Chapter 7 Chapter 6 The Sphinx

Entering the valley, one can see at a glance a huge sphinx monster lying over a hundred meters away from the mouth of the valley. The monster stretches from north to south, blocking the middle of the wide valley, like a patron saint. Wang Zhongnan ate some barbecue and wandered out. Yuan Sen felt that Wang had been acting mysteriously since last night, and he didn't know what he was doing.It was difficult to ask him if he wanted to, and just as he was thinking wildly, Wang Zhongnan came with a few shovel tools used by Uighurs. Yuan Sen had seen this kind of tool when he participated in the Loulan archaeological expedition. It was called Kantuman. Its head was relatively large, like a full moon, and it could be dug or planed.In places like Xinjiang, where the sandy soil is dry, it is particularly easy to dig.

Wang Zhongnan threw Kantuman on the ground, and said to Bayi and Yuan Sen, "Bring some more pots of water, let's do something." Yuan Sen and Bayi were taken aback. Now that they have water and food, it should be time to leave the desert. What else do they need to do now? Wang Zhongnan didn't say a word, and walked to the back of the village with Kantuman on his shoulders, crossed the river and got on the sandbags.Yuan Sen and Bayi were stunned for a while, and then ran over.Wang Zhongnan didn't say anything along the way, and led Yuan Sen and Bayi over big sandbags.The sandbags were similar in size, but Wang Zhongnan seemed to be quite familiar with this place. After walking for several hours, the three of them headed towards a large valley.

From a distance, the valley looks like a lookout on a trench. The entrance is crescent-shaped. The entire valley slopes downwards, and the terrain is much lower than the surrounding area. The entrance of the valley is not very big, only more than ten meters wide, Yuan Sen walked in and found that it was different.Entering the valley, one can see at a glance a huge sphinx monster lying over a hundred meters away from the mouth of the valley. The monster stretches from north to south, blocking the middle of the wide valley, like a patron saint. Its face is extremely long, it should be more than ten meters long, with slender eyebrows and eyes, and it looks like a monkey with a sharp mouth, not a good person.

Yuan Sen took a deep breath and said to himself, "My God, isn't this the Sphinx?" Bewitched by the stone statue, Bayi lay down on the ground in fright, shouting, "Hu Da, this is Hu Da's real body. It cannot be profaned!" The three of them walked over, they were so shocked by the tallness and solemnity of the stone statue that they didn't even dare to make a sound when they walked.The sun shifted to the west, and a long shadow was drawn behind the Sphinx, like a pair of folded wings, long and wide. Standing under the shadow, people immediately felt small and stressed.

The lion's body was lying on the ground, with long mane hanging down, and the body was full of traces of wind and sand erosion, with obvious defects on the neck and cheeks. Yuan Sen walked around the stone statue a few times, he always felt that something was wrong when he looked at the face of the stone statue, and he couldn't tell what was wrong.That pointed and long face made people feel sharp, weird, and full of conspiracy, making people very uncomfortable to look at. Wang Zhongnan measured the length and width of the stone statue by counting his steps, and said: "It seems that the height of this sphinx has already surpassed the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh's stone statue that stood for thousands of years, and even taller than that The stone statue is more than a third bigger."

Yuan Sen was puzzled, "That mysterious nation built such a giant statue in this remote valley? What is his purpose?" Yuan Sen asked suddenly: "Wang, how did you know about this valley? If it is shown to the eyes of the world, it will shock the whole world." Wang Zhongnan lit a cigarette and glanced at Yuan Sen.Yuan Sen yelled: "I always thought you were too mysterious, we are sitting in the same boat now, it is not a good thing for you to be mysterious to us." Wang finished his cigarette, his dark face was reddened by the sun, he laughed and said, "Young man, don't get excited, I'm not hiding anything. In fact, I was tracking that sheep last night before I found it here. It was night, and I saw the sheep entering the valley from a distance, so I stopped chasing them and planned to come back during the day to see what happened.”

