The four of them, both men and women, had long since lost their images to speak of, and they were blown into explosive heads by the wind, and their hair was either sand or hay.

Ma Chengfeng slapped the sand on his head twice and said, "Sister Chu, this demon wind is quite evil, if we hadn't inadvertently broken in last night, ordinary people really wouldn't have had this chance to discover it." ”

Chu Tianyue said for them: "This is not a demon wind, the teacher said that there will never be a tornado in the desert for no reason, which shows that there are strong magnetic field objects buried in the ground here, and the sand contains fine metals, and when it encounters a strong magnetic field, it will move regularly, and the amount of sand is so large that it gradually forms a tornado." ”

"Oh? Does that mean there's a big magnet buried underneath? ”

"Not necessarily, there are many substances that contain magnetic fields, and the scientific community has not specifically defined this, so we have to study it before drawing conclusions. Let's go, into town. "Chu Tianyue was born for archaeology, and she has the spirit of exploration of mountain movers, no wonder she became Professor Monaro's protégé.

This ancient city is the most well-preserved they have seen when they entered the desert, because the ancient city is surrounded by this natural barrier, resulting in the wind and sand outside the ancient city have not invaded for thousands of years. The ancient city wall was made of loess, and all the buildings in the city seem to be mainly made of loess. Although there is no invasion of wind and sand, the traces of vicissitudes left by the years are still clearly visible.

More than half of the buildings in the streets of the ancient city collapsed, and the surface was buried by a thick layer of yellow sand.

"Are we sure we want to go in? I was scolded by you last night for this. Ma Chengfeng stood in front of the dilapidated ancient city gate and stopped.

Chu Tianyue didn't have time to pay attention to him, she raised her head and carefully studied the big characters on the city gate. However, the ancient script of the Western Regions is used here, and it is said that each of the six countries of the Western Regions has its own independent script. She studied for a long time, and then turned out a book to compare, but she still couldn't translate it.

"How? Is this a turtle? Khashura asked her.

"I'm not sure yet, let's go to the ruins of the palace." Chu Tianyue was still at the forefront, leading the camel team into the ruins of the ancient city.

Dry bones can be seen everywhere in the ancient city, and the Taklamakan climate is dry, and these white bones are severely weathered and shattered at the slightest touch.

Judging by the degree of preservation of the bones, none of these people should have suffered fatal trauma before their deaths. And they have one thing in common, their skulls and jaws open and close a lot, which shows that they all opened their mouths wide and made surprised expressions before they died. They were running out of the city with their heads out of the gates and their feet behind them, and they were all running desperately out of the city before they died.

The more everyone looked at it, the more cautious they felt, such a large ancient city, not to mention tens of thousands of people, tens of thousands of people died at the same time, what a disaster would it be? What power can kill tens of thousands of people at the same time?

"Is it the plague?" Kashura asked Chu Tianyue.

"I don't think it's like it, if it's a plague, it can't break out at the same time, even if it's a powerful virus, everyone's physical condition is different, and death has to be prioritized, right? What do you see here? Chu Tianyue led the camel and ran to a ruin, the ruins were buried by sand, but a corner of his clothes still appeared on the surface of the yellow sand.

This exposed corner of the clothes is obviously different from the clothes worn by other corpses, although the six countries of the Western Regions already had their own civilizations back then, but because they are located in the desert wilderness, they are definitely not as rich as the Central Plains. Ordinary people are dressed in coarse cloth, and even after so many years of baptism, the corners of the clothes buried by the yellow sand are still very shiny and smooth, and they can be recognized at a glance that this is silk from the Central Plains.

In those days, those who could wear silk from the Central Plains must have been either rich or expensive.

Everyone helped together, and quickly cleaned up the yellow sand, and there was a male corpse buried under the sand, his skeleton was much taller than the other corpses, which also confirmed Chu Tianyue's guess that his identity was not ordinary.

The corpse was dressed in silk robes from the East. And his death was no different from the other bones in the city, still with his head in the direction of the city gate, desperately trying to run out before he died.

"You see, this person was the son of an official eunuch before his death, if he knew what kind of deadly hysteria he had, he would definitely go to the Central Plains in advance to find a good doctor! Not the plague! Chu Tianyue asserted.

"Tens of thousands of people in the city, regardless of age, children, men and women at the same time, agree to die mysteriously, my God!" Ma Chengfeng glanced in the direction of the city center and shuddered.

In the middle of the ancient city must be the imperial palace, how could there be such a terrifying demonic power in the imperial palace? Could it be that their king was gnawed by zombies?

In front of the palace was a group of complete corpse soldiers, dressed in heavy metal armor and carrying long swords in their hands, they were different from the other corpses in the city, they were facing the palace. This shows that there was something strange in the palace at that time, and the first reaction of all the soldiers was to rush back to protect their king. But their strength was nothing compared to the power of the devil, and they were also reduced to a pile of dry bones.

Further inside, you can see in the palace that there are palace maids dressed in Western Regions long skirts, and the king's concubines, all of whom wear gold and silver jewelry on their heads. Ma Chengfeng followed as he walked, and in the end, he couldn't put down a bag. He was glad in his heart, fortunately he brought Chu Tianyue here, not Professor Monalo, otherwise the professor would definitely scold him again, these are all precious cultural relics, they belong to the country, and none of them are allowed to be touched.

The ruins of the palace of the ancient city are very well preserved, not even a single piece of rubble on the palace has been destroyed, but it is too old, and all the buildings are covered with a thick layer of sand. It is conceivable how prosperous this ancient country of the Western Regions was back then. Perhaps, what I saw last night really happened thousands of years ago. If it weren't for this sudden disaster, this prosperous ancient city would definitely be in the Western Regions.

"Qiuzi Wulei is the richest of the six countries in the Western Regions, its location is just in the middle of the desert, and it is the only way to connect the Central Plains, and many businessmen from West Asia and Europe have to transit here, or simply exchange materials here for goods from the Central Plains and return the same way." Chu Tianyue explained to them.

Chang Xiaoman asked her, what is the last record of Qiuzi Wulei in history?

"It was the last years of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, there was a remnant army of soldiers in the Later Tang Dynasty who wanted to flee along the ancient Silk Road, and the original plan was to repair in Qiuzi Wulei, and their general's surname was Li, and General Li had a correspondence with the king of Qiuzi Wulei a few days earlier, and talked to him about the price of Guishun. But there was no reply, and when the army reached the vicinity of Qiuzi Wulei, there was no trace of the ancient kingdom, and all that was left in the desert was the endless Yellow River and the strong winds in the sky. The exiled army eventually died of thirst in the desert, and only a few able-bodied soldiers survived. ”

(End of chapter)