Chapter 3 Secrets
"Oh? Not clean? I asked, "What's going on?" ”
Yang Sen said: "That place is often like this, one second the sky is still clear, the next second is dark clouds and thick fog, after a few minutes, if you are still ......" Gao Yanan frowned and asked: "What do you mean if you are still there?" Yang Sen smiled bitterly and said: "It's strange here, the fog disappears together for only a few minutes, but in just a few minutes, something disappears, for example, equipment, for example, people." ”
"People?" I asked, "Are there people who have disappeared?" ”
Janssen said: "Yes, I haven't seen it with my own eyes. But there was a herder grazing cattle there in the neighborhood, and I saw several foreigners disappear there. Now he no longer dares to go there to graze. "It's just that I heard that he couldn't be so calm, and if I had experienced it myself, I wouldn't have this kind of expression. Foreigner? It must have been a tomb robber. Near Lop Nur is the ancient country of Loulan, this time we passed near Lop Nur, just to see that ancient city. Foreigners have disappeared without any reports or missing person notices, and most of those people have entered the country secretly. In recent years, there have often been foreigners who have smuggled into Xinjiang Province, either robbing tombs or hunting for treasures. Anyway, the purpose is the same, that is, to surround Chinese cultural relics.
Lop Nur is in the shape of an ear on a satellite photograph and is known as the 'Ear of the Earth'. If you look at the photos, it's full of the same thing, it's really quite similar. Yang Sen handed us a copy of the information, and we looked at it, and our faces couldn't help but turn green. Is this Lop Nur so evil? So many people are missing? Is it really missing, only half of the dried corpses found are found, and what about the dozen or so people who are missing? Not even the dried corpses were found.
There is also such a one: In 2007, a male corpse was found in Lop Nur, with shriveled muscles, and I don't know who it was. Considering that the characters who have disappeared in the past few decades are only Peng Jiamu and Yu Chunshun, but looking at the formation age of the dry corpse, it is Peng Jiamu's possible surname is the largest. People rushed to tell each other, and the state also sent a message to find Pengamu. However, after a complex DNA test, it was determined that this person was not Pengamu. In order not to affect the mood of the masses, it is necessary to give up at this time.
We shook our heads, it turned out that Pengamu was not found, no wonder we paid attention to this matter back then, but then it was gone. I see. This is indeed an evil sect, tens of thousands of people did not find it at the beginning, and now a dried corpse has been found, but it is not Pengamu.
Gao Yanan coughed dryly and said, "We also have to go in the evil gate, at least this place is much safer than the Sahara Desert." This time I came out to train my ability to survive in the desert. The more evil you are, the more you have to go in, and only in this way can you increase your hopes of surviving in the Sahara Desert. ”
Lu Liang muttered, "What are we?" It's as if I'm not going. ”
Gao Yanan glared at Lu Liang and said, "Go to bed early tonight and leave early tomorrow morning." Disband. As he spoke, he pulled Janssen out of the room. It seems that they still have something to hide from us, and they actually left like this.
Gao Gao Ping looked at me and said, "Boss, it seems that there are still things we don't know about, this time the name is to go to the desert for training, it seems that it is not the same thing at all." Now our central task seems to be in Lop Nur. ”
I nodded and said, "Let's take one step at a time, it's useless to guess now." It's a pity that Leng Feng left Guoan, otherwise he wouldn't be so passive. ”
Leng Feng patted me and said, "Okay, let's eat, dinner is ready." Everyone has been waiting for you. My heart moved and I asked, "Are Gao Yanan and Yang Sen also there?" Leng Feng shook his head, "Are the two of them eating in the room?" Husband, do you think the two of them will be old acquaintances? ”
I smiled evilly and said, "You want to say that they are **** women." Leng Feng blushed and said, "Go aside, the dog can't spit out ivory from his mouth, and if something comes to your mouth, it will change its taste." I always said Lu Liang, you can't be stronger there. "It's early, and we laugh for a while before going down.
Early the next morning, we set off. Although Lop Nur is very close to Dunhuang Li, it is already noon when I come to Lop Nur. Everyone got out of the car and moved. It's actually very tiring to take a car, don't believe it, you ask those who drive taxis.
I moved my sore shoulders and said, "Janssen, didn't you say that someone is grazing here?" Over here...... Can you graze? It's Pegasus, right? I looked at the yellow sand around me and said jokingly.
Yang Sen smiled and shook his head: "Of course not." This is Lop Nur, and it is taboo to speak. Grazing, you don't associate these two words? ”
I whispered the word grazing, read it a few times, and suddenly understood. This word is changed to that word. Yang Sen looked at me and smiled, "Laughing and knowing?" I nodded silently, why is a word so taboo? Is this really that magical? Yang Sen seemed to know what I was thinking, and sighed and said, "Yes, that's what you think." ”
We ate a bite to eat, relaxed for a while, and continued towards the hinterland of Lop Nur. Although Yang Sen said that there are small swamps buried in yellow sand, but when we see a patch of yellow sand, we don't believe that there will be a swamp here. We know that there is a layer of water underneath the desert, but a swamp that can sink into a quagmire, haha, what are you kidding? If it was a meadow, it would have been possible if Lop Nur had not dried up, but now, more than forty years later, even the largest swamp should have dried up.