Yuan Sen was stunned, Wang Zhongnan patted him on the shoulder, and walked forward, "Young man, this is not what we are going to do." There are three small hills behind the stone statue. The three of them climbed over the hills, and behind them is a vast valley hinterland.That kind of scene can only be described as vast. At a glance, the boundless sea of ​​sand is full of stone sculptures standing up or lying down. When Yuan Sen first saw those things, including horses, donkeys, alpacas, and hideous beast-like human faces, he thought they were carved from stone.He approached and touched it, only to find that those things were all piled up with sand, and when he grabbed a handful of sand, a sand hole was carved out of the statue.

In the huge sand sea, there are actually such statues made of yellow sand, which is really spectacular, and it is boundless at a glance. Wang Zhongnan told Yuan Sen that there used to be stone sculptures here, but the location of this valley happened to be on a big wind vent in the desert, and it had been weathered into sand sculptures over the years.When the wind blows at night, the whole valley will scream like a howling devil. It is a common phenomenon of devil city in the desert, but the hugeness of this devil city has reached the point of shocking the world. The civilization that created these stone carvings many years ago must have had an unusual past.

Yuan Sen nodded, and Bayi looked at the huge desert ghost town in a daze.In the center of the valley, there is a huge stone with four sides that has lost its edges and corners. It is tens of feet high and stands in the sand sea, which is very spectacular.On the side of the boulder facing the mountain pass, a human face is carved protrudingly, and the beard is connected with the ground. At this moment, the gazelle, which had disappeared for a day and a night, came out from behind the face without a sound, and looked coldly at the three men carrying Kantuman. Yuan Sen scolded, "It's really a ghost, I can see it everywhere——"

Wang Zhongnan said: "It brought us here, we should thank it." Wang Zhongnan said, holding Kantuman in his hand, and slowly walked towards the gazelle with stern eyes. Gazelle has been calmly watching him walking step by step, its calmness makes people look scary.Wang Zhongnan approached it slowly. Suddenly, Gazelle turned around and quickly slipped behind the boulder. Wang's Kan Tuman swung in the air. The gazelle hurried to the back, and Yuan Sen fought with it for a few rounds. He knew that the gazelle was more cunning than a fox, and as soon as the gazelle let go, he chased after it.

The agility of the gazelle can only be described as unimaginable, and it is almost impossible for people to fight with it. It flashed a few times among the sand sculptures, and then disappeared without a trace. Yuan Sen followed and ran to the place where the gazelle had appeared, but he didn't realize where it went. He turned his head and looked around, and there were hideous beast-body and human-masks everywhere, which made people panic. The few people walked a few kilometers deeper into the valley, and the mountainside gradually shrank, and they could barely see the mountain walls on both sides. After seeing too much, they gradually lost their sense of the faces of those people.Anyway, it's just a pile of weathered stones, and the sand will fall off when you touch it, so there's nothing to be afraid of, but the elusive gazelle makes people feel uncomfortable when they think about it. It was getting dark, and the temperature in the desert was quite low. The three built a bonfire behind the sand sculpture.Wang Zhongnan had thought that he would spend the night in the desert, so he asked Bayi to carry a bundle of dead poplar logs. Bayi skillfully roasted the leg of lamb, and the aroma wafted out, which was very fragrant.The longer Yuan Sen got along with Bayi, the more he had nothing to say to him. Bayi was talking nonsense all day long and had nothing else to do. Yuan Sen walked to Wang Zhongnan's side. Wang was leaning against the sand sculpture, closing his eyes and recuperating. Yuan Sen also leaned against it and sat down. "Wang—" Yuan Sen said, he didn't know what to call Wang Zhongnan, so he used to call him by his last name. Wang Zhongnan opened his eyes and looked at Yuan Sen. "I always feel that you should know more than what you told me, right?" Yuan Sen said. Wang Zhongnan grinned, smiled, and said: "I don't know much more than you, but since you want to ask, I will tell you my thoughts. You have discovered the characteristics of 'Aspen Ghost Spring' No?" Yuan Sen's heart moved, and he said: "You mean, every time you drink enough water, it will disappear automatically?" Wang Zhongnan said: "Actually, this is wrong. It