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Ziyang frowned all the way, and kept shaking his head, this foreigner is really a donkey's temper, and he recognizes the right thing, no matter how dangerous it is in front of him, he has to go to the end in the dark in an alley.

As if they were afraid that there would be something chasing behind them, everyone drove their camels on a rapid march, and as the team continued to go deeper, the desert landform in front of them also changed significantly, gradually showing the typical Lop Nur Yadan landform.

Lop Nor, also known as Lop Nào, is known as the "Ear of the Earth" and "the Sea of Death".

The geographical masterpiece "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" in the pre-Qin period called it "Youze", and it was also called Size, Yanze, Puchanghai and so on. Lobnauer is a Mongolian transliteration name, which means a lake of many waters. Located at the lowest point of the Tarim Basin, the Tarim River, the Peacock River, the Cherchen River, and the Shule River once converged here.

In the Han Dynasty, Lop Nur was "vast for 300 miles, its water pavilion dwelling, and it does not increase or decrease in winter and summer", and its abundance makes people guess that it "sneaks underground, and the south also accumulates stones for the Chinese River".

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 Eastern Jin Dynasty monk Fa Xian traveled west to learn scriptures and passed through this place, he once wrote, "There are many evil ghosts in the Sand River, and those who meet the hot wind will die, and none of them will ......"

Although there is an abundance of fresh water, many people have died of thirst not far from the springs, and incredible things have happened from time to time.

At its peak, Lop Nur was more than 10,000 square kilometres, but the lake gradually shrank due to increased human activity and the effects of climate change. Before 1970, there were still more than 600 square kilometers of lake water in this place, and later there were many waves of reclamation, and a large number of people from the interior moved to the west to form the construction corps, carried out land leveling campaigns, cultivated land, opened mines, and repaired reservoirs, which soon dried up water resources.

After the 70s, Lop Nur dried up rapidly. However, according to official sources, the recorded depletion of water sources in Lop Nur was in 1962.

After Lop Nur dried up, the surrounding ecological environment underwent great changes, all herbaceous plants died, the poplar trees of the sand control guards died in patches, and the desert advanced to Lop Nur at a speed of 3~5 meters per year, and soon merged with the vast Taklamakan Desert. Since then, Lop Nur has become a place where no grass grows, and it has become a real "sea of death"

After listening to Ziyang's introduction, Su Rui lowered his head and was silent, and said for a long time: "Natural disasters, man-made disasters?" ”

Ziyang also sighed, all things in heaven and earth, the vicissitudes of life, in front of nature, nothing is eternal, once deep and grassy, Lop Nur has become a desert in just a few decades - even if there is no footprint of modern humans, how long can it last?

Looking at Alexander, who was leading the way in front of the team, Zi Yang thought to himself, where did this Lop Nur attract his attention? With such a desperate rush forward, is there something important waiting for him to discover?

Fearing another attack by the "Smoke Spirit", the crowd marched more rapidly, except for occasional stops to replenish water and food, and almost always rode on camels along the way.

Although Timur chose young and strong camels, he was tired enough to toss like this.

On this day, when everyone marched until midnight, Lao Wang shouted that he couldn't do it anymore and wanted to rest. Alexander looked at the state of everyone, and knew that he was close to the limit, and in addition, the old king was already sitting on the sand, so he had no choice but to order to set up camp.

Lao Wang secretly complained to Ziyang, "Is this foreigner all so virtuous, knowing that there is danger and rushing desperately inside, clearly showing the rhythm of sending to death, I don't know that there is an old Chinese saying called 'curiosity kills cats'?" “

Zi Yang said: "People are the realistic spirit of scientists, and people of your realm can't understand it." ”

Zi Yang actually had the same idea as Lao Wang, but he knew Lao Wang's donkey temper, if he echoed his opinion at this time, Lao Wang would definitely break up with Alexander, as for what to do after the breakup, he didn't bother to think about it.

"We've run so far, and besides, the smoke soul was shot twice by you, so it should have a psychological shadow, and it won't follow again." Ziyang comforted Lao Wang, and at the same time comforted himself in his heart.

Lao Wang nodded and said: "That's right, what is out of the barrel of the gun, these years are the horizontal afraid of being stunned, the stunned are afraid of not dying, and the dwarfing are afraid of having a gun." As he spoke, he patted the pistol on his waist, looking like he was not afraid that you would bite me if he had the ability.

Zi Yang frowned and said: "When this matter is over, you quickly dispose of this thing, our country has a gun without permission is a big crime, and you can't do this kind of illegal thing!" ”

Lao Wang pouted and disagreed: "You are so conscious, you look like a young pioneer." ”

Su Rui watched Lao Wang get up and go to the side to relieve his efforts, and quietly asked Zi Yang: "Do you think that smoke soul will not come back?" Is it really afraid of guns? ”

Alexander came over with a cup of hot coffee and handed it to Su Rui, and said, "Not necessarily, the strongest Marine I've ever seen, if he is shot twice by a bullet, he will immediately lose his combat effectiveness - like that at close range, the monster just stopped for a moment, and the speed and agility didn't seem to be affected at all, I'm afraid we won't be so lucky next time." ”

Zi Yang rolled his eyes, thinking that the bamboo pole doesn't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, so you won't lie and deceive other little girls? Why are foreigners so direct?