Leng Feng suddenly said: "Husband, I feel very depressed here, and I am uncomfortable. I nodded, reassuring her softly. Ever since she absorbed part of the dragon soul in her body, her spiritual sense had become stronger and stronger. Since she said depressed, this place must be unusual. The car in front stopped suddenly, and the first car was Gao Yanan, Yang Sen and Ye Manqing, and Granny Blue Flower, and Wang Zongjun was driving. There were five people in each car, and the last car was Liu Qiang and Ye Simin, most of their cars were filled with food and water, and their equipment was generally on the roof of their cars.
Since Gao Yanan's car has stopped, there will definitely be instructions. We all gathered in front of the first car, Gao Yanan frowned and said, "There is a great danger ahead, but this is also where we are going. Everyone knows that the satellite shooting of Lop Nur is in the shape of an ear, and now the place we are going to is the ear eye. There are many relics near Lop Nur, such as the ancient country of Loulan, but what you don't know is that there is also a country on the central island of Lop Nur, but with the invasion of the desert and the shrinkage of Lop Nur, it has disappeared for more than ten centuries, which is also the main reason why foreign scientific expeditions have entered Lop Nur many times. This country is earlier than Loulan, and the country takes into account the danger of the Sahara Desert, so let's practice here, if we can't get through here, we can't get through it when we get to the Sahara Desert. ”
"Now it's here?" I asked. Gao Yanan shook his head and said, "No, it's just that Ye Manqing feels that there is danger, so I remind you to cheer up and be careful." Go back, it's okay. ”
We got back to the car and carefully walked along the ruts of the car in front of us. We were in the car, Gao Ping, me, Leng Feng and the two sticky little girls - Zhang Qiang and Bai Ling. Because of the danger, the people who are most powerful in dealing with the supernatural are in front. Liu Qiang and Ye Simin are also experienced, so they are behind. Gao Ping and Bai Ling enter dangerous places relatively rarely, so they stay with me. These deployments are decisions made by Gao Yanan personally, and we don't know when he made them.
After walking for a while, it was getting dark, and we decided to set up camp on the spot. Four Humvees surrounded the four vehicles, roped them together, and we set up our tent in the center. The weather in the desert is very evil, it is hot to death at noon, and at night it is about freezing. The temperature difference reaches thirty or forty degrees, and if you are not well prepared, you don't know how to die at that time. If you have a cold, you don't have a lot of water to quench the fire, you have dizziness and headaches, your limbs are weak in such a place, and if there is no one to take care of you, you will have the consciousness of staying here forever. So, we came not only with tents, but also sleeping bags.
These sleeping bags are not ordinary sleeping bags, but they are for the national mountaineering team. This is the kind of sleeping bag used when climbing Mount Everest. In Gao Yanan's words, you are all talents of the country, and of course the country should consider more for you. Be content with yourselves.
There were no trees, not even grass, so we had to use the stove we had brought with us. This time we came out with gas canisters, small ones, each gas canister was filled with five kilograms of gas, and we brought three. It is expected to be available for about fifteen days. If there are no unforeseen circumstances, we should be able to cross the Taklamakan Desert in ten days.
Dinner was made by a few women, and the best one was actually Janssen. When he did it, we didn't even find out. What a weirdo, I didn't expect his food to be so delicious. After eating, we take turns according to the night plan about you. The first class was Gao Yanan and Yang Sen, the second stop was me and Leng Feng, then Wang Zongjun and Gao Gaoping, Liu Qiang and Ye Simin, Zhang Qian and Li Hua, and finally Yu Qian and Lu Liang. It was divided into six shifts, each lasting one and a half hours. The few remaining people cook in the morning. For this division, everyone still agrees.
I slept soundly, and when I woke up, it was already four o'clock in the morning. I patted my head, no, last night from nine o'clock on duty, we should be on duty at half past ten, now it's almost tomorrow. I looked at Leng Feng, who was still asleep, and it was still wrong. I got up softly and peeked out stealthily, it was quiet outside, with the occasional sound of iron striking coming from afar. The tent we brought was a two-person tent, and the sound of others on duty at night would not disturb us, could it be that Gao Yanan was kind and didn't call us? Impossible.
I sneaked out quietly, and it was really cold to walk barefoot on the sand. And the sand is not all round, there are occasional sharp stabs that hurt the feet, but fortunately the desert is soft and does not puncture the soles of the feet. If there is no one on duty, how can there be no one? I crept over to the car, looked towards the place where the sound was coming from, and saw two people filling in something. Under the dim torch aperture, it was Gao Yanan and Yang Sen. Yang Sen's eyes shone with turquoise light, and he smiled smugly as he held an object, which was like a short sword, and it also shone with a turquoise light.
