How should I describe the land beneath my feet? I can only describe it with two words: Death.
Unlike the " warmth " of Jiangnan and the " desolation " of Beihuang, the first impression that this place gave people was " dead silence ", without any signs of life.
The most eye-catching part was that the entire ground was black and brown, and all of them were cracked. It was a scene of hell.
"Nuclear radiation."
The mosquito seemed to have understood something. After his reminder, I was surprisingly cheerful. Since the 1960s, China had conducted nuclear explosion experiments in Lop Nur more than once.
As for the reasons, there were three main reasons: First, Lop Nur was a no man's land, a land devoid of life. There was no need to consider the impact of nuclear tests.
Second, the environment was harsh and the transportation was inconvenient, which was good for confidentiality.
Third, the terrain was wide and flat, and there was no shelter. It was a good way to evaluate the results of the nuclear test.
However, I have heard some rumors that the nuclear test here is to eliminate some secrets, and these secrets are inextricably linked to our country's successful independent development of nuclear bombs.
I couldn't help but suspect that the legend that Li Juan told me about the prophecy of the Jiuli Race, which involved something like the " Fire Storm ", could it be referring to the nuclear explosion experiment?
Of course, these were off-topic. In short, Lop Nur, which was already barren, had become a " dead land " under the influence of nuclear tests.
I couldn't help but think of what Grandpa Hamati said: Lop Nur had already been abandoned by the gods and had completely become the devil's territory.
Thinking that there might still be nuclear radiation here, I carefully walked forward. I wonder if the nuclear radiation has expired after decades? Was the environment here still harmful to the human body?
Yang Liu saw my concern and rolled her eyes."Do you have to do this? Do you not trust your body that much? Young and weak?"
I retorted loudly,"You're the one who's weak, I'm"
I thought for a moment, after all, she was a girl. Forget it, some jokes shouldn't be too much.
Mosquito couldn't help but chuckle."Don't worry. Even if the nuclear radiation still exists, it's been decades. We're not here for long.”
After a few steps, at the foot of a small hill, there was a broken monument. There were a few words painted in red on the monument: Luo Hong 03.
"Luo Hong? Who is Luo Hong?"
I read it out strangely. Mosquito thought for a moment and told me that it shouldn't be a person's name.
In the early days of the Liberation, most of the roads and bridges were built with the word "red", which meant "red revolutionary road".
The meaning on the broken monument in front of him should be similar. Lop Nur Red Route 03.
"But there's no road nearby?"”
Mosquito explained," I don't think it's a road. Even if there was a nuclear test here, the road would at most be destroyed. Traces would definitely be left behind, but there's nothing here." Didn't Team Leader Chen say that no one could come here from the ground? Most likely, the older generation of soldiers and scientists had dug a tunnel here, but it was later destroyed for some reason.”
After saying that, Mozzie looked at Team Leader Chen and asked,""Team Leader Chen, is my analysis correct?”
Team Leader Chen nodded and said," That's right. There was indeed a 'red tunnel' that led to this place. However, due to some special reasons, the tunnel collapsed and disappeared.”
I came back to my senses and said," No wonder we had to go through that ghostly passage. I knew it. Many seniors have been here before. Why did they suddenly stop investigating this place? It turns out that the road is gone. The road is gone. What's the point of investigating?"”
Yang Liu was very disdainful and said,"Pfft, hindsight."”
Mosquito was afraid that the two of us would quarrel again, so she said before I could speak,"Team Leader Chen, since the enemy arrived here before us, why haven't we found any traces of them? Could it be that they knew we were coming and were prepared in advance?”
"Yes, I am." I said,"They won't set up an ambush, will they?”
Although my words sounded a little funny, they all felt that it made sense. Team Leader Chen and Mosquito had thought of this in advance.
Team Leader Chen asked me to first unload the equipment that I needed, then settle the camel down. He also asked Yang Liu to climb to a nearby hill to investigate, then took out the mini drone and flew it into the sky.
I saw a pile of rocks not far away. There were big rocks, so I led the camel there. He did not know how long he would have to work for. Although the camels could at most not eat or drink for more than a month, he fed them a lot of salt just to be safe. He loosened the rope tied to the stone a lot, in case they couldn't break free when there was danger.
After I was done with everything, I returned to the team. Team Leader Chen and the others had a general understanding of the environment here.
I saw the three of them squatting on the ground without saying a word. Team Leader Chen threw the remote control of the drone to the side and quickly asked them what was going on.
Mozzie told me about some of the things that we just found out. He said that other than the area we were in, there was no protruding land in the area we could see.
There were a few small hills on the ground under our feet, but they weren't big. At most, they were just mounds of earth mixed with boulders.
However, these few hills surrounded a large depression in a very regular manner. In the middle of the depression, there was a slightly raised area. Combined with the contents of the previous murals, that should be the location of the " primitive door."
Team Leader Chen was going to put the drone there, but there was strong electromagnetic interference here. The drone would not receive any signal if it flew a little further. Therefore, it couldn't fly back on its own. No one knew where it had gone.
What he had just learned was based on Yang Liu's naked eye.
Moreover, Yang Liu also discovered something. In the depression, there were modern drilling frames.
After I heard it, I said,"Support? Didn't the enemy already enter?"
