Sand Sea Devil's Nest 13 (Stone Tomb)

I saw that half of Ye Yixin's body was stuck in the sand, she kept struggling, and Shirley Yang was grabbing her arm and dragging her out desperately.

In the chaos, I don't know who shouted: "Quicksand!" ”

We rushed forward along the footprints on the ground, desperately pulling Ye Yixin to save her, and a few people didn't have time to find a rope, so they untied their belts and wanted to lassoe her arms.

Unexpectedly, he didn't make much effort, so he dragged Ye Yixin out of the sand, seeing that it was not quicksand, Ye Yixin was frightened and threw himself into Shirley Yang's arms and cried.

They asked them what was going on? Isn't it quicksand?

Shirley Yang comforted Ye Yixin and said to everyone: "As soon as we walked behind the sand dune, Ye Yixin stepped on the air, and the whole body fell halfway, I quickly grabbed her, and then whistled for help, but it doesn't seem to be quicksand, quicksand swallows people fast and has great suction, if it is really quicksand, I can't drag her with my strength at all, and after she falls halfway, she stops, as if the bottom is solid, otherwise you will rush to hear the news, and delay for more than ten seconds in the middle, it will be too late to save people from the quicksand." ”

Ye Yixin also came back to his senses, wiped his tears and said: "I seem to have stepped on a stone slab under the sand, and a section under the stone slab is empty, and it collapsed when I stepped on it."

Shirley Yang Qi said: "Could it be those stone tombs? Let's take a look. ”

We used a shovel to dig a few times before we trapped Ye Yixin, under a layer of yellow sand that was not too thick, parallel to the slope of the sand dunes, revealing a sloping stone wall, which had been blasted out of a large hole with explosives.

It seems that the explosion was not long ago, that is, in the last few days, the wind and sand covered the hole of the hole thinly, and Ye Yixin stepped on the gravel on the edge of the hole and fell into it.

Everyone looked at the stone cave, you look at me, I look at you, look at each other, this is clearly a stone tomb, has it been stolen?

I carefully inspected the gravel at the entrance of the cave, and the direction of the impact of the explosion, the precise small directional blasting, I have been a sapper for so many years, and I think that my familiarity with explosives is about the same as that of the back hair, and if I want to blast this stone tomb, this is the level of the sky.

This is a full understanding of the burstability of the rock mass, and the explosion only blew up the stone wall, and the rubble spread outward, without damaging the interior of the stone tomb in the slightest.

Looking at the power of explosives, they are by no means civilian explosives. After several years of leaving the army, is it possible that even the active PLA is now fighting? Definitely not, maybe stolen explosives. And in this vast and boundless desert, how did the people who turned down find these ancient tombs? The terrain and landforms around here are exactly the same, could it be that in this world, apart from me, who is a half-ass, there are really other inverted masters who can watch the Heavenly Star Wind Technique?

The area cleared for the sand dunes, which was a mallet-shaped stone wall, was buried deep under the yellow sand except for the blasted side.

This is a typical stone tomb of the Wei and Jin dynasties, the huge thick mountain stone is built into an arch, and the gaps are glued with hemp fish glue, such stone tombs are very common near the ruins of the Western Night, in the early nineteenth century, a European explorer once described it as follows: "The stone tombs that can be seen everywhere in the desert, large and small, are countless, and more than half of them are buried under the yellow sand, revealing the black spire outside, like a miniature version of the Egyptian gold tower, walking through the desert lined with stone tombs, the scene is breathtaking." ”

Now these stone tombs have been completely covered by the desert, it is difficult to find their traces, Professor Chen estimated that it may be related to the big sandstorm a few days ago, the strong wind made this stone tomb partially exposed, I didn't expect those tomb robbers to come so quickly, the archaeological team still came a step late.

In the early 19th century, Loulan in the east of Taklamakan and Niya on the southern edge of the Taklamakan were almost all looted, and now the tomb robbers have stretched out their claws to the black desert in the southwest, where the natural conditions are harsh and inaccessible, but it is a happy land for tomb robbers.

Along the way, we have already seen several ancient tombs that have been stolen and damaged, no wonder Professor Chen is so anxious and desperate to go into the desert, if we don't stop the tomb robbery activities in this area, I am afraid that in the near future, there will be nothing left.

