The sky in the east is white, and the sky in the west is still full of stars.

A convoy of military vehicles speeding from east to west rose and fell between the canopy and the sand dunes, quickly climbing over it, as if it was racing against the sun, leaving only bursts of yellow sand and dust and smoke everywhere they went. The convoy consisted of three military jeeps and four trucks with green military tarpaulins, all of which had no license plates, and the bodies did not even have any letters, Chinese, or logos except for dark green military paint, which seemed to be very mysterious.

My name is Leng Lingshan, and from this moment I am sitting in the military jeep at the front of the convoy, because I always live a day of day and night, I have long been accustomed to feeling the warmth of the sun at dawn, and slowly falling asleep. I pulled down the brim of the cap on my head, blocking my realization, and at the same time moved a few times, found a comfortable position and curled up in the passenger seat of the jeep, just about to start falling asleep in a daze, when I heard a crisp and pleasant but helpless voice from the back row, "Captain Leng, what kind of mission is this time, and you still want me, a man who is engaged in astronomy and geology?" Have we found aliens in Xinjiang? ”

At this time, a fair-skinned girl, with long eyelashes, clear eyes, and a high nose, looked to be about twenty-four or five years old, with her hands on my shoulders in the passenger seat, stretching out her head, and asking me questions with curiosity and joy on her face. Her name is Cao Xueqin, and she is one of the members of the team who accompanied me from Beijing to Jiayuguan on a military plane overnight to participate in this operation. I didn't look up, I just whispered to her, "Don't ask what you shouldn't!" Did I ask you to prepare all the information about Kailash and the Canyon of Death? When I arrive at the destination, I will explain the specific information and content of this operation to everyone involved in the operation. ”

As soon as she heard my words, she wilted like a frosted eggplant, and obediently returned to the back seat, playing with her fingers and no longer speaking. After a while, she seemed to be interested again, and she leaned down behind my seat and asked, "Captain, what do you say Kun Misha is doing now?" Why does he have to ride in a car alone every time he comes out? ”

I smiled and replied, "What do you know about a little girl?" Kun Misha is the Gu King of Xiangxi, he can not only understand what the insects say, but also talk to all kinds of poisons, and more importantly, he has been trained to learn all kinds of witchcraft since he was a child. Don't look at him this year, he is only 19 years old this year, younger than you, but he is still 5 years younger, but don't underestimate him. ”

"Then I'm going to take a car with him next time, he's been here for 3 months, and he hasn't said 2 words to me, so I'm going to tease him! Let him see Miss Ben's sense of humor too! Cao Xueqin sat on a thick seat and said with a hippie smile.

I sneered, "Hehe, it's not for nothing that Kun Misha became the Gu King, he has hundreds of poisonous insects and Gu poisons on him at least at any time and at any time, and he can poison a group of people in minutes, if you tease him, it's not good, your big girl with a pink little face will be bitten by his poisonous insects, and she will become a wrinkled old woman with a wrinkled face in minutes." When the time comes, I don't know who is teasing whom? ”

"Well, forget it!" Cao Xueqin's interest was knocked down by me, and this time she really sat in the back and stopped talking.

The jeep continued to chase the rising sun in the desert Gobi, and I fell into a deep sleep...... In my sleep, I seemed to return to the Han Dynasty and saw the ancient country of Loulan in the past, where the rivers crisscrossed the city, and the ancient city was surrounded by Lanzhou, Haizi, and the poplar forests that stood still; The camel caravans in the city are constantly coming and going, all kinds of houses and palaces are lined up, there are domes and square roofs, covered with colorful veils, and the women of the Western Regions with pottery jars on their heads are on the bustling streets, choosing their favorite silk cloths, from which the original merchants are holding porcelain, and are exchanging animal skins with Hu people wearing leather hats and leather jackets; Street vendors grill whole leg of lamb, salt and pepper are well mixed with the fat in the lamb, and the hot charcoal fire gives off an enticing aroma. I feel like my saliva is sticking to it. I was about to go up to buy a leg of lamb to taste, when I heard a "bang", felt my body shake violently and leaned forward, accompanied by a severe headache, and I suddenly woke up from my dream.

