1

The road to the west is still extending, "Wait, Tang Feng!" Makarov's voice came from behind him. According to the tradition of Chinese architecture, the front hall, the middle hall, and the apse should be on the same central axis, but this corridor extends to the west, is this normal? ”

"It's not normal, and it's not normal!" Tang Feng Road.

"Yes! There is such a long corridor between the nave and the apse! Makarov shook his head and said.

While the two were talking, Tang Feng didn't pay attention to his feet, one stumbled, and almost fell, Makarov was also startled, the two regained their footing, Tang Feng hurriedly shone a flashlight under his feet, and a protruding stone appeared on the ground, along the protruding stone on the ground, the light pillar of the flashlight moved to the stone walls on both sides, and a groove appeared in the same position on the stone walls on both sides.

"There used to be a gate here." Tang Feng reasoned.

"Doors? Why is there nothing now? ”

"The threshold of the ground is still there, and the door may have been broken down by the person who came in before." Tang Feng thought for a while, and then said, "Where did you go to the door?" The appearance of a door here means that this should not be far from the apse. ”

"That's right! Either there's no need to set up a door here. ”

The two of them crossed the threshold, and Tang Feng felt his heart beat wildly again, could there be an apse behind this disappearing door? Will there be a jade interstitial screen there? Tang Feng unconsciously quickened his pace, and after more than twenty steps, Tang Feng suddenly realized that he had come to a wide place, but he could shine it with a flashlight, but a wall appeared in front of him.

Tang Feng looked left and right, looked up again, and suddenly understood that there was a wall in front of him, it should be like this, Makarov was also wondering, Tang Feng did not explain, and led Makarov to turn the "Zhaobi Wall", "Zhaobi Wall" behind, suddenly enlightened, Tang Feng through the faint pillar of light, already felt that this was a huge space.

Tang Feng and Makarov lit candles in the recesses in the stone walls, respectively. The huge stone hall finally revealed its true face in front of the two, and Tang Feng found that the so-called "Zhaobi Wall" was not a wall, but the back of a tall Buddha statue, and then looked at the entire apse, and there was a tall Buddha statue in the middle of the other three sides.

The whole apse is in a positive direction, each side is gradually descending, shrinking layer by layer, and finally in the middle of the apse is a square pool, a pool of stagnant water glowing green, Tang Feng can't tell whether it is a pool or another pool of mercury.

"Too ...... Spectacular! Makarov was stunned.

"Yes! The apse was indeed larger than the first two halls. ”

Tang Feng quickly determined that the direction they were located was next to the Buddha statue in the east, since there was a Yongdao behind this Buddha statue, then there was also a Yongdao behind the Buddha statues in the other three directions?! Tang Feng thought, his footsteps had already walked towards the Buddha statue on the south side, Makarov followed behind, and immediately understood what Tang Feng meant, "If there is a corridor behind each Buddha statue, then ...... Then I'm going crazy! ”

"I'm going to be crazy too!" Tang Feng quickly turned to the back of the Buddha statue in the south, and when he looked closely, every boulder was tightly knit and extremely strong, "It seems that there is no road here." ”

Tang Feng quickly turned to the back of the Buddha statue in the west, the stone wall here is also tight, the barrier is tight, and there is no abnormality found behind the Buddha statue in the north, Tang Feng can't help but wonder, "What kind of gate is this, such a grand apse should have a magnificent gate to be worthy of it!" Why don't you have any doors? We slipped straight behind the Buddha statue. ”

"Yes! I thought there would be a golden door! Makarov said with regret.

Tang Feng lit candles at the four corners of the main hall, and the entire apse was illuminated, Tang Feng found that a huge lotus flower was carved on the top of the middle of the main hall, and four vigorous and powerful characters appeared in the middle of the lotus, which were also in Western Xia Wen, Tang Feng looked up at the sky and slowly read out the four big characters: "Light - Ming - Big - Palace." ”

2

The entire Temple of Light was illuminated by candlelight, although the light was still dim, but it was enough for Tang Feng to see everything in the main hall, and Tang Feng found that around the four big Buddhas, there were many Buddha statues that had fallen to the ground, and there were many Buddha statues that had been mutilated. "What's going on?" Tang Feng leaned down and picked up a Buddha statue that had been broken into small pieces.

