Sand Sea Magic Nest 12

Professor Chen waved his hands repeatedly: "You can't open it. The coffin where Prince Pumo and his wife were buried together is a national treasure. We don't have the conditions now, and the environment is not suitable. Once opened, it will destroy the sealed coffin and the items inside. The purpose of our trip is

Submit an evaluation report to your superiors, apply for excavation, or provide due protection to these ancient civilization heritages. Just go back and let Aiguo take Chu Jian and the others to prepare the records. I will write the report myself.

It seemed that I didn't have the chance to see what good things were in this coffin. Even though I knew what the professor said was right, I still felt a little disappointed, so I climbed back to the sacrificial room on the upper floor with them.

There were originally many animal skins sealed on the stone door of the sacrificial room, which I chopped into pieces with a flat shovel. Professor Chen said that these were the skins of cattle and sheep. In order to keep the sacrificial room dry and isolate the moisture from the holy well, ancient Pumo

People brought live animals into the sacrificial room and slaughtered them, and then immediately put the freshly peeled animal skins still with warm blood on the gaps in the stone door. The meat and internal burials of cattle and sheep were cut clean, leaving only the bones.

It will not start again until the next festival. This weird ritual of slaughtering animals, skinning and deboning them, and tying mummies to wooden stakes is to maintain the water source of the holy well so that it will never dry up. People in the ancient desert believed that the soul of life comes from the sacred well.

Water, to a certain extent, is very close to Darwin's theory of the origin of life.

We can no longer use those animal skins to seal the stone door. There are no large animals around here except camels, but the nineteen-humped camel is extremely precious to us. Of course, we can't peel the camel skin to seal the door. We just stick it with several layers of tape.

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The archaeological team rested in Xiye City for three days, then headed south, finally entering the sand sea that the locals call the Black Desert. There are no more Populus euphratica in the desert, no undulating sand mountains, and no surrounding sand dunes.

The heights are almost the same, like flat steamed buns, boundless. On the ground, from any angle, the scenery is the same, without any sign of life.

I asked An Liman if he had ever been to this desert before.

Old man An Liman smiled bitterly and said: This is the hell of Huangsha. Even the old man Hu Da is not willing to come. Well, I only came here once. Isn't this the time now? I'm not your cadre.

Master, and Hu Da’s beloved white camel, I will never come back even if I die a hundred times.

Complaints are complaints. An Liman is known as the living map of the desert, and his reputation is not in vain. His familiarity with the desert is like a woman playing with pots and pans. Although it is the first time in his life that he has entered this taboo land.

The black desert, but with his two fox-like eyes, he could just spot the pickerel grass, sand mugwort and other plants in the sand nests. He followed the traces of these plants and his long years of crawling around in the desert.

Only with experience can we lead the archaeological team forward.

There is China's largest inland water system in the desert, but many water systems such as the Tarim River seep into the sand. On the surface, the desert is barren of grass, but deep underground, there may be turbulent underground rivers.

Some plants that grow specifically in the desert survive tenaciously by relying on the little bits of water vapor rising from the underground veins to the surface of the desert. In fact, in addition to a small number of plants, there are also many animals here, but most of them only come in on cold nights.

Come out to look for food.

During the Han Dynasty and earlier, Taklimakan was known as the ancient homeland. At that time, the degree of desertification in this area was not serious, the rivers had not penetrated into the ground, there were oases and towns, Xubao Buddhist temples and stations everywhere, and countless caravans carried silk

Spices and tea were traded here, and until the Yuan Dynasty, the famous Italian Marco Polo also passed here with a caravan heading to the Central Plains.

When China reached the Ming Dynasty, the Ottoman Empire, which overran Europe and Asia, rose up. The war blocked commercial trade between Europe and the Asian continent. That era was an era of oceans. Navigators opened up new routes, the main routes for trade.

From land to sea, this great era is also called the Age of Geography.

Coupled with the increasingly serious erosion of the desert and the harsh living environment, countries large and small in the desert have completely declined, and their former prosperity and glory have been taken away by the gods.

The Black Desert was the first place abandoned by the gods. The civilization here stopped in the Jin Dynasty. According to legend, Hu Da's anger swallowed up the pagan cities. To this day, the Black Desert is still lifeless.

