The wind here is no longer as domineering as it was just now. The wind whipped around. There must be something in front that blocks the wind, yes. But where are the two guys who followed me just now? I'm not going fast. This can also be left behind. What the hell did you hit a flying stone? Got left behind?

I held up the miner's lamp and looked around. I didn't see any shadows. I can't help but regret it a little. I was too focused just now. I didn't pay much attention to the situation around me. But. Traveling in such a strong wind. In fact, there is nothing to pay attention to around at all. I can't hear anything in the wind. And all jīng forces must be placed on the immediate purpose and the balance of the body.

All at once. I still felt a sense of fear for a moment. But I quickly dispelled my fears. I rested for a while and took a few breaths. began to move on. I can't go back to them at this point. I've lost my sense of direction. If you go back, you don't know where you'll go. The best thing to do is to move forward.

I threw off a bag of gear. This thing is just too heavy. Foreigners' expedition equipment is very xìng. On one occasion I saw someone carrying a picture frame the size of his wife's shield and a reference book the same as a telephone book. I was too lazy to carry it on their backs. I traveled lightly and ran to the side of the light.

But. There is no way for me to run. The light was still out of reach. It didn't seem to be close at all. I was gasping for breath. I want to give up. But he was not reconciled. Running and running. The lights ahead were blurred. Just when I was about to lose consciousness. When I fall on it. Suddenly. Someone put me on the ground all at once. I don't have the stamina anymore. They pulled him and fell to his knees. Look up. Through the goggles. I recognized the eyes of these two men. One is a stuffy oil bottle. One is dark glasses. His goggles are also black sè. These two men desperately pulled me up. Drag in the other direction.

I broke free from them. Point ahead. I want to tell them that there is a shelter there.

But I'll take another look. But he froze. Nothing was seen. The lights ahead were gone. It was darkness. Even that huge silhouette is gone.

The stuffy oil bottle and the dark glasses ignored me. Dragged me all the way. That's when I saw the black glasses with a flare gun in his hand. The strength of the two men is enormous. My weight of nearly 180 pounds was lifted by them quickly. Soon I came to my senses. Start pedaling with your feet. Indicates that I can run on my own.

They let me go. I regretted it right away. These two men were running too fast. It took all the strength of their bodies to follow them. I gritted my teeth and ran. Follow along the way. I ran for twenty minutes. In the end, there were only two shadows left in front of me. In a trance, I knew we had washed up on the riverbank. Rounded a mass of mounds. Then the first two shadows disappeared.

I yelled and waited for me. I suddenly stumbled under my feet. Fell several times. I rolled down some slope. I struggled to get up and spat out the mud in my mouth. Look around. Under the slope was a deep ditch. It's full of people. They all cowered in ditches to avoid the strong winds. Saw me fall. They all looked up at me.

We cowered at the bottom of the ditch. Sand and dust swept over our heads. The Gobi Desert is not always flat. Especially in areas where rivers once flowed. On both sides of the river there are many branch canals that are washed out during the flood season. The scars on these Gobi will not be deep. But there are also two or three meters. It's enough for us to shelter from the wind.

I'm jīng exhausted. A few people came over. Pulled me to the bottom of the ditch. It turned out that there was a large depression on the side of the bottom of the ditch. It seems to be after a huge poplar tree has been scraped down. The pit formed by the fracture of the root is formed after being washed away by water. The trunk of the poplar is already buried at the bottom of the ditch. Only a small part can be seen. They all shrank in this depression. Keep warm with a smokeless stove. There was no wind at all.

I was dragged in. The depression is shallow. It's not high, either. It's already cramped inside. They gave me a place. On one side, a man handed me water. This is a dead end for the wind. It is already possible to speak. But my ears haven't gotten used to it. I couldn't hear what they were saying for a while.

After a few sips of water. I feel much better. Removed his goggles. Just sighed damn it. China has so many good parties. Why am I here?

But. Such winds should not be uncommon in Qaidam. And that's not even the most terrible wind. In my early years, I watched documentaries about the qualitative exploration of Qaidam basins. At that time, the trade winds came when the exploration team was setting up their tents. As a result, people were blown up like kites. In an instant, the matter was blown out more than ten miles away. It's just that I feel weird. Why didn't Dingzhu Zhuoma sue us? The trade winds on the Gobi are obvious. Don't say the elderly. As long as you live here for a while, you can feel the pattern.