" It seems so," Mosquito said." So we were waiting for you to come back and formulate a countermeasure."”
"Hehe, are you still waiting for me to come back and host the meeting?" Thank you for everyone's trust in me. I think we, we should…"
Yang Liu saw that I was speechless and rolled her eyes."Aiyo, do you think I'm waiting for you to come back and let you make the decision? You're thinking too much."
I said to Mosquito unhappily," Can't your sister speak more clearly? What do you mean by waiting for me to come back to formulate a countermeasure?"”
Mosquito said inexplicably,"Why am I involved again?"”
I said,"Alright, alright. Let's listen to Team Leader Chen. Team Leader Chen has been here before."”
As soon as I said that, I was stunned for a moment. I remembered that Team Leader Chen had selectively lost his memory. Otherwise, why didn't he mention the location of the "primitive door" along the way? It made the three of us speculate.
Sure enough, Team Leader Chen shook his head and said," I've definitely been here before, but I've already forgotten how to get in. However, someone has already found the way for us, right?"”
Right. Didn't the 'apocalypse' and the 'army' arrive here before us? Although the situation isn't very favorable for us, at least they have eliminated a lot of danger for us.
Team Leader Chen continued," According to what I've learned from the higher-ups, when the Investigation Bureau was first established in the last century, its primary mission was to investigate some secrets of Lop Nur. According to some sealed documents, there used to be a secret research base of the Investigation Bureau here. This is still very beneficial to us.”
I wasn't surprised. It wasn't a secret. To me, although I've never heard of it before, I can guess that it would be strange if a place like Lop Nur didn't have a related research base.
Then, Team Leader Chen ordered us to follow the enemy's footsteps. "After we enter, we will definitely have a confrontation with the people inside. We only have four people, and the other party can't be less than us. Team Leader Chen's meaning is that we won't show mercy. To put it inhumanely, this mission was more important than human lives.
When the arrangements were almost done, I said,"Sigh, how troublesome. I don't know what's wrong with these people. They didn't come early or late, but they just had to wait for us to come.”
"What did you say?"
Team Leader Chen suddenly looked up at me. I was so scared that I didn't know what to say or what he meant.
Mozzie also looked enlightened and said,""I was too careless. I didn't notice this problem. I should have thought of it earlier.”
Yang Liu and I asked at the same time,"What's the problem?”
Mozzie said to me," It's all thanks to your simple thinking sometimes. Just like you said, why did these people come at the same time as us? And why did they attack before us?”
I thought about it and agreed."Don't play riddles with me. If you have anything to say, just say it.”
Mosquito analyzed that it was possible that these people knew our whereabouts and found a way to get here. That's why they came in advance to prevent us from getting there first. As for the reason, it was most likely that there was a mole in the Investigation Bureau.
After hearing what he said, I thought about it too. Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a coincidence.
"Then what should we do now?"
"We'll proceed according to the original plan. We'll talk about the rest when we get back to the investigation bureau."”
We quickly arrived at our destination with the help of Willow's vision. Looking at the black, cracked soil under our feet, we remembered the contents of the mural. This used to be a mountain, but it was destroyed by a nuclear explosion.
In front of him was a set of small-scale assembled drilling equipment. These people were really amazing. They even brought in such equipment. One had to admit that they were indeed capable. At the same time, it sounded an alarm for us that they really had a lot of people.
The support was built into a triangle, and there was a pitch-black vertical hole at the bottom. The hole was relatively small, just enough for a person to enter and exit normally. A wire rope hung straight from the top of the support.
I looked around and asked,"Team Leader Chen, why don't they even have a sentry? It doesn't make sense."
Yang Liu stared at our left side and said,"It's not that there's no one, but it's possible that he's dedicated himself."”
Under her guidance, I discovered that there were three piles of black ash scattered nearby. They fused with the ground and were difficult to detect.
When he walked closer, he saw that one of the piles was a human figure, and there was something similar to metal in each pile of ash. I picked it up with my baton. It was an assault rifle.
"D * mn, the gun melted. I almost didn't recognize it.”
I took out the gun barrel that had melted until only a small portion of it was left. To be able to burn a gun barrel that could withstand high temperatures to such an extent, how big was the fire? How long did it take to burn? However, from the small pile of ashes in front of him, it was clearly a small ball of fire.
"F * ck, this is bad. This is ashes?”
I suddenly reacted and quickly took a step back. Yang Liu smiled and said,"Oh, you just realized? I really don't know how you became a detective in the first place.”
Mozzie stepped forward and said to Team Leader Chen,"" Team Leader Chen, I've read about it in the files. There's a special weather in Lop Nur called the 'Evil Spirit Hot Wind'. Anything that's touched by this wind will turn into ashes in an instant.”
Team Leader Chen waved his hand to stop the mosquito. The corner of his mouth twitched unnaturally. I could clearly hear the sound of his teeth grinding.
"Team Leader Chen?"
We don't know how he reacted like that. Yang Liu called out softly, and he came back to his senses and told us that this was indeed the masterpiece of the evil wind.
I said," I don't care if it's hot wind or cold wind. It's a good wind that can destroy the enemy. Fortunately, it saved us a lot of trouble. We got rid of a few watchdogs. Oh my god!"
Just as I was talking enthusiastically, something suddenly smashed in front of me.
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