The hole in the tomb was dark, Professor Chen, Hao Aiguo and others and I went in with flashlights to check, the tomb was equivalent to the size of a small bungalow, and there were four or five wooden coffins scattered inside, and the coffin boards were all broken and thrown aside, and everywhere was turned into a mess.

Looking at those coffins, some large and some small, it seems to be a joint burial tomb, the ancient corpse in the coffin is only the dried corpse of a young woman, with long hair and braids, only the head is relatively well preserved, the body has been broken, and the rest is expected to have been moved by the tomb robbers.

I heard Professor Chen say that ancient corpses are divided into wet corpses with moisture, such as Mawangdui female corpses, and wax corpses, which are a kind of specially treated corpses, frozen corpses exist in glacial areas where the snow does not melt for thousands of years, tanned corpses are similar to zombies, and the rest are like specimens of shrubs, corpses and so on.

Dried corpses are also divided into several kinds, with a desiccant such as lime or charcoal in the coffin, the formation of dried corpses, there are also mummies like ancient Egypt with special embalming treatment technology, artificially made.

The dried corpses in Xinjiang are completely naturally formed in a high-temperature, dry, and sterile special environment, and this kind of dried corpses, which are a little older, are quite valuable, and some overseas museums, exhibition halls, and collectors are vying to buy them at high prices.

Seeing that the rest of the dried corpses in this stone tomb had been stolen and destroyed, Professor Chen couldn't stop sighing, so he had to ask a few students to sort out the broken items in the tomb to see if anything else could be salvaged.

I was worried that the professor was too excited and my body couldn't bear it, so I advised him to rest early, and Professor Chen instructed Hao Aiguo a few more words, and asked him to take someone to record the situation of the stone tomb in detail, and the fat man sent him back to the camp to rest.

The next day, the wind still did not stop, just blowing unhurriedly, when the archaeological team set off, Professor Chen found me, he said that the stone tomb I saw last night was stolen for no more than three or five days, maybe there is a team of tomb robbers who have entered the depths of the black desert before us, we can't delay, it is best to catch them in time. ”

I dealt with a few words casually, thinking to myself that I must not run into the fuck, my peers are enemies, not to mention the gang of guys who robbed this stone tomb, there are military explosives, maybe there are some sharp weapons, and if I encounter them, I will inevitably have to fight, I don't care, the problem is that the intellectuals of these archaeological teams, in case there are casualties, the responsibility is too great.

But then again, in the vast desert, it would be easier said than said if the two teams wanted to meet, if we hadn't seen this sand dune yesterday as the highest in the vicinity, and we wouldn't have camped there, we wouldn't have stumbled upon the stolen stone tomb by mistake, how could there be a second such coincidence, maybe those guys would have gone back after stealing the corpse.

In the following ten days, the archaeological team went deeper and deeper in the black desert, and finally lost the trace of the Zidu Dark River, and went around in circles in the same place for several days, Zidu means "shadow" in the ancient Wei language, this underground river is like a shadow, can not be captured, An Liman's eyes are red, and finally shake his hand, there is no way at all, it seems that Hu Da only allows us to go here.

In order to save drinking water, the team members dug a pit in the sand during the day, erected a rainproof canvas on it, sucked the cool air on the ground, so as to keep the body hydrated, only at night and in the morning, half of the road rode camels, half of the road opened No. 11.

If you don't turn back in a day or two, you will have to slaughter a camel and eat it.

I looked at these people, who were exhausted and had cracked lips, and knew that they were almost at the limit, and when I saw that the sun was rising and the temperature was getting hotter, I asked everyone to dig a pit and rest.

After settling in, Shirley Young approached me and Anlimon to discuss the route.

Shirley Yang said: "Captain Hu, Mr. Anliman, in my British explorer's notebook, there is such a record, that the British explorer also lost the trace of the Zidu Dark River in the depths of the black desert, in this sea of death, two huge black magnetic mountains stand opposite each other in the afterglow of the setting sun, like two ancient warriors in black armor, silently guarding the ancient secrets, passing through the valley like a gate, a legendary city appeared in front of you. ”