After nearly three hours of marching, the yellow sand under our feet gradually turned into gravel, and we finally approached the foot of the ancient holy mountain. But I don’t know why there is no grass growing in this Gobi desert, not even a common cactus in the Gobi desert, Haloxylon ammodendron.
Neither Salix nor Salix can be seen.
Liu Dong wiped the sweat from his forehead, pointed to the bulge between the two black mountains not far ahead and said to us: "Between the two holy mountains is the location of the ancient city of Jingjue, but... can you find it?
As for the ancient city, it depends on God’s will.”
Minister An frowned and said: "Old Liu, you have entered the ancient city of Jingjue, and now you say whether you can find it depends on God's will. What do you mean by this?"
Liu Dong smiled bitterly and replied: "Lao An, do you think the ancient city of Jingjue is standing there waiting for us to discover? Then haven't all the city sites of the ancient countries in the Western Regions been confirmed by us long ago? To be honest, last time
The discovery of its existence was purely accidental. If I said that a strange wind blew it here, you might not believe it, but in fact, it did appear after a strong desert storm."
Liu Dong's words shocked us all again. This is another strange phenomenon that can only appear in the desert, but how can a huge city disappear and appear in an instant? This makes the world can only marvel at the incredible
, unpredictable.
Minister An, who was staring at Liu Dong, saw that Liu Dong's expression didn't look like he was lying. He shook his head in confusion, but said nothing and everyone continued walking towards the two huge black peaks.
Gradually, the gravel under our feet changed again. Many large black stones appeared around us, and the terrain under our feet began to gradually extend upward. As we got closer to the Black Mountain, it may be that the sun was blocked by the mountain peaks.
Because of this, the temperature dropped a lot and I felt chilly.
As I was walking, I accidentally raised my hand to check the time. When I looked at the mechanical watch on my wrist, I was dumbfounded. The three hands on my watch were spinning rapidly clockwise.
I couldn't tell the time anymore. I quickly told everyone about this, and Liu Dong said lightly: "It's not strange. The last time I came here, the watches and some instruments I brought with me were in this state.
, Actually you probably didn’t look at your watch at the Stone Pillar Array, but I looked at it and it was the same. Because these black stones are all magnetite.”
After listening to Liu Dong's words, I suddenly realized that no wonder I always feel that the time on my watch is not correct. It may be that I stopped walking in the City of Time without my attention. At this time, I remembered the gold in the City of Time.
Giant clock, it seems that it is precisely because of the magnet black stone that those one-eyed creatures made a golden clock that is not attracted by magnets to keep track of time.
After explaining this problem, Liu Dong urged us to get on the road quickly, so everyone dragged their tired legs and continued towards the two holy mountains.
Finally, we came to the entrance of the two black mountains. We saw that these two symmetrical peaks were very tall and huge. The mountains were undulating and covered with black stones. The closer they were, the more eye-catching they became.
Rather than being called mountains, it is more appropriate to call them two incredible huge black stones. Both of these two huge stones are about tens of kilometers in diameter. Only a shallow backbone is exposed in the gravel. I believe that the larger parts should be buried under the mountain.
Underground, or below, the two boulders themselves are connected as one, and the mountain pass may be nothing more than a crack in the boulder.
Since the sunlight has long been blocked by the towering black mountain, and coupled with the black mountain, the inside of the mountain pass we saw was dark, giving off a mysterious and weird atmosphere.
Liu Dong turned around and said to us: "Everyone, please be careful and pay attention to your surroundings. When I came to this mountain with... and a few friends, I encountered some strange things. It was very strange."
"What's going on? You should fucking explain it clearly, otherwise we all had better not go in hastily." Fei Fan said with some displeasure after hearing Liu Dong's warning.
Liu Dong glanced at Fei Fan and smiled bitterly: "Okay. Let me just say that at that time, some of my team members and I entered the mountain from the southern foot. We had no choice but to enter the mountain because we encountered an encounter not far from Montenegro.
According to the guide at the time, it was a big sandstorm that could not be seen in a hundred years, so I ran into the black mountains desperately. However, the guide also said before that according to their ancient legends, these two black mountains are called magic mountains, and there are ghosts and monsters on the magic mountains.
Countless, known as forbidden areas, you can enter but cannot get out. However, the situation at that time forced us to enter the mountain. After the guide repeatedly begged us, we just hid under a huge rock in the mountain pass. After the storm, strange
Even though the sky was full of yellow sand, there was no sand left in the Black Mountain, and it was as clean as ever. At this time, we saw a dilapidated ancient city, which is the Jingjue Ancient City. The ancient city is at the junction of the two peaks.