Seeing that they were filling in that big hole, I knew they were coming back soon. I crept back into the tent, slipped into my sleeping bag, and pretended to be asleep. But I couldn't sleep anymore, carefully calculating what happened. I just remembered that the soup made by Janssen was made with scallops and frangipani, and it was very delicious. The aroma is tangy, making people **, and finally eat it all. Now that I think about it, only Yang Sen and Gao Yanan didn't eat. Could it be that ** is added to the soup? But if so, Granny Blue Flower can taste it. But she didn't move, how could it be?
It turns out that Yang Sen and Gao Yanan have been together for today's business for the past few days, so they have received orders from the state for themselves? Yang Sen's eyes just now were too strange, they were actually green like beasts. Could he also be able to see things at night? Or was it taken by that little green sword? I remembered the stone sword in my backpack, the one I had taken from Axie, and they all said it was a key, but I didn't know where it was to open it. The little green sword just now is actually quite similar to the one from my backpack, but my one is quaint and unpretentious.
Now I have to be on guard in my heart first, try to keep it as it is, and observe it slowly, and when something happens, I will naturally know the result, as long as I don't get sold by them. There was a slight noise from the car outside, and I knew they must have returned. But it's been a long time since it's been silent, isn't it? But if not, who would it be? I secretly wondered, could it be that Granny Blue Flower went out?
I will hear a voice later, this time it should be Yang Sen and Gao Yanan who are back. I heard Gao Yanan say in a low voice: "You go to sleep first, and I will wake up Yu Qian and Lu Liang later, and say that Zhang Qian and Li Hua have gone back to sleep." By the amount of medicine you ordered, they won't remember what happened. "Won't remember? Is there really such a medicine? But I know, it seems that the constitution of the fairy is really unusual. But Leng Feng didn't wake up, didn't she also absorb part of the dragon soul? How can there be no feelings?
Leng Feng touched me lightly and said softly: "Be careful when you go out in the future, don't let me worry, you know." I was stunned, it turned out that Leng Feng had also woken up early, she just didn't go out, this was her trust in me. I'm sure he could have guessed what was going on as well. We didn't have a night watch, and what could be more telling than that?
The next day, we yawned and walked out of the tent to see that Gao Yanan had gotten up. It appears that he slept for less than two hours. I pretended not to know anything and said, "Ah, are you all up?" This sleep is really sound. ”
Gao Yanan looked at us and said, "Just wait for you to come out to eat, you two are really much lazier than before, look, the sun is about to rise." I pretended to be embarrassed, waved my hand and said, "Don't say it, don't give me face if you say it, okay, eat, eat." ”
After eating and everyone packed up their equipment, Granny Blue came up to me and said softly, "Remember to wipe your footprints clean in the future." I was stunned, it turned out to be really her. I'll just say, how could you be fascinated by her. Yang Sen is too confident, he doesn't know our details, Gao Yanan can't not know, maybe she also believes in Yang Sen too much. Fortunately, Granny Blue Flower erased my footprints, otherwise I would have to wear a goof.
Janssen looked at us and said, "Do you know what this place is?" This is the heart of Lop Nur, the ears and eyes, and we are ready to stay here for a day, and we leave on time, whether we have a gain or not. ”
I said unhappily: "You said it earlier, I knew that we wouldn't stack the tents, so it would be troublesome to save the night and install it again." With an embarrassed smile, he said, "I forgot, I forgot to say." ”
"Okay, these tents aren't too troublesome, just put them on at night." Gao Yanan played a round game inside.
I looked at Granny Blue Flower and said with a smile: "Mr. Yang Senyang, the scallop soup you made last night is so delicious, let's make it at noon today." ”
Yang Sen smiled unnaturally and said: "In the evening, we may eat some canned food at noon, and we can keep warm and cold at night, it is too hot at noon, so it is better to eat some ready-made." Not too hot. ”
Gao Yanan said: "Okay, we are just here for training, everyone go around, remember not to go far, we will continue to move forward tomorrow." Oh, by the way, there is jade here, and Xinjiang jade is very famous. ”
I smiled and said, "If you want jade, you won't look for it here, but you should look for it in Hetianhe." The pebbles in the Hotan River may contain jade. Here, it can't be. ”
Gao Yanan said with a smile: "Hey, Professor Shui, although you are engaged in geology, don't forget, this place used to be a swamp, and there were no human traces, so the possibility of having jade is the largest." ”
Ye Simin looked at everyone and said, "How do we divide the team?" ”
Gao Yanan said: "Do you want to see how this works? We split into three teams. Just follow our car detachment. When Granny Blue Flower was old, she was left at home to guard the car. Well, Ye Simin came to our side, and Liu Qiang went to Professor Shui's side. Do any of you have an opinion? ”
I nodded and said, "That's it." There is Ye Manqing in your team, who can avoid many dangers, and there is Lu Liang over there, who can break most of the mechanisms. We have Zhang Qiang on our side, and we can also see the text and avoid danger. The camp is guarded by Granny Blue to ensure that nothing goes wrong. So, this distribution is the line of my senses. ”
Gao Yanan said: "Okay, since that's the case, let's assign a route." (To be continued.) )