Daomu Biji

For more than an hour just now, I had been listening to the signal that sounded like a vicious sneer. My mind is almost used to this sound. There was sudden silence in the boat. I already feel a little uncomfortable. Don't know why. Now I heard the same voice again in the darkness around me. I always felt that the sound was inappropriate. heard this time. I felt very strange in my heart.

Although it feels like it might be an auditory hallucination. But it’s better not to take things for granted in this regard. I zipped it up. Turn on the flashlight. Go behind the rock and check it out.

The stones are very irregular. I don't know what kind of rock it is. It's all mounds. I don't know where these rocks came from. It doesn't grow out of your body.

It was pitch black behind the stone. There is a blind spot that cannot be reached with a flashlight. Go around and take a photo. But saw nothing. The gap behind the stone is very small. Unlikely to hide anything. I kicked the stone. Found it to be unstable. I took another photo around me. Didn't see anything. Everything is peaceful. I just thought I might have heard wrong. Shake his head. I walked back. Aning asked me what happened. I told her she might be a little nervous. Thought there was something there.

Sit back and warm yourself by the campfire. The two sides are speechless. I leaned against the stone. Originally I just wanted to close my eyes and rest. I'm afraid there's something else we might need help with. But fatigue sets in. I quickly drifted off into a bit of a daze. I don’t know when I fell asleep.

When I wake up. It's daybreak. But not very bright yet. It seems to be early morning. By this time the wind had completely died down. I heard Tashi's voice. Get up and take a look. I saw them all coming in. It seems like the people from the camp outside have moved in. Tents and campfires were set up all around. The Caucasian people have been moved into the tent. Aning was still resting in the sleeping bag on the side. There were people busy around.

I have an extra blanket on me. I don’t know who covered it for me. I struggled to get up. Yawning. Look around. First glance. I was attracted by the scenery of the wind-eroded rocks around me. I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

The view of Devil City during the day is extremely wide. The surrounding wind-eroded rocks are much more spectacular than they look at night. Huge rocks rising up like pyramids stood all around us. Those rocks look dark at night. Various strange forms are now appearing. Coupled with the infinite vastness of the Gobi. Such a spectacular feeling. Words cannot describe it.

This is not the appearance of adult Yadan. If it goes through another million years of wind and sand. How spectacular should the scenery here be?

I looked at it in a daze for a while. Only then did he come back to his senses. Notice the people around you. They were unloading items from the sunken ship on the mound. The mound last night was much taller than I saw. Nails and ropes were put on it. Easy to climb. Also made a hanging basket. Someone is digging up there. Wu Laosi was at the bottom to respond and sort things out. Things are hung directly from the hanging basket. Dolma and her daughter-in-law cooked breakfast and butter tea. She saw me wake up. He made a gesture for me to eat. I went over and drank a bowl of tea.

Got a piece of bread. While eating, he walked up to Wu Laosi and asked them what they were doing.

I heard that Wu Laosi was an insider. It was for Jude to take the admission test. I kind of like it. He nodded when he saw me coming. Said to me that the Caucasian's injuries were more severe. Team doctors are still examining the wound on his abdomen. There are signs of infection. So maybe the team needs to go back and reorganize before making plans. They don't want to go back empty-handed. This shipwreck is also a big discovery. They wanted to record it. Take something with you and report it to the company.

I sat next to him. He looked at the sunken ship above his head. really big! It doesn't feel so big at night. It looks like this ship is a regular merchant ship. The head was probably exposed when the mound collapsed. Standing in mid-air. Support brackets have been installed below.

Then he looked down at what they had cleaned out of it. Each of those clay pots is as big as a toilet bowl. Surprisingly none of them were damaged. It seems that the process of sinking the ship is very slow. The jar has patterns unique to the Western Regions. Some have black patterns. Some are text-like. None of it belongs to the Han people. I asked what this was. Wu Laosi shook his head and said no one knew. The culture of the Western Regions is very special. Very mysterious. And the survival is quite rare. The Western Region has a history of more than 5,000 years. So many ancient cities. They were all buried by the Gobi sand. In the past Hoh Xil and Taklimakan. In ancient times, it was called Xihuang. The population is very sparsely distributed. It’s just too hard to research now.

