Sand Sea Magic Nest 8

Ever since we encountered a violent black sandstorm at noon, we chased the white camels and broke into the ruins of this unknown town in the sea of ​​sand. I felt that this ruined city was shrouded in a mysterious veil from the inside out, making it difficult to see clearly.

Is there any danger hidden under the veil, so I have always maintained a high degree of vigilance. Everyone has taken a rest, and I dare not slack off even a little bit.

Suddenly I saw the eyes of the stone statue moving. Although it was a little far away and the lights in the room were dim, I still believed that my eyes could not see it wrong, so I stood up and walked to the stone statue with giant eyes on the wall to check it out.

The gas lamp hanging on the beam was shaken by the strong wind that poured into the dilapidated house. The light flickered, making the dilapidated house flicker in and out of light. The dark stone statue looked like a dead person buried alive, with only the head exposed.

The entire bottom is buried in yellow sand.

When I got closer, I saw that there was a big ant lying on the stone man's eye, as big as a knuckle, with a black body and a blood-red tail. When it was flickered by the light of the gas lamp, it flashed a faint light.

, from a distance, it looks like the eyes of a stone man are shining.

I saw it was just an ant, so I flicked it to the ground and stepped on it. I only heard a soft crunching sound in my ears and it was crushed to pieces. What I found a little strange was that the body of this big ant was larger than the size of the ant.

It's much tougher than ordinary ants.

I looked around, and there was ventilation everywhere in the broken house. I didn’t know where this ant crawled in, and he came over and asked me what was wrong. I said it was nothing, there was just an ant, and I stepped on it to death.

I woke up the sleeping fat man and asked him to stand guard. Then I added some solid fuel to the fire to make it burn brighter. I turned out the gas light and got into my sleeping bag to sleep.

My body was tired and I fell asleep quickly. When I woke up, it was already around nine o'clock in the morning the next day. The sandstorm outside had been blowing all night and it didn't stop. It was just that the wind was much weaker than before. This time

The devilish sandstorm is finally coming to an end.

A large part of the ruins of the ancient city has sunk into the yellow sand, and not much is left exposed on the ground. If there are two more sandstorms of this magnitude, I am afraid that this unknown ancient city will disappear into the desert, but even if it is completely covered by the yellow sand

Buried does not mean buried forever. Most of the Taklimakan is a mobile desert. As the desert moves with strong winds, it is unknown how many years later it will see the light of day again.

Hao Aiguo was directing the students to excavate the stone figure in the corner, and had already dug up the stone figure's thigh. Everyone gathered around to watch. Only An Liman took advantage of the wind to weaken and went out to look after the camels hiding under the city wall.

I took out some dry food from my bag and watched them digging while eating. This time I followed the archaeological team into the desert. In addition to seeing if there were any large ancient tombs, I also wanted to learn some archaeological experience from these experts.

They were afraid of damaging the carvings on the stone figures, so they only used engineering shovels to dig out the surrounding sand, and then used flat shovels and brushes to clean it up bit by bit, digging out part of it and cleaning up part of it, while also making various records.

When Professor Chen saw that I was awake, he nodded to me and said hello. It seemed that he was in good health. He told me that this time he was just letting the students practice their skills and gain some practical experience. Although the study of theoretical knowledge is important,

But for the field of archeology, on-site internship is also very important. Only by seeing more, getting in touch with and doing more hands-on work on site can you have an intuitive feeling. Combining theory with it will make it much faster.

After a while, the students cleaned up the base of the stone statue. This was the first time I saw this kind of giant-eyed stone statue. The stone statue was dressed in Hu clothes, with arms hanging down, and many patterns carved on the body, which seemed to be some kind of Tantric scripture.

, According to Professor Chen, these characters have never been deciphered, but with the expansion of the field of archaeological research in recent years, experts believe that these should be some kind of symbols or codes that record some ancient religious information. As for why.

The carving of these symbols on the stone figures may be related to sacrificial acts. However, there is no relevant information such as relevant documents, murals, and historical records. Up to now, these are just speculations.

Sa Dipeng listened to the professor's explanation and asked for advice: Professor, the shape of this stone man is very different from ordinary people. I think it is possible. In ancient times, there was a religion that worshiped aliens. They had seen aliens.

After that, they thought they were gods, so they made some stone figures like this to worship. The symbols on these stone figures were in an alien language.

Hao Aiguo immediately criticized him: "Xiao Sa, you usually don't study hard. How many times have I told you that you are a very smart kid. Don't use your brain in a wrong way. Why are you even treating aliens?"

