Chapter 19: The Storm

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The little girl Bai Ling jumped up and down and said, "Well, it's really comfortable to walk at night." Alas, it would be nice if someone would accompany me to watch the stars in the desert. ”

Leng Feng smiled and said, "Little girl, what do you want?" Looking at the stars? By the time you've seen the stars, the sky will be bright. Who wants to be here to suffer the cold. Don't look at the sky, it's better to watch the road, don't fall. As soon as the words fell, the little girl fell.

The little girl pouted and said, "You still said that Lu Liang is a crow's mouth, I don't think you can get any better." Leng Feng walked over with a smile and pulled Bai Ling up, and said with a smile: "Don't blame me, who let you walk and watch the sky." Deserve. Fortunately, it was in the desert, and the sand was soft and didn't hurt to fall, but if it was somewhere else, it might have hurt. ”

The little girl kicked angrily and said, "What a broken thing, you dare to trip me up." Then there was an oops, and the little girl said strangely: "Give me a flashlight, what's here, why is it so hard?" ”

We gathered around and looked, there are very few places in the desert where people can trip, and there is yellow sand everywhere here, how can people trip and stumble. What tripped the little girl was a stone, I don't know how big it was, only one corner was exposed. We lifted it with a grin, but we didn't lift it. I shook my head and said, "Forget it, you can't take it, let's go." ”

Zhang Qiang shook her head and said, "I can't go." There are words on it. ”

Suddenly, we came to Jing and hurriedly picked up the sand from the stones and something. We had sapper shovels on our car, but they were blown up by the wolf's teeth on the Enajel plateau, and now we can only pick them up by hand. The stone was soon revealed, a slate. What really has words, only a few big words. Gao Gao Ping looked at these words and said, "Sure enough, it's the text of the Mayans." We hurriedly asked, "What is it?" Zhang Qiang let out a breath and sighed long: "Kunlun Wonderland." ”

What the? We all jump? Kunlun Wonderland? I hurriedly asked, "Little girl, are you sure you read it right?" ”

Zhang Qiang shook her head and said, "What are you anxious about?" I'm not done yet. Gao Ping then said: "South Gate." Li Zhiming said in surprise: "The south gate of Kunlun Wonderland? Could it be that the Kunlun Mountains on the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" are quicksand, and it is the Sahara Desert? So, was there really only one continent on Earth at that time? ”

I looked at Li Zhiming in surprise and said, "I didn't expect you to have also read "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". Li Zhiming smiled awkwardly: "I just read it as a story." As you know, there are a lot of myths and legends in China, which are even more colorful than those in the Bible. China's immortals are also more powerful. It's like Zeus, the great god of the West, who only thunders. In Chinese mythology, it is only the little Lei Gong who can thunder, the immortal who does not enter the stream. Therefore, I still prefer Chinese gods, so I have read all these miscellaneous books on China. ”

I pointed to the slate and said, "Come, let's take a handle and see what's down there?" "We all know that there are usually holes under the stone slabs, and the ancients especially liked to seal the holes with stone slabs. So we can't let go and see what's going on inside. The slate was opened, and there was indeed a big black hole underneath, but when I took a photo, it was not too deep.

Gao Gao Ping said: "Look at it, there is a map on this stone slab. It's weird, how could this map be like this? "The map is very strange, only to see a line that zigzags and continues downward, well, maybe up. It's strange that this map can't be seen up and down. The route is very long, and according to some of the references above, it is estimated that it is more than ten kilometers. Could it be that the Kunlun Wonderland in ancient times had to drill more than ten kilometers of caves? It's really, incredible.

"Shall we go down?" Gao Ping looked at me eagerly and said.

I nodded faintly and said, "Take a look, see what's down there." ”

Gao Yanan looked at me and said, "Professor Shui, our flashlight is running low, and it may be dangerous to go down." I wondered, "Aren't there still two searchlights?" ”

Gao Yanan shook his head and said, "You forgot? Didn't the searchlights break in the battle, and we only have these seven flashlights now. And it's already running out of power. ”

I looked down and said, "Let's go, let's go down, and we can do it quickly." This time I can only take a cursory look. Gao Yanan, if you mark down the seat here, maybe we will still use it. This is a place for the Mayans, and it is related to the Kunlun Wonderland in Chinese mythology, so remember it clearly. Convenient for our next visit. ”

Gao Yanan took out the GPRS positioning system, determined the latitude and longitude, and recorded it. Gao Yanan said: "Now we are in south-central Algeria. It can be said that it is in the heart of the Sahara Desert. Whether it's to the capital of Morocco or Algeria, or to the capital of Niriel to the south, or to the capital of Mali, it's almost the same. So, no one can count on us here. So, we can't afford to waste any more time. I don't think there's much of any of you. I only have one bottle left. Wherever we go, the nearest is four or five hundred kilometers. ”

