Chapter 14: The Dry Oasis

Although we heard that there was a lot of danger in this Lop Nur, we didn't see anything unusual in it, and we only thought about passing through it and going straight to the west, and Aria told us a lot about Lop Nur in one night, what the spell of Lop Nur was, and what strange things about Lop Nur before, all of which I had never heard of. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

I didn't know how uncomfortable it was for a few days, I didn't know how uncomfortable it was, I was covered with sweat and sand, not to mention how desperate I was, I felt itchy all over my body when I lay down, and I couldn't sleep, except for Abu and Nawang Dashan who spent the night in a sound sleep, everyone else had to wake up from time to time, and I almost didn't fall asleep all night.

If it weren't for my father calling me from behind, I might have fallen off the camel, and when we walked into Lop Nur, the temperature here seemed to be much higher than above, and occasionally I saw the desert spiders crawling underground, and even began to wonder how they survived in this desolate place.

Lop Nur is only about 780 meters above sea level, located at the lowest point of the Tarim Basin, where the Tarim River, the Peacock River, the Cherchen River, and the Shule River converge, and was once the second largest saltwater lake in China, but now it has dried up, so when we walk in it, we only feel that the surrounding sand dunes are like mountain peaks.

And there are many ancient relics in this Lop Nur, although you can't play all the things you can see, but after all, the land under your feet has gone through thousands of years, although it is not worth mentioning in the history of the development of the earth, but it is a big step in the history of the development of human civilization, human beings do not know how many hardships they have gone through to get to today's state, and the disappearance of this Lop Nur also just shows this.

"This depression is so wide, when is it a head, my water has bottomed out!" Abu put his left hand on his eyes and asked, looking into the distance like that, and saw that the place in front of him was much higher than the depression where we were, and Abu took out the military kettle pinned to his waist and shook it, and scolded: "Damn, why do I only have so little water left?" And in the pot, I could still hear the sound of a little water hitting the body of the pot, and Abu was a left-handed ruffian, which made me look very uncomfortable with OCD.

"No, we've got to find some water! Otherwise, I won't be able to last this journey, and if I die before I get out of Lop Nur, how can I still go to the north! At this time, the crow said worriedly, took the kettle in his hand and shook it, and said, "I only have this water left!" ”

Everyone else lowered their heads, their faces full of grievances, and they all responded: "I only have a little bit of water left?" ”

"What then? We won't last long without water! "My dad also seemed a little helpless.

Seeing that Alia didn't speak, I wondered if she could do anything, so I asked, "Arya, do you know where there is a water source here?" We have to add! ”

Alia sighed and said, "Yes, yes, but it's still far away!" I also went there three years ago, only to find out that there is a water cave there, and I don't know if it is dry now! With that, she pointed to the northwest.

"Then without further ado, we have to rush over as soon as possible, or this water will not last tomorrow!" The second uncle said worriedly.

We drove the camel faster, the northwest direction is fortunately in the tomb we are going to, otherwise this water will be far away, at this time the old lady and Zhang Yuntian were thoughtful, looking at the northwest side of the eyes with a streamer sliding, suddenly Zhang Yuntian shook his slender bangs, and said: "That place seems to be the oasis we have been to!" ”

The old lady seemed to think about it when she heard it, and responded: "It seems to be!" The young master also had an indescribable face on the side, and he seemed to know that place.

Alia reacted at this time and said, "I'm sorry, I forgot, you said that you went to that oasis, and the water cave is next to the oasis, but the oasis has become a desert now, and when I went there three years ago, I only found the water cave, and I'm not sure if the water hole is still there!" ”

We all hummed, thinking that hope is better than nothing, so let's go and take a look, otherwise so many people will throw their lives here, and it's not a joke, this tomb died before anyone was found, it seems to be a bit embarrassing to say, if we don't even enter the tomb, we will lose our lives, and it is not for us to lose face in the inverted bucket world.

We quickened the speed of the camel and headed towards the northwest of what Alia had said, a long road with no end in sight, and when we reached the place that Alia had spoken of, we had almost walked out of the depression of Lop Nur, and Alia suddenly reined the camel and said to us, "It's here!" ”

The old lady also looked at the land in front of her and said, "It seems to be here, but how did it become like this!" ”

"It's done!" Alia replied lightly.

I saw that some of the sand was still a little compact, covered with some dry wood, and some dead grass, it seems that the predecessor of this place is indeed like an oasis, but the sky has unpredictable storms and clouds, people have good fortune and misfortune, this person will change over time, then the environment is no exception, nature will change under the passage of time, but the wind and sun day and night, plus some special factors, this oasis is naturally unbearable, and has disappeared since then.

It is said that the water in this oasis is from the mountains, and the possibility of having an oasis here is almost zero, as the largest in the country, second only to the Sahara Desert, the Taklamakan Desert is the most mysterious desert in the world, there is no one, and the oasis in front of you does not seem to be very large, after so many years, it is not surprising that it has dried up, after all, even the big saltwater lake Lop Nur has disappeared, not to mention a small oasis.

Secondly, most of the water in the oasis comes from the mountains, and most of the rivers in the Tarim Basin come from the Tianshan Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains.

The crow's brother Wang Dashan glanced at the state in front of him and scolded: "His grandmother's, where is the water coming from here?" ”

Aria put the camel down and walked to the parched land, looked around, as if discerning directions, and suddenly came under the trunks of some dry trees, and found something.

At this time, we saw her squatting down and digging down more than ten centimeters, and the second uncle saw this, and went over with a shovel to help, and after a while, I saw Alia pick up a handful of dirt.

When she picked up the dirt, we saw that it was black, and it was crumpled into a ball, wet as if it were dripping with water.