"It looks like it's been vandalized." Makarov speculated.

"Who wants to destroy such a beautiful Buddha statue? Think about it, it turns out that these Buddha statues are scattered around the four big Buddhas, how spectacular? The Western Spirit Mountain is nothing more than that! Tang Feng sighed.

"It must be someone who has a deep grudge against the owner here."

"Is it forgiveness?" Tang Feng muttered to himself.

Soon, Tang Feng found that among the smashed fragments of the Buddha statue under the west Buddha statue, there was a stone tablet standing in it, which was very eye-catching. Tang Feng walked over, brushed off the dust on the stele, and slowly read out the Xixia text on the stele - "There is no Tibetan dictatorship, dumping the courtiers, acting arbitrarily, without a monarch and father, I hate it deeply, my mother * is lawless, shielding the clansmen, I am deeply resentful, and now I am blessed by the heavens, and I can be pro-government, and I should eliminate the traitors, revitalize the dynasty, and do not abolish public opinion because of personal feelings, and do not bend the law because of benevolence and filial piety...... Close the stone hall, demolish the plank road, and never have the hope of hiding the clan and the traitor. ”

There are a few words in the middle, Tang Feng really can't see clearly, but it is this paragraph of text that has made Tang Feng's heart tremble, and a secret history of the Xixia Dynasty slowly unfolded in front of his eyes, "It seems that my inference is right, and it is really because of his hatred that he has no Tibetan family dictatorship, so he closed the stone hall and demolished the plank road, no need to ask, smashing these Buddha statues is also done by Forgiveness Zuo." ”

"Yes! What makes a son have such a grudge against his mother? And what made Liang Zuo engrave a curse on his mother on the stone tablet after his mother's death? Makarov said, shaking his head.

"I hate it, I hate it! Don't abolish public opinion because of personal feelings, and don't bend the law because of filial piety! It's really shocking! Tang Feng muttered.

"But why weren't these four large Buddha statues destroyed?" Makarov asked.

"Maybe these four big Buddhas are too big to be destroyed for a while!" Tang Feng guessed wildly.

Tang Feng was no longer interested in these big Buddhas, because he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be some strange light in the pool in the middle of the apse.

Makarov also noticed the change in the pool, and the two of them walked down four or five steps, and when there were still four steps from the water, Tang Feng was stunned, he stopped, turned his head to look at Makarov, and Makarov was also stunned, looking at Tang Feng......

"This ...... That's ...... Is it the treasure of King Hao? Tang Feng muttered to himself.

"I think so, this is King Hao's treasure." Makarov also muttered to himself.

The stagnant water in the square pool glowed green, but the golden light that flashed from time to time still made Tang Feng and Makarov unable to open their eyes for a while.

Tang Feng blocked his eyes, cautiously walked down three more steps, and came to the edge of the pool, he was deeply shocked by the scene in front of him, the pool was piled up like a hill of gold ingots, silver ingots, silver coins, and all kinds of rare treasures, Tang Feng couldn't suppress his excitement, and actually stretched out his hand to this stagnant water......

3

"Be careful, Tang Feng!" Makarov suddenly shouted.

Tang Feng came to his senses at this time, hurriedly withdrew his hand, and said excitedly and incoherently: "This ...... Too, it's ...... It turned out to be a pool full of treasures. ”

"Tang Feng, sober up, if it is King Hao's treasure here, why didn't the group that came in before us take them?" Makarov still maintains a well-trained brain.

"yes!" Tang Feng listened to Makarov's words and woke up, "Old Ma, thanks to your reminder, judging from the ruins in front, that group of people should have been to the Temple of Light, but they didn't take these treasures, this is ...... Could it be mercury in this pool, so the gang didn't take the treasure? Tang Feng suddenly thought of mercury.

Makarov crouched down, clinging to the edge of the pool, looked closely, and finally shook his head, saying, "It's not like mercury, it's a pool of stagnant water." ”

"And how do you explain the gang that broke in earlier?!" Tang Feng felt that his thoughts were even more confused.

"This ......" Makarov could not answer the question either.

