Looking at Gao Chao's somewhat deep eyes full of curiosity, Xinlan's face turned a little red.

However, she immediately told Gao Chao with great interest: "It often rains in Badain Jarin, and some of the rain comes very quickly, and it will be cloudy in an instant, but it is very strange, a lot of rain has disappeared and disappeared before it falls on the ground, as if the rain is just a mirage, so there are always people who say that Badain Jarin is a place cursed by the devil, even if it is blessed by the gods, it rains, but the rain will also be taken away by the devil, so that Badain Jarin has become a nightmare for many explorers, and there are always people who hope to solve the secrets of this place, but they can't drink it because they can't drink the rain with their eyes, and finally die in this desert. ”

Gao Chao was a little distracted when he heard this, and he said with some surprise: "There is such a thing, this is the first time I have heard of it, so what kind of strange things are there in Badain Jarin?" ”

Xinlan said: "There are many more, such as Haizi in Badain Jarin. ”

"Haizi?" Gao Chao blinked his eyes and asked, "Do you mean Haizi in Mongolian?" ”

Xinlan nodded and said: "That's right, it's Mongolian, you should also know, Haizi is some small lakes, but the Haizi in the Badain Jarin Desert is very distinctive, let's put it this way, they are all Haizi who can run." ”

"What? Will you run? Gao Chao was a little energetic, and it seemed that even his leg injury had been forgotten a little.

Xinlan nodded, and then said: "That's right, Haizi who can run, in the desert of Badain Jarin, because of strange rainfall, or for other reasons, herdsmen will always see some small lakes that suddenly appear, that is, Haizi, but sometimes these Haizi suddenly appear, and they will suddenly disappear after a few hours, or even ten minutes, and some Mongolian herdsmen say that they have seen Haizi run with their own eyes, and those Haizi will move along the route in the desert, It is like the shadow of the clouds in the sky, so some herdsmen have also given this kind of sea a very poetic name, called the Shadow Sea. ”

"Sea of Shadows?" Gao Chao read it to himself, and he realized that the name was indeed beautiful.

Xinlan continued: "In addition to the Shadow Sea, there are also tall sand mountains, which are also very famous among Badain Jarin, do you know? The height of some sand mountains, even more than the height of Mount Tai, straight into the sky, and even some people have said that they have found higher sand mountains in the uninhabited land in the northwest of Badain Jarin, and some of those sand mountains can lead to the sky and to heaven, but of course, these are all described by some people, whether it can be so high, no one can say. ”

Gao Chao thought it was very interesting, so he casually asked, "What about your father?" Didn't he see it? He had been in Badain Jarin for many years. ”

Xinlan said helplessly: "No, my father only showed me photos, but never told me the story of Badain Jarin." ”

Gao Chao was stunned for a moment and said, "But, where did you get so much information?" ”

Xinlan grinned and said, "It's because he doesn't tell me that I have to pester others to tell me, so naturally I have to pay more attention to the affairs of Badain Jarin than everyone else, isn't it?" ”

Gao Chao felt that what she said was very reasonable, people are always like this, what is missing in childhood will always be haunted in adulthood, so that many of the things that adults do are just unfinished fantasies in childhood, or the desire to change direction. There are also many related examples, such as the well-known World War II sinner Hitler, his childhood dream seemed to be to become a crazy artist, but unexpectedly, the artist did not succeed, but became a crazy war maniac, even the German uniform, he and HUGOBOSS personally designed it, which cannot but explain some problems.

Xinlan told Gao Chao a few interesting stories, all of which are about some legends in Badain Jarin, some are about a local mysterious sacrificial religion, which is said to have a very ancient history, and it also involves an independent kingdom that seems to be nothing, and there are some strange creatures and the like, the most worrying thing is the desert worm, it is said that it is very large, and lives in the desert, if you really encounter this legendary creature, then anything can only be stuffed between its teeth.

Gao Chao was not so interested in these things, and he was most concerned about the original question, that is, whether there was so much rain in Badain Jarin.

In fact, looking at it now, no matter whether there is so much rain, or whether that rain can fall into this patio or not, Gao Chao needs to look for it, because after all, there is such a possibility.

The location where they are should be a very high place, according to what Xinlan said before, if it is really high here, then if the rain does not reach the ground, it is still very possible to fall into this patio, and once this happens, there is a problem involved, drainage.

So Gao Chao now thinks that anyway, a dead horse is a live horse doctor, no matter what, they have to find the drainage system of this patio.

Since it comes to the drainage system, there is a big issue involved, and that is Feng Shui.

Gao Chao knows that in Feng Shui, it is very important to release water. The so-called "water release" is drainage, because whether it is a yin house or a yang house, it involves a problem of water discharge.

In traditional Chinese thought, it has always been believed that only the evil party can release water, this is because the ancients believed that the bad luck in the house can be discharged together, or bad things, and on the contrary, the water they talked about on the Great Khing'an Mountains before is to come from the auspicious side, so that it can naturally bring good luck and good things.