Alexander held up the kettle and asked him if he wanted coffee, Ziyang shook his head and said, "I'm not used to drinking that thing, I'd better drink mineral water." ”

After a simple meal and drink that night, everyone still had lingering palpitations about what happened during the day, and now they discussed no longer dividing the tent, and the seven people each took their own sleeping bags and squeezed into Alexander's tent, fortunately, this tent was big enough, although it was a little crowded, but it was still no problem to fit everyone.

Lao Wang and Zi Yang have a tacit understanding of Su Rui on the left and right, although they are separated by a thick sleeping bag, but Lao Wang feels that he can snore and snore on the side of the beautiful woman's couch, and this life is worth it.

"Don't worry, with me by my side, whoever wants to hurt you must first step over my corpse", Lao Wang patted Glock 17 on his waist again.

Su Ruiwan said, "Thank you, but don't say such unlucky things. ”

Affirmed by the goddess, Lao Wang's liver was beating carefully, and Ziyang watched from the side and thought, this kid can't sleep tonight.

Alexander and James took out four iron rods from the apparatus, one pointed and the other open like an umbrella leaf.

Su Rui explained to Zi Yang: "Induction radar, these four poles are inserted on the ground around them, and any creatures or abnormal movements within a hundred meters around will sound an alarm. ”

Lao Wang looked at James busy working there, and complained beside him, "Why didn't you take out this good thing earlier, so that our Xiao Su was almost bitten by a monster." ”

Ziyang said, "Idiot, do you know about energy saving, environmental protection and power saving?" This thing is supposed to be used for detection, and no one expected this kind of ghost to appear on the way. ”

Lao Wang said cleverly, "What detection radar, this is probably the doctor comforting us, right?" If this thing is so evil, aren't we creatures like this camel? So why doesn't this siren go off? Failed, right? Fake, right? Lao Wang seemed to be very expert, looking at the screen and pointing.

Zi Yang sighed and said: "It's terrible to be uneducated, don't you know that this thing can set the scope and direction, and can lock the target?" ”

Alexander and James set up the detection radar, then put the laptop that received the signal at the door of the tent, and went in to look at the people, "Rest early, we will set off before dawn tomorrow, we must hurry up, Timur said that the sandstorm is coming." ”

Lao Wang was so faceless by Ziyang, and at this time he was trying to find an excuse to get angry, and immediately teased this Timur, "Hey, the archmage still understands weather forecasting?" ”

Ziyang looked at Timur who was sitting at the door of the tent, this guy had been gloomy since they met, and there was almost no second expression, this Alexander must have owed him a lot of money.

"I have to go to sleep quickly, otherwise when the old king snores, the Daluo Immortal will not be able to sleep, and I have to rush ahead of him." Ziyang thought to himself.

I don't know how long I slept, Zi Yang suddenly woke up, opened his eyes, and found Su Rui lying opposite with big eyes and looking at him.

"Can't sleep?" Ziyang was furious by her.

Su Rui nodded slightly.

"Is this old king snoring and making you noisy? I beat him up. ”

Su Rui waved his hand and said, "No, I'm just ...... Some of them are homesick......"

Zi Yang suddenly felt a little ashamed in her heart, she had been suspicious and vigilant about her all the way, but she ignored that she was just a little girl in her early twenties and thousands of miles away from home.

At this age, most young people are still under the shadow of their parents, let alone going far away, and they can't even take care of their own personal lives, let alone explore in such a harsh environment and encounter the kind of life-and-death dangers.

Thinking about Su Rui's reaction during the day, it was fast enough, if she hadn't subconsciously fallen to the ground to dodge, even if Lao Wang had a gun and James had a knife, everyone would be so far away from him—if it were herself, maybe she would already be a dry corpse lying on the desert at this time.

Seeing Su Rui curled up there, his eyes revealing a look of fatigue but not daring to sleep peacefully, he didn't know what to say at the moment, so he had to comfort her, "Don't worry, I see that these people except for me are all people with unique skills, this project will be very successful, and after going back, I will extinguish their arrogance in the Mediterranean." ”

Su Ruiyan smiled, "I hope so—you can sleep too, and you'll have to travel a long way tomorrow," she said and closed her eyes. Looking at her long eyelashes covering her moon-like face, Ziyang couldn't help but feel a sense of pity in her heart.

A hint of blush slowly appeared on the snow-white face.

Zi Yang hurriedly shifted his gaze and turned over. I looked at my watch, it was only 12:30, and I only slept for more than 1 hour after lying down for a long time, and this damn biological clock was already out of order.

I didn't know how long it had been, but I suddenly heard a strange noise at the door of the tent. Ziyang opened his eyes and saw that Timur was squatting at the door of the tent staring out, the laptop screen at the door of the tent lit up, and a small green dot was beating on the screen, making a rhythmic sound of cooing, cooing, cooing, like a heartbeat.

Alexander and James also woke up, and James lowered his voice and said, "There's creatures approaching outside. ”