doesn't disappear until you drink enough water. It disappears after the moon disappears." Yuan Sen remembered that every time "A Si Ghost Spring" appeared, it must also be the moment when the moon appeared. He was so careless that he forgot this detail. "You mean, the appearance of 'Aspen Ghost Spring' is affected by the moon just like the tide?" "There should be some similarity between the laws, but this is not the point. I am familiar with the waters of this desert. In the past two decades, no mainstream water source has been diverted. However, this original oasis has suddenly disappeared. Even the huge Populus euphratica forest died of thirst, which is very strange." Wang Zhongnan frowned and told Yuan Sen his thoughts. Yes, where did the water for irrigation go?What turned this oasis into a barren desert?This question put a big question mark in Yuan Sen's heart. He stared at Wang Zhongnan, he saw the expression on Wang Zhongnan's speech, and he knew that Wang already had the answer. Wang Zhongnan said: "I suspect that there are quite large ancient tombs under this desert." Yuan Sen was taken aback for a moment, at this moment, he keenly felt something staring at him from behind, which made him feel uncomfortable.He turned his head and looked at the side of the human face. What he saw was the endless darkness. The darkness set off the burning bonfire, making this world of sandy human figures mysterious and terrifying. There was already a big storm at the mouth of the valley, the yellow sand was flying all over the sky, and the head of the bag fell down, covering people all over. The sound of the wind was howling, sharp and ear-piercing, like the lamentation of wild beasts, and the cry of evil spirits at night. People's scalps became numb and cold sweat broke out on their bodies. Wang Zhongnan half-closed his eyes and said, "Did you see anything?" Yuan Sen was stunned, and said, "You know it's it?" Wang Zhongnan nodded and said, "We have to find a way to kill it, I always think it will bring us bad luck." In the darkness, a pair of faint yellow eyes were staring at the three people in front of the campfire. In this long dark night, those eyes looked particularly strange. Wang Zhongnan took out a miniature submachine gun from his backpack and handed it to Yuan Sen, and said in a low voice, "Go around behind the sandbag on the left, stop it from behind, and I'll snipe from the front." Yuan Sen responded, touched several large sand sculptures, walked along the bottom wall of the sand sculptures, and walked around a small sandbag.In the distance, the gazelle hid behind the beast-faced figure, and was staring coldly at Bai, who was sitting in front of the campfire roasting the sheep. Its eyes gleamed with hatred in the dark night, like a wild goat. Angry and calm wolf. Yuan Sen lay behind the sand sculpture, pushed the bullet into the barrel of the gun, and aimed at the most likely way for the gazelle to retreat. He was waiting for Wang Zhongnan to shoot when the gazelle fled in a panic if Wang Zhongnan missed a shot. Yuan Sen was lying on the cold sand, staring at the gazelle without blinking, and would shoot immediately as soon as it ran away.The night is like a closed beast's mouth, and the surrounding area is pitch black, only the bonfire burning in the distance, and two faint yellow eyes not far away are shining. The gazelle didn't move, it just stared in the direction of the bonfire, like a vengeful wolf waiting for an opportunity, and Yuan Sen didn't dare to let go of his grip on the submachine gun.Yuan Sen believed that Wang Zhongnan, who was hiding in a place where the gazelle could not see, must also be holding a sniper rifle, aiming at the middle part of the two eyes, looking for the most suitable opportunity to snipe. Suddenly, the Gazelle moved. It leaned out quietly and walked into the darkness, erratic among the scattered sand sculptures.When walking around, it hides its position very well. Every time it stops, it seems to be a dead spot for Wang Zhongnan to snipe. Yuan Sen also moved the muzzle of the gun upwards. He poked his head out a little, and the gazelle was out of his sight.Suddenly, he hit something on the head. It was hard, but it was definitely not a rock. The wind and sand gradually invaded the valley, and the yellow sand was blown onto people's faces, causing severe pain.Yuan Sen couldn't help being curious in his heart, and he touched the thing, but the place he touched was empty, with nothing there, and a little further in, it was a sand sculpture that had been eroded by the wind, and the sand would fall off as soon as he touched it. Yuan Sen's movements froze all of a sudden, he was sure that his head hit that place, why did the thing disappear all of a sudden?The gazelle is getting closer