During this process, just as Old Man Maimaiti judged, some wolves in the wolf pack did circle around the castle, looking for possible openings to enter the castle. Fortunately, we all acted quickly enough and blocked the way.
The wolves may find a gap to enter the castle.
The bonfire was burning brightly, and everyone was tense and on guard. But the wolves seemed to have no intention of leaving and kept confronting us. Old Man Maimaiti said that the wolves in the Black Desert are very ferocious and very dangerous.
They are cunning and patient, and they will take advantage of them if they are not careful. Moreover, the wolves here also have an ability that is extremely strong in life. In a big storm in the desert, they will even bury themselves in the yellow sand without dying.
Desert wolves are slightly smaller than alpine wolves and steppe wolves, but are stronger and more stoic.
The confrontation with the wolves lasted until the sky started to light up in the morning. Fortunately, the wolves were killed continuously by our m4a1 automatic rifles during sporadic probing attacks in the middle of the night, which frightened them.
The morning in the desert seemed to come very early. Seeing that they could not break through our defenses, the wolves finally chose to give up. They gathered together and headed south, and that direction was our route. It seemed that the future was promising.
We also have a chance to meet them.
After seeing the wolves disappear into the vast desert and never see a trace again, everyone finally relaxed. The night of tension made everyone exhausted. In order to ensure physical strength, Minister An and Old Man Maimaiti decided after discussing
Everyone was asked to rest for four hours while two Uyghur militiamen, Parhati and Eskar, slept outside and took turns being on guard duty for two hours.
At about ten o'clock in the morning, we were all woken up, and after having a casual snack, we were on the road again.
In the next two days, under the leadership of the old man Maimaiti, we could basically find a place to camp every night. The castles, villages, and houses buried by the yellow sand were all our places to stay at night. Fortunately, we did not meet again.
When the wolves attacked, they were probably frightened by our modern weapons in Xiye Ancient City and did not dare to attack us again.
At noon on the eighth day, we successfully arrived at the end of the Kongque River ancient channel, which the old man Maimaiti said is at the heart of the Black Desert. Countless huge sand dunes suddenly appeared in front of us, and the whole body was shining with golden color and undulating.
It gives people the feeling of being boundless. Old Man Maimaiti told everyone that this was the most prosperous place on the Silk Road in the Western Regions. Ruins such as Jingjue Ancient City, Dandan Ulik Ancient City, and Washixia Ancient City are all nearby. But
, to find these legendary ancient cities, you still need luck and the guidance of the true god Hu Da.
We all don’t understand Hu Da, the true god of Uighur faith. When we were about to move on, old man Maimaiti told us that this place has reached the limit of what he can guide, and that he and the two Uyghur militiamen would not go any further.
Let's go ahead, because the ancestors of the desert residents have warned their descendants from generation to generation that once they enter the desert and see countless "golden hills", they have reached the restricted area of the black desert, the devil's lair. Humans are not allowed to enter. Once inside, they will
Will never come back again.
After hearing his words, Minister An signaled everyone to stop the camel caravan. Old Man Maimaiti pointed at the huge sand dunes in front of us and said: "About a few kilometers further, you can see the true heart of the Black Desert.
According to ancient legend, the Desert Demon Nest is there. In that area, the yellow sand is as fine as flowing water, and it is truly flowing. Once people and animals walk on it, they will immediately sink in and disappear without a trace."
Minister An discussed with the water instructor and told us to set up tents here temporarily and rest first. Then he assisted several experts to set up various instruments, hoping to locate and detect the location of the relevant ancient city ruins.
Everyone then jumped off the camel, moved down tents, equipment and instruments, and began the real scientific research work.
With the joint efforts of everyone, everything was ready. After entering the tent for a short rest and eating, Director An, Dr. Lin and the expert team began the positioning and detection work, while the water instructor and all of us were responsible for the vigilance work.
The little clerk and I were responsible for the security in the south. The two of us walked to the top of a sand dune in front of us with our M4A1 automatic rifles in our arms, and looked at what the old man Maimaiti called "the sky" in the distance about 500 to 1,000 meters away.
