Without buggies, we had to hike to the Land of the Living Dead. Walking along the Gobi, there is a high mountain full of strange rocks. That's it.

When we arrived, the evening sunset hung like a soldering iron on the cliff waist. The strange rocks that stand in the field of the living dead, fangs and claws open like evil spirits. There was an old man, hunched over and sweeping the floor outside the city.

The Land of the Living Dead, formerly known as Twilight City. It is said that the first people to arrive here were attracted by the cold moonlight. The moon was like a cold sapphire, and its light seemed to freeze everything.

At night, the bright moon hung high, and we saw the commander of the garrison, an old man who looked like dry wood, and his movement was inconvenient. Everything is taken care of by his granddaughter Mingyue by his side.

"That inscription appeared five years ago, and it was discovered by a special team that came here at that time, oh, a group of energetic college students. When they found it, they showed me that the stone tablet was full of moisture, and I said it was water. They couldn't believe it. There are four words written on it: 'Northern Pluto God Monument'. Legend has it that a long, long time ago, this desert was originally a lake, and it flooded every year. When a northern god bird was drowned, its people swore a vow to fill the lake. So every day he threw sand into the lake, and year after year, it became a desert. No one has ever seen the Northern Pluto Bird, but it is said that the place where this stone monument is located is the source of the spring. It's a pity that the stele was later stolen. The special squad lost all their lives in order to get it back. The old commander said.

"There's a guy named Buendia in this squad. Zijun asked.

"I don't remember exactly, probably. Because there is a person who looks a little like you. ”

"He's my brother," Zijun said. I thought to myself that Zijun's brother's name is so strange.

"He's dead," said the old man.

"He died in vain, I want to know why he died. ”

"People can't be resurrected after death, and you mourn and change. This is a difficult mission, and I don't know why you students were sent here, but please be extra careful. I don't want another group of energetic young people to die here. ”

"Hello, old man. Pls is there any news about the stele now. Tingxiong asked.

"Let Mingyue answer you. Take a break from the decay. The old man closed his eyes and sunk his body into the sofa, like a drama closing the curtain.

"The story has to start half a year ago" Mingyue's eyes were moving, like a clear spring, "Steel Fang suddenly increased his troops to patrol outside the boundary, and Hammer also increased his troops on the city wall, but we don't know why. So a scout team was sent. During this time, Steelfang's patrol team retreated out of bounds, but our reconnaissance team never returned, except for a hound with a pair of parchment with blood written on it. It is also the four words 'Northern Cave of the Underworld'. ”

"What about the road map," Tingxiong asked.

"There is no road map. Even the hound died shortly after returning. ”

"Why did Steel Tooth increase patrols" Zijun asked, she probably thought it was strange.

"They said there was a sandworm attack. But we have intelligence that a meteor fell two nights ago. Steel Fang is a shamanic who uses meteors as messengers of the gods. They're looking for the shooting star. ”

"Did you find it after?" Zijun asked.

"We don't know that the spies sent out have come back in vain. ”

"The desert, no map, no route, what difference is it to find something without a trace, and death," I said, hoping that the journey I was about to embark would begin.

"Tomorrow I will accompany you and be your guide. Mingyue said,

I looked at her, and she was serious, but we still didn't dare to get our hopes up. The power of the desert was solidified on the day the off-road vehicle was strangled. There was no water, no food, nothing but the scorching sun.

At night, the moon swirls among the clouds, and a few points of starlight scatter in the sky. The veins of the poplar leaves outside the window are particularly clear. After I finished meditating, Zijun took care of his hair in the patio. She said her hair was dry from the wind. I thought to myself that it is really natural for women to love beauty, even if they are impeccable in their beauty, they will not let go of any details of dressing themselves. Her hair is smoother than running water.

Mingyue is in charge of the only library in the fortress, a unique place in the desert. I can't sleep, thinking about Taoyao, but there is always a shadow of Hua Han in my mind, what the hell. I wanted a quiet place to go, so I went to the library. Seeing that the words in the book "One Thousand Years of Solitude" are blurred in front of me, shake your head, and read carefully, it will not be blurry again. With heavy eyelids, I saw Tao Yao washing a white long sleeve by the stream.

I climbed up towards a snowy mountain, and Tao Yao was on the top of the mountain, so that I could hurry. The flowers are under me, let me wait, and a cold wind blows when I am embarrassed. When I woke up, I had an extra coat on my body, and a faint scent of herbs came from my clothes.

Mingyue was writing on her desk, she was a northern woman, her shoulders were broader, but she was very well-proportioned.

"You're awake. She said.

"What time is it?" I looked out the window, and the moon was already hanging in the treetops.

"At 4 o'clock, in an hour, it will be dawn. ”

"Don't you sleep?"

"I just woke up, I have to prepare supplies for you, as well as the itinerary. ”

"Your?" I said, taking off my clothes.

"It's a little cold when you put it on first. ”

"How many years have you been here," I asked.

"Sixteen years," she said, "is here before I finish elementary school"

"Haven't you thought about going out and looking at the big city"

"Been there once, there were too many people, too many houses, too many sounds. I felt that life was simply good, so I came back. ”

"It's rare to have a free and easy girl like you. ”

"Speak like an old pedant"

I asked her if she had been identified as a thief if the stele had been stolen five years ago.

Mingyue said: "That stone tablet originally belonged to anyone. It's only near the water spring and we can't keep it."