to Wang Zhongnan, but the chance of its position intersecting with Wang's perspective is less and less, that is to say, if Wang hides next to the campfire, it is impossible to see the gazelle. Yuan Sen muttered, "This is a sheep, no one can compare to it—" Suddenly, the hairs all over his body stood on end, and his scalp was numb to the root. That's right, there was something lying on his back.The thing came without a sound, and without warning, it hung on his back, its claws wrapped around his neck from behind, and Yuan Sen's whole body was stiff.He didn't know what the thing behind him was, and he was afraid that if he moved it, he would disturb the gazelle who was walking towards the trap. The claw was as cold as ice, and it slid along Yuan Sen's neck to the base of his neck. Yuan Sen got goose bumps all over his body, and then broke out in a cold sweat. It's not a problem to let that guy lie on him all the time. Yuan Sen threw down Wei Chong and boldly grabbed the pair of claws, separated them forcefully, lowered his head, and threw the thing out.The thing didn't struggle either, and was easily thrown out.Yuan Sen's heart relaxed, and he clenched his submachine gun tightly again. At this moment, he suddenly saw Huang Yang turn his head and glance at his hiding place, which made Yuan Sen's heart shudder. The place where Yuan Sen was located was pitch black, without the slightest light source. No matter how powerful the gazelle was, it was impossible to see clearly from such a long distance.But Yuan Sen didn't know whether it was a guilty conscience or something, he always felt that Huang Yang must have seen him, and his heart was very blocked. Huang Yang looked at him with a meaningful look, Yuan Sen was wondering, suddenly a strong impact came from behind, and something hit his back hard.Yuan Sen didn't have the slightest defense, his throat was sweet, and his whole body was thrown out like a sandbag, and his bones were about to be smashed. The gazelle was frightened, and rushed out from behind the sand sculpture. At the same time, with two "pa——pa——", Wang Zhongnan's sniper rifle was fired.Yuan Sen's hands were still clenched on the micro-chong, and he ignored the severe pain in his body, so he raised his head and aimed at the direction where the gazelle was coming. Huang Yang's speed was extremely fast, and in an unimaginable gap, he dodged Yuan Sen's bullets. Wang Zhongnan ran out from a hidden corner, picked up his sniper rifle, and fired two shots without using a scope. "Crack - crack -" there was a muffled sound, the sound of bullets exploding in the flesh, and at the same time, the gazelle also disappeared in the eyes of everyone. Wang Zhongnan pulled Yuan Sen up from the sand, and said, "The leg of lamb was shot, what happened to you just now?" There was obvious reproach in the words. Yuan Sen glanced into the darkness behind, and said, "I don't know, it seems that I was hit by something!" Wang Zhongnan frowned, turned on the flashlight, and pointed it at the back of Yuan Sen's sand sculpture. After seeing it, both of them gasped, and Bayi was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground. On a sandy wall more than ten meters away, eight corpses were hung upside down. Some corpses had been air-dried into a waxy shape on their heads and feet, and some corpses seemed to have died not long ago. The expression of fear at the moment of death.With his mouth open, his face was full of disbelief, as if he had seen something that broke through his psychological limits, and the fear came from the bottom of his heart. Wang Zhongnan said: "They hit you?" Yuan Sen nodded. He recalled the scene just now. It should be the mummy hanging upside down on his body. In his desperation, he threw the mummy out.The mummy hung by the rope was thrown back and hit his own vest. The corpse was weathered and hardened, and it was no different from a brick when hitting a person. Wang Zhongnan walked over, touched a few corpses, and said, "These corpses died within a day or two. Who killed them here?" Bayi also checked the condition of the corpse and said, "Could it be the mausoleum guard?" Wang Zhongnan whispered, "You know that too?" Bayi coughed twice, looked towards the entrance of the valley, and said, "I'm sure that the village of death we passed is the village where the tomb guards gather." Yuan Sen was very strange. He knew that there was such a job as a mausoleum guardian in ancient times, but in this barren desert, these three words still sounded spooky. Bayi pointed to a mural carved on the sand sculpture wall, and said, "Look, Baman's scepter is exactly the same as the one carved on the blood trough of the village altar, but the painting on the blood trough is very blurry, so I can't confirm it." Wang Zhongnan