Chapter 70: Mysterious Cave
Since 1964, a large number of nuclear tests have been conducted in the Lop Nur area, a considerable number of which are underground nuclear tests. On July 29, 1996, China finally successfully conducted an underground nuclear test and announced to the world on this day that nuclear tests will be suspended.
Ordinary people generally believe that Lop Nur is a nuclear test site, but this is actually inaccurate. Lop Nur is just a code name. The entire nuclear test site is actually a large area from Bosten Lake to the east, north of the Peacock River, north to Kuruk Mountain, and east to Gansu Province.
The main air explosion test was conducted on the Gobi Desert 80 kilometers northwest of the Lop Nur Lake Basin. The underground test was conducted in the mountains of the basin about 200 kilometers northwest of the Lop Nur.
This address is still a certain difference from the range of magnetic field variations we monitored. Alexander said that it is impossible to determine the relationship between the two, but many mysterious events have occurred before nuclear tests. The magnetic field mutation has occurred in recent years, and nuclear tests have been suspended at this time, so there may be no relationship between the two.
After hearing Alexander's explanation, Zi Yang felt a little relaxed. The adventure is about adventure, and military secrets are another matter.
After a while of rest, everyone decided to continue on their way.
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On the endless Gobi Desert, no matter how far you go, what you see is always yellow sand and black soil. Zi Yang has gradually begun to have an illusion that time and space have stopped. They are like ants sealed in amber by resin, and what they see is always the same scenery. If Lao Wang hadn't called hungry every once in a while, he would really feel like time was still.
If Alexander hadn't been using instruments to do GPS satellite positioning, Zi Yang would have thought they were lost and walked around the same scene, as if they were in circles in the same place.
Lao Wang sat on the camel, calling him hungry, thirsty, and thirsty.
Because the expedition lost most of the supplies, especially the water and food were particularly short of water and food, Alexander decided to concentrate all the water and food, saying that it would be scientific and quantitatively distributed to everyone. According to Alexander, this would not lead to dehydration, malnutrition, nor would it be "over-due" waste.
This should be directed at Lao Wang. Lao Wang's appetite is better than that of three normal people, and he is not very restrained. Eating so much food may not necessarily contribute to human beings. It turns into shit, which is indeed a waste.
Lao Wang hummed for a long time and saw that no one paid attention to him, so he jumped off the camel and sat on the ground and stopped leaving. He had never been so hungry since he was a child, and it seemed that he was really hungry.
Alexander pretended not to understand Chinese at this time, completely ignoring Lao Wang's protest. He held the instrument in his hand and positioned it in the sky, while calculating silently. After a while, he turned to everyone and said that it was almost here, so we should hurry up.
Lao Wang was lying on the beach and couldn't stand it. Zi Yang kicked him, "Hurry up."
Old Wang hummed, "I can't do it anymore, my body is about to fall apart. If you want to leave, you can go. I have to rest for at least two more hours."
Alexander said coldly, "You get up now and you can assign an extra box of cans to you when you eat later."
The old Wang, who was pretending to be dead, immediately became alive when he heard this, waved to Zi Yang and said, "Help me up quickly, I think I can hold on."
Zi Yang had to secretly admire this foreigner who was like a thin bamboo pole. He had already figured out Lao Wang's temperament in just a few days after contacting him.
Tonight, the Gobi Desert was surprisingly calm, with the air being extremely clear, and the moonlight pulled out a long figure behind everyone.
Zi Yang sat on the camel and felt drowsy. Seeing that the other people were mostly similar, it seemed that they had reached their physical limits. Only Alexander was in good spirits and sat on the camel and his waist was straight.
Zi Yang was behind the team and wrapped the reins in his hands for a few more times, thinking that he would not fall asleep later and fall down. If he fell behind, he might be with the smoke soul and giant lizard in the desert.
Alexander, who was at the forefront of the team, pulled the reins and deliberately slowed down. He slowly rode side by side with Zi Yang. Zi Yang was not in the mood to chat with him now, and was half lying on the camel, as if his backbone was being pulled off.
Alexander nodded to him and signaled, "If you continue walking in this direction, you should arrive at your destination soon."
Zi Yang didn't want to pay attention to him, so he wanted to find a place to lie down and sleep comfortably.
Alexander said again, "Go ahead, I'll be behind the temple."
Zi Yang looked at him with some gratitude and nodded. I thought to myself that this thin bamboo pole was willing to be the queen of the palace, so I quickly took the opportunity to take a look.
After a daze, I suddenly heard Su Rui's panic voice: "Dr. Alexander? Dr. Alexander?"
