Chapter 27 Chapter 25 Desert Mummy

Haizi's surroundings have calmed down, and there are endless sand dunes as far as the eye can see.However, the sand here is a rare white color - as white as snow.If it wasn't for the heat wave that hit his face, Li Cu might have thought that he was on a snow mountain. Wang Meng paddled the raft, and they pulled the sand onto the shore. Wu Xie reminded: "Pull the raft up, if Haizi moves again, we will be stupid." "Do you think this Haizi is the train here? After arriving at the station, a few passengers will be dropped off, and then continue to drive." Li Cu was imaginative.

"That must be a circular road, and I don't know how long it will take to walk around?" Wu Xie bent down and took out a hand of sand. The extremely hot white sand made him frown slightly, "There is quartz inside, which is the same as the sand outside. Yes. But why so white?" "Is there anything special about white sand?" "Most of the sand is made of stones, and the white color means that there is a lot of calcium." Wu Xie shook off the sand in his hand, and said, "I don't remember any images of this area in the aerial photos." "Maybe it's the light problem, so it's not so obvious in the sky." Li Cuo said.

"Aerial cameras are not point-and-shoot cameras." Wu Xie put his hands in mid-air, "Besides, there is no wind here." Li Cu followed suit and found that it was true, there was no airflow at all. At this time, Wang Meng who was pulling the raft suddenly shouted: "Boss! Come and see!" Li Cuo and Wu Xie rushed up a sand dune to look over Haizi, and saw Wang Meng pointing at the sand dune beside him.The sand on the dune had been made to slide away as he dragged the raft, and the entire surface of the sand had collapsed, revealing what was buried in the dune. Li Cu and Wu Xie ran over, and the raft slipped more and more.Soon, the wreckage of a truck poked a corner out of the dunes.The collapsed part revealed the bucket of the truck, which was filled with the dangerous containers they had found at the bottom of the lake before.

The three dug hard at the sand, and soon a decaying liberation truck emerged from the sand.The rust spots formed in the desert are different from those in other places. They can clearly see that this truck is corroded by alkaline things. Many places on the iron sheet are covered with a layer of white rust. Burst and fall. "Look, this car must have broken down here for a long time." Wang Meng said pantingly, "And boss, we pushed this raft together when it was launched. Why didn't you help when it was pulled up? Alright, I'm the only one pulling." "Observing the environment is more important than rafting." Wu Xie replied, "Things rust very slowly in the desert. According to the degree of rust, this truck has been here for at least twenty years."

"Not necessarily." Li Cu retorted, "I have learned in class that the temperature difference between day and night in the desert is too large, and there will be water vapor at dusk, which will accelerate the corrosion rate of objects, not to mention that there is a water source nearby. We are in Haizi The container I saw probably fell into the water here, and was taken by Haizi to the oasis where we rested before." "Unexpectedly, you are still a good student." Wu Xie was surprised. Li Cu thought silently in his heart, the reason why he remembered it so clearly was because the teacher who taught this knowledge had a big chest at that time, and the class was very pleasing to the eye, so he listened to the class attentively.Later, he changed to an old man, and he was no longer interested in listening to lectures.

"No, this kind of car can't be driven here." Wang Meng dug open a large pile of white sand, exposing the car's tires that had rotted into cotton wool. "Boss, these are rubber tires that have been melted by the sun." Wu Xie pointed to the rubber tire and explained to Li Cuo: "This kind of tire can only be driven on flat roads. If it is full of sand, it will not move at all, and it will sink when it hits the ground." "That is to say, there used to be a road here? Under the sand?" Li Cu looked at the white sand and shook his head. It was really impossible to dig out the road that did not know whether it really existed.After all, the whole road is under the sand. Even if a small section on this side is dug out, there are still continuous sand dunes in front, and it will be difficult to dig out all of it even if you spend your life.What's more, this is a desert, and the sand can't dig a hole.