"I'm rubbing, what's wrong?" I asked, covering my forehead.

"Captain Leng, we seem to have pressed someone just now? So brake hard and stop! The driver, Lao Zhang, said anxiously, and prepared to turn off the engine and get out of the car for inspection.

I looked in the rearview mirror on the right door, and all the back stopped because the lead car suddenly stopped, but everyone seemed nervous and no one got out of the car. But it's okay, in this case, generally I don't show it, they will only be on guard in the car, after all, they have no experience, and going under the car is more than sure to help.

I pushed open the right door, got down with Lao Zhang, and stood in a 45° position in front of the head car, so that all the drivers of the vehicle could see my gesture "Alert!" Gun loaded, listen to orders! ”。

At this time, Lao Zhang followed the rut of the head car and walked in the opposite direction, still holding a submachine gun in his hand, his head down, and his eyes staring at the ground under the car. I followed him, lit a cigarette 3-4 meters away, and through his shoulder, I could see a little rut in the ground, and nothing else. I was a little impatient with the sun, and said loudly: "Comrade Zhang, such a desolate Great Gobi Desert, there is no one else but us, and it is impossible for a living person with this climate to stay in the depths of Lop Nur." ”

But Lao Zhang didn't seem to hear me, and suddenly fell under the fourth car with a gun and got in. I thought something was wrong, and immediately took out the pistol on my waist, approached the fourth car, who knows, a rusty, paint spots have been detached, the German army green helmet stretched out, at this critical moment, my brain spun rapidly: "A German ** party emerged from the depths of the desert?" Lao Zhang was subdued? Or did he get under the car and didn't find the 'overwhelmed man' he said he was talking about, just a German-style military helmet? It should be that Lao Zhang only found one helmet. ”。 In this short 0.01 seconds, I finally determined that "Lao Zhang didn't find the 'overwhelming man' he said, but only found a German-style military helmet." So I withdrew my finger from the trigger, and with a "click", I used my thumb to turn the safety on the pistol to the closed state.

"Fuck, people are old and useless! Treat a helmet as a human head! Lao Zhang climbed out from under the car, stood up quickly, threw the helmet to me, and then patted the sand on his body, and walked in the direction of the head car, I held the helmet and made a gesture to everyone, "The alert is lifted, continue to hurry!" After that, he returned to the car with his helmet. After returning to the car, I threw the helmet to Cao Xueqin and said to her, "I just picked up the souvenir and gave it to you!" Go back and be a flower pot or something! ”

"What's so rare about a broken military helmet? Captain Leng, can't you give me some precious gifts! Cao Xueqin held the helmet and sat on the thick seat complaining with a complaining face.

As Lao Zhang started the jeep again, and the convoy began to speed between the desert and the sky again, I pretended to raise my voice mysteriously and asked Cao Xueqin, "Do you know what the mystery of this military helmet is?" Through the rearview mirror on the roof, I saw her holding her helmet and looking at it carefully, then shaking her head and saying "I don't know!" ”。 I looked at my watch, took out the map and looked at it, and returned casually: "This helmet I visited the Great Patriotic War Memorial in Stalingrad when I was studying in the Soviet Union in 53 years, and there was a military helmet exactly like this one among the German supplies captured by the Soviet army. This kind of helmet belongs to Adolf Hitler, the world's earliest special forces, the German **SS Sea Lion Commando, this kind of special forces is about 1,000 people, so there are only 1,000 such military helmets on the whole earth, and you have picked up a global limited edition treasure this time. ”

Before I finished speaking, I heard Lao Zhang and Cao Xueqin exclaim in unison a series of words such as "Hitler, SS, Special Forces ......". Immediately afterwards, Cao Xueqin asked again: "Then Germany is thousands of kilometers away from the Lop Nur area of Xinjiang, China, how can this damn German ** party's helmet appear in the desert Gobi!" ”