History and archeology must be treated seriously.

Professor Chen was not angry, but showed a kind smile: It is not a bad thing to have imagination. It is good for young people to have active thinking. It is not contradictory at all to be united, tense, serious and lively. However, we do archeology and study history.

We must follow a principle, make bold assumptions, and verify carefully. Imagination must be based on reality. Imagination without evidence is unreliable. Let’s take this stone statue with giant pupils as an example. Ancient people liked to pass

Astronomical phenomena are used to judge good and bad luck. Whenever they look at the starry sky at night, do they hope that their eyes can see farther? When making stone statues, it is very possible that this wish will be included.

High, some statues have been unearthed in Sanxingdui, Sichuan, with long eyes extending out. To be conservative, this is most likely an expression of ancient people's exploration.

When I heard this, I couldn't help but be impressed. The professor was still very capable and did not bully people with big principles. Compared to Professor Chen's level, Hao Aiguo was far behind.

Professor Chen continued: The aliens you mentioned are not impossible. The mention of aliens does not mean fictional science fiction in foreign countries. In fact, the earliest records of aliens appeared in ancient China.

In his notes and murals, as early as 7,500 years ago, in the murals of primitive tribes in Helan Mountain, the image of astronauts wearing space suits appeared. They walked out of a large disk, and the surrounding animals and residents fled in all directions.

These are probably not what the original human beings could imagine with their imagination. They should be a record-keeping mural that records major disasters and events. Similar situations can be found in the tripods of the Zhou and Xia dynasties, as well as some ancient books.

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At this time, An Liman braved the wind and sand and jumped back from the hole in the roof, telling everyone that the sandstorm was almost over, and the sky would clear up in less than half an hour. With the blessing of God, the sand had almost swallowed up the city wall outside.

, if it had been scraped for two more hours, we would have been buried alive here today.

At first, everyone was a little worried. Although the wind had subsided, they didn't know when it would stop. With An Liman's words, they completely let go of their worries. The students listened intently to Professor Chen's lecture. I was furious.

A pot of tea was boiled on the pile, ready for everyone to drink before setting off on the road.

The tea had just boiled when several people surrounding the giant-eyed stone statue suddenly screamed in unison and jumped back. Some people shouted: "Are there so many big ants?" Some people shouted: "Hey, there are some here too."

I hurried to look and saw a big lump rising from the sand under the stone man's feet. Countless big ants came out like a fountain. Someone used a shovel to hit them, and they killed hundreds of them in one go. But at the same time, they popped up from the sand.

Thousands of them. They are so densely packed that it makes people nervous to see them.

At first I thought they were digging the sand and digging up the ant nest, but I soon discovered that this was not the case. There were more than a dozen large holes on the ground, and more and more ants crawled out of them. Each one had a dark body.

The red tail, red and black, is as countless as the tides on the embankment.

An Liman only glanced at it, turned around and ran out. Fatty and others wanted to use the engineer shovel to take pictures. At this moment, there were so many ants that it was impossible to kill them.

She is a photographer for National Geographic magazine. She has been to many places and has seen a lot. She shouted anxiously to everyone: Everyone, climb out of the roof quickly. These are desert army ants. If you walk slowly, you will be chewed to pieces.

The bones are broken.

Tens of thousands of desert army ants have filled half of the room, and more are crawling out of the ground. Not only underground, but also on the beams and walls, they are crawling out everywhere. Professor Chen Ye Yixin and several others were

This horrifying situation made his feet weak from shock, and he could not walk even half a step.

Sand Sea Magic Nest 9

Not to mention those intellectuals, even Fatty and I felt like our whole bodies were shaking. These desert army ants were so terrifying. Maybe the original human skeleton in the house was their masterpiece. No wonder there was no skin or flesh left.

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I tried to calm myself down, and when I looked at the people around me, I found that old guy An Liman had escaped first. Damn it, this old man ran away when he saw danger. Yesterday he vowed to share the joys and sorrows with us.

I didn't have time to curse the stinky old man An Liman. Seeing that the slapping of the engineer's shovel could no longer stop the tide of desert army ants, I kicked over the fire where tea was brewing, poured out all the half-iron cans of solid fuel, and

A wall of fire formed in the house, and the ant colonies that encountered the wall of fire were immediately scorched, slightly blocking the progress of the desert army ants.

There were too many desert army ants, and they rushed towards the wall of fire without hesitation, trying to use their numbers to put out the flames. Thanks to the strong burning properties of solid fuel, it was only a matter of time before they were wiped out by the ant colony.