pushed aside the mummy blocking the mural. The mural painted a ferocious devil in a red robe. He was stabbing a wooden stick with a bent end into the grave robber's heart. The grave robber's chest was torn open, and blood It's overflowing, and it's brutal. Yuan Senqi asked, "What's the matter with Barman's scepter?" Bayi explained: "In the ancient Western Regions, thousands of years ago, the royal family began to guard against the patronage of tomb robbers, so some tribes prevalently trained slaves to be tomb guards. Smaller royal tombs only have one or two tomb guards." For larger tombs, there may be several or more than a dozen people. These tomb guards who were born as slaves are very loyal. For decades or hundreds of years, some of the tomb guards have even developed into a huge tribe, guarding the tomb for thousands of years. The master's tomb is not disturbed by the outside world. These tomb guards have not communicated with the outside world for thousands of years, and only work with the dead. They are said to be people who walk in the underworld." Wang Zhongnan nodded and said, "Yes, the people who died in that village were all mausoleum guards. I became suspicious when I saw the altar at the entrance of the village. In front of the altar were animal bones and blood troughs for offering sacrifices to ancestors. The scale is unprecedentedly large, which is clearly the model of ancient noble sacrifices. How could such a small village have the strength to hold such a grand ceremony? Moreover, there is no big river flowing through this village, and the water source depends entirely on a small river artificially drawn. The villages are surrounded by deserts, if it is a normal tribe, it is impossible to live away from the flow of the big river, so it is easy to push the whole tribe into desperation, and only the tomb guards can survive in this way in the desert." Bayi said: "Imin Aji is a wise man in the temple. He once told me that the place where the scepter of Haman appears is the place where the tomb robbers died. According to legend, the scepter of Haman was bestowed by Allah on guards. The treasure of the mausoleum, Allah hates all the tomb robbers who dig the grave of the dead, and ordered the mausoleum guards to use the Haman scepter in their hands to send the tomb robbers to hell." The three unraveled the eight corpses, dug a sand pit nearby, and buried them in the soil.They are all Han Chinese, and they are all equipped with sophisticated expedition equipment. It looks like they came prepared, with complete guns and ammunition. It is indeed a bit strange that such a team died in the yellow sand of the desert for no reason. . After burying the corpse, no one wanted to sleep. Bayi added some dead branches to the bonfire. Everyone leaned on the sand sculptures, looking at the endless darkness in the distance, and guessing what happened in this desert and sea of ​​sand. . Yuan Sen suddenly said: "Since the people in the Shouling Village are all dead, who killed the gang of tomb robbers? This place, if it weren't for the 'Asi Ghost Spring' on a moonlit night, without any water source, It's not suitable for biological survival at all." For some reason, Wang Zhongnan didn't put down the sniper rifle in his hand this evening. He was wiping the dust off the rifle with a rag. After hearing Yuan Sen's words, Wang Zhongnan raised his head and said, "There is still a tomb guard who is still alive—" "Who?" "That gazelle." "why do you say so?" Wang Zhongnan said: "Because I smell the breath of the dead on it, it haunts the tomb all the year round, it will be stained with the corpse's corpse smell, after a long time, if the owner doesn't take care of it, it will still eat the corpse, It is easy to kill people with corpse poison. When I was in the desert, I heard many stories about sheep gnawing on human corpses. Come to think of it, three or five people are not opponents." Yuan Sen was a little dazed when he heard it. It was the first time he had heard of sheep eating human corpses. This kind of herbivore was so dishonest. The dead branches were burned, and the three of them could clearly feel the cold coming, and the sharp screams rushed in from the mouth of the valley, like the call of a demon, screaming and rushing into the valley, as if to tear people apart. As time went by, and it gradually reached the middle of the night, the sound of the wind decreased, and the shouts of Devil City also weakened.Bayi suddenly waved to Yuan Sen and Wang Zhongnan, telling them to stop talking, he listened carefully, and said, "It seems—there are wolves—" Wang Zhongnan put his ears on the ground and listened carefully for a while. At this moment, Yuan Sen patted his shoulder and said, "Don't look, the wolf is there—" Wang Zhongnan