Equally. I don't know when the wind will finish. I often hear people in the Gobi say. This kind of party only blows the wind twice a year. Scrape for half a year at a time. Once you scrape it, it's endless. If it doesn't stop for a long time. We're done.

The stuffy oil bottle and the dark glasses were soon out again. Surely I went to find someone else again. The people here were clearly frightened. Few people spoke. All curled up together. I felt funny in my heart. I thought these people were like Indiana Jones. It turns out that this is also the case. But then I noticed that my feet were shaking. I couldn't stand up at all.

The person who handed me the water asked me if I was okay? Are there any side contusions on the body? I shook my head and said I was fine.

Honestly. I still remember the experience of braving a snowstorm in Changbai Mountain. Now than then. It's already comfortable. At least we can hide. Don't worry about freezing to death.

I poured a little water to wash my face. My eyes hurt from the goggles. At this time, it is gradually relieved.

After relaxing. I am here to observe the people in this pit. I didn't see Anin. The three people, Dolma, her daughter-in-law, and Tashi. In the innermost part of the depression. Wu Laosi is also there. There are not many people. It seems that most of the people are still outside. The Caucasians were not seen.

There are too many people in this team. I thought to myself. A-Ning: They're definitely still out looking. So many people. Even if they have three heads and six arms. I can't take care of it. Thankfully, not in the desert. Otherwise. I'm afraid we're all dead.

Three hours later. The wind has only eased a bit. Stuffy oil bottles: They were able to bring back a few people occasionally at first. Later, their physical strength was also exhausted. and he will not go out again. We were all shrunk inside. Gratgy. Wait until the sky really gets dark. It was really pitch black. The wind outside was like a demon howling. It was irritating at first. Later, I just felt like sleeping.

I was ready for the night. There is nothing surprising about it. Many people have actually fallen asleep for a long time. Someone braved the wind to go out. Rummaged out the food in the many bags that were piled up outside. We ate a little hastily. I fell asleep against the sand.

Didn't sleep long either. When I woke up, the wind was already much lighter. This is a good sign. I saw that most of the people were sleeping. Tashi sat on the hollow opening. It seems to be a vigil. It's not safe here. It is not a stone above our heads. It is dry cracked earth and sand. So from time to time sand falls from above. I ate a mouthful full of sand when I fell asleep. Feeling very uncomfortable. Whiff out. He walked over to Tashi.

I didn't want to talk to Tashi. Tashi is not a very good person to get along with. Or rather, he's wary of us. And I'm not the kind of person who can stick a cold ass with a hot face. So I don't care about his attitude. I walked over to him. Just want to take a few breaths of fresh air. Sleep in a different way.

But when I walked over. Then I heard a voice outside. Then see the light outside with a miner's lamp. Someone seems to be outside.

I wondered in my heart. Ask Tashi what's wrong. Tashi handed me a cigarette. Said that Aning was back. The wind is less. They sent them out and went to find the others. By the way, let's see how the car is.

I think of the car stuck in the sand. There are also some worries in my heart. Such a big wind-blown sand. I don't know if these cars can be driven after digging up. And I'm more worried about the Caucasians. I don't know if he's back. So I put on the goggles. He put on his cloak and walked out. I want to ask about the situation.

As soon as I walked outside. I breathed a sigh of relief. The wind outside was lighter than I thought. It seems that the limelight has passed. There is basically no sand in the air. I ripped off my cloak. Take a few big breaths of the cool air on the Gobi. Then walk in the direction of the miner's lamp.

That's the direction of the riverbed. I walked down. came to them.

They were looking at a car. The car was diagonally stuck in the sand. There is only one front of the car left. Anin holds the radio. is anxiously dialing the frequency on the side.

I asked them, "How?" ”

A man shook his head. Only said one sentence: "The wife is separated." ”

I'm baffled. I don't really understand what he means. So he looked at Aning.

She saw me. He smiled reluctantly. He came over and explained, "Just now the Lord Zhuoma said. There may also be a wind. We must find a better shelter as soon as possible. Our cars were stuck though. A few are definitely scrapped. I'm afraid the others won't be able to move either. It needs to be renovated. She paused. The most troublesome thing is. Four people are missing. It's possible to get lost just when the wind picks up. We just looked around and couldn't find it. ”

I asked who it was. Anin said it was the Caucasian. There are three more people I am not familiar with.