I smiled and said, "Gao Yanan, do you want to go down?" But they all went down. "As far as we could speak, they had all gone down. Gao Yanan looked at me, shook his head and said, "What do you say?" Aren't you pushing me? It's all down, what am I doing up there? ”

Coming below, it's just a hall. The hall is not large, only about fifty square meters, or more appropriately a stone room. But the layout is definitely a hall. In front of the hall, there is a stone table, and behind the stone table is a corridor. It seems that the owner of the stone table should be the one who guards the corridor. Or rather, the doorman who is responsible for registering visitors. A few stone chairs were haphazardly placed in the hall, and it seemed that the people here were in a hurry to leave, and they didn't even have time to put the chairs away. There are a few big characters in Yongdao, and Zhang Qiang said that it was 'South Gate'. In ancient mythology, it is said that there is a South Gate of Heaven in the sky, which is the gateway to enter and exit the heavenly court, but I didn't expect that there was a South Gate here.

We went around the stone table and went straight into the corridor. The corridor is very wide, and you can move three people side by side at the same time. The corridor is also very high, we jumped a few times and couldn't touch the top, it seems that it will not be lower than three meters. This kind of road is very rare, we have passed through so many underground palaces, and I don't know how many roads have been walked, and it is the first time I have seen such a wide road.

We walked quickly, the road zigzagged downward, walked for half an hour, and it was estimated that it should have plummeted more than 70 meters. The slope taken should be between fifteen and twenty degrees. Although there is a slope, it is not difficult to walk. The ground of the road is very flat, and there are no joints of the stone slabs, which are estimated to be artificially excavated, and are not paved with stone slabs.

After another forty minutes or so, we estimated that we had advanced more than five kilometers. The depth has also dropped by more than 100 meters. I remembered the map on the stone slab and looked at the direction of this road, only to realize that we had walked for so long, and it was only about one percent of the map. God, it's five or six kilometers away, and it's only one percent, so wouldn't this road cost five or six hundred kilometers? I guess it might go to Italy.

I checked the corridor, and there was nothing special about it, just the smooth stone walls. There's no such thing as a pattern on it, either. We looked at each other and decided to go back. I don't know where it leads here, and besides, it's only one percent and it's already descended more than a hundred meters. So wouldn't it be more than 10,000 meters down at the end of the belt? How is this possible? What kind of concept is more than 10,000 meters? Today's oil wells are drilled with diamond bits, and the deepest point is just over 7,000 meters. This height should have penetrated directly into the earth's crust and directly to the mantle. Just think about how difficult this project is. Now the large machinery for mining coal is extremely difficult to penetrate more than 500 meters into the mine, and it is actually ...... here More than 10,000 meters? Also, where did the rock go when it was mined? Every meter advanced is four or five square stones, more than 10,000 meters of how many stones will be opened, I am afraid that the Mediterranean Sea is filled with can't be put down.

Gao Yanan looked at me and asked, "Professor Shui, should we continue to go down or go back?" ”

I nodded and said, "Go back." There is nothing useful here either. But if we go on, I think we're going to starve to death in it. It took more than two hours to walk one hundredth, and we can't walk for 200 hours in a row, right? We don't seem to have much food. Instead of going down without a purpose, it's better to go back. ”

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. It takes more than 200 hours to reach the destination. But we didn't know what was there, and we all thought it wasn't worth the risk. So it's better to go back. Anyway, Gao Yanan has already written down the location here, and it is also a good choice to come and see when he is free.

It was a lot more strenuous to walk back, and when I went downhill, this time I came back uphill. Although the slope is not large, the continuous uphill of five or six kilometers is still unbearable. We took an hour's break halfway through before we had the strength to come back.

We went back to it, moved the slab back to its place, and re-covered the chamber. There should be a big secret here, it's just that we don't have that much time and equipment to go inside and explore. There should be a pair of hands in the darkness to guide our actions. The trip to the desert was a bit rushed, but we were happy with the harvest.

Looking at the dark sky, we are a little strange, it is almost dawn, how can it be so dark? It was quiet all around, and there was no wind at all, which is rare in the desert. It's hot in the desert, but the breeze never stops. Now there is not a trace of wind, and the surroundings are surprisingly quiet, a strange atmosphere makes people feel oppressed, and a sense of foreboding fills everyone's hearts.

Li Zhiming frowned and said, "It's not good, it's a storm." And it's the most powerful black sandstorm in the desert. When the storm came, the sky was covered with sand and dust, and countless sand dunes were displaced by the wind, and everything in this area could not be saved, even behemoths such as African elephants would be swept into the sky by the wind. No one can survive such weather. After listening to Li Zhiming, the air between us seemed to be condensed, and the kind of dignified and depressed person was out of breath. How can we be so unlucky, we just hope to go home, but how can we come out again? We really didn't dare to leave. Even elephants can be swept into the sky, how can we resist them? And it can also displace the dunes, and we dare not walk. If the dunes were not moving, we could have found a leeward place, but now we don't dare to hide on the back of the dunes. It's like inside the Taklamakan Desert. That time we had to run away with a car, and now we have nothing.

