Chapter 13: The City of Sorrows

Our group was trapped in the car by the sudden storm, and I was a little nervous with some claustrophobia. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Uncle Li, in order to divert my attention, told me the identity of this mysterious missing person.

"He was lost in 1980 while participating in a local scientific expedition, and if you think about it, have you never heard of his name? ”

When he said this, my heart immediately jumped a name, but when I thought about it, I felt unlikely.

"Uncle Li, you can't be kidding me, are you?

But Uncle Li's expression was serious, and it didn't look like he was joking with me at all.

"How could it not be? There were four large-scale search and rescue campaigns organized by the authorities, but nothing was found. Although decades have passed, it is clear that some people have not given up yet, but they are afraid that this missing person must have some important information in his hands, so we have this trip. ”

Yes, it was mentioned in the information that there were some scientific research materials in his satchel, and it seems that there should be some very important things recorded on it, but unfortunately I didn't seem to see the satchel in the fragments that came to my mind. But looking at the sandstorm outside, I analyze that he must have died of thirst somewhere, and then was buried in yellow sand.

I heard that the sand dunes in the desert often move, if his body was really covered by the sand dunes, not to mention that the technical means could not be found back then, it is estimated that it will not work now. No wonder Uncle Li, this old guy, called me up, it turns out that my use is here! Suddenly I thought of Luo Hai and Liu Ziping, so I asked Uncle Li what is the role of the two of them?

Uncle Li smiled mysteriously when he heard this, "They are all Tufuzi, you are responsible for finding the location of the corpse, and the rest of the work is theirs." This time, Jin Zhu'er repeatedly explained that he had to keep a low profile, and he couldn't let Zhao Qiang and the others know the true identity of the missing person. ”

I listened to the sigh in my heart, I didn't expect this missing person to be so simple!

After Uncle Li and I chatted for a while, I really felt less scared, and at this time, the wind and sand outside slowly subsided a little, and it seemed that it would stop soon. In fact, I have always wondered what kind of important information can make those people not give up until now?

The wind finally stopped, and I couldn't wait to open the car door and want to get out of the car, but I found that something was wrong with the car door pushing up! At this time, Zhao Qiang's voice came from the radio on the car, "Uncle Li, don't get out of the car in a hurry, the door of your car should be buried with sand, I will let Luo Hai go over to help you." ”

When I heard this, I put my head out of the car window, and found that the bottom of the car window was indeed full of yellow sand, no wonder I couldn't push it open!

I was the first to jump out of the car, and when I looked back, good guy, half of the entire car was buried in sand! Just as Luo Hai and I were shoveling sand outside, I suddenly heard Ye Zhiqiu behind me shouting, "Look, what is that!"

She suddenly screamed like this, which startled me, and I immediately looked back nervously, only to see that less than 500 meters in front of us there was a black ancient city......

I was stupid at the time, how could this be? Isn't this a mirage in front of the eyes of the "missing person"? Could it be true? Uncle Li saw that my expression was wrong, so he asked me, "Jinbao, is there anything wrong with this ancient city?"

"I have seen this ancient city, and it is in his memory...... But it should be a mirage! how could it be real?" I said.

Uncle Li naturally understood what I meant, but from this distance, the ancient city in front of me was absolutely real. Zhao Qiang and the others were very excited, and they were all a little impatient to go into the city to take a look.

But I don't have a good impression of this place, if I'm not mistaken, there should have been nothing in front of me when the sandstorm just came, why did such a strange ancient city suddenly appear as soon as the storm passed?

Before I had time to express my doubts, I saw that Zhao Qiang and the others had already walked in the direction of the ancient city, and Uncle Li and Ding Yi and I had no choice but to take some water and food from the car and follow them.

As I walked, I asked Uncle Li, "Is this the ancient city of Loulan?" I saw a report about the ancient city of Loulan in a travel magazine before. ”

Uncle Li looked at the ancient city in front of him intently, and said thoughtfully: "No, although I have not been to the ancient city of Loulan, but after so many years of baptism of wind and sand, the real ancient city of Loulan should only have some remnants of the eaves and broken walls, but you see that the buildings here, whether from the appearance or from the internal structure of the ancient city, are very well preserved, as if they have always been maintained." ”

I thought to myself that what Uncle Li said made sense, but when I looked at the dark walls of the ancient city, a trace of sadness suddenly surged in my heart. As we got closer, the feeling of sadness became more intense......

"What's wrong with you, what are you crying about?" Ding Yi asked me suddenly.

I was stunned for a moment, and then I touched my face with my hand, and it was full of tears! What was going on? Why did I get sadder the closer I got to it...... But there was nothing unusual about the others.

Especially Zhao Qiang, they were all excited, as if they had discovered some lost ancient civilization.

At this time, Uncle Li suddenly whispered in my ear: "There is a problem with this ancient city, you should be careful for a while, follow Ding Yi." ”

I gave him a nervous look, then nodded to show that I knew ......

The gates of the ancient city are made of a kind of black wood, and although they look old, they are still a little damp when you touch them, and compared with the yellow sand around them, it is like another world.

Zhao Qiang tried to push the city gate, and it was very easy to push it open! Then we felt a long wind blowing, and it seemed that we heard the sound of people coming and going, and even the cries of livestock.

Ye Zhiqiu's eyes widened and said, "There are people inside? How is this possible, looking at the style of this building, it will have a history of thousands of years!"

Listening to her say this, I also listened attentively, and found that although it seemed to be full of voices, it felt extremely uncomfortable to listen closely, like a tape that was constantly being replayed......

Zhao Qiang was the first to walk in, and Luo Hai and Liu Ziping also followed.