The Caucasians were with me at the time of their disappearance. So I showed them the way. Ask them if they've been to that area. A-Ning nodded. Said that they were all looking for it nearby. These people must have gone further than she thought.

I sighed. A few words of comfort to her. Let her not be in a hurry. These people all have GPS. And the wind is so strong. It certainly won't go far. Now it's still windy. The field of vision is not very clear. Wait until dawn. It's easier to find.

She bit her lower lip and nodded. But the expression did not change. It doesn't feel good to me. I'm not familiar with the Gobi either. I don't know what to expect at this point. I had to shut up. We forced the door of that car open. Took out the equipment inside. And then they're going to find the next one. I had to go along.

That's when I found the car stuck in the riverbed. It doesn't seem to be the quicksand often mentioned in novels. Rather, at the bottom of the riverbed. The face was crushed. The car sank in. It's not topless. Someone told me. It was the salt husk that was crushed. There are a lot of salt crusts in many sides below the Gobi here. This is the riverbed. Before there was water. The situation at the bottom of the river is very complicated. There is a large amount of sediment. After the drought. When the salt crust crystallizes, it leaves a lot of voids. So some of the squares of this riverbed are actually like dried nǎi cheese. It is not pressed. We parked at the wrong party.

I wondered, "But we walked all the way through the riverbed." Nothing has happened. ”

The man: "That's because the river we walked on has been dry for a long time. But now the river channel under our feet. It took up to half a year. Didn't you notice that there is almost no grass and shrubs here? ”

I looked around in surprise. And so it was. It's bare all around. Even the shuttle is not long.

The man said to me, "We must be heading up this river now." At the end of this river is definitely a high mountain. If the river is not diverted. There are certainly ancient cities or ruins in the vicinity of such rivers. This shows that the old Tibetan woman is not blindly leading the way. I thought this old woman was a liar. ”

I looked at the upper reaches of the river he was pointing to. On the flat Gobi. It seems like something is really something. I remembered the huge black shadow I saw in the wind. I always felt like it wasn't my delusion.

That same evening. We got all the cars out. Then I gathered all the luggage. At dawn. The others woke up one after another. Aning began to organize them to work. Repair of cars. Find someone to find someone.

I had a bite to eat with a few other people looking for a car in the evening. Get in your sleeping bag to catch up on your sleep. Very tired. As soon as I slept, I slept until the sun set.

After waking up. The wind has completely stopped. The sand and dust are gone. That group of people was very efficient. Several cars were repaired. Ready. All kinds of supplies have also been redistributed. Reloading is underway.

A-Ning didn't sleep for a day and a night. Listening to the radio non-stop. Neither the stuffy oil bottle nor the dark glasses were there. One asked. The two men were still outside looking for the four missing people.

I didn't feel good when I heard it. It's been a day. The four have not been found. Isn't there a GPS? Is it really as Tashi said? This thing doesn't work in the Gobi?

I took the dry food out of my bag. While eating, I went to A-Ning's side. Ask about the specifics.

A-Ning frowned. The dark circles are coming out. Feeling very haggard. When I asked her, she didn't bother to answer me. The walkie-talkie has always been a conversation about people outside. It's in English. I listened hastily. None of this is good news. I asked her if she wanted me to go out and look for it too. She shook her head and said no. It has been divided into three groups and gone out. I'm looking for it a third time. I went and it didn't work. Let me clean up. Tashi and the others found a devil's town twenty kilometers ahead. Wait a minute, we'll leave there to rest. It will be windy at night.

I looked at her and was already burned. I don't want to bother her. I went to see another group of people fix the car. Help hand over tools.

I watched it for more than half an hour. Tashi returned from the riverbed in the distance. The wind is going to blow up again for us. The flat line in front of it has already risen to the sand line. We're going to go fast. Otherwise, the car will be repaired in vain.

We'll get ready right away. Quickly get things ready. Because there are fewer cars. The car that was not repaired was dragged behind. I was in a car with a few Tibetans. Set off towards the direction where the sun sets.

It took about 20 minutes to drive on the vast Gobi. In the setting sun, the shadow of Yadan's appearance appeared in front of him. Mountains of stone rose flat. Tashi's voice came over the intercom. Guide us to change our direction. Soon you will see a huge "castle". Appears in view.

That was Tashi's chosen shelter from the wind. Let's go straight to it. When you open up closer. I found out that it was a big rocky mountain like a steamed bun. Behind is the appearance of a large area of Yadan that is gradually becoming denser. It's like the fortifications behind a castle.

