At 12 o'clock that night, we arrived in Urumqi. The local cultural relics department arranged for a driver to come to meet us, and since it was very late, the driver pulled us directly to a place that appeared to be a guest house, where we rested for the night, and the next morning, the driver rushed to the hotel early in the morning and sent us to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Cultural Relics Bureau.

We got out of the car in front of an office building, and as soon as we got out of the car, a burly, handsome-looking middle-aged man who looked like a Uyghur greeted us and introduced himself in stiff Chinese.

The middle-aged man's name is Batur, the captain of the archaeological team of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Cultural Relics Bureau, Batur led us into a conference room, there were already a few people sitting in it, I glanced at it, but suddenly found that there were two familiar faces, it turned out to be Long Yi of the Dragon Shield Bureau and Chen Biao, the captain of the Red Dragon Special Forces.

Chen Biao still had a blank face, and as soon as Long saw us, he immediately stood up with a smile and said hello to us.

I was surprised and asked, "Brother Long Yi, why are you here?" ”

Long Yi smiled and said: "It seems that you still don't know the real situation, and now that you and Mr. Wen are involved, I'll just say it directly, this expedition that Professor Dong participated in was organized by us." ”

"What! You guys organized it!? "I couldn't help but be more and more surprised, I really didn't expect that the Dragon Shield Bureau was actually involved.

Long nodded and continued: "Two months ago, the cultural relics department conducted an investigation of an ancient city site found in Lop Nur, but found some unexplained strange events in the ruins of this ancient city, we were ordered to take over, and after some investigation, we found some new clues. So a second expedition was organized. ”

Hearing him say this, I asked bluntly, "Did you find the ruins of the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom through that parchment scroll?" ”

Long Yi was slightly stunned: "You actually know about the sheepskin scroll?" ”

I nodded and said frankly: "Professor Dong once came to me after the first expedition, and he told me about some of their encounters during the expedition, not only mentioning the sheepskin scroll, but also mentioning the Heavenly Wolf Country, by the way, he also said that a wolf-headed human skeleton was found there, and I estimated that nine times out of ten it was a human-wolf beast." ”

"Oh? So what do you think about things? Long Yi asked me rhetorically.

I looked at the other people in the conference room, but I didn't answer immediately, Long Yi saw my thoughts, and said with a smile: "Brother Shi Yu has something to say, no one here is an outsider." ”

"Then I'll be blunt, according to what Professor Dong told me, I think that sheepskin scroll should be related to the legendary Heavenly Wolf Kingdom, and the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom is very likely to be related to the Hell Demon."

Long Yi nodded approvingly and said, "You are right in your analysis!" The Celestial Wolf Nation is indeed related to the Hellish Demons, which is why we have organized a second expedition in such a short period of time. ”

"And what did you find?" Wen Qingshan asked on the side.

Ryuichi didn't answer, but picked up a stack of materials from the table and handed it over, saying, "Just look at this." ”

I took the stack of materials with both hands, and at a glance I saw the word "top secret" in the upper right corner of the brown paper cover, and my heart couldn't help but jump, I hurriedly opened the materials, and Wen Qingshan and Dong Xiaodan also came over.

There were almost 20 pages of material, and it took us half an hour to read the entire stack of materials.

The materials not only record the history of the Sirius Kingdom in detail, but also based on the combination of historical data and recently obtained information, a comprehensive analysis was conducted, and the analysis results were similar to what I thought before, and the materials also believed that the wolf cavalry of the Sirius Country was actually a human wolf beast, and the Sirius Country was also a kingdom established by demons from hell, as for the giant soul stone that Professor Dong found in the ruins of that ancient city, it is very likely that it is a holy relic gifted by the Sirius Country, that is, It is highly likely that the ancient city has been conquered by the Celestial Wolf Kingdom, because in that sheepskin scroll, the Celestial Wolf Kingdom is mentioned and called the Celestial Wolf Kingdom "Sacred Country". In addition, on the map on the back of the parchment scroll, the location of the Sirius Kingdom is also marked, indicating that the Sirius Kingdom is located on the western shore of the Peacock Sea.

