Chapter 3 Chapter 2 Desert Zombie

Professor Yang Jian pointed his finger at the photo, "Look here, this sunken arc is like an eye. If you look at the part where the top of the mountain diverges, it is divided into two. It should be a cliff. It is like a cliff. Two horns, isn't it? Look here again—" The more Yuan Sen heard it, the more chilly he felt on his body. Yes, that's right, this mountain peak looks like a sheep's head, a one-eyed sheep's head. On the desk of Professor Yang Jian, there was a torn kraft paper bag with an urgent EMS sign on it, which was particularly dazzling under the bright light of the fluorescent lamp.

Professor Yang Jian took out a photo from the kraft paper bag and handed it to Yuan Sen. Yuan Sen accepted it suspiciously. He could tell that the photo was very new. If it wasn't a new photo, it was at least newly developed. However, the photo is very blurry, and there is distortion caused by overexposure. The photo looks gray and should be taken on a rainy day.The view of the photo is far away, and the shooting location is a vast expanse of mountains. The angle of view of the photo points to the distant peaks. On the peaks are green trees and occasional bare rocks. After watching it for more than ten minutes, Yuan Sen came to the conclusion that this is a fairly ordinary photo, to be precise, a photo that failed.

The person who took the photo should be a novice who has just touched the camera, and it is not a general newbie.This photo seems to be framed irregularly, doesn't understand the perspective angle, and has random exposure. It should be taken by someone who only knows how to press the shutter randomly. However, Yuan Sen didn't understand why Professor Yang Jian showed him such a bad photo, and it was so serious and mysterious. Is there something wrong with this photo? Yuan Sen handed the photo back to Professor Yang Jian in doubt, and shook his head, but Professor Yang Jian did not take the photo. He frowned, and the smoke in his hand seemed to burn his fingers, but he Unconsciously.

Yuan Sen faintly felt something strange, the professor had always been a calm and wise person in his heart, no matter how he looked today, he really lost his composure. What happened to the professor today?The mysterious note, which is obviously an ordinary to bad photo, seems to be so important, and the photo was sent from Hotan, Xinjiang. Yuan Sen glanced at the address on the EMS. Naturally, he thought of the mysterious things that happened in the deep mountains of Altai, Xinjiang mentioned in his notes. Is there any connection between the two?Soon, he denied his own ideas. The geographical structure of Xinjiang is bounded by the Tianshan Mountains, which is divided into northern Xinjiang and southern Xinjiang; and the Altai Mountains and Hotan, one in the northern Xinjiang and the other in the southern Xinjiang, are separated by hundreds of thousands of miles. How can there be a connection between the two?

Yuan Sen looked at the photo up and down, and suddenly, his eyes were attracted, it was a silhouette of a mountain peak, a piece of bareness.Yuan Sen changed the angle and restored the sense of perspective to the actual appearance in his mind. Only then did he realize that although it was just an inconspicuous point in the photo, in the actual scene, that point should be a side of the mountain peak. . There is a doubt here, why is the whole mountain covered with trees, but only this area is bare? Yuan Sen's major is gold and jade research. He naturally knows that the formation of jade mines is mostly related to geological activities. For example, the regional movement of quartz and marble strata, and the mutual extrusion of quartz and marble strata can easily form jade mines.When strata squeeze each other, fold belts and mountain faults are prone to appear, and mountain fault zones are generally mixed with ore layers.Most of the ore is extremely hard, which is very different from the usual soil, and it is not suitable for plant growth at all. Therefore, there is no grass near many stone mines, and it is a vast expanse of whiteness.

"Is there a mine here?" Yuan Sen said to himself, full of suspicion. "Yes, look at this visual angle. From a simple point of view, the photographer seems to be shooting randomly without any rules at all. But if you look carefully, the difference in this photo is that he didn't take a scene as the main object. The center, but a point, the focus of his shooting is to reflect this point." Professor Yang Jian turned his attention to that photo at some point, and said calmly to Yuan Sen. Yuan Sen followed the direction pointed by Professor Yang Jian, and the side of the mountain appeared as a grayish-yellow pattern in the photo, which should be the traces torn out by the movement of the mountain.Suddenly, Yuan Sen's pupils constricted, and he saw that the strange angle of this photo was not due to the poor skills of the photographer, but another purpose.

Following the cut angle of the picture, the line of sight has been extended, and finally condensed on a point on the stripes. That point is so small that if you don't look carefully, you can't see it.The surrounding spots look dark yellow and thick, but that point is slightly different from the surrounding ones. Its color is lighter and softer, just like optical noise.However, if this point really exists, it means that this place must be a jade mine.Moreover, the color of the original ore is so good, it must be the best in jade.Yupu, the legendary Jade Bi and Choi Bi that have been passed down through the ages are made from the best jade material, Yupu.