Devil's City is also known as Windy City. It is a strange shape carved out of a large rock by a strong wind. A large area. There are a large number of strangely shaped rocky mountains. It can give people the imagination of all kinds of weird things. And when the wind blows through these rocks. Because of the distribution. It makes a ghost-crying wolf-howling sound. That's why it's called Devil's Town. On the Gobi. This kind of appearance is very common. I've visited in xīnjiāng before. Not curious this time.

We were outside that "castle". A rocky hill with a flat bottom stopped. Tashi jumped down and shouted. We all came down and set up camp. Two hours later. Sure enough, the wind began to blow. The wind and sand that covered the sky were again. Scrape until midnight. It's just slowly getting smaller like yesterday.

The wind is too strong. The devil cries wolf in the devil's town. No one can sleep. The wind is less. I gradually fell asleep one by one. Those two vigils that slept during the day. Both men are interested in Devil's Town. Look, Tashi and I didn't sleep either. They all went outside to take pictures. Tashi told them to be careful. Don't walk in. It's easy to get lost inside.

I slept during the day. Very jīng god. A-Ning is pondering tomorrow's search method. His hand was still holding the walkie-talkie. It seems that those few people are not found. A-Ning won't rest.

I went over and persuaded her to sleep for a while. Haven't said a few words yet. Suddenly, someone shouted from the Gobi in the distance: "Team doctor! Doctor! ”

Aning's team doctor is a fat man. I didn't sleep reading either. I woke up when I heard it. We also looked over there. I heard someone shouting, "Come here!" I've found Ah K! ”

Ah K is one of the four people who went missing. We all jumped up when we heard it. Run in three steps and two steps. At once, I saw that it was the two people who filmed Devil's Town. Beckoning to us on a mound. Rush over and take a look. I saw a big pit in the mound. At the bottom of the pit lay a man. It's that Ah K.

The team doctor ran out of breath. Jumped off. Touched it. He cried out, "I'm still alive." ”

Several people rushed down to carry people. The team doctor yelled for them to carry him to the tent.

The scene was chaotic. Tashi picked up the man and ran back. I was pushed aside. Look at the pit. I looked to the side again in the direction we were coming from. The heart says oh my God. How could this man have fallen here? That's more than 20 kilometers from where we parked yesterday. And it was still headwinds in that direction at the time. Did he come against the wind?

Back in the team doctor's tent. Watch the team doctor rescue. Soon the old K was rescued. The team doctor breathed a sigh of relief and said that he had just fainted from fatigue. The team doctor gave him an injection. Soon he woke up.

After he woke up. We asked him what was going on. He said he didn't know what was going on. All the way. Walking and walking. Then I saw a shadow in front of me. He thought there was a mountain of stones. Just lean in. As a result, go, go, go. I don't know how long I walked. And he fell into the pit. As he spoke, he asked, "Hey." Did that old Gao and the other two come back? ”

Lao Gao is a Caucasian. As soon as I heard him talk about the shadow. There is a stirring spirit in my heart. I want to ask him for details. But as soon as A-Ning heard him, he asked Lao Gao. Immediately asked him why he asked. Have you ever seen them.

"They were right in front of me," he said. How do I call them. None of them looked back. Think of it as going against the wind. They can't hear it. Then I fell and fainted. How. They didn't come back? ”

A-Ning was surprised: "You mean you saw them before you fell unconscious?" ”

Ah K nodded. Aning turned his head. He said to me, "Did you hear that?" The party where the old K was found was outside the Devil's Town. Ahead is the Devil's Town. Put it this way. They're in town! No wonder we couldn't find it. ”

Her eyes lit up all of a sudden. Immediately clap our hands and let us out. We walked out of the team doctor's tent. 1. Deliberation. A-Ning insisted on going into the Devil's City to search immediately.

These people don't know what's going on either. More than twenty kilometers were walked against the wind. Old K fell unconscious outside. The people inside may also be jīng exhausted. They must be found immediately. That way we can also have a little peace of mind.

I'm very good. I nodded yes. We immediately assigned the teams. A lot of people just went to sleep. Didn't wake them up. It's the team doctor and me. Prepare three people to go and take a look in first. Others wait two hours. Wake up again and follow up.

With that, we started preparing right away. Just picked up the bag. Tashi on the side walked over. Stopped us. "Wait a minute. I nǎinǎi said. You can't go in. ”