Therefore, it is based on this that Gao Chao can use feng shui techniques to determine where the water is released from in this patio where they are located, because the ancients were never meticulous in doing things, so he believes that although this place can't even see a drainage hole, there must be a hidden drainage facility here.

You know, the ancients liked to do one thing the most, that is, the drainage system was hidden very cleverly, some things the ancients did not want outsiders to see, such as many drainage holes in the Forbidden City, in fact, they were built and designed with great care, which is also one of the meanings required by Feng Shui.

But now there is still a problem, although Gao Chao can use Feng Shui to find the so-called water outlet, but Gao Chao now has no tools, which is a very serious problem.

Gao Chao looked at the surroundings a little helplessly, he was thinking about how to use other things, because the mechanical compass before him was broken, so now he has lost his compass, he has no direction, you know, even GPS is useless, so he has no way to tell where the twenty-four mountains are located, so there is no way to talk about which direction to find the so-called water outlet.

Xinlan asked Gao Chao puzzled: "Brother Gao, is there anything I can help with?" ”

Gao Chao looked at Xinlan, he only sighed, he thought of another method, but this method seemed to be a little difficult, so he didn't want Xinlan to take this risk.

Xinlan seemed to see Gao Chao's inner thoughts, so she said bluntly: "Brother Gao, don't worry, if there is anything you need me to do, you can just say it, now that you are injured, you can only rely on me, you have to believe me." ”

Xinlan looked at Gao Chao firmly, which made Gao Chao face a dilemma.

He looked up again at the steep glass wall of the patio opposite, where the blazing sun shone at a height of about twenty meters above, and he thought of a way to at least climb there to see the sun.

Xinlan also turned to look at the place where Gao Chao was looking, and suddenly, Xinlan said, "I understand, Brother Gao, do you need to determine the direction?" ”

Gao Chao looked at Xinlan, he didn't know how to answer this question, in Gao Chao's character, he didn't want anyone to risk it for himself, especially at this time, he didn't want Xinlan to risk his life to do such a thing because of his leg injury.

So he just was silent, and then said, "If I think about it again, maybe there is another way." ”

Xinlan raised her left arm suddenly, and then revealed her watch, her watch is the kind of traditional IWC watch with hour and minute hands, which is for ordinary pilots, she now shows the dial to Gao Chao, and then said with a smile: "Brother Gao, your compass was broken before, and now you can only find the direction by using it?" ”

Gao Chao didn't expect that Xinlan was really smart, and it seemed that the women he knew were all very smart women.

Xinlan is right, and the method that Gao Chao thought of is the same, using the minute and hour hands of the analog watch to determine the direction, which is probably a method that many soldiers know, although not so accurate, but enough to use.

The approximate method is to use the time to point in the direction of the sun, and then use the direction of the clockwise direction, one-half of the angle of rotation of the hour and minute hands, as the direction of the guide.

It's simple, but it works.

However, there are at least two conditions that need to be used in this way, one is that you have to have an accurate watch with hands, and the other is that you have to be able to get the sun.

The problem now is that due to the location and angle of this patio, the sunlight cannot directly penetrate into it, so the sunlight can only shine on the glazed stone wall, and the height of the sunlight is about half of the height of the entire patio, which looks like it should be about 20 meters.

Let's put it this way, this stone wall looks like it's impossible to climb, because it's smooth everywhere, and there's no place to put your hands and feet, and if Gao Chao hadn't been injured, maybe he would have tried it, because he could be considered a master climber.

But for Xinlan, Gao Chao had seen Xinlan rock climbing in the Great Xing'an Mountains, and he felt that although Xinlan had received training in this area, the stone wall in front of him was probably really not suitable for Xinlan to climb, especially in this environment, Xinlan was likely to fall down, which would be absolutely fatal.

So Gao Chao didn't want Xinlan to go, according to Gao Chao's temper, he would never tell her the method of using the watch and sunlight to indicate the direction, but now the problem is that Xinlan actually guessed it herself.

This can't but be said to be a kind of fate, a kind of helpless fate, Gao Chao suddenly felt a kind of helplessness, every adventure of his is not like this? Does he have a choice? Just like now, he didn't have any choice.

Xinlan suddenly took off the backpack on her body, and watched Gao Chao take two steps back, Gao Chao was also looking at her, and neither of them spoke.

After a long time, Gao Chaocai said: "Xinlan, you have to be careful." ”

Now, Gao Chao accepted the arrangement of fate, if fate arranged for them to appear in Badain Jarin, perhaps, fate would give them a chance to survive, this is Gao Chao's inner monologue now, but at the same time, he is also laughing at himself, because he feels that such a monologue seems to be comforting his poor self.

He even began to hate himself.

Xinlan smiled, looking very relaxed, she nodded and turned around and walked towards the stone wall opposite, on that side, it was about the north, and on that side, it was also the hottest place.