Sand Sea Magic Nest 13

Half of Ye Yixin's body was seen trapped in the sand. She was struggling continuously. Miss Guo Zheng grabbed her arm and dragged her out desperately.

In the rush, no one knew who shouted: "Quicksand!"

We rushed forward following the footprints on the ground, desperately grabbing Ye Yixin and preparing to rescue her. A few people had no time to find the rope, so they took off their belts and tried to wrap her arms.

Unexpectedly, Ye Yixin was dragged out of the sand without much effort. It looked like it was not quicksand. Ye Yixin was frightened and cried in Miss Guo's arms.

Everyone asked them what happened? Is it quicksand?

Miss Guo Bian comforted Ye Yixin and said to everyone: "As soon as we walked behind the sand dune, Ye Yixin stepped on the air and her whole body sank halfway. I quickly grabbed her and blew the whistle for help, but it didn't seem to be quicksand. Quicksand swallowed People are fast and the suction power is strong. If it were really quicksand, I wouldn't be able to hold her back with my strength. Moreover, after she fell halfway, she stopped, as if the bottom was solid. Otherwise, if you heard the news and rushed there, there would be a delay in the process. In these ten seconds, it¡¯s too late to save people from the quicksand.¡±

Ye Yixin also came to her senses, wiped her tears and said, "I seemed to have stepped on a stone slab under the sand. There was a section under the stone slab that was empty, and it collapsed as soon as I stepped on it.

Miss Guo Qi said: "Are they those stone tombs? Let's go and take a look."

We used a shovel to dig a few times at the place where Ye Yixin had been trapped. Under a not too thick layer of yellow sand, parallel to the slope of the dune, a sloping stone wall was exposed. A large hole was blown out of the stone wall with explosives.

It seems that it exploded not long ago, that is, in the past few days, the wind and sand thinly covered the entrance of the hole, and Ye Yixin stepped on the gravel beside the hole and sank in.

Everyone looked at the stone cave. You looked at me, I looked at you, and they looked at each other. This is obviously a stone tomb. Has it been stolen?

I carefully checked the gravel at the entrance of the cave and the direction of the explosion impact, and carried out precise small-scale directional blasting. I have been an engineer for so many years, and I thought that my familiarity with explosives was about the same as that of Bei Mao. I was asked to blast this ancient stone tomb. , Dingtian is at this level.

This is a full understanding of the rock mass's burst resistance. The explosion only collapsed the stone wall and spread the debris outward, without damaging the interior of the stone tomb at all.

Judging from the power of the explosive, it is definitely not a civilian explosive. After leaving the army for several years, is it possible that even the active People's Liberation Army is now fighting? Definitely not, maybe stolen explosives. And in this vast desert, how did the intruders find these ancient tombs? The topography and landforms around here are exactly the same. Is it possible that apart from me, who is a half-timer, there are really other inversion masters in this world who can see the Star Wind Technique?

The area being cleaned up is getting larger and larger. This is a hammer-shaped stone wall. Except for the blasted side, the rest of it is buried deep under the yellow sand.

This is a typical stone tomb from the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Huge and thick mountain stones are built into an arch, and the gaps are glued with fish glue. Such stone tombs are very common near the Xiye ruins. In the early 19th century, a European explorer A writer once described it this way: ¡°There are countless stone tombs, large and small, that can be seen everywhere in the desert. More than half of them are buried under the yellow sand, with the black spire outside exposed, like a miniature version of the Egyptian pyramid. In the desert where there are many stone tombs, Walking through it, the scene is breathtaking.¡±

Now these stone tombs have been completely covered by the desert, and it is difficult to find traces of them. Professor Know guessed that it might be related to the big sandstorm a few days ago. The strong wind exposed part of the stone tombs. Unexpectedly, those tomb robbers came well. Come on, the archaeological team is still a step too late.

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The largest looting of ancient tombs and relics in Xinjiang occurred before World War II. In the early 19th century, Loulan in the east of Taklimakan and Niya on the southern edge of Taklamakan were almost completely robbed of cultural relics. Nowadays, tomb robbers The thieves have all extended their claws to the black desert area in the southwest. The natural conditions here are harsh and inaccessible, but it is a paradise for tomb robbers.

Along the way, we have seen several ancient tombs that have been stolen and damaged. No wonder Professor Xiao is so anxious and risking his life to enter the desert. If the tomb robbing activities in this area are not stopped, I am afraid that in the near future, nothing will be left. Come down.

