Mirran got its name from Mirlan because of its proximity to Mirland.

What is Mirranze?

At that time, when the Tarim River and the Peacock River converged, there were many oases, cities, and Daze near the river, and the oasis was the fertile soil and the city built on the oasis by the river, and Daze was actually the reservoir lake near the oasis.

In ancient times, the Tarim River was abundant, and the meltwater from the snow-capped mountains of the Tianshan Mountains continued to flow into the river, and also sent the river water to more tributaries in the desert, and when it flowed through the depressions, lakes and swamps were formed near the depressions, which were small like ponds, medium like lakes, and if larger, they were no different from the ocean.

Mirlande is the largest lake near the Peacock River and the Tarim River, covering an area of hundreds of hectares, shaped like a vast ocean, with abundant aquatic plants, flowers and birds, and boundless moisture.

In this Daze, there are many oases above the water, these oases are surrounded by water in Daze, like islands in the sea, scattered among Daze, there are thousands of them, the largest island, is where the city of Mirlan is located, it is also the only town built in Daze among the five major commercial towns.

At that time, the Silk Road caravan in and out of the Central Plains trade, there were two main routes, one was through Mobei, along the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains near Qiuzi, Gaochang, Gumo, Shule, to the Peacock River near the Shanshan business town, Milanze is because of its proximity to the Peacock River, become the Silk Road on the Hu merchants must pass through the route, over time, it has become a busy trading place on the South Silk Road, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an important passage in and out of Central Asia.

The other is through Monan, along the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain, through Shache, Pishan, Khotan, Shule, Jimo, Ruoqiang, Loulan, directly close to Dunhuang City in the Han Dynasty.

The towns and cities that pass through the two routes are different, but the only thing they have in common is that in order to stay out of danger when they are in a hurry, the merchants all follow the oasis towns near the mountains and rivers, and never enter the hinterland of the desert, they are afraid of the great desert "Devil's Dead Sea" in the heart of the desert, which refers to the Taklamakan Desert, which in the concept of the people of the Western Regions represents death and the devil.

In order to avoid crossing into the "Devil's Dead Sea", Hu merchants often go around the Death Desert and rest and change routes in the city of Myran at the end of the desert.

In this city, there are Hu nobles and common people in the Western Regions, Hu merchants, and merchants and travelers from the Han land, and even the Rouran people, Xianbei people, Huns, and Xiqiang Tibetans near Kunlun Mountain in the north will also trade and live in this city, plus the Han people once garrisoned in Tuntian here, and Western Buddhism also preached here, making it a mixed Hu and Han trading town and the capital of Buddhism.

Later, as the flow of the Tarim River decreased and the Peacock River was diverted, the Miranda at the end of the Devil's Dead Sea gradually dried up, but Lop Nur, located near Loulan, became the diverted Daze.

Many towns in the Western Regions rely on river oases to exist, because the drying up of Mirandze is not achieved overnight, but gradually reduces the amount of water over a long period of time, and the only amount of water becomes a stagnant salty river when it cannot be replenished, and when these stagnant salty rivers are also evaporated, a saline-alkali flat will form on the lake basin.

These saline-alkali tidal flats will continue to dry up as the amount of water decreases, and at the same time, new saline-alkali flats will be created, and after the new and old tidal flats are layered, a thick saline-alkali hard soil will be formed in the outer layer, also known as salt crusts.

With thousands of years of changes in the basin, you can clearly see the outlines of the ears on the original huge basin of Osawa, which are shaped like tree rings, and the circles shrink inward, as if a huge ear appeared out of thin air in the desert.

The rings of the pinna are actually the outlines of the lake basin in different periods of Mirlander, and the salt crust formed by the hardening of the salt-alkali flats in different periods.

On the basis of the continuous drying up of Mirland, those oasis islands that are lush because of Mirandze also began to appear desertification, forming bare barren hills with no vegetation at all, and the final outcome of Mirlan City was because the oasis dried up and became increasingly deserted, and when more and more people moved away, Mirlan City became a ruined city.

Song Siyuan listened to what Keli said about the past of Mirlan City, and her eyes lit up, and she took out the investigation photos published by Stanherin and handed them to Keli.

He looked carefully at the details in the photo, in the back of the group photo of these expeditions, he could clearly see the barren hills, salt flats, and salt crusts scattered in the pinna lines.

It goes without saying who this person is!

"This person is Uncle Guniz?"

Song Siyuan used to read these inspection reports, mostly focusing on the content of the report and Steinhein, as for Steinhein's team members, they really didn't pay attention to it, after learning the story of the Keli brothers and sisters, and then looking at this group photo, the last face of the Western Regions will be clear about their identity.

Grima looked at the last face of the Western Regions in the team, nodded movingly.

Song Siyuan observed carefully, although the members of this team with the face of the Western Regions were only half exposed, they could still see their faces clearly, and the Westerners and the Westerners looked similar, but there were slight differences in subtle details, such as their eyes were more beautiful and their skin color was darker than that of the white ones.

Combined with Keli's appearance, they can basically see that it is Gunizi.

Song Siyuan took back the photo: "Looking at the background of this photo, it is that they have found Sha'er City and are still taking a group photo in Sha'er City, which shows that at least before entering Sha'er City, Uncle Guniz stayed with them, and then disappeared. ”

"Keli, you have already told us the history of Shar City, what is the reason for the horror of Shar City?"

Yue Guanchao still remembered that Keli had said that Sha'er City was terrifying, urging him to continue.

Keli nodded and continued: "Sand Ear City is located on the edge of the Tucker Desert, the overall shape is like a constantly shrinking outline of the ear, forming a circle of lines, the ancient city ruins are located in the center of the ear The largest sand dune, Sand Ear City is also famous because of this ear, if they want to enter Sand Ear City, they must pass through the quicksand swamp on the periphery of Sand Ear City, this is the most dangerous place in Sand Ear City!" ”

The so-called quicksand swamp is actually sand that flows like water, which can be seen everywhere in the desert, but the quicksand in Shaer City is strange.

The sand is not dry, but mud-like, wet and sticky, looking like a sticky grit paste, and in the endless flow of it, the sand is like a river that fluctuates and fluctuates, and it takes a lot of effort to cross the quicksand.

At that time, Keli had followed Aba Guniz to all corners of the desert, and it was these experiences that allowed him to draw a map of the sand sea in front of him, at that time, they had already been near the quicksand, but at that time they did not find a way to enter the quicksand, so they did not approach the ancient city.