Tang Feng was bold, leaned out, lying on the edge of the pool, looking at the thick green moss on the edge of the pool, Tang Feng was dizzy, he really wanted to see through this fog and pierce the bottom of the pool, but he couldn't see the appearance of the bottom of the pool, because there were mountains of jewels on it, and this turbid green water.

"I'm so scared that a monster will suddenly pop out of the pool and eat me!" Makarov's words made Tang Feng startled.

Tang Feng turned around and saw that Makarov was also lying on the edge of the pool, observing the movement in the pool.

"Old Ma, why do you say that?" Tang Feng looked at Makarov in bewilderment.

Makarov got up from the edge of the pool, leaned on the steps by the pool, and said slowly: "Because I once met a pool that eats people. ”

"Oh! A pool that eats people? Tang Feng's heart sank suddenly.

"That's right! A pool that eats people, or blisters. Makarov said with great certainty.

"Man-eating blisters? Is there such a thing in this world? Your experience in the KGB again? ”

"Well, all my bizarre ghost encounters are due to the KGB!"

"Old Ma, your experience in the KGB is too bizarre! You can write a book. ”

"I've thought about it too, but a lot of the experiences are still in undeclassified archives. For example, the man-eating blister I encountered was encountered at the forward base. Makarov's tone was surprisingly calm.

"Forward base again?!" Tang Feng was stunned, "Haven't you finished talking about the base?" How could there be such a bizarre encounter. ”

"There are more bizarre encounters at the forward base, and the bizarre experiences at the forward base are more lasting and more than the bizarre encounters in the scientific expedition team! It was an incident that happened after Burdenko took me to the Wolf Valley, when there was a shortage of water at the base......" Makarov said, recalling a time when he was advancing to the base.

4

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Not long after returning from the Wild Wolf Valley, Makarov encountered another tricky thing, the most important thing to survive in the desert Gobi is the water source, but this time the water source of the advance base has become a big problem.

Burdenko walked into Makarov's room and complained rarely: "Our water supply is running out." ”

"What do you mean it's dying?" Makarov did not understand what Burdenko meant.

"It's almost gone, it's almost out of water! Don't you notice that the quality of the water we drink has dropped significantly in the past few days, and although it has been disinfected, the water is muddy and there is fine sediment in it. ”

"I've noticed it too, but I've had this situation before, so it's not going to be out of water!" Makarov will be skeptical.

"Before we came, the water used by the base was the well outside the base, and in the past few years, the base has added so many people, and no new water sources have been found, and the well has long been overwhelmed. I've been checking it out just now, and this well won't last long, and if we don't find a new water source, we're really going to run out of water. ”

"It's so serious? How long will this well last? Makarov was a little surprised.

"A month at most." After Buldenko finished speaking, he stared at Makarov for a long time, and then said: "I have already suggested to you to hurry up and dig another well, but you always say that the base is short of funds, and if it is enough, it will not be built." It's okay now, the fire burns the eyebrows! ”

Makarov knew that he was at a loss, and he couldn't say anything, and he began to regret in his heart that he didn't listen to Buldenko at the beginning, "So what should we do now?" ”

"Now it's time to dig a well, I'm afraid it's too late for a month. You don't know the geological conditions here, it's extremely arid, and it doesn't mean that you can hit the water at a deep level. ”

"I understand that the geology here is very complex and you can't get water from anywhere, so what are we going to do if we can't get water in a month?" Makarov was a little panicked.

"Yes! There are so many people at the base, if there is no water, we will not be able to hold out here. Speaking of this, Burdenko thought for a while, and said: "But it's not impossible, before the well is drilled, we can let the rear send us a helicopter to transport water, but it's ......."

"But what?"

"But this is a lot of money, I roughly estimated, our base needs a day of water, at least two sorties of meters-8 helicopters to transport, if two months to get water, then a total of 120 helicopter transport, you calculate, how much does this helicopter cost alone? The water transported in this way is precious! "Burdenko gave Makarov a shocking account.

Makarov was silent in a low voice. Burtenko added: "This is still the most optimistic algorithm, if there is no water for two months, if there is an accident on the way to deliver water, then the cost of delivering water is immeasurable." ”

Buldenko's words made Makarov's heart startled, and Makarov knew very well in his heart that if it was really like what Buldenko said, then he would not be far from being removed from his post and investigated.

