"It's here. The Stygian Moon Immortal transformed by Xu Liyue trampled on the ground under his feet hard.

This is a barren desert located in the Lop Nur region, as far as the eye can see, the yellow sand is all over the sky, and the blazing sun burns itself to release infinite light and heat, scorching the ground level like a huge pan, and travelers walk in the desert as if they have fallen into a pan of oil. Because of its resemblance to a human ear, it is known as the "Ear of the Earth" and also known as the "Sea of Death".

Some people say that the Lop Nur area is a "devil's triangle" on the Asian continent, through which the ancient Silk Road passed, and many lonely ghosts roamed here throughout the ages, and dry bones are everywhere. When the Eastern Jin Dynasty monk Fa Xian traveled west to learn scriptures and passed by here, he once wrote, "There are many evil ghosts in the Sand River, and those who meet the hot wind will die, and none of them will ......." Many people died of thirst not far from the springs, and incredible things happened from time to time. In addition to the most famous "Pisces Jade Pendant" incident and the disappearance of Pengamu, Lop Nur has never been short of all kinds of strange anecdotes.

In 1949, a plane flying from Chongqing to Dihua (Urumqi) disappeared in the sky over Shanshan County. In 1958, it was found in the east of Lop Nur, and all the people on board died. In 1950, a guard of the People's Liberation Army's anti-bandit unit disappeared, and after more than 30 years, the geological team found his body in Hongliugou, which was more than 100 kilometers away from the accident site. On June 17, 1980, the famous scientist Pengamu disappeared during an expedition to Lop Nur. In 1990, seven people from Hami took a passenger and freight car to Lop Nur to look for crystal mines, and never returned. Two years later, three bodies were found lying down a steep slope. The car was 30 kilometers away from the deceased, and the whereabouts of the others are unknown. In the summer of 1995, three Milan farm workers went missing in a Beijing jeep to explore treasure in Lop Nur. Later explorers found the bodies of two of them 17 kilometers from Loulan, the cause of death is unknown, and the whereabouts of the other are unknown. In June 1996, Chinese explorer Yu Chunshun disappeared during a solo expedition to Lop Nur. By the time the helicopter found his body, the forensic medical examiner had determined that he had been dead for five days.

Here, I don't know how many corpses are buried under the yellow desert, and how many secrets are hidden.

"Isn't the entrance at the Loulan Ruins?" Chen Xinyan said with some confusion.

The corners of Xu Liyue's mouth curled slightly, and said: "Everyone in the world believes that the ancient kingdom of Loulan died out overnight before 630 AD, and even now, if you want to enter the Loulan ruins, you need to ask for a pass from the Cultural Relics Bureau in advance to enter, and tickets also need to be requested in advance." Travelers who want to get an 'admission ticket' to the Loulan site not only need to bear the high cost, but also have to obtain special approval from the cultural relics department, and if they want to cross the military control area, then they must report to the military department for approval. But if it's just an ordinary kingdom, why does Loulan attract so many people?"

"More than 1,300 years ago, Loulan was located in the Silk Road, with convenient transportation, close to the Lop Nur area, occupying the hub of the Western Regions, and was the most shining pearl of the Silk Road, and was once the most prosperous country in the Western Regions. But the disappearance of the country is not destroyed by war or plague, as the outside world speculates, nor is it a change in geography, but a disappearance of its own choice. Xu Liyue explained.

"Self-choice disappears?"

"Yes. The ancient country of Loulan is in the southwest and end, exquisite, detained, and Khotan, and the north is open to the Cheshi, the northwest is through Yanqi, and the east is the white dragon pile, and the Dunhuang is the key point of the Silk Road. Although the people are prosperous and prosperous, it is only a small country in the Western Regions sandwiched between the Xiongnu and the Han Empire. In order to protect herself, Loulan was a vassal to both countries. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty moved the country away from its original capital and renamed the country Shanshanguo. At the same time as the two ends fall, it is destined to be unpleasant at both ends, how could the Han and the Huns put such a big piece of fat and not eat it. Therefore, the merchants who traveled to and from the ancient country of Loulan were often plundered by sand bandits and bandits. ”

Chen Xinshen keenly replied, "And these sand thieves and bandits are actually the forces secretly supported by the Han border army and the Xiongnu?"

"Not bad. No matter how prosperous and rich the city-state was, it could not withstand the autumn winds again and again, and it was not only Loulan that was damaged, but also the ancient city in the Taklamakan Desert of the Tarim River, including many of the 36 countries in the Western Regions. It was also at that time that the predecessor of Qianfan Shenzhou Tower, that is, the Fear Tower, found the king of Loulan. With the help of the Fear Tower, Loulan carefully built the Sun Tomb to bury the old Loulan at the cost of allowing the Fear Tower to open a general rudder in the country. The tomb was built at the expense of a large number of trees, and when you step inside, you can see a group of concentric circles surrounded by seven layers of poplar stakes, with a diameter of more than 30 centimeters. The whole cemetery looks from afar, like a round of ancient vicissitudes of the sun, embedded in the Gobi Desert. At the same time, in the tomb of the sun, under the technique of the fear tower, the living people with noble status were buried and sacrificed, and the owners of the tomb were all leaning on their backs and facing the west. After the completion of the Sun Tomb, the mirage began, with the help of the fear building, the whole country was relocated, and the old Loulan was covered by the yellow sand overnight, and the new Loulan escaped into the mirage. Xu Liyue pointed to the yellow sand in front of her and took out a token from the small void.

"So we're going to find this mirage now?"

"That's right, the mirage is like a ghost floating in the Lop Nur area. And to find this ghost, you have to rely on this token of the Thousand Sails Sinking Boat Tower. ”

After that, Xu Liyue pinched the trick with her left hand and threw the token in her hand with her right hand, and the token was quietly suspended in the air. With a coquettish shout, a black light shot out from Xu Liyue's eyebrows, and fell straight on the still token in the air.

The black light flashed and disappeared into the token. After a while, the token made of unknown material began to emit a purple-black light, the light pointed straight to the sky, and in an instant the sky and the earth changed color, and when the heaven and earth were handed over in the distance, a male city slowly emerged, a tall building stood in the center of the city, and the whole city was in an inverted T-shape.

"That's too much movement, isn't it? Chen Xinshen looked up at the suddenly cloudy sky and muttered.

"It's a big scene that only we can see, and in fact we've been in a mirage from the moment I threw out the token. Xu Liyue explained with a smile when she heard this.

Meng Zhongzi sighed faintly and said, "It's almost time, let's go." ”

"Good. Xu Liyue nodded, and led the way in front, "You follow my steps from now on, from here to the opposite tower, there is only one way to live, and the others are all dead." Due to the occasional loopholes in the mirage for more than a thousand years, causing outsiders to enter, although there is no distribution of sleepless forces in the northwest region, Qianfan Shenzhou Tower still sets up a formation near this city tower just in case. Since ancient times, many lost travelers and explorers have strayed into it, thus getting lost in the sea of sand or dying under the formation. ”