The night is nice. There is a full moon hanging in the sky. It is June 17th, which is the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar. This is also the first time since the team has been on the road that they have not continued on the road at night. Because tonight, Chen Si’s motorcade and Qin Chuan’s team
The convoy is about to converge. Obviously, the terrain chosen by Chen Si is more favorable, so he arrived here at dawn today. There is a large amount of drinking water, food and some daily necessities delivered by the previous transport team. These items were
It was buried under the sand, but a satellite navigation device was installed on it, which allowed specific channels to be tracked. Of course, the installation of this thing was also approved by the military. Chen Si had previously entrusted a well-known domestic company through his connections.
The scientific research institution was carried out under the name of scientific research. This institution was originally affiliated to the military, so it did not arouse suspicion. However, for this, Chen Si contributed a lot of information obtained from Guixu and a high sum of money.
Sponsored research funds.
The water stored here is enough for more than a hundred people to live for a month, so Luo Xiaodan even took a luxurious bath with mineral water, and he seemed to feel much more energetic. Gu Fengchun didn't dare to waste as much as she did, in the desert
, no matter how much water is carried on the body, people will think that the water is not enough. And Gu Fengchun knows that in the desert, even if people are not physically thirsty, they will still be psychologically hungry. For
Water is consumed very quickly.
"When will Qinchuan and the others arrive?" Sitting on the mountain of sand dunes, watching the barbecue on the bonfire, Gu Fengchun picked up the kettle and took a sip of water. His lips were already a little swollen due to saving water for many days.
It's dry and cracked, and my throat is a little hoarse.
"It is estimated that we will not arrive until around 11 o'clock tonight." Chen Si stood next to him, looking into the distance from the top of the sand dune. "From tomorrow on, we will start our journey during the day because we are going to enter a relatively dangerous area.
In this area, driving at night may be dangerous. After Qin Chuan arrives, we can discuss it before marching."
Gu Fengchun nodded. When deciding the route, he knew that he had no say. Only two old foxes, Chen Si and Qin Chuan, could analyze and discern the military's actions and react accordingly.
Come.
"Half a month has passed, and there is not much time left!" Chen Si raised his head and looked at the full moon in the sky, let out a long breath, and said: "The next few days will be the real danger. Let's go there
Those few days were actually just on the edge of the desert." Chen Si suddenly remembered that more than a thousand years ago, when he and Qin Chuan came here, it was also a full moon, and Qin Chuan single-handedly killed those hiding in the desert.
At that time, he looked at the dead horse thieves everywhere, and he admired Qin Chuan's bravery and fierceness. But now, his strength and Qin Chuan's strength are almost the same. For more than a thousand years, they have been with each other for more than a thousand years.
They are suspicious of each other, hostile, and have their own agendas, but they are always separated and reunited. They have different purposes but the same goal and come together.
"Good fortune has tricked people!" Chen Si sighed in his heart and shouted to Tang Maiqiu in the distance: "Old Tang, come here." Tang Maiqiu is a very famous desert survival expert. In many cases, Chen Si
Fourth will not ignore his opinion as a survival expert.
"Old Tang, do you have any opinions about the next journey?" Chen Si smiled and motioned for Tang Maiqiu to sit down.
Tang Maiqiu's skin is darker than before. His skin was originally dark, but after experiencing the wind and sun at sea and being dragged into the desert, he was only in his early thirties and looked like he was forty years old.
Uncle.
Tang Maiqiu curled his tongue and looked very solemn. He said: "Well, I was just going to tell you something." Tang Maiqiu said with a serious look on his face: "I just checked the ten people in our team.
Car. Our car performs very well, but the terrain here is not easy to deal with, and the parts are severely worn. We need to strengthen maintenance, otherwise the chance of the car breaking down will increase several times along the way, so this question
You need to pay attention to it, and I will arrange for a few people to check it out later, and try to repair these damaged areas as much as possible."
Chen Si nodded. Tang Maiqiu showed the meticulous character of a qualified soldier in this regard. Tang Maiqiu continued: "Except for this, it is our terrain. I have studied the surrounding terrain. There are mountains behind us.
"It's easy to get bumpy, but next we still have to avoid several flat areas and continue to drill into the sand ditch. More than five hundred miles ahead is an Yadan landform. When we get there, we must be careful." Tang Maiqiu said on the side.
As he said that, he took out the map and drew on it.