Yuan Sen's heart beat faster, his face was flushed, and he murmured, "Is it really Yupu?" Professor Yang Jian did not speak. He took out a magnifying glass from his pocket, and the dots on the photo were enlarged.The magnified dot was a bit blurry, but Yuan Sen could vaguely see something he wanted to see from inside. The dot was somewhat transparent to amber, and compared with the surrounding rocks, it was much finer and smoother. Yuan Sen said: "Judging from the dots on the photo, there are at least 80% reasons to believe that there is a crude ore in this place. Professor, is my judgment correct?"

Professor Yang Jian nodded approvingly, and said, "Your vision for breaking jade is getting stronger and stronger, and I also believe that there are rough mines here." Yuan Sen smiled and said, "It's not because of your subtle influence, the professor. The birth of Pu Mine is a big event that caused a sensation. Where is this place?" Professor Yang Jian shook his head, took out a piece of letter paper from the EMS kraft paper bag, and handed it to Yuan Sen. The letter was not long, and it was written awkwardly, in crooked handwriting. Professor Yang Jian: Hello my friend!It has been more than ten years since we parted ways. I hope you are all well. There is still no news about what you asked me to do.I feel guilty for not being able to help you, but a recent incident made me have to ask you to help me again.

My son Maimaiti left Yingavati village and entered the desert a month ago, it is said that he was looking for the jade mine bestowed by Hu Da.At that time, I was participating in a wholesale jade exhibition in Hotan City. I didn't know the situation at all, and I didn't stop Maimaiti's reckless decision in time. When I returned to Yingawati Village from Hotan City, Maimaiti had been in the desert for a week without any news.I immediately contacted a herdsman friend who was familiar with the situation, and took camels and water into the desert to pick up Maimaiti.But we searched all over the desert within 100 kilometers, but there was no trace of Mamat.

A month passed quickly, and I even ignored the dissuasion of the herdsmen, and went deep into the no-man's land known as the "state of death". One week.When water and food ran out and my herdsman friend dragged me back, we suddenly found Maimaiti’s abandoned camera in the sand dunes.We searched for a few more days, but still couldn't find any trace of Maimaiti, so we had to go back. After I went back, I developed the photos in the camera. Maimaiti is a young man who is keen on photography. His room is full of photos he took, which are very beautiful.However, the developed photo was ugly.This problem kept me from sleeping and eating, and I thought that Maimat had died in the desert after such a long time.But we need to know what happened to him, dear friend, you are a learned man, I hope you can help me. May Huda bless you, my friend. Kurban After reading the letter, Yuan Sen said, "His son took the photo in the desert, where there are clearly green hills and green trees, how could that be?" Professor Yang Jian said: "This is where the strangeness lies, and you haven't found a problem yet." As he spoke, Professor Yang Jian swiped his finger on the photo, drew a semicircle, and said, "Look, look at this What does the outline of the mountain look like?" Yuan Sen's heart was pounding. He always felt that the photo was wrong, but he didn't notice that the whole mountain was an abstract animal, the head of a beast. Professor Yang Jian pointed his finger at the photo, "Look here, this sunken arc is like an eye. If you look at the part where the top of the mountain diverges, it is divided into two. It should be a cliff. It is like a cliff. Two horns, right? Look here again..." The more Yuan Sen heard it, the more chilly he felt on his body. Yes, that's right, this mountain peak looks like a sheep's head, a one-eyed sheep's head. Professor Yang Jian stared into Yuan Sen's eyes and said mysteriously, "Do you understand?" Yuan Sen said: "Then—then you showed me half of the diary because of this?" Professor Yang Jian nodded and said: "Although my father's underground expedition was in northern Xinjiang, this weird photo made me feel that there must be an inseparable connection between the two. Kurban is my father. A friend I met in Hetian, southern Xinjiang more than ten years ago, is very enthusiastic, and this time you are investigating this matter on my behalf, one is to help my Uighur brothers as much as possible, and the other is to find out the secrets of the Pu mine." Yuan Sen nodded, and Professor Yang Jian said: "This time you may go deep into no man's land, you should be careful. In addition, Kurban's daughter Bahar Guli used to be my student. This time she should I can help you." The next day, Yuan Sen boarded a plane to Urumqi, and Professor Yang Jian also flew to New York to attend an important academic conference on the same day. Yuan Sen took a train to Kashgar in Urumqi, and walked half a circle around the Taklamakan Desert. He took the train for a day and a half. Looking around, there are thousands of miles of yellow sand, boundless, and the most trees in the Gobi are red willows and Camel Thorn, occasionally see an oasis, are large Populus euphratica.