The camel was scarred by a bat bite, but fortunately the white powder given by the medicine woman had been dispersed, which reduced the pain and allowed him to carry the weight forward.

The eight camels are like eight arks, the four in front are carrying the Sixth Master, Gu Yixin, Shen Yaopo and Alai, and the four in the back are carrying water, food and equipment, lined up vertically, and under the cover of night, they slowly drive south.

Miao Yiding helped the sixth master lead the camel, Tom. Li's representative, a middle-aged man with a big head, silently followed behind Miao Yiding. He pinned a high-frequency walkie-talkie to his waist, which is not limited by distance, but can be used through satellites, and can be used for one-to-one communication. This is what he used with his owner Tom. Lee contact machine. In addition, he also carried a close-fitting backpack, bulging with his pockets, and he didn't know what he was riding.

The Uyghur guide led an old camel full of water bags and walked forward without saying a word. The black bull led a camel and followed the Uyghur guide, the camel was carrying a practical desert backpack that the black bull and I had streamlined, he whistled and occasionally roared "The Girl of Turpan" twice, and he was very energetic to entertain himself, and he did not see the fatigue of the previous bloody battle of camel-eating bats.

Gao Moli and I followed the black bull and walked silently. When my feet really collapsed on the soft grit, I felt a sense of powerlessness, not only physically, but also psychologically. I vaguely feel that the road ahead is vast, this mysterious and vast sea of sand is full of unknowns, and our fate is no longer up to us.

Zhang Xuefeng and Ban Cuntou led two camels loaded with equipment and food respectively, and slowly fell behind the team. Behind them, they were followed by a small team of people carrying heavy loads, as if they were training in the desert.

The six masters, except for escorting the wounded to the hospital and protecting Tom. Li's, a total of eight followed, and under the leadership of Ah Biao, each of them carried a reduced equipment bag and followed the camel team in a loose manner.

The gravel under your feet is extremely soft, and the rolling sand dunes are only a shallow silhouette in the night, looking like a beast lurking in the sea of sand, waiting for the shortlisted prey, the driver rises!

The sound of the wind was like the singing gold when the troops were collected, it was still ringing, but it was not violent, and the bare cheeks were still sore from the cold night wind. The sand and gravel brought with it became less and less, and the desert seemed to be about to fall asleep, gradually returning to its tranquility. The night gradually became clearer, and it seemed that this sudden storm had a tendency to stop.

As we walked with each other on one foot and one foot shallow, I felt so tired that I wanted to lie on the soft sand and sleep in the corner of my jacket. However, time is of the essence and we must hurry to find the ancient river channel before it returns to the ground.

The procession was unusually quiet, except for the sound of camels and people trampling the sand, and the occasional song of black bulls.

The black bull roared at first, but later, maybe he felt bored, so he simply sang very seriously: "Turpan girl, a rose!" The cool breeze of the orchard blows your red veil! Long braids, wrapped around grape trellises! Your smile is a crescent moon in the sky......"

When the black bull sang seriously, it was very good, and everyone was fascinated by it.

I couldn't help but echo a few words, and after singing the song, I asked the black bull in surprise: "Hey! I didn't expect you to have this talent, just your voice, no worse than the original singing! ”

Hei Niu became more and more proud, and boasted: "Of course, if I hadn't been reincarnated in the wrong place, if I hadn't chosen to follow my second uncle at the most ignorant age, I might have been a singer a long time ago, and singing a song with my mouth open casually is worth an antique money......"

I saw that the more the black bull spoke, the more he didn't have a score, so I quickly stopped his words. Gao Moli carried the copper pith sword by his side, and never said a word.

While we were poor, the camels in front of us stopped. Gu Yixin was sitting on the back of the leading camel, holding the old sheepskin map in one hand and the wolf's eye flashlight in the other, looked at the sheepskin map seriously, looked up at the front again, kicked the camel body with both feet, and pulled the reins with the hand holding the flashlight, turned the camel's head in a different direction, faced us, and said with a puzzled face: "The situation seems to be a little tricky, the signs on the map are a little different from reality!" ”

With that, she set her eyes on me, full of doubts and puzzles.

"How so? We followed the route on the map nine years ago! The sixth master said, asked Miao Yiding to help him get off the camel, and walked eagerly towards Gu Yixin.

Gu Yixin also raised his legs and jumped off the hunchback lightly. That posture is like a female rider with a sassy and heroic posture.

"Lao Su, come over too!" When Gu Yixin shouted to me, I had already begun to walk towards her.

As soon as he got closer, he heard the sixth master muttering in surprise: "No, how can this be!" ”

"What's wrong? It's normal for the terrain in the desert to change! As I spoke, I walked up to Gu Yixin's side.

Gu Yixin pointed to the three huge sand dunes raised on the map and said: "Look here, after passing this Danxia landform, all the way to the south, more than ten kilometers away, there will be three big sand dunes, these three big sand dunes are like three big bowls upside down in the desert, distributed in an arc. Following the directions, we should follow the gap between the first and second dunes. But, you look there. ”

As he spoke, Gu Yixin stretched out his hand and pointed ahead, at this time, the sky had turned white, and the previous dark night was like a curtain, revealing a misty light. I looked in the direction of Gu Yixin's finger, and saw that a kilometer ahead, there was a huge bulge, like a round-headed hill, blocking our way.

The three hills marked on the map are all very similar in appearance, so which one is in front of you?

In the desert, due to the action of wind and sand, it is not uncommon for the terrain of sand dunes to change, but it has to change as a whole. Two of the three hills are gone, and the other is still standing there!

Before I could figure out what was going on, the sixth master asked suspiciously: "I remember, nine years ago, there were still three sand dunes here, but now, why is there only one left?" So where do we go? ”