I can't care about talking to her about this at this time, seeing that it has been 18 hours since we set off from Jiayuguan Airport, and at the current speed, we will still have 2-3 hours to reach the Milan farm. So I perfunctorily said to Cao Xueqin, "Maybe it's a tornado that blows here from Eastern Europe!" Seeing him holding the helmet as if he had found a treasure, I didn't pay any attention to her. I briefly outlined the destination and route on the map with a red pencil so that Lao Zhang could see it more clearly, and then folded the map with one hand and held it parallel to the right side of Lao Zhang's time limit, and held a pencil in the other hand, pointed out where we are now, and asked Lao Zhang: "Comrade Lao Zhang, we are probably here now, it should not be far from the destination, right?" ”

Lao Zhang glanced at the map and said happily, "It's not far, it's only 100 to 150 kilometers, and it's only 2 hours!" This line, I run nearly 100 times a year, with my eyes closed, I can get you to your destination safely and complete the task. ”

"I'll go, your old man really knows how to tell jokes, cheer up, and concentrate on driving! I've grown this big, and I've never seen a car with my eyes closed and still be safe! Haha," I teased.

"Haha! Ha ha! Ha ha! Lao Zhang, me, and Cao Xueqin all laughed......

Time passed quickly, two hours didn't seem like a long time, and through the car window, I could already see a patch of green on the sand dunes in the distance, a few pointed red tile ridges, and even a cigarette butt on one of the ridges spitting green smoke. I sighed, "We're at the Milan farm!" ”

The car was parked neatly in the yard of the farm, and at this time, Luo Gang seemed to have heard the roar of the car procession, gathered the soldiers on the farm, Teacher Jiao, and Sima Nanyi, and stood under the eaves in front of the brick house to wait for us. I was the first to jump out of the car, stood in front of Luo Gang and saluted, took out the letter of introduction in my left chest pocket, handed it to Luo Gang and said, "Hello, Company Commander Luo." My name is Leng Lingshan, and I came from Beijing overnight, and this is my letter of introduction. I need to borrow a step now to talk to you about something important in a private room. ”

Luo Gang took the letter of introduction, glanced at it quickly, raised his head and looked at me, that gaze seemed to see my bones, sharp and cold, and then he faintly pointed to a room on the easternmost side of the courtyard and said, "Please follow me, Captain Leng Lingshan." So saying, he went to the room, stood at the door, took out a bunch of keys, unlocked the door, went in, turned on the light, drew the curtains, and I followed, and closed the door. In fact, as early as the day before departure, I had learned about Luo Gang's information in detail, so his eyes didn't have much impact on me just now. Luo Gang, born in 1918, a native of Taiyuan, worked as a camel official in Taiyuan Shengqingxiang Dapu in the early years, also known as the camel handle, mainly responsible for leading the camel team and going back and forth on the Zhangku Business Road in the harsh environment; He joined the party in 1939, and from 1939 to 1943 served as the leader of a local guerrilla force in the Jinchaji anti-Japanese base area.

Entering the house, without waiting for Luo Gang to speak first, I spoke: "Company Commander Luo is like this, I am from the 5007th Research Institute of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, referred to as the 5007 Research Institute, according to your feedback three times in the first three days, during the mission, encountered a series of supernatural scientific incidents, our 5007 Institute specially sent me and 2 other experts in related professional fields, with a large number of resources to meet with you, to form an investigation team to investigate. As far as I know, there is also a biological research room in Milan Farm, where there are two national researchers, Comrade Sima Nanyi and Comrade Jiao Shou, and they also need to participate in this event. At the same time, you will also need to select two more soldiers with good military literacy, young reflexes, and driving skills to assist in the operation of the investigation team. ”

"That's it!" Luo Gang looked at me calmly and said.