raised his head. Even though he has been in the desert for so many years and experienced countless dangers, he was still shocked by the battle in front of him. A few tens of feet away, on a small sandbag more than ten meters higher than the surrounding terrain, the injured gazelle raised its head high and looked coldly at the three people beside the campfire.The sandstorm dissipated, and the moon dispelled the darkness, hanging in the air, elongating the cold silhouette of the Gazelle. The gazelle held its head high under the moonlight, looking calmly and indifferently at the human who injured it. There were crackling sounds on the sandbags, which became more and more dense. A row of wolf heads jumped onto the sand line. They gradually moved forward, following Behind the Gazelle.They howled to the sky, and the shrill wolf howl shook the valley. The Gazelle took the lead to step down the sandbag. It walked in small steps, followed by groups of wolves. The wolves clustered together in groups, and there was a certain gap between them, which showed that these wolves came from different groups of wolves. .Several packs of wild wolves, led by a gazelle, should be quite ridiculous, but this scene appeared vividly in front of Yuan Sen, Wang Zhongnan and Bayi. Bai Yi's face was cold, and it took him a long time to hold back two words, "Hu———" Yuan Sen roughly estimated that there were at least 300 wild wolves crowding over. They stood upright and walked towards the campfire step by step. The expressions on their faces were angry and even hungry.Hungry wolves want to eat people, and they are angry wolves. Anyone who has survived in the wild knows that. Wang Zhongnan handed Yuan Sen a bullet bag, and said in a deep voice, "Don't panic, kill with one shot!" Yuan Sen nodded and took the bullet bag. Wang Zhongnan quickly untied the backpack and put the gun parts on it quickly. In less than three minutes, two rifles were installed.Wang Zhongnan handed a handful to Bayi, pushed the bullet into the barrel of the gun with a "shua", and picked it up. Under the moonlight, groups of wolves rushed out of the darkness, out of the sandbags, and approached their prey step by step.Their footsteps were calm, but their eyes were hungry, and all three people present felt this, so they all felt the beating of their hearts in their chests. The three stood in front of the sand sculpture in a row, pointing their guns at the pack of wolves that might pounce on them at any time. The hungry wolves got closer and closer, and at a distance of only a few feet away from the three of them, Yuan Sen opened fire, and the submachine guns spit out flames, and the first group of wild wolves that rushed over were quickly knocked down to the ground.At the same time, Wang Zhongnan and Bayi opened fire one after another. Wang Zhongnan was like a sharpshooter, one shot at a time, only the head was shot, and anyone who was shot would die. In the desert, blood flowed into rivers soon.The wolves howled and pounced towards them, and the bullets from the three muzzles quickly disrupted the formation of hundreds of wolves. The gazelle just stared at the man-wolf war coldly. It stood on the sandbag, and the moon in the mid-air cast its shadow, making it even more indifferent and strange. Yuan Sen was so excited that he didn't even notice that his hands were numb from the shock.He didn't realize that a pair of blue eyes were staring at him tightly in the darkness.Suddenly, a gust of bad wind came, and before Yuan Sen had time to react, he was overwhelmed by the wolf that jumped down from the sand sculpture.The wolf has strong limbs, and the whole movement is done in one go. It threw Yuan Sen down, and with a flick of the knife, it bit Yuan Sen's neck. Wang Zhongnan fired two shots at the pack of wolves. He was short, and the barrel of the gun was aimed at the wolf's belly. With one shot, the bullet rushed out from the wolf's back, and the wolf carcass on Yuan Sen's body was also shot. Shocked. Yuan Sen got up from the ground, the wolf's tooth knife missed him, but the sudden pounce still made him feel lingering fear.He looked up at the sand sculpture. On the three-meter-high sand platform was the neck of a human face, with a large mask on the human face. The wings of the mask extended far away, which was more than three or four meters wider than the animal body on the sand platform. .The moonlight shone obliquely, and a huge shadow was drawn by the side of the mask. The shadow completely covered a large area on the sand platform. Yuan Sen was startled suddenly, his whole body was shaken, as if there was a person squatting on the sand platform.The man was squatting behind the neck of the human face, with only half of his head protruding slightly. If it wasn't for Yuan Sen's