"Then there's no other way?" Makarov spoke in a pleading tone.

Burtenko shrugged, "Unfortunately, I really can't think of any better way. ”

Although Buldenko said that there was no way, Makarov knew very well in his heart that Buldenko must have a way, but he just needed him to plead with Buldenko, which could be regarded as a small revenge for the last A19711209, or balance.

"I think you'll have a way." Makarov pleaded.

Bultenko stared at the roof, thought for a moment, and said, "What's the way!" It's not nothing, but it's also a matter of luck. ”

"Try ......your luck," Makarov immediately thought of what Burdenko meant, "your solution is to go out and find water!" ”

"On the one hand, we can ask the rear to send people to dig wells, and on the other hand, we can look for temporary water sources near the base."

"After we came, we also looked for a water source nearby, but we didn't even see a single drop of water!" Makarov expressed disappointment with Buldenko's approach.

"We used to look for water sources near the base, the radius was not more than 10 kilometers, and there were still many places we had not visited, this time we want to expand the scope of exploration, with the base as the center, and the area with a diameter of 50 kilometers must be searched."

"Fifty kilometers in diameter? So far, even if you find a water source, you have to rely on vehicles to transport it to the base, and the cost of use is still too high. "Makarov had no confidence in Burdenko's methods.

"It's not temporary! When the well is ready, we won't need it, and we may not have to go far to find the water source. ”

Makarov thought about it for a night, but in the end there was really no other good way, so he could only adopt Buldenko's method, on the one hand, he asked the rear to send people to find water sources near the base to dig wells, and on the other hand, he sent personnel from the base to go out to look for temporary water sources within a radius of 30 kilometers around the base.

5

Thirty kilometers was set by Makarov, but as Burdenko said, after a week, all the people who had gone out in search of water came back to report that no water source had been found.

"Well, I told you earlier, within thirty kilometers of the base, you want to find a water source." There was a hint of schadenfreude in Burdenko's tone.

"Okay, Comrade Burtenko, let's stop going around in circles, you are more familiar with this area than me, is there a water source?" Makarov was in a hurry.

"Let me tell you the truth, there is a water source within a radius of thirty kilometers." Burtenko changed his tone.

"Why didn't you say it earlier!" Makarov was a little angry.

"It's hard to use." Bultenko was unhurried.

"What do you mean it's hard to use?" Makarov questioned.

"Because that water source is close to Wolf Valley."

"Wolf Valley?!" Makarov immediately lost his voice.

"Or maybe that water source is in the Wolf Valley!" Burtenko added.

For a long time, Makarov seemed to have made a lot of determination, and said with a straight face: "No matter where? Let's go check it out first. ”

Makarov insisted on going, so Burdenko drove Makarov to the vicinity of the Wolf Valley. However, this time Buldenko did not take Makarov to the red valley full of bones last time, but took him to another strange valley.

Makarov found that the valley was very open, not like a valley at all, the mountains on both sides were very low, but he could not see behind the mountains, and not long after the car drove in, Makarov noticed that there was a little green in the soft sand, and the further the car went into the valley, the more green appeared.

"Where is this? Doesn't it seem like the last time we came to Wolf Valley? Makarov asked Burtenko loudly.

Buldenko was not in a hurry to answer Makarov, but drove the car to a wide green meadow, parked it, and then answered Makarov's question, "I heard the old herdsman say that the so-called wolf valley does not actually refer to a specific valley, but to many large and small valleys hidden in this red mountain range. ”

"That's what it means! No wonder you said last time that Genghis Khan's army rushed to Western Xia from here, if it was such a small valley last time, how could it accommodate Genghis Khan's army! How can people and animals walk in such a barren and terrible valley? Makarov said.

"Nope! You are wrong, the old herdsman said that Genghis Khan's army passed through the narrow valley you saw last time. And don't think that the valley we came to today looks beautiful and green, and that there is no danger here, because the old herdsman told me that every valley in the vicinity is dangerous. Burdenko admonished Makarov.

