In the transport van, I slept deeply for nearly twelve hours before being woken up, and when I opened my eyes, it was still dark outside.

There was a deathly beauty in the desert dusk, a beauty that bordered on suffocation, and I sat up and leaned on the window of the car looking at the dim line in the sky and asked, "Where are we?" ”

Xiao Huang, who is in his twenties, is a rookie egg.

Xiao Huang rubbed his eyes, obviously sleepy, he crawled over and looked at the window with me, and said, "It's the ruins of Aolai Water City." ”

After speaking, he actually patted me on the shoulder like an elder and smiled: "Don't worry, the political commissar has already made contact with the headquarters, we will follow the navigation, and we will be able to go out in half a day." ”

The first time I heard the name Aolai Water City, I was curious for a moment, so I asked, "What is Aolai Water City, why haven't I heard of it?" ”

Xiao Huang scratched his head and said, "I don't know the specifics, I heard a veteran tell me after I came to the army, he said that there used to be a water city here, and the water city was full of young and beautiful girls, and even the king was a woman." ”

When I heard this, I laughed, "Xiao Huang, you are talking to me about Journey to the West, what water city, what girl, should you be a daughter country?" ”

Xiao Huang looked at me very seriously, nodded very solemnly, and said, "By the way, I really let you say it, the veteran said that this water city is just like the daughter country in Journey to the West, all women, not a single man." ”

I didn't think he was lying or joking, so I sat down and lowered the curtains and said, "Then tell me what is going on in this Proud Water City?" ”

Xiao Huang swallowed his saliva and said, "I also listen to what others say, tell it to you, and you will take it as a story, don't go outside and talk nonsense." ”

"Got it, you say." I promised.

On a whim, I forgot about my current situation, and swept over the few people lying in the carriage, and said in my heart, my trouble has not been solved, where is the qualification to listen to the story here, frowned, shook my hand at Xiao Huang, and said: "Forget it, let's talk about it when we have time, by the way, Xiao Huang, how long will it take for us to get out." ”

Xiao Huang said: "That's okay, when you get to the camp, I'll tell you when you have eaten and rested." After that, he looked out the window, "Look, there is a green forest in front of you, and I guess you can go out in another three or five hours." ”

I checked Jiang Yuan's condition, his pulse was stable, and the blood stains on the bandage on his head were already brown, I was afraid that Xiao Huang would see the problem, and when he asked me, I had already told him that we were travel friends, because we got lost and broke in.

Xiao Huang is young, and straightforward, no heart, but the political commissar who drove is different, just now when we stopped his car, he looked at us with a suspicious face, fortunately the equipment bags on our bodies were lost below, and now there are no bits and pieces on our bodies, only one body of injuries, so I said that we are travel friends, lost and in distress, although the political commissar did not believe it, but he could not find any strong evidence to support his point of view, so he agreed to our request and promised to take us out of here.

The car drove forward for a while, and it was getting dark, Xiao Huang said that it was dangerous to drive at night here, and as soon as he finished speaking, the car stopped.

Xiao Huang said that the political commissar who drove the car was surnamed Zhu, and he had been running transportation for 20 years, not only with good driving skills, but also very familiar with the terrain in this area, and he also said that we were lucky to meet them today, and if we changed to other transportation teams, I am afraid it would take a few days to be saved.

I said in my heart, it's really lucky, a few of us can stay here for a few more days, but Jiang Yuan can't wait for a moment, I calculated the time, we still have more than half of the twenty-four hours period left, and when we get to the camp, there will definitely be doctors and medical equipment.

It was getting dark, and Xiao Huang was already sleepy-eyed, and he had fallen asleep soundly at this time, but he didn't sleep soundly.

After about four or five hours, I saw the familiar green, the camp had arrived, the car had just driven in, and there were already seven or eight people in white coats behind me, Xiao Huang went to ask them for help, and they were quite willing to help us, but when they saw me, one of them immediately turned away,

Political Commissar Zhu called me aside, and he said, "I know that you are not travelers at all, so tell me who you are and why you are in this desert." ”

I said: "Political commissar, you misunderstood, a few of us are very interested in the culture of the Western Regions, originally wanted to come here to see the ancient city ruins to study the relevant historical materials, but in the middle of the accident, our car fell into the quicksand pit, so we lost our way in the desert and went farther and farther." “

I said it with emotion, but this political commissar Zhu obviously already had his own subordinates, he looked at me for a full minute before he whispered: "You people, who covet national cultural relics, are doing illegal business, and it is not good for young people to do something." ”

I couldn't laugh or cry, "You misunderstood, you really misunderstood, you look at us, there is nothing on us, have you ever seen a tomb robber who has no tools?" ”

Political Commissar Zhu obviously didn't want to talk to me more, so he threw me a few bottles of mineral water and said, "I'll make an exception tonight and let you live in the camp, and when it dawns tomorrow, you will leave immediately." ”

I said, "Okay, okay, we'll be fine, but I have something to ask for." ”

Political Commissar Zhu raised his eyes to look at Zhang Yang who was standing behind me, and Zhang Yang was carrying Jiang Yuan on his back at this time.

"Your friend is seriously injured, don't worry, I'll call him later, but that's just a routine test, he is injured in the brain, you have to hurry."

I nodded in agreement.

I ate at night, took a hot shower, and felt that I was alive again after changing my clothes, and the clothes were also camouflage uniforms, which were lighter in texture and comfortable to wear.

Zhang Mosheng, Jiang Baichuan, and Zhang Hao were arranged in a tent in the No. 1 camp, while Zhang Yang, Jiang Yuan, and Xu Lao and I were arranged in a guest room in the No. 2 camp.

The bonfire outside was not extinguished all night, the military doctor came to see Jiang Yuan, Zhang Yang and I sat on the side and waited quietly, this doctor was beautiful and beautiful, a typical Jiangnan woman.

"Seven hours." The medic said as he sorted out his medical kit.

"What do you mean?" I asked her.

"After seven hours, the antibiotic in his body will disappear, and another molecular toxin that has accumulated in his body will invade his brain at that moment, and then his whole body, until finally he dies of poisoning," the doctor said. ”

I saw that she spoke in a strange tone, as if she knew a lot about it.

"What bacteria are not bacteria, my friend fell and hit his head, it's not a serious illness, we'll find a car back tomorrow morning."

The military doctor ignored me, packed up his things and turned to go out, after he left, I looked at Zhang Yang, he was gesturing with his finger in the sand layer underground, I leaned over to take a look, it turned out that what he wrote on the ground was really those words on the Huangquan staff.