special position, it would have been impossible to spot him. Then, he felt that something was wrong. It took only a moment for the wild wolf to jump down from the sand platform. It is certain that wolves and humans cannot exist on the sand platform at the same time. They will pounce viciously and make noise.And with the wolf's keen sense of smell, it is impossible not to spot this person on the sand platform. In other words, this person got onto the platform after the wolf pounced on him. He touched the platform at an incredible speed. What did he want to do? Based on the current position of that person, if he shoots down with his gun, none of the three people under the sand platform can escape, and they will definitely be beaten into a hornet's nest. Suddenly, Wang Zhongnan reached out and pulled him, "Why are you in a daze? We are surrounded by wolves, hurry up to the sand platform." Without further ado, Wang Zhongnan gave Yuan Sen a push, and fired a few shots at the most aggressive wolves. Bayi put his rifle on his back, and climbed up by grabbing the protruding part of the sand sculpture.The outer layer of the sand sculpture has been weathered, and the surface is covered with fine sand. It is easy to grasp empty with one hand, and it is quite difficult to climb up. Yuan Sen also followed Bayi's example and climbed up. He helped Bayi from time to time and pushed him up.Yuan Sen was very worried about the sudden attack by the guy above him, so he quietly reminded Bayi to be careful, but Bayi just climbed up the sand platform without thinking too much about the meaning of Yuan Sen's words. Bayi managed to climb up the three-meter-long sand platform, and then dragged Yuan Sen up, and Yuan Sen dragged Wang Zhongnan again.Wang Zhongnan suffered several wounds on his arm during the fight with the wolves, and he was still bleeding, and his arm was a little weak.In this way, Wang Zhongnan had to rely on the help of Bayi and Yuan Sen to climb the sand platform.Ba Yi supported Yuan Sen, and Yuan Sen pulled Wang Zhongnan again. The three of them strung together like a bunch of grasshoppers on the sand sculpture wall. Wang Zhongnan was pulled to a height of more than two meters, and was about to climb up the sand platform when suddenly a big wolf rushed up from behind the sand platform.The darkness cut by the human-like mask and the light illuminated by the moonlight were clearly separated. When the big wolf's strong legs stepped out of the darkness, Wang Zhongnan yelled "be careful". But Bayi and Yuan Sen were holding things with both hands at the moment, so they could only let the big wolf slaughter them. Wang Zhongnan raised his hand with all his strength, and shot two shots. Without aiming, both shots hit the big wolf's head. head. Big Wolf's legs gave way, and he fell off the sand platform. Bayi and Yuan Sen worked together to drag Wang Zhongnan up to the sand platform.Both Bai Yi and Yuan Sen were shocked by Wang Zhongnan's skill. The three stood on the sand platform, overlooking the sand sea. The pack of wolves behind the gazelle was still increasing, and wave after wave of wild wolves stepped over the sandbags and came towards the sand sculpture.At the same time, on the opposite side of the sandbags, under the moonlight, pairs of wolves pushed the sand line and came towards the sandbags, and the sand table where the three lived became the center of the two wolves. Attack on the sand platform. The pack of wolves coming forward is no longer in the hundreds, but at a rough look, there should be thousands of them, and the number is still increasing. Wang Zhongnan cursed, and said, "In this desert, this is the craziest pack of wolves I've ever seen in my life!" Standing on the sand platform, the field of vision is much wider. The distance between the corner of the end of the sand platform and a sandbag is very small. Several strong big wolves are standing on the sandbag and trying to jump on the sand platform. The two wolves should have jumped like this just now. On the Shatai. Wang Zhongnan had all the equipment in his backpack. He took out a miniature grenade and asked Bayi to fire two shots first to blast away the wolves on the sandbag.A hole a few feet deep was drilled at the corner of the sand platform, and the grenade was pulled away and stuffed into the hole. The fuse was on fire, and in less than a minute, there was only a bang, and the sand platform that had been weathered by the corner collapsed within two meters, and it was impossible for the wild wolf to jump up from the sandbag again. . When Wang Zhongnan and Bayi were blowing up the sand platform, Yuan Sen kept thinking about the squatting person, and he felt that he was right.However, when he walked to the base of the neck of the human face, he found that there