"Every valley is in danger?" Makarov was a little surprised.

"That's right! Every valley is dangerous, which is why I haven't mentioned the water source to you. You have to know that when a person is in the vast sea of sand and suddenly encounters a water source, first of all, he should not be happy, but should be careful, you must first figure out why there is no water source in other places in the vast sea of sand, but there is one here? ”

"Like here?"

"That's right! I've been to several valleys here, and there is not a trace of green in the other valleys, but this valley has a large area of plants, which is very unusual. ”

"So you suspect that the water here can't be used?! Either way, to trust the science, we can take some water samples back and have them tested by experts. Makarov looked at the green all over the ground and seemed confident that he would find a source of water here.

"Alright! Let your science do the trick! Let's go. Burtenko jumped out of the car.

Makarov also jumped out of the car, and he found that the plants under his feet, in addition to the sagebrush grass, cistanche, and wolf poison flowers, there was also a green plant that he could not name, this plant was not high, but the vitality was tenacious, and it clung to the ground and covered the entire valley.

Makarov followed Buldenko forward, stepping on the unknown greenery, Makarov felt that the terrain seemed to be higher under their feet, and it was not long before they climbed over a small sand dune, and under the dune, under the cover of some reeds, a blister appeared in front of Makarov.

6

Makarov excitedly ran to the blister, picked up the reed, leaned down, and just wanted to pick up the water in the bubble with his hands, Buldenko shouted behind him: "Be careful! ”

Makarov jerked his hand back and looked back at Burdenko, who was hiding in the shadows with the sun on his back, "Look at you." Burdenko's words sent a chill through Makarov.

Makarov hurriedly looked to the side, and he found that in the reeds beside him, a pile of white bones appeared, "this ......" Makarov recognized that it was the bones of a cow, and then he found more white bones in the reeds by the blisters, some of the cows, some of the sheep, and the bones of large mammals that he could not name, and of course the bones of two humans that made Makarov even more frightened.

"Why are there so many bones here?" Makarov's words were filled with horror.

"That's why I told you to be careful!"

"Is this water poisonous? These animals drank the water and then fell to the shore forever! ”

"I don't know if it's poisonous or not, but it's a man-eating blister! You see we didn't find any bones in this valley, all the bones appeared on the side of the blisters, maybe there were bones in the blisters, what does that mean? Burtenko speculated.

Makarov leaned in and looked into the water, sure enough, under the not so clear water, a pile of scattered white bones faintly appeared, Makarov couldn't see whether this was a human bone, or an animal bone, only felt dizzy, suddenly there was a sense of whirlwind, Makarov secretly said that it was not good, but the body unconsciously fell forward, at the moment when Makarov lost his balance, a strong big hand grabbed him, Makarov collapsed on the shore, panting heavily, he saw that it was Buldenko who had just pulled him.

"This water...... The blisters are really dangerous! Makarov gasped.

"I'm not lying to you, either there's something wrong with the water, or there's something wrong with the blister, maybe there's some monster living in it?"

"Monsters?" Makarov looked at the small surface of the water, and when Buldenko was laughing again.

Seeing that Makarov did not believe him, Buldenko explained: "The old herdsman also told me that there is a fierce and cruel monster living in this blister, which eats only passing people and animals, but this monster will not run up and attack people and animals, it will only eat those who can't help but be thirsty and come to drink water next to the blister. ”

"Don't scare me anymore, how can such a small bubble live with a monster?"

"I don't know, this is all told to me by the old herdsman, and I didn't believe it at first, but the old herdsman said that although the blister is not big, it is very deep, bottomless, and has always been connected to the big lake far away from here." Buldenko said that he had a nose and an eye, and Makarov did not believe it.

Makarov stood up again, he looked at the calm water, and measured it, the water of this bubble was enough for at least two months up and down the base, although Makarov was afraid, but still unwilling, he carefully leaned out again, looked under the bubble, and there was a whirlwind again, Makarov could not stand it anymore, he once again collapsed on the reeds on the shore, and he began to believe in the legend of the old herdsman.

After resting for a while, Makarov recovered, and he did not dare to look at the blister again, for fear that the monster would suddenly emerge from the water and drag himself into the mire.

