"Huh? It's a spring! The altar only now understood, "It doesn't matter, one spring is enough to drink, how much is more?" For us, as long as we can save lives, sixty springs are the same as one spring! ”

"Artemisibrak, though it is called sixty springs, is not only a spring, but also water formed by the melting of the snow on Mount Kuruktag. It is the only source of water in the wilderness and desert...... No matter where the people come from, if they want to replenish fresh water on the way, they can only go to the Kuruktag Mountain to find Artemis Sibulak......" said Azmat, "Even the great foreign explorer Sven Hedin used all his strength to find Artemis Sibulak under the guidance of Uyghur guides, replenish fresh water, and then continue walking...... The Abdul Reim who was his guide back then was one of the few Uyghur guides who knew where Artemisibrak was, and it was because of this that Sven Hedin was able to succeed! ”

"Why is there so much nonsense?" After getting along with Azmat in the past few days, Tanzi has a very good relationship, so he speaks more casually, "You just say how far we are from the sixty springs now, right?" ”

Azmat was a little embarrassed and said, "This ...... I can't say for sure......"

"What? You can't tell? Big brother, what are you doing? You are the guide, in this critical moment of life and death, you can't say it? You're kidding the lives of our brothers! The jar cried.

Azmat said, "That's why I said I want to gamble!" If I'm sure I can find it, I don't have to gamble, just go straight to it! ”

"Are you sure then?" I asked Azmat.

Azmat shook his head: "The weather in Lop Nur has been getting worse and worse in recent years, and it has been very dry near Artemisibrak, and I haven't heard anyone pass by Artemisibrak for nearly a year...... It was said a long time ago that Artemisibrak had dried up and there were not many aquatic plants left, and they took pictures......"

"What? There is a picture and the truth, that is a sure thing, so where are you going to take us? The jar shouted.

"But there are also people who say that Artemisibrak has not disappeared, but that the spring has come out of somewhere else, and the snow has been diverted...... But one person says one thing, everyone is different, and I don't know who to believe......"

"What now?" I turned my head and asked Xu Yunshu.

Xu Yunshu thought for a while and said, "I think what Azmat said is very reasonable!" Let's go back now, we may not be able to reach the halfway point, so we can only gamble for now! Go find these sixty springs! ”

"Azmat, exact location...... Do you really know? "I asked Azmat.

"Hey...... I haven't been there, but I've heard the location more than a hundred times......," Azmat said.

"What? You haven't been? You dare to take us with you if you haven't been before? The altar couldn't stand it anymore and asked angrily.

Azmat shrugged and said, "That can't be helped, and now you can only trust me, friend!" ”

The altar wanted to say something, but I pulled it from behind: "Didn't you make it clear just now?" It's too late to say anything about going back now, so believe in Azmat! ”

Tanzi glanced at Azmat and said, "Is there any other choice but to believe in him now?" ”

We're heading northwest under the leadership of Azmat, at least that's what we see on GPS.

About a few more hours passed, just in time for noon, the hottest time of the day. All four of us haven't been hydrated for half a day, no, we haven't drunk water since last night to be exact, it's been about twenty hours.

If you don't drink water for 20 hours in a normal day, you will indeed feel thirsty, but you will never have a dry mouth like now, from the lips to the base of the tongue to the throat, like the arid land scorched by the scorching sun. A few of us kept tapping our mouths, as if trying to squeeze a trace of water out of our tongues and mouths, but the more we did this, the more thirsty we became. Now we only feel that our mouths seem to be completely dry, even if we use Cao Cao's trick to "look at plums to quench our thirst", desperately fantasizing about the taste of sour plums, and we can't make our mouths secrete a little more saliva.

"How can you last a day and a half?" The altar leaned completely on the seat, and said weakly, "I see, if you bask in this Lop Nur for a few more hours, you will be able to live and die!" Then he sat up with all his might: "I said, Brother Azmat, when will you find those sixty springs?" If it's too late, you can just bury our brothers there!" ”

Azmat said, "I'm working on it too! After all, this is my first time here, and I am not familiar with life, so I need to understand......"

"It's unfamiliar, isn't it?" Jar corrected Azmat said.

"Do you still have the leisure to correct people's mistakes? Looks like nothing is going on! I said to the altar.

Slowly, the sun gradually tilted westward, the sun was not as hot as noon, although the temperature was still very high, but it was not particularly uncomfortable to turn on the air conditioning in the car. And we know that when the sun goes down completely, the temperature will drop, and then there will be not only a cool breeze, but also a cold one. But for us now, cold is always much better than heat, at least it doesn't multiply people's thirst.

At this time, I had replaced Azmat and put him in the back seat to rest, and I would drive the buggy. As long as we follow the instructions of Azmat, coupled with GPS navigation, we will not deviate from the direction. It's just that driving in Lop Nur at night is more worrying than driving in Lop Nur during the day. Because of the lack of light at night, my vision is also very restricted, so I can't drive the car too fast, and once the car gets stuck in the sand, I'm afraid it will take a lot of trouble, which is what Azmat specially told me.

During the night, Tanzi and I took turns driving the SUV without stopping at all, and it was not until about six o'clock the next morning that we handed the steering wheel back to Azmat. And at this time, the sun has to rise again......

After all, he is a person who lives near Lop Nur, and he has more endurance than the three of us, so he is also in the best condition, and we can only sit in the car and close our eyes.