Zhao Xuan pinched the stone in his hand and played with it gently.

This stone is different to the touch of ordinary stones, and it is actually warm to the touch.

And Zhao Xuan held it in his hand, and what he felt was no longer the desire to devour, but the feeling that he could no longer devour, as if he could no longer eat.

Zhang Yuan saw Zhao Xuanmo holding the stone, pondering there, and couldn't help asking, "What's the matter?" No response? ”

Zhao Xuan nodded, handed the stone back to Zhang Yuan, and said with a frown: "It feels like ...... Well...... Full? ”

Zhang Yuan took the stone handed over by Zhao Xuan, took it back into the box casually, pursed his lips, and said, "Then go back and study." ”

"But this stone is millions." Zhao Xuan was still a little worried.

If this stone is not an anomaly, then it is not because of his own reasons that the money was wasted?

Zhang Yuan saw through Zhao Xuan's thoughts and said with a smile: "Okay." Won't let you pay. ”

"It's not a question of whether you pay or not." Zhao Xuan shook his head, he couldn't afford to lose it if he sold it anyway.

"That's not to mention, Ferdinand put it out, it's definitely not a simple thing." Zhang Yuan lay down on the bed, shook his hand at Zhao Xuan, and said, "Master can finally do nothing and sleep for two days." ”

Zhang Yuan's wish did not come true in the end.

According to the original plan, Zhao Xuan and the others would return to Beijing on Saturday morning with the rest of the delegation.

But the two were woken up by Song Shaofeng's phone call early the next morning, before seven o'clock.

"Immediately pack up your things and rush to the airport, the ticket has been booked."

On the phone, Song Shaofeng arranged to the two of them in a rare serious tone: "Pack light, don't bring all unnecessary things, and let others help take them back." ”

"Where's the stone and the notebook?" Zhang Yuan asked, these two things are not easy to let others help.

Song Shaofeng thought for a few seconds and decided: "Take it with you!" ”

The two didn't have time to ask why, so they hurriedly packed their things and rushed to the airport.

It wasn't until I got on the bus to the airport that I had the opportunity to call Pei Lao and Secretary Wan of the delegation to inform them of the situation.

Zhao Xuan and the two of them were just following the visiting group, so Pei Lao naturally wouldn't ask more.

After contacting the delegation, I called Ferdinand again.

Although everyone has their own thoughts, at least for now, they have not torn their faces.

Ferdinand also didn't say much, but he heard Martina's voice on the phone and said goodbye to Zhao Xuan warmly.

When Zhao Xuan finished dealing with Martina, he hung up the phone helplessly, and the two almost arrived at the airport.

When checking in and leaving the country, the two found out that the destination was not the capital, but the X province.

Province X is located in the northwest and has always been a group, that is, the jurisdiction of Cao Hui and their group.

Up to now, a new Northwest Bureau has been established, and the northern region has been assigned to the "Journey to the West" group, and Province X is also in charge.

Zhao Xuan and the two glanced at each other, both with solemn faces.

If you need support from other groups, it's not easy.

It's not good to ask too much now, after all, you are outside the country, so be careful.

The two returned to China and took another short domestic route, and after six or seven hours, they could be regarded as actually reaching their destination.

At this time, Song Shaofeng was re-contacted.

"Lao Cao is already outside the airport, and there are materials in the car." Song Shaofeng didn't say anything more on the phone, just told the two that Cao Hui was already waiting for them outside.

The two were not surprised that someone was waiting for them in advance, and they left the airport with their bags.

Cao Hui sat in the car, saw the two of them come out, stretched out his hand out of the window, and patted the car door hard.

Only then did the two turn their heads and see Cao Hui.

Cao Hui drove a large pickup truck with a cargo box full of things.

It seems that Cao Hui is not only here to pick them up, but also to replenish them.

The two got into the car and fastened their seat belts, and Cao Hui threw a document bag over: "See for yourself." ”

It wasn't until this time that the two understood what happened.

Not long ago, there was a team of desert crossing enthusiasts, driving three off-road vehicles into the desert.

The equipment and level of these people should be considered relatively high among enthusiasts, and the planned route is not dangerous.

However, three days after entering the desert, a distress message was sent through a satellite phone.

Every year, there are several similar cases of dangerous situations caused by participation in extreme sports, and the local area is accustomed to it.

Since sending out the distress message, other people have tried to contact them, but they have not been able to reach them again.

Fortunately, the weather was very face-saving, and within an hour of receiving the rescue information, a helicopter went to the distress site, and in less than three hours, the helicopter had arrived at the scene.

However, the personnel on the helicopter, at the first time, only saw three off-road vehicles, but did not find a single person.

After the helicopter search failed, the local government and the association of these enthusiasts jointly organized a ground rescue team and immediately entered the desert to rescue.

The rescue team went well, and on the second day of entering the desert, the convoy of enthusiasts had already been found.

The rescue team on the ground, in the same situation as the helicopter rescue, did not find a single person on the three off-road vehicles.

The location of the three off-road vehicles is still on their planned route, intact and with sufficient fuel levels.

Other supplies such as food and water on the bus are also above the safety line.

