When I left the camp, my heart became less and less steady.

An hour earlier, the three children had led me to find the Cherokee and the three dead bodies, and now that the wind had smoothed out the ruts, could I still find that place?

I regret pulling out those little red flags along the way.

I drove the Land Rover Defender to the forefront. Zhang Hui escorted Li Zhao to sit in my back seat.

The second car was Bubu and Meng Xiaoshuai.

The third car was Wei Zao and Xu Ergo.

The fourth car was Bai Xinxin, who drove Meng Xiaoshuai's Humvee.

In order to prevent us from getting lost and not being able to return to the camp, we walked a few kilometers and got out of the car and planted a small red flag.

By this time, the sun had sunk in the west, and in less than an hour, it would be dark. I'm a little anxious.

As I walked, I found that the surroundings were becoming stranger and stranger, and the sand was getting thinner and thinner, gradually turning into a crust of salt. Obviously, I made a mistake.

The wilderness was bare, unobstructed, and the car was nowhere to be seen. The height difference in Lop Nur is very small. Xia Xuncheng, a famous scientist, led an expedition team to actually measure the 50-kilometer horizontal line at the bottom of the lake, and the maximum height difference was only 3.02 meters.

I reversed course and continued to search from memory.

Li Zhao spoke: "Boss Zhou, let's talk?" ”

I said, "What are you talking about?" ”

He said, "You can't find it." ”

I said, "The car is in the desert, I'll find it." ”

He said, "If you let me go, I'll give you 300,000." You should think about it, I have the strength, I don't care. ”

This man is too cunning.

Now, there is a Zhang Hui who is there, and he does not have a complete showdown with me, so what he says is ambiguous. He guessed from my look that I might not be able to find the three bodies, so he said, "You can't find them." In Zhang Hui's opinion, he did not kill anyone.

In addition, he was hinting to me that if I gave up the investigation, he would pay me 300,000 hush money after he left Lop Nur. He added "I have this strength, I don't care". In Zhang's ears, he was saying that he would forgive me for swallowing the huge sum of money that didn't exist.

I said, "You don't have to be wordy. ”

He said, "You're so stubborn, it's not good for anyone." I have nothing to do with you, even if you see three corpses in the desert, they have nothing to do with me, and they have nothing to do with you. In such a terrible place, we don't have to struggle with each other. ”

The point he wants to say is: the rice beans, spoons, and big things have nothing to do with me, and I don't need to hold him for them, but let myself fall into the quagmire.

I said, "If you can kill them, you may harm us." ”

He said: "I said, you can get 300,000, and if you continue to persecute me, I will never sit still." You know, my IQ is above yours. And I believe that none of these people in your team are idiots, they are all righteous, including Zhang Hui. ”

Zhang Hui listened quietly, as if judging who was lying, me or him.

Boo honked her horn in the back, and she was prompting me to stop.

I parked the car.

The cars behind all stopped.

Everyone got out of the car.

Bubu said, "Can't you find it?" ”

I said, "It doesn't seem like this is the ......."

Bai Xinxin said: "It's going to be dark in the sky, Writer Zhou, where are you going to take us?" Boo, let's go back! ”

Of course, I was not reconciled, so I took out the binoculars from the car and looked around.

Bubu said, "Boss Zhou, let's go back." ”

I said, "Slow! ”

At the moment of truth, I saw that car! White, it lay quietly on the wilderness, like a tiny bug. Could it be that it is slowly crawling and changing positions?

I handed the telescope to Boo and said, "Look, there it is!" ”

Bubu took the binoculars with distrust, looked in the direction I was pointing, and muttered, "There really is a car......"

I said, "Go, follow me!" ”

Then, I got into the car and continued to drive forward.

I looked at Li Zhao in the rearview mirror, and he looked at me a little unconfidently and said, "What do you see?" ”

I said, "Rice beans." Spoon. Big things. ”

He looked away from me and whispered, "I have no idea who these people you are talking about." ”

This person's psychological quality is too strong, like calluses on the soles of Naoer's feet.

We were getting closer and closer to the car in the telescope.

My heart fell into the deep valley again.

There was still a crust of salt all around, and there was no large amount of soft sand in sight, which was very different from the terrain where I found the three dead bodies. Could it be that there is another abandoned car in front of it?

