"But it's just a lake, isn't that weird?" Zheng Wan'er didn't understand why this lake surprised the man so much.

Zhang Taijin played with the fan in his hand and said: "When it comes to Rommy Lake, I have to mention one person, Peng Jiadi." He went to Xinjiang 15 times for scientific investigation, and 3 times into Lop Nur in Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture for expeditions, and unfortunately disappeared in Rormi on June 17, 2007.

And this Rommy Lake is a nightmare for almost all travelers, geologists, explorers. Since the United States released satellite photos of the dried up Lop Nur "Big Ears" in the 80s of the 20th century, the "Big Ears" are considered to be the dry lake basin of Lop Nur East Lake. In the recently concluded scientific expedition "Re-walking the Pengjiadi Scientific Expedition Road", researchers discovered the shoreline of the Lop Nur East Lake, which extends continuously to the west, and thus estimated that the area of the ancient Lop Nur Lake is more than 10,000 square kilometers.

In order to uncover the true face of Lop Nur, throughout the ages, countless explorers have sacrificed their lives and died to go deep into it, and there are many tragic stories, which have put a veil of mystery on Lop Nur. Some people say that the Lop Nur area is a "devil's triangle" on the Asian continent, through which the ancient Silk Road passed, and many lonely ghosts roamed here throughout the ages, and dry bones are everywhere. When the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang traveled west to learn scriptures and passed through Dunhuang, he wrote in the "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty": "There are many evil ghosts in the Sand River, and those who meet the hot wind will die, and none of them will be complete." ”。 Many people died of thirst not far from the springs, and incredible things happened from time to time. ”

Lu Yaochen asked, "For example?" ”

Guan Zheng said: "There are nine unsolved mysteries in Rommy Lake, the first is a plane flying from Chongqing to Urumqi, which disappeared in the sky over Shanshan County, but a few years later it was found in the east of Lop Nur, and all the people on board died.

Second, a guard of the anti-bandit unit went missing, and after more than 30 years, the geological team found his body in Hongliugou on the south bank of Lop Nur, which was more than 100 kilometers away from the accident site.

Third, seven people from Hami took a passenger and freight car to Lop Nur to find a crystal mine and never returned. Two years later, three bodies were found lying down a steep slope. The car was 30 kilometers away from the deceased, and the whereabouts of the others are unknown.

Fourth, three Milan farm workers went missing in a Beijing jeep to explore treasure in Lop Nur. Later explorers found the bodies of two of them 17 kilometers from Loulan, the cause of death is unknown, and the whereabouts of the other are unknown.

Fifth, the Chinese explorer Yu Chunshun disappeared during a solo expedition to Lop Nur. When his body was found by helicopter, the forensic medical examiner determined that he had been dead for five days, because he had deviated more than 15 kilometers from his original trajectory and could not find a water source, and eventually died of thirst. After his death, it was discovered that his head was facing the direction of Shanghai, and Yu Chunshun was a Shanghainese.

Sixth, a family of 3 in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, under the leadership of his father, went to the vicinity of Loulan to hunt for treasures, but never returned, and finally the bodies of 3 people were found by gold diggers.

Seventh, four people from Changji drove a big truck to Hongliugou on the south bank of Lop Nur to look for gold mines, but there was no news. Later, four bodies and a rotten car were found near Hongliugou.

Eighth, someone in Dunhuang found the body of an unknown male in Lop Nur, who was presumed to be a "travel friend" at the time, and the forensic doctor determined that he was not killed. After the body was discovered, it also attracted the attention of hundreds of thousands of "travel friends" in China, and some people even issued an initiative on the Internet to find his identity, and finally with the efforts of everyone, the identity of the man was finally determined, and his remains were finally returned to his hometown. It was found that the man went on his own expedition to Lop Nur in 2005, but why he died has always been a mystery.

The last, and most amazing, is the disappearance of Peng Jiadi. According to relevant reports, at 2 p.m. on June 16, the expedition team arrived 8 kilometers west of Kumu Kuduk. At this time, the fuel and water on the car were almost exhausted, and according to the plan, there were still 400 kilometers to go. After discussion, they decided to find water on the spot. Didn't find it that afternoon.

In the evening, a meeting was held to decide to send a telegram to the local garrison for help. Pengamu personally drafted the telegram, saying that we are short of water and oil, and that the rest of the water and oil will only last until tomorrow. At first, Pengamu did not agree to send a telegram asking for help, but only hoped to find water himself. Because it took about 7,000 yuan to ask the local garrison for help and deliver water, which was a huge amount of money at that time, and finally agreed to send a telegram under pressure from everyone, but the content of the telegram was not to ask for water, but to objectively report the serious water shortage at that time.

At 9 a.m. on 17 June, the troops telegraphed back agreeing to aid and requesting camp coordinates. At 1 p.m., when the driver went to the car to pick up his clothes, he found a note in an atlas, and when he read it, he couldn't help but be surprised, which said, "I went east to find a well." Peng. June 17, 10:30 a.m. Pengamu braved temperatures of more than 50 degrees Celsius to find water alone, which is extremely dangerous in the desert.

The state dispatched planes, troops, police dogs, and spent a lot of manpower and material resources to conduct a carpet search, but found nothing. In 2007, a dried corpse was finally found in Rörmie, but in the end, after a tortuous DNA test, it was determined that the dried corpse was not Pengamu. Some people say that the mysterious disappearance of the famous scientist Peng Jiadi in Rormi is well deserved to be selected as one of the world's top ten mysteries in the 20th century, because it is the most suspenseful, the most shocking, and the most incredible! ”

"Is this true? How does it look like a ghost story? Chu Xiong said suspiciously.

"This is reported in the newspapers. At that time, the development of online media was not particularly fast, and newspapers were almost authoritative. Guan Zheng then expressed his opinion: "There is a big suspicion about Peng Jiadi's disappearance, first of all, everyone and the army started to look for Peng Jiadi to the east of Rommy Lake based on Peng Jiadi's last letter, which I do not agree with. Peng Jiadi's note is indeed Peng Jiadi's handwriting and style, but it is not ruled out that there are other possibilities in this letter. For example, it was faked, or Peng Jiadi wanted to look for water to the east, but for some reason went in other directions, this is possible. ”

Xu Jiuyan didn't agree with Guan Zheng's speculation: "It's unlikely, if there is an abnormality, his colleagues who get along day and night will definitely know about it, and it won't take so long." ”

Guan Zheng then said: "What about the location of the note?" Have you noticed that the location of this note is too strange? ”