your car?" ”

That's when I remembered that Naoer was still in the car.

He was so small that his head couldn't be seen from outside the car. We kept talking, and after talking for more than 10 minutes, he didn't cry, scream, or move!

I looked into the car and he was playing with his seat belt.

I said, "A little kid we picked up in the desert......"

When everyone heard this, they immediately gathered around and looked at this child, and they were all dumbfounded.

I talked about the situation and said, "We really can't leave him alone." ”

All of them don't speak.

I looked at Bai Xinxin and said, "He's too young, let him sleep in the RV." ”

Bai Xinxin immediately said: "Impossible! You brought him back, don't let me be a nurseryman. Besides, the hell knows what the hell is going on with him......"

I looked at the Yiwu, but the Yiwu didn't say anything.

I looked at Xuergo, who shook his head.

I looked at Zhang Hui again, but Zhang Hui didn't have any expression.

I looked at Meng Xiaoshuai again, and Meng Xiaoshuai waved his hand in fear.

It seems that everyone has a grudge against this child.

Finally, I looked at Boo.

"Unless I see the footage and I'm sure he's been abandoned," Bubu said. ”

I said, "It won't open anymore." ”

Bubu said: "Boss Zhou, although I am a mother, I really don't want to take him, please forgive me." ”

I nodded and said, "No." ”

At this time, Yi Wu spoke: "Boss Zhou, I'll take him to stop." She said she took him to sleep.

Bai Xinxin immediately said: "Clothes dance ......"

Yi Wu said, "Don't be afraid, I'll set up my own tent tonight." ”

Bai Xinxin looked at Yiwu quietly, and finally said, "It's up to you." ”

Wei Zao ran over and said to me, "I communicated with Pawan, and he seemed to mean that we should find the middle of the lake first, and then we should have no problem." ”

Last night, I looked at the navigator, and this place is only 84 kilometers from the center of Lop Nur.

I said, "That's good." ”

At this time, I noticed that more than two hours after I, Pulp Juice and Wei Zao left, the people who stayed in the camp drove their cars to high places, and all the tents were put away.

Yi Wu walked over, opened the car door, observed Nao'er for a while, and then picked him up tentatively, his eyes were full of maternal love: "Nao'er, mom hug." "Her pronunciation is a little unclear, she should be talking about her mother, which feels weird.

Nao'er looked at Yiwu and blinked a few times.

Yi Wu tentatively picked him up.

Everyone was glued to his face.

He didn't seem interested in these people, and grabbed Yi Wu's hair and tugged at it vigorously.

Yi Wu asked me, "He can't speak?" ”

I said, "So far, he hasn't spoken. ”

Yiwu asked Bai Xinxin: "Can we take your car?" ”

Bai Xinxin said: "As long as he doesn't cry." ”

Yiwu walked towards the RV with Naoer in her arms, and I suddenly said, "Wait a minute! ”

I went to the car and opened my backpack and took out the metal detector.

Bubu asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

I didn't speak, turned on the switch of the metal detector, walked up and down to Yiwu, and scanned Naoer's body up and down.

Nao'er is naked, it is impossible to carry any dangerous objects, I want to rule it out, his body contains internal organs, not a bunch of things that generate magnetic fields.

A lot of strange things have happened in the past few days, such as the ownerless shoes, such as the people who got into the cloth tent, the sandstorm that suddenly blew up earlier than this morning, such as the disappearance of the outside of the number, such as the sudden failure of all the instruments......

And the appearance of this child is also very strange.

One of the reasons why I insisted on taking him with me was that if all these strange things were related to him, then only by approaching him could I have a chance to crack it.

The metal detector's red light is not flashing.

I put it away and said to Yiwu, "I have to be honest with you - I don't trust this kid." Are you sure you're going to take him? ”

Naoer didn't seem to understand what I was saying, and kept playing with her hair.

Yi Wu said, "It's nothing. ”

I said, "Okay, hard work. ”

No one had breakfast, and we had a light lunch in advance.

Before leaving, I left a folding sapper shovel, tied one of my brick-red shirts to the triangular grip, and stuck deep in the sand.

The Outer Ship is missing in this place, and I'm going to leave a sign for the rescuers.

I gathered everyone together and said something like, "Our equipment is inexplicably out of order, and you should understand that we probably won't get out." ”

Everyone looked at me quietly with solemn expressions, and no one spoke.

I also said, "From now on, the most important thing is to save water, and if you can eat instant noodles, don't cook somen noodles." Bai Xinxin is responsible for distributing mineral water, two bottles per person per day. ”

Four Eyes sat on a high place all the time, looking into the distance. Poor dog.