The so-called Peacock Sea, in fact, refers to Lop Nur, the reason why it is called the Peacock Sea, because in ancient times, Lop Nur was a piece of Ze country, and even for a long time, Lop Nur can be regarded as the second largest saltwater lake in China, there are Tarim River, Peacock River, Cherchen River, Shule River and other rivers gathered here, the area of the ancient lake even once exceeded 10,000 square kilometers, it is absolutely worthy of the name to call it the sea. However, due to climate change and the influence of human water conservancy projects, the water from the upper reaches of the river was reduced until it dried up, and now Lop Nur is a barren place, also known as the Sea of Death.

However, although today's Lop Nur has long been a desert, according to the map surveyed and mapped by satellites, it is still possible to determine the general outline of the ancient lake bed of Lop Nur.

On this material, there is a satellite map, and one of the rectangular shaded areas is the area where the delineated ruins of the Sirius Kingdom may be located.

Seeing that we had almost finished reading the materials, Long Yi said on the side: "In order to be able to find the ruins of the Heavenly Wolf Country, we have drawn the most experienced archaeological experts from all over the country and set up three investigation teams to enter this area from the east, south and north directions to explore, in addition, the Xinjiang Autonomous Region archaeological team also continued to investigate the ancient city ruins discovered before, hoping to find some new clues." And just four days ago, the second team led by Professor Dong reported to the headquarters by satellite phone, saying that they had encountered a strong sandstorm, and asked the headquarters to transfer helicopters to support, who knew that after this phone call, we completely lost contact with the second team, and then we mobilized more than ten helicopters, almost the entire area has been searched, and nothing has been found, and now the first team and the third team have rushed to the scene of the incident, and we have also transferred a special rescue team, which will rush over today. ”

Wen Qingshan glanced at Chen Biao, who was sitting on the side, and immediately understood something, and said, "Could it be that this rescue team is in charge of Captain Chen?" ”

Long nodded and said, "Mr. Wen guessed correctly, most of the members of this rescue team are members of the Red Dragon Special Forces, they not only have rich combat experience, but also have very rich rescue experience and polar survival experience. It's fitting that they're in charge of the rescue search. ”

After hearing what Long Yi said, I immediately pleaded, "Then let's go with us!" ”

Long Yi seemed to be waiting for my words, he smiled slightly, and said: "Hehe, I knew that you would make this request, I can't hide it, I knew that you and Mr. Wen came with me last night, and I had already predetermined that you two would participate, and I also reported to my superiors overnight and obtained the consent of my superiors, otherwise, I wouldn't let you see this top-secret material today." ”

"Really!?" I was a little surprised.

Long nodded and continued: "The two of you will go back to the hotel to prepare first, and after an hour, we will set off for Ruoqiang County, where Lop Nur is located. ”

When Dong Xiaodan heard this, he immediately became anxious: "You predetermined that the two of them participated, what about me!?" ”

Long Yi turned his head to look at Dong Xiaodan, and said with a smile: "I know that you are very concerned about your father's safety, but Lop Nur is too dangerous, we can't let you put your life in danger anymore, you just stay, wait for our good news, don't worry, we will definitely do our best to find ......"

Before Long Yi finished speaking, Dong Xiaodan interrupted him and said very resolutely: "No, I have to go with him!" If you don't let me follow, I'll go to Lop Nur by myself!" ”

Long Yi obviously didn't expect Dong Xiaodan to be so resolute, so he could talk about it, but he still couldn't convince her, and he couldn't take coercive measures, so I had to give me a look and ask me for help, under my persuasion, Dong Xiaodan finally agreed, not to follow us to the place of the incident to search, but she also said that she would not stay alone in Urumqi, she had to go to Ruoqiang County with us, and wait for us there.

For her request, Long Yi readily agreed.

Due to the tight time, we hurried back to the hotel to pack our things, and on our way back to the hotel, the thoughtful Wen Qingshan whispered to me that he always felt that someone was following us, but I looked back, but I didn't see any suspicious people, and I don't know whether he was too sensitive, or someone was really following us secretly, just in case, I still reminded Dong Xiaodan not to leave my side as much as possible, I don't want her to fall into the hands of the cult again.

After we packed up our things, the driver sent us directly to a military airport, which surprised us all, because just last night, Dong Xiaodan told me that Urumqi is almost 900 kilometers away from Ruoqiang County, where Lop Nur is located, and it takes more than ten hours to drive there, and most of the areas we pass through are deserted and uninhabited. She went with her last time, and she wanted to vomit while sitting in the car, so let's prepare our minds.

But I didn't expect that we didn't go by car this time, but by plane, and the driver drove us directly to a medium-sized military transport plane painted yellow sand.