, it’s less than a kilometer away from us, but within just one kilometer, we lost two team members.”
Speaking of this, Liu Dong looked a little sad, and there was a hint of fear in his eyes. He must still remember the situation at that time.
Fei Fan asked impatiently: "Then what happened to you at that time?"
Liu Dong still had fear in his eyes, looking behind the dark mountain pass, gritting his teeth and said: "You don't know, we encountered something unimaginable, and I don't even know what it was until now. At the beginning we encountered
What we saw were a few sand lizards that are common in the desert. They were much larger and more ferocious, but they didn't pose a big threat to us. But when we encountered that kind of thing, it instantly... killed it.
Two of our team members died."
Fei Fan was shocked and said: "What? You don't know what that is? Didn't you see it?"
Liu Dong slowly shook his head and continued: "Indeed, we couldn't see what it was at all. Just a stinking wind blew by, and one team member fell down, and another gust of wind fell down. Fortunately,
The remaining team members ran desperately into the dilapidated ancient city, but the thing didn't catch up. I thought... that thing... might be an invisible... monster."
Fei Fan looked at Liu Dong's back in shock. We all couldn't help but be horrified. What could that be? It's too scary!
At this moment, suddenly, a blood-red thing swooped out from the mountain pass, causing Dr. Lin to scream. Everyone took a closer look and saw that it was such a big lizard. At this moment, it seemed to be frightened by so many of us.
He was lying on a black stone at the mountain pass, watching us with wary eyes. This guy was very big, probably over one meter long.
Liu Dong waved his hand and said: "Don't be afraid, everyone. This is a sand lizard. It's just different in color and size from those commonly seen in the desert. As long as we don't disturb it, it won't attack us."
Just as he was talking, the sand lizard seemed startled by Dr. Lin's scream, and seeing so many of us, he turned around and quickly jumped back into the mountain pass and disappeared.
At this time, Liu Dong turned to Minister An and said: "Old An, to be honest, entering this mountain pass, the exquisite ancient city may not suddenly appear at this time by chance, but we don't seem to have a way out, we can continue
You decide whether to move forward or make other plans."
Minister An looked at Liu Dong with some surprise, as if he was thinking about why Liu Dong suddenly spoke to him so politely. He looked at all of us with some difficulty, and then said: "I think we can all make a decision on this matter together."
."
There seemed to be a contemptuous sneer on Liu Dong's lips, and then he sat down on a rock as if nothing had happened. He took out the water bottle from his backpack and drank some water. It seemed that whatever decision we made here had nothing to do with him.
At this time, instructor Shui said: "In terms of responsibilities, my team members and I follow the advice of the expert group and can advance or retreat."
Minister An did not speak, but looked at the remaining experts. Each of them seemed to be unsure about paying attention. At this time, Liu Baiheng walked up to Liu Dong, looked directly at him and asked: "What are you doing personally?"
Planned?"
Liu Dong shrugged and said with a smile: "An Tong is the person in charge here. Of course I want to listen to his plan. Personally..." He paused and then said: "Of course I hope to find the spirit."
In the ancient city, I found the final answer to the mystery and comforted my father’s spirit in heaven.”
Liu Baiheng sneered and said: "Liu Dong, you brought us here, and you know some things well. I don't need to say more. As an important national scientific researcher, Lao An doesn't understand human nature, so you don't need to make things difficult for him."
After saying that, he turned around and came to Minister An. Liu Dong looked at his back in astonishment, as if he didn't understand what Liu Baiheng said.
Liu Boheng patted An Tong on the shoulder and said: "Lao An, my opinion is to keep moving forward. No matter whether we can find the ancient city or not, we can only take one step at a time."
Minister An looked at Liu Boheng with some confusion. Liu Boheng turned to look at Liu Dong, who was still a little stunned, and then said meaningfully to all of us: "Comrades, I believe that this scientific expedition task is no longer the most important."
Yes, the important thing is that we have discovered those alien creatures in the "City of Time". Everyone knows what these things mean to us humans. In this desert, now we have no retreat, only forward."
Minister An seemed to be aroused by his words. He also relaxed and said: "Yes, we are the country's scientific researchers. This scientific expedition mission has reached the current situation. We all just do it for ourselves to stay alive."
After leaving here, we must continue to move forward.”
Next, everyone had no ideas or ideas. Since the main people had expressed their opinions, everyone reached an agreement. After a short rest and replenishing food and water, we walked towards the pass of the Black Mountain.