Time Bandit

With the blue water, the still green Populus euphratica forest on the shore, the chirping of birds, the weeds on the ground and the low jungle, and the small animals that show up from time to time, this is Lop Nur, and it is still an oasis.

However, Baimei learned from reading some ancient books that this lake is already too small. It used to be an oasis of life with boundless water, herds of cows and horses, surrounded by green forests, and clear rivers.

Even in the Han Dynasty, Lop Nur "has a vast area of ​​three hundred miles, and its water pavilions are inhabited, and it does not increase or decrease in winter and summer."This misidentification of Lop Nur as the upper source of the Yellow River has been circulating for more than 00 years from the pre-Qin period to the end of the Qing Dynasty.

And the huge oasis also gave birth to the ancient mysterious Loulan ancient country with a large population and a considerable scale.It was founded before 176 BC and died in 630 AD, with a history of more than 800 years.It starts from near Guyangguan in the east, to the ancient city of Niya in the west, to Altun Mountain in the south, and to Hami in the north.There is the vast Lop Nur around it, and a clear river surrounds its gate.

In 126 BC, Zhang Qian returned from his envoy to the Western Regions and wrote a letter to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Loulan, Shiyi has a city wall and is near Yanze".It has become the throat gateway of the southern branch of the Silk Road, which is well-known both at home and abroad.The Ruins of the Ancient City of Loulan By the fourth century AD, Loulan in the west of Lop Nur, which used to be "the water is deep and the waves are deep, must be flooded", has reached a difficult situation where it is necessary to restrict water use by law.

According to Li Daoyuan's "Shui Jing Zhu", after the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the diversion of the Zhubin River in the middle reaches of the Tarim River at that time, Loulan was seriously short of water.Soller from Dunhuang led 1000 troops to Loulan, and summoned 3000 soldiers from Shanshan, Yanqi, and Qiuci to cross the Zhubin River day and night and divert water into Loulan, alleviating the water shortage in Loulan.Although the Loulan people made the greatest efforts and attempts to dredge the river, the ancient city of Loulan was eventually abandoned due to water shortage.Once upon a time, Loulan, which was prosperous and prosperous, quietly withdrew from the stage of history; the once-prosperous South Silk Road was full of yellow sand, and the travel was bound; the vast Lop Nur also turned into a dry salt marsh.

The rise and fall of civilization is related to water, and the seal of the underground world is also very important to water. If there is not a large amount of water gathered here in Lop Nur, I am afraid that the monsters underground will not come out so little every time.

Loulan is not only a civilization born next to Lop Nur, but also a passage to the underground world, a relatively safe passage.From ancient times to this underground trip, you have to go through there.Otherwise, it can only be accessed through the water surface of Lop Nur.However, although the water surface in Lop Nur is much smaller now, it is very difficult for everyone to enter through the water surface.

There are very few people in the world who know this secret about Loulan.The demise of Loulan is not as simple as lack of water. It can be said that it has a lot to do with water. It is precisely because of the lack of water, the weakening of the underground seal, the appearance of monsters underneath, and other factors that lead to the disappearance of the ancient kingdom of Loulan. .

However, these are not important now. The important thing is that everyone has to go to the Loulan ruins, open the door to the world below, and enter the terrifying abyss underground.

It is difficult for ordinary people to find the ancient city of Loulan, but for Baimei and the others, there is no problem. Not only do they all know the location of the ancient city of Loulan, but also because of the special magnetic field there, they can be located by special methods, especially Loulan. The ancient city is not far from Lop Nur.

Soon, a khaki ancient city that was much smaller than the Central Plains area appeared in front of everyone. This was the ancient Loulan country.Even now, it is in a state of depression, but the prosperity of the ancient Loulan country can be vaguely discerned from the remnants of the fairly neat city buildings.

After all, everyone was far away from that era, so when they saw the ancient city of Loulan, they all had a special feeling in their hearts, and each had their own emotions.

However, now is not the time for everyone to look at the past. Under the leadership of the leaders of the three parties, everyone walked along the streets of the city and came to a 10-meter-high pagoda in the city.

Back then, because Buddhism had a lot of influence here, a pagoda was built to cover up the secret place below.

Of course, the way to enter it would not be a mechanism. In that case, the secret inside would have been discovered long ago.

Taoism, Buddhism, and hidden forces all know the method, so one person each came out and made an ancient imprint on the pagoda.

The imprint carried the mana attached by the three of them, and flew into the pagoda with a flash of light.