was nothing there, and the shadow cut by the mask formed a huge darkness around the neck. Wang Zhongnan strode over and found something wrong with Yuan Sen, and asked, "What's going on?" Yuan Sen told Wang and Bayi what he saw the figure under the sand platform. They were also very surprised. Although the entire sand platform was large, it was indeed empty at first glance.If that thing really existed, how could it appear out of thin air and then disappear out of thin air? The three of them checked the sand platform again, but found no suspicious signs. Below the sand platform, thousands of wild wolves surrounded the sand platform tightly.At a height of more than three meters, it is impossible for them to jump up, and the wolves have nothing to do. They stand on the sand, facing the moon, and howling to the sky, the sound is deafening. Yuan Sen said with a smile: "The wolves have nothing to do now, and they should retreat soon." Bayi shook his head and said, "I don't think so. The wolves are the wise men in the desert, and their wisdom can be astonishing." Wang Zhongnan took down the gun and wiped it. He is a gun lover, so he wiped every place very carefully. Intuition told Yuan Sen that that person must exist, but where did he go?Or, is he human?These two questions have been lingering in Yuan Sen's mind, disturbing him. He walked over and talked to Wang Zhongnan, "Wang, you brought us here to dig that ancient tomb?" Wang Zhongnan nodded and said: "When we walked over, we actually went around in a circle. The location of this valley is below the village of death. If the river channel of the village of death really disappeared because of the underground tomb, The entrance to the ancient tomb should be right under this valley." Yuan Sen nodded, and Wang Zhongnan loaded the gun. At this moment, Bayi yelled, "The wolves are coming up—" Yuan Sen and Wang Zhongnan ran over, and Bai Yi had been observing the movements of the wolves on the edge of the sand platform. His barking aroused the hostility of the wolves, and the wolves howled in unison, and then a wild wolf pounced on them. When the platform was still more than one meter away, Wang Zhongnan shot it down. The wisdom of the wolves is really unimaginable. First, they used their mouths to push the sand to form a small sandbag, and then more than a dozen wolves lay on the sandbag, and another layer of wolves was piled on top of the sandbag. After a few thick layers, the ground was raised by nearly one meter immediately, and a strong alpha wolf could jump onto the sand platform. The wolf's revenge mentality is particularly serious, the three of them killed so many wolves, how could the wolves give up.Of course, the behavior of the wolves also angered Wang Zhongnan. He took out two grenades from his backpack, pulled the lead wires, and threw them into the pile of wolves on the sandbag. Dozens of wolves lying on the sandbags were immediately blown up by the grenade, and the corpses of the wolves flew around, bloody and bloody, and the surrounding wolves also ran away in fright. The wolves have always been known for their cunning and vengeance, they are not good at reckless attacks, so Wang Zhongnan's grenade still has a certain deterrent effect on them.They gradually spread out, walking out of the valley and heading towards the desert with resentful eyes. Yuan Sen suddenly realized something was wrong, the gazelle disappeared inexplicably.When the pack of wolves besieged the three of them, it had been coldly watching the war between humans and wolves, but now it suddenly disappeared. Where did it go? Wang Zhongnan and Bayi also noticed this problem. Wang Zhongnan warned them that they must be wary of that gazelle and get rid of it if they have a chance, otherwise there will be endless troubles. The three of them were discussing what to do next. This valley was full of yellow sand, and they didn't know the entrance to the ancient tomb. How could they get in?It is not possible to plan the entire valley. Originally, everyone came here to look for Bahar Gul who recklessly entered the no-man's land, but a sandstorm caused them to get lost in the desert, and even the life and death of the mine manager Kurban was uncertain.Now that everyone has finally solved the problem of survival, it seems a bit inappropriate to come here to dig ancient tombs. So Bai insisted to leave this place as soon as possible, go back to Yingavati Village to discuss, organize a rescue team, or ask the Public Security Bureau for help, and ask for helicopter help. Wang Zhongnan expressed his objection. He repeatedly emphasized that their current position is in no man's land. If they stay here, they may find Mine Manager Kurban and Baharguli;回去，他们没有代步工具，等走出大沙漠，恐怕迷失在沙漠中的两人早已变成干尸。 而且，他始终觉得，买买提的死好像与这神秘的守陵村有关。