But the history of these ancient pottery is quite long. Generally, our trade in the Western Regions is porcelain. These pottery pots are the product of the peak development of pottery. They should be from before the Tang Dynasty. I don't know whether they were shipped from the Central Plains to the Western Regions or the Western Regions. Out of the Arab world. This area should already be the territory of the Western Queen Mother Kingdom. I don’t know if it is related to the Western Queen Mother Kingdom. Another man wearing glasses said next to him.

Wu Laosi nodded in agreement. Said: I also feel it is very possible. Look. He pointed to the pattern on a clay pot. It was a bird pattern. This is one of the legendary totems of the Queen Mother of the West. The three blue birds. Of course. It is not ruled out that people from other countries will also use it. Because at that time, the Queen Mother of the West was still the spiritual center of the Western Regions. Because of its weirdness and mystery. Even though it no longer has the charm of the Zhou Dynasty. Powerful. Other countries still fear the legendary magic power of the Queen Mother of the West. They all come to pay homage. Or worship her in form.

I have absolutely no interest in it. These belong to the category of archaeology. So I interrupted them. Asked: Then what is in this jar? It must not be empty. What a waste.

The mouths of the jars are sealed. It is sealed with a special kind of mud. Green. Black. It's a bit like the mud seal on a wine jar. I smelled it. A bit spicy. It feels familiar. Moved. The jar has some heft. There must be something inside. But it's not a liquid.

I asked them why they didn't open it? Wu Laosi said that they try not to damage these intact ones. Wait and see if there is any damage. No need to open it. In case the things inside are more precious. Cannot withstand oxidation. This will save you some money. Preventing archaeological waste.

I laughed. Xin said that Uncle San and the others were not like this. If the fat man were here, he would definitely smash it open without any explanation.

But we respect the way others do things. I finished the last bite of bread. Just tell him that you should do it yourself first. Find the jar then. Call me when you open it. With that said, I walked to the Caucasian tent. Went to see how he was doing.

When I walked into the tent, I found it very cramped. Take a closer look. It was then discovered that two other bodies had also been moved down. Lie on your side covered with a thermal sheet. The team doctor didn't sleep all night. The eyelids were obviously darkened. Taking the temperature of a Caucasian man.

I asked him about it. He told me once. Said people are confused. Talk nonsense. But it's better than before. Suffocation and lack of oxygen should be okay. Just this weird wound on the stomach... He showed me two corpses. There are the same wounds. One on the chest. One on the inner thigh. There was a small amount of blood. But there were no holes in any of the coats. Don't know how it came about.

I walked over to the Caucasian. His face turned pale. My head was covered in sweat. But the respirator is no longer needed. Apparently it is indeed stable. I saw his lips move. It seems to be saying something. I leaned in and listened. Not Chinese. It seems to be in English.

What is he talking about? I asked the team doctor. My English is not that good after all. Talking about business is okay. It doesn’t work if you hear nonsense.

The team doctor also shook his head. He said he couldn't hear clearly. His English is not good either. But after I regained some consciousness. The Caucasians keep saying this.

I leaned down. I want to get closer and listen. Or not. Just gave up. Get out of the tent. I want to go back and take a nap again. Anyway, I have nothing to do here.

It’s time to sleep. I lay down and thought about what happened last night. He quickly narrowed his eyes. I don't know how long I slept. Suddenly I heard someone calling my name. I sat up and looked at it. I saw many people surrounding Wu Laosi. He was waving at me. Something seems to be going on.

I got up and walked over. As soon as they approached. I smelled a very strange smell. Say it stinks or not. But my throat felt hot when I smelled it. It's like breathing sulfuric acid gas. Very uncomfortable. I covered my nose and leaned over to take a look. It turned out that they had found several broken jars. Cans are being smashed. Wu Laosi asked me to take a look.

A dozen cans had been smashed. Wu Laosi was pouring out the contents one by one. The first thing I saw was mud crumbs. It was full of black dried mud crumbs. Among these mud fragments is a kind of earth ball. It was covered in mud. Very disgusting. The weird thing is. I saw a lot of black hair stuck to the surface of these balls. It looked very wrong. There are already more than a dozen soil balls piled beside it. Don't know what it is. I thought to myself, could it be the watermelon from back then? Have they all turned to stone now?

Get closer and take a closer look. I felt suffocated. I find. Those mud balls turned out to be human heads wrapped in dry mud. Those black hairs. It turned out to be hair from a human head.