Zi Yang shuddered, looked back and saw a chill in his heart. Alexander, who was walking at the end of the team, disappeared without a trace. Only Xiao Hei, Lao Wang, Timur, and Su Rui were left on the vast desert.
Old Wang next door raised his head in a daze. He heard that Alexander was missing and shouted in anger, "This bastard ran away with our food? Grass is really not a thing!"
Su Rui said anxiously, "No, Alexander is not that kind of person, something must have happened. We must go back to find him."
Zi Yang thought to himself, "Look for it? How can I find it? This big Gobi Desert can't see the edge at first glance. There are not even a ghost around it for more than ten miles. Just because of the few people now, when will I find it?"
But I was embarrassed to say these words clearly. I looked at Timur with both eyes and thought to myself that you are old, so talk about her.
Timur spread his hands and made an expression that I didn't know anything. Zi Yang was so angry that she was itchy. This guy was useless except for being able to control camels!
At this time, Lao Wang and Su Rui had turned around and drove a camel back along the way he came. Zi Yang shook his head, having no brains and an anxious temper. These two people really had some tacit understanding.
But when he thought that all the food and water were on the camel of Alexander, he had no other choice but to find him. He had no choice but to turn the camel and prepare to search for it. Then he turned to look at Timur and wanted to ask if he would go back to find it together. Timur spread his hands and looked undeniable.
Zi Yang turned around and cursed.
After a while, Timur followed up with a camel tap.
Everyone was drowsy just now, and no one knew when Alexander was lost. It was easy to find someone to talk about this vast desert, but considering the unpredictable situation here, it was also difficult to do.
In order to avoid emergencies and to increase the search area, Zi Yang suggested that everyone scatter and move side by side, separated by more than ten meters from each other, and connect them with climbing ropes. Although the efficiency is low, it is considered very considerate from the perspective of safety. When encountering qi eyes or something, at least you can save it. When encountering giant lizards, smoke souls or other things, you can only leave it to fate.
Zi Yang walked while thinking, what should I do if I fell into anger? What's worse, what should I do if I was eaten by Yan Hun?
Just as he was thinking about it, the old Wang on the far right of the team suddenly shouted, "There is a situation here! There is a hole in the ground."
Everyone was about to surround him, and Timur gestured to stop everyone, climbed down the camel carefully, holding an iron rod in his hand and tentatively tentatively on the ground.
Everyone followed suit and confirmed that the land under their feet was solid, they slowly moved closer to Lao Wang step by step.
Lao Wang sat on the camel and didn't dare to get down, and stammered: "What, what's wrong, am I standing in anger?"
"Old Li, you can't leave me behind. We are brothers at least. Xiao Hei, remember to save me later. Brother has been treating you well. Su Rui, there is still a piece of chocolate hidden in my backpack. If it's really not possible... It's a gift I left to you. Thinking of me in the future... the key is that you have to leave me a whole body..."
When Zi Yang heard Lao Wang tremblingly explaining the funeral, he said impatiently, "Don't be nervous, we are just confirming that there will be no accident."
I went to Lao Wang and the land was solid.
After confirming it repeatedly, a kid turned over from the camel and regained his heroic spirit of heroism. "Oh my god, it turned out to be a false alarm. I just revealed my true feelings and said nothing. Don't take it to heart."
Everyone ignored him and looked at the hole in front of him with a diameter of less than one meter.
The ground around the entrance of the cave is very flat. If you look from a distance, you won’t find a hole here. It’s dark and bottomless.
Su Rui inserted two fixed piles at a safe distance, put on the seat belt, hung up the hiking rope, lying on the edge of the hole, shone a fluorescent stick into the hole. After a while, the fluorescent stick dropped to the bottom of the hole, lying there emitting a faint light.
Su Rui looked at the electronic watch on his wrist and thought for a while and said, "About 17 meters. The hole is solid."
Zi Yang observed the entrance of the cave and said, "The traces of the soil are all old. It seems that they are not angry eyes that are stepped on. Do you think Alexander will fall into the cave without paying attention?"
Su Rui said, "It's possible, but if Alexander plus a camel, it's not small in size, and the diameter of the hole is only about 1 meter..."
Lao Wang said, "It's not impossible. Look at it, head down, the camel fell into the water-" and said, comparing the action of a diving athlete entering the water.
Zi Yang shouted to the entrance of the cave: "Alexander...,"
A muffled echo came from the bottom of the hole.
The old king next door also shouted to the entrance of the cave: "Alexander, come up, I don't want the can, don't hide..."
Chapter completed!