However, Zhang Cheng and the others didn't think much about it, there were only two days left before the start of the festival, and maybe the other party also wanted to arrive early.
Several people got into the off-road vehicle one after another and continued to move towards the west.
As the car moved, the scene outside the window began to slowly change.
Before entering the Gobi, although there were wilderness everywhere, there were still some strange-shaped rocks, but now, where the headlights shine, there is endless yellow sand.
The undulating sand dunes are like waves, crisscrossing and stretching, and there is hardly a stone in sight.
But fortunately, with the rise of the ancient Silk Road, the government also built a road in Lop Nur, otherwise even off-road vehicles could not cross it, and could only rely on camels.
Dunhuang, in fact, surrounded by desert on three sides, is itself an oasis in the desert, and the surrounding area is called the Gobi because the desertification is not very serious.
A few people set out from Dunhuang, all the way to the west, through the Yumen Pass, through Lop Nur, and now they have entered the scope of the Taklamakan Desert, and have officially left the territory of Gansu and entered the scope of Xinjiang.
The Taklamakan Desert, which is about 1,000 kilometers long from east to west, about 400 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 337,600 square kilometers, is the largest desert in China, the second largest mobile desert in the world, and the largest quicksand area in the world.
Taklamakan means "to walk, not to exit" in Uyghur, and the Western explorer Stein called it the "Sea of Death" a hundred years ago, making clear the dangers of this desert.
But it is estimated that these people never expected that in the center of this "sea of death", there is a temple hidden, a Yang Buddha realm that is regarded as a holy place for Chinese Buddhist cultivation.
Then, with the afterglow of the headlights, Zhang Cheng's gaze kept moving in the desert.
Although desolate, there are some plants here, and in some low-lying areas, some sparse trees and shrubs grow.
The driver explained that these were tamarixes and camel thorns, both endemic to the desert with well-developed root systems that absorb water from great depths.
Hearing this, Lin Wan'er not only sighed a little, but it was really not easy for plants to survive tenaciously in this kind of place.
But an hour later, the buggy was deep into the desert, and even the sparse vegetation was nowhere to be seen, the sand was undulating, and part of the road was covered by quicksand.
In such a place, if you go in the wrong direction, it can be a big problem, so the driver becomes cautious, slows down, and moves forward while distinguishing.
At this time, the sky was not yet bright, but the east side had faintly turned the fish belly white, Wang Dafu and Chen Xiaoice felt that their butts were going to sit in half, and they just wanted to propose that everyone get off the car and enjoy the scenery of the desert sunrise casually.
As a result, before they could speak, Lin Wan'er suddenly screamed and stretched out her hand to the right front of the off-road vehicle.
"Is there anyone Zhang Cheng over there, take a look" Zhang Cheng was stunned, straightened up from his seat, stretched out his head to look, and found that more than a hundred meters in front of him, there were indeed several figures standing beside the desert road, waving towards them.
Zhang Cheng's eyes narrowed, and when he took a closer look, he found that there were three people in this group, two men and one woman, all wearing jackets and carrying a large backpack, looking like adventure hikers.
Wang Dafu frowned, "This is already the depths of the desert, and someone actually came here on foot, is this death?"
Chen Xiaoice pouted, "You know what many people like excitement now, every year many people come to hike across the desert, but most of them have little experience, it is estimated that these few can't walk, so I want to take a ride back." ” Wang Dafu rolled his eyes, "Then they stopped the wrong car, let's go, ignore them." ” Lin Wan'er used to be a teacher after all, and after thinking about it, she said, "In case someone else needs help, it's good to stop and ask, and give them some water and food." ” As soon as he heard this, the driver's expression changed, "Several, this car can't be stopped." ” Lin Wan'er frowned slightly and asked, "Why?"
The driver was silent for a few seconds, and then said bluntly, "They may not be alive."
Not a living person Several people in the car were stunned at the same time, Zhang Cheng was even more surprised, now that he was so far away, he couldn't even tell whether it was a person or a ghost, how did the driver see it, could it be that the other party was also a mage It seemed that everyone was a little unconvinced, and the driver hurriedly said: "Although I am just an ordinary person, I used to often send water and food to the Big Buddha Temple, and this road has to be walked several times a month."
Speaking of this, the driver's tone was lower, "As you just said, many people come to cross the desert every year.
But you don't know, these people don't usually take the road.
Because this road was built mainly for oil development, it is more than 500 kilometers.
If you walk, you won't be able to walk out for months.
Therefore, the hikers all take Yutian or Moyu as the end point and Aksu as the end point, crossing the desert, which is shorter and safer Now that they appear on the road, they are generally the wandering souls who died in the desert when the road was not built before."
After hearing this, Wukong still looked puzzled, and asked: "You also said that it is average, in case others want to walk along the road, based on this, can't you just say that others are not alive?"
The driver shook his head, "If you look at the clothes these people are wearing, don't you see the desert problem?"
Hearing this, several people couldn't help but look together, and saw that these people were all wearing outdoor equipment, and they didn't see anything wrong.
The driver didn't wait for them to ask, and directly bit down the window, and a cold wind immediately poured in, freezing several people shivering at the same time.
"The temperature in the desert at night will reach minus ten degrees, and it doesn't matter if we have a car, but on foot, we can only hide in a tent to protect ourselves from the cold.
Now that the sun has not come out, these people dare to walk in the desert, not dead people."
Several people were stunned at the same time, but they didn't expect that as soon as they entered the desert, they actually met a wandering spirit.
Although the driver often sends water and food to the Big Buddha Temple, he is actually hired by other Buddhist temples, and every time he goes, he puts it down and leaves, and he can't touch other things at all.
He thought that if he said that, Zhang Cheng and the others would not care about this matter anymore, but he didn't expect Lin Wan'er to still open his mouth and say: "Stop" The driver immediately frowned and persuaded, "You can't stop, just in case it's true."
Zhang Cheng smiled, "Don't worry, with us, even if it's really a ghost, it's not a big deal, just see what they want to do." ” Lin Wan'er also nodded, "Yes, if we don't stop, they will get into the car behind, and I don't know what will happen at that time, if it is really a dead soul who died unjustly, then it will be excessive." ” After Lin Wan'er took the Three-Leaf Lotus, her cultivation soared, and now she was only one step away from the Heavenly Master, and it was the time when she needed to accumulate Yin Virtue.
And surpassing them not only makes the latecomers less dangerous, but also allows these reels to be reincarnated, which is a good thing to kill three birds with one stone in Lin Wan'er's opinion
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