Taking advantage of this little time, we grabbed the luggage and equipment we could carry, and even pulled and pulled them out of the shabby house. The wind and sand outside were already very small, and we saw hundreds of yellow sheep, wild camels, sand wolves, and gerbils wandering around the ancient city.

There were patches of desert army ants popping up in many places, not only the big house we were in just now. Some animals ran a little slower and were immediately covered by desert army ants.

The mouths of desert army ants contain a lot of formic acid. Thousands of them bite them together. Even elephants cannot bear it. Some sand wolves and yellow sheep fall to the ground. After the desert army ants pass by, they are left with only a pile of bones.

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There are tens of millions of desert army ants in this city, as if the entire ancient city is a huge ant nest. We are trapped on the roof and can only use the engineer shovel to sweep down the army ants that have climbed up.

Under the city wall in the distance, An Liman was busy untying the rope that tied the camel. I threw the rifle to the fat man and slapped his hat on it.

The fat man raised his rifle, pointed it at An Liman and pulled the trigger without hesitation. With a sound, An Liman's leather hat was hit by a bullet. He shrank his neck in fright and turned to look at the people on the roof.

I shouted to him: Old man, if you dare to run, I will shoot you the second time. Hu Da will definitely have no objection.

An Liman waved his hands repeatedly to signal that he would not run away. However, the house was already covered with desert army ants. We could not get out for the time being, and there was no way we could go on the roof. Just as we were ignoring it, we saw a broken wall collapse suddenly.

A large ant as big as a calf crawled out from inside.

This is a queen ant with six pairs of large transparent wings. It may be that the attack of the sandstorm has alerted the queen ants hiding deep in the nest, and they are preparing to migrate.

Seeing the ant queen's momentum, everyone on the archaeological team changed their faces and shouted: "Catch the thief first, capture the king first, shoot and kill it quickly."

The fat man clapped the sports rifle in his hand and stamped his feet anxiously: The caliber of this gun is too small to shoot. Even so, he still fired and shot all the remaining bullets in the magazine at the queen ant.

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I took off the scarf that was used to block the wind and sand, wrapped all the remaining solid fuel in the scarf, took out a lighter and lit the corner of the scarf, using it as an incendiary bomb, and smashed it from the roof to the queen ant below.

This move had a miraculous effect. The fire took advantage of the wind and surrounded the body of the huge queen ant. The queen was in pain and struggled to roll on the sand. The fire grew bigger and bigger. Only a little bit of this compressed fuel can burn for ten seconds.

After a few minutes, not to mention the half-barrel, which was about one kilogram, the fire grew bigger and bigger. The surrounding desert army ants exploded their camps and rushed towards the queen regardless of their own safety, hoping to extinguish the flames with their numbers.

Seeing the opportunity coming, I waved to everyone, jumped out of the broken house first with an engineering shovel, and dispersed the scattered desert army ants. The big man Chu Jian carried Professor Chen on his back, Hao Aiguo, Ye Yixin and others supported each other.

The group of people rushed out from the breach.

At this time, An Liman had already controlled the frightened camel herd. Everyone climbed on the camel and urged the camel team to run out of the city. Various wild beasts jumped around from time to time. Usually they would fight to the death when they encountered this.

At that moment, no one could care about anyone else, and they all ran away desperately.

The camel team ran a few hundred meters away. When I looked back, I could no longer see the dilapidated ruins of the ancient city. Countless desert army ants were tumbling and rolling like red-black sea water in a boiling pot, boiling and swarming out of the ground.

But as long as you are not surrounded by this large group of ants, there is no danger.

An Liman explained that he wanted to go out first and untie the ropes of the camels. Otherwise, the ants would chew the camels into bones and we would not be able to escape even if we wanted to. He did not want to escape first.

The fat man didn't believe it and pointed his thumb at the rifle on his back: "Don't tell me. You have to explain it to me later. Explain this gun to me."

An Liman's reasons seemed to be very good, and we couldn't just assume that he left everyone behind and ran away alone. There would be many places in the desert where we couldn't do without him in the future. I didn't want to fall out with him, so I stopped the fat man and refused to let him go.

He continued.

I said to An Liman: We saw the auspicious white camel together in the desert, and escaped the siege of desert army ants. This was all Hu Da's will. He thinks that we are brothers and are both devout believers, so

We all believe in you. Anyone who betrays his friends and brothers will be punished by Hu.

An Limanlian claimed: Praise Allah, Hu Da is the only true God, we are all the best friends and brothers, and Allah will definitely bless us.
To be continued...