Lee jumped out of the car and looked ahead of the canyon. The canyon is curved and deep, and there is no end in sight, and the brownish and yellow mountains with weathered patterns rise on both sides. There is also a stream flowing out of the crack in the mountain. The mountain wind howled through the canyon and made eerie noises. There are no roads in the canyon, and there are all naturally formed passages with flat or gentle slopes.

The driver was constantly blaming himself, and he didn't know how he got here. Looking left and right, there was no other passage except for the canyon in front of them, and everyone was very anxious and gathered together to discuss countermeasures. The driver's GPS navigation shows that the coordinates of this place are near the last lost place, and the compass is still normal and has not failed. It means that the Earth's magnetic field here is normal, so why get lost?

Lao Duan turned on the satellite phone and could still communicate. He called Officer Zheng, who was watching Elizabeth in the camp, and asked Elizabeth to turn on her computer and check the two coordinates again.

Li Guanghan and Chen Aili walked another hundred meters forward, wanting to see what was going on in the Grand Canyon, but they found nothing else except those monotonous landscapes. Li Guanghan said to Chen Aili that he wanted to explore the depths of the canyon by himself and let everyone wait for him at the mouth of the canyon, but Chen Aili resolutely denied it.

Li Guanghan sighed, and he looked up at the blue sky over the canyon. Suddenly, he saw a tree growing magically on the edge of the cliff above him, the roots of the tree were rooted in the crevices of the cliff, the trunk of the tree grew tenaciously and clinged to the cliff wall, and the crown of the tree was like the tail of a peacock, stretching out to the sky, full of vitality.

Chen Aili also saw the tree at the same time, its roots sticking to the trunk of the cliff wall stretched out like the shape of a human hand, dark brown, uneven, as if the green tendons on the hand were exposed. Chen Aili exclaimed: "How can there be such a magical and strange tree in this desolate place? ”

They retreated to the place where the brigade had stopped. There were two opinions in the crowd, one was the staff led by Lao Duan, who advocated returning the same way. One is that scientists led by Lee Kwang Han advocate continuing to move forward and go into the canyon to find out.

Lao Duan couldn't convince the scientists to be anxious, so he came up with a long and earnest speech: "Oh, scientists, I'm not afraid of death, I think I was a soldier in Kunlun Mountain back then, and I have seen more difficult places than this." The current canyon has not been walked, and no one can say what the passage in front of it is, whether it is long or short, whether it is flat or rugged, whether there are wild beasts or not. I'm afraid that your body can't bear it, you are more expensive than me, you are all pillars of the country, if there is a mistake, my responsibility will be too great. Who told me that the burden on my shoulders is too heavy, go back the way you came, and leave the green mountains without fear of no firewood. ”

Another staff member also thought that the satellite phone should still be used and the compass was not out of order, so he hurried back the way he came, and returned to the camp before dark.

Although the scientists wanted to continue the investigation, they also didn't want to put too much psychological pressure on the old Duan and make them take responsibility, so they also agreed to return to the camp the same way.

The first off-road vehicle that Li Guanghan and Lao Duan rode in still took the lead and returned the same way with everyone. Along the way, the driver laughed at himself: "I don't dare to call myself an old driver anymore, I actually took the wrong road, this no-man's land is really evil." ”

Lao Duan didn't dare to take it lightly, turned on the GPS, and pointed to the compass, directing the direction of the driver's drive according to the direction of the big camp and the coming road.

The off-road vehicle walked for about two hours in the wasteland surrounded by soil and forests, and the more he walked, the more his heart sank, and the driver also realized that something was wrong. It seems that he hasn't stepped out of the encirclement of the earth forest yet, and there are similar pictures all around. Every once in a while, I thought I had walked out, but there was a large area of similar soil forest in front of me.

Lao Duan panicked, he had never seen such a strange place after a hundred battles. He hurriedly and loudly woke up Li Guanghan and Chen Aili, who were sitting in the back row. The two people observed at the mouth of the canyon for a while, and as soon as they got into the car, they were sleepy, and the two of them sat in the back seat, and fell asleep at once as the off-road vehicle swayed.

By the time they were woken up by Lao Duan, they had slept for two hours, and they thought they had just taken a nap.

Before Li Guanghan and Chen Aili could figure out what was going on, the driver exclaimed, "Oh my God, we're at the mouth of that canyon again!" ”

Everyone followed his gaze and looked forward, and sure enough, they turned back again. Li Guanghan and Chen Aili got out of the car again to inspect, they walked a hundred meters into the canyon, and sure enough, they saw the magical and strange peacock tree growing on the cliff again!

The group of men and horses had been circling the encirclement of the earth forest for several hours, exhausted, and their bodies were torn apart, but they still did not get out, and the people began to be a little frightened.

Lao Duan picked up the satellite phone and reported the lost incident encountered by the comprehensive investigation team to the big camp, and asked them to prepare for rescue. Officer Zheng reported that Elizabeth's computer showed that the coordinates of the last time the Integrated Investigation Team lost contact with the area coincided with the place where they were lost now.

"How is that possible!" Both geologists exclaimed at the same time. The last time they saw it was completely different from this one.

"You can't fully trust the coordinates." Chen Aili said. "Because, the coordinates in Elizabeth's computer are not completely accurate on the satellite map. The exact map coordinates of each country are state secrets, and the coordinates she provides are incorrect. Sometimes it's a matter of a thousand miles, and the last time we found you according to the coordinates was really lucky, this time it may be up to us. ”

Li Guanghan was still a little anxious at first, but he soon adjusted. Don't be in a hurry, keep your mind at ease. He looked at the direction of the sun, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was westerly, but the direction of the compass had been unstable, and sure enough, it was still a problem with the earth's magnetic field. But why can the satellite phone still be used this time? Maybe the secret is in that canyon, Li Guanghan can't hold back his curiosity, and he wants to persuade everyone to go in and find out.

Chen Aili looked at the entrance of the canyon and was distracted, she thought for a while and said to Li Guanghan: "Teacher Li, do you think it is strange, just now we were very sleepy after just staying at the mouth of the canyon for a while, I have never slept so deeply in the past when I encountered a major event, is there any special gas there?" ”

Chen Aili's question reminded Li Guanghan that his sleepiness just now was indeed unusual.

"Instead of us going around in circles here and getting out, we should take steps to find a way through the canyon and investigate by the way. Anyway, Lao Duan has already informed the big camp to take measures. Lee Kwang Han made a suggestion and waited for the outcome of everyone's discussion.