The air began to flow, and the wind began to grow stronger, but the speed began to increase very quickly. In the blink of an eye, sand and dust filled the sky. I pointed down and said, "Let's hide down there." Now it's all you have to bet on. It depends on our luck. ”

Everyone nodded, and now we have no choice but to make this choice. We moved the slate a little bit away, just enough to get people in, we didn't dare to move too much, it would quickly be filled with dust. We can't move the slabs underneath, otherwise we'll move the slabs over and block the hole directly.

Leng Feng said with a smile: "If you can really move the stone slab, do you dare to block the entrance of the cave?" ”

Ye Manqing shook his head and said, "It's really not good, if we block the entrance to the cave, maybe we really won't be able to get out." The crowd immediately understood. If the cave is really blocked, we really don't know how to get out in case a sand dune crushes the slabs. Although there are bombs, how dare we use them? If the slate shatters and the sand pours in like water, how can we escape? Before we could get out, we were buried in the sand.

I grinned and said, "Haha, if we can't get out, we will definitely become dry corpses in a few decades." If no one finds out, thousands of years from now, maybe someone will be famous from us: 'The dried corpses of prehistoric humans have been found, and the cause of death is still under investigation.' It's rare to have such a complete dried corpse......" Leng Feng hammered me hard and said angrily, "I'm going to die, what to say." At this time, I am still in the mood to joke. ”

Lu Liang said: "Sister-in-law, you don't know, this is the boss relieving us of pressure, and at this time, only joking can reduce this dignified atmosphere." If you are in this oppressive atmosphere for a long time, your nerves will not be able to stand it. Then there will be depression or schizophrenia. ”

Gao Yanan glanced at me and said, "Well, I didn't expect you to know so much. It's okay, I think the right thing to do now is to sleep. We're cold in us, but we're not cold now, are we? Take a break. ”

Listening to the roar of the storm outside, how can we sleep? The sand poured in like flowing water, and although the hole was not big, it could not be held for a long time. If we go like this for five hours, we probably won't have anywhere to hide. At that time, there will be only access to the passage. That doesn't matter, let's dig down a few sand and presumably the sand will slip down on its own.

Our wind is getting louder and louder, and our scalps tingle when we hear it. If it weren't for this place to take refuge, I guess we would all have died in the desert, and none of us were spared. Li Zhiming also looked like dirt, and muttered: "I have been in Egypt for so many years, and I have never seen such a big storm when I came out." I'm afraid this is not a storm, but a black death wind that has not been encountered in a thousand years. I heard that under this kind of wind, even steel will be blown into powder. Both humans and animals will be reduced to ashes. I heard that there was an ancient kingdom in the past, and it was under this wind that the whole country evaporated overnight, and no one ever saw that kingdom again. And so he disappeared under the storm. ”

Bai Ling pursed his lips and said, "Liar, right? ”

Li Zhiming shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just heard about it." But there is a reason for it. I guess there must be some parts of it that are true. ”

There were a few wisps of majesty mixed in the quicksand, and when they blew on their bodies, they immediately tore their clothes. We hurriedly retreated, the wind was really strong. Is it really the Black Death Wind that Li Zhiming said? Just by the breeze, the clothes are rotten, and if we were outside, they would really be blown into powder. These clothes are all professional adventure suits and are all made of canvas. It is made of the same material as military tents, and is stronger and thinner than military tents. It was actually rotten when it was blown by the wind? No one will believe it.

We retreated straight into the corridor, which was probably the safest place in the storm. The tables and chairs outside were also turned into powder by the wind, mixed with the sand, and it was even finer than the sand. Looking at the raging wind, we also kept praying, praying that this wind would not destroy all this place, if that was the case, we really couldn't get out.

Strange things happened, the wind blew the bar, the tables and chairs were all blown into powder, but the stone slab that covered the hole was not damaged in the slightest. He was the first to come into contact with those winds, so why did he have no problems? We've touched it with our own hands, and we don't see any difference in him. How could he be okay? Could it be that this stone tablet is a treasure? Could it be that he was left behind by the Mayans and was not something on earth at all? Or something like an immortal demon jing has sacrificed him.

"What do you think? So distracted. Leng Feng pushed me and asked. I said what had just come to mind, and everyone laughed. Li Zhiming said with a smile: "Professor Shui is worthy of being a geologist, and the things he thinks of are different from ours in time. However, we can't explain it, so I'll trust you. “

I shook my head depressedly, what do you mean by believing me.