"Is this here? I think Uncle Hu Lu is pointing to this place." After arriving at the place, Dou Yazai glanced around and said.
The place is desolate, with no mountains, no water, no grass, no trees, not even a cactus nearby. There is nothing except the sun above our heads and the yellow sand and dust under our feet.
Xiaoxuan squatted down and grabbed a handful of sand. Her fingers deliberately exposed a gap, and she frowned as she watched the sand fall out from between her fingers.
I analyzed: "If someone was camping here more than ten days ago, they must have food and drink, right? Let's look around, keep within our sight range, and pay attention to safety."
Then we searched around the place.
Not to mention, Dou Sprout actually found something. He picked up several empty mineral water bottles not far away, and the Wahaha trademark on two of the water bottles was still there.
These empty water bottles illustrate a point.
One night more than half a month ago, more than one person camped here overnight.
Who are these people? What are they doing in Alxa? Is the leader among these people? I don’t know any of this.
The bag Xiaoxuan is carrying is too big. I think it is difficult for her to get up.
"Give me your hand."
I pulled her up.
Next, we walked aimlessly along the sand in this direction. We didn't know if we could see the head at the end. Just like when the second brother disappeared, no matter what the head was, we had to look for it.
Take a look.
We started walking when the sun rose, set up camp and rested when the sun set, and just kept walking deep into Alxa.
I was a little discouraged, because apart from the few mineral water bottles I saw a few days ago, no new clues had emerged in the past few days.
this day.
Xiaoxuan's head was wrapped in a gauze scarf, and her chapped lips were dripping with sand as she walked. Suddenly she seemed to find something. Xiaoxuan suddenly exclaimed: "Yunfeng Yunfeng! Look! Look there!"
I squinted and looked where he pointed, and saw a small house not far ahead. It looked like a small temple, and it should be built of stone.
Dou Sprout also saw it, and he asked doubtfully: "Is it a mirage? I used to see it often at sea. Once I saw someone riding a roller coaster in an amusement park on the sea. My uncle said that there are mirages in the desert as well."
I wasn’t sure, so I said, how about we go over and have a look?
Douyazai shook his head and said: "If it's really a mirage, we can't get there, so we're walking in vain."
"But..." Douyazai said with a smile: "But my uncle gave me a method to distinguish whether it is a real mirage. I also said that this method works everywhere, even in the desert."
"What can I do?" I asked curiously.
Dou Sprout didn't reply. He turned around and looked around, as if he was looking for something but couldn't find it.
"I didn't see the stone. Fengzi, you squat down and I step on your shoulder to take a look. If the stone house in front is a mirage, I can't see it if I change my position and stand high."
I'm telling you it's true, why haven't I heard of it?
Dou Yazai, who was so arrogant and literate for the first time, said: "A mirage is an optical phenomenon. It occurs when hot air rises from a sandy or rocky surface, causing light to refract. Generally speaking, this phenomenon occurs.
It will appear not far from the seaside, but not always. Sometimes it will appear inland.
"If you go to a higher place at this time, such as about 2 meters above the desert floor, you can avoid the hot air close to the surface and overcome the mirage illusion."
In short, as long as you adjust your viewing height slightly, the mirage phenomenon will disappear and you will no longer be able to see it.”
I said, what are you waiting for? Just give it a try.
Then Xiaoxuan supported Douyazai and stepped on my shoulders. I grabbed his ankles with both hands and pushed him up.
"How is it? What did you see? Is the stone house still there?"
Dou Sprout stretched his right hand in front of his forehead, looking like a monkey brother.
"It really is!
"The stone house has not disappeared!" Dou Sprout said and jumped down.
