Longcheng (Bailongdui) Yadan is one of the three major Yadan groups in Lop Nur, which is a gravel mound landform formed by the uplift of the Quaternary lacustrine deposit, due to water erosion and wind erosion, it forms a long strip of mound group from northeast to southwest, stretching for nearly 100 kilometers. These landforms are mainly developed on the basis of gray and white sand and mud and gypsum layers, and the mounds are generally 10 to 20 meters high, extending very long and curved, generally 200 to 500 meters long, and even up to several thousand meters. And the mound is covered with a layer of white saline-alkali soil, some are a very thick layer of crystal salt, in the early morning sunlight, the long dragon reflects the brilliant silver light, and even creeping and wriggling, so there is the name of the white dragon pile.

This is a part of the ancient Silk Road, until the Tang Dynasty there are still merchants passing through here, in the northeast of Bailongdui far away on the Gobi Desert, there is a faintly recognizable trace of the ancient road, about 60 centimeters wide, into the north-south direction, belongs to the camel, the horse team out of the ancient silk road, where you can pick up ancient coins, ironware, cloth silk fragments and so on.

Looking left and right, the surroundings were deserted, and there was not even a trace of the expedition, only to remember that it was June, and generally from June to August, no one set foot here at all. In fact, Longcheng Yadan is still a dangerous no-man's land to this day, due to the harsh environment, people will generally be trapped in sandstorms here, either starving to death or dying of thirst.

And the reason why this place is called "the most mysterious" is because very few people have seen it in its true form, and death has followed you silently when you enter.

After that, several people found a male corpse and a camel in another ten-meter-deep trench, the identity of the corpse was a mechanic surnamed Zhang, although Xiao Dayian had not spoken to him, but he had met several times in the office, and he was also half an acquaintance

Continuing to look further, Batur dismounted from his camel and crouched down to observe the tiny marks left on the ground. Because Zamu hadn't said before that Xue Ka's team had already entered any area of Dragon City when it encountered the sandstorm, and such a big storm was very likely to sweep the corpse far away, so it was necessary to find the route of the car that night before that, so it was possible to find more people. And Batur should have become a "pathfinder", he is a good desert hand, and he has his own set of "unique secrets" for pathfinding. First of all, observe the car marks left on the ground, which are generally harder than the ground elsewhere, and the soft dust left by the wind can be seen faintly recognizable.

Another is the sense of smell, Batur's nose may be more sensitive than that of a dog, and the sand and gravel layer of the wheels fracturing will reveal a little layer of soil, which he can use to distinguish the smell of fresh earth.

This way of finding the way, the difficulty is very high and slow, everyone stops and goes, Batur often pouts his ass and lies on the ground for half a day, which lasts for more than five hours, and at 18 o'clock in the afternoon he finally found some eyebrows, but at this time the sky has changed greatly, the sky in the west rolled over a thick layer of gray clouds, and suddenly the wind was fierce, and there was no color between the heaven and the earth. The old horse knew that he could not rush forward any longer, so he had to hurriedly find a broken wall to shelter from the wind.

They tied their camels to the wall, and then they all crouched at the base of the wall, waiting for the black storm to come, but this time it didn't seem to be so bad, the wind grew stronger but not so bad that it would blow the wall down.

The wind blows in this place, the yellow sand covers the sky and the sun, the strange shadow is blurred, the wind circles and howls in the "city", and makes a terrible strange cry, like a ghost crying wolf, which is creepy. This reminded Xiao of his lips, Bailongdui is often mentioned in history books that there are ghosts and monsters, and these strange cries don't know if they are wailing for unjust souls.

But at this moment, he only hoped that the wind would stop as soon as possible, so that they could continue on the road, but Batur and Lao Du were extremely in bad spirits, and Lao Ma looked at the sky and said, "Forget it, this wind can't stop for a while, just rest under this wall for one night, and we will go again at dawn tomorrow." ”

The next morning, the wind had stopped, and everyone followed the route Batur had found, and half an hour later, the body of Li Zhongkui, a miner who had come with Zamu, was found in a one-meter-high pile of rubble. The body was sitting upright on a pile of rubble, head down, feet apart, and a dead camel half-buried in the sand.

Li Zhongkui wore a straw hat around his neck, his half-length hair covered half of his face, and a bulging backpack on his left hand side, revealing a silver dangling thing from the side of the bag. When I walked in, it was a military knife, and the knife was stained with blood, and Li Zhongkui was holding it with his left hand.

When the old horse saw the corpse, his nose was sore, and he almost burst into tears, he craned his neck and stared at the sky to calm himself.

And Wei Xiao, this kid, rushed directly to the stone pile as soon as he was excited, and then was about to move Li Zhongkui's body, Batur saw this, stepped up in two steps, grabbed him from behind, and shouted: "Young man, wait first!" ”

Wei Xiao almost fell off the stone pile with a stumble under his feet, and turned around with red eyes and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Batur frowned, grabbed him by the neck and dragged him back, saying, "This guy died wrong, look at his hands." ”

Wei Xiao looked down with suspicion on his face, and looked down with some impatience, only to find that Li Zhongkui's left hand holding the handle of the knife was black and purple, and when he looked at it again, it was a dried bloodstain, and there was not much flesh on the entire palm, and Bai Sensen's bones were exposed under the trivial flesh foam.

Wei Xiao was shocked and turned his head to look at Batur. Batur nodded, stepped forward and picked up Li Zhongkui's long hair in front of his face with the head of his gun, and when he opened it, Wei Xiao's brain immediately exploded, and he opened his mouth and shouted: "Captain, Lao Du!" ”

The two people under the stone pile suddenly came back to their senses from their sadness, and immediately rushed to the stone pile, and when they saw Li Zhongkui's hideous face, they couldn't help but have a hair on their backs.

Li Zhongkui's appearance is definitely much more terrifying than Assistant Yang's, the half of his face no longer has much flesh, the purple-black blood is dried up on the bones, and a shrunken shriveled eyeball hangs on the side of the eye socket, and from this hole, you can see that there is nothing in the cranial cavity.

Xiao exclaimed, "Oh my God! His mind is empty! ”

"How so? Zhongkui he was stunned for a moment, his eyes were as big as walnuts, and Wei Xiao couldn't help but bend down and vomit.

"I'm afraid it is" Batur put down the gun and pulled Li Zhongkui's shirt open, seeing that a large area of dirty thermal underwear inside was covered with blood. Lao Du helped lift the thermal underwear, only to find that the inside of the clothes was actually a bone shelf, and all the internal organs were swept away, and there was not even skin left.

Lao Du's hands trembled, and he immediately withdrew the gun, and the corpse could not bear the weight of the head and fell backwards, and the head rolled down the stone pile with the upper body and two arms, and the lower body was still sitting firmly on the stone pile.

"Why? Didn't you encounter a sandstorm? Why did Brother Li become like this? Could it be that the wind was so strong that all his internal organs were blown away? Wei Xiao said in horror.

For a moment, everyone was stunned, standing in place at a loss, looking at the broken corpse in two.