I said, "It's hot, and the dog needs more water." The same goes for Four Eyes, two bottles a day. ”

No one argued.

I continued: "The outside of the trumpet is gone, and there is only one way to save him, and that is for us to be rescued first. Let's go. ”

We left one teammate behind and the team slowly left.

The first cars, Wei Zao and Pavan.

The second car, Boo. The number was gone, and Zhang Hui got into her car, with four eyes.

The third car, Meng Xiaoshuai and Xu Erge.

The fourth car, Bai Xinxin, Yiwu, and Nao'er who fell from the sky.

The fifth car, me and Pulp.

Without the walkie-talkie, walking in the last car is the most dangerous. I clung to the back of the RV.

How monotonous and monotonous the journey is, all we can see is the dust rolled up by the vehicles in front of us.

Pulp was silent all the way.

I said, "Listen to the music." ”

She looked out the window and shook her head. The shadow of death hangs over everyone's heart.

As I drove, I unconsciously looked to the sides, hoping to see the figure outside the ship. The sky was too blue, and the horizon was distant and clear. Expanse is a kind of freedom, but if it is boundless, it is a kind of bondage.

The car seemed to be falling apart, and there were all kinds of strange noises.

After a long time, Pulp spoke, "Do you think we can get out?" ”

I said, "Even if we can't get out, someone will come to our rescue." ”

"If we die in this place, what do you feel most guilty about in this life?" ”

I thought for a moment and said, "I can't go to Meixi's wedding." ”

"Your daughter? ”

I said, "My daughter." ”

"That's for the future," said Pulp. What about the past? ”

I said, "I'm a good-natured person, and I haven't done anything immoral." ”

"Then your expression must be very serene." ”

I said, "No." ”

Pulp said, "Why? ”

I said, "Because I don't want to die." ”

"When my sister was sent to the crematorium, I looked at her, and her expression was very serene. ”

I said, "How did your sister die?" ”

"Suicide ......"

I was stunned, my brain spun quickly, and then I stared at her: "You won't tell me that your sister is the reader who always sends me packages, right?" ”

"If it were true, I would have killed you and avenged my sister." ”

I said, "But why do you keep telling me about that novel?" ”

"Because that girl is similar to my sister's experience, I am so impressed. It's all poor girls. ”

After more than four hours of walking, Wei Zao's green Cherokee was still moving forward. That is to say, we did not see Yu Chunshun's tomb.

84 kilometers, it should be about the same.

I didn't remind the juice, but my heart started to drum.

After another hour of driving, the desert was still bare, and there was no monument in the center of Lop Nur Lake.

I stepped on the accelerator and the Land Rover Defender jolted violently, overtaking the four cars in front of me to the front and then stopping.

The cars behind all stopped.

I got out of the car and ran to Wei Zao's car, where he lowered the window and stuck his head out.

I said, "Wei Zao, we've been walking for more than five hours, what about Huxin?" ”

Wei Zao was very depressed, and he said, "Boss Zhou, Pawan seems to be lost too......

My hands and feet were cold.

Looking at Pavan, he looked around in confusion, and his eyes, which had been bright, became no longer determined.

I said, "You have to talk to him, you have to make sure that you are in the right direction?" ”

Wei had already used sign language to make an analogy.

I don't know if Wei Zao expressed it right, Pawan suddenly lost his temper, and he screamed.

I bowed my head and was silent for a full minute, and then whispered to Wei Zao: "You tell him, don't worry, the desert is windy all year round, and the terrain may change, let him identify it well, it is likely that he will know the road as he walks." Just remember – don't go around in circles. ”

Wei Zao communicated with Pawan again.

After a while, Wei Zao said, "You go back to the car, he means to keep walking." ”

The back windows opened one after another, and Bubu, Meng Xiaoshuai, and Bai Xinxin all poked their heads out. Bubu shouted, "What's going on? ”

I waved at them and said, "It's okay, let's go on!" ”

I got back to the car and asked me in a whisper, "Lost?" ”

I said, "I think I'm lost......"

Pulp said, "Hurry up, are you lost?" ”

I said, "Lost." ”

She stopped talking.

I said, "The guide thinks the middle of the lake is just ahead, so let's take a look." ”

Wei Zao's car moved forward.

The three cars followed closely.

My car was also moving slowly.

I looked at the odometer, 34721 km.

After the convoy crawled for about 3 hours, I looked at the odometer and it became 34807.

That is, we drove another 86 kilometers.

Wei Zao's car finally stopped.

One by one, the cars behind stopped.

My heart was in a rush of ecstasy, and I jumped out of the car and ran over, stopping abruptly - a sapper shovel appeared in front of me, and a brick-red shirt fluttered on it.