"How can there be a road here?" Wu Xie muttered to himself, and then said to the two people, "We are in trouble now, so we might as well dig to see if we can dig out a little more of the car, and when the car is exposed, maybe can find something that can be used.” So the three continued to dig, but after only a few digs, a shriveled face suddenly appeared in the sand.Then the sand suddenly fell, and all the sand around the face collapsed, revealing a completely dried skeleton. Li Cu, who had never seen such a scene before, broke into a cold sweat. Fortunately, he didn't cry out during the day, but he didn't dare to get too close.He looked at the other two people. Even Wang Meng was not in much better condition than Li Cu.

Only Wu Xie showed no sign of fear. He just said: "Damn, it's not a good omen. Look, this is a military uniform, and this is a soldier. All the soldiers are trapped here to death. Then we More choking." "It's not necessarily because he was sleepy, maybe he died in a car accident." Li Cuo recalled Wu Xie's optimism. "Impossible, what kind of car accident in the desert can kill people." Wu Xie pulled the collar of the mummy and lifted the whole corpse out of the sand.Although the corpse had been completely dehydrated and air-dried, it still had some weight. This weight made Wu Xie stagger, and threw a large piece of sand down, covering his feet completely.He threw the mummy aside, and said to the two, "Try what's in your pocket."

"This is inhumane." Wang Meng was still a little dazed. "They're all dead, it's just a stinky skin." Wu Xie saw that the other two were very afraid of the corpse, "Don't be afraid, this thing is only dangerous if it's old, and it's not qualified." Wang Meng looked at Li Cu, who immediately shook his head: "I am a hostage. According to the Geneva Treaty, hostages cannot do rough work." "Don't you say that you were invited here? It's only natural to pay you to do some work. Besides, hostages are not the same as prisoners of war." Wang Meng roared impatiently, "I'm not a soldier either. , go!"

"Then can you share some of your salary with me?" "Okay, not much anyway." Wu Xie continued to flip in the bucket, holding out balls of sand.But Li Cu had no choice but to squat down in front of the mummy, pinch his nose and fiddle with it with his fingers. This was the first time he faced a corpse, and it was a completely dried corpse.His first reaction was, how awesome it would be to tell Su Wan.Thinking of this, the fear in my heart seemed to be reduced a little.Li Cu looked at the corpse more carefully. The corpse was wearing a military uniform that had been alkalized with large patches of white spots, as hard as salted fish, but the horizontal stripes on the shoulders could still be clearly seen.

"The military rank is not small, and he is still an official." "Guan'er? Why is Guan'er staying in the cart? Don't talk nonsense." Wang Meng shook his head in disapproval. Li Cu glanced sideways at Wang Meng, thinking that if you don't believe me, come and see, but he didn't open his mouth to refute.He continued to carefully rub the pockets with his fingers, and finally found a military ID card, a pen and a small book in the pocket of the mummy's coat. The book is a work notebook, and the paper has been alkalized to be very brittle.He didn't use much force, but the place where the notebook was touched by his fingers immediately brittle into pieces.He had no choice but to let it fall on the spot, thinking that there is no wind here, otherwise, if the wind blows, all the paper will be turned into powder. Li Cu continued to move the other two things, but found that the two sides of the military officer's ID card were glued together and formed a whole, which couldn't be opened at all, and the pen couldn't be pulled out of the cap. Li Cu secretly sighed, wondering if he would be virtuous if he was also trapped here.Then, he saw a watch on the wrist of the corpse, the style of the watch was not old or new.He carefully took off the watch, guessing that this watch should be very expensive, and it must not be an ordinary watch, because the hands of the watch are still moving, and they are moving quite accurately. "This must be a corrupt official." Li Cuo said to the other two people. "Can you care about anything else? See if he has a map and a compass or something." "I think that all the paper products on his body are useless even if they are found. They must be poorly preserved. Besides, he is so virtuous. I don't think the map he brought will be of much use. .” After talking about Li Cu, he decided not to look for him anymore. He was a little scared, and he muttered in his heart: I love whoever I love, so I will be passive and sabotage my work, so what should I do? Li Cu just thought of this, and with a snap, something was thrown from Wu Xie to his side.It was another mummy, and it was still the remains of a soldier. He turned his head and saw that Wu Xie got out of the car with four or five mummified corpses on his back, and shouted to him: "Damn it, there must be more than one car buried here, forget about these dead people, there are still a lot of things in the sand .”