"This ...... Is there no other source of water here? After a long time, Makarov asked again.

Bultenko looked at the blister in front of him, shook his head for a long time, and said: "I haven't been before, because that side is the border, so far, I have only found such a blister within a radius of dozens of kilometers, maybe there will be one in front, but for us, it is meaningless." ”

"That's right! It doesn't make sense anymore. Makarov muttered, and Buldenko returned to the car, and when the car started, Makarov looked back in disappointment and forgot to glance at the little sand dune, he could no longer see the man-eating blister.

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After Makarov recalled the man-eating blister, his body unconsciously leaned back, and suddenly, Makarov's body was crooked, and the whole person seemed to be trapped, "Tang Feng, there is a mechanism here!" Makarov shouted.

Tang Feng also heard a dull sound, when he saw Makarov fall in, he instinctively went to pull Makarov, but did not pull the old horse, seeing Makarov sinking deeper and deeper, Tang Feng was anxious, but at this moment, the boulder behind Makarov sank inward and stopped.

Makarov looked at Tang Feng, Tang Feng also looked at him, and the two of them looked around and at the top of the main hall in unison, they didn't know what bad luck was coming, and they didn't know what to do next?

Time seemed to freeze, the whole hall was silent, Makarov was still leaning against the stone that had sunk in, he did not dare to move casually, for fear of touching some terrible mechanism.

Tang Feng motioned to Makarov to stand up slowly, Makarov judged the situation, and then slowly straightened his waist, the boulder behind him did not change, it was still sunken in the stone steps, Makarov calmed down a little, he quickly stood up, walked to Tang Feng's side, and dared to look back at the sunken boulder, "What's going on?" The stone steps will also be recessed? ”

"You must have touched some mechanism just now!" Tang Feng judged.

"What should we do?"

"How do I know!" Tang Feng thought about it for a while, and decided that he still wanted to take the risk to see what was going on, so he bravely came to the side of the recessed stone steps, and tried the stone steps on both sides with his feet, which were as solid as a rock and did not move at all. The same is true for going up and down the stone steps in the same position.

"Looks like this is indeed a trap!" Tang Feng firmly believed in his judgment.

"But nothing happened?" Makarov estimated that seven or eight minutes had passed since he touched the mechanism.

"Is it because the times are long ago and the mechanism has failed!" Tang Feng also felt strange.

Tang Feng took a step back and carefully observed where they were, it was the second stone step by the pool on the west side, and the recessed stone step was located in the middle to the right of this layer.

"Strange, this is neither the top corner nor the middle position......" Tang Fenghu muttered suspiciously.

"If you look at it from the right, the sunken stone steps are about a third of the way." Makarov judged precisely.

"A third of it?" Tang Feng's brain spun quickly, and then shouted, "I understand!" ”

Tang Feng turned around and walked quickly towards the stone steps on the north side, and Makarov followed behind, asking, "What do you understand?" ”

"The golden section! This location is exactly the golden section! Tang Feng's shout shook the entire hall and buzzed.

"The golden section?! God, the party also understands the golden section! Makarov couldn't believe it. 、

Tang Feng came to the same position on the stone steps on the north side, and after checking it, he was sure that his judgment should be correct, Tang Feng stretched out his hands and pushed hard, and there was a dull sound, and the stone in front of him really recessed inside.

The stone steps on the north side were recessed, but there was still no change in the main hall, Tang Feng and Makarov came to the same position of the stone steps on the east side, and they were exactly the same as the previous two, and finally, when Tang Feng and Makarov came to the same position on the stone steps on the south side, both of them hesitated, this was probably the last stone step to trigger the mechanism.

The two hesitated for a long time before Makarov said, "I'll do it anyway!" ”

Tang Feng didn't insist, he was mentally prepared to face any accidents, but he was still surrounded by indescribable fear, and the fear of the unknown world made Tang Feng instinctively pull out his gun.

Makarov's arms were strained, and the stone blocks on the stone steps on the south side were dented in, but still nothing had changed...... But just when Tang Feng and Makarov were puzzled and looked at each other, out of nowhere, there was a loud noise, and then, Tang Feng and Makarov noticed that the pool in front of them had changed.