For a moment, the dilapidated pagoda suddenly glowed with a faint golden light.Soon, a hemispherical light golden mask with a diameter of 30 meters shrouded the stupa as the center, just enveloping everyone.

Every two seconds, everyone felt that the space they were in was shining brightly, and when they opened their eyes, they found that they had come to a new place, a rock cave space with a diameter of [-] meters, or in other words, they did not know which direction was not underground. Know how many meters a space.

The space is still full of light, but this is not the outside world, which is illuminated by sunlight, but because there are more than a hundred huge night pearls on the top of the cave, which illuminates the space brightly.

Among the three parties who came this time, it can be said that only no more than ten old people have been here before, so they didn't feel the slightest novelty about everything here. Instead, they frowned slightly, as if thinking of something unpleasant.

Most of the other people, including Baimei, were very curious.Although I have heard the elders talk about this place, but after seeing it in reality, I still feel the mystery here.Not to mention anything else, there are more than a hundred, um, exactly one hundred and eight huge night pearls on the top of the cave. Even the royal family outside the palace definitely doesn't have these. If you can have a few of them, it is considered a national treasure.However, here, it is only the role of lighting and suppressing evil.

Bai Mei turned his eyes back to the bright night pearl, looked around, and saw the special features of the rock wall at a glance.Taking a closer look, Bai Mei found that various runes and pictures were densely carved on the rock wall.Some of the runes and pictures are related to Taoism, because many of the runes are familiar to him, but more are unknown to him.This made him very itchy, but he knew that this was not the time for research, and he would grind it carefully after he came out.

The rest he could see were the runes and pictures related to Buddhism, which were also densely packed, but not many in number.In the end, the remaining content can be said to be more than Taoist runes and pictures. Presumably, it is related to hidden forces. He can only see a small part of it, because Taoism is also from pre-Qin alchemists and ancient witchcraft. , but most of the content, he can't see what it is.

This made him both impatient and disappointed. As time passed, how many cultural heritages disappeared.No wonder whether it is Taoist, Buddhist or hidden forces, it is getting worse and worse.Even the strong ones in the stage of refining Qi and transforming into gods are extremely rare to see now.

Bai Mei sighed inwardly, at this moment, the leaders of the three parties gathered together and came to a gate in the cave.If you observe carefully, you will find that the somewhat blackened cyan gate is made of bronze.However, there is not even half of the rust color on it, except for some blackening, there is no sign of dilapidation.At the same time, above the gate, there are densely packed runes, pure runes. Bai Mei discovered that these runes definitely do not belong to the Taoist sect, and should have been handed down from an older age.

The leaders of the three parties in front of the gate obviously knew all this long ago.Looking at their eyes, it seems that they are also a little enthusiastic about the runes on the gate.However, they just took a look and stopped paying attention. Instead, they each performed a set of handprints, and printed more than a hundred runes one after another, and printed them on the gate.

Bai Mei watched carefully, and suddenly found that the runes played by the leaders of the three parties were printed on the gate, and they were all exactly the same as the runes played.However, it's not just like this, Bai Mei can find that the leaders of the three parties play the runes in an order, and he can still see the specific rules through careful observation.But he knew that it would never be that simple. This order must change, and it would never be the same every time.In other words, before playing the rune, you have to do some calculations.

The leaders of the three parties completed it in one go. After the final completion, they all breathed a sigh of relief, obviously not very easy.

As soon as they were done, they stepped back and told the front doorman to back off.Bai Mei was also pulled back a few steps by his senior brother, and then everyone's eyes were focused on the bronze gate.

At this moment, the bronze gate, which had not changed until now, began to change, and the runes on it shone one by one, like beating musical notes, shining continuously without any rules or order.The flashing speed also became faster and faster. In the end, there seemed to be a changing pattern in front of everyone's eyes, or white clouds, or green mountains in the distance, or beautiful flowers.

Bai Mei was also caught in it, as if in a dream.At this moment, there was a sound of ha in his ear, pointing directly at the heart, and he woke up suddenly.

At this time, Baimei realized that he was almost caught in the environment, but he didn't expect the runes on the bronze door to be so weird.His master was praising an old monk at the moment, obviously it was the master who woke everyone up just now.

At this time, Bai Mei looked at the runes that jumped just now, where there were no other runes, even the bronze gate disappeared.There was only darkness left in that place, and the only thing that could be seen was the downward stone steps revealed by the illumination of the night pearl. . .

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