There were seven enthusiasts in a group, but none of them were gone.

The search and rescue team searched the same place for three days, but still found nothing. Not to mention people, I didn't even find a clue.

There is no one in life, and there is no corpse in death.

Next, a larger-scale search and rescue was carried out, starting with the location of the three off-road vehicles, and the soldiers carried out a large-scale search in four directions.

Still nothing.

As a last resort, the search and rescue team drove the three off-road vehicles back to Ruoxian, the nearest county, where Zhao Xuan's plane landed.

Yes, drive back.

In other words, the seven of them disappeared in a not too dangerous crossing without any failure of the three off-road vehicles and without any supply emergency.

Originally, such a thing would not have attracted the attention of the anomaly bureau, after all, there were many unimaginable things.

But just yesterday, the rescue work has ended, and on the third day after a group of seven people were declared missing, several people's satellite phones once again sent a distress signal.

The signal appeared two hundred kilometers away from the place of disappearance.

This time, the anomaly bureau can't pay attention to it.

From sending out the distress signal, going missing, to sending the distress signal again, it took more than ten days.

For more than ten days, without transportation, I walked more than 200 kilometers in the desert, which is already very exaggerated.

However, what is even more outrageous is that between the two locations, there is a highway, an ordinary highway, and a railway.

A group of missing people who sent distress signals crossed the human tracks of the road and railroad, but did not follow the road.

Instead, cross the road and signal for help again.

A group of people, after noticing this incident, immediately took over the matter.

Next, it's time to investigate and prepare.

The biggest difficulty in this incident is not the possible abnormality, but the vast uninhabited land and harsh climate, and a group of four or five people is definitely not enough.

This kind of thing is not easy to find other people, so naturally, I called the "Journey to the West" team for support.

As for why it is so urgent, it is because, in the middle of the night today, I received a distress signal again, and it moved nearly 20 kilometers from its previous position.

If you don't hurry, the devil knows where the signal is going.

In the following time, the three of them changed their cars, first drove more than 100 kilometers west on the highway, and then walked dozens of kilometers after getting off the highway, and finally arrived at a township under the jurisdiction of Ruoxian County.

Everyone else was waiting here, and it was the last supply point before they entered the desert.

The leader of the group is called Hu Ziming, who is older than Cao Hui, and is a native of the Northwest.

As if in response to his name, he grew a beard.

Another team member is Qiu Rui, who is less than 30 years old and has only joined in recent years.

Except for an internal affairs officer in the Northwest Bureau, the entire group of real attendees, plus Cao Hui, is a total of three people.

There was also a Song Shaofeng before.

However, after being drawn out and adding four groups, in recent months, one group has not found a suitable newcomer, so for the time being, it can only be played with three people.

Three people prepared three cars, two off-road vehicles, and a pickup truck.

Everyone helped to put the things Cao Hui bought from the city in three cars equally. The pickup was additionally restocked with water and gasoline.

After resting in the township for a night, the next morning at dawn, seven people and three cars plunged into the vast desert.

All the way to the north, the majestic Kunlun Mountain behind is faintly visible in the sky.

Unlike the Gobi Desert, this desert is full of fine yellow sand, and even the cars have been replaced with wider tires, and it is still difficult to walk.

Zhao Xuan, Zhang Yuan, and Lin Ling drove a jeep and walked in the middle, with Hu Ziming and Qiu Rui's off-road vehicles in front and Song Shaofeng and Cao Hui's pickup trucks in the rear.

Zhao Xuan was fully armed, his body was tightly wrapped, wearing sunglasses, and he was concentrating on the sand in front of him.

Soon after dawn, the temperature began to rise rapidly, reaching at least 40 degrees an hour or two later.

But there was no sweat on his body at all, and as soon as the beads of sweat came out, they were evaporated by the dry air.

The crowd walked and stopped until the afternoon, when they walked more than 100 kilometers and came to the vicinity of the location where the signal was found yesterday.

Thanks to modern equipment, the crowd at least did not lose its way.

I drove around for hours, but I didn't find any sign of any living thing.

The moving sand dunes easily obliterate all possible traces.

Seeing that there was no trace and that it was getting late, the off-road vehicle that started turned around and drove west.

Hu Ziming arranged on the walkie-talkie: "About ten kilometers to the northwest, there is an oasis, where you can spend the night at night. ”

This oasis has been seasonal for hundreds of years due to the lack of water resources, and it is only in recent decades that it has become a permanent oasis as the natural environment has improved.

In last night's plan, arrangements had been made and a location for camping had been chosen.

In this operation, Zhao Xuan and the others were just here to help, and it was naturally commanded by Hu Ziming.

When Zhao Xuan heard the notice, he also turned around and followed Hu Ziming's car.

In the rearview mirror, Song Shaofeng and the others have also followed.

It would be past six o'clock in the afternoon, but it was still bright.

It took another half an hour to get to the place.

Hu Ziming parked the car on the top of a sand dune, got out of the car, crossed his waist, and stared into the distance.

Seeing this, Zhao Xuan also drove the car onto the sand dunes. He was equally stunned as he stared not far from the foot of the dunes.

The planned oasis, with only a pool of water, appears quietly there.