The huge sandbags of "Golden Giant Hill" admire the wonders of nature's creation.
These "golden mounds" are erected in an orderly manner and seem to be carefully constructed. The spacing between the front, back, left and right looks almost the same. I really wonder if they are like Carnac Stonehenge in France and Stonehenge in England.
It was built by prehistoric humans or extraterrestrial highly intelligent creatures tens of millions of years ago.
Standing on the sand dunes, except for the desert wind blowing, I could no longer hear any sounds, nor could I see any signs of life. Looking at the huge sand dunes in front of me, I suddenly felt how small I was.
The desert is like an ocean, boundless and without end.
I was fascinated by thinking that if, as the old man Maimaiti said, there is a devil's lair behind those "golden hills", would it be like the Seventh Layer Earth Dragon Cave and the Yunnan Secret Cave that we all once entered?
, hides a huge secret area? What will be there? Prehistoric civilization? Or life forms from the outside world? Or there are some mysterious things that are more difficult to guess.
Just when I was lost in thought, Xiaowen suddenly shouted: "Yunlong, what do you think that is?"
I suddenly came back to my senses and saw the frightened expression on the little clerk's face. I quickly looked in the direction of his finger and felt horrified.
Just in front of us, there was an extremely incredible scene in those huge golden sand dunes and the concave area in the middle of the dunes where I and the little clerk were standing.
Deep blue water actually emerged from the golden sand in the depression. The water level was still rising. In just a few dozen seconds, the yellow sand was no longer visible, replaced by a blue water surface like an ocean.
.Under the hot desert sun, the blue light coming from the water is so eerie and dazzling.
Xiaowen Wen and I were stunned by the scene before us and lost our minds for a moment. We watched the water level continue to rise, and slowly, it was almost parallel to the sand dune we were standing on. I suddenly woke up and pulled Xiaowen Wen.
He ran back and shouted frantically to Minister An and the experts who were busy at the equipment under the dunes a few hundred meters away: "Everyone, run quickly, there is water, there is so much water..."
Our crazy shouting frightened Minister An and others who were busy. They looked at me and the little clerk who was tumbling down the sand dune at a loss. They didn't know what our words meant for a while.
When we ran up to us and talked incoherently about the scene we just saw, everyone looked at us as if we were monsters. Fei Fan even patted my head, pointed behind us and said, "Yunlong
, are you and the clerk crazy? Where does the water come from in the desert? How big is it? That’s nonsense!"
Xiao Wenwen and I quickly looked back and saw that the sand dune we came down from was standing there quietly. The water we saw did not flow over the sand dune as we thought.
Wen Wen and I still looked at each other in fear, and then said in a state of laughter and tears: "Wen Wen and I really saw water emerging from the sand quickly, and then it was at our feet in the blink of an eye, really!
It’s water as blue as the sea.”
Fei Fan said with a "hehe" sneer: "Then why hasn't the water covered the sand dunes yet?"
I stared at the still golden and intact sand dunes in disbelief. I really didn’t see any trace of water. I blinked my eyes hard and looked again, but there was still no water. At this time, I was immediately confused. What was going on?
?Did Xiaowen and I really see it wrong? Or were we hallucinating?
At this moment, the old man Maimaiti suddenly said: "Perhaps you two are right. A large amount of water does suddenly appear in the desert, but it will disappear without a trace in the blink of an eye. Now let's go and take a look. Or
, is some kind of revelation or warning given to us by the true god Hu Da."
Minister An and everyone were dubious when they heard what Old Man Maimaiti said, but the clerk and I certainly didn't seem to be lying, so he said, "Okay, let's go and have a look."
So, all of us put down what we were doing and climbed up to the sand dune together.
In order to confirm this bizarre thing, Xiaowen and I first climbed up the sand dune. Standing on the sand dune, the blue water was still there, almost horizontal to the dune, but it did not overflow again.