The hole in the tomb was dark. Professor Hao Aiguo and I used flashlights to check in. The tomb was about the size of a small bungalow, and there were four or five wooden coffins scattered inside. The coffin boards had all been broken and thrown away. On the side, everything was turned into a mess.

Looking at the coffins, some were large and some were small, they seemed to be a shared tomb. The only remaining ancient corpse in the coffin was the mummified body of a young woman with long and braided hair. Only the head was relatively well preserved, and the rest of the body was broken. I guess they were all moved away by tomb robbers.

Among the ancient tombs in the desert of Xinjiang, the mummies in the tombs are as valuable as the treasures. I heard the professor say that the ancient corpses are divided into wet corpses with moisture, such as the Mawangdui female corpse, and the wax corpse. A kind of specially treated corpse. Frozen corpses exist in glacial areas where snow has never melted for thousands of years. Tanned corpses are similar to zombies. Others include stuffed corpses, dead corpses, etc. that are like specimens.

There are several types of mummies. There are mummies made by placing desiccants such as lime or charcoal in coffins. There are also mummies made artificially like ancient Egypt using special antiseptic treatment technology.

The mummies in Xinjiang are completely formed naturally in a special environment of high temperature, dryness and sterility. This kind of mummies, if they are a little older, are quite valuable. Some overseas museums, exhibition halls and collectors are vying to buy them at high prices. .

When Professor Ting saw that all the mummies in the stone tomb had been stolen and completely destroyed, he couldn't help but sigh. He had to ask a few students to sort out the broken items in the tomb to see if anything else could be salvaged. .

I was worried that the professor was too excited and his body could not bear it, so I advised him to take a rest early. Professor Qiao gave Hao Aiguo a few words and asked him to take someone to record the situation of the stone tomb in detail, and then the monkey sent him back to the camp to rest.

The wind still didn't stop the next day, blowing unhurriedly. When the archaeological team set off, Professor Dong came to me. He said that the stone tomb he saw last night had been stolen no more than three to five days ago. Maybe there is a group of tomb robbers who have entered the depths of the Black Desert earlier than us. We cannot delay, it is best to catch them. "

I casually dealt with it a few words, thinking to myself, don¡¯t fucking run into each other. We are enemies in the same industry, not to mention that the guys who robbed this stone tomb had military explosives and maybe some sharp instruments. We encountered them. If there is a big fight, I don't care. The problem is that if there are casualties among the intellectuals of the archaeological team, the responsibility will be too great.

But then again, in the vast desert, it is not easy for two teams to meet. If we hadn't seen this sand dune yesterday as the highest place nearby, we wouldn't have camped there, and we wouldn't have accidentally hit each other. I stumbled upon the stolen stone tomb by mistake. How could it be such a coincidence for the second time? Maybe those guys went back after stealing the mummy.

In the following ten days, the archaeological team walked deeper and deeper into the black desert, and finally lost the trace of the Zidu Underwater River. They walked in circles for several days. Zidu means "Zidu" in ancient Uighur language. "Shadow", this underground river is like a shadow and cannot be captured. Old man An Liman's eyes turned red. He shook his hands for the last time. There was nothing we could do. It seems that Hu Da only allowed us to go this far.

Everyone was exhausted and no one could walk. There had been no wind in the desert these days, and the sun hung in the sky for an extra long time. In order to save drinking water, the team members dug a hole in the sand during the day and set up a rainproof tent on it. The canvas absorbs the cool air from the ground to keep the body hydrated. I can only travel at night and in the morning, riding a camel for half of the way and driving No. 11 for the other half.

If we go further, we will run out of food and water. If we don't turn back within a day or two, we will have to kill the camels and eat them when we go back.

Looking at these exhausted people with chapped lips, I knew they were almost at their limit. Seeing the sun rising and the temperature getting higher and higher, I asked everyone to dig a hole to rest.

After settling in, Miss Guo found An Liman and me to discuss the route.

Miss Guo said: "Captain Hu, Mr. An Liman, in my notebook of the British explorer, there is such a record, that the British explorer also lost the trace of the Zidun River in the depths of the black desert. In this barren sea of ??death, two huge black magnetic mountains stand facing each other in the afterglow of the setting sun, like two ancient warriors wearing black armor, silently guarding ancient secrets, passing through the gate-like valley, A legendary city appears before our eyes."