We finally approached the car, and yes, it wasn't a Cherokee at all, but a half-used enclosed pick-up van!

We stopped a few dozen meters away from it.

After everyone got out of the car, Bubu asked, "Is this the car?" ”

I shook my head.

She was a little surprised: "What about this car?" ”

I said, "I don't know." ”

The pickup van is also white, with a new G license plate, and it should be a car from Tacheng, which borders the Republic of Kazakhstan on the northwestern border of Xinjiang. The container was tightly sealed, with two side doors at the rear of the car, and two stout steel pipes with a metal latch between them, which were unlocked.

The compartment of the pickup truck is marked with four large red letters, which are shocking - dangerous goods.

Bai Xinxin walked over slowly.

A few of us were glued to the door.

I put my hand in my pocket again and grabbed the handful* that I didn't know if it would work.

Suddenly the wind was strong.

I found that the big red characters on the carriage were not firmly glued, and some of the strokes were warped and crackled by the wind.

Suddenly, the "亻" on the word "goods" was first scraped off, flew in mid-air for a while, and fell on the salt crust. Then, the word "seven" was also scraped off and fell directly to the ground. In the end, the upper half of the word "shell" was also scraped off, flew away, and then fell to the ground, leaving only the word "human......

That is, now the four words on this enclosed pickup truck have become "dangerous people"!

I suddenly shouted, "Bai Xinxin, slow!" ……”

It was already late, and Bai Xinxin had already opened the two heavy iron doors of the container, "crunch...... Crunch ......"

He looked in, his eyes widened, and he stepped back.

I don't know how many years this pickup truck has been abandoned here, could there be someone inside?

Everyone was dumbfounded, staring at the car door.

After about a minute, someone finally staggered down.

There's really someone inside!

My nerves tensed all over my body, and I walked slowly.

The sun had sunk in the west, and the light was soft, but the man covered his eyes with his arm.

Several other people approached.

Zhang Hui also pushed Li Zhao over.

The man who came out of the van was in his 40s, wearing a brown leather jacket, jeans, black hiking boots, which seemed to be very ill-fitting, and he had a beard on his face, and he looked quite honest, and after he got used to the light, he lowered his arms and stared at us blankly, so nervous that he couldn't speak.

I asked out loud, "Who are you?" ”

He didn't know what dialect he spoke, so he asked me, "You guys...... Who is it? ”

I said, "We're here to travel." ”

He said, "I'm here to inspect ......."

I said, "What's your name?" ”

He said, "My name is Zheng Taiyuan. ”

I said, "What about your companions?" ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "They are almost all dead......

I said, "Almost? ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "At least five died. ”

Bubu spoke: "When did you enter Lop Nur?" ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "It was ...... two months ago"

Bubu became excited: "Is there a surname Su?" ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "The Soviet Red Army? ”

Bubu said: "Soviet Red Army! ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "He came to play with our scientific expedition team. ”

Bubu said, "I know, I know! How is he? ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "I don't know ......"

I was stunned. Before I came to Lop Nur, I checked its information, and in February 2013, a scientific expedition team disappeared en masse in Lop Nur, and no one was found in the search, and it was later determined that they had been killed...... Could it be that the person in front of you is one of them?

I asked Bubu: "Soviet Red Army? What's going on? ”

Bubu said: "Su Hongjun is my husband!" ”

I froze.

Bubu said: "He traveled into Lop Nur with a scientific expedition team and disappeared! The helicopter of the rescue team entered Lop Nur and searched for them many times, but found no trace of them, so it was determined that they were killed en masse......"

I suddenly understood the true purpose of Bubu Lai Lop Nur.

I suddenly understood why she kept looking around with her binoculars in her hand.

I suddenly understood why she was pulling a stone tablet.

Bub said, "Where has he gone?" Is he alive? ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "Give me water ......"

Meng Xiaoshuai hurriedly went to get water.

Zheng Taiyuan said: "He is probably also dead......

Bubu was speechless for a long time. Reluctantly, she asked, "You mean, it's possible that he's still alive?" ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "Maybe." ”

Bubu's eyes immediately lit up with hope: "Please tell me what happened, can you?" ”

Meng Xiaoshuai brought a bottle of mineral water and handed it to Zheng Taiyuan, he drank it, and his strength seemed to have recovered a lot, I noticed that he was clutching the empty plastic bottle tightly, and he was deflated.