Minister An and others also climbed up. When they saw the scene in front of them, they were all stunned. The old man Maimaiti knelt down directly on the ground, with a pious look on his face, and murmured the Quran in his mouth.
Everyone just stood numbly on the sand dune, staring blankly at the sea and lake-like water in front of them, surprised, confused, and unbelievable...
After a long time, Minister An said with difficulty: "It's... it's incredible. How... how could water... flood appear in the desert?"
Suddenly, the expert who looked like a farmer squatted down silently, put a towel in his hand into the blue water at his feet, then quickly picked up the towel, looked at it and laughed:
"Don't be surprised anymore, this is not water, it's an illusion!"
Everyone looked at the laughing expert in shock. Minister An asked: "Mr. Qin, what did you say? This water... this water is an illusion?"
The expert who looked like a farmer, Mr. Qin, stopped laughing and nodded: "Yes, I, Qin Lin, major in desert geology and meteorology. According to the world's desert geology and meteorology data, "mirages" occasionally appear in the desert."
Illusion. The "mirage" that occurs in the desert is the refraction phenomenon caused by sunlight encountering air of different densities. In the desert, during the day, the sand and rocks are baked by the sun, and the temperature on the surface of the sand layer rises rapidly. Due to the heat transfer of the air
Poor performance. When there is no wind, the vertical temperature difference over the desert is very significant. It is hot at the bottom and cold at the top. The air density in the upper layer is high and the air density in the lower layer is low. When sunlight enters the air layer with low density from the high-density air layer, the light
The speed of water has changed, and through the refraction of light, distant lakes, oases, towns, etc. are presented to people's eyes. I feel that the water surface we see now should be a distant lake refracted by light, and then formed
A vision appears before us."
Everyone looked at Qin Lin suspiciously, but we did not see a drop of water on the towel he unfolded. At this time, Maimaiti, who was kneeling on the ground devoutly and reciting the Quran, suddenly stood up and glared at Qin Lin.
Lin retorted: "This is not an illusion! It is a warning from the true god Hu Da. He will not let us enter the restricted area of the "golden giant hill". Therefore, he used his divine power to move this piece of sea to block us."
Qin Lin looked at Maimaiti with contempt and said coldly: "I am a scientist. I don't believe in ghosts and gods. I only know that according to scientific research, what we see is indeed an illusion! It is a 'mirage' in the desert."
At this time, we all saw that Mr. Maimaiti was probably anxious. He shouted angrily at Qin Lin: "You call the power of God an illusion, and you will be punished by the true God!"
Qin Lin's expression changed. He was about to refute the old man Maimaiti again, but everyone quickly tried to dissuade him. While holding Qin Lin's shoulders, Minister An quickly said: "Mr. Qin, we should respect the beliefs of all ethnic groups, no matter what is happening in front of us.
Illusions are still the power of the true God, let’s not argue anymore. Let’s go back and do our own work.”
After saying that, he pulled Qin Lin and left. We all also discouraged the old man Maimaiti who was still chattering and walked back along the sand dunes.
When we were halfway down, suddenly Minister An and Qin Lin at the front screamed and fell into the yellow sand. We all hurried over and saw a creepy giant spider lying on the yellow sand.
, saw that none of us were afraid at all, but stared at us with eager eyes.
This spider is by no means any spider species we have ever seen or heard of. It is about the size of a football, and its head is like a human face. It has all the facial features, but the face is weird and has eight eyes. The top one is
The two eyes are half open and half closed, as if taking a nap. There are three eyes on each side below the two eyes. These six eyes stare at us without blinking. The giant spider is yellow-brown all over, with long
Covered with dense thick hair. Extremely scary and frightening.
At this time, Minister An and Qin Lin were struggling out of the yellow sand. Qin Lin looked very painful and covered the back of his left hand with his right hand. It seemed that he had been bitten by the giant spider.
I raised the automatic rifle in my hand and aimed at the giant spider. Just as I was about to shoot, the old man Maimaiti behind me hurriedly shouted: "Don't shoot! This is the devil's messenger "Wolf Spider". You can't kill it. Kill it."