"Why do you find treasures every time?" There is a clear gray arc on the brown pottery shards, making people wonder what pattern the lines will extend into. At that time, Zhang Tianyuan asked. ¡°There may be traces of human activities in places where the landform changes suddenly, or near waters. Sometimes, ancient tombs are not far from the water, such as the Xiaohe Cemetery.¡± Elis spoke slowly and calmly, with a strong Uighur accent. He had no airs at all, he sat happily on the ground, took out a Snickers bar from his pocket for Zhang Tianyuan to eat, and waited patiently for Zhang Tianyuan to ask the next question. Xiaohe Cemetery is located in the Lop Nur Desert. The burial system is unique and large-scale. There are more than a hundred poplar trees standing on the seven-meter-high tomb. The bottomless boat-shaped coffin is wrapped in dry cowhide and has been buried by wind and sand for more than three thousand years. Chinese archaeologists have visited Xinjiang many times to search for the creek, and have found the Tomb of the Sun and Loulan Beauty respectively, but it is difficult to find traces of the creek. "There is no way into the creek," Elis once said. "That area is all desert Yadan, with giant sand dunes higher than the last. There is no road and no end in sight." At the end of the year, he led a group there and drove for several days. It was still an endless desert, and supplies were getting less and less. ¡°The customers were scared and asked to withdraw.¡± In October 2003, at night with more than 30 degrees below zero, Elis walked in the desert for nearly half a month, and unexpectedly found out A road leading to Little River Cemetery. Since then, desert trucks carrying a large amount of supplies have driven into the cemetery along this route, and large-scale excavation work has finally begun. Elis wanders around Xiaohe Cemetery every day, carrying mummies back to the camp. He led the expedition team to find wooden figures wearing lynx skins, patterned wooden arrows, snake-shaped wooden poles, ancient alarms and mysterious carved wood, as well as the most complete preserved mummy of the thousand-year-old River Princess. More than three thousand years ago, when Princess Xiaohe was buried, people slaughtered a live cow and skinned it on the spot, and wrapped the coffin tightly with fresh cowhide to prevent a grain of sand from falling into the coffin. In the next four months, the expedition team encountered strong sandstorms. In order to conserve power in case of calling for help, Elis turned off the satellite phone. That day, he did not receive news of his father¡¯s death. The bonfire illuminated half of his face, and his face was covered with long and deep wrinkles, like a piece of wind-eroded Yadan. "This is the thing I regret most in my life." He put away his smile, his eyes were sad and contradictory, "Maybe they They didn¡¯t call me that day. My parents, maybe they didn¡¯t want to affect my work.¡± As a child, Elise loved reading adventure stories. ¡°The protagonist explores in the dense forest, gets lost, encounters danger, and is in a cave. Discover treasures¡±. Friends call him the Prince of the Desert. Even in the endlessly hot Taklimakan Desert, full of giant sand dunes, Elis has never lost his way. Once, a team of archaeological reporters went out to work at night. Wearing advanced night vision devices, they could clearly see objects 200 meters away in the dark. But within half an hour, those who stayed in the camp suddenly discovered that there was a weak white flashlight flashing intermittently in the dark wilderness. The reporter team actually got lost. ?Elise took a small flashlight and went out to find everyone. He told Zhang Tianyuan that when the reporter group set off, he had told everyone the exact direction, but everyone went astray as they walked. "Taklimakan" means "can't get out" in Uyghur language. Elis wants to spend the rest of his life walking through the Taklimakan Desert. In that desert, he once encountered a sudden desert rainstorm. The roaring storm turned the Taklimakan Desert into a desperate black ocean. The mud poured down from all directions like a flood, destroying all life and turning the tents along the way. All the camels and camels were buried alive. Zhang Tianyuan asked him anxiously at that time: "What should I do?" He smiled and said nothing, put on a thick military coat, buried his head in his chest, hunched his back, and curled up into a ball: "I just sat like this all night. "There are many lost civilizations and many unknown mysteries in that desert. I want to finish it and solve the mysteries." He smiled calmly and happily, the wrinkles on his cheeks pulling behind his ears, "and discover cultural relics." Compared with the surprise and joy, all the hardships are not important.¡± At that time, Zhang Tianyuan really admired this strong old man, not only for his erudition and knowledge, but also for his abilities. But it has only been a few months, how can a person change so quickly? Zhang Tianyuan shook his head and circulated the earth's energy to maintain his body temperature in the cold air. So we spent the night like this. The next day, he tried to persuade Elis to give up working for those little devils, and he sincerely expressed that if Elis had anything,Trouble, he can help. But Elise refused. "Mr. Zhang, you are a good person, and Elis knows that, but Elis also has his own difficulties, and I'm sorry." Elis shook his head and left on a camel with the tour guide. Zhang Tianyuan looked at Elis who was walking away, feeling even more confused. He didn¡¯t believe that Iris would be the second Taoist King, but what happened that could cause such a huge change in a person? "Brother Zhang, what should we do?" Zhan Fei asked. "Don't worry, they should meet up with the two little devils before they leave. Let's eat first and plan the route carefully before setting off. We must not rush out." Zhang Tianyuan was very anxious, but he I also understand that these things cannot be rushed. Searching for ruins in the desert, which is also a haunted cave, is extremely dangerous in itself. And now, we still need to be on guard against those little devils, and we must not be careless. Cui Loulan has already started preparing breakfast. Zhan Fei wiped the thing in his hand. It was a shotgun. It was said to be a shotgun, but it was powerful enough to kill a bear with one shot. It was modified by Zhan Fei himself. Ouyang Xiaodan also has his own gun, but its power is far inferior. There are so many weapons in Zhang Tianyuan¡¯s shadow house that even tanks can be brought out to fight. He didn¡¯t believe it anymore. Who could be his enemy in this vast wilderness? After dinner, Zhang Tianyuan and Alan discussed the route map to the haunted cave. Alan chose the safest path, but it would waste a lot of time. However, Zhang Tianyuan felt that wasting time was better than dying in the desert, so he did not object. "Let's go, let's go. I want to see what the little devils want to do on our land. I couldn't catch up during the Anti-Japanese War, but this time, I want to let these two little devils understand. We China People are not vegetarians." He was actually very worried about Elise. He didn¡¯t know what the old professor was thinking, but he was certain that the old professor was definitely not the kind of person who would sell his soul for money. Since this is the case, there is only one possibility. The old professor has some plans and does not want to implicate him.