Zheng Taiyuan said: "We went into Lop Nur to look for manganese ore, and after approaching the center of Lop Nur Lake, we got up that morning and found that a teammate had died. The next morning, we found out that another teammate had died, and we both felt that things were not going well and immediately evacuated. Unexpectedly, on the morning of the third day, another teammate died......"

I said, "How many of you are there?" ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "6, plus the Soviet Red Army who traveled with us, a total of 7. ”

I said, "What about the other three?" ”

"It will take us at least four days to leave Lop Nur, and we have exactly four people left," Zheng said. At night, we took turns sleeping, and on the fourth night, the man who was guarding died......"

We listened and listened, and we all shuddered.

All we know is that Lop Nur, as a natural environment where birds don't poop, often devours human life. Now it seems that there is something evil in this area that kills people without blinking, what is that exactly?

Zheng Taiyuan continued: "There are only three of us left, and we don't dare to camp anymore, so we rush day and night, trying to escape. During the day on the fifth day, we walked and found that the last car was missing, and thought it was out of order, so we hurried back to look for it and found another teammate dead in the car......"

I said, "What about the Soviet Red Army?" ”

Boo Bu stared at him intensely.

Zheng Taiyuan said: "I don't know. He drove a four-wheel drive SUV in front, and I followed him in this pickup truck, and the front was very dusty and smoky, and I don't know how a child came out! ……”

He also mentions small children!

Zheng Taiyuan said: "The kid appeared too suddenly, and I didn't have time to brake at that time, so I hit him under the car in one fell swoop. I quickly pulled over and went down to check the chassis of the car, but I didn't see him. I don't feel right, how can there be children in this place? Thinking of the teammates who died one after another, I was scared, got in the car and drove forward......"

Bubu said, "Are you tired of driving, too tired, delirious?" ”

Zheng Taiyuan looked at Bubu and said, "I'm really tired, and after driving for a while, I stopped the car to rest." As soon as I took a nap, I felt that something was wrong, and when I opened my eyes, there was a child's mouth in the air conditioner, red, blowing out, as cold as the air conditioner, and then I passed out......"

I said, "Do you really see a mouth in the air conditioner?" ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "It's true! ”

Bubu asked, "Have you turned off the fire?" ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "There is no ......"

Bubu said: "You idle and stop to sleep, carbon monoxide poisoning!" There can't be any child's mouth, you must have been unconscious and then hallucinated! ”

Zheng Taiyuan shook his head and said, "I don't know, I feel that this expedition has been like an illusion from beginning to end. ”

I said, "And then?" ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "When I woke up, it was already dark, the off-road vehicle in front of me was gone, and only me and this small truck were left in the entire desert. I was running around and couldn't get out......"

I said, "Do you still have gas in your car?" ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "I ran away a few days ago, I have been staying in the car, to be honest, I am waiting for death......"

I said, "How did you survive?" ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "The food and water are in my car. ”

Bubu immediately asked: "What about the cars of the Soviet Red Army?" ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "There are some. After my teammates died, we took all the supplies and put them in two separate cars. ”

Bubu clenched his fists.

I said, "But you've been here for two months!" ”

Zheng Taiyuan said: "There are seven of us and we have 20 days of provisions. They all died, and I was divided into two parts with the Soviet Red Army, which was just enough to live for two months. The last bottle of water, I drank it the day before yesterday......"

Bubu turned his face to me suddenly: "My husband must still be alive!" ”

I nodded: "Maybe, he's already walked out......"

Zheng Taiyuan said very frustratedly: "Not necessarily, maybe he will also see a child......"

Suddenly, Wei Zao shouted to me: "Boss Zhou! ”

He had just climbed into the pickup van, and he must have found something.

I walked to the door of the carriage and asked him, "What's wrong?" ”

He said, "You come up and see ......."

I grabbed the door and climbed up, and there were sleeping bags, oil drums, some old equipment, and a pile of empty mineral water bottles and empty food boxes, and in the corners of the car there were several plastic bags containing white powder that read: *.

There are more than a dozen kilograms of arsenic on this car!