Ye Zhiqiu is also a woman, she glanced at me and said, "Why do I feel panicked?"

I smiled and said, "It's okay, don't be afraid, you'll follow me when you go in for a while." ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as I finished speaking, Ding Yi actually glanced at me, and his eyes seemed to say, "You have to follow me in a while!"

My face flushed, so I had to smile and stop talking.

Walking into the city gate is a small tunnel, the tunnel is cool and comfortable, from time to time there is a breeze blowing, after walking out of the tunnel is a very open area, it should be like a bazaar-like place.

But as soon as I approached, I found that the unusually noisy sound of people coming and going just now came to an abrupt end as all of us entered, and our surroundings suddenly became a dead silence, quiet and frightening! At this time, the faces of all the people became ugly, and they probably thought to themselves, is it still the hell in the daytime?

As far as I could see, the buildings in the city were all adobe houses, and the only taller building was probably in the heart of the old city. From a distance, it looks like the city walls are made of an unknown black stone, giving it a sense of majesty.

Uncle Li whispered to me at this time, "Jinbao, do you feel anything?"

I know what he means, after all, our purpose this time is to find people, not to hunt for treasure, and if there is nothing we are looking for here, then there is definitely no intention to stay here. So I closed my eyes and slowly focused on feeling.

It's a pity that I didn't feel anything, and it's strange that such an ancient city can't feel nothing! Because wherever there is life, there must be corpses, but here there seems to be nothing......

"How's that?" Uncle Li asked.

I shook my head, "Nothing, but I'm sure that person had seen the ancient city in his last moments!"

Uncle Li was overjoyed when he heard this, "Maybe he really walked in to find water?"

I nodded in agreement with him, a man who walks in the desert and dies of thirst must have thought that there might be a water source in the ancient city. But there was one thing I never understood, why he saw it so ethereal, or I wouldn't have thought it was a mirage! And the ancient city in front of us, even if we were just a few hundred meters away, we could be sure that it was real.

Zhao Qiang and Ye Zhiqiu were busy taking pictures as soon as they came in, but Luo Hai and Liu Ziping frowned tightly and didn't say a word.

Uncle Li saw that their expressions were different, so he stepped forward and whispered a few words to them, and then his face turned a little pale.

"What's wrong? Do they see what's wrong?" I asked Uncle Li worriedly.

Uncle Li nodded, "Luo Hai said, there is a legend in their line that there is a black city in this desert, which hides countless treasures, and only the bravest people can find the specific location of this black city." Every time it appeared, it was accompanied by a dark storm, but none of the people who walked in made it out alive. ”

"You mean that this could be the Black City?" I asked, uneasy.

But Uncle Li wasn't sure, after all, it was just a legend in the tomb robbery business. But thinking about the color of the ancient city wall, I really wonder if we people have won the jackpot!

"What people!" Ding Yi suddenly shouted.

I was so frightened by his voice that I turned my head to see a figure in gray overalls flash into an alley...... Ding Yigang wanted to chase but was pulled by Luo Hai, "Don't chase after it, this place is a little weird, let's not rush to separate, and there must be something wrong with that person just now, if he is a normal traveler, how can he avoid us?"

Ding Yi turned his head to look at Uncle Li and asked for his meaning. Uncle Li nodded to indicate that he also agreed with Luo Hai's words. After all, the situation here is unknown, and a figure suddenly appeared, if everyone is separated here, it will be a big trouble!

In the end, Luo Hai and Liu Ziping proposed that everyone go out of the city first, and then use the satellite phone on the car to contact the owner of the fund, to see if he can use his local connections and send a team of more than 10 people to help us search in the city.

Uncle Li thought about it and felt that this was not a bad idea, after all, what he talked about with Jin Zhu'er at the beginning was that their group was only used as an advance team, and if they found important clues, they would send a well-equipped team over.

So everyone got out of this ancient city as fast as they could, but just when I was relieved, I saw Ye Zhiqiu say with a shocked face, "Where is the car?

At this time, the sky is already clear, and the visibility is much better than before. This wilderness can be seen a few hundred meters away at a glance, and the place where you parked your car just now is less than 500 meters away from the ancient city, but now there is nothing else in front of you but the desert......

"Impossible! The car should have stopped here?" Zhao Qiang said with a look of disbelief.

The problem now is not only that we don't have the car, we just got off the bus with only a little water and food, and the rest is all in the car. The most important thing is the satellite phone, without which we would be trapped here......

"Could it be that someone drove away?" Luo Hai was quite calm at this time.

But Uncle Li said, "It's unlikely, the anti-theft systems of these two cars are very good, how can it be so coincidental in this desert, just let us meet a car thief?"

I know that Uncle Li's words are not unreasonable, the most likely thing to meet here is some local herdsmen or hiking enthusiasts, if they encounter difficulties, at most they will wait for us to help, and they will not just drive away! The key is two cars!

At this time, it is getting dark, and there is a big temperature difference between day and night here, I have learned yesterday, and now it is good, all the sleeping bags and blankets are in the car, I really don't know how to stay up tonight......

"This doesn't work, we don't have anything to warm up now, the human body is easy to lose temperature at night, if you fall ill and don't have any medicine, it will be troublesome!" Ye Zhiqiu said worriedly.

I know that she is the most vocal at this time, and it is not safe to live outside like this now, who knows if there will be any big beasts at night......? It is a great hidden danger.

In the end, after nightfall, our group had to temporarily hide in the mysterious ancient city, which was not safe, but at least there was a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

If you save a little food and water on your body, you should be fine until tomorrow night. But then, if we don't find the car by then, we're afraid we're going to be in big trouble!