Chen Si looked at the map next to the campfire, nodded, and said: "Yes, it is a difficult place. If possible, we will try to avoid it. I remember that the place to the west was the Silk Road. I
Walked by..." When he said this, Chen Si burst out laughing. He had a sensitive identity as an immortal. Although Tang Maiqiu had been in this team for a long time, he did not know it thoroughly, and he was not prepared to do anything like this.
He told Tang Maiqiu his secret, so he stopped talking.
This is not the first time he has come to this place. But the place he came from has already changed.
When he left Yangguan in the west, there were many small countries in the Western Region. Lop Nur was a large swamp and full of vitality. But now, the place has lost its former prosperity. There is only a piece of yellow sand under his feet. This place has long been unfamiliar.
It couldn't be any stranger.
Whenever he saw the dead and not stiff Populus euphratica on the road, his mood became very bad. Populus euphratica is known as an extremely tenacious vitality that will last for thousands of years when it is born, will not fall down when it dries up, and will remain immortal for thousands of years.
Some of the trees, these Populus euphratica, may have existed when he came here. Now he is still alive, but these Populus euphratica, which are known to have extremely long lifespans, have withered. Many of them have been buried by the yellow sand, and there is no news in the end.
The ground settled at the bottom of the desert. Maybe one day the strong wind will blow away the yellow sand, and these once strong and proud dead trees will suddenly appear. But who knows where the travelers who followed the direction pointed by these Populus euphratica will find their graves now.
Where's the relationship?
Gu Fengchun asked in surprise: "Is there anything special here?"
Tang Maiqiu and Chen Si both smiled bitterly and said: "Of course, because the disappearance rate in this place is the highest, and the military has also observed many strange things happening here, even the military does not know where this place is.
Dare to pass by easily, there was a plan to build a road here, but after the plan was proposed, the road exploration team was unable to complete the task, so the entire project was shelved and the road was built elsewhere," Chen Si said.
Although it was a bit of an understatement, Gu Fengchun vaguely felt something weird and bloody from Chen Si's words.
The exploration team will never fail to complete the task for no reason. There is only one reason for this situation, and that is that the exploration team encountered a fatal threat, and more than one or two exploration teams encountered such a thing.
These are military secrets. Gu Fengchun doesn't know, but that doesn't mean that Chen Si and Tang Maiqiu don't know. Before Tang Maiqiu worked for Chen Si, he was one of the important instructors of the A Guard of W Bureau. There are some in his tutorials.
Teach desert survival skills. When teaching these machine skills, some special accidents will definitely be used as cases to tell, so Tang Maiqiu must have a lot of cryptographic information.
But for some reason, neither Tang Maiqiu nor Chen Si seemed to be very willing to talk about these things. Chen Si continued to discuss with Tang Maiqiu the problems that might arise on the road. Gu Fengchun listened for a while and found it boring, so he said hello.
I went to accompany Luo Xiaodan.
But when he went outside Luo Xiaodan's tent, he heard a steady breathing sound coming from inside. This sound was very familiar to Gu Fengchun, so he stopped, turned around and left Luo Xiaodan's tent, slowly walking outside.
Walking on the ground, stepping on the soft yellow sand and looking up at the moon above his head, he felt a bit cold. The desert is like this. The temperature difference between day and night is so big that it is difficult for people to adapt to it all at once.
"I'll go over there for convenience!" Gu Fengchun felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach, so he said hello to Xiao Zhonghua who was nearby. Xiao Zhonghua nodded and said: "Remember to bring lights, and don't go too far. Remember
If the direction of the bonfire exceeds fifteen minutes, I will go find someone!" Xiao Zhonghua said very vigilantly.
There are too many things to get lost in this desert. So Xiao Zhonghua was very worried about Gu Fengchun being alone and isolated.
"Okay, I know, please note my location." Gu Fengchun didn't dare to be careless. He had heard of quite a few missing cases. And his sense of direction was not particularly good. However, the bonfire on the top of the sand dune was
It gave him specific directions.
After walking about three hundred meters, the light of fire on the sand dunes could still be vaguely seen, and Gu Fengchun took off his pants.
"Maybe I drank too much water just now and was too hasty." Gu Fengchun smiled bitterly and slowly squatted down. The water saved in the past few days was not enough for Luo Xiaodan to take a bath just now, and Gu Fengchun was a little bit dumbfounded.
"Water is a good thing. Don't waste it. In this desert, a drop of water can save a life..." A vicissitudes of voice appeared next to Gu Fengchun.
Gu Fengchun's anus suddenly tightened. His eyesight and hearing had reached an inhuman level. Even if a scorpion crawled across the sand, he could keenly detect its location. But when this sudden sound appeared,
He was completely unaware, which really frightened him.