On the first day we set out, we encountered a slight sandstorm, which turned the sky slightly yellow. However, the sandstorm was not strong and it just blocked the sun, so we could travel during the day.

Using the notebook left by the British explorer, I discussed the route with An Liman while walking. The notebook recorded that after leaving Xiye City, the explorers discovered a place nearby with a large number of stone tombs. They were planning to come back.

It was time to dig, so I drew a detailed route in my notes.

Although Anliman's experience and the notebook cannot accurately locate it, it has provided us with great help in terms of distance and direction.

When camping at night, An Liman found a raised land. They built a sand wall on the dune, settled the camels, and then lit a fire on the leeward side of the dune to keep warm.

It was a very hard day's walk, mainly because of the wind and sand. Although the wind was not strong, it made people upset. An Liman kept nagging that it was windy season, and in the Black Desert, this kind of weather happens once every two days on average.

, when there is no wind, the vicious sun will suck away the last drop of moisture from travelers.

The fat man said: Hot spots are good, sweating can help you lose weight, and it’s nice to be in the sun, but it’s just so windy that it keeps blowing, and you can’t even talk on the road, it’s really boring.

An Liman said, what do you know? This is the edge of the Black Desert. We have to walk for five more days before we enter the depths. Although I have never been in, I know some friends who have been. They are all survivors who came back from the Black Desert.

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The scary thing about the Black Desert is not the trapping quicksand, nor the gold-eating ants that can chew up cars, nor the black storm. Legend has it that there is a dreamy land in the depths. After people go in, they will see

When we go to lakes, rivers, beauties, mythical beasts, snow-capped mountains and oasis, those who are thirsty and tired will naturally walk and walk towards the beautiful scenery, but they can’t reach it until they die of thirst and exhaustion. In fact, these are all traps set by the devil to lure people.

Go die in there. But Hu will protect us, Allahu.

Said: What they saw may be a mirage in the desert. People who don't know what is going on are easily confused.

While they were talking, Ye Yixin came over and pulled her aside. The two of them whispered a few words, then turned to me and said: We have something to do behind that sand dune.

I knew that Ye Yixin might be going for convenience, but she was too timid to go by herself, so I had to drag her along. So I nodded to them and told them: Bring a flashlight and a whistle, blow the whistle as hard as you can if something happens, and go back as soon as possible.

After agreeing, she and Ye Yixin walked hand in hand to the back of a sand dune not far away.

The fat man asked me if I had any more wine.

I said no, even if I bring a bucket of liquor, I can't stop you from drinking like this. Drink a few sips of hot water and go to bed quickly. If you can't find a water source in five or six days, by then, you won't even be able to drink the water rationed per person per day.

It will be reduced.

I'm just trying to scare the fat man. Even if I can't find the underground river in the desert, I have a way to ensure that everyone has the minimum amount of drinking water.

But that is a last resort, very troublesome, but it does work. I learned desert survival skills when I was a soldier. Without water, it is a dead end in the desert. Two-thirds of the human body is made of water.

Five-fifths of water will cause symptoms of dehydration.

An Liman refused to enter the Black Desert at first. One of the main reasons was that there was no fresh water in the Black Desert. Although there were underground rivers, it was impossible to dig that deep. Digging down from the roots of Haloxylon ammodendron, a desert grass,

Three to five meters below, there was only wet sand and salt water. The more I drank, the thirstier I became.

An Liman also understands this method. I have repeatedly studied the feasibility of this method with him, and we have agreed privately that when we reach a place where even Haloxylon ammodendron is not long, we will never take another half step forward.

Only then agreed.

Anyone who has received desert survival training in the military has learned that the shallower parts of the desert in Xinjiang are mostly salty water with a high mineral content. You can dig down to the roots of desert plants to find wet sand and salty water.

After simple solar evaporation and filtration treatment, a small amount of fresh water can be obtained. Although it is small, it is enough to sustain human life.

At this time, the wind and sand were a little stronger, and a sharp whistle came from behind the dune on the opposite side. Everyone was startled, and they picked up the engineer shovel rifle and ran towards the scene of the incident. Fortunately, it was very close, less than two hundred steps away.

distance, take three steps and two steps at a time, and you will be there in an instant. Book Alliance
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